"After all these years, can you still find it?" the fat man asked casually.
"We should be able to find clues. I'll set off immediately and be back before noon." Nanfeng was about to leave.
"Why don't you just take him back with you, so you don't have to run back and forth." The fat man raised his hand and pointed at the skinny man. The skinny man just thought he wanted to take off the black crystal blindfold again, and raised his hand to stop him again.
"The situation is unclear, so we can't be reckless," Nanfeng shook his head, "I'll go back quickly, don't touch him randomly."
The fat man nodded in response, Nanfeng looked at Zhuge Chanjuan, and when Zhuge Chanjuan nodded, he teleported away.
Luoyang is the name of a place in the former dynasty, now known as Luozhou. It is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains. It was a military powerhouse fought over by the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty. During this period, it changed hands several times and is now a territory of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Nanfeng had passed by Luozhou before and knew the general direction, so he teleported to the outside of Luozhou City. It was already Chenshi and the city gate was wide open. After appearing, he followed the crowd and walked into the city.
Luozhou is a state city, and the city covers a large area. However, due to frequent wars, the city is often dilapidated. The scattered arrow shafts floating in the moat indicate that a war happened here not long ago.
After entering the city, Nanfeng began to look around for older people. It was decades ago that Luoyang was renamed Luozhou, and the street names were also different from before. Only the old people could know the address of the previous dynasty engraved on the wooden sign.
After asking several people, someone finally knew where the address on the wooden sign was. This person was a kind-hearted old woman who enthusiastically gave Nanfeng directions. To avoid mistakes, Nanfeng paid her a silver tael and asked her to lead the way in person.
On the way there, Nanfeng asked, "Auntie, what is that place?"
"It's an abandoned house now," the old woman replied.
"Where was it before?" Nanfeng asked.
"It seemed like it was an escort agency in the early years." The old woman added.
Nan Feng was shocked when he heard this, "How many years ago was that?"
The old woman shook her head, "I'm getting older, so I can't remember it. It's always been there for decades."
"Think about it again," Nanfeng said.
The old woman tried to remember as she took a step forward. After a long time, she suddenly remembered something, "The escort agency where Big Dog was five years old was still there. Based on this calculation, it should have been more than forty years ago."
Nanfeng nodded and asked, "Can you tell me about the situation in the escort agency?"
"I live far away from there, and I'm not very familiar with that family. I only know that it used to be a small escort agency." The old woman said, and then asked, "Young man, what are you doing there?"
"Looking for someone." Nanfeng replied casually.
"It has been abandoned for many years, and there is no one there anymore." The old woman shook her head and said.
"Where were the people who lived there before?" Nanfeng asked.
The old woman shook her head again, "They are all dead. Young man, I think you are a good person. Please listen to my advice and don't go to that place."
"Huh?" Nanfeng frowned in confusion.
The old woman hesitated, "That place is not a good place, not very clean."
Nanfeng sidestepped away from a salesman who was carrying a load on the other side of the road, "You mean it's haunted there?"
The old woman looked around and then whispered, "Yes, someone once saw a ferocious-looking female ghost wandering there."
"What kind of female ghost?" Nanfeng asked.
The old woman waved her hand, "I just heard about it, never seen it, but the female ghost seems to be something special. Someone once took a fancy to the ownerless house and wanted to repair it. They also invited a mage and a Taoist priest to come. Catching ghosts, but in the end nothing happens.”
"Since when did that house become haunted?" Nanfeng asked again.
The old woman was old and had a bad memory. She thought for a long time before saying, "It must have been twenty or thirty years."
"Has that female ghost ever done anything evil?" Nanfeng asked.
"There are no ghosts who don't do evil things." The old woman answered vaguely.
Nanfeng asked again, and the old woman just said that the ghost looked scary. As for how it scared people, and what other bad things it had done besides scaring people, she couldn't tell the reason.
Seeing that her knowledge was limited, Nanfeng stopped asking further questions and followed her to the west city.
Luo City was once the capital, no smaller than Chang'an. The old woman walked slowly, and it took a full half an hour to bring Nanfeng to an isolated old house.
The reason why it is said to be isolated is that there are ruins within a hundred steps around this old house, and there are residential buildings a hundred steps away. Nanfeng brought him here, and the old woman persuaded him to turn back. Nanfeng thanked her before talking to her. Send her away with a few taels of silver.
After the old woman left, Nanfeng turned his attention to the old house in the north of the road again. The old house was not big, it was a one-bedroom apartment. The old and white wooden door had a white official seal affixed to it. Because it had been posted for a long time, The seal was faded and the writing on it was no longer legible. In addition to the two larger official seals, there are also some faded talisman papers affixed to the lintel below the gate tower. The runes on the talisman papers are in a mess, and they must have been written by an amateur.
From the outside, the buildings in the two courtyards of the old house are still intact. Although they are dilapidated, they have not collapsed. There are several locust trees outside the east wall of the old house. Their leaves have fallen in autumn and winter, making it very bleak.
There were originally other buildings around the old house, but these buildings were demolished, and the available wood and bricks were taken away, leaving the old house alone among the ruins.
Not far away, there were old people sunbathing in a sheltered place, but Nanfeng did not ask them about the situation. Instead, he went straight to the yard and walked in through the door.
Before he came in, he had already determined that there were no ghosts in this old house, because there was no ghost energy, so he only entered to observe the situation inside the old house.
The yard of the old house was overgrown with weeds, which fell down in autumn and winter, and a thick layer of leaves fell on them. A few birds ate from the fallen leaves, and when the south wind appeared, they fluttered away.
The doors to the east and west wings were both open. The door shafts were broken and the door leaves were crooked, but they had not fallen off.
We went to the east chamber first and found that it was densely covered with cobwebs and empty, with ashes from the bonfire remaining on the ground.
There are several decayed straw curtains in the corner of the west wing, which indicates that someone stayed here a long time ago.
After inspecting the front yard, I went to the backyard. There was a well in the northeast corner of the backyard, a stone mill in the southeast corner, and a wooden table in the middle of the yard. There was also an overturned incense burner on the wooden table, which was exposed from the fallen leaves under the table. There was a flag-shaped banner. Needless to say, this was someone who had tried to catch ghosts, but something unexpected happened midway and fled in panic, without even having time to take away their belongings.
There are also two wing rooms in the backyard. The east wing is the kitchen. There are rice and water tanks and some simple kitchen utensils. The rice and water tanks are also covered with lids. When you lift the lids, you can see that the rice and water tanks are empty. Yes, there is still a little salt left in the jar, which shows that no outsiders have been here, because salt is not cheap at this time, and if someone sees it, they will definitely take it away.
In the west chamber were some dart attire and stone locks used by warriors to practice martial arts. There was a dart flag that had not been eaten by rats or insects, and it was vaguely visible that the character "李" was embroidered on it.
After looking at the side rooms, we went to the main house. The main house roughly maintained its original appearance. There was a collapsed bed on the west side, and the simple bedding was still there. Although it was covered with thick dust, it was not completely decayed.
The table and chairs in the middle of the room are relatively well preserved. There is a basket on the table, which contains some thimbles, scissors and other items used by female workers. In addition, there is a pottery pot for decoction, and there are some rotten and black medicinal residues inside, which shows that the owner had been sick and took medicine before his death.
Although this house is not small, it does not have any decent living utensils. It can be described as a house with only four walls.
This should be the former residence of the mysterious escort. The most likely reason is that he had an accident when he was out escorting. The female family members in the family were not able to make a living and could only make a living by pawning the household utensils.
After a brief inspection, Nanfeng walked towards the rotten and collapsed bed. He picked up a wooden stick from the bed and picked up the pile of bedding that had begun to rot. The bedding was very thin and had many stitches and crooked stitches on it. Patch, this shows that the hostess is not very good at female work, and she lived in poverty in her last moments.
After inspection, I found nothing, so I wanted to throw away the wooden stick in my hand. Just as I was about to do so, I suddenly found that the end of the wooden stick was very smooth, and the other end was mostly bald. Looking at the length, I thought it was a long-lasting stick. Take the wooden stick.
Finding nothing, Nanfeng did not stay here any longer, but teleported away to the City God's Temple in the city. The City God and the land were both officials of the heavenly court. At this special moment, he did not want to have too many interactions with them. But if things go wrong, they can only go to the City God's Temple. They must know what happened here back then. If the hostess's soul lingers after her death, they should also know where she is hiding...