Nightmare Apostle

"How does this person's methods compare with yours?" Nalan Shuo looked at Xiang Fengchen. He needed to make a judgment on the current situation.

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Xiang Fengchen leaned back on the chair and sighed slowly, "The bright moon is compared to a firefly."

"Is it so different?" Chang Chuchu couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

"I think I have few rivals in the art of Feng Shui, but this person is very different. I have never seen a Feng Shui master who cut off three of his fingers and is still alive. With this ability, even if he is not the first person in the world, he is still one of the best. Chief."

After a pause, Xiang Fengchen couldn't help but feel a little sad, "If this person is the one responsible, then we will be in big trouble.

but..:::

"According to what you say, this senior doesn't seem to be an evil person. He has no reason to play tricks on us juniors." Yang Xiao said after thinking.

"Yes, I can't figure this out either." Xiang Fengchen frowned.

A bedridden Feng Shui master, a group of Zhuangnai clan members wearing strange masks, and a living corpse of unknown origin... This village is really full of strange things, and until now, they still can't figure out what is hidden inside. What a secret.

"Fang Zhou, what did you see when you left that ruined temple last night?" Nalan Shuo suddenly looked at Fang Zhou and asked.

Facing the inquiry, Fang Zhou first glanced at Jiang Qingluan and found that the other party had no expression. Then he told the horrific scene he saw when he left the ruined temple last night. According to him, the gods seemed to "come alive" one by one at that time. , looks very scary.

"Do you still remember the clothes of those living statues?" Nalan Shuo asked, "Do they look like the clothes we wear?"

"Us?" Fang Zhou was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to suddenly recall something. After a moment, the blood faded, and his face quickly turned pale, "It looks like, it really does... It really looks like it!"

The next second, Fang Zhou looked at Yang Xiao. He remembered that he was not the only one who looked back last night, but also Yang Xiao.

The other party also received a slap from Jiang Qingluan.

"Your memory is correct, I saw it too." Yang Xiao said calmly.

Now everyone turned their attention to Jiang Qingluan, but she just shook her head, her voice was flat and cold, "I didn't see anything. They seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit at the beginning."

The clues were cut off, but everyone had a reason to suspect the ruined temple. Nalan Shuo urged everyone to eat quickly. After eating, go to the manager of the village and try to leave here and go to the village to find him. That ruined temple.

This time, the process went surprisingly smoothly. Manager Wu agreed and ordered someone to bring some casual clothes to change them into auspicious birthday clothes. However, there were conditions. They had to leave five people behind, and specifically named Xiang Fengchen and Nalan. Shuo stayed, and in addition, they had to rush back before dark, and they could not miss the midnight exorcism for their ancestors.

The 4 people who go out need to be matched with 2 men and 2 women. They can choose this by themselves, but no matter who the people go out,

Be sure to keep secrets about matters within the village.

Although the two backbones of Xiang Fengchen and Nalan Shuo were lost, fortunately, the remaining players were also experienced old players. Because they were going to search the temple, Yang Xiao and Fangzhou were indispensable. Finally, Yang Xiao, Fangzhou, and Jiang Qingluan were selected. ,

The four of them, Chang ChuChu, were tasked with finding clues.

Before leaving, Manager Wu gave them a lot of silver as gifts and told them that if they encountered any trouble in the village, they would

You can report the name of Earl's Palace.

"Earl's Mansion?" Everyone was stunned.

I saw Manager Wu put his hands in his sleeves, showing a proud expression, and raised his voice in a long voice: "Where do you think this is? My ancestor's father once made great contributions to the late emperor and was canonized as a loyal prince. There is also a golden plaque given by the late emperor in the mansion.”

In ancient times, when descendants inherited the title of their predecessor, they had to be demoted one level. The son of a duke was a prince, and below him was an earl. "It turned out to be an earl's palace. The ancestors had the honorary title. No wonder they are so lucky. Putting it that way, it's true." I'm sorry." Nalan Shuo reacted quickly, raised his hands and said politely to Manager Wu.

After taking the silver coins, Yang Xiao and the others, led by a young maid, walked through the courtyards.

Walked out of the gate of the Earl's Mansion.

As soon as he stepped out of the house, he didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but Fang Zhou felt that the sunlight above his head was a little brighter.

Sprinkle it on your face and shoulders, slightly dispelling the chill in your heart.

Walking on the road in the village, it was completely different from the dead silence at night. During the day, the village was very lively. They came to a main street. On both sides of the street, there were restaurants, gambling shops, rice shops, cloth shops. It was not yet noon, and the sound of hawking was heard. , the noise, the shouts of vendors carrying poles on the street, all kinds of sounds mixed together, making a sound.

The four of them came to a street corner and sat down at an open-air tea shop. They ordered a pot of tea and four rough porcelain tea bowls, and silently observed the goings-on nearby.

"Thank you for what happened last night." Yang Xiao turned to thank Jiang Qingluan beside him. If it hadn't been for her slap last night, something might have happened.

"Yes, Brother Yang is right, thank you Sister Qingluan." Fang Zhou stood up with great discernment, holding the blackened teapot, and poured tea for everyone one by one, first Jiang Qingluan, then clockwise, Yang Xiao, Chang Chuchu,

Finally it was my turn.

Holding the tea bowl in both hands, Jiang Qingluan's cold expression softened slightly, as if he was absorbing the heat from the tea, "You're welcome, it's just a little effort."

However, Chang Chuchu would not give up this good opportunity to catch coolies, and raised the tea bowl boldly, "You two, there is a saying, a drop of water is returned with a spring of water, our Miss Jiang saved you two, so if you encounter something on the way, you must bear it."

Yang Xiao raised the tea bowl and took the initiative to clink it with Chang Chuchu, and smiled: "Of course, we both owe Miss Jiang a favor."

Yang Xiao emphasized the three words "Miss Jiang". He owed Jiang Qingluan a favor, but he didn't owe her Chang Chuchu.

"Brother Yang~~, look at what you are saying to others?" Chang Chuchu looked at him, her eyes were as soft as water, and she became a little bird for a while.

This sudden contrast caught Fang Zhou, who was sitting opposite, off guard, but it was completely useless to Yang Xiao. He decisively directed the fight to Fang Zhou, "Miss Chang, you are beautiful, but I am not the only man here.

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As Chang Chuchu turned her head, Fang Zhou, who realized that he was being watched, immediately picked up the tea bowl and buried his head in tea, pretending to ignore it.

It was not a random choice to sit here and drink tea. The view here is very good, and there are forks on the left and right sides. If someone is following, it will be easy to be discovered. However, after observing for this period of time, Yang Xiao and his friends did not find that they were being followed.

According to common sense, the people in the Earl's Mansion are unlikely to let the four of them walk around freely outside. After all, they are invited guests. Once they run away, not only will the feng shui of the host family be ruined, but the exorcism at midnight tonight will also be delayed.

"It's silver. "Yang Xiao took out a silver ingot from his bosom, weighed it in his palm, and found it was quite heavy. "This is a whole silver ingot, of excellent quality. Ordinary street shops cannot afford it, so we can only go to big shops with facades." Turning the silver ingot over, Yang Xiao found a very inconspicuous piece at the bottom of the silver ingot, but he could feel it out with his hand. His doubts were also explained at this moment. This kind of well-made silver ingot is rarely circulated in the market, and most of them come from the Earl's Mansion. The shopkeepers of those big shops are all shrewd and can tell it at a glance. Later, the Earl's Mansion only needs to send people to ask the big shops, and their entire movement trajectory can be restored. Thinking of this, several people borrowed a file from the shopkeeper of the tea stall, found a secluded place nearby, and dismembered several large silver ingots into small pieces of scattered silver. Then several people divided the broken silver into , and sat back down at the tea stall.

Yang Xiao called the waiter with the white money on his shoulder, and asked about the Earl's Mansion indirectly. Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the waiter was like chicken blood, and talked a lot to these people, praising the Earl's Mansion to the sky, calling him a great loyal minister, a well-known good man, and a kind heart. This scene made Yang Xiao feel like he had seen it before.

The last good man was the old man of the Feng family.

Seeing that the waiter was going to continue talking, Yang Xiao casually threw a small piece of silver on the table, which made the waiter's eyes straight. Yang Xiao patted his sleeves and stood up: "Keep this seat for me, I'm going out to play and will be back later."

"Okay! "The waiter grabbed the silver, and seeing that the shopkeeper had his back to him and didn't notice, he stuffed the silver directly into his arms.

After leaving the tea stall for more than ten meters, Yang Xiao suggested splitting up the team. Four outsiders gathered together, which was too conspicuous. He and Jiang Qingluan were in one group, and Fang Zhou and Chang Chuchu were in another group. The two groups went east and west, respectively, to gather information along the street, including but not limited to the reputation of the Earl's Mansion, what happened in the mansion in recent years, and what the ruined temple not far from the village was.

The two groups agreed to meet here in half an hour because there was no timer and they could only make a rough estimate. Yang Xiao and Jiang Qingluan chose to go east. Not far away, they heard someone crying in front of them. When they got closer, they found that it was a man dressed as a team officer who pressed a man to the ground and punched and kicked him. There was also an overturned stall nearby.

"My lord, my lord, I am not, I am not! "The man was beaten to the ground with blood gushing from his mouth and nose, but he was still explaining.

The leader of the officers was a big, strong, black-faced man with a beard. He held a piece of paper in his hand.

There was a portrait painted on the paper with rough strokes. From Yang Xiao's point of view, the man in the painting didn't look much like the man who was beaten, except that he had the same bun on his head.

"Take him away!" The black-faced officer didn't listen to the man's explanation at all, and had the man arrested and dragged along the street like a dead dog.

"Listen carefully, open your eyes, if you find the trace of this monster, there will be a huge reward!" The black-faced officer raised the portrait high so that people nearby could see it clearly, "If anyone dares to harbor it, he will be guilty of the same crime as the thief! "

After saying that, the black-faced official asked his men to take the portrait and put it at the entrance of the alley, and then he led the people away.

The word "monster" aroused Yang Xiao's curiosity. He did not approach rashly, but waited until the crowd dispersed before he and Jiang Qingluan walked up. This portrait was undoubtedly a wanted order, and there were words below. Yang Xiao read it and found that it said that this was a monster who spread rumors and was a rebel. They were a group of five people who fled to Fushou Village to commit crimes. Now the four main criminals have been executed, and only this person is still on the run. If anyone finds his whereabouts, he will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, regardless of life or death.

"A thousand taels..." Yang Xiao was also shocked by the amount of the reward. This was just an accomplice, and there was such a high reward. What kind of rumors did these so-called monsters spread to be treated like this?

"Since it is a rebel, it must be a rebellion, but..." Jiang Qingluan whispered, "Just five people, how much trouble can they cause?"

Soon, they found that the matter was far more serious than they had imagined. There were many notices posted on the streets, and these notices were very new, no more than a week old, but they didn't notice them when they just left the house.

Yang Xiao and Jiang Qingluan continued to inquire about the news. They went to three shops, a cloth shop, a restaurant, a theater, and some street vendors, but the answers they got were all the same. The reputation of the Earl's Mansion was surprisingly good. In addition, they didn't know the inside story of the Earl's Mansion. They only knew that there was an ancestor in the mansion, who was incredibly blessed and had a rare longevity. This ancestor never stepped out of the mansion, and the people in the Earl's Mansion were very low-key.

But the strange thing was that every time they wanted to ask more or ask more carefully, these people would find a reason to get away. After several times, they didn't get much useful information, but this also aroused Yang Xiao's vigilance.

After walking out of the cloth shop and turning a corner, Yang Xiao came to an alley with fewer people. After walking deep into the alley and making sure no one was following him, he looked at Jiang Qingluan beside him and asked in a low voice, "Did you see it?"

Jiang Qingluan nodded and looked behind him, "I see, these people are on guard against us. They are very nervous during the communication. They... should have discovered our identities."

But the strange thing is that the clothes they wear are no different from those of people on the street. Yang Xiao couldn't tell why they were exposed for a while.

"Hehehe.....

Suddenly, a happy laugh came from behind Yang Xiao. It sounded like a little girl. The sound came from behind a dark and broken wooden door. This was a dark and damp broken house in a remote location deep in the alley.

The next second, the little girl suddenly sang, accompanied by the rhythm of clapping. It can be imagined that the girl behind the door was jumping and jumping, happy to fly.

"All businesses must be sold, weddings and funerals are not open to the public, slaves and cattle thieves are harmed, and the land temple is confused.

Once you enter the marquis's house, it's like a deep sea. You don't go out of the first door, you don't step out of the second door, and the sedan chair runs fast in the middle of the night. Do you think it's strange in the Bo's house?"

The next second, accompanied by a "pop", the girl burst into tears, followed by a man's trembling curse, "You dead money-loser, dare to sing this kind of evil poem, are you hoping that we will all be caught and executed?"

"I let you sing! I let you sing! ! "

The man was like a madman, hitting the girl with whatever he picked up, making a snapping sound.