Pedantry or Romance

Author: Rensu

Pedantry or Romance

At Shangjun Courtyard, Wang Laoshi arrived in a dusty state.

Li Shui: "Wang Laoshi, why are you here? Can't you just make a phone call?"

Wang Laoshi: "I remember the adults said that important things must be said face to face."

Li Shui nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, I am alert. Tell me what it is."

Wang Laoshi: "Sir, there are two servants of Qi Mansion in the restaurant today. When I found them, they were already very drunk. They were saying something that Master Qi asked them to set up a fake scene."

Li Shui continued to sip the tea nonchalantly.

Seeing that Li Shui had no reaction, Wang Zheng said: "Sir, aren't you surprised?"

Li Shui: "Surprised? From the first time I said that my son's ghost had come, I knew he was farting. Everything he did after that was just to fulfill this lie."

Wang Laoshi nodded after hearing this: "Your Excellency is really wise."

Wang Laoshi: "But what about the two servants?"

Li Shui: "You can take care of me temporarily."

Wang Laoshi agreed and hurried back.

On the second day, outside the government hall, the ministers saw Mr. Qi and gathered together one after another.

"Master Qi, is your son's ghost really back?"

"Master Qi, I heard that your son's ghost has come back many times. Where did it come from and where does it go?

"Master Qi, why didn't your son, a ghost, come to find you?"

Mr. Qi was shocked when he was asked, and even shuddered a little, so he quickly stepped aside.

Li Shui and Li Xin came over with smiles. Li Shui came to Master Qi and said quietly: "Master Qi, you are just a coward."

Mr. Qi was confused by what Li Shui said.

Mr. Qi thought: You just want to continue to test me and scare me. I haven't seen anything in so many years, and I can still be scared by you today.

Seeing that Master Qi didn't respond, Li Shui walked aside with a smile.

Other ministers came over and said, "Master Huai, what did you find when you went to Master Qi's house yesterday?"

Li Shui just smiled and said nothing, while the other adults became even more curious.

At this time, the eunuch came to call the ministers to come to court, and Li Shui walked in slowly.

His Majesty: "Huaiguzi, how is the matter you were asked to investigate?"

Li Shui: "Your Majesty, we have almost completed the investigation. The day before yesterday, Mr. Zhao went to check for three hours with no results. Yesterday, I went to Mr. Qi's house and only stayed for half an hour."

Zhao Teng glanced at Huaiguzi: It's up to me. I have no experience in catching ghosts.

His Majesty nodded slightly: "Okay, tell me what you found."

Li Shui glanced at Mr. Qi. At this time, Mr. Qi was calm on the surface, but in fact his palms were sweating.

Li Shui: "I have found out that there is indeed a ghost in Qi Mansion, and he is pretending to be a ghost. Of course, Mr. Qi knows it best."

Mr. Qi was anxious: "What are you talking nonsense about?"

Li Shui: "I'm talking nonsense. Isn't this the biggest ghost yourself, Mr. Qi?"

Mr. Qi chuckled: "Huai Guzi, if you can't find out, you don't have to blame me."

Li Shui: "Am I trying to blame you? Why don't you admit that you did something wrong?"

Mr. Qi: "Trees touched by ghosts will die. Can you see that?"

Li Shui: "I saw it, but the dead tree was not touched by ghosts. It was because you had ordered people to pour lime water on the tree in the past few days, so it withered in a short period of time."

Mr. Qi's eyes widened. Although he had been prepared for Huaiguzi to find out, but he was actually found out and said it in front of everyone, he felt really helpless.

Mr. Qi pretended to be calm: "The ghosts will leave black fingerprints wherever they pass. Can you see it?"

Li Shui had known that he would ask this question, so he took out the fingerprints that he had scratched from the wall of Qi Mansion that day.

Li Shui: "Everyone, please look at these handprints."

Li Xin: "It is indeed black"

Li Shui rolled his eyes.

Li Xin: "It's just, why is there something wrong with this fingerprint?"

His Majesty: "Oh? What's wrong?"

Li Xin: "Your Majesty, the size of this handprint does not seem to be the size of an adult man's palm. This is indeed a bit small."

His Majesty nodded, "Indeed, it is very similar to the size of a woman's handprint."

Mr. Qi was shocked. It was the maid Xiaoyun who suggested that ghosts would leave black fingerprints when they passed by. Alas, what an omission.

Mr. Qi answered bravely: "How can ghosts be the same as ordinary people? They have some special characteristics, and it is not known that their bodies will become weaker."

Li Xin: "You are so weak and you still have the strength to have a baby with your daughter-in-law?"

The ministers laughed loudly, and Mr. Qi's face turned red with anger.

Your Majesty: "Ahem, Li Xin, don't talk nonsense."

Li Xin lowered his head and suppressed a smile.

Li Shui: "I'll take it as what you said, but you haven't seen your son's ghost before."

Mr. Qi: "I haven't seen it, but some servants have. Moreover, my son has been here, and I can feel it."

"Can you feel it?"

Mr. Qi: "Of course, when my son came, he was accompanied by a chill. I must have felt it when Mr. Huai went to the house to investigate that day."

Li Xin nodded: "That's true. Could it be that your son's ghost hasn't left yet?"

Li Shui glanced at Li Xin and thought: I just wanted to praise your IQ, but it was too early to conclude.

His Majesty: "Huai Guzi, did you feel it that day?"

Li Shui: "Your Majesty, it is true that the temperature in the backyard of Qi Mansion was a little lower than other places that day."

All the ministers were also shocked. Could it be that there was really a ghost?

Li Shui: "But this is just another scene faked by Mr. Qi."

Mr. Qi: "Huaiguzi, please don't talk nonsense. Do you have evidence?"

Li Shui snorted: It’s true that he didn’t shed tears until he saw the coffin.

Li Shui took out another booklet from his arms.

Li Xin: "Brother Huai, your clothes are really good at stuffing them. You can stuff them with anything."

Li Shui was speechless: "Ahem, Your Majesty, this booklet is the purchase list from various major shops in Qi Mansion recently, including lime, wood and ice cubes."

"That day, I went to Qi Mansion to investigate and found that there were water drops on the pillars. I knocked lightly and found that they were hollow. However, this type of pillar is only like this in the backyard of Qi Mansion. It is normal in other places."

"I boldly guess that in order to fake the scene, Mr. Qi replaced all the wood in the backyard with hollow ones and injected ice cubes to achieve a chilling effect."

The more Master Qi listened, the more shocked he became. Unexpectedly, he was discovered. He seemed to be standing in front of everyone without any clothes. He was so ashamed. He wanted to get away with it, but it seemed that he was going to die today. Master Qi still wanted to argue, but he moved.

I moved my chapped lips, but nothing came out.

"Everyone, take a closer look. In order not to arouse others' suspicion, Mr. Qi purchased the above materials in batches from different shops. Mr. Qi, you really have good intentions, but it's a pity that you didn't use them in the right way."

Mr. Qi spat out a mouthful of blood: "You, you"

Li Shui sneered: "What am I, Mr. Qi, should I call you pedantic or romantic?"

Mr. Qi vomited another mouthful of blood and fainted in the Yizheng Hall.
Chapter completed!