Chapter 21 Seven days and seven nights, singing ghost operas
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At noon, the sun is high.
Huai'an County, Liang Mansion.
"A good person is gone just like that? My poor son!"
"It's the incompetent Magistrate Zhou and his agents who sent a letter to the Night Investigation Department, saying that there was a case of a missing scholar in Xiaoshan Village."
"My son has always been a steady person. Before leaving, he checked the file and found out that the ghost had only been practicing for two months. He thought he could easily pass the assessment of the Night Investigation Department, so he took the case. As a result, the ghost turned out to be
Even Ji Ruxue can’t deal with it!”
"Since my second uncle is here, he must make the decision for my son. The county magistrate killed my son this week. There must be something hidden in it. Otherwise, how could there be any mistakes in the file?"
The beautiful woman cried till she was full of tears.
The middle-aged man in front of her also had a livid face.
Of course, Liang Zhengzheng, who is the supervisor of Yushitai, understands what is going on. This is a party struggle.
A few months ago, the Huang River burst its banks and flooded countless fertile fields. The Holy Lord Long Yan was furious.
Although the Huanghe River floods every year, this year's disaster is more severe than in previous years, and Huai'an County is one of the counties hit hardest.
Liang Zhengzheng, as the supervisor of this "cleansing of officialdom", naturally has a lot of criminal evidence in his hands, but he does not actually want to kill everyone.
It's nothing more than using these criminal evidences to gain some benefits for one's own party. Everyone knows this kind of thing, and it's very common for you to come and go.
But he didn't expect that this time the other party would actually try not to give in an inch?
"Snapped!"
Liang Zhengzheng smashed the tea cup on the table with one palm.
"Threatening me, right? Okay, very good! It won't harm my family. Since you dare to do something to my nephew, don't blame me, Mr. Liang, for being cruel!"
"My poor son!!!" The beautiful woman wailed and fell to the ground crying.
"Wan'er, help your aunt back to the room first." Liang Zhengzheng nodded towards Liang Wan'er who was standing obediently at the side.
"Yes, Daddy!"
Liang Wan'er didn't dare to delay, so she immediately agreed, supported the beautiful woman and returned to the inner room.
Liang Zhengzheng stood up abruptly: "You think I can't do anything to you for killing my nephew with a ghost? Come on, go to the county government office!"
"yes!"
More than a dozen imperial envoys and captains immediately followed.
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Huai'an County Government.
Magistrate Zhou was sitting on pins and needles.
It's never a good time to have something go wrong, but it was at this time that the money for disaster relief was lost. The supervisor of the Liang Mansion happened to be inspecting Huai'an County today.
I heard that it was because the third son of the Liang family settled the case in Xiaoshan Village and the body has not been recovered yet. There is now a mourning hall at home.
"Three hundred thousand taels of silver just fell into the river? Why don't you wastes go and fish it out quickly? If you can't fish it out, you will all go home and farm for me!"
"County Magistrate Zhou, you have such great authority?"
At the door, Liang Zhengzheng walked straight in with more than a dozen imperial envoys and captains: "What kind of money fell into the river? It's obviously you, County Magistrate Zhou, who embezzled this disaster relief fund. Get it from me. I will personally investigate this."
case!"
"What an injustice!!"
Magistrate Zhou fell off his chair.
However, the dozen or so imperial envoys and lieutenants did not show any respect at all. They came up and picked up County Magistrate Zhou with sticks. At the same time, the loyal captain also gave Magistrate Zhou two buttocks.
There is no doubt that Magistrate Zhou will be laid off this time. Liang Zhengzheng came full of anger. How could he give Magistrate Zhou another chance to stand up?
Therefore, the captain used these two sticks to hit him very hard!
Magistrate Zhou was beaten until he screamed like a slaughtered pig. Soon, the magistrate's daughter, 'Zhou Jiaoer', who was performing a tea ceremony in the back hall, was attracted.
"What's going on? What's going on? Who dares to break into the county government office...Dad...Dad!!!"
"take away!"
Clean and neat, without any sloppiness.
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At dusk.
Jiang Chaoge and his party arrived at Wujiazhuang.
As soon as I entered the village gate, I heard the sound of singing and singing coming from inside.
"Is there any happy event in the village?"
Liu Hongyi boasted of his father's friendship with the owner of the village. After hearing the singing, he was naturally the first to ask.
The butler who greeted him shook his head: "The memorial service for the old lady will be held in seven days. The old lady liked to listen to some operas during her lifetime, so the owner of the village invited two opera troupes to come over."
"Ghost show?" Zhang Junqe asked tentatively, as if he knew something.
"Yeah, but the ghost show won't start until Haishi. Not now. Although the young masters arrived a little late, they can still listen to two episodes." The housekeeper replied again.
Zhang Junqi understands, this is to perform for seven days and seven nights, people listen to the opera during the day, and the ghosts listen to the opera at night!
No wonder they had to invite two theater troupes to come together at one time. They were indeed members of the Mo family. They were really arrogant and it probably cost a lot of money.
Jiang Chaoge also understood.
He can't avoid "ghosts" wherever he goes. How come he encounters a ghost performer when he stays in a village? Fortunately, he is also a ghost, so... it's not a big problem!
"As long as I pretend not to hear or see, then all the strange events will have nothing to do with me. Besides, the village has a large population, so there is a high probability that nothing will happen."
Jiang Chaoge thought silently in his heart.
Then, he saw the lolita in the white dress jump up from the unicycle, spit out her long red tongue, and run into the village happily.
Could it be that... you went to the theater, right?
It’s just too much!
Wait until night. If you don’t leave at night, you must meet her for a while!
Jiang Chaoge was naturally willing to cause trouble, but since this ghost was sick and insisted on following him, he had no choice but to wait until night to beat her up.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a middle-aged man wearing a black robe and thick eyebrows walking out.
"My nephew has met Uncle Wu!"
"I've met Master Wu!"
Liu Hongyi and Zhang Junjie immediately saluted the man.
Jiang Chaoge didn't hesitate. After all, he was staying at someone else's house tonight, so he immediately went to greet the man with Xu Zhi, who was half-beating.
"Master of Wujiazhuang, Wu Ming!" The man did not respond with the courtesy of an elder, but made a quaint gesture: "I have neglected several young masters. It is really because the village is busy with affairs, so I will forgive you."
After hearing Wu Ming's words, Jiang Chaoge and others were more polite.
Then, Liu Hongyi quickly approached Wu Ming and whispered in Wu Ming's ear.
Wu Ming's eyes followed Liu Hongyi's whisper and swept across the crowd.
When he glanced at Jiang Yu'er's face, Wu Ming's eyes showed approval, and then when he glanced at Jiang Erlang, there was some contempt in his eyes.
Everyone salutes the same, but the difference is quite big!
However, Jiang Chaoge didn't care. Jiang Erlang's identity allowed him to walk around in Huai'an County. He had the cheap old father-in-law of the county magistrate at his head. Who dared to offend him?
Although he was looked down upon at this time, when he arrived in Huai'an County, that was his territory!
As Liu Hongyi kept saying something, Wu Ming's eyes finally fell on Liang Ping'an.
"That's it." Wu Ming nodded: "Since we want to save people, we can't delay. My nephew, wait a moment. I'll go check on Mr. Liang's injuries first."
After saying that, he went directly to Liang Pingan.
First, he used his hands to explore the meridians, then moved Liang Pingan's eyelids, and then pressed twice on Liang Pingan's chest.
Immediately, Wu Ming breathed a sigh of relief: "It doesn't matter, it's just that the soul has been separated from the body for too long, and the yin and yang are a bit out of balance. There is some ginseng in the village. I asked my servants to boil it to replenish Mr. Liang's yang energy!"
Is this Wu Ming so powerful? Just by casually exploring, he actually knew that Liang Ping'an's soul had been out of the body for too long? Jiang Chaoge never told Liu Hongyi these words.
"Master Wu, do you still know the art of Qihuang?" Jiang Chaoge said, naturally using Jiang Yu'er.
"I don't understand the art of Qihuang, it's just about connecting yin and yang." Wu Ming smiled and said casually: "If Mr. Jiang is interested in the art of yin and yang, maybe we can exchange a few words."
Interested? What I am most interested in is the method of yin and yang!
Jiang Chaoge felt like he was lucky. He was worried that he didn't understand the method of cultivation, so he was not polite at all: "The owner of the village, have you ever heard of ghosts and immortals?"