Chapter 472: Tracing and Tracking
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I saw that there was a nest of rabbits in this soil hole, and the big rabbit was not yet in the nest, but a litter of little rabbit lambs that had not yet opened their eyes, and there were five or six of them. This cunning civet cat actually held on to his breath and fell next to the rabbit's nest, causing a disaster to Jiangdong.
When everyone returned to the village, it was almost dawn, although they did not find the old nest of the civet cat, but killed the civet cat, the village was very happy, and wanted to celebrate the three fathers and sons, but at this time, the family that gave birth to a daughter before, came the bad news, their little girl was taken away by something when everyone was digging the rabbit nest.
Everyone couldn't be happy all of a sudden, and the man with the blind mother-in-law felt extremely ashamed, and told the people in the village, I didn't expect that there was more than one thing, and they all blamed themselves for being too negligent, and the reward was shameless to ask for it again, but the three of them wanted to stay in the village, and they didn't need the people in the village to eat, they could hunt and exchange food with the people in the village, as long as they found a place to live, and if they didn't kill all these things, the father and son would never leave!
When the people in the village heard this, they all agreed, and found an empty house for the father and son to live in, but because there was no baby in their village for a while, after living for a few days, they didn't see any movement in those things, but for a few days, they could always hear the cry of the rabbit at night, and they cried until dawn after the lights went out, and then they learned that after digging the rabbit hole, I don't know who brought the litter of rabbit lambs back to the house, and it was estimated that the stew was eaten.
After staying for a few more days, the blind mother-in-law's man discussed with the people in the village and came back after a while, mainly when there was a baby in their village, but at this time, the eldest son of the blind mother-in-law actually fell in love with a girl in their village and didn't want to leave.
The blind mother-in-law's man had no choice, so he discussed with the people in the village again, and there was no one in his own family, so he was a family of four to see if he could settle down in the village, first, to help the village eliminate the harm, and second, to see if he could marry the girl to his son.
When the people in the village heard this, they were all very happy, and the eldest son of the blind mother-in-law was also good-looking, tall and sturdy, and the girl was also very happy, and in the end, the blind mother-in-law's man approached the blind mother-in-law to the village, and the whole family moved in and settled in the village.
The eldest son and the girl soon became married, and after they got married, they gave birth to a little boy, that is, the little grandson of the blind mother-in-law, and the people in the village told their family, be careful of those things that come to your children, and the blind mother-in-law and the man will say when they hear it, and they are afraid that they will not come, and if they come, they will fall into the net.
Late that night, the father and son set up a trap in their own yard and outside the courtyard, hid behind the window and waited.
In the second half of the night, I heard the wind blowing in the courtyard, the ghost cried wolf, followed by the sound of gunfire by the window of the outhouse, the father and son three shotguns, one by one, the blind mother-in-law in the inner room afraid that the gunshots would scare the child, covered the child's ears, and hugged it tightly in her arms.
The gunshots rang out for a long time, and finally quieted down, and the blind mother-in-law couldn't go out to see because she was holding the child, and after a while, she suddenly rushed into the inner room from the outside, and three civet cats covered in blood, all about the size of dogs.
When the blind mother-in-law saw it, she was immediately trembling with fright, and the daughter-in-law next to her was even more frightened and covered her head with a quilt.
Three civet cats, one of them can actually speak human language, it looked at the blind mother-in-law, and said to the blind mother-in-law, leave you a living mouth, and talk to the people in their village, set up an ancestral hall for us outside the village, and worship the incense on the fifteenth day of the first month of each month, as long as the ancestral hall is erected, we will no longer hold children, otherwise, their fate will be the same as your family.
When she woke up, her eyes were blind and she couldn't see anything, and she heard all the people in the house chattering, and when she listened carefully, it was all people from their village.
The blind mother-in-law touched the bed, and she was lying on the bed alone, and her daughter-in-law and little grandson were gone, so she asked the villagers in the house, what happened?
The villagers told the blind mother-in-law that the blind mother-in-law's man, two sons, including the daughter-in-law, had all had their throats bitten off by something, and the newborn grandson was gone, and it was supposed to have been taken away by the civet cat, but in their yard, there were more than a dozen civet cats, all of which were killed by shotguns.
When the blind mother-in-law heard this, she immediately fainted, and her family was ruined......
When her blind mother-in-law woke up again, there were still a lot of people chattering in the room, and her own nose was in pain, as if everyone had woken her up.
When the blind mother-in-law came back to her senses, everyone asked the blind mother-in-law, what happened at home? The blind mother-in-law recalled what the civet cat had told her, and suddenly cried out loud with a "wow".
When the blind mother-in-law cried enough, she told everyone what she had heard, and when everyone heard it, they were shocked, and they objected to building a temple for the three beasts, but there were also some more rational people, so they persuaded everyone that if they didn't build a temple to worship, maybe our family would end up like theirs. Even so, some people were not happy and discussed leaving the place all and finding another place to live outside the mountain.
However, those villagers who wanted to leave all had the same dream that night, dreaming that they could not leave the village, and when they woke up, they were tired and had sore backs and legs, as if they had really walked all night.
In this way, there were still people who did not believe in evil and dragged their families out of the village, but after they reached the head of the village, they felt as if they had a mountain on their backs, and they could no longer move their feet, just like the situation we had encountered before, and in the end, those families had to return to the village.
The people in the village had no choice, so they got together to discuss, and it was better to build a temple for the three beasts, hoping that the three beasts would be able to speak and count, and after the temple was established, they would not come to harm the people in the village again.
The people first helped the blind mother-in-law bury the bodies of his man and son, and then built a small temple in the north of the village, and also made three human-shaped statues of gods in the temple.
After the temple was erected, it has been enshrined until now, but it is also safe, but whoever has a child has to go to the temple to worship quickly, otherwise, the child will be crying at night.
For so many years, the people in the village did not want to leave, but the access was restricted, and the husband and wife could not leave the village together, that is to say, only one of the husband and wife could leave the village to go outside, and the father and son could only leave one.
If outsiders come to them, they can come and go as they please, there is no such restriction, but it is only for the people in their village, and the people in the village rarely mention the matter of the small temple to the outsiders, for fear of retribution.
After listening to the blind mother-in-law, I felt that the situation in their village was very similar to the situation when my grandfather met the red-haired fox back then, but the red-haired fox was avenging others, and now this is purely revenge on the people in their village.
After hearing this, Chen Hui let out a long sigh, looked at the three of us, and unexpectedly said to us: "You three, good fight!" ”
The three of us laughed immediately, and I said to Chen Hui: "It seems that these things have a strong sense of revenge, so we might as well find their nest and help them eliminate harm in the village." ”
"Are you sure?" Chen Hui glanced at me and asked.
I said, "If it weren't for the fear that you would have scolded us today, we would have killed the three of them last night." ”
"That's good." Chen Hui nodded reassuringly.
At this time, it was already afternoon, estimated at three or four o'clock, I suggested to Chen Hui that if we cut them yesterday, they would definitely leave bloodstains, or let's follow the old woman's man's method and follow the bloodstains to find their nest.
The blind mother-in-law was very happy when she heard this, she said that she had lived for so many years, just waiting for someone to avenge their whole family, to see the fate of the three beasts with her own eyes, she was willing to swallow her breath, and today she finally waited!
The four of them left the blind mother-in-law's house and came to the small temple in the north of their village again, the offerings in the small temple were still there, Chen Hui greeted us, ate the offerings, and fought with them when they were full.
The three of us laughed when we heard it, and we ate the offerings cleanly, but fortunately we ate the food yesterday that was not easy to store, and the dry goods that could be stored for a few days were left, and the weather was cooler at this time, and the food did not deteriorate.
After eating, the four of them looked in front of the small temple, but fortunately, no one has come here since yesterday, and the scene has not been destroyed, but the blood on the ground has dried up.
Following the bloodstains, we came to a small hillside in the east of their village, the bloodstains disappeared on the small hillside, on the opposite side of the hillside, there was a ravine, and further afar, there was still a hillside, between the ravine and the two mountain beams, forming a "V" shape.
According to my personal feeling, the tanuki's nest should be in this ravine, and there seems to be a stream in the ditch, which is lush and green, and the terrain is very good, but there is no way down the hillside.
I discussed with Chen Hui, the slope of the ravine is relatively steep, I went up with Qiang Shun to take a look, he and the stupid cow were looking on the hillside, and whoever found it would say hello.
Chen Hui disagreed, saying that these three beasts were all virtuous and extremely cunning, and if the four of us were separated, I am afraid that there would be danger.
In the end, there was no way, so the four of them found a decent place on the hillside, and went down to the bottom of the ditch by the plants on the slope.
This place, which seems to be rarely visited, belongs to the earth-to-stone landform, the bottom of the ditch is spacious, twenty or thirty meters wide, and there is a small stream in the middle, gurgling and flowing.
The four of them searched for a long time at the bottom of the ditch, but found nothing, and finally walked along the stream, and gradually, farther and farther away from their village, and the terrain became higher and higher, originally a ditch, and finally became a slope, and the stream flowed down the slope, and the ground on the slope was impacted into a ditch.
Climbing up the slope, at the top of the slope, a little higher, there was a big tree, this tree was very strange, half of the branches on the crown of the tree had died, and it seemed to have been struck by lightning, and the other half was so lush and leafy that people could not believe that it was the same tree.
A few people climbed to the big tree, looked up, in the middle of the top of the trunk, there was actually a basin-sized tree hole, because of the angle problem, I can't see clearly, I feel that the hole is also scorched black, as if the tree hole was split by lightning.
On the tree, we found the dried blood stains that we had not seen for a long time, and the four of us glanced at each other, this should be their old nest.