Chapter 541 Cave
The yamen runners tied up Xiao Erlang. The Xiao family dared to make trouble towards the guest Manbao and others, but they did not dare to attack the yamen runners.
The neighbors who had come to join in the fun also saw Xiao Erlang's face and couldn't help but talk about it, "He really is the child of the Xiao family."
"Is their house the one that's been haunted in the past two years?"
"This is truly wicked! If it was their Erlang who deliberately caused this, why didn't they tell anyone? My family doesn't dare to go out at night, not even to use the restroom."
"Who would have thought that Xiao Erlang would have such a problem?"
"It must be fake. He looked quite normal before. I've never heard of him being crazy. And why haven't I seen him crazy before? Does he have to go crazy after the Yan family was raided?"
Xiao Erlang burst into tears and begged for mercy in various ways. When he found that it was useless, he quickly exposed Manbao and the others, saying, "It's not just me who pretends to be a ghost, they pretend to be ghosts too."
Manbao denied it, "No, we were hiding in the firewood pile to catch ghosts. You mistook us for ghosts."
Bai Shanbao: "That's right, you are guilty of your own crime, who can you blame?"
"No, you're wearing white clothes like me, with your hair disheveled, and you're just pretending to be a ghost to scare people."
Manbao said, "We've only been here a few days. We're going to catch ghosts, and you're the only fake ghost in the alley. Where are the people?"
Bai Shanbao stroked his chin and said, "If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten. We were hiding in the firewood pile at first, but we didn't see you come out of your house. You suddenly appeared at the end of the alley. Where did you come from?"
Xiao Erlang was so frightened that he stopped talking immediately, and the Xiao family members didn't dare to move.
This behavior was so serious that not only Bai Shanbao and his friends, but even the neighbors could see that something was wrong.
Seeing that they had been unclear in their statements and denied many of the charges, the yamen runners could not help but whip Xiao Erlang and shouted, "Tell me, where did you come from?"
Xiao Erlang was sweating profusely and was too scared to speak.
Manbao said, "The end of the alley is the wall of the Yan family. You didn't come out from the Yan family, did you?"
Xiao Erlang almost fell to his knees.
When everyone saw this, they immediately turned around to go to the end of the alley to check. The old lady of the Xiao family immediately cried out, "Erlang is a madman. How can we take his actions seriously..."
Xiao Erlang trembled all over, "Mother——"
Bai Shanbao looked at Xiao Erlang sympathetically and said to him, "If you were to shoulder this charge alone, it would be a very heavy one. If you share the burden, you might get a lighter sentence. After all, there's a saying that goes, 'The law does not punish many.'"
Bai Erlang: Is this how the law of not holding everyone responsible is used?
Besides, there are only a few people in their family. Is that too many?
Manbao simply ignored them and ran out. She was particularly interested in where Xiao Erlang came from.
Many people followed with torches and sticks to join in the fun. Zhou Silang naturally followed her. The brother and sister first ran to the place where Xiao Erlang burned paper money.
There were still some unburned paper money and paper ashes on the ground. When everyone saw this, they believed what Manbao and the others said even more.
A little ahead of the fire was the wall of the Yan family. Manbao went over to take a look. Someone came forward with a torch, and everyone saw some stones scattered on the ground and a big hole at the bottom of the wall.
Everyone: ...
The yamen runner pushed aside the others and came up to take a look. When he saw the hole, he immediately drew his knife and pointed at the Xiao family members and asked, "Who are you?"
A yamen runner shouted, "Remnants of the Yan family?"
The crowd dispersed instantly, revealing the Xiao family.
The Xiao family trembled in fear. Old Man Xiao finally spoke. He knelt on the ground and said, "Sir, our family has lived in the state capital for generations, and our neighbors can all testify to this."
"Yes, yes, this is someone from the Xiao family."
"Don't worry about it, just tie him up first," the leading yamen runner made a quick decision, took out a rope and was about to arrest the man.
When Xiao Dalang saw this, he got up from the ground and turned around to run. A yamen runner kicked him and knocked him down. He immediately hit him hard on the back with the back of a knife and pinned him down.
The yamen runner was very angry and shouted, "Where's the village head? Go find him!"
A yamen runner shouted, "Although Jin law does not allow collective punishment, if you help the prisoner escape, you will be guilty!"
They were just night patrol yamen runners, with only three people in a team. One of them was holding Xiao Erlang in the yard, and there were only two people here. Facing so many people from the Xiao family, if they really wanted to run away, they might not be able to catch them.
So we can only intimidate first.
When the neighbors heard this, they immediately took several steps back, fearing that they would be involved in this matter.
The two yamen runners tied up Xiao Dalang and drew their swords, saying, "If you resist, you will be killed!"
The Xiao family members were so frightened that they fell to the ground.
Manbao and the other two were also startled and leaned against the wall for a long time without saying a word.
After the two yamen runners tied up all the Xiao family members and threw them aside, Manbao raised his little hand and said, "Brother officer, I can help you go in and see what's inside."
Yamen Runner A had long been interested in them. Upon hearing this, he couldn't help but glance at her and said, "You're so brave, kid. Aren't you afraid there might be something fishy going on?"
"If there were ghosts, would he dare to come out?" Manbao said, "Even the ghosts that have been haunting the place for two years are fake. Obviously, there are really no ghosts in this world."
The yamen runners really wanted to know what was inside the wall, so they snatched the torch from a neighbor, handed it to Manbao, and said, "Okay, go ahead."
Manbao was happy and immediately took the torch and tried to climb in.
The cave is not small. It may be difficult for a strong adult to crawl in, but it is no problem at all for teenagers who are only twelve or thirteen years old.
Manbao put the torch in, preventing it from touching the ground, and then used his hands and feet to quickly climb in.
Bai Shanbao followed behind her. Zhou Silang, who was the last one to fall behind, saw that Bai Erlang was not moving, so he kicked his butt and said, "Hurry up."
Bai Erlang didn't even come to his senses and just squatted down and crawled in.
Zhou Silang also slipped in.
Daji took a dozen steps back, then ran up and jumped at full speed. He stepped on the wall in two or three steps and jumped onto the top of the wall and landed, flying into the yard one step earlier than Manbao.
Two Yamen Runners: ...
The two looked at each other and had a deeper understanding of the person who rented this room.
Manbao crawled into the yard and looked up, only to see a dark shadow standing in front of him. He was so scared that he sat down on the ground.
She immediately raised the torch to look, and when she saw it was Daji, she couldn't help complaining, "Daji, you need to speak up!"
Daji: "Miss Man."
Then he called out to Bai Shanbao who had crawled out shortly afterwards, "Young Master."
Bai Shanbao: ...
Bai Erlang crawled out and saw Daji, who felt very safe. He got up from the ground and ran to Daji, asking, "Daji, when did you sneak in? How come I didn't notice you?"
Manbao and Bai Shanbao walked forward for a while holding torches, and exclaimed, "We finally know why they are pretending to be ghosts."
Daji hurried to follow and see.
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(End of this chapter)
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