Paper Maker

Chapter 139 Bai Lian Locks the Coffin
Originally thought that no matter how bad the bull's head and horse's face were, he would save us, but who knew that he turned around and ran away, looking at the piles of ghosts behind him, what should we do?If I had known earlier, it would be better not to look for bullhead and horse noodles. If I was short, I would kill a few ghosts in ashes. The beam is settled, the head is turning fast, and the feet can't stop. There are ghosts behind the buttocks, especially the beheaded one. The ghost is chasing us while holding his head with his hands and laughing hehehehe.

Both sides of the street are full of ancient buildings, which still maintain the shape of thousands of years ago. Many houses are hung with two lanterns, emitting a pale light. The signs of restaurants and cloth shops are still quietly erected beside the street after thousands of years.

There is a row of red lanterns hanging in front of it, and there are two lions at the door. It looks very grand, but I can't tell what is written on the plaque at the door. It should be a rich family.

Ancient buildings generally followed the theory of Fengshui, especially the rich ones. The foundation must have been checked by a Fengshui master. If the Fengshui of the Yangzhai is good, there must be enough Yang Qi. I pointed forward: "Run to the red lantern!"

After running for another few tens of meters, the ghost chased after him. The beheaded ghost threw his head, and the head flew over. His eyes were wide open, his mouth was wide open, showing bloody teeth, and he opened his mouth to bite Cao Qilong.I didn't care too much, I bit my tongue again, the old wound was not healed, and a new wound was added, a mouthful of saliva mixed with blood from the tip of the tongue was sprayed, and it just spit on the beheaded ghost's face, like sulfuric acid burning the flesh With a sneer, blue smoke rose from the beheaded ghost's head and fell to the ground.

Cao Qilong looked back, and saw that the beheaded ghost's skin was completely burned by the blood from the tip of his tongue, the bones on his nose were exposed, and his eyelids were burned away. He was staring at Cao Qilong resentfully with his bull's-eye eyes , with his bloody mouth wide open, he kept biting the ground.

Seeing this appearance, how could Cao Qilong and I dare to look, we turned our heads and ran away!Gradually getting closer and closer to the red lantern, I saw four words written on the plaque by the light: Youdu County Government.With a heartbeat, I was saved.

In ancient China, whether it was an imperial palace or a yamen building, they all followed a rule: if you sit facing south, the main gates should all open to the south. Even now, houses facing south must be more expensive.This is because at noon when sitting north facing south, the sun directly enters the room through the door, which is the most yang energy. From the perspective of Feng Shui, it is most suitable for people to live in such a house. Taoist Luban has a good saying: the east chamber is hot. , the west chamber is cold, the south side is left open, and the north side is shaded.In ancient times, the yamen represented the majesty of the royal family, and it still had righteousness, which was a symbol of the emperor. Now that we are chased away by ghosts, maybe the righteousness of the yamen can save our lives.

The door of the yamen was tightly closed, revealing the pure copper nail heads on the door. Cao Qilong and I pushed the door together, but the door creaked open, revealing a hole for people to enter.When Cao Qilong and I saw each other, we were overjoyed, but we heard a ghost shouting to us: "Little Yinyang, don't go in, you can't go in!" Can you stay at the door and wait to die?We must know that the beheaded ghost stopped laughing, but stared at us with a pair of eyes.

The strange thing is that as soon as we entered the yamen, all the ghosts stopped chasing us, but stood at the yamen gate and looked at us. Both Cao Qilong and I were happy, obviously we had saved our lives.

I don't know how long it has been since we met the water ghost on the boat. Cao Qilong and I have been exhausting our energy, and we don't even enter the yamen when we see ghosts. Cao Qilong and I felt relieved, and we sat on the ground at the same time and started panting heavily. At least we came back to life.After taking a break, I started to look around the yamen. I knew it would be fine if I didn't look at it, but I was taken aback when I looked at it.The gate of the yamen is an open-air courtyard. There are red lanterns hanging on the edge of the courtyard. There is also a word "囍" written on the lanterns. A red flower is tied to the plaque hanging above the mirror, and it is wrapped in a red cloth. Obviously, there is a happy event in the yamen. , but looking at the ground, first-class jet-black coffins were placed on both sides along the patio, and in the light of the red lanterns, there was a strange light emitting from the jet-black coffin skin!
Swallowing his saliva, he counted seven coffins in total, and a white horse was tied to the head of each coffin.Cao Qilong looked at the lantern, then at the coffin, and asked, "Why don't we just go out."

Damn, just out of the wolf's den, and then into the tiger's den, this county government is too weird!Shrinking the head with a knife, stretching the head is also a knife, and there is a slap in the heart!Afraid of a woolen thread, Jin all came in!He had the courage to say to Cao Qilong: "At any rate, it's a county government office. There must be paper, pens, cinnabar, and the county magistrate's seal in it. If we find it, we will have something to defend ourselves!"

After I finished speaking, I took the lead and walked into the courtyard, ready to go to the hall of the county yamen, but I didn't know that as soon as I got to the front of the coffin, I only heard a heart-scratching movement from inside the coffin, like long nails scratching Hearing the sound of wood, the people who listened were terrified. The further we walked in, the louder the sound became. When we walked in the middle with Cao Qilong, there was already a "boom boom", like a person in a coffin hitting his head on the coffin lid. As soon as he grabbed Cao Qilong's hand, he ran into the hall of the county government office!

Going inside the courtyard is the hall of the county government office, behind the hall of the county government office is the back hall, and walking in the back hall is the bedroom where the county magistrate lives. It is also a courtyard made up of a courtyard, like a "day" character structure.

The six doors of the lobby of the county government office are all open, and a herald drum is erected on the left side. Inside the lobby is the case desk for the county magistrate to hear cases. Wearing a red plaque, it reads: awe-inspiring righteousness.

I saw a gavel, a bucket of tokens and a magistrate's seal on the desk. I grabbed the magistrate's seal immediately. You must know that the magistrate's seal is issued by the emperor. With the seal, you can collect donations, kill people, and mobilize troops. You can't take the Great Seal with you when you resign. It can only be handed over to Xinzhi County. After being issued by the royal family and used by hundreds of officials, the seal itself already has a kind of righteousness. Although it cannot attack, it is still good for self-defense.

Walk through the lobby and come to the back hall. The back hall is the place where magistrates receive imperial edicts and discuss matters with their colleagues. There is nothing but two grand master chairs.Cao Qilong and I came to the backyard. The backyard is also a patio courtyard. There are also lanterns with the Chinese character “囍” hanging on the edge of the patio. Right behind is the back hall. There is a square table with a lot of food on it, and two big red dragon and phoenix candles are slowly burning. Burning, there is an altar behind the square table, and there is a long sword on the altar, and behind the long sword are several portraits of literati, who should be the ancestors of the county magistrate.

I walked over and took the sword from the shelf, and saw that the body of the sword was wrapped in snakeskin, with a bamboo-shaped wooden handle, and the workmanship was very delicate. When I took out the sword, I saw three characters written on the sword: Tianzijian.

Cao Qilong curiously asked me what is the Tianzi Sword. I said it was the Shangfang Sword, a kind of reward from the emperor. It did not have the right to behead the faint king and the treacherous ministers like in the TV. It was just a symbol of the underworld!I swung the sword twice, and it felt very smooth. It was produced by the royal family, and it was really extraordinary. I don't know what effect the sword with the royal righteousness has.

When Cao Qilong and I were looking at the sword, a voice suddenly came from the corner: "Who is so bold that he dares to trespass on the magistrate's office?"

Cao Qilong and I were startled by the sudden sound, I pulled out my sword and shouted loudly: "It's a man or a ghost! My master's sword will not kill nameless ghosts!"

From the corner, I saw an old man wearing a rough blue shirt and a long gown, looking at me and Cao Qilong: "Dare to ask your Excellencies, is it Yin and Yang? Can you know how to spell?"

I nodded and asked the old man, "You are a ghost, why are you still wandering here?"

The old man suddenly knelt down on the ground, cupped his hands and said: "The injustice has lasted for a thousand years, I implore Master Yin Yang to save the magistrate's family of seven!"

A ghost kneeling on the ground begging me to save seven people?I quickly asked: "Why did the old man say that?" After speaking, I helped the old man to get up, after all, others were thousands of years older than me.

The old man invited me and Cao Qilong to sit on the square table and chairs, and said solemnly: "The magistrate's family of seven were all killed by an evil yin and yang, I hope the two yin and yang rescued them. I have been waiting here for a thousand years, just to beg for the magistrate A fair one!"

Ever since we came here, there has been a weirdness everywhere. Originally, there were seven coffins lying in the magistrate’s lobby. An old man ran out to ask us to seek justice for the magistrate. Seeing that the old man was more kind, not like an evil spirit, he asked the old man to start from the beginning. .

It turned out that the old man’s surname was Xiong, and he was the housekeeper of the county magistrate. The magistrate’s family was in Tokyo, and his family was full of literati. As a result, he became a Jinshi.As an experience, the emperor asked Xiong Li to be an official here for thousands of miles, and gave him the Emperor Sword as a token of his heavy responsibility. He only hoped that Xiong Li would do something here and be transferred back to Tokyo.

Although Xiong Li was an official, he was never ambiguous in matters of right and wrong, and won praise from many people. However, as a talented man, he liked to be romantic, and he paid the price with the lives of seven members of his family for it.

Speaking of this, I asked the old man, "The seven coffins tied up by Bai Lian outside are the magistrate's family?"

When the old man heard my question, his expression became excited, and tears came out: "This is Bai Lian, this is Bai Lian locking the coffin! The magistrate's family couldn't get out because they were trapped in the coffin, so wronged!"

(End of this chapter)