Jiangning Mansion, Guangde County, Laiyan Town.

The name of Laiyan Town comes from a sentence by the great poet Liu Yuxi in the Tang Dynasty, "In the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people".

The town is famous for it, attracting countless tourists to visit, and it also makes this ordinary water town prosperous.

As soon as the sky was bright, Laiyan Town was shrouded in a layer of mist, and an errand officer looked anxious, hurried into the Liu Mansion, and shouted: "Go and tell Liu Zhutou, there is a big case!" ”

The old family in charge of the door saw that he was sweating profusely, and they didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly went into the inner hall to report.

The errand officer anxiously paced back and forth in the courtyard, and even though the morning cold hit people, his vest couldn't stop pouring out layers of fine cold sweat.

After a while, a short and fat man walked out in a public uniform while scolding: "What are you arguing about? What are you yelling about? Disturbing people's dreams early in the morning, Zhang Xiaoliu, if you don't say what is good, Hugh blames Ben for catching the head and beating you up! ”

The errand officer Zhang Xiaoliu stomped his feet and said urgently: "Boss Liu, Boss Liu!" You can beat the little one at any time, it's really a big case, and now even the county magistrate has rushed over, and he can't delay! ”

"Oh! What a big case? ”

With the help of his old family, Liu Zhutou quickly put on his official uniform, and when he saw Zhang Xiaoliu speaking solemnly, his face was also solemn.

Liu Zhutou's name is Liu Feifeng, who has been a messenger in Laiyan Town for nearly 20 years, and is a snake-like figure.

According to Liu Feifeng's private boasting, he was originally a famous arrester of the six doors of the capital, and the people of the rivers and lakes gave him the nickname "Qianli Feiyan", and he came here to Yanzhen on an errand, which was a small temple Rong Buddha.

Liu Feifeng is already in his forties, but he was born white and fat, and he looks quite young on the outside.

"Dead!"

Zhang Xiaoliu's lips trembled, and he didn't know whether it was because of nervousness or fear, his face turned blue: "Someone found a corpse on the other side of the ghost cave, at least ...... At least ten people died! ”

"What?"

Liu Feifeng exclaimed.

His scalp exploded, and the last shred of sleepiness vanished.

Laiyan Town has been safe and sound for many years, and there are very few incidents of wounding and fighting, let alone cases of death.

What's more, more than ten people died at once, which is placed on the 23rd Road of the Great Song Dynasty, and any prefecture and county can be called a big case.

"Damn it!" Liu Feifeng scolded and said loudly: "Quick, lead the way ahead." ”

Half an hour later, Liu Feifeng hurried into the mountains and forests and arrived at the "ghost cave" that is very famous in the local area.

At this moment, the sky is already bright, but the ghost cave is still quite dark, and more than a dozen torches are lit, illuminating every corner of the cave is bright.

In the cave, there were more than 20 officials and a middle-aged man wearing an official uniform with a long beard under his chin.

This person is Xie Chengye of Guangde Zhixian County, and now his face is bruised, his body is trembling, and he looks crumbling.

He has only been in Guangde for three months, and such a horrific murder case has occurred under his rule, how can Xie Chengye not be extremely angry?

In front of Xie Chengye, there was a man in sackcloth lying on his stomach, trembling all over, and he didn't dare to raise his head.

Not to mention this man in sackcloth, who is not afraid, including the county magistrate Xie Chengye and more than 20 officials?

Even if there were bright torches around them, the flames were scorching, but everyone didn't seem to feel the slightest warmth, and their backs were chilled.

It was as if in a ghost cave, there was really a fierce ghost wandering around, lurking in the dark, staring at them with malicious eyes.

In the middle of the cave, there is a sacrificial table, surrounded by scattered runes and unburned paper money.

The most terrifying thing is that more than a dozen people lined up under the sacrificial table, some men and women, kneeling on the ground, their heads bowed, covered in blood, and they had long since lost their voices.

It's just that under the flickering light of the fire, their faces are blue and swollen, and they seem to be changing rapidly, looking extremely weird and hideous.

"My lord, there can't really be a ghost in this cave, right? Otherwise, let's go out and wait. ”

An official looked around and felt uncomfortable.

"Ridiculous! Are there any ghosts in this world? Xie Chengye said sharply.

Although he was terrified, he was even more worried about his future.

"He ...... the head of the willow catch."

Xie Chengye was about to ask, when he suddenly heard an official shouting at the entrance of the cave: "Liu Zhutou is here." ”

Xie Chengye looked at the entrance of the cave when he heard this, only to see Liu Feifeng striding in, and when he arrived at his side, he bowed and saluted: "My lord, Lord Lao has been waiting for a long time!" ”

Xie Chengye waved his hand, seemed to be relieved, and said: "This official has just arrived, Liu Zhutou, the nature of this case is extremely bad, the murderer is heinous, everything is entrusted to Liu Zhutou." ”

"The subordinates should do their best to share the worries and solve problems for the adults."

Liu Feifeng replied in a deep voice, looked around again, and when he saw the dozen or so people kneeling in front of the sacrifice table, his pupils couldn't help shrinking, and he took a deep breath and said, "Who first found out that there was a death here?" ”

"It's a little old man!"

The man in Mai who was lying on the ground said his urn.

"Is that you? Who are you? Stand up and speak. Liu Feifeng stared at the man in sackcloth.

"Thank you, sir!"

The man in sackcloth got up tremblingly, revealing a thin old face, and said: "The little old man's name is Wu Shan, and he is the medicine picker in the town...... It seems that there is still the cry of a female ghost...... ”

Liu Feifeng interrupted: "This is a well-known ghost cave, ordinary people can't avoid it, since you heard the cry of the 'female ghost', why did you still walk in?" ”

The man in sackcloth said with a bitter face: "Xiao Lao'er was also very afraid, but there is a kind of herb that is only found in this cave, and it is not the first time that Xiao Lao'er has come in, and he has never encountered any ghosts, how can he think of it...... As soon as I came in this time, I saw ...... Seeing so many dead people. ”

Liu Feifeng groaned slightly, and suddenly said, "Where did the rumors of the haunting of the ghost cave come from?" Hum! Liu has been a messenger in Laiyan Town for more than ten years, and he has never heard of any ghost caves at first, but now he thinks that someone is deliberately making ghosts. ”

An official replied: "Liu Zhutou, this cave is rumored to be a ghost cave, and it has been in the past two years. It is said that many people have seen female ghosts haunting and heard the cries of female ghosts, so in the past two years in the town, there are also many people who burn some dark money runes to sacrifice female ghosts in order to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. ”

The official hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I also heard that the female ghost in this cave is the acrobatic team that was very famous in the north and south of the river back then, Master Yuli, the class leader of 'Huanxiyue', because of his grievances, he turned into a ghost. ”

"The trick of pretending to be a ghost, Liu has seen a lot."

Liu Feifeng sneered, bypassed the county magistrate Xie Chengye, and walked towards the dozen kneeling corpses in the center of the sacrifice table!