Chapter 52
Sun San climbed over the wall and went out. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Do you want to burn it?" Jiang Qu patted the trunk of the tree, the bark was cold and a little wet, just like the tree was alive, with breathing and heartbeat, and it was hard to be scared out of cold sweat.
Sima Lu said, "Yin and Yang are separated, and the dust should return to the dust, and staying in the yang is not the final destination." ”
Changsheng thought that there were a lot of powerful masters in this imperial capital, and even the people who set up stalls on the street to give people signs looked like hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Although Jiang Qu said that nine out of ten were deceived ignorant women and children, at least one of them was really talented, and they might not be able to give such patient advice if they were to change it today.
A woman came out from behind the tree, who had already removed the rouge from her face and changed her dress. Changsheng recognized her as Hua Dan on the stage. In her thirties, she had a dignified and pretty face, she hid in the shade of a tree, and there was a purple mark on her neck, as if she had been strangled.
As soon as Jiang Qu saw that it was a woman, his attitude immediately changed, and he said softly, "I don't know where Mrs. Fangming's family lives, it is really jealous to be so young and fragrant, you wander in the world and live in the locust tree, if there is something unspeakable, you can tell me, I will convey it to you, and let your family do a ritual to let you exceed." ”
The woman bowed to them, and her movements were very dignified and elegant, and she said, "I see that three of you are good people who dare to come out to meet you." I heard what you just said, it's not that we want to be wandering ghosts, but that we are full of grievances and resentment, and if we go to the underworld, we will go to hell until our grievances are exhausted before we can be reincarnated. Instead of suffering in the underworld, it is better to stay in the human world, the yin energy of the locust tree can nourish us, and the soul can be dispersed more slowly, so please do not burn this locust tree. ”
Jiang Qu said, "I heard that there used to be a drama troupe living here, and everyone disappeared overnight, are you from the drama troupe?" Unjustly killed? ”
The woman nodded, "It was killed." ”
Sima Lu shouted, "There should always be a corpse." ”
Slender Jade pointed to where Jiang Qu was standing, "It's at the feet of this son." ”
"Not really." Jiang Qu immediately moved his feet away and took a few steps back, stepping on the corpse of a person would be unlucky.
Changsheng didn't count how many ghosts there were, but estimated that there were seven tables, and each table sat five or six people, which should be able to match the number of missing people, and Sun San said that there were thirty or so people who were missing.
All buried in the ground? So many corpses, buried in one night? The locust tree absorbed the yin qi of the corpse, and no one came to fertilize and water it for a long time, but it was nutritious enough to bloom luxuriantly.
The woman pleaded, "They all want to go home, but the bones are buried here and can't be freed, can you do a good job, dig up their bodies and transport them back to their hometown for burial." ”
Jiang Qu said, "If you are all killed, you can't just dig and bury as you want, you have to report to the official first, and the government will allow you to transport your body back to your hometown after verification." You died unjustly, don't you want to take revenge and bring the murderer to justice? ”
The woman muttered, "Report to the officer." ”
This is a human life, or so many human lives, of course, it is necessary to report to the official, Jiang Qu said, "Do you remember who the murderer is and what he looks like?" You tell me, and I'll beat the drum for you. ”
This case is different from Sun San's attempted theft, sued to the government, the most that the theft is to beat the board and fine the silver, and the murder is to pay for his life, even if the government has always made big things small, it can't be suppressed.
The woman thought for a moment, "Can you give me a pen and paper?" ”
They searched the yard all over, but they couldn't find pen and paper, Jiang Qu asked Changsheng and Sima Luming to wait, and he went out to buy it. Sima Lu said, "Do you still have living relatives?" Come out one by one and tell me clearly, the names of your parents and brothers, and where you live. If the government is alarmed, the family of the deceased must be summoned. ”
Jiang Qu bought back the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and his soul lined up one by one to report his name and place of origin, and he wrote down as detailed as possible one by one, and actually wrote twenty pieces of paper with enthusiasm. In the end, it was the woman's turn, and she only reported one name, "The slave's name is Wang Luchan." ”
Jiang Qu waited, waiting for her to automatically report other information, but he didn't see her speak anymore, he asked, "What about relatives and friends?" ”
"Nope."
Even if you are an orphan, you should have friends if you don't have a relative, even if you are withdrawn, you really don't even have friends, what about acquaintances? Neighbors, I know the small stall vendors, Jiang Qu looked at it, and saw that she lowered her eyebrows and her eyes were weak and obedient, "Madam, we have the heart to help you and you to cooperate, so that we can clear your grievances." ”
Wang Lu seemed to be speechless, but after thinking about it, he said softly, "Everyone is dead, and it's useless to keep your name, I'll answer whatever the son asks." I was also a lady of the official family, when I was fourteen years old, my father and mother were married to a family surnamed Chen, but I looked like a god and left the same bed and different dreams, only two years later I ran away with a cook in the house, and did such a bad thing, my husband's family divorced me, and my father and mother also broke off the relationship with me, I have a child, but he will not recognize me anymore. ”
Jiang Qu heard that it was not good to ask again, such an embarrassing thing that no one wanted to mention, it was simply the pain of tearing the scar of the wound. Sima Luming asked, "What about the cook?" ”
Jiang Qu said in a low voice, "How can you be so direct." "At the very least, let's start with today's sunny weather, then talk about the food customs, and then ask the cook last.
Wang Luzhen said, "He's gone, I can't blame others for having eyes." cheated me out of my savings and sold me into the green house. Later, I met the owner of the opera troupe, he took pity on me and helped me redeem myself, and let me learn to sing with him, but I also had a good life for a few years. She looked at the musician who was playing the lute.
Jiang Qu said, "He's the class leader?" No wonder, there is a bit of the same taste of the end of the world in the music. ”
Wang Luzhan laughed miserably, "Childe is also a bosom friend, I have no family anymore, and my friends have become homeless souls like me." I brought shame on them when I was alive, and at least left them a little face after I died. ”
Jiang Qu sighed and wrote two ominous words next to her name, and he folded the paper.
Wang Luzhan pleaded, "Before I die, I swallowed the family heirloom clams beads, and if the body arrives in the official mansion, I am afraid that it will be embezzled by the people in the yamen." Can you dig up my body and take out the beads. She remembered exactly where she was buried.
They turned the earth open, and except for Wang Luzhen, who had been dead for a long time without decomposing, the rest of the corpses were decomposed. Changsheng saw that there was a light in her throat and wanted to reach out and touch it, Jiang Qu said, "I don't dare to touch the corpse directly even if I do an autopsy." He reverently recited a short verse to the corpse.