Chapter 1423 Let the Evil Ghost Retreat

It all started five years ago.

Five years ago, His Majesty's 40th birthday coincided with a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River. In order to share the suffering of the people, the Emperor specially ordered the officials not to hold a grand banquet, but to keep everything simple and distribute excess gold and silver to various places to fight the drought.

The emperor loves the country and the people, and the ministers are naturally happy to do so, but at the same time they feel that the emperor's birthday should not be too simple, so he also tried some tricks and put on some interesting programs to please the emperor.

Since becoming an official and returning to Ning, Ji Nanzheng has not returned to Beijing often, but he did go back to the birthday party five years ago.

At that time, he was passing through Mingyue Town.

Mingyue Town is connected to the official road. From the outskirts of the capital, all the way to the east, you can see this lively forest town in only half a day's journey.

There are many businessmen in the town, which is not surprising. After all, the suburbs of Beijing are also imperial lands, and every inch of land is valuable. You will definitely not be able to lose money when doing business here.

Ji Nanzheng knew that there were different bustling markets in the suburbs of Beijing, but Mingyue Town was his first time back. Thinking that there were still ten days before his birthday, he simply stayed here temporarily.

Liu Xiniang's incident happened at that time.

At first, an army from Beijing came to various towns to look for young women aged between 16 and 18. It was said that the queen personally arranged a group dance for the emperor's birthday. The group dance required one first dancer and ten second dancers. , accompanied by eighty-nine dancers, performed a song called "A Hundred Birds Chasing the Emperor".

Among them, the first dancer and the second dancer have been selected for a long time. However, even though all the girls from all the major dance studios in Beijing have been recruited, there are still more than ten backup dancers missing. Therefore, the queen ordered the people to search for them, and then the imperial army was recruited. Meet people in person.

There are many young women in Mingyue Town, but there are really no ones who are good enough to perform in the palace. At this time, some people heard that Liu Xiniang from the next town was selected to perform in front of the emperor.

Ji Nanzheng just heard a joke at that time, and was still nosy and worried that his birthday would be here in ten days. If he hadn't chosen someone yet, would he have time for the line dance?

Then the next day, he heard the news of Liu Xiniang's death.

The thing was the same as what the Xianke said before, that is, Liu Xiniang's biological father and stepmother were sacrificed to water ghosts. However, the sacrifice of human beings was done secretly, and a few people were so tight-lipped that the government had no way to deal with them. .

But this Liu Xiniang is not unknown. She was only included in the Queen's choreography list yesterday, and she died today. How can she explain this to the imperial army?

Ji Nanzheng thought that things would get into trouble, but after all, he had no relatives and no reason. The troops who came to see him were annoyed, and thinking that his birthday was approaching, he did not dare to delay, so he had to go to look for other girls in a hurry.

As soon as the imperial army left, they thought that Liu Xiniang's death would be completely in vain.

Ji Nanzheng had been a teacher and a teacher all his life. When he saw such evil things that were so disrespectful to human life, he naturally felt uneasy. He was so angry that he went directly to the next town.

I don’t remember the original name of the town next door, but since Mingyue Town was built and became a famous bustling town in ten miles and eight towns, the town next door changed its name and took advantage of Mingyue Town and took the name Qingfeng Town.

When Ji Nanzheng left, rumors of Liu Xiniang's death were spreading in the streets.

The Liu family carried out sacrifices to heaven behind the back of outsiders. Naturally, not everyone in the town supported such a ridiculous memorial method. Those who were loyal directly poured blood on the door of Mayor Liu's house, saying that their family was completely unscrupulous. .

But most people still have nothing to do with the matter. They sigh or sigh behind their backs. After all, it is not their own business and there is no reason to meddle in it.

Ji Nanzheng planned to ask the squire in the town. Is there no one in the town to take care of this matter? But at the door of Mayor Liu's house, a strange thing was discovered.

"It's their youngest son." Ji Nanzheng said: "He tied a rope to the plaque at the door of the house, and sprinkled lime powder on the lion's head at the door."

Liu Wei frowned, crossed his arms, and leaned his back against the guardrail of the stairs: "What does that mean?"

Ji Nanzheng said: "This is a folk saying. It is said that the rope is to stop the evil spirits in front of the door and make the evil spirits retreat. The lime powder is to stimulate the ferocity of the house beasts so that they can see the evil spirits. Threatening to retreat.”

Liu Wei frowned and asked, "Are they afraid that Liu Xiniang's ghost will go back to look for them?" "That's what I mean, but..." At this point, Ji Nanzheng clenched his hands tightly, as if thinking of the scene at that time again: "The rope After hanging up, the end of the rope suddenly picked up without any wind and began to sway from side to side, and the shaking became more and more rapid. The lime pattern on the lion's head did not move, but the position on the top of the lion's head.

But there was an extra palm print. "

Liu Wei raised her eyebrows: "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Ji Nanzheng nodded: "It's exactly what I saw with my own eyes."

Liu Wei frowned again. Ji Nanzheng said: "At that time, I thought I was dazzled, so I went to the town squire and had a serious talk, asking them to punish Mayor Liu. The squire agreed, but said that the matter was not that easy. After all, I had to rush to the capital. Unable to stay longer in Qingfeng Town, I went to Beijing to have a big banquet. I remembered this and went to Qingfeng Town again on my way back. At that time, half a month later, when I was walking past Mayor Liu’s house, I bumped into A girl, I don’t know her name, but she just walked past me, ten steps away from me, when she was suddenly hit by a flowerpot that fell from upstairs.

Later, he died. "

That was the first girl to die in vain due to an accident after Liu Xiniang's death, and also the first girl to whom Liu Xiniang borrowed her leg according to legend.

"She died right in front of me. After being hit on the head by a flower pot, she died immediately, but..." Ji Nanzheng pursed his lips, and then said: "Her legs were bleeding."

Liu Wei asked: "But the leg was injured in the accident?" "I thought so at first, but when I went to the Jingzhou government office and asked her to do an autopsy, they said that the girl's leg had no injuries or bones. It wasn't broken, and there were no wounds. Even the flower pot was broken on the ground. When she fell, her legs were not pricked by the fragments of the flower pot. But at that moment, I

I must have read it right, her leg must have been bleeding, but why didn't it stop later? But I can't figure it out. "

Liu Wei looked at her grandfather funny: "So you also think that you have seen a ghost in broad daylight?"

Ji Nanzheng glared at his granddaughter and sighed: "It sounds like nonsense, but I feel that nothing is impossible in the world."

Liu Wei went over to hold her grandfather's arm and said comfortingly: "Well, since you have still been concerned about this matter for many years, I will accompany you for a trip. Is Qingfeng Zhenyuan far away? Can I go there in time tomorrow morning?"

Ji Nanzheng's eyes lit up and he nodded: "There's enough time, we'll be here in an hour."

Liu Wei laughed: "Okay, I'll go tomorrow morning."

Liu Wei could still hold her nerve in front of her grandfather, but when she returned to her room and came to Rong Leng, she started laughing. Rong Leng asked her puzzledly what was wrong, and she told her about Qingfeng Town.

Rong Leng was stunned after hearing this: "Haunted?" Liu Wei waved his hand indifferently: "How can there be any ghosts in this world? Haven't we seen enough in Qingyun Country? Which of those are real ghosts? They are just some ghosts. It's just a trick to fool people. Let's go and see tomorrow. We must let my grandfather get rid of this knot, otherwise he is already very old and is still afraid of ghosts and won't make people laugh. No wonder he had to ask his uncle to take the master with him before traveling. He probably knew that he was going to take the official car away, and he wanted to let Master know that he was afraid of ghosts, and Master was afraid that he would laugh until next year."