The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 174 Ghost Yamen ([-]-character chapter)

Early summer night, southeastern Guizhou, at the foot of Fanjing Mountain in Yinjiang.

Several small watchtowers are connected by stone walls and wooden corridors to form a large courtyard.There is another big watchtower in the center of the compound.

Watchtowers and arrow holes are all over the watchtowers.

This is the Yinjiang barbarian chief's lawsuit, the legendary ghost yamen.

The watchtowers of the Chief Law Office stand tall and impregnable.It doesn't look like a civil office, but more like a military fortress.

Around the yamen, there are Huya ditches dug.Access is only possible via the drawbridge, which has been stowed high.

The moon is dark and the wind is high.The summer cicadas on the yew and Davidia involucrata were clamoring desperately.It sounded like a human scream.

Chief Zhou Wen sat in the study.He was surrounded by ten yamen servants.These tall yamen servants did not give him any sense of security.

The sweltering heat made sweat drip from his forehead.

Anxiety and fear made him like ants on a hot pan.

There are still three days until the expiration date.According to the legend of the ghost yamen, every chief of Yinjiang will die the night before Ren Man leaves.

Zhou Wen felt utter despair.In the past month, Changjuli has started to be haunted repeatedly.

He began to regret why he came to this ghost place to be a sixth-rank officer.The son is silent and strange.But the damn ghost is in Yazhong!
An old and hoarse voice came: "Master Zhou."

Zhou Wen shuddered and jumped up from his chair like a big toad.

A man in his 50s walked up to Zhou Wen: "Master Zhou, don't panic, he is a subordinate."

Zhou Wen took a closer look by the flickering candlelight, and it turned out that it was Jin Bao, his chief official.

Jin Baodao: "Master Zhou, the number of people in the entire inner watchtower has been checked. There are 31 yamen servants in total, and none of them is missing."

"Brothers are guarding every road leading to your study."

Zhou Wen asked, "Where's the outer watchtower?"

Jin Bao replied: "One hundred and three civilians are all guarding in front of each lookout hole and arrow hole."

Zhou Wen was still worried: "Are there enough people guarding the winch of the suspension bridge?"

Jin Bao replied: "There are 20 guards at the winch, which is enough. Not even a fly can fly into our long lawsuit."

"Buzzing buzzing", a fly swayed in front of Jin Bao without showing any face.

Jin Bao hurriedly waved his hand away.

Zhou Wen asked: "Min Zhuang are all Han Chinese, right?"

The Minzhuang of the chief lawsuit is divided into two categories: the Han family and the barbarian family.

Zhou Wen was obviously worried about Manjia Minzhuang.

Jin Baodao: "It's all Han people who are strong and loyal to you, my lord."

At this moment, Zhou Wen smelled a pungent stench.He thought it was some yamen servant who farted, what is fart, if you hook it up, it is shit!
A creepy voice suddenly sounded in the watchtower: "Mi ah mi ah!".

It's like a woman's sneer, and it's like a civet cat meowing.

Zhou Wen's eyes widened in fright.

Immediately afterwards, there was a human scream: "Ah!"

Zhou Wen turned pale with shock: "Old, old, Lao Jin, didn't you say that even a fly can't fly in?"

Jin Bao smiled wryly: "Ghosts are much more difficult to guard against than flies. The subordinates go down and see what's going on."

After two moments, Jin Bao led a panic-stricken yamen servant into the study.Behind them were four yamen servants, carrying a dead body with a door panel.

Zhou Wen asked in a panic, "What's going on?"

The yamen servant next to Jin Bao trembled and said to Zhou Wen: "My lord, I saw the Bian Po! Her eyes were glowing green! The Bian Po ruined Li Qi. She even sucked his blood."

"I threw her with a colorful willow scarf stick, and she ran away. I hurried to rescue Li Qi, and I saw that she was dead!"

Zhou Wen trembled all over: "Change, Bianpo! Sure enough, you are here to claim your life!"

Bianpo - a kind of monster in the legends of Tujia, Miao and Dong people.

It is said that the transformation into a woman is the change of a young woman after her death.His pupils glowed green, and his hand bones were broken.

There was a record of a criminal officer who was sent to southern Xinjiang: "Bianpo, she was unmasked seven days after her death, her body was still the same, her color was different, her heart was still conscious, her voice was loud, her foul smell was blowing in the wind, and she felt like vomiting. , creepy."

It is said that the Bian Po likes to do two things.Eat children, spoil the middle-aged man.

Zhou Wen suddenly remembered the stench he smelt just now.Isn't it just "the filthy smell floats with the wind, and the smell makes you want to vomit"?

Zhou Wen hurriedly said: "Check the corpse!"

There were two rows of teeth marks on the neck of Li Qi's corpse, not like human teeth marks, but animal teeth marks.The blood is still wet.

Jin Baodao: "My lord, did he turn himself into a wife and kill him? You only need to take off Li Qi's pants to find out."

Zhou Wen nodded

Yinjiang has a terrible legend.

Fifteen years ago, a senior official surnamed Lin was about to leave office.This person is an evil official. He has been an official for three years and only knows how to oppress the four alien races under his rule.

He is about to leave office, and he has not forgotten to do evil.After being drunk, he snatched a Tujia girl into a long lawsuit and ruined it.

After ruining it, Chief Lin waved his hand proudly, rewarding the Tujia girl to his yamen servant.

Dozens of yamen servants like wolves and tigers beat the Tujia girl to death.

Chief Lin didn't care.Just an alien woman, dead is dead.Someone randomly dug a hole outside the yamen and buried the girl.

Chief Lin was busy packing up the gold and silver, waiting to leave after seven days, and transferred to Jiangnan to take up the fat job.

Unexpectedly, the night after seven days, there was lightning and thunder.A withered and mutilated hand stretched out from the girl's grave.

Immediately afterwards, the girl's entire body crawled out of the grave and became a woman!She wants revenge!
That night Chief Lin died on the couch.His death was hideous, as if he had been ruined by something during his lifetime.There are teeth marks on the neck.

Chief Lin was the first person to die in the ghost yamen.But not the last one.

Since then, for 12 consecutive years, before the chief executive leaves office, there will always be ghosts in the yamen for a month, and several yamen servants, minzhuang and the like will die.

Then on the eve of leaving office, the chief will definitely die.

At this moment, a Min Zhuang came to report: "It's amazing, Mr. Zhou! There are dozens of people coming from the suspension bridge!"

Zhou Wen said: "Quick, follow me to see Kong."

Zhou Wen passed the wooden corridor and came to the lookout hole of the outer watchtower.

The dozens of people outside the door were all lighting torches.

By the light of the fire, Zhou Wen could clearly see that the leader among the people who came was wearing a green robe of sixth-grade cormorants.The rest are dressed as attendants.Presumably the successor official arrived early.

Zhou Wen ordered: "Put down the suspension bridge."

The person wearing the sixth-grade cormorant green robe is Chang Feng.

This time, Chang Feng is pretending to be the successor chief, and comes to the ghost yamen to find out the truth about the murder of ghosts.

Fatty Xu and Sun Guishou pretended to be his long followers and masters.

The remaining No. 30 entourages are all capable warriors of Wei Li, and there are a few subordinates of the Ninth Lady who are proficient in Tujia dialect.

Chang Feng entered the Yamen.Ask: "Which one is Master Zhou Wenzhou?"

Zhou Wen came to the courtyard and cupped his hands towards Chang Feng: "I am."

Chang Feng made up a lie: "This is the new Yinjiang barbarian chief, Chang Huayu."

Zhou Wen hurriedly said: "Ah, it turned out to be Mr. Chang. Please enter the inner watchtower."

Chang Feng asked as he walked, "I see that the inside and outside of this watchtower are heavily guarded. Could it be that there is a foreign rebellion?"

Zhou Wen smiled bitterly: "There are indeed alien rebellions. It's just that the rebels are not aliens, but alien ghosts!"

Having said that, Zhou Wen glanced at Mrs. Nine.

Chang Feng said: "This is my concubine."

Zhou Wen sighed: "Oh, you shouldn't bring your family to the post."

Everyone entered Zhou Wen's study room, where the body of Li Qi, the yamen servant, was still there.

Chang Feng was surprised: "This?"

Zhou Wendao: "It was haunted just now, and the ghost killed a yamen servant. Come on, carry the body to the foreman's room first. Wait for the burial tomorrow morning."

The weather was suffocating.Chang Feng's official robe can almost wring out water.

Jin Bao stepped forward and handed over a towel to wipe his face.

Chang Feng said: "Thank you, brother?"

Jin Bao cupped his hands: "This subordinate is the chief official, Jin Bao."

Chang Feng said: "From now on, we will take care of him!"

The head of officials is not an official, and there is no such thing as leaving.Jin Bao has been serving as a poor officer in the Chang Litigation Department for many years.

Chang Feng wiped his face, took out the official certificate and a letter from his pocket.

Chang Feng said with a smile: "I have a deep relationship with Mr. Zhang Caizhang from the Ministry of Officials. This is a letter he asked me to send to you."

Zhou Wen took the letter and opened it to have a look.I saw that the first sentence in the letter was: Brother Zhou, the person in front of you is Jin Yiwei who directs Zuo Qian to do things Changfeng.Keep quiet, he will save your life.

Zhou Wen raised his head and glanced at Chang Feng.

Chang Feng blinked at him.

Zhou Wen understood, and ordered his subordinates: "You go down first. I will hand over the official seal to Mr. Chang alone."

Jin Bao was a little worried: "The two adults are alone in the study, I'm afraid."

Chang Tu with Jin Yiwei stood in front of him, emboldened.Zhou Wen's courage grew a lot: "It's okay, Bianpo has already killed one person tonight, and won't kill another one."

Everyone left the study.Zhou Wen closed the door, and knelt down to Chang Feng with a plop: "Chang Qian, please help me."

Chang Feng helped Zhou Wen up: "Brother Zhou, please get up quickly. Don't worry, I won't let anyone kill a court official under my nose. What's more, we have a mutual friend Zhang Cai."

Zhou Wen stood up.

Chang Feng asked: "You said that there was a change of woman in the yamen tonight, and a yamen servant was killed?"

"To be honest, my concubine is a Tujia family. I heard rumors of her becoming a woman before."

Zhou Wen said with a trembling voice: "Bianpo appears every three years, making the yamen uneasy. In the end, on the eve of the chief's departure, he will be destroyed first and then killed!"

After finishing speaking, Zhou Wen told Chang Feng the legend of Yinjiang becoming a woman.

After Chang Feng heard it, he smiled slightly: "What a change of woman. It's just that the murderer is pretending to be a ghost. Brother Zhou, have you heard of the demon fox?"

Zhou Wen nodded: "I've heard of it. In the 12th year of Chenghua, there was a lot of trouble in the capital!"

Chang Feng smiled slightly: "In the 12th year of Chenghua, I was still young, and I was unable to catch the demon fox. In the 23rd year of Chenghua, there was another demon fox in the capital."

"This time, the demon fox was captured by me! Heh, it's just someone with ulterior motives pretending."

Zhou Wen was surprised: "Ah? Ever caught a demon fox? He is really capable! No wonder he is famous in Beijing."

"I heard about you when I came to Beijing for the exam. Although you were only a thousand households at that time, you were already a celebrity around the emperor."

Chang Feng said: "What are celebrities and not celebrities? Those are just false names, just like floating clouds."

Zhou Wen poured Chang Feng a cup of tea.

Chang Feng took a sip of tea and said, "The weather here in Guizhou is stuffy, hot, and humid. You have suffered as an official here for three years."

Zhou Wen smiled wryly: "Three years ago, Zhang Cai hadn't gained power yet. If he had been a doctor of the Ministry of Officials at that time, why would I have been tricked into this place by the Ministry of Officials?"

After speaking, Zhou Wen wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief: "Tonight is so stuffy, it should be raining heavily."

Chang Feng said: "I think your yamen is like a fortress where soldiers are stationed. It is difficult for outsiders to enter."

"The so-called transgressive woman is most likely an inner ghost! You need to know that it is difficult to guard against house thieves, day and night!"

Chang Feng has been instilling in Zhou Wen the concept of "people pretending to be ghosts and killing people".However, Zhou Wen didn't believe it, and insisted that it must be a ghost who killed people.

no way.People around him have been telling him for three years that ghosts and murderers will definitely appear in the ghost yamen.Even if it is false, he will firmly believe that it is true.

This is like a smart person in later generations joining an MLM organization.In less than a month, the brain will be washed.

Relatives and friends will laugh at him: he is such a fool.

But relatives and friends don't know that if they join the MLM organization, their brains will be washed.The difference is that it won't take a month, maybe just a few days.

Chang Feng raised a question: "Brother Zhou. Since you insist that the yamen is haunted, why don't you find a place to live outside the yamen and wait for resignation?"

Zhou Wendao: "It's even more unsafe outside. Miao people, Tujia people, Dong people, and Yi people regard the officials appointed by the imperial court as enemies."

"The watchtower of the chief lawsuit towers high and is as solid as gold. Those foreign villains can't get in."

"If I go out to live, I'm afraid the villains of the foreign race will tear me apart!"

Chang Feng was surprised: "Is the relationship between officials and foreigners so bad? Treat them like enemies?"

Zhou Wen smiled wryly: "There is no way! Zuo Zhuan said that if you are not of my race, your heart must be different."

Chang Feng asked: "Who are the people in the yamen?"

Zhou Wen explained to Chang Feng the composition of the personnel in the long lawsuit.

The Deputy Chief has been vacant for a year.There is no way, the name of Yinjiang ghost yamen has spread all over the officialdom, and no one dares to come.

The Ministry of Officials even offered a sky-high price: Juren can go directly to Yinjiang to be the deputy chief of the seventh rank without participating in the big election.As long as someone is willing!
You know, the official selection is one out of twenty.This kind of careful selection, even if you are selected, you will be a genuine eighth-rank county magistrate if you die at the beginning.

Being able to become a seventh-rank official without participating in the big election is basically a good thing that falls from the sky.

But no one dared to eat this pie.Who wants to spend three years in a haunted office?
Long lawsuits are different from county yamen.There are no six rooms.Instead, patrol inspectors, officials, tax collectors, and strong squad leaders were set up.

Inspections are similar to the armed ministers and police chiefs of later generations, who follow the ninth rank.

Today's inspector is named Gao Chenghu.Only two years ago, he was a member of the five-rank thousand households under the Guangxi Dusi Yamen.

Two years ago, the Zhuang people in the ancient city of Guangxi rebelled.Gao Chenghu's improper command resulted in the death of [-] brothers under his command at the hands of the rebels.

He was demoted seven grades in a row, and was sent to Yinjiang to serve as a nine-rank patrol inspector.

Gao Chenghu was completely disheartened, and fell into self-blame for the annihilation of the entire army of Pao Ze and others.After he took office, he didn't care about the shit and drank every day.Got a nickname "high drunk cat".

Jin Bao, the chief official, has been working in the Yamen for 14 years.Most of the lawsuits, big and small, are all his work.

Although Jin Bao has no rank, he is not an official but an official.But he was doing the equivalent of a deputy chief.

Huang Liang, a tax collector, is a local snake in Yinjiang.He is a colorist.The generation of the ancestors was sent to Yinjiang by the Mongolian and Yuan courts to manage the various ethnic groups.

The Mongol Yuan died, and the Ming Dynasty was established.His ancestor changed suddenly and became an official of Ming Dynasty, and changed his Han surname to Huang.

The Huang family has great power in Yinjiang.

Lin Sanjiu, the leader of the strong team, used to be a well-known hunter in Yinjiang.Has the ability to shoot through Yang with a hundred steps.

In addition to these four people, there are ten scribes, 31 government servants, and [-] minzhuang in the yamen.

Without exception, the scribes, yamen servants, and Minzhuang were all Han Chinese.

Zhou Wen said while Chang Feng said: "That is to say, besides you, there are 140 or eight other people involved in the lawsuit."

"The inner ghost is likely to be among the 140 eight people."

Zhou Wen said firmly: "These 140 people are all loyal people! There can be no ghosts."

"It's a woman who killed someone! It's all because Chief Lin 15 years ago shouldn't have spoiled that Tujia girl. It turned the girl's corpse into a woman and claimed her life."

"You don't know. It's best for a Bian Po to eat children and spoil a mature man. Li Qi, my yamen servant, was killed tonight after being raped by a Bian Po."

Chang Feng said: "Where did you say you put the body of the yamen servant? Take me to have a look."

Zhou Wen led Chang Feng to Wu Zuofang.Fatty Xu, Mrs. Ninth, and the old birthday star also followed.

Everyone entered the room and carefully inspected Li Qi's body.

His neck seemed to be bitten off by a beast.There are two rows of neat teeth marks.The scars below are even more unsightly.

Chang Feng whispered a few words to Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wendao: "Those who have long filed lawsuits will step down first."

Jin Bao and others withdrew.Only Chang Feng, Zhou Wen, Fatty Xu, Mrs. Nine, and Old Shouxing were left in Wuzuo's room.

Zhou Wendao: "It's a common thing. You saw it! Except for the evil ghost who turned into a woman, who can leave such a terrifying scar on Li Qi?"

Ninth Madam put a pair of jade hands on Li Qi's neck and examined it carefully.She was born in the rivers and lakes. She believes in ghosts and gods but is not afraid of corpses.

Nine Furen said: "No! This is not the scar from the bite of a wild animal."

Chang Feng's eyes brightened: "Oh?"

Madam Nine explained: "If I'm not mistaken, this is the scar left by the trap."

Chang Feng asked: "You grew up in the capital city. You have never hunted wild animals, how do you know that this is the wound from a trap?"

Mrs. Nine said: "After the change of Tumu Fortress, we Xiangxi natives brought a batch of animal traps with us when we entered King Qin of Jing. We planned to set them up under the city to prevent the Oirats from attacking the city."

"I didn't expect that when we arrived in the capital, Yu Shaobao had already repelled the Oirats. The batch of traps were put into the warehouse in Xiangxi Lane."

"You know, when I was in the pretty goods business, there were a lot of treasures in the warehouse. I was afraid of being stolen, so I put some traps in the warehouse to prevent thieves."

"One time, a little thief who didn't know how to die had a whimsical idea. He sold me a good product on the second watch, and tried to steal my warehouse on the fifth watch. His leg was caught in a trap."

"The scars left are exactly the same as those on this corpse."

Chang Feng said: "So that's the case. As I expected, someone is pretending to be a ghost."

Fatty Xu suggested: "In my opinion, from now on, let the wrestlers we brought personally protect Brother Zhou. I'm sure nothing will go wrong."

Chang Feng smiled slightly: "That's not necessary. Didn't it mean that the 'ghost' would strike the officer the night before he leaves office? There are still two nights left. Brother Zhou is safe for the time being."

The purpose of Chang Fenglai's lawsuit is not only to save Zhou Wen's life.What is more important is to find out the truth about the murder of the former four chiefs and catch the murderer who pretended to be a ghost.

He took Zhou Wen as the bait to lure the snake out of the hole!

Chang Feng said: "It's getting late today. We've been on the road for a day. Brother Zhou, arrange a bedroom for us first, let's hurry up and rest. We will go to work tomorrow morning."

Zhou Wen nodded: "Okay!"

Half an hour later, Chang Feng and Mrs. Ninth just lay down on the bed in the bedroom.

There was only a "bang" sound of thunder, and the pouring rain poured down.

　Before twelve o'clock, there is a big chapter of [-] words.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)