Chapter 26: Evil Ghost 3
◎There are friends who want to see ghosts together! ◎
Yan Yue felt that there must be a special reason why the evil ghost was haunting the Feng family. So he asked, "Have you ever known a woman who sells steamed buns and sugar cakes from village to village?"
Mrs. Feng denied it: "We have a cook in our house, and we rarely eat the food sold by people outside."
Yan Yue asked again: "Is it possible that you have bullied someone unintentionally? For example, because someone has a birthmark on his face, you think he is ugly, or because his clothes were stained by the basket he carried, so you beat him up or disabled him?"
Master Feng was shocked and said, "Fairy, this is clearly a false accusation! My Feng family is also considered a wealthy family in Linjiang City. Although we are not as good as those big families and have a good reputation, we will never do such things as bullying others by taking advantage of our power! Please judge for yourself, Fairy!"
Yan Yue asked again: "Have you ever done anything evil like repaying kindness with enmity, seizing good farmland, or committing rape or robbery?"
Master Feng narrowed his eyes and said, "Fairy, just tell us what you want. No matter what you ask for, we will do our best to meet your demands. You don't have to think too hard to accuse us of anything."
Well, I was considered as blackmailer!
Yan Yue laughed awkwardly: "I'm just asking around. Um, keep an eye on Master Qi! I'll go out and take a look."
Mrs. Feng asked, "When will you be back?"
Yan Yue promised: "I will be back before dark!"
Yan Yue asked around for a whole day, but no one knew the woman who sold steamed buns. She almost suspected that Zhou Lin had made a mistake.
Fortunately, I later found out that there were several ladies in the south city where the Zhou family lived who still remembered that woman.
They said she hadn't been to the city to sell steamed buns for several years, and they didn't know where the woman's home was.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Yan Yue had no choice but to rush back to the Feng family.
She discussed with Zhou Lin, what kind of unspeakable conflict could arise between the Feng family and a woman like her who sells steamed buns?
Zhou Lin felt that the Feng family might be lying.
Because a ghost wouldn't just haunt the Feng family for no reason, risking being wiped out and tormenting this wealthy family. Is she crazy? It is too outrageous for the Feng family to say that they don’t even know this woman.
The man and the ghost discussed for half the night but could not come to a conclusion.
So on the second day, Yan Yue did not go out, but ran around the Feng family, trying to find out the secrets of the Feng family.
However, she jumped up and down all day but didn't get the result she wanted.
Mr. Feng is not a good man. As a businessman, he is indeed cunning and calculating, but he has never done anything evil that is harmful to others.
In addition to Mrs. Feng, he also had a concubine, four sons and two daughters. Yan Yue secretly went to see the concubine, who was a gentle and considerate type. His wife is graceful and noble, holding the power of managing the household. His concubines are humble and courteous. In addition, Mr. Feng does not favor any one of the wives, so the family gets along very harmoniously.
The only setback the family encountered over the years was that the youngest son, Feng Jian, was abducted for five years.
At the beginning of the year, when Mr. Feng was delivering goods, he happened to see Feng Jian. After all, he is my own child. Even though I haven't seen him for five years, I recognized him at first sight.
The trafficker who kidnapped the child was immediately handed over to the government by Mr. Feng. The Feng family spent money to ask for a heavy sentence, but the trafficker could not bear the torture and died in prison.
Yan Yue specifically asked about it, and the servant said that the trafficker was a man, and he confessed his crime under torture. He often wandered between the east and the west, and would kidnap children from the east to sell them in the west, and kidnap children from the west to the east. He was thousands of miles away and could not be found, so he was never caught.
According to the confession of the trafficker, the government went to the east and retrieved the two abducted children. The Feng family made the greatest contribution in this matter and was praised by the government and received unanimous praise from the people!
Yan Yue couldn’t understand how such a family could offend a peasant woman who sold steamed buns?
The evil ghost has not appeared since that night, and Yan Yue has no way to ask her clearly. What made her even more anxious was that Qi Zhaoyang had not woken up yet.
Yan Yue was afraid that he would pass away, so she rubbed Qi Zhaoyang's cold hands until she fell asleep on the edge of the bed.
Qi Zhaoyang slowly opened his eyes and felt as if his whole body was falling apart, as if he was in another world.
In my sight, the flames of several oil lamps kept jumping, and my numb palms felt slightly cool and smooth.
He tilted his head and saw Yan Yue sleeping soundly on the bed, her fair and slender fingers resting on his hands.
Qi Zhaoyang's heart moved, and he put aside all the discomfort in his body. He slowly pulled out his hand, trying to brush away her hanging hair so that he could see her more clearly.
Just as his fingers were about to touch Yan Yue's forehead, a figure suddenly flashed beside the bed.
The man, dressed like a scholar, glanced at him unexpectedly, then his eyes fell on his fingers.
Qi Zhaoyang coughed awkwardly, took his hand back, and asked the man, "Brother, may I ask where this is?"
Unexpectedly, the scholar suddenly widened his eyes and looked at him as if he had seen a ghost!
Qi Zhaoyang looked down at himself and there seemed to be nothing wrong. When he was about to ask another question, he heard the scholar say -
"Can you see me?"
Qi Zhaoyang was shocked!
I heard Yan Yue say before that she was most afraid of people around her asking this question, but he didn't take it seriously. Now that I have really heard it, I have truly experienced it, the feeling of the hairs all over my body standing on end!
He was about to ask what it meant?
Then I heard the crowing of a rooster in the distance, and then I saw the scholar looking out the window and floating into the black umbrella on the table!
Qi Zhaoyang sucked in a breath of cold air, shrank to the corner of the bed in fear and panic, and felt the blood in his body run cold!
He made quite a noise. Yan Yue raised her head and rubbed her eyes. When she saw Qi Zhaoyang's terrified face, she shouted in surprise, "You're awake? You're finally awake! I was so worried! How could you sleep for so long? If I had slept for so long, I would have starved to death!"
The cordial and simple words brought Qi Zhaoyang back to his senses, but he still asked in fear: "Am I a human or a ghost?"
Yan Yue blinked: "Are you confused after sleeping? Of course you are a human!"
Qi Zhaoyang swallowed his saliva and asked again: "How can you be sure?"
Yan Yue pointed at his shadow cast by the light on the wall and said, "Ghosts don't have shadows!"
Qi Zhaoyang breathed a sigh of relief, only then he realized that his neck was sticky and cold sweat was almost dripping from his forehead.
Yan Yue tilted her head and stared at him: "What's wrong with you? Why are you so weird?"
Qi Zhaoyang wiped the sweat off his face and said, "I saw a ghost."
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Qi Zhaoyang was very nervous.
He had no idea what had happened, he just remembered that something seemed to have entered his eyes that night, followed by endless pain, like a raging fire that nearly burned him to death. When I woke up, I could see Zhou Lin and even had a conversation with him.
Yan Yue was very excited.
She has a friend now, the kind of friend she can go to see ghosts with!
Who doesn’t want a friend who can not only see ghosts but also exorcise demons? She no longer has to be alone and afraid, shivering in fear! If it wasn't in broad daylight, she really wanted to call Zhou Lin out to celebrate together!
Yan Yue explained the reason why she stopped Qi Zhaoyang from killing the evil ghost and apologized sincerely.
Qi Zhaoyang did not blame her. He felt that it would be much more appropriate to solve the problem from the root than to seal the evil ghost.
The two began to investigate the woman.
The identity of the immortal master of Qingxu Temple was very useful, and the people in the yamen cooperated very well in helping to check the identity of the woman.
The woman's surname was Wei and her name was Ping. She was a peasant woman from a village far away from Linjiang City. After her parents passed away, she lived alone in an old house in the village, taking care of the five acres of thin land passed down from her ancestors.
Yan Yue made a special investigation and found out that Wei Ping was not married and had nothing to do with the child traffickers. They were completely unrelated and had no connection at all.
She couldn't figure it out. What was Wei Ping so upset about?
Wei Ping never showed up again, and Qi Zhaoyang wanted to wait and see, so he stayed at Feng's house and waited for Wei Ping to appear. But Yan Yue insisted on going to the village where Wei Ping lived to inquire. Qi Zhaoyang was worried about her being alone, so he had to go with her.
This inquiry was shocking, because no one in the village knew that Wei Ping was dead!
Wei Ping lives at the west entrance of the village, which is very remote.
The two men pushed open the low wooden gate and smelled a strong stench before they even approached the main house.
Qi Zhaoyang's expression changed and he stopped Yan Yue from entering. In order to facilitate their travel, the Feng family sent a horse-drawn carriage to follow them all day. Qi Zhaoyang then sent the driver back to report to the authorities and asked them to send a coroner.
There were probably few things happening in the small village, and at this time almost half of the village had gathered in front of Wei Ping's house.
Yan Yue learned from the villagers that Wei Ping had lived alone since her parents passed away. She grows some vegetables in the yard and has enough food in the fields. She also steams pancakes to make some money, so her life is pretty comfortable.
It wasn't until five years later that she found a child.
According to her, she was on her way back from selling goods when she saw a man beating a child. She couldn't bear to see this, so she spoke out to dissuade him. As a result, the man became furious and pulled out a knife, threatening her to hand over the money!
Wei Ping relied on her youth and strength, picked up a carrying pole and started fighting with the man, beating him until his head was bleeding. The man left the child and ran away alone.
The child looked to be less than three years old, could not speak clearly, and could only cry loudly.
Wei Ping had no choice but to take the child home, and for some reason, she decided to adopt the child.
"I advised her at the time that she was still young. Even if the birthmark on her face was ugly, she could still find a widower or someone with disabled hands and feet. But if she had a child like this, I'm afraid it would be difficult for her to get married!"
"Yes, I said that too! This child's origins are unknown, and who knows what others will say about her!"
Yan Yue thought, maybe it was because of loneliness! Even if it's just a child who knows nothing about the world, at least he has a companion.
Wei Ping did not listen to the villagers' advice and send the child to the yamen, but raised the child herself.
"Oh, she really cared about this child! When the child was still young, she carried the child on her back and a shoulder pole and went from village to village to sell goods!"
"Once Peng Peng was sick, she knocked on my door in the middle of the night and begged my husband to drive a bullock cart to take them to see a doctor. My husband came back and said that Wei Ping was holding a box of silver and loose money, and it seemed that she had brought all her wealth with her, fearing that the money would not be enough for the doctor's treatment!"
"Of course! How many children in our village can read? She insisted on sending Pengpeng to the village school next door to study! It's more than 20 miles away. She sends the child there every morning and picks her up in the afternoon after selling the goods! It's nearly 50 miles a day, and she does this every day, regardless of winter or summer!"
Yan Yue thought, this is probably the reason why Wei Ping no longer goes to Linjiang City to sell goods! Although the price in the city can be higher and it sells faster, the city is too far away and it is not convenient to bring children there.
"But tell me, how did Peng Peng get lost?"
"Look at her at that time, she was like crazy! She did nothing all day long but looked for the child everywhere!"
"If she hadn't been away for ten days or half a month looking for her child, how could we let her die alone at home without anyone knowing?"
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