Strange Records of Xijing

"Cousin was arrested?" Pei Huaiyu, who was at home, received the news, jumped up from the stool, grabbed the boy who came to report the letter and asked, "When was it arrested? Why was it arrested?"

I don't know if it was because of nervousness, the young man stammered: "Just now. I heard that he killed the grandson of Duke Niu, and he was bumped into by the deceased's servant. The man and the murder weapon were present together."

"How is it possible?" Pei Huaiyu didn't believe this, so he immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "What is the status of my cousin, a majestic Jinwu Guard, and a street envoy, would he be as knowledgeable as a dude?"

"I don't know about this little one," the servant shook his head and said, "I heard from that servant that the two of them seemed to be arguing over a man."

"A man?" Pei Huaiyu thought for a while, and couldn't help but shudder, "Do you know which man it is for?"

"This little one doesn't know either." The boy still shook his head, "I heard from the servant that it seemed that the Pei Street envoy approached Niu Chunhui. The two of them talked for a while in the room. Niu Chunhui's voice, by the time he rushed in, Niu Chunhui had already fallen into a pool of blood."

"Impossible!" Pei Huaiyu still didn't believe it. "There must be some misunderstanding here. My cousin is definitely not a person who will fight with others casually. Where is my cousin now?"

"When Niu Guogong received the bad news, he immediately went to Jing Zhaoyin. Today, Pei Street Envoy has been arrested by Jing Zhaoyin and put in prison."

Pei Huaiyu was so angry that he jumped up and down: "You didn't even ask, but you attacked Jinwuwei Street, Niu Guogong is really a big face!"

Another boy who was more clever reminded: "Master, this is not the time to talk about such things. Niu Chunhui is the only grandson of Niu Guogong, and Niu Guogong will never have a grandson in the future. Now that his grandson is dead, Niu Guogong can Are you not angry? Young Master Tang is now in deep prison and has offended Duke Niu, we have to find a way."

"You're right." Pei Huaiyu slapped his head, "I can't tell the priorities when I'm in a hurry. Let's go, let's go find Auntie. His Duke Niu is the Duke of the State, and my Auntie is still the princess!"

Princess Minglang was in the mansion today, and heard that Pei Jingxing actually killed Duke Niu's only precious grandson. At this time, he had already been captured by Jing Zhaoyin's leader. With a shake of his hand, half of a peony was lost.

She put down the scissors, was supported by the maid and sat back on the chair, and asked: "What's going on? Jing Xing doesn't seem like a child who will kill on impulse."

Pei Huaiyu only felt that he had found a bosom friend, so he approached Princess Minglang and said, "Isn't that right, I also heard what Amin said before I knew about it."

Amin was the boy who had previously informed Pei Huaiyu of Pei Jingxing's arrest and imprisonment.He came here with Pei Huaiyu, and now he is waiting outside the courtyard of Princess Minglang.With the permission of Princess Minglang, Amin entered the courtyard of Princess Minglang for the first time, stood outside the screen tremblingly, and repeated the incident again.

After hearing this, Princess Minglang lowered her head slightly, raised her left hand and brushed a strand of hair behind her ear, and said in a low voice, "I know Jing Xing well, it's impossible for him to be as knowledgeable as a dude like Niu Chunhui. In this way, don't worry, even if Niu Guogong is a first-class Duke, he can't cover the sky in Xijing. Jing Zhaoyin has no choice but to arrest him and put him in prison, and he will investigate the case impartially in the future."

"But we can't stand idly by!" Pei Huaiyu was so anxious that he jumped up again, "Mother, Niu Chunhui is dead, and Niu Guogong must hate his cousin to death. He might be playing tricks secretly, so we have to help him."

Princess Minglang scolded: "You child, how can I say that I don't care about it? It's just that we have to be more clever, so as not to be caught by Niu Guogong and take the opportunity to say that we are bullying others."

Only then did Pei Huaiyu calm down, and leaned over to please Princess Minglang: "Aniang, what do you think should be done?"

"It's not good for us to intervene directly. In this case, I will send a letter to the camp in the suburbs of Beijing, so that your father can come forward."

Pei Huaiyu nodded at first, and then asked in confusion: "But Aunt, didn't you say that it's not easy for us to come forward? If Dad comes forward, what if Niu Guogong and the others catch the handle?"

Princess Minglang stretched out a finger, flicked it on Pei Huaiyu's forehead, and blamed him: "We can't take action on this matter, it means we can't take action in private. Could it be that Mr. Niu used his status as Mr. Jingzhao to report to Jingzhao?" Yin puts pressure on us, should we learn from him? Your father is a general after all, with him, even if Niu Guogong bullies others and your cousin is in prison, Jing Zhaoyin must not dare to use lynching."

Pei Huaiyu couldn't hear Minglang County Master's call.Although he still doesn't quite understand why his mother would do this, but as long as his father comes forward, his cousin will not be tortured in prison before the truth of the case comes to light.

Princess Minglang looked at Pei Huaiyu, took a sip of tea, and said: "There is one more thing, you should not go out these days."

"How can I do that!" Pei Huaiyu was unhappy, "Now that my cousin is in jail, I will of course go to work for him to find out the case, arrest the real culprit, and restore my cousin's innocence!"

"Just you?" Princess Minglang scolded her son, not polite at all, "Then tell me, how do you want to investigate, and where do you start?"

Pei Huaiyu faltered for a while, then said, "Let's start from the room where Niu Chunhui died!"

"Then how do you plan to go? Do you want to talk to Niu Guogong, or Jing Zhaoyin? Do you think they will let you in so easily?"

Princess Minglang asked several questions in succession, leaving Pei Huaiyu speechless.

"There is always a way." Pei Huaiyu still did not give up, bowed her head for a long time, and suddenly thought of someone, said happily: "I can ask Daoist Su for help!"

"Su Daochang?" Princess Minglang thought for a while and asked, "Is that the Su Daochang who saved you in the melon field?"

"Exactly." Pei Huaiyu was triumphant, "It's not just about this matter, Daoist Su also helped when the 'half-faced ghost' made a big fuss in Xijing."

Princess Minglang raised her hand and pressed her head, and said: "This is a murder case, what can a Taoist priest do? In my opinion, you should stay in the mansion these days and don't go anywhere, so as not to cause more trouble."

"Aniang!" Pei Huaiyu struggled, "Aniang, I won't make trouble, I will definitely find the real culprit, and clear up my cousin's grievances!"

"Okay, don't be so obedient to me." Princess Minglang ordered the maid who followed behind her, "Order everything down, and the whole house will keep an eye on me, and the young master must not be allowed out of the house."

"Yes." The maid bowed her head to accept the order, and went down to deliver the order.

"Aniang!" Pei Huaiyu stamped her feet angrily, but Princess Minglang turned her head to read the book and ignored it.

After Pei Huaiyu left in a huff, Princess Minglang summoned another maid and said, "Find someone who is tight-lipped, and tell Jing Zhaoyin and me, and let him never make things difficult for Pei Jingxing."

The maid was taken aback for a moment, but she didn't say anything, she just took orders and went down without mentioning it.

As for Pei Huaiyu, he returned to his courtyard full of anger, drank three cups of tea in a row, managed to relieve half of his anger, and sat down to mutter.

"Amin!" Pei Huaiyu yelled, and Amin who was outside hurried in.

"Let me ask you, is Niu Chunhui the cousin looking for?"

A Min nodded and said, "That's what I heard, that's right."

Pei Huaiyu didn't believe it: "That's fine, what is my cousin doing with that scum?"

He rolled his eyes, and then ordered: "Go, go to the Nei Yamen to find out if anyone has visited your cousin in the past two days, especially pay attention to whether there is anyone related to Niu Chunhui."

Amin took the order, but asked again: "But, there are Jinwu guards on the side of the inner office, will they tell us so easily?"

Pei Huaiyu was not afraid: "My cousin is the envoy of the Jinwu Guard, and he usually has a high prestige in the Jinwu Guard. I don't believe that my cousin was framed this time, and they all turned a blind eye. You can ask quietly, don't make a big show, you know Is it?"

Amin nodded and said, "Yes."

While Pei Huaiyu was trying to clear up Pei Jingxing's grievances, Su Yan, who didn't know it yet, was still at Shen's house, trying to get rid of the evil spirits on Shen Hongying's body.

When he saw that the talisman had not been close to Shen Hongying's body, it ignited without fire, turning into a pile of black ash and scattered on the ground, Shen Fanghe asked disappointedly: "Su Daochang, is it still not possible?"

Su Yan shook his head and said: "No, Miss Shen and the ghost baby are too deeply bonded. Only by finding the ghost baby can the master-servant relationship be broken."

Mrs. Shen heard the words and said angrily: "How come master and servant? My Hong'er is a lady of a rich family, how can she become master and servant with that ghost baby?"

Su Yan was neither annoyed nor angry, and asked calmly: "The ghost baby should be when at Shangguan Yun's house, Wan Daoist attracted a ghost from the underworld, put the ghost into Miss Shen's stomach, and was given by someone else. Conceived in the flesh. This kind of ghost baby absorbs the three souls and seven souls of the mother, which is more terrifying than ordinary little ghosts."

"Why didn't you say it at the beginning?" Mrs. Shen scolded after hearing this, "You Taoist priest, if you didn't say it at the beginning, did you figure out that there would be such a day, so that you can use it?"

When Shen Fanghe heard his wife speak like this, he was afraid that Su Yan would walk away in a fit of anger. At that time, the husband and wife would really be in trouble every day, and the world should not respond.

He hurriedly held down his wife, and smiled at Su Yan: "Su Daochang, my wife is eager to love her daughter, so she speaks out of words, please don't take it to heart, Daoist Su."

Su Yan looked coldly at the couple who seemed to be ten years old in just one year, and did not express his opinion, but said directly: "Finding that ghost baby will not only cut off the connection between Miss Shen and the ghost baby, If it goes well, Miss Shen's lost soul can be recovered and her sanity can be restored."

Both Shen Fanghe and Mrs. Shen were taken aback, and the latter even wiped away the tears on his face, choked up and asked, "Is what Daoist Su said true?"

Su Yan told the truth: "I'm only [-]% sure. At that time, only a part of Miss Shen's soul was left. I originally thought that the rest of the soul was because I had been away from the body for too long, and I couldn't find the way to the underworld. Slowly scattered between heaven and earth. But judging from the current situation, the fetus that Miss Shen was pregnant with was not conceived naturally, but Wan Daoshi sealed a wisp of Huang Quan's soul into it. Those souls that Miss Shen lost, it is very likely On the ghost baby. If the ghost baby is found, there is hope for those souls of Miss Shen to return."

After hearing this, Mrs. Shen was overjoyed, and bowed her knees to apologize to Su Yan: "Su Daochang, I was too excited just now, and I lost my mind for a while, so I said those words. Please also ask Mr. Su Daochang to give a lot of help. , don't compare yourself with women like me."

Su Yan was noncommittal, but said: "To find the baby ghost, we still need Miss Shen's help."

Mrs. Shen hurriedly asked, "How can I help?"

Shen Fanghe had faintly sensed Su Yan's approach, and asked, "Daozhang Su, is this harmful to Hong'er?"

"It's too dangerous." Su Yan shook his head and said, "She is now the puppet of the ghost baby. Although the ghost baby is powerful, it has a great weakness. Without the help of the puppet, the ghost baby can't move a single step. Now the ghost baby has only her A physical puppet will definitely not hurt her easily."

Only then did Shen Fanghe feel relieved, and asked again: "Daozhang Su, can we wait until after dark?"

Mrs. Shen was puzzled, and blamed her husband: "What time is it, are you still waiting for dark? Hurry up and find the ghost baby, kill the troublesome child, and snatch Hong'er's soul back."

Shen Fanghe was so tired of his unresponsive mother-in-law at the moment, he frowned and said: "The ghost baby is desperately calling for Hong'er, do you want everyone in Xijing to see Hong'er walking on the street like this?" superior?"

Mrs. Shen was startled, and looked at Su Yan: "Daozhang Su, do you want Hong'er to try herself?"

Su Yan still told the truth: "Except for Miss Shen, no one else knows where the ghost baby is, but the ghost baby must be in danger, so he desperately summoned Miss Shen. If the ghost baby is not found as soon as possible, once the ghost baby is transferred to Going further away, or being killed, the induction between Miss Shen and the ghost baby will be cut off, and those souls of Miss Shen will no longer be reset.

"Then, you need to find it quickly." Mrs. Shen said anxiously after hearing this, "Don't worry about day and night, just find it quickly."

Shen Fanghe frowned: "No, in broad daylight, with Hong'er's appearance, walking on the street will inevitably attract criticism. If the person who caught the ghost baby finds out, it will be a shock, and the loss outweighs the gain. "

Su Yan also agreed with Shen Fanghe's words: "Looking at the current situation, it is indeed better to act at night."

"Then, let's go tonight." Mrs. Shen was flustered in her heart, looking at Su Yan with a little expectation, "Su Daochang, the person who stole the ghost baby will never take the ghost baby away now." Farther away?"

Su Yan wanted to shake his head, but seeing Mrs. Shen's desperate appearance and the only starlight in her eyes, she finally nodded and said insincerely, "No."

The author has something to say: Thank you Miss Jiang Chu for mine=3=

After I came back, I fell down with a cold and a fever, and now I am struggling to get up to update the text, I am late, I hope everyone can understand QAQ

After that, the daily update will be resumed, and if there is time in these two weeks, I will add an update, thank you everyone