Chapter Seventy-Seven: The White River's Corpse
I couldn't help but be moved by these words, just now the child and his father treated him so much, but at this time, he thought that he couldn't leave, for fear of hurting his parents.
And he's only a kid of about ten years old.
After the child released me and Niu Da Huang, he went over, hugged his father, and with tears in his eyes, Niu Da Huang went over, touched his father's pulse, and said, "Don't be afraid, your father is fine, but he is a little tired." ”
The child was suspicious, Niu Rhubarb pinched the man, and he quickly woke up. He was a little surprised to see me and Niu Rhubarb coming out of the house. However, the things he wanted to harm us had been revealed, and he was a little embarrassed, so he told us the truth.
It turned out that the Ma family said that if outsiders came, one old and one young, they would ask all the way, and they would hand over their clues to the Ma family. In this way, the children of their family can not be yin and yang children.
I asked this man, who is the Ma family, and why do the people in the town give their children to the Ma family?
The man shook his head, as if he didn't dare to speak.
At this time, Niu Rhubarb came over and said, "Don't hide it, the two of us are indeed the two people that the Ma family wants to arrest." However, just by you, you can't lock us up at all, and when the Xia Ma family comes over and finds out that you lied to them, I'm afraid they won't be able to eat and walk around. However, you know, why did the Ma family arrest us? That's because the Ma family is afraid of us, you say, tell us everything you know, and we may be able to help you. ”
"This ...... Well, if I can really keep my child, I'll let it go. "This man probably told us about Baiqiao Town.
The Ma family is indeed a Daomen family, and in this place in Baiqiao Town, it can be said that they cover the sky with one hand.
A few days ago, a family elder named Ma Zhenxing died, I heard that he went to a place called Laojieling Village, and after he came back, he couldn't afford to get sick, and he lost his life a few days ago.
At this point, I can already determine that this Ma family is indeed the same Daomen family that went to our village to propose to Weiyang. And the dead Ma family elder Ma Zhenxing should be the Ma family member who took the Ma Mingjing to propose marriage at that time, at that time, he was shocked by a thunderbolt, and his injuries were not light, it is estimated that he did not survive after coming back.
The man said that when someone died in Baiqiao Town, they were buried by water, and this water burial had a unique custom, so that the body was taken on a bamboo raft and went down the Baihe River in the middle of Baiqiao Town. If it is, after passing through the nine white bridges smoothly, the bamboo raft will automatically untie and sink to the bottom, which means that the offspring will be healthy and the family will be prosperous. Normally, the water of the White River is not urgent, and the bamboo raft will not be hindered by going down the river. But the corpse of the elder of the horse family, halfway through, crossed the fifth white bridge, the boat capsized, and the body sank to the bottom of the river and disappeared.
The bamboo raft is only halfway away, implying that it will be broken.
The Ma family sent people down to salvage, but the people who went down had no return.
What's even weirder is that before these things happened, there was a popular proverb in the town of Whitebridge.
The old corpses on the White River are buried, and the raft overturns the corpses and breaks the strings.
I don't know where this proverbial poem came from, but it spread among the children in Baiqiao Town. Whether it is a child jumping a rubber band or playing marbles, they are all dancing and singing these two proverbial poems.
The meaning of the Ming broken string is obvious, the Ma family's descendants are the descendants of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming broken string is that the Ma family is going to break the incense in the Ming generation.
When the Ma family learned of this, they immediately ordered a ban on singing this proverbial poem. It is said that after this incident, the Ma family calculated the marriage of the only descendant of the Ma family, Ma Mingjing, but unexpectedly, the poem was fulfilled. After that, the Ma family didn't know where to hear that there was an opportunity in Laojieling Village, which might change the fate of the Ma family.
Therefore, the Ma family went to Laojieling Village to look for the only opportunity, however, when they came back, not only did the fate of the Ma family not change, but Ma Zhenxing, the elder of the Ma family, lost his life.
The Ma family deliberately wanted to avoid water burials because they were afraid, but the funeral rules of Baiqiao Town were water burials like Baihe corpses, and this tradition could not be broken. On the other hand, if the Ma family really breaks this rule, it is equivalent to being afraid of the proverbial poem. Therefore, they also have the implication of not believing in evil in it, and finally adopted water burial.
Unexpectedly, things are really as sung in the proverbial poem, one by one, one by one, after the body is destroyed.
When the man said this, I asked, "These things are indeed mysterious enough, but what does this have to do with the yin and yang boy you are talking about?" ”
The man said that the problem lies with Ma Zhenxing.
After Ma Zhenxing sank to the bottom of the water, about seven days later, his body went back inexplicably. Not only did he go back, but he also came back to life.
"What, there is such a thing?" I asked.
"It's true, for this reason, the Ma family also invited guests and friends, and people with heads and faces in the town were invited over, and they all saw Ma Zhenxing with their own eyes, and they sat on the main seat alive." When the man said this, his face turned pale, obviously thinking that this thing was too strange and a little afraid.
After Ma Zhenxing lived, he instructed that the Ma family should recruit a hundred Taoist children to teach the Ma family's inner door Taoism, and this Taoist child is called Yin Yang Tongzi.
The Ma family is powerful, and if ordinary people want to live in this town, everything must depend on the Ma family. And the Ma family's sudden recruitment of Daotong can be described as a good time to get involved with the Ma family. Therefore, most of the people in the town competed for this opportunity, and in the end, the Ma family identified a hundred children, became Yin Yang Boys, and signed a contract.
However, the truth of the matter is not so.
After the Yin Yang Boy was sent to Ma's house, he did not practice any inner door Taoism every day, but was forced to drink blood and eat some strange meat every day.
If the children are disobedient, the Ma family will beat them severely, and if they go back to tell their parents, they will also be beaten. Moreover, even if he told his parents, the Ma family was powerful, and no one dared to withdraw the contract.
Every day, as long as it is night, these children in the town who are selected as yin and yang children will be packed in small coffins and sent to Ma's house.
At this point, Niu Rhubarb asked, "Your child, do you want to eat anything else when you come back?" ”
The boy shook his head and said, "He doesn't eat anything when he comes back, but if he has raw meat at home, he eats a little." ”
"Let me show you."
After Niu Rhubarb finished speaking, he gave the kid a pulse, his face changed, and he immediately turned up his sleeves, but saw that the kid was blue and purple, as if he had been beaten.
"This was beaten by the Ma family!" The man said it, and he hated itchy.
"There are indeed marks of beatings here, but most of them are corpse spots. Your son is now covered with corpse spots, and he refuses to eat living food, I am afraid that he has been poisoned by corpses! Niu Rhubarb said.
"What, poisoned by corpses?" The man's face was worried.
"Don't worry, he hasn't lost his mind yet, which means that the corpse poison hasn't attacked his heart. I have a potion here, one pill a day, and within three days, the poison of his corpse will be removed. By the way, before we entered the door, what did you say that the river god wanted to marry, what is going on? Niu Rhubarb asked again.
The man sighed and said, "This is all what Ma Zhenxing said, saying that it is all because of the mercy of the river god that he can come back to life." Therefore, the Tama family wants to repay the kindness of the river god, and to accept a wife for the river god and marry the river god. These yin and yang boys are actually the dowry gifts that the river god wants to give when the river god marries. Since it is a dowry, then when the time comes, they will definitely be thrown into the river to worship the river god! ”
I asked again, since it is the river god who is marrying, then who is the river god marrying?
The man said that he didn't know who it was, and it was said that it wasn't from the town. Alas, I don't know where I got the hard-working woman.
This man's daughter-in-law went to inform the Ma family, and it is estimated that she will be back soon.
If Niu Rhubarb and I leave, it will definitely be detrimental to this family, and it may even cause them to be killed. After a while, the little boy said, "Grandpa, big brother, you better go quickly, the Ma family is very fierce, if you are caught, you will be made to drink blood!" ”
I went over, touched his head, and said, "Don't worry, the Ma family can't do anything to us." ”
"Really?" The little one asked.
"Of course, my brother never lies." I said that seeing his father hugging him and snuggling up to his father, the conflict between father and son was also helpless. Unconsciously, I remembered that I was a child, and I was a little envious.
After about a few minutes, the man's expression became a little nervous and worried, and he said, "I guess, the people from the Ma family are coming over soon, what should we do now?" ”
Niu Da Huang said, "Just lock us in the house again." ”
"Isn't that hurting you?" The man asked.
"No, you can let all of them into the house later, and we'll deal with it as we please. You and your wife and children should find a place to hide. Niu Rhubarb commanded.
"Good!"
As soon as the man answered, he heard a voice talking outside. Niu Rhubarb and I immediately went back to the room just now, and the man locked the door.
Immediately afterwards, I saw through the crack in the door that five men were led into the house by the woman.