In the middle of the night, there was an official sitting in the lobby waiting for him, no matter how big Rao is heart was, he also felt that this matter was a little strange. Holding the child closer, I saw clearly that the man was wearing a soap suit, with a sign hanging from his waist, and the word "willow" was written in the center of the sign.

Such a brand was also common in the past, but the workmanship texture was different. If nothing else, the other side of the sign should be the name of the local government, such as "Yangcheng County" or something. Seeing a card is like seeing a person, and it can be regarded as a kind of identity certificate for the officials of the government.

Hearing footsteps, the man looked back at Xing Ruyi. Seeing that she was a lone woman, with a child in her arms, her eyebrows were together, and she seemed to hesitate.

"The official is waiting for the slave family?"

Xing Ruyi said, lightly blessed his body.

"Are you a good offender?"

"The slave family is called this name, but I don't know if it's the Xing Ruyi that the official is looking for." Xing Ruyi bowed and pointed to the stool next to him: "If the official doesn't mind, can you allow the slave family to sit down and rest for a while." The child fell asleep, quite panicked, and the arms of the slave family were painful and painful by his pillow. ”

The man nodded, got up, and stood aside.

Xing Ruyi looked at him, and somehow, he remembered a lot of past events. Back then, when I first arrived in Luoyang and saw Chang Tai for the first time, he was also such an old-fashioned and restrained appearance. Now, times have changed, and everything has changed.

"I don't know what the official is called?"

"Catch Yanagi here."

"It doesn't sound like a quick name, but it sounds like a reader." Xing Ruyi looked down at the child in his arms, and saw that he was still sleeping peacefully, so he adjusted his posture slightly, faced Liu Sheng, and asked with a smile: "The official came to look for Ruyi late at night, there must be something urgent, but Ruyi doesn't know, what is the urgency, it can be related to Ruyi." ”

"Are you a criminal ruling?"

"Exactly!" Xing Ruyi responded and handed the document that could prove his identity to Liu Sheng.

"People from Luoyang?"

"Yes, it's from Luoyang."

"Since it's from Luoyang, why did you come to this Yang family set?"

"When I traveled with my husband and returned home, I happened to pass through here. If the official doesn't believe it, you can ask the shopkeeper. The slave family and the husband came here late at night, the carriage was arranged by the shopkeeper, and the guest room was also taken care of by the shopkeeper. ”

Liu Sheng turned his head to look at the shopkeeper who was still pretending to doze off, and asked, "Is the truth as she said?" ”

The shopkeeper nodded busily: "Yes!" The guest officer had indeed arrived in a carriage late at night, and the horse's feed was still small, and the guest rooms were also small and properly tidied up. ”

Liu Sheng nodded and continued to look at Xing Ruyi.

"Since you're here late at night, why don't you get an early night's rest?"

"I wanted to rest early, but I was in a hurry during the day, and I missed the place to stay, and when I arrived here, I was already hungry. So while the shopkeeper was helping to take care of the guest room, he went out to find something to eat. Xing Ruyi said, pouted, and motioned Liu Sheng to look at the bun in the child's hand: "This bun shop is recommended by the second brother, and it tastes really good." ”

"At this time, it has been an hour since the bun shop closed, dare to ask this hour, where have you been, madam?"

"Do you have to answer?"

"It's about the lady herself, and please don't hide anything from the lady."

"Went to the grove over there."

Hearing the three words of Xiaolin, Liu Sheng didn't react, but the shopkeeper couldn't help but scream.

"What? Can't you go to that grove? ”

Xing Ruyi asked deliberately, and his eyes fell on the shopkeeper. I saw him shaking his shoulders and pointing at the child he was holding in Ruyi's arms with his finger, his teeth chattered slightly, and it took a long time for the word "ghost" to pop up.

"Does the little second brother mean that there are ghosts in the grove?"

"There are ghosts! There are ghosts! ”

"Nonsense, this is so bright, how can there be such a thing!"

Liu Sheng reprimanded and glanced at the shopkeeper. It's okay that Liu Sheng didn't glance, but after a glance, the shopkeeper suddenly felt that he was wronged, and ran out of the counter directly. In three or two steps, he arrived at Xing Ruyi and Liu Sheng, pointed to the child in Xing Ruyi's arms and said, "Don't believe it, this matter is no longer a secret in our Yang family set." ”

Liu Sheng frowned, but he didn't stop him, but motioned to the shopkeeper to continue.

"The little one knows that the official is not a person from our Yang family set, and he came to handle the business for the recent case, so it is understandable that the official master does not know about the things in the Yang family set.

There is a Master Yang in the Yang family, and you should know this official. This old man Yang is also an official, and I heard that he is still an official in the capital. Later, due to physical reasons, he had to resign and return to his hometown. When it comes to Mr. Yang's father's generation, it's time to do business. Although this business is not as good as being an official, it can be regarded as free.

Mr. Yang is an only child, married a wife, and is also the daughter of a large family, but for some reason, the two have been married for many years and have never had children. It wasn't until Mrs. Yang brought a child home that she gave birth to a daughter, which is now Miss Yang.

About six years ago, this Mrs. Yang died of illness. Before leaving, I found a girl in my own house and gave Master Yang a continuation. But this old man Yang is very affectionate, and he didn't do anything to this girl until two years ago, when he received this girl in the house.

It is rumored that the child adopted by the Yang family is not a thing, and he is bent on plotting the property of Master Yang's family. As for Miss Yang, because she was promised to the white-eyed wolf since she was a child, she helped this outsider wholeheartedly. Master Yang was angry, and then he took the girl into the room.

The girl in the Yang Mansion was also angry, and it didn't take long for her stomach to bulge. Just when everyone thought that this girl was going to fly on the branches to make a phoenix, two things happened to the Yang family. This first thing is that Master Yang died, and all kinds of evidence show that this Master Yang was killed by this girl. This second thing is a secret that broke out from Yang's mansion, saying that the girl in her belly is not Master Yang's seed at all, but a wild seed.

This girl is to hide this secret, so she ruthlessly killed Master Yang. ”

"Since it's a life lawsuit, why didn't you report to the government?"

"How so? This big family has the taboo of a big family. This kind of thing, if it is reported to the government, it will inevitably cause some trouble. Besides, this is all gossip from the Yang family, as for the truth, how can we outsiders know.

There's certainly something strange here, though. ”

The shopkeeper said, and glanced at the child in Xing Ruyi's arms, with a little fear in his eyes.

"What's so strange about it?"

"What's so strange, this little one doesn't dare to talk nonsense, but there is one thing that we big guys know." The shopkeeper leaned over to Liu Sheng: "On the day of Master Yang's funeral, this girl didn't know what was crazy, she had to be martyred, and regardless of it, she jumped into Master Yang's coffin with the big belly as big as a basin and about to give birth."

The Yang family naturally didn't allow it, so they just pulled people out. Later, I heard that another coffin was bought for this girl's funeral. But I don't know why, halfway through this coffin, some strange things frequently appeared. Later, after being instructed, the Yang family carried the coffin containing the girl to the grove over there and buried it.

That night, everyone heard a very terrifying sound. That sound is the kind that you can hear and tremble when you hide in the quilt and cover your head with the quilt. Later, I heard the baby's cry from time to time. Sometimes it's daytime, sometimes it's night, in short, it's very penetrating.

Oh yes. After strange things came out of the grove, the Yang family sent someone to check it out. The small one can be regarded as bold, and on the day the Yang family sent someone to go, the little one also secretly followed. Don't say it, it's really weird. In this blue sky and white day, the sun was shining brightly, and there was a strong wind, which was full of sand and dust and dead branches, and only knocked back all the people who went to check, and all of them were covered with blood.

Thanks to the small one, he was far away at the time, so he didn't suffer, but the little one really saw that there was a woman standing in the wind and sand, and the woman was holding a child in her hand. Since then, the big guys have not dared to go to the grove again. The baby's crying was intermittent, and it had to cry for more than a year, but it had only recently stopped, and it was not heard often. The big guys all said that it was the girl's grievance that came out to make a fuss. ”

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, Liu Sheng also fell on the child who was holding in Xing Ruyi's arms.

Xing Ruyi smiled slightly, and opened the clothes that were holding the child, revealing a slightly pale and malnourished face.

"The official doesn't have to guess that this child was indeed taken out of the grove by the slave family. Don't hide it from the official, the slave family has eaten steamed buns, and when he was about to go back to the inn, he heard the cry of the baby that the little second brother said. The slave family was bold since childhood, and this curiosity was heavier than ordinary people, so they followed the cry to find it. As a result, I saw this child.

Oh, forgot to say it. The place where the child was found happened to be a tomb. It's just that there is nothing in front of the grave, so the slave family can't determine whether it is the place where the Yang family girl was buried as the little second brother just said. As for this child, the slave family has already taken a closer look, it is an ordinary child, about one year old, and there is no obvious defect in the body, only slightly malnourished.

The slave family guessed that it was probably a family that had given birth to a child, but because of family reasons, they couldn't raise it, so they used the legend of the grove to throw the child over there. The slave family was kind-hearted, so they took the child back, and it was a matter of having one more bite of food. Sir, you said, don't you? ”

Xing Ruyi said as he handed the child to Liu Sheng. Liu Sheng stretched out his hand to touch it, and saw that the child's body temperature was normal, but he was just asleep, nodded and didn't say anything.

"No...... Isn't it a ghost? ”

The shopkeeper asked tremblingly.

"It's not a ghost, it's just a child, a living child."

Liu Sheng replied, but his eyes were fixed on Xing Ruyi's face, as if he wanted to see more.