Chapter 4 Phoenix Village
"Huh? Not dead? Why did you wronged us if you didn't die? Sin, sin ......" Sun Fatzi almost jumped up, he was the only one of the three of us who was beaten, and he was covered with scars, and when he heard the sheriff confirm that he was wronged, he naturally cried and complained about his grievances.
"Since you police know that we have been wronged, you should let us go, and we should go against the way of heaven, but you don't know that the sin is serious!" Old man Wu strode out and said angrily in a cold voice.
The sheriff's face trembled, but it became more gloomy, and after a long time, he smiled slightly: "Fellow Daoists, don't be impatient, you must let it go, but just let you go, and the money of the person entrusted to you will be spent in vain......"
"So you took the black money from those people?" Sun Fatzi shouted in shock, suddenly I pulled his sleeves, Sun Fatzi looked at me in amazement, I hurriedly shook my head, signaled him not to talk more, the situation in front of me has been beyond imagination, since we have all been wronged, then there must be a reason, a big reason, otherwise the police will not risk the world's disapproval for no reason, slandering the Xuanmen Taoist.
"Don't be so unkind, fellow Daoists, you need to live, aren't we mortals in the public family? Over the years, Fenghuang Village has raised a group of people from the police station, and the filial piety given every year is dozens of times more than that of your Sage Village. The sheriff smiled coldly, and then said: "Actually, this time, I invited all the Taoist masters together, it is the village chief of Phoenix Village, and the villagers of Phoenix Village jointly entrust each other, and ask you to do one thing!" ”
"What's the matter?" Old man Wu asked reflexively, as if he had thought of something.
"It's about the ...... on the hillside behind Phoenix Village and under the Fallen Soul Slope"
"Wait! I won't take this business! Before the sheriff finished speaking, Old Man Wu suddenly interrupted in a cold voice, stared at the sheriff's face, and said, "Shen Datong, you are also a sheriff, why can't you get along with the people of our Sage Village?" ”
"Since Daoist Wu has said this part, then I will tell you, it's not that I can't get along with the people of your Sage Village, but the people of Phoenix Village, and you Taoist masters can't get along, I just take people's money and people to eliminate disasters, the mystery of the centuries-old ancient coffin of the Soul Slope of Phoenix Village is about to be revealed, but the villagers of Phoenix Village don't want to publicize this matter, so they must be buried secretly!" Sheriff Shen Datong said resolutely, but I didn't understand what he said to Old Man Wu, and it seems that very few people know about it.
"Sun Fatzi, what kind of hundred-year-old coffin are they talking about, do you know what's going on?" I asked in a low voice in Fat Sun's ear.
"There is a blood spring in the back mountain of Phoenix Village once in nine years, this matter is because of that tomb, the earth master and Taoist master who surveyed at the beginning, and then died innocently and tragically, and was listed as a place of seven uniques, and Wulun was punished, although it has been put down by the Taoist masters, but the resentment inside is sky-high, full of anger, it is likely that there is that kind of thing......" Sun Fatzi explained to me with a sigh.
I nodded heavily, I don't know much about other things, but for a blood spring once in nine years, I have heard of it, legend has it that there is a dry spring on the Falling Soul Slope of the mountain behind Phoenix Village, and it will spew out a spring every nine years, but the spring water is transformed by human blood water, some people say that there are monsters under the Falling Soul Slope, and some people say that there is a precipitated soul for hundreds of years under the Falling Soul Slope, as for the cause and effect, I don't know, but I don't understand, why the people of Phoenix Village suddenly thought of reoccupying the ancient coffin under the Falling Soul Slope, and, Since the people of Phoenix Village know that there is an ancient coffin buried underneath, they must also know the origin of the ancient coffin and the reason for the blood spring!
"What if I don't take this business?" Old man Wu trembled, and a cold sweat broke out on his face.
"Hahaha......" Sergeant Shen laughed, then took out a bag and said: "Of course I can't do anything to you, I know that I have wronged you, if it spreads, won't it damage the reputation of our police station?" But since I have wronged you, then this matter must also have a conclusion, if anyone does not want to take this business, I will do a favor, let him go home, and take out fifty silver dollars as compensation, if you take this business, I have another arrangement, now you only have these two ways to go! ”
"Huh! In that case, then I will not accept this business and let me go! Old man Wu laughed loudly and motioned for the sergeant to open the cell door.
Sergeant Shen gave a look, and immediately a sergeant stepped forward to untie the chains and let Old Man Wu out, and then, Sergeant Shen took out a money bag and handed it to Old Man Wu, who grabbed it and weighed it, nodded with satisfaction, and strode out.
"Then, then I won't take it, and let me out!" Sun Fatzi's eyes lit up, and he was about to go out, but he was tightly pulled, he was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Xiaojiu, what's wrong with you?" Do you want to go to the Fallen Soul Slope to die? It's better that we don't pick it up, they go to whoever they like! ”
"No!" I exclaimed in a low voice, and in my mind, inexplicably echoed the mad old man's imminent words, no matter what, don't come back...... The old Taoist first broke the catastrophe of my money, so what he said later would not be unreasonable, it must be a portent, so he pointed me to come, thought about it, and I hurriedly said: "I can't go home, and I can't not pick it up!" ”
Sun Fatzi was stunned, then pinched his fingers, frowned and said, "It's not good!" Old man Wu was in trouble, he thought that the people who entered the prison did not need to be counted, and it must be covered by dark clouds, but now that he thinks about it, Old Man Wu is on the verge of death, and he ...... He may well have been ......"
"Don't say it!" I hurriedly made a silent gesture, and my heart was inexplicably sour, this old man Wu, didn't he expect that he would have such a catastrophe? Still is...... Or did he know that going out would be death, so he chose to die and didn't accept this business!
After a while, a sergeant walked in in and whispered something in Sheriff Shen's ear, but seeing that he was full of ferocity, it seemed that the person who dealt with Old Man Wu was him, this bastard who had been cut by a thousand knives, he made evil, he did evil, but Old Man Wu, why did you choose to die?
"How? There are only two Taoist masters left, but there are only two Xuanmen masters in Sage Village, who promise to accept this business, or not? Sheriff Shen cocked Erlang's legs and said with a gloomy smile.
"We ...... Let's pick it up! I gritted my teeth, looked at Fat Sun and nodded very firmly.
"That's good!" Sergeant Shen instantly restrained his smile, got up and walked out, and at the door of the cell, he suddenly stopped, and ordered the surrounding sergeants: "Take the two of them to Fenghuang Village, hand them over to Village Chief Niu, and take back the other half of the remuneration promised by Village Chief Niu!" ”
"Yes!" The two sergeants responded respectfully, and it wasn't until Sergeant Shen left that they slowly walked in and sneered at us, "Two masters, please come with us!" ”
Leaving the police station, against the night, two police sergeants took me and Sun Fatzi quietly into Fenghuang Village, Fenghuang Village is surrounded by mountains, there is a clear water river in front of it, maybe because the river is very shallow, or maybe the people of Fenghuang Village are stingy and unwilling to pay for the bridge, in short, to Phoenix Village, you must pull up your trouser legs and wade through the water.
When I entered the village, I found that Fenghuang Village was deserted, but it was not surprising that it was the middle of the night at this time, how could there be villagers who wandered around in the middle of the night, but there was a strange smell wafting in the air, a little sour, and a little herb smell,
"How do you smell like an iron fence? In the middle of the night, what are the villagers of Fenghuang Village doing in such a stinky iron fence? Sun Fatzi sniffed the smell in the air, and then asked suspiciously.
"Yes! The iron fence village can be used as a wild herb to develop various home remedies, but the whole village has this kind of smell, which is a bit incredible! I frowned, then turned back to the two sergeants and asked, "Sir, where are you taking us?" Aren't you going to the Fallen Soul Slope? ”
"We are only responsible for handing you over to Niu Dafu, the village chief of Phoenix Village, and then taking the money and leaving, and we can't control the rest." One of the sergeants said in a slightly polite tone, then glanced around tremblingly, and said: "Actually, our brothers also respect the two Daomen masters very much, but we are ordered to do things, and there are many offends, and I hope that the two masters will forgive the sins, and it will be not far ahead, please come with us." ”
"Do you know something?" I looked at the trembling faces of the two sergeants, presumably knowing something, but I didn't think they would speak, so I thought about it for a while, and decided to ask.
"I don't know, I don't know." The sergeant shook his head like a rattle, and soon came to the door of the village chief Niu Dafu's house, usually the village chief's home, is the place where the office is done, and Niu Dafu's home is also quite majestic, in short, it is much stronger than my few broken tile houses, this Niu village chief, it is said that he is a famous squire in this area, has donated money to repair roads, and has done a lot of good things for the township, but after retiring from the position of the township chief, the name has gradually been publicized as a rich man, and the landlord who exploits the people.
There is a stone platform on the left side in front of the door of the village chief's house, there is a window open on the stone platform, and there is a communication hole under the window, two police sergeants walked out of one, stepped forward and knocked on the communication hole, and after a while, they saw that the heavy vermilion lacquer door was opened, but it was only open enough for a person to pass through the gap.
"Two masters, I'm sorry, please go in, and we'll go back to the office to make a difference." The sergeant respectfully made an inviting gesture to us.
"Humph! I think my grandson is still a bit famous in ten miles and eight townships, and he is angry in the police station, so he may not be treated the same in the village, just go in! Sun Fatzi broke free from the shackles of the police sergeant and strode into the door, but before he could enter, he shrank his head, turned his head and pulled me and said: "Xiaojiu, let's go in with the two of us, I have been tossed for the past two days, and my courage is a few inches smaller." ”
"Let's go." I smiled bitterly and walked into the door with Sun Fatzi, and as soon as I entered, I heard the door "plop" shut.
"Boom!"
For a while, I saw a series of firelights, suddenly flashing on the torches, in a huge courtyard, there were actually more than ten villagers standing, but at this moment, they were all as pale as paper, with empty expressions, as if I and Sun Fatzi had come to the Yama Hall of the underworld, eerie and terrifying!
"Master Sun, Master Xiaojiu, please inside!"
I looked at the person who spoke in a daze, wasn't it Niu Laocai who asked me to help him see his deceased wife last night? He also wronged me for murdering his life and defrauding him of his money, and when I saw him at this time, I couldn't help but be angry!
"Niu Laocai! You've made me miserable! I picked up my fist and rushed to Niu Laocai's face, but I saw a few five big and three thick men walking up on both sides in an instant, staring at me with unkind faces, as if I dared to make a move with Niu Laocai, they would be unkind to me, I trembled, couldn't help but let go of my fist, and took a few steps back.
"Xiaojiu, I saw the cowhide, he won't beat me again, right? This group of villagers is crazy, they framed us for no reason, and now with this posture, I'm afraid the two of us are also more auspicious......" Sun Fatzi lowered his head and muttered in my ear, and then drooped his head and didn't dare to raise his head to look at people, but just followed me and walked into the living room of the village chief's hall.
"Master Sun, Master Xiaojiu, you can come, I thank you on behalf of all the villagers of Fenghuang Village!" Niu Dafu, who is slightly chubby, politely hugged our fists and saluted, the gift of holding fists is the number of Taoist greetings to each other, and the left hand holds the right hand for holding the fist, or pinching the Tai Chi seal, but looking at Niu Dafu so respectful, and before he was ruthless to us, I can't help but feel cold in my heart.
"Shall we not do it? Old man Wu was killed by Shen Datong at the police station at your instigation! "My heart is sour, although the three of us compete with each other on weekdays, but when we encounter major rights and wrongs, we can't help but rely on each other.
"Alas! I also deeply regret the death of Wu Daochang, but compared to the interests of the entire village of Phoenix Village, Wu Daochang's death is also a well-deserved death! The village chief Niu shouted angrily, and suddenly pointed to a person lying in the living room, and his eyes suddenly became rosy.
"This is ...... How did she become like this?! I opened my mouth wide in shock, then pulled the corner of the fat man's clothes, and asked in a low voice, "Is this the ......?"
"Not bad! This woman was poisoned by corpses, and she was full of evil spirits, so it must not be as simple as being poisoned by corpses! Fat Sun gasped and muttered in a low voice.