Several people followed Meng Qingyao to the inner room. After they sat down, He Siniang was the first to speak: "Last time, I left in a hurry to avoid the supervisor. Qingyao, you still have some information that you haven't had time to tell. It's about the king. From the tomb?”
"Exactly, and some important news was leaked." Meng Qingyao said while pouring tea for everyone: "I have been waiting for you these days, for fear that you would go directly to the mountains rashly. Fortunately, I will wait for you today, otherwise Something big is going to happen.”
"Oh?" He Siniang asked hurriedly: "How do you say this?"
Meng Qingyao replied: "I went to look for King Hui's tomb on the first day, and after I returned to the city, I went to the mountain the next day, you know?"
He Siniang nodded: "The second time I went there was to confirm the existence of the Immortal Cave. You said this."
"But what I didn't have time to say is that I spent a lot of time in the mountains that day in order to find the Huangquan Ferry. By the time I walked back, it was already very dark. You also know that I am timid to begin with. I was so panicked that I wandered around the mountains and finally ended up in Yangliu Village."
After Meng Qingyao accidentally bumped into Yangliu Village, his first thought was to turn around and go back the way he came, but the village was very quiet after midnight. Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly heard a cry, and the voice was not the same person. Instead, it seemed that there were three or five people crying and mourning one after another, and they even shouted something like "Second Brother" in their cries.
Meng Qingyao is timid but very curious. He just did business with Gong Laoer in Yangliu Village yesterday. At this time, he heard someone crying and calling Lao Er, and he couldn't help but think of Gong Buquan. The more he thought about it, the more curious he became, and the more he felt that something was fishy. Finally, he simply followed the sound and walked there. After turning two alleys, he saw a burning candle in front of a courtyard.
Meng Qingyao poked his head around the courtyard wall and looked in. There was a shed built in front of the main house, with a coffin parked inside. Four old and young people wearing sackcloth and mourning were wailing around the coffin. He was hiding by the courtyard wall. I listened for a while, but the more I listened, the more something was wrong. In the end, I couldn't stop sweating.
Hearing this, He Siniang asked nervously: "What did you hear?"
Meng Qingyao seemed to have lingering fears about the experience that night. After taking a deep breath, he said: "The coffin parked in the yard is that of Gong Buquan Gong Laoer."
"He died the next day after selling the gold medal?" The grim-faced Taoist priest interjected at this time: "Is it possible that this guy really entered the valley and was poisoned by miasma?"
"He didn't die on that day." Meng Qingyao shook his head: "The night I went, Gong Laoer had been dead for three days!"
"What?!" The expressions of both He Siniang and the grim-faced Taoist priest suddenly changed. He Siniang stammered and asked, "Didn't you just do business with Gong Laoer on the first day of that night?"
"How did I know this! This person is indeed a living person. After selling the gold medals, he went to the flower house to spend half a day in style. Do you think this is not haunted?" Meng Qingyao didn't look too good, and after thinking about it, he added Said: "I didn't go back that night. Instead, I made up an excuse to stay overnight at other villagers' houses. I learned from the villagers that the person who died in that family was indeed Gong Laoer, who died three days ago. I went hunting and never came back. My family searched all night and finally found Gong Laoer's body in the grass not far from the valley. After I heard this, everyone was stunned. The dead Gong Laoer's body was clearly lying in the yard. Wait, who was in the shop that day?"
"Is it possible that there were others around Gong Laoer when he picked up the gold medal? He stole the gold medal and then pretended to be Gong Laoer and went to the city to sell it for money?" the Taoist priest asked with a grimace.
Meng Qingyao replied: "I have suspected this too, but the villagers told me that Gong Laoer is always alone when he goes hunting, and sometimes he does not need other helpers to lead a dog. I also described Gong Laoer's appearance to the villagers. Most likely, that person must be Gong Laoer."
After hearing this, everyone felt a little unbelievable. He Siniang asked doubtfully: "Did you really see a ghost? Where is the gold medal?"
"It's safe for me." Meng Qingyao took out the gold medal from his arms and put it on the table: "The gold medal is fine, but things are really strange. I wonder if there is a famous person in the valley?"
"What's the name?" The grim-faced Taoist priest remembered that He Siniang had once suspected that there was something wrong in the valley, and even thought that King Hui had come back from the dead and walked out of the valley, so he couldn't help asking: "You don't think the same as Siniang, do you? "
"Then how to explain this..."
The Taoist priest with a grimace interrupted Meng Qingyao: "How come you two, a girl from Jin Yuefu and a descendant of the Mo family, always think about the things that the gods are talking about? I tell you, the human heart in this world is much scarier than the ghosts and gods. Okay, Brother Meng, you said you have seen Gong Laoer, but have you seen the body in the coffin? Otherwise, you are just guessing. Since his name is Gong Laoer, the family may not know how many brothers he has. How do you know that you have met him? Isn’t it Mr. Gong or Mr. Gong?”
"But the villager clearly said that Gong Laoer never goes out hunting with others. How could the gold medal fall into the hands of others?"
"The day he picked up the gold medal may not be the day he died. Maybe he went home after picking up the gold medal and revealed the news. Not only did he attract the jealousy of his brothers, but he also died on the road of greed." The Taoist priest with a grimace explained.
Meng Qingyao thought for a while after hearing this, then nodded in agreement and said, "It makes sense to hear the Taoist Master's explanation, otherwise this matter would be too outrageous."
"Don't make things too complicated. In many seemingly mysterious situations, there are often people behind the scenes." Although the grimace Taoist said this, he was actually not sure in his heart, because after thinking about this explanation carefully There are still many things that don't make sense. For example, a very important point is that Gong Laoer must be a money-grubbing person if he dares to go into the valley alone to hunt for treasure. How could he reveal the secret so easily that even the gold medal fell into the hands of others? Either there is something fishy in this, or there is another explanation at all, but Taoist Priest Grimace is a person who hates the talk of ghosts and gods from the bottom of his heart. At this time, he is not willing to lose his temper without taking action, so he changed the topic and said: "What should we really do now?" What worries me is not whether Gong Laoer is a human or a ghost, but the deadly poisonous miasma in the valley."
He Siniang also echoed: "The Taoist priest is right. The poisonous miasma is everywhere in the valley. Even wearing a mask is useless. If you don't think of some methods, you may not even be able to enter the buildings outside the mausoleum area." .”
"Don't worry about this, I have found a way." Meng Qingyao said.
When He Siniang heard this, she said happily: "Is it true?"
"That's natural~" Meng Qingyao said proudly: "I said before that Gong Laoer's body was found by his family at night, but his family also went into the valley, so why was it okay?"
"Oh, stop showing off!" He Siniang glared at Meng Qingyao, who had no choice but to explain: "Actually, the miasma in the valley will begin to dissipate as soon as the sun sets, and it is basically harmless to people around midnight. It will not accumulate again until the next morning, so if you want to enter the valley, you can choose it in the evening. I have also specially made some pins for night operations these days, and will bring them to you later. Take a look."
