Yesterday, the mountains and forests of Liujia suddenly withered, and almost everyone in Hangzhou knew about it.

Originally, it was not far from the city of Hangzhou, and many good people ran to watch, and standing on the high place, people could see that the trees in the mountain forest had turned a withered yellow color, which was in stark contrast to the lush trees around it.

Not only the people of Hangzhou came to see the excitement, but even the prefect Lin and Li Tongju of the Hangzhou government also rushed over with a group of officials.

The two of them stood on a high cliff overlooking the mountains, Li Tongju frowned, and said to the Lin Governor next to him: "I have sent experienced officials to check in, these trees have indeed all died, and what is surprising is that these trees are not just dead, but the trunks have rotted, not at all like they have just died, to the point that they look like rotten wood that has been dead for more than ten years." ”

"And look."

Li Tongju pointed to the distance, "If you look at it from a high place, you will find that the mountains and forests are very regular, and it is a very standard circle, which is simply too weird." ”

Lynch naturally saw the withered mountains and forests in the distance, and asked in a deep voice, "Is it possible that it was caused by man?" ”

Li Tongju shook his head, "Impossible, manpower can't do it." ”

"I have sent people to investigate, many people went into the mountains yesterday, and the trees in the mountains and forests were still in good condition at that time, and there was no difference between them and the surrounding trees and forests, and this morning someone found that this mountain forest had withered, and it was obvious that it became like this overnight."

"Look at this withered forest, which occupies several hills, I can't think of anyone who has the power to destroy so many trees. Besides, there is only wood in the mountains and forests, and there is no sign of this wood being lost. ”

Lynch nodded, he had just looked at the wood that the servants had brought back, and found that it had indeed decayed, and it was absolutely impossible for manpower to do this.

And these woods were not destroyed by mountain fires, there was no fire at all last night, and there was no sign of fire in the mountains and forests, these woods are more like they have been corroded and rotted over the years, which is weird.

What a punishment from heaven!

The Hangzhou government also did not find out the results, and there were more rumors in Hangzhou City.

In the teahouse, people chatted quietly, and a middle-aged man said: "I see, this is done by Grandpa Mountain God, it must be the Liu family who offended Grandpa Mountain God, and Grandpa Mountain God was angry and directly destroyed their family's foundation." ”

A man said: "Maybe someone did something hurtful, this is God's warning, maybe it's not involved." ”

An elderly person said: "I think of one thing that hurts heaven and reason, do any of you still remember Wu Yanniang, the Oiran of Hangzhou more than ten years ago." ”

"Ah, you said that Wu Yanniang who followed Liu Yuan." Someone exclaimed in surprise.

This humane: "Yes, Wu Yanniang was also one of the famous Oiran in Hangzhou back then, Liu Yuan was also brilliant and high-spirited back then, and he had already passed the examination, and later provoked Wu Yanniang and included Wu Yanniang in the room, but Mrs. Liu was jealous and did not allow Wu Yanniang to enter the house. ”

Liu Yuan raised Wu Yanniang as an outer room, and later Wu Yanniang was pregnant, and when she was four or five months old, she was suddenly found dead on the side of the mountain and forest paths, and her personal maid died. At that time, the place where Wu Yanniang died was not the mountain forest of the Liu family. ”

At this time, someone chimed in: "When you say this, I also remembered this past, this matter was really strange back then, a pregnant woman, what to do with a maid in the mountains and forests, doesn't it make sense, but the Liu family is powerful, maybe..."

At this time, someone said sadly: "Perhaps, maybe Wu Yanniang's ghost came to collect debts." ”

Everyone listened to a chill on their bodies.

At first, people just speculated that someone had destroyed the mountains and forests of the Liu family, but later it became more and more chaotic, and the old things of the Liu family were turned over, and now the people of Hangzhou almost believe that this is Wu Yanniang who came to take revenge.

And there are still many people who believe this rumor.

The ancients were very superstitious,

Not only the people are superstitious, but even the ministers and emperors are superstitious.

Locust plagues are sacrificed to the sky, droughts are sacrificed to the heavens, and great floods are sacrificed to the heavens.

If there is an earthquake or a meteor, if it causes a major disaster, the emperor will even issue an edict to comfort the heavens, saying God, I am not doing well, please don't harm my people.

The folk are full of all kinds of gods and ghosts, some things that cannot be explained, will be classified as ghosts and gods, every village has a land temple, every city must have a city god temple.

So, these rumors are very marketable.

During this time, Li Tongjuan naturally heard the rumors in Hangzhou, and sitting in the room, Li Tongjuan pondered for a while, and then took out a blank notebook and wrote it.

"Minister, Hangzhou sentenced Li Long to play my emperor, Hangzhou Mansion in the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month of the Xinhai year happened a strange and strange thing, located in the north side of the West Lake 10,000 acres of mountains and forests, suddenly all withered overnight, the trees decayed into dust, the mountains and forests here are the ancestral foundation woodland of the imperial historian Liu Yuan, the minister took people to carefully investigate, and did not find any traces of man-made destruction. There are rumors in the countryside that Liu Yuan once received a singer, and then died in the mountains and forests for no reason during pregnancy, which is quite strange......."

The general judgment has the responsibility of local supervision and secretarial, this matter is so strange, it has caused a great sensation in Hangzhou, the people have discussed a lot, and it has affected the local stability, and Li Tongju has the responsibility to report to the emperor to know.

At this time, the Liu family was sad and bleak.

Liu Su stood in the living room, listening to the housekeeper's report, his face was gloomy as water, and after listening, Liu Su gritted his teeth and said: "Who is spreading these rumors and ruining the reputation of my Liu family, Liu Zhong, you go to the government to report, let the government stop these rumors, and arrest those who chew the root of their tongues." ”

The housekeeper Liu Zhong said: "Young master, these are all rumors from the countryside, and the government may not care about it." ”

Liu Su picked up the teacup and threw it out directly, smashed it on the ground with a snap, and said angrily: "My family's mountains and forests have been destroyed, and the government can't find out the reason, and now there are rumors about my Liu family, ruining the reputation of the Liu family, and the government doesn't care, you go to the government and ask the government to stop the rumors outside." ”

Liu advised him to withdraw.

The destruction of the Liujia mountain forest made Liu Su feel distressed, the Liu family's family motto did not allow business, that mountain forest is the largest economic source of the Liu family, cutting down trees every year, you can make a profit of thousands of yuan, and support the daily expenses of the Liu family.

Now the entire mountain forest has been destroyed, which makes Liu Su also very shocked.

Why did his family's mountains and forests be destroyed overnight, Liu Su couldn't figure it out, he suddenly had a feeling that something big was going to happen, and it wasn't a good thing.

Now there are rumors outside, which has dealt a great blow to the prestige of the Liu family.

Liu Su's mother died early, and he has been in charge of family affairs, and now this situation makes him very alarmed, Liu Su walked quickly to the study, wrote a letter to his father Liu Yuan, called someone to come, and asked people to take the official ship to the capital.