People always think I'm a broken sleeve

Su Bian followed Yan Ruyu to the Chi Mansion.

Su Bian stood outside Chi's residence and looked up.

The plaque hanging on the gate of the Chi Mansion was covered with spider webs and dust, and most of the red paint on the gate had fallen off.

It was pitch black in front of Chi's house, empty and eerie.

It seemed as if I could still hear the wind blowing from nowhere in my ears, blowing past the two of them in a gloomy manner.

Su Bian never believed in ghosts and gods, so he was not very afraid.

Yan Ruyu on the side didn't know whether it was because of a big heart or other reasons, but she was also calm and tense.

To change to Bizhu, I'm afraid I've already been scared out of my wits.

Su Bian looked up at the dilapidated Chi Mansion, and then shifted his gaze to the surroundings.

Not only the Chi Mansion, but the surrounding area is also dark, as if it has not been lived in for a long time, it is quiet and deserted.

In the distance, there is a bright hall, but only the Chi Mansion, it seems to be shrouded in darkness, gloomy and gloomy.

Noticing Su Bian's gaze, Yan Ruyu on the side said: "Since the Chi Mansion was destroyed, the surrounding residents were afraid that they would also be affected by Chi Yu, so they all moved out within a few days.

gone. "

Su Bian asked, "Where have you all moved?"

Yan Ruyu raised her head: "Just now, the servants asked around, but they all said they didn't know. It's probably because of the age, so no one remembers it clearly."

Su Bian: "Really."

Su Bian didn't continue to ask any more questions, and raised his hand to push open the door of Chi Mansion.

The door was too old, and when it was pushed open, it made a dull creaking sound.

The scene inside the Chi Mansion was even more gloomy than it looked outside, it was empty, and it felt like a ghost could be seen as soon as he turned around.

There was no one in the Chi mansion, and it was dark.

The corners of the walls are full of dust and spider silk, the house is gray and decayed, and the trees planted in the mansion are also dead because they have not been watered for a long time.

——Like a haunted house.

Su Bian took out a fire folder from his pocket, and with the help of the faint light, he followed the road and began to grope in Chi's mansion bit by bit.

Yan Ruyu, who was following behind, couldn't help but said: "Young master, this servant will find an oil lamp right away."

Su Bian raised his hand to stop her.

Su Bian said: "No need, too bright will scare the snake."

Yan Ruyu realized this belatedly, and immediately dismissed the idea.

The two entered the room and were about to grope carefully when two men's footsteps suddenly came from behind them.

Although the voice was very subtle, in the quiet Chi Mansion where one could even hear the sound of breathing, the voice seemed to be amplified ten times at once, and it reached Su Bian's ears in an instant.

Su Bian's heart moved slightly, he immediately blew out the script, and took Yan Ruyu to hide in the house.

Yan Ruyu, who hadn't reacted yet, was startled, "Master...?"

Su Bian stretched out his index finger, "Hush."

Seeing this, Yan Ruyu immediately shut her mouth obediently, stopped talking, and remained calm.

Then, there was a sudden murmur of dissatisfaction from two men outside the mansion.

"In the middle of the night, people are not allowed to sleep. My lord suddenly asked us to come to this unlucky place to see what we are doing."

"Didn't your lord tell us to see if anyone has been here?"

"Who came to this ghost place for nothing?"

"In a few days it will be the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. People won't come, and ghosts say it's not certain..."

"Grandma, don't scare me!"

As the two talked, they walked forward, and as they walked, it seemed that Shi had discovered something, and the voice suddenly stopped.

"Well... I remember that the gate of Chi Mansion... seems to have been... closed all the time, right?"

"Seems to be……"

"If I'm not mistaken now, this door... seems to have opened a crack..."

"Seems to be……"

The two yamen servants standing outside the gate of Chi's mansion fell silent for a moment.

The two were silent for a long time before finding their voices again.

"Let's go in and have a look, maybe someone sneaked in just like what the adults said?"

"But there's nothing in Chi's mansion, who would sneak in."

The two were silent again for a moment.

"Anyway, if your lord orders it, let's go in and take a look. Just take a look around and leave."

"If there are ghosts..."

"What kind of troubled world is this now? Where did the ghost come from? You are too caring..."

One of them finished speaking, and suddenly, Yan Ruyu in the room laughed sadly.

Su Bian glanced at Yan Ruyu, then looked away calmly.With a calm and composed appearance, it was as if he hadn't heard anything.

Yan Ruyu's luscious laughter came from inside the room and reached the ears of the two outside the door.

The two outside the door froze instantly.

"You... are you a human or a ghost?"

...no answer.

The laughter continued, and the two of them stood outside the door for a moment, then turned around and ran away in the next second.

"Ah ah ah ah help-"

"There's a ghost—"

"Ah ah ah ah ah--"

The two fled in despair, Yan Ruyu then slowly withdrew her smile.

Then, he turned his head and asked Su Bian for credit: "My lord, I'm leaving!"

Su Bianen said, "Well done."

Yan Ruyu smiled sweetly, she couldn't be happier.

Su Bian re-ignited the booklets and began to search one by one.

Just like what the yamen outside the gate said just now, there is not a single valuable thing in the mansion.

Even a beggar doesn't bother to come here.

Su Bian searched around, but failed.

Nothing was found.

Eight years have passed, could it be that the Chi Mansion has really lost any clues?

Su Bian stood outside the door, frowning.

At this time, Yan Ruyu stared at the door, as if she had discovered something.

Yan Ruyu stared at the door, with a tangled expression: "My lord, why do you feel that the door looks a little weird..."

I don't know where the fault is, Yan Ruyu can't tell.

But the more he looked at the door, the more he felt something was wrong.

Su Bian followed Yan Ruyu's line of sight.

He aimed the torch in his hand at the door, and squinted for a while.

Two seconds later, he finally realized what was wrong.

This door... there are a few places, the color seems to be a little lighter.

Su Bian squatted down, touched the light-colored area lightly with his fingers, and immediately realized that something was wrong.

——That touch is not wood at all.

He picked at the light-colored place with his fingers, and picked out a piece of mud-like thing.He stared at the thing he picked out of his hand, frowning.

But immediately, Su Bian's attention was quickly attracted by another place.

After Yan Ruyu at the side removed all the light-colored 'mud' outside the door, the real appearance of the door was revealed.

The part covered by the light-colored 'mud' is just the deep and shallow knife marks.If it is not covered by the 'mud', it will be conspicuous.

But these traces... Why do they seem a little inconsistent?

Some of them seemed to be holding sharp cone-like weapons, and pierced them directly horizontally, leaving an angular dent.

There are also some big knives that cut flat, leaving a long scratch.

At a glance, the knife marks on the door showed that they were definitely not the same weapon.There are probably at least three types of weapons.

According to the file, the murderer went to the Yamen alone to confess his guilt, saying that he killed all the people in the Chi Mansion...

If, as recorded in the dossier, there was only one murderer, then there should be only one kind of knife mark from beginning to end.Is it impossible to change a weapon after killing a person?

Therefore, the culprit is by no means alone.

Moreover, from the depth of these knife marks, it can be seen that the people holding weapons must be powerful people.

At last.

It was recorded in the file that the murderer came forward to plead guilty. Since he pleaded guilty, why bother to use 'mud' to cover up these traces?

——It's completely unnecessary.

but……

If it was to put the blame on Xuan Yue, not necessarily.

But then again.

The murderer Kong Wu is powerful, and there are more than one person, at least three of them...

Obviously not ordinary people.

Who are these murderers?Where did it come from?What is the purpose?

And what is the relationship with the silver in Shifu?

Su Bian thought about it, and planned to continue the search, but seeing that it was almost dawn, he had no choice but to give up.

Su Bian looked up at the sky and said, "It's almost dawn, let's go back."

Yan Ruyu replied: "Yes."

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Su Bian thought of something and paused.

Su Bian said, "Wait."

Yan Ruyu: "... Young Master?"

Su Bian looked back at the knife marks on the door, and said, "Fill it back, don't leave marks."

Yan Ruyu suddenly realized: "Yes!"

Cover up the traces on the door again, and leave the Chi Mansion with Yan Ruyu until it is back to normal.

This time, Yan Ruyu was extra careful when she pushed open the gate of the Chi Mansion. As soon as she got out of the gate, she turned around and closed the gate. She didn't feel relieved until no one would find any signs of someone coming.

Standing outside the gate, Su Bian said, "You don't have to come and look for me tomorrow night. You can go to Huai'an Street and find out if there is any bodyguard or martial arts center in Huai'an."

Yan Ruyu responded, "Yes!"

Su Bian looked up at the sky again, and said, "Let's go."

The two parted ways, one returned to the inn and the other returned to Shifu.

When Su Bian returned to Shifu, it was already dawn, and it happened to be the time when the servants in the mansion were about to wake up.

Su Bian did not forget his current status as a servant, estimated the time, fetched a basin of hot water from the kitchen, came to Long Jingying's room door, knocked on the door, and said, "My lord, it's time,

It's time to get up. "

After Su Bian finished speaking, Long Jingying's cold male voice sounded from the room.

Long Jingying said quietly: "Come in."

Su Bian brought water into the room, and just as he put the water on the table, Long Jingying who was on the bed suddenly said, "Did you leave the house last night?"

Su Bian froze for a moment, not understanding how Long Jingying knew about it.

But after realizing that Long Jingying was looking at his neck, Su Bian remembered something, and his face turned black.

Su Bian was silent for two seconds, then said, "Yes."

Long Jingying glanced at Su Bian and looked away.

No more talking.