Qi Ning stood at the window, strange in his heart, he could hear it, the crying was obviously a woman, the night was dark, a woman's cry came, and it looked very miserable, it was really frequent, silent for a moment, suddenly heard a knock on the door, Qi Ning turned around suddenly, walked slowly to the door, and asked softly: "Who is it?" ”

"Wait..... Master Hou, it's me! Mrs. Tian's voice came from outside, looking very uncomfortable.

"Is there something wrong?" Qi Ning was very cold to her along the way, always keeping his distance, and he could also see that this trick seemed to have some effect on this beautiful woman, at least this beautiful woman had already shown a restless mood.

"No.... Nothing ..... big deal! Mrs. Tian said in a low voice: "That's it.... Do you hear the crying outside? ”

Qi Ning didn't open the door, but said, "I heard it, do you know what's going on?" ”

"I don't know, I've been crying for a while, it's very pitiful." Mrs. Tian said softly, "I..... Can I go over and have a look? ”

Qi Ning said first, the group must not act alone without his orders, Mrs. Tian obviously remembered Qi Ning's words.

Qi Ning knew that Mrs. Tian must have sympathy, so she wanted to go over to see what was going on, hesitated, and finally opened the door, and saw Mrs. Tian standing timidly outside the door, and seeing Qi Ning open the door, the beautiful woman's face showed a hint of joy.

"Is it the crying that makes you sleep badly?" Qi Ning asked softly.

Mrs. Tian shook her head and said, "No, it's ..... I just think that woman is a little pitiful......! After a moment's hesitation, he said, "She's been there for a while." ”

Qi Ning let out an "um" and said, "You go back to the house first, and I'll go over to see what's going on." Knowing that when she was out of the house, she had to be vigilant in everything, Mrs. Tian hesitated, and finally nodded and left, looking a little lonely.

Qi Ning went out of the door and went downstairs, and saw two soldiers sitting on the bench at the top of the staircase, which were the guards arranged by Wu Dalin.

Although there are not many inns in Dongyang County, there are fewer guests, after all, it is only a small county town, and there are not many guests.

Seeing Qi Ning go downstairs, the two guards immediately stood up, Qi Ning nodded slightly, and walked over the counter, because the inn had been packed, and the shopkeeper no longer had to arrange for others to live in, leaving only one shop guy in the hall, if someone came in to stay in the store, it was good to refuse.

When the shopkeeper saw Qi Ning, he also stood up, and Qi Ning walked over and asked with a smile, "What's going on with the crying outside?" Do you know that man? ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "Don't pay attention to the guest officer, that's a madman, he has been wandering around this county a month ago, and he always cries at night, like a female ghost, and he has come here two or three times." ”

"Oh?" Qi Ning frowned and said, "Female madman? Do you know where it came from? ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "I don't know, little one." Just listen to them, this crazy woman is looking for her husband......! He lowered his voice and said, "I also heard that she was originally carrying a child, but the child suddenly fell ill and died, and she couldn't find her husband, so she went crazy all of a sudden." ”

Qi Ning frowned, if this was the case, that woman's life experience was too miserable.

"You go and prepare some meals, then arrange a room, and if you can, find a woman to wash it for her." Qi Ning threw a piece of broken silver to the shopkeeper: "Let her eat well and sleep well." ”

The shopkeeper took the silver, thanked him a thousand times, and said, "The guest officer is really a living Bodhisattva, and the small one will be arranged." "After getting the benefit, the shopkeeper was very quick to do things, and trotted out the door.

Suddenly hearing the sound of footsteps, Qi Ning turned around, but saw Wei Yujiang coming down from upstairs, saw Qi Ning, and hurriedly bowed his hand to Qi Ning, Qi Ning smiled: "Was you woken up?" ”

"I was reading a book, and I heard crying outside for a while, and I felt strange, so I came down and took a look." Wei Yujiang stepped forward and said softly: "That woman's crying voice is very miserable, as if she has some grievances. ”

Qi Ning smiled: "You are an occupational disease, crying miserably, and thinking of grievances." ”

Wei Yujiang smiled awkwardly and said, "I have seen a lot of people with grievances, and when they cry, it is the same, so it is inevitable to think more." He sighed and said, "If there is no grievance in the world, then it is what the lowly job wants." ”

"There are more officials like you in the world, impartially enforcing the law and avenging the people's grievances, and the grievances will naturally become less and less." Qi Ning patted Wei Yujiang on the shoulder, and then said, "I heard that the woman is looking for her husband, and it seems that her husband's whereabouts are unknown." ”

"Oh?" Wei Yujiang was stunned, and at this time, the guy in the store had already led the crazy woman to the store, Qi Ning looked over, only to see that the woman was unkempt, with a layer of dirt on her body, and her clothes were in tatters.

The shopkeeper urged: "Hurry up and follow me, I'll get you something to eat, you have accumulated virtue in your last life, and today you met a living Bodhisattva, look at your body, tsk......tsk!" The tone was full of disgust and disdain.

The woman hunched over and said dreamily, "Bodhisattva..... Woo woo, the Bodhisattva is here, where, I'm looking for the Bodhisattva .....! ”

The shopkeeper pointed to Qi Ning and said, "Oh, that's a living bodhisattva, you have to remember, there are not many living bodhisattvas like this." ”

The woman trotted forward and knelt in front of Qi Ning, Qi Ning was taken aback, frowned, Wei Yujiang was also stunned, but saw the crazy woman kowtowing desperately, and said in his mouth: "Bodhisattva save Da Zhuang, please save Da Zhuang, I will offer you incense, please save Da ......Zhuang!" ”

The shopkeeper's eyes widened, but Qi Ning slowly squatted down and stared at the woman's eyes, although this woman's face was full of dirt and she couldn't see her appearance clearly, but looking at her age, she was only in her early twenties, and she would never be more than thirty years old.

"Who is Da Zhuang?" Qi Ning asked.

The crazy woman raised her head and looked at Qi Ning, she just kowtowed again and again, no matter how severe, at this time her forehead had been broken and oozing blood, Qi Ning took out a silk handkerchief and reached out to wipe the blood stains on her forehead.

"Da Zhuang is my man'......!" The madwoman raised her hand and pointed outward: "He has been captured, please save him ......!" ”

"Who took it?"

"Ghost, captured by a ghost." The madwoman hurriedly said, "What terrible ghosts, they ..... They took Da Zhuang, I was afraid that they would take Xiao Fu, I hid in the firewood room and didn't dare to come out, I saw those ghosts who captured Da Zhuang, you are a Bodhisattva, ghosts are afraid of Bodhisattva, please let Da Zhuang come back .....! ”

The shopkeeper was afraid that the crazy woman's nonsense would annoy Qi Ning, and reprimanded: "You madman, what nonsense, why don't you follow me to the back .....!" He was about to come over and take away the female madman, but Qi Ning raised his hand to stop, still staring at the crazy woman and asked, "Who is Xiaofu?" ”

"Little Blessing ......!" The mad woman's face was stunned for a while, then she got up like crazy, rushed out, and shouted: "Xiaofu, Xiaofu, where are you?" Mother will find you daddy, and wait for your daddy to come back and make you a windmill, woo woo woo...... Come out quickly, your father won't see you when he comes back, and he will kill my ......! ”

Wei Yujiang hurriedly stepped forward, Qi Ning also stopped with his hand, and quickly followed behind the crazy woman, the crazy woman rushed out of the inn, ran to the street in front of the door, crying and shouting, crazy, after a while, suddenly paused, sat on the ground, Qi Ning walked slowly to her side, only to hear the woman mutter: "You all come back, I'm so scared, you all come back, Da Zhuang, I'm so scared ......!" ”

Wei Yujiang walked up to Qi Ning and said in a low voice, "Master Hou, it seems that her husband was taken away." ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, and said in a low voice: "But why did she say that she was captured by a powerful ghost?" Was it because she was delirious and talking gibberish, or was her husband dead that she said she had been captured by a ghost? Shaking his head, he said, "No, she saw her husband being taken away, and she was hiding in the firewood room with her children at that time, and she didn't dare to come out .......!" He turned his head to look at Wei Yujiang and asked, "Do you think what she said is true or false?" ”

Wei Yujiang's expression was solemn, and he said: "I'm not sure if I am lowly and degraded, this woman is indeed delirious, and some things may be her own whimsy, but they may not be true." He said thoughtfully: "Master Hou, only by figuring out where this woman came from and then sending someone to investigate, maybe you can find out some truth, and the matter can be handed over to the local government." ”

"Do you think you should alarm the Dongyang County Ya?"

Wei Yujiang immediately said: "Master Hou, maybe this woman is talking nonsense, but it is more likely that she really has grievances." The expression was solemn: "Being an official should be the master of the people, if she is wronged, the local government should be responsible for investigating the truth of the matter." And with her current situation, the government should also find a way to settle it well. ”

Qi Ning nodded slightly, and at this time he heard the sound of footsteps again, only to see that Wu Dalin had already led a few people to come quickly, and naturally it was the movement downstairs that alarmed them.

"Master Hou, what's wrong?" Wu Dalin approached, saw the madwoman sitting on the ground, didn't understand the situation for a while, and asked in a low voice.

Qi Ning instructed: "You take two people, go to Dongyang County Ya immediately, and find the Dongyang County Order, just say that I have something to look for him, and it is best not to alarm too many people." ”

Wu Dalin immediately said: "Let's go." "Don't talk nonsense, I took two people to find the Dongyang County Order.

The crazy woman was sitting on the ground and muttering to herself at the moment, still thinking that Da Zhuang and Xiao Fu would come back soon, Qi Ning glanced at the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper was also clever, and came over and pulled up the madwoman, and the madwoman was stunned at the moment, and let the shopkeeper take her to the back of the inn.

At this time, Qi Ning saw Mrs. Tian standing not far behind, she wanted to get close but didn't dare, she was amused, she walked over slowly, Mrs. Tian smiled reluctantly, Qi Ning hesitated, and then asked softly: "Did you see that woman just now?" ”

Mrs. Tian nodded, very sympathetic: "She..... She looked pathetic. ”

"She's a little confused." Qi Ning said in a low voice: "I heard that she is looking for her husband, her husband is missing, and the child is ......!" Feeling a little cruel, he shook his head and said, "It's nothing, you go and rest first." ”