On an early summer night, southeast of Guizhou, at the foot of Fanjing Mountain in the Yinjiang River.

Several small watchtowers are connected by stone walls and wooden corridors, enclosing a large courtyard. There is another large watchtower in the center of the compound.

The watchtowers are full of lookout holes and arrow holes.

This is the Yinjiang Barbarian Chief's lawsuit, the legendary ghost yamen.

The watchtower of the chief lawsuit stands tall and solid. It doesn't look like a civilian yamen, but more like a military fortress.

There is also a ditch dug around the yamen. It can only be accessed via a drawbridge, which has been stowed high up.

The moon is dark and the wind is high. The summer cicadas on the yew and dove trees are playing with the noise like life. It sounds like a human scream.

Chief Zhou Wen sat in the study. He was surrounded by ten servants. These tall servants did not give him any sense of security.

The sweltering heat made beads of sweat on his head.

Anxiety and fear made him like an ant on a hot pan.

There are three days left until the end of the term. According to the legend of the Ghost Yamen, every governor of Yinjiang would die the night before he left at the end of his term.

Zhou Wen felt a downright despair. In the past month, the long-term lawsuit has begun to be haunted repeatedly.

He began to regret why he came to this ghost place to be the chief of the sixth grade. The son is silent, and the strange force is confused. But the fucking ghost is in the yazhong!

An old, hoarse voice came: "Lord Zhou." ”

Zhou Wen jumped up from the chair like a big toad.

A man in his fifties walked up to Zhou Wen: "Lord Zhou, don't panic, it's a subordinate." ”

Zhou Wen took a closer look by the flickering candlelight, and it turned out to be Jin Bao, the head of his subordinates.

Jin Baodao: "Lord Zhou." The entire inner watchtower has been checked for the number of people. There were thirty-one officials in total, and none of them were missing. ”

"The brethren have guarded every way to your study."

Zhou Wen asked: "What about the outer watchtower?" ”

Jin Bao replied: "One hundred and three people are all on guard in front of various lookout holes and arrow holes. ”

Zhou Wen was still not at ease: "Do you have enough people to guard the suspension bridge winch?" ”

Jin Bao replied: "There are twenty guards at the winch, which is enough." Not even a fly can fly into our long lawsuit. ”

"Buzzing", a fly dangled in front of Jin Bao without giving face.

Jin Bao hurriedly waved his hand to drive away.

Zhou Wen asked: "Minzhuang are all Han people, right?" ”

The people of the long lawsuit are divided into two categories: the Han family and the barbarian family.

Zhou Wen was obviously not at ease with the barbarian people.

Jin Baodao: "All the people of the Han family are strong, and they are loyal to you." ”

At this moment, Zhou Wen smelled a pungent stench. He also thought that it was a servant who fart, where was a fart, and it was when he hooked a little thicken!

A creepy voice suddenly sounded in the watchtower: "Mi, Mi, Mi!" ”。

It's like a woman's sneer, and it's like a tanuki's meow.

Zhou Wen's eyes widened in fright.

This was followed by a scream: "Ah! ”

Zhou Wen was shocked: "Old, old, old Jin, didn't you say that you can't even fly in?" ”

Jin Bao smiled bitterly: "Ghosts are much more difficult to prevent than flies." Go down and see what's going on. ”

After two moments, Jin Bao led a panicked official into the study. They were followed by four servants, carrying a corpse on a door.

Zhou Wen asked in a panic: "What's going on?" ”

The official beside Jin Bao trembled and said to Zhou Wen: "My lord, I saw the woman!" Eyes glowing green! The changing woman ruined Li Qi. After the waste, he sucked his blood. ”

"I threw her with a multicolored willow scarf stick, and she ran away. I hurried to save Li Qi, and saw that the person was dead! ”

Zhou Wen trembled: "Change, change your wife!" Sure enough, I came to ask for my life! ”

Changing Po - a kind of demon in the legends of the Tujia, Miao and Dong people.

It is said that a woman is a young woman who changes after her death. The pupils glow green, and the bones of the hand are mutilated.

There was once a record of the criminal officer who was assigned to southern Xinjiang: "The woman who became a woman, seven days after her death, broke out of the coffin, her body was still the same, the color was different, her heart was still conscious, her voice was loud, her fishy breath was wafting in the wind, she smelled and wanted to vomit, and her bones were terrified." ”

Legend has it that she likes to do two things. Eat children and spoil men in the prime of life.

Zhou Wen suddenly remembered the stench he had just smelled. Isn't it just that "the smell of filth wafts in the wind, smelling and disgusting"?

Zhou Wen hurriedly said: "Hurry up and check the corpse!" ”

I saw that there were two rows of tooth marks on the neck of Li Qi's corpse, which did not look like human tooth marks, but like animal tooth marks. The blood is not dry.

Jin Bao said: "My lord, is it the person who became a woman to kill." Just pick up Li Qi's pants to know. ”

Zhou Wen nodded

There is a terrifying legend in Yinjiang.

Fifteen years ago, a chief surnamed Lin was about to leave office. This person is a wicked official, who has been an official for three years and only knows about the four alien races under the rule of oppression.

He is about to leave office, and he has not forgotten to do evil. After getting drunk, he snatched a Tujia girl into a long lawsuit and ruined it.

It's not enough to spoil it, Chief Lin still waved his big hand arrogantly and rewarded the Tujia girl to his servants.

Dozens of wolf-like servants killed the Tujia girl.

Chief Lin didn't care. It's just an alien woman, and if you die, you're dead. casually asked someone to dig a pit outside the yamen and bury the girl.

Chief Lin was busy packing up the gold and silver, waiting for seven days to leave his post and transfer to the post of Jiangnan Zizi.

Unexpectedly, seven days later, there was lightning and thunder in the night. A withered, mutilated hand reached out from the girl's grave.

Immediately afterwards, the girl's entire corpse crawled out of the grave and became a woman! She wants revenge!

That night, Chief Lin died on the couch. The death is hideous, as if he was ruined by something in his life. There are also tooth marks on the neck.

Chief Lin was the first person to die in the Ghost Yamen. But not the last.

Since then, for 12 consecutive years, every time the governor leaves office, there will always be a haunt in the yamen for a month, and a few officials and people will die.

And then on the eve of leaving office, the chief will definitely die.

At this moment, a Minzhuang came to report: "It's amazing, Lord Zhou!" Dozens of people came from outside the drawbridge! ”

Zhou Wendao: "Quick, follow me to Wangkong." ”

Zhou Wen passed through the wooden corridor and came to the lookout hole of the outer watchtower.

Dozens of people outside the door were all lit with torches.

By the light of the fire, Zhou Wen could see clearly that the leader of the people who came was wearing a six-grade cormorant green robe. The rest of the people were dressed as retinues. I think the official who took over arrived early.

Zhou Wen ordered: "Put down the drawbridge." ”

The person wearing the six-grade cormorant green robe was Chang Feng.

Chang Feng pretended to be the successor chief this time and came to the ghost yamen to find out the truth about the ghost killing.

Xu Fatzi and Sun Guishou pretended to be his long-term followers and masters.

The remaining thirty retinues were all capable wrestlers in Weili, as well as a few subordinates of the Ninth Lady who were proficient in Tujia dialect.

Chang Feng entered the yamen. Asked: "Who is Lord Zhou Wenzhou?" ”

Zhou Wen came to the courtyard and bowed his hand to Chang Feng: "I am." ”

Chang Feng made up a lie: "Below is the new Yinjiang barbarian chief, Chang Huayu." ”

Zhou Wen hurriedly said: "Ah, it turned out to be Master Chang." Please come into the inner watchtower. ”

Chang Feng asked as he walked: "I see that this watchtower is heavily guarded inside and outside." Is there a rebellion among the aliens? ”

Zhou Wen smiled bitterly: "There is indeed a rebellion of the alien race. It's just that it's not people of a different race who rebel, it's a ghost of a different race! ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Wen glanced at Mrs. Nine.

Chang Feng said: "This is my concubine." ”

Zhou Wen sighed: "Alas, you shouldn't have brought your family to work." ”

Everyone entered Zhou Wen's study, and the body of the official Li Qi was still there.

Chang Feng was surprised: "This? ”

Zhou Wendao: "Haunted just now, the ghost killed a servant. Come, carry the body to the chamber first. Wait for the burial early tomorrow morning. ”

The weather was sweltering. The official robe of the ever-windy wind can almost wring out the water.

Jin Bao stepped forward and handed over a towel to wipe his face.

Chang Feng said: "Thank you, brother?" ”

Jin Bao arched his hand: "The subordinate is the head of the chief official, Jin Bao." ”

Chang Feng said: "Then we will take care of it more in the future!" ”

The head of the official is not an official, and he has not left any of them. Jin Bao has been in the long-term lawsuit for many years.

Chang Feng wiped his face and took out the official certificate and a letter from his arms.

Chang Feng said with a smile: "I have a deep relationship with Master Zhang Caizhang of the Ministry of Officials. This is the letter he asked me to bring to you. ”

Zhou Wen took the letter and opened it to take a look. I saw that the first sentence in the letter was: Brother Zhou, the person in front of you is the commander of Jinyiwei. Don't be quiet, and he will save your life.

Zhou Wen raised his head and glanced at Chang Feng.

Chang Feng winked at him.

Zhou Wen understood and instructed his subordinates: "You go down first." I handed over the official seal to Master Chang alone. ”

Jin Bao was a little worried: "The two adults are alone in the study, I'm afraid."

Chang Tu, who had a brocade guard, stood in front of him and was bold. Zhou Wen's courage has increased a lot: "It's okay, the changing woman has already killed one person tonight, and she won't kill the second one." ”

Everyone came out of the study. Zhou Wen closed the door, and knelt down for Chang Feng with a pop: "Chang Yanshi, please save me." ”

Chang Feng helped Zhou Wen up: "Brother Zhou, please get up quickly." Don't worry, I won't let anyone kill a court official right under my nose. What's more, we have a common best friend Zhang Cai. ”

Zhou Wen stood up.

Chang Feng asked: "You said that there was a change of wife in the yamen tonight, and you also killed a servant?" ”

"To tell you the truth, my concubine is a Tujia family. I've heard her talk about her changing motherhood before. ”

Zhou Wen's voice trembled and said: "The changing woman appears once every three years, and it makes the yamen unpeaceful. In the end, on the eve of the chief's departure, he will be ruined and then killed! ”

After speaking, Zhou Wen told Chang Feng the legend of Yinjiang's transformation into a woman.

Chang Feng smiled slightly after hearing this: "What a woman." It's just that the murderer is pretending to be a ghost. Brother Zhou has heard of the demon fox? ”

Zhou Wen nodded: "I've heard of it." In the twelfth year of Chenghua, there was a lot of trouble in the capital! ”

Chang Feng smiled slightly: "When I was twelve years old in Chenghua, I was still young, and I couldn't capture the demon fox. In the twenty-third year of Chenghua, there was another demon fox in the capital. ”

"This time, the demon fox was captured by me! Oh, it's just a pretence from someone with evil intentions. ”

Zhou Wen was surprised: "Huh? Have you ever caught a demon fox? What a capable person! No wonder the name shocked Jinghua. ”

"I heard about you when I went to Beijing to take the exam. Although you were only a thousand households at that time, you were already a celebrity around the emperor. ”

Chang Feng said: "What a red person is not a red person." Those are just false names, like floating clouds. ”

Zhou Wen poured a cup of tea for Chang Feng.

Chang Feng took a sip of tea and said, "The sky in this Qiandi is stuffy and hot, and the humidity is heavy. You have been here for three years and have suffered. ”

Zhou Wen smiled bitterly: "Three years ago, Zhang Cai was not in power. At that time, if he was among the officials, why would I have been pitted here by the people of the officials? ”

After speaking, Zhou Wen wiped the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief: "It's so stuffy tonight, it should be raining." ”

Chang Feng said: "I see that your yamen is like a fortress for soldiers. It's hard for outsiders to get in. ”

"The so-called change of wife, nine times out of ten is an inner ghost! You need to know, day and night, it is difficult to prevent thieves! ”

Chang Feng has been instilling the concept of "people pretending to be ghosts and killing people" to Zhou Wen. However, Zhou Wen didn't believe it and insisted that it must be a ghost who killed someone.

No way. The people around him kept telling him for three years that there would definitely be ghosts killing people in the ghost yamen. Even if it's fake, he'll be convinced that it's true.

It's like a smart person entering a pyramid scheme organization in later generations. In less than a month, the brain will be washed.

Relatives and friends will laugh: what a fool he is.

But relatives and friends don't know that if they join the MLM organization, their brains will be washed. The difference is that it doesn't take a month, maybe just a few days.

Chang Feng asked: "Brother Zhou." Since you insist that the yamen is haunted. Why don't you go to the yamen and find a place to live and wait for your departure? ”

Zhou Wen said: "It's even more unsafe outside. The Miao, Tujia, Dong, and Yi people regarded the officials appointed by the imperial court as enemies. ”

"The watchtower of the chief lawsuit is towering, impregnable. Those aliens can't get in. ”

"If you go out to live. I'm afraid that the alien gangsters will dismantle me! ”

Chang Feng was surprised: "Is the relationship between the liuguan and the alien race so bad?" Regarded as an enemy? ”

Zhou Wen smiled bitterly: "No way!" There are clouds on the left, and if they are not of my race, their hearts will be different. ”

Chang Feng asked, "Who are the people in the ya?" ”

Zhou Wen explained to Chang Feng the composition of the personnel in the chief lawsuit.

The deputy prefect has been vacant for a year. There is no way, the name of the Yinjiang ghost yamen has spread all over the officialdom, and no one dares to come.

The officials even offered a sky-high price: people can not participate in the big pick, and go directly to Yinjiang to be the deputy governor of the seventh grade. As long as someone wants to!

You must know that the selection of the officials is one out of twenty. is so carefully selected, even if it is selected, it will be a positive eight-pin county at the beginning.

If you don't participate in the big pick, you can be a seven-grade official, which is basically a good thing for pie in the sky.

But no one dared to eat this pie. Who wants to stay in a haunted yamen for three years?

The chief lawsuit is different from the county yamen. There are no six bedrooms. Instead, there are patrol inspections, officials, tax collectors, and strong class leaders.

The inspection is similar to the later Minister of Armed Forces and Chief of Police, who served under Jiupin.

Today's inspection is called Gao Chenghu. Only two years ago, he was still a member of the Yamen of the Guangxi Metropolitan Division.

Two years ago, the Zhuang people in the ancient city of Guangxi rebelled. Gao Chenghu's miscommand led to the death of 800 of his brothers at the hands of the rebels.

He was demoted seven levels in a row and assigned to Yinjiang to serve as a patrol inspector from the ninth grade.

Gao Chenghu was discouraged, and he was deeply blamed for the annihilation of the robes. After he arrived, he didn't care about the, and he drank every day. Got the nickname "High Drunk Cat".

Jin Bao, the head of the bureau, has been a messenger in the yamen for 14 years. The long lawsuit, big and small, is almost all about him in Zhang Luo.

Although Jin Bao has no grade, he is not an official but an official. But he did the equivalent of a lieutenant.

Huang Liang, a tax collector, is the head snake of Yinjiang. He's a man of color. The ancestors' generation was sent to Yinjiang by the Mengyuan court to manage the clans.

Meng Yuan died, and the Ming Dynasty was founded. His ancestor changed into an official of the Ming Dynasty, and changed his Han surname to Huang.

The Huang family has a lot of influence in Yinjiang.

Lin Sanjiu, the leader of the Zhuang class, used to be a famous hunter in Yinjiang. has the ability to shoot through Yang in 100 steps.

In addition to these four people, there were ten scribes, thirty-one officials, and one hundred and three people.

Without exception, the scribes, officials, and Minzhuang are all Han Chinese.

Zhou Wen said, Chang Feng remembered: "In other words, in addition to you, there are one hundred and forty-eight people in the long lawsuit." ”

"The inner ghost is likely to be among the one hundred and forty-eight."

Zhou Wen said firmly: "These one hundred and forty-eight people are all loyal and good people!" There can be no inner ghost. ”

"It's a woman who kills people! It's no wonder that Chief Lin fifteen years ago shouldn't have spoiled that Tujia girl. caused the girl's corpse to change, and the incarnation turned into a woman to ask for her life. ”

"You don't know. It is better to eat children and spoil middle-aged men. Li Qi, my servant, was killed tonight after being ruined by his wife. ”

Chang Feng said: "Where did you just say you put the corpse of that servant?" Take me to see it. ”

Zhou Wen led Chang Feng to the room. Xu Fatzi, Mrs. Jiu, and the old birthday star also followed.

Everyone entered the room and carefully inspected Li Qi's body.

His neck looked like it had been bitten by a wild beast. There are two neat rows of tooth marks. The scars underneath are even more inconspicuous.

Chang Feng whispered a few words to Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wendao: "The people in the long lawsuit will retreat first." ”

Jin Bao and the others stepped back. There are only five people left in the room: Chang Feng, Zhou Wen, Xu Fatzi, Mrs. Jiu, and Lao Shouxing.

Zhou Wendao: "It's often a thing. You saw it! Except for the evil ghost turned into a woman, who could leave such a terrifying scar on Li Qi? ”

The Ninth Lady put a pair of jade hands on Li Qi's neck and examined them carefully. She is from the rivers and lakes, believes in ghosts and gods, but is not afraid of corpses.

The Ninth Lady said: "No! This is not a brute of a wild beast. ”

Chang Feng's eyes lit up: "Oh? ”

The Ninth Lady explained, "If I'm not mistaken, it's the scars left by the trap. ”

Chang Feng asked: "You grew up in the capital. I haven't hunted wild beasts, so how do you know that this is a wound left by a trap? ”

Mrs. Nine said: "After the change of Tumubao, when our Xiangxi natives entered King Qin, they brought a batch of animal traps. Prepare to set up under the city to hold back the siege of the Warats. ”

"I didn't expect that when we arrived in the capital, Yu Shaobao had already repelled the Warat people. The animal traps were put into the warehouse of Xiangxi Lane. ”

"You know, when I was in the bare business, there were a lot of treasures in the storeroom. I was afraid of theft, so I put some traps in the storeroom to prevent thieves. ”

"Once, a little thief who didn't know how to die had a whim. On the second watch, he sold me good goods, and on the fifth watch, he wanted to steal my treasury. The trap caught in the leg of the beast. ”

"The scars left behind are exactly the same as those on this corpse."

Chang Feng said: "I see. As I expected, someone was pretending to be a ghost. ”

Xu Fatzi suggested: "In my opinion, from now on, let the wrestlers we bring to protect Brother Zhou closely." I can't make sure that something goes wrong. ”

Chang Feng smiled slightly: "That's not necessary. Didn't you say that the 'ghosts' would strike at the night before the chief left office? Two nights to go. For the time being, Brother Zhou is safe. ”

The purpose of Chang Feng's lawsuit is not only to save Zhou Wen's life. What is more important is to find out the truth about the murder of the first four governors and catch the murderer who pretended to be a ghost.

He used Zhou Wen as a bait to lure the snake out of the hole!

Chang Feng said: "It's late today. We had a day's journey. Brother Zhou, arrange a bedroom for us first, and let's rest quickly. Tomorrow morning, I will work again. ”

Zhou Wen nodded: "Okay!" ”

Half an hour later, Chang Feng and Mrs. Nine just lay down on the bed in the bedroom.

I could only hear a "boom" and a thunderclap, and a heavy rain poured down.

There is a large chapter of 5,000 words before twelve o'clock.

(End of chapter)