Volume 2 The Strange Tomb of Southern Xinjiang Chapter 22 The Origin of the Skeleton
"I burned them!" Zhang Dongwei was angry and wanted to do it, but I stopped him in time.
"Burning them won't solve the problem, maybe it will make it even worse." I say.
"So how?"
"When a person dies, the soul leaves the body and goes to the underworld, and every ghost that stays in the world must have a reason......" I explained.
"You're trying to find out why they're here?"
"Hmm!" I nodded, "As long as you find the reasons, satisfy them as much as possible, and then find a superior person to overdo it, maybe it will be calmed down." ”
"But how do we know why they're here?" "We don't even know who they are." ”
"Maybe I know ......" At this time, a voice sounded faintly behind us.
We were taken aback. In the middle of the night, in this barren mountain range, there was suddenly a person's voice, which was indeed a little scary.
We hurriedly turned our heads to look and saw that the person who spoke was my Uncle Xu, Xu Guoqiang.
"Uncle Xu, are you ...... Why are you here in the middle of the night? I asked curiously.
Uncle Xu smiled: "I saw the three of you sneaking out of the village in the village just now, and I was also a little curious, so I quietly followed, but I didn't expect to see these ......" As he said, he pointed to the skeletons piled on the ground.
"By the way, Mr. Xu, you just said that you know the reason why those ghosts haunting my family stay in the world, is it true or false?" Zhang Dongwei is most concerned about his own affairs, and as long as there is a little hope, he will not let go.
"Of course it's true." Uncle Xu said.
"So, do you know where these skeletons come from?" I asked Uncle Xu.
Uncle Xu nodded: "After I tell me their origins, you will know why they linger in the world and refuse to leave, it is because they don't blink their eyes......
"Dead and blind?" I was a little surprised, "Who the hell are these bones?" ”
"This story was told by the elders of my family when I was very young, and for so many years, I always thought it was just a story. I didn't expect to see these skeletons today, and I only knew about it...... It's a true story......"
"Story...... No, it happened during the Republic of China...... At that time, due to the incompetence of the government, coupled with natural disasters and nine droughts in ten years, we are notoriously poor here, but the poorer the more bandits are rampant, and there are a handful of bandits on each mountain who occupy the mountain as the king, but most of those bandits are desperate poor people, and they also know the suffering of the poor, so few people come to rob the poor, and of course there is nothing to rob. But there is always an exception to everything, among the many bandits, there is a bandit leader named Ma Dabeard, who is notoriously ruthless, rich or poor, never picks a target, and where he passes, there is no water and rice left, the government has sent troops to kill him several times, but no one has been found, and in the end it is gone. Later, one year, a grass stage troupe singing Peking Opera came from other provinces, and sang on stage in the ten miles and eight towns in this vicinity, and it was said that the singing skills were not bad, so some rich people who had a red and white thing had to invite them to sing it. After a pause, Uncle Xu continued: "There are not many people in this grass stage team, and there are only fourteen musicians in total, including the musicians who play and play. The two of them are not only the leaders of this grass platform team but also the pillars of the stage, especially the husband and wife who took the stage together, and the song "Farewell My Concubine" was tear-jerking. ”
"Once, after singing in a nearby village, the troupe was about to pack up and leave. Suddenly, a man with a straw hat came to the class owner, saying that his eldest brother was going to have a birthday the day after tomorrow, and wanted to invite the troupe to sing a play, and took out a stack of silver dollars and handed it to the class owner. As soon as the class leader saw that the man was generous, he agreed without thinking about it, and took the silver dollar in the hand of the visitor. But when I asked where I was going to sing, the person who came said: Xishan Majiazhai, after speaking, the person turned around and left. At this moment, the class owner was immediately dumbfounded, who didn't know that Xishan Majiazhai was the old nest of the bandit leader Ma Dabeard. Since the person who came was a bandit, the bandit's eldest brother was naturally a bearded horse. Although the class master and they have only been here for a short time, the name of Ma Dabeard has long been heard, and who doesn't know that it is a demon who kills people without blinking. The class owner has the intention not to go, but the money has already been collected, and he doesn't dare not go if he says it......"
"Then they won't run?" The altar asked beside him.
"Run? Since the owner of the troupe received the money, there are often thieves and thieves near the troupe, it should be Ma Dabeard's subordinates, he is afraid that the troupe will not come to sing, so he has been looking for someone to monitor them for a long time. Uncle Xu said, "Later, the head of the class discussed with the people in the troupe, and everyone felt that the matter had come to this point, and they couldn't run away anyway, so it was better to go up and take a walk, so as not to anger the bandits." Besides, they're just a group of singers, and there's no need for bandits to get along with a group of actors. So, on the day of the appointment, this troupe came to Xishan Majiazhai...... Ma Dabeard's birthday banquet was chosen in the evening. The courtyard of the cottage was brightly lit and feasted, and the troupe also set up a stage to sing in the courtyard of the cottage. At first, everything was calm. But after three rounds of drinking, Ma Dabeard became a little drunk, and his bandits came to toast, but he ignored them. At this time, a "Yutang Chun" was being sung on stage, and Ma Dabeard's eyes never left the female class leader who was playing Su San on stage. The second boss sitting next to him naturally understood what the eldest brother was thinking. So he walked to the front of the stage......"
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"Stop, stop, stop singing, stop singing!" The second master came to the stage and stopped the play on stage, and said to the female class leader: "Today is my eldest brother's 50th birthday, why do you have to come to give my eldest brother a bar?" ”
At this time, the male class leader rushed out from behind the stage. Naturally, he didn't dare to offend these local snakes, so he could only nod his head in agreement, wanting to go over to toast, but was stopped by the second master.
"It's not you, it's her!" The second master pointed to the female head of the class and said. At this time, everyone's faces changed color. That troupe has been traveling from south to north for many years, what kind of people have never met, and anyone who names the female class owner alone is ill-intentioned, and it must be for her hue.
The male head of the class hurriedly stepped forward and explained that she didn't know how to count etiquette as a woman, so don't offend the big boss, let's go. As a result, before he finished speaking, the second master slapped him and scolded him: "My eldest brother asked her to toast a glass of wine, which is to look up to her, and you can teach us how to do it here?" You fucking don't want to die? ”
"Okay, I'll go!" The female head of the class knew that these bandits were really not easy to mess with, so she agreed and followed the second master to toast.