Chapter 22: Pulling the Coffin

Xue Liangui glanced at me meaningfully, got up and walked towards my house.

I don't know why, as soon as I heard Xue Liangui say the showdown, I was a little nervous in my heart, and I could even feel my heart beating faster.

This seems to be the same as the book says, the closer you get to the truth, the more unacceptable it is in your heart.

After arriving home, Xue Liangui fell asleep, and when he sacrificed to the river god yesterday, he was hit a little hard, and he spat a lot of blood one after another, and he felt distressed when he thought about it. At this time, it is best to let him take a break.

At dinner, I asked my mother to kill a chicken, which was a kind of compensation for Xue Liangui. Xue Liangui didn't shirk it, and ate nearly half of it alone. This is still unfulfilled for him, otherwise this chicken may not be enough for him to eat alone.

After dinner, Xue Liangui glanced at me, I sneaked out, and the two took advantage of the night to touch the outside of the ancestral hall.

At this time, the ancestral hall was particularly gloomy, and the smell of rotting coffin boards wafted everywhere. I even suspect that the corpse is in a large pit, little by little, close to corrosion.

Xue Liangui found a corner, squatted down, and stared around with his eyes like wolves. I followed him, also looking at the big pit in the ancestral hall, for fear that something would crawl out of it and pounce on me with teeth and claws.

The two of us, like grave keepers, watched the movement around the ancestral hall.

The night was shrouded little by little, and there was a dead silence around me, and the watery night seemed to be viscous, making me a little unable to breathe.

When it was close to midnight, there were several crows outside the village, and Xue Liangui suddenly stared at the outside of the village.

Here it comes!

My heart tightened, and I hurriedly looked over, my mouth wide open in horror, and I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

A person walked outside the stockade, carrying a thick rope, as if using the strength to eat milk, and vigorously marched towards the stockade. Behind him, there was a series of coffins, which were tied with ropes, like the carriages of a train, and he was pulled into the stockade little by little.

Some of these coffins are rotten, and there are black holes exposed on them, and it is impossible to see what is inside the coffins. Some coffin lids rotted, and the corpses decomposed into white bones, which would tremble gently when pulled, as if they were about to climb out of the coffin.

Underneath the coffin lay round wooden sticks, which gurgled when pulled, and dozens of crows shrouded the coffin, as if chasing and playing, or seeing carrion-like food.

My scalp was a little numb, my body was trembling almost subconsciously, this scene was so terrifying that my blood seemed to freeze.

The man continued to exert himself to pull all the nine coffins behind him to the outside of the ancestral hall.

I stared at the figure, and my heart fell to the bottom.

Second Uncle Zhang!

Sure enough, it's Second Uncle Zhang!

I am afraid that the only one who can do this is Second Uncle Zhang. Today, I guess that the one who went to dig up the grave at night and buried the coffin in the ancestral hall should be Second Uncle Zhang. Because I can't think of anyone but him.

Xue Liangui's face was very solemn, and he saw Second Uncle Zhang pull the coffin outside the ancestral hall, so he stood up and arched his hand at Second Uncle Zhang.

"Ziwei Guan Xue Liangui, I've seen Brother Tai!" Xue Liangui said very solemnly.

Second Uncle Zhang seemed to know that we were on the side, so he just raised his eyelids and glanced at it, and then continued the work at hand.

A coffin was tied up by him with a rope, and then tentatively pulled into the pit.

Xue Liangui was bored by himself, so he could only say, "Do you want us to help?" ”

Second Uncle Zhang stopped what he was doing and nodded gently.

Xue Liangui sighed, walked up, grabbed the rope on the ground, and then went to the bottom of the big pit, and after Second Uncle Zhang saw me come forward, he hesitated slightly, and said to me: "Yang Sheng, move lightly, these are all ancestors!" ”

I stiffened, hurriedly slowed down the movement of my hand, and when I pulled the coffin, it was much softer.

These are the ancestors of our Sanwangzhai! Since Second Uncle Zhang knew that these were all ancestors, why did he let them die and not be able to live in peace?

The nine coffins all went down, and Second Uncle Zhang turned his head and walked outside the stockade.

I wanted to follow, but I was pulled by Xue Liangui, and said with a sigh: "Don't go over, he doesn't want people to see the scene of him digging his ancestral grave." ”

I stood there stunned, not knowing what to say, and there was always some pain in my heart.

Xue Liangui sighed and stayed outside the ancestral hall with me, while Second Uncle Zhang kept pulling the coffin towards the ancestral hall, and after pulling dozens of mouthfuls, he stopped and lit his dry tobacco stick.

Xue Liangui leaned forward and asked with a sigh: "It's all for the people in the village?" ”

Second Uncle Zhang was stunned for a moment, and nodded solemnly.

Xue Liangui sighed lightly and said, "Eh...... I heard Yang Sheng say, at that time, you wanted to stop me from sacrificing to the river god, I knew that it would become like this, Dao Ye, I shouldn't have sacrificed to the river god! ”

Second Uncle Zhang raised his eyelids and said, "Those who should come will come sooner or later." ”

Xue Liangui was stunned for a moment and said, "I can see some clues, but I can't see what is going on!" It stands to reason that these three kings have beautiful mountains and rivers, and there should be no cholera, but there is a demon. You know this better than I do, right? ”

Second Uncle Zhang didn't speak, just smoked a dry cigarette.

Xue Liangui stared at him, and then asked, "What is the stone platform in the river?" ”

Second Uncle Zhang glanced at Xue Liangui, opened his mouth, and finally lowered his head through gritted teeth.

Xue Liangui smiled helplessly, "I know you don't want to say it, then let me ask you, outside Yang Sheng's courtyard that night, did you lure me away?" You don't want that woman's body to be buried in the river? ”

Second Uncle Zhang's gaze, as if with memories, shook his head and said, "It's not me, it's someone else." The first time I worshipped the river god, I was led out of the village, otherwise I wouldn't have let the female corpse have an accident......"

When I heard this, my heart was a little turbulent, could it really not be Second Uncle Zhang?

Xue Liangui's eyes flashed, and then asked: "I don't want to know anything else, Daoye, I just want to know what happened back then?" What made Wang Chuanhe like this? ”

Second Uncle Zhang stared at Xue Liangui deadly, as if he was a little hostile, but he never spoke.

"Second uncle, are the rumors in the village true? Could it be that my dad is really coming back? I asked in a trembling voice.

Second Uncle Zhang gritted his teeth, stared at me and said, "Yang Sheng, some things are not as ...... as you imagined."

"Then tell me, is my dad a demon or not?" I asked hurriedly.

Second Uncle Zhang lowered his head, his face was afraid for a while, and even the wrist holding the dry tobacco stick was trembling slightly.

Xue Liangui sighed, "Dao Ye, I really want to know what happened to Wang Chuanhe back then, so that you sacrificed Yang Sheng and his father alive." ”

Second Uncle Zhang was a little distracted, but his face became more and more pale.

Xue Liangui was also speechless, glanced at the coffin in the big pit, and then said faintly: "Whether it is this female corpse or Yang Sheng's father, can you really solve it?" ”

"Try to drag ......," Second Uncle Zhang said lightly.

Xue Liangui's eyes flickered for a moment, and finally sighed, but I listened to what Second Uncle Zhang said so lightly, but my heart was tight.

Second Uncle Zhang can't solve it, so he can only drag it out as much as possible?

"Let's go, Yang Sheng! You know everything you should know, and if you don't know, your second uncle Zhang won't say it! Xue Liangui sighed, turned around and walked towards my house.

I looked at Second Uncle Zhang, then at Xue Liangui, and hurriedly kept up with Xue Liangui's pace.

After walking far, Xue Liangui sighed and said, "Your Second Uncle Zhang is not simple!" ”

I lowered my head and didn't speak, feeling more and more that this matter had exceeded my imagination.

Xue Liangui sighed and said, "Master Dao, it's the first time I've seen such a strange place in your village for so many years!" ”

"Are you talking about Second Uncle Zhang?" I asked.

Xue Liangui shook his head and said, "It's not just your Second Uncle Zhang, do you think your Second Uncle Zhang will really sacrifice your father alive?" ”

I can't be sure about this either, but Second Uncle Zhang's behavior is too strange to understand with common sense at all.

"Assuming that your dad was really sacrificed alive by Zhang Lao'er, then why did he do this? Can your dad still be a demon? Xue Liangui said with a deep groan.

I didn't speak, I didn't know what to say.

Xue Liangui continued: "I can be sure that your ancestral hall is suppressing the stone platform in the river, and what that stone platform is, I still don't know what it is, if the stone platform is really your father, then your village is only afraid that death is not far away!" ”

I know what Xue Liangui means, but I can't refute it, no one has a longing for his father in his heart, this can be said to be human nature, even if it's just an ordinary person, he will be regarded as a hero, and suddenly one day, someone told you that your father is a demon and evil child, and sooner or later he will destroy the village, which makes it unacceptable to anyone.

"Yang Sheng, Dao Ye, I have a feeling that this matter will not end so soon, since someone has brought in the female corpse, it means that there is a mastermind behind this, and there will be an accident at that time......" Xue Liangui sighed, turned around and walked towards home.

I can understand what Xue Liangui meant, but I can't resist, even Second Uncle Zhang can only drag, what can I do?

The next morning, Xue Liangui was still muttering something, which probably meant that our Sanwang Village was more weird.

After breakfast, the old ninth master came again, standing at the door with a red face.

I sighed, and I also knew what the reason why Lao Jiu Ye came here was for. The coffin that was taken away yesterday was pulled back to the ancestral hall by Second Uncle Zhang, and the people in the entire village are probably going crazy.

These days, the old man has almost forgotten to sleep and eat, and the old man who was originally mentally healthy is sick at this time, and he has an indescribable fatigue.

I looked distressed, so I comforted me first, saying that I would let Mr. Xue solve it immediately.

Xue Liangui had breakfast, pulled me aside, and asked me in a low voice: "Yang Sheng, I only ask you one thing, do you think your Second Uncle Zhang is worth trusting?" ”