Under the outer wall of Dongzhi Gate, an overgrown wasteland.

The stars are sparse in the day, and a mottled demon moon is shining, which is the curfew time in Beijing, and the people turn off the lights and rest in peace.

In the distance, there was a sound of rustling, which was quite piercing under this silence.

Pedal Pedal Ped

Four men in white were carrying another man on their shoulders, and their steps were steady, and they could be seen from the gap between their legs and feet. Just look at these four people, and gradually get closer:

It's four paper men!

Tall, burly and solid, but very stiff, he is carrying another paper man running!

It wasn't until they got close that they could see clearly that these four paper figures were white-faced and black-haired, with eight-foot bodies, made of pasted paper, carrying a paper figure in the direction of Dongzhimen.

Godless, mysterious, the hair of the paper man fluttering in the wind, it is indeed the hair of a real dead man!

Before you could take a closer look, the four paper figures had already carried another paper figure to the top of the wall.

I only heard a crisp sound of white paper, and the four paper men untied a rope from their waists:

Whoosh whoosh

Four ropes are hooked to the wall, but this hand is so skillful, like a living thief.

Reflecting the miserable moonlight, it faintly makes people shudder.

Flying up the wall, the four paper figures carried the one who was carried into the city without saying a word.

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In the early hours of the next morning, before the daylight was full, there were still a few sparse remnants dotted with belly white.

Chen's Mansion, which can be regarded as a mansion, is located at the boundary of hundreds of zhang from Dongzhimen.

It is not a brocade of flowers, but there is a quiet and lofty elegant small scene.

The lord of this family is called Chen Mingshi, who is a well-known salt Jia in the capital, who sells grain and grass in currency, and is approachable by nature.

However, Mr. Chen has not slept very well recently, and always wakes up in shock before dawn.

The same is true today, when a chaotic nightmare disturbs the tranquility and I can't sleep anymore.

Before waking up, Chen Mingshi sighed, seeing that he couldn't sleep well anymore, and he was about to get up.

As soon as I turned my head, I couldn't see something piled up in front of the bedroom door.

After a sigh, he was still a little sleepy-eyed, and he rubbed his eyes a few times and looked at it.

It didn't matter if I saw it, I was suddenly so shocked that my face turned pale and I didn't feel sleepy.

Tengdi sat up from the bed, a cool air rushed up his spine, the tips of his fingers trembled, and he pointed ahead.

There's a paper woman in the house! Just sit at the door and smile at yourself!

"Ah!!h

Chen Mingshi just shouted half a sentence, and quickly covered his mouth with his hand, and didn't dare to make a single word, and the atmosphere was so frozen.

Staring at the paper woman in front of her, the strange angle of the corner of her mouth seemed to be mocking herself, the more she looked at it, the more afraid she became, Chen Mingshi rolled over from the bed at a loss, fell on the side of the bed tremblingly, and said in a trembling voice:

"Yes... Who is it? ”

The paper man couldn't speak, still looking at himself. Although I saw that the sky was about to brighten outside, it was really suffocating to see such a paper figure sitting here leaning on the door and sill.

Strengthened his courage, but he didn't call his subordinates, Chen Mingshi took a deep breath and walked forward.

Coming to this paper man, Chen Mingshi sighed:

It's just a paper figure, not a living thing.

The face is painted vividly, with a high bun and a ring, leaning on here.

Which one lacks great virtue scares himself so much? If he is caught, he will not be spared.

Thinking about it hatefully, Chen Mingshi pushed the paper man, but found that he couldn't push it, and there seemed to be something in the paper man.

This paper figure is bulging, not like the paper tribute used for sacrifices in daily funerals, it is very soft inside, and it has a cold touch through the paper.

Gently flicking the neck of the paper man, the head of the paper man couldn't stand the force, and he softened his head, and the white paper thorn at the neck cracked with a thud, revealing the contents inside.

With a pop, Chen Mingshi sat down on the ground.

Dou Da's beads of sweat instantly condensed on his forehead, and Chen Mingshi could no longer control his panicked emotions, and slapped his face stiffly, lest he make a little sound.

There is a corpse hidden inside this paper figure!

As the white paper tore open, the white paper paste lost its grip and fell gently to the ground, revealing the face of the dead body inside:

A woman with coiled hair, a miserable white complexion, and red lips and teeth.

It can be seen that she was a graceful woman before her death, but she seems to be dead and blind, and her eyes widen at this time, staring straight at the ground, and her crooked body is extremely evil.

No matter how firm a man is, it is difficult to hold himself at this time.

Chen Mingshi's eyes were about to pop out of his sockets, and even if he wanted to break his head, he couldn't figure it out, the dead body wrapped in this paper figure turned out to be her!

"It's like... You... Have you come to me for revenge? ”

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Things have to start from a year ago, when Chen Mingshi had just married a wife and had children under the arrangement of his old father, and his career was in full swing, but in the year of his establishment, he was already a general businessman in the capital who was "the thin cloud pillar of the sky, driving the purple gold beam of the sea", and he had a big courtyard and a prominent financial reputation.

Although he is usually kind and kind, there is a slight gap between him and his wife.

His wife, Chen, is spicy and capricious by nature, and her father started such a marriage when she was connected to the bridge.

As the saying goes, after a long struggle for family affection, the two gradually became estranged.

One lives in the west wing, the other lives in the backyard, and they don't have much to do and don't communicate much, let alone have children.

The temper is stubborn, and he refuses to retreat, and he doesn't continue the incense if he lets his father urge these two people every day.

Later, after a long time, Chen Mingshi was also itchy in his heart, and he didn't want to see his wife's pungent words and deeds on weekdays, and after taking care of the trivial matters of the family business, he went against his confidants and chanted poems, drinking and chatting.

went one or two, and followed to the eight alleys once.

These eight alleys are famous places in the capital, and you can't hold your heart when you go.

Later, I met a woman named Wanru in a Qinglou called Gentle Township.

This woman is good-looking, everyone is beautiful, knowledgeable, Chen Mingshi is frustrated in love, talented and beautiful, hit it off, and the two are so good.

After coming and going, the two became more and more affectionate, and Chen Mingshi wanted to marry this as a concubine, but his friends dissuaded him, saying that he was newly married for less than a year, so he took a Qinglou woman, who was not very good for his reputation, and he had a tiger wife at home, so this matter was delayed.

Later, it was like being seriously injured and bedridden for some reasons, Chen Mingshi's old father also knew about it, hated and reprimanded Chen Mingshi, and knew that he was moved by reason and affection, so that Chen Mingshi completely broke off his thoughts and did not dare to contact Wanru again.

It seems that she is also a loyal woman, who was sold to Gentle Township by the official, and after this incident, she was depressed and unhappy, and it didn't take long for her to kill herself.

Before they died, neither of them saw each other, and the old bustard sent someone to bury them in a hurry in the grave of the devil crying.

Chen Mingshi cried for a few days, and he didn't think about this person anymore.

I didn't expect that today, like a corpse, appeared in my house after three months.

How could Chen Mingshi not be shocked, he thought that he was like being wronged and died of humiliation, and came to take revenge on his thin lover.

After half a speechless sound, Chen Mingshi reluctantly got up, and his figure was still in a trance.

Fang Cai panicked and lost his proportions, and now after thinking about it carefully, he realized that something was wrong:

It's been three months, how can the corpse not rot?

When I looked closely, I found that the body of the body exuded a strong pungent smell, and I touched it with my fingers, and it was still a little stiff, it turned out to be coated with a layer of arsenic sulfur, and the sallow face revealed the unique white color of arsenic.

I don't know who gave the red lips, such a look, it's really terrifying.

Chen Mingshi got up and paced back and forth in the room. Sometimes frowning, sometimes sighing, turning around to look at the old beauty now, and tears flowed down her face.

just tossed until dawn, and didn't dare to disturb the next person.

Why?

It turned out that the imperial court issued documents, and this year it was necessary to routinely donate officials (the Qing Dynasty had this policy), and there were too many establishments in the capital, so some officials had to be released.

Chen Mingshi thought about taking this opportunity to donate a sum of money, release him as an official, and go to Tongzhou to find an official and a half-job.

In recent years, the salt tax has been unfavorable, which also saves the daily labor of business.

But it would be inappropriate to have branches here, and the strange and tragic death back then did not disturb the government because of the wealth scattered by many parties.

Now that the corpse has reappeared, the cause and effect have reached the ears of the government, so ominous, don't talk about donating officials, I'm afraid that even the old things from before will be turned out, and they will definitely be sentenced to be filled with military distribution.

"Phew! Who is so ruthless to stop me? I don't want to know, or you must look good! ”

Cursing, Chen Mingshi looked gloomy, thinking that someone was deliberately trying to harm himself.

I have been thinking about this matter of being released as an official for a long time, and now that I am stopped, how can I not be angry?

After thinking about it, I made up my mind:

You must not let people know about this, leave the capital quickly, and look for this person who harmed you in the future.

met in the land of Qinglou, and it was a sea oath to this kind of emotion before, but now compared with the future official wealth and fame, it is still more important to yourself.

Seeing that the old beauty became a dried corpse, and was coated with arsenic, it seems that this person was premeditated.

Chen Mingshi couldn't think about it in a panic, so he could only grit his teeth and stomp his feet for a while, hiding the body under the bed, thinking that in the dead of night, he would try to get her away.

As soon as the corpse was moved under the bed and hurriedly covered up, Chen Mingshi was already sweating like rain, slumped on the bed and thinking wildly.

It was when I was sweating that I suddenly felt that something under my feet grabbed me!

Hurry up and look down: I saw the corpse of Wanru, who had just been stuffed under the bed by himself, and now he was half exposed!

Staring at the empty eye sockets, looking straight at himself, the dry and stiff claws clutching his trouser legs!

Corpse in the daytime!

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