Li Minghao frowned and slowly opened his eyes.

Although he slept well yesterday, he always felt that something was wrong. After getting off the car and before entering the house, he and Liu Zhida did not feel sleepy at all, but they just lay down for a short while after entering the house.

, I was so sleepy.

"I hate Mixiang." He had already guessed what made them like this. It seemed that the five Northeastern families were still on guard against them, but their methods were milder.

After slowly getting up from the bed, there was a knock on the door: "You two distinguished guests who have come from afar, breakfast has been prepared for you two. I am here to lead you to have a meal."

It came so fast. Did these people predict that they would wake up now?

"Okay, wait a moment, let's wash up briefly." After Li Minghao put away the detector, he woke up Liu Zhida, who was still sleeping, and picked up the still confused Liu Zhida and walked in staggeringly.

In the bathroom.

A basin of cold water completely woke up Liu Zhida. After he shuddered, he said: "Damn it, Lao Li, can't you let me have a good sleep? Let me tell you, last night was the most comfortable sleep I have ever had in my life."

It’s a sleepless night, and I promise there won’t be another one.”

Li Minghao was too lazy to listen to him chattering to himself about how good it felt after a good night's sleep. He covered Liu Zhida's mouth with his hand, then leaned into his ear and whispered: "First of all, calm down.

You can sleep whenever you want, and I won't stop you if you're not doing anything. Secondly, I regret to tell you that you slept so soundly last night only because the Huang family put some incense in the house.

something.”

After saying that, Li Minghao saw Liu Zhida calm down and let go of his hand.

"Huh?" Liu Zhida was a little sad after hearing the news, "No wonder, when I go out to work, I usually hide in other people's houses all night and I don't have time to do it. Instead, I fall asleep so quickly as soon as I come here. It turns out that it's all because of the incense.

What the hell. Hey, why do they use incense to make us sleep? Could it be that there is something sinister here?"

Li Minghao nodded slightly: "It's very possible that we have something to do tonight."

"It seems so." Liu Zhida said with a bad smile.

A quarter of an hour later, the two of them changed into dry clothes, washed up, and left the house. When they opened the door, they found a little maid standing outside the door. She must have been the one who asked them to get up for dinner.

The little maid didn't say anything when she saw the two people coming out. She turned around silently and walked straight to the yard in front.

The two looked at each other and followed.

The little maid led the two of them around the yellow house, and finally came to a large room. The door of the room was open, and it could be seen that it was already filled with members of the mission, and they had already started.

Seeing these people devouring their food, Liu Zhida smacked his lips: "Normally, they have a lot of glory and have to be picky about everything they eat. This trip to the north has exposed their true colors."

Li Minghao smiled slightly: "It's normal. I didn't enjoy the meal well along the way. Now that I'm fine, why don't I just sit down and have a good meal? It's just a pity that they have lost all the face of the court."

"

"Compared with eating, the reputation of the court is more important." As they spoke, the two of them had already entered the room and sat down at an empty table in the corner of the room. They really didn't want to be with these fat and big-eared guys.

Sit at a table.

Although the Northeast Five is located in a remote place, with a road leading to Xuanbing City, most of the food from Kyushu in Middle-earth can be transported here. Although it is not cheap, the Northeast Five have deep family backgrounds, and these things cost a lot of money.

The money is just a drop in the bucket.

"I really didn't expect to see snacks that are only available in the Forbidden City here. It seems that the cook of the Huang family is quite capable." Liu Zhida picked up some fried liver and put it into his mouth along with the minced pork sesame cakes, chewing on it.

, while nodding with satisfaction.

Li Minghao smiled: "The cooks here seem to be quite capable, but they are inseparable from the Huang family's deep family background. Nothing can be grown in this extremely cold place, and many things are transported from outside. Yes.

Okay, what are the arrangements for the first day?"

Liu Zhida thought for a while and said: "The arrangement for the first day is to go to the Northeast Five Houses to express condolences and send some condolences. We will eat at Hui's house at noon and at Hu's house in the evening. After that, we will go back to Huang's house to sleep."

"Why do I feel that I am here to beg for food in disguise? I eat at three restaurants from breakfast to dinner in one day." Li Minghao frowned. It only takes a few minutes to express condolences, so why does it take a whole day to go around in one place?

"Hahaha, brother Minghao, you don't understand." At this time, Yang Shusheng came over with a bowl and sat across from the two of them.

"Oh? I'd like to hear the details." The two of them looked at each other, wanting to know what was going on here.

Yang Shusheng didn't say anything in a hurry, but took a mouthful of fried liver and put it into his mouth. He picked up the bowl and took a sip of porridge and put the fried liver into his stomach. He took out his handkerchief and wiped the corn residue stuck to the corner of his mouth, then slowly

Xu said: "Ever since the five Northeastern families settled in this far north, they have often been ostracized by people because no one recognized them. Later,

After hundreds of years of chaos and the establishment of a new imperial court, the previous great master extended an olive branch to them and gave them a place. In order to show respect, the five Northeastern families pay tribute every year. If officials come to visit, they will definitely be invited to attend.

Five families from the Northeast had a banquet. Later we joked that this was a banquet made by the officials who worked hard."

"Oh, that's right. In the final analysis, it's just flattering." Liu Zhida suddenly realized. He was a little curious why the old man didn't explain it and talked so much that he had to give up the food temporarily to listen to him talk.

Yang Shusheng was startled and quickly made a silencing gesture to Liu Zhida. He turned around and looked at the people behind who had no reaction and were still eating by themselves. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to get close to the two of them.

He lowered his voice and said: "You two, this is outrageous. An official's entourage said the same thing as you, and he was found dead in his room the next day. The death was really...

It’s so miserable.”

The two of them looked at each other and became interested. They moved to Yang Shusheng's side and lowered their voices and asked: "Master Yang, can you tell us how that follower died? What a horrible death it was like.

What does it look like?”

Yang Shusheng looked at the two people sitting next to him with expectant faces, and felt a little embarrassed. After all, they were eating now, so it was somewhat inappropriate to say such things. But if he didn't say it, he probably wouldn't have had to eat this meal this morning.

After thinking about it, Yang Shusheng sighed: "Well, let me tell you about it, but we agreed in advance that you are not allowed to fight with outsiders. What happened today has never happened."

Liu Zhida patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Don't worry, others may not be able to, but we are generally very strict with our mouths, so just feel free to speak."

"Okay." Yang Shusheng nodded slightly and started talking. "Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, the official was a good friend of mine. Afterwards, he came to me with the autopsy report and showed it to me. When I saw that

When I took the photo of the entourage, I was honestly almost scared to death. His body became dry and shrunken overnight, and his internal organs and eyes were missing, but there were no wounds on his body at all. He looked like the one in the museum

The mummies are exactly the same.”

"What did the autopsy report say?" Li Minghao frowned. Listening to Yang Shusheng's description, it seemed that the follower died after being inhaled yang energy, but what about the disappearance of internal organs?

Yang Shusheng sighed softly: "The autopsy report said that the attendant died of acute dehydration. They didn't know the rest because they had never seen a person in such a state of death, and there was no useful way to judge his death.

What happened before."

Li Minghao nodded and continued to ask: "Which family did the attendant die in?"

Yang Shusheng slowly opened his mouth and spit out two words: "Huang family."

The two of them felt a little thump in their hearts. This was a bit beyond their expectations. It seemed that the next work would be inevitable.

Li Minghao forced a smile, reached out and patted Yang Shusheng on the shoulder: "Okay, we all know, thank you. Old Liu, let's go out for a walk."

Liu Zhida nodded, and the two stood up and left.

The two of them quickly came to a deserted corridor in Huang's house. Liu Zhida asked in a low voice: "It seems that Xiong Xiaoguang and the others have guessed correctly. There should be a lot of secrets hidden in the Huang family. What should we do next?"

what to do?"

"In the early hours of tonight, come out and take a look. Maybe you can find something. Hey, that room is a bit interesting." Li Minghao looked around. Suddenly, he found a small wooden house in the corner of the yard.

The wooden door was closed tightly, with a large iron lock hanging on it. Above the cabin, there was a mass of black air slowly hovering.

Liu Zhida took a look at the house and found nothing unusual except that the door was locked.

"What happened to that house?" he asked doubtfully.

"There's something wrong. Let's go and take a look." Li Minghao looked around and saw that no one was around, climbed over the railing and ran over. Liu Zhida smacked his lips and followed quickly.

Arriving in front of the cabin, Li Minghao stretched out his hand and touched the door. A cool breeze seemed to blow out from the crack in the door. He pushed hard, and a gap was exposed in the door. He leaned on the door and looked through the crack.

When I looked in through the crack, it was so dark inside that I couldn't see what was inside.

Li Minghao smacked his lips, turned around and came to the window.

The window was made of frosted glass and it was impossible to see what was going on inside. Li Minghao had no choice but to give up.

Just when the two of them turned to leave, a little maid suddenly appeared in front of them, opened her mouth and asked: "Two distinguished guests, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, we had eaten and were a little tired, so we were walking around, and then we found this. We were curious and took a look. Well, can I ask what this is for?" Li Minghao pointed.

Little House asked.

The little maid tilted her head and glanced at the small room, and then replied: "To be honest, I don't know the function of this. You can ask the old lady for details. Oh, by the way, the people who came with you have already eaten. We

We are about to prepare to go to the Liu family, please be sure to go back, otherwise we won’t be able to see you and the other people in the family will probably be very disappointed.”

Li Minghao smiled and nodded and said: "Okay, thank you for reminding me, we will go back now."

After that, the two people left in a hurry. After walking a few steps, Li Minghao subconsciously turned around and found that the little maid had disappeared.

What the hell? Li Minghao frowned. It seemed that there were some secrets in that small room. If possible, I must go in and take a look tonight.

To put it briefly, after the two returned home, the delegation set off, first going to the Liu family. It took almost half an hour to express condolences and send condolences, and then the current head of the Liu family insisted on leaving the delegation behind, so that they could not entertain them.

I bought some snacks and postponed the time to 4 o'clock before letting the group go to Hui's house.

This time, Li Minghao finally understood why he had lunch at Hui's house. The head of the Liu family was really too lazy. The people in the mission chatted with each other one by one. He felt that there was not enough time and even let them watch a play. This trip was a hassle.

It's probably too much for anyone to stand.

But these officials were a bit beyond his expectation. After a day of leisurely chatting and watching the theater, these people not only did not complain about being tired, but were in high spirits. After returning to Huang's house, he was dragged to watch another show by Yang Shusheng.

He could not return to the house with Liu Zhida until the Zishi opera was finished.

"Old Li, I really can't believe that these guys are so tired after exercising for a while, how come they are more energetic than the athletes now?" Liu Zhida is full of questions in his mind. The performance of these guys today is too abnormal.

.

"I guess this is their special ability. They can sit still and walk, but when it comes to business, they stretch their hips." Li Minghao smiled and stretched out his hand to push open the door of the house.

Just as they were about to step in, the two of them suddenly stopped because they remembered what they had experienced last night, and quickly held their breath to confirm whether they would inhale the incense that made them unable to sleep.

After that, the two quickly walked into the house, closed the door, and got into the bathroom.

"Should you put out the incense? It's too much of a delay." Liu Zhida asked while sitting on the toilet in the bathroom.

Li Minghao shook his head: "It can't be extinguished. They will change it every day. If it is extinguished, they will find something wrong when they change the incense the next day. Then our situation will not be good."

"Oh, how long do we have to wait? I want to go out and breathe fresh air." Liu Zhida sighed. He thought he had come to a good place, but unexpectedly it turned out to be a wolf den.

"Just wait until they think we are asleep." Li Minghao turned on his phone and took a look. It was already twelve thirty-five.

"It's so hard to wait."
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