Chapter 21: The Mountain God Case (9)
The woman's voice was gloomy and poignant, and He Mei was already panicked when she was frightened. When she woke up and saw that she was in front of someone's grave, she didn't care about carefully distinguishing whether the person in front of her was the person back then, nor did she care about doubting the words about the underworld, and instinctively thought that the person had turned into a ghost and came back to find herself, so she didn't dare to hide it at all, and 1510 explained what happened back then.
The woman in the grave is named Yun Sheng, and I don't know where she is. Twenty-six years ago, she passed by Laoshu Village with an eleven or twelve-year-old child and asked villager Qi Mao for directions. When Qi Mao saw the beauty of the family, he had evil intentions, deceived the person into the house, locked up the child, and raped Yunsheng. This was not the end of it, after which he went to the city to find a blacksmith to make two chains, imprisoned the mother and son in the house, abused the child every day, and raped the mother.
The other villagers knew about it, but none of them cared about it. Finally, one day, Yun Sheng found rat poison out of nowhere and put it in Qi Mao's meal.
Qi Mao was poisoned to death, and the patriarch was afraid that the government would track it down and find out that they had acquiesced in Qi Mao's imprisonment of Yun Sheng's mother and son, so he locked Yun Sheng's mother and son in the cellar of his house, and then reported to the official that Qi Mao had accidentally ingested rat poison and stuffed some benefits into the servants and servants who came to conduct the autopsy. Those people were just afraid of the villagers, anyway, Qi Mao was alone, and he didn't have a wife to make trouble, so he covered up the past for them.
After the people from the government left, the patriarch wanted to kill Yun Sheng's mother and son secretly, but there were several objections, and they came up with various reasons.
Since then, these people have begun to frequently go in and out of the patriarch's house, saying that they are helping the patriarch to work, but in fact, they are going to rape Yunsheng. One day, I don't know who was careless and let Yunsheng's mother and son run away.
The villagers chased them out, and it was almost dark when they found the lost Yunsheng at the foot of the mountain. At that time, Yunsheng was not mentally normal because of the long-term devastation, and she shouted that it was the mountain god who took her child, and the mountain god ate her child. Of course, the villagers didn't believe it, but they were afraid that the child would run to report to the official, so they searched for a long time in the mountains and did not find anyone.
Bringing Yunsheng back to the village, everyone lived in fear for a few days, and did not see any movement from the government, and gradually relieved their hearts. It's just that Yun Sheng beat it every day after that, and he wanted to worship the mountain god every day, saying that if he didn't worship, the mountain god would also eat all their children.
At first, everyone only thought it was her crazy words, but who knew that within a few days, a child was really missing in the village. The child's parents reported to the official, but they didn't find it for a long time, and then everyone remembered Yun Sheng's words.
At night, the patriarch took Yun Sheng to the middle of the mountain. Yun Sheng placed the sacrifice, and the gods babbled many words before being forcibly brought back. Strange to say, when everyone went to see it again the next day, the offerings were really gone.
Since then, on the fifteenth day of the new year, several villagers take turns to take Yunsheng to worship the mountain gods, these people are the ones He Mei mentioned before, including Liu Wu's father Liu Wen. Every time these people take Yun Sheng out to sacrifice to the gods, they will inevitably rape her again.
The women in the village couldn't control their husbands at all, and after three years, Yunsheng's health became worse and worse. After doing such an ugly thing, how dare the people in the village ask the outside doctor to see her a doctor, and only boil some medicine for her according to experience.
Yun Sheng is dead. When she died, it was snowing heavily, and before she died, she scolded everyone in the village for not dying well, and cursed the mountain god to eat their children and grandchildren, so that they would live in grief forever.
Yun Sheng's hysterical appearance before her death was terrifying, and everyone was afraid that she would be resentful after her death, so they set a coffin for her and sealed her in the coffin.
After Yun Sheng's death, children began to disappear in the village again, and everyone suspected that Yun Sheng's ghost was haunting, and often went to her grave to beg her to spare the villagers. Because of the fear that the matter would be exposed, everyone dared not say that they were going to the grave of Yunsheng, and they called it worshipping the mountain god in a unified voice.
Liu Wu's father died during this time, Liu Wu's mother watched the children in the village disappear one by one, and was so frightened that Liu Wen took Liu Wu to Liujia Village to join her brother on the day of his burial. Unexpectedly, after so many years, Liu Wu still did not escape this catastrophe.
After He Mei explained all this, she fell to the ground and burst into tears: "That's the truth, Lord Judge Mingjian." I know Yunsheng that you are having a hard time, but I really haven't hurt you, and my brother Hao has never bullied you. Now that you can be reincarnated, go and reincarnate well, cast yourself into a good family, and don't come back. β
"You can report to the official, but you haven't done anything, doesn't this mean that you haven't bullied me?"
A cold hand hooked her chin and forced her to look up.
He Mei didn't dare to look at it, struggled to close her eyes, and suddenly felt a pain in the back of her neck, and she lost consciousness.
"Miss Pei......" Wei Jiu stunned He Mei with one palm, and looked up to see Pei Xia still standing in place.
The night breeze blew her long hair, fluttering in a mess, obscuring her face. Even if he knew that it was not Yun Sheng's ghost, after listening to He Mei's experience with Yun Sheng just mentioned, and then looking at Pei Xia's appearance, Wei Jiu suddenly wondered if it was Yun Sheng's ghost who had fallen on Pei Xia's body.
"Miss Pei?" Wei Jiu had the courage to shout again, and Pei Xia came to his senses.
"It's okay, I'm just ......" Pei Xia moved her frozen fingers, in order to play the female ghost, she only wore a lining, and it was cold enough to let the night wind blow for so long. She picked up her coat from the grass and put it on, and the anger she heard Yun Sheng experienced was finally suppressed by her.
"I guessed that the people of this village must have done something wrong, but I didn't expect the truth to be so chilling. Of course, the people she mentioned were all murderers, but those people who she kept saying that it didn't matter to them didn't report it, and they watched Yun Sheng being bullied for three years, and they were all accomplices! β
"Then we'll tie her up and report to the police now!" Wei Jiu was also very indignant about Yun Sheng.
"Don't worry, send her back first."
"Why? If she woke up, wouldn't she find out that she had been deceived? Wei Jiu was puzzled, this was finally set out of the events of the year, why didn't he pursue it?
She was scared stupid, and when she woke up, she would only think that Yun Sheng was dreaming for her. Do you remember that she said that Yun Sheng repeatedly mentioned that the mountain god eats people. Of course the mountain gods didn't, but who took those missing children captive? Yun Sheng must have known something, maybe she had seen the man who kidnapped her son with her own eyes. β
"But Yun Sheng is dead, and we can't ask her......"
According to what this man said, when Yun Sheng was alive, he asked to come to the mountain to worship the mountain god, and the next day the sacrifice was gone. I suspect that there was someone hiding in the mountain at that time, and it is very likely that Yunsheng's child was blackmailed to her, so that she could bring him food regularly. β
Then Yun Sheng died, and there was no one to bring food, so the man himself went down the mountain and took away the children of the village...... HeβHe's not really going to eat people, is he? Wei Jiu was taken aback by his own speculation.
Pei Xia's face suddenly turned white when he heard this. When she was still in Qiu He's palace, she heard her father and mother talk about a person named Fan Xi.
Not long after her father ascended the throne, there was a great drought in Qiu Heguo, and hundreds of people changed their children and ate them. After the natural disaster, Qiu and the counties in the territory gradually returned to normal, but one person became addicted to eating people and took away teenage boys and girls everywhere. This person is Fan Xi, he has six fingers on his right hand, he is extremely cunning, the government took great efforts to catch him, and did not want him to escape from prison, and he has not been found since then.
If Fan Xi had gone up to Si Myanmar Mountain from Qiu He, evaded the border guards, and entered Dayu, then it is very likely that he would have passed through Laoshu Village......
"Send the people back first, I have to go up the mountain to have a look." Pei Xia urged. At this time, it was almost dawn, Pei Xia and Wei Jiu went down the mountain together, Wei Jiu sent the person back to the house, and Pei Xia helped him watch the wind outside.
After settling He Mei, the two did not stay in the village for long, and returned to the mountain again, and when they passed by Yunsheng's grave, they found that fresh offerings were placed in front of the grave.
"What's going on?" Wei Jiu was almost confused by this series of events, he and Pei Xia didn't have it before they left, and after they went down the mountain, the villagers hadn't gone out yet, how could someone suddenly come to worship Yunsheng.
"This is neither Qingming, nor is it yet Yunsheng's death day......" Wei Jiu was still wondering, Pei Xia suddenly said "Oh no", pulled his legs and ran up the mountain.
It is neither Qingming nor the death day, according to the situation before the grave was dug yesterday, the grave is overgrown with weeds, and there is nothing in front of the grave except the chicken blood and dog blood that was sprinkled. In other words, no one has come to worship Yunsheng for a long time.
A person who has disappeared for a long time, has not worshiped Yunsheng for a long time, but at this time, after Liu Wu's death, he came to Laoshu Village when the government investigated Liu Wu's case and found Laoshu Village!
Pei Xia secretly blamed herself for being too negligent, she originally planned to send He Mei back and wait until dawn to disguise Yunsheng's grave, but she didn't expect the time to be so rushed. If they had left a little earlier or a little later, they would have met that person.
That person is very likely to be the murderer, he came to worship Yun Sheng, saw that the soil on Yun Sheng's grave had been moved, and then thought of the Liu Wu case that the government was investigating, and he must have known that the people from the government had found Laoshu Village.
There is only one way from Yun Sheng's grave to Laoshu Village, if he goes down the mountain, the time is so short, Pei Xia will definitely meet him. He didn't know that Pei Xia would come back, but he still didn't choose to go down the mountain and escape after seeing Yun Sheng's grave.
"Either he wants to escape from the other side of the mountain, or there is something on the mountain and he wants to destroy the evidence!" Pei Xia hurriedly explained to Wei Jiu that no matter which one it was, it was not good, if they couldn't catch up with that person in time, it was likely that they would never find him again, and they would not be able to find evidence of his guilt.
The fog was getting thicker.
"Can't chase it anymore." Wei Jiu grabbed Pei Xia vigilantly, "You and I are not familiar with this place, besides, the forest is deep and foggy, it is too dangerous." β
Of course, Pei Xia knew the danger, but he couldn't miss the opportunity. She said decisively: "You send a message to His Highness to inform him that we have entered the mountain." "So if there is an accident in the mountains, at least someone knows where to find it.
Wei Jiu's face was embarrassed.
"I know you have a way to spread the news, and you really can't delay it!" Pei Xia was very anxious.
Wei Jiu couldn't do it, as soon as he whistled, his voice was as clear as an eagle's roar, and then there was an eagle's roar in the sky, and it was actually a Hai Dongqing flying down.
hurriedly wrote the news, Wei Jiu let Hai Dongqing leave, the fog here is still thin, Hai Dongqing can still follow them all the time, and when they go deeper, even Hai Dongqing will be difficult to find them.
After the report was completed, Pei Xia and Wei Jiu went deep into the forest. This is about the ghost forest that the medicine picker in Liujia Village said, even if it is now more autumn, the trees here are still densely foliage, and some leaves have turned yellow, but there is no sign of falling leaves.
The fog in the forest was so thick that it was white more than five paces away. Pei Xia and Wei Jiu had to move slowly to prevent them from getting separated.
The two walked and stopped, and Pei Xia carefully made marks on the trees to prevent them from getting lost. Soon, however, she noticed that there were several identical marks on the trees around her.
"No, I'm sure I didn't do it on this tree. But the notch on this tree is new......" Pei Xia's face changed: "Someone is following us." β
The two of them paused, carefully discerning the movement around them.
"Left!" The two whispered at the same time.
There was no human figure in sight ahead, only faint footsteps. Wei Jiu and Pei Xia didn't dare to chase the ground too quickly, how many people on the other side didn't know yet, in case the enemy moved the tiger to leave the mountain, it would be the most dangerous for the two to get separated in the fog.
I followed the man all the way around the forest, and suddenly a house appeared in front of me.
It is actually very reluctant to say that it is a house, this house is built of wood, and it is already broken, even if it is not broken, according to the construction situation, it used to be very simple.
Pei Xia went into the house to investigate, and Wei Jiu was on guard at the door.
"There's a skeleton under the bed." Pei Xia moved the wooden bed away and squatted down to take a closer look. Judging from the bones, the deceased was about 30 years old, with iron rings on each of his hands and feet, and the iron rings were connected to iron chains, and the chains were severed. Pei Xia picked up the iron ring, only to see that the words "Qiu He Heavenly Prison" were printed on it, and he saw that there was an extra phalanx outside the little finger of the man's right hand.
Age, shackles, and six fingers are all on the same as the fleeing Fan Xi.
Fan Xi has long been dead, and the murderer is not him!
Just when Pei Xia was in doubt, he suddenly heard Wei Jiu shouting: "Miss Pei, be careful!" β