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Chapter 350 The Cursed Story

But the burly young man was very courageous, he asked Bai Ju, "Can you tell me in detail."

Bai Ju's face turned even paler, she kept shaking her head, and said, "You two gentlemen, you are really evil, don't ask me any more."

Even if it's evil, it's still in broad daylight. Could it be that you can't even talk? : "Two gentlemen, did you have a good time today?"

"Okay."

"It's okay, the two gentlemen will make it easy. After the banquet in the evening, all the young girls will come back. At that time, the two gentlemen can choose two girls they like to serve."

But the burly young man said: "There is no need to change, the two young ladies Bai Ju and Bai Ting are very considerate in their service."

Hearing that the little white chrysanthemum blushed, she was very thoughtful, and even if she didn't complete a dance, she took it out of his pocket.

"That's good, that's good," she said, pointing to the four maids behind her and said, "These four are Qiuxiang, Qiushuang, Qiulan, and Qiugui, and they are all clever girls. The old slave asked them to serve the two Sir."

These two young people brought a dozen people with them alone, but they were just served by two fans, which was a little neglectful.But this requires the permission of the guests, and even some guests are so wicked that they just enter the courtyard to enjoy the atmosphere, and they don't call out a fan. The old bustard really met such a master once.

The burly young man looked at the four little girls. They were not very old, and they were wearing thin silk skirts. Although they were not the same in appearance, because they were fifteen or sixteen years old, they exuded a youthful and healthy atmosphere.He nodded.

The old procuress heaved a sigh of relief, although these few did not cover the courtyard in Qiu Fei Bai Yuzhong, but they exuded that kind of noble smell, she could smell it from a long distance away, so as not to be afraid that the two lords would be angry.She led the way for them graciously, and asked by the way: "What do you call the two young gentlemen?"

The burly young man replied: "Here, you can call him Li Dalang. As for me, you can call me Wang Erlang."

"Li Dalang, Wang Erlang, please," the old bustard carefully pushed open the door of Xiahe Courtyard, with a thick smile on his face, and flatteringly said.

Li Dalang and Wang Erlang walked out of the courtyard, the madam closed the door, but she did not come in.

Entering the living room of the small building in the courtyard, Qiushuang, Qiulan and other four girls were busy making tea, Wang Erlang looked at Baiju again and said, "I will show you a little trick."

After finishing speaking, he asked Qiulan to light the small firewood stove, and asked Qiugui to go outside to get a large piece of paper.After a while, the paper was brought over, and he cut a part with a horizontal knife, and began to fold it, and finally it became a pot that was not like a pot, and a box that was not like a box.But he was very dexterous, and the strange thing happened to be on the iron shelf of the wood stove.

Then this Wang Erlang quickly poured water into it.Everyone saw a strange scene, the firewood below was burning very vigorously, and even Wang Erlang fanned it with a small fan to increase the fire under the stove.Seeing that the water began to steam, but the cardboard box was safe and sound.

Wang Erlang looked at the expressions of everyone, and said: "This is not a blindfold method. If you don't believe me, please touch it to make sure the water is very hot. I just want to say one thing, Baiju, I don't know much about Taoism, but I live in Luoyang. I know a lot of people who know Taoism. Maybe if you tell me, I can do you a favor. Otherwise, the gloomy courtyard stands in the workshop, and you all pass by back and forth, and you will feel fear and anxiety in your heart."

As he spoke, he pursed his lips, and the young man with the most handsome and charming appearance behind him took out a flying money of ten pennies.

Bai Ting said: "Wang Erlang, you really better not ask."

"I'm just curious. Look, how beautiful the sun is outside. It's sunny and daytime, and it's not night. I believe there are some incomprehensible things, and they are resting now."

Bai Ting didn't go on talking, Bai Ju gritted his teeth and said: "If Wang Erlang likes to hear it, this slave will tell you."

She owed a lot of debt now, and she died for money, and the bird died for food.

Bai Ju began to talk about the whole story of this matter.

It turns out that the owner of Baima County (that is, Huazhou, which is named Baima County as a county-level unit) is not Fei Zhubo, but Liu Zhi.It should be said that as the owner, he is much more honest than the current owner.But during the Spring Festival this spring, he committed a big taboo.

The so-called Spring Festival is because of the Yellow River.The Yellow River and the Yongji Canal brought a prosperous life to the people of Huazhou, but also brought disasters.Therefore, every year, the common people spontaneously organize spring sacrifices to sacrifice to the God of the Yellow River, so as to keep the river level safe and prevent flooding.

But later a county magistrate was called in, and he also admired ghosts and gods.In addition to some other reasons, part of the money was allocated from the county treasury to expand the scale of the Spring Festival.So Liu Zhubo got into a dispute with Shi County Magistrate about this matter.What Liu Zhubo meant was that the organization of the people is the business of the people, and the government should not waste this kind of financial resources. Instead, it is better to spend this money on water conservancy projects.In the end, the trouble went to the vermilion officials in Huazhou.

If this person is clean and honest, he will become old-fashioned, and it will be useless for the vermilion officials to mediate.In the end, County Magistrate Shi had no choice but to give up.

This part of Baiju's description is very unclear. After all, she is just a fan. Although she is not very famous because of dealing with some people in the officialdom, it is difficult to see more high-ranking officials and nobles. The news I hear is limited.Maybe the reason for the quarrel was something else, but the rumors outside were like this.

But this incident finally made the river god angry. The spring festival was held at Liuqingdu that day.

Bai Ju didn't explain the following words. Liuqingdu is a ferry in Huazhou. Because this section of the Yellow River gathers water from various tributaries, but because of the width and terrain of the river, floods often occur.This time, the place where Huazhou suffered the most floods started from Liu Qingdu.But it is far away from Baima County, seventy or eighty miles away.
During the spring festival that day, not only did the weather turn from sunny to rainy, but also many thunderstorms fell.At that time, the common people did not think of anything else.But until two months later, at the end of April, Liu Zhubo and his wife slept in bed one night.The servant came in the next day and found both husband and wife had died suddenly.

Later, Xu Zuo came in for an autopsy, and what made people feel strange was their death.Both of them had the same tongue sticking out, hands clenched into fists, eyes were bloodshot, there was some river sand in their mouths, ears and nose, their stomachs were bulging, and there were many water spots on the sheets.After repeated inspections, the result was that he died by drowning.

This is very weird. How did they drown and die when they were both sleeping on the bed?Apart from these, there is no way to find other clues.In the end, the officials had no choice but to conclude that the two died of a sudden illness and reported to the court.

But this is just the beginning.

Master Liu also has two sons and a daughter.The eldest son was very competitive, loved reading, and became a tribute student in the county. The only regret was that he failed to pass the Jinshi exam.The second son, because of Mrs. Liu's doting, was not able to live up to expectations. Like Bai Ju's second brother, he liked to play and gamble.But now Liu Zhubo is dead, and Liu Zhubo's eldest son is still in charge, and the second son still has no excessive behavior.

His parents died for unknown reasons, so Liu's eldest son had no choice but to move back to the countryside with his younger brother and younger sister. In the countryside, Liu Zhubo saved some property before his death.But a few days later, the eldest son drowned in bed again.

Hearing this, everyone looked a little weird.

Now that there is no eldest son to take care of him, Liu Zhubo's second son is even more unscrupulous. Not long after, he lost all his family property and sold his younger sister to Qiufei Baiyufang.

This younger sister is called Liu Yun, and she looks very charming, but she was born in a small eunuch's family.The old bustard gave her a separate courtyard, which was the small courtyard that Li Dalang looked at just now.

But within 20 days after Liu Yun arrived at Qiufei Baiyufang, she drowned again and died.Not only that, but in the next few days, several maidservants who served her lay on the bed and drowned one after another. Many people passed by that other courtyard at night, saw snow-white shadows floating, and even heard The sound of a woman crying.

Later, a mage was invited to do a ritual, and then he calmed down.The bustard let another girl named Yulian move in.But within two days, Miss Yulian and her two maids also drowned to death.

Not only that, but even Liu Zhubo's disappointing second son also drowned to death in the countryside.

Seeing the incomparably evil spirit of this matter, Qiu Fei Bai Yu Fang blocked the news.The small courtyard was also locked with a big lock.

Hearing this, Wang Erlang turned around and asked Li Dalang, "Li Dalang, what do you think of this matter?"

Li Dalang replied: "It's very evil. Could it be that the river god really took revenge on their family?"

But the handsome young man behind Wang Erlang said: "In this way, gods are not good people."

Bai Ju covered her mouth and said: "The matter of gods is not something we mortals can talk about."

She had good intentions, after all, Mr. Wang Erlang was kind to her.But after hearing her words, another handsome young man burst into laughter.

Baiju and Qiushuang immediately knelt down and recited Buddhist scriptures.Because of fright, they ignored the crisp female voice that the young man said.

Seeing that they were so scared, Wang Erlang didn't want to entangle any more, and said to Bai Ting, "Prepare us some food."

The sun was gradually setting, and it was time for dinner.

The wine and dishes were served, but to the surprise of Bai Ju and the others, several strong men immediately stretched out the silver needles and tested all the wine and dishes.Then a few big men ate and drank first, and then let the two young men serve their chopsticks.

This further proves their extraordinary status.

After dinner, to Bai Ju and Bai Ting's disappointment, Wang Erlang waved his hand and said, "You guys rest downstairs."

He didn't ask them to sleep with them, making them dumbfounded.Usually the guests themselves can't refuse, and they finally meet two people they like, but they don't want to touch themselves.

But he didn't fall asleep immediately, Bai Ting and Bai Ju walked out, looked at the crescent moon in the sky, and looked upstairs, there were huge candles lit in the main hall upstairs, and there were many figures inside.They must be discussing something. Of course, they will not be notified of what they are discussing.

Bai Ju said: "Sister Ting, don't you think these two little gentlemen are acting weird?"

I thought you didn't notice it?Bai Ting smiled bitterly and thought.Then she said: "You don't have to control how people behave."

Bai Ju rested her chin on her hand and asked again: "Then what kind of big business do you think they will do?"

"I told you not to worry about others."

"Sister Ting, this Wang Erlang is also Erlang, maybe he is that Wang Hua from Gong County, the man you dreamed of day and night. He must be here to arrest a group of bad officials and pretend to be a story."

"Nonsense." Bai Ting gave her a blank look.

Bai Ju giggled.The two chatted for a while, and the moon rose higher and higher.The two went back to their room to sleep.

But at night, Bai Ting suddenly felt a burst of cold sweat running down his body, like a nightmare.It seemed that there was a faint movement in the room where Qiugui slept next door.But she seemed to be unable to move her body.After a while, she woke up with a start and put her ear to the wall to listen. The room next door was very quiet.She smiled wryly, because of that Wang Erlang's insistence, Baiju brought up this horrible incident again, which caused this kind of reaction.

A bright moon is gradually setting in the west, and there is the sound of binding the four watches outside.All the sounds of silk and bamboo in Qiufei Baiyufang stopped, and there was silence.She felt drowsy again and fell into a deep sleep.

She was still asleep the next morning, which is a professional habit.But Qiushuang and the others are all up. This group of little girls is different from the fans who are professional singers.They are trained to serve customers, so they must get up early and go to bed early.But in the brothel, it is difficult to guarantee their innocence. As for whether they will have some ambiguous things with the guests, it is unknown.

But Bai Ting suddenly heard Qiu Lan let out a shrill cry.

Bai Ting was awakened suddenly, she jumped up from the bed, ran out of the room without even putting on her clothes, and scolded Qiu Lan, "What the hell are you screaming for so early in the morning?"

It's okay to scare yourself, but it would be bad if you scare these guests.

With a trembling voice, Qiulan pointed to Qiugui's room and said, "It, it's here again."

What do you say?Bai Ting covered up her nightgown, walked to the front of Qiugui's room, and looked into the room with her head, but she immediately let out a scream.

The guests were not what she imagined, Wang Erlang got up early in the morning, he was running outside, doing some exercise.Hearing the scream, he rushed back from the yard immediately.Even Li Dalang, who was falling asleep, was also awakened.He got up from the bed sleepily and went downstairs.

They all stretched their heads to look at Qiugui's room.

Qiugui lay motionless on the bed, not in a deep sleep, but dead.

Wang Erlang walked in, and he was checking Qiugui's death.

The little girl was not very old, and because of the hot weather, she was only wearing a thin layer of gauze underwear. Inside the underwear, one could see a pair of breasts that had just developed, and a pair of scarlet red spots were clearly visible under the underwear.This is the time when flowers are like jade.

But now the little girl is neither a flower nor a jade. She is lying on her back, her eyes are so wide open, and because her pupils are not closed, she can still see a frightened expression.Because the flow of Qi and blood stopped, his face began to turn from yesterday's bright red to gray and white.The tongue was sticking out very long, and her belly could be seen swollen through the thin obscene clothes, as if she had poured more than ten catties of water into it.

But this Wang Erlang was very courageous, he opened Qiugui's mouth again, and looked inside.A drowning person has one of the most striking characteristics, because he is constantly struggling, and he is also constantly drinking and spitting water, from the nose to the mouth, leaving the dirt and dirt of the river to accumulate, evenly covering the nasal cavity and mouth.

Of course, he is not proficient in legal principles, but he still understands some basic basic knowledge.If dying by faking drowning, it's possible that it stopped breathing at that point, so no water goes in or out, and no dirt remains.Or camouflage again, but not so evenly.

However, he was very disappointed. No matter from what point of view, Qiu Gui died of drowning.But then there is no way to explain it.

The courtyard door was closed last night, and my guards were still on duty upstairs, so of course they didn't pay attention to the downstairs.But if she was dragged outside to drown, at least she would have to be dragged out of this yard, find a well, and drag her in again.It is impossible for one's own guards not to find out.They are all first-rate masters from all corners of the country.

Li Dalang also poked his head over, took a look, and immediately ran to the side to vomit.

Wang Erlang came out and looked at the remaining five girls. They all slept downstairs last night."Did you hear anything last night?" he asked.

The faces of the girls turned pale with fright, and it took a long time for Bai Ting to say tremblingly: "I don't know, around the time when it was around four o'clock last night, I felt a chill in my body, as if something was moving in the dark. At that time, I faintly felt that there was movement in Qiugui's room. But I was like a ghost suppressing my body, and I couldn't move. It took a while to wake up. But I didn't hear any movement, so I fell asleep again caught."

After hearing her finished speaking, the little girls were so frightened that they huddled in the corner and sobbed.

Wang Erlang frowned, and he said, "Report to the officials."

After speaking, go upstairs.

Bai Ting could vaguely hear Li Dalang asking behind him: "Could it be true that the river god killed people?"

"I don't know," Wang Erlang replied coldly.

After a while, people from the government came. Because of this evil incident, more than a dozen people died. The police who handled the case skillfully burned incense and collected the corpses.However, the routine cross-examination finally revealed the whole story. It may be that Li Dalang among the visitors touched the iron gate of the courtyard. disaster.

A head catcher came upstairs, looked at Li Dalang and Wang Erlang and said, "May I ask the past of the two gentlemen."

Wang Erlang took out two passes, which were opened in Luoyang County, and the two came to Huazhou to do business.

The head catcher asked, "May I ask what kind of business you two are in?"

Li Dalang sullenly said: "Who are you, what right do you have to interrogate us?"

But Wang Erlang made a gesture to dissuade him, and Wang Erlang said: "Liangmian, wait for the opportunity."

In addition to the flood-damaged areas, cotton was planted in many places in Huazhou, and the cotton harvest began in July.

The head catcher looked at them, although Li Dalang spoke poorly, but seeing their ostentation, the head catcher did not dare to offend deeply, he said: "Listen to me, you should leave Huazhou immediately."

Wang Erlang cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Lord, for your kindness. We have our own measure."

"It's up to you whether you want to listen or not, this matter is very evil," the head catcher said again.After finishing speaking, he sighed and said to himself: "In fact, ghosts and gods are also ruthless and ungrateful."

After leaving this inexplicable sentence, he left.

Wang Erlang watched him go downstairs, and led the servants to carry Qiugui's body out.In the distance, there are still many fans watching quietly, whispering, and at the same time, their faces are full of fear.

A few old bustards were yelling at something. The most unfortunate thing happened was Qiufei Baiyufang.It happens again and again, no matter what, it will affect the reputation of Qiu Fei Bai Yufang.In this era, how many people do not believe in ghosts and gods?

Rumor has it that there are some timid guests who must not dare to come to Qiu Fei Bai Yu Fang.

I'm afraid the master of the brothel and these bustards hate this river god in their hearts.

He thought for a while, then turned around and discussed with Li Dalang.Then he shouted at Bai Ting who was standing downstairs in a daze: "Miss Bai Ting, come up here."

Bai Ting immediately walked up the stairs, which made her feel stunned. The two youths who followed Wang Erlang yesterday transformed into two pretty young wives in women's attire.

Wang Erlang asked her to sit down, and said to her: "Girl, I heard that you helped Bai Ju, and I was very moved. Although the girl has a good character, maybe I can't promise you to let us believe it?"

Bai Ting looked at him suspiciously, not understanding what he was talking about.

Wang Erlang explained again: "It's like this. I might reveal our real identities to you. Thinking about it, the girl had doubts about our identities yesterday."

It was a small gesture, and he didn't expect him to notice it.Bai Ting's face flushed.

"It's okay, everyone has curiosity," Wang Erlang comforted. The main reason is that the other partner is too arrogant and easy to show his feet, so it's not surprising.He continued: "There are still some things we have come here to do, but no matter what, the girl must not reveal a word to anyone without our permission."

Bai Ting saw that Li Dalang also looked at her and nodded.It seems that they came to him and it was a good deal.

She thought for a while and replied: "If you two do good things, I can help you. If you do bad things, I will not agree."

"I'm definitely here to do something good. As long as I report my name, you will know."

Bai Ting's heart beat wildly for no reason.She made up her mind and said, "Then you should report your name."

"The deeds we showed the arrester just now are forged, but it cannot be said to be forged. It was indeed issued by Luoyang County."

After walking around for a while, Bai Ting didn't understand again.

Wang Erlang continued: "As for our real identities, I can tell you that I am half of Luoyang. I am actually from Gong County. My name is Wang Hua. I used to be the battalion supervisor of the Blood Character Camp."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Ting's face flushed and he fainted.

(End of this chapter)