Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 51: Bon Incident

Wang Heng said: "I want to look for evidence with you. There must be evidence on Chef Lao Yang."

Wang Cai said: "Cook Lao Yang's mouth cannot be pried open. It has been a month since the case, and no one has testified against him on the spot. How can he admit later that poisoning is a crime of murder?"

Wang Heng frowned and said: "We have to find a way to find evidence and find out the real culprit, otherwise Master Huiyun will die in vain. Xiaocai, go to the kitchen more these days and familiarize yourself with the daily routine of the cook, Lao Yang. Let's Find another way to deceive him."

Wang Cai said: "I am good at this, just leave it to me."

In a few days, it will be the Bon Festival on July [-]th, commonly known as Ghost Festival, which can scare Lao Yang. If Lao Yang has done something wrong, this is the perfect opportunity to open his mouth.

He also felt that his and Wang Cai's skills were not agile enough, and there was no guarantee that others would not notice the flaws, so he still invited Yueting to come, and the three of them discussed it and decided on a plan.

Early the next morning, the handyman who went to the kitchen to receive meals from Tangliyuan patted his chest and told the boys in the other room that the main room in the south house where Master Huiyun used to live was now empty, and a low cry could be heard last night.He heard it really was Huiyun's voice.

That night, the mother-in-law who was on duty at night saw Huiyun with her long hair floating in the garden. The mother-in-law was so frightened that she passed away, causing a commotion in the whole house.

Another day later, the girl in Aunt Zhou's house ran away from the water pavilion stage to the courtyard in tears. She said that she was passing by the water pavilion stage holding a lantern, but somehow she got in without knowing it, fainted inside again, and woke up. When I came over, I saw a foot on the window sill of the waterside pavilion, so everyone was frightened.

An elderly mother concluded that Master Huiyun was a new ghost who lit fires during the Bon Festival. She didn't know that she had become a ghost. She still couldn't forget that the play "Begonia Pavilion" had not finished yet and she wanted to return to the waterside pavilion. As for the stage, I must burn more paper money for her and send her on a good journey.

The housekeeper Wang Gen returned to Mrs. Zhu. Mrs. Zhu thought about the host and guest, and agreed to set up a sacrifice with her. She just didn't need to ask the mage to burn more ingots for her according to the custom in the countryside. Wang Heng then asked for it. Got this job.

On July [-]th, Wang Hengming's gardener's mother-in-law moved two large copper basins to the waterside pavilion and asked several elderly servants to fold two large piles of paper ingots and prepare them to be given to Huiyun.He also asked Wang Cai to go to each house with a message and hold a sacrifice at the waterside pavilion at dusk. If anyone is willing to participate, he can invite him to worship together, which is also a form of friendship.

When the unitary hour came, many people of all kinds came. Wang Cai was very familiar with the crowd. He saw that people from all the rooms came to him. He didn't know how many people had evil intentions. They must have been frightened a few days ago and had some fever. Paper money guarantees safety, Wang Cai is optimistic about it coldly, and the cook Lao Yang has also come, and he has to keep singing whether he comes to play or not. The singing method is just different.

According to custom, as soon as the time came, Wang Heng ordered someone to burn an old piece of Master Huiyun's clothes in a copper basin, and then began to turn it into ingots, burning until the smoke was rising.At dusk in early autumn, it originally got dark late, but the smoke was so thick that it seemed like it got dark early.

A group of people were waiting in silence. The cook, Lao Yang, was hiding behind everyone. When the waterside pavilion was near the corner of the path, he was suddenly hit hard on the back. He stumbled to the ground and heard a loud sound in his ears: "There is a grudge, there is a grudge, there is a grudge." revenge."

He trembled with fright, looked up from the ground, and was horrified to see that all the brothers he knew so well in daily life had ferocious faces.

Then I heard people shouting: "Master Huiyun has appeared and put a mark on the back of the person who harmed her."

Lao Yang was so frightened that he tied his hands behind his back and covered his vest tightly, and almost fainted.

After a while, the sky became darker and darker, and the worshipers gradually dispersed. Lao Yang struggled to escape, but his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and he was too heavy to move. It seemed that everyone could not see him. , walked around completely, fear rose from the bottom of his heart, making him almost unable to breathe.There was darkness all around, and suddenly a little glimmer of light suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. It was green, which allowed him to vaguely see a face covered by long hair floating and floating, with a playful tone: "You, you, you, why are you poisoning me?"

Lao Yang's throat was tight, and he lay on the ground and kowtowed with all his strength, "Master Huiyun, please spare me, it's none of my business. The medicine that Mother Fang brought from Grandma's house was just for you." You get a malignant sore and suffer a little, who knows how you died, don't come to me, go to Mother Fang if you want to, it's all under her orders."

The face suddenly jumped in front of him, and said in a playful voice: "Where is the medicine?"

Lao Yang burst into tears and said, "I've hidden it all. Behind the statue of Er Ge in Zao Jian Guan, the Huadiao wine bowl is filled with medicine. Don't come to me again. I'll give you more gold ingots to invest in the next life." A good tire.”

He kowtowed repeatedly, hoping that the female ghost would leave soon. After a while, he felt a piece of paper fall on his hand, and a male voice said: "Put your fingerprints on it."

A lantern lit up in front of my eyes. I was scared. Both palms were dark. It was like I had gone to hell.He recognized a few words, saw the confession on the white paper, and had to press his fingerprints. His face was ashen, and he fell down like mud.

Wang Heng and the others were afraid that something might happen later, so they rushed to the kitchen. For fear of disturbing others, they only sent Wang Cai in.But after a moment, Xiaocai came out with a Huadiao wine bowl, made a winning gesture to them, and everyone walked back to He Lai Hall.

"Let's drink tea instead of wine. Let's toast to everyone. Miss Huiyun's great revenge will be avenged." Wang Heng poured three cups of tea.

Yueting raised his teacup and clinked it with the two of them, and said happily: "Master Huiyun's great revenge has been avenged."

Wang Cai said: "Brother Yueting made the greatest contribution. If you hadn't used stones to seal the meridian points on Lao Yang's back so that he couldn't move, I wouldn't have been able to splash ink on his vest."

Yueting said: "That's because your narration is so shocking. Lao Yang was frightened by the phrase "Revenge with grievances, revenge with vengeance", so he started to make frequent mistakes. Then he heard that Huiyun appeared and acted behind the person who harmed her. Mark, he tightly covered his vest with his hands, and did not notice that his hands were stained with ink, which allowed us to identify that he had something in his heart and was the person who harmed Huiyun."

"Let's brag to each other." Wang Heng said with a smile.

Yueting said: "Our Seventh Young Master Wang deserves the most credit. He made the overall plan and put everyone to their best use."

Wang Heng said: "It is also a credit to the concierge Lao Fulin. He led a few boys to catch a bag of fireflies, and they were able to illuminate the ghost's face bit by bit at the end, which made Lao Yang completely collapse with fear."

Wang Cai said: "In the final analysis, we took advantage of the opportunity. Seeing that the Obon Festival is coming, we played tricks a few times. Everyone was afraid. Even Aunt Zhou's girl fainted and it was all blamed on Master Huiyun."

Everyone drank the tea in one gulp, and the frustrations of more than a month were relieved, and naturally they were all very happy.

(End of this chapter)