I am drawing cards in Liaozhai

Seeing that Wang Sheng was still a little hesitant, Li Xiuyuan hated iron and steel very much: "Do you think everyone in the Tan family entrusts me? I am not the foolish second young master who can shout. If I hadn't helped County Magistrate Fei a little Busy, Mr. Tan, that fine fellow, would invite me to the door, and I would refuse to take him with me, don’t you know what’s good and what’s wrong.”

At this point, Wang Sheng had no choice but to agree.

Now that he has found Li Xiuyuan's person, he doesn't plan to go back to Zhao's house anymore. After all, as a single dog living under the same roof as a young couple, it's sad to say the least.

So Wang Sheng simply went to the yamen to look for Zhao Dalang for a while, and after explaining the situation clearly, he went to Li Xiuyuan's place to take root.

Li Xiuyuan's senior brother's house perfectly interprets the words "golden bachelor". Although it looks big and spacious, the furniture is simple and many rooms are vacant.

Li Xiuyuan only has a glamorous appearance, but in fact he is not as clean as Wang Shengai when the door is closed.He even only cleaned out one room for sleeping, as for the other rooms, hehe, he didn't even open the door of the kitchen.

Wang Sheng was shocked by his lazy fart behavior: "Don't you even boil water?"

Li Xiuyuan rebutted him nonchalantly: "Why does the water have to be boiled? Is the well water not good to drink? It's up to you to be particular about it."

Wang Sheng perfectly expressed his mood with a blank stare, then he threw away the burden, picked up the broom and rag, and cleaned the kitchen.

Although he was despised for a while before, Li Xiuyuan has a thick skin and strolled over by himself within 2 minutes. He leaned against the door and watched Wang Sheng waving a rag around: "Oh, what are you doing so hard? We may all be together tomorrow." Don't live here anymore."

Wang Sheng's subordinates paused, and turned to look at him in surprise: "We don't live here, what's wrong, you still want to go back to Zhao's house to listen to the wall."

Li Xiuyuan spat: "Hey, what nonsense are you talking to me, a monk, you have to be shameless. I mean we might have to live in the Tan Mansion tomorrow."

Wang Sheng was really shocked this time: "Damn, you didn't say it earlier, I have shadows for the Tan family, I won't go."

Li Xiuyuan sneered and said: "Look at your courage, the one with the shadow is the Tan mansion in Dingxi Town, and Jiangcheng didn't provoke you. Besides, there is me. I will help you if there is something to do. This time it is the old man Tan Qiong. Something happened to the boy's lifeblood, I guess I have to stay under his nose to make him feel at ease."

Wang Sheng actually didn't know anything about the contents of the Tan family's entrustment, so he asked, "Speaking of which, you haven't told me yet, what's wrong with the Tan family, and they all found you, I remember Tan Qiong I am very opposed to Tan Chaosheng engaging in such ghostly things."

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and sighed: "People, even those who don't believe in these things, will start praying to God and worshiping Buddha when they are really desperate. Not to mention that Tan Qiong is really anxious this time, his eldest son has been missing for three days .”

Tan Qiong's eldest son?

Wang Sheng secretly wondered if the Tan family had violated Tai Sui this year. First, the second son was targeted and nearly killed, and finally escaped the catastrophe. Now it was the eldest son's turn to have an accident.

Li Xiuyuan sat down next to the stove that Wang Sheng had just wiped: "Tan Chaoqi is Tan Qiong's lifeblood. He was a high school candidate last year. I heard that his ranking was not bad. Originally, the Tan family wanted him to continue the exam after he got married. Who would have thought it would be so big?" A person actually disappeared out of thin air on the wedding day."

Wang Sheng subconsciously combined his experience of watching all kinds of bloody TV series in his previous life, and boldly guessed: "Are you running away from marriage?"

"...What are you thinking? Have you read too many scripts?" Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, and directly denied this speculation, "I met the eldest son of the Tan family once, and at first glance, he was full of words, and he had to maintain his demeanor when he slept. That kind of nerd, others might run away from marriage, him? Absolutely impossible, I think he almost engraved the orders of his parents and the words of matchmakers on his own life."

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha," Wang Sheng laughed so hard that he couldn't breathe, "Then what's the possibility? Surrounded by so many servants in the Tan family, he can still be kidnapped by someone." ?”

"Who knows what's going on," Li Xiuyuan began to be narcissistic again: "All the things that can be solved by you, Li Daoye, are not worth my shot."

"Hehe." Wang Sheng said indifferently, "Really? I don't believe it."

Li Xiuyuan: ...I don't know why, I really want to hit someone.

According to Li Xiuyuan, Tan Chaoqi just won the championship this year. He is a good student and is the eldest son. Naturally, his marriage is also given great attention. Tan Qiong has high hopes for this son and has always wanted to wait until he is in high school before getting married.

After procrastinating like this for several years, when Tan Chaosheng, the second young master of the Tan family, got married, the eldest young master was still a bachelor.

But even for a man, it would not look good if the marriage dragged on.As soon as Tan Chaoqi won the exam, the Tan family began to discuss the major events in his life, and after more than half a year of careful selection, they settled on a well-matched lady.

The bride's family background is no weaker than that of the Tan family, and there are even members of the family who are officials in the court. In this regard, the Tan family can even be called a high climber.

However, in the original direction, the culture is more important than the martial arts. It is estimated that Tan Chaoqi married his daughter because of Tan Chaoqi's ability to study and be promising.

This wedding was already highly anticipated, and the Tan family was also one of the richest in Jiangcheng, so almost half of the people in Jiangcheng were invited to the banquet of flowing water.

Who would have thought that under so many double eyelids, one of the protagonists of the wedding would disappear without any reason.

Tan Qiong held back at first, but he didn't dare to say anything, but a big living person disappeared, even if he wanted to hide it, he couldn't hide it for long.Besides, it's good for you to marry her own favorite, you didn't even see anyone on the wedding day.

Who can bear this, if she can't give an explanation, I'm afraid the girl's natal family will kill Jiangcheng immediately.

Tan Qiongchou's head was almost bald, and I don't know how many people were sent to look for it. With so much manpower and material resources, even if I found a needle, I should have some clues, but it was so three days. I couldn't find half of the clothes.

Hearing this, Wang Sheng, who was washing the rice, couldn't help asking: "Then Tan Qiong will let you back? I thought he would force you to find his son right away?"

Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said: "You see, you just have no experience. We are an expert, so we need to be a bit superior, otherwise what is the difference between him and his family's servants?"

Wang Sheng rolled his eyes and pushed him away from the stove: "Get out of the way, don't get in the way. Let me see, if something happens to Tan Chaoqi, Tan Qiong will be the first to come to you Settle the bill."

Li Xiuyuan staggered, frowned and said in dissatisfaction, "Why do you have so little confidence in me? I've already counted Tan Chaoqi's horoscope."

As he spoke, he raised four fingers, and said in a firm tone: "The result is only four words, yes—surprise—no—danger—"

Speaking of the horoscope, Wang Sheng immediately remembered Li Xiuyuan's warning to Hu Cheng in the bullock cart, and couldn't help telling him about going to the Yamen to provide testimony today.

Li Xiuyuan probably forgot about Hu Cheng long ago, and when he suddenly heard him mention it, he was stunned before he realized: "Oh, he, I saw something wrong with his face at the time, even if there is no accident this time, he will have to make trouble next time .”

Wang Sheng has always been interested in this kind of face-to-face fortune-telling. Hearing this, he asked curiously: "Master, then you can do the math for me. What does my face look like?"

Li Xiuyuan stared at his face for a while, and then commented with a serious face: "I'm a fool."

Wang Sheng: ...Why do I know this kind of person.

He gave the opponent a loving elbow with a blank face, and then threw an ax coldly: "Master, hurry up and chop some firewood, otherwise there will be no food today."

After the messy meal was over, Wang Sheng didn't have the energy to clean up the other rooms. Anyway, Li Xiuyuan didn't snore or grind his teeth, so he occupied half of the other room with peace of mind. bed and a pillow.

As a result, when Wang Sheng woke up the next day, he discovered that he was only covered with a quilt, and he was so frightened that he immediately touched his forehead. Fortunately, he didn't have a fever.

When both of them set off, Wang Sheng didn't forget the incident, and kept whispering in Li Xiuyuan's ear until Li Xiuyuan finally had no choice but to swear that he would prepare a new quilt for him before he gave up.

Not counting the time when he hid in the side and peeked incognito, today was the first time Wang Sheng really faced the head of the Tan family face to face.

After all, Tan Qiong is a fine person with a super high emotional intelligence. When he sees two faces that don't look as big as his youngest son, he can be respectful but not flattering.

It is true that the dragon had nine sons, Tan Chaosheng probably didn't even learn one-tenth of his father's.

Tan Qiong really cared about his son, and after the simple politeness, he couldn't wait to get to the point: "Li Daochang, although the hexagram yesterday showed that the dog's life is not in danger, but please forgive me as a father, if I don't see him coming home safely , I really can’t let go of this heart.”

Li Xiuyuan had already put on enough airs, so he also said in a good manner: "I came here today for this matter, and I also asked Mr. Tan to call all the people who will meet up with the eldest son that day. I have something to ask."

Tan Qiong was overjoyed, there was no reason why she shouldn't, and she quickly called the servants to call in all the relevant personnel.

After a while, a crowd of people poured into the room. Wang Sheng was startled, so he settled down to count and found that there were twenty or thirty people.

Tan Qiong explained: "In addition to the bearers, there are servants, grooms, book boys, and dowry maids. Those who went that day are all here."

Wang Sheng looked dizzy, and thought that with so many people, it would be dark when they asked one by one. It was really strange that Mr. Tan could disappear under so many eyes.

Li Xiuyuan probably didn't expect there to be so many people, so he exchanged glances with Wang Sheng, so he had no choice but to rush the ducks to the shelves and bite the bullet.Mr. Tan disappeared on the way to welcome his relatives.

Because the bride is not from Jiangcheng, Tan Chaoqi deliberately went out of the city to pick her up three days in advance.

The way to go was fine, but after receiving people, it began to rain spasmodically. Because the road was slippery and muddy, it was difficult for cars and horses to move, so we stopped several times for repairs.

Tan Chaoqi himself disappeared in a dilapidated temple. At that time, everyone was exhausted after a long journey, and no one thought that Mr. Tan would disappear.

The strange thing is that the servants of the Tan family turned the ruined temple upside down afterwards, but they couldn't find a single hair of Tan Chaoqi.

At first Tan Qiong was still listening, but it is estimated that he has not had a peaceful sleep in the past two days. After persisting for a while, he still couldn't bear it and went down to rest first.Before leaving, he left the butler to entertain him instead.

Wang Sheng took a pen and paper to help record, but he was too sleepy.The most important thing is that the answers of this group of people are all in the same pattern. They have all met Mr. Tan, but as for when they disappeared, no one can tell.This is the case for a dozen or so in a row, and Wang Sheng's writings are all angry.

It wasn't until they questioned a middle-aged groom that they finally found some breakthrough points.

The groom looked about 40 to [-] years old, his temples were slightly white, and there were fine wrinkles around his mouth and eyes.With a panicked expression, he recounted what happened that day with anxiety.

His name is Sun Jiang, and he has worked in the Tan family for almost 20 years.This time, it happened that the young master was getting married, and the mansion was short of manpower. The housekeeper saw that he still had a lot of strength, so he dragged him away as well.

The journey went smoothly, but when they returned, their good luck seemed to have run out, and it rained heavily suddenly.It rained for two days, and the original itinerary of the welcoming team was completely disrupted by the sudden rain, but in order not to delay the auspicious time, everyone had to grit their teeth and rush to Jiangcheng.

Four nights ago, people were tired and horses were exhausted, and everyone was exhausted, but they hadn't arrived at the next foothold. At first, they thought that everyone could only sleep in the wilderness. A brightly lit small village.

The hostess of that family was warm and hospitable. After hearing about their predicament, she immediately offered to let them stay overnight.Although there are not few empty houses in the villa, there are too many of them. A servant like Sun Jiang can only find a place to spend the night by himself.

Sun Jiang was not young anymore, and he couldn't chat with those boys, so he simply found a corner to hide in. Although the weather was cold, he was very satisfied with a roof tile to cover him.

That corner was very remote, and after he hid there and drank all the hot soup, his hands and feet finally warmed up.Just when he was about to fall asleep due to the poor heat, two small footsteps suddenly came from his ears.

Sun Jiang woke up with a start, and subconsciously looked around, just in time to see the young master and a young woman walking over one after the other.

The woman turned her back to him. From Sun Jiang's perspective, she could only see her young master talking excitedly.

Their conversation was cut off by the crackling rain, and Sun Jiang only heard a few intermittent words. He was afraid that he would be kicked out of Tan's house because of the broken master's matter, so he held his breath in panic and hid aside, not daring to make a sound.

Fortunately, after the woman didn't know what to say, the young master lost his temper and walked away directly.Only the woman was left standing alone in the corridor. Sun Jiang was very nervous at first, but the woman didn't move for a long time, and he had been driving all day today, so he just fell asleep in the corner.

When he woke up, the sound of rain continued, but the woman in front of him had long since disappeared.

Hearing this, Wang Sheng couldn't help but interrupt him: "Is this the day Mr. Tan disappeared, or the day before?"

Sun Jiang lowered his head: "It happened the day before. The wedding party left early the next morning."

The housekeeper at the side said aloud: "Our master sent someone to inquire about this villa two days ago. The family was very considerate and let us go in and search it, but the young master was not found."

Wang Sheng was noncommittal, and asked Sun Jiang directly: "In this case, why did you tell us what happened the day before after seeing us?"

Li Xiuyuan interjected from the side: "Everyone here is talking about the day when they disappeared, only you are different. It is very unreasonable for you to say that what happened in the villa the night before. Unless, you think that in this villa What happened here is the real reason for Young Master Tan's disappearance."

Sun Jiang gritted his teeth and was silent for a while before he said with difficulty: "The Taoist priest is right. I really think there is something wrong with that villa."

The housekeeper scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about, I took someone to see that villa in person, and there is no problem at all!"

Li Xiuyuan interrupted the housekeeper directly: "You let him talk! Or do you not want to find your young master at all?"

The butler's face froze, he lowered his head and did not speak.

Seeing that the butler had finally shut up, Wang Sheng turned his head and said to the nervous Sun Jiang: "Don't be afraid, what you saw and what you think is wrong, you must speak up, otherwise we will go find your young master ?”

The flesh on Sun Jiang's face trembled, and he said with difficulty: "There is indeed one thing that I didn't dare to say before."

Hearing this, the butler wanted to reprimand again: "You..."

Wang Sheng and Li Xiuyuan said in unison: "Shut up!"

In order not to put too much pressure on Sun Jiang, Wang Sheng even packed up all the idlers in the house, including the butler himself, and drove them out together.

After the scene was finally cleared, Wang Sheng came back and raised his chin to Sun Jiang: "Go on."

Sun Jiang swallowed his saliva standing on the spot, without the housekeeper watching, he finally relaxed a little: "That night was not the last time I saw the young master. In fact, the next morning, I saw him again. When it comes to the young master, but he, but his state is very wrong."

"The young master was obviously fine the night before, speaking and acting normally. But after that night, the young master suddenly stopped talking. They all said it was because he was too tired from the journey, but I knew it was not. I helped the young master raise I have been riding a horse for more than ten years, and I remember his riding habits clearly. The young master is not good at equestrianism, and every time he gets on the horse, he must be supported by someone, but that day he seemed to forget about it and almost fell off on the spot."

The two of them originally thought they could hear some amazing secrets, but who would have only heard about Tan Chaoqi's riding habits, Wang Sheng asked: "... As far as this matter is concerned, it doesn't mean that there must be something wrong with that villa. Is it possible to be distracted or too tired?"

Who would have thought that Sun Jiang suddenly became excited: "No, it's not because he was distracted. The young master was not in the right state at that time, his eyes were blank, and he didn't say a word on the way."

"In the beginning, it was the young master himself who suggested hurrying up the journey, but after less than half an hour of walking, he suddenly said that he would go to the temple to rectify and rest."

Sun Jiang's face turned red, and he wanted to say something to prove his conjecture, but his mouth was dull and clumsy, and he opened and closed his lips several times, finally he could only lower his head deeply, and said softly: "...Young Master Something was really wrong that day, and I knew it, I could feel it."

Li Xiuyuan frowned, stared at Sun Jiang's face for a while, and then said: "I know about it, and I will go to that villa in person tomorrow."

Sun Jiang was hanging his head in a daze, but he was startled when he heard the words, and quickly raised his head: "Thank you, Daoist!"

Li Xiuyuan didn't answer, and only asked him to leave the specific location of the villa, then waved him away.

As soon as the person left, Wang Sheng couldn't wait to ask: "Then what Sun Jiang said is true?"

Li Xiuyuan glanced at him angrily, and replied: "You don't know, do I know?"

"Then what are you going to do in that villa?"

"Well, anyway, there are no other clues now, let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor. Then Sun Jiang looks like a loyal and honest person, and he won't lie about this matter. What's the point of trusting him once?"

Wang Sheng wondered: "Master, you are too hasty."

Li Xiuyuan retorted: "What do you know? It's easy to say not to lie, but how many people in the world can really do it? Whether it's out of good intentions or malice, people will more or less spread countless lies in their lives. Lies. But all the lies that Sun Jiang has told in his life may not add up to one hand."

After he finished speaking, he sighed softly: "Just because of this, that villa is worth a visit for both of us."

"Besides, there is no danger. I believe that Young Master Tan can take care of himself." Li Xiuyuan's expression changed suddenly, and he easily raised his legs.

Wang Sheng was originally stunned by what he said before, but who would have thought that he would suddenly fail, and the originally dignified atmosphere would suddenly make people dumbfounded.

The two spent another hour questioning the remaining people one by one, but unfortunately no other valuable information came out.

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