Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 52

Not long after, the singing of "Farewell My Concubine" sounded in the night sky:

"Strengthen the mountain and the world is overwhelmed, the time is not good, the time will not die, the time will not die, what can be done, what is the reason for the danger?"

"Your Majesty's elegiac song is so generous that it makes people cry. How about waiting for my concubine to sing and dance for a while to relieve my worries?"

"So helpful, my concubine."

"Such a concubine is making a fool of herself."

"Persuade the king to drink wine and listen to Yu's songs, to relieve the king's worries and dance with the mother-in-law. Win Qin Wudao and break the country, and the heroes will fight from all directions.

As the saying goes since ancient times, don’t lie to me, in the moment of success or failure, rise and fall, drink with peace of mind and sit in a precious tent..."

"Woooooo~"

When the singing was in full swing, a gust of cold wind hit, whimpering and sobbing like a daughter crying.

A Ming and Xiaodong couldn't help feeling cold on the soles of their feet, they didn't have the heart to sing, they glanced at the class leader and said in a trembling voice: "Team leader, why don't you go back?"

Anyway, this play is also sung for ghosts, so it’s fine if you fool it, so why don’t you have to sing it until dawn?

Lu Ershui was also a little frightened, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, pack up and go back."

Upon hearing this, the two of A Ming felt relieved, and hurried to the theater box to change their clothes.

"Gah~"

Suddenly there was a sharp old crow's sound, which startled the three of them.

"Damn old crow..."

Xiaodong couldn't help but cursed, and then began to take off his costume.

"Jie Jie Jie..."

Unexpectedly, at this time, there was another horrifying and strange laugh in his ears.

Lu Ershui was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, he flexed his legs and feet, and hurriedly put his palms together and bowed again and again: "Good luck, nothing to blame, good luck, nothing to blame..."

Before the prayer was over, a faint figure suddenly floated past, scaring Lu Ershui and immediately fell to the ground.

"Ghost~"

Xiaodong was usually timid, but now he yelled out in fright, he didn't bother to change his costume, turned around and ran away without thinking.

Unexpectedly, after running a few steps, a female ghost in a big red dress, disheveled hair, and a blood-red tongue floated over.

One eyeball was still hanging outside the eye socket, and the black hole was bleeding.

Xiaodong stopped abruptly, and the great fear made him take a deep breath, his eyes widened, a mouthful of thick liquid spewed out of his mouth, and his body straightened and fell to the ground.

On the other side, Amin was also desperately fleeing.

As a result, a ghost sprang out and tripped him to the ground with a flick of his sleeve.

Then the ghost rushed forward, piercing Amin's neck with its sharp nails, and the blood splashed like a fountain.

As for Lu Ershui...

He has held the ceremony of breaking the platform many times, and he has also encountered ghosts and ghosts.

But every time there is no danger, those ghosts come out just to listen to the opera, and disappear one by one after the opera is over.

But this time, for some reason, he actually started to harm someone.

Seeing the two troupe disciples being murdered one after another, Lu Ershui was so distraught that he ran away lazily, took out two knives and waved them wildly.

"Come on, I'm not afraid of you..."

"Jie Jie Jie..."

A strange laugh passed by his ear.

Lu Ershui turned his head quickly, but only saw a figure drifting away.

During this moment of stupefaction, another ghost rushed over, and its sharp claws were directly inserted into his temple...

……

"Dong Dong Dong~"

The next day, just before dawn, the drum outside the county government office was knocked loudly.

Lu Zhengwen had just woken up, before he had time to wash up, he heard the sound of drums, and couldn't help frowning.

Generally speaking, most of the people who click the drum to appeal for grievances are homicide cases.

The tanggu is not just knocked when you want to, it hits the board indiscriminately.

When I met some officials with bad tempers, they didn't ask injustice when they went to court.

Not long after, Lu Zhengwen hurried to the court together with Master Dong.

Taking a closer look, I found out that the drummers were members of the Lu family's troupe. Several people came, and there was also Lu Ershui's wife, Cui Shi.

"Why are you beating the drums?"

"My lord..." Cui knelt in front of the hall and wept bitterly: "Lu Ershui, the minister of the people's daughter, brought two disciples outside the city to break the platform at night, and the result... the result... woo woo woo..."

When she said this, Cui broke down in tears.

Although she didn't tell the whole story, Lu Zhengwen had already guessed the result, and his expression changed in surprise: "What happened to the three of them?"

He is naturally very concerned about this matter, after all, he invited the Lu family opera to sing a big play.

Seeing that the singing was about to start tomorrow, but something happened to the theater troupe?What is this called?

At this time, another student of the theater troupe replied: "Responding to my lord's words, the troupe master has not returned all night, I am worried, and hurried out of the city to look for it at five o'clock.

Unexpectedly... Unexpectedly, the bodies of the class leader, A Ming, and Xiaodong were found in the mass graves outside the city. "

Lu Zhengwen hurriedly asked: "Then did you move the corpse?"

"Responding to my lord's words, because the three class leaders died strangely, so I didn't dare to move around, and sent people to guard the scene..."

"You are doing well, come on!"

"grown ups!"

A Yamen servant came forward to wait for orders.

"Quickly gather the manpower and summon the superior officer. I will go to the scene to inspect it myself."

"Yes, my lord!"

Half an hour later, Lu Zhengwen and his entourage arrived at the scene to start the autopsy and investigate the traces of the scene.

Among the three, Lu Ershui's death was the worst: his eyes were gouged out, there was a blood hole in his chest, his stomach was cut open, and his heart and internal organs were missing.

Amin's cause of death was several blood holes in his neck.

Xiaodong was unharmed, except for some brownish-yellow mucus around his mouth.

After repeated inspections, he just replied: "My lord, this man named Xiaodong obviously died of fright, his eyes were wide open, and his liver and gallbladder ruptured..."

"Huh? Are you sure you were scared to death?"

"The little autopsy has been conducted for many years, and I have experienced this type of corpse several times, and I can confirm that it is correct.

Please look, my lord, there is still bile in the mouth of the deceased.

Moreover, anyone who is overly frightened will have their eyes shrink sharply..."

"What about the other two corpses?"

"According to the villain's investigation, the cause of death of both of them was the attack of sharp claws...but they are definitely not beasts."

Lu Zhengwen frowned: "Then what do you mean?"

"Returning to the adults, the villain can conclude that the three of Ban Master Lu must have encountered evil spirits.

Xiaodong was frightened to death by the ghost, and Amin was stabbed to death by the sharp claws of the ghost while escaping.

Leader Lu had a knife by his side, he must have made some resistance, so he died the worst..."

As soon as these words came out, the soles of the yamen servants present felt cold all of a sudden, each of them subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife in their hands, and intentionally or unintentionally moved closer to each other.

Lu Zhengwen walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, looked around at the deserted graves, and couldn't help muttering, "Could it be that it's really an evil ghost?"

Wu Zuo clasped his hands and replied: "According to my childhood experience, the three of Banzhu Lu must have had bad luck, so unfortunately they encountered a ghost."

"Forget it, you guys search carefully to see if there are any suspicious clues."

"Yes~"

A group of yamen servants bravely searched around perfunctorily, and then hurried back to report that they did not find it.

In desperation, Lu Zhengwen had no choice but to have the three corpses carried back to the Yamen first.

After all, there have been more than one or two bizarre murders like this. Didn't there be a cat demon incident last time?
Not surprising...

(End of this chapter)