Started as a mute girl? I prospered in the lean years

Xiaoman: "I have not yet investigated this matter. I will find out when I go to the Chu Mansion tonight."

Shen Huaixu nodded and said no more.

During dinner, Zhuyue saw that Shen Huaixu was worried and felt strange because she had always seen the county lady smiling the most since she met her.

Regardless of whether it is true or false, sincere or a trap, just look at those curved eyebrows, shallow dimples, and the obedient and confident her. It always makes people feel that there is nothing in the world that she cannot solve in front of her.

It was the first time she saw Shen Huaixu like this, and she couldn't help but become curious.

Zhuyue couldn't help but say: "If the county lady has any worries, please tell Zhuyue. Zhuyue may be able to help her solve her worries."

Shen Huaixu looked at her, thought for a moment, and gave Xiaoman a wink.

Xiaoman immediately understood and swiftly told the whole story from beginning to end.

Zhuyue understood, "Does the county lady think that ghost marriage is against the harmony of heaven?"

Shen Huaixu said: "It's fine to pair the dead with the dead, but what I'm afraid of is that the dead he was paired with just died. I don't know if it's against the will of heaven or not, but it's definitely a disregard for human life."

She put down her chopsticks, her light-colored eyes darkened, and she said softly, "I've thought about this too. Since there are people like 'ghost matchmakers', it means that such things have happened many times. The families that are worthy of ghost marriages are mostly wealthy and powerful. It's not an exaggeration to say that they can call the shots in a small place like this.

Even the local officials can't control it, let alone me, a county lord passing by. If I take action this time, not only will I not be able to stop this phenomenon, but my second brother will not have an easy life after I leave."

A small colorful snake coiled around Zhuyue's neck, with its tiny head poking out from behind her neck. Against her face that was gradually returning to its former beauty, the harmony looked both eerie and magical.

The corners of her mouth raised with disdain, "Ghost marriages are also very common in Nanxia. How can there be so many people who just happen to die at the same age and have the same hexagram? Most of them are tainted with murder.

It's ridiculous that they killed a person to comfort and accompany their dead child. They were not afraid that the victim would become a ghost and make their child restless in the underworld forever. "

Xiaoman's eyes lit up, "Miss Zhuyue, that's a great idea!"

Frost also said: "That makes sense."

Shen Huaixu's eyes lit up when he heard Zhuyue's words, "Xiaoman, Shuangjiang, the two of you go to the Chu residence together after nightfall and find out who the bride is, whether she is dead or alive, and when she will be buried."

The two of them answered in unison.

Shen Huaixu's eyes fell on Zhuyue, and she smiled slyly like a fox. She winked at Zhuyue playfully, "Zhuyue, how about we make a scene at the funeral?"

Zhuyue also smiled, "Just give me your orders, County Lady, and I will obey them."

At midnight, the moon was hanging high in the night sky. The pale moonlight enveloped everything, and from a distance it looked like a layer of frost.

The silence of the night was broken by the sound of footsteps. Zhuyue couldn't wait to open the door and wait for the two to enter.

Normally they would have fallen into a deep sleep at this time, but now they were more energetic than each other.

Shuang Jiang was the first to speak: "Miss, Miss Zhuyue, the Chu family is indeed going to hold a ghost marriage for their youngest son, and he will be buried in two days."

Xiaoman drank a cup of strong tea and continued, "The bride's name is Qin Xiaowan, she is only thirteen or fourteen years old, a girl from a nearby village, and she has died. The Chu family found her and arranged a ghost marriage with their own family, but they did not value her and only placed her coffin in the woodshed.

The subordinates sneaked in and looked at her body. Her mouth, eyes, and fingers were all open, the blood vessels under her throat were blocked, the marks of strangulation were shallow, her tongue was not extended, there were scratches on her neck, and there was flesh left from the struggle between her fingernails.

This was definitely not suicide, but was strangled to death! And he must have died only a few days ago."

Xiaoman was filled with anger. Before, she thought it was just hearsay, but now that the facts were before her, she had no choice but to believe it.

Seeing that she was very angry, Zhuyue poured her another cup of tea and said in a gentle voice, "I didn't expect that Miss Xiaoman is so proficient in autopsies. I really admire her."

Xiaoman blushed a little when she praised him.

At first she felt resentful towards the witch, but after learning some things, she couldn't help but sympathize with her.

Later I discovered that this legendary witch was actually a very easy to get along with person, except that she was a little gloomy when she was alone.

She touched her head and smiled, "Sister Shuangjiang and I were both picked up by the Marquis from the border when he was fighting on the battlefield. In addition to martial arts, we were also taught some other skills, which is not uncommon."

After saying that, she couldn't help but complain: "These wealthy families really have nothing to do after they have eaten their fill, and they spend all day thinking about how to eat the flesh and blood of the common people."

Zhuyue nodded in agreement.

"Since the person is already dead, let's use the Chu family as an example to scare the monkeys." Shen Huaixu said lightly.

Shuangjiang asked, "What do you plan to do, young lady?"

Shen Huaixu smiled in an unfathomable way. When everyone couldn't help asking, she said, "Let's do it tomorrow. I'm sleepy."

The remaining three people looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

The night before Chu Sanlang was buried was extremely chaotic.

First, rhythmic knocking sounds came from the bride's coffin, which frightened the servants who were keeping vigil so much that they huddled in the corner and trembled.

Then the lid of the bride's coffin loosened and for some reason a crack was opened. The coffin was pitch black, as if tempting people to go in and take a look.

The butler was kicked several times by the furious master and was asked to go forward to check. The butler, who was already old, was frightened and turned back into a young man, with his legs so weak that he could not stand up.

The servants who were brave enough groped their way to the side of the coffin and were about to stick their heads out to take a closer look when suddenly a pale and cold hand stretched out from the coffin and grabbed the man's neck tightly. The man fell headfirst into the coffin, and after a shrill cry, he finally became limp.

The huge Chu Mansion was brightly lit. The incident in the mourning hall alarmed almost everyone in the Chu family. After seeing that scene, some people screamed, some wailed, some fled frantically, and some simply fell to the ground and lost consciousness.

After all the strange things happened in the mourning hall, there was a moment of silence.

Just as everyone was secretly praying for the ghosts to go away, snakes came from all directions, swam towards the mourning hall, and quickly and arrogantly drilled into the groom's coffin. Afterwards, the whole mourning hall was filled with a stench that could not be covered up even by incense.

At the same time, there was a strange phenomenon in the sky. Insects fell from the sky and landed at the feet or bodies of the people in the Chu Mansion. The creepy feeling spread from the heels to the back of the head, and the screams were earth-shaking.

At this time, a slightly childish but endlessly lingering female voice came from all directions -

"My dear, my dear!"

"I am Xiaowan—your bride, Xiaowan!"

Then her voice gradually became shrill and sharp.

"We will be a ghost couple in the underworld forever. I will repay you and your family well! You will never have peace in your life. Hahahahahahaha—"

After the sharp laughter, Shen Huaixu, who was sitting on the roof, put the speaker in his hand into the space with an expressionless face.

There is a karaoke room on the cruise ship, which has many recording and receiving equipment. Through the medium of Fuyin, it is not a problem to record the audio by yourself.

She glanced at the people below and it was obvious that the sound quality of the speakers was very high and the effect was very good, which scared quite a few people.

A man dressed in black fell beside her, and the low pressure all over his body was visible to the naked eye.

Fu Yin was almost mad. Why didn't he do something else? He had to spend two days collecting insects in Nanxia. Even his wings had to be covered, and he had to fly around with difficulty - scattering insects.

The only consolation he found was that he didn't have to come into contact with bugs.

It must be Shen Huaixu. He thought, if it were someone else, there might be another mentally retarded person in this world.