No. 7 Fish House

Xu Garden is located on the outskirts of the tea city. It has a very long history. The owner has changed several times, and the garden has been renovated several times. It not only absorbed the characteristics of Western architectural styles, but also retained some ancient charms of the Qing Dynasty.

The white walls surround the entire Xu Garden, and the stone lions of the town house are placed on both sides of the vermilion gate, majestic and domineering.

Xing Ting bypassed the front door and came to the back door of Xu Garden, only to find that the back door was closed and there was not even a servant guarding the door.He felt very strange, logically speaking, shouldn't the front and back doors of this kind of aristocratic family be guarded?He saw no one at the front door just now, and there was no one around the back door.

"This Xu Garden is too strange. There is not even a janitor in such a big garden." Xing Ting whispered to He Fu, "Hurry up and get a search warrant to search the garden hidden in Xu Garden." Jin Renyao was arrested and interrogated."

He Fu glanced at him, that look seemed to say 'you are an idiot'?

Without any evidence, just wanting to go in and arrest people, what is it if you are not an idiot?Xing Ting immediately shut up and leaned against the wall wearily.

There is only one day left, and if the jade pendant cannot be taken out after one day, the female ghost will completely occupy his body.

Just when he was about to say something, He Fu gestured to him, telling him to hide.

The two hid around the corner, Xing Ting poked his head out, and saw two doctors in white coats coming from a distance.It looks like he should go to Xu Yuanli for consultation.

He Fu whispered, "Stun them."

Before Xing Ting could react, He Fu had already made a move, so fast that he couldn't see clearly.He Fucai was obviously by his side just now, but in the blink of an eye, he ran behind those two people and knocked them unconscious.

He Fu shouted to him: "Quick, take off your clothes."

Xing Ting understood that this was to enter Xu Garden disguised as a doctor.Immediately stripped off the clothes of the two people, and tied them to the big tree.

"This is the Xu family's personal doctor. It's much easier to go in as them." He Fu said to Xing Ting in a low voice, "After a while, play by ear and don't say anything wrong."

Xing Ting nodded.

After finishing their clothes, the two went to the back door of Xu Garden and knocked together.

Not long after, there was a sound at the door: "Who is knocking?"

"Doctor." He Fu answered very succinctly.

The door opened, and there was a man dressed as a servant in his 40s. He glanced first at He Fu and then at Xing Ting.

"You are not Doctor Zhang." The man became vigilant and stared at the two, "Who are you?"

He Fu smiled gently, and said in a gentle and friendly manner: "Dr. Zhang went home today and sent us to help. He told us that we must come today because the matter is urgent."

He already had an innocent and harmless baby face, this smile made the man invite them in immediately, "Please come in, doctor, what is the doctor's name?"

"Miangui's surname is Jia, this is my assistant Xiao Zeng." He Fu introduced Xing Ting behind him to the man.

One fake and one real, He Fu got the name well, Xing Ting immediately echoed with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes."

"Doctor Jia and Doctor Zeng, you are finally here, please come in quickly." The man didn't understand what Jia and Zeng meant, and honestly invited them in.

The Xu Garden is very large. There is a rockery when you walk in from the back door. After going around the rockery, there is a grove. In front of the grove is the kitchen.When passing the kitchen, He Fu glanced at the kitchen and saw two elderly women sitting in the open kitchen door, they were boiling medicine, and the strong smell of medicine made people frown.

The man noticed He Fu's gaze, and immediately coughed, and the woman making the medicine inside immediately came over and closed the kitchen door when she heard the sound.

This weird behavior aroused He Fu and Xing Ting's suspicion.Why do you have to close the door to boil medicine? This is not a shameful thing.

Suddenly, Xing Ting thought of what He Fu had said before that the Xu family all had aging diseases.Could it be that the medicine they boiled just now is treating the disease of aging?

Xing Ting glanced at He Fu subconsciously, and he saw He Fu was staring at the man leading the way.

The man was wearing a navy blue gown, his body was hunched over, and he seemed to have difficulty walking. It felt like he was very old, too old to walk, but he was clearly only in his early forties.

Is he also a dementia patient?

Going around from the kitchen to the front garden of Xu Garden, a pool of water divides the buildings of Xu Garden into two, with pavilions and pavilions on the left and Western buildings on the right.

The man leading the way stopped suddenly, pointed to the room on the left and said, "Master and Madam have been waiting inside for a long time, please go to Miss's room on the right after checking."

He Fu nodded slightly: "Yes."

The man led them all the way to the room of Master Xu and Mrs. Xu.

"Madam, the doctor is here." The man shouted.

There was a cough from inside, and then an old voice said: "Come in."

The man made a 'please' gesture, He Fu gently pushed open the door with the medicine box, Xing Ting followed closely behind.The door was closed, He Fu and Xing Ting walked towards the depths of the house, bypassing the screen with landscape pictures, Xing Ting was stunned by the scene in front of him, but He Fu turned towards the woman lying on the bed without changing his face and heartbeat. The two went.

Xing Ting swallowed, and praised He Fu's psychological endurance from the bottom of his heart.

My dear, is the person lying on the bed still human!It was clearly two white bones covered with human skin. They were dressed in human clothes, lying on the bed like evil spirits, constantly stretching their bodies. Every time they moved, the bones would make some strange sounds.

The so-called Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xu turned out to be two piles of bones!

If he hadn't heard Master Xu's voice clearly just now, he might have thought it was two dead people lying on the bed.

Xing Ting watched He Fu walking towards them, but he didn't dare to take a step forward.

He stood in the distance and whispered, "Doctor Jia, I feel a little sick to my stomach, maybe I ate too much today."

He Fu said very gently: "Understood, then you can sit on the chair, and I will check the bodies of Master Xu and Mrs. Xu."

Xing Ting immediately sat on the chair as if he was about to receive an amnesty, not daring to look at the bed.

But He Fu said very seriously to the two bones: "Excuse me."

Master Xu glanced at He Fu and said, "Are you a new doctor?"

He Fu nodded: "Yes, because I know this strange disease very well, so Dr. Zhang sent me to help you check your body."

understand very well?Xing Ting rolled his eyes, no matter how this man lied, he didn't blush.

Mrs. Xu on the bed was very excited, and said tremblingly: "So, we are saved, sir, we are saved."

Master Xu took Mrs. Xu's hand and sighed, "I hope so."

While opening the medicine box, He Fu asked Xu and his wife, "I wonder how long you two have had this strange disease?"

Master Xu replied slowly: "It's passed down from generation to generation in the family, but it has become very serious this year, making it impossible for us to live like normal people..."

"We were afraid of being known by outsiders and regarded us as monsters, so we stayed behind closed doors. Every few days, we would invite a doctor to check our bodies. We knew that we would not get better, but we still had hope."

He Fu listened carefully, like a loyal listener, gently turning the two talking bones on the bed, Xing Ting knew that he was pretending to check his body.

After the inspection, He Fu sat on the stool beside the bed, and asked, "Master Xu, has he ever thought about finding a magic medicine, just like the human mask that your ancestor Xu Shiqing made for his daughter many years ago?" .”

Hearing this, Xing Ting immediately sat up straight and looked at He Fu.The human mask was created by Xu Shiqing for his daughter Xu Pei, and it is a magic medicine for the treatment of aging diseases?

Master Xu stretched out his skinny hand and waved it: "No, no... Dr. Jia thought too much. How can there be such a magic medicine? It's just a legend, and the legends are all false."

Xing Ting snorted coldly in his heart, fake?If it is true, why is there such a strange jade pendant in Xu Pei's tomb, which caused him to suffer such a crime.

At this moment, Mrs. Xu said: "Didn't my uncle say that he would help us..."

Before he finished speaking, Master Xu interrupted Mrs. Xu, and he blamed: "You old lady is sick and confused, where is our uncle from the Xu family?"

He Fu and Xing Ting looked at each other, it was clear that Master Xu had some secrets from them.

"What's the result of Dr. Jia's examination?" Master Xu asked suddenly.

He Fu replied with a smile: "It's the same as what Dr. Zhang checked out last time, but it's a little better than last time."

"Really?" Mrs. Xu smiled, "It seems that the medicine is really useful."

Xing Ting asked a lot: "What medicine?"

Mr. Xu accosted, "What other medicine is there? Of course it's the medicine that you, the doctor, brought over."

The two of them wanted to ask more about the medicine, but Mr. Xu refused to say any more, and only called the man standing outside the door to come in again.

"Housekeeper, take them to Miss's room and help Miss check."

The butler opened the door and smiled politely at them: "Dr. Jia, Dr. Zeng, please follow me."

The two followed closely behind and walked onto the small wooden bridge above the pool.

He Fu looked down at the pool, and found that there were no fish in the pool, not even a little green weed, and the pool was clean, reflecting their reflections like a mirror.

"Housekeeper, why don't you keep some ornamental fish and plants in this pool?" He Fu asked.

The housekeeper glanced at the pool and said, "I have raised them, but they are all dead. They won't live long."

He Fu said again: "The water in this pool is very clean. Does everyone in the Xu family drink this water?"

The housekeeper said proudly: "Yes, the water in the pool is extremely sweet. It was drilled from the well in the backyard. It has existed since a long time ago, but the well water will dry up every few decades. When it is time, it will have water again. It seems that the gods are looking after us..."

He Fu didn't speak anymore. The water in such a clean pond can neither support fish nor plants. Can that person still drink it?

Walking past the pool, He Fu cast a look at Xing Ting beside him, telling him to leave.

Xing Ting understood immediately, covered his stomach and asked the housekeeper, "Housekeeper, my stomach hurts, where is your toilet?"

The butler turned around and looked at Xing Ting: "Why does Dr. Zeng suddenly have a stomachache? The Xu Garden is very big. I'm afraid you might get lost. How about I take you there?"

Xing Ting waved his hand and said: "No, no need. The butler should send Dr. Jia to the lady's room and help the lady see a doctor. Tell me where the toilet is, and I can find it. My sense of direction is quite good."

The housekeeper was a little embarrassed, obviously he didn't want Xing Ting to leave his side very much, he was afraid that Xing Ting would wander around.

"Go to the kitchen road, on the right side of the small bamboo forest." The housekeeper instructed earnestly, "Dr. Zeng must not get lost."

Xing Ting covered his stomach, nodded and bowed: "Yes, you go in and see a doctor for Miss."

After watching Xing Ting leave, the housekeeper took He Fu to the lady's room.

Xing Ting, who was hiding behind the wall, felt relieved when he saw the butler enter the room.Everything in this Xu Garden is very weird, the two skeleton men in the room, the weird housekeeper, and the woman making medicine in the kitchen.As soon as Xing Ting heard that he was going to see Miss Xu who was ill, he immediately wanted to run away, God knows if Miss Xu would also be a human body.

But thinking that He Fu was still in the room, he couldn't do such an inhumane thing.Anyway, He Fu did these things to help him take out the jade pendant from his body, no matter what he said, he couldn't leave He Fu alone.

Just now He Fu asked him to leave, making it clear that he was asking him to look around Xu Yuan.

Xing Ting stood there and thought about it, and decided to go to the kitchen first, because the housekeeper coughed deliberately when he passed the kitchen just now, and asked the two women who boiled medicine to close the door.There must be dark secrets in this kitchen!

He came outside the kitchen, took off his white coat and hid it, and then touched behind his ear with his right hand.There was a small scar there, Xing Ting pulled it hard, and the whole face fell off.

After a while, the cocoon covered the entire face, forming a silkworm chrysalis.

After the silkworm chrysalis splits open, a brand new face appears.

That was the butler's face!

Xing Ting touched his face, and felt that the effect of changing his face was not bad. After tidying up his clothes, he imitated the housekeeper and walked slowly towards the kitchen...

On the other side, the Tea City Police Station.

Yang Mingzhen received the news that the police officer investigating Jin Renyao had returned.

"We went to the favorite perfume shop to investigate, and the owner said that they only sold one bottle of perfume, which was bought by a lady for her husband." The policeman looked at his record book seriously, "That lady His name is Xu Xing."

Xu Xing?

Isn't that the Miss Xu family who returned from studying abroad!

At this moment, another policeman pushed the door in. He was Xiao Li, who was in charge of the disappearance case in the tea city.

Yang Mingzhen asked, "Why are you here?"

Xiao Li said: "Captain, there is news about the disappearance case last month. Some people say that Xu Yuan recruited people aggressively and never refused. Xu Yuan never came back."

"Xu Yuan, Xu Yuan, it's Xu Yuan again!" Yang Mingzhen was furious, "I want to see what kind of man-eating ghost is hiding in Xu Yuan!"

"Come on, immediately lead a team to surround the entrance and exit of Xu Garden. I'm going to meet them."