Chapter 36: The Duan Family Is Haunted (1)
Half moon, scarlet night.
The fog shrouded Duanfu, the wind could not disperse, the light could not be opened, and every time in the dead of night, there would be a cry in the backyard of Duanfu, and the sound would be far and near, sometimes big and sometimes small. In my ears, there is an indescribable fear.
For half a month, the entire palace was panicked, and even some servants discussed it in private. said that when the head of the Duan family was young, he was drunk and asked for the body of a maid. When his mother found out, she was worried that it would have a bad reputation, so she secretly sank the maidservant into the well.
Because she died too miserably, the woman turned into a ghost to beg for her life, which caused the second son of the Duan family to get smallpox, and the whole house was restless.
Because of this incident, the Duan family's housewife was angry and sold a few maids, but this move made it even more obvious that there were no three hundred taels of silver here, which made the rumors even more fierce.
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The next day, Dragonfly and Feng Fu packed up their things and went downstairs to settle the bill, and met Yun Feng, who came to find her.
When the dragonfly saw him, she was a little embarrassed, and she didn't care, and she didn't pay attention to it. Yun Bong was also in the same mood as her.
The two only quarreled yesterday, because they didn't say anything to each other, and they poked each other's soft spots.
"Lord Yun." Feng Su ran over with a smile, "Lord Yun, why are you here, are you here to see us off?" β
Hearing this, Yun Feng asked, "Where are you leaving?" β
"My sister and I are going to go to the Great Xia Kingdom to see if it is the same as in the book, and the hills of the plains are as beautiful as a song." Feng Xu replied.
"Go to the Great Xia Kingdom?" Yun Bong looked at the dragonfly.
The dragonfly nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and smiled lightly.
"Also...... Coming back? Yun Feng asked.
"I don't know yet, we want to see what the outside world is like, and it may be a long time before we come back." The dragonfly replied solemnly.
Hearing that she was going to travel far away, Yun Feng felt very uncomfortable, he didn't want the dragonfly to leave, but he understood why the dragonfly left.
At the beginning, he didn't understand clearly and was self-righteous, so he swore that he would overturn the case for Shijing and marry Dragonfly. Only then did she go to Qinghe County, breaking her originally peaceful life.
"I'm sorry." Yun Feng said reproachfully.
Hearing his words, Dragonfly looked at him with some surprise, and after seeing the complicated emotions in his eyes, Dragonfly understood that he must know more about his parents, perhaps more than she did.
She suddenly felt a little distressed Yun Feng, he was a gentleman who said nothing, since he said that he wanted to overturn the case for Shi Jing, he must have done it, but there was no one around him, what if his shoulders couldn't bear it.
"Why?" Dragonfly asked him.
"Huh?"
"Why insist, you know...... I know ...... "Dragonfly can't say, what can she say about Shijing, it's her biological father." Ethically speaking, it should have been something she did to overturn the case for the time mirror, but now that Yun Feng has done it, she not only does not support it, but also persuades Yun Feng to give up, isn't it unfilial. Yun Bong scolded her for being reasonable, even if Yun Bong was not her fiancΓ© and just a stranger, he could say a few words about her.
Thinking of this, the dragonfly felt even more guilty. Yun Feng didn't mean to continue to blame, just smiled, which was more sincere than any of his laughs, like a spring breeze, like ripples on the surface of the lake, one more point too waves, one less point and cold.
"It's a pity to go for a walk outside, you are from a noble background, but you don't enjoy this blessed life." Yun Feng sighed.
The dragonfly's eyes were a little sour, there were grievances, there were touches, there were regrets, all kinds of complex emotions swelled up, and her throat was itchy.
"Money is indispensable when you're away from home. I had a time of decadence when my father let me out into business. The money obtained in those years is stored in Ming's Money Bank, which is a token of money, and you keep it. Yun Feng shoved a small silver plaque engraved with the word "Ming" into the dragonfly's hand.
"I don't ......"
"Useful." Yun Bong interrupted her.
Feng Su looked at Yun Feng, and suddenly cried, and in the eyes of the two full of questions, she walked up to Yun Feng and said, "Lord Yun, will we never see you again?" β
"Although the world is vast, if there is fate, we will meet again." Yun Bong replied to her.
"I heard people outside say that you dislike that your sister is from the countryside, and you lost face at yesterday's banquet, is it because of this that my sister has to leave?"
"Nonsense! I have spent all this time with Dragonfly, and I know that she is a kind, intelligent, and courageous girl, and I have a great respect for her, and I have long regarded her as a ......."
Yun Bong suddenly swallowed and spit out, which aroused the dragonfly's curiosity, and stared at him directly, waiting for his next words.
"As a confidant and friend, how can you dislike her." Yun Feng bit his tongue several times, and his mouth was very hot.
Dragonfly showed such an expression, clenched his fist and gently knocked on his chest, "You are my confidant, I also made you a friend, we will be brothers and sisters in the future, if you have anything, just write to me, even if I travel thousands of miles, I will rush back to help you day and night." β
After hearing this, Yun Feng's face turned from red to black at the beginning, squeezed out a very reluctant smile, and reluctantly said a few times, "So good." β
"It's not too early, sister, let's go!" The tears on Feng Su's face had not dried, but they had already turned from sadness to expectation.
The dragonfly was also full of joy and expectation, and asked Yun Feng: "Yun Feng, do you have anything you like, I will definitely give it to you if you are lucky enough to find it." β
"Silver python gun, this is my wife, and it's also you...... If you are lucky enough to find your biological mother's relics, give them to me. β
The eyes of the two touched together, indescribably sad, and Dragonfly sighed and nodded solemnly.
When they parted, the sun was shining, and the shadows of the two were clinging to each other's feet, and neither was willing to go to the other side first. Yun Feng sent them all the way to the gate of the city, and waited until the figures of the two were no longer visible before turning around and leaving.
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At night, the crisp sound of the soul chasing bell came from the backyard of Duanfu, and rows of torches were erected in the courtyard, illuminating the place as bright as day.
In the open space of the backyard, a high platform stands, and an offering table is placed on it, and there are melons, fruits, vegetables, rice noodles, rune paper, sacrificial flags and other things. A yellow-robed Taoist man held a peachwood sword in his hand, and his mouth was full of words.
"Zhengyang Mingtang, Tai Chi to the Tao, innate gods, the reincarnation of the Three Realms, the opening of the spirit, all things are one, the hundred gods are gathered, and they live together in this altar ......"
Tables and chairs were set up under the altar, and more than 40 people from the Duan family were seated, and behind them stood one of their own henchmen and servants. Most of the people had anxious looks on their faces, rubbing their hands together and waiting for the result of the question.
After about two cups of tea, the Taoist priest's expression suddenly changed, and a person's name kept repeating in his mouth.
Xiuqin!
"Sure enough, it's her! Sure enough, it was her! The old lady of the Duan family suddenly cried and shouted "wronged".
Among these people, Yun Feng, who was invited to come, kept his suspicious eyes on the yellow-robed Taoist priest from beginning to end.
Just yesterday evening, the Duan family suddenly sent someone to send a sticker to Yun Feng, saying that Duan Xinming had a landscape painting and wanted to invite him to appreciate it together.
Seeing the three words "Duan Xinming", Yun Feng was full of questions, opened the attached letter and saw that it was Duan Yiming, the third son of the Duan family, who died mysteriously in the Qinglou, and the Duan family was afraid that they would lose their reputation if they made a public announcement, so they wanted to ask Yun Feng to investigate in private.
And during the day, Yun Feng went to find the dragonfly, which was also for this matter. Duan Yiming died strangely, there were no obvious wounds on his body, and there were no signs of poisoning from the outside, and he asked the prostitutes who were with him last night, but there were no useful clues.
Therefore, if you want to find out about Duan Yiming's death, you can only conduct an autopsy, and take him to Duan's mansion, firstly, the people of the Duan family are unlucky, secondly, they are worried that the puppet will leak out, and thirdly, they will be seen by outsiders, and it must be more fierce.
There was no way, Yun Feng had to bite the bullet and go to find the dragonfly. That's when it comes to saying goodbye during the day.
The story of the Duan family being entangled by unjust spirits spread in the mansion, and the old lady of the Duan family was also a little bewitched, worried that this matter was true, so she ordered someone to invite a Taoist priest to open the altar and ask if it was the wronged soul.
After asking which way it was, the yellow-robed Taoist drew a rune paper, set up a formation, and was busy in the Duan Mansion until the second half of the night before it finally ended, and the Duan family was worried that it would not have a good impact on the spread of the word, so they took advantage of the dead of night to send the Taoist away.
Yun Feng followed the carriage all the way to the back door of a certain inn, and when he saw the Taoist priest entering, he followed him over the wall and went in, chasing him all the way to a certain wing room in the backyard.
"The immortals really expected things to be like gods, and the slaves did what you taught me one by one, and the Duan family really believed in it, and regarded me as a distinguished guest, and gave me a hundred taels of gold." The Taoist bowed to a man wrapped in black.
"You and I are a master and apprentice, and I will show you a way to get rich, are you willing to listen?" The black-robed man said. The voice is neither male nor female, demonic, and it sounds like it is deliberately disguised.
As soon as the Taoist priest heard that he could still make a fortune, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.
"The moat in the south of the city, five meters deep underwater, is buried with the secret treasure left by the founding emperor. The black robe is humane.
"Thank you to the immortals, thank you to the immortals, the minions will be taken and shared with the immortals!"
On a dark and windy night, Yun Feng followed the Taoist priest all the way to avoid the soldiers patrolling the city, and quietly ran to the south of the city.
From the time this Taoist priest accurately said Xiuqin, who even many old people in Duan Mansion didn't know, he thought that this Taoist priest was instructed by someone who knew the secrets of the Duan family, but he wasn't sure whether the people behind it were for wealth or power.
Now that he chased down the black-robed man, he wondered whether the black-robed man's purpose was to kill this person, or whether there was really something under the moat.
Are these things related to Duan Yiming's death? There is also Duan Xinming, Luziyu, who temporarily lives in Changyang County, said that he died, but the people in the house said that after he came back from other places, he had smallpox, and now he has moved to another courtyard, and there are servants who signed the death contract to take care of him.
When he arrived at the moat, Yun Feng saw that the Taoist priest took an iron pole and jumped into the water, and soon, the water was cloudy, and the stench of animal carcasses drifted to the shore.
Yun Feng waited for almost an hour, and saw that the Taoist priest came out of the water and changed his breath several times before finally carrying a wooden box to the shore.