Spring finally came to Shuye with the roar of spring thunder, and everything slowly woke up from the cold winter. The willow branches put on green clothes and danced lightly along the river embankment with the spring breeze; Flocks of sparrows chirped merrily in the woods, as if discussing a grand dinner; And those who were shivering in the cold wind a few days ago can finally stretch their bodies.

In the spring of the trees, the young leaves on the trees swept away the gloom of the city a few days ago, and the green shoots on the grass stretched upward, a scene full of vitality. The spring rain falls on people's faces, giving people a hint of coolness at the same time, it also makes people feel a different kind of freshness.

Xia Ji sat in the small pavilion in the garden, while sipping tea, while admiring the beautiful scenery of spring, feeling the breath of spring, I couldn't help but think of Han Yu's song "Early Spring Light Rain": The light rain in the heavenly street is as moist as a crisp, and the grass color is close but there is nothing; It is the most beneficial spring of the year, and it is absolutely better than the smoke and willows in the imperial capital. I feel that this poem is so close to the scenery in front of me, a few exquisite verses describe the plain, seemingly but absent color in front of me, the wonderful artistic conception of painting in the poem is beyond the reach of painting, and it is impossible for her to experience it in the high-rise buildings of modern society. Xia Ji couldn't help but secretly marvel at the profound writing and language skills of ancient poets.

Xia Ji suddenly felt that these maids and servants were strange today, discussing this thing in twos and threes, and they didn't have the spirit they used to walk with, and they lowered their heads and frowned one by one, and they walked in a hurry.

Xia Ji felt strange, and at this time she saw Begonia not far away, walking with her head down, and almost bumped into another maid. Seeing this, Xia Ji called Begonia over.

"Begonia, why are you panicking? What happened? ”

"Mrs. Hui Xia, I don't know whether to say it or not." Haitang said with his head down.

What do you mean by that? What is there not to say? Is there a secret hiding from me? Say it. ”

"Mrs. Hui Xia, I saw a ghost here last night."

"Joke, how can there be ghosts in this world? Tell me, what do you see ghosts look like? ”

"Mrs. Huixia, I heard that there were ghosts in the compound before, but I didn't believe it, when I was in Yayun Pavilion before, I heard that there were many ghosts of my senior sisters there, and I was not afraid. Last night, when I was sick to my stomach, I went out to the toilet, and everything was normal when I went to the toilet, but when I came out of the toilet, I saw a headless man in a white robe floating through the center of the compound, and I was so frightened that I fell to the ground. Haitang said with palpitations.

"And did the man in the white robe you see walking on the ground or floating in the air?"

"Mrs. Hui Xia, it's in the air, a foot above the ground."

"Can you tell if it's a man or a woman? Did you make any noise? ”

"Mrs. Huixia, I didn't dare to look closely, I felt very tall, it should be a man, and I couldn't see the head, and I didn't know if it was a man or a woman. There was a little rustling sound, and there was a knocking sound, which was scary. ”

"Where did the ghost come from, and where did it go after?"

"Mrs. Huixia, this ghost was already in the middle of the courtyard when I saw it, and then I saw that it disappeared when it floated into that bamboo bush." Begonia turned and pointed to a bamboo forest in the distance.

Xia Ji looked in the direction pointed by Begonia, and saw that there was indeed a bamboo forest with lush foliage in front of the courtyard wall: "Are you sure you read it right?" ”

"Mrs. Hui Xia, I'm sure I'm not mistaken, and I'm not the first to see it, someone also saw it two days ago, and now everyone is talking about it, some people say that the ghost's body shape is a bit like Kong Du, and it is rumored that Kong Du came to ask for his life, saying that he wants to find an enemy to take revenge."

"Okay, I see, you go and call Jiang Lu."

Xia Ji has never believed in any ghosts in this world, and years of materialist education have made her know that the so-called ghosts are things that people imagine to scare themselves; Coupled with the fact that she had studied in medical school and dissected corpses, the human remains soaked in formalin seemed to her to be no different from other animal specimens.

But that's not what the ancients thought. Due to limited knowledge, many things cannot be explained, so they can only imagine on demons and monsters, such as thunder, lightning, rain and other natural phenomena, they cannot understand the charged phenomenon of clouds, nor do they know the intersection of hot and cold air currents, and they are convinced of the thunder male and electric mother, because there is no more reliable explanation except for this understanding.

As for whether there are ghosts, of course, the ancients naturally believed that there were, and there would be no doubts, but everyone had never seen them, and now there were suddenly ghosts, and some people saw them with their own eyes, Xia Ji thought that the truth must be found out, so as not to cause unnecessary panic.

After a while, Jiang Lu came to the small pavilion.

"Mrs. Xia, I heard that you recruited an official to interrogate." Jiang Lu bowed and said.

"Yes. I called you to ask if you had heard of a haunting. Xia Ji looked at Jiang Lu calmly and said.

"Mrs. Hui Xia, I also just heard about it, it sounds very real, but I haven't seen it in person, so I don't know if it's true or not." Jiang Lu said.

"So what do you think now?"

"Mrs. Hui Xia, now everyone is very scared, especially those who have offended Kong Du before, worried that Kong Du will come to the door, and two people today also proposed that they don't want to do it anymore and want to go home to farm."

"What do you think as a supervisor?"

"Mrs. Hui Xia, this lonely soul and wild ghost will come to the yang world to beg for a living because he has not been deprived of sacrifices. If Kong Du's grave can be found and his relatives can be sacrificed, they will not wander around. Jiang Lu said.

His family didn't know where to hide. Is there any other way to do this? Xia Ji listened to his explanation, although it felt ridiculous, but it was in line with the ideas of the ancients, so there was no meaning to blame.

"Mrs. Hui Xia, since this is the case, we can only try to sacrifice on behalf of his family, but I dare not say whether it will have any effect."

"Okay, you find two people who have a good relationship with Kong Du, and go to his grave to worship. There's nothing to do with you here, you can call Guan Ping over by the way. Xia Ji knew that this kind of sacrifice had no effect, and could only give a little psychological comfort to those who didn't know, but in order to calm the hearts of Jiang Lu and others, she didn't object.

After Guan Ping came to the small pavilion, Xia Ji asked Guan Ping if he knew anything about the haunting.

"Mrs. Hui Xia, Xia Guan heard from the soldiers on duty at night that on the night three days ago, there was a headless ghost in a white robe floating through the courtyard, and there was a strange sound of banging."

"Do you think there really are ghosts in the world?" When Xia Ji heard it, it seemed to be the same as what Begonia described.

"Mrs. Hui Xia, I have heard of it, but I have never seen it, but because of ghosts and monsters, it haunts at night, and people are sleeping at night, so it is normal not to see it." Guan Ping said.

"What would you do if you saw that ghost on your night rounds?" Natsuhime asked.

"Mrs. Hui Xia, the lower officials will shoot them with arrows."

"You're not afraid?"

"Mrs. Hui Xia, the duty is related, and the subordinate will not be afraid of anything."

"Okay, I'm relieved to have your words. From tonight onwards, you will find a few people who think like you on duty, and you must find out the truth, hard work. Natsuhime said.

"Xia Guan understands that he must live up to his mission." Guan Ping said.

However, the strange thing is that a few nights after the night guard was strengthened, the white-clothed ghost did not appear.