An hour ago, the gate of the Kong family's East Mansion was closed. Unlike the West Mansion of Grand Secretary Kong, there were no soldiers from the Sharp Cavalry Battalion standing guard or patrolling. Only the two lanterns hanging in front of the gate made it clear that this was an official residence. Although the owner, Master Kong Jiu, a doctor of the Ministry of Rites, was not of high rank, the mansion was no less shabby than the West Mansion judging by the walls.
A black shadow flashed in front of the door, and in a moment it ran to a side wall. Seeing three little guys crouching in the shadow of the wall, looking around, he couldn't help but step forward and flicked each of them on the head, including the Fourth Prince, and then pointed at the wall without saying a word. The Fourth Prince, who understood the meaning of the song, had no intention of showing off, and jumped on the back of the person with a happy face.
Seeing Ah Liu carrying the Fourth Prince on his back so easily and easily over the wall, Peanut couldn't help but suck his teeth.
But before he could decide whether to show off his true abilities or not, he saw Xiao Cheng climbing up the wall with ease. He panicked, not wanting to be left here to watch, so he spat twice into his palm, jumped up, and started climbing without saying a word.
When he climbed over the wall, his heartbeat quickened as he hadn't done anything like this for a long time. He jumped down to the ground in a hurry without taking a look at what was going on inside. After he stood firm, he realized that it was pitch black all around, just like the street outside. Thinking of the time when he lived in Zhang Garden, the lights would be turned off in uninhabited places at night, and he couldn't help but murmur.
Could it be that Mr. Kong Jiu's family has few people, so many houses are empty and no one lives there, so there are no lights? No, that's not right. There must be something mysterious about the place that Ah Liu chose to sneak into! Looking at the shadows and swaying branches around, could this be... a garden
"Sixth brother, why is it so dark here? Don't you turn on the lights?" Someone soon asked Peanut's question, and it was the curious Fourth Prince.
Ah Liu's answer was not only as frugal as always, but also as choking as always: "It costs money to light the lamp!"
Seeing the Fourth Prince dumbfounded and Peanut not knowing whether to laugh or cry, the usually serious Xiao Cheng couldn't help but interrupt and said, "I heard from Brother Zhu that the Zhaoguogong Mansion also has a lights-out time every night. After the lights are turned off, only one light is left at the door of each courtyard. It's the same in the palace, right? It's just that you didn't come out in the middle of the night."
After hearing this, the Fourth Prince blushed, and Peanut was speechless. Ah Liu didn't intend to waste time here, and immediately said unhappily: "This is the garden of the Kong family's East Mansion. Are you lighting a lamp in the garden in the middle of the night for the ghosts to see?"
Hearing that it was a garden, and being choked by Ah Liu's words about showing it to a ghost, the Fourth Prince was speechless for a moment, but then he said eagerly: "I heard from my father that although the Kong family is a family of scholars, they actually believe in ghosts and gods the most. Before, I said that we should sneak in and interrogate him to find evidence, but I just thought about it. After all, we are trespassing, so why not force him to interrogate, and pretend to be a ghost to scare him? Maybe we can scare the guy to death and trick him into giving us some evidence or something?"
After hearing this, Peanut, who was a little worried that it was too reckless to force his way in, immediately agreed. But when he saw Ah Liu glance at him, he suddenly remembered whether Ah Liu would let him come out to dress up as a female ghost, and his expression changed immediately.