The next morning, the sky was gloomy, and Lanruo Temple, which should have been more deserted, suddenly became lively. For nothing else, it was another bizarre murder that happened here last night that attracted more than 30 residents of Jinhua to stop and watch.

I saw that in the wing room on the west side, the body of Wang Dun, the general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was lying on the cold haystack, with a look of fear on his face, and there were many mildews on his body and face.

For the Jinhua people, Lanruo Temple is a gloomy place where strange events often occur, over the years, from time to time someone has died or disappeared in this place, but those who come for pleasure and admiration of foreign tourists, the identity is also mostly some ordinary people, now like Wang Dun has a certain status, and is a well-known figure in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it is inevitable that everyone will talk about it.

"Ouch, my God, I saw this long-haired general appear in the city a few days ago, why did he suddenly die in this hellish place?"

"That is, you see that his way of death is exactly the same as those people before, with mold on his body, he must have encountered something unclean, right? Alas, I knew that he spent the night here yesterday, so we came here to capture him and hand him over to the Chu army today, but at least fifty taels of silver! ”

"Yes, but, this long hair is really bold, change me, hear the name 'Lanruo Temple', goosebumps all over the body, how attractive do you say this must be, will dare to spend the night here?"

"What else could it be? The matter of men and women, their official positions below the prime minister in the long-haired army, even if they get married, they can't live together, I have long heard that he has a good relationship, should it be, that's the reason, right? ”

"Oh my God, seeing that Zeng Guofan is about to take Tianjing, the long-haired people are already about to collapse, and now they are encountering such an evil thing, it is really heaven to kill them."

"If you die, you will die, if you die, it's a big deal that we will return to the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, anyway, the people will suffer, and the people will suffer, and whoever is in power, we will not have a good life."

……

Everyone was chatting about some sensitive topics, and suddenly, someone whispered: "Hey, hey, don't say it, Zuo Zongtang's people are here." ”

Sure enough, two officers and soldiers dressed as Chu army had entered the temple gate of Lanruo Temple, and walked briskly towards the crowd on the west side

While shouting: "Get out of the way, go aside!" ”

Everyone immediately restrained their chatter, silently made way out, and let the two soldiers step forward. About half of the onlookers did not want to set themselves on fire, so they walked out of the door in a funny way, and the remaining half wanted to see what was going on, but they only took a few steps back and stopped, and continued to watch quietly.

The two soldiers didn't bother to take care of everyone to stay, so they walked to Wang Dun's corpse, and when they saw the tragic state of the corpse, they were also shocked to grow their mouths, but they had to take on the task of carrying the corpse, so they reluctantly took off their headscarves, wrapped their mouths and noses, and then covered the corpse with the prepared white cloth, and twisted Wang Dun's hands and feet respectively, and slowly carried him away.

Walking to the crowd of onlookers, the two felt that their hands were sore, and they put the corpse on the ground first, rejuvenated their muscles and bones, and lectured everyone.

Soldier A asked, "Hey, what do you guys all know?" Tell us quickly. ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, no one dares to answer, and no one dares to exit the temple at this moment, it seems that if you are a little bit of a bird, you will become the target of the Chu army.

Seeing that no one answered, Soldier A continued to say in a loud voice: "You don't say it, we also know, as soon as our Chu army entered the city this morning, we received a report from the people, saying that there are demons in this Lanruo Temple, and it is suspected that the long-haired general Wang Dun died at the hands of demons. Although we have not held him accountable, I would like to warn you that the doctrine of evil will not be spread in the city again from the day when our Qing army recovers Jinhua, otherwise it will be punished with evil words to confuse the public. You also have to go back and tell your relatives and friends, saying that this person is just dying of an ordinary plague, and now that the court has rescued the people from the hands of Long Hair, our army and people must work together to prevent Long Hair from fighting back, and not disturb the hearts of the army and the people, do you understand? ”

Seeing that everyone reluctantly agreed, Soldier A waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, let's all go home, it's okay, don't come to this Lanruo Temple again." ”

Seeing that the soldiers were no longer looking for trouble, how could they dare to stay longer, and when the leading few said goodbye to the two soldiers, they went out together, and in a blink of an eye, only two soldiers were left looking at each other in the courtyard.

When everyone had left, and silence had returned to their surroundings, the two soldiers sighed deeply and began a real conversation.

Soldier B said: "What to do, this morning I heard that there was a long hair who died in Lanruo Temple, and the first thing that came to mind was the legend of the banshee

, I prayed in my heart not to let me see the mildew of the corpse, but when I came here, I saw that this Wang Dun had indeed died from that unclean thing. ”

Soldier A said: "There are some things, you know and I know, but in the face of the people, what else can we say?" As a subordinate of Lord Zuo, we have been taken care of by him a lot in the past, and the only thing we can do now is to appease and appease the people. ”

Soldier B asked again: "So, the truth, should we report it truthfully?" ”

Soldier A thought for a while and said, "I don't want to either, but once this corpse is carried to Lord Zuo, it is certainly impossible to hide it, so we won't wash the corpse mold and carry it back again, right?" At that time, if it is found that we are concealing, it will be a serious crime. Have you checked, what kind of person is there in front of this long hair? ”

Soldier B said: "According to the people, Wang Dun did not marry a wife, let alone have no children, the old father and mother of the family have long been sick and dead, only one brother who is eight years younger than him is still farming in Lanxi County, that person is far away from here, I think it should not be Wang Dun's infection object, it should be someone else, most of them are women who know each other privately, then I have no clues." ”

Soldier A sighed: "Yes, if you come here late at night and don't return at night, what else can it be besides those things?" However, once it is reported to Lord Zuo, do you say, will he ignore the thirty-seven twenty-one and send us to arrest his brother? Alas, but if you don't report it, the two of us will be the end, and we will only have to run hard again. ”

Soldier B said, "Who knows? Anyway, let's tell the truth. ”

When the two reached an agreement, they didn't say anything more, picked up Wang Dun's body again, and walked outside the temple gate. After descending the steps to the ground, the two put Wang Dun's body on a two-horse carriage, each mounted a horse, and drove to the military camp in the south of Jinhua City.

On the first day of the third month of the year 186, on the eve of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's evacuation of Jinhua Mansion, the Great Zuo general Wang Dun died mysteriously in the Jinhua Lanruo Temple, making him the supreme general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who had died in the temple for many years. The impact it brought to Jinhua Mansion and even the hearts of the military and the people of Zhejiang Province was quite far-reaching, and finally prompted the authorities to move the rumors of the banshee of Lanruo Temple to the table, either explicitly or covertly, which directly led to the seizure of Lanruo Temple and brought about a series of adjustments in social management methods.

Among them, it affected Pu Zixuan and his party who arrived in Zhejiang a few months later.