The legend of Dukang

"This is just a rumor in the streets and alleys. As for what this 'Fortune Thief' looks like, no one has seen it. But as long as it patronizes people, it will definitely suffer disaster."

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Who is the unlucky one?" Wen Ruyu asked curiously.

"It is said that the first unlucky person was Hong Zexi, the famous frugal minister in the capital. He suffered disaster at the beginning of last month. I heard that many censors conspired with him in front of the emperor for corrupting the law. Order a thorough investigation, and in the end it will be ironclad evidence."

"It's just an ordinary corruption case, what does it have to do with that fortune thief?" Wen Ruyu asked impatiently.

"It's a coincidence. The day before the incident, someone saw a sign of a bat on the gate of Hong Shangshu's mansion. After Hong Shangshu was thrown out of office, the sign disappeared." Wen Feng took a break and continued. : "At first, everyone didn't pay attention to this matter, but within a few days, someone found the bat on the door of the household servant Xiao Changfeng's house. This Xiao Changfeng just entered the cabinet, and he is the youngest cabinet elder in this dynasty. The future is boundless, but he tripped over the threshold of his own house, hit his head on a stone altar in the yard, and died just like that!"

Wen Ruyu asked: "Are these two families the only ones involved?"

"Of course not." Wen Feng continued: "The third person who had an accident was He Yushi and He Zhongxiao. This He Yushi is famous for his iron teeth and copper teeth in the court. Not only his mouth is poisonous, but his body is also famous for his toughness. Ten years old, not deaf, not dazzled. The family found a bat mark on the door the night before, and within two days, He Yushi fell ill and died."

Wen Ruyu pondered: "It seems that this thief who steals fortune is only picking on officials!"

"Not only that, the rich merchants in the capital also suffered. The old Zhang family of the silk and satin shop in the capital, when it comes to the silk business, his family said that no one dared to say that it was the second. Some time ago, they even got the embroidery monopoly of the Su family in Suzhou. During this period, the rich and noble families in the capital ordered countless orders. Even the head of the country ordered his embroidery for his birthday. I don’t know how many colleagues envied him. The fire burned down the shop completely, and the Zhang family invested a large amount of silver. The new embroidery was destroyed in an instant, and a large amount of money was lost. Not to mention the birthday banquet of the father-in-law was missed, the only two sons of the Zhang family He was also burned to death. I heard that because of this incident, the old man of the Zhang family was so angry that he didn't come up. The grandson below is young, and there are only some women left in the family! Hey, I think the Zhang family has also lost."

Wen Feng said he was tired, poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip and continued, "I heard that the night Zhang's silk shop was on fire, someone saw a bat mark at the door of his shop."

"Su Qingyu's eyes are high above the top, and he is extremely demanding on buyers. He has always been wrong to people and money. I heard that the owner of the Penglai Pavilion in Shandong offered 2 taels of gold for Su Qingyu to embroider a picture of Penglai Xiandao He thought he was vulgar and refused. Even Penglai Pavilion doesn't look up to him, so why would he like the Zhang family!" Wen Ruyu asked strangely while playing with the sachet on her fan.

"These things you said are all about Chen Zhima's rotten millet. Su Qingyu didn't have you when he died. Why bother with these things! Although the current Su family is still the chief royal servant, it is not the same as before!" Wen Feng gave Wen Ruyu a disgusted look: "I heard that Zhang's family offered a big price, who would have trouble with the money!"

Speaking of this, Wen Feng paused, and whispered: "I heard that Su Jinxiu, the current head of the Su family, is a distant relative of the Zhang family in the capital, and the embroidery sold to the Zhang family seems to be embroidered by other members of the Su family. "

"Hey, why does Su Jinxiu belong to the same family as the Zhang family?" Wen Ruyu asked curiously.

"You don't know that! Su Qingyu only has two daughters and no son. Su Jinxiu is the son-in-law who married into the Su family. Before he married into the Su family, his surname was Zhang." Wen Feng explained.

"Oh, so that's the case." Wen Ruyu lowered her head and said with emotion: "The Zhang family in the capital is really unlucky!"

"Who says it's not!" Wen Feng also sighed with emotion.

"What does the Governor of Gyeonggi say? This kind of thing happened at the feet of the emperor, it's impossible to just let it go like this!" Wen Ruyu asked.

"Hong Zexi deserved what he deserved. It was appointed by the emperor. Who dares to say more! He Yushi died of illness. Birth, old age, sickness and death are the business of Lord Yan. As for Xiao Changfeng and Xiao Ge's old age, it is purely his own bad luck!" Wen Feng smiled: "You let What does the Yin of Gyeonggi Prefecture do? But when something happened to the Zhang family, the Yin of Gyeonggi Prefecture sent someone to investigate. According to the servant who was on duty that night, the two young masters drank too much alcohol and took a rest in the shop that night. , It must have gotten up in the middle of the night and accidentally knocked over the candlestick, and the door with the bat painting has been burned, leaving no traces, and no clues were found, and it was finally judged to be an accident."

Seeing that Wen Ruyu didn't speak, Wen Feng continued: "However, that bat has spread among the common people, because 'bat' and 'fu' are homophonic, and bats also mean blessing, so everyone calls him 'Blessing Thief' .As for what exactly is this 'Fortune Stealer'? Some say it is a chivalrous knight, some say it is a vengeful walker, and some even say it is a wronged soul who comes to claim his life. The most popular thing in the market now is to bet on the next unlucky one. Who is it? I heard that they even opened a private gambling table." Wen Feng blinked, and said in a low voice: "There are many people who are unlucky in the country! You lose ten, should I consider taking a gamble too. After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and thought about it seriously.

Knowing that he had always disliked Jieyou and took the opportunity to gloat, Wen Ruyu didn't blame him, saying: "On the night the Xuantian Sword was lost, Yunheng also saw a bat with a yin and yang face in the Hou's mansion, but I don't know if he has anything to do with this fortune thief. what relationship!"

"I don't think it has anything to do with it." Wen Feng interrupted him: "It was Shen Daoyuan who stole the sword. Now that Cuiping Town has been exposed, they should keep their tails between their tails and keep a low profile. How could they be so blatantly stirring up trouble in the capital?" ?”

"Well, you're right." Wen Ruyu lowered her head and pondered, "I've always thought it was weird. How could anyone deliberately leave clues after stealing the sword to lead people to track him down!"

"Maybe the yin and yang face of the bat that Fang Yunheng saw just hurt Xie Tianle, and didn't steal the sword at all? Maybe the sword of Ding Guohou's mansion had been lost long ago, but it was only discovered after the yin and yang face of the bat appeared. At this time, it is natural to suspect that the one who stole the sword is the yin and yang face of the bat." Wen Feng said casually from the side.

"What you said makes sense. Then why did this yin and yang face deliberately leave clues to help Marquis Dingguo find the sword? Is he the shadow guard in black?" Wen Ruyu looked at Wen Feng firmly, as if he knew the answer.

Wen Feng smiled and said: "Who knows, but I think this year is not good for Marquis Dingguo. Not only is he related to the legendary black-clothed shadow guard, but he is also worried about the 'Fortune Thief' who is popular all over the capital! You It's better to keep a distance from Jieyou, if it's Dingguohou's turn to be unlucky, our Tianyun Villa will not be able to suffer from such bad luck!"

Wen Ruyu patted him, and said: "Stop crow mouth! However, just to be on the safe side, you'd better find out who or what sect in Jianghu is related to the former dynasty or the black-clothed shadow guards. The sooner the better, this matter cannot Relax!"

"Brother! You are messing with me! The previous dynasty has been destroyed for so many years, how can we investigate?" Wen Feng said in great frustration.

"Where are so many words, if you ask you to check, you can check!" Wen Ruyu gave him a blank look.

"You are really afraid that I will be idle!" Wen Feng complained involuntarily.

Wen Ruyu comforted: "It's okay, I know you worked hard, and I will thank you afterwards."

"It's more or less the same." Wen Feng turned around and was about to leave, when he suddenly thought of something and stopped: "By the way, the old owner asked me to tell you that the world is not peaceful recently, assassinations happened frequently, and many people were involved. The gang is also very extensive, but the murderer cannot be found. The owner suspects that the remnant forces of the Demon Cult may be resurgent, so please be careful."

"The Devil's Cult?" Wen Ruyu said disapprovingly: "Daddy is too unreasonable to worry about the sky. It has been almost nine years since the Devil's Cult was extinct. Even if it revives, the sky will fall and there will still be tall people to support it. With the Yanyue League standing in front of us, it will never be our Tianyun Villa's turn to take the lead."

Wen Feng glanced at him disapprovingly: "Don't underestimate the Devil's Cult, not to mention you, even the lord Du Yuesheng, who ruled all over the world back then, was plotted against by them! Since the owner mentioned it, you'd better be careful."

"Okay, okay, you are really an old lady, I know, it's getting late, you go back first." Wen Ruyu gave the order to evict guests in a personable manner.

Wen Feng sighed helplessly: "You're really killing donkeys and driving people away when you're done using them!" Then he walked towards the door.

"Come back!" Wen Ruyu called to stop him.

Wen Feng said: "What's the matter?"

Wen Ruyu smiled embarrassedly, and said tactfully: "You must keep a low profile when investigating!"

"Understood." Wen Feng rolled his eyes, and said sourly: "Knowing that worry relief is your heart and soul! Don't worry, I will never say anything about Xuantian Sword, you can't believe me." After finishing speaking, he stared and did nothing. Made a move to hit someone.

Wen Ruyu hurriedly begged for mercy: "How can I not trust you! I knew you would be jealous of Jieyou, don't worry, Jieyou and I are just buddies, you are my favorite!"

Wen Feng laughed and scolded: "Get out of here, you bastard, who cares about you! I'm leaving." Then he walked towards the door.

"Hey, where are you going?" Wen Ruyu stopped him again.

Wen Feng pointed at the door inexplicably, and said, "Go out? Didn't you say that in the territory of Fengming Villa, let me keep a low profile?"

Wen Ruyu put his hands on his forehead, and made a look of embarrassment: "How could I play with a mentally handicapped person like you until the end, since no one has noticed you coming in, you just go out in such an open manner, wouldn't it just be seen by others? Or, do you want me to explain to someone that there is a little boy hiding in the house?"

Wen Feng glanced at him with a dark face, and cursed: "I can see, you just want to amuse me." After speaking, he quickly went out through the window.

Wen Ruyu leaned against the window and smiled lightly: "Go slowly, I won't see you off."