Chapter 36: Plague Village 12

Chapter 36: Plague Village 12

"The legend in the village?" Lu Xun asked Gu Jingrong while distractedly playing mahjong (he doesn't know how to play mahjong), "Why didn't I hear you say it?"

Gu Jingrong was so frightened that he became more courageous. He directly replied, "Am I familiar with you? Why did I tell you this?"

For a moment Lu Xun was speechless, he admitted that what Gu Jingrong said had some truth.

Yu Xiao saw that this ghost really couldn't speak, so he turned to ask Gu Jingrong, "Did you hear about this legend since you were a child?"

"Ah, no." For some reason, although his wives are quite scary, Gu Jingrong is most afraid of this eldest wife, and he said honestly: "This also happened last year."

last year? Yu Xiao thought well, something really happened in the village last year.

"Go ahead." Yu Xiao held a cup of tea and sat beside him.

The fierce wives are all around, and Gu Jingrong will not be so afraid after a long time. He thought for a while and said: "I was still sick at that time, and I also heard about that incident. The oldest woman in our village There is a family in the north who lives on the other side of the river and does not live with the villagers."

"Why?" Zhao Lan asked suspiciously, "Isn't there a cemetery on the other side of the river?"

"Yes, their family was originally a foreigner, and they came to our village many years ago. At that time, the village head was still my grandfather. My grandfather saw their family was pitiful, so he gave them a piece of land on the other side of the river and asked them to look after the grave. " Gu Jingrong said a little hesitantly: "Although because of this reason, people in the village are not very happy to associate with their family, but their family can live and work in peace and contentment in the village anyway."

Speaking of this, Gu Jingrong licked his lips, "The head of their family has a craft and can make incense. With this craft, their life is getting better and better. But just last year, one day my parents both I went out and didn’t come back all day. At that time, I knew that something must have happened in the village. Because I was just recovering from illness at that time, my mother would not rest assured that I would be alone at home all day. When they came back at night, My mother said that the family on the other side of the river accidentally caught fire while making incense, and all four members of the family were burned to death."

"boom!"

Hei Ying slammed a mahjong on the table, and everyone looked at it. From Yu Xiao's point of view, this ghost is completely black, with only one mouth remaining, and it is impossible to tell whether it has emotions.

Gu Jingrong took a cautious look at the black shadow, and then said: "From then on, it is not allowed to burn incense in the village. Everyone said that as long as incense is burned, evil spirits will be attracted."

"It's kind of pitiful." Zhou Xiaozhen looked at the black shadow with a different look, "Is it one of the people on the other side of the river who were burned to death?"

"Strange." Lu Xun sniffled, "The burnt body should have a burnt smell. Why does it smell like a toilet?"

"Tsk." Yu Xiao didn't like serious people like him. "You're talking about business. Why do you always worry about people's body smell? Does it have something to do with our business?"

Lu Xun didn't understand why she reacted so strongly, "I'll just ask."

Zhou Xiaozhen disagreed and said, "You're hurting people's self-esteem by asking like this."

"..." Lu Xun sighed helplessly, "Okay, it's my fault."

Yu Xiao finished a cup of tea and was about to refill another cup when Luo Jin handed it over with an empty teacup. Yu Xiao glanced at him and poured a full cup of tea into his cup.

Luo Jin drank the tea in one gulp and asked, "When did the plague start? Before or after the fire?"

Gu Jingrong was taken aback, "It's later."

After hearing the answer, Luo Jin put down his teacup and said to everyone, "I have to go to the cemetery again."

Yu Xiao seemed to understand something, "You're suspicious...I'm going too."

"I want to go too." Lu Xun said in confusion, "When will this mahjong end? Can you wait for me?"

Yu Xiao drew a few lightning strike charms and gave them to Zhao Lan, saying, "Sister Lan, you stay here, if something happens, you can stand up."

"Don't worry." Zhao Lan put away the talisman, "With me and Xiaozhen here, nothing will happen here."

Yu Xiao nodded, and then left the village chief's house with Luo Jin.

Came to the river again, still at night.

As the evening wind blew gently, Luo Jin said while taking off his shoes, "It is said that ghosts who died in a fire are afraid of water and dare not go near the river."

Yu Xiao took off his shoes and paused, "So there is no bridge on this river, to prevent ghosts from crossing the river?"

Luo Jin didn't say anything more, and the two just crossed the river in silence. Arriving at the cemetery, Luo Jin began to shuttle between the tombstones. Yu Xiao found three small graves on the edge of the cemetery. She walked over to take a look, and called Luo Jin over, "Here!"

Luo Jin walked over, and the two stood side by side looking at the three tombs that were not new.

On the simple stone tablet, it is written respectively, the tomb of Zhang Zhongshi, the tomb of Xie Ailian, and the tomb of Zhang Cuicui.

Everyone in this village has the surname Gu, only the family on the other side of the river has a different surname Gu, so Yu Xiao found it easily.

Luo Jin said: "A family of four, there are only three graves here."

Yu Xiao nodded and said, "There are three graves here, and we only caught two ghosts."

The two walked along the river bank, and after a while they saw a charred ruins. This should be the house of that family. After nearly a year of wind and rain after being burned down, the place is already covered with weeds.

This old incident is full of doubts. For example, all four members of a family were burned to death, but there were only three graves. After they died, the people in the village destroyed the bridge on the river. They knew that the burnt ghosts would not dare to cross the river, but how did they know that this family would definitely become ghosts? Or is it because they are afraid?

Luo Jin went back to the cemetery and dug up the village chief's grave. In the coffin, the body of the village head remained the same as before, without much change, and the head of the village head also remained the same.

Luo Jin squatted beside the coffin and said suspiciously: "I have always suspected that there are people or ghosts who have hatred for the people in the village, so they destroy the souls of the dead after death, and that's why the graveyard is so clean. No. But you see, the village chief's head is intact."

"Because ghosts are afraid of water." Yu Xiao squatted beside him, "They can't cross the river, so they can't destroy the head of the village chief."

"But ghosts have crossed the river." Luo Jin turned his head to look at the other side of the river, "They died on this side of the river, but they all crossed the river and went to the village."

"There was a ghost who was not burned to death." Yu Xiao looked at the clear river, "Have you forgotten? We caught a ghost in the river that night."

"Oh." Luo Jin suddenly said, "You captured the ghost in the river, so the other two ghosts can no longer cross the river."

Yu Xiao stood up and exhaled lightly. She looked up the river, where there was a temple in which lived a magical monster.

She probably already guessed the truth of the matter. A year ago, the son of the village chief's family was about to die. The village chief had no choice but to go to the temple to beg for the monster's meat. But the meat is not taken for free, it must be exchanged with one person.

The village is full of people with ancient surnames who have lived together for generations, so the village head set his target on the family from other places on the other side of the river.

They gave their youngest son to the monster, and maybe they were discovered later, or maybe the village chief wanted to silence him, so he set fire to the family. The parents of that family were buried in the sea of ​​flames, and the daughter, perhaps because of her flexibility or her parents' help, escaped despite being burnt all over. Falling into the river, although it was already charred, it was drowned in the end.

The village head did something bad and was afraid of being retaliated, so he destroyed the bridge on the river. The only thing he didn't expect was that the daughter of the Zhang family, Zhang Cuicui, was drowned, and she could carry the ghosts of her parents back and forth between the two banks of the river.

When they came to the cemetery that night, Luo Jin didn't feel the presence of ghosts, which meant that all the ghosts were in the village at that time. Yu Xiao took away the ghost in the river. If the ghosts in the village couldn't cross the river, they couldn't destroy the head of the village chief.

Yu Xiao sighed, a person like her who loves life would never see this kind of thing.

"Then we just need to find the ghost hiding in the dark." Yu Xiao was a little listless, "Can you catch that ghost?"

Luo Jin nodded, "We have bait in our hands."

"... Ah!" Yu Xiaoxin said that I actually forgot, since they are a family, as long as the two ghosts are used as bait, the last ghost will definitely appear.

The two walked back together, and Yu Xiao felt that although people like Luo Jin didn't talk much, they were quite reliable, much better than the guy like Lu Xun who talked a lot. He said: "Brother, I think you are very good."

Luo Jin showed no expression, and said, "You're pretty good, too."

Yu Xiaoxin said, what do you need to say? Luo Jin took out his mobile phone and said, "Do you want to leave a call?"

Yu Xiao was a little skeptical, "We are not in the same hospital, is it useful to leave a phone call?"

"It's useful." Luo Jin said affirmatively, "Lu Xun has the numbers of many other people in the hospital."

In this case, there is nothing to hesitate, Yu Xiao exchanged numbers with him. When the two returned to the village chief's house, the mahjong was over, and Lu Xun looked at them sadly with his afro on his head.

As soon as he entered the room, Luo Jin stared fixedly at Lu Xun's hair, his eyes were full of bewilderment and puzzlement.

Yu Xiao understood at a glance, she looked at Zhou Xiaozhen, "The person you choose to punish is Lu Xun?"

"Yeah." Zhou Xiaozhen folded her arms around her chest and said with a calm face, "He asked for it all."

Lu Xun cried with a sad face, "Well, I did ask for it myself. You went out for a while, did you find any useful information?"

Yu Xiao scanned the crowd, and finally looked at the controlled ghost. She said: "Call Zuo Qing and the others over, we may be able to leave here soon."

Zhang Feng had already woken up, except that his face was a little pale, he was fine. It's just that he lost an arm. Of course, losing an arm in this hospital survival game is not irreparable, but the price to pay is a bit high.

Zhang Feng himself was quite optimistic. After all, he could save a life under such circumstances, so he didn't think it was too bad luck.

When they heard that they would be able to leave here soon without accident, they all smiled happily.

Zuo Qing asked, "Who found the clue?"

Lu Xun pointed at Yu Xiao and Luo Jin, "It's the two of them."

Zuo Qing directly ignored Luo Jin, and looked at Yu Xiao with admiration, "Sister Xiao, you are really good, you really deserve to be the top boss."

Yu Xiao said reservedly: "It's easy to say."

"Then how did you find the clue?" Zuo Qing looked at Yu Xiao with a filter in his eyes at the moment, "Can you tell me, let me learn too."