The three of them hurried all the way to Zhecheng where the Lin family was located, and they entered the city at ten o'clock in the noon. The three of them were all exhausted, so they decided to go to an inn to take a rest first, so as to take the opportunity to inquire about the news.
The three of them led their horses to an inn that seemed to gather a lot of Jiang Hu people. After they were seated, they heard a few local people talking about the rumors that the forest house was haunted a few days ago, which immediately attracted the attention of the three of them.
I saw a few men who looked like ordinary people sitting on a table next to them. One of the men seemed to be a watchman. He took a drink from the wine glass on the table and said mysteriously: " I encountered something a few days ago, and I scared you to death when I told it!"
One of the companions looked disdainful, "Just you? Scared us to death? You've got it!"
"Hey, don't believe me," the watchman said angrily when he heard his companion say this, "I met a ghost that night! What a ghost! A female ghost dressed in white! It scared the old man to death."
"Hey, it's still a female ghost in white, is she pretty?"
"Don't tell us that we're still a pretty ghost, it's not the ghost you dreamed about at night, Lao Li!", the companion teased, and everyone at the table burst out laughing.
"Don't dare to talk nonsense! Don't dare to talk nonsense about ghosts and gods!" The old man's face was filled with panic.
"I remember, Lao Li, you don't believe in this kind of thing. The last time your daughter-in-law sacrificed to the gods at home, you scolded her a lot."
Seeing that everyone didn't believe him, the old man watchman hurried to prove himself, and said, "A few days ago when I was on watch, I passed by the Lin's house and heard something moving inside. At that time, I thought it was some bold and unsophisticated thief stealing things inside."
"And then," the people at the table hurriedly urged when they saw the old man took a sip of wine with the wine glass.
"Although my old man is a watchman, he also shoulders the important task of maintaining the law and order of the city. I sneaked in through the crack of the Lin family's gate, trying to catch the thief. Unexpectedly..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a man at the same table, "Old Li, you are just talking nonsense. I passed by Lin's house this morning, and I saw that the seal pasted by the government in front of the door was still in good condition, and there was no sign of damage at all. Are you How did you slip through the crack in the door?"
Hearing this question, Lao Li couldn't explain why, he stammered and forcefully explained: "So it's very evil, I obviously entered through the main entrance that day, and the seal must have been restored to the original state because of the ghost's fear of being noticed. of!"
Lao Li insisted that the ghost did it, but the man didn't argue with him, and let him continue.
"I went in through the main entrance, and I saw a long-haired man in white clothes floating in the bamboo forest of the dean at a glance. I was so scared, I didn’t dare to go there, I called her several times from afar, but she ignored me, I was about to go up to have a look boldly, when a gust of wind blew by, she suddenly turned her head, showing her full face. There was blood on my face, and she smiled sinisterly at me, which made my legs weak in fright, but fortunately I was close to the door, so I ran out in a hurry." After speaking, the old man seemed to be still frightened at that time, and took a drink from his glass And then he patted his chest in fear.
"Have you been scared to pee your pants, Lao Li?" a partner asked maliciously.
"Nonsense! You were scared to pee your pants!" The watchman reprimanded loudly with a guilty conscience.
"After that, you didn't report such a big thing to the Yamen?" Another companion asked.
"I reported it! The magistrate of the county even personally interviewed me! But, he didn't send anyone to investigate at all, and said that the theory of ghosts and gods is nonsense at all. I must be drunk and delusional. Drink less in the future." The watchman looked aggrieved, "I went to Lin's house the next day to see that the door was sealed well, so I went home again. Really! You believe me, because of what happened that night, I I was so scared that I didn't sleep well for several days. It must not be fake, the Lin house is haunted."
"If it's really like what you said, the Lin family is haunted by ghosts, and those old people who died in their house are full of resentment, no matter what, they must be a ghost, and they can let you go? I think you are wrong." At first, he retorted. Lao Li's companion said.
The others also nodded in agreement. Seeing that they didn't believe it, Lao Li couldn't help it, so he just drank one cup after another, as if he wanted to continue the strength of the drink to drive away the fear of the past few days.
"Hey, Lao Li, don't drink it, save some for us, and let you drink it!" A companion yelled, and the others rushed to drink after seeing it.