Yin Fu Daojun

Chapter 55 The Inner Ghost
"Master Pang, long time no see, don't come here without any problems!"

The carriage stopped at the gate of the villa, and the disciples who guarded the gate had already entered to report. Zhou Daoyi stepped forward at this moment and entered the villa.

In the yard, Pang Zheng was all smiles and stepped forward to greet him in person.

"Brother Zhou is here, the humble house is really full of splendor."

He cupped his hands towards Zhou Daoyi and said so.

"This... is a mere gift, not a respect!"

Zhou Daoyi was very skillful, and he winked at Xie Duan who was next to him. Xie Duan immediately understood and presented the gift he had prepared.

"Brother Zhou is too polite, please please!"

Pang Zheng asked someone to accept the gift, and stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation, but intentionally or unintentionally, his gaze stayed on Xie Duan for a while.

Xie Duan also glanced at him, seeing that he had a muscular figure, his fists and palms were covered with calluses, his breathing was very steady, his eyes were like torches, and his temples were high and protruding. He was obviously a master of both internal and external cultivation.

Xie Duan is really not sure that he can win against him simply by force.

Entering the lobby, Pang Zheng served tea and chatted.

A moment later, as agreed in advance, Zhou Daoyi used the excuse of discussing business to hold Pang Zheng back, so as to create opportunities for Xie Duan.

"Ah Fu, Brother Zhou and I have something to talk about, so you can take this brother around! It's nothing, don't bother me."

At this moment, Pang Zheng seemed very generous and generous.

After all, in the eyes of outsiders, he is an unconstrained and bold character. This image has accompanied him for several years.

"Yes, Master!"

The strong man named Ah Fu responded, and then turned to Xie Duan who was at the side, with a smile on his face, and politely asked him to go out.

"Young man, please!"

Xie Duan had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and now he saluted Zhou Daoyi, and then followed Ah Fu out of the lobby with great interest.

"Brother Zhou's guard is not the brother from last time!"

"Oh! Last time that one made a mistake and was fired by me. This one is a new recruit. I took it with me because I saw that his hands and feet are nimble."

"So that's the case, no wonder it looks a little strange."

……

When the two were talking, Xie Duan had already left the main courtyard.

"My name is Qin Fu. Didn't you ask the young hero's name?"

Ah Fu led him around and walked towards the living room in the side yard.

"Thank you for your surname!"

Xie Duan replied, but his eyes were looking at the surrounding environment. Ah Fu only said that he was watching the scenery, so he didn't care.

"It turned out to be Xie Shaoxia, lucky to meet you!"

Ah Fu said a few words politely, and then asked again.

"Which school did Shaoxia Xie learn from?"

"Oh! I have no family or sect, just a casual person."

Xie Duan's words were not false. Although he took Chen Nan as his teacher, Chen Nan did not formally accept him as an apprentice. This statement is reasonable.

"Xie Shaoxia really knows how to joke!"

Ah Fu smiled, thinking to himself that he didn't want to reveal his master's sect, and seeing that he was not interested, he simply stopped talking.

Passing through a corridor at this time, there was no one around, Xie Duan stretched out two fingers, tapped on the Qiankun bag on his waist, the coal ball immediately understood, slipped out of the Qiankun bag, and burrowed into the grass in a blink of an eye.

Coal balls rely on the way of incense and have practiced for hundreds of years. Their sense of smell is extremely sensitive. As long as there is a smell of food within a radius of several miles, it can find it for you, even if it is sealed in a cellar.

It is precisely because of this that Xie Duan brought it here to find out the truth.

The briquettes walked along the edge of the corridor, using the grass to hide, and quickly shuttled through the courtyards, perfectly avoiding all eyeliners.

At the same time, a strong aroma came to the nostrils, attracting it to go involuntarily, and before it knew it, it came to the kitchen.

Several cooks are still busy, cutting vegetables and starting pots, with a clear division of labor.

"Here comes the chicken soup!"

"Slow down, slow down, frizzy, don't spill it!"

A waiter brought a bowl of stewed chicken with mushrooms just out of the pan, and put it on the table next to it, and placed it with the dishes that had already been prepared.

The coal ball watched from a distance, sniffed and swallowed.

"No, no, it's important to do business!"

The briquettes restrained their desire and continued to search.

There was food in the kitchen, but not much. I tasted the briquettes while no one was looking, and the taste was completely different from the food in the official warehouse.

It reluctantly left the kitchen and slipped towards another yard. Not long after, it came outside the granary of Zhengqi Villa.

"The smell is very strong, go in and have a look."

It can smell the food, but it doesn't know whether it is official food, and it can only be identified after tasting it.

There is no one guarding the granary, and the barn door is locked with a big iron lock, but it is not difficult for it, mice are born to make holes.

The coal ball stretched out its sharp claws, first measured the size with its tentacles, then took a deep breath, and scratched at the weak corner of the wall.

After a while, a hole was opened by it.

"Meow……"

However, it had just entered, when a sharp meow suddenly came from above its head, which made it tremble in fright, and did not dare to move for a moment.

Looking up slightly, I saw a black cat squatting on the wall.

The black cat stared at it with piercing eyes.

The coal ball shivered instinctively, and his limbs went weak.

Seeing the black cat jumping down from the fence, step by step, walking towards it, the coal ball had no strength to escape.

"No! I've become a genius, so I'm afraid of you?"

With this in mind, Briquette calmed down and faced the black cat.

His body trembled, and he saw that the mouse, which was originally the size of a fist, instantly became as tall as an adult. It stood upright, with sharp teeth and sharp mouth, overlooking the black cat in front of it, with a sense of confidence rising in its heart.

When the black cat first saw this scene, it was stunned, and then its fur exploded.

"Meow……"

It screamed, panicked, turned around and fled.

Perhaps it was because of excessive fright, and accidentally bumped his head against the wall, and rolled over and over several times, only to feel that there were stars in his eyes.

The briquette laughed proudly, thinking it was a stupid cat.

It returned to its original form and entered the granary without making a sound.

There are five or six stones of grain stored in the granary, and the types are different. After tasting the briquettes, it does not taste like the grain in the official warehouse.

"Strange, where is it hidden?"

Briquette was a little puzzled, but he didn't have time to think about it.

After spending more than half a day, it almost visited the entire Zhengqi Villa, but it just couldn't find the hiding place of the official food.

The briquettes are very confident in their sense of smell. With its ability to find things, as long as the official food is hidden here, there is no reason why it can't find it.

Unless that batch of food was not hidden in the villa at all.

……

At the same time, Xie Duan proposed to visit the villa, Ah Fu naturally did not refuse, and accompanied him through the corridors and courtyards, first went to the martial arts field to watch his disciples perform martial arts, then visited the rockery, watched the wild goose pond, and so on.

After shopping around, I came to the gazebo in the backyard to take a rest.

"Choo Choo Choo……"

On the wooden eaves of the gazebo, at some point, a big bird landed.

Xie Duan looked up and saw the bird with white feathers and red tail, soft feathers, about the size of a pigeon, but he couldn't name it.

Xie Duan took a closer look, and couldn't help but feel more and more familiar.

"Brother Qin, is this bird raised by you?"

Xie Duan simply opened his mouth and asked Ah Fu who was beside him.

"Oh! This is raised by the owner. It's called Kestrel. This guy is the second uncle in the village. He is very fierce and only listens to the owner. It is very convenient for the owner to use it to deliver news on weekdays."

A Fu looked at the bird, grabbed a green date from the table, and handed it to the kestrel's beak. The kestrel grabbed the green date and flew into the air with its wings.

Hearing what he said, Xie Duan felt a little uneasy.

It suddenly occurred to him that this bird had appeared in the grain hall before, its size and appearance were exactly the same as the one he had seen, and he could never admit his mistake.

Now this bird appeared in Zhengqi Villa again...

"In the yamen... there is an inner ghost!"

Xie Duan thought to himself, he already understood.

(End of this chapter)