Kaifeng Mansion's Little Boss

Gongsun Ce turned his eyes, smiled and called out to Bao Zheng: "Lord Bao!"

The conversation on the roof stopped abruptly.

Bao Zheng glared at Gongsun Ce, thinking that he was calling him out on purpose at such a time.

After waiting for a while, Gongsun Ce took a few steps away, looked towards the roof, and then informed Bao Zheng that Su Yuan and Bai Yutang had left.

"This avoids embarrassment." Gongsun Ce explained.

Bao Zheng coughed angrily, and asked Gongsun Ce: "To avoid embarrassment, you betrayed the house?"

"They can definitely recognize the students' voices." Gongsun Ce implied that this was not a betrayal, and the two of them were exposed together, and then explained to Bao Zheng with a smile, "It's not us who are embarrassed, but them."

Bao Zheng smiled, feeling that this is the truth, and it is the young couple who should be embarrassed.He actually said that Mr. Gongsun was not important, now it's all right, and the whispered words happened to be heard by them, and the two of them are probably embarrassed, regretful, and guilty now.

Su Yuan and Bai Yutang ran back to the room hand in hand and laughed.Embarrassed and regretful?It doesn't exist, as long as they run fast, they won't admit that they are there.

"Master Bao is going to interrogate King Xiangyang in a while, you stay and see what happens, I'm going to catch ghosts at the Huimin River."

Su Yuan wanted to leave, but was stopped by Bai Yutang.

After Su Yuan looked at Bai Yutang suspiciously, he tiptoed and kissed him on the cheek.

Bai Yutang smiled lightly, his eyes seemed to be a little bit of starlight shattered, he let go of Su Yuan's hand, and told her to go back early.

Su Yuan took Su Yuan and Zhao Qingrong to the Eight Princes' Mansion to find Taoist Wangchuan, and then went to Huimin River.On the road, Taoist Master Wang Chuan glanced at the mahogany sword carried on Su Yuan's back from time to time.

When he got to the Huimin River, he couldn't bear it anymore and asked Su Yuan, "Miss Su, is this a precious mahogany sword?"

Su Yuan nodded, "The Taoist priest still knows about this sword?"

"Of course I know, this sword is like a rare treasure in the eyes of us ascetics." Daoist Wang Chuan sighed.

Sun He hurriedly joined in the fun and said to Su Yuan: "I just said that this mahogany sword is a rare item, even Taoist Wang Chuan recognizes it. Boss, how do I treat you?"

"good, very good."

Su Yuan put his hands on Sun He's shoulders and looked around the river bank.

Today, there are far fewer vendors selling chrysanthemums on the shore than yesterday, and there are only a few people who come to wander around, and there are only a handful of them.Compared to yesterday's hustle and bustle, today's scene was a bit too deserted.

"Why are there so few people today? Everyone visited yesterday, so they won't come today?"

"Yesterday, a lot of people who went to the meeting saw a female ghost in red on the river, and they all ran away in fright. The news of the ghost probably spread, and no one dared to come today. The few who came here sporadically, I Guess it's either ignorance, or it's really bold."

Zhao Qingrong just explained, and looked at Su Yuan.

"If Boss Su wasn't there, knowing that Boss is superb in martial arts, he would definitely be able to protect us, so I wouldn't dare to come today."

Priest Wang Chuan was surprised when he heard that the head of Jiahe county also called Su Yuan the boss, so he couldn't help but take a special look at Su Yuan.

Su Yuan rubbed her nose. In fact, she was not used to Jiahe county magistrate calling her the boss, but she didn't mind if he was the county magistrate, and it was even harder for her to mind.

While they were talking, two flower vendors had closed their stalls and left.Seeing this, the remaining vendors were hesitating whether to close their stalls and leave earlier.

"Business is not easy. The chrysanthemums that have been raised for a year are just waiting to make money at this time. Last year was unlucky, because of the haunting, I didn't sell many, and finally sold them at a low price at a loss. I thought it would be better this year. , who would have thought that this ghost would still linger. If this continues, I will become a ghost too, starving to death!"

"Hush! Don't talk nonsense, be careful that you really call the ghost."

The flower vendors were complaining and chatting when they suddenly heard singing from the east of the river.

"Picking—chrysanthemum—east—fence..."

The song was melancholy and melodious, with a trembling ending, and it sounded especially creepy when it floated from the dark waters in the east.

"Ghost! The ghost is here again!"

The vendors no longer hesitated, and quickly packed up their things and planned to run.

Su Yuan picked up the precious mahogany sword and headed towards the direction of the singing, followed by Taoist Wang Chuan.Sun He ran forward happily, for fear of missing the wonderful scene of hell.Zhao Qingrong was left at the end, but she was afraid that she would be alone, so she desperately followed everyone.

Seeing a group of people rushing forward without fear of death, the vendors put down their hands that were closing the stalls, stretched their necks to look at them in surprise, and then got together to discuss.

"Did you see that this group of people are stupid? They rushed towards a ghostly place, and there were three weak girls among them."

"Forget it, can those nimble legs be considered weak? I know better than you. Their skills can be martial arts at first glance, and they are probably from the Jianghu."

"That man is dressed as a Taoist priest. I reckon this man is here to catch ghosts. That's a good thing! Shall we go and have a look?"

"Don't dare!"

The vendors all confessed, but they were curious whether these people would really drive away the ghosts.

A few daring vendors decided to stay and wait to see the results.Anyway, if they don't rush forward, they just watch quietly from a distance, and if they find that the situation is not good, they will run away immediately.

When Su Yuan got closer to the singing, he vaguely saw a red figure on the river walking slowly on the water.

Lanterns are hung on the banks of the river where the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Conference is held, illuminating the streets brightly.But it is seven or eight feet away from the boundary line where the lanterns are hung at the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Conference. Although the distance is not too far, the light is already relatively weak.In addition, the ghost was in the middle of the river, and the distance was farther away. Only by the reflection of the water surface, it was vaguely discernible that the ghost had long hair and was dressed in red, but other details were hard to see.

The Huimin River was shallow and dry, so it was not suitable for boats to transport supplies. Later, after many repairs, it became navigable, but a bucket still needs to be set up and opened and closed at regular intervals. ①

The water surface of Huimin River at night is calm due to water storage, and there is no obvious water flow like other rivers.

Su Yuan stopped on the shore, and after admiring the female ghost in red, she turned to ask Priest Wang Chuan, "How does the priest see the evil spirit of this ghost? Is it a ghost? How should I deal with it?"

Taoist Master Wang Chuan took out the stone, divided the strategy and decided the hexagram, and played the right chess.

After chanting the mantra and apprehending, he said to Su Yuan firmly, "That's not a ghost."

"Oh?" Su Yuan looked surprised, "She's floating on the water, isn't she a ghost? If she was a human, she would have sunk by now."

"The poor Taoist cannot explain the reason, but the one on the river is indeed not a ghost." Daoist Wang Chuan paused, looked at Su Yuan hesitantly, and then whispered, "The evil spirit on her body is far less than that on Miss Su's body." .”

"Are you being polite when you say this? I am such a good person, how many unjust cases I have solved, how many people have been saved, and I was kind enough to help you find your junior brother Lin Xi." Su Yuan asked whether Taoist Wang Chuan had a conscience.

Priest Wang Chuan nodded slightly, politely apologizing to Su Yuan.

"Then the Taoist priest can't collect the things on the river?" Su Yuan asked with a raised voice on purpose.

Daoist Wang Chuan nodded.

Sun He was reassuring Zhao Qingrong not to be afraid of that little ghost on the river, with the boss, Daoist Wangchuan and her around, he would definitely be able to take that little ghost away.

Coincidentally, as soon as Sun He's words fell, Su Yuan's words rang out, and Zhao Qingrong immediately looked at Sun He with distrustful eyes.

Sun He approached Su Yuan in surprise and asked what happened.

"I've heard that people in red clothes are all ghosts. Could it be that this ghost is so powerful that even Daoist Wangchuan can't deal with it?"

"Well, the Taoist priest said just now that he can't deal with that thing on the water." Su Yuan agreed.

Sun He looked at Taoist Wang Chuan.

Daoist Wang Chuan gave a wry smile, and could only nod in cooperation.

"Then what should we do?" Zhao Qingrong was so frightened that he hurriedly greeted everyone or left quickly.Even Taoist Master Wangchuan with profound Taoism can't do it, then this ghost must be powerful enough, and people like them who are not good at exorcising ghosts must be even more unable to deal with ghosts.

"Since the Taoist leader is not good, let's take it." Su Yuan raised the mahogany sword in his hand and swiped it in the water.

Because the channel of Huimin River has been repaired many times, the banks of the river in this area are covered with stones, which look neat and clean.

After Su Yuan's mahogany sword passed through the water for a certain distance, it finally hit an obstacle.

Sun He and Zhao Qingrong didn't understand what Su Yuan's gesture meant, and thought she was paddling casually.

Zhao Qingrong suggested that everyone should leave quickly.It is definitely not possible for people to fight with ghosts.

Sun He was still not afraid, "I'll block the ghost when it comes, I brought the soul arresting net, and the boss still has a precious mahogany sword in his hand, I don't believe I can't deal with it!"

"The Taoist leader is not good enough, why are you trying to be brave? If everyone's life is ruined here because of this matter, it's not worth it." Zhao Qingrong stomped anxiously.

Zhao Qingrong believed in Daoist Wangchuan's cultivation very much, and all the nobles she knew asked him for divination, and all of them were successful.So even Taoist Wang Chuan can't do it, she thinks it's really impossible.

Sun He became unhappy when he heard this, "Do you believe in that Taoist priest, or our boss? Go ahead, then you are not worthy to be the boss' younger brother."

Finally, he could find an excuse to drive her away.

Zhao Qingrong immediately shut up. Although he looked forbearing, he didn't say any more.Zhao Qingrong immediately reflected on it, and realized that she was still inferior to these Jianghu people in terms of courage. She couldn't match Ye Gong's love of dragons, and she said she liked it, but she became afraid when she saw Zhen Zhang'er.Yes, be brave, don't be afraid of the sky, the earth, or the ghosts!

Seeing that Zhao Qingrong was obviously nervous and afraid, but he put on a face of resoluteness to die, Taoist Wang Chuan couldn't help laughing, and said to Zhao Qingrong, "Don't worry, the boss of the county lord will definitely solve that thing on the river."

In fact, Daoist Wangchuan was also very curious, if it wasn't for ghosts and people, how could he float on the water so calmly.

At this time, Su Yuan retracted the mahogany sword and squatted down on the bank.

Sun He immediately came over and asked Su Yuan what to do next.

"Picking—chrysanthemum—east—fence..."

The female ghost in red on the river was still singing, but when she suddenly turned her head, she seemed to see someone watching her from the bank, her singing was louder and her vibrato was more terrifying.

Then, the female ghost in red turned around, and while singing, she walked step by step towards the direction where Su Yuan and the others were.As she got closer, a gust of night wind blew by, blowing away the long hair covering her face, revealing an extremely pale face, her eyes were black and hollow, and her lips were red as if stained with blood .

Sun He and Zhao Qingrong were startled when they saw the face of the female ghost.Zhao Qingrong hid directly behind Sun He. Sun He had just said that if a ghost appeared, she would be there to carry it.

Sun He swallowed, and said with emotion in a trembling voice: "It turns out that the ghost looks like this, and it looks similar to what everyone described."

Su Yuan pulled out the dagger from his waist, looked up at Sun He: "Then do you want to watch it again?"

"look look look--"

Su Yuan put the dagger back into her waist, and simply sat down on the bank, waiting for Sun He to see enough of her before doing anything.

"...Look what a fart!" Sun He looked terrified, and immediately squatted behind Su Yuan, and Zhao Qingrong quickly followed suit when he saw this.

"Aren't you excited when you see a ghost? Why are you hiding now?" Su Yuan turned her head and asked Sun He.

Sun He was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

Zhao Qingrong explained on his behalf: "Mr. Ye is fond of dragon chant, and usually speaks well, but when he sees the real chapter, he is afraid."

She knew it all too well, because she was the same.

"It's that ghost that looks so ugly, I hate it and don't want to see it." Sun He argued stubbornly.

"Dong Li's death is so miserable... Dong Li's death is so unjust..." The female ghost suddenly stopped singing, and her trembling voice with penetrating power passed across the silent night sky, making people's hairs stand on end.

The screams of street vendors came from the downstream direction, followed by the sound of ruts.Probably those vendors who stayed behind ran away in fright after hearing the scream of the female ghost in red.

Su Yuan looked up and saw that the female ghost was still approaching them a little bit.

Sun He grabbed Su Yuan's arm and asked Su Yuan worriedly: "Boss, why don't we run away? It's not too embarrassing. It's normal for a human to be defeated by a ghost. She's on the water, and we can't walk on the water either. Even if you have a powerful magic weapon, you can't touch her."

Daoist Wang Chuan stood there calmly, waiting to see what Su Yuan would do next.

Su Yuan looked in the direction of the female ghost and remained silent.

The female ghost in red continued to get closer, only about seven or eight feet away from them.Long black hair, blood-red clothes, pale forehead, dark eyes...

Zhao Qingrong had the courage to take a look, and immediately screamed in shock, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his body instantly.

Sun He immediately warned the female ghost in red not to come closer, "We have invited the priest with the most powerful spells, and the most powerful magic weapon for killing ghosts... You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, be careful not to lose your soul!"

The female ghost in red stopped for a moment, then continued to approach them slowly.

"What should I do? She's coming!" Sun He panicked.

"Don't come here! Don't come here!" Zhao Qingrong shouted at the female ghost.

The female ghost in red seemed to understand their terrified screams, but moved faster instead.

"You are so floating." Su Yuan sighed to the female ghost in red.

Sun He nervously grasped the soul arresting net in her hand, and had to prepare for the battle, but a lot of cold sweat was already breaking out on her palm.

"But it won't float soon." Su Yuan picked up the dagger, probed into the water, and swiped hard.

Accompanied by the panicked scream of the female ghost in red, there was a plop, and the female ghost in red fell into the water.

Zhao Qingrong, who was terrified at first, was stunned after seeing this scene.

Sun He was also stunned.

Daoist Wang Chuan looked thoughtfully at where Su Yuan was squatting, and suddenly realized.Although the female ghost was 'floating' on the river just now, she seemed to be walking in a straight line.There was probably a big rope tied to the bottom of the water, so that the red-clothed female ghost could walk on the water surface calmly, and because the night was dark and the water reflected light, it was difficult to see the rope hidden under the water.Just now when Su Yuan poked the dagger under the water, he probably cut the rope. The female ghost in red fell into the water because she lost support under her feet.

After splashing twice in the water, the female ghost in red became quiet and swam towards the opposite bank.

Seeing this, Sun He hurriedly went to find the boat, she insisted on catching this little thief pretending to be a ghost!

Su Yuan wiped the dagger slowly with a handkerchief.After putting away the dagger, she folded her arms and waited for a moment.Seeing that the female ghost in red was finally about to climb up to the other bank, Su Yuan flew across the river, stepping on the water, and reached the other bank.

Zhao Qingrong stared at the scene in front of him in astonishment, and it took him a while to regain his composure.At this time, Sun He's shout came from downstream, saying that the boat had been found.

Zhao Qingrong laughed and shouted to her: "You are too late, the boss has already reached the other side."

"What?" Sun He hurried back, and when he heard that he missed the wonderful scene of watching the boss float on the water, he patted his thigh, annoyed and regretful.

"Su Judici's kung fu is superb, really high." Daoist Wang Chuan also marveled.

In the end, the four brought the captured female ghost back to Kaifeng Mansion.

When Su Yuan caught the female ghost ashore, the female ghost already had the face of a normal person, and her skin was not so pale.The interrogation revealed that when she was walking on the water, she was wearing a ghostly mask.The eyes of the mask are hollow, and under the dim light, they look like bottomless black holes.Because of falling into the water just now, the mask broke off.

The 'Ghost in Red' honestly confessed her identity. She is the singer of Yihonglou, named Hongtao, who is good at dancing and singing on ropes.What she did today was all at the instigation of the madam Yihonglou.

Zhao Qingrong heard that Dongli, the singer who died three years ago, came from Yihonglou, so he hurriedly asked her: "Are you doing this to avenge Dongli, to avenge her, and to frighten the person who caused Dongli to commit suicide?"

Both Su Yuan and Sun He couldn't help looking at Zhao Qingrong, both of them expressed the same meaning in their eyes: you are too pure and kind.

At first, Zhao Qingrong didn't understand why the two of them looked at her like this. It wasn't until she heard Hongtao's explanation that she finally realized that her thoughts were very simple.

"Yihonglou holds a Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet every autumn to select the oiran. The madam is good at calculating and thinks that chrysanthemums are too expensive, so she wants to lower the price with those who sell chrysanthemums. She was not worried about selling, but she refused to give a cheap price. The madam was very annoyed, and every time she went to the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet, she would complain that the chrysanthemums were too expensive.

Three years ago, Dongli committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, and the madam suddenly came up with the idea of ​​haunting, so that the flowers at the chrysanthemum appreciation meeting could not be sold, and the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet in Yihonglou was postponed after the chrysanthemum appreciation meeting, so that she could You can try your best to lower the price and buy chrysanthemums at the cheapest price. In the end, you can save nearly a thousand taels of silver. "

Heart's task is to pretend to be a ghost on the Huimin River.

Before the chrysanthemum appreciation meeting, the madam of Yihonglou asked people to install iron pegs on both sides of the river bank in advance to fix the binding ropes.After the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Conference starts, every night at night, there will be a nurse who is familiar with the water and will pull the rope under the water in advance to use the heart as a ghost.After pretending to be a ghost, remove the rope in time to avoid being discovered.

Su Yuan asked the nursing home's name, and after he was captured, he was arrested and interrogated by the madam of Yihonglou. Both of them confessed to their crimes, and the case was closed.

"Oh, it's another fake ghost." Sun He sighed regretfully.

"Forget it, the fake ghost will scare you half to death." Zhao Qingrong mercilessly dismantled Sun He, the heroine she once admired, but now her image in her heart has collapsed.But Boss Su, the more she understands, the more she admires him.Especially tonight when she walks on the water, her heroic figure is so chic!

It's a pity that she is a woman, otherwise I really want to marry her.

When Su Yuan came out of the side hall after the trial of the madam of Yihonglou, Zhao Qingrong looked at Su Yuan with a pair of shining eyes adoringly.

"Boss, are you hungry? I invite you to have dinner at Yaoguang Building, or to my house. The cooks in our palace are also good. You can order delicacies from mountains and seas, including beef." Zhao Qingrong entertained Su Yuan with great enthusiasm.

Su Yuan was really tempted, "I can't do it today, let's try another day. It's getting late now, the county lord should go back earlier, don't worry the lord."

"Boss is out of touch, how can you call me the county lord, just call me by my name. If you are so polite to me, then I won't leave." Zhao Qingrong pinched his waist and said willfully.

Su Yuan glared at her, and as she wished, he gave her a word: "Get lost!"

"Hey, okay!" Zhao Qingrong immediately happily agreed obediently, and left with his subordinates.

Su Yuan helped his forehead.

Sun He looked at Su Yuan anxiously, "Boss, then I—"

"You go too."

"Hey, good!" Sun He left happily.

Su Yuan turned around speechlessly, and saw Bai Yutang dressed in white, looking at her with a faint smile.

"I don't know why they are like this." Su Yuan explained helplessly, then went up the stone steps and stood side by side with Bai Yutang, "Master Bao finished the trial of King Xiangyang?"

Bai Yutang let out a 'huh', his face became serious, and he said to Su Yuan, "The King of Xiangyang admitted to embezzling the relief funds, but he refused to admit other crimes. Because of his special status, it is not good to punish him."

If the king of Xiangyang was only convicted of corruption, the punishment would not be too severe given his honorable status as the emperor's uncle.The former Prime Minister Ding Wei was charged with a heavier crime than him, and the emperor just deposed him to be an official in a miserable place because of his past achievements.As the king of Xiangyang, if he can't get the evidence to convict him to death this time, maybe he will recover in a few years.

"Therefore, the Meng Dan blue spectrum of Chongxiao Tower is particularly important." Bai Yutang finally concluded.

Su Yuan listened silently and didn't say anything for a while.

Because of the mention of the Sky Tower, Bai Yutang couldn't help staring at Su Yuan with deep eyes, "Master Bao changed his mind and decided to let all of us go to Xiangyang. The Zhan Zhaohe Dynasty and the others had already set off first, in order to guard against the news that King Xiangyang was captured. If it is passed to Xiangyang, his subordinates will transfer the Mengdan Lan spectrum early."

"Isn't it a good time to transfer, so I don't have to go to the skyscrapers." Su Yuan said casually.

"But there are too many variables. It will be more troublesome if there is no trace. It's better to pick it up in the Sky Tower." Bai Yutang knew what Su Yuan was worried about, and assured her, "I will be fine."

"Of course you'll be fine."

Su Yuan's tone of voice was very natural, she definitely didn't say this deliberately to comfort or encourage Bai Yutang.

In the original book, Bai Yutang had an accident because he ventured into the Sky Tower alone and didn't know the situation in advance.Today's Bai Yutang is no longer as impulsive as before, let alone arrogant and independent. He has already known the situation in advance and is vigilant, and now everyone is working together to find a way to deal with the skyrocketing tower, so nothing will happen.

"Since we're going around and around, this skyscraper is destined to be broken, so let's do it! Call your brother, Chedishu, and we'll set off right away. Mengdan Lanpu, right? We'll settle it tomorrow, and come back to eat at night hot pot."

It takes half a day to ride a fast horse from Kaifeng to Xiangyang. We set off now and arrive in the morning. After picking up the Sky Tower, we can just come back before dinner.