Facing the inquiry of the housekeeper of the Cheng Mansion, Su Wuming smiled lightly: "Let's go and take a look at the place where the lonely ghost haunted last night!" ”

When Su Wuming mentioned the lonely ghost, Cheng Li's face changed slightly, as if he was very frightened, but soon, he responded again and again, and led Su Wuming and the others to the kitchen.

The kitchen of the Cheng family is very large, because it is responsible for the food of hundreds of people up and down the Cheng Mansion, according to the usual, at this time, this should be the time to be busy preparing for the next meal, but last night there was a lonely ghost stealing food, so many people dare not come in, even if they come in, they will feel the wind in their backs, the muscles and bones are cold, and they want to go outside to feel the sunshine, because only under the sun, they can feel a trace of safety.

There were not a few people in the kitchen, which was a good thing for Su Wuming, he took a closer look inside, because the scene had been destroyed, so he couldn't see anything, Su Wuming was a little helpless, so he had to start asking.

"Who saw that lonely ghost last night?"

When Su Wuming said this, there were still a few people in the kitchen, but when they heard the words lonely ghosts, they suddenly ran out tremblingly.

Seeing that everyone was so afraid of lonely ghosts, Su Wuming frowned slightly, he felt that he had to investigate this matter as soon as possible, otherwise the matter of a rogue man stealing food would make the entire Qiantang County restless.

After all, Cheng Li is a person who has experienced the world, although he is scared in his heart, but in the face of Su Wuming's inquiry, he still has to answer.

"Back to Lord Su's words, it was the guard who patrolled the house who found the lonely ghost, and at that time, a guard wanted to find something to eat in the kitchen because he was hungry, and he saw the lonely ghost!"

"The guards can come to the kitchen to eat?"

"Of course not, the guard came stealing, and after I found out about this incident, I deducted half a month's salary!"

Su Wuming bowed slightly, and after a long time, he asked again, "Where are the guards?" ”

"Now that he is resting, I will have someone call him!"

After a while, a burly strong man was brought in, but his face was very bad, and his spirit was also very poor, after saluting Su Wuming, he stood aside and bowed his head silently, Su Wuming saw him like this, and asked, "Did you see that lonely ghost last night?" ”

Hearing the word lonely ghost, the guard trembled, Tang Xiong saw him so useless on the side, and immediately snorted coldly: "Manly man, what the hell are you afraid of, not to mention that it is not a ghost, it is just a person who is hungry and comes here to steal food!" ”

Being scolded by Tang Xiong like this, the guard was even more frightened and didn't dare to make a sound, Su Wuming sighed, and pointed out casually: "Go to the sun and say!" ”

A few people stood in the warm autumn sun, and the guard calmed down a little, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, "Yes...... It's the one the villain sees...... The ghost, the villain was a little hungry at the time, so he sneaked to the kitchen while everyone was patrolling, when the night was dark, I saw the kitchen door open, and a cloaked ghost was there devouring the leftovers of the kitchen, I was frightened and screamed, and the ghost ...... I turned around, and when I saw his face, it was ...... I can't stand it, I ...... I don't even remember how I escaped. ”

After the guard said this, Cheng Li scolded a useless thing with some anger.

At this time, Su Wuming was a little excited, and hurriedly asked, "Did you see that person's face?" ”

"Master Su, that's not a human at all, it's a ghost!"

"What does he look like?" Su Wuming didn't want to discuss the question of whether he was a human or a ghost with this guard, he just wanted to know what he was like.

The guard's expression changed slightly, and it took a long time before he spoke, "That ghost...... I can't see my facial features clearly, and the corners of my mouth are bleeding, and it looks like a ...... under the moonlight It's scary! ”

"Blood from the corners of the mouth?"

"yes, I was at the kitchen door, and I saw it really!"

"Since you can see it really, how can you say that you can't see your facial features clearly?"

"It's not that the villain can't see his facial features clearly, but that ghost doesn't have any facial features at all, and that face can hardly be described by a face, it's too scary!"

After the guard finished speaking, he moved slightly, as if he was standing like this, which was even more uncomfortable.

Su Wuming was silent for a long time, he didn't know whether to believe this guard's words, if that person's facial features were blurred, it was indeed pitiful, but how could the corners of his mouth be bleeding? According to Su Wuming's understanding, that person was hungry, so he came here to find something to eat, but there is no need to bleed when looking for something to eat?

Was he beaten before he came here to find something to eat?

If that person was really beaten, it shouldn't be difficult to find that person, but now the haunting is spreading throughout Qiantang County, who are those who beat that ghost?

According to everyone's description, those people should know that the ghost they are talking about is the person they beat, and they should be triumphant to break this rumor!

Thinking of this, Su Wuming felt that it was necessary to send someone to investigate, but now, he still had a problem that needed Wen Chengli.

"Cheng's Mansion is a high-walled compound, and there are guards patrolling, so ordinary people can't enter at all, right?"

"Who says it's not, Cheng Mansion hasn't seen a thief sneak in for more than ten years, and that's why we say it's a ghost, but the old lady has never thought so."

"What do the rest of the people in the house think about this?"

"Most of them think it's a ghost, especially our eldest man Cheng Bo, he thinks it's a ghost, so now he must be accompanied when he goes out, before he goes out today, he also asked the villain to call his wife who went out to save his relatives to come back to accompany him tonight, later, the villain has to ask the mage to catch ghosts."

Seeing that there were people in Cheng's Mansion who were so afraid of ghosts, Su Wuming shrugged slightly, and after chatting with Cheng Li for a few more words, he got up and said goodbye.

When Cheng Li sent Su Wuming and others out of the house, he passed by the flower garden, at this time the flower garden was full of chrysanthemums, some of which had already opened, red and white, and it was elegant, and in this light and elegant, Cheng Yu was alone among the flowers, his eyes were half-squinted, as if he was basking in the sun, and he seemed to be smelling the faint fragrance of flowers.

Hearing the footsteps, Cheng Yu turned his head slightly, and saw that it was Su Wuming and the others, so he hurriedly got up and asked with a smile: "Lord Su has seen and asked?" ”

Su Wuming nodded: "Although the guards of your mansion said that what they saw was a ghost with a vague face, Lord Ben is very sure that he must be human." ”

"The old man also thinks that he is a person, so please ask Lord Su to find and arrest this person as soon as possible, otherwise my Cheng Mansion will be a little unpeaceful."

"Old Man Cheng can rest assured at this point, since he is a human, this official will definitely be able to arrest him!"

Speaking of this, Su Wuming glanced at the chrysanthemums in the courtyard, and said with a light smile: "Old man Cheng actually likes chrysanthemums so much, there are no other flowers in this huge yard." ”

Cheng Yu smiled: "When I was young, I was competitive, I wanted to do my best, and I had an indescribable crazy pursuit of money, and then the business was done to the extreme, and suddenly there was a feeling of being overwhelmed by the cold, think about it carefully, what is it for me to run around so desperately?" Now that I have been at home for the past few years, I suddenly understand that people live more indifferently and happily, which is better than anything else; In recent years, I have liked to read, especially Tao Yuanming's writings, and I love it to the extreme, so I want to plant chrysanthemums in this courtyard, although it is not a chrysanthemum picking under the east fence, leisurely see Nanshan, but looking at these many chrysanthemums, I also experienced a sense of indifference, and it can be regarded as a vassal elegance! ”

After listening to Cheng Yu's words, Su Wuming felt even more that this Cheng Yu was a smart person, because only smart people know what kind of things to do in different stages of their lives.

Perhaps, Cheng Yu's heart is still full of pride, but he is old and mature, and he can't do those prideful feelings anymore, but leisurely picking chrysanthemums is just right for him.

For what Cheng Yu said, Su Wuming inevitably wanted to say some words of approval, and after saying this, he gave his leave.

After leaving the Cheng Mansion, Wen Wan'er looked at Su Wuming and said, "Xianggong, now that we have seen this Cheng Mansion, what should we do next?" ”

Nangong Yan also wanted to know what to do next, so she also looked at Su Wuming eagerly, Su Wuming smiled lightly, and told the clues that he thought of after listening to the guards of the Cheng Mansion, everyone was a little surprised after listening to it, and Nangong Yan exclaimed: "That ghost was beaten by someone, this ...... How is this possible? ”

It's a bit impossible, but the guard saw blood on the man's mouth, but it couldn't be explained, unless the guard was wrong, or the ghost was intent on scary.

What the guard said was true, it didn't look like it was fake, if that ghost was deliberately scary, why did he come to Cheng Mansion to scare people? If he can't scare people, he can't escape from the high-walled compound of Cheng Mansion, not to mention that there are many guards in Cheng Mansion.

Then there is, the ghost with the cloak that the watchman saw in the broken temple is not the ghost of this Cheng Mansion, if it is the same person, this thing seems too strange, on the night of Halloween, everyone dared not go out, and it was most convenient to go to a big family to steal food, but the ghost did not go, only went to the City God Temple, and after the Halloween, he went to the Cheng family, a wealthy family, isn't this looking for death?

It seems to be a very simple thing, but there are all kinds of strange and unexplainable things, Su Wuming walked towards the county government while talking with everyone.

After Su Wuming said his thoughts, he ordered: "That person is very likely to be beaten, so I want Lord Qian to send someone to investigate and see if there are beggars or rogues who have been beaten recently." ”

Qian Sheng responded again and again, and said: "This matter is handed over to the lower officials to handle, and it must be handled by Lord Su, but why only investigate beggars and rogue Han?" ”