"This..." Seeing Wen Liunian go straight out the door, the innkeeper was anxious, originally wanted to chase him out, but was held back by Zhao Yue, "It's okay."
"Hurry up and call people back." The boss stomped his feet and said, "It's really haunted outside." These people in the rivers and lakes, why don't they listen to persuasion.
The wind was howling outside, Wen Liunian looked around, and saw that even though it was just dinner time, every house had its doors closed, there were few lanterns, and it was so silent, it was so quiet that it was abnormal.
"Is it cold?" Zhao Yue asked, "I'm still sick, so don't blow too much cool wind."
"It's fine." Wen Liunian said, "I want to walk around the city."
Zhao Yue nodded, and reached out to help him adjust his cloak: "It looks like it's going to rain, I'll go back after a while, if you want to know what's going on, I'll come out later and have a look."
Holding hands with him, Wen Liunian walked slowly along the street together, from the east to the west of the city, nothing happened along the way, let alone haunted, not even a stray cat.
"Ah, you two are back." The boss was still waiting behind the counter, and he was obviously relieved when he saw the two of them enter.
"Didn't you say it was haunted?" Wen Liunian said, "I didn't see it."
The boss was dumbfounded, who is this, dare to go out or run out to hit ghosts
"What's going on?" Wen Liunian frowned slightly.
The other party was obviously a person with a background, and he looked unbelieving, so the boss simply lowered his voice and said: "Actually, the town was quite peaceful before, but in the past year or so, there are often ghost shadows floating in the middle of the night."
"What kind of ghost image?" Wen Liunian asked.
"Wearing white clothes, the tongue protrudes three feet long." The boss said, "I've never seen it before. The boy from Aunt Li's house in the east came out to relieve his hand in the middle of the night, and just bumped into a female ghost floating over the eaves. It took half a year to slow down."
"How many people have seen ghosts?" Wen Liunian asked again.
"It's been a dozen times at least if you add up the bits and pieces." The boss said, "The government also sent people to investigate, but even the yamen servants were almost stunned. Later, they invited experts from outside, but they were arrested that night. The evil wind set off the gossip formation, and the Taoism is too deep, I really can't afford to provoke it."
"Besides this, are there any other acts of disturbing the people?" Wen Liunian asked.
"It's not disturbing the people." The boss shook his head and said with lingering fear, "But even if it doesn't disturb the people, it's scary enough. I don't know when I will leave."
"My lord." The dark guard came over and called, "It's time to eat."
"Let's go, eat something first." The dark guard patted him on the shoulder, "Then talk about other things."
"Yeah." Wen Liunian nodded, still thinking about the ghosts in the city, he was absent-minded even while eating.
"Why is my appetite so poor?" Zhou Dingtian frowned upon seeing this, "Still not feeling well?"
With a shredded radish in his mouth, Wen Liunian stared at the plate in a daze.
Zhou Dingtian waved his hands in front of him.
"Ah?" Wen Liunian finally got his soul back.
"What are you thinking again?" Zhou Dingtian was dissatisfied, "When I was an official, it was fine to worry too much, why are you still restless now?"
"I just heard from the innkeeper that the city is haunted." Wen Liunian put down the steamed bun in his hand.
"Haunted?" As soon as the words were spoken, the rest of the people at the table were naturally attracted.
"It is said that since more than a year ago, white shadows began to float in the city, but there was nothing to disturb the people." Wen Liunian said, "I just went out for a trip, and I didn't encounter anything."
"It's a ghost to meet you." Zhou Mubai said, "It's probably someone with ulterior motives pretending to be a ghost in secret. Now that we know we've arrived in the city, it's only natural that we dare not come out."
"For more than a year, what is the purpose?" Wen Liunian still couldn't figure it out.
"I'm afraid I have to ask the person who pretends to be a ghost." Zhou Mubai said, "But as you said at the beginning, nothing in this world will happen for no reason. There will always be a root cause.”
"Yaojia Town should be under the jurisdiction of Sifang City." Wen Liunian said, "I want to meet the local officials."
"Okay." Zhao Yue nodded.
Zhou Dingtian glared at him, and said whatever he knew!
"But I need to rest for one more day." Zhao Yue handed him a small bowl of steamed eggs with minced meat, "At least wait until the body is better."
Wen Liunian lowered his head, obediently munching on the steamed eggs.
"Haunted." Shang Yunze stroked his chin, and glanced at the idiot beside him.
"What are you looking at?" Mu Qingshan looked at him.
"Are you afraid?" Shang Yunze asked.
Mu Qingshan said: "I'm not afraid!"
Of course, he was not afraid to force himself out in front of everyone. In fact, after returning to the house after eating, he immediately stuck behind Shang Yunze, like a little tail.
"It's called Xianggong." Shang Yunze said, "Otherwise I'll sleep next door."
"Don't bark!" Mu Qingshan kicked him.
Shang Yunze made a bitter face: "Why do you keep hitting me?"
Because you are a hooligan! Mu Qingshan tugged at his sleeve: "Go to sleep."
The man was still sick, Shang Yunze had no choice but to resign himself to his fate, called hot water to wipe his body, then put on a thick underwear and stuffed it under the bed: "Do you want to take some tranquilizing medicine?"
"No more." Mu Qingshan huddled comfortably in the bed, his face flushed.
"What a little ancestor." Shang Yunze pinched his nose.
Mu Qingshan put his arms around his waist and lazily rubbed against him.
"Go to sleep." Shang Yunze said, "You don't have to hurry tomorrow, you can sleep in."
Mu Qingshan tugged at his underwear, not sleeping!
"Good boy." Shang Yunze stuffed his hands into the bed.
Mu Qingshan kicked him, then turned around and took away most of the quilt.
Shang Yunze was funny, he leaned forward and put his arms around him: "Are you planning to do something bad?"
"No." Mu Qingshan muttered.
Shang Yunze pulled the man over, lowered his head and bit his lips: "Little idiot, you are still sick."
"I know." Mu Qingshan blushed.
"Then let's hurry up." Shang Yunze unbuttoned his clothes.
"Yeah." It's really... so good.
And Mrs. Wen in the next room obviously wasn't in a romantic mood right now. After washing, he leaned against the head of the bed, his mind was full of haunting matters.
"Close your eyes." Zhao Yue held his cheeks.
Wen Liunian said: "Are you afraid of ghosts?"
"I'm afraid you won't have a good rest." Zhao Yue pulled the quilt to wrap him up, "If this continues, I won't let you interfere in this matter anymore."
"Aren't you curious?" Wen Liunian rubbed his nose, "Not only me, but also the godfather and Lord Shang, must also have doubts about this matter." Maybe you won't be able to sleep at night, why don't you go out together Discuss
As soon as this idea came up, there was an ambiguous whisper from the next door, which was very short and urgent.
The sound insulation effect of a dilapidated inn is naturally not very good.
Wen Liunian: ...
"There are people next door." Shang Yunze smiled lowly, "Hey, bear with it."
Mu Qingshan bit the back of his hand, staring at him with red eyes.
Wen Liunian obediently wrapped himself in the quilt, and covered his head by the way.
I heard nothing.
This end managed to lull people to sleep. In the inn kitchen on the other side, the hidden guards were forming a circle, happily digging sweet potatoes out of the charcoal fire. Being able to pull out the sugar shreds, in the cold rainy night, is simply priceless.
"Do you want to eat the second master?" the dark guard warmly greeted.
"No, thank you." Lu Zhui said, "It's already very late."
"Eat when you're hungry, it doesn't matter whether it's late or not." This sentence was very reasonable, and the dark guards stood up with two sweet potatoes in their pockets, "If the second leader wants to eat, there are still some ashes in the ashes, let's go out for a stroll. "
"Go out for a stroll?" Lu Zhui frowned slightly.
The dark guards came out beaming, they are haunted, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join in the fun!
There was fine rain in the sky, and the surroundings were silent. The dark guard wandered around four or five times, but still didn't hit anything. It was inevitable that he felt empty and lonely, so he squatted together under the eaves of a family to peel sweet potatoes, preparing to go back after eating. .
There was a cry of a baby in the room, and then there was a loud sound of turning over things. The man was probably woken up, so he muttered a few words in dissatisfaction. It turned out that the woman had a hot temper, and even said that the man was not good. No, I can't even look at the gate. If the calico tiger hadn't been lost at home, my son would have fallen asleep in his arms by now.
At the end of the quarrel, the crying of the little baby became louder and the woman became more aggressive. The man wanted to argue a few words at first, but then lost his momentum and kept explaining that he really didn't go out for a drink the day before yesterday. , stayed in the house all the time, and wondered where it was dropped, otherwise some thief would leave the jewelry in the cabinet and just take a rag tiger
Marriage is really scary... The dark guard tsk-tsk and knocked on the door: "Hello!"
"Ah!" The people in the room were obviously taken aback, and they fell silent in an instant. After a long time, the man asked tremblingly, "Who?"
Then I listened to the same voice outside the door.
"Wang Dagui."
"Li Wugou."
"Full of gold and silver."
"Shangguan Yun."
"Xuanyuan Nine Heavens"
…
Walking in the rivers and lakes, you must have so many colorful pseudonyms.
The man sat down on the ground.
Shisha didn't hear clearly.
"Since we are married, we must take good care of each other. You are a man, and you care about these trivial things with your own wife. How can it be spread?" The dark guard tried to persuade, "My son often said that the most important thing in life is to be happy. , if you are not happy... Big brother, are you listening to me?" Why don't you open the door to make a cup of tea.
The man trembled and crawled under the table, very disrespectful to the mascot.
Although he didn't receive warm hospitality, the dark guard still dutifully persuaded him for a long time, until the man promised with tears in his voice that he would not quarrel with his wife again, and then he left satisfied, leaving behind a pile of sweet potato peels.
As a person in the rivers and lakes, it is moving to treat the people so kindly. If Leader Shen knew, maybe he would send a pennant to Shadow Chasing Palace.
When the surroundings became quiet again, a white figure also stood up from the corner, quickly floated to the top of the wall, and disappeared into the night in an instant.
Yaojia Town is smaller than Cangmang City, although there are usually caravans, but I have never seen so many people from the rivers and lakes at the same time, so it is inevitable that I am a little more curious, even the business of drinking tea on the first floor of the inn. Much better.
The dark guard was beaming as usual, chatting while eating melon seeds, and soon got along with the common people—since Wen Liunian was going to the royal city by the emperor's order, he didn't deliberately conceal his identity.
When it was time for dinner, the whole city was saying that the people living in the inn in the city were all great figures, not only knights in the rivers and lakes, but also imperial officials, and they heard that they were going to be high officials in the future.
Nothing in this world can spread faster than rumors, so that at noon the next day, before Wen Liunian went to find the county magistrate of Sifang City, the other party had already closed the door by himself.
"I've met Mr. Wen." The other party's name was Shi Feng, who was about thirty years old, and he brought someone into the door and worshiped him.
"What are you doing, my lord?" Wen Liunian was stunned, "I have resigned as the magistrate of Cang'er Prefecture, and now I am a commoner."
"It's just a temporary resignation. When we get to Wangcheng, the future will definitely be bright." Shi Feng stood up from the ground and said with a smile on his face, "Why didn't your lord say anything in advance, it's better to live directly in the government office, it's more convenient than here."
"I didn't want to disturb you at first, but now that my lord is here, I really have something to ask." Wen Liunian said, "The city is haunted recently, does your lord know about it?"
"The way of nature." Shi Feng nodded hastily, "Not only do I know, but the officials have also thoroughly investigated several times, but they always come back with no results."
Wen Liunian frowned inwardly, why did he still look proud after returning to nothing.
"Is there really nothing unusual in this city?" Wen Liunian asked again, "It's just that there are ghosts floating around for no reason?"
"That's right, the lower officials are also wondering." Shi Fengdao, "I planned to go out and ask a master to catch monsters, but later found that ghosts are not harmful to the common people, so I put it aside for the time being."
Seeing the smiles on the face of the county magistrate, it is obvious that he is an old fritter who has been in the officialdom. Most of these people do not seek merit but seek no faults. It cannot be said that they have no merits, but they are obviously not the type that Wen Liunian likes. I probably couldn't ask anything, so I simply asked, "Does your lord have free time recently?"
"Yes, yes, of course." Shi Feng nodded hurriedly. After nodding, he felt that as a parent officer, too much free time didn't seem to be a good thing, so he said, "I'm still a little busy, is there something to do?"
"I want you to ask about the case for a day." Wen Liunian said.
Shi Feng wondered slightly: "Ask for a day's case?" What does it mean.
In fact, logically speaking, not to mention that Wen Liunian has resigned now, even if he is still the magistrate of Cang'er Prefecture, he can't control Sifang City, let alone ask Shi Feng to ask questions. But it is probably because he has been with the people from the Shadow Chasing Palace for too long, so even if he said such unreasonable words, he was full of confidence and had a bit of official authority in it—plus the people in the world around him, Shi Feng felt that besides agreeing, he seemed to have no other choice.
"Very good." Wen Liunian nodded, "Master Shi Shi."
"Where do you want to be and what case are you asking?" Shi Feng asked cautiously.
Wen Liunian called Zhao Yue and whispered something in his ear.
So that afternoon, a temporary court was set up outside, and a large notice was posted at the gate of the city—the magistrate is going to catch ghosts himself.