A man and a dog waited for a long time out of the courtyard, and the people of the town began a new day one after another. The first person who caught the eye of the torturer was a woman.

The woman likes to talk about gossip, and the one who appears is exactly what the punishment really wants. stepped forward to talk to him, but he was blinded by the woman.

And I vaguely heard the woman muttering, the voice was not loud and did not deliberately hide it, and the punishment was really clear.

"The old lady is really charming, and someone accosted her in the morning. It's a pity that it's dark and thin, and it's not eye-catching. ”

The puppy cub danced hand and foot, and the punishment with black lines on his face gave a kick angrily, and scolded: "You are a perverted dog who eats inside and out." “

The more spicy women are, the more they know about the gossip of their neighbors. The corners of the black-faced Xing Zhen's mouth twitched a few times, and he took out a small piece of silver.

Carefully weigh it and say to yourself: "This one is just no more, no less." ”

He handed it to the woman and said with a smile: "Hello Auntie, can you inquire about something?"

The woman snatched the broken silver with her hands and eyes, and said unrelentingly: "Whose aunt am I called?

Xing Zhen quickly changed his words with a clear conscience: "Hello sister, can I ask you something?"

"Say it, don't delay the old lady's time. ”

Xing Zhen pointed to the overgrown courtyard: "May I ask the owner of this portal, how long has it been since he came back?"

The woman was reluctant to be unhappy on her face: "It's really unlucky, talking about dead people in the morning." Bah, if it weren't for the money, the old lady really wanted to scold you severely. ”

Xingzhen pressed the trembling talisman in his sleeve without a trace, accompanied by a serious nonsense with a smiling face and a heart not beating.

Covering his chest and pretending to be in great distress, he lamented: "I was cornered in the next family road, and I came from afar to ask for help from a distant relative, Lin Jingzhi." I didn't expect such a result, but I was pitiful and hungry all the way, and in the end the bamboo basket was empty. ”

"Can my sister tell Lin Jingzhi the cause of death in detail, and go back to explain to the elders in the family. Don't misunderstand, hide and spend discs entangled, and calculate the time to go back to hand in the task. ”

After saying these words, Xing Zhen began to admire himself: "It turns out that he is not particularly wooden, and sometimes he is very smart. ”

When I looked down, I saw two puppies covering their faces with their little paws, and the meaning of not knowing Xingzhen was revealed. The latter's face was suddenly as black as an iron pot, much darker than his original skin.

The woman was deeply affected and her eyes were teary: "Okay, okay, for my brother's sake to be so pitiful." My sister will tell you the story of this negative man. ”

"He deserves his short life Lin Jingzhi, he reads the books of the sages and doesn't do anything else, and the books are all in the dog's stomach. ”

The puppy on the ground jumped to protest.

The woman glanced at her with drooling: "The dog broth is delicious, fragrant and fresh." “

Seeing that the puppy cub was honestly hiding behind the young man, the woman continued: "Sven scum is to describe a person like Lin Jingzhi, looking at Sven Wen's boldness behind his back. actually made the big girl with a yellow flower belly, and it wasn't a thing. ”

Xing Zhen interjected: "Sister, after talking for a long time, how did Lin Jingzhi die." Are the bones in the room Lin Jingzhi's?"

Mrs. said impatiently: "Listen to me slowly, it seems that the person who has a big belly is called Zhang Rou." Lin Jingzhi went to Beijing to catch the exam, but he came back late for some reason. Zhang Rou's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and she can't hide it from her neighbors, and she can't stand the rumors. ”

Hanged himself in the deserted house in the west, and Lin Jingzhi came back the day after Zhang Rou's suicide. It must be God's unpleasant scholar's lack of morality, arranging the two of them to make mistakes. ”

Lin Jingzhi went to the abandoned house in the west to collect Zhang Rou's body, and buried their mother and daughter in the woods on the edge of the town. ”

The scholar suffered retribution, and only three days after returning home, his whole body ulcerated and died. It must have been that he didn't do a good job in the capital, and he was contaminated with the incurable disease of the next three diseases. ”

The woman pointed to the dilapidated courtyard overgrown with weeds: "You are right, the bones inside are indeed Lin Jingzhi's." He had that disgusting disease, and no one helped him collect his body and bury it. If it is infected to oneself, it will not be eight lifetimes of mold. “

"Boy, my sister advises you to do things according to your conscience. can't be as stinky and shameless as Lin Jingzhi. In other words, Zhang Rou is not a good cake, and the big girl of Huahuang is fooling around with someone and getting pregnant before marriage, which is really not ashamed. ”

Xing Zhen suppressed the trembling of the talisman with all his might, and found that the woman seemed to suddenly remember something. Quickly move away from a sufficient distance, dodging the plague, and said in a trembling voice: "Have you entered Lin Jing's house, you won't be contaminated with messy diseases?" Hurry up and get away from me, my mother hasn't lived enough. ”

Before the punishment could be moved, the woman fled, muttering, "I must spend the money at once, and if I am sick, I will infect others." ”

Xing Zhen rubbed his eyebrows and said to Fu Zhen: "Things have changed to this point, I am just a warrior and can't bring the dead back to life." Take care of yourself in the future. ”

Zhang Rou in the talisman couldn't cry, and choked up intermittently: "Please ask Master Divine Master to help you to the end, I think, I want to put Lin Lang's bones into the ground for peace." I still want to find my own grave and see the unborn child. ”

Xing Zhen said: "No problem, help people to the end." And don't call me a god master in the future, I'm just a martial artist. Just call me a torturer. ”

Zhang Rou was still choking: "The little girl doesn't dare to be disrespectful, I can call you a son in the future." ”

Xing Zhen threw down a sentence: "Whatever you want, I will leave this place when I am done left and right." ”

Just as he was about to leave, he saw the woman who had just come back with an old man. pointed at Xing Zhen and shouted: "It's him, it's him, and he broke into Lin Jing's house early in the morning." ”

After speaking, the woman fled in dismay, leaving the old man to shake his head helplessly.

The old man was quite old, trembling and trembling, he raised his hand and gently clenched his fists when he walked in.

Xing Zhen hurriedly took a step ahead of the old man, dragged his fist with one hand and said, "The old man doesn't need to be polite. ”

The old man praised: "A young man who knows how to count etiquette" and then asked tentatively: "Dare to ask if Gongzi is an immortal person on the mountain." “

Xing Zhenzhang didn't scratch his head and asked, "Why did the old man say this?"

The old man was old, and his speech was equally slow: "It's not a secret, there have been evil ghosts in Muyang Town lately. I heard that the woman just now said that Gongzi broke into Lin Jingzhi's deserted house alone before dawn. The old man dared to guess that Gongzi was not an ordinary person, and he had the means to subdue demons and eliminate demons. ”

Xing Zhen said bluntly: "Don't hide it, I am not a god in the eyes of the elderly." But there are some small means, and it is okay to deal with some lowly spirits, but if you encounter a powerful monster, you really can't do anything. ”

The old man was slightly disappointed, and his eyes instantly dimmed.

The wind of the sentence changed: "I am going to stay in Muyang for a few days, and the old man can come and listen if it is inconvenient." If you can help, you will do what you can. ”

The old man praised again: "Kind child." ”

Then he said: "Shortly after Lin Jingzhi's death three years ago, there were suddenly several murders in the town. The deceased all looked frightened, their eyes were blank, and their bodies were without wounds, as if they had been frightened to death. ”

"The people in the town were panicked, but they couldn't find out the truth. After discussion, everyone raised funds to go to the far away Heian Temple, and invited the monks to subdue demons and eliminate demons. ”

"The town has been quiet for a year, and there have been a few deaths again, just as they did a year ago. Raise funds again to go to Heian Temple, and you will be invited by the monks to do it. ”

The monk said frankly that there are powerful ghosts in this town, and they have been practicing Taoism for many years. The high monk could not submit it, so he could only temporarily seal it for a year."

"In this way, the people in the town are suffering, and the practice is expensive and has to be done once a year. Childe saw that there were no wealthy people in the town, so it was miserable. “

"I thought that Childe was a fairy, and the residents of the town would rather spend more money to solve the ghosts at one time. I don't want to pay for money every year for a long time. Although it costs more money to solve the problem at one time, after all, there is a number and a hope, and it is the most terrible thing to pay for it every year. More importantly, many innocent casualties could have been avoided. ”

It's hard to say: "The old man is disappointed, and the younger generation has limited strength and dare not guarantee that it will succeed." Dare to ask the old man, the town closes early at night, is it because of the recent appearance of powerful ghosts?"

The old man said: "That's true, this time the trouble is even more fierce, not only three people are unclear about their deaths. There was also a child with blonde hair who had been missing for more than three days. I'm afraid it's a lot of bad luck, and I didn't even leave a corpse. ”

Xing Zhen asked: "Can you invite a senior monk to come and do it?"

"Please, please, the town calculated the time and sent the silver to Heian Temple in advance. The monk went out and never returned, and after the accident on this side of the town, the monk appeared. It is said that he has gone to the woods to the east to slay demons and eliminate demons?"

Xing Zhen's curiosity rose: "It's east again, I heard that Zhang Rou's body was buried in the woods in the east." ”

The old man suddenly trembled: "Childe is really magical, how do you know Zhang Rou?"

Xing Zhenzhi slipped his mouth and said vaguely: "Lin Jingzhi and Zhang Rou really love each other, and they have mentioned it in letters with the elders in the family. ”

The old man sighed: "I'll just say that the residents of the town misunderstood Lin Jingzhi and Zhang Rou." The pair of beautiful women who harmed the outlaw mandarin ducks, they didn't listen to them alive or dead, they shouldn't have been, they shouldn't have been. ”

Xing Zhen asked tentatively: "Didn't the old man dislike Zhang Rou for not abiding by women's morals and getting pregnant unmarried, and didn't blame Lin Jingzhi for being unkind." ”

The old man stood for a long time, a little out of breath, and looked left and right at a piece of bluestone next to him. Xing Zhen understood, and helped the old man to sit on the bluestone and listened.

The old man said: "Jingzhi, this child has been good to the people of the town since he was a child, and he will help write couplets door-to-door for free every Spring Festival." Some illiterate peasant family members exchanged letters with the help of Jing Zhi to discuss and read, and even helped to write replies to letters. There was never any mention of charging a fee. ”

"Poor boy, I had someone to help bury his body after the accident. It's a pity that they are afraid that there will be an incurable infectious disease, and no one will do it if they give money. However, I am an old man, and I have no power but to watch. ”

"Not to mention Zhang Rou, a female baby, the poor child has been self-reliant since he was a child and supports himself by weaving cloth. I have never blushed in my neighbors, and I was bullied and I suffered secretly. And I know that I repay my grievances with virtue, and I have never heard her say who she complains about. ”

"Back then, I deliberately matched the two of them, but unfortunately the old man did bad things with good intentions. They were brought together, but they were not persuaded not to steal the forbidden fruit. ”

The old man said that he was sad, and his cloudy old eyes were shining. With a long sigh, he closed the coffin and said: "Young people are not sensible, and they have harmed themselves by greedy for momentary pleasures." ”

Xing Zhen squatted next to the old man, scratched his head in confusion and asked ignorantly: "Listening to the old man's words, Lin Jingzhi and Zhang Rou are right and wrong, how should they be judged, is it right or wrong?"

The puppy cub sat cross-legged on the ground as a human, raised his little head and looked at the old man, as if he was also asking.

The old man patted Xing Zhen on the shoulder and said seriously: "Children, right and wrong exist separately, they are independent individuals and cannot be mixed together. “

"No one is a saint or a sage, even if it is a great Confucian, there will be times when he makes mistakes. So, it's not terrible to make mistakes, but it's terrible to not know how to correct mistakes, and there's no chance to correct them. ”

Xing Zhen seemed to understand whether he understood or not: "Lin Jingzhi and Zhang Rou have no chance to correct their mistakes, are they right or wrong?"

The old man said: "There is a order of right and wrong, and there is a big and small right and wrong." What the two of them did was right, but there was a wrong thing in between. It's just this wrong thing that cost the lives of the two. ”

"To be exact, they are wrong, but they are not deadly. ”

After Xing Zhen stood up, he was deeply moved: "The younger generation has been taught. ”

When the old and the young talked about each other, the criminal really understood that there is a sequence of right and wrong, and there is a big and small right and wrong.