Chapter Thirty-Nine: Strange Tales of Haunted Houses People are unpredictable
At first, the Eastern Jin Dynasty Xiongnu King Helian Bobo established Daxia in Tongwan City, in 427 AD, the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed Daxia, set up Tongwan Town, Taihe 12 years (488 AD) changed to Xiazhou, Sui Kaihuang 20 years (600 AD) cut Yunzhou's Yulin, Fuchang, Jinhe 3 counties and placed Shengzhou, and the governance was located in Yulin (Inner Mongolia Jungger Banner 20 Liancheng and Rural Towns are located on the platform on the south bank of the Yellow River). In the fifth year of Emperor Yang's great cause (609 AD), Shengzhou was changed to Yulin County, and the jurisdiction remained unchanged.
Yulin County has three counties: Yulin, Fuchang and Jinhe, of which the county is Yulin County, Yulin County is close to the border, affected by the Turks, the folk customs are relatively strong, and there are more practitioners.
There is an abandoned house in the northeast corner of Yulin County, which is said to be the residence of a minister's family in the Northern Wei Dynasty, due to the frequent coups in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the minister and his family were also implicated in the coup, the minister was killed in court, and his family was also given to die in the house.
Subsequently, the Eastern Wei and Western Wei regimes were established, and even the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi regimes were established, and this mansion also went through several masters, but no matter who lived here, they would die in vain in the end.
In 604 A.D. (four years of Renshou), Emperor Yang Guang of Sui succeeded to the throne, transferred to Yuwenbi as the secretary of the Criminal Department, still held the festival to inspect the north of the Yellow River, Yuwenbi arrived in Yulin when he fell in love with this mansion, and then paid to buy it, ready to do it in the future for the purpose of raising the heavens, who knew that in 607 A.D., Yuwenbi and He Ruobi and Gao Jiong were unjustly killed by Emperor Yang of Sui for the crime of "slandering the court", leaving an empty mansion uninhabited.
Today, this mansion has been abandoned for eight years, and there is such a rumor in Yulin County: this abandoned mansion has caused many unjust deaths in it because there are too many unjust deaths, resulting in many unjust ghosts, and anyone who enters the mansion without permission will be killed by the ghosts.
At first, there was a bold person called Wang Chuang, after hearing this rumor, he scoffed, one day Wang Chuang sneaked into this mansion, ready to find out, who knew that Wang Chuang ran out in horror while screaming at the moment, and then hid at home and did not dare to go out, three days later the neighborhood found Wang Chuang dead at home, his eyes were wide and his face was frightened, as if he had seen something to be afraid of, and there was no wound on his body.
Later, the matter spread among the neighborhoods, and people said that Wang Chuang disturbed the ghost and was asked for his life. Since then, every time people pass by this house, they will invariably choose to take a detour, and even if they pass by here during the day, they will feel a cold breath coming out of the door.
However, today, a person who is not afraid of death walked to the door of this mansion, looking at the two big characters of Yuwen that had long been blurred on the door, Chu Mofeng remembered his father Gao Jiong, who was once a minister in the same hall as Yuwen Bi, and then sighed: "Why do good people always not live long?"
Stretched out his hand to push open the dilapidated wooden door, only to hear a 'squeak', the door didn't move halfway open, Chu Mofeng pushed hard, the door still didn't move, it seemed that something was blocking it from behind, Chu Mofeng casually pulled the other half of the door back, and one flashed into the courtyard.
At this time, when the sun was shining, a gust of wind suddenly blew in the courtyard, blowing the withered grass in the courtyard rustling, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but shiver, and then shouted loudly into the courtyard: "I am here just to investigate, and I have no malice and will not take any items here, so I hope it is convenient." As Chu Mofeng's voice fell, the wind that had been raging before stopped instantly.
Seeing this, Chu Mofeng walked through the front yard and came to the second span courtyard, only to see that the overall layout of this mansion was very similar to Chu Mofeng's house in Zhangye, and then walked towards the east wing, only to see that the doors and windows of the east wing were closed, and it was not clear from the outside to see the situation inside.
Chu Mofeng felt out the other side of Huangquan on his waist, held the handle of Huangquan backwards, and used the tip of the knife behind the handle to reach into the crack of the door to pick the deadbolt, only to hear the 'click' sound that seemed to be the door bolt landing, Chu Mofeng quickly pulled back the dagger and changed it to a positive grip, vigilantly looking at the door that opened automatically.
After the door opened, I saw a burst of dust, the furnishings in the house were not cluttered at all, and no valuable clues and abnormalities were found after checking around, Chu Mofeng immediately turned around and came out, took the door with him, and then went to the west wing room to investigate, and after some inspection, there was still nothing found.
Then Chu Mofeng came to the main hall, pushed open the door and looked, at first glance Chu Mofeng was scared, only to see a rope about to break tied to a white bone hanging in the main hall, as soon as the door opened, the white bone swinged without wind, and the wall behind the white bone was printed with a big red word 'injustice'.
Although the ground was covered in dust, there was still a clear trail of footprints leading from the doorway to the wall where the word "injustice" was written.
Chu Mofeng walked to the front of the wall, raised his head and looked at the big injustice, after careful observation for a while, he found that the point of the injustice was parallel to the wall, and looked down along that point, only to see a candlestick on the dusty tabletop, and the wax stains left on it proved that this candlestick had been used, Chu Mofeng reached out and held the candlestick and wanted to pick it up, but the candlestick seemed to be stuck to the table.
Chu Mofeng, who aroused his curiosity, remembered his previous experience with Shi Hanshuang in the sword mound of Emei Houshan, and when he thought of the girl who liked to blush, Chu Mofeng's heart couldn't help but warm, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly and laughed, and then Chu Mofeng held the candlestick and twisted it vigorously, only to hear a crisp 'click' sound, and a cabinet next to the table suddenly sank, revealing a hole with a width of only one and a half people, and suddenly a burst of dust floated up.
Chu Mofeng immediately looked for items that could be used as torches inside and outside the house, and finally found a wooden stick under the stove in the kitchen, and then collected some rags to wrap around the wooden stick, Chu Mofeng took out a fire fold and slowly lit the wooden stick, turned around and returned to the main hall.
At this time, most of the dust had already fallen to the ground, Chu Mofeng fanned the dust in front of him with his hand, and then walked to the cave with a torch, after walking a short flat road, the road suddenly began to slope downward, Chu Mofeng carefully groped his way forward while following the road in front of him, and after turning two corners, the road surface gradually smoothed out.
After walking for a while, he found that a little light was flashing not far ahead, Chu Mofeng took the opportunity to raise the torch and shine it, and found that there was a hidden door in front of him, Chu Mofeng extinguished the torch, put the torch on the ground, and then pulled out the other side of the Yellow Spring, tiptoed over, and gently opened the door with a dagger, only to see a space similar to a guest room come into view.
In addition to the tables, chairs, cabinets, and a bed, there was a candle on the table, and there was a woman lying on the side of the bed, who seemed to have fallen asleep at this time, Chu Mofeng stepped forward and kicked her bed, with a muffled sound of 'dong', the woman instantly woke up from her dream, found that there were other people in the house, and hurriedly took out a dagger from under the pillow and pointed it at Chu Mofeng.
Seeing this, Chu Mofeng smiled and said, "Girl, don't be nervous, I have no malicious intent, may I ask who you are, why do you live here?"
"You don't care who I am, but tell me who you are and why are you here?" The woman looked at Chu Mofeng, her eyes full of coldness.
"In Xia Chu Mofeng, Zhangye people, passing by Yulin with their cousin, heard that there is a ghost house here, so they came to explore, there is no malice in Xia, please don't be nervous. Chu Mofeng heard the woman ask him, and immediately hurriedly explained his intention.
After listening to this, the woman pointed to the door and said coldly: "Are you finished? After finishing speaking, you will return the same way, and I will not send it far!" Then the woman was about to turn around and continue to lie down, at this time Chu Mofeng hurriedly said: "Girl, please don't be so anxious to drive me away, I know that this last master is Lord Yuwenbi, as for me, I am a distant relative of Lord Gao Jionggao, who was wrongfully killed by Emperor Yang with Lord Yuwen, I have been looking for adults all these years, and now I can let those deceased fall into the earth one after another." ”
As soon as the woman heard the names of Yuwen Bi and Gao Jiong mentioned, she instantly sat up again and looked at Chu Mofeng and said, "How do you know that this is Yuwen Mansion?"
"You tell me who you really are before I can tell you why. Chu Mofeng looked at the woman and said.
The woman sighed and said, "That's it, since you found me today, I don't want to hide it, I was born to Lord Yuwen and his concubine, and I was sent here with my mother when I was a child, my name is Yuwenxiu." After my father was unjustly killed, we escaped because we were sent here very early. Well, it's time to talk about your reasons. ”
Chu Mofeng heard the woman say this, and then sighed and said: "You and I are both fallen people at the end of the world, forgive me for lying just now, in fact, I am Gao Jiong's youngest son, my name is Gao Wencheng." ”
As soon as the woman heard Gao Wencheng's three words, she suddenly shouted: "I remember, I know your name, my mother once said that you were born to marry the daughter of General Shi Wansui, I have seen that little girl in his family before, her name is Shi Hanshuang, right?
Chu Mofeng nodded and said, "Hanshuang is in a safe place now, and I went to stay with her for a while before." Whose is that body hanging outside?"
Yu Wenxiu smiled and said, "That was the first person who dared to break in after my mother passed away, and I was scared to death by pretending to be a ghost." Then he said slowly: "After my father's accident, my mother got the news, and she was depressed all day, but after a long time, she would inevitably get sick, and then the family gradually left, leaving only me and my mother to rely on each other, and then they knew that there was only a mother and daughter living here, and there were those who like to do the business of stealing chickens and dogs, sneaking in at night to steal something valuable, and then I scared two people to death, and then I never dared to sneak in again." ”
Then Yu Wenxiu hugged his fist at Chu Mofeng and said, "You kid is really bold, you dare to come into the legendary ghost mansion." ”
Chu Mofeng smiled and said: "Miss Yuwen made you smile, since the matter has been explained clearly, then I will leave now, I beg you to see that our fathers used to be ministers in the same palace, don't tell my information, and I won't tell the information here." ”
Yu Wenxiu made a gesture of invitation to Chu Mofeng, and then said, "If there is a chance, I will go to Luoyang to find you." ”
Immediately, Chu Mofeng bowed to Yuwen Xiu and said, "Miss Yuwen has said goodbye, we have met in the landscape." Then he walked out of Yu Wenbi's mansion along the way he came, and after closing the door, Chu Mofeng turned around and walked in the direction of the inn......