In the beginning.

Li Changan didn't notice anything strange.

From the first moment he accepted the invitation of the owner and stepped into the Jin Mansion, he carefully examined everything in the mansion.

Demonic spirit?

Can't smell it.

There are no unusual changes in the flowers, plants, rocks and trees in the courtyard of the house.

Everyone in the mansion is doing his or her job, and there is no sign of panic or dullness.

As if everything was normal, the information provided by the beggar was just a false alarm.

But there was always a slight uneasiness in Li Changan's heart, so he left the banquet on the pretext of urinating, pretended to be drunk, and wandered around the house. After careful observation, he finally discovered something fishy.

The people in the mansion are too well-behaved.

This rule is not to say that the family law is strict, but that these people's words, actions, and demeanor are too simple and too stereotyped. Although they know the answers when they ask questions and know how to bow and avoid when they meet, they always give people a sense of dullness.

Perhaps in the eyes of ancient people like Bo Ziyu and Zhang Yi, they were wealthy people with harsh rules and tied people up like they were not human beings, but in the eyes of modern people like Li Changan, these people looked like... Programmed in the game

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However, the Taoist priest quietly checked and found that these people were conscious and showed no signs of being manipulated. It was really a contradiction.

That's why Bo Ziyu saw the scene where the Taoist priest stared at the maid who was lighting the fire.

But when the policeman started to laugh, the Taoist priest suddenly remembered an incident from the past.

Those were the days of following cheap masters and eating dirt.

…

There was a wealthy family in a small town called Yongxing.

The young master of this family is a child prodigy who is famous far and wide for his cleverness.

But one day, the young master suddenly became stupid.

He readily agreed to exchange stones for his silver; exchange sheep dung balls for black beans, and he ate them without hesitation; even one day, when the yard at home was being renovated, a door he often passed through was sealed up and turned into a wall, and he also

I didn't know how to change the route, so I ran straight into it.

The family thought he was possessed by evil spirits and invited experts to check on him. Sure enough, half of his soul was missing.

But then, no matter how you try to summon the soul, the soul will never come back.

When Fu Luan raises the ji, the results obtained are also inexplicable and confusing.

Until the money was exhausted, the master and the apprentice, who almost chewed the bark of a tree, went to the door by themselves.

Liu Laodao first ate a lot of meat and drank a lot of wine, then he held his stomach tremblingly, walked around the house, and finally took out an iron nail from the young master's pillow.

It turned out to be just a simple victory technique.

It's just that the caster was quite clever, and she hid the young master's soul in a place no one could have imagined - in the young master's dream.

It turns out that in these stupid days, whether the young master was eating, sleeping, being cheated, or running into walls, he was just dreaming and sleepwalking.

Half of the soul is hidden in dreams, and half of the soul is wandering in the world.

People are half asleep and half awake.

In the eyes of others, you just become stupid.

…

Bo Ziyu scratched his head after hearing this. He couldn't understand the mysterious changes in these battles, so he directly asked the question that concerned him most and was the most fundamental.

"So where is the evil spirit that is causing trouble?"

Li Changan pointed at the maid and the cook.

The maid has filled the stove hole, and the cook is putting the dough mixed with ashes into the cold steamer.

"These half-asleep people seem normal, but in fact they are stupid and unable to cope with changes in the outside world. However, there is a person in this house who has a quick mind and can even have a drink with us."

"The concierge...and the gold officer?"

Bo Ziyu suddenly realized this, but his expression changed drastically and he hurried out.

"Sure! Zhang Yi!"

"Don't panic."

The Taoist priest grabbed him.

“Don’t startle the enemy by making a mistake.”

…………

Bo Ziyu only felt that his hands were no longer hands and his feet were no longer feet.

Standing at the door now, he clearly knew that the friendly person in the room, who was soliciting drinks, was actually a man-eating demon, but in order not to alert the snake, he killed Zhang Yi at the table.

I had no choice but to bite the bullet and pretend to be ignorant, dragging my stiff steps, and took the initiative to get closer to the monster.

At the banquet in the house.

"Jin Yuanwai" also saw the two returning and immediately greeted them warmly:

"You two are finally back, this pot of warm wine is almost getting cold."

"No, it doesn't matter." Bo Ziyu stuttered a little, "The cold wine is soothing to the throat."

"That's good."

"Yuanwai" said, standing up to pour wine for Zhang Yi.

"Save me the trouble of letting my servant warm the wine. If something goes wrong again, wouldn't it disturb my sweet dream?"

He had a vague smile on his face and spoke softly, but when he heard it in Bo Ziyu's ears, it was like a thunder exploded, making his hair stand on end.

Sweet dream?

It was discovered!

Bo Ziyu's eyes were fixed on it, watching the "member" slowly tilting the wine bottle, and looking at the dazed Zhang Yi who seemed to be aware of it, frowning and putting down the wine glass.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to remind him, a sudden and cold feeling suddenly erupted around him.

A glance out of the corner of my eye.

But Li Changan leaned slightly and already had the sword in his hand.

"Wait a minute."

"Yuanwai" suddenly spoke up and pointed to both sides with a smile.

"Taoist, please take a look at them."

The banquet was held indoors, with some servants stationed on both sides.

Now, at some point, the servants all took out their daggers, not pointing them at Li Changan and the other three, but pointing them at their own throats.

"Taoist Master, please be careful."

The "member outsider" grinned, his appearance distorted and changed, and after a while, he turned into the rickety old man the three of them met at the beginning.

Layers of wrinkles piled up on his face, and the originally gentle smile suddenly became cunning and sinister.

He said:

"It's easy to take the old man's life, but it's not worth it to bring down the whole Jin family."

"The plagued monster!"

Veins popped up on Bo Ziyu's neck, but he didn't dare to step forward.

"Demon?" The other person waved his hand humbly, "That's ridiculous, it's just a little charmer."

As it spoke, it clapped its hands, and there was a rush of footsteps outside the door. Not long after, the fire maids, cooks, and other people in the house were all gathered together. Everyone was holding daggers, sharp knives, hairpins, and even broken hairpins in their hands.

Pottery shards and other sharp objects were all aimed at his throat.

I'm afraid that if Li Changan makes any slight move, the whole Jin family will have to be buried with this monster first.

Li Changan glanced around and finally had to press the murderous intention.

"Tell me, what do you want?"

Wouldn’t it be even more strange if after all this time and effort, nothing was achieved?

Sure enough, the monster didn't go around in circles anymore.

"Not much, just one life."

"who?"

"My, but..." it changed the topic, "I see that the Taoist priest is so awe-inspiring, it really frightens all of us. Why don't we ask the Taoist priest to kill himself here to put his old heart at ease. I promise to let him go.

Shangxia, from now on leave Xiaoshui and stay away from the mountains and forests..."
To be continued...