"Haunted?"
Although Su Shi's own experience was very bizarre, he still didn't believe in the theory of ghosts and gods.
Zhou Xuan suddenly asked: "Do you believe there are ghosts in this world?"
Su Shi smiled: "At least I haven't seen it before."
His knowledge may be wider than that of all the people in Daqian combined, but he has never seen a ghost.
"I haven't seen it either." Zhou Xuan said quietly, "But I hope there really are ghosts in this world."
Su Shi didn't ask her why. He could tell that Zhou Xuan had deep feelings for her prince brother.
When a person dies, his loved ones naturally hope that he will be happy in another world.
Even if you are deceiving yourself, you will still give yourself some comfort.
Naturally, Su Shi would not break her fantasy, and he did not want to inquire too much about the late prince.
So he immediately changed the subject: "Why is the Red Plum Pavilion said to be haunted?"
He had been to Hongmei Pavilion. Although no one had lived there for a long time and the whole house looked old and dilapidated, Su Shi did not feel anything unusual.
Zhou Xuan was silent for a while, then slowly said: "Shortly after Huiniang passed away, every night, bright lights would appear in the Hongmei Pavilion from time to time, and various sounds would be made, as if there were still people living there."
"If such a strange thing happens, someone will naturally investigate."
"Both the Fang Nei Yamen and the Jingzhao Mansion went to investigate, and in the end even royal spies were dispatched."
"What is the result of the investigation?"
"Hui Niang refuses to leave, and her ghost is still wandering in the Hongmei Pavilion."
Su Shi asked in confusion: "Is this the result that the Fang Nei Yamen, Jingzhao Mansion and the royal secret agents came up with?"
"yes."
Su Shi fell into deep thought. If the yamen in the square might be perfunctory, the Jingzhao Mansion would never dare to do so, and it was even less likely that the royal secret agent would come to such a conclusion without any evidence.
"What evidence is there?"
"I have read the report written by the royal spies. It says that on the fifteenth day of February in the eighth year of Daqian Hexing, when the moon was like a disk, eight royal spies headed by Du Ziqi inspected the Hongmei Pavilion at night."
Every midnight, the commotion inside the Red Plum Pavilion is the loudest, so Du Ziqi and other eight royal spies decided to check the Red Plum Pavilion at night.
Eight people formed two teams, divided into four groups, lurking in the four directions of the Hongmei Pavilion in the southeast, northwest, and every hiding place was extremely hidden and clever. It was absolutely impossible for anyone to discover them, but they were able to observe the red plums. All details outside the museum.
When they got the news that the Red Plum Pavilion was haunted, everyone thought it was definitely man-made.
Since it was man-made, someone had to sneak into the Red Plum Pavilion, so after noon on February 15th, they had already monitored all aspects of the Red Plum Pavilion.
From the time they entered the hiding position until midnight, they could guarantee that no one would enter the Hongmei Pavilion.
Just when they thought nothing would happen tonight, the watchman in the distance rang the clapper.
As soon as the watchman's clapper rang, a ball of green light suddenly appeared in the bedroom where Hui Niang used to live in Hongmei Mansion. This green ball of light wandered around in the bedroom, as if someone was walking around in the bedroom.
"At that time, Du Ziqi and the others felt their scalps numb because they could guarantee that no one would go in that day."
Since no one went in, they couldn't give any explanation for the bright green light except that it was a will-o'-the-wisp.
Then they heard sounds coming from the Red Plum Pavilion, like bursts of low sobbing.
Zhou Xuan sighed: "Although Du Ziqi and the other eight are highly skilled in martial arts, at that time they only felt that their feet were weak."
The sobbing suddenly stopped, and the green light group was extinguished at that moment, and the Hongmei Pavilion fell into silence again.
Just when everyone thought it was over, the bedroom door suddenly creaked.
The long sound of the door opening made Du Ziqi and others' nerves tense up again, with six pairs of eyes staring at the bedroom door.
The door slowly opened inwards, as if someone was opening the door from inside.
As the door opened, everyone's heart was in their throats, sweat had appeared on their foreheads, and they didn't even dare to breathe out.
As soon as the door opened, a gust of wind suddenly blew out, blowing up the fallen leaves in front of the door.
The fallen leaves danced gracefully in the moonlight, and finally slowly returned to the ground.
Du Ziqi and the others could guarantee that there would be absolutely no wind that night, and even if there was wind, the wind would not be able to blow up the fallen leaves on the ground.
What's more, they checked the Hongmei Pavilion before hiding, and all the windows in the bedroom were closed tightly, so it was impossible for wind to blow into the bedroom.
Since there is no wind in the bedroom, where does this wind come from?
While Du Ziqi and the others were wondering, another creaking sound was heard, and the study door slowly cracked open, as if someone was pushing the door gently.
Then there was another banging sound from the door, and it seemed like someone had closed the door heavily.
And the moment the door closed, the green ball of light lit up in the study again, slowly traveling to the desk.
"At this time, the chair behind the desk made a heavy dragging sound and slowly moved to the desk, and a book on the desk suddenly opened. And right here, the green light went out again, and the Red Plum Pavilion Silence again.”
Su Shi had been listening quietly. No matter how weird and terrifying the scene described by Zhou Xuan was, the expression on his face did not change at all.
It was as if I was just listening to a story.
"Then there was no more unusual movement in the Red Plum Pavilion that night. Although Du Ziqi and the others witnessed the strange scenes, everyone was frightened, but in the end they still had the courage to enter the Red Plum Pavilion."
"What's the end?" Su Shi finally asked.
"Nothing was found. All the furnishings in the Hongmei Pavilion were exactly the same as what they saw during the day, without any changes."
Su Shi frowned: "No change?"
"They certainly haven't changed anything."
Su Shi asked a little strangely: "Including that chair and that book?"
"Since the Hongmei Pavilion was haunted, no one has cleaned it. The entire study is covered with dust. Du Ziqi checked carefully and found that the chair had no trace of movement at all, and that the book had never been turned over. "
After Zhou Xuan finished speaking, Su Shi smiled and said, "This story is very interesting and bizarre, and you told it wonderfully."
Zhou Xuan glared at him: "I'm not telling a story. This incident is not a story at all. It is something that really happened."
Then she suddenly looked at Su Shi suspiciously: "Did you discover something?"
Su Shi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Eight royal spies saw it with their own eyes, what's the problem?"
Although Su Shi said there was no problem, he seemed suspicious of the whole thing. However, he had not yet decided whether to participate, so naturally he would not say it out loud.
