The story of the Knights of the Round Table can have an impact on people's minds, but it cannot change people's habits for a long time. 【】Since childhood, I have studied the Four Books and Five Classics, and servility has penetrated deep into the bone marrow. Even if the emperor said that everyone was equal, they would not think so, they would only be moved.

Zhou Daodeng recorded this incident after dinner, and it is likely that the "Taifu Round Table" will be mentioned in future history classes.

Leaving Tianjin, the team arrived in Shandong, where it was to pass through Jinan and continue south. Ao Bai made up a story that he lived on the shore of Daming Lake in Jinan when he was a child, and many people knew it, but everyone asked him to lead the way and find a place to live and eat.

Fortunately, Li Yan's familiarity with this place surpassed that of turtle worship, and helped him fulfill his lie. "Didn't you say that there are nine turns of large intestines, pot roasted elbows, sweet and sour Yellow River carp and a lot of good dishes? Why don't you hurry up and take us to the hotel? ”

"Well, let's go." Turtle Bai led the team to a store. Where he came to Jinan, it was Li Yan who told him the location.

After eating Lu cuisine, everyone was full of praise. Ao Bai whispered to Li Yan: "Have you eaten all the good food from all over the country 7?"

Li Yan said proudly: "Almost, in order to eat authentic Sichuan food, I can run and kill two horses from the south to rush to Sichuan, which is really a great joy in life." ”

It's not a great thing in life, it's the work of a madman.

Ao Bai smiled: "Thank you, brother, this is a great hobby, as long as you go out in the future, I will be with you." ”

After this period of getting along, the relationship between Ao Bai and Li Yan is getting closer and closer. If Dolgon feels like a younger brother to him, Li Yan is like a big brother. Although this guy is a jerk, he can help a lot of the time and is sometimes reliable.

The team went all the way south to Langmao Mountain. There is a small town against the mountain. There were a lot of people gathered at the entrance of the town, a group of people dressed as Taoist priests, who were doing a French ceremony.

In front of the altar was a Taoist priest in a yellow robe, who was holding a few charms on the peach wood sword, breathing fire at the charms, his face was very wide, his eyes were small, and he had two mustaches.

"Chongzhen" was young and very curious, and wanted to know what was going on, so he immediately sent someone to ask.

Jin Yiwei went to find a man in an official uniform and asked, "Are you an official here?" What's going on? ”

The man said lightly: "I am the county magistrate here, who are you?" ”

"Jinyi Wei Baihu Liu Zhaochen. 【】”

Liu Baihu flashed his waist card, and Xiao County Commander hurriedly saluted: "Xiaguan Xiao Yan will see Lord Liu." ”

Liu Baihu asked: "We happened to pass through here to do business for the imperial court, what is going on?" ”

Xiao County ordered: "This house is haunted, three people died, I invited a mage to exorcise ghosts." ”

Liu Baihu called the county order in front of Chongzhen and others, and asked in detail, only to know that a bizarre murder had just happened here, and people said that the house in front of them was a "haunted house".

Every evening, there will be a strange sound of ping-pong in this room, and there seems to be a lonely soul wandering and howling at night. The owner of the house, surnamed Wang, runs a coffin business in the town and has some money. Last month, the family's wife, son, and daughter-in-law died one after another, leaving only Wang Lunan, the owner of a coffin shop in his sixties, and his grandson, who had just turned five. So many things have happened recently, the coffin shop business is no longer in business, and the grandparents and grandchildren dare not live in this house, so they are forced to build a shack behind the house to live.

"Chongzhen" shuddered.

Li Yan said: "Interesting, let these Taoist priests stop, let's go in and have a look." ”

"Chongzhen" asked, "Aren't you afraid of ghosts?" ”

Ao Bai said with a smile: "There is a saying that ghosts are afraid of the wicked, there are not 10,000 people who died in his hands, but 8,000, and he can't count them, and no ghost has ever found him, how can he be afraid of ghosts?" ”

"You know me so well. I don't believe in ghosts, and I don't believe in Taoist priests and monks. Who's going in with me? ”

Ao Bai was a little hesitant, as soon as the ghost said, he actually believed in it, who let him come through it?

Liu Zhaochen, a hundred households in Jinyiwei, said: "I want to go in and have a look." ”

Liu Zhaochen is in his twenties, and he looks a little bookish, but he is very bold. He smiled and said: "I used to be a coroner in Dali Temple, and I encountered a case of pretending to be a ghost to kill people, I think that three people died, it is likely that they were deliberately killed, and then deliberately said that Wei is a ghost and a god." ”

Having been a coroner and having experience in adjudicating cases, it is more professional. Ao Bai thought for a while and said, "You and Master Li will go." ”

When some villagers heard them talking, they hurriedly said, "Adults can't talk nonsense." You'll be fine if you pass by, and we'll be miserable if we let the ghosts haunt us. ”

"I've heard that ghosts like to pester people who watch the excitement the most, as long as the yang energy on their bodies is weak, they will follow them home, not just stay in one place." Li Yan played the characteristics of a poisonous tongue and said loudly. Immediately watching the lively people, most of them left.

Liu Zhaochen also walked over to stop those Taoist priests, and said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry to leave, I have a few questions to ask." How much money was collected in this French ceremony? ”

The leading Taoist leader hurriedly said: "My lord, I only received three taels of silver, which is very little, and generally large French styles have to charge five taels." We didn't cheat money. ”

The Taoist ± were scared in their hearts. Jin Yiwei commanded the "Qinglong" to wander around the country, and when he saw any injustice, he would take care of it, and cut people everywhere with Shang Fang's sword. The news was well known, and they were worried about meeting the great god.

The Taoist priests don't know much, they just do it. I asked a few questions and let them go. Li Yan and Liu Zhaochen entered the house together.

There was an eerie, terrifying atmosphere around the room.

Because the house is located in a corner of the woods at the edge of the town, it seems to be lonely. Next to it is the mountain, surrounded by dense trees, and a gust of wind blows, and suddenly there is a rustling sound. On the abandoned stone mill, a big, skinny cat still lies listlessly.

The coffin shop owner named Wang Lunan also walked in and sighed: "They (ghosts) are so noisy that I really can't help it, so I can only make way for them and move to the back of the house to live in a shack, which has been empty for half a month!" ”

Wang Lunan said, pushing open the door of the "haunted house", and a rotten smell came to his nose, which was disgusting. Several of the rooms were made of strips of stone and brick, the interior was dimly lit, the furniture was still there, some damp, and there was some dried cow dung on the ground. Superstition believes that cattle can ward off evil spirits. With the tears of a cow on your eyes, you can see a ghost in a short time.

The walls are plastered with red paper with incantations written on them, and the occasional glimmer of sunlight adds to the daunting atmosphere of the room.

"A month ago, my daughter was hanged from that wooden beam above your heads......" Wang Lunan suddenly turned his pale face and said lightly.

The three of them died one after another, and Wang Lunan was already stimulated to the point of numbness, like a walking corpse. He said lightly: "They are all anchors for me to do the coffin business...... I shouldn't have made money from the dead, they were killed by evil spirits. ”

At this time, the culture of ghosts and gods was more prevalent among the people. He and some of the locals associated a series of misfortunes in their homes with ghosts. For a time, the haunted house was haunted and spread rapidly in the vicinity, and it was in an uproar.

Is there really a ghost in the world? Wang Lunan gave an affirmative answer. He said that not only did the people in his family suffer misfortunes one after another, but also some supernatural phenomena appeared. At such a time, every evening, there will be a strange noise in the house. "That's the sound of the ghosts who live in the house getting up and eating!" Wang Lunan thinks.

This statement was confirmed by a number of people in the vicinity. They said they had heard it while doing farm work near a haunted house. And to be sure, there was no one in the house at that time.

"In addition to the strange noises in the house, I slept in the house for a few days, and I saw a lot of ghosts with disheveled hair roaming around the house......"

I walked around the house and didn't find anything. After coming out, Li Yan said disdainfully: "It's a pity that I don't know if the prisoner will appear, otherwise everyone will be able to see what it means to prevent people from killing people, and the Buddha will block and kill the Buddha, if it is a real ghost, I hope to see it." ”

Ao Bai suspects that Li Yan is a ghost from hell possessed by a person, will the ghost meet him?

After inquiry, it was found that except for many people who had heard strange noises in the house, no one had seen other strange phenomena in the house. And some of the things that Wang Lunan claimed to have seen with his own eyes may be because of the continuous bereavement, hallucinations and nightmares.

So, what exactly does the strange noise of the haunted house come about?

The people were not in a hurry to set off, and decided to take care of this matter and stay at the inn. Li Yan, Liu Zhaochen, Ao Bai, and Su Meng'er arrived at the "haunted house" again in the evening.

The townsfolk were horrified by what they were doing and couldn't hide. Ao Bai felt that this was an opportunity to break superstition and promote science. If people all believe in this kind of ghostism, it will only hinder social progress.

When the sun was about to go down, the room became even more gloomy, and sure enough, there was a strange sound of ping-pong.

"What does that sound like?" Su Meng'er asked, she was very bold, several girls were very curious, only she dared to come here to see what was going on. "It's like the sound of a person being hung in the air by a rope and the person below pushing him against the wall and hitting the wall. Maybe there's a hanged ghost there, and the one pushing down there is also a ghost, and we can't see it. Li Yan pointed to the beam of the hanged man and said lightly.

"You bastard, you weren't too scary, but I get goosebumps when I say that." Su Meng'er frowned and said, "The voice is clearly coming from the beams. ”

Ao Bai roared, and a bird flew out of the beam that made a sound, Su Meng'er's hand shook, and a needle was thrown, and the bird fell from the air after being hit by the needle.

The bird was beautiful, with colorful plumage and a long beak.

"Isn't this a woodpecker?" Turtle Bai picked up the bird and immediately understood. The house is a wooden house, in disrepair, and there are a lot of bugs in it. In this era, there were many woodpeckers, flying into the house in the evening to eat, the so-called strange sound, in fact, is the sound made by woodpeckers when they peck at insects.

I also know what the strange sound came from, and the possibility of ghost killing is completely ruled out. So who is the murderer?

(To be continued)