Chapter 8: Liu Linglang (Middle)

Struggling to squeeze through the crowd of onlookers and look inside, the scene that caught my eyes was actually not terrible. Dog Dan knelt on his knees in front of the tree, and the village chief smoked the dry tobacco silently, and only after a long time did he knock the head of a man next to him with his pipe: "Dagui, go up and have a look!" "Daddy, me? I'll go? Dagui stared at a pair of eyes pointing at himself with a shocked look. Go, it's not you, do you want me old man to go by himself? Dagui's shock was exchanged for a kick from the village chief's father, who kicked him hard on the buttocks, and then reluctantly moved up and pushed the dog's body.

Originally, this person was dead, and it was not easy to maintain a kneeling posture, so Dagui pushed it, and the dog's body shook back and forth, and fell straight down. There was no way, Dagui had to squat down and straighten the dog's body. Only then was people able to see the dog's condition clearly. There was no blood, and there was no bruising or anything on the face, but it was a miserable whiteness, and a pair of eyes were wide open, but the focus had been dissipated, but the look on his face still maintained a frightened look. Shi Gong silently hid in the crowd and watched this scene, looked up at the tree, his face was a little strange for a moment, hehe, willow, it seems that it has been many years, the tree body needs at least 3 adults to hug it, and a sense of vicissitudes disperses in all directions with the swing of the wicker. Shigong's heart had a vague guess, I don't know whether to be sad for this person, or to thank fate for the love, it is a little strange that someone sent a pillow when he was sleepy.

"Let's let's let's go, let's take a look." Shigong's thoughts were drifting there, and the barefoot doctor in the village also rushed over, and people consciously made way for him. But I saw that the doctor squatted down and looked at it for a while, and took out a knife to cut the finger of the dog's egg, and the master looked at this scene, and sure enough, no blood flowed out, and verified his conjecture. When the doctor saw this, his face changed greatly, he looked up at the village chief, and then at the villagers who were whispering around him, and did not say anything, but waved to the village chief, leaving a sentence of "Don't mess with this corpse." He took the village chief to hide on the side and secretly said something, his movements were exaggerated, but the village chief was still smoking his dry cigarette, his face was flickering under the background of the cigarette butts, and his expression was weird.

Shi Gong looked at the expressions of the two of them, they were all old old men. He tugged at Yang Bing's sleeve and walked towards the village chief. When I walked in, I could hear the voice of the old barefoot who was very frightened, "How many years have I not had an accident, how can I ......be like this" and wanted to say something, but was stopped by the village chief with his eyes, and turned his head to see Shigong and Yang Bing standing there. "Soldier boy, I don't know who this gentleman is? What do you hear as you stand here? The village chief asked. Yang Bing was just about to speak, but was stopped by his master raising his hand, "Old and talented, I happen to know some ghosts and gods, this time I came to find his nephew for Yang Xiaozi, but I look at this matter, I'm afraid there is something strange." The two of you are so old, I'm afraid you know something, right? It's not like the young man now, shouting to knock me down, I think, I can help you with this, I just hope you can answer me a few questions. ”

The village chief and the doctor listened to the words of time, looked at each other, and their faces relaxed. "In that case, come with us, brother, and I'll tell you a legend in our village." The village chief sighed and shouted to the villagers over there, "Let's disperse first, come and help me carry this dog home and prepare for the future." So he took his master back to his house. The hostess drank some hot water, and the village chief squatted on the ground and took a puff of dry tobacco before opening his mouth.

"The big willow tree in the village has been there since the village was built, and it has been counted for more than 100 years. In the past, the old people in the village always said that this willow tree had a spirit, and they took the people in the village to worship it every year. Think about it, after all, I've lived for so many years, who would believe it if I don't have any aura. Originally, it has always been peaceful, and the willow trees are cool in summer, and the people in the village like to go to enjoy the coolness. Later, it was those little Japanese devils who came to our country and came to our village one year to do evil. A lot of trees were cut down and the turrets had to be repaired. The willow tree grew so conspicuously, it was naturally noticed, there was a dog leg who forgot his ancestors, and begged for mercy on the Japanese devil Taijun Taijun all day long, but he was also from this Yang Village, and he knew that this willow tree was a little strange, so he said it to the Japanese. They didn't believe the words of this soft bone, so they called soldiers and brought the guys to cut down trees.

At that time, the old people in the village were kneeling there and begging not to cut down the willow tree, but they were beaten severely and died on the spot. As soon as these devils picked up the axe and slashed it for the first time, they found that something had left on the trunk of the tree, and when they touched it with their hands, their hands were covered with blood. Seeing that the blood was getting bigger and bigger, I scared the Japanese stupidly, and the guys ran back without taking it, and one of them fell halfway through. At that time, the names of the village all saw this scene, and some of them even bandaged the big tree with their clothes, and I and the old man Liu (barefoot doctor) were present at the time.

Later, I heard that the Japanese who had come to cut down the trees were all crazy when they returned, and the next day they found themselves dead in the barracks, and their bodies were white and bloodless. The Japanese were also frightened, quietly disposed of the corpse, and brought things over to worship the willow tree, and no longer dared to fight the idea of the willow tree. Later, the Japanese devils withdrew, New China was built, and the chairman wanted to overthrow feudal superstition. These strange things were no longer told to the children in the village, and even the worship of willow trees was stopped. This happened just now, Lao Liu and I both wondered, is it because Liu Shen is angry that we will no longer worship and give us another warning? Or did the two stunned dogs provoke Liu Shen and were killed, and his whole body was bloody, isn't that how those Japanese died? Brother, you learn this, see if you can help us ask this willow god, and the missing small country, please don't worry about us, old man, I will go to worship it tonight. As he spoke, he looked up at his master with earnest eyes.

I don't know if Shigong was at ease when he was stared at by an old man with tears, cough cough, and he pulled away again. In short, Shigong was still a master at that time, and of course I don't know if he complained in his heart. "Village chief, this willow god in your village, if I guess correctly, it should be a willow Linglang, this year has been so long, the Tao is very deep, it was originally to solve this matter, I suspect that the matter of the small country is also related to this willow tree, let's take a look at the willow tree, just bring a few confidants, and in the current year, this matter cannot be seen." The village chief naturally said yes again and again, and entertained the master to have some food, the master, the village chief, the old man Liu, and Yang Bing also took the village chief's family to the noble, and the group came to the willow tree again.