Chapter 143

However, Zhao Fusheng asked a few words before, and he already had a preconceived impression of Zhuang Siniang's heart, and although it was not surprising to hear the news of her death at this time, he still felt a little pity.

But when it came to the ghost case, she quickly suppressed her private emotions and asked Zhuang Laoqi:

"Your cousin has only been married for seven or eight years, and she should be very young now, why did she die suddenly?"

Zhuang Laoqi's eyes wandered, and Zhao Fusheng grabbed the ghost arm and shook it as if warning.

The ghost hand shrank one by one, which frightened Zhuang Laoqi and hurriedly poured beans into the bamboo tube and said:

"She, she drowned."

"How can you drown?" Zhao Fusheng asked strangely.

On the side, Gou Laosi was shocked when he heard that Zhuang Siniang died.

He should have a good impression of Zhuang Siniang, and there is a relationship between the two, but he acted as if he had never heard of Zhuang Siniang's death before, which shows that Zhuang Siniang's death is disgraceful.

"You have been secretive about this matter from the beginning, if you have something to say, just say it directly, did your cousin be killed, and then resurrected?"

"No, it's not."

Zhuang Laoqi was obviously a little uneasy, he didn't want to answer this question, but the ghost arm was too much of a deterrent to him, and the pain in his hind legs reminded him that this matter could not be good today.

He let out a sigh of relief and glanced around:

"Can you tell the others to step down?"

It was about the name of Zhuang Siniang, Zhao Fusheng thought about it, and signaled the miscellaneous servants who did not handle the case to withdraw from the lobby, but Zhang Chuanshi and others from Pang Zhixian and the Demon Suppression Division all stayed.

Zhang Chuanshi wanted to slip away, he didn't want to handle ghost cases, the more detailed the clues of these cases were, the greater the possibility of being caught by Zhao Fusheng to handle the case.

It's a pity that Zhao Fusheng didn't speak, he didn't dare to leave, so he had to stay with a sad face.

"The inconsequential people have already gone out, and the rest are all people who may handle ghost cases, and they can't go."

Zhao Fusheng said lightly.

She has her own rules for doing things, and she will not blindly let Zhuang Laoqi lead her nose.

Zhuang Laoqi actually didn't expect what he said to be useful, but Zhao Fusheng's actions gave him a step, which made the tight string in his heart loosen at once, and he immediately had no resistance mentality, and replied honestly:

"My lord, my cousin, she, she stole people."

"How is this possible?"

Before Zhao Fusheng could speak, Gou Laosi, who was listening to the clear score, exclaimed in disarray.

At this time, the hall was full of big people who could not be provoked by the two villagers, and Gou Laosi shouted in a hurry, which showed that he was very distrustful of this matter.

"It's true!"

Zhuang Laoqi emphasized in a low voice.

Such an answer was unexpected by Zhang Chuanshi and others, Pang Zhixian began to hear the two of them say that Zhuang Siniang was virtuous and beautiful, and he felt embarrassed to hear that she was dead.

At this time, I heard Zhuang Laoqi say that such a woman had an adulterer outside, and he was immediately stunned.

The most embarrassing things have already been said, so Zhuang Laoqi simply said:

"At first, we didn't believe it, thinking that Kuai Mancai was talking nonsense, but the village chief didn't believe it at first, so he called my uncle, and when my uncle heard it, he was furious."

"Ugh."

When Zhuang Laoqi said this, he sighed:

"Don't say you don't believe it, I can't believe it to this day."

After speaking, he hugged his head in pain:

"My uncle thought it was nonsense from Kuailiang Village, to say that Kuai Wu was caught and killed for adultery with the people in the village, how could it be that my cousin had an adulterer?"

Zhuang Siniang was famous before she got married, in addition to her outstanding appearance, her conduct is far more well-known than her appearance.

Back then, in the village of the banker, even the picky old ladies had to put up a big finger when they mentioned the fourth lady of the village.

"But she really has an adulterer, and the man is a foreigner, who went to Kuailiang Village to collect herbs."

When Pang Zhixian heard this, he seemed to remember something, and added:

"Kuailiang Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, one side is surrounded by water, there is a herb behind the mountain, called Bai Su (I named it randomly, don't take it seriously), it can cure insomnia and dreams, palpitations and ghost presses, and it has a miraculous use after taking it."

"This medicine is very well-known, and many outsiders go to collect it, and when there is no ghost fog in Wan'an County, people in Kuailiang Village can pay such herbs to deduct taxes."

Pang Zhixian is indeed proficient in the county's general affairs, and with his supplement, Zhao Fusheng knows more about Kuailiang Village.

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhuang Laoqi nodded:

"This old man is right, Bai Su is very famous, but it is born with miasma, and the mountain behind Kuailiang Village is very steep, and only the locals are most familiar with it."

In addition, this is also the foundation of the survival of Kuailiang Village, the village is very strict against picking, it is an organized guard, and only its own villagers are allowed to go into the mountains to pick, so the output is not much, and the price is very high.

Every year in May and June, when the perilla picking season comes, many outsiders come to hear the news.

These people temporarily stayed in the homes of Kuailiang Village, and after the people of Kuailiang Village picked and dried the white soybean, they took it away at a high price.

During the stay, these outsiders paid money or helpers to arrive at the room and board, and the people in the village were also very enthusiastic and willing to receive these gods of wealth.

This has been going on for years, but it's bad this year.

"In June of this year, a wave of outsiders came and hooked up with my cousin."

Zhuang Laoqi said this, indignant:

"The matter was not revealed at first, and then it was reported by Kuai Huaide from Kuai Liang Village, and Mancai said that when the sixth uncle began to hear Kuai Huaide say, he didn't believe it, so he beat Kuai Huaide, tied him up and said that he was going to make amends to my cousin."

But the final result was not as Uncle Kuai Liu expected.

The sixth uncle was afraid that there would be too many people during the day and ruin the reputation of Zhuang Siniang, so he was ready to tie up Kuai Huaide and come to the door to ask for guilt at night.

Coincidentally, the adulterer seemed to hear the wind during the day and disappeared from the village mysteriously.

In this way, no one suspected that there was a gap between the two, but as soon as the man ran away, everyone felt that something was wrong.

Later, Kuai Sanniang broke into Kuaiwu's house and searched, and found some things sent by the adulterer from Zhuang Siniang's cabinet, and even men's sweat towels.

Now the adultery is confirmed.

The adulterer slipped away, leaving Zhuang Siniang alone to face the disaster.

Perhaps Kuailiang Village has been too harmonious over the years, and the relationship between people is too close for everyone to tolerate this betrayal.

The sixth uncle turned his original pity into anger.

Seeing that the two villages of Zhuang and Kuai live next to each other, and have been married twice in recent years, and the relationship is close, Uncle Kuai Liu did not make a public announcement about this matter, worried that the situation would escalate and expand, and turn into a bloody battle between the two villages.

Therefore, he was privately prepared to deal with Zhuang Siniang.

After everyone in the village discussed, it was decided to soak Zhuang Siniang in the pig cage.

Originally, it was okay to forget that things had progressed here, but there was an accident, and after Zhuang Siniang was drowned, she seemed to be dead.

The corpse floated in the water, tied to the stone and did not sink, and when the villagers finally fished it out and tried to burn her body, her body turned into a mist of blood and disappeared without a trace.

And after her body disappeared, a strange thing happened in Kuailiang Village.

"When Mancai came to ask for help, he said that Kuailiang Village was full of fog, and the sky was not bright, and it was dark for the next few days."

This has undoubtedly greatly affected the normal life of the villagers.

They were unable to go out to work, and to make matters worse, they found themselves unable to get out of Kuailiang Village.

At first, some people were scared, so they wanted to go out of the village to ask for help.

"I went out with a torch and went around in a big circle, either missing or walking for a day and returning to the village."

As a result, the people in the village were naturally panicked.

The most terrifying thing is not only this, but the village is so dark that you can't see your fingers, and the darkness is so dark that even lighting a lamp can't dispel the darkness.

In the black light and blind fire, Kuailiang Village is big, I don't know when, the people in the village smelled the faint smell of blood, as if someone had killed a pig, and blood was splashed all over the ground.

The sixth uncle was worried that something would happen, so he began to ask the villagers to name them and gather the villagers.

"In a critical moment, he has some insight in doing so." Zhao Fusheng nodded.

The villagers have no ability to deal with ghosts, and the village suddenly fell into darkness, and when they couldn't see the surrounding environment clearly, there was a strong smell of blood, and even a fool knew that something big should have happened.

As a well-known village elder in the village, the sixth uncle asked everyone to name him under such circumstances, which can be regarded as a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and he came up with the only method he came up with in desperation.

"Your Excellency is right." Zhuang Laoqi nodded.

But when he said this, he was completely insincere, purely an instinctive reaction to the horse's ass.

There was fear in his eyes:

"I heard Mancai say that this is the name of this point, and I found that many villagers are missing, and I don't know if I found out that after dark, I escaped from Kuailiang Village and did not come back, or if something happened - "

And the roll call also has a terrible consequence.

"These named people have encountered bizarre and strange things, like they often hear people shouting their names behind their backs, as if someone is standing behind them and poking them in the back of their waists."

When he said this, his voice trembled a little.

After Zhuang Laoqi was beaten over the board, he always spoke with some trills, but the trills at this time were different from the previous trills caused by pain.

It was as if a fear had spawned from the bottom of his heart and spread to his limbs.

"The person who was poked in the vest said that he was going home after a while, as if to receive a guest, and soon these people would be missing."

When he said this, Zhao Fusheng and the others finally understood why Gou Laosi was joking with him, stabbing him with a bamboo stick, and turning his face when calling his name, it turned out to be because of ghosts.

By now, many things have become clear.

But these things were held in Zhuang Laoqi's heart for a long time, and the longer he concealed it, the more frightened he became, and at this time he finally said it, no one asked him again, and he couldn't stop:

When Mancai came to Zhuangjia Village to ask for help, he finished saying these words. In front of the village chief, he suddenly turned around. ”

Speaking of this, Zhuang Laoqi looked frightened:

"He said someone seemed to poke him in the back, and he was a little scared before, and suddenly showed a strange smile—"

'Boom. ’

Zhuang Lao Qi swallowed his saliva heavily:

He seemed to smile very contentedly, saying that someone at home was waiting for him, and he was in a hurry to rush back to Kuailiang Village, so he didn't say more.

As soon as Kuai Mancai finished speaking, he turned around and left without hesitation.

His behavior was strange and rude, and it was even as if he had forgotten to greet the village chief.

But the moment he turned around, large drops of blood poured down his arm.

"At that time, his arms were drooping, blood was flowing down his sleeves, from his wrists to his palms, dripping all over the ground, and he stepped on several bloody footprints, but he didn't seem to feel anything at all."

Because Kuai Mancai came with the news of Zhuang Siniang's death, and it was related to the Zhuang family's women's festival, he was very worried, so he called Zhuang Laoqi's uncle and family with great fanfare.

Unexpectedly, everyone shouted, Kuai Mancai suddenly had no head and no brains to say that he wanted to leave, and the village chief was very angry at that time.

When he first heard Kuai Mancai talk about the Zhuang family's name and festival, he was taken aback, and then he wondered if Kuai Mancai was crazy and deliberately came to Zhuangjia Village to talk nonsense.

As soon as they saw that Kuai Mancai was leaving, everyone stopped him and wanted to seek justice from him.

Whoever thought that no one stopped him, saw Kuai Mancai's hands dripping blood.

Immediately after that, in front of everyone's eyes, Kuai Mancai was bleeding, and a big hole suddenly broke in the back vest.

"Blood spurted from the vest, and the village chief was sitting in the main seat at that time, spraying all over his body, and he was so frightened that he fainted on the spot."

Zhuang Lao Qi trembled as he spoke.

He didn't use flowery adjectives when he mentioned the scene at that time, but with the horror on his face and the tremor in his voice, it was enough for everyone present to have a general perception of the terrifying scene at that time.

"Our village chief fell ill that day, and his son hurriedly went into the tunli to hire a doctor, and the whole family borrowed half a penny of silver from Ermazi in the town and bought two pieces of ginseng to extend his father's life."

When Pang Zhixian and the others in the house heard this, they all felt trembling.

Zhao Fusheng's face was as usual, and he asked Zhuang Laoqi:

"Were you there when Kuai Mancai died?"

Her calm appearance didn't seem to be discussing ghost cases, but just gossiping.

Zhuang Laoqi was furious when he mentioned this strange incident, but at this time, he was affected by her attitude, and he calmed down a little:

"I was there too."

He explains:

"Everyone knows what my cousin's character was before she got married."

In the past few years, Zhuang Siniang's life has not been very good, and she has no face when she returns to her parents' house, but after all, it is a matter of fame, if she is allowed to stain her reputation like this, it will affect the reputation of the entire Zhuangjia Village in the future.

"Therefore, my uncle was very angry when he heard this, and suspected that Kuailiang Village was bullying us and no one, so he took a few of our juniors to go over together."

I didn't know that I had witnessed such a terrible scene.

'Hmm. Zhao Fusheng let out a nasal voice, and then asked:

"Did you see a ghost at the time?"

"Nope."

Zhuang Laoqi's face still had fear remaining, and he shuddered when he heard the words, and shook his head.

"And how can you be sure it's haunted?" As soon as Zhao Fusheng finished asking, Zhang Chuanshi also nodded:

"You haven't seen a ghost in this case, how do you know it's a haunting?"

Based only on what Zhuang Laoqi said so far, it makes sense to say that this case is a man-made disaster.

"Maybe Kuailiang Village killed your cousin, and the people of your Zhuangjia Village were not convinced, so they killed Kuai Mancai, who came to report the news, and the two villages fought, and they said that it was haunted."

"The one who doesn't dare, the one who doesn't—"

Zhuang Laoqi hurriedly waved his hand.

As soon as he heard the word 'killing', he was so anxious that he wanted to stand up, and his movements were a little hurried, and he grinned in pain.

This person's eagerness at this time can also be seen that it is not a fraud, and Zhao Fusheng is more aware of it, and asks again:

"And how can you be sure it's haunted?"

"Because after Kuai Mancai's death, our village chief was frightened and bedridden, and he was about to choke his breath at that time, and everyone was choked before he woke up."

Zhuang Lao Qi hurriedly said:

"Several of his sons took on debts and bought old ginseng to save their lives." He swallowed:

"The day before, he was still alive, but the next day he got up from the bed, saying that someone was calling him to go to Kuailiang Village."