Qian Sheng's question is also the question that Wen Wan'er and the others are going to ask.

Su Wuming only smiled lightly and said: "It's very simple, since that ghost man was beaten, but no one came here to report the crime, it can be seen that he must have fought with someone who knew that ghost man after all, that ghost man looked like that, either a beggar or a rogue man, and the person who could beat him must also be a beggar and a rogue man." ”

Qian Sheng nodded again and again after hearing this, and then asked, "In addition to these, do you need to investigate anything else?" ”

"For the time being, I don't know if that ghost is deliberately scary, so let's investigate whether he was beaten first!"

Qian Sheng received orders again and again, and then sent someone to investigate the matter, while Su Wuming and others went back to wait for news.

It's just that Su Wuming waited at home until late at night, and they didn't wait for any news, in other words, Qian Sheng and they didn't hear anything, there was no way, they had to continue to wait.

There are no stars and no moon tonight, and faint dark clouds float in the air, giving people a sense of etherealism.

Su Wuming stayed in his courtyard for a long time, and finally sighed, and then went back to his room to rest.

The next day, the sky was cloudy, the wind was blowing a chill, Su Wuming and others were waiting for the news of Qian Sheng at home, but at this time, the people from Cheng Mansion hurriedly came to report, saying that there was a ghost cry in the house last night.

Hearing this, Su Wuming's brows condensed slightly, thinking that this was really a strange thing, could it be that the ghost man who stole food the day before yesterday went to Cheng's Mansion last night? He's bold enough.

After rushing to Cheng Mansion with the subordinates of Cheng Mansion, Cheng Li immediately greeted him, and said as he walked: "Master Su, let's ...... There may really be a ghost in our Su Mansion, the ghost screamed so miserably last night, and it was terrifying...... The frightened villains don't dare to get up at night. ”

Su Wuming was full of doubts and asked, "Who heard it?" ”

"Basically the whole whole house heard it, this ...... That's a ...... Hey......" Cheng Li couldn't go on, and finally sighed, and directly led Su Wuming to see their old lady Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu sat in the living room, with a grim face, between his faint eyebrows, there was a murderous aura, from Cheng Yu's expression, Su Wuming could faintly see the heroic and shrewd spirit of this person who opened restaurants all over the south of the Yangtze River, and of course he also had a sense of decisiveness.

However, after Su Wuming and the others entered the living room, Cheng Yu's expression immediately relaxed, he first ordered someone to serve good tea, and then said again and again: "Master Su, that person pretending to be a ghost, it is really hateful, he has already made the people in my house panic, especially my eldest son, who didn't sleep all night, left the house at dawn, and said that he didn't dare to go home to sleep tonight, this ...... It's so infuriating! ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Yu seemed to realize something, so he hurriedly explained: "The dog is not incompetent, but I believe in this ghost and god too much, Master Su, please don't look down on the dog because of my words." ”

"Where did Mr. Cheng say, everyone in the world is afraid of ghosts, but the degree of fear is different, since Mr. Cheng invited the official to come, how about the official to take care of him and investigate carefully?"

"Lord Su is willing to help investigate, that's really an old honor, what does Lord Su want to ask, just ask!"

Su Wuming bowed his head slightly and asked, "When did you hear the ghost scream last night?" ”

"About a certain hour, I was already asleep, but then I suddenly heard an exclamation, after the scream was a ghost scream, after hearing the ghost scream, the old man was very panicked, and hurriedly asked the concubine to help me out to check, but when I went out, the ghost scream stopped. Later, I called out all the people up and down the house, and they all said that they heard the ghost scream, but they did not see the ghost. ”

"Who called that scream?"

Cheng Yu was slightly embarrassed and said: "It's another concubine of the old decay, she sleeps alone in the side room, and she is very scared when she hears the ghost scream, so she screams." ”

Hua Lang pondered for a while and said, "Judging from the current situation, this person must have entered your Cheng Mansion with some purpose, he pretended to be a ghost and scary, I'm afraid he won't stop until he is caught." ”

Cheng Yu nodded again and again: "What Master Su said is right, the old man also thinks that this is not a ghost, this is clearly someone who wants to scare my Cheng family, and it is not good for my Cheng family, Lord Su, you are in a state of mind, but you must arrest this person, this ...... The guards in my house are useless things, and they don't even dare to move when they hear the ghosts screaming, let alone arrest them. ”

Seeing that Cheng Yu had not lost his mind, Su Wuming was deeply relieved, with someone like him supporting the no-ghost theory, it would be much easier for him to investigate this matter in Cheng Mansion.

After thinking about it for a while, Su Wuming said to Cheng Yu: "This official wants to see the people in the mansion!" ”

Cheng Yu nodded, said yes again and again, and then ordered Cheng Li to call all the people in the house.

They were standing in the courtyard, all nervous, Su Wuming looked at them and asked, "Who is the janitor?" ”

After asking this sentence, several people walked out of the crowd, because the Cheng Mansion was very large, there were four or five gatekeepers.

"You guarded the gate of Cheng Mansion, did you ever let suspicious people enter Cheng Mansion?"

When the gatekeepers heard this, they knelt down and shook their heads again and again and said absolutely not, Su Wuming nodded slightly, and then asked Cheng Li to interrogate all these subordinates to see if there were many or few people, and then when the ghost screamed last night, did all of them have someone to testify.

After such a busy time, Cheng Li came to report: "Back to Lord Su's words, the guards and janitors can testify to each other, and some of the subordinates who slept in the same bunk also said that they had seen each other after waking up after hearing the ghost scream, but some of the more advanced subordinates were alone in one room, so no one could testify." ”

"Who are they?"

"Back to Lord Su's words, there is no one to testify that there is an old slave and a son of the old slave, because the old slave has been in the house for many years, so the old lady specially allowed the old slave to be given a room, and the dog did things in the house, and he was also stained!"

This Cheng Li did not forget that he was a subordinate at this time, which shows that he usually follows the duties of his subordinates, but just following the duties of his subordinates does not mean that he cannot have other bad intentions.

It's just that Cheng Li just finished speaking, Cheng Yu immediately spoke: "The housekeeper doesn't have to say this, I still believe in you very much, and the ghost voice is together, when I came out, you were already in a hurry with your son in clothes, in such a short time, how could you be the one who pretended to be a ghost!" ”

Being so trusted by Cheng Yu, Cheng Li was very grateful, and he almost cried when he was grateful.

And at this time, Su Wuming frowned, if Cheng Li was not the one who pretended to be a ghost and scary, then who would it be?

The Cheng Mansion is heavily guarded, and the people who pretend to be ghosts either have other ways to enter the Cheng Mansion or are the people in the Cheng Mansion, but now everyone has an alibi, how can this be good?

Could it be that the person who pretends to be a ghost is the master of the house? But in Cheng Mansion, Su Wuming can't casually investigate the owner of Cheng Mansion, of course, it's not that Su Wuming doesn't have this right, it's just that now Cheng Mansion is just a haunted incident, if he investigates the owner of Cheng Mansion, it will inevitably make Cheng Mansion even more panicked, which is a bit more than worth the loss.

After asking a few more questions, Su Wuming asked Cheng Yu to say goodbye, and said that after he had clues, he would notify Cheng Yu, and asked Cheng Yu that if anything happened to Cheng Mansion again, he must go and tell him.

Now that this kind of thing has happened in Cheng Mansion, Cheng Yu has pinned his hopes on Su Wuming, and if something else happens, even if Su Wuming doesn't say it, he will also send someone to inform Su Wuming.

Several people agreed this, and Su Wuming and they left Cheng Mansion.

But after a few people left, a government official hurriedly ran over and said helplessly: "Master Su, we have investigated the entire Qiantang County, but we have not inquired about any news. ”

As soon as the official finished speaking, Nangong Yan said a little indifferently: "If you don't look for the person who pretends to be a ghost, since he is pretending to be a ghost, maybe the blood on his mouth was smeared by himself, in order to be scary, where it is certain that he was beaten, if he was really beaten, why didn't he come to Chengfu to steal something to eat without wiping it off?" Besides, can he still come to Chengfu to steal food after being beaten, and can he go to Chengfu? ”

Nangong Yan's words were casual, but when everyone heard them, they felt very reasonable, if they were analyzed according to what she said, there was no doubt that the person who pretended to be a ghost must be someone from Cheng Fu.

It's just that after Nangong Yan finished speaking, the official didn't dare to say anything casually, and only looked at Su Wuming with a pair of eyes, only when Su Wuming said that he would not investigate this matter anymore, they dared not to investigate.

Su Wuming felt that what Nangong Yan said was good, but it was not without other variables, so he said to the servant: "That person should be found, but the possibility of him being beaten is extremely small, you just want to find that person!" ”

The official received the order, and left in a hurry, Su Wuming and others wandered on the street, but at this time they found that the public opinion in Qiantang County had changed a lot, and now the people on the street said that the person the lonely ghost was looking for was someone from the Cheng family, and it had nothing to do with them, so they just sat and waited to watch the excitement.

At this time, Qiantang County is very lively, people's hearts are no longer panicked, and everyone's focus is on the people of Chengfu, if the people of Chengfu hear these public opinions, I don't know if they will be more afraid.

After hearing these public opinions, Lin Yun smiled lightly: "A person pretending to be a ghost, what is there to be afraid of, these people, they are really hopeless!" ”

Su Wuming smiled: "The people are ignorant and easy to be bewitched, but no matter what, the general situation in Qiantang County is stable, which is also a good thing, even Chengfu, I'm afraid it will be restless." After saying this, Su Wuming seemed to think of something again, so he hurriedly said: "Jiang Ying Linyun, the two of you go to investigate the personnel of Cheng Mansion, and you must investigate all kinds of relationships between Cheng Yu's wife and son." ”

Jiang Ying and Lin Yun heard this, and glanced at each other, and then, Lin Yun hurriedly asked, "What are you suspecting?" ”

"Someone who pretends to be a ghost may be among them!"