Liao Jinglong was the first to rush in, followed by five or six knife-wielding soap subordinates, and the last were the local magistrate and master. Zhixian and Shiye are both surnamed Fang, the same body shape, similar appearance, when they first came, they thought they were brothers, but later I learned that this was not the case. The county name is Fang Ruhai, as for the master, he only knows that he is also surnamed Fang, but he doesn't know the name, so everyone calls him Master Fang.

Waiting for Fang Ruhai to stand still, Liao Jinglong pointed his hand at the sea of wood flowers and shouted, "It's her." ”

Fang Ruhai is not lustful for money, even so, when he saw the sea of Duanmu flowers, he couldn't help but feel ape, and he was stunned, until the master reminded him again and again, and then he came back to his senses and asked, "Are you talking about this girl?" Obviously, he didn't believe it, until Liao Jinglong repeatedly affirmed it, and then said to Duanmu Huahai: "Girl, he said that you want to kill him, is it true or false?" ”

Duanmu Huahai said with a smile: "It's this scoundrel who misbehaves and repeatedly teases me, I just taught him a lesson." ”

Wu Desheng interjected: "That's true, this little one can testify." He added: "This person is quite normal during the day, I don't know if it's because the person who got the money has become inflated, or because he drank too much wine and got lost, and committed this foolish thing." However, I believe that it was all a spur of the moment, and it was better to lock them up overnight and release them tomorrow morning, so as to save money for prison food. He was a little selfish, and when he saw that Liao Jinglong and the others not only had no ability, but also made trouble, he wanted to take this opportunity to drive them away.

Liao Jinglong wanted to defend a few words, but was kicked by Fang Ruhai fiercely, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything more, and he was sincerely afraid in his heart.

Fang Ruhai asked Wu Desheng: "You said that this splash has accomplices?" And they got the money, too? He came up with the idea of this money, and after getting a positive answer, he ordered his subordinates to arrest Chenghua and Cheng'an together.

In the end, just as Fang Ruhai was about to leave, he was grabbed by the master, and the master snorted at him, and following the direction suggested by the master, he found that there was still a person in the guest hall who was eating wine as if nothing had happened. I saw that the man was wearing a purple collared robe, and he seemed to be a public person, and his grade was far above him, but he didn't know what kind of official he was.

Looking at the man carefully, I saw that he was thirty years old, with a great figure and an extraordinary appearance, and at first glance he knew that he was the best among the people, but his face was like frost, and he looked like he was thousands of miles away.

Fang Ruhai was shocked, and hurriedly trotted forward, and asked cautiously: "Dare to ask what Your Excellency is called?" ”

The man turned a deaf ear, still bowed his head and ate the wine, and after a while, he unhurriedly took out a sign from his waist and threw it on the table. This is an ivory jade plaque, carved on the front of the sentence moire, engraved "Dali Temple Si Zhi Ding Dusk Mountain".

Fang Ruhai was shocked, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said: "Xiaguan Wenma County Order, I don't know that Shangguan is coming, I miss the distance, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

Ding Dushan slowly put down the wine glass in his hand and said coldly: "Get up and speak." ”

Fang Ruhai was very nervous, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and asked, "Dare to ask Lord Ding why he came?" He knew that there must be a big case when the personnel of Dali Temple were dispatched, not to mention that it was from the Si Zhi of Liupin.

Ding Dushan glanced at Fang Ruhai and said coldly, "Do you think this is the place to talk about things?" Do you think the officer should report back to you? ”

Fang Ruhai's heart trembled, and he even said, "Don't dare." ”

Ding Dushan's tone softened, and he said comfortingly: "This official is here, and he has nothing to do with you, but there is another important case to be handled, and you only need to help from the side." ”

Fang Ruhai relieved his mind at this time, and hurriedly called Wu Desheng and asked him to prepare the best room for Ding Dushan, and not to be lazy.

Ding Dushan asked Wu Desheng rhetorically: "Didn't you just say that you don't have a room anymore?" ”

Wu Desheng smiled and said: "Drive away those three scoundrels, just vacate three rooms, and the best one is reserved for adults." ”

"No need" Ding Dushan pointed to the sea of Duanmu flowers and said to Wu Desheng: "That room will be reserved for that girl, and the rest will be given to me as long as I can." ”

Duanmu Huahai smiled and said, "Thank you, adult." ”

When everything was arranged, Fang Ruhai said goodbye to Ding Dushan. Ding Dushan was full of wine and food, and was about to go back to the room, when he walked by Mu Qing's side, Mu Qing said coldly: "Thank you for your mercy." "It turns out that Ding Dushan is the one who fought with him in the dark.

It was night, Mu Qing didn't sleep all night, and he couldn't help but think about all kinds of people he met today, especially Hao Chongtian, Duanmu Huahai, Yin Xian, Ding Dushan, Hou Qianxue and others, and felt that these people were not simple.

"Where did they come from?" Mu Qing thought about it all night, but there was no result.

Early the next morning, Mu Qing met with Chu Yi and the other three and told all about what happened last night, and the three of them were surprised.

Mu Qing said: "I think there is something unspeakably strange in this village, the three of you go and investigate and see what you find." Remember to be careful, this place is full of evil, don't be careless. He turned his head to Chu Yi and said, "Among the three, you are the only one who has martial arts, so you must protect the two of them at all times." Chu Yi originally wanted to go to Hao Mansion with him, but after listening to Mu Qing's arrangement, although he was not happy, he could only reluctantly agree. So the four of them acted separately, Mu Qing went to Hao's mansion, and the three of them secretly investigated.

At lunchtime, the four of them met again. Chu Yi asked first: "Brother Qing, do you have any discoveries when you go to Hao Mansion here?" ”

Mu Qing shook his head and said, "Not only me, but dozens of other people, are still some polite sayings, just trying to use money to arouse everyone's fighting spirit and courage." ”

Xu Hancai asked: "In this way, there must be action soon?" ”

Mu Qing nodded and said, "It's tonight." After a pause, he asked, "What have you discovered?" ”

Xu Hancai raised three fingers and said, "There are three points." One of them is that there are no old and weak women and children in the village, not a single one, it is said that after the ghost girl happened, they were all sent out of the village, and the people left behind were all young and strong men. ”

"Second, these people left behind are all practicing martial arts, and they seem to be ready to deal with something, but I don't think they mean to be a ghost girl."

"Thirdly, and the most interesting one, when these people talk about the ghost girl, there is not the slightest fear in their eyes, as if they are talking about the stories they have heard, rather than what they have experienced."

Mu Qing asked, "Just like Wu Yinzi?" ”

"Yes, just like Wu Yinzi." Xu Hancai said again: "I don't think the ghost girl may have it, but there must be a conspiracy." ”

Fang Liusheng asked: "So are we going or staying?" ”

"Stay, naturally I want to stay, I want to see how they play this play tonight." Obviously, Mu Qing's curiosity was greatly hooked.

Chu Yi asked, "Where are you catching ghosts tonight?" ”

Mu Qing responded: "Hanging River Ebony"

The Hanging River Ebony is in the southeast of the village, and there is a large natural pasture next to the Ganges River. In the river, there is an ebony obliquely inserted into the water, the top is at the bottom, the root is at the top, it is dozens of zhang above the water surface, towering into the clouds, straight into the sky, very magnificent, looking at it from afar, like a huge iron sword, the grassland is therefore named hanging river ebony.

It was night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, there were no clouds, and the white moonlight illuminated the whole grassland transparently. Everyone came early, had nothing to do, and sat together in groups of three or five, chatting about things in the north and south. Although there are many people, after all, they are here to catch ghosts, and they can't help but be nervous, and the most said sentence in the crowd: "What do you guess the ghost girl will look like?" ”

Mu Qing has a withdrawn personality and is not very gregarious, he left everyone, flew up, and went to the top of the ebony. When the others saw it, they snorted coldly and said with a disdainful face: "It stinks." In fact, my heart was full of jealousy.

Of course, Mu Qing didn't care about these words, the reason why he stood tall was because he wanted to see everything as far as his eyes could see, so that if there was any trouble, he could deal with it in time.

I don't know if it's because of the proximity to the white dew, or because it's cold early in the mountains, and the wind at night is gradually chilling.

"Mu Daxia"

Mu Qing heard someone calling him below, and when he came down to take a look, it turned out to be Fei Zishan, a newly met friend. Fei Zishan is a Jianghu artist, good at illusion, especially can change things through a wooden box and disappear without a trace. Perhaps the people of Wenma Village saw this illusion and thought that he had supernatural powers, so he was also invited. He is humble and easy-going, and among all people, Mu Qing is the most compatible with him.

Fei Zishan handed over a handful of longan and said, "Bailu eats longan, which is the most great supplement, and the longan in this season is the sweetest." ”

Mu Qing took one and ate it, and praised: "It's really sweet." After a pause, he asked, "Where's your illusion box?" ”

Fei Zishan casually pointed to a place behind him and said, "It's over there." ”

Mu Qing quipped: "It's all up to you tonight, if the ghost girl really comes, you will have to turn her gone." ”

"You're laughing at me again." Fei Zishan knew that this was a joke, and he was not annoyed, and said: "I'm just indiscriminately filling the numbers, I believe that most of the people behind me are the same as me, come to cheat and cheat and drink and cheat some money, Mu Daxia, you are the one with real skills." ”

Fei Zishan glanced around and asked, "Do you think this ghost girl will really appear?" ”

Before the words fell, he suddenly saw a white shadow flashing about a hundred steps behind Fei Zishan, Mu Qing didn't want to scare Fei Zishan, so he made an excuse and quickly chased after him.