My ghost wives all want to kill me?

Without touching the copper coins on the wellhead for the time being, Li Gui silently stepped back and stood one meter away from the wellhead, using a flashlight to carefully observe the three copper coins on the wooden board at the wellhead.

It's a little different from ordinary copper coins. The outer ring of these three stacked together seems to have been deliberately polished.

The copper coins that were supposed to be round were ground into a weird square shape and placed on top.

The shape of the entire copper coin is exactly the same as the threading hole in the middle.

"I always feel that a lot of things happened to the Ye family mansion before it was abandoned."

After hesitating for a while, Li Gui used the ghost-killing knife to push away the rusty copper coins at the mouth of the well.

He was trying to find the location of Ye Xiaoxuan who had hanged himself in the Ye family mansion. The entire mansion was too large. If he could get help from the ghosts here, he might be able to save a lot of time.

Of course, the premise is to ensure your own safety.

The copper coin fell to the ground, and there was nothing unusual for the moment. After waiting for more than ten seconds, Li Gui kicked off the wooden board on it.

When the well mouth was fully opened, he cautiously stepped back several meters, but nothing suddenly jumped out of the well, and everything seemed extremely normal.

"Suspicious?"

Not sure, Li Gui didn't dare to get close for the time being, but after thinking about it, he suddenly took out Xiaobai from his trouser pocket.

"It's your turn to perform. Go see if there is any danger in the well. This task is completed. I will go back and reward you for smelling your underwear every day."

After saying that, regardless of whether Xiaobai wanted to or not, Li Gui threw her directly to the well, just like a game character releasing his Pikachu.

The soft body fell directly to the sand next to the wellhead. Xiaobai's face was down and his butt was up, motionless and trying to pretend to be dead.

My originally voyeuristic character has become extremely honest here.

"Sure enough, among all the ghosts, Yiyi is the most reliable."

Reluctantly, he walked over and stuffed Xiaobai back into his trouser pocket.

Li Gui slowly approached the well, his eyes moving downwards as the distance got closer.

The wall of the well illuminated by the flashlight was very clean, completely different from the moss-covered wellhead outside.

Nothing strange appeared, and the entire well was very quiet.

Until Li Gui reached the wellhead, there was no strange noise inside.

In a pool of turbid well water, only a short wooden pile floated.

Under the illumination of the flashlight, he found many scratches and bite marks on the wooden pile. Looking from above the well mouth, there was a faint trace of blood on the entire wooden pile.

"Is this... driving piles?"

Li Gui raised his eyebrows. He had heard of this ancient bad habit.

The so-called pile driving actually means that living people, mostly babies, are tied to a wooden pile in the foundation of the house, and then buried together with the pile into the soil.

It is said that such a foundation will bring auspicious aura to the house, making future generations prosperous and wealthy.

It sounds ridiculous, but as far as Li Gui knows, this ugly old habit is still circulating in some places until now.

"So, the copper coins on the well are used to suppress the resentful spirits left behind by driving the piles, but from the looks of it, they probably have long been ineffective."

After looking around in other places in the front yard and finding nothing else, Li Gui took the ghost-killing knife and flashlight, pushed open the door, crossed the threshold, and walked towards the second inner courtyard.

As soon as he opened the door, a chill rushed to his face. Before Li Gui could fully enter the second front yard, he only saw the roots of a large locust tree in the middle of the yard.

A flash of lightning suddenly flashed across the sky. In the sudden light, under the big tree in the front yard, a woman wearing ancient white clothes who was hanged with a white silk silk appeared.

Her hair was so long that her face couldn't be seen, and her body hung limply in front of her.

But the light of lightning disappeared, and when Li Gui picked up the flashlight and shined it on the big tree in the middle of the yard, there was nothing there.

It's just an old locust tree. Surrounding the locust tree is a small courtyard surrounded by a verandah.

There are houses on both sides, and the ancient building directly opposite the door is the largest, occupying almost half of the entire yard.

"At that time, there were not many detailed records of Ye Xiaoxuan's suicide case. We don't know exactly where she hanged herself in the Ye family mansion, but looking at the clothes of the woman just now, it doesn't look like her."

Without walking directly from the yard, Li Gui first observed the surrounding area of ​​the yard.

There are corridors on the left and right sides of the door, with a two-in and two-out design. In addition to the main room directly in front, it is also divided into two parts: the east and west wing rooms.

When he was on a business trip with his mentor, he saw a similar architectural style, but it was far less grand and exquisite than the Ye family mansion.

Even though the wooden pillars on the outside of the verandah have been eroded by wind and rain, you can still see the prosperity of the Ye family mansion at that time.

The poverty scene in the whole village is completely different from the world.

Perhaps it was precisely because of the habit of planting willow and locust trees in front of the Ye family's mansion that other villagers in the village began to imitate it.

da da da~

The Miaomiao raindrops, urged by the lightning just now, began to gradually increase in size. In less than ten seconds, they turned into huge raindrops, hitting the eaves of the entire Ye family mansion.

A unique sound sounded.

"Now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out."

No danger was found. Thinking of the dangerous path when entering the village, Li Gui looked at his phone and found that there was still a signal, so he decided to start investigating from the west wing on the left.

The entire Ye family mansion still retains the architectural style of centuries ago. It is dilapidated but antique. Even the windows of the wing rooms are covered with oil paper on the window bars.

The entire west wing is not big, only about 30 square meters. The dark red wooden door has a red-headed gold lock hanging on it, but like the decoration, it opens with a gentle push.

Without any resistance, the rusty red-headed gold lock fell to the ground.

crunch~

The door panels of the inner rooms are generally very light, far less heavy than the wooden doors at the entrance to the mansion.

The threshold to enter the house is very low and can only reach the middle of Li Gui's calf.

Not going in yet, Li Gui stood at the door, cautiously holding a flashlight and looking into the house.

On one side of the door is a large wardrobe. On the opposite side of the wardrobe is a bed with a bed curtain. There is an old-fashioned bronze mirror on the side of the bed, and there is a chair in front of it. There is still a lot of rouge and gouache left in front of the mirror. .

There is a white candlestick standing next to it, and there is a small box at the door.

This is the layout of the entire house, which looks very simple.

"Logically speaking, the west wing is usually reserved for guests. From the looks of it, it seems that the former Ye family mansion did not interact much with other villagers in the village. Is this room prepared for servants?"

Chapter 225 Embroidered Shoes

Standing at the door, the entire house could only hear the sound of rain falling on the eaves. The sky seemed to be covered with an airtight black cloth, which gave people an inexplicable feeling of depression.

Stepping across the threshold first, Li Gui took a flashlight and glanced at the wooden box at the door.

The wooden box is not big, maybe less than fifty centimeters. Its surface is a bright red color that has faded due to wind and rain erosion. It has a lock beam, but no lock head.

There are many patterns of orioles and swallows carved around the wooden box, but they can't be seen clearly. Only the word "Die" at the top can be barely discerned.

"It's still unclear what Ye Xiaoxuan's status is in the Ye family mansion. If she is really a servant of the same clan, I can't say for sure."

Ignoring the wooden box for the time being, Li Guixian walked to the wardrobe in the entire room and slowly opened the wooden board in front of the wardrobe.

This closet occupies a quarter of the entire room. If there are other "people" in the room, then this is undoubtedly the best place to hide.

The wardrobe had not been used for a long time, and there was a creaking sound when the door shaft was pulled open by external force.

The dust was shaken off and the flashlight illuminated it. Only a red dress could be seen in the huge wardrobe.

Under the wardrobe, in the inner corner, it was neatly folded and placed there, with a lot of dust and cobwebs accumulated on it.

"In that era, such bright red clothes should only be worn by women before they get married."

Putting the flashlight on the dressing table aside, Li Gui curiously picked up the red coat and skirt.

Except for some unavoidable weathering and fading, the entire piece of clothing is well preserved, and you can still see the various exquisite patterns on it.

The women who lived in this house either cherished this long dress very much, or rarely wore it.

He turned the red dress over again, and before Li Gui could examine it carefully, a piece of light yellow oil paper floated out from the upper sleeve pocket of the dress and landed on the ground.

"Well, is this?"

After folding the long skirt and putting it back into the closet, Li Gui picked up the oil paper and opened it. Li Gui looked at the beautiful calligraphy on it with the residual light of the flashlight on the dressing table.

My mother, my unfilial daughter Yin Mengyi, here bows her head and bows a hundred times.

It has been three springs since you left home, and my grandparents' vitality and blood are declining day by day, and their hair is getting thinner. I am the only one in the family who can take care of them. However, I am weak and weak, and I will not be able to care for them until they live a hundred years.

And I am already twenty-eight years old. My mother is not here, so living there for a long time may cause controversy. My grandparents intend to find a relative for me and get married, but they are always dissatisfied.

At a time of sorrow, far away from the Ye family, I suddenly issued a betrothal gift to my grandfather. The two of them talked for a long time in the hall, but I was in the cabinet and did not hear clearly.

I could only see my grandfather nodding in agreement with a sad face, and after choosing a good time and auspicious day with the matchmaker, he left.

From then on, my grandparents no longer asked me to leave the cabinet, and they brought me tea and rice every day.

After about seven days of this, it was already the winter season when I saw my grandparents again. My grandmother said silently and put makeup on with me.

It's strange, but because of etiquette, I couldn't ask.

At midnight, the Ye family's wedding sedan arrived in the front yard and was covered with white snow, just like I was covered with a red hood.

At that time, on the day of departure, I suspected that my grandparents were full of sorrow and could not understand it.

The red sedan chair swayed and the gongs shook the ground for two days.

After helping him out of the car, I bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and finally saw his husband. However, it was a photo of his deceased husband, held up by a servant.

In an instant, the girl understood that this was a ghost wedding ceremony held by the Ye family for their eldest son.

Frightened, but it's too late and I can't go back.

Missing my mother, I can't see her, but I trust her and treat her.

Tomorrow, at [-]:[-] p.m., I will tie my husband into a coffin and bury him behind the courtyard.

I hope my mother will read the letter and forgive her, and my daughter will never be able to see him again, so she can fulfill her filial piety.

Regards, my thanks.

.......

"Is this room prepared for the woman who was married to a ghost at that time?"

Wei Wei was a little surprised. Although the words on the oil paper looked literate, Li Gui could understand most of them.

When he entered the hospital, he felt that a ghost marriage had been held in the Ye family mansion, but he did not expect that the woman who had a ghost marriage actually lived in such a simple room outside the mansion.

"Judging from the textual information in the letter, the ghost wedding should have taken place before the Ye family mansion was abandoned. Could it be that the massacre that occurred in the mansion 40 years ago was related to Yin Mengyi in this letter? ?”

Li Gui took a photo of the letter and put it back in the closet.

If the massacre of the family that year was really the work of the woman in the letter, the ghost of Yin Mengyi after her death, it would at least mean that there are more than two evil ghosts in the Ye family mansion now.

The woman in ancient costume who was hanged by Bai Ling in the front yard, Yin Mengyi who was married and buried alive, and Ye Xiaoxuan, the biological mother who was silent.

"The Ye family mansion was wiped out 40 years ago. The time when Mi Ran's biological mother came back here and hanged herself was 20 years ago. There was an interval of more than twenty years in between. In other words, when the Ye family was wiped out , Ye Xiaoxuan is still alive, and left the village, gave birth to Xiaran outside, and handed her over to the orphanage, but she had already left, so why would she return to this place to commit suicide?"

Unable to figure it out, Li Gui felt that Ye Xiaoxuan had a compelling reason.

It was precisely for this reason that she had to leave her daughter behind and return to this place.

"It's been so long ago that it's difficult to figure it out. The main purpose this time is to find Miran's biological mother and ask her what she knew at the time."

After looking at other places in the closet and finding nothing else, Li Gui shifted his gaze to the small wooden box at the door again.

After walking in, Li Gui used the broken edge of the ghost-killing knife to open the wooden box. Li Gui found that there was only a pair of red embroidered shoes lying inside.

Size, very small.

There was no dust on the exquisite shoes, and they were placed quietly and neatly inside the wooden box without any decoration.

"Is this... the girl named Yin Mengyi?"

Looking at the red embroidered shoes, Li Gui didn't dare to act rashly. When he said the three words Yin Mengyi, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the air around him suddenly became extremely cold.

"This room probably has little to do with Ye Xiaoxuan, but it does provide a new idea for the massacre of the family 40 years ago."

After closing the wooden box, Li Gui looked at the bronze mirror behind him with a flashlight on it.

It was very similar to the women's dressing mirror he had seen in costume TV dramas. In the middle of the square wooden frame, there was a yellow bronze mirror with only the silhouette of a person vaguely visible. The bottom frame was matched with some gilt decorations and carved into Simple yet beautiful patterns.

"In the entire Ye family mansion, the main room facing the door has the largest area. If a woman with a foreign surname lives in the west wing, then the room where Ye Xiaoxuan lived before the massacre was most likely in the main room. However, there is no guarantee that she would have chosen her own room as the place where she hanged herself, so just in case, we still have to go to the east wing and have a look."