Chapter 7 Chapter 6 Reunion

At night, in the county yamen's office, the yamen servant on duty was worrying about the cold weather and the long night, so he secretly lit a small charcoal stove in the room, warmed the wine on it, and had some snacks to pass the time while eating wine.The lights were dim, and the room was warm and harmonious. When he was about to fall asleep, suddenly his eyes blurred and he saw a tall figure standing in front of him. The yamen servant was startled. When he looked up, the man had a clear face and sword-like eyebrows. At the temples, a pair of phoenix eyes were looking at him with a slight smile.Seeing that he didn't seem to have any malicious intentions, the yamen servant unconsciously let go of the heart he had just picked up a little bit.I just heard him say: "Don't panic, I just need to know, where is the person who ran into evil in Gaojia Village the day before yesterday?"

The yamen servant thought that the person who came to sneak into the county yamen at night must be doing some serious crimes, but unexpectedly asked this question, he was stunned for a moment, and said: "Everyone is dead, they stopped in the back yamen's room." As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a numbness in the back of his head, and a burst of drowsiness hit him, and he seemed to hear him say in a daze, "Thank you, you can go to sleep first." Li Yuanfang gently supported the yamen servant on the back of the chair, went out of the guard room, identified the direction, and searched for the back yamen.

In Wuzuo's room, three corpses were quietly parked, all covered with white cloth. Although the weather was cold, there was a stench floating in the air. Li Yuanfang approached and lifted the white cloth. Under the moonlight, he had been handling cases for many years and had seen Many corpses with different causes of death still can’t help being surprised. The facial skin of the corpses is nowhere intact, covered with bumpy blisters of different sizes, some of them have rotted, their facial features have long been distorted and dislocated, and an eyeball has been removed from the body. Squeezed out of the eye sockets, it was indescribably hideous and terrifying.Li Yuanfang frowned, took off the cloth, and saw that the clothes of the corpse had been cut open, and the whole body was like this, he was horrified in his heart, what is the meaning of such a thing that can kill a person like this?Looking at the other two corpses, they were also in the same shape, and I think they died in a terrible state at the time.

Li Yuanfang didn't want to stay any longer, so she sneaked out of the county office with a pretty voice, and rushed to Luoyang overnight. At this time, Di Renjie and Di Chun had already taken a step ahead and were on their way to Luoyang. When I left Zhendian when I was young, although the snow had melted during the day, there were still a lot of trees and bushes on both sides of the official road, reflecting the moonlight, crystal clear, making the road at night clearly visible.At this time, there was no one in the field, so there was no need to worry about the mud splashed by the horse's hooves. Li Yuanfang rode on the horse, and was expected to catch up with Di Renjie at dawn.

Suddenly he heard the sound of hoofbeats behind him, as if someone was chasing him, Li Yuanfang paid attention, but did not slow down, and heard the sound of a flute, he seemed to be happy, but also anxious. With a heartbeat, Li Yuanfang reined in his horse and stopped. When he turned around, he saw a white horse galloping towards him in the night, and a woman sat on it immediately. Her light-colored clothes and long hair fluttered in the wind, like an elf dancing in a snowy night, rushing to Nearby, the woman got off her horse and held a piccolo tightly in her hand. Regardless of the tears all over her face, she stared fixedly at Li Yuanfang with a pair of almond eyes, but she couldn't say anything.

Li Yuanfang got off the horse, walked forward slowly, still had the same smile as that day three years ago, and said softly: "Yu'er, is that you?" Ayu threw herself into Li Yuanfang's arms and began to cry like a child. Li Yuanfang had no choice but to stroke Ayu's shoulder, not knowing how to persuade her.After crying for a while, Ayu suddenly felt her face was hot, but fortunately she couldn't see clearly in the night, so she hurriedly took a step back and looked up at Li Yuanfang, with tears streaming down her face and starry eyes, but then burst into tears and laughed again.Li Yuanfang reunited with her after a long absence, and was very happy in his heart, but he was amused to see that she still had such a childlike heart, how could he know what the girl was thinking?Since the farewell in Ningzhou, Ayu has imagined how many times they would meet again, and mistook others for Li Yuanfang on the streets of Chang'an, but he never expected to meet again in this wilderness today, and his heart is so joyful that it is beyond words describe.

Ayu consciously lost her composure, lowered her head and looked sideways at the white horse, seeing the white horse's big watery eyes showing a bit of tenderness under the moonlight, she thought to herself: Ma Er Ma Er, do you know what's on my mind? Li Yuanfang wondered: "Yu'er, why are you here?" Ayu turned her head and wiped away the tears with her hands, and her face was full of sadness again: "Recently, there have been rumors of ghosts in the palace, have you heard of them? - Several maidservants in the East Palace died strangely, and the one you saw in the county government just now Like several corpses, they were also festering and dying slowly. When they were dying, they said they saw ghosts wearing masks and costumes with 'big faces' in a trance."

"How do you say it's a ghost?" Li Yuanfang said. "At that time, a maidservant in the palace turned on the lamp, and suddenly saw shadows on the wall, as if countless ghosts were coming, but turned around, but there was no one else except herself, and when she raised her head suddenly, she saw a person wearing a mask and costume, The maidservant in the palace was shocked, seeing her terrified face reflected in the mask, and after a while she let out a voice. When everyone came to see, how could there be any ghosts? That night, three maidservants died. The rumors in the palace are amazing, and it is said that they have done sinister things, so that ghosts claim their lives."

Speaking of this, Ayu suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "I tracked this down, and I happened to find out that three foreigners came to the town. They are not afraid of 'ghosts hitting the wall', and they are going to Gaojia Village. According to other people's descriptions, they seem like adults and Brother Li. , Di Chun, you went to the county government just one step later, I guess you came, so I chased after you to have a look." In fact, there are many people with similar looks in the world who are bold and curious, so it must be Di Renjie and others?It's just that Ayu's thoughts were on his mind, and he hoped that it would be Li Yuanfang, and he had to catch up to see what happened, so that there would be such a reunion.

Li Yuanfang and Ayu led the horses for a walk, the two of them didn't realize that the night was frosty, Li Yuanfang asked: "As an internal guard, are you ordered to investigate this case? Why did I hear that people from the Lijing Sect were also involved? " "That's right, there are people from the Lijingmen," Ayu murmured, sounding a little hoarse, and after a moment of silence, he continued: "This case has to start. Years ago, someone reported on Prince Liu and Dou The second concubine performed the technique of disgusting victory in the East Palace, cursing the Queen of Heaven, and found two wooden figures under their bed with nails stuck all over their bodies. Brother Li also knew that this technique of disgusting victory was strictly forbidden in this dynasty, and even more so What's more, murder the queen?

On the first day of the first lunar month, the second concubine entered the palace to congratulate her, but was secretly executed by the queen of heaven, and even the bones were not returned to the prince. Prince. Unexpectedly, only two days later, Tuan'er and the other two palace servants suddenly met a ghost in the East Palace and died.When Tianhou heard about this, she was furious. Wu Chengsi and others took the opportunity to speak again, saying that the prince suspected that the second concubine was killed by Tianhou.The queen ordered Lai Junchen to try the case. Then Junchen's torture methods are known all over the world. He believed that he was favored by the Empress Dowager, colluded with Wu Chengsi, arrested all the people in the Prince's East Palace, and tortured them to extract confessions. He must be convicted of treason. " As he was talking, he suddenly heard Ayu's voice choked up: "My master, a small musician, was also involved in this matter. Although he escaped this arrest, where could he have escaped? Now he doesn't know if he will live or die! I had no choice but to go out of the city to investigate this matter, Brother Li, I don't know what to do!" Finally couldn't help but burst into tears. Li Yuanfang didn't want this to be so complicated, and it was related to the rebellion of the East Palace. In the night wind, the tears on Ayu's face were wet and dry, dry and wet, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and she looked very sad and helpless. Life is pitiful, thinking that she must be lonely and helpless these days, and she has suffered a lot of grievances, so she can only comfort her with gentle words: "Yu'er, don't worry, come with me to see the adults, he must have a way." Ayu was already exhausted and worried, but she felt relieved when she heard this, she looked at Li Yuanfang with teary eyes, and nodded slowly, as if she felt that there was a glimmer of hope in the vast night.