Three days later, Zhao Hai, Wu Ding and Qian Yun left Blackwood City on horseback. Mu Yonglin got the news immediately, but he didn't pay attention. He just ordered that those villages that reported the appearance of ghosts,
They must report Zhao Hai's whereabouts in a timely manner. If Zhao Hai arrives at their place, they must report it immediately.
After Zhao Hai and the other three left Blackwood City, they did not walk very fast. They walked forward slowly and confidently. However, Wu Ding and Qian Yun seemed a little excited. Neither of them had left Blackwood City. At most, they had not left Blackwood City.
Even when he went hunting and outing outside the city, he never left Blackwood City. Especially for Woodin, this was his first time outside the gate of Blackwood City since he was a child, so he seemed very excited.
Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile when he looked at Wu Ding and Qian Yun. He was not in a hurry. He was not going to go to Jitai Mountain now. He was going to solve the ghost thing first, and then go to Jitai Mountain when he came back.
Look there, Qian Yun will naturally not object.
The three of them walked forward slowly, each of them carrying a large package with some food in it. Zhao Hai had seen what He San had prepared for them, and it was really very good.
Everything, food and everything was available, which made Zhao Hai very satisfied, so Zhao Hai didn't prepare anything.
However, although the three of them did not walk very fast, in the afternoon, they still came to a small town. This town was not very big, but it was on the official road, and people were coming and going, making it very prosperous.
There are still several businesses in the town. Zhao Hai calculated the time and decided to rest here for one night and leave tomorrow. If they continue to move forward, they will not be able to reach the next crowded place before dark.
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The three of them came to the yamen in the town. In this small yamen, there was also a yamen, but it was very small, with only a few people. There were less than twenty people in total, five scribes, and a head catcher, and the rest
They are all yamen, mainly to maintain law and order in the town. It can be said that the yamen here is equivalent to a post station.
When Zhao Hai and his party of three arrived at the inn, the people in the inn came out immediately, but they were only two government officials. When the two government officials saw that Zhao Hai and the three of them were all high-ranking officials, they did not dare to offend them.
He bowed to Zhao Hai and said: "Sir, please come. This is the town office and post station, and no outsiders are allowed."
When Zhao Hai heard what he said, he couldn't help but smile. Then he moved his hand and took out an iron plate. He handed it to the man and said, "Look at this, can the three of us live here?"
"What he took out was of course his offering sign. He is now half an official and can live in the inn, so he did this.
The yamen officer took the iron plate handed over by Zhao Hai and looked at it. He immediately understood Zhao Hai's identity. He couldn't help but show joy on his face and said: "Sir, you are here so soon? But I heard that something happened in the town.
"My lord, please come inside quickly. Our catcher was about to send people to the government office to ask for help, but he didn't expect that your lord would come here. Please come quickly, please come quickly."
When Zhao Hai heard what the yamen servant said, he couldn't help but be stunned. He took the sign that the yamen servant handed back and put it away. He followed the yamen servant and walked inside. As he walked, he said, "What does this little brother mean by this? We
I'm just passing by here, could it be that something happened here?" Zhao Hai heard what the yamen officer said, and it seemed that something happened in this town, and he was about to ask for help from the city, but he hadn't done anything yet, which made him feel a little bit.
It's strange that he asked so curiously.
When the yamen officer heard what Zhao Hai said, he realized that there was a misunderstanding. He quickly said: "I see, the villain has misunderstood. Please forgive me. Sir, this is what happened. A family in the first two towns.
Someone died suddenly. We went to see the person who died. He was hanged in his own home. After looking at it carefully, we determined that the person was not killed by others, but hanged himself, so we regarded it as
I decided to commit suicide, but I didn’t expect that in the next two days, people would hang themselves every day in the town. Moreover, these people had no signs of death, no quarrels with others, and the relationship with their families was very good. There was no intention of committing suicide at all.
The reason, it is precisely because of this, that we felt strange, and finally suspected that this matter might be related to the ghost land. The policeman wanted to report this matter, but at this moment, the Lord came, and we thought that you, Lord
I heard something happened here and came here to take a look, but I misunderstood. Please forgive me."
When Zhao Hai heard what the yamen officer said, he couldn't help but be stunned, then shook his head and said: "So that's it, it's okay, just in time, we are here, let's deal with it together, but we will talk about it after we settle down.
"While they were talking, they had already entered the courtyard. This courtyard is quite big, and it can be seen that it is a place for offices. There are several rooms prepared for the scribes. There are also several government officials in the courtyard who are a little uneasy.
Standing there, when they saw Zhao Hai and his group coming in, they all looked at them with some confusion.
At this time, an old government official opened his mouth to the official who led Zhao Hai and others in: "Wu Boy, who are they? Why did you bring them in?" This old government official looked to be in his fifties, but he was energetic.
He is very good, and judging from his strength, he is also a first-class warrior, so he has some confidence in what he says.
The yamen servant surnamed Wu immediately said: "Master, this gentleman is a minister of Fucheng. He has to go out to do errands. He passed by us and planned to rest here for the night. I have already told this gentleman what happened in the town.
Yes, this gentleman said that he can solve this matter."
As soon as the government servant surnamed Wu said this, the people in the yard immediately became happy and gathered around him. They were greeting Zhao Hai while chatting in a hurry. It was lively for a while.
Suddenly, at this moment, a loud shout was heard: "What kind of noise are you making? Who is here?" The sound was loud, like a loud bell. When Zhao Haishun's reputation went away, he saw a sturdy man.
, is walking in big strides.
This man was wearing headhunting clothes, with a long knife on his waist. He was tall, with dark and translucent skin, and a big beard covering half of his face. He gave people a feeling of power. Those government officials
As soon as they saw this man, they all stepped aside, and the old government official immediately said: "Ma Touer, this gentleman is the enshrined master of Fucheng. He passed by us and we were about to tell him what happened in the town.
Son, please come and have a look."
When the horse leader heard what the old government officer said, he couldn't help but be stunned. Then he immediately turned to look at Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai smiled at him and nodded. The horse leader immediately strode to Zhao Hai.
In front of him, he clasped his fist at Zhao Hai and said: "Ma Shan has met your lord, it is your responsibility, please let me see your badge."
Zhao Hai was not angry. He smiled slightly and took out the offering sign and gave it to Ma Shan. Ma Shan took the iron sign and looked at it carefully, then held it with both hands and gave it back to Zhao Hai, saying to Zhao Hai: "Ma Shan is rude.
"Yes, my lord, please." As he said this, he personally led Zhao Hai to the backyard, and at the same time called on other government servants to help Zhao Hai lead his horse and move his things.
When Zhao Hai and the others were welcomed to the backyard, Zhao Hai realized that the backyard was actually a large courtyard with many rooms. It seemed that it was prepared for officials coming and going. Ma Shan personally gave Zhao Hai and the three of them
Three rooms were arranged. There were many houses here and no one lived there, so a room was arranged for each of them, and then the government servants were asked to move Zhao Hai's and his things into the room.
Zhao Hai smiled and gave a dime of silver leaf as a reward to the government servants who helped them move things. This made those government officials very happy and kept thanking them. Then Zhao Hai did not pack those things, but directly said to Mashan
: "Ma Captou, I heard that something happened in the town. It may be related to ghosts. Let's go and have a look now. This time we came out under the orders of the county governor to deal with ghosts. We are going to
If there are ghost incidents in every village and town, we should deal with them all. We just happened to come out today and encountered this incident. Of course we can't ignore it, so we asked Ma Shatou to lead the way and we went to have a look."
Ma Shan responded, and then he saluted Zhao Hai and said: "Yes, please come with me, sir." After saying that, he led Zhao Hai and the other two people out. Qian Yun and Wu Ding followed Zhao Hai with excited faces.
, they really didn’t expect that they would encounter ghosts and ghosts on their first day out of the city, how could they not be excited.
As Ma Shan walked forward, he said: "For three days in a row, people have been hanged in our town. The Li family's wife was hanged every day. We originally thought that the Li family's daughter-in-law was because of a quarrel with her man.
I couldn't think about it for a moment and then I hung myself. I didn't take it too seriously, but the next day someone hanged myself again. This time it was the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family. The couple of the Zhang family had always been in love with each other and had been married for several years.
There was never even a fight, and the family was living a fairly well-off life. Why did he suddenly hang himself? I felt something was wrong, so I asked about the Li family’s wife, and found that there was no fight in their family either.
The family also didn’t know why his daughter-in-law hanged herself. Then yesterday, the daughter-in-law of the old Sun family also hanged herself. The old Sun family is a family of scholars. The family opened a private school in the town.
He is a good old man, and the wife of the old Sun family is also well-educated. How could she suddenly hang herself? So I felt that something must be wrong about this matter, so I prepared to send a letter to Fucheng today, but something delayed me. I was planning to go tomorrow.
But I didn't expect that the adults would come. This is such a coincidence." Although the horse catcher looks rough, he also understands what he says. While talking, he led Zhao Hai out of the yard and went straight to the town.
Go.
After a while, they arrived at a house. It was obvious at first glance that this house was very well-off, but now there were white lanterns hanging in front of the house. At first glance, it seemed that something was going on at Tao's house, and there were people at the door.
As they walked in and out, there was a layer of frost on the faces of those who came in and out.
Ma Shan directly led Zhao Hai to the door of this house. People in the yard immediately saw Ma Shan. An honest man who looked to be in his thirties came out with a sad look on his face and rushed
They mounted their horses and walked together and said salute: "Ma Shatou, you are here, please come inside."