Zhou Dayong handed the paper in his hand to Zhou Yuandong: "Patriarch, Bi Li Zhu is a demon, she writes her demon origin in these papers, and how she killed Zhou Yanhu and Zhou Xiaofang. With these things, you can execute her directly, or you can hand her over to the government to deal with, and she should be equally punished with death. ”

"Great!" Zhou Yuandong looked shocked, but he quickly came back to his senses.

He folded the paper, put it in his arms, and asked curiously, "Dayong, have you seen from what Bi Li Zhu wrote, what kind of demon she is?" ”

Zhou Dayong replied: "In her last life, she was also called Bili Zhu, she lived in a country completely different from our Chu State, and she was a secret prostitute with a little talent. ”

"When she was in her thirties, she contracted a disease called 'Eze', had no money for treatment, jumped off the building and died, became a ghost, and more than 20 years ago, possessed Bi Lizhu, the stepdaughter of Youqiu."

"In her diary, she called this a crossing, and made a wish to be a queen, and enjoy all the glory and wealth in the life she earned."

"In order to achieve her goal, she persuaded her nominal mother, that is, the mother of Bi Li Zhu, who has asked for her brother's stepdaughter, to sell her property, get nearly a thousand taels of silver, and work hard to make a point, and finally find a famous actor named Mu Dingding, and follow him into Beijing."

"Once, when the king of Chu went out of the palace to hunt, Bi Li Zhu got the news from Mu Dingding, secretly spent money to hire a killer, and sneaked into the vicinity of the hunting ground, trying to let the killer shoot and injure the king of Chu, and she took the opportunity to rescue, so as to gain the trust and love of the king of Chu."

"But the killer was clumsy and shot and injured one of the close attendants who protected the king of Chu. After the attendant was rescued by Bi Li Zhu, he deliberately made a mistake, pretending to be the king of Chu, playing with her, and raising her as an outer room. ”

"More than a month later, the matter between the two was revealed, and the close attendant's Yuan mate came to the door, let people ruin Bi Lizhu's face, confiscate all her belongings, drive her out of the capital, and send her back to her hometown, she gave up her ambition to be a queen, followed her mother, and married Brother Youqiu."

"It turns out that this Bi Li Zhu is actually a demon who has long harbored evil intentions! It's horrible! She should have been set on fire right away! ”

"With her ugly appearance, she actually once wanted to be the queen of our King of Chu, what a toad yawned and had a big mouth! How can it be enough to burn with fire, I think, you should pour more dung into her mouth, and then burn her when she is full! ”

"However, if you pour dung into it first and then burn it with fire, will it smell too bad?"

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The villagers who watched the excitement around listened to Zhou Dayong's words to Zhou Yuandong, and they all talked a lot.

Xiao Qiongzhi listened, and had an idea, and whispered a few words to Liu Wuxiu.

The next moment, Liu Wuxiu pulled his throat and shouted at Zhou Yuandong loudly: "Patriarch, I heard that the demon must be burned with fire first, and then sink into the dung pit, so that he will not be able to live forever." Let's just do it! ”

"Great idea! When you sink into the dung pit, you don't have to sink it anywhere else, just let people sink her into the dung pit where she sinks my uncle and those poor little girls, and it will be counted as a report and a report! Li Xihu suddenly echoed excitedly.

Xiao Qiongzhi was a little surprised, and asked her curiously: "Bili Zhu is your cousin, you treat her like this, aren't you afraid that your aunt will hate you?" ”

Li Xihu shook his head: "Little girl, didn't you hear what Zhou Dazhi said to the patriarch just now?" Bi Li Zhu is not my cousin, she is a demon! If she were allowed to live, she would have killed a lot of people! ”

"Come on, don't say it so nicely! You just betrayed Bi Lizhu's stinky prostitute, and you are afraid that she will seek revenge on you after her death, and you hope to use the method I just said to make her never be able to live forever, so you will come to join me! Liu Wuxiu despised Li Xihu's shamelessness and ruthlessly interjected to expose her true colors.

Li Xihu refused to admit it: "No, I'm really afraid that she will live again-"

"Alright, don't make any noise! Be quiet! Get down to business! When Zhou Yuandong heard this, he finally got impatient, calmed his face, and waved his hand at everyone.

Including Li Xihu, everyone was stunned, and then they all consciously shut up.

Zhou Yuandong eased his face at this time, and asked Zhou Dayong gently: "Dayong, what do you think about this?" ”

Bi Li Zhu killed his Manchu girl, he couldn't wait to be able to cut Bi Li Zhu with a thousand knives, and he was actually quite satisfied with Liu Wuxiu's proposal.

However, he was worried that if he was punished according to the clan rules, the reason would not be sufficient and would attract questions from the government.

Zhou Dayong's mentor in the county, there is one, who happens to be the master next to the county magistrate, he must have experience in how to deal with this kind of thing, and he should have taught Zhou Dayong before.

"Bi Li Zhu is the stepdaughter of Brother Qiu, and she is also a member of our clan. Not to mention anything else, she is a demon, and the law of our Chu State stipulates that any place and any nationality can cut down the demon first and then play it, so as to avoid its recurrence. ”

"Not to mention, Bi Li Zhu also killed several children in our clan, and took robbers from Guangfu Village to my house and Aunt Liu's house to rob, burn Sister-in-law Liu's house, etc., it has long been full of evil, even if it is not a demon, it deserves to die."

"So, patriarch, if you deal with Bi Lizhu's crime according to the clan rules and everyone's opinions, and then report it to the government afterwards, there will be no problem at all." Zhou Dayong replied carefully.

He noticed the scene where Xiao Qiongzhi whispered to Liu Wuxiu just now. I agree with Xiao Qiongzhi's proposal to Liu Wuxiu.

A vicious and obscene woman like Bi Li Zhu must be executed in this way, so that it can not only play a role in shocking and setting an example, but also play a role in stabilizing people's hearts.

After all, according to legend, the revenge of the demon is very terrible.

"Okay, then follow the clan rules and everyone's opinions." Zhou Yuandong was relieved and immediately made a decision.

Next, without his instructions, the villagers who were watching the excitement spontaneously went to Zhou Youqiu's kitchen to find oil and flint, and went to Zhou Youqiu's firewood pile to bring firewood and grass.

After a while, in the middle of the courtyard, a firewood pile more than half a person high was erected.

Wang Chunhua was already tired of playing Bi Li Zhu at this time.

Seeing the pyre erected, she immediately stepped aside, and the enthusiastic villagers carried Bili Zhu to the pyre.

Two villagers spontaneously tied five or six torches, lit them with flints, handed one to Zhou Yuandong, and one each to Zhou Dayong, Liu Wuxiu, and Wang Chunhua.

Everyone else took the torch, and Zhou Dayong wanted to take it, but Xiao Qiongzhi glanced at him and signaled him not to take it.

Zhou Dayong had no choice but to wave his hand, take Xiao Qiongzhi, step aside, and ask curiously, "Zhi'er, why don't you let me take the torch?" “

"Patriarch Grandpa and Aunt Qi will both execute Bi Li Zhu, it doesn't matter if the second uncle lights more fire. What's more, killing people is not a good thing after all, and I hope that before the last resort, everyone in our family will not have to have extra blood on their hands. Xiao Qiongzhi replied very seriously.

"Zhi'er, at your young age, you have considered so many aspects, it's amazing!" Zhou Dayong suddenly realized, and reached out approvingly and touched Xiao Qiongzhi's head.

At this time, on the pyre, after the fire was lit, Bi Lizhu was quickly awakened and was desperately struggling.

However, her mouth was gagged, her body was tied with hemp rope, and no matter how much she struggled, it could only be in vain.

Liu Wuxiu looked at it coldly, and her heart was happy, so she simply tied a new torch, lit it, raised it, and burned her face and hair.

Wang Chunhua's eyes lit up, and she did the same, and then did the same.

It's just that the weather has been dry recently, and the firewood pile is fast.

Before the two of them could light Bi Lizhu's hair, the fire in the pyre was blazing.

The huge heat wave burned them, and they had to drop the torches in their hands and retreat to five meters away.

After about a quarter of an hour, the whole village, young and old, noticed the movement here and rushed over to watch.

In the courtyard, there are three floors inside and three floors outside, and they are all people.

Many villagers who watched the whole incident were actively explaining the incident to those who came after them.

After the fire in the firewood pile was extinguished, the enthusiastic villagers took out the two large square stones they found, a hemp rope and a high stool, and handed them to Zhou Yuandong.

Zhou Yuandong asked people to put one of the ashlar stones in the middle of a high stool.

He also asked people to use sticks to pick up the charred and blackened corpse of Bi Lizhu to the ashlar stone that had been arranged.

Let the rest of the ashlar stone be pressed against Bi Lizhu's body.

In the end, let people use hemp rope, even the stool, square stone, and the corpse of Bi Lizhu to tie it tightly, carry the front and back ends of the stool, carry it to the side of Zhou Youqiu's dung pit, and throw it down.

After all this, the enthusiastic villagers began to scramble to pour dung into the dung pit.

Some of the people whose homes are closer to here even go home to pick up a load of dung and pour it in.

Soon, Bi Lizhu's body was swallowed up by dung.

However, Wang Chunhua and the parents of another child who had just learned the news and who was killed by Bi Lizhu were unwilling.

They are so obsessed with filling up the pit that they all go home to pick up their own dung and continue to pour it into the pit.

Zhou Yuandong, who is also the parent of the victim, is much calmer than them.

He led everyone back to the courtyard, and asked people to call the old ladies who usually participate in the voting of clan affairs, and discussed with everyone how to deal with Zhou Youqiu's yard and field, and how to settle Bi Liang Zhu Niangdai Bing'er, who had been paralyzed in bed for many years.

Zhou Dayong is not interested in these trivial issues that have nothing to do with his own family.

He looked at the sky and found that it was still only the second pole of the day, so he discussed with Liu Wuxiu: "Sister-in-law Liu, I plan to take the branches, dogs, and stones to meet the big hero of Uncle Yuangeng's family together." Did you go there together, or did you have other plans? ”

"You guys go over, my house was burned down by the robbers of Bili Zhu Daiguang Village, and now the patriarch wants to share the yard and land of Brother Qiu's family, so I have to take the opportunity to come over and make compensation." Liu Wuxiu said with great interest.

"Okay, you're busy, I'll take the children first." Zhou Dayong nodded, took Xiao Qiongzhi, dogs, and stones, left Zhou Youqiu's yard, and walked in the direction of Zhou Yuangeng's yard.