treacherous world

Jianchang Mansion is very lively and bustling, Pang Yu walked in front, surrounded by Bao Yan who saw everything fresh.

Yin Hou was also very busy, trying to help stop Tianzun who was attracted by the fake calligraphy and painting stall on the roadside, pulling back by his hair.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang followed behind the two elders, Bai Yutang was in charge of persuading the fight, Zhan Zhao dawdled behind while rubbing his chin, he had been so self-absorbed since just now, and Bai Yutang didn't go either ask him.

Gongsun and Zhao Pu led Xiao Liang's fourth son at the end.

Gongsun asked Zhao Pu, "Do you have any acquaintances here in Dali?"

Zhao Pu shrugged, "There really isn't one, I can only stay in a hotel."

"Oh, that's it..." Gongsun nodded, and began to look for a suitable inn with the fourth son.

There are quite a few restaurants and inns on the streets of Dali, but they seem to be small, without a large courtyard. Zhao Pu and his group live together, and it is more convenient to have a courtyard.

"My lord, I've checked the front, back, left, and right sides, and there is nothing suitable." Zi Ying and Zhe Ying ran over and said to Zhao Pu, "They are all small buildings and courtyards, and most of them are full."

"Then what should we do?" Gongsun frowned.

"Look for a house if you don't have a restaurant." Bai Yutang turned around and called Bai Fu, "See if there is any big family selling a house."

"Okay." Bai Fu was about to turn around and leave.

"Hey!" Zhan Zhao grabbed Bai Fu with one hand, and Bai Yutang with the other hand, "If you're going to die, you prodigal son, we'll only stay for a few days. What are you doing buying a house? It's too much money!"

Tianzun crossed his arms, bumped into Yinhou lightly, and said, "You don't need to save money for Yutang if you call Zhaozhao. This kid has plenty of money. I didn't lose all of my defeats."

Yin Hou looked at him speechlessly, "You are thick-skinned enough, you don't even blush when you say it."

"That's right, you can't afford to spend so much money!" Pang Yu leaned forward, "You're even more of a prodigal than I am."

"Oh, don't worry." Tianzun waved his hand indifferently, "The four big brothers of Yutang are all good businessmen. Yes, Yutang doesn't need to make money but only spends money, but he is not stupid. Fifth Master, it's not for nothing."

"By the way, fifth master Bai?" Bao Yan wondered, "What's the way?"

"It's like saying that the third brother often asks him to go out and collect the bill by the way, the second asks him to buy some goods by the way, the boss asks him to send money by the way, the fourth is even more extreme, and asks him to talk to the four of them by the way We're talking about business." Tianzun smiled, "Anyway, it's not a big deal, so Yutang will settle it all at once."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, how could this be convenient?

Seeing Zhan Zhao pulling him, Bai Yutang said, "The land price in Dali is only 8000 taels for a big house, which is not expensive."

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes, "Isn't 8000 taels expensive? It's not worth it, you're a prodigal!"

"It's a good deal." Bai Yutang said unhurriedly, "Dali has beautiful scenery and many people come and go. Jianchang Mansion is also the gateway for the Song Dynasty to travel to and from Dali, and there is such a big ferry. Buy a house here, we come to play If necessary, you can live by yourself, and you can rent it out to others on weekdays. When you disembarked just now, did you see that only half of the ferry was built, and the other half was empty, but a lot of stones were piled up. It can be seen that it is to expand the river bank. The Dali Duan family is devoted to Buddha To put it bluntly, you won't be emperor for many years. Either your own people will rebel or you will submit to the Song Dynasty. Even if any internal teacher and minister wants to seize power, it is impossible to fight a war, and use knives and guns to endanger the people and the relationship between the Song Dynasty and Dali. The nine princes over there will definitely not do it. Therefore, this area should be more prosperous in the future. If you go there, there are 37 tribes in Southern Myanmar. Many things must pass through Jianchang Mansion to be transported to the Song Dynasty. When the time comes, you will go to the Central Plains If you are a person who runs an escort agency, you can sell it to him at ten times the price without losing money. Anyway, let’s buy one by the way.” Then, he waved his hand to Bai Fu, “Go buy it, find a big one, and let someone change it by the way. furniture."

"Yes, fifth master." Bai Fu knew the way, trotted to find the house, and Hei Ying and Bai Ying also followed to help.

Zhao Pu rubbed his chin and muttered to Gongsun, "Bai Yutang can't tell, he is a genius in business."

Gongsun grinned, "Wizards who spend money are the ones."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, and felt that he spent the money really well!But I feel that in the final analysis, I am still a prodigal son, and there is no difference.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao was still standing in the middle of the road in a daze, Bai Yutang pulled him, "Let's go, Mao'er, let's eat first, after dinner Bai Fu will probably be done."

"You wait for me to settle the score." Zhan Zhao pondered the deal while walking.

Bai Yutang laughed, and put his arm around Zhan Zhao's shoulder, "Why, are you afraid that I will lose all the property of the Bai family?"

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao was still engrossed in the paragraph "Go to the Central Plains to fool an escort agency and sell it for ten times the price".

Bai Yutang reached out to touch his head, "What a good wife!"

Zhan Zhao's brain groaned, and the words "virtuous housemate" stuck into his ears, and he stretched out his hand to grab Bai Yutang's arm, "Rat!"

Tianzun looked at the back and whispered to Yinhou, "Oh, your family Zhaozhao is quite economical, he is a person who knows how to live."

"That's right." Yin Hou folded his arms in his sleeves and nodded, "When two people live together, one can spend and the other must save. If both can spend and both can save, they can't make a couple."

"That's right, that's right." Tianzun nodded, and saw an antique stall by the side of the road, "Oh, that's not the copper tripod of Han Gaozu's time!" As he said that, he was about to rush forward.

Yin Hou grabbed his back by the collar, "You prodigal old ghost, you can't have money in your hand."

The fourth son was dangling with his sleeves rolled up in the back. Hearing the conversation between Yinhou and Tianzun, he smiled and said, "Zunzun and Yin Yin also live together, one saves one flower."

The crowd fell silent for a moment.

After a long time, Yinhou and Tianzun became angry and turned their faces to point at the fourth son, "Little fat man, what blood feud do I have with you!"

The fourth son was so shocked that he quickly hid behind Gongsun.

Yinhou and Tianzun glared at each other, turned their faces... ignore you!

Everyone chose an inn, went up to the second floor and found a private room to sit down and prepare to eat.At this time, the meal was approaching, and the inn was very lively, but Zhan Zhao and the others listened with pricked ears, and found that the diners were talking about only three words - troublesome goblins!

Gongsun stroked his chin, thinking it was funny, "No wonder the Cangshan faction, such a big martial arts gang, has asked quack warlocks to subdue the monsters. It's really a goblin."

The clerk came over with a good Pu'er tea, and Pang Yu asked him, "Hey, mate, what's going on with your Jianchang Mansion? You're making trouble with goblins!"

The clerk quickly raised his finger, "Shh! Guest officer, you are not locals, right? There are no taboos, no taboos!"

Bao Yan took a sip of the tea, praised the good tea, and asked the waiter, "Is there a goblin or no goblin?"

The guy was a little bit embarrassed, and finally whispered, "Guests, it's not that I don't want to talk about it, but because I'm afraid of causing trouble if I say it. Boss Pan won't let me say it. If I hear someone say it, I'll beat him to death. Those guests are all locals. It’s okay to be idle, and you will stop talking when you see the Pan family, you are foreigners, but be careful to break the taboo and get yourself into trouble.”

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Then who is Boss Pan? He can even control what the people in Jianchang Mansion say?"

"Guest officer, he can manage all the people in Jianchang Mansion in Dali."

"Who is so powerful?" Bao Yan also felt strange.

"Boss Pan is the brother-in-law of Xiangguo Gao Zhisheng. He holds a high official position. In addition, he is also good at martial arts. He is the husband-in-law of the eldest lady of the Cangshan School. He is also a big businessman. He runs a rice shop and grows Pu'er, half of Dali. All the food is supplied by his Pan’s rice shop, and there is more than half of the Pu’er.” After speaking, the waiter showed the teapot in his hand, and there was a word “Pan” on the teapot.

"Every tea sold by Boss Pan's tea shop will be given a teapot. The place that sells this kind of tea means that people from the Pan Gang will cover it, and even hooligans will not come to blackmail you." The man said, wrinkling his face again. , "It's about how much tea to buy every year, if you don't buy it, you can't do it."

Zhan Zhao generally understands that wealthy gentry like Boss Pan are not uncommon, and local bullies can be found everywhere, but, "What does it have to do with the goblins?"

"This time, the third son of the head Cui family, that is, the brother-in-law of Boss Pan, suddenly fell into an evil spirit. A mother, sixth and seventh..."

"Wait a minute." Zhao Pu was dizzy and waved his hand, "Then how many children are there for the wives of Cui?"

"There are a total of eight children in the family, Mrs. Jiufang. The old Jiu just got married recently, and she is unparalleled in beauty!" The clerk lowered his voice and told everyone, "It is said that the other grandmas in the family don't like Mrs. Jiu, saying that she is just a nuisance. The vixen whose third child is sick, isn’t it still saying that he found someone to take over the demon!”

Everyone sweated when they thought of the appearance of the grandson surnamed Wu at the ferry just now, and hoped that they were not real vixies, otherwise the old and the young were so confused that they might give the goblin a snack or something.

"Well, who doesn't know that the third child is the one most favored by the old man, and he is born in the royal family. He will inherit the family business in the future." When the guy talked about the housework of such a famous family, his eyebrows became bright, "It's just Boss Pan didn't believe that it was a goblin. He insisted that the second son was doing the tricks, and the fifth wife, the seventh wife and the eighth lady said that it was the new concubine Jiutai who was doing the tricks, but the head Cui said that it was the people from Erhai Palace. What a mess."

"Why is it so complicated?" Zhao Pu couldn't help saying, "It's not that exaggerated for people to grab the throne."

"Oh, my lord, then you don't understand, the emperor's family is even more complicated to seize the throne!" The clerk scolded Zhao Pu with a straight face, "The inner palace struggle is the most dangerous, people who are not born in the emperor's family I don't know!"

The corner of Zhao Pu's mouth twitched, and Gongsun beside him nodded quickly, "That's right, those who are emperors and princes, there is nothing good about them."

Everyone around them lowered their heads to eat, smiled and said nothing, Zhao Pu glanced at Gongsun, saw that he was still smiling, curled his lips, and said to himself - I will clean up you at night!

"Speaking of it, is the third young master sick or is he fascinated by goblins?" Xiao Liang raised his face and asked.

The clerk spread his hands, "Then who knows." After speaking, he went to another table to serve.

The fourth son held a chicken paw in his mouth and asked Gongsun, "Daddy, could it be some kind of madness?"

"Well, if it's a sudden madness, it's probably because he was drugged or got a strange disease. Anyway, I don't believe he was bewitched by ghosts."

"Speaking of ghosts and goblins." Zhan Zhao leaned over and asked Gongsun, "Do you understand, sir?"

Gongsun blinked and saw that Zhan Zhao was smiling badly, and pointed at Bao Yan, "He knows more about strange things."

Zhan Zhao took advantage of the situation to look at Bao Yan.

Bao Yan scratched his head, "I like to watch weird stories and so on, what aspect would Brother Zhan want to ask?"

"Is there any monster with three heads?"

"Cough cough." Yin Hou was drinking, almost choking, and looked at Zhan Zhao speechlessly, "You child dreamed of something weird again?"

Zhan Zhao held his chin, "A dog with three heads, what kind of dog is it?"

Everyone was silent for a while, and said in unison, "Three-headed dog."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Three heads grow on one body! The body is like a lion, with big ears, big mouth, and inverted triangle-shaped teeth. The whole body is black, and the eyes are fiery red..."

"Lang lang..."

Everyone was listening to Zhan Zhao's description carefully, not paying attention to the fact that the shop assistant who brought the food behind him seemed to have lost his hand, the tray fell to the floor, and the food spilled all over the floor.

Zhan Zhao and the others all turned their heads... But at this moment, the entire second floor of the restaurant was completely silent, and everyone was staring at this side in amazement... What they were looking at was not the guy who accidentally smashed the plate, but the three people described just now. Zhan Zhao of the head dog.

Bai Yutang sensed that something was wrong, and at the same time, he also thought that Zhan Zhao was in a daze all the way just now, thinking about this strange question?Where did you see the three-headed dog?

"What happened to the three-headed dog?" Zhao Pu looked back at the buddy.

"Hush!" The man waved his hands repeatedly at the crowd, and then heard a "crash", and many people pulled away their stools, put down their money and ran away.The guy took a few steps back, looked at Zhan Zhao, "Guest officer, where... did you hear that?"

Seeing him as if he had seen a ghost, Zhan Zhao thought to himself, as for what, it was me and not you, I wasn't afraid at all!So he replied indifferently, "I saw it."

Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhan Zhao said the words, the guy sat down on the ground with a bang, and at the same time, there was a sound of tables being overturned and chairs being overturned, and all the guests upstairs and downstairs ran away.The guy was about to run down, but Tianzun raised his hand, "Wait."

Following Tianzun's movement, the buddy staggered and leaned back, feeling a strange force holding his collar to the side of the table.

"Ah! No, help, I don't want to die!" The guy struggled.

"Hey, what are you afraid of? Who said they're going to kill you?" Pang Yu tapped his head, wondering if everyone here is sick?

"No, you have seen the angry demon, and those who see the angry demon will be punished by the gods within three days!" The man held his head, "The people around us will be implicated, we have no grievances and no enmity, don't implicate me! "

"What nonsense are you talking about, what kind of angry monster?" Bao Yan crossed his arms, "I've seen so many gossips, how can there be such a monster as angry monster?"

"What do you know, we don't know what the Fury Monster is, we just know that he only appears in the Black Water area and roars all day long, so everyone calls it the Fury Monster."

Everyone looked at each other, and the fourth son leaned over and asked, "Do you know where the Heishui River is?"

"It's nearby." The man suddenly calmed down and looked back, "Aren't you... the angry monster you saw in the Black Water River?"

Everyone looked at Zhan Zhao and wanted to know where he saw this strange thing.

"I saw it right by the pier."

"What?" The man was horrified, "When did the angry demon arrive at the pier? It was locked in the Blackwater River by the god of Zhenhe and couldn't move. How could it run to the ferry?"

Everyone looked at each other, and Yin Hou asked Zhan Zhao puzzled, "Was there a dog in the water just now?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head, he couldn't say that he only saw it after being flicked by the demon mirror...

"Guest officer, are you hallucinating?" The buddy heaved a sigh of relief, "That angry demon is a fetish that even the Lord of Erhai Lake can't do anything about. It's better not to get involved with it." After finishing speaking, he ran away tremblingly. up.

Zhan Zhao rested his chin in a daze, and everyone looked at Bai Yutang, as if asking him to ask questions later.

Bai Yutang nodded slightly and didn't say any more.

After the meal, Bai Fule ran over and said that the house was bought. This big rich man who runs a rice shop in Dali is very straightforward. Hearing that we bought the house, he said that he wanted to make friends and gave me a very cheap price. .

Bai Yutang nodded, "Why did you tell him?"

"Oh, I said that we are medicinal material merchants from Kaifeng. We came to Dali to wholesale medicinal materials and plan to open a pharmacy. I also bought two hundred catties of high-quality Pu'er from him."

"Ahem..." Zhan Zhao thumped his chest, "Why are you buying so much Pu'er? You've scraped your intestines clean!"

"Oh, Mr. Zhan, this Pu'er from Dali is a good thing, why don't you take it back and give it away to someone else?" Bai Fu smiled, "And we have a lot of relatives, so give some to the uncles and uncles of the Tianmo Palace and the Tianshan School as well." , drinking Pu’er will make you healthy.”

Zhan Zhao blinked, and saw Tianzun and Yinhou nodded very comfortably——ah, Yutang really knows the general idea!

Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang nodded, "By the way."

Zhan Zhao lost his temper completely by being "by the way".

"What's the name of the rich customer who opened the rice shop?" Zhao Pu asked Bai Fu.

"Oh, it seems that people call him Boss Pan, he is very famous!" After Bai Fu answered, everyone would smile heartily, what a coincidence.

Bai Yutang looked at him, "Then did you hint to him that we have a genius doctor here?"

Bai Fuhei smiled cheaply, "Fifth Lord, nothing can be hidden from your eyes."

Bao Yan was puzzled, "Why?"

"Hey, I found out that the young master of the Cangshan School who was lost by ghosts is the brother-in-law of Boss Pan." Bai Fu clicked his tongue twice, "Boss Pan doesn't seem to believe there are any ghosts, so I just Tell him that we have a miracle doctor here who can cure all diseases, and it is estimated that he will have to visit at night."

Gongsun asked Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "You want to spy on the Cangshan faction?"

"Actually, I would like to see the grandfather and grandson surnamed Wu catching goblins." Zhan Zhao has always been interested in the grandparents.

Leaving the inn and walking towards the residence, Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao, "Cat, what did you just say about the three-headed dog?"

"Just now that Wuxu was shaking me with the demon mirror, and I saw a three-headed dog in mid-air, but it disappeared soon. I don't know if it was a hallucination."

"Will it be the same as what I saw before, some kind of omen?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head, "So I want to check with the old man again."

Bai Yutang remained silent.

"What?" Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to poke his waist, seeing that Bai Yutang wasn't afraid of tickles, he poked him twice again, Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, "Get the paw away."

Zhan Zhao snorted, looked elsewhere, and then noticed, "Hey, have you noticed that there are many Pan's shops on this street?"

Everyone looked around and found that it was true—what Pan's tailor-made clothing store, Pan's tofu shop, Pan's tea house...

"Ganqing Street belongs to Pan's family." Pang Yu felt strange.

Bai Fu led the way, pointing to a house facing the street, "That's right there!"

Everyone looked over, and saw that the house was connected with the villa and the courtyard several times, and the lintel was only a few feet high, which was very luxurious.

"Not bad?" Bai Fuhei laughed.

"How much money did you buy?" Zhao Pu also had the idea of ​​buying a house in Dali. It would be good to bring the whole family to play in the future. The scenery is picturesque.

"It's not expensive, just 1000 taels."

Everyone was stunned, feeling unbelievable.

Zhao Pu laughed, "Is it only 1000 taels for such a big house?"

Bai Fu nodded, "Well, the other party originally sold it for 500 taels, but I reduced the price to 1000 taels. It's very refreshing."

"You can buy such a big house for 1000 taels?" The fourth son looked at Bai Fu in surprise, "Really? Daddy sold it to Jiujiu for 100 taels... oops."

Before the fourth son finished speaking, Gongsun grabbed his cheek, "What are you talking about!"

The fourth son rubbed his cheeks, "But Kaifeng Mansion sells big houses for 5000 taels and 1 taels."

"Dali house is so cheap?" Pang Yu frowned, "No way."

"Is there any problem with this house?" Zhao Pu asked Bai Fu.

"Well, that's what I thought at first, maybe it was caused by termites or something, but I took the masons and carpenters to see it, and they said that the house is probably new, and it's so good, it sells for at least ten dollars in Kaifeng mansion." double the price."

Everyone didn't know how to express...Maybe Bai Yutang was lucky.

"The 1000 taels were bought at a loss."

At this moment, Zhan Zhao suddenly said something.

Everyone looked at him in puzzlement, and Bai Yutang asked, "Cat?"

"In the future, this house may only be bought by fooling foreigners, and the locals will definitely not want it."

Everyone looked at each other, Xiao Liang looked up at Zhan Zhao, "Brother Zhan, why do you say that?"

Zhan Zhao looked at the crowd in surprise, and pointed to the mansion in front of him, "Isn't it you, there is a hanged ghost hanging in front of the gate."

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As soon as Zhan Zhao spoke, everyone fell silent for a moment.After a while, they turned their heads together, made the same movement, rubbed their eyes and looked carefully—but the gate was about ten steps away, and looked up, down, left, and right. Where could there be a hanged ghost?

"Cat?" Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao puzzled, "Where is there a hanged ghost?"

"Isn't it just hanging in the front, a woman, wearing a red dress and long hair, and a red shoe fell on the ground."

"Red clothes?!" Bao Yan felt chills on the back of his neck, "Aren't all female ghosts in white clothes?"

"You don't understand." Pang Yu poked Bao Yan, "If this woman died wearing a red body and a pair of red shoes, she probably committed suicide."

"Why?" Everyone asked in unison.

"Wow, you guys are still from the rivers and lakes, have you seen the world?" Pang Yu said helplessly, "Isn't this something that happens often? A man loves the new and dislikes the old or something, and the woman who is abandoned just wears a red suit and dies in a man's house because of unwillingness." Or at the door of the house, it means that after she dies, she will turn into a ghost to take revenge." Then, she spread her hands to scare Bao Yan.

Bao Yan hurriedly hid behind Yinhou.

"It's really vicious." Gongsun said to himself.

Everyone nodded, and the fourth son also hugged Gongsun nervously, "Ghost?"

"Wait a minute." Bai Yutang interrupted everyone, raised his hand and pointed at the bare door, "Where are there female ghosts or women in red clothes hanging themselves?"

Everyone looked up, then looked back at Zhan Zhao together, no.

Zhan Zhao stood there with his arms folded and frowned, couldn't everyone see it?He clearly saw a woman in a red dress hanging in front of the gate of the big mansion, that is, under the eaves. The red skirt fluttered gently in the breeze, and her lightly fluttering hair...hair...

Zhan Zhao looked up along the hair, and suddenly, he saw the hanged female corpse raised her head, with a pair of protruding eyes on her pale and blue face, and a strange smile on the dark purple mouth with blood on it.

Zhan Zhao was startled, and at the same time, he felt a gust of icy cold wind "swipe" past, he was jolted suddenly, and when he came back to his senses, there was nothing under the roof.

"Eh?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled, and then checked to make sure there was no such thing, he couldn't laugh or cry, "Did I eat something dirty?"

Everyone looked at Zhan Zhao worriedly, but there were only two of them with stern faces.

One is the fourth son, and the other is Bai Yutang.

"Fifth Master." Bai Fu came over to ask for instructions, "Why don't I go and find out if there was really a murder here. If it's a murderous house, I can reason with the seller. Let's not live in it for now, it's scary."

Bai Yutang was noncommittal, but Yin Hou waved his hands, "Don't, there is one, it's so lively."

"That's right." Tianzun nodded, "We will take care of those who are alive."

After finishing speaking, the two old men hurried in first.

Bao Yan tugged at Pang Yu's sleeves, what does that mean—really going to live?

Pang Yu also felt a little evil, but it didn't matter. He pointed to Tianzun and Yin Hou, which meant-these two followed, what are you afraid of!

Everyone walked towards the mansion.

Zhan Zhao has a lot of thoughts, just now he saw a three-headed dog, now he sees a female corpse, is there something wrong with him?

Just as he was thinking, the fourth son suddenly tugged him lightly.

Zhan Zhao lowered his head, picked him up apologetically, and patted his head, "Little Si, did you scare you? Don't think about it, I might be wrong."

"Meow, I believe in you." The fourth son said very seriously.

Zhan Zhao was also a little surprised, "Really?"

"Yeah!" Little Four nodded, staring into Zhan Zhao's eyes, and said, "Just now, I saw that image in your eyes!"

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, "My eyes?"

"Yes! A woman in a red dress hanged herself, fluttering and fluttering, and it disappeared in a gust of wind."

Zhan Zhao was amazed, it didn't look like he was crazy...

Just as he didn't know what to do, Bai Yutang suddenly pulled his arm.

Zhan Zhao and Xiao Sizi were startled, turned to look at Bai Yutang, and saw him lightly pointing to a pile of dead leaves and dust not far away, as if they had just been cleaned and piled up to be transported away.

Zhan Zhao saw something in the pile of dead leaves that was particularly eye-catching. He took a closer look and took a breath—a small red embroidered shoe, which was just the one that fell under the female corpse. Only.

Bai Yutang smiled slightly, and said to Zhan Zhao in a low voice, "No wonder the house is so cheap, cat...it might be, it really is a haunted house."