Chapter 206: Ghost Story

"Hahaha!" The old man laughed again, and he saw all the people around him who wanted to hear the answer, and his vanity was satisfied again.

Liu Lao Er was an anxious man, and urged: "Brother Nian, don't sell Guan Zi, if there is really such a spirit, I, Liu Lao Er, will really ask for it." My mother-in-law has given birth to two daughters for me, and I miss my son. ā€

Boss Liu patted him on the head fiercely and whispered, "Don't embarrass my brother." ā€

Liu Lao Er looked up at the people who were pretending to be smiling, and arched his hand: "What's so embarrassing about this, who doesn't want his son to continue the incense, let's say yes!" ā€

"Haha!" Then the crowd let out loud and laughed.

Nie Shuyao and the three of them also laughed, these people are really funny.

The old man shook his head and said, "This matter is a long story." This locust tree village used to be really good, not to mention the road is not forgotten, but it is also a simple folk custom. But in the last two years, it has not worked, and almost all the people in the village have left*, and it has almost become a ghost village. ā€

"Shhh Everyone gasped in unison and asked, "What's going on?" ā€

The old man took a sip of wine and said, "Didn't we just say those two old locust trees?" ā€

"yes, I'm still a sperm." Liu Lao Er answered.

"Well, that was two years ago. One of the old locust trees had been cut down, and I heard that it almost died, but fortunately the villagers found it early. But the first person who found out was scared half to death! ā€

"Why? Isn't it just an old locust tree? Even if you cut it down, you can't scare people to death, no. Boss Liu also asked out loud.

The old man's eloquence was good, and coupled with his body language, he easily captured the hearts of the audience in the lobby.

"Why? Because of the dead! The old man shouted.

The crowd was taken aback by him, and the timid ones cried out. When they came back to their senses, they all laughed, and the old man was a little funny.

Nie Shuyao wasn't scared, this was just a trick to tell a ghost story. Focus on him first, and then scream and scream. I listened with interest.

The old man continued, "This old locust tree actually grows in one place. For this reason, the people in the village also turned the door to set aside a large yard to build a large yard and invited a lonely old man to watch it, which is enough to show that Huaishu Village attaches great importance to this tree. At that time, the first person to see the tree cut down said that the wound of the old locust tree was bleeding, and the leaves had fallen a lot, as if a person had been stabbed. ā€

"Really? I don't think it's weird, and it can't be intentional. That Third Brother Xu was more rational and raised doubts at the first time.

The old man said, "The most terrifying thing is not here." ā€

"There are scary ones, talk about them quickly!" The big guys are urging.

It's like listening to a ghost story, knowing that the story is scary, but still wanting to know the outcome, wondering how scary it is.

The old man frowned and said, "The old man who guards the locust tree in Huaishu Village is nearly eighty years old, and he is a rare old birthday star in the village. When the whole village came to see the old locust tree, they sent people to look for him, only to find him dead at the door of his house. There was blood all over the body, but there was not much blood on the ground. Some people say that it was the old locust tree that punished him for not being optimistic, so he died so miserably, and his blood was exchanged, so the old locust tree cut down the place before the blood flowed. ā€

Hearing that the story was finished here, it was quite scary, and everyone didn't speak.

Xu Laosan asked, "Brother Nian, is this true?" ā€

The old man said, "Brother Xu, don't you still believe in Wei Nian?" When did I tell a lie in old age? ā€

"That's right. If this is true, then the old locust tree is really fine, and it is scary enough. Xu Laosan shook his head and said.

Liu Lao Er asked: "Then, the old locust tree is still ...... Is it still spiritual? ā€

The old man looked up at him and said with a smile: "I think you want your son to go crazy." Didn't you hear me say just now, is the current Huaishu Village about to become a ghost village? ā€

"What's going on?" Boss Liu asked.

Nie Shuyao was pondering, if this story was true, it was definitely man-made, she hadn't heard of an old locust tree bleeding. The death of the old janitor is also murder, and there is not much blood on the ground, because that place is not the place where the first crime occurred, maybe the bleeding old locust tree is the first scene.

It's not hard to understand that she's looking at it from an outsider's point of view as a modern soul. It's just that the ancients believed in these mysterious things, and it was difficult for them to understand it like this.

Nie Tianxi whispered in her ear: "Sister, is there something wrong with this old man?" He seemed to be leading everyone to the locust tree village. ā€

Nie Shuyao nodded slightly, "Listen to it first." ā€

The old man continued: "Since the death of the old janitor, strange things have happened in this village one after another. First of all, the next day, the blood from the felled boss tree was miraculously gone, and the old locust tree became leafy. ā€

"That's a good thing, it shows that the old locust tree is really spiritual!" Liu Lao Er interjected.

Nian Caitou frowned and glanced at him, and said impatiently: "You Liu Er, listen to me, okay?" ā€

Liu Lao Er scratched his head honestly and said: "Okay, let's do it!" ā€

"The old locust tree is alive again, which is a good thing. The whole village came to burn incense and worship, and regarded the tree as a god. But the old man who was guarding the door was not cared for, and the people in the village thought he was an ominous person, and they didn't even give him a thin coffin. Fortunately, there is a family with a good heart, and they usually take care of this old man, so they simply buried it with a broken sweep, and finally covered themselves with loess. ā€

Speaking of this, the old man looked sad and kept shaking his head, "People, why do you always push others when something happens?" Who knows if the old janitor was not killed by someone else. But the people of the village ,...... The world is hot and cold. Someone actually thought of throwing the old man who was guarding the door to the back mountain to feed the wolves, is this still human! ā€

Hearing this, everyone shook their heads and sighed, and there were also people who said something.

Some people say that the old man is pitiful, but some people say that this is an offense to the gods, so it is difficult to say.

……

After a long moment of hustle and bustle, the old man continued.

"Maybe the old locust tree is really fine. After the old janitor died, it didn't take long for the village to find another janitor, the young man who was the first to find the old locust tree bleeding. All of his family members are dead, and he is the only one, who is greedy and lazy, and giving him this errand can be regarded as a partnership of the villagers to support him. But before it was over, on the fifth day of his stay in the janitor's hut, the first seven of the janitor's house, the boy also died. ā€

"Shhh Another gasp.

Nie Tianxi couldn't help but asked, "There are two people who died in the village for unknown reasons, isn't there anyone who reports to the official?" ā€

The old man smiled and said, "This little brother asked a good question, how can he not report it?" However, the official stayed in the village for two days and did not find anything, but ate and drank well, and finally took away a lot of people's things on his shoulders. The people in the village are no longer willing to ask officials to come to the door. ā€

"That's all about those two lives?" Nie Tianxi asked again.

"Hehe, two lives? If there were really two lives, the locust tree would not be called a ghost village. The old man sneered.

But no one asked any more questions, and everyone was speculating about whether this was true.

Nie Shuyao felt that this might be true, if it was false, there was no need for the old man to say it in such detail. But if it's true, what is the purpose of saying this?

Looking up at the people around, there were about twenty less. Except for Steward Xu and Steward Jiang, they all listened quietly on the periphery.

She pulled Nie Tianxi's sleeve and told him not to ask any more questions, this matter seemed to be a bit ...... Xuanhu.

Nie Tianxi understood, and he lowered his head and lowered his eyebrows and stopped coming out.

The old man seemed a little unhappy when he saw that no one asked, and sighed: "Since then, people have died one after another on the edge of the old locust tree, even those women and children are no exception, and even those who have incense on the old locust tree on the first and fifteenth days of the new year. Slowly, no one went to incense the old locust tree anymore, but this matter was not over. ā€

"What's the matter? It's not endless, it can't be that all the people in this village are dead. Boss Liu felt that this story was really unpleasant, and couldn't help but complain.

The old man frowned and scolded: "Boss Liu, why don't you want to be good?" ā€

"I, that's not what I said." Boss Liu also learned from Liu Lao Er to scratch his head, and it could be seen that the four of them knew each other very well.

"Go on." Someone in the crowd said a word.

Only then did the old man arch his hand to the crowd and said, "Thank you for liking this story, I will continue to tell it about the old man." ā€

"Hehe, let's talk. It's weird and scary, but it's good to listen to. Someone said so.

The old man continued, "As more people die, the people in the village become more and more afraid. Some people even said that this was the old man who was the gatekeeper who came to take revenge, first to revenge the young man for taking his house, and then to report that the people in the village did not even give him a coffin. The old man at the gate was an old man in the village, and he had never done anything immoral in his life, so he died in such an unknown way.

Some people mentioned that yƬ find a goddess to take a look. After two days, the goddess was invited, and it was said that she was a very spiritual mother-in-law, and the woman said that it was the people of the village who collided with the locust tree fairy, and she had to send him two pairs of boys and girls, otherwise the village would have to die. He also said that this is a strange phase from heaven, and there will be something big in the world, so let the people in the village hurry up and prepare the boys and girls. ā€

Hearing this, Nie Shuyao couldn't sit down anymore, and sneered: "This is just nonsense. You should sue the goddess for money and murder! ā€

Nie Shuyao felt angry in his heart, this is ignorance, it is obvious that someone is deliberately murdering, and he even got involved with Daxian, this is simply a slap in the face of their detectives. I am afraid that the goddess will abduct and sell children!

The old man was stunned for a moment, then got up with a smile and said to everyone: "Hehe, it's just a story, you don't have to take it seriously!" That's all for today's story, folks. ā€

Everyone left with a smile, and even the shopkeeper of the post station quipped: "This brother can go to tell a story, the story is very exciting." ā€

The old man always smiled and didn't say much.

In the end, only Nie Shuyao and his party were still in place, and the old man smiled: "Few, that's all for today, if a few don't leave tomorrow, we'll talk about it tomorrow." ā€

Nie Shuyao got up and asked very seriously, "May I ask what is the purpose of this uncle's talking about this?" ā€

The old man was stunned again, shook his head and said, "There is no purpose. ā€

Nie Shuyao said again: "Are you from Huaishu Village?" ā€

The old man's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "This is really a story." ā€

Nie Shuyao said to herself: "The old man who guards the door was killed by the young man, and the place where he was killed was on the edge of the old locust tree. It was moved to the door after it had dried up its blood. And the succession of dead people behind them must have been made by the accomplices of the goddess, and they were looking for something, which may be in the hands of the old janitor. Am I right? ā€

The old man finally changed color and asked in a trembling voice, "Who are you?" ā€R1152