Chapter 51 Section VII

I was ill for more than two months and was bedridden.During these two months, I ordered the famous shaman, who has been invited by Sansuke for many years, to come to my house for interpretation.Wu Ji said that he not only saw a female ghost haunting the house, but also a male ghost with a long beard and a short stature. When walking, one leg would make a creaking sound, probably because of a joint disease.These descriptions convinced me that the female ghost was Chi Bi, and the male ghost was my father, Liling Jiehou. I lay on the bed and asked Wu Ji weakly: "Father, father, why did you want to kill me?"

At this time, the voice of my father when he was alive came out from Wu Ji's mouth: "Why are you so cruel to your brother? Why?!" The voice is so vivid, even the slight cough at the pause of the voice is so vivid, it makes me feel that I have arrived In the underworld, I was covered in cold sweat, and my pores were like countless small springs, generously emitting the water in my body.If I was just inexplicably afraid of ghosts before, and I was skeptical about whether there really were ghosts, this time I firmly believe it. "Father, okay, okay, I'll take my younger brother back. If you still blame me, I'd rather give up the title to my younger brother, and beg my father to spare my son and forgive his crime of unfilial piety." I felt like my voice was like a silk thread Swaying in the dark wind, it seems that there is always the danger of being cut off.

The witch curled up, creaked and turned around in front of the bed, and smiled with satisfaction, just like his father's chuckle before his death: "You can do it for yourself. Well, you can do it for yourself." At the end, the voice Gone away like a wandering spirit. Then Wu Ji shook his head and struggled for a while, then resumed his original voice, and said, "I'm so tired, bring me some water." I couldn't hold it any longer, I felt like staring at my eyes, and soon passed out again. After waking up, I saw Luo Fu holding me in his arms, with blue eyes.Seeing me open my eyes, I said pleasantly, "Husband, you finally woke up."

I was still a little confused at first, but soon I remembered what happened before I fainted, and said, "Changnian, hurry up, find Changnian!" I have been waiting in front of the room for many years, and when I heard my cry, I immediately ran in, and I immediately ordered: "Quickly, prepare a memorandum for me, and submit an order, saying that I am extremely ill, and ask the emperor to allow me to die." I can pass the title of Liehou to my younger brother Chen Lan." Luo Fu hugged me tightly, and wept softly: "Husband, you will be fine. You just give them the Marquis, and you will be fine if you give them."

I smiled miserably and said, "Let it be fate." When autumn was almost over, the emperor issued an edict, agreeing that I would give up the title to my younger brother, and commending my filial piety.But at the same time, I also reminded me that it has been almost three months since I filed a complaint due to illness. If my body is still not fit for official duties and cannot go to the Tingwei Mansion to inspect affairs, I must be removed from the post of Tingwei.Under the care of Luo Fu, my health began to improve gradually. This edict reminded me of Chen Tang suddenly, and I was shocked. My promise to Zhang Bo to rescue Chen Tang has not been fulfilled. If I don’t If he went to Tingwei's mansion immediately to inspect the matter, I'm afraid Chen Tang would not survive the coming winter.I have to finish Chen Tang's prison affairs before the end of autumn.

I immediately played back, saying that I had recovered and could see things.The next day, I dragged my weak body to the Tingwei Mansion. My subordinate officials had already received the news, and they lined up neatly in front of the Tingwei Mansion to greet me.They already know that I am not a Liehou, so they no longer call me "Junhou".I sighed in my heart, faintly wanting to complain about the injustice of my dead father, but I immediately became terrified and turned my thoughts to other directions. I sat in front of a few desks and pretended to read the latest books for a while. The absence of me as the highest officer in Tingwei’s mansion did not paralyze me. All have his neat and reasonable replies.I looked at it for a while, and ordered to submit the books of prisoners who should be executed this year, from which I quickly picked out Chen Tang.

I said: "Go, bring me the former scholar Chen Tang. I think there are still problems with his manuscript, and the case needs to be closed." After a short time, Chen Tang came down surrounded by jailers. He was armed to the teeth, with iron clamps around his neck, bolts on his hands, and shackles on his feet.He seemed to know that his doomsday was coming, and his complexion was far less rosy than it was more than two months ago.As soon as he saw me, his face suddenly showed joy, and he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed with a "plop", and said anxiously: "It's been a long time since I saw you, the villain heard that the master's jade body was in trouble, and I was very worried, but fortunately I finally saw me." The Fujun has recovered, and the stone in the villain's heart has finally been let go."

I made a joke with him: "I'm afraid you are worried that if I don't come, no one will recover from your prison affairs?" He blushed a little, and did not deny it: "The villain knew that the Fujun is a great fortune and noble, and he was born to bless people like the villain. What's more, the heavens are gentle on the Fujun, and the mere ailments can be ignored. What are you doing?" His flattery of citing scriptures is very useful in my heart. The light in the court of Tingwei Mansion is very good, and the autumn morning light is covering the entire courtyard outside, and the sweet-scented osmanthus in the courtyard also emits a refreshing fragrance, which makes me feel relieved after a long illness. The officials said, you go to the outer court to serve, and I will call you again if there is something to do.

The jailers withdrew one after another, I took a deep breath, leaned forward, and said to Chen Tang: "I still want to start from the topic we left off last time, do you really think that there are no such things as souls and ghosts in this world?" ?” There was some confusion in his eyes, but then he suddenly became enlightened, and exaggeratedly exclaimed: "Ting Weijun still remembers the nonsense that the villain said two months ago, he really has a good memory. No wonder the emperor trusts Fujun so much." I interrupted him: "Don't flatter me, you should say something useful. What do you think about ghosts?"

He smiled embarrassingly and said: "Damn the villain, the villain thinks that there should be no ghosts, at least the villain has never seen it. I remember that when I was in Xiaqiu County, there were often rumors that so-and-so's house was haunted. The villain often Express doubts, thinking that it is just a living person with a plan, deliberately using ghosts to create chaos, but later the truth is revealed, and the suspicion in the villain's heart is often fulfilled." I immediately became interested, and encouraged him: "Really? Let me tell you something." "Since the Fujun is interested, the villain will tell you one." He knelt on the ground, tilted his head, as if racking his brains, and after a while, he shouted: "Yes."

"Okay, hurry up." I encouraged.