Chapter 37: Murderous Nursery Rhymes (1)

There are five people with four people and a coachman, and the village they want to borrow is called Banyan Village, which is named after a 400-year-old banyan tree at the entrance of the village. The branches of the banyan tree are luxuriant like a giant umbrella covering the ground, and the waist needs six people to hug each other to hold it, and the villagers use a fence to enclose it, and they will come here to burn incense and make wishes during the New Year's Festival.

April has arrived, and the leaves of the banyan tree are more verdant than in other seasons, not as dark green as usual.

The incense outside the fence under the tree is almost in a circle, and there is still incense inside the fence, but it seems that no one has lit incense in it for a long time.

Xu is the village is a few outsiders, and as soon as the five of them arrived here, some villagers took a look. Mingyue looked at the eldest man, and stepped forward to ask, "Grandpa, may I ask the village chief if you are here, we have something to ask for." ”

The man looked at her, and then at the four, all of them were good-natured, and replied, "I am." ”

A few people didn't expect such good luck, and the first person to ask was the village chief. Su Yunkai said, "My husband is disturbed, because the mountain road in front of us is blocked, we will not be able to pass for a while, I want to spend the night here, and then go to the front tomorrow to explore the road." ”

The village chief looked at the five of them and said, "Our village is not big, the villagers are basically working in the local area, there are not many vacant houses, you men and women are five, at least three rooms, my family can live four, and the next door can also live two, but I have to go back and ask." ”

"That's old man."

The villagers had a simple temperament, and when they saw that the village chief had spoken to them, they also came to talk. I asked them where they came from and where they were going, and invited them to his house for dinner and tea, and he was very enthusiastic.

Several people were afraid of the inconvenience of the villagers, so they did not identify themselves. When the village chief returned, he talked to the villagers.

Mingyue has been walking around with her grandfather since she was a child, and she has seen many people, and she is also a cheerful person, and the sum of several people is not as much as she said. Su Yunkai occasionally said a few words, and saw that the banyan tree was empty, and others would rather stand on the rocks to talk to them than stand on that flat place, and asked, "Why is there such a big fence under the banyan tree, if you move it in, the entrance of the village will be at least half larger." ”

When the villagers heard this, they hurriedly waved their hands, "I almost forgot to tell you, don't go over the fence to go inside, it's very evil." ”

"Oh?" Su Yunkai said curiously, "What kind of evil law?" ”

The villagers looked at each other a few times, hesitated for a long time before whispering, "Half a year ago, there was a girl in the village who couldn't think of it and hanged herself under this tree. At first, it was nothing, but not long ago, the girl was haunted by the spirit, and anyone who passed under this tree would be possessed by resentment, and then sick and sick, and die...... You see, this tree is right at the entrance of our village, and you have to pass through it to get in and out, how dangerous it is. If the village chief hadn't stopped us from cutting down the tree, we would have cut it down a long time ago. ”

Su Yunkai didn't believe in strange forces, let alone such nonsense, and said with a smile, "It's just a coincidence." ”

When these words fell, more villagers waved their hands and argued, "This is really not a coincidence. At first, it was just that someone got sick, and we didn't care. Until later, people died, drowned, and fell to the bottom of the cliff inexplicably, which cost three lives, can it be a coincidence? ”

Su Yunkai was stunned, three lives? He looked up at the lush banyan tree above his head, it was a cloudy day, and the lush banyan tree had blocked the already small amount of light, and the bottom of the tree was even darker and deeper.

He walked forward and saw that the villagers were shocked to stop him. Bai Shui stepped forward, gently pushed the villagers away, and said, "We ...... Our son doesn't believe in that. ”

The villagers couldn't stop it, stomped their feet and sighed, "If something happens, don't blame us, you have to testify, if someone comes to the government, don't say that we didn't stop it, he didn't listen, he didn't listen." ”

Mingyue comforted, "No, don't worry, we are reasonable people." ”

With that, she followed, and saw the villagers stomping their feet again and again.

The fence was a little high, and Su Yun opened a tall leg and stepped over very lightly. Seeing Mingyue coming, he pressed the fence to tilt it a few points, lent Mingyue a hand to grab it, and pulled her over.

The leaves of the banyan tree are layered on top of each other, like a big umbrella, and even if it rained rainily last night, the mud under the tree is not too wet. The roots of the banyan trees are deep in the ground, and some of them are as thick as saplings, and if you drill into them carefully, you can reach the trunk. There are a lot of large rocks around the trunk, and the tree is next to it, supporting the huge trunk so that it is not easy to tilt. There are a lot of incense candles left around, and judging from the fading Cheng dù, they were burned before.

Su Yunkai has heard the habit of some places, when there are old trees in a place, or spiritual stones standing, they will be worshiped by the local people, as if they are worshiping the land lord, putting on incense, asking for peace of mind.

The two had already walked around the tree and didn't notice anything wrong.

The villagers were more anxious than the two of them, and recited many times to tell them to come out quickly.

There was indeed nothing unusual under the banyan tree, and the two planned to go out. As soon as I arrived at the fence, I saw a few children coming with small steps, singing Lang Lang music as they went.

But when a few people listened carefully, they felt that the little song was strange.

"Roots, roots, my sister's hair.

Twigs, twigs, sister's hands.

Leaves, leaves, sister's face.

Hanging upside down the tree can't go up and down, when the wind blows, shakes and shakes, and when the wind stops, she also stops.

But don't stop, passers-by, because my sister is laughing and looking at you. ”

Thinking about the words, coupled with this situation, it adds a little weirdness. Mingyue swallowed, grabbed Su Yunkai's hand and looked at him. Su Yunkai frowned and listened for a while, for children of a few years old, maybe they didn't know the meaning at all. Generally, nursery rhymes are like this, all that can be spread are good tunes and easy to catch, but the meaning is not important.

Qin Fang's heart trembled when he heard that a girl had been hanged under the banyan tree, and when he heard the nursery rhyme, he was even more frightened, and said in a trembling voice, "Why don't we go back to the county office." ”

No matter how fierce Bai Shui is, she is still a girl, and Qin Fang shook it, and she felt furious in her heart.

Su Yunkai patted Mingyue on the shoulder, and then pressed down the fence to let her go out first. By the time he had left, the group of children who were singing had already left, and some tunes could still be heard in the distance, but it was even more strange because of the distance. He frowned and asked, "When did this nursery rhyme spread?" ”

The villager sighed, "We don't remember either, it's probably been half a month." It's a good tune, but the words are scary, and we don't allow them to sing it, but children, forgetfulness and playfulness. He added with trepidation, "We all call this nursery rhyme 'Ghost Sister.'" ”

"Sister Ghost?"

"Because it may be Ah Wan's unjust soul that subtly taught them, otherwise how could it be so coincidental. As soon as the word spread, the people who passed by the banyan tree ran into evil spirits. ”

The more evil they said, the more Su Yunkai felt that this was not a coincidence, "Is Ah Wan the girl who hanged herself here?" ”

"Yes, Ah Wan had a good voice before his death, and he sang very well. Later, her father wanted to marry her to a big man as a concubine, but she refused, and cried, and on the night the dowry was sent, she hanged herself here. ”

Su Yun nodded abruptly, and as he was talking, the village chief Zhu Changrong also came back and said, "The rooms are all arranged, come with me." Seeing that everyone looked strange, he immediately guessed something, and said with a straight face, "Did you tell others about Ah Wan again?" As I said, it's just a coincidence, there are no ghosts in the world, and I'll tear down this fence later. ”

The villagers hurriedly stopped him, "The village chief can't help this, we adults are okay, we know how to avoid it, but those children accidentally ran here to play, if something really happens, you can't compensate." ”

Zhu Changrong scolded them, and led Su Yunkai and them into the village. On the way, he said, "Don't listen to their nonsense, it's all a coincidence." Did they say the people who drowned and fell off the cliff? On the first day of drowning, he had a high fever and fell groggily as he passed by the river. The one who fell off the cliff was to collect medicine, and the place where he walked was dangerous, and his feet were slippery. The local government has brought people to take a look, and the slip marks on the cliffs on the shore are very obvious, and I have also seen it, and there are no footprints nearby, only their own. But as soon as I came back, it was rumored that I was pushed down by a ghost, pedantic. ”

Su Yunkai saw that his words were different from others, although he looked to be sixty years old, his waist was very straight, his eyes were sharp, there were old wounds on the back of his hands, and his knuckles were thick, so he asked, "Has the village chief been on the battlefield before?" ”

Zhu Changrong was surprised, "How do you know?" ”

Su Yun laughed and said, "Words and deeds have the heroic spirit of people in the army. Your fingers are not ten fingers thick, your thumb and index finger are calloused, and your hand has old wounds, which look like those left by a sword. If you have only been a hunter, you should have left traces of injuries from beasts. Also, you speak with great momentum, and I think you should have an official position in the barracks. ”

After listening to this, Zhu Changrong laughed loudly, but his laughter was not lost to others, and he was full of anger, "You are right, I used to be an archer in the army, I am a general, and I was born in the army." If it weren't for the fact that people don't want it anymore, I still want to die on the battlefield. ”

Mingyue said with a smile, "It's not that grandpa, you don't want it when you're old, it's the general's love for talent, and I want you to enjoy a quiet life outside the battlefield." ”

Zhu Changrong really likes to listen to what these two people said, and then he said, "Actually, you are not passers-by, are you?" ”

Su Yunkai saw that he saw that he saw something, but he also calmly did not ask, and said, "It's the official family, and I didn't explain my identity for fear of disturbing the villagers, so I don't explain my identity, please forgive me." ”

Zhu Changrong sighed, "We are here to go to the Kaifeng Daimyo Mansion on the main road, and occasionally there are officials and family members who come to the village to stay overnight, but who comes here without shouting, I can't wait for us to offer them like the Emperor of the Earth." I have never seen anything like you. ”

He was curious about the identity of this group of people, but he respected them more, so he didn't inquire about their identity.

When I arrived at the Zhujia Farmyard, there was a singing voice coming out of it, and it came slowly, and it was faint and quiet.

"Roots, roots, my sister's hair.

Twigs, twigs, sister's hands.

Leaves, leaves, sister's face.

Hanging upside down the tree can't go up and down, when the wind blows, shakes and shakes, and when the wind stops, she also stops.

But don't stop, passers-by, because my sister is laughing and looking at you. ”