In late autumn, coolness is bursting.

That morning, Zhao Zhen still got up early and prepared to go to court.

Zhao Zhen was in a good mood today. According to the news I received before, Zhao Pu and his team had already arrived outside Kaifeng City and should be able to enter the city before noon.

This time he returned in triumphantly. Zhao Zhen's palace had been quiet for a long time, so he decided to treat him tonight. As for whether Zhao Zhen wanted to reward the three armies or simply wanted to treat him to a lively meal, only he knew.

Concubine Pang had already gotten up and prepared a meal with the palace maids to eat with Zhao Zhen. Xiao Xiangxiang rushed to Zhao Zhen and asked, "Father, is Jiujiu back today? Is Xiaoshi back today?"

Zhao Zhen laughed and poked his daughter, "Yes, I'm back today, and there's more. Don't always call him Jiujiu with Xiaosizi, but call him Grandpa Huang."

Xiangxiang tilted her head, "Grandpa is a white beard, nine out of nine!"

Zhao Pu smiled and shook his head, walked to the garden with Xiangxiang in his arms, and saw that the Empress Dowager and Zhao Lan were also there, besides Concubine Pang.

Zhao Zhen asked the Empress Dowager for a while, and saw Zhao Lan on the side greeting him with a smile. Although Zhao Lan was a princess, she didn't look like a golden branch and a jade leaf. She didn't see her coming to the palace to ask for her early in the morning. No need to ask, what's going on today.

Zhao Zhen sat down, and Zhao Lan immediately brought his emperor brother a bowl of porridge.

Zhao Zhen took the porridge bowl and asked her, "What's the matter to ask me?"

Zhao Lan smiled and asked Zhao Zhen, "Brother, can I leave the palace today?"

Zhao Zhen was stunned and asked, "Isn't the Taixue class not going to class today?"

Zhao Lan looked at the sky, "Bao Yan and the others want to help Lord Bao sort out the list of freshmen."

Zhao Zhen didn't understand very well and asked, "So you want to go out of the palace to help in the Taixue school? Do you like Baoan? That's good..."

Zhao Lan waved her hand anxiously, "No!"

The Empress Dowager also heard this in her ears and hurriedly said, "It's good to have a loan!"

Zhao Lan disliked her face, "I don't want a scholar!"

Everyone was amused and crying, thinking that what was not the scholar who could accompany you as a nerd?

"I'll go to the Taixue to help." Zhao Lan muttered, "and then go to have some tea, go shopping and buy something, and then... go to a ghost house or something."

Zhao Zhen nodded while listening, thinking that he would just go out for a walk, what else is there to do...

Zhao Zhen was choked by a mouthful of porridge.

Concubine Pang was also so shocked that she opened her mouth wide, "What are you going?"

Zhao Lan blinked, "Go shopping."

"The next sentence." The Empress Dowager stopped doing it, "What house should I go to?"

Zhao Lan pursed her lips and said, "Ghost..."

"Ghost House?" The Empress Dowager and Concubine Pang said in unison.

Zhao Zhen sighed, "Where is the ghost house?"

Zhao Lan pouted, "The old house of the Jin family."

Zhao Zhen looked at Concubine Pang, what does that mean - have you heard it?

Concubine Pang is very brave but she is most afraid of ghosts. She keeps shaking her head, that's what - if you continue talking about it, I won't listen!

Xiao Xiangxiang kept sitting in the empress dowager's arms and eating egg custard. When she heard this, she raised her face and said, "Grandma Huang, what is a ghost house?"

The queen mother hurriedly left with her granddaughter in her arms, and glared at Zhao Zhen before leaving. That's what she meant - take care of your sister! What are you thinking all day long!

Zhao Zhen raised his face and called Nangong Ji.

When Nangong heard Zhao Zhen inquiring about the old house of the Jin family, he said, "Oh... it is indeed a famous ghost house in Kaifeng City."

Concubine Pang took a bun, picked up the fragrant egg custard and ran away.

Zhao Zhen looked around and saw that his wife and children had breakfast together early in the morning, but now he was still there... and Zhao Lan, who was flattering her mouth from the opposite side.

Zhao Zhen asked Nangong, "Is this house haunted?"

"I don't know much about the specifics, Ge Qing should know."

After Nangong's words, Zhao Zhen was stunned, "Why did Ge Qing know?"

"The old house of Jin's family is on the mountain behind the Old General Ge Yunfeng's house. Ge Qing is so close to his grandfather, so he must have heard of it." Nangong said, asking a little eunuch to find Ge Qing.

Not long after, Ge Qing ran over with an egg cake. When he arrived at the gate of the yard, he found that it was not Nangong calling him, but Zhao Zhen calling him. He hurriedly stuffed the remaining half of the egg cake into his mouth, and rolled his eyes to the point of choking.

...

After hearing what Nangong asked, Ge Qing scratched the back of his head and shook his head, "The old Jin family house is so evil, you can't go in!"

Zhao Zhen slanted to Zhao Lan's side, and Zhao Lan's mouth was so pursed that she almost caught up with the cat's mouth, and she wrinkled her nose and didn't say anything.

"There is always a reason to become a ghost house." Zhao Zhen started gossiping and asked Ge Qing, "Tell me specifically."

"Well, this is what I heard from my grandmother when I was a child." Ge Qing said, "The Jin family was originally quite prosperous. The family runs gold shops and is very rich. The old man only has one grandson in three generations. He raises a handsome talent and is still studying in the Imperial Academy."

Zhao Zhen touched his chin, "How long ago did it happen?"

Ge Qing thought for a while, "Well, if my grandson is alive, it's probably the same age as my father. Grandma said that when my father was in the army and went to the outer border, the grandson of the Jin family happened to be in the Imperial College, which was only twenty years ago. My grandmother was still feeling distressed at that time, and said that she also gave birth to a son, and her son was studying by her side, and her own son was sent to the border. It was all my fault for my grandfather."

Zhao Zhen laughed. The Ge family was prosperous and they were either military generals or masters from generation to generation. Although Ge Yunfeng was very powerful in the war back then, everyone in the world knew that he was afraid of his wife. Grandma Ge was not a good-looking lamp.

Zhao Zhen asked curiously, "If you are alive... means that the grandson will die later?"

Ge Qing nodded, "What happened to marry a wife?"

"Who did he marry?" Zhao Zhen was puzzled. In theory, the Jin family, 80% of the wealthy families, who had married a daughter, were a daughter. What could happen?

Ge Qing said, "I heard from my grandma that the one they married into the house was not a human, but a ghost."

"Puff..." I felt hopeless to leave the palace, so Zhao Lan, who was eating breakfast honestly, was drinking tofu. After hearing Ge Qing's words, the tofu sprayed Zhao Zhen's dragon robe.

Zhao Zhen looked speechlessly at the golden branches and jade leaves that were wiping his dragon robe with his sleeves. Will he marry out in the future?

"What does it mean to marry a ghost?" Nangong couldn't help but ask.

Ge Qing continued, "Originally, the old man of the Jin family made a marriage for his grandson and married the third daughter of Dayan Guien, the eldest son of Mi Xing of Jinzhou Prefecture."

Zhao Zhen nodded, "I know Yan Guiyuan, do you know Boss Mi?"

Ge Qing nodded, "His third daughter was seventeen years old at that time. It is said that she is very smart and smart. Mr. Jin is very satisfied. She has letters with the Jin family's grandson. The two are in love with each other, and the brother and sister are called this."

Zhao Zhen was funny and thought to himself that it was said by Grandma Ge, who was gossipy enough...

Zhao Lan was holding a show parcel and was sensational while wiping her mouth, "Why did Miss Yansan become a ghost?"

Ge Qing shook his head, "Miss Yansan is not a ghost, this is the thing... When Master Jin was eighteen years old, the Jin family thought about getting the wedding, so the young master could study with peace of mind. So he gave the betrothal gift and the letter was read. Finally, the sedan chair sent over and took the bride. When the bride came, the dowry was enough, and the matchmaker brought it with him, and there were many dowryes. It was okay to approach the wedding chamber of the wedding day. The next day, the old man from the Jin family saw that the new wife was beautiful and well-behaved, and he was very satisfied with the young master Jin family. However, it is said that Mr. Jin had met Miss Yansan before, and always thought that this daughter was beautiful and beautiful, but it seemed a little different from before? Could it be that the girl changed in her age? But without thinking too much, she lived together."

"It took about three months like this, and we were in peace and life was smooth." Ge Qing said, "But one day, Mr. Jin met Yan Guien, who went to Kaifeng to discuss business in Taibaiju. Shouldn't the in-laws talk about it? He should take him to stay at home for a few days. Mr. Jin was surprised when he met and said, "Boss Yan, why are you so close to you? You don't inform your in-laws to see your daughter when you enter the city. Boss Yan was stunned at that time. He said, "I wondered a few days ago that I agreed to get married, why didn't I come to pick up my daughter or give me a betrothal gift. Why is the Jin family so unreliable? The girl is getting older day by day. If you order a marriage, hurry up. What's the matter with dragging it?"

Everyone looked at each other after hearing this.

Zhao Zhen asked, "Then wasn't the third lady from the Yan family who married into the house?"

Ge Qing nodded, "Old Master Jin and Boss Yan said in detail. Master Jin said that everything was done. Isn't the one you married back the third lady? The dowry and gifts are all from your Yan family! Boss Yan told him not to joke. His daughter is raised at home. How can he not know if he got married? And he has never confiscated the betrothal gift from the Jin family and never sent a sedan chair!"

When everyone heard this, they felt their hair stand up.

Zhao Lan asked tremblingly, "Was that... Did you pick up someone else's sedan chair in the wrong way?"

Nangong frowned, "This...is unlikely."

"Was the bride done it on purpose?" Zhao Zhen asked, "Scam the marriage?"

"Old Master Jin thought so at that time. He was so angry that he brought people home." Ge Qing said, "As soon as he entered the house, Mrs. Jin ran out to announce the good news with her face, saying that her grandson-daughter-in-law was happy!"

Everyone opened their mouths, such a coincidence?!

"So, Mr. Jin suppressed his anger. After all, if the granddaughter-in-law is not real, then the great-grandson would not be fake!" Ge Qing continued to tell everyone, "The old man just wanted to check the woman's background and don't make a statement. After all, if he doesn't make a statement, this matter will be resolved secretly and will be perfect. If it is spread, he will be afraid of making a big joke. After that, Mr. Jin began to secretly observe his granddaughter-in-law, and now he felt that something is getting worse and worse!"

On the side, Eunuch Chen looked up several times, and winked at Nangong, saying that - it would be too late for the morning court!

Nangong looked at Zhao Zhen, who was obsessed with his chin and listened to the story intently. Looking at the sky - it seems that it is inevitable that he will be late.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Lan urged Ge Qing to speak quickly!

Ge Qing said, "He found that his grandson-in-law would get up every night at 3 o'clock in the evening, dressed in white, and didn't know where to go. When he came back, he flashed by and curled up suddenly, and there was still blood in the corner of his mouth."

Zhao Lan was so shocked that she hugged the little maid beside her.

The little maid was so scared that her face turned pale and she listened nervously.

"Mr. Jin thought something was wrong, so he sent someone to check it out. It turned out that in the three months since his grandson-in-law came in, three servants left in his family, all of whom had left letters and said they had quit. The housekeeper didn't pay much attention. Mr. Jin sent someone to the servants' hometown to check it out, but their family didn't know that they were quitting and said that the person had not come back, so..."

"Is the Jin family losing one person in a month?" Zhao Zhen asked.

Ge Qing nodded, "And every servant is a 10-year-old, fair-looking guy."

"What's next?" Everyone urged him to say quickly.

"After that, Old Man Jin sent everyone in his family to burn incense on the mountain. He found a few generals and started looking for them at home... Finally, he found that the soil in a remote courtyard where no one went to the backyard was very loose, so he asked someone to dig it out... and dug out three pairs of bones, all of which were young men, with only bones but no flesh, and all their clothes were there, which were the clothes worn by the servants in his house."

"Oh……"

Hearing this, Zhao Lan and her girl gasped.

Zhao Zhen frowned, "There are only bones and clothes... flesh and blood?"
To be continued...