The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 23 Changing Homes
"Hahahaha~ Brother, please!"

"Brother, you don't have to see me off. Please stay, please stay."

"well."

After a round of intrigues between beasts in human form, Li Miao and Xu Siyuan came out of the government office talking and laughing.

"I still have official business to attend to, so I can't keep you here any longer. I have already sent someone to the Wu residence to arrange everything, so you can go on your own!"

"Thank you, brother. I am sorry for bothering you."

"Hey! You and I, brothers, hit it off right away. Why do we need to say such polite words? Huh? Hahahaha..."

Xu Siyuan sent Li Miaoli out the door. The two talked enthusiastically for a while and said goodbye to each other.

Xu Siyuan stood at the door, watched Li Miao walk away with a smile on his face, then turned around and went back home.

"Bah!" He spat on the ground. "I'm the one getting the upper hand, you bastard!"

As Li Miao walked, he thought: "This Xu guy is quite rich. I have to extort some money from him before I leave."

Beijing officials are three levels lower than the capital, not to mention Jinyiwei officials. He is not afraid that Xu Siyuan will take revenge on him in the future, so naturally he will extort as much as he can.

With the silver note he got from Xu Siyuan in his arms, Li Miao returned to the tavern where he had dinner.

Wang Hai and three others were waiting at the door. When they saw Li Miao coming back, they led the horse to greet him.

Xiao Si took the banknote handed over by Li Miao, counted it carefully, and happily put it into his waist bag.

Li Miao reached out and rubbed Xiao Si's head: "We have the money, and we have found a place to live."

"Let's go see the haunted excitement tonight."

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Wu Mansion.

Wu nodded and bowed, and said to an official in a flattering manner: "Sir, I have vacated all the rooms. Everything inside is new and good, and there will definitely be no smell."

"The ingredients are all fresh. The chef was hired recently and paid enough. He is waiting in the kitchen. Just tell us what you want to eat."

"I have kept a few smart servants here, and they will never neglect our distinguished guests."

The official didn't even look at him and nodded: "No, Mo, there is no problem. This is Lord Xu's personal order. If you make the distinguished guest unhappy and report it to Lord Xu, I can't protect you."

Mr. Wu naturally nodded in agreement, but he was secretly groaning in his heart.

"Where did this noble official come from? Why did he choose my house?"

Today, Mr. Wu was worrying about the ghost stories that had happened in recent days, when suddenly his official backer came to his house.

Upon asking about his purpose, I found out that it was the chief officer of Pingshan Guard, Commander Xu Siyuan, who had personally instructed me to say that he had a distinguished guest here who wanted to stay at his house for a few days.

As for the people from the Wu family, they should not live at home anymore. They should go out and find a place to live by themselves so as not to bother the distinguished guests.

Wu Yuanwai's family was just rich, but they had never produced any official figures. To put it bluntly, they were just local rich people.

To him, Xu Siyuan, a third-rank official and the chief of a guard, was simply a person of the highest rank. Now that Xu Siyuan had spoken, he certainly didn't dare to refuse.

"It's just... there have been some rumors in my family recently, and there has been some commotion. I wonder if you have heard of it..."

"Then you don't need to worry about it, just move out quickly."

The official looked at Mr. Wu unhappily. Mr. Wu did not dare to say anything more and quickly ordered his servants to act faster.

He took his family to another property in the city to stay temporarily.

The official inspected the palace several times and when he saw that there was no problem, he waited at the door.

Not long after, Li Miao and his four companions were seen walking towards us, leading their horses.

The official stepped forward and saluted: "Sir Li, everything is ready, please come in."

Naturally, servants came over to take the horses and take down the luggage.

Li Miao nodded, and the four followed the official into the main room and sat down. They saw that he was hesitant to speak. "Master Li...please forgive me for being so talkative."

"There has been some trouble in the Wu Mansion recently, and it is not peaceful."

Li Miao laughed and said, "But what about the ghost stories those idlers in the city are talking about?"

"You are also a person who eats the emperor's food, how come you believe these things?"

"Sir, some things are better to believe than not to believe." The official said in embarrassment: "If I offend you and Sir Xu blames me, I can't bear the consequences."

"There are no ghosts or gods in this world." Li Miao said, "If there were, there wouldn't be so many unresolved grudges and unrequited favors in this world."

"No need to say more, just go and report to Lord Xu."

Of course Li Miao wouldn't care, because he came here because of the ghost rumors.

It was he who took the initiative to ask Xu Siyuan to arrange for them to live in the Wu Mansion so that they could watch the excitement openly.

Seeing that Li Miao was determined, the official said no more and said goodbye to Li Miao and left.

Seeing that everyone else had left, Wang Hai came over and said to Li Miao, "Captain, after you left, I overheard a few words outside the tavern."

"Is that the thing?"

"That's probably it. I didn't expect to come across such a rare thing in this Qilu area."

Li Miao laughed and said, "Who knows, it might have been kept here by someone, but it died outside and we didn't have time to take it away."

"It's just that you don't need to go to Little Four's room to protect her tonight. Aren't you a little disappointed?"

Wang Hai smiled embarrassedly and said, "What are you talking about, Qianhu..."

"Okay, go and rest. I'll go take a look in the yard. If you're hungry, go to the kitchen and order food. No need to call me."

Wang Hai and the other two agreed and went to their guest rooms to rest.

Li Miao called a servant and asked him to lead the way towards the haunted yard.

Before I even reached the yard, a faint stench of corpse wafted over.

Mr. Wu was probably afraid of angering Li Miao, so he had some spices sprinkled in the yard. However, the smell of the spices not only failed to cover up the stench, but mixed with the stench of the corpse, making it even more weird and unpleasant.

The servants who are still staying in Wu Yuanwai's house are either prostitutes who have no choice, or they are brave and stay here because Wu Yuanwai has given them money recently.

The one Li Miao called out to was obviously the former.

Before he even reached the yard, his legs began to tremble uncontrollably, cold sweat streamed down his face, and he stammered to Li Miao, "Master...Master, this is it..."

"I...I'll be waiting for you here. Call me if you need anything..."

After saying that, he stood holding onto the door frame, not daring to take another step forward.

Seeing that he was afraid, Li Miao did not force him and walked into the yard.

Once you enter the yard, the strange stench becomes more obvious, mixed with a hint of blood, making people feel uncomfortable instinctively.

The layout of the courtyard was obviously well thought out. There was a rockery in the middle, a circle of water underneath, a pavilion on the side, and dense branches and leaves all around, with some seasonal flowers and plants planted. If it were normal, it would be a very quiet courtyard.

Unfortunately, at this time, the branches and leaves of the trees were withered, the flowers and plants were all yellow, a thick layer of green algae had grown on the pond under the rockery, and some mosquitoes and flies were flying around.

It must have been a long time since anyone dared to clean this yard. Li Miao came in a hurry, and the servants of Wu Yuanwai's family cleaned it roughly, but there were still some omissions.

Li Miao walked to the rockery, broke off a branch, and picked out a snake corpse from a gap on it.

Snakes love to burrow into holes. This snake must have crawled in here before dying and was not discovered by the servants who were cleaning.

There are several nooks and crannies in the yard where these corpses are hidden, including mice, wild cats, and birds.

Li Miao came directly to find the snake corpse because some marks would be more obvious on a snake, a creature without fur and with its upper and lower parts integrated.

(End of this chapter)