Lost Charm

"When something like this happened, can't we intervene openly?"

Xu Qin and Yu Chijiong came to the Underworld early in the morning, how could he know that He Tong was earlier than the two of them.

"Xiao Qinqin, this is what we Xiuyi inquired about in private. The Du family obviously has a ulterior motive not only did not report to the officials, but instead sealed the news. It is not without problem that we deliberately put our heads in front of us, but it may leak our secret channels. Exposed." He Tong explained patiently.

She came back before dawn, intending to verify Qu Moao's testimony, but as he said, an ugly black chicken was drawn on the record of strange stories.Now she was [-]% convinced, but she always felt that Qu Moao hadn't made it clear, since she was a member of the Underworld, why did she stay in the tea house and refused to come over?

There was a flash of determination in her eyes, just wait and see, she will definitely find out.

"Let's talk about what happened last night first. You thought about it all night, what did you come up with?" Yu Chijiong poured a cup of tea, sat down on his seat, and looked like a leader waiting for his subordinates to report.

He Tong was not interested in cooperating with him, crossed his arms and said, "There are only two reasons why the evil spirit is so weak, one is serious illness, and the other is dying. Under such circumstances, he will never go anywhere, there must be someone hiding him." When I woke up, I personally guessed that a certain seriously injured monster ate the rolo bird and ate the pass, and then some young master of the Du family thought it was very interesting and secretly raised it."

"Then the monster swallowed the Du family's youngest and youngest in one gulp. Some of them had a ghost in their hearts, so they tried their best not to report it to the police. He really succeeded." Yu Chijiong added, this is also his tentative deduction.

"Yuchi Qianhu, didn't you write a letter to Yangming Villa? They haven't replied yet?" Xu Qin asked.

"They won't be so fast these days, it's spring after all." Yu Chijiong took a quick look at He Tong.

Xu Qin understood, spring is the season of lust.

What they can hope now is that the news of the Du Mansion will be exposed, or that Qian Jiguang will bring new developments—because he was the last one to show up today, he was kicked away and spent all day in the Du Mansion.As for Ye Heng, he needs time to prepare, not so fast.

Yu Chijiong took the opportunity to tell Xu Qin about the members of the Du family.

Du Zhi, a wealthy man in the capital city, started his business from a rice shop and was in charge of half of the grain market in central Beijing. According to legend, some relatives of the king supported him, but his actions did not endanger the imperial power, so Xiuyi did not touch him.He has eight children in total, five sons and three daughters, among which four sons have already reached the crown, and the youngest son is the eighth, who is thirteen or fourteen years old this year. On the way, he gave birth in the suburbs, and the wife passed away after giving birth, so there were rumors of Kemu when he was born, which made Du Zhi not like him very much.

As for the four sons, they were named after "Dianjuan Xingfei" - which is what Du Zhi often said that business can't be delayed for a few days, it must be fast, so the eldest son is named Du Rudian; the third son is named Du Rujuan; the fourth son is Du Ruxing; the fifth son is Du Rufei.

And the young master Du who disappeared this time is exactly Du Rudian.

"Then who is the second one?" Xu Qin felt dizzy when he had to remember so many Du family members.

"The second is the eldest daughter, she is already married and not in the Du Mansion, the sixth and seventh are also daughters." Yuchi said.

"What's the name of the youngest son?"

"I don't know." Yu Chijiong shook his head and said, "I heard that Du Zhi hated him so much that he didn't even give him his name."

Xu Qinqi said: "Du Zhi loves his wife very much?"

"No, he has a lot of concubines. If he sees a match in the brothel, he will take him back. Such a person will have such deep affection for his wife? I'm afraid it's a gesture towards his natal family. After all, it is also the number one brocade cloth in the south of the Yangtze River. Home." Yuchi snorted, disapproving of Du Zhi's fake fishy behavior.

Xu Qin responded, lowered his head and began to recite names.

After staying in the underworld for a day, when Xu Qin and Yu Chijiong got home, they remembered that they hadn't seen Ning Baihu today.

"Oops, I forgot to release Ning Baihu."

Yuchijiong hurriedly fished the chicken out of the prison. Where did Ning Baihu suffer from this? Normally, even if Yuchijiong restrained it, it was just locked in its room, where there was a bed, water and food, and it barked twice at will. There are also servants who come here, unlike here where there are only four big walls, a pampered chicken like it will be mentally weak after staying for a day.

Therefore, when Ning Baihu returned to freedom, he held up his weak chicken, murmured tragically, and walked up to Xu Qin step by step, accusing his master of oppression with his actions.It thought that Yu Chijiong was the only one imprisoning it, but it didn't realize that Xu Qin also intervened.

"Don't play so much, can you eat your favorite big white rice tonight?" Yu Chijiong saw through this chicken who loves to act at a glance, and he really didn't know that it was like this.He absolutely did not admit that it was Ning Baihu who followed his example, and it must be the embroidered clothes of Beizhen Fusi who taught him to break it.

When Ning Baihu heard that there was a big meal tonight, he immediately stopped pretending: >w

Xu Qin stared blankly at Ning Baihu, another scream suddenly appeared in his mind, which was different from Ning Baihu's pretend, it was a real mournful cry.

"Yuchi Qianhu, do you remember one time when we met Qian Baihu outside and heard some kind of bird's cry together?" Xu Qin suddenly grabbed Yuchi Jiong's sleeve and asked in a hasty tone.

"You mean..." Before Yu Chijiong could tease Xu Qin to stop him, he was attracted by the message in the other party's words.

"Could it be that it hid in Du's mansion?" Xu Qin thought it was possible, and continued: "We also forgot to look in Yaotu after that. Will Yaotu find records for so long?"

Yu Chijiong bowed his head and ordered: "I don't have time to pay attention to you now, go find something to eat by yourself."

What this means is that the big white rice for dinner flew away before it even reached the mouth. Ning Baihu’s grief came from it, and the chicken brain suddenly came up with a poem once recited by a certain official who was imprisoned in Fusi Prison in Beizhen: Ask the Lord How much can you worry?Just like a river of spring water flowing eastward.

Ning Baihu felt that the word was clearly referring to himself, and while imitating the official's words, he walked away in a deserted manner, leaving Xu Qin and Yu Chi in the vicissitudes of his back.

Xu Qin heard Ning Baihu shaking his head and screaming, looked at it curiously, and asked, "What is Ning Baihu calling?"

"Probably singing for freedom." Yu Chijiong once again miscalculated his pet's thoughts, "Okay, Ji Hai, ignore it, let's go to the study to study the birds in the demon world."

If it is as Xu Qin said, then the scope will be narrowed down a lot. With Yuchijiong's extraordinary memory, they will quickly list all the monster birds. There are three big characters: Luo Luo Bird.

Shanhaijing-Xishanjing once said: "350 miles to the west, Yuelai Mountain has many sandalwood trees, many birds, and cannibals", but there is nothing about the shape, sound, color, etc. of the Luoluo bird. According to records, it is not easy to be found out by Yu Chijiong just like this.

"One is that Yangming Mountain Villa wrote Luoluo Bird as Luoluo Bird, and the other is that our side blindly misapproved... Then why is it injured? There is no reason in the human world that someone would specifically attack it." Yu Chijiong stroked his chin. , No matter how I think about it, I can't think of a clear one.

"If things are as we expected, would you like to mention Qian Baihu?" Xu Qin heard that this monster can eat people, and immediately thought that there were Qian Baihu in Du's residence.

"Qian Jiguang should be able to handle it. Usually, when he goes on missions alone in the capital, there will be a free laborer to protect him. Don't worry about two-on-one. At this time, you should ask He Tong about the characteristics of Luo Luoniao. .” Yu Chijiong was still thinking, so he casually responded to Xu Qin, but he didn’t explain who was “free labor”.

"We're going to go to He's mansion now?" Xu Qin was a little excited. Speaking of which, he didn't know where He Tong lived.

Yu Chijiong looked at the sky and refused, "No, I'll ask tomorrow at such a late hour. Since the Du family doesn't take this matter seriously, it's useless for us outsiders to be anxious. Let's go eat first. Strange, what about Ning Baihu? Isn't he Do you want to eat white rice with us?"

Xu Qin looked at Yu Chijiong helplessly, didn't he drive the chicken away just now?Now instead ask where is it?

"Ning Baihu is real, I forcibly let go of such a good opportunity, and I won't give it food next time." In the corridor, Yu Chijiong continued to scold Ning Baihu.

Xu Qin didn't say a word about it, but he secretly felt that there is such an irresponsible master as Yu Chijiong who ignores everything around him as soon as he starts working. It is not easy for Ning Baihu to live to this day.

Ye Heng brought news the next day.

"Change into plain clothes, and enter the Du Mansion with me as Master Ye's apprentice." Ye Heng reminded, "Remember to call me Master."

Yu Chijiong immediately admitted his new identity, and said, "Master, what about your disciples Xu Qin and Ning Baihu?"

"You didn't tell me there were so many people."

"I thought you knew."

"...Leaving aside Xu Qin, isn't Ning Baihu's full name Ning Baihu? Wouldn't it be exposed as soon as you entered Du's mansion and called it?"

"It's simple, I'm not praising it, but Ning Baihu is not a vegetarian."

"I know, it eats bugs."

Yuchi snorted, ignored Ye Heng's joke, glanced at Ning Baihu who lowered his head and pecked at the rice, and shouted: "Ning Tsai!"

Ning Baihu raised his head immediately, staring at Yu Chijiong intently: ⊙_⊙

Yu Chijiong nodded in satisfaction, indicating that Ning Baihu can continue to eat, and then said to Ye Heng: "See? You call it 'Ning Tsai', and it knows how to respond. He Tong went to Du's Mansion the day before yesterday but couldn't find out What, now you can swagger into the Du Mansion, of course Ning Baihu will go, and you will find that everything is the same."

Ye Heng was silent for a while, and then said: "No wonder the Du family said someone invaded, so it was you."

Yu Chijiong ignored him, squatted down, and said to Ning Baihu: "We are looking for a monster that is hiding, but he is very cunning, so everyone is infected with a monster, so people can't find him. He Tong, she failed, and now I can only rely on you, do you have trust?"

Ning Baihu suddenly received a shocking mission, and Yu Chijiong also told it that the predecessors failed and asked it to clean up the mess. Doesn't this mean that they value it?Then he nodded towards Yu Chijiong with dazzling eyes, his eyes were very firm.

Yuchi Jiong succeeded in fooling around, and then he said the main point: "When you get there, remember not to bark indiscriminately, or you will only alarm the other party. You should inform us quietly, you understand?"

Ning Baihu shook its wings and straightened its abdominal muscles, expressing that it would never disappoint Yu Chijiong's expectations for it.

At this moment, it is a spy chicken nicknamed "Ning Zi"!