The only honor of the water cut off

Section No.19

When the wind blows, Qiong Zhi sways and the water ripples.

The little servant looked for the young master to have dinner, walked to his own young master's yard, and silently said a blessing from the Bodhisattva in his heart.

Once the thin light on the porch was extinguished, a strange blue-purple was left behind.The yard is surprisingly quiet, it seems that even the bugs have fallen asleep together, the layers of branches interweave a deep net, there is a soft sound of water, "ta, da, da" without any rush , the more you walked in, the clearer it became, the young servant shivered.

The young master's room is at the end of the corridor, and it's pitch black. I think the drunk man must be asleep, and I'm afraid that if he wakes him up, he will have another good beating, and his heart will be miserable.

Listening attentively, I could only feel the sound of wind whipping cloth somewhere, my heart skipped a beat, and my neck felt cold: Is there anyone else in this yard?

He stood up tremblingly, as if he had a pair of eyes staring at him from a distance, he wanted to look for the sound, but he didn't dare.

Slowly looking sideways, there was a pitch-black tree shadow, I couldn't see clearly, but I would rather believe that the sound was just an illusion, the little servant stroked his chest, but watched helplessly behind the young master's room, a white shadow suddenly floated out, perched on the The branch is tied with a long white stalk at the back, it doesn't go up or down, and it disappears in an instant.

The little servant's body froze immediately, and a terrifying word rose in his heart: Ghost?

Stepped on the ground, rolled down the steps, and kept screaming, startled the birds, and also disturbed the entire Sang family. At that time, the small courtyard was brightly lit now, and the servants were all whispering in fear. Gongsun Ce and his party were rewarded. Arriving in a hurry, walking on the road, seeing someone helping Li Die out, she still called out sadly: "My child, my child, what's wrong with you?" He smiled slightly and said: "The mistress is too sad, please forgive me if you are rude!"

Gongsun Ce took a closer look, who else could this person be if he played the piano and scolded him just now?

"Mr. is serious."

"Lord Gongsun, give my young master justice and catch the murderer!"

"May I ask you, sir?" He asked Sang Yili to be the young master

"My lord, don't call me Mr. Xia Ding Chou. I'm just a member of the Mistress's embroidery family."

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After entering the small courtyard, I saw Yuan De and several strong servants.

The solid wooden door was knocked open, and one of the two severed bolts lay on the ground, and the other flew far away, obviously it took a lot of effort.

Impressively, a white silk several feet long was facing the room, crossing the room, it seemed to enter through the pane of the east window, and pass out through the slit of the west window, taking away a person's life along the way.

That's right, the white silk was indeed wrapped around Sang Yili's neck. He was leaning naked on the edge of the tub, and the tub fell to the ground. The sound of dripping water.

Gongsun Ce put on his gloves and turned Sang Yili's body over. His eyes were bulging, his lips were wide open, and his face was full of horror, despair and inconceivability, as if he had been frightened a lot.And the white silk was only wrapped around his neck a few times, without leaving the slightest trace of being strangled on his neck, but his hand was tightly grasping the white silk, and because he couldn't help pulling it, his tiger's mouth burst open, dripping with blood. There was also a bruise on the neck.

"It's been two hours since he died, his eyelids are bleeding, and his lips are cyanotic." Gongsun Ce glanced at Bao Zheng habitually, and said his conclusion: "It seems that he died of suffocation."

Bao Zheng's dark face showed rare concentration, he nodded seriously to Gongsun Ce: "Oh!"

It's just 'oh', after all, he is not the same Bao Zheng from before, Gongsun Ce sighed secretly, why did he encounter such a bizarre homicide case again.

Zhan Zhao stepped forward, puzzled, "Brother Gongsun, you mean that Bai Bu strangled him to death?"

"I didn't say that." Gongsun Ce turned the body over, except for a few scratches on the back of the body, where eye-catching bruises had formed, there were no other injuries. Gongsun Ce pulled his fingers away to take a closer look, but Bao Zheng shouted Said: "Look, there are footprints here!"

Gongsun Ce followed his fingers to look, and sure enough, he could see a few messy footprints on the slightly dry ground under the east window.

Yuan De said: "This...the footprints are here."

"You said these footprints belonged to you?" Bao Zheng opened his eyes wide, pretending to be mysterious: "Then you may be the murderer?"

"Ah?" Yuan De didn't realize it for a while, and after he digested it, that rare good-natured face showed anger, and shouted: "Why did Mr. Bao say that?? As a parent, I can't even investigate the scene?"

Gongsun Ce secretly tugged on Bao Zheng's sleeve, pulled him behind him, and said, "Lord Yuan, Bao Zheng didn't mean to offend, he was just making assumptions, based on many clues to make corresponding assumptions, and then rule them out one by one, we used to do this The method to solve the case." Continuing, he asked sternly: "Master Yuan was the first to arrive at the scene, did you find anything?"

Yuan De seemed to be still in the lingering anger, and replied bluntly: "If something happened in the mansion, the servants would be the first to report it to me, but even though I was the first to arrive at the scene, I also knew to keep the murder case as it is now." According to the principle, Master Gongsun will see what he looks like."

"The door and the east and west windows are locked from the inside." Gongsun Ce frowned and said, "In this way, this is another secret room."

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The little servant found the thickest quilt and wrapped himself tightly, shivering, regardless of whether it was hot or not, or even outside his quilt, the helpless Lord Zhizhou, no matter what Yuan De called him, he just wouldn't come out, Keep shouting: "Ghost, it's a ghost, the ghost of Yege Forest finally came out of the forest to suck people's souls!"

Yuan De gritted his teeth bitterly, his position in the Sang Mansion was clearly exposed in front of this clear-eyed judge, he felt ashamed, and shouted: "What kind of ghost is it? Where did it come from in this world?" Ghost, come out and talk to me properly!"

Called the strong man to bring him out, but Gongsun Ce said: "Master Yuan, don't do this, he is just a child, wait for him to calm down and calm down."

"For Lord Gongsun's sake, I'll let you go today!" Turning to Gongsun Ce, he said, "The girl who saw Yili last is waiting in the front hall, Lord Gongsun, will you go with me?"

Gongsun Ce nodded with a smile, made a gesture of invitation, walked on the road, and asked: "Just now, from what the servant said, it seems that this so-called ghost has killed other people?"

"Isn't that true? The original name of the Yege Forest is the valley, which means that the four seasons are dark and gloomy. It is also said to be unfathomable. There are even rumors that there are treasures from the previous dynasty buried in the depths of this valley, which has attracted some bold people to form a gang. I searched for it, but in the end I went to hunt for treasure, but no one came back.”

"Oh?" Gongsun Ce suddenly remembered that there were indeed several old disappearance cases in the files.

"And this "ghost" theory was spread by people who soaked in the hot springs in the other courtyard of the hot spring. They said that they heard singing and saw white shadows flickering. The ghost is overwhelmed."

"So that's how it is." Gongsun Ce paused and said, "Why didn't the government go find these missing people?"

Yuan De glanced at him, with a strange expression on his face: "No one knows how big and deep the Yege Forest is, and the state capital has so little manpower, besides..."

"Master Yuan has something to say, you might as well say it directly."

"And Jinchun told me in private that she was hit by a white shadow who pushed her chest and hit her forehead."

"Ah? Then why didn't Madam tell her face to face?"

"She wishfully thought that it was the spirit of the old man, and now she still wants to see her again."

If that person heard such a story, would he laugh and say: Interesting, really interesting.

Gongsun Ce said in a daze, "That day... we were in the hot spring courtyard, and we also saw that white shadow singing like a sigh."

Yuan De seemed to tremble, his face turned pale: "I haven't believed in the ghosts and gods for half my life, but now...I...hey."

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The little girl wanted to lower her head into the soil, probably because she was afraid of the two officials sitting in the hall, and she couldn't speak clearly: "Young master... came back at noon today, give the old lady's... The scented water for bathing is gone."

"Don't be afraid, it's fine." Gongsun Ce said softly, "When the young master came back, did he drink?"

"Yes, there is a lot of alcohol, and walking is not stable." The little girl raised her head slightly, then lowered her head hurriedly: "Later, the servant brought the water, and I didn't see the young master again."

Gongsun Ce let out an 'oh', and there seemed to be no clues to follow. Seeing the girl with white gauze wrapped around her arms, he asked, "What's wrong with your hands?"

The girl's heart felt hot, and she hurriedly shrank her arms: "No...no...I got scalded while carrying water at noon."

Gongsun Ce felt pity in his heart, and said, "Follow me to Beiyuan, and I will apply the medicine with you."

Thinking about when that girl was sold into the Sang Mansion since she was a child, when someone treated her like this, she couldn't help suspecting that the person in front of her with such an orchid temperament and exquisite elegance was probably a god in the sky.

The girl's arm was half held by Gongsun Ce, it was indescribably cool and comfortable, but why his hand was so cold, she couldn't help but look up at him, and heard him say: "I scalded a big piece of skin, please pay attention in the future. "

"It's the young master..." The girl curled her lips to look at him aggrievedly, and Gongsun Ce noticed a slap mark on her face, and frowned, "He burned you?"

The girl cried aggrievedly: "The young master slapped me, and the spring water just poured into my hands. Thanks to the lady who came out to help me, I was able to escape."

"These small blisters must not be broken, or they will leave scars." Gongsun Ce smiled at her, and asked casually, "Does the old lady usually take a bath at noon?"

"The old lady fasts twice a month and only takes a bath at noon."

Gongsun Ce nodded, and said again: "Is there no one to take care of your young master's bath?"

The girl pursed her lips and said: "The young master hits people at every turn, not to mention the young master is very drunk, if he doesn't call, Madam doesn't mention it, no one will provoke him."

If that's the case, normally he wouldn't dare to say anything, but in front of Gongsun Ce, he slipped out so easily.

"When you left, was Miss still there?"

The girl nodded seriously.

Gongsun Ce's eyes narrowed, and he lightly smeared the medicine on the girl's thin arms: So, it was Sang Jinchun who saw Sang Yili last?

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After the little girl left, a few people sat down, and Zhan Zhao first asked, "Brother Gongsun, if he wasn't suffocated by Bai Ling, how did he die? Could it be that he drowned?"

Gongsun Ce shook his head and said: "He obviously overturned the tub while struggling. How can he say he was drowned? Apart from splashing water all over the floor, there were no other traces of fighting in the house. How did the murderer kill? The next secret room?"

How did Sang Yili die?

Gongsun Ce was puzzled, seeing that Bao Zheng had been sullen and silent when he came out of Sang Yili's room, he asked, "Bao Zheng, why have you been silent?"

Bao Zheng covered his mouth, rolled his eyes, looked around vigilantly, and shook his head at him.

Gongsun Ce approached strangely and looked at him: "What's wrong with you?" He touched his forehead with his hand, it wasn't hot at all.

Bao Zheng suddenly shouted: "I don't want to talk, otherwise, the kid will come to me at night!"

Gongsun Ce got angry: "Where did the ghost come from! You are the only one who is ghosting all day long!"

Bao Zheng argued unconvinced: "Who said that, Mr. Yuan also said that there are ghosts just now."

"Master Yuan is just expressing his emotions. The duty of the imperial court order is to catch the murderer. How can we put the responsibility on the ghosts!"

Having said that, Sang Yili's death in the bustling city of Qinzhou was undoubtedly a stone thrown into a boiling pot. On the second day, there were various theories in restaurants, teahouses, and Zhangtai Chuguan.

Seeing an old man on the stage, holding an allegro in his hand, he sang with a bang:

"In the Haohao mountain forest, a ferocious ghost came out of the box. Only one master Sang left, and then another young master Sang, five feet of white silk, came in through the window, lightly, slowly, passing by with strength, don't cover you, don't hold you You, just break your liver and gall, and take your soul, whether you are unwilling or struggling, follow me quickly to the road to hell."

Gongsun Ce sighed when he heard the words, if the case is not solved, the hearts of the people will not be at ease.

Last night, I tossed and turned, my thoughts were chaotic: Bai Ling, death, suffocation, bathtub, water, things that could be connected together, but were cut off by something that couldn't be done; ghost?This distant and approaching noun, I have seen its shadow with my own eyes, is it really a ghost?Or are people pretending to be gods and tricks?Who is pretending to be a ghost again, and what is the purpose; Pang Tong, on the third day of disappearance, will he really leave like this?What is his purpose here.Suddenly sadness welled up in my heart, my body felt chills, and I wrapped myself in a quilt.

Or, being a ghost is also free and easy, without a trace, and being at peace with the situation, there are not so many musts and can'ts, just listen to your own heart.

I don't know when I fell asleep in a daze, and my hands and feet were very cold when I woke up in the morning. I obviously took medicine, how could this happen?

This cold syndrome is probably much more serious than what he and Mrs. Bao thought, and I didn't mention it to others because I didn't know what use it would be.

He went to the pharmacy to grab the medicine, added a lot of doses, walked back and felt thirsty, so he randomly walked to a small tea shop, the shop was small and tidy, and the shop owner was the only one who came to pour tea with him.

That old man is a meddlesome man, looking at Gongsun Ce's gentle appearance, he stroked his white beard, and said: "This young man, born by face, is an outsider, right?"

When Gongsun Ce arrived for the first time, he was busy for a few days and rarely showed up outside. He didn't want to say much, so he nodded along.

"Then you have to be careful, don't go to the Nightsong Forest, oh, you don't know that the Nightsong Forest is the forest behind the largest Nasang's house, there are ghosts in it!"

Gongsun Ce frowned, and replied habitually, "Where did the ghost come from?"

Unexpectedly, the old man slapped the table and said: "Hey! You still don't believe it, that ghost has to eat people's souls to live, and one of the Sang family died! In the past, that ghost was just a person who harmed the forest. No one dared to enter the moon, so He came out to harm people."

Gongsun Ce frowned, and said, "What does the old man mean? 'He' will harm others?"

The old man stroked his beard: "I think it will be from the Sang family."

Gongsun Ce was surprised: "How can you see that?"

"Young people don't know that there are treasures in the Nightsong Forest. Except for one person, none of the people who went in to hunt for the treasure came out alive."

"Except for one person?"

The old man smiled mysteriously: "Not many people know about this matter, so come and listen to it." He said quietly: "The old man of the Sang family also went to the forest to find treasures! But he came out alive and had a grudge against this ghost." , I want to find him bad luck!"

Gongsun Ce couldn't help but think of what Yuan De said last night, he frowned slightly, and felt that what the people said might not be without extra fuel.

The old man said again: "But I think that ghost is looking for bad luck, and it should be Miss Sang."

"And how do you say that?"

"You don't know, hehehehe." The old man stroked his beard triumphantly, and said, "Master Sang has only Miss Sang's own flesh and blood, and it hurts so much. The son-in-law he recruited is our official master! Master Sang is marrying a new During the time of Mrs. Li, she was adopted from the Li family and came to the Sang family."

This small family has complicated relationships, so Gongsun Ce put the teacup away and said, "Old man, this doesn't make any sense, if it's really like what you said, it's a ghost looking for bad luck, just take Master Sang and go there. "

The old man suddenly stared at Gongsun Ce, then slapped the table again, and said, "Do you know that he is dead, and you don't understand?"

"Don't understand?" Gongsun Ce rolled his eyes. When he first arrived, Master Sang was going to attend the funeral, but he didn't ask him how he died.

"It is said that he broke his throat and died. I have seen Master Sang. He is a brawny man! He has martial arts all over his body, and he will do it during morning exercises... Do you believe it?"

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When Gongsun Ce left, he left a few extra coins and said, "Old man is really well-read, and he will come to ask for advice when he has any doubts."

The old man happily took the money, and said: "It's nothing, it's nothing, just come and ask!" There is a daughter who works as an errand in the Sang Mansion, it's really good!

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