I become a god in another world

Chapter 473 Old Files
Chapter 473

Zhao Fusheng's words surprised everyone.

Meng Po and a few others leaned over to take a look.

Kuai Manzhouli was illiterate due to her young age. She only saw a few lines of mosquito-sized words written on the letter in neat handwriting, but she could not understand them.

Chen Duozi's father was a scholar in his early years and she was also enlightened by her father, but she lost her father at a young age and did not know many words.

Meng Po knew how to read, so she leaned against Zhao Fusheng to read together.

When Liu Yizhen came over, Zhao Fusheng had already finished reading the file and handed it to him.

He unfolded it and read:

"On June 221, 6 of the Han Dynasty, someone reported to the Demon Suppression Department that they saw red lanterns lit in the old house in Ninghui Lane, Shangchunfang, east of Jin County—"

Ninghui Lane in Shangchunfang originally belonged to Sun Daoyang.

Sun Daoyang was originally a wealthy businessman in Jin County. His family was in the medicinal materials business, and their business spread throughout Yizhou.

He maintained a fleet that sailed through the Bailing River, mainly between Xuzhou and Yizhou, purchasing special medicinal materials from some counties and towns and supplying them to Huichun Garden in Shangyang County of Yizhou.

The Sun family was a wealthy and powerful family. Sun Daoyang had one wife and three concubines, and had three sons and seven daughters, but only the eldest son, Sun Shaoyin, was born to the principal wife.

His eldest son was named Sun Shaoyin. He was good at studying since childhood and was a famous child prodigy in Jin County in his early years.

Sun Daoyang had high hopes for his eldest son. He hoped that his son would be successful in his studies and become an official in the court in the future. This would allow the Sun family to move from being businessmen to being officials, and be reborn.

16 years ago, that is, 205 years ago in the Han Dynasty, Sun Daoyang heard that a special medicinal material called Bai Su was produced in a place called Wan'an County under the jurisdiction of Changping County in Xuzhou. It had a wonderful effect of calming the mind and suppressing ghosts.

The rumors became more and more far-fetched, and finally Sun Daoyang decided to go to Wan'an County to see if there really was such a miraculous medicine.

On this trip, he brought along his eldest son, Sun Shaoyin, who had been studying hard at home for a long time. He hoped that his son would read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, broaden his horizons, and not become a nerd.

But on this trip, Sun Shaoyin brought back a strange woman from somewhere, saying that he fell in love with her at first sight and wanted to marry her.

Later, the marriage encountered setbacks and the engaged couple both died before the wedding.

……

Because Sun and Shen did not die in Jin County, the files of the Jin County Demon Suppression Bureau did not record the details of their cause of death. The deaths of Sun and Shen were even skipped over. There was no mention of Shen Yishu's identity, only the existence of such a person was mentioned.

Liu Yizhen looked down again:

"...The Sun family brought back a coffin. I checked the files from that year and found some confessions from the interview."

At this point, Liu Yizhen glanced at Zhao Fusheng, who said:
"I guess something strange must have happened in the Sun Mansion back then, so the Demon Suppression Department left such an archive record."

Everyone nodded.

Tang Zuwang's record reads: After reading the confession files, it was mentioned that the Sun family had customized funeral clothes, incense and candles, and asked craftsmen to make paper figures, villas, and carriages, and also hired a master "tailor".

The 'master tailor' he mentioned here is certainly not a real tailor who cuts clothes, but should refer to something else.

When Zhao Fusheng heard Liu Yizhen read this, he thought of Sun Shaoyin's strange, uncoordinated limbs - his body seemed to have been torn into pieces and then sewn back together.

Twenty-six years ago, the commander of the Demon Suppression Division in Jin County was no fool and probably had his doubts, so he made a special cinnabar annotation on the word "tailor", obviously he also felt strange about it.

He wrote: "...But when I later checked the records and interviewed the witnesses who gave their testimony, none of them remembered being questioned by the Demon Suppression Division."

This volume of the file ends here, and there is no continuation.

Zhao Fusheng's mind moved, and his eyes fell on the platform with the words "Summer of the 222nd Year of the Han Dynasty".

On top of it was still a rolled-up parchment scroll, tied with a red silk rope.

She took out the file, untied the silk rope, and spread it out to continue reading. Liu Yizhen thought for a moment and said:

"I'll call someone in to question him."

Zhao Fusheng nodded.

"Sir, there is something strange about these files." Meng Po said with all her might.

Ever since she stepped into this file room, she was in a very low mood, thinking that perhaps the ghost case recorded in the archive files was related to the Sun Mansion and Shen Yishu. She spoke at this time to distract herself and avoid continued anger and anxiety.

Zhao Fusheng's eyes fell on the file in his hand, his fingers entwined around the strand of crimson silk thread, and he said thoughtfully:

"According to our speculation, Tang Zuwang should have died in Wu's house 26 years ago..." If we go back in time, it means that the evil spirit revived 221 years ago.

Zhao Fusheng paused when he said this:
"No, he should have died in the former residence of the Sun Mansion."

After Tang Zuwang's death, influenced by Sun Shaoyin's rule, Jin County experienced 26 years of "peace".

This kind of "peace" is a false peace after being suppressed, but it cannot be denied that there has been no ghost disaster in Jin County in recent years.

According to the rules of the Demon Suppression Division, if no ghost disasters occur, there will naturally be no records of ghost cases - the case shelves of the Jin County Demon Suppression Division should be blank in the past twenty years.

But at this time, the case was full of files.

"Who wrote it?"

Chen Duozi also asked.

Before Zhao Fusheng could reply, he heard a timid man say:
"Yes, it was written by Lord Tang from our Demon Suppression Department."

The visitor was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a round face and a beard.

The black and red uniform of the Regiment was too tight on him. He wore a black leather hat. He looked behind him with uneasy eyes while speaking.

Liu Yizhen, carrying a coffin, walked out from behind him - this man was a member of the Jin County Demon Suppression Division whom he had captured casually, and he was brought in for questioning and to explain these files that had appeared since the 221st year of the Han Dynasty.

The messenger's words stunned Meng Po.

Zhao Fusheng was not surprised. She did not continue to ask the question of the Taoist priest, but looked at the envoy in front of her:

"What's your name? How old are you this year? In which year did you join the Jinxian Town Demon Division as a clerk?"

The envoy felt relieved when he saw that her expression was gentle and her aura was not cold.

He was a little afraid of Liu Yizhen who was carrying the coffin, and did not dare to get too close to him. Seeing Zhao Fusheng smiling, he immediately took small steps to try to run in Zhao Fusheng's direction, then paused. Seeing that Liu Yizhen did not stop him, he could not help but feel happy, and then he replied:

"In reply to this lord's words——"

Chen Duozi couldn't help but remind:

"Our elder's surname is Zhao."

He said in surprise:
"That's unfortunate. My last name is also Zhao. Maybe Mr. Zhao is from the same family as us."

Zhao Fusheng smiled and said nothing.

The tense expression of the officer surnamed Zhao suddenly relaxed a lot. After knowing that Zhao Fusheng was the "Lord Zhao" who controlled Jin County today, he inexplicably felt closer to him and immediately replied:

"Sir, my name is Zhao Jinhuan. I am originally from Gaoyang Village, Guangping County, under the jurisdiction of Yizhou. I was from the same county as Sir Tang. Twenty-six years ago, I followed Sir Tang to Jin County to take up my post." After no longer being afraid, Zhao Jinhuan spoke louder and his tone became much more fluent:
"I was seventeen when I came to the Demon Suppression Division. I am forty-three now."

Zhao Fusheng nodded:
"So, you are also an old man in Jin County Demon Suppression Division, and you are from the same hometown as Tang Zuwang. I believe you are very familiar with him."

Zhao Jinhuan just nodded, then froze and a look of hesitation appeared on his face.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Fusheng asked deliberately.

He said:
"I have indeed spent quite some time in the Jin County Demon Suppression Division. Lord Tang was quite caring towards me because we were from the same county, but..." He paused for a moment.

Zhao Fusheng saw the fear on his face and said:

"Just say what you want to say. Even if you say something wrong, I won't blame you."

Zhao Jinhuan smiled and said:

"I can rest assured that."

He said:
"To be honest with you, my relationship with Lord Tang is not important enough in the eyes of the adults, but it is enough in Jin County."

Zhao Jinhuan had a relationship with Tang Zuwang, and he became the leader of the envoys in the Jin County Demon Suppression Division.

Although Tang Zuwang had revived as a ghost more than 20 years ago, other people were unaware of this and still believed he was still alive. As a result, Zhao Jinhuan had a high status and prestige within the Jinxian Town Demon Division.

"...Twenty-six years ago, I felt, I felt that Lord Tang had changed." Zhao Jinhuan said this with a look of fear on his face.

"I, I am respected by everyone. I am responsible for Mr. Tang's daily life and some related matters."

There was no ghost disaster in Jin County, so the envoy no longer suffered from the ghost disaster and dealt with some trivial matters.

"Lord Tang's daily routine remains unchanged. He will first sit in the meeting hall, then go to Wu's house, and then return in the evening, wash up and go to bed."

As Zhao Jinhuan was speaking, everyone saw dense goose bumps appearing on his neck and behind his ears.

"Too, too punctual." He said awkwardly:

"Sir, I have checked the hourglass and it is accurate to the minute. It seems to me that Sir Tang has been doing the same things every day for more than 20 years, waking up in the morning and going to bed at dusk, and the time is always the same."

Sometimes he didn't look at the time, as long as he saw Tang Zuwang appear to do something, he could tell the exact time.

Zhao Fusheng nodded.

She didn't need to ask any more questions to guess the cause and effect.

The people in the Jin County Demon Suppression Division did not know that Tang Zuwang had died 26 years ago, and that the time since then had been repeating the same actions as the day he died, repeating them every day, so naturally the time and everything he did were all on time.

But in the eyes of the people below, it does look a bit weird.

After Zhao Jinhuan finished saying this, his eyes fell on the file in Zhao Fusheng's hand.

He immediately understood why the people in Wan'an County called him in.

"Our Jin County has been peaceful these years, and no ghost disasters have occurred. Lord Zhao is aware of this, right?" After saying this, seeing Zhao Fusheng nod, he continued:

"According to the rules, if no ghost disaster occurs, there should be no record. However, our Lord Tang writes a separate file every summer, rolls it up, ties it up, and asks me to put it in the pavilion."

When Zhao Fusheng heard this, his eyes turned slightly:
"I looked at a file, and the date written on it is June 221, 6 of the Han Dynasty. After Tang Zuwang, the date for writing the files every year was also June 14, right?"

Zhao Jinhuan said seriously:

"Very true."

He didn't take it seriously for the first two years, thinking it was just a coincidence.

But as time passed, Tang Zuwang's daily whereabouts remained unchanged, and Zhao Jinhuan began to feel uneasy as he served him, and subconsciously paid attention to the time.

In the third year, he saw that Tang Zuwang had recorded the time in the file as June 6, and he was very scared.

He felt more and more that Tang Zuwang was not a human being. He was usually afraid of him and tried to stay away from this adult.

Fortunately, despite the fear, nothing strange has happened in recent years.

Zhao Fusheng took the file and asked him:

"Have you read these files?"

Zhao Jinhuan shook his head:
"I can't read a single word. I don't recognize what's written in the file, and I don't have the courage to peek."

"Yes." Zhao Fusheng replied lightly: "I have asked all the questions I wanted to ask. We still have things to discuss. You can go and do your thing first."

"Yes." Zhao Jinhuan bowed his head and saluted, feeling relieved, he slowly walked out.

As soon as he left, Liu Yizhen said:

"Fusheng, these files that were stored every year afterwards were all written by Tang Zuwang in June of 221?"

"should be."

Zhao Fusheng then unfolded the file:

"His ghost revived on June 221, 6. The ghost was trapped at this time and repeated these actions. To those who didn't know the truth, it seemed as if Tang Zuwang wrote a file on June 14 every year."

In fact, these files were all written on the same day in 221 AD.

The ghost case in Jin County has been solved. For ordinary people who don’t know the inside story, since they didn’t know it before, there is no need to know it afterwards to avoid adding to the panic - this is also the reason why she did not mention this matter in front of Zhao Jinhuan.

The file in Zhao Fusheng's hand was unfolded, and the time was indeed recorded on it:

June 221, 6 of the Han Dynasty, summer.

At first she thought that the files were the same and the contents would be the same, but when she opened the file, she found that the records inside were different from the first one. This gave Zhao Fusheng an unexpected surprise.

"There were 37 witnesses related to the Sun Mansion case, and nine of them were included in the testimonies register, but three of them are dead—"

Let’s not talk about whether the people in the Demon Suppression Bureau are good at handling ghost cases, but when it comes to ghost cases, some related records are still very detailed.

The identities and origins of the witnesses involved in the investigation and interrogation were all remembered very clearly, so even if Tang Zuwang was looking for clues related to the Sun Mansion case again seventeen years later, it would still be easy to trace the origin.

In 221 AD, there were supposedly six people still alive who were related to the Sun Mansion Case. They were Wang Guanshan, the owner of a funeral clothing shop, Zhou Panshu, who ran an incense, candle and paper money shop, Ji Laosan, a paper-making craftsman, Hu Decheng, a scholar who wrote fortune and longevity money, and Sun Tantou, the owner of a lantern shop.

When Zhao Fusheng saw this, he swept his eyes over these names again. After counting, he found that there were only five people.

Her pupils shrank slightly.

The Demon Suppression Division dare not write anything randomly in the files and archives. It says that there are 9 people whose confessions were recorded, so there are 9 people. After tracing, 3 of them died, so 6 people are still alive. But now Tang Zuwang has only 5 people registered on file. Where did the other person go?
The file ends here.

Zhao Fusheng handed the file to Liu Yizhen, who, after reading it, also raised the same question:
"There is one less witness."

After saying that, everyone turned their eyes to the filing cabinet.

The file records of June 223, 6 of the Han Dynasty may contain the answers that some people want.