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Chapter 361: Children See Yin

Emperor Xuanming was also somewhat shocked when he received the news brought by his subordinates.

“When did the people become so smart?”

Did she take some magic pill to improve her intelligence without his knowledge?

When someone came to report that a dead body appeared out of nowhere during the parade on Flower Street, Emperor Xuan Ming knew that someone was taking advantage of the situation.

He even had a vague idea of ​​who was behind this and what their purpose was.

People have already been sent down to prepare solutions.

There is nothing to be afraid of when you see a clown.

But unexpectedly, the situation collapsed before the plan was put forward, and it was the people on Huajie Street who solved the problem themselves.

Emperor Xuanming pondered for a moment and laughed out loud, "Well, my people are so talented and intelligent, it is a blessing for the country."

But he knew that the people would not change without reason.

""Wu Zuo"?"

The eunuch presented the script and placed it on Emperor Xuanming's desk.

Emperor Xuanming looked at the storybook and fell into deep thought again, as if he had heard this name somewhere before.

The chief eunuch reminded him, "Your Majesty, Prince Rui seems to have mentioned that this book and the "Rebirth of the Firstborn Daughter" that was popular in Donglin Kingdom a while ago were published by the same bookstore."

Emperor Xuan Ming picked up the book and asked, "Is that the legend written by a monster?"

Isn't that even weirder?

If it was written by a monster, it must be written in a mysterious way. After reading it, shouldn’t the people become more superstitious about ghosts and gods?

Why does it seem like he doesn’t really believe it?

Could it be that the monsters taught them to believe in science?

Emperor Xuan Ming didn't quite believe that it was written by a monster. Even if it was really a monster, he was not afraid. This was the imperial palace and he was the emperor. Evil deeds could not enter his body, otherwise those monks who were invited to come every year would be chopped off.

Emperor Xuanming held the book in his hand. When Prince Rui kept whispering to him about it, he was not interested. When the civil and military officials were in a mess because of the book written by this person, he was just a little curious.

He felt more annoyed. After all, the book had such a huge impact on people, even on him, that he developed some aversion to the book.

If it weren't for this incident involving the people, he probably wouldn't have wanted to open it and take a look.

If he was more repulsive than curious before, now that he knew that the people had really improved their abilities because of this book, he was more curious than repulsive.

What kind of magic can affect so many people?

Emperor Xuanming felt that he would not be affected. After all, he was the emperor and was different from most people.

Moreover, he has had strong self-control since childhood, otherwise he would not have been able to break out of the chaos, sit firmly on the throne, pull the Donglin Kingdom out of the previous quagmire, and create the current peaceful and prosperous era.

Will he be like those people who are desperate to live?

impossible.

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[“We have a custom in our mountain city called seeing the Yin. When a new house is settled, we take a baby to see it and check every corner. If the baby cries, it means that the house is not good and we need to find a wizard to perform a ritual to remove the evil spirits.”

“If the baby smiles, it’s a good house.”

"What's the logic behind this? It's probably what the older generation said, that babies' eyes can see ghosts."

The corpse mover said tremblingly, "The family that had the accident is our county magistrate. He invited the baby to go up to the house to see. Because the house is big, he invited a lot of children."

"You can make a lot of money if you go there once and give a bag of silver."

"I heard that none of the children who went there cried, they were all smiling. At that time, people in the town said that the county magistrate had chosen a good feng shui location, and it was possible that the gods had blessed him, so that so many children could come out smiling."

"But after a while, it got bad. This house was haunted."

The man who was carrying the corpse took a deep breath and felt his hands and feet go cold.

"If you hadn't given me so much money, I wouldn't be willing to tell you this. It's scary."

Mo Zhiyu asked: "How can you be haunted? You hear crying sounds at night and see ghosts at night?"

"No!" The corpse mover widened his eyes, and his weather-beaten face twitched.

"They were all the county magistrate's children, without exception, all died young, from the wives of the principal wives to the concubines, and even the children of the illegitimate wives, all died."

"At first, people said that it was the master who brought trouble upon himself and was plotted against by his enemies."

"But soon after, the people in the town discovered that all the children who were first taken to the mansion to see the Yin were dead without exception."

Hua Niang covered her mouth and fanned herself, "Who is so vicious? Even if he wants revenge, there is no need to target innocent children."

The corpse mover shook his head and said, "It was a ghost. Those kids were secretly stolen and buried alive."

"One of them was dug out by me."

Mo Zhiyu asked: "Where did you dig it?"

The corpse mover pointed at the mountain and said, "It's a mass grave. That child is covered in gold, silver, and jewelry. There's a small mound of dirt on top of it, and there's a stone with a name engraved on it."

"The police went to look for the family based on the name, but they found that the child was not missing at all, and the baby was not theirs at all."

"After that, we found out that it belonged to another family, but this family was just an ordinary farmer and had no money to buy the gold, silver and jewelry. The child's family cried miserably. The moment the mother saw the body, she went crazy and insisted that it was the county magistrate who did it, saying that the money collected was to buy the child's life."

"What's even more frightening is that the child whose name was carved on the stone was also lost the next day."

"That family was rich, and they hired a lot of people to watch over it, but it was still gone."

The corpse mover shook his head helplessly and pointed his chin at the other side of the mountain. "Look, the officials are all rushing up the mountain. I guess they are going to dig the ground to see if there is any missing child."

"People in the town said that those children saw something unclean in the official's house and took it away to eat."

Hua Niang asked in confusion, "But didn't you say that children would cry when they saw something unclean? The children who came out that day were all smiling."

The corpse mover cried out, "Don't you think it's scary? It's a good thing that a child came out smiling. A bunch of children are smiling, not necessarily one crying."

"Child, can you control your crying and laughing?"

"Who knows, something might be pulling at the corners of their mouths, pulling their cheeks, making them smile..."

Hua Niang got goosebumps all over her body and grabbed Mo Zhiyu's arm.

She bravely asked, "How do you know that the children who came out were all smiling? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

The corpse mover said, "I didn't see it, but others did. The master did it in a grand manner. There was a group of people outside the door, watching the man carrying the child out."

...

Hua Niang grumbled, "What a ridiculous custom. Children cry and laugh based on instinct. How can it prove anything?"

Mo Zhiyu hummed and said, "Besides, crying or laughing doesn't mean anything. Children's eyes may really be able to see things that ordinary people can't see, but can they tell good from bad?"

"I mean, what if the child saw a ghost and laughed?"