The story made Ye Wangyou become more and more curious as we talked. We went round and round, and we became acquaintances.

"What idea did the housekeeper give?" Zhao Zhen was a little curious. At that time, there were many suitors for Yue Caiqin, but even those like Duke Ruiyang couldn't get close to her, so it would be useless to use any method...

Ye Wangyou asked, "Have you seen the tree near my house? It's the weird one in Wulian Mountain."

Everyone couldn't help but frown - there was actually a connection!

"What kind of tree is that?" Zhan Zhao has been thinking about this for several days. "Will making a wish on that tree bring bad luck?"

Ye Wangyou held his chin as if trying to figure out how to answer this question, "That tree, it's actually not a tree, it was originally a stone."

"Stone?!"

"Well! There are several different versions of the legend about this stone. One theory is that it is a stone to suppress evil spirits. Someone deliberately moved it here to suppress evil spirits. Then they met a stonemason who was not stingy and carved the stone into

Dead tree. Because the weight has been reduced a lot, some evil spirits could not suppress it and escaped. Another theory is that this stone turned out to be the coffin lid of a certain sarcophagus. A person who quarried the stone did not understand and thought it was

Ordinary stones were dug out and sold to stone carving makers. Because the coffin lid was stolen, the owner of the coffin was exposed in the wilderness, so over time, resentment formed some kind of evil..."

Ye Wangyou said it so carefully as if it was a serious matter. Except for the little fourth son who covered his ears, everyone else looked unbelievable. "That means - you don't really want to tell us a ghost story to kill us."

Bar?

While we were chatting here, the housekeeper ran in and said that another visitor had arrived.

Ye Wangyou thought it was quite new, "I haven't seen so many people here in several years, who is it this time?"

"Mr. Gongsun and Marshal Zhao Pu said they were looking for their son." The steward looked at the fourth son.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other and almost forgot to borrow the child from them. They probably found that they had not returned home after dark, so they found it...

Ye Wangyou asked the butler to invite people in, add two seats and have dinner together.

After a while, Zhao Pu and Gongsun came in. As soon as Zhao Pu entered the door, he first glared at Zhao Zhen and then at Nangong.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both shook their heads - the emperor had been slipping out of the palace for a long time, and everyone in the palace was probably very anxious.

When Nangong saw Zhao Pu coming, his chest puffed up a bit and his shoulders felt wider - finally he had someone to support him.

Zhao Zhen glanced sideways at him.

Nangong took a piece of rabbit meat and ate it——You just treat me cruelly, and let the prince take you back later!

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang moved aside in tacit agreement, giving up the seat next to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Pu and Gongsun came in and exchanged polite words.

Zhao Pu came over and sat down next to Zhao Zhen, and glanced at him sideways again.

Gongsun sat down with Zhao Pu and patted him to calm him down.

In fact, Gongsun and Zhao Pu really didn't come to see the fourth son. They just took Long Qiaoguang back to Kaifeng Mansion. Mr. Guang and his wife were surrounding the master and his wife, and Zhao Pu went to the widow's house to find Gongsun.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I met Mr. Bao.

Master Bao wanted to discuss with Zhao Pu how to tell the Grand Master about the assassination of Pang Yu.

Zhao Pu felt that the Duke of the Seven Kingdoms might be being used by others, otherwise he would discuss it with the emperor first, and the two of them would go to the palace to meet the emperor together.

As a result, when they arrived at the palace, the inner court was in chaos and the emperor was lost.

Eunuch Chen said that the emperor went out with the imperial guards and the imperial army at noon, saying he wanted to see some dead trees... but he didn't come back for a long time.

Mr. Bao was a little worried, so Zhao Pu asked the shadow guards to look for him. After a while, Zhe Ying came back and said that the emperor had also gone to seek help from the Wangyou family.

Zhao Pu was really angry. The origin of Wangyou was still unclear. They had just met him in the middle of the night, and he dared to just take Nangong to his house?! Moreover, Wangyou was not weak in Kung Fu, and he dared to let the guards

They are all waiting outside... Nangong is the same. Can't we just knock him unconscious and drag him back to the palace?

Now it’s unclear who is causing trouble besides the Duke of the Seven Kingdoms. This time is so sensitive, and he, the emperor, dares to run around. What if something happens?!

Zhao Pu angrily said that he was going to catch people in the mountains. Mr. Bao persuaded the prince and asked the prince to take Gongsun with him, saying that he was looking for the fourth son. The emperor also entered the palace to seek talents, so as not to mess up his plan all at once.

Yellow.

With Gongsun at his side, Zhao Pu would not have an attack, so he patiently glared at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen also felt a little guilty and turned his face to look at Nangong - Uncle Ninth is trying to kill me!

Nangong Xin said you deserve it, do you think anyone can do anything to you like me? Maybe the Queen Mother will be waiting to beat you when she gets back!

The little fourth son became even happier when he saw his father coming. He leaned into his arms and asked Ye Wangyou if the naughty ghost had something to do with the stone sculpture? Did he escape because he was not suppressed? Or did the stone sculpture belong to the naughty ghost?

Coffin board?

Gongsun and Zhao Pu were confused after hearing this - what kind of coffin board is there?

"The idea Rui Fu gave to Duke Rui Yang was related to the stone tree. He asked him to go to the stone tree and make a sincere wish. All men who covet the Yue Caiqin will have a bad death." After Ye Wangyou finished speaking, he subconsciously said

He touched his neck - look, what a risk it is to take this wife!

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "Isn't that tree a bad word spirit? So the housekeeper knew about it and asked him to make a wish?"

"That doesn't work." Fifth Master looked at the bouncing Yi Wangyou - aren't you still alive and well?

"That's what's funny." Yewangyou said helplessly, "Do you think there are any flaws in the wish he made?"

Everyone looked at each other, Zhao Zhen had a midnight snack, "It seems that he did not exclude himself when he made this wish."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang thought for a while and nodded. Nangong also said, "Yes...if this works, wouldn't he himself be the first to die?"

Gongsun and Zhao Pu were still in trouble, "Yue Caiqin, who are you? Are you the proprietress of Caifeng Tower...and this rabbit meat is so delicious!"

"Ruifu's idea for Ruiyang was to make everyone close to Caiqin unlucky, and then they took the opportunity to spread rumors. The dignitaries who are particularly concerned about luck will soon stop pursuing Caiqin because of various rumors.

, so the opportunity for Mr. Ruiyang comes." Ye Wangyou analyzed it, "But after all, Ruiyang made the wish himself, and the plan was quite good, but he was careless when making the wish and forgot to make the wish for himself.

out."

Everyone was dumbfounded. Sure enough, these people were out to make fun of themselves.

"Besides, Duke Ruiyang was quite ruthless when making wishes. He was probably frustrated when he was competing with Caiqin's many suitors, so he made a bunch of wishes. Why would it be so easy for others to die?

It’s a sin that is enough for seventy-seven and forty-nine days, and it brings bad luck to the whole family..."

Everyone was speechless, they had never seen someone curse themselves so harshly.

"What's the result?" Zhan Zhao asked, "The Duke of the Seven Kingdoms was entangled by a naughty ghost because of this incident?"

Ye Wangyou shook his head, "We were fine at first, and Caiqin and I were getting closer at that time. Rumors also started that Caiqin had someone in her heart, and she also told people that she already had a sweetheart.

.”

Zhao Pu and Gongsun continued to eat rabbit meat while making an exception - Are you and Yue Caiqin a couple?!

"After the news spread, there was indeed a sensation in Kaifeng city for a while, but soon the gust of wind passed and things returned to normal." When Ye Wangyou said this, it seemed that the funny part was over, and his tone changed.

He became depressed, "It is said that Duke Ruiyang has been depressed for a long time, hiding on the boat and getting drunk... As for the wish he made before, he may have forgotten it. After all, how can ordinary people take such things seriously?

Just treat it as a way to vent your emotions, but..."

Ye Wangyou looked at everyone and slowly shook his head, "There is something that Mr. Ruiyang may not be clear about. Caiqin, Tianyin... these are not real names."

Everyone's hands stopped picking up food - that's right... theater and music stores all use stage names.

"Could it be..." Zhan Zhao frowned, "I cursed the wrong person?"

"After he made a poisonous spell, in a corner of Kaifeng City that no one cares about, there is a young woman whose real name is Yue Caiqin. She has just experienced a nightmare for more than a month. Her family members died mysteriously one after another, and finally she

Her son who was less than three years old died. One night, she walked to the White Tiger Bridge in a daze, ready to jump into the river to kill her. But just as she was about to jump into the river, a passerby carrying a baggage passed by on the bridge.

...The man looked at her standing on the bridge and suddenly said that someone had put a curse on her, which would cause her family to be destroyed. The man gave her something and asked her to make a wish on it, so that those

The person who put the curse on her will suffer ten or a hundred times more pain than her."

Ye Wangyou paused for a moment and glanced at everyone sitting there.

At this moment, no one cared about eating. Even Zhan Zhao bit his chopsticks and looked at Ye Wangyou in shock. He never expected that it would turn out like this.

"A few days later, the misfortune of the Qilin family, Duke of the Seven Kingdoms, will begin..."

"What kind of bad luck method?" Gongsun never believed in ghosts and gods, and felt that this matter was too strange.

"The children of the Qilin family are starting to get sick." Ye Wangyou frowned, "Their family used to be prosperous, and each household had many children, but I don't know when the children in the family started to get sick collectively."

"What specific disease is it?" Gongsun asked.

"My limbs are so weak that I can't even get out of bed or walk." Ye Wangyou continued, "Furthermore, the children all said that when they were half asleep and half awake at night, they saw a woman sitting by the bed, crying and saying, 'My son, you

It's such an unjust death, and it's all because my mother had such a name.'"

Everyone was frightened when they heard this, and the fourth son hugged his father's waist tightly.

The matter quickly spread among the seven kingdoms.

"At first, the Qilin family thought that the children collectively ate something bad and got sick, or that there were some political enemies and the like... But after thinking hard, they had no clue. Until they heard a few children say

It wasn't until I had the same dream every night that I realized something was wrong. Several Dukes gathered together to have a meeting to study this matter, but even then, Duke Ruiyang did not tell them a series of things and the wish he had made.

And Duke Ruiyang was also very upset at this time. Although he was carefree, he actually had a wife and concubine at home, and the concubine was just pregnant. Seeing that the children of his relatives were getting sick one by one, he became worried. Later he came up with a

The idea was to rent a small building outside and keep the concubine there. All the food and clothing expenses were not handled by the family and were all handled by outsiders. As a result, after a few days... the concubine told him that the small house he lived in was not the responsibility of the family.

The building is haunted.”
To be continued...