Seeing this, Meng Tianchu hurriedly held Mr. up, thinking to himself, your reaction is too big, don't you just die, you are really a scholar, you only know how to hold a pen on weekdays, but you don't know that there are still people in this world who kill people with knives.

The gentleman seemed to suddenly feel his gaffe, and said with a feeling: "I didn't expect that there would be such a terrible thing in this small county, which really scared me." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Listening to Mr.'s accent, doesn't it look like a local? ”

Mr. said: "Xiaosheng's name is Shukang, and he was originally from Ningbo. ”

Meng Tianchu sighed and said, "That's not very far, how did you think of us coming here to teach?" ”

Shu Kang just smiled and said, "People like me, wherever they go, can be my safe place." ”

Meng Tianchu understood, didn't ask more, and said, "Then I won't delay you, Miao Jue's matter, you see?" ”

Shu Kang smiled and said, "You can just leave with confidence, I won't be embarrassed for the child." ”

After Meng Tianchu thanked him, the two of them said goodbye, and Meng Tianchu turned around and left.

Shu Kang looked at Meng Tianchu's back, and the corners of his mouth revealed a trace of sadness that was not easy to detect.

On the fourth day of the accident with the two children of the Miao family, Meng Tianchu was invited by the Miao family again.

When Meng Tianchu and the others arrived at Miao Zhe's house, it was actually almost a shift, it was already dark, Miao Zhe's housekeeper went directly to Meng Tianchu's house to call him, he drove a carriage and took Zhu Hao to pick up Murong Zhenxue, and then went straight to Miao Zhe's house.

Miao Zhe was waiting for Meng Tianchu in the hall, and as soon as Meng Tianchu and the others entered, they found that it seemed that all the people of the Miao family had arrived. The eldest lady, the second lady, and the third lady. The fourth lady, and a girl about seventeen years old, are quite dignified. It's just an arrogant face, which makes people dislike it very much. There was also a short and fat young man standing next to the girl, who was in his early twenties, looking like the girl was very arrogant, and his clothes were more gorgeous than those of the Miao family.

Miao Zhe stepped forward and said, "Miao was really busy the day before yesterday. Therefore, it really shouldn't have been neglected by Master Meng. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and thought to himself, calling me from home so late, wouldn't it be just a few polite words. However, Meng Tianchu still politely replied: "Master Miao is polite, Meng Tianchu is not a caring person." ”

Miao Zhe welcomed Meng Tianchu to the upper seat and waited for Meng Tianchu to sit down. Miao Zhe sat down, and when the people in the room saw Miao Zhe sitting, they all sat down one by one.

Meng Tianchu said: "Master Miao, what's the matter with looking for Meng so late?" ”

Miao Zhe looked embarrassed. Before she could speak, the young girl spoke: "We are not looking for you for anything else. It's for you to catch ghosts. ”

Meng Tianchu was stunned when he heard this. The girl stood up, pointed to the attic of the fourth lady, and said disdainfully: "It's been three days, and every night you toss us so much, do we want to sleep?" Death is dead, and we are not allowed to live in peace. ”

Meng Tianchu thought to himself, what kind of mother has what kind of daughter, why does she speak so ugly.

Sure enough, the eldest lady's face darkened, and she said: "They are already married, and they still speak so unobtrusively, one day this mouth of yours will hurt you." ”

When the girl saw that the eldest lady said this, she quickly shut up, walked to her seat and sat down.

Miao Zhe said: "Master Meng, don't blame, my daughter has been talking like this, and I will definitely discipline her strictly afterwards." However, we also have no choice, so we asked you to come and see, you are well-informed, I don't know why. ”

Meng Tianchu said: "I just want to know what happened? What do you want to catch ghosts? I'm not a ghost. ”

The eldest lady spoke: "The night after the child's death, the fourth lady got up in the middle of the night, and when we knew that she had fainted into the room where she had slept before. I asked her afterwards, and she said that it was the two children standing in front of her bed calling her mother, and I just thought that my mother must have lost her child because of excessive sadness, so I didn't care. But last night, something happened again. ”

When Meng Tianchu heard this, the hairs on his body stood up, it was the first time he had heard a ghost story called by someone else on such a big night, and he felt infiltrating when he thought about it.

Meng Tianchu said: "What's going on again? ”

The eldest lady said: "It is the third lady who sees the ground, so let the third lady tell you." ”

When the third lady saw the eldest lady say this, she said: "Last night, the master kept saying that he couldn't sleep, and I saw that he hadn't slept well in the past few days, and he had been guarding Xue'er's room, so I asked the master to sleep in my room, and I went to guard Xue'er." The eldest lady also means this, when the lord went to sleep, it was almost the second watch, I guarded for a while, and I fell asleep damn it, and I don't know when, I was awakened by a sound, I opened my eyes and looked, the light in the house did not know when it had been extinguished, although there was a brazier in the house, but I couldn't see clearly, I wanted to grope my way up to find the fire, ready to light the lamp, at this time I suddenly found...

When the third lady said this, her expression suddenly looked very frightened, and the eldest lady sat down

The side of the person, put his hand on the hand of the third lady, the third lady stabilized and then said: "There was a figure at the door flashed, I was by the light of the brazier, I rushed over to open the door, there was no one upstairs, there was no snow last night, but the moon was okay, plus the snow on the ground was reflected, the yard was much brighter than the house, I looked at no one, suddenly a little scared, was about to close the door, I heard a movement in the next room, I walked out of the door, and found that the door next door was open again. ”

Meng Tianchu took over the conversation and said, "Open again?" What does it mean, has it been opened before? ”

The fourth lady said: "The night before yesterday, when I got up, the room was open, and I saw my two children playing their rattles on the bed, and when I went in, they smiled at me, and when I went to them, they were suddenly gone, and I looked around and couldn't find them, and when I was about to go out, I saw them fall on the beams of the house, and their faces were covered with blood, oh my God." My baby. ”

The fourth lady said, covering her face and crying sadly. Miao Zhe hurriedly hugged the fourth lady in his arms. Whispered comfort.

Meng Tianchu said: "Third lady, then you go on." ”

The third lady said, "I found the door open, and it was strange. Because of the incident with Xue'er's sister the day before, the master not only locked the door with the housekeeper, but also put a seal on the door. I was scared and didn't dare to go in, so I looked at the door, but. I really saw it, I really saw it, the two kids sitting on the bed, I was terrified, I screamed, I fainted, I woke up in bed. ”

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Meng Tianchu asked, "Who found the third lady of the earth?" ”

The eldest lady said: "I found it, a person of my age." I don't have much sleepiness anymore, and besides, I sleep very lightly, so when I hear the sound, I quickly get up and look. I found out. ”

Meng Tianchu asked the third lady and the fourth lady about the first day in detail, and then said, "Then since I am going to catch ghosts." I'm not leaving tonight. ”

When Miao Zhehe heard this, he was as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and he was very happy.

Miao Zhe and the fourth lady lived upstairs in the eldest lady's house, and the entire building where the fourth lady lived was transcribed and given to Meng Tianchu and the four people, and after Miao Zhe and the others fell asleep, Meng Tianchu and Murong Zhenxue and the other three people were still sitting in the upstairs room talking.

Meng Tianchu carefully recalled what the two ladies said just now, and the other three people were roasting a fire on the side, waiting for the "ghost" to appear.

Wang Yi said: "I want to see what a powerful two ghosts these are. ”

Zhu Hao said: "Where are there any ghosts in the world, there are ghosts in the hearts of these people!" This is strange, they all said that they saw two dead children sitting on the bed, it wouldn't be dazzling. ”

Murong Yuxue didn't speak, Wang Yi thought she was scared, girls were afraid of these ghosts, gods or something, so he teased her: "Don't turn your back to the door, be careful that the ghost is at the door." ”

Murong Zhenxue turned her head to look behind her, smiled, and said, "Uncle Zhu has said that ghosts are in people's hearts, don't do bad things, what the hell am I afraid of!" ”

Wang Yi said: "Then you mean that anyone who sees a ghost has done something unpleasant? ”

Murong Zhenxue nodded and said, "That's not it!" I'm convinced that so. ”

Meng Tianchu seemed to have suddenly realized something from their conversation, and suddenly said, "Do you think that the third lady was good to those two children before their children died?" This tomorrow we can ask the underground people in this courtyard. ”

Murong Zhenxue said: "Even if the third lady is not good to the child and sees a ghost, how can the child's mother see a ghost?" She couldn't have been bad with her children. ”

Zhu Hao sneered and said, "It's not strange what happened in this deep mansion compound. ”

Meng Tianchu knew that Zhu Hao had been in the capital before, and he had seen everything he wanted, so it was not surprising to say so.

Unconsciously, it was already the third watch, according to the two ladies, it was probably at this time that the next room was haunted, but today the ghost thought that he knew that someone was going to catch it, but it didn't appear until the third watch, Meng Tianchu sat alone at the table, Wang Yi and Zhu Hao were lying on the table and napping, Murong Yuxue said that he was bold, but he refused to go to the next room to sleep alone, and everyone felt that they were not at ease to let her stay alone in a room, so they let the bed out and let her sleep, she leaned on the bed first, Later, I still couldn't hold on and fell asleep.

Meng Tianchu listened carefully to the movement next door, there was a strong wind blowing outside, thinking that it was going to snow again. Outside, there was no sound but the whirring wind. Meng Tianchu listened for a long time, yawned tiredly, stood up, and walked to the window, there was wind outside, and it was winter, so the window was closed. He carefully opened the window near the side of the corridor, and a gust of wind blew in Meng Tianchu couldn't help but shiver, he looked at the corridor, it was very dark, he couldn't see anything, and occasionally he could hear the slight creak of the fence on the side of the building after the wind blew.

Meng Tianchu was afraid of freezing the people in the room, so he closed the window,

When he got to the chair, he had not yet sat down, when he suddenly heard the sound of the door opening, and the door listened carefully, because the wind was very strong outside, and he was worried that he had heard it wrong. Like a voice coming from next door, he turned around and saw that Zhu Hao had also gotten up and walked to his side, the two of them held their breath and put their ears to the wall to listen, and there was a burst of baby laughter next door.

Meng Tianchu looked at Zhu Hao, Zhu Hao motioned with his hand to let him not make a sound, and took off the shoes on his feet. Then walk to the door. Whispered the door open, then rushed to the next door. Meng Tianchu saw Zhu Hao rushing over, and hurriedly called Wang Yi. I followed suit.

The door opened again, Zhu Hao was standing in the middle of the house next door, Meng Tianchu and Wang Yi came one after another, there was nothing in the house, Zhu Hao took out the fire in his arms and lit the lamp in the house, and the room soon became bright.

Meng Tianchu looked carefully around the house. I didn't find anything, so I asked Zhu Hao: "Did you find anything when you came in?" ”

Zhu Hao asked Meng Tianchu rhetorically: "Did the young master see anything when he came in?" ”

Meng Tianchu shook his head and said, "No, I took a good look and found nothing." ”

Zhu Hao pointed to a window directly opposite the door and said, "This window is open." ”

Meng Tianchu saw that it was so, he quickly walked to the window and looked down. At least four meters above the ground.

Zhu Hao walked up to Meng Tianchu and said, "I didn't find anything when I came in, and naturally there were no children on the bed, just looking at this window." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Could it be that you watched it before?" ”

"No!" Meng Tianchu looked back. The person who spoke was Miao Zhe, who was wearing a cotton coat. There is also the butler and the third lady behind him.

Meng Tianchu said: "How could it not? ”

The third lady stepped forward and said, "The master and I came to see it at night, and all the windows were closed, so it won't be opened in advance." ”

Meng Tianchu asked, "Who keeps the key?" ”

The third lady shook the key in her hand in front of Meng Tianchu's eyes, and then said, "I'm in charge of it tonight." ”

Meng Tianchu asked, "Has anyone else used this key?" ”

The third lady shook her head and said, "Since the door was locked, this set of keys has always been by my side and has never left me. ”

Miao Zhe explained on the side: "In the past, this key was held by Ling'er, that is, the second lady, and it was handed over to Xiaoxiao since yesterday. Suo'er means to be small to take care of this family. ”

Meng Tianchu took the key and looked at it, there were a lot of keys, and they were really housekeepers, thinking that there were keys to the large and small doors in this courtyard. Meng Tianchu asked, "Are you the key to all the doors in this entire courtyard, and there is a spare one here?" ”

The third lady said: "There are no rooms for several ladies, and the fourth lady gave me the key to the land after something happened." Pretty much everything else is with me. ”

Meng Tianchu asked, "Then how many keys are there?" ”

The third lady replied, "As far as I know, there should be only one." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at the earthlings, didn't say anything, walked to the door, and saw that the night watchman was also on the side, so he asked, "Did you hear anything?" ”

The leader of the night watch said, "Just like the other day, it's still a scream. ”

Meng Tianchu heard it, no, today is obviously just the laughter of children, and the wind was so strong at that time, the people downstairs may not be able to hear the laughter of the children next door upstairs, why do these night watchmen still say that they heard a scream?

Meng Tianchu turned around and asked the third lady and Miao Zhe again: "How did the lady and the master know that something happened upstairs?" ”

Miao Zhe said: "I lived in a small room today, thinking that I was too tired a few days ago, so I fell asleep, but the third lady woke me up, and I knew that something had happened again." ”

Meng Tianchu thought to himself, why did the third lady find out that something had happened twice? And two of the three times were the third lady who woke up the people around her, once the eldest lady woke up, and once she woke up the master, didn't she sleep?

The third lady thought that she saw Meng Tianchu's question, so she replied: "I also fell asleep before, but probably because things have always happened at this time these days, and now I am the housekeeper, I am afraid that something will happen at home, so I have not dared to sleep too much, so when I heard movement in the yard, I quickly woke up the master." ”

Meng Tianchu asked, "What movement did you hear?" ”

The third lady replied, "I heard the night watchman passing by the door, and said that something had happened again, and I woke up. ”

The night watchman also said, "Yes, as soon as we came up, the third lady and the old man came with us. ”

Meng Tianchu thought to himself, in this way, maybe it was true. Then he asked the vigil, "Are you sleepy or asleep in the middle of the way, and if you think about it again, do you really hear a scream?" ”