Chapter 230: Pretending to be a ghost
Let the henchman go out and send someone to take a good look at the Master Cheng sent by Shu Xianzun, Hu Songqi sat alone in the room, pressing the eyebrows that had already had several deep horizontal lines.
At the beginning, because of his father's exploits, he once enshrined the Jinyi Wei Thousand Households, and was on par with the eldest brother who had made military achievements, but none of them inherited Hu Zongxian's ability to be civil and martial, and no one could pass the level of the scientific field, so none of the three sons were admitted to the lifting of people. And now, this trend is also deeply reflected in his two sons, who even if he whips every day, he does not see much qualification to read, and his personality is cowardly and incompetent, and he is angry every time he looks at it. If it weren't for that, would he need to see Shu Bangru's face?
At this moment, he did not reflect on the fact that he only cared about himself in times of crisis, and then fought with his third brother Hu Baiqi for family property, so that his brothers were separated from morality, and the villagers were even more secretly despised. He only felt that he was too unhappy, and he only felt that his father's death was too worthless. If he can grit his teeth and survive in the prison for a while, maybe there will be a turnaround, and he will not be reduced to what he is now.
At this moment, Hu Songqi vaguely heard a rustling sound, thinking that it was someone who dared to come in without being informed, but when he looked around, there was no movement, and when his eyes fell on the window, his pupils suddenly shrank. He clearly saw that it should have been a dark window, but at this moment, there seemed to be a fire beating, reflecting a small figure.
Suddenly, a hand pressed against the window. Crucially, the hand looked small. Some baby fat. Poking around on the window paper as if playing. It didn't take long for the window paper to poke holes one by one! He was almost sure that there was absolutely no such bold person in his family, and a chill suddenly appeared in his heart.
Just as his teeth creaked and he was about to scream, he suddenly heard a chuckle. But the laughter of such a vaguely familiar little girl made his hairs stand on end.
Impossible...... One of his two younger sisters, whom his father loved very much, was so angry that he couldn't afford to die, and the other ran over the wall and disappeared. Surely he would have died a long time ago!
He snapped back to his senses and cried out hoarsely, "Come on, come on!" Go behind you and see who is pretending to be a ghost! ”
"If you are not filial, unkind, unjust, you will have retribution!"
This gloomy voice came into the house, and although Hu Songqi could clearly hear his family running towards the backyard, he did not even have the slightest sense of security. Especially when a girl rushed into his room and stammered a word, he stood up even more suddenly. Then he sat down with another butt.
"Master, there's no one in the backyard. There was only one fire burning in the middle of the courtyard. ”
Seeing Hu Songqi's pale face, the girl swallowed a mouthful of saliva and whispered: "There are footprints next to the fire, but the footprints are shallow, and they look like children's footprints." ”
This time, Hu Songqi barely slipped out of his chair. He swallowed hard, then he took a deep breath and roared angrily: "Someone must be pretending to be a ghost, let me check, check carefully!" ”
There are also young servants in the family, maybe someone was instigated to deliberately act this to scare him! At this moment, Hu Songqi didn't think about it at all, people can disappear without a trace in the backyard, which is not something ordinary people can do at all.
The chickens and dogs jumping in the backyard of the Hu family naturally affected the Cheng Xianggong in the guest room in the front yard. He called his personal servant to go out to see what was going on, but he was politely invited back by the Hu family, saying that it was just that something was smashed in the backyard, and there was no need to care about the small commotion. But for Cheng Wenlie, who used to be a senior lawyer, hid in Tibet as a street rat, and now finally caught the life-saving straw of Jixi County's Ling Shu Bangru, how could he believe such hellish words. After the visit of those scholars today, he had an extra eye and sent a small servant to spy on the movements, but the people came back to report that they had seen a young scholar who looked like Wang Fulin in them.
He is almost suffering from fear of fear now, you know, he has not lost a lawsuit in his life, but the worst defeat is only in the hands of Wang Fulin, who is not yet fifteen years old! The only thing to be thankful for is that he is now saying that he is Shu Bangru's person, but in fact......
He said in a deep voice to the little guy Shu Bangru gave to him: "I have to send a letter to Shu Xianzun, if Wang Fulin also comes, this matter must be accelerated, otherwise just by virtue of the friendship between Wang Daokun and Hu Zongxian back then, the wishful thinking will be over!" ”
In the night, Xiaobei, who was comfortable after pretending to be a ghost, quietly turned into the place where he was staying, and touched his house lightly. She cautiously pushed the door in, and found that the room was pitch black, and it was obvious that no one had come, and she couldn't help but feel reassured. At that moment, she didn't bother to light the lamp, and walked in the direction of the bed with her previous memory. But before she could get to the bed, which was quite soft in her impression, she heard a voice.
"Is the Hu family fun?"
Xiaobei almost jumped up in fright. She looked in the direction of the voice, and saw that there was indeed a person sitting on the chair, and the voice was clearly Wang Fulin, so she became annoyed, and stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Three watches in the middle of the night, it's scary, do you know?" What if I just screamed out in a scare from you? ”
"If you're the kind of girl who screams when she hears a little movement, you won't run out at night." Wang Fulin replied angrily, and then reminded helplessly, "I went to see the three people over there at night, and they asked you, I said that you were tired from riding a horse and slept first, fortunately they didn't come to knock on the door, otherwise I found that the door was hidden but not there, how can I explain?" Say, what did you do at Hu's house? ”
Although he had known that Wang Fulin had sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, Xiaobei only snorted lightly at this moment. She also knew she was in a hurry. However, it has been more than half a year since she last came to Longchuan, and now that her father may be able to wash away his reputation, how can she not go to find out Hu Songqi's reaction? She sat down in another chair and deliberately asked, "Guess who else I saw tonight besides my second brother?" ”
Wang Fulin had no resistance to guessing whose game it was. You must know that it was already an accident to meet Wang Yingjiao and the three of them today, and there are others in the Hu family at this time, which is even more unexpected. He rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully: "Hu Songqi closed the door to thank customers, even ordinary passers-by know it, which shows how famous this hiding thing is, and he should see an important person...... Did someone promise to overturn the case for Hu Butang? ”
Xiaobei suddenly felt that the boss was bored: "You can guess this." ”
After receiving the affirmation, Wang Fulin suddenly became more energetic: "And you asked me in such a tone, obviously this person should be known to us, or familiar." Jixi from officialdom to Shilin, most of me are not familiar with it, but the only one person has dealt with me several times, and he is also unforgettable to me. Shu Bang Ru...... No, his county order is the same as Ye Xianzun, it is impossible for him to leave the county seat casually, it is not him, it should be his envoy, I should have guessed correctly, right? ”
"You're such a thief!" Xiaobei was convinced, but he said unforgivingly, "It's his master who came, can you guess who it is?" ”
"Oh, Shu Xianzun even has a master?" Wang Fulin blinked his eyes and thought for a while, and finally spread his hands and said helplessly, "He was a magistrate in the government before, and there was no master by his side, but now he has such a person in Jixi, which should have been accepted later." It's possible for locals or outsiders, I can't guess. ”
"I thought you were so good, it turned out that there were times when I couldn't guess it!" Xiaobei laughed at this time, but when Wang Fulin asked who it was, she opened her mouth, thinking that she only remembered pretending to be a ghost in the Hu family, forgetting to go to the guest room to get to the bottom of it, and suddenly felt a little weak, "Anyway, I heard my second brother call him Master Cheng, I don't know who it is." Listening to the accent, it doesn't seem to be from Jixi, nor is it from She County. ”
Although there are only two clues that the surname is Cheng, not Jixi or Shexian people, Wang Fulin couldn't help but have a guess. Wouldn't it be the Cheng Wenlie who ran away without a trace after being confessed by Zhao Sicheng? It is very likely that as a senior lawyer, he is very familiar with Shu Bangru, who was in charge of the criminal name at the beginning, and afterwards one of the two became marginal figures, and the other was shouted and killed by others, and they got together, which makes sense. And Shu Bangru's plan, without Xiaobei to say, he can also guess, he has to admit that this former Shu Tuiguan still has the courage to fight hard.
"Okay, it's hard for you to go on a big night trip, go to bed early, maybe there will be trouble tomorrow."
Seeing Wang Fulin standing up and walking out, Xiaobei suddenly asked in a ghostly manner: "Hey, don't you ask me what else I did when I went to the Hu family?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Wang Fulin was stunned. He turned around in astonishment, then walked quickly to Xiaobei, and asked in a very uncalm tone in a low voice for a long time: "Did you set the Hu family's house on fire, or did you pretend to be your old man's manifestation?" ”
He really couldn't be calm, after hearing such important information, this little girl still had the heart to pretend to be a ghost in the Hu family?
"That's my house, that's my father, what do you think of me!" Xiaobei fought back in annoyance, and then said angrily, "I lit a fire in the middle of the backyard, and then used the bone reduction technique to pretend to be a ghost to scare my second brother!" ”
It's a blessing in misfortune!
Wang Fulin felt that it was too much of a risk to bring this girl out! He stroked his chest and took a long breath before warning, "Don't mess around next." I'm afraid things will change, don't forget that you promised yourself, listen to me! (To be continued......)