Mu Qingyang vaguely remembered that Li Moliu had told him a case later, holding the dim fragments in his hand, he began to try to recall, he knew that this was a rare opportunity, he was unwilling to let go of every detail, this was very likely a key to his recovery.

It was when Li Moliu was still working in the Civil Affairs Bureau, and a young man named Zhao Guang under his command told him a bizarre rumor.

According to Zhao Guang, his family used to live in the countryside, far from the county seat, where there was a very wide river running through the north and south, and its east and west banks were each a village.

In the east of the river is Shaojiazhuang, and in the west of the river is Zhao Guang's hometown Zhaojiazhuang. At that time, Zhao Guang's brother Zhao Xian and Shao Degui, a young man from Shaojiazhuang, were very good friends since childhood, so much so that when they grew up, they were so good that they could almost wear a pair of pants.

So at noon every day in the past, that Shao Degui would cross the river to visit Zhao Xian. According to him, this buddy of his was born with a tall and handsome good skin, and he was a famous beautiful man on both sides of the river.

It is said that since a few years ago when it was early winter, every time Shao Degui's ferry docked in Zhaojiazhuang, he could always see a beautiful and peugeot woman on the shore, looking at the ferry with a smile on her face, and always looking at him without blinking.

Of course, Shao Degui didn't care at first, but as the days passed, he was gradually attracted by the woman's clear and bright eyes. At that time, Shao Degui secretly guessed that this woman would come to the dock to guard him every day when he was ferrying, maybe because she had taken a fancy to herself.

Finally one day, Shao Degui couldn't help but say his thoughts in front of Zhao Xian: "I think this woman must be from your Zhaojiazhuang." During this period, when I crossed the river every day, I always saw her standing on the shore, silently staring at my ferry. You say, should I ask someone to be the matchmaker to facilitate our marriage? ”

After Zhao Xian listened, he was silent for a long time before he replied with a serious face: "I know the woman you are talking about. But I advise you not to have any thoughts about this woman! In a word...... You'd better forget it!! “

When he heard such a solemn advice from his good friend Zhao Xian, although Shao Degui was a little disappointed, he had no choice but to decide to die. But after that, whenever Shao Degui crossed the river to see Zhao Xian, this amorous and beautiful woman was still the same as before, standing on the bank of the river, looking at the ferry with a smile......

Shao Degui finally couldn't suppress the emotion and love in his heart, so he told his mother what happened, and told the woman's parents about the matchmaker.

Shao Degui's family is a big family in Shaojiazhuang, and it is very famous within a radius of 100 miles. When the matchmaker invited by the Shao family came forward, the woman's parents were immediately overjoyed and agreed to the family affair, and the two agreed to get married on the fifteenth day of the first month of the following year.

Just a few days before the wedding date, a person who claimed to be a fortune teller suddenly came to Shaojiazhuang.

This person's name is Ding Mantang, and he lives in Dingjiazhuang, which is not too far from the big river, and he is obscene but has a clever mouth that can tell the dead to live.

As soon as this Ding Mantang came to Shaojiazhuang, he walked around Shao Degui's house, and kept shouting: "Iron mouth proverbs, Zhuge God calculates, which family needs fortune telling?" ”

It is said that Shao Degui's mother happened to be very superstitious, and on the eve of her son's marriage, she wanted to hear some auspicious words from fortune tellers. So she asked someone to invite Ding Mantang to her home to tell the fortunes of her son and future daughter-in-law.

After Ding Mantang finished counting the eight-character hexagram of the two, he suddenly said in shock: "It's amazing, it's terrible, your daughter-in-law who hasn't passed through the door is the White Tiger Star...... In the future, after entering the door, there will definitely be a bloody disaster! ”

Hearing Ding Mantang say this, Shao's mother was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Then may I ask the master what should our Shao family do?" The dowry has been given, and the auspicious day agreed by the two families is imminent, isn't it? ”

Ding Mantang thought for a while, pinched his fingers and replied: "Actually, in my opinion, your Shao family should quit this family business as soon as possible, why bother to cause you a lot of disasters for a daughter-in-law?" You know, the white tiger entering the house is a great omen, and if you don't listen to me, I'm afraid that your family's disaster is just around the corner! ”

The superstitious old lady was frightened enough, and after hearing Ding Mantang's words, she immediately asked the matchmaker to propose to the woman's parents to withdraw from the marriage. Unexpectedly, the woman's parents accepted the dowry and refused to agree to the Shao family's request to withdraw from the marriage?

In desperation, Shao's mother had to go to Ding Mantang again to discuss countermeasures, and after Ding Mantang went home and thought about it for a few days, he came up with an idea for Shao's mother:

"According to my calculations, there is only one way to resolve this disaster. Your family still gets married on the fifteenth auspicious day of the first lunar month as agreed, and the wedding must be solemn and lively at that time; After the guests disperse, the bride and groom must be locked in the new room for three consecutive days! If the two of them are still safe and sound on the fourth day, then it should be considered that there is this bad fate in the lives of the two people, and the lucky star will keep your family safe according to their fate. ”

Shao Degui's family is naturally according to the plan, to the agreed fifteenth auspicious day of the first month, the Shao family feasted all the guests, the wedding was also very lively, until the middle of the night when the guests were all dispersed, Shao's mother quickly asked the youngest son Shao Dequan to bring the family, together to nail the doors and windows of the new house, only a small hole in the corner of the wall, for the three days to send food and food. On the first day, the house seemed to be safe, and after the three meals were delivered, the dishes were handed out without much emptiness; The second day was still the same; On the third day, I didn't hear any movement inside, and after the three meals were handed in, they were all eaten.

Shao Degui's mother thought that the disaster had been resolved, and she was so unhappy!

As soon as it was dawn on the fourth morning, Shao's mother ordered her servants to remove the iron nails nailed to the door of the new house, intending to invite her son and daughter-in-law, who had been wronged for several days, to come out and enjoy a hearty breakfast. As soon as the door was opened, everyone saw Shao Degui, who was already dressed neatly, under the faint candlelight, rushing out of the door like crazy with his face covered and running towards the outside of the village......

Shao Mu and Shao De were all frightened, and Shao Dequan hurriedly took the servants and chased in the direction where his brother ran. I saw Shao Degui rushing all the way in the direction of the ferry, and when he arrived at the ferry, he didn't seem to hear the shouts of the people behind him to stop him, and Shao Degui jumped into the river with a "hole"!

This change was completely unexpected by the Shao family! At this time, the neighbors of the Shao family had also arrived, and everyone looked at the river and could not find Shao Degui's shadow. Shao's mother had to invite a few young people who knew water to look for salvage in the river, but she couldn't find Shao Degui!

Three days later, a body was found on the river beach downstream, dressed in the same gown as the groom's. Perhaps because of the long immersion in the water, the corpse has been unrecognizable. The Shao family was sad and helpless, so they had to bury the body in a hurry.

Poor Shao Degui's newlywed wife was widowed after three days, but she had no intention of leaving the Shao family at all. What's even more strange is that no matter how much the family asks, she is like a dumb person and doesn't say a word. The Shao family was helpless, and they couldn't do anything with her, so they had to live with her......

Half a month has passed since the Shao family held a happy event, Zhao Xian saw that Shao Degui had never come to look for him again, and heard the news of the tragedy in Shaojiazhuang from the villagers, so he came to Shao's house to visit Shao's mother.

Shao's mother told Zhao Xian in detail about the whole thing, starting from Ding Mantang's fortune-telling, to burying Shao Degui's body......

After Zhao Xian listened, he was silent for a long time, then took a look at the Shao family's new house, and then got up to say goodbye to the Shao family. When Zhao Xian left, the night was already very deep, and the boat had stopped ferrying, so Shao Dequan accompanied Zhao Xian to take a long detour, crossed the bridge to go home, and after sending Zhao Xian to the door of the house, Shao Dequan immediately turned around and went home.

But when he passed by a small forest in Caojiazhuang, he suddenly heard a "bang" from behind...... ......" footsteps, his head buzzed, and he quickly quickened his pace.

Unexpectedly, after a while, Shao Dequan heard his brother Shao Degui's voice: "Second brother, second brother, I died so miserably, died so miserably...... My brother is someone who kills him! You must take good care of our mother in the future, and when you go back, remember to find a maid to remove the big bed in my new house and dig up the new soil......" Shao Dequan was so frightened that he didn't dare to turn back, so he ran back to the house with his head in his hands.

When he saw his mother, Shao Dequan gasped and told her everything that happened after sending Zhao Xian.

The mother and son hurriedly took the people from the family, called Shao Degui's wife, and moved the big bed in the new room. After digging open the soil under the bed, everyone found a large jar, but when the jar was opened, everyone saw a jar full of broken corpses!

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Mu Qingyang finally recalled this fragment, he still remembered that this bad guy actually used this as a threat to make him do something that he regretted, and the subsequent things continued to follow one after another because of this, making him overwhelmed......

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I remember that when I heard this, Li Moliu actually sold Guan Zi to Mu Qingyang, and he didn't talk about it anyway, and drank tea leisurely......

Mu Qingyang's heart was messed up by him, and a series of questions emerged: "Who is the person who died in this case?" Didn't you say that the bridegroom was drowned? Whose corpse is in that jar? Who is the murderer? Who could be that pretending to be a ghost in the grove? Is it really Shao Degui's ghost? ”

When Mu Qingyang raised his questions to Li Moliu one by one, how could he have thought that this bad boy would suddenly call at this time? Then he looked anxious, said that he would contact him another day, and left in a hurry.

I didn't sleep well all night, it was Li Moliu's story yesterday that aroused his curiosity, in fact, he probably guessed part of the answer last night, but he still needs to verify it with Li Moliu.

"Hello? Li Moliu...... What, it's almost over? All right...... Uh-huh...... I'll be waiting for you at home. Mu Qingyang couldn't wait to confirm his speculation, and Li Moliu's arrival was just what he wanted.

"Bang, bang, bang!" There was a dull knock on the door.

"Oh...... Here it comes! Mu Qingyang agreed and ran to open the door.

"It must be Li Moliu, this guy is here...... Hey? When Mu Qingyang opened the door excitedly, there was a strange man standing at the door.

He was not tall, wearing a gray khaki casual jacket, jeans, and flat sneakers, his face was dark and red, and his mouth showed white and neat teeth.

"Hello! My name is Lu Daming, and my boss sent me to pick you up, can we leave now? ”

Mu Qingyang was a little surprised, when did he have the treatment he was ushered in: "Excuse me...... Who is your boss? ”

His surname is Li...... Aren't you good friends? I'm sorry...... You are Mr. Mu Qingyang, right? I guess I should be second confirmed. Lu Daming obviously had doubts about the identity of the person in front of him, and Mu Qingyang could be regarded as understanding the reason why Li Moliu would call in advance.

"Yes, you're not mistaken...... I am Mu Qingyang himself, are you Li Moliu's subordinate? Mu Qingyang bowed his head slightly in a reserved manner to avoid making the other party feel a little reckless and arrogant.

"My job is a driver and assistant for my boss. That's right...... Shall we go? ”

It seems that this is an urgent matter, this is the second time he is urging Mu Qingyang to set off?

Looking down at the homely casual clothes and slippers, Mu Qingyang smiled helplessly and said, "Xiao Lu, can you come in and wait?" You see, you have to change your clothes to get out......"

Perhaps his words showed some hesitation, Lu Daming's tone said with a little apology: "Sir, in fact, I can wait outside the door, it's okay, it's really ......"

"What's so embarrassing? Let's talk about it first, let's ......"

Wearing a short trench coat, he took an umbrella and hung it on his arm - yesterday's weather forecast said that there would be light rain, so it would be better to be prepared.

When he came out, Xiao Lu was pacing back and forth in the living room, and from the time he looked at the wall clock on the wall from time to time, he knew that he was indeed in a hurry to leave.

"Huh? Mr...... Let's go now? ”

"Go, go." After Mu Qingyang went out, he closed the safety door with a bang......

When Mu Qingyang saw Li Moliu, he was still rummaging through a lot of materials in the office, scanning the things he needed from time to time, saving them, and keeping a copy in his laptop. Seeing that he was busy, Mu Qingyang was inconvenient to disturb, and he wanted to help but didn't know how to start, but fortunately, Xiao Lu was also there, and he had already quickly gone over to take over part of the work.

Just when he thought he needed to wait a little longer, Li Moliu took the initiative to say hello: "Coming?"

"What are you busy with? Is there anything I can do to help you get started? Mu Qingyang felt that there was no reason to watch people work, so he put forward the intention of helping.

"Almost, don't talk about this, I brought you here to discuss something - how about going to Henan with me?"

"What's wrong?"

"This time things are a bit tricky, and multiple people can have a response."

Saying that, Li Moliu told him the specific process of the incident:

It was last night, uh! That is, when they were still discussing the strange case of the newlyweds, Li Moliu received a call from out of town.

The call was from Jiaozuo, Henan Province, and the call was made from the local military hospital, and the content was to inform Li Moliu that his old comrade-in-arms, Xia Zhengtian, was currently suffering a fracture in his left leg and was hospitalized. The call was the nurse on duty in Lao Xia's ward, she was asked by Lao Xia to call, asking Li Moliu himself to rush to the hospital as soon as possible, it is said that there is a case to be entrusted to him to handle, so Li Moliu will leave in a hurry at that time, also because he needs to book a ticket as soon as possible.

Mu Qingyang asked him very strangely-what is special about this case?

He smiled mysteriously and asked him in that low, dark tone, "I've heard of it...... Closed Door Village? ”

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I have to say that Mu Qingyang's biggest weakness is that his curiosity is too heavy, so that he was eaten to death by this Li Moliu, and the result was that he provided the travel and all related expenses, and Mu Qingyang embarked on a journey to Jiaozuo with Lu Daming as his assistant.

On this basis, however, he made an additional request - to give a complete answer to the mystery of the strange case of the newlyweds last night.

On the train, Li Moliu kept his promise to reveal the mystery.

In fact, to put it bluntly, this is a cliché story of an adulterer **** murdering his own husband, and a righteous brother suing under the guise of a ghost in order to avenge his friend.

Shao Degui, the first victim in this story, was actually killed as early as his wedding night, and the so-called corpse hidden in the altar was this person. As for the groom who ran out three days later, it was Ding Mantang, who had already fornicated with the bride and was pregnant, a fortune teller.

Things have to start with the bride Zhao, this woman has actually been having mild mental problems, the street wandering fortune teller Ding Mantang accidentally saw Zhao, shocked, so he looked for an opportunity to have a private meeting with her, and the two hooked up and became adulterous.

When Ding Mantang found out that the Zhao family was pregnant and was discovered by the Zhao family, he categorically abandoned this woman.

Because Zhao was deeply hit, the old illness recurred and waited at the ferry every day, fantasizing that Ding Mantang would come back to pick her up one day. Because Ding Mantang also came by ferry, in her eyes, Shao Degui, who rowed to the ferry every day, was the person in her dreams. So much so that it was only later that Shao Degui misunderstood Zhao and fell in love with him at first sight. (It turns out that lewd men are more popular with MM than handsome guys?) ）

When they learned that the local wealthy Shao family was willing to marry the Zhao family, the Zhao family was overjoyed (the daughter who was pregnant out of wedlock married into a wealthy family because of misfortune), Zhao Xian tried his best to oppose it. (He had heard a little about the Zhao scandal, but he didn't have any back, so he was adamantly opposed to it for the sake of insurance.) ）

However, Ding Mantang had the idea of the Shao family's family business again, so he came to the Shao family several times to tell fortunes for Shao Degui and the Zhao family, as for the so-called divorce or locking the door for three days, it was all to facilitate him and the Zhao family to meet again and sneak into the new house on the night of the wedding, and kill people and break the corpse in the middle of the night to prepare.

On the wedding night, Ding Mantang took advantage of the chaos to hide under the bed, prepared the murder weapon and jar, and teamed up with the Zhao family to assassinate the groom Shao Degui. Three days later, taking advantage of the bad light and the chaos of the whole family, he jumped all the way into the river, put the groom's clothes on the corpse he had prepared long ago, and pushed the corpse into the river to conceal the facts.

Who knows, Zhao was overly frightened on the wedding night, his mental condition worsened, and he was in a mess all day long, so the originally discussed plan to steal the broken corpse jar out of hiding did not succeed. Ding Mantang was so angry that he inadvertently scolded Zhao alone at the ferry after drinking, and leaked out about hiding the corpse under the bed, which was secretly overheard by Zhao Xian, who was passing by.

In order to avenge his brother, and at the same time afraid that the adulterer **** would get the news and escape, Zhao Xian directed and acted in a good show of Xiaolin's unjust soul, and with the help of Shao Dequan, the Shao family found Shao Degui's body, and let the Zhao family finally confide the truth in horror.

A lawsuit was over, Ding Mantang was arrested and tried to serve his sentence, Zhao was sent to a mental hospital, and Zhao Xian finally made a complete merit.

After listening to the results of this story, although there was a slight difference with Mu Qingyang's speculation, it was generally consistent, and he couldn't help but sigh with Li Moliu for this poor Shao Degui, and even praised Zhao Xian who acted righteously, but it was a pity that Zhao's good years were instigated by wicked people, and he was unmarried and pregnant and suffered from mental illness and deeply regretted. In short, after tasting carefully along the way, I felt that the world is impermanent, and after all, good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded.

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