Chapter 175: A New Wave Rises
It is said that the two pine and cypress stood beside them, and when they looked at the corpse in a daze, there was a light cough behind them, and the two turned around. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
It turned out to be a white-haired old man, looking at the two of them with a smile, strolling over, and whispering to the two: "Two little brothers, what are you doing wandering around this haunted mansion? Hurry up and leave, lest you lose your life here!"
Songbai hurriedly bent down to salute in return, and said to him: "Old man, the two of us are the servants of the Chengnan County Ya, and we came to this Liming Township to collect taxes. ”
The white-haired old man looked at the two of them in surprise, then stroked his beard and asked suspiciously: "How did this landlord arrange for you to live here? This old mansion is a famous haunted mansion! Isn't anyone mentioning it to you? Hurry up and pack up your things and leave this place as soon as possible to save your life!"
After listening to the old man's words, Gu Wenxuan couldn't help but speak, and hurriedly left with his backpack, Songbai saw this, shook his head and said goodbye to the old man, so he followed.
"Brother Gu, why did you leave in such a hurry? What should we do about the murder of this ancient mansion? You and I won't leave just like that, right?" Song Bai chased forward and grabbed Gu Wenxuan and asked.
"Anyway, I'm going to leave here, if you want to leave, you have to stay, I don't want to leave my life here, it's not too early, I'm going to collect taxes and rush back to the county government immediately, I don't want to stay here for a moment." After Gu Wenxuan finished speaking, he hurried away.
Songbai looked at his distant back, and he didn't know what to do, so he turned around and went back, wandering around the side of this earthly guard.
There was another person in the distance, a middle-aged farmer, carrying a hoe and walking over from the opposite field, Songbai chased after him, hugged his fists and said: "This big brother, there is a murder in this ancient house, can I trouble you to go to the county government to report the case?"
The farmer put down his hoe, touched his head, and said with a look of embarrassment: "It's not that I won't help you! It will take at least half a day to come to the county government this time, and my whole family is still counting on the crops in the field to feed, if it is delayed, I am afraid that there will be no rice in the pot next month!"
Songbai took out some broken silver from his arms, stuffed it into the farmer's hand, patted his shoulder and said, "This little money, take it to buy some food for the child, and it will trouble you to run away, big brother." ”
As the saying goes, take other people's hands short, eat other people's soft mouths, although this farmer has a difficult face, but after seeing the white flowers of the silver two, he quickly put it into his arms, and said to the pine and cypress: "Don't worry, I will go to the county government to report the case immediately, you just wait for my good news, there is a sentence, I don't know if it should be said?"
Songbai patted the farmer on the shoulder and said with a smile: "But it doesn't hurt to say, if there is anything you want to ask, you can just ask." ”
"This ancient family compound, the famous haunted mansion, will be encountered in broad daylight, we can't avoid it too late, you still take care of this matter, aren't you afraid of causing fire?" asked the farmer with some concern.
Songbai took the waist card from his belt and held it in front of the farmer, who smiled and continued: "It turns out that you are the official of the county government, and you are in charge of paying taxes, right? You can take care of this bridge and pave the road, but this ghost house, I advise you to leave quickly, it is not peaceful here, people die here every year, we are not surprised, the aisles are all around, and we dare not even approach the door, for fear that that thing will come out to commit murder." ”
Song Bai looked back, stared at the ancient family compound for a while, and then turned around and said, "People die here every year, don't you go to report to the official? Or does the government not care at all?"
The middle-aged farmer looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he came over with his ears and whispered to Songbai: "This official mansion is useless, I came here a few times, but I didn't find anything, and finally said that it was haunted, and invited a Taoist priest to open the altar, and finally it was done in a hurry, and no one dared to come to this mansion." ”
Songbai patted the farmer on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's okay, no one took care of it before, but now I don't care about it? ”
Seeing that the farmer put down his hoe and ran away quickly, Songbai returned to the door, sat down on the stone, and waited for the official to arrive.
About in the afternoon, the pine and cypress hid under the eaves of the door, the scorching sun shone in the sky, and the sweat drops of beans flowed down the river, while fanning the wind with their sleeves to cool down, while anxiously looking at the direction of the road.
Knowing that the call in the woods did not stop, the frogs in the rice fields also sang and croaked, and sometimes there was a breeze blowing, which really made people feel a little comfortable, and the ants under the eaves carried things in groups, and the pines and cypresses understood that it was possible that the rainstorm was coming again, and they were quite anxious.
Finally at the end of the road, there were black figures, more and more, slowly walking over, pine and cypress didn't care about the hot summer, covered their heads with their sleeves, and ran over.
It was Na Cheng who took the lead, his face was unhappy, and his subordinates were busy wiping their sweat, so Songbai nodded and said: "Colleagues, you have worked hard, this ancient family compound has a murder today, please come here, thank you indeed." ”
Cheng Zhutou frowned, looked to the side, his heart was very unhappy, and complained: "I said that if you come to collect rent, you will collect rent, what are you doing with so many idle things? If it weren't for Master Ma himself, these brothers would not be willing to come, they are really troubled masters." ”
Seeing Cheng Catcher walking away, the crowd hurriedly followed, Songbai smiled bitterly, and also followed behind.
In the vegetable patch at the gate of the ancient family compound, Cheng Zuo was squatting down, slowly inspecting the corpse, Cheng Zhutou covered his nose, raised his right hand and instructed his subordinates: "Go in and see, if there are any chairs and stools, let me move under the eaves, this day is too vicious, I have to go over and hide." ”
This Cheng catcher squatted under the eaves, shook his sleeves to enjoy the coolness, and his subordinates flattered the fan next to him, and after a while, the catcher who went in didn't come out for a long time, but heard a cry, everyone pulled out their waist knives, and rushed in with Cheng catcher.
In the courtyard of the ancient family, everything returned to the same as before, the knowledge on the tree continued to chirp non-stop, and the incense burner was re-lit with green incense, and white smoke rose in a curling curl.
Cheng Zhutou waved his right hand at his subordinates, and everyone tiptoed and scattered, searching in the deserted rooms.
Suddenly, I heard someone shouting: "Come on, here you are, everyone hurry up." Everyone rushed into the ruined house.
The catcher who entered the house to look for a stool, lying on his back on the ground, bleeding out of the seven holes, Cheng Zhutou pushed away the crowd, marched into the crowd, and said to his subordinates: "Hurry up and carry it out, see if there is any treatment?"
Everyone was armed and carried the fallen catcher to the ground, and went under the ancient tree in the courtyard, Cheng Zhutou waved his hand and said: "There is an evil door in this yard, quickly carry it out of the courtyard, you can't stay here for a long time!"
There was a sound on the table in this room, and some of the people were so frightened that they left the man and ran out of the door......