After walking for about half a mile, by the light of the torch in Murong Danyan's hand, he saw two huge willow trees on both sides of the road more than ten steps ahead. Li Qiufeng remembered Zhang Shi's story of what happened in Wangjiazhuang, and thought to himself that this was the entrance to Wangjiazhuang. These two willow trees are so tall that they have been growing for fifty or sixty years. Wang Yuanwai started by selling medicinal materials in Liaodong, and built this Wangjiazhuang after it was developed, and it was only more than ten years before and after. It seems that there are these two big willow trees first, and then there is Wangjiazhuang.

The three of them walked in front of the big willow tree, and Li Qiufeng had already heard that there were several people hiding behind the two willow trees. These people breathe heavily, they don't know the art of vomiting at all, they think they are all Zhuang Ding of Wangjiazhuang, guarding the village at night. He heard that these people were just ordinary strong men, not martial arts masters, and he didn't care about it. Sure enough, when the three of them walked under the big willow tree, a pine oil torch suddenly lit up on both sides, and then more than a dozen Zhuang Ding rushed out, holding sticks in their hands, shouting and surrounding. It's just that when these people saw Wang Xiaoyu, they hurriedly bowed down and saluted. Wang Xiaoyu crossed his hands on his hips and said, "Boss Zheng, are they back?"

One of the leaders of the village said respectfully: "They came back an hour ago, and they have already gone to rest by this time." ”

Wang Xiaoyu nodded, and said, "Everyone has worked hard. Leave two to keep watch, and the rest go and rest. ”

The leader of Zhuang Ding said with a smiling face: "The owner of the village and the eldest lady have set the rules of vigil, how dare we not obey them? ”

After the three of them walked into Zhuangzi, Wang Xiaoyu still chattered non-stop. Li Qiufeng glanced left and right as he walked, and sure enough, as Zhang Shi said, the houses on both sides of the road were almost identical. Although it was pitch black all around under the night, the torch in Murong Danyan's hand had limited light, and he couldn't see these houses very clearly. However, judging from the general outline, the height and shape of these houses are completely identical. If an outsider breaks in, it's really easy to get lost.

Li Qiufeng thought as he walked, this Zhuangzi was built on such a scale, and it cost a lot of silver taels, and it was really admirable that Wang Yuanwai could have such kindness.

Wang Xiaoyu was comfortable telling stories to Murong Danyan, and at this time she had already said that Tang Taizong was sleepwalking in the underworld, and the second door god would suppress the ghosts. The story is about Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, who were killed by Li Shimin, as well as the leaders of the 36th Road Anti-King and the 72nd Road Smoke and Dust, who were angry and turned into a hundred ghosts, wandering in Chang'an City every night, and performing a strange scene of a hundred ghosts walking at night. These evil ghosts were blocked by the spells in the palace and could not break into Li Shimin's bedroom, crying and scolding outside the palace every night, which frightened Li Shimin and couldn't sleep. finally fell asleep, but was invited into the underworld by black and white impermanence, and confronted Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji, the anti-king of the thirty-sixth road, and the leader of the seventy-second road smoke and dust in front of the king of the ten halls. Fortunately, Cui Jue, the magistrate of the prefecture, was an old minister of the Tang Dynasty before his death, and he got the benefit of the minister Wei Zheng, and privately changed the book of life and death, which made Li Shimin return to the yang world. The general Wei Chi Jingde and Qin Shubao kept vigil at the palace gate to suppress the hundred ghosts, Li Shimin invited Wu Daozi to paint portraits of the two and pasted them on the palace gate, and the palace was quiet.

When they arrived not far in front of the king's outer house, they saw four Zhuang Ding standing in front of the door, each holding a torch in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, which was much stronger than those Zhuang Ding at the entrance of the village. Hearing footsteps in the distance, the four of them drew their swords one after another, shouting loudly, and pounced straight at the three of them. It wasn't until he saw that Wang Xiaoyu was back that he put away his sword and bowed down.

Wang Xiaoyu said: "Boss Zheng, where did they go?"

A Zhuang Ding replied: "After Boss Zheng and the others come back, they are all waiting here, and Second Brother Mao will go to the mansion to see the master." Then Steward Wang and Second Brother Mao came out and arranged for everyone to go back to rest. Steward Wang had been busy for most of the hour, and had just returned to the mansion. ”

Wang Xiaoyu was a little nervous, rubbed his hands, and said, "Uncle Wang didn't say anything?"

The Zhuang Ding shook his head and said, "Steward Wang didn't say anything, it's just that he has been busy from early in the morning to now, and he looks a little tired. ”

Wang Xiaoyu nodded, turned to Murong Danyan and said, "Sister Mu Rong, let's quietly enter the courtyard, don't wake up Uncle Wang and them, and go back to the house to rest by yourself." ”

Murong Danyan nodded, his eyes fell on Li Qiufeng, and his eyes were full of reluctance. Li Qiufeng arched his hand and said: "It's midnight now, the two girls should rest as soon as possible." I will say goodbye here, and if I have time in the next few days, I will visit you again in the next day. ”

Although Murong Danyan was reluctant in his heart, Wang Xiaoyu and a few Zhuang Ding were standing beside him, and it was not easy for him to talk to Li Qiufeng in private, so he had to give up his hand and say, "Brother Zhu, take care on the road." ”

Wang Xiaoyu said: "Zhu Gongzi, you have to count when you speak." I prepared a banquet in the Zhuangzi, and when Zhu Gongzi came, I invited Gongzi to drink a few glasses. ”

After she finished speaking, she called a Zhuang Ding and said: "You send this Zhu Gongzi out of the village, if someone intercepts you, you say that Zhu Gongzi is my honored guest, and you must not offend." ”

The Zhuang Ding agreed, turned to Li Qiufeng and said, "Master Zhu, please come with me." ”

Li Qiufeng nodded, and bowed his hand to Wang Xiaoyu and Murong Danyan, and immediately followed the Zhuang Ding to the way he came.

Wang Xiaoyu saw that Murong Danyan had been looking at Li Qiufeng's back, secretly pursed his lips and smiled, and said to Murong Danyan: "Sister Mu Rong, Zhu Gongzi has left, let's go back and rest." ”

Murong Danyan didn't give up, just looked at Li Qiufeng's back, and didn't hear Wang Xiaoyu speak. It wasn't until Wang Xiaoyu said it again that she woke up, smiled, nodded, and said, "Just follow my sister's instructions." ”

Wang Xiaoyu took the torch in Murong Danyan's hand and handed it to a Zhuang Ding, and then entered the house hand in hand with Murong Danyan, quietly walked through the front yard, walked through the second courtyard, and walked into the corner gate of the right wall in the third courtyard, and entered a long alley. The alley is flanked by stone walls two feet high, and it looks even more eerie and tall at night. The two walked more than ten zhang to the north, but saw a portal on the wall on the right. After Wang Xiaoyu pushed the door open, he walked in with Murong Danyan.

It is a large courtyard with five rooms in the main house facing north and south. On the left is the wing, which is slightly shorter than the main room, but twice as long, with a total of eight rooms. Wang Xiaoyu took Murong Danyan through the courtyard, until he walked to the third room on the left wing, quietly pushed open the door, and let Murong Danyan in. She took out the fire from her bosom and lit the candle on the table, and the room lit up. Wang Xiaoyu stretched his arms and said with a smile: "Sister Mu Rong, are you worried about that Zhu Gongzi?"

Murong Danyan's face turned red, and he said angrily: "There is no shadow, don't talk nonsense!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, and in the quiet night, the two of them were startled. Immediately afterwards, a woman said, "Miss, Miss Murong, the maid has sent hot water, please wash up." ”

Wang Xiaoyu heard that it was his maid Xiaomei who spoke, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Come in." ”

As soon as she spoke, she heard the door squeak, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl had already pushed the door in. She staggered into the house with two white towels in her left hand and a steaming wooden bucket in her right hand. Murong Danyan saw that she was struggling to walk, so he hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to take the wooden barrel, and said a little apologetically: "Sister Xiaomei, thank you for your hard work." ”

Yahuan Xiaomei said with a smile: "Serving the eldest lady and Miss Murong is the duty of a servant, how can there be any hard work or not." ”

As she spoke, she took out the wooden basin and wooden frame from the room next to her and put them on the wooden frame, put two white towels on the wooden frame, poured hot water into the wooden basin, stretched out her hand to test the water temperature, and then said to Wang Xiaoyu and Murong Danyan: "Miss, Miss Murong, please wash up first, and the maid will go and get the supper." ”

Murong Danyan wanted her not to bother, but he heard Wang Xiaoyu say, "Add two more egg rolls." I'm going to starve to death after tossing and turning in the middle of the night!"

Xiaomei agreed, hurriedly opened the door and left. Wang Xiaoyu turned his head to look at Murong Danyan, his face seemed to be smiling, and he said: "Sister, are you surnamed Murong or Mu Mingrong? My sister is between the two, and I look at the three of you a little weird. I treat you as my own sister, sister, don't hide it from my sister!"