Tao Zang Xuan Zhi

For example, this case file is about being haunted by Peicheng. Two years ago, rumors began to spread in Hepeicheng that the long-abandoned Old Chen Mansion Courtyard in the city was haunted. People often heard people singing operas in the courtyard at night. It was rumored that there was a female ghost wandering around, singing to lure passers-by at night, absorbing their souls, and being seduced by them. Anyone who eats them will be eaten up and disappear from the world.

This thing sounds ridiculous. Since everyone is gone, how can we know whether it is really a female ghost seducing someone?

In fact, it is unlikely, for three reasons: First, there has never been any trouble in this house, so there is no reason for it to be haunted. This house originally belonged to a local wealthy businessman surnamed Chen. He survived, and instead of falling into poverty, he prospered and his family moved to the capital, so the house was sold. Although the person who took over was also a wealthy local boss, he was not as rich as the Chen family and did not have the money to take care of such a large courtyard, so the other courtyard was abandoned. Secondly, many people in the case file who have heard ghost songs from other courtyards said that the singer was the Yuhuan Oriole, a flower girl who was famous all over the world at that time, and that it was the ghost of the Yuhuan Oriole that lingered here. This is even funnier. This Yuhuanying is none other than Concubine Liu, the beloved concubine of the current emperor. Yuhuanying was her stage name among the people back then. She is not dead, so where did the ghost come from? Third, it is said that this house was seen by an immortal from the Immortal Alliance who happened to pass by, and the immortal said that there were no ghosts in the other courtyard. The file does not say which sect this"immortal" Ming belongs to, but it can be seen from the lines that the person who reported this matter has great respect for this"immortal" and should be a member of the ten sects.

Zhong Wanling thoughtfully placed the case file on the chair to be determined. Abbot Yue Chan of Yunyang Temple once said that among those who destroyed the temple was the Immortal of the Immortal Alliance, which had to make her think deeply. Yue Chan is a direct disciple of Liantai, and he is quite capable. He felt that if they were immortals, then these people must be worthy of their strength. However, according to the information she received, the Xuanzhen Sect's main expansion force was in southern Fujian. There were only some miscellaneous fish in this area, and the main force had not come. Du Yu has never set foot in Hepei Mansion. Could it be that there are others among these"immortals"?

The four disciples who were looking up the disappearance case were miserable.

Zhao Yanyan held his head and shouted:"This is too much. Hey, old man Lin Hong must have regarded all unsolved cases as missing cases, right? Isn't this trying to prevaricate us?"

Wei Meng rubbed it With his sore neck, he comforted and said:"If you want to prevaricate, you are also prevaricating Leng Geshou and Wu Tianjie. How can he like us?" Wei Meng said this, he stretched his shoulders and waist, and then looked at the case file in his hand. He also frowned and said,"It's really a bit of a lie. In this case, five or six people from Pingding Village went to Caojia Village to eat tofu rice and didn't come back. This is considered a missing case. It's really too casual. The family member who handled the matter said that they had already disappeared. When I went back, I just searched for the disciples on the road and settled the case? What if they diverted to another village? Just like that, there was no follow-up."

"Yes, so do I! Zhao Yanyan immediately raised the case file in his hand and said,"The government received a report that a caravan was robbed by bandits, but the body was not found, and only the carriages and horses were left on the official road." The official of Jingzhou Prefecture felt that it was strange to hide the body instead of taking away the carriage and horse, so he asked the disciples of the Immortal Sect to help find it. He Pei then sent people to dig up the area. No body was found, so he reported it to Jingzhou Mansion. It’s not like the officials have never dug before. They just dug a little. Do you still need to ask for help from the Immortal Sect? If we change our Lin'an branch, we will be wanted to death by old man Lin Shu. Song

Lian thought for a moment."Junior Brother Wei, are you talking about Pingding Village and Caojia Village?""

Wei Meng nodded."Yes. Song

Lian pointed to Caojia Village on the map."Caojia Village is near Luoxia Pass. You have to pass through Luoxia Pass wherever you go. When did the case of Junior Brother Wei happen?""As he said that, he pulled out a booklet from the mountain of case files and started flipping through it.

Wei Meng took a look at the case file and replied:"On September 16th, the twelfth year of Heguang's reign, the Cao family said they had gone back, and no one saw them again after that."

"In September of the twelfth year of Heguang's reign, Caojia Village……"Yu Gengze muttered and repeated. As soon as he thought this, Zhao Yanyan also remembered it and quickly went to the cabinet under the stairs to look up the case file."Oh, isn't this the case where the demon dog was possessed by the demon dog just now!" Zhao Yanyan turned out the case file and saw the incident of several deceased people, shouting:"Sure enough! This is the case of the man who was possessed by the demon dog and his last victim. The first seven!"

The three of them sighed.

Wei Meng thought about it and felt something was wrong:"But this only means that this village is unlucky, and it doesn't mean that these people are lost?"

"Can. Song Lian held a page of the booklet between his three fingers and showed it to Wei Meng,"Looking at the clearance record of Luoxia Pass, no one passed the pass from Caojia Village during this period from September 16th to 20th in the twelfth year of Heguang Period." Whatever the reason, these people are indeed missing."

Yu Gengze was inspired. He rushed to the uninvestigated case files and rummaged for a while. Finally, he dug out a few books from the mountain-like pile of case files."Found it."

"Older?"

Yu Gengze had no time to answer, and hurriedly spread the dozen or so books he had dug out on the edge of the table, and began to look through them side by side. After a while, he finally stopped, straightened up, and looked at the books spread out in front of him. Five or six books, he murmured to himself, as if he was calculating something, and also seemed to be persuading himself. He finally closed his eyes and sighed, and then opened them again, with a firm light in his eyes.

"Master, the missing persons may be far more than what is recorded in these Green Bamboo Files."

Zhao Yanyan, Wei Meng and Song Lian were all surprised. Zhong Wanling, on the other hand, was very calm, and the appreciation in his eyes was far more than surprise. Song Lian was sure that Zhong Wanling had seen through this a long time ago, but he didn't understand how Zhong Wanling understood it, and What else does she know?

Yu Gengze began to narrate his findings incessantly:"Look, these two books are the head statistics of Luoxia County in the 11th and 12th years of Heguang respectively. In the 11th year, Luoxia County had a total of three There are 1,638 people. According to the records of the past 12 years, there were 58 new students in that year, 63 people died from various causes, 14 people moved to Luoxia County from other counties, and 14 people moved to Luoxia County. Thirty people were born, so the population of Luoxia County should have decreased by 21 people this year, but the total number of people this year was only 3,324, a decrease of 293 people! This is too much and is definitely not normal!"

Zhao Yanyan felt dizzy when he heard the numbers. He could only count his fingers while comforting the excited and trembling Yu Gengze.

Wei Meng could still keep up, and put his hand on his chin to think for a moment."Hey, you can't be so absolute, just in case. Did these people just go elsewhere without reporting it to the government? Isn’t that how refugees come?"