Volume 1: Jiangnan's Good Dream Surrounds Heaven and Earth Chapter 12: Night Ghost Kills People

  Summer nights are extremely hot.

  The flower gentleman was still asleep. If a person is sleepy, would they care about the heat?

  It was midnight when Hualang, who was fast asleep, suddenly heard a mournful cry. The cry was so shrill that it moved people to sympathy. As soon as Hualang heard the cry, he rushed down from his bed.

  When Hualang rushed out of the door, Wenmeng also rushed out. She looked at Hualang and asked: "What happened?"

  Hua Lang shrugged his shoulders, how could anything have happened, and in an instant, the entire Wen Mansion suddenly became lively, everyone woke up from their dreams, they gathered together, for a moment, no one knew what to do.

  At this time, Wen Yidao walked out of the room and said to the crowd: "The mournful cry came from the room of Wen Ming, the steward of the Wen Mansion. Let's hurry over."

  When they arrived at Wen Ming's door, everyone found that the door was locked from the inside. They went to look at the window and it was also locked. Seeing this, Wen Yi Knife slapped the door open with one palm.

  Everyone entered Wen Ming's room and found him lying on the bed, with the dim yellow light shining on his old face, looking very pale. Wen Ming was already dead, with a faint blood stain on his neck.

  Everyone stared at Wen Ming's body, and for a moment, they didn't know what to do. At this time, Fang Baiyu said: "This matter is indeed strange, the doors and windows were locked from the inside, how did the murderer get in and kill him?"

  When Fang Baiyu said this, Wen Yidao came to Wen Ming's side. He carefully examined Wen Ming's wound and finally stood up and said: "Wen Ming's wound is very fine, but it's very deep. It seems that the murderer's knife method is very fast, and the knife is also very fine. This makes me think of Luo Tong, could it be him?"

  After hearing Wen Yidao's words, those knights immediately retreated half a step. They had been wandering the rivers and lakes for many years and had some understanding of that wound. If someone could kill like this, his kung fu must be good, and it was likely that none of these people were his match. If it was really Luo Tong, would they still have their lives if they stayed here?

  They all considered themselves chivalrous heroes, and now that they had promised Wen Yidao, how could they possibly leave with their heads held high?

  At this time, Fang Baiyu spoke up and said: "If the murderer is really Luo Tong, what was his purpose in killing Wen Ming? Shouldn't he be killing Uncle Wen instead?"

  "Wen Yi Dao hesitated for a long time and said: 'This is revenge, he wants to kill everyone in the Wen Mansion!'"

  Kill everyone in the Wen Mansion? Everyone's heart suddenly turned cold, now Luo Tong was in a hidden place, they were in an open place, and Luo Tong had high martial arts skills. If he really wanted to kill everyone in the Wen Mansion, could they escape?

  At this time, Fang Baiyu suddenly said loudly: "Uncle Wen, rest assured, Luo Tong wants to exhaust and kill, it's not that easy, I will stay in the Wen Mansion and dance with him to the end."

  Fang Baiyu's words were stern and just, but at this moment, one of the knights suddenly stood up and said coldly: "I think there is no murderer at all. This is clearly a ghost killing people. The doors and windows are closed, if it was a murderer, how could he escape after killing someone? Luo Tong was pushed off the cliff by Wen Qianbei, but he still had his life. Now, in this sealed room, only a ghost can do such a thing!"

  After he finished speaking, everyone suddenly felt that their whole body was covered in goosebumps. What he said was right, the doors and windows were closed tightly, how could the murderer possibly enter the room to kill someone? Even if he could enter the room to kill someone, how could he possibly escape?

  Fang Baiyu was speechless for a moment, and Wen Yidao also hesitated at this time. It was indeed him who had pushed Luo Tong off the cliff back then. He knew very well how high that cliff was. A person falling from such a height would certainly be smashed to pieces. If someone was smashed to pieces but still didn't die, then he must have become a ghost.

  Was it really the ghost of Luo Tong who killed people?

  Seeing everyone being so superstitious about ghosts and gods, Hualang couldn't help but smile slightly disdainfully, but his smile was not very obvious, so no one noticed.

  The moonlight outside the window is bright and clear, with a faint breeze blowing in, making it seem somewhat eerie. Everyone looks at each other, wanting to leave the room quickly. Wen Yidao sees this and says to everyone: "Tonight has been startling for everyone, why don't we go to the living room to rest for a while, what do you think?"

  This was naturally something that everyone had been hoping for, but just as everyone turned to leave, Fang Baiyu suddenly asked in surprise: "Why isn't Yin Wuchuang here?"

  Everyone looked at each other, and indeed did not see Yin Wucheng's shadow. At this time, one person stood up and said: "Yin Wucheng is a proud man, he may not like to participate in such things, let's just ignore him."

  Everyone has some understanding of Yin Wu's mistake, so they also agree with this point of view. However, when a homicide case occurred in the government office, he didn't even come to take a look, which is really hard to understand. At this time, many people have already vaguely felt that perhaps this case was done by Yin Wu himself, and after doing it, he didn't dare to come back.

  It's just speculation, they didn't say it out loud.

  At that time when all the heroes were afraid to gather in the living room, Hua Lang stayed in Wen Ming's room and did not leave. Wen Meng saw this and asked: "You don't leave?"

  Hualang smiled faintly: "I don't believe in the Night Ghost's murder at all, I'm not afraid, and I think this matter is very strange. Didn't I tell you that my specialty is detective work? Tonight, let me show you."

  Wen Meng was somewhat surprised, she had thought that Hua Lang said he would investigate the case just to give himself a good reputation, so that her father would have a better impression of him, but looking at Hua Lang's appearance tonight, it seemed like he was really going to do it.

  Hualang came to the side of Wenming's body and took a look. At this time, Wenming's body had already cooled down, and there was indeed a small knife wound on his neck. The wound was so small that it was hard to believe it was made by a knife, but the depth of the wound proved that it was undoubtedly made by a knife.

  It was only when they were examining the body that Hualang suddenly discovered a faint discoloration on Wen Ming's chest, which made him very curious. The discoloration usually appeared several hours after death, but now they had just found Wen Ming's body, and it hadn't even been an hour since his death, so how could there be discoloration already?

  After Hwa-lang got up, he sniffed around in the room and asked: "Do you smell any incense?"

  After Hua Lang said that, Wen Meng also smelled it and said: "Indeed, there is a scent of incense. This is the special sandalwood incense of our Wen Mansion, which can not only be used to drive away mosquitoes but also purify the air in the room. In Wen Mansion, except for some servants, everyone will light some."

  Wen Meng was speaking when Hua Lang searched the room and found the tripod incense burner on the table under the window. The incense burner was small, delicate and elegant.