The old county order told the strange case in the past, and it is still creepy to hear it now
In ancient times, there was a place called "Qingfeng County", where the mountains and rivers are beautiful and the people are simple. However, just a few decades ago, there was a bizarre case in Qingfeng County, which caused a headache for the county magistrate at that time, and to this day, the old county magistrate still feels creepy when he recalls that case.
At that time, the county commander's surname was Li, and he was an upright and intelligent Qing official. Li Xianling often paid private visits, observed the people's feelings, and was deeply loved by the people. One day, as usual, he was wandering around the bazaar, when suddenly, a rapid drumming broke the noise of the bazaar.
"Who is beating the drum in the hall, and if there is any grievance, report it quickly!" Li Xian Ling sat on the top of the public hall and asked majestically.
I saw a middle-aged woman staggering and kneeling in front of the hall, crying: "Master, you have to make the decision for me! My husband suddenly disappeared last night, and his whereabouts are still unknown. ”
Li Xianling frowned, feeling that something was wrong. He inquired in detail about what had happened and learned that the missing man's name was Zhang Dafu, a well-known wealthy businessman in the area. According to Zhang Dafu's wife, after Zhang Dafu returned home as usual last night, he mysteriously disappeared, and no abnormal signs were found in the home.
"Have you noticed anything unusual in your home, or how has your husband behaved unexpectedly lately?" asked Li Xianling.
"Back to the eldest master, everything is normal at home, it's just ......" Zhang Dafu's wife stopped talking, as if she was hiding something.
Seeing the clue, Li Xianling said sternly: "What's just it? Say it quickly! If there is any concealment, this official will not be spared!"
"It's just...... It's just that my husband has been restless lately, and often dreams of a woman in white, who has a blurred face, but always haunts him in his dreams. Moreover, the night before my husband disappeared, he woke up with a loud cry of the woman's name. Zhang Dafu's wife said in a trembling voice.
Li Xianling was shocked after hearing this, this disappearance case did not seem to be simple. He immediately ordered the officials to search for Zhang Dafu's whereabouts with all their might, and at the same time secretly investigated the mysterious woman in white.
A few days have passed, Zhang Dafu's whereabouts are still unknown, and the investigation of the woman in white has no clue. The entire Qingfeng County was shrouded in a strange atmosphere, with people talking and all kinds of rumors spreading.
That night, Li Xianling flipped through the case file alone in his study, trying to find clues from it. Suddenly, a gloomy wind blew, and the windows of the study were crackled. When Li Xianling got up to close the window, he caught a glimpse of a vague white-clothed figure floating past the window.
He was shocked, could it be the mysterious woman in white? Li Xianling didn't care much, put on his coat and chased him out. However, when he chased him into the courtyard, the white-clothed figure had disappeared.
Just as Li Xianling was about to return to the house, he suddenly heard a faint cry for help coming from the backyard. He followed the sound and saw a man tied under a tree with his mouth gagged, it was Zhang Dafu, who had been missing for many days!
Li County Commander hurriedly ordered someone to rescue Zhang Dafu and bring him back to the county government for interrogation. After some inquiry, Zhang Dafu finally told the truth of the matter.
It turned out that the woman in white was his fiancée who he abandoned many years ago, and turned into a ghost to take revenge on him because of love and hatred. In the dead of night, she would pester Zhang Dafu until he agreed to marry her. However, Zhang Dafu already has a family, so he naturally refuses to agree to her request. So, the woman in white kidnapped him in the backyard as a threat.
After listening to Zhang Dafu's narration, Li Xianling couldn't help but feel creepy. He decided to meet the woman in white for a while to eliminate harm for the people.
It was night, the moon was dark and the wind was high. Li Xianling quietly came to the backyard of Zhang's house with several officials to wait. Sure enough, it didn't take long for a white-clothed figure to appear. Li Xian ordered the officials not to act rashly, and he stepped forward to negotiate with the woman in white.
"Why do you want to pester Zhang Dafu? He already has a family, why don't you let go of your obsession and find your own happiness?" Li Xianling tried to persuade the woman in white.
However, the woman in white sneered and drifted away, leaving behind an eerie sentence: "Those who are negative will have retribution!"
Li Xianling knew that this matter could not be forced, so he decided to start with Zhang Dafu. He ordered Zhang Dafu to erect a monument for the woman in white to be buried, and asked the monks to spend the dead for her. At the same time, he also reminded Zhang Dafu to cherish the people in front of him and not to live up to the feelings of others.
After some twists and turns, the woman in white finally let go of her obsession and no longer pestered Zhang Dafu. Qingfeng County has also returned to its former tranquility.
However, Li Xianling knew that there was a deeper secret behind this bizarre case. He began to secretly investigate Zhang Dafu's past, trying to find the source of the resentment of the woman in white.
After many days of investigation, Li Xianling finally discovered an amazing secret: it turned out that when Zhang Dafu was young, he abandoned his fiancée who loved him deeply and married a rich daughter in order to cling to the powerful. And his fiancée hated because of love, and finally died of hatred and turned into a ghost to take revenge on him.
Li Xianling couldn't help but sigh at the grievances and hatreds in the world, and he recorded this incident to warn future generations to cherish their feelings and not to live up to others. At the same time, he also set up a tombstone for the woman in white, with the book "The Tomb of the Infatuated Woman" to commemorate her failed relationship.
Although this bizarre case was solved, it left a profound lesson in Qingfeng County. People begin to reflect on their actions and cherish the feelings around them. And Li County's order also became famous because of this case and became a good story among the people.
One spring a few years later, Li County ordered him to return to his hometown and return to his hometown. With full emotion and memories of the past, he walked slowly on the country road. Suddenly, a gentle breeze blew, mixed with a faint floral scent. Li Xianling looked up and saw a newly erected tombstone not far away, engraved with the words "Tomb of an Infatuated Woman".
His heart moved, and he stepped forward to take a closer look. In front of the tombstone is a bouquet of flowers and a few plates of offerings, apparently someone who comes to worship from time to time. Li Xianling couldn't help but sigh: Everything in the world has spirituality, even if it is a ghost. Although the woman in white was trapped by love and turned into a ghost to take revenge on Zhang Dafu, she finally let go of her obsession under the persuasion of Li County. Now that she is able to rest in this quiet countryside, perhaps it is also the best place to be.
Li Xianling stopped in front of the tombstone for a long time, and his heart was full of memories of the past and emotion for life. He took a deep breath and turned to leave, leaving only a vicissitudes of life in his back fading away in the setting sun.
However, the story doesn't end there. Not long after Li Xianling left, another bizarre disappearance occurred in Qingfeng County. The missing person this time was a young scholar who mysteriously disappeared on his way to Beijing to catch the exam. There has been speculation about whether the case is related to the case of the woman in white a few years ago.
The news reached the ears of Li Xianling, and he decided to go out to the mountain again to help solve the case. As a result, the already aged Li Xianling returned to the battlefield and led a group of young catchers to start the arduous investigation work.
After some twists and turns, Li Xianling found that the disappearance case was inextricably linked to the case of the woman in white. It turned out that the young scholar was a relative of the woman in white, and he inadvertently offended the resentment of the woman in white on the way to Beijing to catch the exam, so he was involved in this bizarre disappearance.
Under the guidance of Li County's order, the scholar was finally able to escape and be reunited with his family. And Qingfeng County also because of the help of Li County Commander once again restored the tranquility and harmony of the past, people have sighed the wisdom and courage of the old county order, and his story has also been widely spread among the people, becoming a good story.
And in front of the "tomb of the infatuated woman", people often come to worship, people remember the woman in white who is trapped by love, but also remind themselves to cherish the feelings and life in front of them. The story of Li Xianling and the legend of the woman in white have also become a unique cultural symbol of Qingfeng County, which has been passed down from generation to generation and has lasted for a long time.
At this point, this bizarre case has finally come to a successful end. However, it has left an eternal imprint and endless thoughts in people's hearts. Perhaps, as Li Xianling said: "Everything in the world has spirituality, even ghosts." "In this world full of mystery and unknown, we should learn to respect every life and every relationship, cherish the present, and live up to what we love.
Although Qingfeng County has returned to its former tranquility, Li County Ling knows that the turmoil and entanglements in this world will never completely subside. He looked at the "Tomb of an Infatuated Woman", and an inexplicable melancholy surged in his heart.
A few years later, Li Xianling was gray-haired, but he was still in good spirits, often strolling on the country roads, chatting with fellow villagers and listening to their stories. The people of Qingfeng County revered him and called him "Old Li Tou", and the children loved to gather around him and listen to him tell stories about the past.
On this day, Lao Li Tou was drinking tea and chatting with a few old friends under the tree, when suddenly, a panting young man ran over, his face full of horror: "Old Li Tou, it's not good! There is an accident in the village again!"
Lao Li frowned, and a sense of foreboding surged in his heart. He stood up on crutches: "What's wrong?" ”
The young man took a breath and said, "Yes...... It's Zhang Dafu's son, Zhang Xiaobao, who suddenly disappeared!"
"What?" Lao Li was startled, and the teacup in his hand almost fell, "You tell me clearly, what's going on?"
It turned out that Zhang Xiaobao was Zhang Dafu's only son, who was smart and clever on weekdays and was deeply loved by the villagers. But just yesterday evening, after Zhang Xiaobao and a few friends played at the edge of the village, they never came back. Family members and villagers searched everywhere, but they were nowhere to be found.
After hearing this, Lao Li Tou fell into deep thought. He felt that there was some mysterious connection between this disappearance case and the case of the woman in white back then. Could it be that the resentment of the woman in white has not dissipated, and she has come out to make trouble again?
He did not dare to delay, and immediately gathered the young adults in the village and formed a search team. At the same time, he also invited the goddess of the village, hoping to find Zhang Xiaobao's whereabouts with the help of her power.
The search team carried out a carpet search around the village, but after several days, there was still no trace of Zhang Xiaobao. The villagers began to panic, and rumors spread throughout the village again.
Some people say that Zhang Xiaobao was taken away by a woman in white, some say that he was captured by a monster in the mountains, and some say that he may have been abducted by a foreigner......
In the face of these rumors, Lao Li Tou always remained calm. He knew that this was the time when reason and judgment were even more needed. He decided to go to Zhang Dafu's house in person to see if he could find any clues.
At Zhang Dafu's house, Lao Li Tou carefully inspected Zhang Xiaobao's room. He found that Zhang Xiaobao's bed was as neat as new, and his favorite comic book was still on his desk. Everything seemed ordinary, but Lao Li Tou smelled a trace of unusual breath from it.
He noticed that Zhang Xiaobao's comic strip had a yellowed note sandwiched between them. A crooked line was written on the note: "I saw her in a dream, she is so beautiful, but she seems to be very lonely......"
Lao Li's heart moved, and he immediately asked Zhang Dafu and his wife: "Has Xiaobao mentioned any strange things recently, such as dreams, hallucinations, and the like?"
Zhang Dafu's wife thought for a while and said, "A few days ago, Xiaobao did tell me that he always dreamed of a woman in white smiling at him recently. At the time, I thought it was a hallucination from reading too many comic books. ”
After hearing this, Lao Li Tou's heart sank. He realized that this woman in white was probably the woman who was trapped by love and turned into a ghost. Her resentment doesn't seem to have completely dissipated, but she's looking for a new purpose.
In order to save Zhang Xiaobao, Lao Li Tou decided to face the woman in white again. He took the village goddess and a few bold villagers to the tomb of the woman in white.
They lit incense, placed offerings, and began to pray to the woman in white to spare Zhang Xiaobao. The goddess began to cast spells in a reverberating attempt to communicate with the woman in white.
At this moment, a gloomy wind blew, and the candle flame in front of the tomb flickered. The goddess suddenly shuddered, as if she had been possessed by something. She slowly raised her head and said in a terrible voice, "Why do you want to disturb me, I have already been rested, why do you wake me up?"
Lao Li's heart tightened, but he still kept his composure and said: "We know that you suffered a lot back then, but now there is an innocent child who has disappeared because of your resentment. We hope you will let him go and let him go back to his parents. ”
The voice of the woman in white was silent for a while, and then she said slowly, "That kid...... He wasn't taken by me. I just showed up in his dream and told him the truth about something. ”
Lao Li was stunned: "The truth, what truth?"
The woman in white sighed, "That kid ...... He is my descendant. Shortly after I died, I found out I was pregnant. This child was not supposed to come into this world, but he survived tenaciously. I told him these truths in the hope that he would understand his background and mission. ”
Lao Li Tou and the others were stunned when they heard this. They didn't expect that there would be such a twisted story behind it. So where did Zhang Xiaobao go, and what does his disappearance have to do with the woman in white?
The woman in white continued, "That kid is safe now, and he's undergoing some special trials in a place where you can't find it. This is his destiny and his mission. You don't have to worry about him getting hurt. ”
Lao Li Tou breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but he still asked with some puzzlement: "Then when will he be able to come back?" The woman in white replied, "When he completes his mission, he will naturally return to you, but now you need to give him some time and space." ”
After saying these words, the voice of the woman in white gradually disappeared, and the candle flame in front of the tomb also returned to calm, as if everything had returned to tranquility and mystery.
Lao Li Tou and everyone looked at each other speechlessly, they knew that this story was far from over, but at least they knew Zhang Xiaobao's whereabouts and safety, which could be regarded as a comfort.
A few years later, Zhang Xiaobao suddenly returned to Qingfeng County, he became more mature and steady, as if he had experienced countless experiences and tests, and the story and mission behind him have also become a good story in people's mouths, adding a bit of mystery and legend to Qingfeng County.