When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

The beggar raised his head, and Lin Lezhi realized that it was the beggar who appeared in the alley last night. He was fine when he left yesterday.

However, I think if a person doesn't feel scared when seeing such a scene, then there is something wrong with him.

Lin Lezhi squatted down and patted the beggar's shoulder, hoping to ease his emotions in this way. After the beggar's emotions stabilized a little, Lin Lezhi tentatively communicated with the beggar: "Don't be afraid, there are no ghosts here, tell me what happened."

The beggar was staggering, as if possessed by something.

He looked at the withered skeleton leaning against the wall, his lips trembling uncontrollably, and after swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he looked at Lin Lezhi and said, "This morning... I... I was going out to beg for food, but as soon as I went out... I saw..."

The beggar got up early today and prepared to go to the city to find a good place to beg.

As soon as he went out, he saw a copper coin outside the door. Thinking that it was dropped by the other brothers when they came back yesterday, he bent down and picked it up, as if he had picked up a great bargain, and said proudly: "You accidentally dropped it, but it's a bargain for me!"

The beggar put the copper coin back into his waist and continued walking towards the gate.

As a result, he took a few steps forward and then stepped back.

The beggar found that there was a brand new copper coin not far from the copper coin he had just picked up. He pretended to walk over it casually and quickly picked up the copper coin.

It didn't matter that he picked up the coin. The beggar followed the direction of the coin he picked up and found a large number of copper coins in front of him. There was a copper coin placed on the ground not far away.

"Get rich, get rich!"

The beggar muttered to himself, but after a few words, he quickly covered his mouth and looked towards the house. Seeing that everyone in the house was quiet, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not often that you get such a good thing. You can't let others take advantage of such a good thing.

After picking up for a while, he had a handful of copper coins in his hands, and he was very happy.

Driven by greed, he walked towards the copper coins step by step. After picking up for a while, he had a lot of copper coins in his hands.

The beggar shook the money in his hands; it felt heavy and the smile on his face grew deeper.

I don’t know if it was because of greed, but the beggar was so obsessed with picking up coins that he didn’t even notice that the copper coins on the ground had turned into ghost money. He looked like he was possessed by a demon.

When his hands were full of space, he realized that what he had in his hands were not money at all, but a lot of paper money for the dead, and there were a lot of paper money for the dead scattered all around.

The beggar then realized something was wrong and prepared to turn around and leave.

As soon as I turned around, I saw green smoke rising not far away.

Driven by curiosity, the beggar walked over step by step, and saw the skeleton with a cigarette in its hand.

“Ah! Ghost… ghost!”

The beggar's hands were shaking and the coins in his hands all fell to the ground with a clink.

The beggar's screams soon attracted everyone in the mansion. After seeing this scene, they all fled in fear. It didn't take long for the news of someone's death in the abandoned house to spread.

The beggar was shaking like a sieve and his lips were bitten until they turned white.

"Mr. Jiang, listen to me. I know I may be a little greedy, but I didn't expect to get into this kind of thing. Mr. Jiang, do you think I will be haunted by a ghost..." The beggar's voice trembled, his face pale with fear.

"Don't be afraid. You just said that there are no ghosts here. You are just scaring yourself."

While comforting the beggar, Lin Lezhi turned around and looked at the location of the dry bones. Following the bones, he saw copper coins scattered on the ground.

Lin Lezhi stood up and walked over, squatting in front of the scattered copper coins, picked up one and observed it carefully.

On one side it is written "Peace and Prosperity" and on the other side it is written "The Seventh Year of Chengjing".

It looked like an ordinary copper coin, and the other copper coins were the same, all of them were dated the seventh year of Chengjing.

Seven years of Chengjing...

Why does this era name feel so familiar?

Seeing Lin Lezhi squatting on the ground, Xiao Xu also went over and squatted next to Lin Lezhi, picked up a copper coin as well, and then murmured softly: "Why is this copper coin so new?"

"What?" Xiao Xu's sudden words puzzled Lin Lezhi.

Xiao Xu panicked for a moment, then said embarrassedly: "Sorry, Lian'an, I didn't explain it clearly."

Xiao Xu held the copper coin in his hand in front of Lin Lezhi and explained carefully: "The year number on this copper coin is thirteen years ago. It is impossible for a copper coin that has been in circulation on the market for such a long time to be so new."

"look."

As he spoke, Xiao Xu took off the purse from his waist and opened it. Inside was a pile of silver and even a few gold ingots.

But after opening it, Xiao Xu said nothing more.

"So what?" Lin Lezhi asked puzzledly.

Xiao Xu smiled awkwardly, then pursed his lips and said without confidence: "I'm sorry, Lian An, I don't seem to have any copper coins..."

Xiao Xu's voice became smaller and smaller.

? !

Lin Lezhi clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. His heart was extremely twisted, even his face was distorted.

This...is this a blatant display of wealth?

Do you know that showing off your wealth will get you struck by lightning?

"I…I have it here."

The beggar crawled over from the side, took out the purse from his waist, and poured out everything in it. The copper coins tumbled to the ground.

After rummaging around, he took out a brand new copper coin and handed it to Lin Lezhi.

Then he rummaged around inside and found the copper coin from the seventh year of Chengjing that he had picked up earlier. He felt it was unlucky and threw it away from all his assets.

Lin Lezhi took the copper coin and compared it with the copper coin of the seventh year of Chengjing in his hand.

There is no difference on the side with the words "Peace and Prosperity", and the other side says "The Second Year of Chengjing".

“Is this really this year’s copper coin?”

How can it be earlier than the year number on earth?

A beggar nearby was afraid that he had given the wrong gift, so he quickly crawled over to check and said with certainty, "Yes, it is indeed from this year."

Xiao Xu glanced at Lin Lezhi, then took the copper coin with the words 'Chengjing 2nd Year' written on it from Lin Lezhi's hand and explained:

"Lian'an, look, there's a vertical mark here."

Lin Lezhi took a look and found that there was indeed a vertical mark, like a scratch made by a knife.

"In order to print on the copper coin without destroying the layout of the text on the copper coin, the number ten is replaced by a vertical stroke, so the year of this copper coin is 'the 20th year of Chengjing'."

Lin Lezhi was shocked to find that Xiao Xu had been staring at him. He almost revealed that he was not from here. He quickly said, "Of course I know. I just want to see if you, a rich young man, understand people's livelihood."

Xiao Xu smiled and said gently, "I see."

The more he talked, the more mistakes he made. Lin Lezhi turned his attention back to the corpse. Just as he was about to move forward to check, he heard a burst of orderly running sounds suddenly coming from the corner.

Hearing the footsteps, Lin Lezhi stood up and looked behind him.