Erosion of bones and pets, forensic mad concubine

Chapter 1422 Let the evil spirit retreat
Chapter 1423 Let the evil spirit retreat
It started five years ago.

Five years ago, the Holy Majesty's [-]th birthday coincided with a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River. In order to show that he shared the suffering with the people, the emperor specially ordered the officials not to hold a big banquet, and kept everything simple. The excess gold and silver were distributed to various places to fight the drought.

The emperor loves the country and the people, so the ministers are naturally happy to do so, but at the same time, they feel that the emperor's birthday should not be too simple, and then they made some small plans and put on some interesting programs to please the emperor.

Since he became an official and returned to Ning, Ji Nanzheng did not return to Beijing very often, but he went back to the birthday banquet five years ago.

At that time, he was passing through Mingyue Town.

Mingyue Town is connected to the official road. From the outskirts of the capital, all the way to the east, it takes only half a day's journey to see this bustling forest town.

There are many merchants in the town, which is not surprising. After all, the suburbs of Beijing belong to the imperial land, and every inch of land is expensive. If you do business here, you will definitely not be able to lose money.

Ji Nanzheng knew that there were different busy markets in the suburbs of Beijing, but this was the first time he came back to Mingyue Town, and thinking that his birthday was still ten days away, he decided to stay temporarily.

What happened to Liu Xiniang happened at that time.

In the beginning, an army from Beijing came to various towns to look for young women aged sixteen to eighteen. It was said that the empress had personally arranged a group dance for the emperor's birthday. The group dance required one first dancer and ten second dancers. , 89 accompanying dancers, and put together a song called "Hundred Birds".

Among them, the first dancer and the second dancer have already been selected, but even if the accompanying dancers have recruited all the girls from the major dance workshops in Beijing, there are still more than ten girls, so the empress ordered the people to search for them, and this is how the imperial army came into being. Come to meet people in person.

There are many young women in Mingyue Town, but none of them are good enough to enter the palace to perform dances. At this time, someone heard that Liu Xiniang from the next town has been selected and wants to perform in front of the imperial court.

Ji Nanzheng just listened to the fun at the time, and was too nosy to worry that his birthday would be ten days away, and he hadn't chosen a good person yet, so would there be time for the dance?
Then the next day, he heard the news of Liu Xiniang's death.

The matter is the same as what the idler said before, that is, Liu Xiniang's relatives and stepmothers sacrificed the water ghosts, but the sacrifices to the living people were done secretly, and several people kept their mouths shut, so the government had no way to correct them .

But this Liu Xiniang is not unknown, she was only included in the queen's choreography list yesterday, and she died today, how can she explain this to the imperial army?

Ji Nanzheng thought that things would cause trouble, but after all, he had no relatives and no reason, the army who came to meet him was annoyed, and thinking that his birthday was approaching, he didn't dare to delay, so he hurried to look for another girl.

As soon as the imperial army left, they wanted Liu Xiniang's death, and she was about to die in vain.

Ji Nanzheng has taught and been a teacher all his life. Seeing such an evil thing that disregarded human life, he was naturally upset. He was angry for a while and went directly to the next town.

I don't remember the original name of the town next door, but since Mingyue Town was built and became a well-known downtown town in ten miles and eight towns, the town next door changed its name, taking the light of Mingyue Town and taking Qingfeng Town.

When Ji Nanzheng went, there were rumors of Liu Xiniang's death in the streets and alleys.

The sacrifice to heaven was done by the Liu family behind the backs of outsiders. Naturally, not everyone in the town supports such absurd method of sacrifice. Those who are loyal will directly pour dog blood at the door of Mayor Liu's house, saying that their family is devoid of conscience .

But most people still have nothing to do with their own affairs. They sigh and lament twice behind their backs. After all, it is not their own business, and there is no reason to meddle in their own business.

Ji Nanzheng intends to ask the squire in the town, is there no one in the town to take care of this matter?But at the gate of Mayor Liu's house, a strange thing was discovered.

"It's the youngest son of their family." Ji Nanzheng said: "He tied a rope to the plaque at the door of the house, and sprinkled lime powder on the lion's head at the door."

Liu Wei frowned, folded her hands, and leaned her back on the guardrail of the stairs: "What does that mean?"

Ji Nanzheng said: "This is a folk saying. It is said that the rope is used to stop the evil spirits in front of the door, so that the evil spirits will retreat. Threatening to retreat."

Liu Wei frowned and asked: "Are they afraid of Liu Xiniang's ghost, go back and find them?"

"That's what it means, but..." At this point, Ji Nanzheng clenched his hands tightly, as if thinking of the scene at that time again: "After the rope was hung up, the end of the rope suddenly rose without wind, and began to shake from side to side, and the more Shaking more and more quickly, the lime pattern on the lion's head did not move, but there was an extra palm print on the top of the lion's head."

Liu Wei raised his eyebrows: "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Ji Nanzheng nodded: "I just saw it with my own eyes."

Liu Wei frowned again.

Ji Nanzheng said: "At the time I thought it was my eyesight, and then I found the squires in the town and had a tough talk, asking them to punish Mayor Liu. The squires agreed, but said that it would not be that easy. I have to go to the capital after all. I couldn't stay longer in Qingfeng Town, and after I went to Beijing to drink a big banquet, I made a note of it, and on my way back, I went to Qingfeng Town again. At that time, half a month later, when I was passing by Mayor Liu's house, I bumped into A girl, I don’t know the girl’s name, but she just walked past me, ten steps away from me, when she was suddenly hit by a flower pot that fell from upstairs, and she died later. "

That was the first girl who died in vain due to an accident after Liu Xiniang's death, and also the first girl whose leg was borrowed by Liu Xiniang according to legend.

"She died right in front of my eyes. After being hit by a flowerpot on the top of her head, she died immediately, but..." Ji Nanzheng tightened his lips, and then said, "Her legs were bleeding."

Liu Wei asked: "But when the accident happened, your leg was injured?"

"I thought so at first, but when I arrived at the Jingzhou government office, after the autopsy, I said that the girl's legs had no injuries, bones were not broken, and there were no wounds. Even the flowerpot was broken on the ground. When she fell down, her leg was never pierced by the fragments of the flowerpot, but at that moment, I must have read it correctly, her leg must have been bleeding, but why did it disappear later? I can’t figure it out.”

Liu Wei looked at her grandfather amusedly: "So you also think that you are a ghost in broad daylight?"

Ji Nanzheng glared at his granddaughter faintly, and sighed: "It sounds like nonsense, but I feel that there is nothing impossible in the world."

Liu Wei took his grandfather's arm in the past and comforted him: "Okay, since you have been thinking about this matter for many years, I will accompany you for a walk, Qingfeng Zhenyuan? Is there time to go tomorrow morning?"

Ji Nanzheng's eyes lit up, and he nodded: "It's too late, it will be an hour."

Liu Wei laughed: "Okay, let's go tomorrow morning."

Liu Wei was still tense in front of her grandfather, but when she went back to the room in front of Rong Leng, she laughed, Rong Leng asked her what was wrong, and she told her about Qingfeng Town.

Rong Leng was also stunned after hearing this: "Haunted?"

Liu Wei waved his hand indifferently: "How can there be any ghosts in this world? In Qingyun Kingdom, you and I haven't seen much? Which of them are real ghosts, but they are just some tricks to deceive people. Go and see tomorrow." I have to let my grandfather get rid of this knot, otherwise he is old and afraid of ghosts, so he won't make people laugh. No wonder he insisted on asking my uncle to take Master to take the official car before leaving. He probably knew it too. Let Master know that he is afraid of ghosts, and Master may laugh until next year."

(End of this chapter)