An hour ago, the gate of the Kong Family East Mansion was closed. Unlike the Confucius Scholar Naxi Mansion, there were no soldiers from the Ruiqi Camp standing guard or patrolling here. Only the two lanterns hanging in front of the gate allowed people to see that this was the case.
It is an official residence. Although its owner, Dr. Taichang Kongjiu, is not of high rank, judging from the walls, this residence is no less shabby than the one in the West Mansion.
And a black shadow flashed in front of the door, and in a moment he rushed to a side wall. When he saw three little guys hunched over in the shadow of the wall, looking around, he couldn't help but stepped forward and slapped one of them on the forehead.
Even the fourth prince was no exception, and he pointed at the wall without saying a word. The fourth prince, who heard the song and knew its elegant meaning, had no intention of showing off at all, and jumped on the person's back with a happy face.
Seeing Ah Liu carrying the Fourth Prince over the wall so gently and deftly, Little Peanut couldn't help but clench his teeth.
But before he could think about whether he was showing off his true abilities or something else, he saw Xiao Cheng on the side, and climbed up the wall easily. Now he panicked, and he didn't want to be left here to watch the wind.
He spit into the palm of his hand twice, jumped up, and started crawling without saying a word.
When he climbed up the wall, his heartbeat quickened as he had not done anything like this for a long time. He jumped to the ground in a hurry before he had time to see what was going on inside. After he stood firm, he realized that the surroundings were pitch black, and there were actually people on the street outside.
It was no different. Thinking that when he lived in Zhangyuan, lights would be turned off in places where no one lived at night, and he couldn't help but mutter.
Could it be that Mr. Kong Jiu's family has a small population, so many houses are empty and no one lives in them, so he doesn't light the lights? No, no, it must be that the place Ah Liu chose to infiltrate is mysterious! Looking at the shadowy branches swaying all around, could this be
...a garden?
"Brother Six, why is it so dark here? Why don't you light up the lights?" Someone asked Xiaohuahua's question soon, but it was the curious fourth prince.
And Ah Liu’s answer was not only as precious as words, but also as breathtaking as always: “It costs money to light a lamp!”
Seeing that the fourth prince was dumbfounded and little Peanut couldn't laugh or cry, Xiao Chengcheng, who was always serious, couldn't help but interjected: "I heard from Brother Zhu that the lights are turned off every night in the Zhao Guogong Mansion. After the lights are turned off, only one person is left at the door of each courtyard.
A lantern. It’s the same in the palace, right? It’s just that you didn’t come out and walk past in the middle of the night.”
As soon as these words came out, the fourth prince blushed and Xiao Huahua was speechless. But Ah Liu didn't intend to waste time here, so he said angrily: "This is the garden of the Kong family's east mansion. In the middle of the night, lights are lit in the garden to give ghosts
see?"
Hearing that it was a garden, he was choked by Ah Liu's words. The fourth prince was speechless for a moment, but then he eagerly said: "I heard from my father that although the Kong family is a scholarly family, in fact it is the most scholarly family."
Believe in ghosts and gods. I said before that we sneak in and force him to find evidence, but I just thought about it. We are trespassing, so why not forcefully interrogate him and scare him by pretending to be a ghost? Maybe we can scare the shit out of him, lie.
Can you provide some evidence or something?"
As soon as these words came out, Little Peanut, who was a little worried that such a forcible intrusion would be too reckless, immediately agreed. But when he saw Ah Liu glance at him, he suddenly remembered whether Ah Liu would let him pretend to be a woman.
Damn it, his expression suddenly changed.
He never wants to pretend to be a woman again in his life!
But at this moment, he heard Xiao Cheng cough slightly, and he took the initiative to ask Ying: "If you want to pretend to be a ghost, I am very good at it. I have scared many people by pretending to be a ghost, especially the timid ones.
If you are scared, you will fall down!"
When the fourth prince saw that he had come up with an idea, and now there was a professional pretending to be a ghost, he was immediately delighted. He left the confused little peanut and stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Chengcheng to discuss it, but he didn't know that he hadn't spoken yet.
, Ah Liu had already interrupted him.
"Don't waste your time. If you are seen by others, you will be either a thief or a thief. Xiao Cheng, you said you are good at pretending to be a ghost, then pretend to be the one Jiang Zhuoer said, the child Kong Jiu asked him to kill. His age should be
about the same as you."
Accompanied by Zhu Tingfang, they met Jiang Zhuoer and listened to someone talking about the various deals that Dr. Kong had done with people in the black market. At this time, the fourth prince and Xiao Huahua both understood who Ah Liu was talking about.
He was the youngest son of an old Jinshi who once had conflicts and disputes with Mr. Kong Jiu, and later competed for Dr. Taichang. Poor old Jinshi who passed the 50th grade, and when his life full of setbacks finally came to a happy ending, it turned out that his family had a hard time
The precious little boy who had just been saved happened to encounter a frightened horse during a trip, so he died. He was only nine years old.
Xiao Cheng had been trained by Liu Zhiyuan and Zhu Tingfang for many years. Although when defending his home, he could not help but do unethical things like pretending to be a ghost and scaring people away, but later he begged Zhu Tingfang to compensate him for those who bought Liu Zhiyuan's old house.
, but he was so frightened by this ghost that he resold the house at a low price, and kept saying that he would pay back the money in the future, so everyone here knew about his serious, attentive and evil-hating temperament.
At this moment, after hearing Ah Liu's words, Xiao Cheng nodded solemnly and said: "I understand, let's go right now!"
Little Peanut saw that he was actually going to pretend to be a ghost. He was so frightened that he couldn't help but asked: "Is that the way to go? Why don't you change your clothes, make your hair disheveled, and get some blood on your body to pretend to be a ghost?"
Is this the kind of artistic conception and atmosphere?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the three people in front of him looking at him. The fourth prince's eyes were even full of surprise, as if he had discovered a more professional ghost pretender. Even Ah Liu was looking at him carefully.
Looking at himself carefully, he couldn't help but cover his forehead and lamented: "Xiao Cheng, you said you were going to pretend to be a ghost, didn't you just plan on appearing in this outfit to scare people?"
"I've been like this before." Xiao Cheng looked innocent, as if he didn't realize there was anything wrong with it at all. "I just need to sneak in, eat some of the things in the kitchen, and throw dry firewood everywhere."
, and then swished around in front of people so that they could not catch them. After several attempts by monks and Taoists to catch ghosts failed, people were scared away."
Ah Liu raised his eyebrows thoughtfully, and finally remembered that Hua Qi had told him that he had taken care of Xiao Cheng quietly.
There is no doubt that people can successfully pretend to be ghosts and frighten the previous owners who bought Liu's house to run faster one after another. This is not because of any outstanding ghost pretending skills, but... because Hua Qi did more behind the scenes.
Many things, including but not limited to scaring away monks and Taoists who catch ghosts!
So, he immediately made a decision and said: "Okay, you guys stay here while I prepare things and check where Kong Jiu is staying tonight. Remember not to move around. If there is any movement, you can still dig it out from here."
The wall slips away, understand?"
Seeing the three of them all nodding like chickens pecking at rice, although he was a little worried that something would happen to these three if he left, but if he took them with him, nothing would be done, so he turned around and left without hesitation.
Anyway, he had noticed someone following them and Zhu Tingfang and his entourage into the city before, and he expected it to be the royal servant. As for how people would react when they saw him and three little guys climbing over the wall and entering the Kong Family East Mansion, he had no time.
Go and pay attention. It is estimated that some people will be anxious to report to the madman, and some people have already quietly followed them in.
Although hiding in the garden to blow the wind on this cold day was really a chore, fortunately, they were all bundled up tightly and had company next to them. The three of them stamped their feet and rubbed their hands, and finally they didn't dare.
Even the most aggressive fourth prince was worried about the consequences if someone discovered him and brought him before the emperor to question him.
It doesn't matter if you pretend to be a ghost and scare people, but if you pretend to be a ghost and scare people and get caught... it's better than being caught pretending to be a thief before you even pretended to be a ghost!
Two of the three people were the most talkative, but now that Ah Liu was not around, no one dared to say anything. They just waited and waited, almost until their whole bodies were frozen, when suddenly they saw a flash in front of their eyes,
But Ah Liu finally came back, carrying a baggage in his left hand and... a chicken in his right hand! Regardless of whether he was knocked unconscious or something, it was a chicken anyway!
The fourth prince's eyes widened immediately. Before he could speak, Ah Liu had already thrown the bundle towards him. He hurriedly reached out to take it, and when he opened it and saw it was a piece of white clothing, he was slightly startled, and then he hurried
Shaking off the white clothes, he put them on Xiao Cheng. Xiao Cheng was hurriedly dressing and tying the clothes, but Ah Liu moved his hands and twisted the chicken head off.
When the fourth prince was dumbfounded, he saw Xiao Cheng's face and body covered with blood splashed from the chicken's neck. Even though he had prided himself on being fearless since childhood, when he saw Xiao Cheng's blood-stained clothes and
His face looked even more ferocious under the blood stains, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back in fear, his face turned pale.
Seeing Xiao Peanut's expression as usual, Xiao Cheng still looked very calm even though he had blood spattered on his face and his white clothes were stained with blood. He looked like an evil ghost who had returned from Jiuquan. At this moment, the fourth prince finally understood.
, My father has always said that many scholar-bureaucrats usually talk eloquently, but when they see blood, they immediately lose their minds. What does this mean?
He had seen a little bit of the market, and he was shocked at this moment. He thought that if Mr. Kong Jiu saw Xiao Cheng dressed like this, he would definitely be no better than he is now!
When the fourth prince reacted, he saw Ah Liu casually throwing the live chicken high and outside the wall. Only the blood stains on the ground could still see the "killing" scene just now.
I couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Brother Six, isn't your 'destroying corpses and traces' a little too rough? You can find out if you look back. Do you want to clean up the aftermath?"
They can't take that dead chicken with them when they leave? Even if the dead chicken is taken away, the blood stains here can't be cleaned up!
The naughty kid with a puzzled face saw Ah Liu frowning. He was afraid that people would think he was doubting his ability, so he immediately wanted to continue to explain a few words, but was asked by Ah Liu and was speechless again: "As long as we are not being
When people find out, what should they do to clean up the aftermath?"
This makes so much sense! Realizing that he was the one who suggested coming to the Kong family to seek justice, and the one who came up with the idea to act as a ghost, the fourth prince felt that he, the instigator, was simply trapping himself, but now it was too late to regret it.
, because that is too sorry for Xiao Cheng, who has already made a huge sacrifice!
So, he felt very sorry for just talking. He stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Cheng's hand. He didn't pay attention to Ah Liu's violent use of the chicken neck to spray on the person just now. Even Xiao Cheng's hand was sprayed.
is blood.
"Xiao Xiao, this time it all depends on you! I will thank you very much later!"
Xiao Cheng glanced at the fourth prince's hand that was holding him and shaking it with some disgust, but when he raised his head and saw that sincere smile, thinking that although this prince was annoying sometimes, he was a nice person, he murmured in a low voice.
Said: "Thank you, no need! Such a vicious guy should be given a good treatment... By the way, Sixth Brother, where does that surnamed Kong live?"
"He's staying alone in the study tonight."
When he told the news, Ah Liu saw the three little guys heaving a sigh of relief at the same time. He knew that even if they were very energetic when shouting, if they pretended to be ghosts and scared people, they would also scare other innocent people in the Kong family.
, then let alone Xiao Cheng feeling sorry, even Xiao Huahua and the fourth prince may not be able to do it calmly.
He did not mention a word about the reason why Mr. Kong Jiu was sleeping alone in the study today - it was not that someone was worried about his future and life, so he cultivated his moral character. On the contrary, Mr. Kong Jiu was different from his cousin, Master Kong.
There is no girl who is not happy every night.
It was he who used some cruel methods first, and the steward who specially arranged Master Kong Jiu's sleeping arrangements obeyed. Therefore, Concubine Ji, whom Master Kong Jiu wanted to get close to, was ill today, and it was inconvenient.
In this regard, Mr. Kong Jiu, who had always been superstitious, only thought that this was an omen. In addition, he did not want to go back and stay with the yellow-faced woman in his main room, so after thinking about it, he decided to live in the study room. Moreover, he deliberately put
The servants and maids were all kicked out, and I was alone in the study, but I couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning, so I was planning to find a few people to support the gods tomorrow and divine my fortune.
He very much doubted whether he had committed some villainy recently, otherwise how could he, who had always had everything go smoothly, be so unlucky!
Although Mr. Kong Jiu sleeps on a bed against the wall, there is a lamp burning in the study. This has always been his habit, even when he is having fun with Concubine Ji. But on weekdays, he feels that the flickering light
It made him feel good, but with the same lighting today, let alone being drowsy, he actually felt annoyed even if he closed his eyes.
Finally, upset, he directly opened the curtain in front of the bed, pulled on his shoes and was about to get out of bed, but at this time, he heard a rustling sound. At first, he thought it was a mouse, but
After listening carefully for a while with his brows furrowed, he realized that it was not the case again. When he found that the light suddenly flickered and went out suddenly, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.
But before he could open his mouth to call someone, he suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing against his face. Immediately afterwards, he saw that the window that was clearly closed suddenly opened wide. The next moment, a small figure seemed to
It seemed to appear out of thin air, sitting quietly on the window railing.
When their eyes met, he saw that the other party was wearing a white robe that was so wide that it didn't fit him at all. His face was stained with blood, and there was even a fishy smell coming towards him. He almost stood on end with all the hair on his body. At this moment, he again
He heard a voice so cold that he almost fainted: "Give me back my life!"