Chapter 31: The Locust Tree Ghost Radish (The Root of Hatred)

Zhu was 223 years old that year. On an ordinary afternoon, the scorching sun hanging in the sky was scorching the earth, and the air smelled sultry. Zhu Erbai and his father Zhu Liangwan were taking a nap at home. Outside the house, the slogans have been preached early in the morning, and I don't know which homes have been ransacked by those red generals.

The sound of breaking glass woke Zhu Erbai and his father Zhu Liangwan directly from their sleep, and then stones the size of buns began to fall in from the outside like raindrops. The two of them couldn't figure out what the situation was for a while, when they heard someone outside shouting: "Down with Zhu Liangwan!" Take out the biggest cow ghost snake god in Hong Village and show it to the public! Down with Zhu Liangwan and down with the heirs of the four old poisonous weeds who propagated feudal superstition! ……”

When Zhu Liangwan hurriedly got up and opened the door of the house, the scene in front of him really startled. I saw a group of red generals standing outside with red books in their hands and red armbands on their shoulders, and the one who led them was also from Hongcun, called Pang Maitan. And there were more than two dozen young people standing beside him, all of whom were eager to eat people. They are not good at it, and they don't come empty-handed. In addition to the red treasure book, he also carried a guy thing, what sticks, ropes and the like were all available, and a guy from a neighboring village also had a dagger in his hand.

In the face of such a group of people, Zhu Liangwan did not resist, his choice was wise, in that era, just give you a name, maybe his father and son will be killed on the spot.

So a few young people with sticks came up and knocked down Zhu Liangwan in a random beating, and when he fell to the ground, Zhu Erbai was also stupid. I just saw the blood on my father's head "gurgling", but his eyes were empty and helpless looking at the sky.

Then groups of people rushed into the house of Zhu Erbai's house, and then all kinds of smashed sounds came out, and a good home was raided like this. That night, Zhu Liangwan was taken to the county by them, because Zhu Liangwan was still young, and the villagers present also pleaded for mercy, but he was taken to the public office to receive ideological education, and when he returned home in the middle of the night, the house was already in ruins. I don't know which immoral person set a fire, and Zhu Erbai's house was burned down, leaving only a burst of green smoke floating into the sky.

After listening to this miserable narration, Chen Jianhong's hand holding Zhu Erbai gradually loosened with the sympathetic look on his face.

"Hey, everyone knows more or less about what happened in that era. So Uncle Zhu, what happened to this matter? Has your father been rehabilitated? Xingyuan was also full of unbearable questions.

At this time, Zhu Erbai's eyes were almost full of sad tears, and he continued in a choked voice: "Rehabilitation, no one is there!" Where did he come from? After my father was captured by them, they beat him to death in prison within a few days, and I was taken by them to a poor mountain village in the northeast to become an educated youth. ”

The words had already reached this point, Chen Jianhong also sighed at the sky, then took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed one to Zhu Erbai in front of him. But Zhu Erbaiqian just stunned the corners of his mouth, so he blocked Chen Jianhong's hand handing over the cigarette, and then took out a dry tobacco stick from his waist. He said weakly: "No need, I'm used to smoking this!" That thing in your hand can't solve my worries at the moment! ”

The three of them quietly smoked a few puffs of cigarettes, and in that ethereal smoke, Chen Jianhong broke the silence again: "Uncle Zhu, things have been going on for so many years, and no one has ever had a chance to start anew. Everything in the world has its own essence. Now there is something else that the younger generation wants to ask? ”

"Whatever you want to ask, you can ask, old man, I will answer truthfully!"

With Zhu Erbai's words, Chen Jianhong no longer had any scruples in his heart, took a puff of cigarette and asked: "This soul-destroying nail, as well as the locust tree, and strange things have been happening in the village in the past few days. What the hell is going on, can you tell me more about it? ”

"Hey, two little brothers, maybe in your eyes, the old man and I do these things as if they are like a heinous demon, but did you know that all this is the karma that they and the old man and I deserve!" Zhu Erbai sighed again, knocked on the dry cigarette in his hand and said with a sigh.

Xingyuan heard this, but something strange rose in his heart, cause and effect can only be heard in Buddhist scriptures or some ghost stories, which refers to the cause and effect of things. But now it's from this poor old man in front of him!

"What, Uncle Zhu, the karma that fate deserves? I really don't understand this junior. According to you, karma must have something to do with the person who caused the unfortunate event in your family. But as far as my brother and I know, those who disappeared, at their current age, were almost all babies in their infancy, or even unborn. How can karma be implicated, aren't you talking nonsense? ”

Zhu Erbai's eyes looked at Xingyuan, then slowly turned his head away, and said after a short silence for a few seconds: "Little brother, you are right, each of those people is indeed not a direct participant in the incident in my family, but there is another point that you have ignored."

Chen Jianhong, who was rummaging through the lighter in his pocket with a cigarette in his mouth, heard this, and his attention suddenly focused: "Uncle Zhu, is it possible that there are other changes in things?"

Zhu Erbai continued to take a sip of the strong dry tobacco, and said casually: "Throughout the ages, the saying that the son inherits the father's business is indispensable in this world."

"Wait, Uncle Zhu, wait a minute. I still don't know anything about the younger generation, but the son inherits his father's business indispensably and has a long history for the Chinese nation. But how can it be combined with this one thing? Xingyuan touched his head and couldn't help asking.

However, Zhu Erbai smiled: "Little brother, before you finished speaking, you interrupted it, of course you won't understand the truth." Everything in this world has its two sides, the son inheriting the father's business is just a relatively beautiful picture, and its bad side is the father's debt to the son! ”

Zhu Erbai's tone was obviously much heavier when he finished saying these last four words. And at the same time, his face also showed the hatred that had not disappeared for many years!

Hearing this place, Xingyuan didn't care how angry Zhu Erbai's expression was, and couldn't help but burst out laughing: "What? Uncle Zhu, I said what age is it now, a society under the rule of law led by socialism! Moreover, you, Uncle Zhu, are also a citizen who has lived in the red culture for most of his life. Why do you still carry the thoughts of the feudal dynasty with you? Are you still worthy of the party and the people who will give you a peaceful and stable life? ”

"Little brother, you are really good at running trains, the reason why the old man did this is just to avenge his family! Could it be that the hatred of killing one's father is also the ideology of a feudal dynasty? Zhu Erbai took over the words angrily.

Xingyuan felt that the atmosphere present had obviously changed, and he was not arguing with Zhu Erbai in a strong voice, but slowly persuaded: "No, no, this really doesn't count." But Uncle Zhu, if you calculate according to time, those who caused your father to be wronged back then are probably already buried in the loess now. As the saying goes, justice may be late, but it will never be absent! Look at the people who killed your father back then, they are all the same age as you, and now who is not earlier than you died! Look at you again, uncle, my body is still so tough at such an age, I am fifty years younger than you, and I almost couldn't catch up with you just now! The so-called people are doing it, and the sky is watching, since those who have done evil things will not have a good end. ”

"The two little brothers, to tell the truth, the old father taught the old man to repay his grievances with virtue and convince people with reason since he was a child. When the old man saw you, he knew that you were all rare and kind people. But so what. Stay out of the way, and everyone can be calm. In it, who can be calm and calm! If you stand in the position of decay today, I am afraid that your thoughts and practices may be a hundred times better than that of decay me! Zhu Liangbai Nannan sighed.

Chen Jianhong's expression was grim and his face was pale, he looked at Zhu Erbai motionlessly, and the second cigarette in his hand was already at the end.

Then he asked: "Uncle Zhu, seeing that you are so old, you must be full of children and grandchildren now."

Zhu Erbai glanced at it and said, "There is a son and a daughter under the knee, but they have already left Hongcun and entered the city to develop. I think they are also filial piety, although they have not returned for many years, but there will always be gifts and letters during the New Year's holidays, presumably their life in the city should be very nourishing! ”

"Hehe, then Uncle Zhu, have you never thought of enjoying the joy of family with your children" Chen Jianhong asked lightly.

But Zhu Erbai replied proudly: "The revenge of killing my father is not shared, since I know that my children are doing well, my old heart will not be scattered about other things!" Naturally, I can complete my revenge plan wholeheartedly! ”

"Okay, Uncle Zhu, what you said moved me! If you want to take revenge on you, you can do whatever you want. My brother and I will leave this matter at that. Chen Jianhong's tone was originally very peaceful, but then the tone of his words changed, and he continued:

"But you must know a little bit about the two of us. Anyway, from now on, if there is a murder in the village, I will return the pain that happened to the villagers tenfold and hundredfold on your two children and their descendants! ”

"You guys! You're threatening the old age! ”

Zhu Liangbai seemed to have been caught with a fatal handle at this time, and the words that came out of his mouth were not as righteous as they were just now.

"Oh, old fellow! Seeing that you are old, I kindly persuaded you and harmed so many innocent lives, how could I have thought that you would still be so shameless and stubborn! Well, today I don't care about any morality with you, a wicked person! Chen Jianhong was already furious at this time, grabbed Zhu Erbai's collar and lifted him upside down directly! The tone of the words increased a little more, and he couldn't help but roar fiercely:

"Say, what kind of method did you use to harm them, where did you put the bodies of those innocent villagers! If you don't recruit from the truth! Or let me know there's a half-lie! Lao Tzu will now use the skill of divination to determine the specific location of your two children, and directly use a method ten times more vicious than your bullshit magic on them. ”

"You, you, you mean!" At this moment, Zhu Erbai's face was already full of fear, and his hand trembled and pointed at Chen Jianhong.

However, Chen Jianhong grinned at the corner of his mouth and smiled faintly: "Old guy, what you said is right, you can only use a little more despicable method to deal with despicable people like you!"

"Okay, the little heavenly master is worthy of being the little heavenly master, the old man accepts his fate, and the old man is recruited from the truth!"

"Wait!" As soon as Zhu Erbai's words fell, Xingyuan, who was standing aside without a sound just now, suddenly interrupted the words between the two.

"Third child, I think the two of us should take Uncle Zhu back to Uncle Hong's house first! The winter in Sichuan is biting cold, not to mention that it is almost zero degrees Celsius now, and we have been here for an hour, and we can bear it. But Uncle Zhu is so old and wears so little, maybe he will suddenly be frozen! ”

After listening to Xingyuan's words, Chen Jianhong thought about it for a while, he didn't feel anything when he was angry just now, but now that his anger has disappeared, the biting chill on his body is obviously cooler. Then I looked at the sky, and it was already gray and bright!

"Well, if you want to come to the tragedy of Uncle Zhu's house that year, presumably Village Chief Hong's parents were also involved! Otherwise, his beloved wife and grandson would not have had an accident! Maybe taking Uncle Zhu back is still a good opportunity to resolve the conflict! ”