Be pampered at the Dream Hunting Ground

There is a place to sit, no one wants to squat on the side of the road.

If Jiang Lou didn't leave, Gu Xiaofeng didn't think about getting out of the car.

Gu Xiaofeng didn't know what Jiang Lou was usually like, the time he stayed with Jiang Lou was in the hunting grounds.

When he was in the hunting ground, as long as Jiang Lou was not doing anything or sleeping, he would play games and basically never let his hands idle.

But at this moment, after Jiang Lou dismissed the ghosts, he didn't play the game.

I don't see him thinking about things, just sitting idly like that.

Gu Xiaofeng has never seen such Jiang Lou.

Gu Xiaofeng once suspected that Jiang Lou's phone was out of battery.

However, this idea was soon self-destructed by Gu Xiaofeng.

Jiang Lou's mobile phone was made by some great god. After playing games in the hunting ground for a few days, it didn't seem to be out of battery.

Not long after, I saw a car driving towards Xu Yangyang's house, and after a while, I saw that car going back.

Jiang Lou's car was parked on the side of the road, and he didn't try to avoid it.

The car stopped, the window was lowered, and Guo Feng poked his head out: "Consultant Jiang, you haven't left yet."

Jiang Lou made an excuse casually: "Wait for someone."

Jiang Lou doesn't like to talk, and he should say what he should say about work-related matters, but it is concise and to the point, without a word of nonsense.

For things that have nothing to do with work, I politely respond, and I don’t want to say a word, let alone the content.

Guo Feng tried to get closer to Jiang Lou, and seemed to touch a few soft nails. He understood that this person was not intentionally high-minded and ignorant, but he really didn't like to talk, so he didn't bother to make fun of him.

After greeting Jiang Lou, what should I do?

When Guo Feng's car went far away, Gu Xiaofeng opened the door and got out of the car, while Jiang Lou made the same action at the same time.

The two looked at each other, tacit understanding.

Min County is small, if they come from Min County, they can meet Guo Feng and Shen Fang every minute.

Guo Feng and Shen Fang are both good people. When they see them, they will definitely find someone to ask their whereabouts.

At that time, what you don't want to expose will be exposed more.

It's better to come here with them. Although it's not so convenient to do things, but with a fig leaf, you can hide yourself very well.

With the identity of a consultant as a cover, Jiang Lou's involvement in this hunting ground is justified.

No matter what doubts Guo Feng has about his behavior, he can prevaricate them by investigating the case.

Ghosts can move things, but ghosts have different ways of living, and things that don't belong to them should be moved as long as they can, so as not to attract the attention of living people.

But what should be moved has to be moved.

So when Jiang Lou and Gu Xiaofeng went to Xu's house, the two ghosts were carrying things that Guo Feng had randomly piled into the house.

When the two ghosts who were moving things saw Gu Xiaofeng, they immediately wanted to go up happily, but when they saw Jiang Lou who entered behind Gu Xiaofeng, they froze in place, not daring to move.

Jiang Lou knew that he was not to be seen by the ghosts, so when he entered the door, he stopped going in, leaned against the closed gate, and watched Gu Xiaofeng talking to the two ghosts idly.

Xu Yangyang is a new dead ghost, and he is not familiar with the world of Min County ghosts, but Xu Yangyang's grandmother has been dead for more than a year.

For more than a year, there is something here, even if you haven't seen it, you have heard it.

Gu Xiaofeng directly asked the old man about the situation. After the old man died, he followed Xu Yangyang all the time and did not move around.

Although she doesn't move around, she still encounters other ghosts.

Some ghosts like to hang out and chat.

Even if the old man was worried about his grandson, he wouldn't come up to him, but the chatter of other ghosts would still reach her ears.

There are indeed no fierce ghosts in Min County, and there are no ghosts forming cliques. If you like to get together, you can get together, and if you don't like lively, just stay alone.

That's a good thing, but it's not normal that there are so few ghosts.

Gu Xiaofeng turned his head to look at Jiang Lou.

This guy is playing around with ghosts, so he should know a lot about ghosts. I don't know what he thinks about the situation in Min County.

He looked at Jiang Lou, and Jiang Lou also looked at him, still looking leisurely, but obviously didn't intend to speak.

Forget it.

Asking this ice gourd is worse than asking a ghost.

"Grandma Lu, do you remember the train station and the train in the hunting ground?" Xu Yangyang's grandmother was surnamed Lu.

Granny Lu nodded: "I remember."

"Is that train station gone?" The entire train station disappeared, so it's possible that there are no records, but it would take too much time to check the events from decades ago, and Gu Xiaofeng didn't want to wait.

"Not here."

"Why aren't you here?"

"The earthquake and mudslides destroyed more than half of the Minjiang River, the train station was washed away, and the rails were broken a lot. By the way, it was not called Min County at that time, but the Minjiang River. Later, the state paid for the reconstruction of the Minjiang River. , changed its name to Minxian County, and in the next few years, aftershocks continued, the rails were difficult to repair, and the railway station was useless. After a long time, it was simply demolished."

"The courtyard house was also rebuilt?"

"Yes."

"Is it also money from the state?"

"Yes."

"Building such a big courtyard for you, won't other people's houses make trouble." This courtyard house is not too big, but rebuilding a courtyard house can surpass the number of other people's houses.

"There is nothing wrong with other people's families."

"How do you say that?"

"At that time, I was still young and hadn't married into the Gu family, but I still remember that the Gu family's house was very big at that time. One-third of the entire Minjiang River belonged to the Gu family. And it was very beautiful. The vermilion gate, carved Goalposts, be as grand as you want."

The vermilion gate, the carved gate post.

This is not the picture I saw in my consciousness before.

Gu Xiaofeng turned his head to look at Jiang Lou leaning on the door, and seemed to see the cold and slender figure leaning on the vermilion-carved red doorpost again, lost his mind for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "Are the doorposts also vermilion?"

"Yes. Too bad it's gone."

"Because of the earthquake?"

Granny Lu nodded: "After the earthquake, half of the Gu family's mansion was destroyed. The country repaired it for the Gu family, but only such a courtyard was built, and other houses were bulldozed and built in other places, and distributed to others."

No trouble, because the Gu family's land was divided.

Gu Xiaofeng suddenly understood why the people in Min County, especially those in these streets, were so eccentric towards Granny Lu and Xu Yangyang.

It's because Granny Lu's husband's family used to be a big family here.

To put it bluntly, it is hatred of the rich.

Even though he later lived on the land that the Gu family gave away, he still didn't feel angry, and usually held his breath.

When people fall down, they will be ridiculed and even trampled to death.

The inferiority of petty bourgeois engraved in the bones of some people.

Although Gu Xiaofeng heard that the old man sold the house and the money was taken away by his daughter, he thought they were just ordinary people, so he didn't pay attention to the old man's family.

At this time, I suddenly heard that the old man's family background was still surnamed Gu, and I had a very subtle feeling in my heart.

At the same time, the strange feeling in my heart became stronger.

"Did many people die in the earthquake?"

"A lot."

"Do you remember how many?"

The old man shook his head: "The news at that time was not as good as it is now, and the number of people who died would not be counted as clearly as it is now. We don't know how many people died, but almost half of the people in Minjiang are gone."

half gone...

Huge amount of data.

So many people died, so where did the souls go?

After entering the hunting ground, the souls of those who do not come out will also disappear.

Could it be that the earthquake that year was actually a hunting ground?

"Grandma Lu, can you tell me about your Gu family?"

The old man hadn't talked to anyone for many years, especially about his husband's family. This said, it took several hours.

Granny Lu's husband's family name is Gu, but she is not the real owner of the Gu family's mansion, but the person who looks after the mansion.

The Gu family existed before the Republic of China.

He has been in business for generations and is very rich.

The host is also very kind, and often sets up porridge halls to help victims of disasters.

The master of the Gu family has done many good deeds and saved many people, but he couldn't save his own wife and children.

Mrs. Gu's health was not good, and it got worse after she got pregnant with the child. The child was born prematurely. Mrs. Gu gave birth to the child with the last bit of strength, and then went.

The young master of the Gu family is Tianzi Conghui. He can compose poems at the age of three and write good articles at the age of five. He looks like a snow dumpling. Everyone loves him.

It's a pity that the young master of the Gu family was born prematurely, and his health has been poor since he was a child. He was soaked in medicine jars every day, and he was almost not given out at the door, and he was not allowed to pass through the second door.

But even so, it failed to grow up.

It's gone when I'm seven years old.

Master Gu was infatuated with his wife. After his wife was gone, he never remarried and raised his son wholeheartedly.

His son is gone, his sky is broken, and he doesn't want to stay in this sad place anymore.

He sold the house, left Minjiang, and never came back.

After Master Gu sold the house, he dispersed all the servants.

The members of Granny Lu's husband's family used to be the concierge of the Gu family. The whole family lived in the Gu family and had nowhere to go, and the new owner also needed someone to look after the yard, so the family stayed and continued to help the new owner look after the yard.

"The new owner's surname is also Gu?"

"Not Gu, but Jiang."

When Gu Xiaofeng heard this, he subconsciously turned his head to look at Jiang Lou again. Jiang Lou was leaning against the door with no expression on his face. , met Gu Xiaofeng's gaze, his expression was still dull, without any emotion.

Gu Xiaofeng withdrew his gaze: "Since the new owner's surname is Jiang, why do you still call that house the Gu family's old house?"

"After the new owner bought the house, no one would touch any flowers or plants, and even the house number of the Gu family would not be changed. So everyone still calls this house the Gu family mansion."

"Does the new owner have something to do with the Gu family?" If there is no special relationship, buying a big yard with someone else's surname on it, as if living in someone else's house, feels indescribably strange.

"At that time, the person who showed the yard to the new owner was my wife's Grand Master. The Grand Master said that he had never seen the new owner before Master Gu sold the house."

"How much do you know about the new owner?"

"I don't know much."

Granny Lu recalled what she had heard from the old man.

At that time, the person who looked after the courtyard was Gu Yongsheng, who was also the old man of Granny Lu's wife.

In fact, it is inappropriate to say that Gu Yongsheng was the one watching the yard at that time.

Because Gu Yongsheng was only eight years old back then, not much older than the young master of the Gu family, he was one of the rare playmates of the young master of the Gu family.

The person who actually looked after the courtyard was Gu Yongsheng's father.

However, Gu Yongsheng was born in Gu's family and grew up in Gu's family. From what he saw and what his parents said, he is really familiar with Gu's family.

He can be sure that the Gu family master did not know the new owner before selling the house.

The new owner is not from Minjiang, they bought a house and don't live in it, and only come a few times a year.

When he came, he just walked around the houses, leaned against the door, and looked at the yard for a long time. He didn't know what he was looking at.

Gu Yongsheng's father once asked the new owner why he didn't go into the house to rest, but he didn't say a word.

Gu Yongsheng's father was a servant, so naturally he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Gu Yongsheng's father didn't dare to ask, but Gu Yongsheng, who was still a child, didn't have so many scruples. Once it was snowing and it was so cold that no one wanted to stay outside, but the new owner stood by the door for a long time, I kept staring at the red plum tree covered with snow in the yard.

He was so curious that he forgot all his father's explanation and asked the new owner if he liked this place very much.

The new owner usually doesn't talk much when he comes, but it may be because he doesn't want to hurt the child. When he goes to talk to the new owner, the new owner basically pays attention to him.

Although there were not many words, just a few simple words, it was answered anyway.

The new owner heard Gu Yongsheng's words that day, "Yes", and said, "I really like it."

Gu Yongsheng asked again: "Since you like it, why don't you come and live here?"

The new boss didn't say anything, but the color in his eyes dimmed. At that time, Gu Yongsheng was only ten years old, but he also understood that the look hidden in his eyes was called sadness.

Gu Yongsheng became even more curious and asked him what he was looking at.

The new owner said: "Look where he lived."

Gu Yongsheng didn't understand, so he asked again, but the new owner stopped talking.

After that, it might be that Gu Yongsheng is getting older, and the new owner rarely even pays attention to him.

Although he doesn't talk much, he still comes every year, sometimes several times a year.

Sometimes I came late and had to spend the night in Minjiang.

But he also never went to sleep in the main house.

Either stand at the door all night, or sit in the young master's room or study all night.

Hearing this, Gu Xiaofeng yelled a few times in his heart, "Fuck, shit, shit", and couldn't help asking: "Young master of the Gu family, could he be the son of the new owner..."

After Gu Xiaofeng finished speaking, he heard a snort coming from the door.

Gu Xiaofeng turned his head and saw that Jiang Lou's posture hadn't changed, but there was finally a reaction on his expressionless face, and there was a little absurd look in his pale eyes.

Gu Xiaofeng is almost certain that the new owner of the Gu family's mansion is inextricably related to Jiang Lou, maybe it is his grandfather's grandfather.

Granny Lu shook her head like a rattle: "No, of course not."

Granny Lu continued talking.

Mrs. Gu's family and the Gu family are family friends, and the two families have already engaged in child marriage. The two are childhood sweethearts, and they have been in love since childhood.

Before getting married, Mrs. Gu was a standard lady, she didn't leave the house, and she didn't leave the house. Only her future husband would come to her and play with her.

She married into the Gu family at the age of 14. After Mrs. Gu married into the Gu family, she was very virtuous, and she could never have two hearts.

Besides, in those days, having an affair meant being immersed in a pigsty, who would dare?

Gu Xiaofeng scratched his face with his index finger, could it be that old ancestor of Jiang Lou, who had a perverted hobby and fell in love with his young master?

This thought made Gu Xiaofeng shudder.

But this kind of idea without proof, just think about it, don't talk nonsense.

Gu Xiaofeng secretly looked at Jiang Lou again, and Jiang Lou's face was paralyzed again, but he didn't look at them again, and looked down at the ground in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking.

Those old stories were heard by Grandma Lu, who was not very eloquent, and she didn't chat with people for many years, so the whole story was told upside down.

But also understandable.

If such a big house is not taken care of every day, it will soon rot.

The new owner didn't come to live in. Although they didn't invite many people, apart from Gu Yongsheng and his family, there were two other families in the Gu family's mansion.

The other family is a nursing home, in case of sneak robbery.

Later, the war started, and panic was everywhere.

The new owner came and gave each of them a large sum of money, and told them that if the house can be guarded, it will be guarded, if it cannot be guarded, then it will be abandoned and escape to other places, and don't lose your life here.

The other two families, there were still people in the countryside, took the money and left, leaving only Gu Yongsheng's family.

Their family is the domestic servants of the Gu family. They have lived in the Gu family for generations and have nowhere else to go.

Besides, the Gu family and the new owner are very kind to their family members. Although the new owner does not live here, they can feel that the new owner regards this house very seriously.

So it was decided that no matter what, they would guard the house for him, unless there was no other way.

So, I buried the money given by the new owner on the opposite mountain, and went to get it when I fled.

Then, he usually lives in the Gu family's mansion, and lives in whatever way he wants.

Afterwards, the army was in chaos, and life was really hard.

Especially for a big house like theirs, whoever is the uncle will come to grab a wave. The good big house has been destroyed beyond recognition.

The new owner never came again.

But in those years, no matter who came to rob or occupy the mansion as a residence, they didn't do anything to their family, at most they shouted and ordered them around.

Later, I accidentally heard that someone spent money to tell those people not to embarrass their family.

Long before the war, they had received news that the master of the Gu family was gone, so the only one willing to do this was the new owner.

The days passed in such a mess.

After liberation, Gu Yongsheng's parents are long gone, he also married a wife and had children, and still lives in the mansion, but there has been no news of the new owner.

Probably gone too...

Then their family lived in that mansion until the earthquake destroyed many houses.

After listening to it, Gu Xiaofeng asked: "Master Gu, has he ever returned after leaving Minjiang?"

Granny Lu: "I haven't come back yet."

Gu Xiaofeng: "Later, is there any news about him?"

Granny Lu: "Master Gu and Gu Yongsheng's father have been exchanging letters for a while. I heard that he went to Hong Kong,"

Gu Xiaofeng: "Do you know the content?"

Granny Lu: "I didn't hear what the old people said about this. I just mentioned it, saying that Mr. Gu has been in poor health since he arrived there, but he met a woman who looked a bit like his wife. Before Mr. Gu passed away, That woman has always taken care of him. Mr. Gu has no children, and after his death, all his property was given to that woman."

After Gu Xiaofeng listened to it, he concluded that Mrs. Gu's family and the young master were relatively short-lived, which was a big blow to Master Gu.

But afterwards, Mr. Gu just sold the old house and left this sad place, and he didn't complain enough to create a hunting ground.

As for the new owner, the motive is unknown.

I didn't feel any resentment or anything. In Gu Xiaofeng's opinion, the chance of being insane is even higher.

It was already dark.

Leaning on the door frame, Jiang Lou stood up slowly, walked into the main room with ease, and when he came out of the room, he held a few sticks of incense in one hand and a small incense burner in the other.

When Gu Xiaofeng inspected the courtyard before, he saw several large boxes of sandalwood in the main room, and thought it was left by the previous owner.

At this time, Jiang Lou came out with incense and asked, "Who bought the incense?"

Jiang Lou put the incense burner in the yard and lit the incense: "I don't know."

Gu Xiaofeng: "..."

No wonder he believed it.

Coming out of the courtyard, a few ghosts were lying at the door, poking their heads, secretly inhaling the fragrance that wafted out.

Xu Yangyang looked at the ghosts for a while, then let them in.

Those few ghosts surrounded the incense burner happily, they almost didn't care about Xu Yangyang calling him father.

Xu Yangyang and his grandmother drank vital water, they have a semi-substantial body, they can do what ordinary people can do, and they can light their own incense in the future.

The corners of Gu Xiaofeng's mouth curled up slightly, Xu Yangyang should not be lonely anymore.

Gu Xiaofeng and Jiang Lou walked side by side in the dark alley, turned their heads to look at Jiang Lou, except for the different ages and different clothes, this person is really the same as the new owner of the Gu family mansion: "Go after a meal?"

He didn't eat dinner, Gu Xiaofeng was already so hungry that his chest stuck to his back.

It took more than an hour to drive back to Rongcheng, Gu Xiaofeng didn't want to go back hungry.

Jiang Lou raised his head and looked in the direction of the lights outside the alley: "What do you want to eat?"

Gu Xiaofeng: "What do you want to eat?"

Jiang Lou: "Whatever."

"Then go out and eat whichever one is pleasing to your eye." When he came, Gu Xiaofeng saw a street full of small restaurants, the doors were open, but there were no people there, it should be for supper.

He just wants to fill his stomach, hygiene is good, and he doesn't care about anything else.

Jiang Lou turned his head and glanced at him, but said nothing.

Gu Xiaofeng couldn't figure out whether Jiang Lou agreed or disagreed, but if Jiang Lou didn't say "no", he would take it as his acquiescence.

The two got into the car.

Jiang Lou drove the car directly to the snack street he saw on the way.

Min County is not big, there are few people who drive out to eat, and there are a few scattered cars, which are directly dumped on the side of the road.

Standing at the intersection, he could only see a few small restaurants. After entering the alley, Gu Xiaofeng realized that it was actually quite long.

The shops are not big, most of them only have a few tables, but one shop is next to another, and there are many people eating, the whole alley is very lively.

Jiang Lou followed the alleys of the snack street and walked in hesitantly.

Gu Xiaofeng wanted to eat whatever he wanted, but he didn't know what Jiang Lou was particular about. Seeing him walking in, he didn't know whether he didn't like the shops outside or didn't want to eat those things.

Looking forward, I felt the same, and asked: "If you don't want to eat here, go back to Rongcheng."

As soon as the words were finished, Jiang Lou turned into a small shop next to him.

Gu Xiaofeng raised his head, and the signboard said 'Claypot Meatballs', which had no special features.

There are only five tables in this store, two tables are seated, and three tables are empty.

Jiang Lou sat down at the table near the door.

It doesn't matter what Gu Xiaofeng eats, so he sits opposite Jiang Lou.

The author has something to say: Jiang Lou: "No daughter-in-law has a son?"

Gu Xiaofeng: "Father!"

Jiang Lou: "..."