Mr. Zhuang was so noisy that when he came out of the study, he saw Bai Shan and Bai Er fighting against each other, while Daji leaned against the door to block the shouts and knocks from outside.
I don’t know where I went on Thursday. His disciple was running around the yard carrying a copper basin, banging it and shouting random things.
Mr. Zhuang felt that he might have spent too long reading today, and he felt a little dizzy for a while.
Mr. Zhuang leaned on the door frame and called Man Bao twice in succession, but Man Bao was looking at the copper basin excitedly and didn't hear it at all. She knocked duang duang and even ran to the bottom of the wall on the other side and pointed at the other house.
shouted in the direction: "Come and see the ghosts, we have caught the ghosts, come and see the ghosts get their justice..."
Mr. Zhuang looked at her helplessly. He glanced at the fake ghost who was lying on the ground with his head in his arms. The fake ghost in white was moving to avoid the attacks of the other two disciples. Then he sat on the threshold and sighed sadly.
The sound of the copper basin was very loud, and the sound of Manbao was not weak either. It not only alarmed the people in the entire alley, but also the people outside the alley.
Including the government officials who came on patrol at night.
There have been rumors that Kangxue Street is haunted for a long time, especially in the past year and a half, it has been haunted every once in a while.
Originally, the house had been empty for half a year. Everyone had only heard that it was haunted, but rarely heard the female ghost crying and screaming in the middle of the night. But they didn't expect to hear it again last night.
So today, not only the people in this alley and Kangxue Street, but also the rumors spread outside.
It is said that because this rental house is close to the Yan family's house, all the ghosts of the Yan family live in this house. As soon as someone moves in, the ghosts will start to haunt it.
But this house belongs to someone else, so they have to let them rent it out, right?
But the people in the alley were a little wary, for fear of angering the female ghost again. Who knew that not long after dark, they heard a shrill scream, and the "Ghost--" almost
The sound echoed through the sky, and people in half the street heard it.
Just as everyone was worried, the gong sounded, and someone shouted that they had caught a female ghost. People in the same alley were so suspicious that they didn't dare to go out.
But not long after, they heard the shouts of the government officials, and then someone quietly opened the door and came out, holding a light and following them to see what was going on.
When I walked to the end of the alley, I saw my old neighbors, the Xiao family, knocking on the door of the new tenant's house with angry faces.
The yamen officer came forward with a horizontal sword and asked: "What are you doing, what are you doing, what are you doing at night?"
When the Xiao family saw the Yamen officer appear, their faces turned pale, and they subconsciously took two steps back. Then they thought of something and were about to file a complaint, but the door that had been closed suddenly opened from the inside.
Man Bao was the first to rush out carrying a copper basin and a mallet. When he saw the yamen servant and the neighbors behind them, he immediately said: "Brother yamen servant, you are just in time. We have caught a female ghost. Come in and have a look."
The yamen servant looked at them suspiciously, "Can you still catch female ghosts?"
"Of course, we were lying in wait all night, and the female ghost started wiping her tears and crying out for injustice, so we caught him, and it turned out that he was not a woman, but a man," Man Bao said happily, "This
Forget it, we can still catch him and beat him, ghosts can't be invisible at all, do you think it's strange or not?"
The night watch government officials understood it, and so did the neighbors behind them. They all sneered and said, "What's so strange about this? Isn't it just a man pretending to be a ghost?"
"After working on it for a long time, it turns out that the ghosts in the alleys in the past two years are caused by humans?"
Everyone went in together and saw a female ghost lying on the ground. She was dressed in white and had disheveled hair. She looked like a ghost at first glance.
The Xiao family members followed and squeezed in. They were startled when they saw him lying motionless on the ground. The old lady shouted directly: "Erlang, my Erlang..."
The wooden stick in Daji's hand swiped in front of her, and Zhoulang finally took care of all the clothes, and ran out and said: "So this ghost is your child. I mean, we caught the ghost with our front feet.
You are trying to beat us like crazy."
The old lady raised her head and glared angrily, "I'm telling you, if anything happens to my second son, I won't be done with you."
Zhou Lang grabbed his waist and was about to quarrel with her, but Bai Shanbao stopped him and said, "Why bother to quarrel with him? Leave the matter to the Yamen and tell the landlord tomorrow. They pretend to be ghosts to scare people.
To disturb public order, it is obvious that the whole family knows it."
Bai Shanbao said: "Not to mention the losses suffered by people in this alley in the past two years, only the frightened people have suffered in the past two years. Report to the Yamen, and you can be beaten and locked up for a few years, or exiled in the worst case.
So why are you arguing with them?"
Man Bao finished his attack and said: "That's right, that's right, we won't see you again anyway."
She raised her head and looked sympathetically at the pale and shocked Xiao family, waved and said with a smile: "If you have anything to say, let's say it tonight. After tonight, we won't be able to see each other again."
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The Xiao family was frightened, their feet softened and they almost fell to the ground.
Seeing that there was no sound from them, Bai Shanbao was finally satisfied and said to the silent government servant: "We saw with our own eyes that he suddenly appeared and burned valuable money outside the wall of my courtyard, and then he imitated the voice of a woman and cried.
He kept shouting that I died unjustly, so obviously the rumors of hauntings in the past two years came from him, won’t you arrest him?”
The government officials looked at each other, took out the rope and said, "Of course I'll catch you."
The fake ghost who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead was shivering. At this moment, he was lifted up by the Yamen servant. He finally couldn't bear it any longer. He knelt down and begged for mercy: "Have mercy on me, have mercy on me. Father, mother, please save me."
I, I didn’t mean to pretend to be a ghost or scare people.”
"It's not intentional. How can pretending to be a ghost be unintentional?" Man Bao said: "The lies are told so insincerely, and it is obvious that he does not sincerely regret it."
Bai Erlang, who was standing behind him, kicked his butt and said angrily: "That's right, you can find a better reason."
Mrs. Xiao shivered, but she quickly found a reason, "Guan, Guan Ye, he, he has nocturnal syndrome, no, he didn't mean to pretend to be a ghost to scare people."
Bai Shanbao frowned, "A nightwalker wants to pretend to be a ghost?"
The Xiao family trembled their lips and gritted their teeth as they said, "He still has madness. He goes crazy at night and thinks he is a female ghost."
Anyway, I didn’t mean to pretend to be a ghost to scare people.
Mr. Zhuang, who was originally a little dissatisfied with Bai Shan and Man Bao's scary nonsense about the law, sat back on the doorstep and ignored them.
It's really their own fault. If they admit their mistakes honestly, the most they can do is fine them some money and give them a slap in the face.