Strange Records of Xijing

"Dead?" Pei Jingxing and Su Yan who received the news were very surprised, "How did you die?"

The boy who came to pass the message shook his head: "I don't know, those two people from the Li family have been crying outside, as if we have harmed their young lady. I was afraid that someone passing by would misunderstand, so I dragged them into the small room guarding the door. I went, and I’m still crying there.”

Pei Jingxing and Su Yan suddenly couldn't figure it out.When I met the third lady of the Li family that day, she didn't have any evil spirit left on her body, but now she died inexplicably in just ten days!

Since Pei and Su went to the Li Mansion ten days ago, but they didn't even see the third lady of the Li family, the Li family sent Steward Sun several times to invite Su Yan to the door, but they were all blocked. Can't even see anyone.

The Li family can be regarded as a new family in Xijing. Ever since Liming's father started to make a fortune as the head of the family, he is now in the limelight in Xijing. One of the two sons is married to a century-old family who is faintly declining, and the other is married to the same family. The upstarts in Xijing, Liming and his wife now have only one young daughter who has not yet married. I heard that there are several families in Xijing who intend to marry the Li family.

Li Ming and his wife loved their little daughter very much, besides Su Yan, they also invited several other Taoist priests to exorcise their daughter.Now that the people are dead, Li Ming, in a fit of rage, vents his anger on these unlucky Taoist priests.

When Su Yan and Pei Jingxing arrived at Li Mansion, they happened to see a young man throwing hot tea on the table at one of the Taoist priests.

The Taoist priests who can be invited by Liming are definitely not ordinary people in Xijing.Everyone at the scene felt a flash in front of their eyes, and the figure of the Taoist flashed suddenly, and the hot tea thrown over was empty, and the teacup fell to the ground, and several fragments kept rolling on the ground, until they hit the threshold before stopping down.

Steward Sun stood at the door, bowed to Li Ming inside and said, "Master, Young Master Pei and Daoist Su have arrived."

The flesh on Li Ming's cheeks moved twice, and he took a deep breath: "Please come in, both of you."

"Yes."

"Daozhang Su, you came just in time." Li Ming turned to Su Yan, with a sad face, and said, "I think you two have already heard what Manager Sun said."

Su Yan nodded: "Li Shilang's mourning has changed."

"How does this tell me to mourn and change?" Li Ming said with a murderous intent, "This group of useless Taoist priests all said that my daughter is fine, but she just...just..."

At the end, Li Ming was so choked up that he could barely speak.

At this time, the young man who had just smashed the teacup suddenly said, "Father, sit down and rest first, I will talk to Daoist Su."

Before he could explain the ins and outs of the matter clearly, the Taoist priest who was almost splashed with hot tea just now angrily opened his mouth to defend himself: "Li Shilang, I, Master Xie Wei, was a Taoist priest from Taixuanguan Zhou Yuzhou, and I have followed my master since I was ten years old. Catching demons and exorcising evil spirits for people. Among other things, whether there are evil spirits around Ling'ai, I will not be fooled by this point."

As soon as Xie Wei finished speaking, several other Taoist priests who had been saw-mouth gourds for a long time spoke up one after another to support this fellow Taoist who was even more unlucky than himself.

"Nonsense!" The young man, Li Ming's second son, named Zhong Sheng, still didn't believe it. He widened his eyes and glared at everyone, "If my little sister is not infested by evil spirits, why does she go to bed every few days?" He would suddenly dance non-stop, and even lost his life for no reason today!"

Xie Wei, who was the first to speak, asked back: "Then I have to ask Li Shilang. Since Li Shilang invited me to look after your daughter, why did he just let me take a quick look at the room every time, and then sent me away?" Is it? Anyway, as far as I can see, there is nothing evil in Ling'ai's yard, but there is a faint refreshing fairy air."

"Immortal energy?" Li Zhongsheng laughed back in anger, "I don't know, which way the immortals are not to protect people, but to harm an innocent weak woman! Daoist Xie, what do you think?"

Xie Wei spread his hands innocently: "If the gods can bless everyone, why should we cultivate?"

Li Zhongsheng slapped the table heavily: "Xie Wei, if it weren't for your incompetence, why would my daughter die today!"

Xie Wei sneered: "Li Shilang, don't take your officialdom to play with me. I still say that there is no evil spirit in Ling'ai's yard. I only saw Ling'ai's side. She Although her face is pale, there are no ghosts on her body. Her death has nothing to do with ghosts."

Li Zhongsheng was extremely angry and was about to lose his temper when Li Ming waved his hands and said, "Don't talk yet. Daoist Su is here, let's listen to what Daoist Su said first."

The blame turned to Su Yan inexplicably.Facing Liming's anger, Su Yan still told the truth: "I only saw your daughter once on the outing. At that time, she had no evil spirit on her body."

Li Ming frowned and expressed his doubts: "But I heard from the maid next to the little girl that it was Daoist Su's talisman paper that made the little girl stop."

This is also true.

Su Yan repeated: "But Lingmei does not have any evil aura on her body."

Li Ming asked again: "Is Daoist Su sure? It has been more than ten days, could it be that Daoist Su made a mistake? The talisman was indeed used incorrectly."

Su Yan thought about it carefully, but still shook his head: "I really didn't notice any evil aura at that time."

"Daozhang Su think about it more carefully," Li Ming said earnestly, "Little sister died for no apparent reason, our family can't just let this matter pass by."

"Li Shilang's words are wrong," Pei Jingxing said coldly, unceremoniously exposing Li Zhongsheng's little trick, "I was by Su Yan's side at the time, and Su Yan told me afterwards that there was nothing evil about Ling Ai. breath. Su Yan remembers correctly, why does Li Shilang insist on this point?"

This is actually an unreputable method used by the Jinwu Guard to interrogate prisoners. By asking the same thing repeatedly, the other party will subconsciously feel that he has indeed made a mistake, and unknowingly follow the direction of the interrogator, and finally say Give the answer the speaker wants.

Li Ming didn't feel embarrassed, and said openly: "Since Mr. Pei is the witness, then I can rest assured."

In terms of thoughtfulness and shame, Li Zhongsheng was a step ahead of his father and boss.

Seeing Su Yan standing on his side, Xie Wei didn't show it on his face, but his eyes showed his improved mood at this time.As soon as he was in a good mood, his tone of voice also improved: "It's useless to entangle here. If you want me to say, let's go to Ling'ai's yard and take a closer look, especially the place where Ling'ai often walks around on weekdays. , maybe we can find some clues.”

Li Ming showed distress: "It's not that I don't want to invite a few Taoist priests to go, it's just that my wife is overwhelmed with grief because of the sudden death of my daughter, and now I'm guarding my daughter's side, not letting anyone get close. What's more, several Taoist priests Identity, if my wife sees you, I'm afraid..."

Li Ming didn't say the whole thing, but everyone present understood what he meant.

When it comes to catching monsters and expelling ghosts, Pei Jingxing is not as good as these Taoist priests; but when it comes to tracking down the real culprit, Pei Jingxing, who has been a Jinwu guard for four years, is the most experienced one present.

"I remember that you have a maid named Wan Zhu who was with Ling Ai on the outing day, and today she and Steward Sun came to report the letter together."

Li Ming's eyes brightened: "That's right, there is indeed such a person. Why, Mr. Pei suspects her?"

Pei Jingxing shook his head and said, "I just suspect that she wasn't telling the truth."

After hearing this, Li Zhongsheng stood up abruptly: "Drag that bitch in!"

Li Zhongsheng said he was dragged in, but it was true that two people dragged him in backwards by the arms.

Ban Zhu was thrown to the ground heavily, she didn't care about the pain in her head and back, she struggled to get up from the ground, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to Li Ming repeatedly, begging for mercy: "Master, please forgive me, please forgive me, please forgive me, please."

Hearing what Wan Zhu said, Li Zhongsheng was even more convinced that this maid killed his only sister, so he stepped forward and kicked Wan Zhu, cursing continuously: "Bitch, you are the one who killed her." My sister, isn't it!"

"No, no." Wan Zhu cried and defended herself while enduring Li Zhongsheng's beating, "It's really not me. Second Young Master, it's really not me!"

"Who else could it be if it's not you?" Li Zhongsheng was tired, and spat on Wanzhu, and then let her go temporarily.

"Yes...it's a monster," Ban Zhu lowered her head, and her muffled voice reached everyone's ears, "it's a monster. The lady said it herself, she...she was in a dream, yes, yes, the lady told me , she dreamed of a snake demon in her dream, and that snake demon was entangled with her, and then... just..."

Both Li Ming and Li Zhongsheng's expressions changed.At this time, Li Ming finally lost his temper, and shouted angrily: "Presumptuous! If my concubine really dreamed of a monster, why did she only tell you and not us?"

"This... this..." Wan Zhu's face was covered with cold sweat, "Maybe Miss is too embarrassed to tell Master and Madam, after all, this dream is too..."

Pei Jingxing made a gesture, signaling Li Ming and Li Zhongsheng not to speak yet.He himself walked up to Wan Zhu, and asked condescendingly: "Wan Zhu, apart from mentioning this to you, has your lady told anyone else?"

Ban Zhu shook her head: "No, I have been serving the young lady since I was a child, and among all the maids, the young lady is the closest to me. This dream is too embarrassing, so the young lady only told me about it."

"You have been serving the young lady since you were a child, so are you jealous of your young lady, that she was born in a wealthy family, and she was born in a rich family, and she was surrounded by rich clothes and jade food, while you are just a little maid, serving people's lives all your life?"

"No!" Wan Zhu raised her head and argued for herself hastily, "I never thought about it that way. Miss is very kind to me, usually I don't have to do any heavy work, I just need to chat with her to relieve my boredom."

Pei Jingxing said loudly: "So, you are a loyal servant."

Wan Zhu was overjoyed, and nodded again and again: "Yes, Young Master Pei is right. The lady treats me so well, how could I harm the lady?"

Pei Jingxing changed his words, and asked loudly: "In this case, why did you tell your young lady's secret!"

Wan Zhu was taken aback, and said without thinking: "No, miss, she..."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Wan Zhu realized that he had said the wrong thing, quickly shut his mouth tightly, lowered his head, and never dared to look up at Pei Jingxing, let alone say a word.

She was trembling all over, and the legs supporting her body were almost completely limp.Facing Pei Jingxing, Wan Zhu was like a rabbit who had the misfortune to encounter a tiger - before Pei Jingxing could make a move, she was scared out of her wits.

"Ten days ago, Steward Sun invited me and Su Yan to come over. We had already entered the Li Mansion, but you suddenly appeared, saying that your lady is fine and we don't need to see it, and you also brought us a box of gems. "Speaking of this, Pei Jingxing turned to Liming, "Li Shilang, do you still remember this incident?"

Li Ming nodded and said: "That's right. The little girl was fine at the time, but my wife and I were worried. I wanted to ask Daoist Su to check the Feng Shui for my house, but..."

Speaking of this, Li Ming seemed to think of something, and froze in place for a while.

Pei Jingxing added for him: "However, Ling'ai insisted on not letting go."

Li Ming was shocked: "How did Mr. Pei know?"

Pei Jingxing did not answer directly, but turned his head to look at Wan Zhu who was completely limp on the ground: "Now that things have happened, you still haven't told the truth and let your young lady die inexplicably?"