After she became a county magistrate, she took the ghost to investigate the case

Chapter 312

Although Xu Yingying was exhausted by the baby in her belly, she was still happy with it, as if she wanted to make up for all the debt she had to her previous child with this one.

In the early stages of her pregnancy, Xu Yingying was spoiled by Li Siqi and was very strict with what he said. If she was not satisfied, it was no exaggeration to say that Xu Yingying's eyes would turn red on the spot. Of course, this was just the hormones in Xu Yingying's body causing trouble and she had no control over it.

Fortunately, Li Siqi was tolerant enough towards Xu Yingying. No matter how willful she was or how unreasonable her demands were, Li Siqi would find ways to satisfy them.

When she was pregnant, Xu Yingying's taste was very different from before. Now she especially likes to eat sour things.

However, Xu Yingying never even looked at the sour food prepared in the palace. Li Siqi had to go out of the palace to buy them every day. Originally, Xu Yingying wanted to go with him, but her health was not good enough, and secondly, in the eyes of the people in the capital, Xu Yingying should be bedridden and not suitable for going out, so Xu Yingying tried her best to torment Li Siqi.

Li Siqi was very obedient to Xu Yingying and had only one goal, which was to make Xu Yingying happy.

So for a long time, many people in the capital could see Li Siqi taking a few servants and guards to buy some sour things.

Some people were curious and asked a few questions, but the only answer they got was Li Siqi smiling and saying, "If the lady likes it, I will buy some for her."

This word spread like wildfire, and soon, everyone in the capital knew about the deep love between Li Siqi and Xu Yingying. It became a good story in the capital, and as a result, a trend of good husbands was set off in the capital, and many married men were proud of loving their wives.

However, Xu Yingying's changes in early pregnancy are not limited to these. Due to her special physique, she is also very easy to attract those unclean things.

Previously, Xu Yingying was able to suppress those evil spirits by herself and keep them from approaching her. However, since she became pregnant, Xu Yingying noticed that her physical condition had obviously deteriorated and she was very prone to illness. She also found that those wandering ghosts began to harass her frequently again.

Xu Yingying wanted to drive away those ghosts, but the ghosts would not appear during the day. At night, Xu Yingying would feel tired and go to bed early, and those things would take advantage of this time to harass Xu Yingying.

Over time, Xu Yingying's sleep quality at night plummeted, and the most obvious sign was the increasingly dark circles under her eyes.

Li Siqi was the first to notice this and nervously asked Xu Yingying what was going on.

Xu Yingying hesitated for a while, but finally told Li Siqi what happened that night.

Li Siqi comforted him, "Just rest at night and leave everything to me. Don't forget, I know a little bit. Although I can't deal with them, I can at least keep them away from you."

Xu Yingying believed in Li Siqi's ability, but to be on the safe side, Xu Yingying still gave Li Siqi a more convenient way to exorcise ghosts. However, this method was a bit tiring and required one to stay awake for whole nights.

Li Siqi patted his chest and assured that nothing would go wrong, and with Li Siqi's help, Xu Yingying did feel that her sleep quality had improved dramatically.

But this situation did not last long because Li Siqi fell down.

Of course, he was not sick, it was just because he lacked sleep, because he wanted to exorcise those ghosts for Xu Yingying.

Li Siqi had to be extremely alert every night. He had to wait until the sky was slightly bright before he could go to bed, and then wake up with Xu Yingying. With this schedule, Li Siqi could only sustain it for half a month.

Li Siqi was so exhausted that he didn't even have the strength to get up. Xu Yingying's burden became heavier as she not only had to take care of herself, but also had to take care of Li Siqi.

With Li Siqi's protection, the number of ghosts that originally harassed Xu Yingying decreased a lot. Many ghosts were afraid of Li Siqi's aura and did not dare to approach.

But after Li Siqi's body collapsed, those ghosts could sense that the powerful protective umbrella around Xu Yingying had weakened a lot. Some of the braver ones mustered up the courage to try to approach Xu Yingying, and when they found that no one was trying to stop them, they were overjoyed and began to harass Xu Yingying even more frantically.

That day, at nightfall, after Xu Yingying helped Li Siqi drink the medicine, she planned to go to bed with him.

Just as Xu Yingying lay down in the quilt, she suddenly felt a chill on the back of her neck, as if something was blowing towards her neck. But when she turned around, Xu Yingying saw nothing.

She thought she was overthinking and didn't take it seriously. Xu Yingying, who was already sleepy, fell asleep quickly.

But when she slept, Xu Yingying always had some bizarre dreams, and sometimes she would wake up in the middle of the night.

That night, Xu Yingying woke up from her dream again, but she was too sleepy. In a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness, she noticed that there seemed to be something behind her.

Xu Yingying subconsciously turned her head to check, but was met with a head.

It’s true, there’s only one…head.

The kind with only a head but no body...

Xu Yingying's pupils suddenly shrank, her throat tightened, and she almost screamed.

The eyeballs on the head were still rolling around. When the owner of the head noticed that Xu Yingying had woken up, he picked up his own head and pressed it back onto his neck. He seemed unsure and reached out to touch it to make sure he had put it in the right place.

Xu Yingying glanced at Li Siqi who was still sleeping beside her, calmed herself down, and looked intently at the headless ghost.

She lowered her voice and asked, "Who are you and what do you want from me?"

Xu Yingying's voice was very cold. She was not a kind person to begin with, and she didn't know where the illusion came from that made these ghosts think she was easy to bully.

The headless ghost looked like a female ghost. When she heard Xu Yingying's voice, she shrank back and said, "My name is Lu Ming. You can call me Lu Lu. I came here to ask you for help. I died unjustly. I hope you can redress my grievances and help me find an old item."

Lu Ming expressed his request, but Xu Yingying just frowned and did not agree immediately.

She looked at Lu Ming for a long time before she said, "You and I are not related, and we are separated by life and death. Why should I help you?"

"Sir, please help me. You are the only one who can help me now. I have looked for everyone I could find within this hundred miles, but they all said that only you can help me. If even you are unwilling to help, I don't know what to do." Lu Ming was about to cry.

Xu Yingying just felt overwhelmed. Lu Ming looked like she was not that old, probably just a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. Xu Yingying just couldn't bear to do it.