It turned out that this house was the ancestral home of an official of the previous dynasty. It was originally lived in well, but after a renovation, a strange and rugged stone was dug out from under the ground. It says 'Anyone who touches it will die'.

This kind of thing usually only appears in tombs. The workers panicked and said that there might be someone buried underground...

That family also believed in these things and were immediately terrified. They immediately asked a monk or Taoist priest to perform a ritual.

There were several rituals in a row, and other people nearby could hear the chanting and smell the scent of sandalwood. I thought the matter had been exposed, but not long after, the head of that family was sentenced to immediate execution for making a mistake.

The house was also sealed off and the family was to be exiled. When the old lady heard the news, she was so frightened that she had a stroke and died.

A family that had stood firm for decades of ups and downs fell apart in an instant, ending up with the family destroyed and its people dead. It soon became a topic of conversation among the people in the city.

The workers at the front had previously been afraid to talk about the strange rock because they were intimidated by the power of the owner of the house. But now they had no scruples and naturally told the story with exaggeration.

As a result, all kinds of weird and supernatural rumors emerged, causing a lot of buzz. Some people said that the renovation ruined the feng shui, some said that there was a tomb under the house, which disturbed the ancestors underground, and some people were particularly imaginative and said that the reason why that family was so prosperous in the past was that their ancestors used forbidden techniques and secret techniques to create some kind of formation, and then built their house on the tomb to rob others of their luck. Later, when the formation was broken during the renovation, they were in big trouble.

This statement is the most complete and the most bizarre. Many people believe it. Some people even saw the business opportunity and wrote a script based on this story.

The script sold exceptionally well and was even adapted into a opera.

Even now, several decades have passed since the story was passed down, but it is still a story known to everyone in the city and passed down from generation to generation.

It was not until the Xin Dynasty that the house was unsealed and confiscated. The founding emperor included it in other rewards and gave it to a capable military general from Qingzhou Prefecture.

I thought the general had a lot of evil spirit and would never cause something like the one that happened earlier, right?

No, that general retired and returned to his hometown after a few years. He was also from Qingzhou Prefecture and grew up listening to the rumors. He didn't dare to live here at first, so he just had the house completely renovated. Seeing that nothing happened, he moved in with his family.

Not long after, this general was possessed by a ghost every night and would chase and hack his family members with a big knife. Every time he hacked them, blood splattered on the spot and he almost killed someone.

Later, the family invited a master to open a Taoist temple, but after a long time of trying to find a way to do it without any success, they moved to another place.

After moving away, the family disappeared without a trace. When we heard about them again, we didn't know what had happened to them. Anyway, they were separated from their wives and children, their family was broken up, and they sold the house.

The house has been passed down several times and is now in the hands of the current owner. No one has dared to live there since, after all, who knows if the consequence of trying would be the destruction of the family? The cost of trial and error is too high.

Since the house was empty anyway, the owner put a very low price on the house, thinking that if someone brave enough dared to live here for a year or two and nothing happened, then the ghost rumor that had long been deeply rooted in people's minds would be dispelled. Although it seems that he lost some money in the short term, as long as this house is no longer a haunted house and can be managed, he can still make a lot of money!

But in fact, this price may seem extremely cheap to the homeowner, but in the eyes of ordinary people, spending fifty taels of silver a year to rent a house is a very high expense.

And the people who can come up with fifty taels of silver to rent a house are not extremely poor. Could they really be short of a place to live? Why would you live in this haunted house?

That's why this house has become a difficult property to rent out.

Although the broker wanted to make this deal happen, he was very honest and told Chen Cui and the others everything.

As they were talking, a breeze blew by. As no one had lived in the house for a long time and no one had taken care of it, the trees and weeds were extremely overgrown, and the temperature was much lower than outside.

The cool breeze blew towards him, and he heard the rustling sound of branches and leaves. The man turned pale and said while wiping his sweat, "This is the situation. I have explained it to my wife. I have only found these three places that meet your requirements. If none of them are suitable, I will have to ask you to find someone else."

After saying that, the broker was the first to step out of the door of the house, indicating that he would wait outside.

Shen Cuixian discussed with the system in her mind: [Is there really a supernatural event here? 】

The system first answered that there was no, and then continued: [This is the dimension of the imperial examination text. The host has read the plot of the original book. How could there be ghosts? 】

[I think so too.] But what the tooth man said really made sense. 】

[Do you need me to collect data and tell the host the truth? 】

After spending so much time together, Shen Cui understood the system better than anyone else, and if he could have said it, he would have definitely said it directly. He specifically asked, probably because he wanted to ask her for shopping points again and pay for the energy he consumed.

So Shen Cui immediately said no, "I'll guess it myself, don't tell me." The official at the beginning, probably offended someone, and deliberately buried the stone in his ancestral home, perhaps to curse him, or to implicate him in something later, to lay the groundwork, or just to disturb his mind... And the founding general, probably because of his great achievements or because he violated some taboo, so he retired immediately after his success. That so-called ghost possessing you in the middle of the night could be sleepwalking? I read information in my previous life that said people who are under great psychological stress or have suffered psychological trauma are more likely to get this disease. The secrets of such a wealthy family should have been kept secret, but the secrets spread to the whole city were probably something that the family did deliberately in order to avoid something. In short, there was no way to escape it, and the whole family did not end up well. 】

The system remained silent, and Shen Cui knew that her guess was almost right.

She also looked at the luck values ​​of several teenagers - well, it didn't decrease. So there is nothing here that can affect your luck.

However, it is useless for her to be satisfied with the house. If the young men are afraid of it, that is another matter.

She looked at everyone with a questioning look. Mu Erpang was the first to speak: "Don't look at me, mother. Although I am the youngest, I am not afraid. I was frightened by the teacher before, but in the end, what kind of ghost was that? It's just my junior brother."

When talking about the previous misunderstanding, Wei Xi couldn't stop laughing, "I'm not afraid either. I don't believe in this."

Wei Shu was even less afraid and said, "It's good to have a large place. I see there are stables in this house. I'll ask someone to bring a few of my horses here. I can teach you how to ride horses in my spare time."

Finally it was Mei Ruochu's turn. He laughed at himself and said nonchalantly, "I don't care at all. If there really is a ghost and it touches me, who knows who will be the unlucky one."

In the end, only Lao Buyu was left. Although he was the oldest, he was the most cowardly.

But as a woman, Chen Cui was not afraid, and the students had expressed their opinions one after another. If he said he was afraid again, it would be embarrassing, so he hesitated a few times and said, "Then I don't want to live alone at night."

This means it was passed unanimously. Although Zhou did not come with them, she will follow Mu Yunchuan to the capital later and will not stay here for long. Although she looks thin, she can raise her younger brother alone. She has a tough and brave character in her bones and will not be afraid of these things.

Chen Cui went out and told the agent that she was very satisfied with the house, and then asked about the following matters.

The broker didn't expect that this deal could actually be concluded. After a long pause, he said, "The next step is to write a deed and have the three parties sign and seal it. I'll notify the owner when I get back, and when it's convenient for him, we'll sign the deed in person."

This process was similar to renting a house through an agency in later generations. Chen Cui nodded to indicate that she understood. Seeing that it was getting late, the group got on the carriage and went back to the courtyard. After bathing and washing up, everyone went about their own business.

This time the broker acted much faster than before. The next day he sent someone to tell us the time for signing the contract, which happened to be the day of the second examination.

There is no doubt that Wei Shu, Wei Xi and Mei Ruochu were not eliminated in the first round and successfully entered the re-examination.

But it doesn't matter. Anyway, Chen Cui only needs to send the examinee at dawn, finish the deed at noon, and pick him up in the evening, which is just right.

The process of the re-examination was no different from that of the regular examination, and the rules of this plane did not play any tricks - the regular examination had already caused Mei Ruochu to lose 40 points of luck, and in the re-examination, he only symbolically lost 5 points.

When he was searched, he took off all his clothes. His 35 points of luck allowed him to meet the soldier who had thought he was a thief two days ago again.

The soldier still felt that his behavior was not like that of a normal person, and he was determined to find something on him. He removed all his clothes and searched him carefully, but he also saw that his belt was very thick, and the stitching was crooked and very eye-catching... so he used his sword to cut open his belt.

Although the things produced by the system are of higher quality than the fabrics in this dimension, they cannot withstand such cutting.

The belt broke into rags, and of course the beneficial effect was gone.

Fortunately, the clothes that Shen Cui made for him were all able to increase his luck, and the soldier was not so cruel as to ruin his clothes - that would not be a body search, but a deliberate humiliation.

In the end, Mei Ruochu entered the examination room with a luck value of 60 points, just barely passing the test.