"My lord, why is that?" Wang Qi asked puzzledly, "Hua Wei doesn't have a scarlet ghost at all!" Obviously, Liu mistakenly recognized Liu Sheng as a female ghost in scarlet clothes. ”

Yin Qianshan said: "Although Hua Wei has no ghosts, there are two strange corpses. A man dressed as a woman was lying at the bottom of a well, and a woman dressed as a man was lying in someone else's coffin. Do you think there are no ghosts in this? ”

Wang Qi scratched his forehead and said with a sad face: "My lord, I can't hide it, I don't know what happened now, I ask my lord to solve my doubts." ”

Yin Qianshan smiled: "Don't worry, everything will be clear." You first go to the market as I said to spread rumors about the flower and ghost. Find a few more people, all of whom pretend to have seen the scarlet ghost around Hua Ming. Next, there are the two most critical steps. ”

He whispered a few words in Wang Qi's ear with his hand attached to him, and although Wang Qi was puzzled, he still took the order.

…

A few days later, the scarlet-clothed female ghost of Hua Wei became the talk of the people of Pinghu County after dinner.

Perhaps because this rumor has a somewhat fragrant smell, people are scared and embarrassed at the same time, and even have a little fascination between their eyebrows. After all, how many people have wanted to see the demeanor of the first beauty in Pinghu but can't. As a result, in the process of spreading the rumor, the rumor became more and more real and concrete. Now, even if he casually goes to the side of the road to catch a child, he can babble and say that the scarlet ghost's smiling face is like autumn water, and her shallow eyebrows are like the bright moon.

…

The time is coming, Yin Qianshan thought.

…

It didn't take long for the barren garden to become lively.

There are many people in the world who are afraid of ghosts, but there are even more people who are afraid of loneliness. Even if he is a scholar who is powerless, he will have a little more courage after drinking, and he may feel that the scarlet girl in Hua Wei can appreciate his talent. Or a gangster who has nothing to do, and he has nothing to do to brag about his husband's spirit, so he decided to go to Huali together to see who can catch the beautiful female ghost of Huali as a lady first.

In short, after the third watch in the evening, there are always a few people hanging outside the flowers, and the next day, Wang Qi will always send people to re-seal the gates of the garden.

All the men who hunted for curiosity and adventures were not disappointed, and they all saw the scarlet ghost without exception. It's just that the process is not so beautiful, and it is not so fragrant, anyway, they don't want to go again.

…

When the time came, Yin Qianshan thought.

…

On October 30, on the street of Pinghu, where Hua Wei was located, there was a man wearing a hat and a robe.

It was raining lightly, and he had already circled along the flowers. The pace was steady at first, then became more and more urgent.

It was getting late, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the streets. He sat in a teahouse on the side of the street for a while, and when the sun had completely set, he finally stood up.

He headed for Hua Ming's back door.

Cross the trail, past the lake, over the flowers, and across the stone bridge. The man seemed to be familiar with the flowers, he didn't light the lantern, and there was no moonlight tonight, but he walked very fast. The man kept looking around, and after he had made a full circle around the flowers, at last, he came to the well with the pomelo tree again.

He walked slowly to the well and looked down for a moment, then sat down on the edge of the well.

He began to talk to himself, like he was talking to someone.

The night was so thick that no one could see the expression on his face. But unlike the other people who came to Hua Wei, he didn't seem to be scared at all.

Suddenly, the man heard a strange noise behind him. He stood up and looked into the dark room, where there appeared to be a man.

The man approached slowly, trying to see if the crimson clothes were behind the broken door.

"Are you Xu Yingtang, or Xue Miaoren?"

The man finally spoke. Listening to the voice, it seems to be a young man.

No one answered him. Suddenly the lights came on in the room.

The man was startled, and he turned and ran. However, he found that many torches were also lit outside the door of the backyard. He turned around and found a man dressed as a county magistrate coming out of the house.

"You're finally here!" Yin Qianshan Road.

…

On the first day of November, the hour of the hour.

The warm sun rises, and Pinghu County is wide open. The new county magistrate opened a public trial, and the old and young of Pinghu County were crowded at the door, and they were all curious.

Because what is going to be tried today is the case of the female ghost of Hua Xu.

At the bottom of the hall knelt a man, his hands and feet shackled. There was no panic or fear on his face, he just looked at Yin Qianshan coldly.

"Whoever kneels in the hall, report the name and place of origin!"

The man said unhurriedly: "Xu Taihua of Mianxian County." ”

"You're lying!" Wang Qi on the side immediately pointed at him and said, "You are obviously Yingmin." ”

Xu Taihua sneered and was silent. Yin Qianshan motioned for Wang Qi to be quiet, and said quickly to the court: "Pass Li Si." ”

Soon, Li Si, the former subordinate of the Xue Mansion, that is, the person who asked Wang Qi for help on the day of Xue Yingtang's funeral, was brought to the court.

Li Si was very surprised to see Xu Taihua, he opened his mouth wide, and was stunned for a long time before he said, "Butler Ying? You.. Aren't you eaten by a ghost? ”

Xu Taihua glanced at Li Si and did not speak.

Yin Qianshan asked Li Si to repeat the events of Xue Yingtang's funeral, and when Li Si said that Wang Qi led people to follow him to Yanshan and saw the lonely coffin, Yin Qianshan motioned for him to stop, and then said to Xu Taihua: "Xu Taihua, why did you kill Xue Miaoren?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

"Lord Yin, didn't Madam die by throwing herself into a well?" Li Siqi said: "How could he be killed by Steward Ying?" ”

Xu Taihua sneered: "My lord, I didn't kill anyone, I don't understand what you're talking about." ”

"You didn't kill her directly, but you killed her." Yin Qianshan looked directly at Xu Taihua, "Come on, bring up the coffin and the corpse!" ”

Soon, Xue Yingtang's coffin and the female corpse in men's clothes were arrested and quickly carried up. When Xu Taihua saw the white bones in front of him, there was finally a trace of waves on his expressionless face.

Yin Qianshan noticed that it was not guilt or remorse, but more like hatred.

"This coffin has several small air holes on the edge of the bottom." Yin Qianshan said slowly, "This is for ventilation, so that Xue Miaoren can breathe and prevent her from suffocating to death." ”

"Originally, you told her that she was lying in the coffin and pretending to be Xu Yingtang, so that she could leave the Xue Mansion unnoticed. When you arrive at Yanshan, you will hire a few people to pretend to be ghosts to scare away the funeral procession. Then you can pull out the nail of the coffin, let her out and fly away together, sell all the real estate of the Xue Mansion and start over. ”

When Yin Qianshan said this, Xu Taihua's face twitched.

However, Xue Miaoren never expected that not only did you not pull out the coffin nails and let her out, but instead blocked all the air vents from the outside with mud and sand and stones, and suffocated her to death in the coffin. Pity her with all her net worth, and she is still dreaming of eloping with you. ”