As soon as I said this, Gu Fancheng frowned even tighter.
"You mean Steward Tong and the others never left Fan Jing Villa?"
He glanced in the direction of the basement.
"Yes!"
I nodded firmly and said angrily, "Mr. Gu, don't you know there's something wrong with this house since it was built?"
Gu Fancheng suddenly sighed softly. "Of course I know. This villa is a big coffin that trapped me. If it weren't for Xixi showing up here, I might have died completely."
"A big coffin that trapped you?!"
I looked at Gu Fancheng in disbelief. "You... you died here?"
"My daddy was trapped in this coffin-like house by the villains of the Gu family in Hong Kong. His soul was imprisoned here," Gu Baobao said, slipping down from the second floor and answering my question. "His stepmother wanted to arrange a ghost marriage for him. So Lu Ling lured Xixi's mom here. Seriously... that evil great-aunt was actually the matchmaker between daddy and Xixi's mom! Although she had bad intentions."
As she said that, Baobao glared fiercely at Lu Ling, who was being held by the faceless ghost guard.
"No wonder..."
I finally understood. No normal family would design a house like a haunted house. It seemed that the car accident that killed the two stewards also seriously injured Gu Fancheng and his soul left his body!
"After I came back to life, I asked Steward Gu Nian to redesign and layout this house to make it a normal one... But after Gu Nian invited an architecture expert and the renovation was completed, he and Steward Tong disappeared."
As Gu Fancheng said, he walked towards a small storage room on the side of the building, which was the entrance to the basement.
"Great Demon, what should we do with this woman?"
The faceless ghost guard asked Gu Fancheng for instructions.
"You hold her first. We'll talk after we go down and find Steward Tong and the others."
Gu Fancheng was indeed a big boss. He always tried to be safe and sound.
In case my guess was wrong, he could still continue to interrogate Lu Ling.
"Daddy, we've been to the basement countless times. We haven't seen Laonian and the others," Gu Baobao said in a low voice. As a fox spirit transformed into a human, she naturally had the ability to see ghosts. Following behind us, she asked, "Miss Du, are you sure about your guess... Daddy has been looking for them crazy. Don't give him too much hope."
I pursed my lips and smiled slightly. "Don't worry! I saw Steward Tong with my own eyes!"
I was very confident in my judgment.
Si Jiangchen just followed behind us silently, looking at me. I knew that he always indulged me and let me do what I wanted.
"Baobao, you'd better go back upstairs and guard Xixi," Gu Fancheng said, turning to Gu Baobao who was following us. "If your Xixi's mom dares to slip downstairs, you won't be able to see Gu Laosi this month."
Gu Baobao pouted and said with a helpless and mournful face, "Daddy is so mean. Gu Linjun can only come back once a month. Are you really willing to let me not see him?"
Hearing what she said, I couldn't help but purse my lips and snicker.
Gu Baobao was really like Lu Xixi. They were both naughty and cute. It seemed that Gu Baobao originally planned to let Lu Xixi come downstairs to watch the fun together. Unfortunately, Gu Fancheng saw through their plan at a glance and countered them!
"You just tell Xixi what I said," Gu Fancheng said, slightly pulling the corner of his lips. "See if Xixi's mom feels sorry for you."
"Wu!!!"
Gu Baobao pouted, making her face look even rounder and cuter. After thinking for a while, she finally obediently went upstairs. I could even hear her whispering something like "Sir Leopard Tail is really, he doesn't even know how to take a break from his busy schedule. He only comes back for one day a month. It's really hard..."
"Leopard Tail? Laosi... Gu Linjun?!"
I thought for a moment and immediately connected these three names. Could it be that... the ghost guard Sir Leopard Tail, who was in charge of the reincarnation of beasts in the underworld, had also become a son of the Gu family? And he was ranked fourth?
I couldn't help but look up at Gu Fancheng, who was walking in front... What kind of great demon was this man?! He could not only command ghost guards, but also the civil servants in the underworld were willing to be his sons!!
The basement of Fan Jing Villa was similar to the layout of the first floor. The stairs went down all the way and soon reached a big room. Log racks were nailed on the three walls, and there were countless bottles of aged red wine neatly arranged on the racks.
Gu Fancheng turned on the light. Immediately, the orange-yellow light shone down from above, casting an illusory warmth on us.
The basement was extremely quiet. There was no one in the huge space.
Si Jiangchen's home was not like his mansion in Hong Kong, which had many servants.
So far, I had only seen Gu Baobao taking care of Lu Xixi in this Fan Jing Villa.
However, it was better this way. Otherwise, when there was trouble later, our spellcasting might scare people. Those ordinary people might think this was a haunted house, which would affect the price of this house...
While I was daydreaming, we had left the wine room. Gu Fancheng pushed open another door...
There were a total of five rooms in the basement: a wine room, a snooker room, a video room, a storage room, and even a children's playground.
We checked each room one by one, but found nothing unusual. Even the compass that Lu Dayong gave me couldn't detect the slightest bit of yin energy.
My brow wrinkled tighter and tighter. What was going on?!!
I clearly saw the ghost of Tong Yunfang, and this downstairs was indeed the position of human sacrifice. If they were sealed, it could only be in this place...
"Xiao He, haven't you noticed?"
Just when I was puzzled, Si Jiangchen, who had been silently following behind, spoke.
At this time, we had returned to the wine storage room. Si Jiangchen pointed to the soundproof door leading to the video room and said, "It seems that there's a part missing from the rooms in this basement."
"Ah?!"
Si Jiangchen's words reminded me.
I walked through all the rooms in the basement again. I suddenly found that the basement was indeed a little different from the first floor above. Calculated according to the layout of the first floor, there should be six rooms in the basement!
"If I'm not wrong..."
Si Jiangchen slowly walked to the door covered with thick soundproof foam and knocked gently. "The architecture expert that Gu Nian invited to modify the layout of this room at that time probably had the surname 'Sheng'!"
This was a question to Gu Fancheng.
Gu Fancheng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "At that time, Xixi and I were always in Hong Kong. The things here were all decided by Gu Nian and the others themselves. There was no need to report to me."
Big shots were all very busy. For small things like decorating a room, they always left them to the stewards and assistants. They were so busy with their daily affairs that they didn't have the mind to think about these things!