Another scream came out, and Zheng Lang ran out quickly.

So evil?

The screams made the scalps of the four people numb, their legs were weak, and Wang Xianling, who was still the youngest in the official position, watched the head of the elderly household move, stood up first, and walked out.

One after another, villagers came out and walked to the entrance of the West Village, not curious, but afraid. I feel that even if I light the lamp at home, there are too few people, and it is not safe, but it is better to be at the entrance of the village, and there is great power in more people. Then I saw an extremely strange scene.

The screaming stopped. Two officials brought in a vicious-looking middle-aged man.

Some people can know this middle-aged man, but no one cares, looking at the spirit shed nearly a hundred steps away, Zheng Lang walked in, bent down and picked up a bag of things by the coffin, still no one paid attention, what they saw was that the coffin was a lantern.

There was a night wind, not very strong, blowing a thin mist from the surface of the lake, but the two lanterns were beating violently, not only the lanterns were moving, but the coffin lid was also moving, one on top of the other, as if someone inside was pushing out. The person must have been a corpse that had not been, but had just begun to decompose.

There were many people watching, but watching this scene, almost all of them were trembling because of fear, their teeth were bumping, and they were shaking like chaff.

Qingxu Dao grew up and shouted, lifted the peachwood sword and poked it at the coffin lid, and picked up a talisman and pasted it on the coffin lid. Zheng Lang also arched his hand and said: "Ding Laosan, if you are wronged, please tell the official, don't make trouble." ”

The lid was calm again, but the lantern was still beating violently.

Suddenly, a voice came from the night sky: "Death——! ”

It was not Ding Laosan who said it, but a woman who said it, and after finishing speaking, there were men, young people, and old people's cries, and they were not made on the ground, but hovered in the air above the spirit shed, faintly, or nothing, and went around in a circle before stopping.

"It's evil." Sima Guangdao.

After speaking, his body also trembled.

No one thinks it's funny, it's all the same, but why are there so many ghosts at work, not Ding Laosan, but also male ghosts, female ghosts, old ghosts, and little ghosts. With a dead word, several torches flashed out of the night, and the servants who flashed out of nowhere came from both sides, as for the road on the other side of the spirit shed, they all took the initiative to let them pass, and would rather take a detour than pass by it, but two middle-aged people came.

With the arrival of the two middle-aged people, the lantern jumped even harder, and the coffin lid moved again, and a voice came from the coffin: "Injustice-remorse-"

Qingxu Dao Chang and Zheng Lang glanced at each other, looked at each other, Qingxu Dao jumped a few steps, took out a small box from his arms, and dipped something in the box on Zheng Lang's and his own eyelids. After the previous description, Zheng Lang looked at the top of the spirit shed, his face was pale, and asked, "What the hell are you doing, why are you doing here?" ”

I don't know if Qingxu opened the eyes of heaven for him, but no one saw it, but it made everyone feel even more terrible. Zheng Lang suddenly remembered and said, "You are all victims? ”

Several more weepings came faintly from the sky.

"Did you see the murderer?"

"Die!"

"Don't argue, those who have been wronged can complain to this official, and I will uphold justice for you one by one tonight." After Zheng Lang finished speaking, his robe suddenly became windless, and the hem shook violently.

Qingxu Dao shouted: "Don't be rude to Zhizhou." ”

took out four or five talismans from his arms and pasted them, Zheng Lang's robe did not move, but a more strange scene appeared, four or five talismans seemed to be attached to the ghost, and the ghosts could not be seen, but the talisman rose up with the ghost, floated into the air, and gradually disappeared into the night fog.

Even Jia Changchao thought that Zheng Lang might be pretending to be a ghost, but now he didn't dare to doubt it.

The scenes are too weird, no matter how good you are, you can't get to this point.

There were a few more angry murmurs from the coffin.

Zheng Lang said: "Ding Laosan, you tell the official what happened, otherwise the official can't make the decision for you." ”

However, the voice was very low, Zheng Lang had to approach again, and what he said couldn't be heard from a distance, but Zheng Lang listened to the kung fu of a cup of tea, but nodded and said: "Okay, the official has learned about the matter, and he will definitely avenge your grievances." ”

As he spoke, he walked out of the spirit shed and said to the officer: "Push the three dogs of the He family over." ”

The officials stubbornly pushed the three middle-aged men they had just captured.

Zheng Lang stared at the middle-aged man in the east and asked, "What kind of dog is he?" ”

It was this sentence that the three middle-aged people all peed their pants.

The three dogs of the He family are notorious, but it is difficult for outsiders to distinguish which of them is big and who is small, mainly because it is difficult to distinguish between the eldest and the second, the eldest presides over the polder and other cultivated fields, and the second and third fishing, so the second looks older than the eldest child.

This new Zhizhou has never met them once, and now not only does he accurately recognize who is the big dog of the He family, but also the way of questioning is not right, looking at the big dog of the He family and asking.

What's behind you? Not a single one.

Suddenly, a gust of north wind blew, as if there was a ghost blowing cold air on the back of the neck, and the two dogs of the He family, who were a little bolder, rolled their white eyes and fainted directly, and the other two vicious dogs were not very comfortable, lying on the ground and trembling.

Zheng Lang said again: "Tie them up under these locust trees, and come back for interrogation when the time comes." ”

He Er'er had just woken up after being pinched by the officials, and when he heard this, his eyes rolled and he fainted again.

The time has not yet come, it is so evil, once the time comes, everyone leaves, how can these ghosts who were killed by their brothers take revenge on themselves?

The other two dogs all fell to the ground, their teeth bumped and said, "Zhizhou, the small full move, the small full move." ”

"I know all about the case, why bother with your confession......" After thinking about it for a while, it was not proper, it was still necessary to confess, and what the ghost said could not be counted, and said: "Drag them over, and then prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and the official will judge the case." ”

As he spoke, he walked back to the entrance of the village.

Da Song asked with a pale face: "Zheng Zhizhou, what's going on?" ”

"You'll find out in a moment that there was also the arson case, which was also done by these three dogs."

Da Song was speechless, thinking to himself, no wonder there are so many ghosts, not only the Ding Laosan case, but also the arson case, but several lives. But glancing at Jia Changchao, the expression on his face was a little happy, although it made them feel a little creepy here and now, but the arson case finally made progress.

Three dogs brought in.

Zheng Lang sat on the chair brought by the temporary people and said: "The three dogs of the He family are recruited from the truth, from more than ten years ago. ”

Don't ask him how he knows, not far away, I'm afraid there are still the ghosts of more than ten years ago that have not been dispersed, and they are waiting to settle accounts with the three dogs of the He family.

After thinking about it, he said: "The second dog of the He family, you have done the most evil, and you are still the one." ”

We all know that he has done the most iniquity, what else is there to hide? He Jia's second dog said with a pale face: "It was thirteen years ago, the three little brothers were very poor, once fishing on the Yangtze River, Yu Wuhu County saw a young businessman, shot very boldly, only brought a subordinate and a boatman, and went very quickly, in the evening left Qingyishui, to the direction of Jiang and Ning, our three brothers drove two boats desperately to follow the row, it was me and the third brother and the two first to catch up, under the pretext of selling fresh fish, boarded his boat, and killed the three with short blades. I got five hundred taels of money that time......"

"You didn't dare to take out this money when you got it, but a year after the case, there were no officials to torture the case, so you used the money to buy more than 30 acres of mulberry land, and also circled a polder, but the polder was not circled well, it was facing the bend of Qingyishui, and it was broken five times in ten years, and you did the next evil thing."

"Yes, we saw that other large households had a very good income after enclosing the polder, and used a sum of money to buy some mulberry fields, and hired someone to encircle a three-hectare earthen polder, but the polder is not good, often broken polder, and not like other large households, the government is urging tightly, half of the acres of land has not been hidden, the tax is heavy, the harvest is worse, it seems that the family property is large, and life is still not much improved. Seven years ago, another couple showed their fortunes, and let us see that they got on their boat in the old way thirteen years ago, killed all four of their family, got four hundred yuan, and bought two decent fishing boats, and their lives were slightly better. Then, two months ago, a middle-aged man approached me and my third brother and said that as long as we do one thing well, they would give us 500 gold. ”

"Let you set fire to the victims?" Cai Xiang said angrily.

"Yes, the little one was fascinated at the time, and the middle-aged man took out two hundred gold on the spot, and the little one agreed. He also made some plans for us, took us to Jiang and Ning, bought two fishing boats similar to our family, prepared some flammable materials on them, and let us control them, and after observing them, they lit them in the first half of the night, and then dived into the water, re-ashore, and went to Jiang and Ning to drive the original two boats back. ”

"Why is it so complicated?" Song Zhen asked.

The little one asked the same thing. He replied that we have been fishing in the river for many years, and we know many fishermen, not only those who know us, but also our boats, but if we want to burn the victims, we must wait until the northwest wind is strong to burn them, and we must not burn tens of millions of people, and we must not succeed immediately in the first half of the night, and we must turn around in the river for several days, and suddenly change boats. This procedure is required. ”

"Why did you kill Ding Laosan?" Song Zhen asked again.

Zheng Lang asked the ghost and knew the case very well, but Song Zhen didn't know.

"We were also forced to go ashore, and we were also very afraid, until we heard that only three people died, so we breathed a sigh of relief, and took advantage of the night, along the river embankment to Jiang and Ning, and took our original boat back, but unfortunately the middle-aged man said that we did not succeed, three hundred gold was not paid, he took three servants, we committed an accident, did not dare to make a noise, and swallowed the anger and drove the boat back."

"Not only did he not succeed, but he also failed to fulfill other agreements...... Zheng Lang said.

"Yes, the little ghost is obsessed, it was he who said another condition, little bastard," He Ergou slapped himself as he said, and said: "Originally, we had a low status and no hidden fields, but after Jingmin Wei was encircled, the government not only compensated ten percent of the big polder, but also thirty acres of embankment fields. ”

Zheng Lang also smiled bitterly, most of the people who can circle private are big families, or they are such sloppy households. But in addition to daring to kill people and oversell goods when the moon is dark and the wind is high, this kind of relegated households dare not confront the government in broad daylight.

It's ironic.

The second dog of the He family said again: "The middle-aged man said again, although we got the big polders, but we didn't get any benefits in the back, no matter how many polders were circled behind Zhizhou, there would be no compensation for us, and we didn't buy land and property in the city." As long as hundreds of victims are burned to death, the governor and several ministers and officials who escort the victims will be derelict in their duties, or even dismissed together, and the matter of continuing to encircle will be over. Since his master dares to do this, the background must be very deep, and when the time comes, a little help can allow us to get several times more large polders, which makes us moved. ”

After saying this sentence, not only the ghosts in front of the spirit shed in the distance wanted their lives, but even the villagers also wanted their lives.

You want to cut off the livelihood of the people of the entire Taiping Prefecture.

Not only are there more than 5,000 households waiting to share the polders or compensate for the polders, but there are also more people counting on the whole state to pull up together and have more vitality.

If you succeed, you won't have to live the hard life you used to have!

The head of the old household said angrily: "You deserve to die! ”

"Yes, we should be damned."

"Go on," Song Zhen shouted. No matter what cases have been committed before, the arson case and the Ding Laosan case must first be closed.

"Only three victims died, the middle-aged man was dissatisfied, but he got two hundred gold, he couldn't get it back, and the three of us were more satisfied when we came back. But I didn't expect that when we went ashore, we inadvertently let Ding Laosan see it, and later he found us, deceived us several times, and we didn't admit it, for fear that he would talk nonsense, and gave him more than 20 yuan. ”

Zheng Lang and Wang Xianling glanced at each other, and the origin of Ding Laosan's money also came out.

"However, a few days ago, several officials issued an order, saying that whoever can provide clues will be rewarded with 1,000 yuan, and Ding Laosan asked us for 1,000 yuan. We can get it, but after we get it, he will report to the official and ask for another 1,000 yuan. The eldest brother said to stabilize him first, promised him, and dragged it out for a few days. Then he said to him, "The money is ready, and in order to prevent others from seeing it, we will give it to him in Huangchaidang." Ding Laosan thought that it was during the day, he himself had a good water surname and great strength, so he didn't pay attention, and rocked the boat to Huangchaidang, and after lunch, we drove the boat over. Seeing that there were no other fishing boats around, he called him over and dived into the water to pick up the money bag that had sunk in advance. also called Qian Zhong and called him to go into the water to help. Ding Laosan didn't expect that when he got into the water, I let go of the money bag with my third brother and dragged him to the bottom of the water at once, and my third brother and I held down his head, pressed him on the money bag, and drowned him alive. He scooped up the money bag and quickly drove the boat back. ”

"Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, you never dreamed that Ding Laosan's ghost found Zheng Zhizhou." Cai Xiang said with emotion.

"Yes," He Jia's second dog turned pale, and continued: "We began to hear that Ding Laosan was haunted, we didn't believe it, we came to Dingjiazhuang this morning, asked a few people, and then confirmed it, and then heard about the evil in Brother Ya, and thought in my heart, since splashing black dog blood can stain it, we can also splash black dog blood, suppressing Ding Laosan's soul, Zhizhou can't ask the truth." We observed again and saw that even in the daytime, a few poor brothers were afraid of staying away from the spirit shed, so the three of us quietly slaughtered a black dog and came over with the blood of the black dog, and I and the eldest brother lay in the reeds in the distance, and the third brother rushed over before midnight, opened the coffin lid and poured the black dog blood on Ding Laosan's face. Unexpectedly, after Ding Laosan sneaked into the spirit shed, he let out a few screams and ran wildly, and several poor brothers chased after him. My eldest brother and I had no choice but to get up from the reeds and prepare to flee and go home to pack our belongings to avoid this disaster. As soon as I left, more than a dozen Ya brothers poured out around me, catching me and my eldest brother. ”

Jia Changchao looked curiously at the youngest of the He family's three dogs, and asked, "Why are you screaming when you enter the spirit shed?" ”

screamed so badly, several of my people sat in the house of the head of the household, and they all heard it clearly, what did they see, or what they heard?

The three dogs of the He family were frightened, and said: "The little one just entered the spirit shed, and I heard someone grinding his teeth in the coffin, and I warned myself that the time had not arrived, and I was about to open the coffin lid and splash dog blood, and suddenly the coffin lid moved by itself, and said, take my life, scare the small one, drop the black dog blood, and run up, there is something behind me, making footsteps, I am so scared that I scream while running." ”

Qingxu Dao Chang sighed and said: "You are the real murderer, what time does it matter, in broad daylight, you enter the spirit shed, and Ding Laosan's unjust soul will also seek revenge on you." ”

But the case is pending. Zheng Lang asked again: "What does that middle-aged man look like, and what is the accent of where he speaks?" ”

"It seems to be a northern accent, where is the accent, the small ones can't hear it, but it's about the same as the Zhizhou accent, the person is very thin, and he is in his forties......"

Zheng Lang pouted, and Ding Sheng went back to the boat to ask for a piece of charcoal and a few pieces of white paper.

This is the best way to sketch according to the confession of the prisoner, adding or subtracting from it, so that the appearance of other prisoners can be drawn.

After a while, not only the appearance of the middle-aged man was drawn, but also the appearance of several servants who brought the middle-aged man over.

This is going to be hunted down in the capital.

Among several officials, Jia Changchao is a native of Zhending, Hebei, Song Zhen is a native of Anzhou, Hubei, and Cai Xiang is a native of Xianyou, Fujian, with a similar accent to Zheng Lang, and is undoubtedly a guest or a slave from a certain family in the capital.

It is also in line with the motive of the case.

This person dares to set off such a big case, the background is not trivial, either it is the enemy of Song Caijia and the others, or the enemy of Zheng Lang and Lu Yijian, if the victims are burned to death by hundreds, there is no doubt that only these five people are the most sorrowful.

The former's surname may not be big, but the latter is very likely, Zheng Lang offended Zhao Yuanyan, not necessarily Zhao Yuanyan, Lu Yijian offended more people, and he may not be a direct minister.

But if there is a portrait of this person, it will be easier to check, there are many wealthy families in the capital, but they are excluded one by one, and the objects of suspicion are only so many dozens of households, and then there is a portrait, that is, Song Zhen is the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, and he will also find out this middle-aged man, and when he finds out, the murderer behind the scenes is revealed.

Wang Zhixian read the record again, and asked the three brothers of the He family to sign and draw it.

The matter is not over yet, Qingxu and his apprentices are doing the Fa, and your grievances have been avenged, please return to you.

Then sprinkle the Dao charm and the blood of the black dog.

The coffin gradually stopped moving, and the lantern stopped shaking.

Li Shi lay on the side of the road and cried in a low voice, complaining while crying: "Official, you are so stupid, you don't want the bounty of the government, how can you ask for the money of these gangsters." ”

Some villagers thought in their hearts, not for the money of the three dogs of the He family, the three dogs of the He family said very reasonably, maybe Ding Laosan was greedy, first defrauded the three dogs of the He family of money, and then went to report to the official, got double money, and wanted to make a fortune all at once.

Suddenly, I thought of the more than 20 families of refugees who were driven away by Zheng Lang, and they were also greedy enough.

However, looking at the vicious spirit shed in the distance, none of the villagers dared to speak.

Zheng Lang took the prisoners and went back with all the officials.

The villagers also went home together, closed the door tightly, and the Qingxu Daoist said that it was okay, but the time had not passed, who dared to guarantee that it was okay. But in order to reassure the hearts of the villagers, the head of Qingxu Dao stayed in the village.

It happened very incredible, and under the agitation of the mood, several people sat in the boat without speaking, arrived in Taiping Prefecture, and returned to Zhengfu.

The porter opened the door, and Cui Xian and several concubines all came out.

Zheng Lang asked in surprise, "Why don't you sleep?" ”

Jiang Xing'er said: "The slave is so afraid. ”

It's not that she's afraid of ghosts, it's that Zheng Lang wants to ask ghosts, which makes several wives and concubines worried.

"Make a pot of tea," Zheng Lang said, after this night's torture, Zheng Lang was completely sleepy at this time.

Si'er asked, "What's going on?" ”

Zhu'er and her little maids were also very curious.

Sima Guang and Wang Anshi magically told what had happened.

Si'er said again: "Official, what does a ghost look like? ”

"It's horrible."

Several mothers also woke up, and the eldest mother said: "You still don't believe it! ”

"It's not that I don't believe in it, but I don't believe in the kind of pretending to be a god and a ghost."

"Why aren't you afraid?" Liuniang Qiniang asked curiously.

"I am an official, and I am the one who avenges their grievances, so why should I be afraid of them?"

Huan'er said: "Officials are sand and gravel in the sky, don't be afraid." ”

Song Zhen and Jia Changchao laughed and laughed, what kind of sand and gravel in the sky, but after laughing, they started to worry again. The basic truth of the case has been revealed, and there are also cases within cases, two big cases a few years ago and more than ten years ago, it is estimated that the bitter master's family thought that he fell into the water and died, and he did not pursue it, and he didn't even know the name of the bitter master, but since Zheng Lang had "talked to them", the problem is not very important, and he must know. There are also three dogs of the He family who want to be escorted back to the capital to continue the torture, and how to deal with his family's ill-gotten wealth is also Zheng Lang's business. But how can I report to the emperor, it is difficult to say to the emperor that Hejiazhuang is haunted, Zheng Lang has the audacity to talk with the ghost for a while, okay, the case is less than an hour, and the truth is revealed.

Thinking of this, the three of them glanced at each other and all frowned.