Strange Records of Xijing

When Pei Jingxing said this, everyone present except Su Yan was very surprised.

Xie Wei was the first to react, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Pei, what do you mean, this Wan Zhu was not the murderer who killed Miss Li, but she concealed the truth?"

Pei Jingxing nodded: "At that time we were in the Li Mansion, but we were invited out before we saw anyone. According to the usual reasoning, even if the abnormality on the daughter disappeared, the parents would still be worried, so why didn't Su Yan enter the yard to take a fancy to it? One glance, and rushing us to leave? She is just a maid, she can't speak in Li's mansion, and the only one who can really change Li Shilang's mind is Miss Li herself."

After Li Ming heard it, he was very impressed: "That's right, it was the little girl who insisted on not seeing Daoist Su. I thought that if something happened to the little girl again, then I would invite Daoist Su to come again. I didn't expect that I would come again later." Daoist Su can’t be invited either.”

Pei Jingxing ignored the complaints in Li Ming's words and continued to ask: "An ordinary woman suddenly lost control of her body and kept dancing, would she be afraid?"

The crowd nodded.

Pei Jingxing continued: "On the day of outing, Su Yan pasted a talisman on Miss Li's body, and Miss Li stopped dancing. But two days later, she started dancing again. This time, she stopped before Su Yan arrived. But she would rather continue to risk the abnormality of her body than see Su Yan, why is that?"

Li Zhongsheng was fascinated by what he heard, and couldn't help asking: "Yes, why?"

Xie Wei made a fist with his left hand and hit the palm of his right hand: "Just a piece of talisman paper can't drive away any evil spirits!"

"That's right," Pei Jingxing continued to explain to everyone, "Although I'm not a Taoist priest, I know that in addition to talisman papers, incantations are also very important for Taoist priests. Sometimes, Taoist priests even have to recite a long paragraph of incantations, accompanied by corresponding words. India can really play a role.”

Su Yan opened his mouth and came to a conclusion: "If there is really something evil in Ms. Li's body, that piece of talisman paper is far from enough."

Another Taoist also came to his senses: "So, at that time, Ms. Li was just pushing the boat along the way, using this talisman paper from Fellow Daoist Su to make everyone mistakenly think that she was bewitched?"

"Nonsense!" Li Zhongsheng couldn't listen any more, "It's obvious that you are incompetent and killed my sister! You thieves and Taoists, my little sister died because of you, and now you are here to tell the truth and shirk responsibility!"

Li Ming scolded: "Presumptuous! Shut up!"

Li Zhongsheng was afraid of his father's majesty, so he closed his mouth reluctantly, but his eyes were fixed on everyone present, and he didn't know how many times he had killed them in his heart.

Li Ming pointed at Ban Zhu: "Tell me, is what they said true?"

Wan Zhu didn't dare to raise her head, and said falteringly: "It's true that Miss deliberately pretended to be possessed..."

"Nonsense!" Li Zhongsheng jumped up again.

"That's enough! If you don't want to hear it, get out!" Li Ming glanced at Steward Sun, "Guard Sun, send Second Young Master down to rest, he is too tired."

"Father, I'm not tired." Li Zhongsheng shook his head quickly, "Little sister died strangely, I must listen to her finish."

"Then shut up!" Li Ming turned to look at Ban Zhu, "Go on."

Facing Li Zhongsheng's eyes that almost killed her, Wan Zhu continued tremblingly: "Miss knows that the master intends to marry Qian Shangshu's family, but miss is not willing and does not want to marry Qian Shangshu's grandson. Miss quietly and madam I said it, but I was scolded by the madam. The madam also ordered the young lady not to go out, and obediently stayed behind closed doors in the yard to think about her mistakes. The madam also found three or four embroiderers, saying that the wedding day is not far away, and the young lady should hurry up and finish the embroidery work. Get ready, lest there be time for others to see the joke."

"She told Madam?" Li Ming was very surprised, "Why did Madam tell me that my concubine is actually very happy with this marriage, but she is thin-skinned and doesn't like other people to make fun of her marriage, so she pretends to be unhappy every time. Look happy."

"No." At this point, two lines of hot tears rolled down Wan Zhu's eyes, "Miss really doesn't like this marriage, and she has been depressed for a long time. Later, the miss told me quietly that she came up with a proposal for Qian Shangshu's family to marry." The way to not dare to propose marriage. It's just... as Young Master Pei said just now, pretending to be evil."

At this point in the matter, everyone understands why Ms. Li dances inexplicably from time to time even though she doesn't have any evil aura on her body.

"Little girl is so stupid," Li Zhongsheng said with tears in his voice, "If she doesn't like it, then tell me, even if I lead someone to beat up Qian Xi, I won't let her marry someone she doesn't want to marry .”

"Nonsense!" Li Ming scolded, but then became depressed, "It's all my fault, Madam did this for me..."

Qian Shangshu, as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, holds a pivotal position in the court. For the upstart Li family, it is really an in-law family that cannot be better.Perhaps it is for this reason that Mrs. Li would rather wrong her daughter and use various methods to kill Li Concubine's temper than let Li Ming know——

According to how much Liming loves his daughter, if he really knows about this, then this marriage will be ruined.

"If the younger sister is just pretending, then why did she die?"

Li Zhongsheng's words once again made the atmosphere in the room tense and heavy.

With sobs, Wan Zhu said, "I...I don't know, the lady was...well, last night, and she said that today she is going...to the temple to make a wish, and let the Bodhisattva bless her not...not to marry Qian Shangshu's grandson , As a result...As a result, we went in today to take a look, only to...discover that Miss has already..."

Now it seems that Li Jin's death was not caused by evil spirits, it happened to be Pei Jingxing's old profession.

He asked, "Who was on duty last night?"

"It's the green willow and the pink lotus," Banzhu replied.

This time without Pei Jingxing's words, Liming already knew what to do.

"Go, bring these two girls to me."

Two girls who looked about twelve or thirteen years old were brought up by Guanshi Sun. Seeing so many people in the room, they were so scared that they lowered their heads and saluted Liming and Li Zhongsheng tremblingly.

Li Ming asked wearily: "You two were on guard last night, do you remember anything now?"

The two little maids thought for a while, and one of them said: "I don't know why, I slept very deeply last night, and I don't know anything."

"Me too." The other little maid nodded and said, "I've never felt so tired, and it seems that I smelled something. The smell is very good, and I fell asleep until dawn."

"How is it possible?" It was Wan Zhu who was the first to react, "The maids on duty at night can't sleep deeply. What if the young lady is thirsty or has a nightmare at night and no one answers her, what should I do? This is not the first time for you to be on duty at night. , don’t you even know this rule?”

The other people present either had to be waited on by others, or the whole family was fed by one person, and they didn't know the night duty as well as Wan Zhu did.

The two little maids knew that they had done something wrong, so they stood aside silently.

One of the Taoist priests guessed: "Could it be that the villain used drugs to stun the people in the yard, then sneaked in and killed Miss Li?"

"Impossible," Li Zhongsheng immediately denied his conjecture, "There are several groups of servants patrolling our house at night, and my little sister's yard is at the deepest point. It is impossible for outsiders to sneak into my little sister's yard so easily."

At this time, Su Yan walked up to the two servant girls, looked at them, and asked, "You said you smelled a fragrance just now?"

The two little maids looked at me and I looked at you, one of them nodded: "Yes, there is indeed a fragrance, very faint, and you won't find it if you don't smell it carefully."

"Is it what your lady usually uses?"

"No," the little maid shook her head, "Miss doesn't like the smell of incense, and usually only puts some fresh melons and fruits in the room."

Su Yan pondered for a moment, then turned to Liming: "Can we go to Miss Li's yard and have a look?"

Madam Li was so sad that she passed out next to her daughter's body.The servants didn't dare to be careless, so they quickly invited a doctor to diagnose Mrs. Li, giving acupuncture and prescribing medicine.

Madam Li woke up and remembered her daughter who had died for no apparent reason, and cried again with a wow.

The maid came over with the boiled medicine, bent her knees and said, "Madam, the medicine is ready, please take the medicine."

Madam Li wiped the teardrops from her face with a veil: "My concubine is gone, what medicine should I take, why not go with her, so we, mother and daughter, can take care of me on the way to Huangquan."

Mrs. Li's dowry maid back then, and now the lady in charge, Qi Ruixue persuaded: "Madam, if you say that, Miss Quanxia knows, how much I feel sorry for you."

Mrs. Li complained: "Why does she feel distressed? She doesn't want a good marriage, and she cruelly abandons her parents. She has no conscience, will she feel sorry for me?"

Knowing that Mrs. Li's words were duplicity, Qi Ruixue was more sad than anyone else.She took the medicine with her own hands and brought it to Mrs. Li: "My good lady, you should drink the medicine. Think about it, the lady was supposed to be at the knees of Cheng Huan, but now she died strangely, and the lady is still waiting for you to cheer up and check for her The real murderer is here!"

These words just touched Mrs. Li's heart. Thinking of her beloved daughter's smiling face that day, two lines of hot tears rolled out of Mrs. Li's eyes: "You are right, my concubine died for no reason. I am a mother." The real culprit must be found. Whether it is a person or a ghost, as long as it hurts my concubine, I will not let it go!"

Speaking of this, Madam Li thought of something, she called a young boy waiting outside, and asked through the screen: "Is there any news from the master?"

The young man replied: "Just heard the news that Daoist Su and Young Master Pei are here, and now the master is taking several Taoist priests and Young Master Pei to Miss's yard together."

Madam Li was furious, and the bowl in her hand fell heavily on the ground, and the remaining brown concoction was poured on the good mat, and soon seeped into it.

"This group of useless Taoist priests, are you confused!" Mrs. Li stood up anxiously, "Come on, follow me to stop them!"

Li Ming and Li Zhongsheng led the people to stand in the yard, watching Su Yan and Xie Wei and the other Taoist priests scattered around the yard, not knowing what they were looking for.

Li Zhongsheng thought of the dead body of his own little sister lying in the room, and asked with a sigh of relief: "Father, do you still believe these people's nonsense?"

Liming just glanced at him: "The matter of the prince is thanks to that Su Yan."

Li Zhongsheng didn't know anything about the affairs in the court, he only heard that the prince who had been living in the East Palace for four years had recently reappeared and entered the household department, but what does this have to do with Su Yan?

"I don't think this Su Yan is capable," Li Zhongsheng said again, "If he was really that powerful, His Majesty would have declared him into the palace a long time ago, as a constant servant."

"What do you know?" Since there were other people in the yard, Li Ming couldn't teach Li Zhongsheng a lesson. He just warned him, "This Su Yan has a lot of background. I heard that his master has an old relationship with the national teacher. If you talk too much today , don’t follow me from now on.”

Li Zhongsheng heard that Li Ming was real, so he shut up quickly.He is the second son, after a hundred years from the Liming couple, he can only get a portion of the Li family's property, and cannot inherit the rest. He has to take advantage of his father's convenience now to slowly develop his contacts.If Li Ming really doesn't train him anymore in a fit of anger, then he really wants to cry and has no place to cry.

Everyone waited for a while, and several Taoist priests came back one after another, and it seemed that they knew that there was nothing to gain.

Li Ming didn't expect them at all, when Su Yan came back, he took Li Zhongsheng to meet him, and asked, "Daozhang Su, did you find anything?"

Su Yan replied: "Ling'ai's courtyard is very clean, and I didn't smell what the maids said."

Li Ming showed disappointment, and when he was about to speak, Pei Jingxing stretched out his hand: "But I found this in the corner."

Everyone looked at Pei Jingxing's palm one after another, only to see a small ball of dark soil in his palm.

"It's just a small lump of dirt, Street Envoy Pei, ah no, Mr. Pei, do you want to find the real culprit with such a little dirt?"

Mrs. Li is here.