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When I came to the gate of the deserted house again, it was still desolate and deserted.

Qi Zhong walked to the door and tried to push it hard, but it was useless. He turned around and said, "Hey, the door is really locked."

"Then how do we get in now?" Min Zhi asked.

Qi Zhong said with a smile, "Over the wall."

Looking at the height of the eye wall, Min Zhi sneered: "If you want to flip it, do it yourself."

"Okay, then you wait for me outside, I will go in and open the door from the inside."

Qi Zhong didn't think much, and rushed to the white wall next to him. Mu Yun grabbed his elbow to stop him from doing so.

"Climbing the fence is for thieves. Brother Qi must not lose his name because of a small loss."

"Uh... Isn't it just an old house that no one wants? Didn't we just break into it before? You think too much."

Mu Yun still didn't let go, and continued to persuade: "Before everyone thought that there was no one here, so they entered, but now that the gatekeeper old man lives here, we can no longer be rude."

Qi Zhong pursed his lips, and muttered: "I've already eaten this closed door, why don't you care about being rude? How silly."

Seeing that he had dismissed his thoughts, Mu Yun let go, approached the door by himself, and knocked regularly.

Qi Zhong leaned over to take a look, and said with a speechless smile: "Hey, isn't it? Do you think it's enough to knock on the door with your little hand? Don't think about it, that crazy old man will definitely ignore you."

After knocking for a while, there was still no movement at the door.Qi Zhong couldn't wait any longer, he slammed on the door violently, and shouted loudly: "Hey, listen up, people inside, we are here to collect protection fees, come out and pay quickly."

Min Zhi clasped her hands aside speechlessly: "You can really talk."

Mu Yun was about to stop him, but there was an irritable shout from inside the door: "Who is it? There is no one living here, and the protection fee will not be paid..."

"Hey, it's the voice of that crazy old man." Qi finally didn't expect that the few words he made up would really lead the snake out of its hole.

Hastily said again: "Cough. Aren't you human? We collect according to the head, open the door quickly."

After a while, the person inside the door seemed helpless, took the latch, and slowly opened the door.

As soon as the old man saw the appearance of the three of them, he felt that he had been deceived, and he couldn't let go of his anger. He cursed: "It's you again! Why are you here again? Get out!"

Qi Zhong sneered: "Of course I came to ask for medical expenses from you. My brother was almost hit by your stick before, shouldn't you apologize?"

"Hmph. You asked for it. Don't come in again."

As he said that he was about to close the door again, Qi Zhong hurriedly squeezed into the crack of the door to oppose him.

Mu Yun stepped forward to explain the purpose of his visit: "Old man, please accommodate me, we are entrusted by someone to come to understand the past of the old house."

"Who?" The old man hesitated.

"It's Mrs. Chen."

"Ah!" Hearing this, the old man staggered back a few steps, losing his composure in astonishment.

Qi finally added: "It's that female ghost in the outskirts of the building. The ghost lingers on."

"What? Have you been to that building? Have you seen her?"

The old man was even more surprised, staring straight at the expressions of several people.

Mu Yun said calmly: "Yes. It was Mrs. Chen who ordered us to help him find someone."

"Oh, Mrs. Chen? She is not Mrs. Chen..."

The old man sneered, carried the broken lantern, and walked slowly into the house.

The three remained silent and followed closely behind.

After entering the courtyard gate, the old man led them to a side room, which was fairly clean and free of dust.

The candles were lit, and the crowd sat around the lamps. The old man poured them three cups of turbid tea one by one, and then sighed several times.

"Old man, look at the writing on your clothes, you should be from this mansion, can you please tell us about the tomb in detail?"

Mu Yun asked each other politely, and the room fell silent, listening to the story carefully.

"That's right. I was the housekeeper of the Chen Mansion back then. Many years ago, a businessman surnamed Chen came to Jiangyang City to do business here. Later, he found that the business was getting better and better, so he and his wife settled here. "

"We all know this. People in the city say that the rich businessman loves his wife very much, but later God was jealous of the confidante, and she died for some unknown reason. Later, the rich businessman built a high-rise tomb for her to commemorate her."

The old butler shook his head, smiled wryly and said, "It's good that it's really like this. Ma'am, I was killed by Boss Chen."

"Ah? Are you so insane?" Qi Zhong exclaimed, thinking that the rich businessman was just too hypocritical, but he didn't expect there to be even more despicable scandals.

"Boss Chen is a hypocrite! Back then, Madam and the others came here from outside to start a business and started doing better and better, but Boss Chen was not satisfied. He spends his life spending money and spending time outside. After several times of persuasion by Madam, the effect Very little. People are far away from home, and there is no one to take care of them, so I have to swallow my anger."

"Until one day, Boss Chen did not know where to invite a Taoist priest back, saying that Feng Shui was very good. He specially treated him with good wine and good food. The Taoist priest stayed for half a month, and he did not see how powerful he was. Like a bastard who cheats on food and drink."

"So, then Boss Chen is an idiot? Raising a rice bug to eat and drink for nothing at home."

Qi finally straightened the hair on his forehead and asked with a sneer.

The housekeeper shook his head, and said with a sarcasm: "Boss Chen has always been shrewd and cunning. Seeing that this Taoist priest only eats and doesn't cook, he chose a way of opening an altar, seeking money and profit... Who knows, this way will harm the Taoist priest." Madame."

"A liar again?" Min Zhi frowned.

The old housekeeper nodded in agreement: "The Taoist said that the bad luck on my wife was too heavy, which hindered Boss Chen's luck, and made Boss Chen either divorce his wife or take a concubine. But Boss Chen didn't do either. I also found it strange that I thought he had changed his mind."

"Hiss, does he have other schemes?" Qi Zhong clicked his tongue.

"That's right. Madam died suddenly and unexpectedly within ten days after the ceremony. Madam treated me with great kindness. I couldn't accept this fact, so I went to Boss Chen to ask the truth, but he taught me to leave the house. My mother is critically ill, I can't do anything about it, so I can only leave first, but I didn't expect that when I returned to this mansion, the Chen family had already been defeated, and I heard about Gaolouzhong."

"What happened after that? How did Boss Chen die? Why did you guard this house? Since he was down and out, why didn't he sell the land deed and make money?"

Qi Zhong remembered what the blind fortune-teller said, and hurriedly asked again.

The old housekeeper snorted coldly and sighed: "It can only be said that the retribution came too late. Boss Chen earned enough praise from the world for repairing that high-rise building, but he took several concubines after one month. Get lost in the place of fireworks and willow alley."

"Madam's bones were not cold, so he was so rampant. In the end, he contracted some internal disease, his whole body festered, and died. Seeing that he was dead, his concubines crazily divided up the property. After emptying out the house, they took a boat and ran away overnight."

Qi Zhong suddenly remembered the Skeleton Queen's request, and asked anxiously, "Then, where's Boss Chen's body?"

"Hmph, those side houses are kind of conscientious. They gave him some money and asked someone to throw him in the cemetery and dig a hole to bury him. It's a pity that the land deed they were looking for had already been handed over to him before his wife died. Keep it for me, don’t even try to find it.”

"Heh, he didn't expose the dead body in the wilderness?" Qi Zhong said disgustedly.

The old housekeeper sighed, and asked again: "You went to the high-rise mound, but you saw your wife? Has she not gone to reincarnation yet? This life is already so hard, I hope she can live a good life in the next life."

"She is deeply obsessed, and there is no way to reincarnate." Mu Yun looked solemn.

The old man's face changed when he heard this, and he said worriedly: "Why? Madam has never done anything bad. I don't believe the crazy rumors in this city. It is said that she is a vengeful soul, and someone must spread falsehoods."

"You don't know, that high-rise mound is actually a kind of sorcery, which suppressed her soul, making it impossible for her to step out of the wall, and she was trapped in it for life and death, unable to be reincarnated. Difficult to quantify."

When Mu Yun told the truth, there was a look of unbearable in his eyes.

The old housekeeper felt sad, beat his chest and stamped his feet: "Sin, sin, I knew that Chen Gou is not a good person, I didn't expect him to treat Madam like this."

Min Zhi was annoyed when he heard that, he slapped the table angrily, and cursed: "It is not too much for such a vicious man to be hacked into pieces."

The old housekeeper was frustrated, and hurriedly knelt down and begged: "Young heroes, if you can understand this, you must be not ordinary people. Please help Madam, she is a good person, she is a good person..."

Qi Zhong sighed, pulled him up, and promised: "Don't worry. We have already settled this matter."

"Okay. If there is anything I can do to help, just say it! For Madam, it's worth my life to risk my life."

Mu Yun sat down with him comfortingly, and said, "Right now, there is indeed one thing that needs my help."

"You say it."

"Please find Boss Chen's body within three days and bring him outside the Louzhong gate. We will go into the building and talk to Madam in person."

"Okay. I'll go tomorrow morning. You guys talk slowly."

The old butler wiped away his tears and went out sadly.

There was a moment of silence in the room, and Qi Zhong said leisurely: "Relying on a dead bone alone, I'm afraid I can't make that lady reconciled, right? After all, I have suffered so much injustice."

"Right now, there are indeed many doubts. First, I don't know the motive of Boss Chen's murder, second, I don't know the process of building the high-rise mound, and third, I don't know the source of the blood."

Mu Yun sorted out the questions clearly and knocked on the table to think carefully.

Min Zhi at the side stretched, yawned and said, "Why don't you think about it tomorrow."

Mu Yun nodded, and said in a warm voice: "Two friends, go back to the inn to rest first, I will stay here to clear my mind before going back."

"Then I'll stay with...uh, help you think about it."

Qi Zhong scrambled to veto it, and then turned his attention to Min Zhi.

"Well, you can go back first and take care of Yuan Qian for me."

Although Min Zhi didn't like the feeling of being arranged by others, she didn't want to evade the rejection unjustly, so she replied casually: "Got it. Think about it slowly."

There were only two people left in the room, sitting without speaking to each other.

The dim oil lamp is shining on the face of the person opposite, his eyes drooped in thought are covered by long eyeshadows, his lips are pursed in silent thinking posture, which is unique and picturesque.

Qi Zhong propped up his hands, dreaming wildly, remembering the memory of teasing Dai Hua for him that day by the lake, the corners of his mouth twitched faintly for a moment, and smiled faintly.

"Brother Qi? Are you sleepy?"

Seeing the man's intoxicated posture, Mu Yun mistook him for being sleepy, and couldn't help asking with concern.

"Ah? No! I didn't sleep."

Shaking his head, Qi Zhong looked away in embarrassment and coughed twice.

Mu Yun didn't say much, and regained his thinking mood, and said slowly: "Now, there are too few witnesses, and many details cannot be verified. No matter how much speculation is made, it is just a gamble... I think, if three days later, If there is no way to give Mrs. Chen a satisfying answer and to dispel her grievances, I'm afraid this will be a disaster, so..."

"So what? Why don't you arrange me again. No matter what, you must let her take out the funeral flowers in your hand, otherwise we will stop here in Jiangyang City at worst."

Qi finally interrupted the unpleasant words and stood firm.

"Besides, who said there are too few witnesses? Aren't the flowers and plants in this yard all 'witnesses'?"

Mu Yun frowned: "Brother Qi, stop joking at this time."

"Who's kidding? I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, come with me."

Angrily refuting, Qi Zhong pulled the man's sleeve and ran out.