Chapter seven hundred and twentieth seven ghosts crossing the border
Looking at the three children who were sleeping in a mess on the big kang, although Zhang Shou found it funny, he did not wake them up and continue to ask questions. Instead, he casually pulled the quilt for them.
The Fourth Prince was not being honest even when he was asleep. He put one hand directly on Little Peanut's chest. As a result, Little Peanut moved around there as if it was uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but shake his head.
When he discovered that there were no traces of blood on Xiao Cheng's face, he thought of what Ah Liu had just told him and realized that he must have taken a shower. He wondered if the appearance when he came in had frightened the family.
With a big jump, he turned his head and looked at Ah Liu standing aside, and asked with confusion: "Is there no guest room at home? So the three of them need to sleep together?"
A place as big as Zhangyuan doesn’t need to be so frugal, right?
Seeing that Zhang Shou really didn't remember it, Ah Liu sighed helplessly: "It was all used to set the table."
This time, Zhang Shou finally stopped asking such low-level questions as how to set up a table in the guest room, because he finally remembered that he had previously refused the fourth prince to live at home, and instead left him at a public school outside the city with the little peanut Xiao Cheng.
To keep company, what excuse did you use at that time?
Although Zhang Yuan is large, it is said that he invited many guests on his wedding day, and the cold weather was not suitable for setting up a wedding tent, so after counting the guest rooms, Wu began to arrange and tidy up all the guest rooms in advance, and they were all put on the table
chair.
This has an advantage, that is, no guests will get cold, but the disadvantage is that many of the empty guest rooms are now unoccupied. Fortunately, the previous guests will not be affected, but the new guests will
There is no doubt that there is no place to live - this house is where Little Peanut used to live.
As for why it is a kang instead of a bed, that is because Xiao Huahua preferred the hot kang when he was in Cangzhou, so the courtyard where Zhang Shou's study is located happened to have a kang in the east wing, so it was left to this Cangzhou boy.
In order to cover up his embarrassment that he had forgotten about the wedding banquet, Zhang Shou changed the subject and said: "Speaking of which, Little Peanut hasn't been back for a long time. Is this kang too cool? I don't even feel hot when I stand next to it?"
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"It was only burned in the afternoon. Of course it's not too hot." Ah Liu didn't say that before he was ordered to accompany them out, he sent back a message about the kang that was burned. Although he didn't have the ability to predict the future, he instinctively felt that it was likely to come from outside.
The city moved to the inner city, and maybe I would come back to live there.
And he paused for a moment before explaining: "They all drank ginger soup after they came back and took hot baths in the bath to ward off the cold. If the kang is too hot, they will definitely not be able to sleep."
Thinking that the three little guys must have been blowing cold wind tonight, but they were still kicking around on the quilt at this time, Zhang Shou couldn't help but said angrily: "Children of this age like to kick on the quilt the most, but when they catch a cold and get sick, they
They are also afraid of medicine and acupuncture, and they complain constantly. If you ask me, it would be better to sew the quilt into the shape of a bag, stuff their whole bodies in it, and then tie them to death inside."
“You no longer have to worry about them getting cold in the future!”
Zhang Shou casually brought up the concept of sleeping bags, but Ah Liu didn't take it as a joke. After thinking about it carefully, he made up his mind and told Wu about it later. If his young master and the eldest lady have a relationship in the future,
Children, just do it like this.
Zhang Shou didn't know that Ah Liu had already thought about it so far. He had no intention of waking up the three little guys to ask questions. Ah Liu had already told him everything he needed to say.
This information was originally like scattered beads, but with the diligent investigation of the three naughty children, it was like a thread connecting them all.
A guy who claimed to be the third steward of the Hua family persuaded public school students to drop out, promising apprenticeships in a small restaurant in Gusu, and even offered high salaries to successfully persuade the students' parents; the so-called third steward betrayed Jiang Zhuoer
, Jiang Zhuoer confessed to Mr. Kong Jiu who sent someone to hire him, which was consistent with his preface. Not only that, he also gave a dozen of the good deeds that someone had done.
Including murdering his son of the same age in order to fight for office.
Under the coercion of Xiao Cheng pretending to be a ghost, Mr. Kong Jiu became panicked and not only admitted to hiring a murderer to kill, but also revealed that he had sunk the guy who hired a murderer to kill him in Jishui Pond afterwards (as for whether the person who sank was a living person or a dead body, this
But it is unknown for the time being). In order to send away the death-inducing ghost fairy, Dr. Taichang even promised a generous sacrifice.
This generous sacrifice included three animals, including a large amount of paper money, paper figures and houses, and even a wooden figure engraved with the birth date of the person who hired the murderer... To be honest, if there was a bloody face in the middle of the night, it would be like returning from the Nine Netherworld.
The boy was asking for these things from him on the window sill, and Zhang Shou felt that he would be scared too!
After thinking about it, he suddenly asked: "By the way, Ah Liu, you said that when you took them away, you quietly knocked Kong Jiu unconscious? Have you cleaned up the other traces?"
"I didn't clean it up. I even took off two of Xiao Cheng's shoes, leaving bloody footprints on the window rails."
Do you want to really scare people to death? The more Zhang Shou thought about it, the more outrageous he felt. He couldn't help but frown and asked: "Pretending to be a ghost to scare people is a cliché. Although this is a bad idea, it is still a way. In the end, you also cheated
A lot of news. But if you leave footprints, aren't you afraid of backfiring?"
But Ah Liu said with a strange expression: "Otherwise, wouldn't that coward who fainted three times think it was a dream to hit a ghost?"
Seeing that Zhang Shou suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, he whispered: "After I knocked the person unconscious, I also asked Xiao Cheng to pinch bruised fingerprints on the person's neck." Xiao Cheng's hand size is more suitable...
Zhang Shoudeng was stunned. How could he be so cruel? What these three naughty kids plus Ah Liu, a cold-faced killer, could do was simply jaw-dropping! He couldn't help but ask: "Aren't you still...
Did he kill the chicken in the back garden and leave traces of blood? There is a live chicken missing from the kitchen of Kong's house. They wouldn't even ignore such an obvious theft, right?"
However, Ah Liu's answer stunned him: "Master, you once said that you can't come back empty-handed when you enter Baoshan."
With a bad premonition in his heart, Zhang Shou quickly asked: "Then what? Didn't you ransack the study room of the Kong family's East Mansion? If that were the case, no one would believe it. It was simply a ghost attack!"
"The study is full of books. None of the four of us are good at rummaging through them, so I won't allow them to move. But..." After Ah Liu saw that he was helpless, Zhang Shouna's face was filled with confusion, so he continued.
: "I carried the Fourth Prince on my back, took Xiao Cheng and Xiao Huahua out, and then went back to empty out the Kong family kitchen."
Even if Zhang Shou had been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air at this time. Even if the Kong family's investigation revealed that a large amount of food had been stolen from the kitchen, once the report was reported, the frightened Master Kong Jiu would definitely think that this was really true.
It's a ghost passing through the border... Otherwise, how could anyone take such great risks to steal a bunch of food from the kitchen of an official's house? Coupled with the bloody footprints, it's simply scary!
And his attention quickly shifted to another question: "You emptied out a kitchen as big as the Kongjiadong Mansion? How many things are needed? Moreover, live chickens, mutton... and those things with a strong smell
, you can’t just move everything back in a carriage, can you?” This is too much of a show, will his carriage still be able to seat people in the future?
"I didn't bring anything back that smelled too much." Ah Liu looked very confident, "There was an abandoned shabby house two streets away from Kong's house, and there were many beggars living there, so I threw all the mutton over and left.
When I woke them up, they were probably cooking mutton to eat, which should be able to destroy corpses and eliminate traces." When he said this, Ah Liu didn't think about whether destroying corpses and eliminating traces was suitable for this...
"I threw the live chicken into a house a few blocks away. They were jumping around in the middle of the night." Ah Liu's idiom was used very accurately this time. When the couple was sleeping, a live chicken fell from the sky and flew onto the bed, even if their mouths and feet were all gone.
Being tied up tightly still frightened people quite a bit. Of course, after being frightened, they were happy to pick up the live chicken. He couldn't control whether the disturbed couple was happy or annoyed.
"I've moved all the other mushrooms, delicacies, marinated meats and other things back, and..."
"Stop it! I know you are capable, and this time you are really capable." Zhang Shou felt angry and funny. He was completely convinced now, seeing the bruises on his neck and the bloody fingerprints on the window bars, he still
The empty kitchen looks like it has gone through a general clean-up. Mr. Kong Jiu will never stir up trouble. He will definitely try his best to calm the matter down, or at least find a scapegoat to take the blame!
Seeing that the three children on the kang were still sleeping soundly and sweetly, as if his conversation with Ah Liu had not disturbed them at all, Zhang Shou hooked his hand at Ah Liu, and the master and servant quietly left the back room. When they returned,
In the study, he said thoughtfully: "Since the matter has been settled, there is nothing more to say! You must let them understand that finding the mastermind does not mean that the matter has been solved."
Ah Liu knew that Zhang Shou was referring to the apprenticeship job that provided enough money every month for the three families to let their sons drop out of school. Now that it has been proven that it was a scam, some people may be relieved and feel relieved, but there must be others.
People will beat their chests and even suspect them of being obstructive. The most important thing is that for those three families, that kind of apprenticeship is a hope.
Therefore, he nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "I will remind the fourth prince. But... what should I do with the one named Kong? Just let him go like this?"
Seeing Ah Liu's expression clearly showing that he had done his best to eradicate evil, Zhang Shou couldn't help but be amused: "With Yingying and her eldest brother, an official person watching, why do you need to bother yourself? I dare to bet you that he is unlucky.
In the past two days, if Yingying and her eldest brother were more extreme, they would choose a particularly delicate time."
If Ah Liu realized something, the look in his eyes at Zhang Shou showed some intention - nothing more than... you are still cunning, young master! When he saw the yawning Zhang Shou go to bed again, although he was also tormented
It took him half a night, but after he returned to the bed next door, he opened his eyes and looked at the tent above his head.
The fourth prince and the little peanut Xiao Cheng were filled with indignation. For him, who had been accustomed to seeing killings since he was very young, it did not have a big impact. It just made him feel that the world was rotten. But he had no regard for those benevolence, justice and etiquette.
Zhixin didn't have much interest in anything, so even if he came first, he didn't have much interest in studying when he was in public school.
Even though Little Peanut doesn't like reading, he is a completely different person from him. If people hadn't been trying to pull him into their own world ever since they met Zhang Shou, he might have been like those imperial servants.
He completes tasks one after another like a puppet, and passes by each person like a passerby, leaving behind a poor experience.
"I'll probably have to deal with the aftermath tomorrow... Well, it's time to sleep!"
After muttering this in his mind, Ah Liu gently closed his eyes and fell into sleep as quickly as possible. On the bed across the wall, Zhang Shou, who was not sleepy for the moment, had to count sheep and jump fences in vain until he waited.
When I woke up again early in the morning, my eyes were bleary and my whole person was a little listless.
However, compared to him, when Ah Liu went to deliver the three naughty children he had packed up, Zhang Shou only saw three little guys who were usually full of energy, but now they were completely wilted from the heavy rain.
Like little cabbage. Especially when a sumptuous breakfast was delivered from the kitchen and Zhang Shou asked them to sit down for breakfast, the fourth prince almost fell directly into the porridge bowl, and the little peanut head was beating little by little.
Being sleepy, even Xiao Cheng and the sesame sesame cakes had their face covered in sesame seeds.
So, he had to remind: "If you are too tired, go back to your room and continue to sleep. Children may not grow taller if they don't get enough sleep. Don't be brave!"
Although he originally planned to hold on, he was frightened by the words "not tall" and the words came to the fourth prince's lips. Then he saw that little peanut was also yawning, so he couldn't help but whisper:
"But Brother Six said that we still have to go to those three families to clean up the aftermath..."
"There is no rush to deal with the aftermath. Besides, Chen San and the other three people don't have classes today. If they don't go to do odd jobs, they will be at home. It will be the same whenever you go." Zhang Shou certainly said this to Ah Liu last night.
, but at this time, he couldn't help but ordered, "After breakfast, go to sleep for a while and go back to the cage. At least you will be fresh enough to do things before going!"
When the fourth prince really went back to sleep because of Zhang Shou's words, and was finally pushed awake by someone, he realized that the outside was already extremely bright. He had no idea when and where this happened.
He stared blankly at the person pushing him for a long time, then he realized that it was a little peanut, and then he vaguely felt that the incident from last night was passing in front of him like a revolving lantern.
He almost immediately put his hand on the bed board and climbed up in a hurry. Just when he was about to ask, he saw Xiao Huahua said with an annoyed face: "That kid Xiao Cheng took advantage of us to fall asleep and put both of us in trouble."
Leave it behind and run out alone!"
Seeing that the fourth prince was slightly stunned at first, and then his face turned red with anger, Little Peanut directly pulled the fourth prince up, and put on his clothes three times: "He is a stubborn boy, I will
I'm afraid that he will tell Chen San and the other three that he went to Kong's house last night to pretend to be a ghost and scare people to find out the truth. But Brother Six followed the young master to the public school in the morning and didn't come back. Let's go and chase him!"