It started five years ago.
Five years ago, the Holy Majesty's 40th birthday coincided with a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River. In order to show that he shared the suffering with the people, the emperor specially ordered the officials not to hold a big banquet, and kept everything simple.
Drought resistance.
The emperor loves the country and the people, and the ministers are naturally happy to do so, but at the same time, they feel that the emperor's birthday should not be too simple, so they also made some small plans and put on some interesting programs to please the emperor.
Heart.
Since he became an official and returned to Ning, Ji Nanzheng did not return to Beijing very often, but he went back to the birthday banquet five years ago.
At that time, he was passing through Mingyue Town.
Mingyue Town is connected to the official road. From the outskirts of the capital, all the way to the east, it takes only half a day's journey to see this bustling forest town.
There are many merchants in the town, which is not surprising. After all, the suburbs of Beijing belong to the imperial land, and every inch of land is expensive. If you do business here, you will definitely not be able to lose money.
Ji Nanzheng knew that there were different busy markets in the suburbs of Beijing, but this was the first time he came back to Mingyue Town, and thinking that his birthday was still ten days away, he decided to stay temporarily.
What happened to Liu Xiniang happened at that time.
In the beginning, an army from Beijing came to various towns to look for young women aged sixteen to eighteen. It was said that the queen personally arranged a group dance for the emperor's birthday.
There are ten secondary dancers and eighty-nine backup dancers, and they will play a song called Hundred Birds.
Among them, the first dancers and the second dancers have already been selected, but even if they have recruited all the girls from the major dance workshops in Beijing, there are still more than ten backup dancers, so the empress ordered the people to search for them.
Only then did the imperial army come to meet the person in person.
There are many young women in Mingyue Town, but none of them are good enough to enter the palace to perform dances. At this time, someone heard that Liu Xiniang from the next town has been selected and wants to perform in front of the imperial court.
up.
Ji Nanzheng just listened to the fun at the time, and was too nosy to worry that his birthday would be ten days away, and he hadn't chosen a good person yet, so would there be time for the dance
Then the next day, he heard the news of Liu Xiniang's death.
The matter is the same as what the idler said before, that is, Liu Xiniang's relatives and stepmothers sacrificed the water ghost, but the family sacrificed the living people secretly, and several people kept their mouths shut, and let the official
The government has no way to correct them.
But this Liu Xiniang is not unknown, she was only included in the queen's choreography list yesterday, and she died today, how can she explain this to the imperial army
Ji Nanzheng thought that things would cause trouble, but after all, he had no relatives and no reason. The army who came to meet the person was annoyed, and thinking that his birthday was approaching, he didn't dare to delay, so he hurried to look for another house
girl.
As soon as the imperial army left, they wanted Liu Xiniang's death, and she was about to die in vain.
Ji Nanzheng has taught and been a teacher all his life. Seeing such an evil thing that disregarded human life, he was naturally upset. He was angry for a while and went directly to the next town.
I don't remember the original name of the town next door, but since Mingyue Town was built and became a well-known downtown town in ten miles and eight townships, the town next door has changed its name, following the name of Mingyue Town.
Light, took a town of breeze.
When Ji Nanzheng went, there were rumors of Liu Xiniang's death in the streets and alleys.
The sacrifice to the sky was done by the Liu family behind the backs of outsiders. Naturally, not everyone in the town supports such absurd method of memorial service. Those who are loyal will directly throw dogs at the door of Mayor Liu's house.
Blood, saying that their family is devoid of conscience.
But most people still have nothing to do with their own affairs. They sigh and lament twice behind their backs. After all, it is not their own business, and there is no reason to meddle in their own business.
Ji Nanzheng intends to ask the squire in the town, is there no one in the town to take care of this matter? But at the gate of Mayor Liu's house, a strange thing was discovered.
"It's the youngest son of their family." Ji Nanzheng said: "He tied a rope to the plaque at the door of the house, and sprinkled lime powder on the lion's head at the door."
Liu Wei frowned, folded her hands, and leaned her back on the guardrail of the stairs: "What does that mean?"
Ji Nanzheng said: "This is a folk saying. It is said that the rope is used to stop the evil spirits in front of the door, so that the evil spirits will retreat in the face of difficulties, and the lime powder is to stimulate the viciousness of the town house beasts, so that they can see
Look at the evil spirits, intimidate and retreat. "
Liu Wei frowned and asked: "Are they afraid of Liu Xiniang's ghost, go back and find them?"
"That's what it means, but..." At this point, Ji Nanzheng clenched his hands tightly, as if thinking of the scene at that time again: "After the rope was hung up, the end of the rope suddenly rose up without wind.
It began to shake from side to side, and more and more violently, the lime pattern on the lion's head did not move, but there was an extra palm print on the top of the lion's head. "
Liu Wei raised his eyebrows: "Did you see it with your own eyes?"
Ji Nanzheng nodded: "I just saw it with my own eyes."
Liu Wei frowned again.
Ji Nanzheng said: "At the time I thought it was my eyesight, and then I found the squires in the town and had a tough talk, asking them to punish Mayor Liu, but the squires agreed, but said that the matter was not so serious.
Easy, after all, I have to rush to the capital, so I can't stay in Qingfeng Town for long, and after going to Beijing to drink a big banquet, I will keep this in mind, and when I return, I will go to Qingfeng Town again. At that time, it has been half a month
Later, when I was walking past Mayor Liu’s house, I bumped into a girl. I don’t know the girl’s name, but she just walked past me, and just ten steps away from me, suddenly
He was hit by a flower pot that fell from upstairs, and later died. "
That was the first girl who died in vain due to an accident after Liu Xiniang's death, and also the first girl whose leg was borrowed by Liu Xiniang according to legend.
"She died right in front of my eyes. After being hit by a flowerpot on the top of her head, she died immediately, but..." Ji Nanzheng tightened his lips, and then said, "Her legs were bleeding."
Liu Wei asked: "But when the accident happened, your leg was injured?"
"I thought so at first, but when I arrived at the Jingzhou government office, after the autopsy, I said that the girl's legs had no injuries, her bones were not broken, and there were no wounds.
, Even if the flower pot was broken on the ground, when she fell down, her leg was never pierced by the flower pot fragments, but at that moment, I must have read it right, her leg must be bleeding, but why did she fall
Come and be gone? But I can't figure it out. "
Liu Wei looked at her grandfather amusedly: "So you also think that you are a ghost in broad daylight?"
Ji Nanzheng glared at his granddaughter faintly, and sighed: "It sounds like nonsense, but I feel that there is nothing impossible in the world."
Liu Wei took his grandfather's arm in the past and comforted him: "Okay, since you have been thinking about this matter for many years, I will accompany you for a walk, Qingfeng Zhenyuan? Is there time to go tomorrow morning?"
Ji Nanzheng's eyes lit up, and he nodded: "It's too late, it will be an hour."
Liu Wei laughed: "Okay, let's go tomorrow morning."
Liu Wei was still tense in front of her grandfather, but when she went back to the room in front of Rong Leng, she laughed, Rong Leng asked her what was wrong, and she told her about Qingfeng Town.
Rong Leng was also stunned after hearing this: "Haunted?"
Liu Wei waved his hand indifferently: "How can there be any ghosts in this world? In Qingyun Kingdom, you and I haven't seen much? Which of those are real ghosts, but they are just tricks to fool people
up. Let's go and have a look tomorrow. Grandpa must get rid of this knot, otherwise he is old and afraid of ghosts, so he won't be able to make people laugh. No wonder he insisted on letting
My brother-in-law took Master away in an official car, and he probably knew it too. If Master knew that he was afraid of ghosts, Master might laugh until next year. "