A knife in love

Chapter 1139

Liaodong, Motianling, Zishi.

Two police officers from the magistrate's office in Dongliao County, each carrying a lantern, walked along the official road to Motianling.

It's a gloomy day.There were neither stars nor moon in the sky, and it was pitch black all around.Although the two policemen were holding lanterns, the lanterns emitted yellow light, and only cast two hazy shadows about a foot wide in front of them, making it appear that the surroundings of them were even darker.

The terrain around Dongliao County is flat, and Motianling is three miles north of the city, like a barrier. The mountains open to both sides and surround Motianling to the north.Because Motianling stands on a plain, it looks extremely steep.

The official road extending from the north gate of Dongliao County headed north all the way to the foot of Motianling Mountain, and stretched straight to the top of the mountain along a gentle slope.There are valleys on both sides of the official road, and the depth can not be seen clearly in the night, which is even more frightening.

It was early summer at this time, if it was in other mountains and fields, there must be constant buzzing of insects.It's just that this Motian Ridge is an extremely strange place. Even in midsummer, there are very few insects, birds and beasts singing.

The two detectives staggered towards the top of the hill.When they reached the halfway up the mountain, the two of them were already out of breath.The policeman on the right made a fist with his left hand as he walked, he kept beating his waist and eyes, and said, "Damn it, those officials are sleeping with their arms around them, so they let us patrol this ghost mountain! Bah! "

The arrester on the left chuckled, and said, "Didn't the magistrate say that the imperial court sent an official document saying that there are Japanese pirates sneaking into Liaodong, and we need to be careful..."

The arrester on the right didn't wait for him to finish, he took a sip and said angrily: "Watch out! The Japanese pirates have always been stationed along the coast of Fujian, thousands of miles away from us in Liaodong, how could they come here?" Come to make trouble? It must be those officials who want to get more money and lie to the court about military information. When the court distributes military expenses and rations, these officials, big and small, can get rich. It’s just that we officers and police are the ones who are unlucky. I still have to patrol the barren mountains and ridges. Damn, how can it not make people more and more annoyed?!"

The policeman on the left said: "Old Xu, don't complain! Anyway, we have already reached the mountainside. In half an hour, we will reach the top of the mountain and sign the name book. Tonight's errands are over. Next It has been more than half a month since it was our turn to be on duty. Perhaps by then, the officials will not let us patrol Motianling at night when they have had enough money.”

The two talked and talked, and walked hundreds of steps without knowing it.The policeman on the right said: "Xiao Bi, although our two brothers work in the same yamen, today is the first time that we are patrolling together. There are some things that I need to talk to you about. This Motianling is not a good place." place, it’s going around here at night, if you don’t make it right, you’ll mess with ghosts!”

The arrester on the left smiled and said, "Old Xu, no wonder everyone gave you a nickname, 'Where there is no wind, there are waves'. Why do you believe those rumors in the market?"

The arrester on the right quickly shook his head, and said: "You followed Mr. Jiang to the yamen last year, I'm afraid you don't know the horror of Motianling. Motianling was a key pass in Liaodong more than 100 years ago. There was a city built above, and there were thousands of Tartar soldiers stationed there. Later, Emperor Taizu invaded Beijing and sent generals to conquer the east, killing 20 Tartar soldiers. The remaining Tartar soldiers refused to surrender and fled all the way south , was chased here by the Ming army. The two sides fought fiercely on Motianling, and the blood flowed into rivers, and the corpses were all over the field. The blood flowed down from the top of the mountain, like a waterfall. After being cleaned up by people, the stench was so bad that it frightened away all the birds and animals on the mountain. Therefore, after more than a hundred years, no birds or beasts appeared on Motian Mountain. Even the wild geese flying south and returning north They didn’t dare to pass by the ridge, but bypassed this place far away.”

When he said this, his voice trembled slightly, he couldn't help turning his head to look left and right, and then said: "The old people in Dongliao County are lying, saying that after the great war, too many people died in the battle, many people died Still not convinced, they turned into fierce ghosts and made troubles on this mountain. Some evil spirits were bent on harming others, while others wanted to find a scapegoat. The magistrate chose Motianling as the execution ground because he wanted to use the lives of death row prisoners to fight against those ghosts deal, lest they go to the county town to harm people."

The arrester on the left couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Old Xu, you still say that the elders are talking nonsense, obviously you are talking nonsense here. There are no ghosts or gods in the world, they are all made up by monks and Taoists to scare them." Humans! There are so many people killed on the battlefield. If they all turned into ghosts and came to claim their lives, there would be no living people in the world. The master said in the chat that Emperor Taizu sent Generals Xu Da and General Chang Yuchun to march north, beat off the Tartar emperor, and took the capital. The Tartar soldiers in Liaodong were so scared that they didn't fight much at all, so They all surrendered. There were no cities on Motianling, but there were a few forts built by the Tartar soldiers. After the Tartar soldiers surrendered, the Ming army marched into Liaodong and set up the Liaodong Commander. The terrain of Motianling is dangerous. It is the main throat from Liaodong to Goryeo. Goryeo surrendered to Ming Dynasty and sent envoys to pay tribute every year. The two countries will always form a good alliance. It’s just that there are many horse thieves and robbers in the bitter cold land of Liaodong. If these bandits occupy Motianling, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Cutting off the land passage between Daming and Goryeo is very easy to cause trouble. The imperial court then ordered the removal of the Tartar fortress on Motianling to prevent it from being used by traitors. As for the red mission on the mountain, it was because of us There are fertile fields outside Dongliao County. If it is used as a place of worship, I am afraid that the people will be dissatisfied. This Motian Ridge is three miles north of the county seat, not far from the county seat, and it is a barren mountain. It is best used to kill people. However, you, Xu, are over 40 years old, why do you still believe in those nonsense?"

The arrester on the right refused to accept it, and said angrily: "Xiao Bi, don't talk big! Your wife went to Ziyang Temple to burn incense last month, and you didn't let her go? If you don't believe in ghosts and gods, why bother?" Your wife is going to burn incense? Haha, haha."

The arrester on the left snorted, and said: "These old women have no idea, and when they are incited by those witches and gods, they want to go to the temple to burn incense. Last month, there was a rumor in the city that the statue of the goddess in the Wang'ershan Niangniang Temple Down, the old Taoist in the temple made a calculation and said that Lord Yama would go to the world to accept boys and girls to serve. If you don’t want your children to be taken away by Lord Yama, you have to go to the temple to burn high incense and donate sesame oil. That idiot in my family Terrified, I went to Ziyang Temple with a group of old ladies. I spent three qian silver, burned a stick of high incense, and donated three bottles of sesame oil. Damn it, it is most likely that the miscellaneous hair in the temple thought about it This is a way to cheat money. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that every few years, the statues in the Wangershan Niangniang Temple would fall down once? It’s so fucking weird."

The arrester on the right didn't wait for him to finish, and immediately "hush" at him, and said in his mouth: "You can't say anything that offends the gods casually! The concubine concubine in the empress temple is very effective. Didn't you hear that?" Say? The son of Wang Juren in the city married his daughter-in-law the year before last, but he had no heirs after more than a year. Wang Juren was afraid that the incense would be cut off, so he begged his grandpa to sue his grandma, and in the end he was instructed by an expert to go to the Niangniang Temple to burn incense and worship Empress. Guess what? After Wang Juren brought his daughter-in-law to the temple to burn incense and pay homage to Empress, within three months, his daughter-in-law became pregnant and gave birth to a fat boy at the beginning of this year. Are you a god?"

The arrester on the left pouted quickly, and said, "Do you believe this kind of nonsense? It has been spread in the city for a long time, saying that Wang Juren's son is a eunuch who can't do human things. That woman's belly was given by Wang Juren." It's a big deal. It's just to cover up the scandal, so I made up a lie about the mother giving away the child to deceive people."

The arrester on the right said bitterly: "Xiao Bi, are you against me? Why do you have ten sentences waiting for me to say one thing?!"

The arrester on the left laughed and said: "Old Xu, how dare I argue with you! I just don't want you to be deceived. These ghosts and gods are completely false, most of them are trying to cheat you of money, and you must not believe it. Do you still remember when we rounded up the thief Tang Sangou at the beginning of the year? The day before the attack, Jiang Laoliu spent [-] Wen to buy amulets from Cheng Shenxian's house in the east of the city. As a result, he surrounded Tang Sangou on the bank of the Dasha River the next day. Sangou, everyone was not injured. Only Jiang Laoliu was stabbed by Tang Sangou and almost died. The five hundred Wen was spent in vain, and he also suffered from flesh and blood. Therefore, the theory of ghosts and gods belongs to It’s so slim, don’t trust it.”

(End of this chapter)