The second steward, Xiao Hai, walked in front with a torch, and Xiao Jinyue also walked into the dark passage with Bai Guo.

The dark passage is not long, and it is tight enough for one person to pass through, and there is nothing special in it.

Xiao Jinyue followed to the end, and the inside was a little more spacious. Under the illumination of the torches, the contents were clear at a glance, and as the second steward said, there was a basin of water on the ground, and a bench was placed next to it, on which were placed two musical instruments.

The same is the most common flute.

As for the other thing, Xiao Jinyue's eyes froze, this shape was somewhat familiar, she should have seen it in modern times.

"Girl, what kind of musical instrument is this, the slave has never seen it before." Bai Guo had never seen such a strange thing, and under curiosity, he couldn't help but reach out and touch it.

"Don't touch it." Xiao Jinyue was distracted and searching for this somewhat familiar musical instrument in her mind, when she heard Bai Guo's words, she came back to her senses, saw her reach out to touch it, and hurriedly stopped her.

It's a pity that it's already a step too slow.

Bai Guo's hand had just touched the strangely shaped instrument, but he didn't expect Xiao Jinyue to suddenly make a sound, and he was suddenly startled. The hand wanted to be recycled, but in a fit of tension, the nail accidentally scraped over the instrument.

A creepy ghostly sound suddenly sounded in the dark passage.

"Girl, yes, there is a ghost ......"

Bai Guo's face changed in fright, and he quickly turned around to protect Xiao Jinyue, stammering and shouting.

Even Xiao Hai, the second steward, was taken aback by the sudden sound, and his body quickly blocked next to Xiao Jinyue, assuming a defensive posture.

Xiao Jinyue saw that Bai Guo's legs and stomach trembled with fright, but she still remembered protecting her in front of her, her heart warmed slightly, and she reached out and patted her arm and comforted, "Don't be afraid, there are no ghosts in this world, it's just the sound of that water piano." ”

"Girl, you mean, that horrible sound came from that strange instrument?"

"That's right."

Bai Guo breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and patted his chest, "I'm scared to death slaves, how can there be such a terrifying sound in this world." ”

Even the second steward breathed a sigh of relief, although he was not afraid of ghosts, he didn't want the second girl to have an accident under his nose.

Xiao Jinyue stepped forward and gently picked up the strangely shaped instrument and looked at it, "I heard that there is a musical instrument called the water organ, which can make the most terrifying sound in the world. The water organ must be this instrument. If I'm not mistaken, this is the truth about the haunting of Chen Kee's silk shop. ”

The second steward looked thoughtful, "What the girl means is that the Chen Ji Silk Shop is not haunted, but someone secretly used this water organ and flute to play those ghost sounds in the secret passage, which made everyone mistakenly think that the Chen Ji Silk Shop was haunted?" ”

Xiao Jinyue nodded, "This should be the truth, because it is played in the tunnel, and the Chen Dongjia does not know that there is an authentic tunnel, so no matter how you look for it, you can't find out where this ghost sound came from." ”

In fact, Xiao Jinyue is not sure whether this instrument is called the water piano in this dynasty, she is only in modern times, and once accidentally saw an introduction on the Internet, there is a musical instrument that can produce the most terrifying sound in the world.

That instrument is the water organ, and many ghost movies use it for dubbing.

She has never studied these instruments, and when she first saw them on the Internet, she just glanced at them casually and didn't pay attention to them, so she didn't think about them for a while.

Xiao Jinyue lowered his head and carefully looked at the instrument in front of him, the material of this instrument did not look like brass, and when he struck it lightly, the sound was not steel.

She really couldn't tell what kind of material it was made of for a while, and the color of the piano was a little dull, and it looked like it had been around for a long time, but the appearance was similar to the water organ she had seen on the Internet.

And this piano is obviously the same principle as the modern water organ, both of which vibrate by striking columns of air of different lengths to emit sound waves of different frequencies.

Xiao Jinyue vaguely remembered that the water piano was invented by the Americans, but she didn't expect to see it here.

Although she didn't know who invented the piano, she found the truth about the haunting of Chen Kee's silk shop.

If she guessed correctly, the reason why Chen Ji Silk Shop was haunted should be a ghost sent by He Wanying.

The Tsing Yi shop has been openly and secretly intercepting the guests who robbed Chen Kee's silk shop, and the two are considered competitors.

According to Chen Dongjia, the ready-to-wear store has been secretly poking and robbing their customers since it opened, and later after his son's accident, they even intensified their efforts, and they didn't even bother to cover up the surface. Shopkeeper He even sent two small servants to stand blatantly at both ends of Chen Kee's silk shop, and if they saw a guest coming, they immediately stepped forward and pulled people to their ready-to-wear store with clever words.

This has led to the deterioration of the business of Chen Ji Silk Shop, and their behavior, Chen Dongjia naturally sees it. But because they were worried about their son's life, coupled with the fact that the wife of the family was ill, and the grandson was young and frail, Chen Dongjia couldn't spare the energy to take care of the shop.

Later, the shop was haunted for no reason, resulting in a large number of Chen Kee silk shops. In desperation, Chen Dongjia thought about selling the shop.

If she guessed correctly, it must have been He Wanying who saw that Chen Dongjia's son had an accident and wanted to buy the silk shop, but she was unwilling to buy it at the market price, so she secretly dug the secret passage to the backyard of Chen Ji's silk shop.

Then he secretly sent people into the secret tunnels, played those terrifying ghost sounds with a water organ and flute, and then spread rumors that Chen Kee's silk shop was haunted.

If you hear that someone wants to buy the Chen Kee silk shop, the guys at the ready-to-wear store will pretend to be kind enough to tell the silk shop that it is haunted, or secretly play those creepy ghost sounds in the dark passages when someone comes to the silk shop to see the shop.

The ancients believed in ghosts and gods, and in the eyes of those who didn't know the truth, they naturally thought that Chen Ji Silk Shop was really haunted. Even the original shopkeepers and men of the silk shop believed it and were so frightened that they quit their jobs and found another way.

The shops in the capital have always been every inch of land, the flow of people on this Chengping Street is not bad, and the location of Chen Ji Silk Shop is not bad, but because of the rumors of haunting, even the tooth shop does not dare to take over.

Chen Dongjia had no choice but to press the price again and again, but even so, no one dared to buy it.

He Wanying must have thought that when the Chen Dongjia couldn't stand the rumors of the haunting, she would come forward to buy the silk shop at the lowest price.

It's just that I didn't expect that Xiao Jinyue was not afraid of ghosts and bought the silk shop from Chen Dong's family.

He Wanying has been planning for the silk shop for so long, where is she willing to be intercepted by Xiao Jinyue halfway. The new hatred was combined with the old hatred, which made Shopkeeper He hire thugs to pour oil on her shop in the middle of the night and set it on fire.

It's just that He Wanying never dreamed that although this fire burned Xiao Jinyue's shop, it even burned her own ready-to-wear store, and even the land was not saved.

It was also this fire that burned out the truth about the haunting of the silk shop.

Bai Guo and the second steward listened to Xiao Jinyue's words, and then they suddenly realized.

Bai Guo said angrily, "Girl, that He Wanying is really a bad stomach, she wants to buy someone else's Chen Dong's shop, but she is unwilling to pay to buy it, but instead comes up with such a vicious way to rob other people's shops, people like her are really pregnant." Fortunately, she was arrested and taken to Dali Temple, hoping that Dali Temple Qing could lock her up for a longer time and not let her come out to harm people again. ”

(End of chapter)