Chapter 41: "Ghosts"?
The Li Mansion at noon is different from the past, since those monks and Taoists came, there is a lack of tranquility, more noisy, and those monks and Taoists have been keeping watch all night, and they will probably wake up at noon, and they must know that it is time to eat. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Liu Yingjie accompanied them and greeted them carefully, those monks and Taoist priests saw that the past two days were safe, a few glasses of water and wine went down, and began to brag, listening to their words, obviously thinking that if the ghost appeared late, they worked so hard every night, and the three hundred taels of silver promised at the beginning were not less.
Liu Yingjie frowned, and he didn't know that there was another one who was also frowning, on the second floor of the dining place, a woman in a dark blue dress obviously showed displeasure, her face was sickly pale, after hearing the remarks downstairs, a pair of small eyebrows frowned slightly, and her eyes stared at a certain place unconsciously, it seemed that she had something in mind.
Xie Lan was a little disliked the words and deeds of these "masters of the world", so he filled his stomach indiscriminately, and wanted to go to Bai Feiyun to see what his plans were for the afternoon, he had been here for nearly two days, and he had a preliminary understanding of the environment, and the next thing was to check the existence of this so-called ghost.
Who expected to ask a maid, only to know that Bai Feiyun had just gone out, and he didn't know what he was busy with, Xie Lan thought for a moment, and then asked: "Where will Li Yuanwai be at this time?" ”
The maid's eyes were red, and she was blessed, and then said: "This master, you come with me, after the master has dinner at noon, he will always go to the Buddha hall to worship." ”
Xie Lan followed the maid to a Buddhist hall in the west of Li's house, after saying goodbye, Xie Lan stood at the door, quietly looking at a back, dressed in plain clothes, kneeling straight in front of the Buddha statue, and chanting something like the scriptures of the past life, I heard the maid say on the road that Li Yuanwai has to recite the scriptures in the Buddhist hall dozens of times every day, which shows the deep love between his husband and wife, Xie Lan looked at it in a daze for a long time, and suddenly Li Yuanwai struggled to get up, stood up tremblingly, turned around indifferently, and glanced at Xie Lan, and subconsciously pulled the corners of his mouth. That's a smile, Xie Lan's heart trembled, and he was stunned by his eyes, you can't tell what kind of look it is, disgraced? Xiao Suo? I'm afraid it's not enough to describe what if, it's better to mourn than to die.
Xie Lan stretched out his hand to help Li Yuanwai cross the threshold, and Li Yuanwai waved his hand, and a hoarse voice followed: "The affairs of the house will be over." ”
Xie Lan opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't know where to speak, looking at the haggard face and stumbling posture, who could believe that Li Yuanwai was only in his early forties. Xie Lan became more and more confident, and began to think carefully: Mrs. Li died suddenly, and the Li Mansion was full of ghosts, did Mrs. Li's death have anything to do with ghosts? Ghosts often appear in Madame Qing's bedroom and kitchen, what do they want to represent? Why did it knock over Li Yuanwai's medicine? Since its appearance, it has not harmed anyone, so what does it want to do? Xie Lan has a lot of questions that he can't understand, Brother Bai said to give me a result in three days, what does he know, where does he get his confidence? If you have the opportunity, you have to ask, Brother Liu seems to have mentioned that Brother Bai is a recognized smart person in the county, and he thinks that there should be some way to solve it.
"What do you think, seeing that Brother Xie has been in a daze for so long, is there something that can't be discovered?" Bai Feiyun shouted from afar.
Xie Lan looked back and smiled: "I found that there was none, but the more I thought about it, the more my head hurt, but then I thought that you said that you would be able to find out within three days, so I didn't bother to think about it anymore, Brother Bai, didn't you say that you were going to go out for a walk in the afternoon, why did you just come here now, what did you do just now?" ”
"Since I said that I would find out within three days, I naturally have to prepare one or two." I thought to myself, maybe it won't be three days. He continued: "Seeing that Brother Xie is carrying such a giant short sword, he must also be a master of swords, why don't we find a time and place to learn a thing or two?" ”
"Okay, but you're not my opponent, so don't feel ashamed if you lose at my hands then."
"Hehe, Brother Xie said with a smile, when I can't become a vegetarian with a streamer on my waist, Bai will save you some face at that time." After the two finished speaking, there was another burst of laughter.
Night, as scheduled, the moon is hidden in the thick black clouds, making the midnight look extraordinarily gloomy, Xie Lan is lying on the bed tossing and turning, Bai Feiyun asked him not to keep vigil tonight, and said that he would take himself to watch a good show, hearing the whispers from the window, Xie Lan jumped up, so the two black shadows silently marched towards the place not far from the back house, where Liu Yingjie and Zhang Laosan had been waiting for a long time.
"Are you sure there's going to happen tonight?" Xie Lan asked suspiciously, and the other two also looked at Bai Feiyun, waiting for his answer.
"Something is going to happen tonight, and, if I'm not mistaken, we're going to get the hell out of the picture."
"Why, isn't it a ghost?" Zhang Laosan then asked.
"I don't believe that there are any ghosts in this world, and even if there are ghosts, I also think that people are actually much more terrible than ghosts."
Liu Yingjie shook his head slightly, Xie Lan also had something incomprehensible in his heart, what was that cold thing that he couldn't see the night before.
The night grew darker and darker, dark and quiet.
In Mrs. Qing's outer room, a Taoist named Wu Liangzi was napping with his head propped up with his hands, and the Taoist monks around him had long been unable to resist the invasion of sleepiness, or lying on his stomach or leaning, sinking into a dream. The dim flame emitted by the candle made their shadows flicker and flicker. And in the inner room, although the four maids are loyal, but after all, they have been idle for several days, relaxed, half leaning and half leaning, and they are also in a hazy moment, on the bed, a pair of eyes suddenly opened.
With a bang, Wu Liangzi's head hit the table, he rubbed his forehead, opened his sleepy eyes, and saw a strange picture, in front of him, on the white wall, in addition to a few shadows swaying with the candle, there was also a figure of people, it, motionless.
Wu Liangzi was shocked, hurriedly woke up a few people next to him, pointed to the wall, and his teeth trembled, "Ghost...... Ghost...... Ghost ......"
Everyone just woke up, relying on the crowd, a little bolder, just to take a closer look, the yellowish candlelight suddenly went out, the surroundings suddenly fell into darkness, everyone held their breath, in the dead silence, the wooden door opened, the sound was particularly harsh, outside the door, there was no one. Then, the window creaked, followed by a biting cool breeze, cool and a little infiltrating, some terrible, Wu Liangzi felt a little greasy under his feet, and a faint smell of blood came from his nose, so far, he could no longer bear the suppressed fear in his heart, and shouted: "The ghost has killed someone, run." ”
Xie Lan and the others were a little far away, and when they saw the dim disappear, they thought they were going to change the candles, and when the doors and windows opened, they thought that someone was opening them from the inside, until they heard a voice "The ghost has killed someone." Then a figure burst out the door.
Several people were about to rush forward to ask what was going on, Bai Feiyun Shi Ran said: "Don't worry, it's good for these charlatans to give them a long memory, and call them later, this matter has nothing to do with them, and this fright can be regarded as a little punishment for them." And the man who pretends to be a ghost is still in the house. ”
Bai Feiyun looked at those worldly masters who were panicking and didn't choose a way, stepped forward to stop one, but it was Wu Liangzi who ran out first, and asked some questions briefly, Bai Feiyun suddenly laughed, and said loudly: "Go, I'll take you to meet the so-called ghosts." ”
Everyone followed, seeing that Liu Zhang and the others were there, some bold family members also surrounded them, maybe there were many people, and the world's masters also followed with shy faces. Bai Feiyun didn't care at all, and strode to Mrs. Qing's room.
As soon as he entered the door, Xie Lan felt that it was indeed much colder than outside, but his spiritual power was lost, and his spiritual sense could not sense too far away, he looked at a pool of blood on the ground, and saw Bai Feiyun's confident look on his face, Xie Lan withdrew his spiritual sense, too lazy to think about anything, ready to listen to how he explained all this.
"I'm sorry, it's the old black dog blood, I'll clean it up immediately afterwards." An old man walked out with a red face and said.
Everyone came to the inner hall, looking at the pale Mrs. Qing who was still trembling and frightened with the support of the maids, Bai Feiyun sneered, and then said confidently: "Tonight, I will find out this haunting ghost, and everyone will be at peace." ”
"Brother Liu, Brother Zhang, let me ask you, have you ever seen the shadow of a ghost? In other words, have you ever seen a ghost? ”
"That's not true, I heard the monks and Taoists say that ghosts are born after the soul of a person dies with resentment, isn't it all formless?"
"Someone saw a shadow on the wall just now, how do you explain that?"
"Maybe it's a trick made by a ghost, but a ghost should have some mana. Otherwise, how could the doors and windows be opened out of thin air, giving birth to gusts of cloudy wind. Xie Lan continued.
"Open doors and windows out of thin air, and there is a gust of wind? Actually, I can do that. Bai Feiyun paused, waited for everyone to be quiet, looked at the closed door, took two steps forward, faced everyone, the hand behind his back moved slightly, the door really opened slowly, and the windows also opened one after another. Xie Lan squinted, a trace of silver light flashed, and he suddenly understood a little in his heart, and sure enough, Bai Feiyun raised his left hand, "Madam Qing, in such a short time, the silk thread you tied to the doors and windows really didn't have time to take it back." ”
Mrs. Qing's face became more and more pale, and Liu Yingjie asked, "No, why is there no yin wind?" ”
"The former Mrs. Li is not only tasteful, but also ingenious, many places in the Li family mansion are designed by her, in order to make the air flow in this room smooth, Mrs. Qing, there should be a window at the head of your bed. If you open this window, there will naturally be a mountain breeze to send you, and if you put a box of ice cubes in the window, the wind will naturally bring a chill. You say...... Is it? ”
Mrs. Naqing's body trembled, and she finally spoke: "Yes, I did arrange it this tonight." But it's all these monks and Taoists who are rude and troublesome at noon, they have no ability, and they want to cheat my Li family's money, but the master doesn't pay much attention to it now, but I can't swallow this breath. ”
"My Li family's money, Mrs. Qing has just passed the door, and she has just passed the door, so she has maintained the Li family like this, which is very good, and so far, you have not seen the situation clearly. I have a few questions for you. ”
Madame Qing straightened up and said, "You ask." ”
"A month ago, did you take five decades-old Shanyang ginseng from your pharmacy and didn't record it?"
"Yes, I've taken some."
"Master's medicine is that you boiled, and you often spill it?"
"But I didn't mean it, and sometimes I turned it over inexplicably."
"What an inexplicable one!" Bai Feiyun's voice suddenly turned stronger, "Do you know that you have no problem boiling the medicine, blame you for doing too much, I want to clear up the relationship, that medicine plus Shanyang ginseng is a domineering tonic, if the master takes it on time, he will definitely die within a month." Don't tell me you don't know anything about the Li family's wealth, I'm afraid it's not your family wealth, right? ”
Madame Qing looked shocked and fell into deep thought.
"Ghost, I don't believe that there are ghosts in this world?"
As soon as the words fell, the room suddenly became cold, and the doors and windows that had been open creaked shut, and then, a gust of wind blew, and the room was silent.