Chapter 21: Isn't It Enough?
To my surprise, Lao Zhang actually admitted it directly.
"I locked the woman over there, what to do if I didn't take precautions, there are so many people who go into the mountains to pick chestnuts, who knows which one is good. I have no way to refute that.
"Did you kill Zhang Daming?" I said in a slightly aggressive tone.
"The bee stinged and wasn't dead when you brought it back, you saw it. ”
Yes, when I carried it back, I also saw Lao Zhang smearing medicine on Zhang Daming's face.
And I also wiped that medicine, on the night I went to see Zhang Ying in the thatched hut.
Therefore, there is no problem with the medicine, and Zhang Daming did not die after being stung by a bee. Judging from these, Lao Zhang's killing of Zhang Daming does not exist at all.
"Zheng Fan, things at night still depend on you, you go back and think of a way. The Nine Lady spoke.
I didn't get the answer I wanted, and the piece of paper was thrown into the fire by Jiu Po.
The questioning just now was purely a rush to the doctor with a fever in the brain.
Thinking about it now, the things at night are the key, and there is still a red-clothed ghost sleeping in Zhang Ying's body.
Although more than a dozen villagers who participated in that year's time are dead, who can guarantee what will happen next.
After the meal, the villagers finally came out to clean up and dispose of the ashes on the playground.
More than a dozen corpses were thrown together and burned, and it was long ago impossible to distinguish who was who. After some discussion, the families decided to put the ashes together and bury them directly under the charred old banyan tree.
A lot of people have died in the village in the past few days, and it seems that all of them have been buried here in the end.
Even a family of three buried in the ground by the landslide was inexplicably hung from a tree and burned to ashes together.
Until now, I have not figured out how the three bodies came from and how they were hung on the old banyan tree.
In the evening, I finally saw people outside for the first time.
Standing on the top of the hill and looking into the distance, I saw a lot of large machines at work.
It seems that it will not be long before the village's isolation will be completely opened.
The villagers' originally dead faces finally saw hope.
As soon as it was dark, Jiu Po coaxed Yingying to sleep, and then took Zhang Ying to call me and Lao Zhang to the clearing deep in the mountains.
The only time Zhang Ying said that the ninth master and the ninth woman quarreled was to come here to the grave and sacrifice a few students.
It is not known why the specific nine women blocked it.
"Uncle Zhang, you can't tie this rope. I pointed to the arm-thick hemp rope tied to Zhang Ying's body and said.
Last night, Zhang Ying broke the rope by force.
"What then?"
"With me, absolutely. I handed the finger-thick rope in my hand to Lao Zhang's hand.
Lao Zhang and Jiu Po looked at the rope, and their faces were also full of doubts.
"Absolutely, Jiu Po used this thing last night. I said, pointing to the rope.
This rope is actually the soul whip left to me by my grandfather, and it is very effective against ghosts. I once saw my grandfather use a whip to directly scatter the soul of a terrible ghost.
After listening to what I said, Lao Zhang directly tied the rope to Zhang Ying's body.
Of course, the arm-thick hemp rope was not removed.
By the time we got to the clearing, it was already dark.
Jiu Po gave the prepared incense candle paper money to Lao Zhang, and the two lit a lot in front of each grave.
I lit a large pile of firewood in the middle of the clearing.
"Brother Zheng, won't I survive when I'm done?"
Zhang Ying's question, I don't know how to answer her.
Three classmates have died, Zheng Ling's life and death are uncertain now, and she herself is also a dying person. By all accounts, it seemed like she was having a hard time surviving.
However, I still comforted and said, "Don't worry, with us, we won't let you die." ”
Jiu Po and Lao Zhang came back from their busy work and sat beside me.
The flames of the dead wood were very strong, and it warmed up the cold night.
The four of them sat around the fire, no one spoke, all waiting for the time to come.
I don't know how long it took, but Zhang Ying, who was sitting next to me, began to struggle unnaturally.
Seeing this situation, Jiu Po Lao Zhang and I immediately leaned together, staring at her tightly.
I saw that the clothes on her body slowly turned into a bright red costume, and the hemp rope with a thick arm was broken in an instant. The soul whip was tightly wrapped around her body, and no matter how much she struggled, there was no way to break free.
Seeing this, all three of us breathed a sigh of relief for a while.
"Hahaha, hey, hey...... Dead, they're all dead......"
It was the same cold voice from yesterday again, and the tone was full of mockery.
Last night, also here, we were still fighting to save the dozen or so villagers.
But after only one night, the dozen or so villagers were dead.
"Did you kill them?" I asked, grimacing.
"I can't wait to peel off their skins and pull their tendons, it's too cheap for them to die like that......" Zhang Ying's face was full of fierceness, and a thick resentment came out of her.
Sure enough, as I expected, they didn't kill people, so how did they die?
"It's enough, a lot of people have died, and all the people who set the fire back then are dead. ”
Jiu Po sighed, took a step forward, stood in front of Zhang Ying and said.
"It's not enough, it's not enough, I'm going to let everyone in the village die......"
The next surprising scene happened, I saw Lao Zhang step forward and slap Zhang Ying in the face.
Zhang Ying's face immediately swollen, and there were blood stains on the corners of her mouth.
It's just that the weird smile on his face hasn't changed.
"Isn't it enough, the life of the ninth master, the life of the ninth master's son and daughter-in-law, plus the life of my daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law, plus the lives of me and the ninth mother, isn't it enough to change?" Lao Zhang's voice trembled when he spoke.
I was even more shocked by that.
Could it be that Jiu Ye, his son and daughter-in-law, as well as Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law, all died because of these people?
Also, Jiu Po and Lao Zhang Zhang Ying are also going to die because of this?
No wonder, she told me again and again that I should leave here with Yingying, because she was ready to die.
"If it's not enough, they all have to die, and no one can live......"
"Bang", Lao Zhang's slap was thrown on Zhang Ying's face again.
But the female ghost in red didn't care, and laughed wantonly.
Finally, Jiu Po couldn't help it, and the same slap was thrown on the other half of her face.
What surprised me even more was that the female ghost in red was very afraid of the Ninth Mother, and took a few steps back, with an expression on her face like a child who had done something wrong.
"If your teacher found out, what would he do?" the Ninth Po pointed to the grave not far away and said viciously to Zhang Ying.