strayed into fairy mountain

Chapter 10 [Ghost Tofu]

Zhang Jingxu's heart moved, and she looked around, and found that the scribes in the middle courtyard were all far away, and it was basically impossible to overhear the conversation here.

Then he nodded slightly, lowered his voice, and asked slowly: "Tell me carefully, which matter involves the safety of the people?"

Without hesitation, Li San continued to lower his voice and said, "Thirty miles outside the city, there is a Sun Family Village. This village is very small. There are only a few dozen households in the whole village. The total population does not exceed 200."

Zhang Jingxu nodded again: "Continue talking, I am listening."

Li San took a deep breath, and his voice became lower and lower, as if he was afraid that people would hear the next words: "This Sunjiazhuang, which only has 200 people, has been dying since five days ago, and there are new deaths every day for five consecutive days, so The situation is definitely unusual, it is very likely that there are evil spirits harming people..."

When Li San said this, he paused for a while, and then said: "But after the inspection by the county government office, it was determined that these people died normally, that is to say, they were not harmed."

Zhang Jingxu gave a faint 'hmm', with a slight hint of questioning: "Then, did your yamen servants find anything? Did you find any unusual problems?"

After this question, Li San shook his head directly, and said loudly: "No, we didn't find anything abnormal. The brothers asked the whole village, and all the people answered that the village is fine."

But soon, the kid came forward and said in a very low voice: "Uncle, we actually noticed something. My nephew thinks it's very unusual. But we didn't report it, nor did we publicize it. The brothers secretly suppressed this matter, and originally planned to exchange this secret for some benefits..."

Zhang Jingxu was overjoyed immediately.

He didn't ask the yamen servants who were going to use the secret to find someone for benefits, but first showed his generosity and didn't pursue it, and said in a gentle voice: "In the past, no one covered you, and you lived a tight life, so I want to use the secret to discover It’s not an exaggeration to trade benefits.”

Li San hurriedly said: "That was in the past, now is now, we will follow you on errands in the future, brothers are willing to do their best."

Only then did Zhang Jingxu speak at the right time, and asked with a smile: "Then you are willing to tell me this secret?"

Without hesitation, Li San hurriedly said again: "You are our leader, and all the brothers are counting on you. If there is anything that can be done, we must report to you first."

Zhang Jingxu was very pleased, and patted Li San on the shoulder, saying: "In this case, tell me, what abnormality did you notice, and whether you can confirm that there are evil spirits in this village..."

Li San carefully looked around, and then lowered his voice and said, "Uncle, that Sun Family Village is very special. Their whole village has been doing tofu making for generations. Therefore, the whole village has always been poor."

Zhang Jingxu pondered for a while, and said thoughtfully: "There are three hardships in life. Forging iron and boats to grind tofu. Since ancient times, grinding tofu has been bitter and tiring, but you don't make much money. It's normal to be poor."

Li San nodded quickly, and said: "Uncle really has a lot of knowledge. The work of grinding tofu is really hard work. He works hard all day long, but earns very little money. That's why the entire Sun Family Village has been impoverished for generations..."

The kid paused while talking, and then said: "The poorer a person is, the more reluctant he is to eat and drink, especially his own business, which is more cherished and reluctant than outsiders. For example, a weaving woman, because she is familiar with weaving It is difficult, so she is most reluctant to use cloth to make new clothes for herself. Even if the clothes are tattered, she can continue to wear them with mending."

Zhang Jingxu sighed softly, and said emotionally: "Salt sellers drink light soup, women weaving mats sleep on bare beds, because they know that the work they do is hard, so they are more reluctant than ordinary people ...To put it bluntly, they are all poor people."

When he sent out such philosophical sentiments, Li San and the others admired him and said, "Uncle is really amazing, this statement is really fresh and appropriate."

This careful bragging did not forget the main topic, and then he said: "As the uncle said, the Sunjiazhuang who makes tofu is also in the same situation. Because the ancestors have worked so hard to grind tofu for generations, the whole village is reluctant to eat a bite of tofu. This habit has even become a habit. Without inheritance, it has evolved into village rules for decades or hundreds of years."

Zhang Jingxu didn't interrupt, and said silently that she would continue to listen.

So Li San continued: "Uncle, you should also know that the village rules are the family law of a village. As long as you are not born with a rebellious nature, you will definitely not violate the rules of the village, right?"

Zhang Jingxu continued to remain silent, indicating that she should continue to listen.

At this time, Li San seemed to be finally about to talk about the secret, and the kid took a deep breath, and said in the lowest voice: "But when we investigated the case, we found that the five dead people had A little out of the ordinary..."

"What is it?" Zhang Jingxu finally asked.

Li San's voice became even deeper: "We found remnants of tofu in the mouths of these five dead people. In other words, they all ate tofu before they died."

Zhang Jingxu only felt ecstasy in his heart, and he faintly felt that this was the core of the matter.

In a village where tofu has been made for generations, the ancestors are reluctant to eat a bite of their own tofu. It has been passed down for decades and hundreds of years, and has even evolved into a village rule.

However, under the constraints of the village rules and the hardships of grinding tofu, some people will break the common sense and start to be willing to eat tofu...

Most importantly, all five people who ate tofu died!

Isn't this the strangest anomaly?
……

Whenever thinking, Zhang Jingxu habitually likes to touch his chin.

He pondered for a long time, and suddenly waved to the yamen servants present, but what he said made everyone stunned: "Let's go, let's have a drink. I am the head catcher today, so I should treat everyone to a meal."

The yamen servants were puzzled and stared at each other blankly.

You just talked about investigating the case, and Li San has already reported the secret, shouldn't you rush to take everyone on an errand, why do you suddenly invite everyone to drink?

But Zhang Jingxu laughed, his voice seemed to be louder on purpose, and he deliberately stood in the middle court of the county yamen to extend the invitation, and said, "Who would like to have a drink together? Today, my old Zhang is doing something specially..."

Although he issued an invitation, the official circles are full of good people. Those clerks thought about it for a while, and then they all bowed their hands and said politely from a distance: "Today is the day when Chief Zhang assumes his new post. Let’s get to know each other first, so we won’t make do with it, and we will treat Zhang Butou to a special banquet in the future.”

Zhang Jingxu laughed again, nodded and said: "Since that's the case, let's make an appointment later. Today, the headhunters will invite the servants to drink first. It's true that we rough men are not suitable to make trouble with the scribes..."

The scribes cupped their hands again, and said from a distance: "Catcher Zhang, don't say that, the main reason is that we feel that it is not suitable for us to go."

Zhang Jingxu stopped talking, turned to look at the yamen servants, and said logically: "Let's go, let's go on our own, I am not familiar with the city, you guys are responsible for leading the way, choose the best restaurant, today All expenses are on my shoulders.”

The yamen servants were still confused and felt confused, but they didn't dare to ask questions, so they had to obey and lead the way.

It's just that each of them secretly speculated in their hearts, thinking that Catcher Zhang must not be inviting wine, but has some hidden intentions.

It is unusual for a Shangguan to invite his subordinates to dinner.

Therefore, there must be special plans.

(End of this chapter)