"Don't talk nonsense, the respectful concubine is gone long ago, and she won't wait until now to take revenge. I'm afraid she has been reincarnated at this moment." Ma Yu didn't say that there are no ghosts and gods in this world. After all, her soul can travel through time, so this This kind of thing is still not easy to speak.

But she is very sure that this is definitely not caused by Concubine Jing. Concubine Jing hates her, even if she wants to look for her, she is here to look for her, and it is not because of white shadows in the middle of the night to scare people.

"You tell me one by one, at what time and where did you see those things?" Ma Guan decided to investigate carefully to see if there was really a ghost, or someone was just pretending to be a ghost.

Qiaoyun first said: "The servant saw it the night before yesterday when I was out of the palace. About the time I saw it, I saw a white shadow flying towards the backyard on the treetops. The servant was frightened at the time, and I didn't dare to look carefully, so I ran away in a hurry come back."

Ma Guan wrote a few words on the paper: Qiaoyun, at midnight on March 24, the white shadow flew to the backyard.

Then he looked at Sister Shuang and motioned for Sister Shuang to talk too.

"The servant girl saw it on the night of March [-]th, when she was celebrating at that time, she heard a noise from the sky. The servant girl thought it was blown by the wind, and after taking a look, she also saw a white shadow flying towards the backyard. I can't remember the time, but It's close to ugly time."

Ma Guan then wrote down another line: Sister Shuang, on March [-]th, when the child is ugly, the white shadow flies to the backyard.

After the two talked, they asked Yuan He, Xiangxue, Shuhai, Xiao Chengzi and other witnesses to narrate one by one.

According to statistics, it first appeared on March [-]th, and it has appeared at least six times until now, and the time is probably from Zishi to Choushi.There are two types of incidents, one is that the white shadow suddenly flies towards the backyard, and the other is that the backyard makes creepy laughter, and it is a woman's laughter.

"Now we can roughly confirm four points. First, this 'ghost' wants to draw our attention to the backyard; second, this should be a 'female ghost' with a regular schedule; third, the means of this 'ghost' It's very low, it only has some scary tricks, and it has no ability to hurt people; fourth, this 'ghost' has a certain understanding of us, knows when everyone wakes up at night, or she has been staring at us."

After some conclusions, everyone's faces turned pale. Are they really being targeted by ghosts?

Yuan He asked in a trembling voice: "My lord, could it be that the concubine is really coming back to take revenge?"

"This ghost has been staring at us? There must be hatred. There seems to be only that one in the Yonghe Palace..." Qiao Yun was also quite frightened, shivering in broad daylight.

Sister Shuang was more thoughtful, and said with a frown, "I feel that your analysis makes sense. If it's really a ghost, why don't you just harm people directly, and only use some scary tricks? Also, the timing of this appearance is too consistent."

Ma Guan nodded approvingly, and smiled meaningfully: "This 'ghost' is nothing to be afraid of, everyone, just rest assured."

"But it's still very scary, my lord, do you want to find an eminent monk to go to the backyard for salvation?" Qiaoyun asked pitifully, clutching the arms of the twin sisters tightly.

"If you're so scared, let's go to the backyard and have a look for ourselves." Ma Guan went out the door after saying that, Sister Shuang hurriedly followed, Qiao Yun and Yuan He looked at each other, wanting to go but not daring to go.

Ma Quan said loudly: "Fear comes from the unknown. If you can find out the truth, you won't be afraid anymore. Let's go."

The maids gritted their teeth and mustered up the courage to follow.

The backyard is still the same backyard. Although no one lives there, the eunuchs have been cleaning it all the time, so it is not barren.

Spring has arrived, the flower beds are colorful, and there are bees and butterflies playing, but it is full of vitality.

At a glance, the apse and the east and west side halls are magnificent and magnificent, without any dilapidated scenes.

Ma Guan led the crowd around the yard, raised his eyebrows and said, "Everyone, take a good look and see where ghosts can hide."

The maids and eunuchs looked around cautiously, but found nothing unusual, and the tension disappeared immediately.

Suddenly Ma Yuan said loudly: "My dear concubine, you deserved to be sentenced to death by the emperor! I was never afraid of you when you were alive, and I will not be afraid of you when you are dead! If you really want revenge, come to me, don't Harassing other people in the middle of the night, as long as you dare to come, I will make you die!"

Echoes echoed in the courtyard, the maids and eunuchs all stared wide-eyed in fright, the nobleman was too courageous.

What if the concubine really came to look for the nobleman?

"I have never done anything wrong in my life, and I am not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night. Only ghosts have always been afraid of people, and no one is afraid of ghosts." Ma Guan glanced coldly at the apse. When the concubine Jing was bestowed to death, she was worried for a while .

But it's not fear, it's more of a shock, the shock of a living person dying suddenly in front of him.

Now that so long has passed, she has calmed down a long time ago, so why is she afraid that Concubine Jing will turn into a ghost and come to her door?

From her point of view, there are no ghosts in this palace, and I am afraid that someone is deliberately pretending to be a ghost!

"Let's all go back." Seeing the different expressions on everyone's faces, a cold light flashed in her eyes. This pretender might change his strategy tonight.

She just wants the other party to use different means, so that there will be more flaws exposed, and it will be easier for her to lock the enemy.

That night, Ma Guan's sign was overturned, and she finished her bath early and went to Qianqing Palace.Before leaving, I specifically told Sister Sister and Qiao Yun not to sleep too deeply, and to keep an eye on the movement in the yard, and not to disclose this matter.

Both of them have been with her for many years, so it is obvious, especially the twin sisters, who have long known that the nobleman has doubts about some people.

However, if you know it, you know it, seeing the sky getting darker, Qiao Yun is still very scared.She and her twin sisters were tightly squeezed together on the same bed, trembling all over.

"Don't be afraid, the nobleman said, this ghost can only scare people, it can't hurt us at all." Shuangjie comforted in a low voice.

Qiao Yun pursed her mouth: "But what if it comes in..."

Sister Shuang said as a matter of course: "It's time to grab it when you come in."

Qiao Yun was about to be scared to death by her.

In the middle of the night, everyone fell into a deep sleep, and Sister Shuang couldn't hold on any longer.

At this moment, she suddenly heard a baby crying in the night sky, she was shocked, rolled over and sat up.

"Wow……"

The voice became louder and louder, and soon woke up everyone, and Qiao Yun cried out in fright.

"It's coming, it must be that ghost, woo woo woo... Sister Shuang, I'm so scared..."

"Don't be afraid, it's not a ghost, it's the little elder brother who is crying, come and have a look with me." Sister Shuang was not afraid, but worried. In the past, the little elder brother never cried at night and slept until dawn.

"It's really little elder brother?" Qiao Yun murmured tears, and began to worry again.

"You can't even hear the little elder brother's voice? The nobleman is not here tonight. If something happens to the little elder brother, we can't explain it." The two sisters put on their clothes and shoes twice, and grabbed Qiao Yun out the door.

Unexpectedly, just as the door opened, a strange sneer suddenly came from the backyard: "Hehe...hehe..."

Immediately afterwards, a white shadow streaked across the sky and flew towards the backyard.

"Ah... ghost..." Qiao Yun immediately screamed, her complexion was snow-white, she was so frightened that she almost fainted.

Sister Shuang hugged him in her arms, but her eyes were fixed on the place where Bai Ying disappeared, and she sneered.

"This ghost really hasn't improved, and still only knows these two tricks. Let's go and see the little brother first."

"Sister Shuang, Sister Qiaoyun, is the little elder brother crying?" The door of the next room also opened, and Yuan He came out in a hurry with a worried expression on his face.

"It's little elder brother, let's go and have a look." Sister Shuang was thoughtful, and ran to the little elder brother's room with the two of them.

"Wow..." The little elder brother was still crying, as if he was frightened by something. The nurse hugged him and kept coaxing him, but it was useless.

"What's going on?" Sister Shuang pushed the door open and entered, seeing the little elder brother's cheeks flushed from crying, he even started to hiccup, his heart ached.

The nurse was frightened and worried, and cried: "I don't know. I changed a diaper for the little elder brother when he was wet. After a while, he started crying. No matter how I coax him, I can't coax him."

"Is it a problem with the diaper? Hurry up and change it." Sister Shuang took off the diaper twice, but the diaper was bare, and there was no problem.

On the contrary, the little elder brother's butt/butt is a little red, as if he has been stabbed by something.

"Don't use diapers yet, just look at him here." Sister Shuang was so angry that she couldn't help shouting, "How did you take care of the child?"

The nurse took a look, and was immediately frightened, and explained repeatedly: "It was fine when I changed the diaper before..."

"Ah... ghost..." Suddenly there was another scream outside, and the wet nurse shuddered immediately, her face turned pale.

"Could it be the ghost of the concubine who came to look for the little elder brother?"

"Nonsense!" Sister Shuang scolded angrily: "My little brother never hurt her, but she did. How can I have the face to look for my little brother? What are you still doing? Get the medicine quickly!"

"Yes, yes." The nurse came back to her senses and went to get the externally applied ointment.

Qiao Yun and Yuan He were trembling aside, and both felt that the little elder brother was probably being followed by the ghost of the concubine Jing.

The nurse brought the ointment, and the twin sisters applied it on the little elder brother herself. Within a quarter of an hour, the little elder brother's crying gradually died down.I don't know if I was tired from crying, but I fell asleep after a while.

"Did you see? The little elder brother is just uncomfortable with the diaper, and has nothing to do with ghosts." Sister Shuang breathed a sigh of relief, but still frowned slightly.

She took the diaper and planned to study it after dawn.

In the second half of the night, the twin sisters stayed by the little brother's side in person, but Qiao Yun was still afraid and refused to go back to the house by herself, so she also stayed here.

The wet nurse slept with the little elder brother, after all, she had to take care of the baby during the day.

The sky was getting dark, Shuangjie and Qiaoyun finally couldn't hold on anymore, seeing that the little elder brother was sleeping peacefully, so they were relieved and went back to the room to catch up on sleep.

When the sky was bright, Ma Quan came back, and the two sisters told the story of last night in detail, and Ma Quan frowned when she heard it.

"Bring the diaper." Her first reaction was that there was something wrong with the diaper, and it was absolutely impossible for it to be caused by ghosts.

Sister Shuang had been wearing this diaper all the time, and took it out on the spot. Ma Guan looked at the sun carefully, and touched it lightly with her fingers, and finally found something wrong.

"Look here, there is a very strange kind of hair." Ma Guan pointed at the end of the diaper. The hair is very thin and short, and you can't find it unless you look carefully.

Their hands didn't feel prickly when they touched them, but the little elder brother's skin was too tender, and any tingling would cause discomfort and even redness and swelling.

"It's strange, where did this hair come from? The diapers are all dried outside after washing, so it's impossible to touch this thing." Sister Shuang angrily said: "One point is that someone deliberately tampered with it, trying to harm the little brother! "

"My servant remembers that it was Yuan He who received the diapers yesterday." Qiao Yun frowned, could it be Yuan He's hands and feet?

"It may not be the person who collected the diapers, it is likely that someone moved it during the drying process." Ma Guan will not doubt anyone casually, otherwise he will fall into preconceived and wrong ideas. "Anyway, this person has completely offended me. She absolutely shouldn't have done anything to the little elder brother."

"So, it's really not a ghost, but someone deliberately pretending to be a ghost?" Qiao Yun gritted her teeth angrily, this person is too bad!

Ma Quan tapped the table lightly, and asked, "When you went out last night, you saw that white shadow again and heard the laughter?"

"Yes, the servant girl was really frightened at the time, and even shouted that there was a ghost. It seemed to appear again later, because someone shouted again." Qiao Yun was still a little trembling when thinking about what happened last night, but thought that it might be Someone made it on purpose, another burst of anger.

"Who called that later?" Ma Guan asked again.

"It sounded like Xiangxue's voice," Sister Shuang recalled.

"When you went out, who else didn't come out?" Ma Guan looked at the two of them. Now she was basically sure that the people inside the Yonghe Palace did it on purpose, but she still couldn't be sure who it was.

Sister Shuang and Qiao Yun looked at each other, knowing that the nobleman was the object of suspicion.

So Sister Shuang said honestly: "We just went out, Yuan He also came out, and the other three didn't see it. At that time, the little elder brother was crying too loudly, we didn't think too much, so we went to the little elder brother. side."

"Let's go, let's go to the backyard to have a look." Ma Guan didn't come to a conclusion right away, she still needed some evidence.

Going to the backyard this time did not disturb too many people. When they arrived in the backyard, Ma Guan asked in detail where Bai Ying probably flew over. Sister Shuang and Qiao Yun both told her, but it turned out that the location was exactly the same.

It flew past the big tree near the corner, and the location was only three or four meters high, just in a section with lush branches and leaves.

"Bring the ladder." Ma Guan stared at the big tree. If it was as guessed, there must be clues in the tree.

Soon, Xiao Chengzi carried the ladder, and the movement naturally alarmed the others, so they all surrounded him curiously.

Ma Guan climbed up the ladder himself, Sister Shuang and the others all looked terrified, how could the nobleman do such a dangerous thing?One by one guarded below in fear, for fear that she would fall.

Ma Guan is helpless and funny, what is it like to be so nervous?

Climbing to a height of more than two meters, she held the ladder tightly with one hand, and gently turned the branches and leaves with the other, and soon realized that something was wrong.

One branch showed signs of being strangled by something that looked like a rope, and had been strangled more than once.There were also signs of damage to the surrounding leaves, with some twigs snapped off.

Her eyes are dark, is this a ghost?It's almost like a ghost.

It's just that she couldn't figure out what this person's purpose was for doing this kind of thing. This person must have a lot of intentions to make such a big commotion.

Is it for her?Want to scare her into a mental breakdown?That would underestimate her courage and insight too much.

Or, is it for the little elder brother?The little elder brother was made to cry last night, which shows that this man is ruthless.

She shook her head, but she didn't always feel like it.If I really want to persecute my little elder brother, there is no need to do this at all, and it will be easier to succeed if it is done quietly.

She climbed down the ladder, her eyes swept over everyone one by one, no matter who this person was, she would definitely find it out!

"My lord, what is there on the tree?" Sister Shuang asked, she knew that Ma Guan would not climb up the tree for no reason.

"There are traces of being strangled by ropes on the branches, and the branches have also been broken. This shows that someone has tampered with the tree many times. What you call hell is actually very simple. You only need to take a rope and tie a piece of white cloth to float in the middle of the night. One turn, and this effect can be formed."

Ma Guan snorted softly: "Damn it? But someone deliberately pretended to be a ghost!"

"It turned out to be man-made? This is too abominable! Your lord, this person must be caught!" Yuan He was filled with righteous indignation, how could someone be so bad?

Shuhai and Xiao Chengzi also echoed: "We must be caught! The nobleman treats us well, and it's too much for someone to do such a thing!"

Qiao Yun scolded angrily: "Whoever did it, stand up for yourself. For the sake of getting along with each other, the nobleman may spare your life. Otherwise, if we find out, you will definitely not be lightly spared!"

The rest of the court ladies and eunuchs were all panicked and tried to defend themselves.

"It's not a slave, a slave will never do such a thing."

"Even if you give the slave ten courages, the slave wouldn't dare to do that."

"Whoever did it should stand up quickly, and I will be the first to not spare him who can do such a wicked thing."

However, after defending for a long time, no one came forward to admit that they planned to carry it to the end.

"Sister Shuang, Qiaoyun." Ma Guan suddenly called out their names.

"The servant is here." The two were startled, is the nobleman going to be serious?

Ma Quan said in a deep voice: "The pretender must still have the rope and the white cloth, and it's in the Yonghe Palace. Search for me, and don't let go of any place. You must search for the things!"

"Yes, nobleman." The two of them were shocked, and nobleman was really irritated.

The nobleman trusts them the most, otherwise she wouldn't just let them search.

"The rest of the people stand in the courtyard for me. Without my order, you are not allowed to leave the place for half a step, otherwise they will be treated as people who pretend to be gods and ghosts!" Ma Guan coldly glanced at all the eunuchs and maids, except Shuangjie and Qiaoyun. She doesn't trust anyone anymore.

Everyone was silent and could only stand in the yard obediently.

Sister Shuang and Qiaoyun worked separately, starting from the residences of the maids and eunuchs, including the clothes and quilts under the bedside and under the bed.

Ma Guan walked around the East and West Side Halls and the backyard, making sure that the doors were locked and that no one had ever entered or exited before giving up.Then I looked at the flower bed carefully again, the soil is often loosened by people, but I'm not sure if there are things buried under it.

When she checked the flower bed near the big tree, she suddenly found that a flower branch was broken and several petals had fallen off.Looking at the soil again, I saw half a footprint in the corner!

The footprints were very small, and they looked like they belonged to a woman.This made her more certain of her guess, that the pretender was a court lady!

Besides the wet nurse, there are only six court ladies beside her: Shuang Jie, Qiao Yun, Yuan He, and later Zhu Yun, Cai Wei and Xiang Xue.

The only ones she really trusts are Sister Shuang and Qiao Yun. After all, they have known her for many years, and they have been on duty with the Empress Dowager, so they have a trustworthy character.

And the last four are all suspects!

As for the wet nurse, she watches Yinzhen all day long and has no time for such things.

Furthermore, when the incident happened last night, the wet nurse was coaxing Yinzhen, it is impossible to appear in the backyard at the same time to scare people.At the same time, Yuan He can actually rule it out.

Who are the remaining three?

Sister Shuang and Qiao Yun rummaged all morning, but found nothing, both of them were exhausted.

"Your Excellency, I've searched everywhere, but nothing." Qiao Yun looked frustrated. Could it be that the nobleman guessed wrong?

Ma Quan asked, "Have you looked for my brother's and I's rooms?"

"I haven't looked for that before, how could the nobleman and the little elder brother do such a thing." Qiao Yun muttered, only thinking it was funny.

"By the way, we haven't looked for our room either." Sister Shuang was reminded by Ma Guanyi and thought of this matter.

"Don't you doubt that I can't do it?" Qiao Yun said unhappily.

"Just to be fair, don't gossip about others, let's go, let's look at each other's things." Sister Shuang dragged Qiao Yun into the room.

After a while, suddenly heard a scream, Ma Guan walked in quickly, and saw Qiao Yun holding a ball of white cloth, and a rope was tied to the white cloth.

In front of her is the cabinet where Sister Shuang puts her clothes.

The author has something to say: Sister Shuang is going to be in trouble...

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