Scholar and water ghost

When Wei Tingshu woke up in the morning, he found Zhuang Shaoze lying next to him.No wonder he had a sticky and wet dream of being in a swamp in the early morning, it was because Zhuang Shaoze was lying next to him wet all over.He habitually stretched out his hand to push, but his hand passed through Zhuang Shaoze's body, leaving nothing.

This feeling is very strange, knowing that he is a ghost, but when it is proved that he is really a ghost, the strange gap makes Wei Tingshu feel...how should I describe it?He felt that there was a ghost lying next to him, and he should be afraid, but in fact, he wasn't, as if in his heart, Zhuang Shaoze was a person just like him, no matter his speech or behavior, he was no different from others, the only one The only difference is that Zhuang Shaoze has no body.

Wei Tingshu shook off the strange thoughts in his mind, got up and got dressed, there were more important things to do today - he had to bring Zhuang Shaoze's ashes home.The ashes were cremated that night when he asked someone to sneak into Yizhuang and carry them out.

In other words, a month ago, after the officials transported the corpses from the beach back, they were parked in the government office for a few days, and because no one was found to claim them, they were put in a nearby yizhuang.Of course, the valuable jade on Zhuang Shaoze's body had already been secretly seized by the county magistrate, and Wei Tingshu had to spend a lot of money to find a skilled and tight-lipped burglar to steal it out.

Zhuang Shaoze said that all these expenses and the money spent on going to Beijing can be obtained from his mother after the matter is completed, Wei Tingshu secretly recorded all these expenses in the small notebook he carried with him.

At about the end of the hour, Wei Tingshu stood in front of the gate of the Zhuang Mansion with two jars in his arms.The magnificent vermilion lacquer gate of the Zhuang Mansion was closed tightly, with large white banners hanging on the lintel, lifeless.He went forward and knocked on the copper ring on the door. After a while, he saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old man who looked like a servant opened a crack behind the door and asked cautiously, "Who are you looking for?" Like the air pressure around here, it is also listless.

"My surname is Wei, and my name is Tingshu. This interruption is because I have something important to do with your wife. It is related to your son. Please inform me." Wei Tingshu replied with his hands in his hands.

"May I ask which son of my family you are looking for?" The servant asked again.

Which son?Does the dealer have several sons?Why didn't I hear Zhuang Shaoze mention it?

Wei Tingshu took out the jade pendant that Zhuang Shaoze had prepared in advance from his pocket, handed it to the servant, and said, "Mr. Zhuang Shaoze."

"Ah-this-this is-isn't this the jade pendant of my second son?" The servant was surprised when he saw the jade pendant, and immediately said: "You wait here for a while, I will call my wife right away." With this sentence, people have already stumbled and ran away for a long time.

After a while, Wei Tingshu saw a group of people walking towards him through the open door.The leader is a lady, dignified and beautiful, about 40 years old, if she is not looking haggard at this moment, she is undoubtedly a rare beauty in the world.

The family member opened the door, and Mrs. Zhuang came up to welcome her, and asked in a somewhat excited tone, "This young master is holding my son's jade pendant? May I ask why this jade pendant is in your hands?" Even though he pretended to be calm, he could still see Her hand holding the jade pendant trembled a little.

"Can you..." Wei Tingshu winked before saying, "Go into the room and talk." He didn't want to just stand at the gate and chat about the next topic.

Mrs. Zhuang invited him into the main hall to take a seat apologetically, poured tea, Wei Tingshu took a sip to quench his thirst, then took out the things in his arms, put them on the table, and said: "To be honest, Wei Getting this jade pendant is really accidental."

Then, Wei Tingshu told the truth about the discovery of Zhuang Shaoze's body by the sea, but he made up a lie about why he went to Beijing. He only said that he had a dream that night. Send him back to his hometown in Beijing.

When Mrs. Zhuang heard this, she covered her face with her sleeves and wept uncontrollably.

After hearing the news, the housekeeper collected the ashes and jade pendant on behalf of Mrs. Zhuang, and invited Wei Tingshu to rest in the guest room.

At night, after eating the dinner brought by the servant, Wei Tingshu took out the wine jar containing Zhuang Shaoze's ghost and put it on the table. Then, he saw the candle lamp on the table flickering, and a wisp of green smoke drifted out from it. A huge shadow was cast on the wall, and then the shadow gradually gathered into shape, turning into the handsome young man holding the fan opposite Wei Tingshu.

I saw him still smiling, raised his hand and poured two cups of tea on the table, put a cup in front of each of them, raised his own cup and said: "Brother Wei, Zhuang used tea instead of wine, thank you so much! "After speaking, I drank it all in one gulp.

Wei Tingshu suddenly wanted to tear off his smiling face, uncover his brain, and see what he was thinking?Why can you still laugh.

"Brother Wei? Why don't you drink it? Could it be that you dislike the bitterness of tea and can't bear it?" Zhuang Shaoze looked at him and asked.

Wei Tingshu picked up the tea in front of him, drank it in one gulp, put the teacup heavily on the table, and said angrily, "Brother Zhuang, what do you think of our friendship these days?"

"As a good friend, why did brother Wei ask this question?" Zhuang Shaoze asked in confusion.

"Then tell me frankly, do you have something to hide from Wei?" Wei Tingshu felt that Zhuang Shaoze's heart must not be as calm as he showed.Isn't there such a kind of person?The more turbulent his heart was, the more calm his face was. He felt that Zhuang Shaoze belonged to this kind of person.

"Brother Wei is so smart, you can even see this." Zhuang Shaoze smiled evilly and said, "To tell the truth, Zhuang has one thing to be rude, and he didn't dare to do it because it was related to Brother Wei." speak."

"What's the matter? Can it be related to me?" Wei Tingshu was curious.

I saw Zhuang Shaoze whistling, turning into a cloud of green smoke, and in a blink of an eye, he sat in Wei Tingshu's arms, lifted his chin with the head of his fan, and said: "In recent days, Zhuang and Brother Wei have been together day and night. Aroused a heart of admiration. I was afraid that Brother Wei would not want to see him, so I kept it a secret. I never thought that Brother Wei would love Zhuang so much, and Zhuang was very moved." After speaking, he really acted like a shy little lady who met the person she liked. appearance.

Wei Tingshu jumped up from the stool in fright, and scolded with red face, "You bloody ghost, stop talking nonsense!" After finishing speaking, he slammed the door as if fleeing.

But Wei Tingshu's red ears, how could he hide it from Zhuang Shaoze, who was used to being in Fengyuechang.However, when Wei Tingshu left, Zhuang Shaoze's face instantly collapsed, as if the sincere person just now was not him.He was silent, even sad.

When Wei Tingshu slammed the door and came out, he was furious, and when he recovered, he no longer knew where he was.

He looked around and found that he might be in a garden. Not far away was a lake with lots of lotus leaves, but the lights were dim and he couldn't see clearly.

At this moment, there was a conversation not far away, Wei Tingshu didn't want to listen to the wall, and was about to leave, but he heard the word "Second Young Master" out of someone's mouth. He couldn't match the curiosity inside, so he quietly joined in. past.

The "Second Young Master" they mentioned should refer to Zhuang Shaoze.

——Eldest Young Master, this... If what the person said today is true, Second Young Master wouldn't come to ask for his life, right?

—Are you sure you pushed him down with your own hands?

——The subordinates are convinced!

——Don't worry, there are no ghosts and gods in the world, this should be just a coincidence.

--But……

——The injustice has its head, and the debt has its owner. If he wants to look for it, he should come to me. If he won't look for you, you should step down first.

——The subordinate obeys!

Wei Tingshu squatted in the shadow, shocked.Was Zhuang Shaoze really murdered?And the murderer is the man in front of him.What should he do?Do you want to go out and expose them?Can you beat it?This place is desolate, what if it is murdered?Just when he was tangled up, the situation not far away changed again.

As soon as that subordinate left, Zhuang Shaoze appeared.I only heard him say: "Hmph! You really did it! After so many years, I didn't expect you to do it after all. Are you really disregarding brotherhood?"

"Brotherhood? Hehe! It's ridiculous, between you and me, where did the brotherhood come from? There has always been only the hatred of killing one's mother." When the eldest son of the Zhuang family said this, his face was ferocious, and he looked more like a ghost than Zhuang Shaoze.

"Are you still blaming me?" Zhuang Shaoze said sadly.

"How can I not be blamed? In this life, which one of the sufferings I have suffered is not thanks to you?"

"..."

"What are you doing here? Are you asking for your life? There is a grievance and a debtor. This matter has nothing to do with Ah Fu. If you want to ask for your life, you should come to me!" A ghost who wants his life should panic.

Wei Tingshu thought, the Ah Fu that the eldest son of the Zhuang family was talking about should be the one who pushed Zhuang Shaoze into the sea that night.

"Okay, what a grievance and debtor, I want your life now!" Zhuang Shaoze finished speaking, grabbed the neck of the eldest son of the dealer with both hands, with a grim face, pushed him against the rockery, and said: "I Let me ask you, do you still hate me now?"

"hatred!"

"Then you remember what you said today—the wrong has its head and the debt has its owner, and everything has nothing to do with my mother." After Zhuang Shaoze said this, he squeezed his hand hard and loosened it, and the eldest son of the Zhuang family fell down along the rockery Go down, and there is no sound.

I saw Zhuang Shaoze clapping his hands, as if to shake off the ashes from his hands, then turned around, and said to where Wei Tingshu was: "Come out!"

Wei Tingshu looked around, making sure that he was talking to him, and then walked over cautiously, thinking, alas, this is not because he wants to kill himself.

He walked over slowly, step by step, until he walked up to Zhuang Shaoze, closing his eyes anxiously—waiting for death.

Seeing his appearance, Zhuang Shaoze burst out laughing suddenly. The atmosphere of hatred and hatred just now disappeared without a trace. He hit Wei Tingshu's head heavily with his fan, and said, "What are you thinking about?" ?”

"Wait for you—kill someone to silence you!" Wei Tingshu replied honestly with his eyes still closed.

Wei Tingshu waited for a long while, but there was no movement other than being knocked on the head.Opening his eyes, he saw Zhuang Shaoze walking away, and asked in a strange voice, "Aren't you going to kill Wei?"

Zhuang Shaoze smiled slightly, thinking, this bookworm is really cute.As he walked, he said, "Still not keeping up? Do you still want to go back to sleep?"

"Hey! Okay!" Wei Tingshu happily followed, thinking, this ghost has a conscience, his life is good, and he escaped another catastrophe.

That night, the two of them talked while walking.

--you?kill him?

--who?Oh, you said brother Zhuang, he didn't kill him, he just fainted.

——He killed you, brother Zhuang, why didn't you kill him?

——There are only Zhuang and his elder brother in the Zhuang family. If he dies, who will take care of his parents?Isn't this Zhuang Mou's unfilial piety?Besides, his mother died because of Zhuang, and Zhuang paid for his life.

——Brother Zhuang, you... are so generous!

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