With the guidance of a kind person, Xingyan led the two girls around countless streets and alleys, and finally came to the mansion of Pengxian, who was recruiting a house-cleaning warlock.

It seems that the gatekeeper of Peng's house was instructed by the master. When he heard the young man explain his purpose, he directly welcomed them into the mansion without waiting for the notice.

After walking around the tall screen wall and walking a short distance along the corridor paved with blue bricks, Xingyan and the other two were taken into the living room of the west wing used by Peng Mansion to meet guests. When they entered the house, a maid made fragrant tea to serve the three of them, and a maid went out to report to the back hall.

Just when the hot tea was just cold and could barely enter his mouth, Xingyan heard a sound of ringing and jingling from far to near. Soon, he saw a graceful and rich middle-aged woman walking into the house calmly.

The next meeting between the host and the guest made Xingyan feel as if he had returned to Jieyang County last time and first met the county commander Bao Chuxiong. However, this time it was slightly different. Because of the calm and peaceful Xue Yishi, the county magistrate's wife, did not make the county magistrate's wife suspicious, and doubted whether these young people were rich children who had stolen the house.

With the lesson last time, Xiao Qiongzuo received the advice of the master's brother in advance, and would no longer look around, but just look at his nose and his heart.

Originally, with the lesson of today's failure in the competition, Xingyan had made up his mind to come to Peng Mansion to investigate the monsters this time, and never reveal his name as Shangqing Master Sect in advance. However, when he saw the county magistrate's wife's gaze full of suspicion, he could hardly help but tell his origin several times, saying that he was not a fool who only knew Bai Lai.

Unfortunately, when he couldn't help but speak, the county lord's wife had already taken them to the wing room to rest, saying that she would contact them when her husband came back in the evening.

So, the young man who could not confess his confession had to follow the maid in the mansion to live in the west wing of the guest house.

However, although he was neglected, Xingyan was used to the cold eyes who were even more despised. This small setback was nothing. Therefore, looking at the clean decorations in the room, the boy was a little happy:

"Ha~ Not bad, I'll save money on renting a meal at the inn tonight!"

Needless to say, after putting down their respective packages, the two girls came out of the next room and came to the boy's house to chat together. After a while, the three of them talked about it. Seeing that the sun was still short outside the house, they began to close their eyes and cultivate their energy and torture their spirits under the order of Lord Zhang.

Of course, these three people have different ways of refining Qi. Xingyan is still his "refining the spirit and turning into emptiness". Xue Yi has his own innate qi-clearing skills; even the little girl seriously claimed that she also had her own unique skills of practicing. However, according to Xingyan's observation, the little girl's qi-refining method cross-legged and closed her eyes was very similar to her own practice method; but whether it was magical inside was unknown to others.

...

"Qionghu, are you still here?"

According to the usual practice, Master Zhang’s Taoist power operated for several weeks. After finishing refining, the first thing he did was to see if Xiao Qiong is still in his original place.

"really!"

Xingyan sighed in his heart:

"I don't know where this little girl is so active."

Turning around, he saw Xue Yi still concentrate on practicing, like a pink and jade statue. Xingyan did not disturb her, but just tiptoed out of the wing room.

"Where will this little girl go?"

Knowing that Qiongju's play place was not consistent, Xingyan just followed the crisscrossing roads in the mansion and began to search randomly. The maids and servants I met along the road probably had seen many Taoist sorcerers these days, and he didn't think it was strange at all when he saw him.

After walking for a while, Xingyan realized that the Peng Mansion was very large, with continuous houses and abundant flowers and trees, and it was impossible to reach the end. While walking, I saw the lush flowers and trees beside the road. Xingyan felt aroused:

"Strange thing, most of the plants and trees on both sides of the streets of Zhenyang are wilted. Why are the flowers and plants in Peng Mansion so lush, as if they are not affected by the drought at all."

"Can't this weirdness in Peng's mansion really have something to do with the water monster?"

When he felt that this strange place, he became more careful about the surrounding scenery when he walked again.

After walking for a while, I didn't know how many houses I passed. Xingyan suddenly heard a gurgling sound of water, which was coming from outside a moon gate on the east side of the corridor.

As soon as he heard the sound of water, he immediately followed the sound. Through the moon-shaped door, Xing Yan discovered that there was a different world inside this inconspicuous round door:

After entering the blue tiles and pink wall, there is a pale white path paved with pebbles, winding among the green grass and trees. In the middle of the courtyard with bamboo shadows, clear spring water gushed under the exquisite rockery, and the water splashed and gurgled. The flowing springs formed a stream, gathered into a garden, and then led from the wooden and stone waterway to the front of the Beixuan, injecting into a half-acre round pond; then opened a small canal to scatter the overflowing spring water into the grass and flowers everywhere.

From a distance, this pond of spring water reflects the sky light, like a shiny bronze mirror. Next to the pond, there are two or three peach and apricot blossom trees, with branches intertwined; occasionally when the breeze passes, the red and white flowers fall slowly in the setting sun, falling and floating in a pool of spring water.

Looking at the ingenious fallen garden in front of me, Xingyan couldn't help but enjoy the excitement, and then walked towards the pond in a winding manner.

When I arrived at the edge of the pond, I looked at the opposite tower and saw a few soft words embedded in light powder on the red railing facing the pond water:

"Makeup Drawing"

Seeing these words, the young man secretly applauded, thinking that these three words are really eye-catching.

Aroused by this inscription, Xingyan walked around the pond again. Seeing a couplet on the railings of the two-story building in front of him, he also had a pair of colours, which read:

Only spring means

Discuss with dreams.

The light green mud is still fresh in color, and it should have been embedded shortly after it was embedded.

"Not bad, interesting and interesting!"

The Lord Zhang, who is good at poetry and prose, was immediately aroused his interest. He muttered to savor couplets while stretching his neck, transporting all his extraordinary cultivation to his eyes with excellent vision, and striving to look towards the erotic inner room-

The Lord Shangqing Hall, who was happy to see the Lie, was not disappointed. On the side of the door of the fragrant boudoir where the pearl curtain was agreed, there was a couplet on each left and right, which was written:

All sentient beings are silent throughout the ages.

Silent for a moment but in a vast world.

Banner:

"Send Spring Pass"

"Oh! It's so wonderful, so wonderful!"

Seeing this couplet, Master Zhang, who was peering at the extreme, began to savor the couplet purely from the perspective of poetry and shaking his head and shaking his head to the three flavors of the couplet:

"Yu, these two couplets have gentle words and melodious syllables, which are the best in the couplet. However, the meaning of this sentence is inevitably a little lonely and depressed, and it seems like the spring resentment in the deep boudoir..."

"Uh? Boudoir?!"

Just as I remembered this place, before I could even think about it, I suddenly heard a squeal from the pavilion, breaking the silence of the spring courtyard:

"Whose child is here to play in my embroidery building?"

Before he finished speaking, he saw a smart figure running away from the front floor, then ran to the young man whose eyes were still lit up, panting and laughing:

"Brother, what a coincidence~ You are here to play at my elder sister's house?"

Needless to say, this little girl who was randomly involved in the house was Qiong Wan who had disappeared for a long time.

"Qionghu, why are you..."

Before Xingyan could find out, he saw a young woman flashing out of the attic, leaning against the railing and angrily saying:

"Where is the frivolous person? I came to my lady's boudoir to secretly wait!"

Immediately afterwards, a little girl dressed as a maid ran out behind the woman in long skirt and watched here together.

Seeing his clear face, the beautiful woman leaning on the railing was stunned. Then she saw the maid whispering in her ears, so the lady in the embroidery pavilion snorted and left the bead curtain and went back to the house.

Seeing that the man had left, the boy was not in a hurry to escape, but stood there and thought:

"This person just now should be the Miss Peng family who is both talented and beautiful? Should she write these couplets? She is really a talented woman! What those city people say really won't lie to me!"

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly thought of the little girl hiding behind him, so he turned around and said with a serious look on his face:

"Qionghu, today I am a little unbeliever, how could I sneak into the stranger's room?"

Seeing that his brother blamed him, Xiao Qiong insulted his face and just fiddled with the corner of his clothes, and was very ashamed. However, after a while, the little girl suddenly thought of something, so she pulled the corner of her clothes and said with a careful look on her face:

"Brother, don't be angry. I'm here to help find the monster. I smelled the water in this place so strong that I unknowingly smelled the big sister's room~"

"oh?"

Seeing the girl wrinkled her little nose and trying hard to demonstrate her sniffing just now, Xingyan's heart moved:

"Yes! Why didn't I notice it? The lush grass and trees in the Peng Mansion are indeed a bit strange. The water vapor... seems to be the thickest water garden where this young lady's boudoir is located."

Brushing away the petals falling from the arms, the boy's thoughts moved slightly, and a "ice heart knot" was gone in the air. As expected, he only exerted force gently, and in the air, dozens of crystal ice flowers and snow lights were already dancing in the air in front of him.

"Well, this water vapor is no longer like the natural aura of these streams. It seems that the inner garden of Miss Peng's family is most likely to be where the water spirit appears."

After reaching this conclusion, Xingyan praised the little girl and then pulled her back together.

After hearing my brother's praise, the little girl who was originally uneasy immediately became more and more energetic. However, after all, she was still a little worried and walked very quietly along the way, and she followed her with her hands and feet, for fear that her brother would say she was not good again.

In the evening, Peng Xiangpu, the owner of Peng Mansion, returned from the government office. Hearing that another Taoist priest came to the door, he met him in the study.

Unlike Mrs. Peng, the handsome Peng County Master, who is so innocent, does not look down on him because the few people in front of him are young. After talking to the young Taoist in charge, Peng Xiangpu realized more and more that these people were not just sages of the world.

Speaking of which, when a mortal meets for the first time, the appearance may be deviated, but after a little talk, if you are more obedient, you will immediately know the geometry of the person in front of you. Following this principle, although the appearance of the Lord Zhang is far from that of the elderly Taoist people with the Taoist bones and fairy style, just a brief conversation, Peng Xiangpu, who has read countless people, found that the person in front of you is gentle and elegant, and has extraordinary knowledge, and is not an ordinary person.

In fact, Mr. Peng could not help but have such a view. Although this super-promoted Lord Zhang of Shangqing, when he negotiated with others in the market, he could compete with others and enjoy the competition. However, after all, he had read the classics of various scholars in the school and was influenced by Luofuling Mountain. After seeing such a big scene, he felt a gentle and generous atmosphere in his bones. Even if he met an official scholar like Mr. Peng, he would be able to advance and retreat in a proper manner and speak appropriately.

So, Mr. Peng, who was originally planning to have a brief connection, started talking for a while and started to talk with the young Taoist priest who spoke elegantly.

Seeing them like this, the ice and snowflake spirit next to him who had always looked calm and smiled at the corner of his mouth. It turned out to be Kou Xueyi's heart, and he also remembered the words and deeds of the young master in the past. In addition to admiring, he also felt very interesting.

After briefly introducing himself, Xingyan asked Mr. Peng about the strange things in the house. After listening to Peng Xiangpu's bitter words, he realized that in the Peng Mansion, he felt like he was suffering from a nightmare after two or three nights, he slept with his house and did not know anything outside his body.

At first, no one had noticed this strange phenomenon in the Peng Mansion. But after a while, a child with a full spirit suddenly woke up from the dark sweet village one night, but heard strange sounds from somewhere in the mansion, with a sad and depressed tone. This little child sounded like a terrifying ghost sound. In the midst of horror, a faint black mist suddenly surged in the moonlight, and he was unaware of the situation.

Since then, the Peng family's mansion has realized something strange. However, although there were additional guards and even some yamen soldiers volunteered to come to see the guards, they still slept to death every time, without missing out. Since that time, no one has been able to wake up from the nightmare, including those Taoist sorcerers who came to the door to kill demons recently.

"Then, I wonder if that child had heard the strange sound at the general direction?"

After listening to the lecture, Xingyan immediately grasped the key points and opened his mouth to inquire.

Hearing him ask, the Duke of Peng County sighed and said:

"Of course we asked every question afterwards, but the servant just woke up and was also sleepy and confused; he was only concerned about fear, and he didn't know where the strange sound came from."

"What a pity. Then every time, check whether there is less money in the mansion? Or who would feel strange when he wakes up the next day?"

"Oh! No one knows what that monster is going to do!"

"That's fine, the most feared thing is that monsters harm people and rob money!"
To be continued...