treacherous world

Zhan Zhao frowned after reading the explanation on the file, is it near Kaifeng?That fifth younger sister...had really died a long time ago!

Bao Yan just put down one volume and wanted to get another volume, but seeing that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang seemed to have discovered something, they ran over.

Zhan Zhao handed him the dossier. Bao Yan and Bao Fu read it halfway, when they heard Bao Fu's voice of "Oh my God", Pang Yu and the fourth son who were on the side almost threw the book in their hands, and turned their heads. To see him.

"Master, Fifth Sister! There really is a Fifth Sister! She really has been dead for a long time!" Bao Fu was so young that his face turned pale with fright.

Bao Yan also felt strange, "Where did the graves of these five girls come from? Why did the villagers suddenly move away? It's not recorded in the books!"

"But we know about Shanyin Village, so we might be able to find clues!" Zhan Zhao flipped through the paper in Bai Yutang's hand again, and saw the word "异" written on it.

"Wait?"

"Does it mean that there are omissions?" Bai Yutang guessed.

Afterwards, everyone put the dossiers back into the distance, and ran to Master Chen with the dossier with the word "yi" written on it.

Master Na looked at it in his hand and nodded, "Yes, any files with the word '异' are missing files."

"Why did you miss it?" Everyone was puzzled.

"Most of these files were copied and sent from the local government. Some of the local files were not recorded in detail, and some of them were old, but some of them were lost. It was in recent years, so it was accidentally missing, such as a fire. Part of it will be lost, or part of it will not be tested.”

Zhan Zhao and the others nodded, and asked Master Chen how much he knew about Shanyin Village in the suburbs of Kaifeng Mansion.

Master Chen froze for a moment, stroked his beard and began to meditate again.

Zhan Zhao and the others looked at each other, and stood there obediently waiting for the old man to finish his meditation before giving them a key.

But after waiting for a long time, the chief sighed softly when he came, "I thought Wufen Village looked familiar just now, it turned out to be the Shanyin Village back then.

"Master, have you heard about Shanyin Village?" Bao Yan's eyes lit up, and he thought he was very knowledgeable!

"Shanyin Village is a well-known ghost village in Kaifeng." The old man shook his head and explained to the shocked people, "Because no one mentioned it for a long time, I almost forgot, the atmosphere there is extremely cold, and rumors There is a female ghost who is lingering and often comes out to make troubles, so there are few people and a dead silence."

"Why is there such a legend?" Zhan Zhao and others were curious.

"That's right. It was about three or four years ago. At that time, the emperor had just been married for a year and had no heirs. There were rumors among the people that he might be a concubine." Master Chen stroked his beard and shook his head as soon as he told the story. "A concubine like this is a waste of time and money, so usually a few ministers in the palace send their daughters or recommend them, and let the emperor choose one or two according to their character. That's all, and they rarely go to the people to find them." Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, Zhao Zhen, including the first emperor, were more sensible in terms of love and not licentious.

"But at that time, many swindlers appeared among the people, pretending to be the father-in-law in the palace, taking the imperial decree and being ordered to go to the people to choose a concubine, and cheating everywhere. They deceived those beautiful and young women who were born poor, dreamed of entering the palace, and became concubines. Most of these women ended up miserable, some were cheated of their money and sex, they threw themselves into the river when they couldn’t figure it out, and some were even more unfortunate, they were tricked into prostitution, and never recovered.”

"Yeah!" Zhan Zhao nodded, "I've heard about it. Later, it seems that those gangs of human traffickers were severely arrested and abducted, and many people were executed. Since then, private elections for concubines have been strictly prohibited. Once there are people who choose concubines, it must be fake. Yes, kill me!"

"Well, it is said that Shanyin Village is a famous beauty village, and a group of women in it were cheated at that time." Master Chen continued to shake his head, "The reason why Shanyin Village is yin is because it is not exposed to the sun. Light, in addition, is because there are five wells in the village, pointing to five directions, connected together, it is a five-pointed star!"

"Pentagram?" Everyone frowned slightly, and Bao Yan nodded, "Pentagram is a symbol of evil intentions to summon souls and ghosts. If there are five wells like this on the ground, if the water system below is connected, it will be Pentagram Fengshui, which is Fengshui. The most ominous place in the world!"

"As expected of Mr. Bao, he is really insightful about some weird knowledge!" Mrs. Chen praised Bao Yan, nodded seriously, and said, "It is rumored that there were five women who were heartbroken and resentful after knowing that they were cheated. At the same time, they jumped into the five wells, chanted the curse of death, and committed suicide."

"Recite curse words?" Bai Yutang was a little puzzled, "Who are they cursing?"

"Curse the village!" Master Chen sighed, "Young women may not all enter the palace in their dreams. They may prefer a handsome hero, a talented man full of knowledge, or a lover who herds cattle at the entrance of the village. But the elders in the village, Parents and clansmen don’t think that way!”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded clearly, "Is it forced?"

"Then I was cheated, and I will be discriminated against when I return to the village!" Bao Yan frowned, "How innocent."

The fourth son listened and looked at Xiao Liang, "It's so pitiful."

Mrs. Chen nodded, "He died full of resentment, and naturally his grievances lingered. Later, it was said that something happened to the village, and soon the house was emptied. As for what happened, no one knows!"

"Oops, oops!" Bao Yan stomped his feet suddenly, "Wuman Fengshui still committed suicide. I'm afraid this soul will be tied up in a fierce place for the rest of its life, and it will never escape!"

Master Chen nodded, "Besides, there are also several types of feng shui, such as seven-star spoon earth, six-pointed feng shui, four-sided frame moon, and three-legged feng shui, which are also unlucky omens, but in general , there is really no one that is more dangerous than Wumang Fengshui!"

Speaking of this, Master Chen finally raised his drooping eyelids, looked at Zhan Zhao and the others, and asked, "You are all very yang, why do you ask about this dangerous place? To investigate the case?"

Everyone looked at Bao Yan, Bao Yan touched his head and said, "I seem to be targeted by one of the female ghosts."

The old man was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and shook his head again and again, "Impossible!"

Everyone was puzzled and asked, "Why are you so sure?"

The old man pointed at Bao Yan, "You are the successor of Bao Zheng, and even the king of Hades dare not follow Bao Zheng. You have his blood, so gods and ghosts are hard to get close to. It's not that you are afraid of ghosts, but ghosts are afraid of you!"

Bao Yan was stunned, while the fourth son poked Xiao Liang, and said in a low voice, "Little Liang, is Xiao Baozi so powerful? Then let's go back and cut a bunch of his hair to ward off evil spirits?"

Xiao Liang looked at him dumbfounded, the fourth son was afraid of ghosts.

After Master Chen finished speaking, he added another sentence, "However, in my opinion, the theory of ghosts and ghosts is mostly deception. I have lived to be 98 years old, and I have never seen a living ghost! But if you try to deceive people, there must be something wrong." picture."

Everyone nodded and sighed secretly, 98 years old...a hundred years younger!But having said that, no matter whether the Fifth Sister is real or not, she didn't hurt Bao Yan.I tried my best to hand over a blood letter to Mr. Bao, just wanting to redress my grievances. If I have time, I should really go to Wufen Village.

After leaving the Tai Academy, everyone walked back.

Bao Yan began to think about it, and wanted to visit Wufen Village, but he was too busy these days, and he had to go to enjoy the piano with his father tonight, when would he go?

Seeing him like that, Pang Yu quickly waved his hands, "I said after Wenquxing, you have to go by yourself, don't bring me with you!"

Bao Yan frowned, and said in his heart that he will take you there naturally, and if he meets a big ghost or a little ghost, he can resist you for a while!

After walking for a while, I happened to pass a tea house called Xiao Shaoxing.

Pang Yu pointed out, "Go and have a cup of tea for a while? The Shaoxing rice dumplings and pastries here are delicious. As soon as his words came out, Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liang naturally agreed, and ran upstairs together.

Zhan Zhao patted Bao Yan who was still frowning at the side, "Take a break and think again, it's easy to get into the wrong place."

"Yeah!" Bao Yan nodded, "Brother Zhan said so!" He simply thought about it, let his head rest for a while, and went to eat Pang Yu's big family.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, then shook their heads - they really look like Bao Zheng.

The two also wanted to go in, but they saw Bao Fu standing behind him, looking around with his arms folded.

Bai Yutang looked back at him, "Bao Fu?"

"Oh, Mr. Bai." Bao Fu caught up with two steps.

"What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

"No... I, I feel as if someone is watching us!"

After a while, everyone went to the teahouse, and Pang Yu ordered a few pots of good tea and ordered several snacks.

This tea house is very exquisite, the teapots are all palm pots, one pot for each person, with one cup, and there are many good teas.

Pang Yu ordered a pot of Longjing for Zhan Zhao, Pu'er for Bai Yutang, scented tea for Xiao Sizi, Xiao Liang and Bao Fu, and a pot of Tieguanyin for Bao Yan. I ordered the Anji white tea that I am used to drinking.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were surprised, but Pang Yu was quite careful, and everyone knew their tastes.

Everyone sat down and continued to chat about Wufen Village, discussing when to go there, Bao Fu still looked around, feeling like goose bumps all over his body, scratching his ears and cheeks.

The fourth son leaned over to look at him, "Little Fuzi, what's wrong with you, have you got lice?"

Bao Fu couldn't laugh or cry, "Little Si, don't you feel like someone is watching us?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned slightly - they had heard Master Bao said before that Bao Fu was not a child from an ordinary family, but the child of a friend of his.That friend passed away when he was alive, and he was always a celestial master exorcising ghosts when he was alive, so he made a lot of trouble with this child.Before he was three years old, Bao Fu had never seen anyone, and had never been out of the house, so he was very sensitive at such a young age, always seeing or feeling something messy.

The two subconsciously looked at each other—whether someone was really watching or not, but they were definitely not nearby, because if they were nearby, they would definitely be able to detect it!

"Ah!"

At this moment, Zhan Zhao and the fourth son sneezed and rubbed their noses at the same time.

Xiao Liang leaned over and asked, "Jin'er, did you catch a cold, didn't you sleep well last night?"

The fourth son shook his head, his nose suddenly itched.

Bai Yutang also looked at Zhan Zhao, with a smile that was not a smile, as if he was asking——did you sleep well last night?

Zhan Zhao rubbed his ears and smiled—it was okay, but his hands were numb, and he didn't know why.

After a while, the buddy came up and brought tea cups to everyone, all of which were exquisite bamboo tables with a pot.

The guy obviously knew Pang Yu very well, "Young Lord, the white tea just arrived these days."

"Really?" Pang Yu was happy, "Don't forget to give me sixty catties."

"Okay!" The waiter nodded happily, and Zhan Zhao and the others poured tea by themselves, thinking that drinking tea like this was quite interesting.

The fourth son took a sip of a cup of chrysanthemum tea, smacked his lips and thought it was sweet, so he looked at other people's tea curiously.

Pang Yu was just about to put the cup into his mouth... The fourth son glanced out of the corner of his eye, and saw that the light green tea surface seemed to be supported by a layer of silver and shiny things.

"Ah!" The fourth son suddenly yelled, and not only everyone was shocked, but even the guests drinking tea around opened their mouths and looked back.

When Pang Yu was holding the cup, he saw the fourth son hugging his arm and leaning over to take a closer look.He has followed Gongsun to practice medicine for many years, and he understands the most basic common sense. Most of the poisons that are poured into the water are very clear and will float on the surface of the water. .

Bai Yutang saw that the fourth son was looking at the teacup. He was sitting on the backlight, so he also saw the color in Pang Yu's teacup. It seemed that the color was not right.Reaching out for the cup, he splashed the tea on the ground with a "stab".

"Heh..." Pang Yu gasped.

The guy next to him also opened his mouth wide, looking at the tea that was bubbling and smoking on the ground.

With a "crash", the other tea drinkers in the restaurant were silent for a moment, then they all stood up in shock, and ran away to see the doctor. This is not bad, the tea is poisonous!

Pang Yu was sweating from shock, and when he touched his chest, he heard the whole body throbbing.

Zhan Zhao waved to the dumbfounded buddy, "What's going on?"

"I... I didn't do anything, Mr. Zhan, I wouldn't even dare if you gave me a hundred courage!" The waiter was sweating anxiously, "Impossible, a lot of people ordered white tea today. fine!"

"Other teas are fine!" At this time, Xiao Liang had tried almost all the teacups around with the silver needle that Gongsun gave him, and shook his head at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang when he came back.

Zhan Zhao was clear, it seemed that the poisoner only wanted to kill Pang Yu.

"Who else touched the teacup besides you?" Bai Yutang asked.

"I didn't..." The clerk was about to cry, and Bai Yutang frowned, "When you came here with tea, did anyone touch you?"

The guy was stunned, and clapped his hands, "Yes! There is a very thin man in black clothes. When I went upstairs, he happened to go downstairs. He bumped into me and almost dropped the teacup. He was good at catching it for me... "

After he finished speaking, Zhan Zhao went to the window, but at this time the street was full of people, and there were not a few people in black clothes, so it was impossible to find them.

"Tsk!" Zhan Zhao slapped the railing and almost stumbled!

Bai Yutang let the guy go, and asked the shopkeeper to go to Kaifeng Mansion with him to report the crime, while watching Zhan Zhao.

Seeing that Pang Yu opened his mouth wide, Zhan Zhao said, "It's all right, I escaped the catastrophe, thanks to the vigilance of the little four."

Pang Yu came back to his senses, looked left and right, rushed over and hugged the fourth son and kept rubbing his arms, "Bodhisattva, the fourth son, you are really a noble person..."

Before the words were finished, the fourth son let Xiao Liang snatch it back, and seeing Xiao Liang protecting the fourth son very caringly, he whispered, "Don't hug Jin'er indiscriminately! You can hug, but you can't rub!"

Pang Yu laughed dryly, yo, Xiao Mian still knows how to be jealous.

Bao Yan looked at the teapot and cup, "Didn't you say that Mr. Chen and Eunuch Liu who wanted to assassinate the Pang family were arrested?!"

"Hey, it seems that I am too old this year. I should go to say goodbye in a few days." Pang Yu said to himself.

Zhan Zhao stared at him left and right, wondering, who would go to great lengths to kill Pang Yu?What is it for?

Just as he was talking, Bai Yutang suddenly leaned over and asked him in a low voice, "You and the fourth son both sneezed just now, didn't they?"

Zhan Zhao was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly remembered that his nose was itchy just now, because he smelled a strange smell!

Gongsun said before that the reason why Zhan Zhao and the fourth son sneeze easily when they smell certain smells is because the nose is a little sensitive to certain smells, which is innate.The smell that would make him and the fourth son sneeze at the same time——spicy to death!

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at Pang Yu with admiration at the same time—it's really good!The grand master's son, dignified Marquis of Anle, and the emperor's uncle, actually caused a murder because of a plate of duck necks!Of course, if only because of the duck neck.

After dragging Pang Yu, who was still in a daze, back to the Kaifeng mansion, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang threw him to the Grand Master, gave him the Four Treasures of the Study, and asked him to write down everything related to duck necks.