Chapter 44: Nightmare Faith
"Who is the person who is chasing Commander Fang? Hearing this, is it to kill Commander Fang's entire family? Xu Tian asked.
"It's not like that." The village chief shook his head and said.
"Is that the kid?" Xu Tian asked.
"Yes, no one knows what's going on, Zhinian Tai Sui bit the child to death, as a last resort, Detective Xu stayed on the way with the child on the way to escape, while Commander Fang continued to flee further north with his family." The village chief said.
"What happened to Detective Xu in the end?" Xu Tian asked.
"It's missing, no one knows where Detective Xu went, and at the same time, the ruling Tai Sui also disappeared, and finally the young child was found by Commander Fang in a village, which is our current village. Before Detective Xu disappeared, he fostered the child in that village, and left a message to the people surnamed 'Huang' who adopted the child. The village chief said.
"No wonder our Xu family later moved to the village, it turns out that the village and our Xu family have this kind of relationship." Xu Tian said.
"That's about it, the older generation in the village knows about it, but everyone hasn't passed it on, and I didn't want to say it to future generations, but now I can't help but say it." The village chief said.
"Can I ask you a question? Detective Xu...... What's his name? Xu Tian asked solemnly.
"I don't know, my father is the child who was rescued by Detective Xu, and it has been seven or eight years since Commander Fang found him, so my father has feelings for the village and the villagers, and finally chose our current village when he settled down." The village chief said.
"What about Commander Fang? Did you finally settle in the northernmost region, that is, Fang Lu's hometown? Xu Tian asked.
"That's right, I was born in the north, when I was young, I don't know what happened, but I still remember it in general, because my father had a conflict with the villagers, and finally left the northern village where Commander Fang settled with our family." The village chief said.
"I didn't expect Commander Fang's escape process to be so complicated, and now I know who my ancestors are." Xu Tian said.
"I can't forget my roots, this is what my father taught me, our surname has been decided, don't think about it, but it's not over yet, although I don't know what my father experienced in the village back then, but I can conclude that it has something to do with the ruling Tai Sui." The village chief said.
"What's going on?" Xu Tian asked.
"Some people in the village are very crazy, and they are not much different from what you know, in fact, it is not the first time that the incident of Zhinian Tai Sui that happened in the northern village twenty years ago, it is not for nothing that the villagers respect the child who escaped as Zhinian Tai Sui, after the changes of the times, the shadow of Zhi Nian Tai Sui has not dissipated around Commander Fang. I speculate that my father may have left the village because of this incident, and I don't know the specific reason, in short, Zhinian Tai Sui was whitewashed, and before Commander Fang died, it gradually infiltrated the village, and some people did a lot of good things with the name of Zhi Nian Tai Sui, so the villagers would worship Zhi Nian Tai Sui as a positive god. The village chief said.
"The person who used the old man to do good deeds is the ninety-five-year-old man, right?" Xu Tian asked.
The village chief nodded, but the village chief's eyes were still confused.
"Since Commander Fang fled to the north, Zhinian Tai Sui has appeared as a good person, who is that person?" Xu Tian asked.
"I don't know how to tell you about it, the reason why I can tell the age of that person is because I met that person when I was young." The village chief's eyes suddenly showed a hint of horror.
"You've seen it?" Xu Tian asked.
"At that time, I was still living in the northern village, probably in the era of liberation, and I just remembered, at that time, the villagers were not so fanatical about the name of Zhinian Tai Sui. I remember that year the village was very dry and the weather was very cold, and I don't know who came from the mouth, just build a temple to pray for the blessing of the Tai Sui to save the village. The village chief said.
"And then the villagers built it?" Xu Tian asked.
"No, but the villagers held a very grand worship meeting, at that time Commander Fang had passed away, and the village originally led by the Fang family was also regained power by the aborigines, because of the reason that it had just been liberated, people like Commander Fang who ruled the villagers would of course be suppressed, probably because Commander Fang was extremely disgusted with Zhi Nian Tai Sui during his lifetime, so the villagers disagreed with Commander Fang. An outsider with some men with guns has ruled the village for almost thirty years, and when Commander Fang gets old, of course the natives will rebel en masse, so I don't need to explain too much about this kind of thing, right? The village chief sighed.
"I can understand, but there must be someone who infiltrated the village with the Nian Tai Sui, otherwise how would the villagers know about the Nian Tai Sui? Commander Fang continued to flee to the north after being chased and killed by Zhi Nian Tai Sui, and I don't think it is possible for Commander Fang himself to say the name of Zhi Nian Tai Sui. Xu Tian said.
"There was no warm weather after the villagers prayed for blessings, but there was a person in the village, the person who claimed to be the elder Tai Sui brought cultivation techniques to the village, and also taught the villagers to dig wells. The village chief said.
"It should be a cult, and this should be the reason why the cult beliefs that were infiltrated in the northern villages later, but I think their purpose should not be to develop the church, but to develop a huge organization." Teacher Jin suddenly interjected.
"There's some truth to what you're saying, but why did you choose to be in the village? Whether it's a cult or some kind of organization, it can be better to develop in the city, right? Xu Tian said.
"The person behind this must have his reasons, I remember Fang Lu said that Commander Fang left a lot of wealth, right? Those people should just want to get this wealth of Commander Fang, if you think about it, they must need a lot of money to get started, and this ready-made wealth of Commander Fang can at least save those people from fighting for many years. Teacher Jin said.
"But there is still a clue that has not been cleared, the reason why the ruling Tai Sui chased and killed Commander Fang should be that Commander Fang was against him? I think this reason is a bit far-fetched, if there is no deep hatred or extreme purpose, it is impossible for the ruling Tai Sui to chase after Commander Fang. And why did Zhi Nian Tai Sui have to hunt down that child? Why? Xu Tian said.
"I'm afraid that no one will answer this kind of thing, only Zhinian Tai Sui himself can tell us." Teacher Jin lit a cigarette and said.