I'm watching the gate in the jail

I don't know how long the two barrels have been left, and the dirty water emitting a rancid smell poured down on the heads of the two masters, waking them up from their incoherence.

"Why are you two so excited? Don't you know these two 'ghosts'?"

Wanda asked with a sneer.

The two masters bowed their heads guilty, not daring to answer, let alone look at the two "ghosts".

Contrary to these two, Yang Xiuxian watched with great interest.

He looked at the "male ghost" first.

I saw that he was about twenty years old, with a short stature and dark skin.

Not only is it black, but it also looks particularly rough, half of the skin is like sandpaper.In contrast to his short stature, there are a pair of particularly huge hands and feet with thick knuckles, which look like eagle claws.

Although his eyes are not big, they are very energetic, like quicksilver balls, so bright and frighteningly bright.

On this man's left arm, there was a piece of cloth that was temporarily used as a bandage, but it didn't affect his movement. It seemed that the injury was not serious.

His hair was disheveled, he was wearing bunts, and he was wearing a pair of cloth shoes.I don't know how long the shoes have been worn, and the thumbs are turned out from the wear.There is a circle of black mud on the upper of the shoe, it should be walking on a very muddy mountain road or rice field.

Just looking at the "male ghost"'s injured arm and sole, Yang Xiuxian immediately thought that this was clearly the person he injured with stones last night.

It's no wonder that after tossing around the county for a long time this morning, I couldn't find the man who was injured and had mud on his feet. It turned out that he ran to Xinghai later.

Yang Xiuxian thought that the one who could escape the pinching attack of him and Gao Hui should be a master of martial arts.Now it seems that this person does not know martial arts.

It's just that he lived in the mountains and forests since he was a child, and he was born with extraordinary talents, big hands and feet, and good at climbing, so he immediately turned into an ape after entering the forest. Whether it is speed or agility, it is difficult for ordinary people to match.

After the man entered the yamen, he didn't speak, but looked at everyone warily.

But when he saw Mr. Ding and Mr. Guo lying on the ground, his eyes seemed to protrude, his arms opened "hula", he jumped in front of the two old men, and called the two old men Terrified, they took two steps back.

"Hehehe..."

The "male ghost" had a ferocious face, and made a drinking sound from the depths of his throat, as if he was threatening or warning.

"Who is this person? Can't speak?"

The magistrate was very surprised to see this, and secretly wondered why this person entered the Yamen, he didn't know how to kneel down, and even made such a move, he really didn't look like a person, but like a "savage".

In contrast, there is the "female ghost" standing next to the "male ghost".

Her whole body was wrapped under a cloak, except for the corner of the skirt exposed at the bottom, her whole body was airtight.It can only be seen that she is of medium height, neither fat nor thin.As for the rest, it is still a mystery for the time being.

That cloak belonged to no one else, it was the one that Yang Xiuxian tied on Wanda last night.So as soon as this "female ghost" entered the lobby of the county government, Yang Xiuxian recognized it at a glance.

It seems that the three of Xinghai and the others had a lot of "harvest" last night... I and Gao Hui have been busy for a long time, alarming two villages, and the last "ghost" was not caught.

Fortunately, they disappeared once and brought back two important witnesses.

Yang Xiuxian cursed secretly.

"Everyone in the hall should kneel down quickly and report their names."

Wanda took the gavel from Qiu Zijin's hand, slapped it again and again with great enjoyment, and shouted to the bottom.

There are already three people kneeling on the left and right, and one of them is the county magistrate.Liu Tiechi knelt down indifferently, then turned his head to signal the two "ghosts" to kneel obediently too.

The "male ghost" didn't understand at first, and continued to yell "hehehe" at Master Ding and Yuanwai Guo, and when he saw them trembling with fear, he showed a very happy expression.

However, after seeing Liu Tiechi and the "female ghost" beside him kneeling on the ground, he also knelt down in the same way, with his hands attached to the floor tiles, and looked curiously at Qiu Zijin and others in the hall.

"It's beautiful, hehe, it's really beautiful..."

He looked at Wanda and Qiu Zijin, and felt that their clothes were beautiful and their people were even more beautiful, so he couldn't help but praise them.

"Hey, so I can speak human language."

The magistrate said in a low voice.

Wanda was a little terrified by his undisguised eyes, but after hearing his undisguised praise, he secretly thought that although this person is stupid or a little stupid, his aesthetics is still very good.

"Xiaodao Liu Tiechi, layman's name Liu Dehua, greetings, my lords."

It seems that they have known each other for a while, but they still don't know Liu Tiechi's real name.Unexpectedly, his name was so "thunderlike", Wanda couldn't help but let out a "huh", and Qiu Zijin looked at him.

"It's okay, there is also a person in my 'home' with this name, and he is a famous person."

Wanda explained awkwardly.

Qiu Zijin didn't doubt him, thinking that Wanda really had a fellow villager in Bazhou with the same name and surname as Liu Tiechi, so he turned his head and continued to watch the people below report to him.

After Yang Xiuxian and Gao Hui rushed out of the Earth Temple yesterday, he originally wanted to go out with them.But I heard a "click" sound from behind, it seemed to be the sound of something falling from the couch.

Qiu Zijin looked down and found that when he was pulling the quilt just now, he accidentally pulled the mattress on the couch.There was a comb under the mattress, which fell to the ground after being dragged.Fortunately, the low couch was almost touching the ground, and the comb was not broken.

This is a very fine comb.It was less than a foot, and when he touched his hand, Qiu Zijin could tell that it was definitely made of ivory, and there were many precious stones inlaid on the handle of the comb.

This kind of luxurious ivory comb, which only appears in rich and powerful families, why does it appear in such a small ruined temple in the deep mountains.Still in such a sloppy place, I don't know how long he has been slept on, under the almost stiff mattress.

Qiu Zijin and Wanda who were standing opposite were lost in thought.

"give me back……"

At this moment, a gust of cold wind blew into the small temple.

He came in with Night Breeze, and there were a few yellow papers, complaining to the woman.

"This is my funeral object..."

A woman like a wisp of green smoke appeared at the gate of the temple. She looked at the three men in the temple resentfully, opened her bloodless lips, and said pitifully, "Give it back to me..."

Immediately, images of the classic "female ghost" in various story books flooded Qiu Zijin's head, his hands and feet became weak, and he fell back like noodles.

"Last night, Liu Tiechi, who claims to be fearless of all ghosts, actually passed out straight away. Passed out!"

Wanda slapped the table angrily, and cursed at Liu Tiechi who was kneeling down, "Bah! What the hell! In the end I was the one who protected Mr. Patrol, otherwise he would have been so scared and fell on the stove." Already! Such a beautiful and peerless face, who is responsible for the disfigurement?"

"My lord, it's not all my fault..."

Liu Tiechi lowered his head in shame, "This is the first time Xiaodao has encountered a ghost, so he has no experience. Wait until next time..."

"Still thinking about the next time? What are you dreaming about?"

Wanda wanted to grab the lottery in the lottery and throw it down, but Qiu Zijin snatched it away.

"This can't be played around. Once the stick is thrown down, it will be punished."

Knowing that Xiaoqiu would not be able to make jokes once he started working, Wanda had no choice but to withdraw his hand with a smirk.

"People in the hall, what's your name. Do you know the two kneeling over there?"

Qiu Zijin put the lottery holder back, and said kindly to the "male ghost".

"Beautiful brother, my name is 'Xiaoyezhong'."

The "male ghost" smiled at Qiu Zijin, turned his head, pointed viciously at the two masters, and yelled fiercely, "They are all villains, big villains!"

Was it a little fool...

Seeing his incoherent appearance, Yang Xiuxian judged in his heart.

He also noticed that Master Ding and Yuanwai Guo's eyes were full of fear and resentment, as well as a strong sense of shame, when pointed at by this man called "Xiaoyezhong".

"Small……"

Qiu Zijin couldn't pronounce those three words.

He paused, pointed to the two masters and asked, "Do you know them? Who are you?"

"them……"

"Xiao Yezhong" opened his mouth and wanted to answer, but it seemed that he had encountered a huge problem.I saw his face full of tangled expressions, his eyeballs rolled around and around, and finally he couldn't answer, so he just lay down on the ground and started crying.

This completely childish behavior, coupled with his adult figure and face now, looks extraordinarily weird.

"You two, do you know him?"

It seemed that there was no breakthrough in him, Qiu Zijin asked the two masters with a sullen face.

"do not know!"

Well, the two enemies are deadly enemies, and they answered in unison at this time.

"beat!"

As soon as they finished speaking, Wanda on the other side had found an opportunity. Like Qiu Zijin just now, he pinched a stick with a red head and threw it on the ground.

The movement was so fast that Qiu Zijin didn't have time to stop him, so he could only watch helplessly as the Jinyi guards came up to the hall again, and beat the two delicate and expensive masters.

Seeing the board going down and coming up, the blood splattered on the ground, "Xiao Yezhong" stopped "yingying", but clasped his hands together and laughed, if not for Liu Tiechi who kept pressing on the side, he would probably jump up happily .

Yang Xiuxian looked down at the chaotic situation in the hall, then turned his eyes to look at the "female ghost" standing beside him, and couldn't help but become curious.

I saw her covering her face with a cloak just now, and she behaved properly.Yang Xiuxian speculated that she should be a woman from a wealthy family.

Ordinarily, a woman of this status should turn her head away to avoid suspicion when she sees a man whose pants are taken off and beaten to a board, even if she can't retreat to another place.

To his surprise, although this "female ghost" was still wearing a cloak, she didn't show any intention of avoiding it at all, and just stood aside and watched coldly the whole time.

She watched Jin Yiwei step forward, watched Jin Yiwei lift the two struggling masters onto the stool, and finally watched them roll to the ground covered in blood.

Just when Jin Yiwei was carrying out his sentence, Yang Xiuxian changed his standing posture and changed "beating casually" to "beating hard".

The Jinyi guards who received the order waved water and fire sticks and beat the two masters to pieces.

The flesh and blood splashed by the barbs on the stick splashed onto the woman's light-colored dress and even the shoe.

But she was not moved at all, although it was only for a moment, Yang Xiuxian caught the flash of joy in her eyes from the gap in the cloak.

Who is this "female ghost"?How could there be such a big enmity with these two masters?

"I will ask you again, do you know him?"

Qiu Zijin slapped the gavel, and the two masters who had already been beaten out of shape immediately nodded their heads.

"He is... yes, it belongs to Xiaomin..."

Master Ding looked at "Xiao Yezhong", lying on the ground, his mouth opened and closed, but he couldn't speak.

Not only him, but even Master Guo also lowered his head and kept kowtowing to Wanda and Qiu Zijin, but he couldn't say a word.

"My lord, let the girl talk."

As the "female ghost" said, she stretched out her two jade hands and tore off the cloak covering her body, revealing her real body.

"Master Guo Jiao, the daughter of the people, has met all your lords."

As the cloak slowly fell to the ground, everyone saw her full view.

I saw that she was only 25 or [-] years old, with a melon-seeded face, willow-leaf eyebrows, and a pair of almond eyes that seemed to be weeping, full of hatred and resentment.His cheeks were pale, and his lips were almost bloodless.

The figure is also as thin as wicker, and the whole person is as light as a puff of green smoke.If you saw it at night, you might really think you saw a ghost.

But this is not the scariest thing, the most frightening thing about this woman is that she is actually wearing the shroud that the dead would wear.

Layers of plain-colored collars are all on the left lapel, and the patterns are marigolds and endless patterns that are inappropriate for her age.

The edge of the placket is also not hemmed, but the cloth beard is directly exposed, which means to let the dead sleep peacefully.

She was stepping on a pair of white-bottomed blue flower embroidered shoes, which may have been worn for a long time, and it could be seen that they were severely worn.But no matter how you look at it, these are also a pair of longevity shoes... Now, the shoes are still stained with blood, which looks even more terrifying.

Such a woman who smelled like a dead person, she was breathing and her heart was beating, and she bowed gracefully to everyone.

If Mr. Guo's expression after seeing "Xiaoyezhong" was just frightened, then after seeing this female ghost who claimed to be "Guo Jiaoshi", he was so frightened that he even stopped breathing.

"You, you...you are not dead!"

Master Guo pointed at the woman and screamed.

Wanda sniffed and suddenly felt a strange smell.Tangled in the smell of blood, it was extremely disgusting.

He took a closer look and found that Mr. Guo was so scared that he peed on the spot.

Not only did he pee in fright, but he was also trembling with fear, his shrewd eyes were filled with fear that almost overflowed.

"Daughter-in-law pays respects to father-in-law."

After paying homage to the officials in the hall, Jiao's daughter turned around again and wished Master Guo all the blessings.

"Eunuch, so I still remember the slave family..."

She smiled, stroked the strands of hair scattered on her forehead, opened her thin lips slightly, and said calmly to Mr. Guo, "My family... I have never forgotten my father-in-law for a day."

This woman is actually Guo Yuanwai's daughter-in-law. Hasn't his daughter-in-law been dead for more than two years?Guo Yuanwai also asked for a memorial for her and set up a chaste memorial archway.

So many things happened before, wasn't it because of the fight for the chastity archway?Why didn't the "thief" die at all?

Luo Zhixian, who was lying on the ground, and the magistrate, who was sitting behind Qiu Zijin, were so shocked by the scene in front of them that they couldn't speak. They never expected that things would turn out like this.

"You said, you are Guo Yuanwai's daughter-in-law?"

Although last night, I have heard the tragic story of this woman.

However, in order to try the case, although it was cruel, Qiu Zijin had to open Jiao's wound again and let her testify on the spot.

"Exactly."

"Nonsense! As we all know, Mrs. Jiao died two years ago. You say you are Mrs. Jiao, what evidence do you have?"

Wanda followed suit with a tone of voice.

"Master, there is no need to doubt. Mrs. Jiao married into the Guo family at the age of 16, and since her mother-in-law passed away in the second year, she has been in charge of Zhongfu. There are no servants in the Guo family who don't know the slave family. If you don't believe me, you can find someone at will. The older mother-in-law of the Guo family or the girl serving in the inner courtyard came to confront her."

Jiao cast a sidelong glance at Guo Yuanwai who was still trembling, and said neither humble nor overbearing.

"On the way we came, the official has already sent someone to Guo's house to invite someone to come."

Wanda clapped her palms.

Immediately there were two Jinyi guards outside, and they brought in two women, one old and one young.

Of the two women, the older one is about 50 years old and is a fat old woman.The younger one is only seventeen or eighteen.

After the two of them entered the hall, they first saw the horrific Mr. Guo lying on the ground, and they were all startled.

However, when they saw Jiao's daughter kneeling beside Liu Tiechi, they made completely opposite expressions.

The old fat old lady was shaking like a sieve, and her fat body just shook out the effect of breaking waves, almost shaking out the same wave band as Master Guo.

While shaking, she said in disbelief, "Impossible... This is impossible... Isn't the young mistress dead..."

On the other hand, after seeing Jiao Shi, the little girl was startled at first, but the next moment, she threw herself into Jiao Shi's arms, crying, "Young Mistress, that's great, Young Mistress, you are not dead... Very good."

Although the behavior of the two is completely different, there is one thing that is the same - that is, they both know the daughter of the Jiao family in front of them, and she is the daughter-in-law of the Guo family who "should" have been dead for two years.

"Masters, the Jiao family has a grievance that needs to be filed, please master the decision."

As Jiao said, he took out a certificate from his pocket and handed it over.

Yang Xiuxian has excellent eyesight, and after just one glance, he recognized Qiu Zijin's handwriting.

It should have been written by Xiao Qiu to her last night.

Looking at the fact that Xinghai sent people to Guo's house early in the morning to call for someone, I'm afraid that for today's scene in the hall, they had already arranged it a long time ago, waiting for these two masters and that confused county magistrate It's on stage.

Thinking of this, Yang Xiuxian raised his head and looked at the hall.It just so happened that Wanda also looked at him at this moment.The two exchanged a tacit look, knowing that the "good show" was finally about to begin.

The story begins at the earliest 23 years ago.

That year, there was a flood in Huizhou, and the people were in dire straits.Although She County was severely affected by the disaster, even wealthy families like the Ding family and the Guo family were implicated.

But fortunately, She County has a strong foundation. After the flood receded, production and life soon resumed. Even because of the extraordinary means of the county magistrate at that time, even the usual post-disaster food price hikes never happened.

As a result, refugees from the surrounding areas came in droves, including those from Xiuning and Qimen counties, which belong to Huizhou, as well as refugees from Jiangxi and even Huaibei areas as far away.

There was an old couple from Huaibei, with a young but demented daughter Sha Niu, who fled here by begging all the way.

When they came to She County, the father-in-law of the old couple had already died of illness.An old mother who is over fifty years old, with her stupid daughter, doesn't even have the money to collect the corpse, let alone bury her husband.

Orphaned and widowed, with no means of living, the mother-in-law wanted to sell her daughter to a rich family as a girl.Firstly, the daughter will have a way out, and secondly, if she gets money, she can also bury her husband.

Although her daughter is stupid, she has rough hands and feet.But anyway, he is obedient, born with a lot of strength, and it is more than enough to do chores.

I heard that this place is headed by the Ding family and the Guo family. It is a well-known local wealthy family. There are many servants in the family, and there is no shortage of one more person to eat.

The old woman wanted to find someone else, and try to sell her daughter into it.

At that time, it happened that the Guo family was looking for someone to build an earth temple, and Mr. Guo personally led the people to the tooth shop to select workers.

Coincidentally, I met an old woman who was going to sell her daughter.

As for the matter of buying a girl, it shouldn't be a man's personal involvement.But it was such a coincidence that Mr. Guo was quite pretty, especially the silly girl with extraordinarily beautiful eyes.

I heard that the Guo family is going to buy their own daughter to go back to be a servant girl and serve the old lady at home, so that they will never have to worry about food and clothing again.Without thinking too much, the old woman stamped her handprint and sold her daughter to Mr. Guo.

Before leaving, the mother-in-law, who got five taels of silver and two new clothes, thanked Mr. Guo a thousand times, saying that he is a great kind person, and that good people will be rewarded with good things in the future, so she reluctantly waved goodbye to her daughter , ready to return home to bury his wife.

How did she know that since then she has pushed her daughter into the pit of fire.

Mr. Guo is a fearful person. Mrs. Guo has a prominent family background, and her elder brother is an official, so Mrs. Guo has always walked sideways in the Guo family.Ever since Master Guo got married, not to mention taking concubines, he didn't even dare to have a concubine.

He bought Sha Niu because he likes her to be stupid and stupid, who doesn't understand anything and won't resist.

He first sent Silly Girl to live in the countryside for a period of time, and after the Earth Temple was built, he took her back and placed her there to live.

Only on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year would occasional people come to offer incense in that earth temple, and it was rarely visited on weekdays.

Master Guo told her again that if she saw someone coming, she should run to the woods and hide.Sha Niu listened to him very much, so his "little wife" lived there for several months without anyone finding out.

Except for one person.

It is because the mother's chastity archway is erected behind the earth temple, and when I miss my mother occasionally, I will come here to mourn her Master Ding.

At first, he just wondered why he didn't see the temple guard every time he came, but later he found that the person living in the temple seemed to be a woman.Because in addition to bedding, there are mirrors, combs and other things used by women in the temple.

So Master Ding waited for a few days, and finally he discovered the fact that Master Guo was raising an "outside room" here.

Sha Niu's tragedy did not stop because of this, but because of one more insider, she fell into a deeper hell... although she may not be aware of it.

Although there are many wives and concubines in the family, because of the "chaste" old lady Ding in front of her, the women in the Ding family are all virtuous women who follow the rules. Master Ding has never met such a "wild" woman as Sha Niu.

Therefore, Master Ding couldn't help but attack the silly girl.

A handful of sweets and two candied fruit can be exchanged for a short-lived pleasure at almost no cost.

Paper can't contain fire, and soon Master Guo also knows the relationship between Sha Niu and Master Ding.But he wasn't angry, and he didn't think it was a big deal.

After all, in his eyes, this little silly girl is not even a "person", but just a thing that can sleep.

Coincidentally, Master Ding thought so too.

The two evil men seem to have reached a consensus, and when they are free, they will alternately come to meet the silly girl.As long as you bring some delicious food and a piece of good-looking fabric, you can make the silly girl happy for a long time.

Under the witness of the gods enshrined in the shrine, and under the witness of the "chaste archway" earned by their mother through a lifetime of loneliness, they wantonly played with this poor ignorant girl.

until she got pregnant.

No one knows whose child this is.

The two men once again reached a consensus - destroy it!

They originally thought that as long as they used a piece of candy as usual, they could fool the silly girl into drinking the abortion pill, and they would end this evil root.

But this stupid woman who doesn't even know etiquette and ethics, and doesn't understand what she has experienced, seems to know that she is going to be a mother now, struggling desperately.

She was born with supernatural power, and when she really wielded it, the two masters who were full all day long were no match for her at all. The abortion medicine fell to the ground, and the medicine bowl shattered.

The first abortion plan failed.

The pregnant silly girl seemed to have become a little smarter, she intuitively sensed that the two men who had touched her body before seemed to be detrimental to the things in her belly.

Although she still wants to eat sweets and wear beautiful clothes, she wants to keep the contents of her stomach even more.

From then on, Sha Niu never ate any food brought by the two men.

Next to this land temple is the river, and there are all kinds of wild fruits on the mountain, so you won't starve to death.Every time she sees someone coming, the silly girl will hide on the mountain so that they can't find her everywhere.

Soon, the fruit will fall, and the silly girl is going to have a baby.

She had to go back to the earth temple and prepare to give birth.

Master Ding and Master Guo soon found out that although their behavior was absurd, they did not dare to take life, especially since the child this woman was about to give birth to was likely to be their own flesh and blood.

Master Guo took the risk and gave a large sum of money to an old woman in the clan, begging her to deliver the silly girl.

And threatened her that if she told this secret to anyone, she would make her whole family look good.

"That old lady is her..."

Jiao stretched out her hand, pointing at the trembling fat granny and said.

"I heard all of this when I hid in the ancestral hall and heard her secretly come to confess to Mrs. Guo's tablet."

"Father-in-law, don't be afraid. Fat mother never betrayed you when mother-in-law was alive. But after mother-in-law died, she still lost to her 'conscience'."

Jiao's daughter showed a mocking smile.

If anyone kneeling here has such a thing as "conscience".