Chapter 43: The Haunted House

The pattern that Xiao Daogu found on the back wall should be the mark left by these people.

But this mark is different from the common use of Jianghu people, and it is the first time that Master Wei has been handling cases for many years.

Lord Wei sent officials to guard around Yunmengguan for a few days, and only then did he leave after making sure that the thieves would not come for the time being.

After Wang Zhenren received Miao Jingxian's letter, he was silent for a long time.

If it weren't for Minghui's dream, she wouldn't have left Yunmengguan, if she was still in Yunmengguan, would she have been buried in the fire?

Not only her, but also Cui Niangzi's family, as well as Miao Jingxian, Ma Damiang, Qiu Feng, Qiu Yue, and Ming Hui, who was ruined all her life.

Why did those people set the fire? I think it was when they were rummaging through things and were bumped into by people in the Taoist temple, they killed people and killed people, Yunmengguan often had pilgrims coming, and killing people in the Taoist temple would soon be discovered, and these people burned the Taoist temple in order to hide their tracks.

So in that dream, they were actually dead long before the fire.

Wang Zhenren's heart was like a knife, and she could no longer calm down and meditate, she thought about it and let Wang Haiquan go back to Qi County.

Soon after, the pilgrims of Yunmengguan learned that Wang Zhenren was invited to Pingquanguan in Guangxi as a guest, from Qi County to Guangxi, thousands of miles apart, and in the last two or three years, Wang Zhenren will not come back.

As for whether there is a Pingquan Temple in Guangxi, then who knows, there are not many in this dynasty, that is, there are the most Taoist temples, who let the emperor and his old man also believe in Taoism.

Yunmengguan has no viewer Wang Zhenren, there is no big problem, pilgrims, as always, Yunmeng cake is still a must-have for the people of Qi County during the New Year's Festival, the only difference is that Miao Jingxian is safe, and there is no need to avoid going down the mountain.

After Minghui learned about this, she breathed a long sigh of relief, if finding Xiao Wancub's brothers and sisters was her first wish in this life, then reminding Wang Zhenren to avoid that fire was her second wish.

Minghui smiled and hugged Wang Zhenren's arm: "Master, master, you will be with me in the future, I will wait for you and provide for you." ”

Wang Zhenren didn't speak, but from this day on, Wang Zhenren lived more simply, occasionally went out, and dressed up as a vulgar person.

The doubts in Minghui's heart are getting deeper and deeper, the master doesn't want to lead the disaster to Baoding, so it's like this.

Who are those who want to kill the master, the enemy?

However, these things are like a day by day with Hua Qian's changing business, and they are also temporarily put aside by Minghui.

Although Baoding is not as good as the capital, it is also a prosperous place.

In addition to such a native family as the Ming family, there are many Beijing officials who are also buying houses and land in Baoding, and even some beggar officials will choose Baoding for the elderly, not because they don't want to return to their roots, but the children and grandchildren of the family also need them to escort, their connections are in the capital, but if they stay in the capital and refuse to go, it is too deliberate, and Baoding Mansion is very close to the capital, and it is not eye-catching, they can live here, arrange troops, and plan for their children and grandchildren.

After coming and going, there are more and more rich and background families in Baoding Prefecture, and the local parents and officials secretly complain, but they have fattened the shops that open their doors to do business.

The silver of the two shops has already been earned, Minghui returned Wang Zhenren, there is still a surplus in her hand, her vision is good, Cui Niangzi is indeed a natural shopkeeper, in just half a year, the name of Cui Da shopkeeper has started in the business district of Baoding Mansion.

At the beginning, some people came to find trouble, Qiao Darthead came over and took a turn, and most of the people in Baoding Mansion knew that this incense shop was related to Zhenyuan Dart Bureau.

But anyone who opens a dart game has something to do with black and white, since it is a shop covered by Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, whether it is a yamen or a bastard on the street, it will more or less give some face.

Incense itself is a high-priced thing, therefore, most of the customers of incense shops are the ladies of high-ranking families, and the more ornate sedan chairs and carriages parked at the door every day, the more no one dares to come to the door to find trouble.

The incense shop opened more and more smoothly, and at the end of the year, Minghui looked at the account book handed in by Cui Niangzi, well, the numbers on it were very good.

In a blink of an eye, it was March of the following year, the spring breeze was like a cut, the grass and trees recovered, this was the second spring that Minghui spent in Baoding.

Compared with the year when she first came, she has grown a lot taller, and she is already a slim girl, because of the relationship between martial arts, although she is drawing, but she does not look thin, and her plain dress can't hide her increasingly delicate figure.

Minghui was sitting in Wang Zhenren's courtyard, and Wang An was talking about the gossip he heard outside.

"That Aunt Liu and her apprentice haven't shown up for almost two years, a while ago, a thief sneaked into the yard of her house, but I didn't expect to be almost scared to death, the house is haunted!"

Not too late to glance at him: "The thief does something that cannot be seen, will he still tell others all over the street, hey, I met a ghost when I stole something, the ghost is a real ghost, and I am also a real thief." Hmph, is the thief stupid? ”

Wang An was anxious: "It's true, the thief was so frightened that he cried wolf, alarmed the neighbors in the alley, when the thief turned out of the wall, he peed his pants, who would break into the house for most of the year, isn't it a thief or an official?" Besides, this thief was a frequent visitor to the yamen, and he was always caught several times a year, and all the officials who patrolled the streets knew him. ”

Minghui asked curiously: "Later, did anyone go in to see, is there really a ghost in the house?" ”

"Of course, even if the thief doesn't want to investigate, but the neighbors who live in Feng'er Lane don't agree, who wants to be neighbors with ghosts?

The neighbors went to invite Li Zheng to come over overnight, and called the officials who patrolled the streets, and went in over the wall to check, guess what? ”

Wang An's eyebrows fluttered, Minghui felt that it was really bent to let Wang An run errands for her, Wang An should go to the teahouse to tell stories, wake up and shoot, want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition! Well, an instant hit!

It's not too late, but he gets impatient: "You dare to sell Guanzi in front of the eldest lady?" Tell me quickly, are there any ghosts in that house? ”

Wang An stuck out his tongue, he said that he had to rise, forgetting that the eldest lady was still there.

"I didn't see a ghost, but I saw a paper man, that is, the paper man in the paper shop, burned to the dead as a maid, the paper man is not placed on the ground, but hung under the porch, the night wind blows, fluttering, but not like a ghost, the thief is a thief with a weak heart, suddenly see such a person, must be scared half to death."

Paper man?

Minghui originally thought that Aunt Liu and her apprentice who were hiding in the underground secret room were dug up, so she frightened the thief, but she didn't expect that it was just a paper person.

"Is there anything else besides the paper man? Like a coffin or something. ”

Wang An shook his head: "The people in the yamen took a few lanterns and illuminated the house brightly, if there was anything else, they would definitely be able to find it, but no, it is said that there was no one living in the house for a long time, the cold pot and cold stove, there was dust everywhere, and the green bricks in the yard were lifted, and the officials dug a big pit in the yard with shovels, but there was nothing, no corpses and no money."

However, who would hang a paper figure in the yard, if this house is not evil, no one will believe it.

The neighbors of Feng'er Lane are all afraid to live there, and there are already several families who want to sell their houses. ”

Minghui was also curious, but she didn't have the idea of going over to find out, and she wouldn't go to that place again.

A few days later, Wang An's new commentary came again: "It's amazing, it turns out that Aunt Liu still has relatives." ”

"What did you say?" Minghui sat up straight, Aunt Liu's relatives? Is it Liu Sanniang?

Wang An was startled by Minghui's sudden movements, and stammered: "I mean, there are people living in that house, and the neighbors have the courage to ask, it turns out that it is Aunt Liu's younger brother and sister-in-law." ”

No, no!

The male of the Liu family has long been dead, where did Aunt Liu come from?

Could it be Wan Cangnan and Liu Sanniang?

Minghui couldn't sit still, she wanted to see these two people, and at this moment, Wang Ping ran panting: "Girl, girl, a man and a woman came to the shop, saying that they were here to find children, and my mother asked me to report to you." ”