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Early the next morning, Bai Ye gave two orders.

One is that he has urgent business to leave for a few days.Secondly, because Mr. Xiao was shocked in the courtyard where Jia Lan used to live, Liu Fu asked Liu Fu to send someone in to clean it up in the past few days. When he comes back, he will burn down the annoying courtyard himself.

All fox spirits and ghosts were burned!

So this early in the morning, except for Xiao Ran who hadn't woken up yet and Shi Er who was serving Xiao Ran, everyone in the White House respectfully sent off the master of the White House, who was unparalleled in appearance but said to be withdrawn, violent, cruel, and bloodthirsty, at the gate.

As the ordinary-looking carriage with exquisite details went farther and farther under the whip of the taciturn coachman, the servants of the White Mansion also dispersed back to do their own things, and one of them followed the crowd back home. Walking, looking in the direction of the carriage from time to time, his eyes thoughtful.

For Xiao Ran, the next two days were uneventful.Brother Tang Longzhen and Li Yunfei were still playing outside, and the man who always followed him to make him feel uneasy also disappeared from his sight.

The first night, Shi Er said that he must have slept on the couch outside Xiao Ran's room under the order of the second master.He snored all night, with ups and downs like an out-of-tune tune, which made Xiao Ran so noisy that he couldn't help but coax him back to sleep the next night.

That night, Xiao Ran turned off the lights and wanted to sleep, when he suddenly heard someone sobbing outside the window, listening carefully, it seemed like crying and laughing, which made people feel cautious.

"Who, who is outside!" Although Xiao Ran had heard Bai Ye's conjecture, he was a little panicked when he suddenly heard such a sound in the middle of the night, and asked tremblingly, holding tightly the amulet he had asked for.

"Get out... You guys are enough to get out... Leave... Dare to burn down the building... I will never let you go..." The voice was deep and mournful, and Xiao Ran almost couldn't help but want to scream, when suddenly he heard a clear and long laugh.

"Hi, I've been waiting for you!"

Bai Ye!

Then, there was only an exclamation, and there were noisy footsteps, accompanied by the sound of fire and people, and after a while, Xiao Ran heard what seemed to be a pleasant cry: "Caught it! Second Master, here!"

Then there was a scream, and several exclamations. The voice sounded unfamiliar, and it seemed that he was not very old, and it also had the crispness of a teenager.

Gradually, the voices of the people lessened, and the light of the fire also gradually faded away, until everything returned to calm, Xiao Ran waited for a while, and then slowly let go of the little bag in his hand that was squeezed so tightly that it was deformed, and got up. Get out of bed and want to get a glass of water at the table.

After standing still, the door was pushed open from the outside, and the second master Bai of the Bai Mansion, who was said to have gone out but suddenly appeared outside his yard, poked his head in.

"Xiao Ran, are you okay?" There was a pause in the voice, followed by hurried footsteps. "Why are you so pale?"

His face was lifted, Bai Ye frowned and looked at it carefully, as if he could see what was wrong with Xiao Ran just like that, but it was a pity that Xiao Ran didn't like the feeling of being visited at such a close distance, so he pulled Bai Ye's His hand signaled him to let go. "No, I was a little scared just now, just drink some water to calm yourself."

With a worried look on his face, Bai Ye followed Xiao Ran and watched him drink water and sit down. After a while, he seemed relieved. "Hey, it seems that I'm not as pale as before."

Xiao Ran shook his head, not knowing what to say about this person. "Did you catch that pretender just now?"

"Oh, I was so scared by you that I forgot my business!" Bai Ye slapped the table and stood up, stretching out his hand to pull Xiao Ran. "I came to see that person with you, why did you forget? Xiao Ran, why don't you go and see him together if you're not sleepy?"

When Xiao Ran had no time to say "no", he was dragged away by Bai Ye, but thinking about how frightened he was when he released it, he really couldn't fall asleep, so he let him go.

Since it was dark and there was no one along the way, Bai Ye held Li Ran's hand and refused to let it go. Li Xiao Ran struggled a few times but couldn't let go, so he could only follow him. Fortunately, he still knew how to take care of Xiao Ran when he reached the gate of the meeting hall. Face, finally let go, and pulled Xiao Ran's sleeve instead.

I don't know whether I am afraid that Xiao Ran will get lost, or I am taking the opportunity to get close.

Entering the hall door, Xiao Ran saw two people kneeling in the hall, one was a stout man wearing the clothes of a servant of the White Mansion, and the other was a young man with disheveled hair in a brocade robe, looking at the one with thin skin and tender flesh, and the man ...It doesn't look like a person along the way.

Bai Ye just asked Xiao Ran to sit on the screen couch in the hall first, and then asked Shi Er to bring tea to Xiao Ran, watched him drink a couple of sips, and then sat down by himself.

The white-bearded Liu Fu who was waiting on the side took a step forward, leaned forward and said, "Second Master, I have already asked about the basic situation. This young man who just pretended to be a ghost outside Mr. Xiao's window called himself Jia Lan. My young master. I asked, and someone had met Jia Lan and said it was indeed him."

When Xiao Ran heard this, he was very surprised.As I said before, Jia Lan is an old friend who studied under him, and that old gentleman still praised Jia Lan very much. Why is it that the child who heard that he recruited Hu Mei has now become a ghost pretender?

Looking at Bai Ye, he didn't look very surprised—maybe there was nothing about this person that could make his face change drastically, or did he already know something early in the morning?

Under Xiao Ran's puzzled eyes, Bai Ye didn't care about Jia Lan, propped his forehead on the handle of the chair with one hand, and pointed to the kneeling man dressed as a servant who was now limp on the ground with the other. "Then, have all the details of this person been found out?"

"Back to the second master, we have found out everything. This person's original name is Du Jiuliu, and he is from Jiulongzhai. There is a branch of Jiulongzhai in the next county, and he is the deputy head of that branch."

Bai Ye nodded and stopped talking. He played with the jade pendant hanging from his waist. After a while, he suddenly asked with a smile, "Jia Lan, have you found what you were looking for?"

"You, you know!?" It was Du Jiuliu who turned pale in panic. He was shocked at first, and then gritted his teeth bitterly. "No wonder we couldn't find it no matter what, it turned out that you were the one who did it first!"

Bai Ye shook his head. "It was just suspicion at first, but now it is true belief."

"I've been thinking, if it's not a ghost, then what are the people hiding in that yard trying to do? At first I thought it was a hungry person, but after confirming with the kitchen, I felt wrong. If it was a hungry person, why did you stick to your original yard? The courtyard is so far away from the kitchen, it is not convenient for you to steal food. And this man entered the mansion at this time... Heh, this is simply telling me that there is a conspiracy here. "

"I won't go into details about the other processes one by one. I guess you must have something you need to find in this yard, so I deliberately let out the wind and said that you are really anxious to burn it. Well, now you can tell Me, what the hell is going on here?"

Jia Lan and Du Jiuliu looked at each other, and Du Jiuliu said harshly, "What does Second Young Master Bai want to know?"

"All." Bai Ye raised his eyebrows and smiled convincingly. "As much as you know, you can say as much. Whether you can still climb out with this life today depends on how frank you are."

"Okay, I'll say it, I'll say it all!"

It's a long story, this house didn't belong to Jia's family at first, it can be inferred that the original owner was a certain general from the previous dynasty.It is said that this general was sent by the emperor to guard the western frontier and repelled dozens of foreign attacks, large and small, and was known as the "God General" at that time.

When he retired from his old age and returned to his hometown, he bought this land in Wuzhou City, which was not very lively at that time, built a mansion, and moved his family from the capital.

But when he was at the border, he once seized a treasure, the treasure of the Five Poison Sect, Cang Yue.

Cang Yue is a piece of emerald green crystal, which is said to be a gift from the gods. As long as a little bit of it is ground into powder, it will be invulnerable to all poisons after taking it, and it can also heal the bones and save the dead.The most important thing is that if this piece of Cang Yue is taken according to a special method, it can increase the power of two Jiazi. Just because of this, why is it not exciting?

But the strange thing is that this general didn't take it himself or let his family members take it, but he didn't turn it over to the court, so whether Cang Yue fell into the hands of this general can only be regarded as a legend.

This incident seems to have passed with the passage of time and the change of dynasties, but not long ago, Kowloon Walled got a construction drawing of this mansion, which clearly marked that the house had more than one secret room, how many rooms in the mansion, etc. There are secret passages that can connect the courtyards, and there are even secret passages that lead directly to the outside of the city.

Why does an old general who has retired and returned to his hometown need to build so many secret rooms and passages in his mansion?There must be something hidden in it!

However, in fact, this mansion is also different from that of the past.The initial area was not as large as it is today, and now it occupies such a large area, it must be calculated that the subsequent owners continued to expand. At first, the General’s Mansion was limited to the front yard, the yard of Mr. Jia, the yard of the eldest son of Jia’s family, and Jia Lan’s house. In the yard and backyard, even the garden area is not as wide as it is today.

The nine masters of Kowloon Walled made a plan to abduct Jia Lan during the Hungry Ghost Festival, and then used a prostitute to lure the innocent Jia Lan into a relationship...

Afterwards, things were very simple. Jia Lan was convinced that her sweetheart cried and said that Cang Yue needed medical treatment, and she actually helped these people in Kowloon Walled to pretend to be ghosts and scare away her family. Under the guidance, he sneaked back to Wuzhou City alone, took advantage of the night and took advantage of the fact that the house was rumored as a haunted house and no idlers would come to sneak in again.Unexpectedly, not long after, the mansion was bought by Bai Ye, and then it was controlled by people from Xuantianmen.

The people in Jiulongzhai didn't have time to react, but these people were not all fools. After checking, they found out that the property now belonged to Xuantianmen.Although they don't know who the number one person will be living in, they can't offend Xuantianmen, but they don't want to miss the legendary treasure house, so they simply took advantage of the decoration at that time to let people fill in as craftsmen to come in and connect with Jia Lan. Let Jia Lan stay in the mansion and wait for the opportunity.

They specifically told Jia Lan that when necessary, they can repeat the old tricks and pretend to be ghosts.However, the people who live here may all have martial arts skills, which are different from the ordinary people in the Jia family before, so Jia Lan must be extra careful when doing things.

"Didn't you say that there is a passage leading directly to the outside of the city? Why not go in and out directly through this passage?" Bai Ye listened with gusto, and would ask if he didn't understand.

Then Du Jiuliu didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly replied: "When the passage outside the city was designed, it was probably for fear that outside thieves would sneak in, so there are organs in the passage, and they can only be opened from the inside out."

If it wasn't impossible to sneak in from the outside, would I still need to sell myself as a slave to enter the mansion in order to meet Jia Lan?

Bai Ye nodded, and asked again: "Why Jia Lan has been only wandering in his original courtyard? If there is a passage underground, he should be able to come and go anywhere in the mansion."

"Reply to Second Young Master Bai, since the mansion was not as large as it is now, the passages connecting various places did not spread all over the mansion. What's more, over time, these passages and secret rooms have been in disrepair for a long time, and many places have collapsed. It is also on the verge of collapse. We dare not venture rashly, for fear that any accident will attract the attention of the mansion, so Jia Lan has always been taking advantage of the night to carry out small-scale activities. This time, if we hadn't heard that you said that you were going to burn the yard, we would not have dared Desperately ran to Mr. Xiao's yard through the secret passage to frighten him."

After Bai Ye listened, he hummed, as if he lost interest, he waved his hands and stood up. "Okay Liu Fu, then you can ask, ask me clearly... Then, this Mr. Jia Lan stayed and sent Du Jiuliu back to Kowloon Walled."

"Yes, Second Master."

After finishing the order, Bai Ye turned to Xiao Ran who was still sitting on the chair in a daze. "Xiao Ran, let's go back. I'll ask Shi Er to tell you the result of the inquiry tomorrow morning, okay?"

Xiao Ran remained silent, staring blankly at the young boy with disheveled hair and a childish face who was kneeling in the hall. After a while, he stood up shaking his hands, and walked slowly in front of Jia Lan. "You, how could you do such a rebellious thing!"

The young man raised his head, three points impatient, seven points suspicious, innocently making Xiao Ran feel sour.

"I... know your master. He has always praised you as a smart child, his favorite student, and his pride... Tell me about the weird things you encountered at the beginning of the year, and then you sighed and told me when you lost your mind Said, I am pitiful for such a talented young man... And you, and you actually helped outsiders deceive your relatives for the sake of sex, and even drove them away from their homes. It was a waste of you to read the sage books for so many years, how could this be so... All goodness and filial piety come first, how can you be worthy of your Jia family ancestors by doing this? How can you be worthy of your parents!"

The boy blinked in doubt, as if he didn't understand where he was wrong at all, and would suddenly sneer after a while. "Don't keep saying that you are a sage and filial...Master Xiao, I also know you. I have a classmate who used to be your disciple. He also praised us a lot about your deeds and made you look like a saint... But you are still messing around with a man! Longyang divides the peaches, so it is against the law of nature, dare to ask Mr. Xiao, how can you be worthy of your Xiao family ancestors? Maybe I shouldn't be with outsiders to deceive the family, But they said that if they get Cang Yue, they will sacrifice it to the emperor, and they will not forget the benefits of our Jia family. However, my father will definitely not understand this matter, so they made such a bad move to let them leave first. It's just this place, I'm only planning for my Jia family, how can you say I'm not filial? You..."

Seeing that Xiao Ran turned pale instantly when he heard that he was hanging out with a man, Bai Ye knew it was not good. The more he heard the child's words, the more stupid and hurtful he was, so he simply raised his hand and tapped Jia Lan's Ya acupoint vigorously. "Xiao Ran, this child has been bewitched. You won't listen to what you say, so just leave it alone. I'll ask them to ask clearly tonight. No matter what happens tomorrow morning, I will send someone to send him back to Jia's family. You Do you like it?"

Xiao Ran remained silent, and hurried out of the conference hall with a pale face and lowered head, Bai Ye hurriedly followed, and as soon as he left the hall, he took Xiao Ran's arm and walked towards a place where there was no one else.