Chapter 18: A Difficult Choice
When the ninth woman said this, her face full of ravines was infinitely yearning.
But in those days, having children was not something you didn't want to want. Jiu Po used a lot of methods, but she didn't get rid of the child, and her belly grew bigger day by day. On the contrary, it was those methods that made her body and bones weaker.
"What does this have to do with the costumes and the old banyan tree?" I raised my head and interrupted the ninth woman.
Before the ninth woman could speak, Zhang Ying, who was originally sitting quietly next to her, spoke first.
"Seven students, all burned alive under the old banyan tree......"
A cold tone, with an unquestionable voice.
There were only seven students who came to Huangshan Village to cut the queue, and all of them were burned alive under the old banyan tree.
At that time, the village was very excited when they learned that a leader was coming to inspect. Huangshan Village, where the land is barren, is looking forward to the leader from the bottom of my heart. Because the leaders came to see it, it means that there is hope for their relief food.
At that time, not every village had the opportunity to eat relief food.
This incident immediately became a major event for the whole village.
The village cadres wanted to make this matter more grand, so they found the ninth master regardless of their face, and wanted the students to sing.
Jiu Ye also wanted to take this opportunity to repair the relationship with the villagers.
After all, they live in this village, and the ninth woman is about to give birth, so she has to think about the child in her womb if she doesn't think about herself, so she directly responded to this matter.
Although those students all complained, they still listened to Uncle Jiu's words and began to rehearse attentively.
Finally, it was the day when the leader came.
Unfortunately, this day happened to be the ninth woman's birth.
After the ninth master instructed the students, he greeted the arrival of the children at home.
But what I never expected was that that instruction would become the final farewell.
Until that night, the students did not return.
The next day, I learned that the seven students who went to the performance were tied to the big banyan tree by the villagers and burned alive.
The reason turned out to be that the people who came were not happy.
The people who came here felt that the village should focus on production, and that it was the right way to let everyone put into production, and not to engage in some evil ways to wait for help, and to regard relief food as a life-saving straw.
But the villagers believe that these are the fault of a few students.
After the comers had left, the excited villagers tied the seven students to the old banyan tree and beat them severely, venting all their anger on a few students.
In the process, it is unknown who inadvertently lit the straw chop placed next to the banyan tree.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, and the villagers who reacted had no way to save a few students.
The seven students were burned alive on the old banyan tree.
When the body was collected, there was only Jiu Ye alone.
After the ninth woman gave birth, her body was very weak and she couldn't take care of the child at all.
The ninth master was holding the newborn child in his arms, and the charred corpse was moving with difficulty on his back. No one in the village was willing to go up to help, as long as the ninth master walked to the door of the house, the door would be closed immediately.
Only a child who was lame and was excluded by the village followed Jiu Ye to help him pick up the child.
This kid is Lao Zhang.
After bringing the bodies back, it took the Ninth Master several days to dig up the grave and bury them in.
In the next few years, Jiu Ye and Jiu Po never appeared in front of the villagers again with their newborn children.
Later, as the child grew up, the two felt that they couldn't hide like this for a lifetime, and they had to go out for the sake of the child.
"In those years, there were often dead people in the village, and you did it, right?" asked the ninth woman when she raised her head and looked at Zhang Ying over there.
Zhang Ying did not speak, but sat at the head of the grave and looked at the dozen or so villagers on the ground from a distance.
Judging from their age, these dozen or so villagers may have participated in the events of that year.
If this is the case, then these people are not wronged at all when they die.
Until now, I can't imagine burning the seven students alive.
On the contrary, the scene of the ninth master holding the newborn child and moving the charred corpse on his back seemed to be engraved in my mind, and I could never forget it. Who would have imagined that the people in the village could be so indifferent.
"What about Zhang Ying's classmates, what's going on?"
That's what I want to figure out the most.
Wearing the costumes worn by the students who were burned, and going up to the old banyan tree that was tied when they were burned, it is easy to explain the resentment.
"No, they're not ......"
These words surprised me even more.
Originally, after hearing the whole story, I thought I had found the root of the matter, but I didn't expect it to be directly denied.
"What's going on?"
Before I could finish asking, Zhang Ying, who was sitting on the grave, suddenly stood up, looked into the distance and muttered, "Started ......"
I saw a few unrecognizable black shadows, and with a thick resentment, I walked in the direction of the villagers in the clearing.
Seeing the deformed faces of these black shadows, I immediately thought of the students who were burned to death.
More than a dozen villagers on the ground, will they save or not?
I slowly stood up and made the difficult decision to save the villagers.
Ghosts are ghosts after all, and people are human beings after all.
After being saved, it is a great punishment to let them live the rest of their lives in endless regret.
Before I could pass, the Ninth Po grabbed my leg.
picked up the dead branches and slowly stood up, and said to Zhang Ying: "Exchange my life for theirs... If it's not enough, plus the Zhang family's one, two lives, what's the matter?"
I finally understood why Jiu Po entrusted me to leave with Yingying three times in a row.
It turned out that she had already had this kind of plan.
"Hahaha, none of them can live, they all have to die......"
"You all have to die......"
Zhang Ying's temperament became extremely cold, and her original clothes became bright red costumes.
It turned out to be a female ghost in red?
Seeing this, I was just as shocked as Jiu Po.
"Ninth woman, retreat ......" Before I finished shouting, Zhang Ying's shadow was gone.
When I turned around, I saw that she had appeared dozens of meters away, and her pale hand grabbed the villager's neck fiercely.
Fortunately, I had already set up a formation to protect these villagers before I came, otherwise a dozen people would not even be able to stop this moment.
At the moment when the formation blocked it, I rushed towards it at full speed with the soul slapping ruler in my hand.
The moment the ruler in my hand slapped on the black shadow, my hands were a little numb.
Decades of resentment are not something I can get rid of in one or two moments.
Just when the danger was imminent, the rooster crowed in the distance.
Several black shadows disappeared in an instant, Zhang Ying's eyes closed, and she fell straight to the ground.