He told his son that no matter what the protector envoy asked, as long as he could do it, he would agree to it, except for one exception, that is, the Gong family could not directly conflict with the Xia family, after all, the protector envoy was a foreigner, even if he failed, he could pat his ass and leave, the Gong family was a native of his hometown, and the monk couldn't run the temple.

Gong Zijun couldn't help but smile bitterly, what is the difference between paying to help Chen Zikun buy arms to fight Xia Dalong, and directly going into battle to fight Xia Dalong, Daddy is old, and it is not easy to make up his mind to deal with the Xia family, so he didn't say anything, Nuo Nuo said yes.

The first thing to do is to help the military envoy find a few servants, this thing is very easy to do, Nantai County has had a famine in the past two years, and there are people who can't eat everywhere, it is easy to find two white families who are willing to sell themselves and take refuge, both husband and wife take out a child, as long as ten yuan can be bought, these four people are rough servants, and bought four maids for the two ladies, all of them are thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls, beautiful appearance, people are not stupid, a total of fifty yuan was spent.

The characters are good, and they are directly brought to the back house of the county government to let the two ladies look at each other, and they are naturally satisfied, so the back house finally has people who work, plus the guards, there are nearly 30 people, and the yang energy is vigorous, and even the ghosts have not appeared in the past two days.

It rained heavily on this day, lightning and thunder, the rain poured down, the dripping water under the eaves was like a waterfall, Jianbing and Yao Yilei were bored, moved a chair and sat at the door to watch the rain, two maids stood behind the two, holding a fan, holding white fungus lotus seed soup and sour plum soup, Yao Yilei was a leper dog brought from Beijing under her feet, and Jian Bing was lying in her arms with a local civet cat.

The rain is still falling, the dampness is unbearable, and it feels like the whole person is going to be moldy, but the most uncomfortable thing is not the dampness, but the boredom, the deep boredom, the detective novels of Conan Doyle brought from Beijing have long been turned over, and the boredom has lost interest in even bickering.

One person entered the courtyard with an oilcloth umbrella, and Jian Bing and Yao Yilei asked at the same time, "What's the matter?" ”

It was Adjutant Zhao who came, and he grinned and said, "Master Xia has a treat, and we will have dinner tomorrow." ”

The two of them suddenly lost interest, the food in Nantai County was really unpalatable, and it was better to stay at home and watch the rain if they had that spare time.

Zhao Yufeng entered the study and presented the invitation, Chen Zikun looked at it and smiled: "Xia Dalong can't bear it." ”

"Shall we go?" Zhao Yufeng asked.

"Go, why don't you go, even if it's a Hongmen banquet, you have to go."

In the blink of an eye, it was night, the rain continued to fall, it is said that the flash flood broke out, the Dawang River rose, there was a danger of flooding, the county magistrate Liu had already taken the people to the city wall on duty, Chen Zikun knew that he also let his subordinates be ready to prepare something to block the water.

Fortunately, at midnight, the rain gradually decreased, but the lightning and thunder were still roaring, everyone was not sleeping well, Yao Yilei tossed and turned in bed, always unable to sleep, and suddenly there was a cry outside the window, which made her creepy.

Got up in a cloak, came out with a flashlight tower and slippers, and happened to meet Jianbing in the corridor, the other party was also frightened, holding a lantern in his hand, a gust of wind blew, the lantern was bright and dark, and it was very weird.

The maids and servants were all working people, sleeping soundly, and the soldiers in charge of the guards also sat in the corridor with big guns and snoring, with a glimmer of saliva hanging from the corners of their mouths.

The two ladies were frightened and walked forward slowly, when suddenly a dark shadow appeared in front of them, and they almost screamed in fright.

"Don't scream, it's me." The man said in a low voice, it turned out to be Chen Zikun, he was holding a pistol with a serious face, "Don't talk, watch me catch ghosts." ”

The two ladies nodded and stood still.

Chen Zikun closed his eyes, listened attentively for a while, locked the strange sound near the well, took the lantern in the Jianbing water, walked over slowly, stood next to the well, the rain hit him, and instantly soaked the silk shirt, he seemed to notice something, and slowly pulled the pistol safe.

Yao Yilei and Jian Bing stared at the well intently, if Chen Zikun hadn't been there, they would have run away a long time ago, but the man was here, and they were fearless.

Chen Zikun clearly heard a faint wheezing sound from the bottom of the well, and the well rope was also trembling slightly, he was sure that there was someone in the well who was making trouble, and it was the person who had been pretending to be a ghost.

Slowly, a pair of hands reached out from the well and grabbed the edge of the well, which was a miserable white human hand, with slender fingers, like a woman's hand, and Chen Zikun did not move at all.

Yao Yilei almost screamed, but Jian Bing covered her mouth and made a silent gesture at her, Yao Yilei nodded in a panic and continued to watch the ghost figure come out of the well.

Then the other hand, and then the black hair, spread out to cover the head and face, if it was an ordinary person, they would have been frightened crazy, but Chen Zikun smiled, and instead stuck the pistol into his belt, supported his cheeks with one hand, and continued to climb up with interest.

The "ghost" was dressed in white, with a thin body, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but when he found that it was Chen Zikun standing behind him, he trembled clearly, and then quickly jumped out, turned his head and ran.

Before it was too late, the female ghost in white was dragged by Chen Zikun's hair, and the long wet hair that was scattered was actually ripped off, and the ghost turned his head sharply, his bright red tongue was long, and the white clothes fluttered in the night, which was indescribably weird.

Suddenly, a volley of lightning struck the sky, and the night sky turned pale, Chen Zikun grabbed the ghost's neck and laughed: "Not yet!" "Tear the mask off.

It turned out to be the magistrate of Liu County.

"Hahahaha, I guessed that it was you kid who did the trick." Chan laughed as the sound of thunder drowned out and a brighter bolt of lightning streaked across the night sky, and then a strange scene appeared that those present will never forget.

On the wall behind the well, there is a scene, as clear as the projection of a movie theater, the picture shows the backyard of the county government, but it is completely different from today's backyard, a man wearing a Qing Dynasty official uniform stands in the picture, his eyes are melancholy, his face is lifelike, as if he is about to come out of the wall.

Everyone was stunned, even Chen Zikun felt that his scalp was explosive, and he even forgot to pull out his gun.

"Ahh This time, Jian Bing and Yao Yilei shouted together, but their voices were drowned out by dull rolling thunder.

The picture on the wall quickly disappeared, and Liu Youjin took the opportunity to escape, moving as agile as an ape, but was dragged back by Chen Zikun.

Without alarming anyone, Liu Youjin was taken into Chen Zikun's study, both of them were soaked, sitting opposite each other, County Magistrate Liu smiled awkwardly and asked, "Have you eaten?" ”

"Jianbing, get a supper for the county magistrate, wait, get me one too." Chan said.

Jian Bing hurried away, and Yao Yilei was still standing at the door stupidly.

"You go too." Chan said.

"Didn't someone go?" Yao Yilei said.

"Say you're going." Chen Zikun winked at her, and Yao Yilei realized and avoided it.

Chen Zikun took a towel and threw it to Liu Youjin, lit a cigarette himself, and slowly spit out the smoke ring, and the sound of rain outside became dense again, and this rain was destined to be not small.

"My surname is not Liu." Liu Youjin wiped his hair with a towel and said very casually.

Chen Zikun didn't interject, didn't ask questions, it was storytelling time.

"The last Nantai county commander of the Qing Dynasty, called Zeng Zeru, he served as a county commander in Nantai for ten years, married a four-room concubine, but only gave birth to a son, three years of Qing prefect, 100,000 snowflake silver, at that time Nantai was not as poor as it is now, the county order is also fat, Zeng County's family wealth is not more than 100,000, causing a lot of treacherous villains to covet, fortunately, the county commander has a tiger general, called Xia Long, is the pipe band of the patrol battalion, with him in town, Nantai County has not been much chaotic."

Speaking of this, the county magistrate Liu sighed, "Cheng Ye Xiao He defeated Xiao He, and the last thing that killed Zeng County Commander was the summer dragon he pulled up, the Xinhai Revolution, the world was in turmoil, the provinces were independent, and it was difficult for Nantai to be alone, Xia Long, a traitor, led the patrol battalion to mutiny, killed Zeng Zeru, who was kind to him, connived at the rebels and insulted his wife, seized the county order's family property, and changed the name given by the county order to himself, and from then on called Xia Dalong. ”

"My real name is Zeng Jiao, the words are white, and I am the son of Zeng County's order."

After Liu Youjin said this, he quietly looked at Chen Zikun, waiting for his reaction.

"Then should I call you County Magistrate Liu or Zeng Gongzi now?" Chan didn't seem surprised.

"Hehe, you're a very interesting person, whatever, you can call me anything, Liu Youjin is my pseudonym, I changed my name since the family suffered a catastrophe, just for fear that someone would kill them all, I bought the position of county magistrate and came back for two things, first, to find the treasure left by my father, and second, to take revenge."

Hearing the word treasure, Chen Zikun's pupils shrank slightly, he didn't bring much money from Beijing, although there were many oceans sponsored by Sun Meiyao, but he couldn't stand a company of soldiers and horses to eat and drink, if there was no more entry, he couldn't hold on.

Liu Youjin said: "Although Xia Dalong occupied my family's land and house, but the gold and silver left by my father have never been found, I have been back to Nantai for a while, inside and out, still no whereabouts, I can't find this money, there is no way to talk about revenge, you also know, Xia Dalong is very powerful, and he has kung fu, and seven or eight men are not close to him." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Stop, just for the sake of treasure hunting, you pretended to be a ghost to scare us and wanted to drive us away?" ”

Liu Youjin smiled self-deprecatingly: "This trick used to be very good, but when I met you, I would stop cooking, it seems that ghosts are also afraid of wicked people." ”

Chen Zikun said: "You put the gray manganese oxygen, you installed the ghost scream, and you bought the Taoist priest, so what's going on with the scene on the wall tonight?" ”

Liu Youjin shook his head: "Not all, I just asked the Taoist priest to catch the ghost, I didn't let him pretend to be so similar, I don't understand the strange shadow on the wall, I heard that it also appeared during a thunderstorm a few years ago." ”

Chen Zikun was silent, the strange shadow on the wall could not be explained by science, could it be that there was really a ghost appearing.

Under the rustling of rain, neither of them spoke, and a lightning bolt struck outside the window, and the sky and the earth were white.