Youth Tour

Chapter 14: The Cursed Village

Chengdu government office.

In the main hall, Tong Tang Qiu Mingzheng respectfully asked Zhan Zhao to sit down, and ordered his servants to watch tea.Zhan Zhao nodded slightly to Tang Qiuming, then sat down on the side seat, with Qin Huai standing behind him.Tang Qiuming hurriedly returned the gift and sat down at the head.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, and said to Tang Qiuming: "Master Tang, Zhan is here under the order of the Holy Majesty to investigate the disappearance of the successor prefect, Mr. Du."

Tang Qiuming sighed when he heard the words, and said: "This matter is really true, alas, Mr. Zhan, I will not hide it from you. Ever since Mr. Tian went west, strange things have happened in Chengdu Mansion. The successor Mr. Du entered Sichuan. In the Shu area, they sent people to inform the government office, and even if the officials sent people to greet them, who knows, who knows, before they arrived, Lord Du disappeared strangely. This happened in the territory of Chengdu, and the officials temporarily led the Chengdu government Duty, I'm afraid it's inevitable." After speaking, he sighed again and again.

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows and said, "Then Mr. Tang has investigated this matter?"

Tang Qiuming's face was full of helplessness: "The lower officials have also strictly investigated the guards and servants who escorted Mr. Du, but found nothing. According to the servants, they stayed at the post station in Qilipu. Mr. Du was not as usual that day. It's different, I went back to my room to rest after dinner. Unexpectedly, the next morning, when Mr. Du's long entourage went to serve Mr. Du to change clothes and eat, he found that there was no one in the room. At that time, the guards probably didn't turn over the inn. The bottom is upside down, but there is no sign of Mr. Du. The manager knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly notified the Chengdu government, but the officials investigated for the past few months, but still found nothing." After speaking, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip Tea, already full of sorrow.

Zhan Zhao also picked up the teacup casually, gently brushed the floating tea leaves with the tea lid, and said slowly, "Master Tang, don't worry, Zhan will find out about this situation and report it to the Holy One." He turned his eyes , and asked with a smile, "Just now I heard Mr. Tang say 'Chengdu Mansion is full of strange things'. I don't know what it means?"

Tang Qiuming was taken aback for a moment, then sighed again: "This matter, hey, it's really hard to describe in words."

"Master Tang, it's okay to say, Zhan is all ears." Zhan Zhao said, taking a sip of tea.

Tang Qiuming was silent for a while, leaned back slightly, leaned on the back of the chair, and said slowly: "About half a month ago, a strange thing happened in a small village under the jurisdiction of Chengdu Prefecture called Zhiyuan Village. Many young people in the village disappeared inexplicably one after another, and the young and middle-aged people in the village also went out to search together, but they either found nothing, or they never came back.

"After this incident happened, Lizheng of the village reported it to the government office. At that time, the subordinate officials were in a state of distress, so they sent a few policemen to investigate." Tang Qiuming paused for a moment, and his expression began to change. Turning pale, it seemed that there was infinite fear in his heart, and he unconsciously lowered his voice, "Who would have thought that when those arresters came back, they reported that this was a curse in the village, that it was caused by evil spirits, and that evil spirits took people away!

"The lower officials didn't believe it at all, but, within a few days, those arrests all fell into insanity, and died together in less than a day." Tang Qiuming picked up the teacup and drank it down, panting. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Once the news spread, it became more and more evil. It is said that there was a young man and a woman in this village who loved each other, but because of the incompatibility of horoscopes, the good things failed. The woman was betrothed by her family to the rich man in the city. Hu, that girl was really fierce. She didn't want to betray her sweetheart, so she threw herself into the well. Her sweetheart also threw herself into the well when she heard about it. After being rescued, she went mad and didn't recognize anyone. Half a year later, she entered the back mountain of the village alone. Never came back.

"Since then, that mountain has been regarded as ominous by the villagers, and the governor at that time also sealed it up." Tang Qiuming sighed and murmured, "I didn't expect the misfortune to happen many years later."

Zhan Zhao listened quietly, thoughtful.

Qin Huai, on the other hand, looked careless. Although she was standing straight, her eyes were rolling back and forth. Looking around the main hall, she pointed to a painting and suddenly said, "Master Tang, this painting is the painting of the deceased governor. What did your lord draw?" She was referring to a landscape painting, the mountain was hidden behind the misty mist, the smoke was lingering, and it had a fairy charm, and it said "March [-], Jisi Year" on the side of the painting. painted years ago.

Tang Qiuming raised his head, looked at the painting Qin Huai pointed to, and was stunned: "This painting, this painting seems to be a gift from a friend of Mr. Tian. Mr. Tian is not good at painting."

Qin Huai said "oh", and stopped talking, Zhan Zhao smiled apologetically at Tang Qiuming: "The arrests in the house don't know how to behave, and Master Tang will laugh at you."

"Where, where." Tang Qiuming shook his head hastily.

Zhan Zhao said: "Master Tang, Mr. Zhan has something else to ask. I wonder if Mr. Tang ever investigated when Mr. Tian died suddenly three months ago?"

"Investigation? This..." Tang Qiuming opened his eyes wide, as if extremely surprised, "Master Tian is so busy with his official duties that he is sick from overwork, why is this investigation? Could it be, could it be..."

Zhan Zhao smiled: "Zhan just thought it was too coincidental, so I asked this question."

Tang Qiuming nodded: "Yes, yes, I know about this matter. Actually, there is no investigation on this matter. At that time, the servants in the mansion saw that Mr. Tian was still not up after noon, so they knocked on the door. Knowing that no one responded, at that time he only thought that Mr. Tian had not rested last night, so he fell into a deep sleep, so he ignored it. Who knew that Mr. Tian had not gone out at night, and the servants felt that something was wrong. When they opened the door, Mr. Tian fainted On the ground. Please come to the doctor to have a look, it is already powerless."

Speaking of this, Tang Qiuming sighed, and said: "Master Tian has devoted himself to the point of overwork, and the subordinate officials admire him very much. It's a pity that heaven is jealous of talents. Such a parent and official who loves the people like a son has left us, isn't it, Isn’t it because God doesn’t have eyes?”

Zhan Zhao nodded and said: "Master Tian is really admirable." After finishing speaking, he got up: "Master Tang, Mr. Zhan has been bothering you for a long time, it's troublesome."

Tang Qiuming hurriedly said: "Don't dare, dare not. Since Mr. Zhan is here, why not rest in the mansion. I got news the day before yesterday. I believe that the governor will arrive tomorrow."

"Really? That's really great." Zhan Zhao laughed.

Chengdu Street.

Qin Huai strolled leisurely in the street, watching the people coming and going around him, his mind wandered for a long time.

Just now I asked my servants and found out that it was Doctor Fang from Qianjie who diagnosed Tian Fu Yin's death that day.Qin Huai explained the matter to Zhan Zhao and came to have a look.

However, Zhan Zhao had a strange expression at that time, and he didn't say he wanted to be with her, instead he hurried back to the house.

Qin Huai frowned, feeling strange in his heart, and regretted that he shouldn't have gotten angry at that time, and should have gone quietly to peek at what he was doing in the house.

Just as he was moaning and complaining about himself, he suddenly heard the urgent sound of horseshoes. A horse-drawn carriage was coming from the other side of the street like lightning.

Qin Huai was standing next to a wonton stall. Seeing the carriage gradually disappear into the billowing dust, he turned his head and asked the old wonton seller, "Whose carriage is this? Are you not afraid of bumping into people?"

The old man shook his head again and again: "Guest officer, you are a foreigner, so it's no wonder you say that. This is Dr. Fang, a genius doctor in our city. Dr. Fang is very skilled in medicine. My wife is coughing up blood. After taking a few doses of his medicine, he will be fine. But God." He looked up to see the direction the carriage was leaving, and murmured: "I don't know whose family has a disease, and Doctor Labor Fang hurried on like this."

Qin Huai also looked in that direction, and suddenly asked, "Is Zhiyuan Village going in that direction?"

The old man gave her a strange look, with a frightened look on his face, he nodded indiscriminately, packed up his things and hurriedly pushed the wonton stand and left.

Qin Huai stood for a while, then turned around and hurried towards the direction the carriage was leaving.

The author has something to say: I’m coming back~~ I’m covering my face, I haven’t written for a long time, and my hand gave birth o(╯□╰)o