Chapter 77: Xiu'er's Soul (8)
Er Zhuang and Old Man Guo asked the Taoist priest to come to the house and asked the Taoist priest to see if there was really something evil in the house, and the Taoist priest walked around the courtyard and said no. Er Zhuang and Old Man Guo thought that he couldn't see it if he didn't have a deep way, so they invited another one, but that one also said no, and they invited several people in a row to say so. The death of Mrs. Guo became a mystery.
Erzhuang went to Cuiyun Tower, he went to find Qiu'er, he wanted to start a family with Qiu'er. At the door of Cuiyun Building, a girl stopped him, Er Zhuang turned around, and saw that the girl was picking her teeth according to the door frame, he had a little impression, this was the one he stood in a row with Qiu'er last time for him to choose. "You're looking for Qiu'er, right?" The girl asked, "Yes." Er Zhuang said. He's dead. The girl said these words lightly, as if death were a common thing. It was like a thunderbolt exploding above Er Zhuang's head, "It's only been a few days, why did you suddenly die?" How did he die? Er Zhuang asked anxiously. The girl straightened up, patted her clothes, even though there was no dust on them, and said, "Hang yourself." She ransomed herself and went to find her sweetheart, but who thought that heartless thing had a wife, she couldn't think of it, so she took a rope and went to the woods to hang herself. "After that, I went through the door." Which woods? Erzhuang asked as his eyes chased her back. The girl turned around and said, "You don't care." I know, you're the liar. β
Erzhuang went to find Sanmei, Qiu'er must have seen her, he had to ask if she drove Qiu'er away.
"I don't know! Don't ask me! What autumn, summer, winter! Sanmei hysterically blasted Erzhuang out of the house.
Erzhuang went to play cotton after his mother's first seven days, and Old Man Guo brought Da Zhuang with him, and he was reluctant to let Da Zhuang go wild all over the ground. The three of them set off towards the north, Da Zhuang was happy like a child, and Old Man Guo told him not to mess around, and he nodded obediently.
"Play cotton, play cotton, play the quilt like snowflakes, the craftsmanship is good, it's not expensive, cover it on the body and warm haha, play cotton, play cotton, play cottonγγγγγγ" Old man Guo shouted as he walked. They walked a long way, to the junction of Linxian, there is a small village here, they walked in, the village is very empty, small houses are sparsely sparsely sittened, in front of a family came out of a long bearded old man, beckoned to them and said, "Come and play cotton, give me a quilt." β
The three walked in. Da Zhuang looked very frightened as soon as he entered the courtyard gate, and he looked around nervously, "Xiu'er." He suddenly said that the madman spoke very slurredly, and only Erzhuang, who was closest to him, heard clearly, and Erzhuang kicked him. Da Zhuang became angry, looked at him anxiously, pointed to the door of the house, and kept saying, "Xiu'er, Xiu'er!" β
"Crazy again!" Old man Guo reprimanded him, then turned to the old man and said, "This is my eldest son, he has madness, please forgive me, I will let him out." β
"Slow!" The old man stepped in to stop him, "What did he just say?" The old man said.
"Yes," said Mr. Guo, "Xiu'er is his sister." β
"Is his sister dead? Or by suicide? The old man said.
Old Man Guo and Er Zhuang stared at this old man in surprise.
"I have something to say to you, please come in." The old man stretched out his hand and invited them into the house.
Da Zhuang stayed outside the door, and Er Zhuang and Old Man Guo went in. The scene in the house surprised them again, but saw that the light in the house was dim, the windows were covered with black cloth, a screen stood on the threshold three meters inside to block the nave, after the eyes adapted to the gloom in the room, they saw some paintings on the walls on both sides of the nave, those paintings are very different, ordinary people will never paste this, which also proves that the old man is not an ordinary person, the painting describes the "eighteen layers of torture in hell", there are tongue pulling, steamers, there are disembowelments and so on eighteen kinds. Old man Guo has lived for almost a lifetime, and seeing this scene, he understands that this old man is a ghost hunter with a deep Taoism, and Zhong Kui should be offered behind that screen.
The three of them sat around the tea table at the door, and the old man said, "Why do I know about your embroidery?" Listen to me slowly. β
From the old man's mouth, Er Zhuang and Old Man Guo knew everything about Xiu'er after her death.
Master Luo said that Xiu'er would not let her go when she died, that is not angry words, he bought a demon through a Taoist priest who is profound, but has a bad heart, and let this evil ghost scatter Xiu'er's soul, Xiu'er escaped under the devil's grasp and hid in his own home, which is why Sanmei and Mrs. Guo always said that they saw Xiu'er, and the evil ghost searched for Xiu'er everywhere, and he really found it, just on that rainy night, in the fight, Xiu'er was injured by him, but fortunately, he escaped by luck, and the evil ghost was angry. killed Xiu'er's mother, Mrs. Guo, to vent her anger and ** her sister-in-law Sanmei. That rainy night, Xiu'er stumbled on the dark road and fled, and when she passed by the old man's door, a golden light suddenly enveloped her, and it was Zhong Kui, who was enshrined in the old man's middle hall, who discovered this wandering ghost and captured her. "Go back to where you should be, don't come to the world, this place does not belong to you." Zhong Kui said. Xiu'er told Zhong Kui about her hardships, and Zhong Kui saw that she was pitiful and asked the old man to take her in. The old man put the soul of Xiu'er in a jar and stored it temporarily. Zhong Kui learned that the evil ghost in the underworld was bought, oppressed the good, and immediately returned to the underworld to report to the king of Hades, the king of Hades was furious and ordered him to arrest, when Zhong Kui rushed to Xiu'er's house, the evil ghost was coming out of the courtyard, Zhong Kui immediately took him down, captured him back to the underworld, and threw him into the eighteenth layer of hell. Xiu'er was seriously injured, her soul was almost scattered by evil spirits, and she is currently recuperating in the altar and will not be able to return to the underworld until 7749 days.
When Er Zhuang and Old Man Guo played cotton for the old man, the old man cured Da Zhuang's madness. Before leaving, Da Zhuang and Er Zhuang kowtowed to the old man, and the old man Guo was moved to wipe his tears with his sleeves, and said that God is will, fate.
All the mysteries of the story have a clear answer.
A year later, the war intensified, and Erzhuang went north to join the national army to fight devils. Old man Guo and Da Zhuang guarded this home, continued to play cotton, Da Zhuang became diligent after recovery, and married a daughter-in-law, the daughter-in-law is not very beautiful, but lives a simple life.
As for Sanmei, she wanted to marry Zhu Sheng, but Zhu Sheng didn't want her at all, he said to his buddies after a drunken time: "Sanmei is a woman like this, just play around, just be a wife." β
Liu Zhi'er's temperament suddenly changed, she became aggressive and scolded, she often scolded, cheap women, dog men, cheating when I didn't know! Zhu Sheng fell into the well of meat in the cold cellar of the yard in the hot summer of this year, and the rhododendrons in the yard were in full bloom. Liu Zhi'er took over the pork business, she really became Liu Zhi'er, the fat lost weight, she became thinner, she became a little more beautiful, her temper became irritable, smoking foreign cigarettes, drinking strong wine, chopping meat like chopping people, Sanmei saw her and avoided walking.
Sanmei didn't have any financial resources, and no one dared to marry her because of her reputation, so she hung a red lantern at the door and started a leather and meat business.
The Japanese war spread here, the shells rained down, people fled in the roar, the old man Guo ran away, Da Zhuang ran away with his daughter-in-law, Liu Zhi'er ran away, only Sanmei didn't run, she was caught by a group of Japanese soldiers, and was stabbed to death by Xueliang's war knife after being ravaged, and she stayed in that small earthen house foreverγγγγγ