Zheng An, the helmsman of the Hangzhou Branch of the Canal Gang.

He originally had good martial arts skills and a good reputation in the world. He was always very fair in doing business, rarely offended anyone, and had almost no enemies.

He lived on the south bank of the canal, only three miles away from where the Kong family's merchant ship docked.

The road is not remote, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the pavilions stand beside the water. From a distance, it is a quiet and beautiful manor.

Zheng An only had an only son, named Zheng Jing, who was eighteen years old and had just grown up. Zheng An did not want him to become a man in the world, so he asked him to study and obtain fame. This child was obedient and is now a well-known scholar in the neighborhood.

, he plans to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination in two years' time, when he is twenty, in an effort to fulfill his father's wish and come back with an honor.

Because Zheng An's home is beside a canal, it seems to have been built into a water garden without walls.

The entrance to the manor is a promenade about a mile long along the water. Kong Youlong has been here many times, so he is naturally familiar with the roads.

It's just that this time they came here, it was a little different from before. In the past, this place was full of birds and flowers, and the wind was beautiful and sunny, but today it was a little different. They had walked two miles and just arrived at the entrance of the water corridor.

Unexpectedly, I didn't hear a single sound, not even the cry of an insect. It was like there was no living thing within a radius of five miles.

It is now morning, and the weather today is not bad. The sun is shining, and it is a sunny day.

But on this sunny day, the closer the three of them got to the Zheng Mansion, the heavier the gloom became.

Kong Youlong had an ominous premonition when he saw this situation. The current situation was very similar to last night. Fortunately, he listened to Sun Xiaowu and waited until broad daylight before coming here. If he came at night, even if there was no demon, the light would be gone.

This dead atmosphere can scare people half to death.

Kong Youlong came to Zheng's long corridor and saw that starting from the entrance of the corridor, yellow chrysanthemums were placed all the way inside. Although it looked very beautiful, it also gave people an air of trickery.

"Master Kong, does Captain Zheng like chrysanthemums?" he couldn't help but ask in the fifth line.

"He likes plum blossoms. He is aloof and arrogant in the cold but never loses his integrity." Kong Youlong replied.

"That's it. It seems that Demon Jiuju hasn't left yet!" Sun Xiaowu said.

"What does he want to do?" Kong Youlong asked.

"He's waiting for us." Answered the fifth line.

"That's right. He originally wanted to kill you, but now you show up at your door. How could he leave?" Sun Xiaowu also agreed with the fifth line.

"Then let's go in?" Kong Youlong was finally a little scared. After all, if something went wrong, he might be the first to lose his life.

In the face of death, everyone is equal, even Kong Youlong will be afraid.

"Go! You've come, why don't you go?" answered the fifth line.

"Isn't it dangerous to go in?" Kong Youlong said with lingering fear.

"In broad daylight, the evil devil is going astray, what are you afraid of him doing?" Sun Xiaowu asked.

Without Sun Xiaowu's reminder, Kong Youlong would have really forgotten that it was broad daylight.

"Master Sun is right. Since he hasn't left, let's just go in and meet him to see what kind of monster he is?" The fifth line said, already taking the lead to walk towards the corridor.

Just as Sun Xiaowu and Kong Youlong were about to follow them, they saw a girl coming out from the entrance of the corridor. She was the maid from the Zheng Mansion.

"Fifth young hero, you are finally here! How long have my young master been waiting for?" the maid said in a blessed way.

"Who is your young master?" asked the fifth line.

"Ha! Young hero is good at joking. My young master is naturally Mr. Zheng Jing!" the maid replied.

"Your young master doesn't recognize me, how did he know I would come?" the fifth line asked tentatively.

"Haha! You are really joking, young hero. You just saw each other last night, how can you say you don't recognize me?" the maid said, smiling even more strangely.

Line 5: Although I did fight with these monsters last night, I really can’t remember when I met Mr. Zheng Jing.

In the fifth line, he didn’t think too much. Anyway, nothing about this matter was reasonable from beginning to end, so he said politely: “Then please lead the way, girl.”

While talking to the girl in the fifth line, Sun Xiaowu had been looking at the girl carefully. He saw that although the girl was somewhat similar to the walking corpse last night, and her complexion was as pale as paper, she was still much better. At least, she still breathed.

, a person is not considered dead if he is breathing.

Sun Xiaowu also wanted to find out what trick the other party was trying to play, so he followed the fifth row without speaking.

Kong Youlong felt a little uneasy when he saw that the other party was prepared, so he just walked at the end.

"Master Sun, is that girl also a walking corpse?" Kong Youlong approached Sun Xiaowu and asked.

"No. She is not dead yet, she still has some breath left." Sun Xiaowu replied.

Kong Youlong still wanted to speak, but the girl who was leading the way actually turned back and smiled strangely at him.

Since Kong Youlong dared to agree to fight against the Japanese pirates with Xiaoyaomen, he was certainly not a timid person. But the maid only looked back and smiled. Kong Youlong immediately felt his scalp numb and his whole body shivering. His scalp was really cold.

To the soles of the feet.

Kong Youlong shook his head, immediately cheered up, and caught up again. But when he looked at the maid again, it seemed that the little maid had not turned around at all, and was just leading the way seriously.

Originally, there were many colorful goldfish in white, yellow, orange and red in the lake below the water corridor. The water was also very clear and could be directly taken for drinking.

There are many lotus flowers in the river, and water lilies are also floating around the promenade. The entire promenade is a world of fish and flowers, which is simply beautiful.

But now, the fifth row clearly saw that the lake water had become dark and turbid. Although there were still many goldfish playing in it, those goldfish actually had blue-black spots on their bodies, which made people feel uncomfortable just by looking at it. The river water was still there.

It has some strange smell, I can't tell what it smells like.

It smells like lime, but with a hint of barbecue; it smells like corpse, but mixed with the fragrance of chrysanthemums. In short, this strange smell now fills the entire Zhengyuan, making it impossible to avoid it.

"What does this smell like?" The fifth line is a very clean person, how can he stand this kind of turbid smell.

"The smell of ghosts and ghosts." Sun Xiaowu replied calmly, as if he was not afraid that the girl leading the way would hear him.

The girl was not angry as expected. She just smiled and said: "Ha! The garden has not been cleaned for a long time and it is a bit stale. Don't blame the three guests."

"Nothing. We hate the smell, maybe you like it!" the fifth line replied coldly.

"Young master really loves to joke." The girl still smiled politely.

"I never joke." The tone of the fifth line is still as cold as ice.??

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