When Qin Lao Wu said this, his voice trembled slightly. Li Qiufeng had experienced the strange experience of the Jingxin Temple under the Hutou Rock and the Changping Ancient Battlefield, and he had long been out of mind about these ghosts. Xiao Dong worked in the Beijing Firearms Bureau, although he was only a small official, but his status was extremely high, and when he went out to do business, officials and wealthy businessmen from all over the country were extremely flattering to him, and he always scoffed at these strange theories. Only Zhang Shi went south and north to do business, and he has always respected ghosts and gods. After listening to the strange things that Qin Lao Wu said, he believed it a little in his heart.

I only heard Qin Lao Wu continue: "If it is an ordinary case, the criminal master can handle it by himself." It's just that someone died, and the matter can't be hidden. The master and the catcher reported the matter to the county magistrate, who was so shocked that he immediately beat the drum and summoned the farmer's wife and his father-in-law's family to the yamen for careful interrogation, wanting to find out the clues. However, after two days of interrogation, nothing was found. The county magistrate had no way, so he ordered to send out a catcher to patrol the Sky Ridge every night.

"It's okay for the people in the yamen to catch and scare the people, but when I heard that the county magistrate wanted them to inspect the skyscraper, they were all so frightened. It's just that the county magistrate has already issued an order, and everyone doesn't dare to disobey. From that day on, every night, two catchers patrolled along the official road from Motianling to Dongliao County. It's just that these catchers are afraid of death, and most of them go in a panic after dark, and then return to the county town to drink and gamble.

"But just over a month ago, another merchant selling medicinal herbs disappeared in Motianling. His headless body was later found in the valley, and it is said that the body was tied to a rattan in a horrific shape. There were two lives in Motianling, and even the yamen of the prefect of Liaoyang heard about it, and sent people to the yamen of the prefect of Dongliao County to ask what happened. The county magistrate didn't dare to hide it, so he had to write an official document and report the case of Motianling to the Yamen of the Liaoyang Prefect and the Yamen of the Liaodong Governor. The prefect Yamen and the governor Yamen sent back an official document, strictly ordering Dongliao County to arrest the murderer as soon as possible and close the case.

After the county master received the official document, he didn't dare to delay, and he didn't care that the foot injury had not healed, so he brought the master and the head catcher again, and asked everyone to solve the case within a time limit, otherwise they would beat everyone to the board. After the master and the head catcher returned, they gathered the arrester quickly, claiming that the murderer should be arrested as soon as possible, otherwise everyone would be finished together. These tolerance catchers also know that if they don't solve the case as soon as possible, not only will their jobs be lost, but they are afraid that their butts will also be broken by the board. is to fight hard one by one, stirring up the Dongliao County into restlessness.

But in the midst of the rumors, something big happened on the Sky Ridge. One night, two catchers went to patrol the ridge. But before they could reach the top of the ridge, a carriage suddenly came from the ridge. The two catchers didn't pay attention to it at first, but they just thought it was strange that someone dared to walk on the Sky Ridge at night. When the two of them avoided, they found that the person driving the car was the thief who was killed at the top of the Sky Ridge. Frightened, the two were just about to draw their knives, but they saw a flash of cold light, and the head of a fast catcher had already flown in the air. Seeing this, the other catcher fell to the ground in fright and fainted.

When the catcher woke up, he saw darkness all around, and there was no shadow of a carriage. The arrester didn't bother to check where his companion went, so he desperately fled back to Dongliao County and went straight to the county yamen. It's just that when he beat the big drum in front of the yamen in a panic, he was exhausted, fell to the ground and fainted. Awakened by the sound of drums, he quickly went out of the yamen to investigate, and only then did he save him.

The catcher woke up and told him what had happened on the Ferris Ridge. Everyone was stunned and looked at each other, not knowing what to do. Later, Master Xingming and He Zhutou also rushed over, and at first they thought that the catcher was talking nonsense and beat him up. It's just that the catcher insisted that it was a ghost who killed someone, and in desperation, everyone went to the Sky Ridge overnight to find another catcher. As a result, the headless body of the fast catcher was found in the valley halfway up the mountainside, and everyone knew that something was wrong, and fled back to Dongliao County in a hurry, and called the county magistrate out of his sleep.

"The county magistrate knew that he was killed soon, and the murderer was still the murderer who was beheaded, so he didn't believe it at first. However, when he saw that his most trusted criminal master and He Zhutou also nodded again and again, they had to believe it. This case was too strange, and he had no way, so he had to ask the master to write the official document, and send the official document to the yamen of the Liaoyang prefect and the yamen of the governor of Liaodong early the next morning. It's just that the crowd has already been frightened, and they refuse to patrol on the Sky Ridge again. He Zhutou had no choice, so he had to report to the county magistrate. The clerk master of the county yamen persuaded the county magistrate not to force the tolerance to arrest too quickly, otherwise these people would pile up picks, and things would become more and more out of control.

"The county magistrate knew that he was already scared when he was about to catch them, and if he forced them to patrol on the Sky Ridge again, these people would definitely not do it. If these people are scared away, and only one of them is left, this official will not be able to do it. Therefore, he had no choice but to cancel the order to patrol at Motianling at night, and only asked the public to patrol the city carefully to prevent the traitors from making trouble. Love Me eBook

Later, it was said in the city that a Zhong Kui temple had to be built on the top of Motianling in order to suppress the evil spirits and restore peace to Dongliao County. At first, it was just a street talk, but later this rumor spread into the yamen. At that time, the official document of the county magistrate had been sent to the yamen of the prefect of Liaoyang and the yamen of the governor of Liaodong, but the official document was returned, and he was reprimanded by the prefect and the governor for being 'cowardly and stupid', and strictly ordered to solve the case within a time limit, otherwise he would be locked up and taken to Liaoyang Mansion for questioning.

When the county magistrate received the palindrome, he was so frightened that he was in chaos. I heard that in order to suppress the evil spirits, it was necessary to build Zhong Kui Temple on the top of the Sky Ridge, as if a person who was about to drown caught a straw and asked the master of the yamen to discuss with the officials. These masters and officials knew that if the county master fell, everyone would definitely not end well, and they were all so anxious that they scratched their ears and cheeks. At this time, I heard that the temple could suppress evil spirits, and I was also thinking like the county lord, and they all shouted good. There are even a few people who secretly think that if the county yamen presides over the construction of the temple, there will be oil and water to be fished. Why didn't you come up with such a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone?"

When Qin Lao Wu said this, Zhang Shi, who was originally a little frightened, shook his head and said, "Old Qin, what you said is a bit too mysterious. How could the matter discussed privately by the magistrate and the yamen reach the common people? Besides, some people want to enrich their own pockets by building temples, but this is just what they think in their hearts. You can find out, it's unbelievable, isn't it?"

Li Qiufeng and Xiao Dong both thought in their hearts, Qin Lao Wu's words were cloudy, mountain and fog, and eight out of ten sentences were unreliable. You Zhang Yuanwai is also a person with seven tricks, and you actually believe Qin Lao Wu's nonsense, ridiculous, ridiculous.

I only heard Qin Lao Wu say: "I don't know anything outside, in a big place in Dongliao County, the relatives and friends of those people in the yamen are in the city again, so they went back to tell the matter and spread it to the market, but it is not strange." As for their desire to make money by building temples, aren't officials of all sizes all over the world thinking like this?

Zhang Shi thought about it, so he nodded helplessly.

Qin Lao Wu continued: "After the county lord and several masters, head hunters, and the secretary office made a big plan, they thought about how to build the temple. The county lord said to everyone that the yamen didn't have much money in the first place, and it was not enough to even pay salaries to the masters' secretaries. If you report the construction of the temple to the Liaoyang Mansion and the Yamen, the governor of Liaodong, if you don't come to the money, you will be reprimanded. It is how to get the money to build the temple, and everyone has to think of a way.

When everyone heard that they wanted to get money, they were all in high spirits. There was a proposal to introduce a card to collect taxes, but there was opposition to it. Because although Dongliao County is a border town, Dongyi and Daming have never had contacts, let alone open to the market, and there are very few business travelers. Even if you set up a checkpoint, you won't be able to collect the money. Some people say that the autumn grain will be harvested in a few months, so it is better to sell the old grain in the granary and use the money from the sale of grain to build a temple. The county magistrate was furious when he heard this, and scolded the secretary who came up with the idea. It is said that he used to store grain without permission, and if it is known by the court, it is a capital crime. ”

When Qin Lao Wu said this, he paused slightly, and then whispered: "But I heard from the people that the grain in Dongliao County has long been sold by the county master and master. If he wants to sell grain for silver, the county magistrate's embezzlement of grain will be exposed, which is why he is furious and resolutely refuses to sell grain. ”