Chapter Eighty-Five: The Strange Hand in Prison
A cold wind blew from nowhere, and the grandfather was a spirit, and the cell was impenetrable, so I felt that the wind was evil, but what kind of person my grandfather was, I didn't care about these at all.
It was pitch black in front of him, and the master took off the shackles around his neck, cautiously, groped his way to the door of the cell, and walked out of the cell.
At this time, another cold wind came out of nowhere, blowing on the body of the grandfather, the grandfather involuntarily had a layer of goosebumps, and wondered, is this cell not clean? Turning around him, he saw nothing unusual except for the darkness.
Outside the cell, there was a passage less than five feet wide, which meant that he was still in the cell, and the master had just come out of the cell where he was being held, and on both sides were still the cells like a fence, and the main door of the cell was at the end of these cells.
The grandfather touched the wooden stakes on the cells with one hand, and according to his memory, he walked towards the door of the cell, and as he walked, another cold wind blew from his side, and followed closely, the grandfather felt that the hand holding the wooden stake was grabbed by a cold hand on the back of his hand, and the grandfather turned his head to see that it was dark, and he suddenly shouted: "What person!" ”
Before the cheers fell, the hand "snorted" and retracted, the grandfather's heart was cold, at this time, it was certain that the cell was really not clean!
The master stopped, looked left and right, and said, "Which friend, come out to meet." ”
The master said, but there was no sound in the silent cell, and the master looked left and right, "If you don't come out, don't hinder me from going out." ”
There was still no voice to answer the master, the grandfather touched the stake and continued to walk forward, walked a few steps, and the back of his hand was touched by the cold and piercing hand again, but before my grandfather could react, he slipped and retracted.
The master asked and frowned, is this thing deliberately scaring himself?
The master continued to walk forward, and after walking a few steps, he felt a cold feeling on the back of his hand, and the master suddenly shouted: "Where to run!" With lightning speed, he grabbed the cold hand in his hand, and used his arm, "Come out!" ”
Through the two wooden stakes, he pulled this hand towards him, and he heard a "stab" sound, which seemed to tear off the man's arm.
The master touched the hand that was torn off by him, and his heart was suddenly shocked, paper, paper paste, he actually pulled a paper arm, and at this moment, all the lamp oil on the wall of the cell lit up at the same time.
The master took advantage of the light to look at his hand, and it was indeed a paper man's arm, and then looked around, there was no paper man, it was still empty.
Where did the arm come from?
The master looked at the cell next to him, the thing just now should be in this cell, and he pulled his arm out of the cell through two wooden stakes, but there was nothing in the cell except for some dirty straw and a toilet.
At this time, I am afraid that I would have scared away the courage of others, so the master looked at the paper arm in his hand again, raised his hand and wanted to throw it on the ground, but after thinking about it, he threw it on the ground himself, and the thing came out and took it back, no, he had to take it outside and burn it for him.
The grandfather walked to the door of the cell with his arm, which was not a wooden fence, but a sturdy and thick plank, surrounded by iron hoops at the four corners. The master stretched out his hand and pulled it, but he didn't move, no wonder the cell door was not locked for himself, and the shackles were opened, it turned out that they locked the door.
The master tried hard again, but he pulled hard, and he heard an exclamation of "ah" from outside the door, the sound was not loud, but the master heard it very clearly.
The grandfather raised his hand and slapped the door, "Is there anyone outside?" ”
As soon as the words fell, I heard a noise outside, which sounded very flustered, and after a while, a voice came from outside the door, "Who are you?" ”
When the master heard it, it seemed to be the voice of the head catcher, and the master said coldly: "Who are you talking about, you just got locked in!" ”
The head catcher asked again, "Are you alright?" ”
The grandfather replied: "If I have something, can I still talk nonsense with you, open the door and let me out!" ”
After the master finished speaking, there was no sound over there, and after a short pause, the voice of the head catcher came again, "You are inside...... Didn't you encounter anything? ”
The master was stunned, there was something in this head-hunting remark, did he already know that the cell was not clean? The grandfather replied: "It's nothing, it seems that there is a paper figure, but I ripped off an arm." ”
After the master finished speaking, he heard another noise outside, it seemed that many people were discussing, stopped for a while, and there was a sound of a string of iron chains, followed by the squeak of the cell door to open a crack, the master looked outside along the seam, there were more than ten officials standing outside the door, and it was the head catcher who opened the door.
The master put his hand into the crack of the door, and opened the door, and all the officials exclaimed, like a flock of frightened birds, who could be startled by my master's action of pulling the door.
As soon as the master swept away all the officials, he saw that all the official knives in their hands were unsheathed, and the master asked coldly: "What do you mean, deliberately let me out, and want to convict me of escaping from prison?" ”
The head catcher hurriedly bowed his hand, "The righteous man misunderstood." Then he made a gesture of please, and the officials hurriedly made a way for the master. Draft, revised tomorrow.
The master looked at the headcatcher, then looked at the way out, and walked outside. When I came outside, I saw Xiao Laodao and the old man standing outside, and the shackles on the old man were gone.
My grandfather was stunned, at this time, the head catcher led more than a dozen officials to follow and also came out, and the head catcher rushed at my grandfather, Xiao Laodao, and the old man, and the three of them said, "Three of you, please come with me." ”
This county government is a very large courtyard, divided into a front hall, a middle court, a back yard, a side hall, a prison cell, and so on.
The front hall is used to ascend to the hall, the middle courtyard is used to receive officials, just like the post station of the official errand, and the back yard is where the family of the county lord lives.
The headcatcher led the three people to the middle courtyard, and one of the houses was brightly lit, and the grandfather asked the headcatcher at this time, "Where do you want to take us?" ”
The head catcher didn't say a word, and quickly led the three people into the room with the lights on, and a few people went in to see that the county lord was sitting in the room in civilian clothes.
When the county lord saw a few people coming in, he quickly got up and looked at my grandfather with a smile, "The righteous man is really good, and he has offended a lot in the hall, and I hope the righteous man will not be surprised." ”
Hearing the county lord say this, my grandfather was confused, but he didn't say anything polite to the county lord, and said coldly: "Lord, what do you mean, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”
The county lord looked kind at this time, laughed twice, and waved his hand at the catcher, "Let them serve wine and food." ”
The master became more and more confused, and turned his head to look at Xiao Laodao, Xiao Laodao nodded secretly at my grandfather, as if to say, let my grandfather be safe when he comes.
The head catcher agreed and went out, and the county lord very politely asked the three of me to sit down, and a little maid brought a few teas, and put one in front of each person.
The county lord picked up the tea and gave tea to my grandfather, my grandfather reached out to serve the tea in front of him, but at this time, the grandfather found that he was still carrying the paper arm in his hand, and threw it to the ground, the county lord hurriedly glanced at the paper arm on the ground, his face changed, and he hurriedly asked: "Dare to ask Liu Daxia, what are you taking?" ”
My grandfather was stunned for a moment, didn't hurry to serve the teacup, stared at the county lord and asked, "What do you call me?" ”
The county lord hurriedly straightened his face, "Aren't you the ...... Single-handedly suppressed the dragon slayer Liu Niandao, the dragon slayer in Xiangma Village in Shandong. ”
I suddenly got up from my chair, "How do you know! ”
Xiao Laodao, who was sitting next to my grandfather, hurriedly said, "Brother, don't worry, I'll tell him." ”
My grandfather glanced at Xiao Laodao, and before my grandfather could say anything, the old man sitting next to Xiao Laodao was stunned and looked at my grandfather, "You, you, you are the dragon slayer?" ”
My grandfather swallowed dryly, what the hell is going on?
Xiao Laodao got up and scolded the county lord, and said, "Lord, can I explain to my brother?" ”
The county lord smiled and saluted the tea cup to Xiao Laodao, who hurriedly picked up his own teacup and saluted the county lord.
Xiao Laodao took a sip of tea and sat down, and talked to my grandfather.
It turned out that when the previous magistrate was under the jurisdiction of the county, he wrongly judged an unjust case, an innocent small trader, who was thrown into the county government jail and beheaded after the autumn. This little trader had a strong temperament, and he didn't wait for the autumn queen to ask for beheading, but actually hanged himself in prison.
After hanging, their family took back the body of the small trader, and the wrong case was closed, but half a year later, the county jail began to be haunted, and the prisoners who were locked in the prison could hear someone shouting injustice every night, and some prisoners could also see a confused white shadow, hanging a rope on the beam of the cell, which was very scary. The most terrifying thing is the cell where the person was hanged, and no one could be locked up, as long as the person who was locked in would be hanged in a few days.
After the previous magistrate knew about this, he secretly checked the wrong case again, and found that the judgment was indeed wrong, this is the deceased felt wronged, and the soul of the deceased was not dispersed, and he was just about to overturn the case for retrial.
The magistrate saw that at such a critical juncture, he could no longer overturn the case of the dead ghost in the prison, and once the case was overturned, his career would be over.
So, the case was pressed, after the previous magistrate left, the current county lord came to take over, the county lord didn't know at first, but later found out that the prison was actually haunted, and when he asked the master, the master told him about this unjust case.
When he was hesitating, the previous magistrate sent him a secret letter, and the general content of the letter was that the case of the dead ghost in the prison could not be reversed and retried, and he should find a way to get the ghost away, and if you dare to retry it, your black yarn will be gone.