Chapter 4 Rising Again
I know that there must be a lot of plots in which the master didn't inquire clearly, for example, was it that the fainted bandit recognized Xiucai, and then used the torture of "lighting the sky lantern" on Xiucai? Those villagers who hid in the shadows, did they escape in the end? What did the government do with the bandits after they caught them? Why was Xiucai's body buried in the wilderness with his head down and his feet on his feet? There are too many questions in front of me, I can't wait to figure out the ins and outs of the matter, I think everyone wants to know the truth of the matter just like me, don't worry, listen to me slowly.
Before Master's words were finished, it was noon in the blink of an eye, Chen Er and his wife prepared the meal, and at the wine table, Master told the story of that Xiucai again. Chen Er and his wife seemed to be very interested in this matter, and the two were shocked when they heard it. It is said that after Xiucai's body was found by the remnants of the villagers in Chenjiazhuang, some people proposed to bury Xiucai and the villagers of Chenjiazhuang together, but some people objected, saying that they would throw Xiucai's body into the wilderness to feed the jackals, and even spit directly on Xiucai's corpse, they blamed Xiucai for the robbery of the bandits, thinking that this person was a broom star, and if he hadn't come to Chenjiazhuang, this kind of thing would not have happened at all.
At that time, people didn't have much knowledge, few people in the wild mountain villages had read books, they didn't know what coincidence was, what was fate, maybe Xiucai didn't pass by Chenjiazhuang, those bandits would still appear, in the end, Xiucai was also a victim! But those villagers obviously didn't understand this at the time, Chenjiazhuang was a big village at that time, the most populous village within a radius of ten miles, overnight, the lives of those villagers died tragically, the families of those villagers died tragically in the hands of the bandits, they were full of hatred at the time, there seemed to be no trace of reason at all, at first there were a few people who wanted to bury Xiucai well, but everyone coaxed together, those people also felt reasonable, if Xiucai didn't come, maybe this kind of thing wouldn't have happened, maybe the thieves just followed Xiucai to find here.
After some deliberation, the villagers decided to tie Xiucai's body to a wooden stake and expose it to the sun for three days to vent their anger. Before dawn the next day, someone had already secretly reported to the official, and the rest of the people didn't dare to stay in Chenjiazhuang, so they brought some daily necessities to Fengmen Village. At that time, there were only a few households in Fengmen Village, which was a small village, and the people of Fengmen Village had heard about the ransacking of Chenjiazhuang by bandits. Chen Yu'er's mother was among those villagers, it was Chen Yu'er's mother who proposed to bury Xiucai's body well, but those villagers did not agree, they planned to wait for the government to catch the bandit and deal with Xiucai's body, before the government caught the bandit, the corpse on the periphery of Chenjiazhuang was simply counted and did not move, they were afraid that the bandit would see it and affect the neighboring villages.
The next day, the government sent people to inspect Fengmen Village, and the villagers told the story as it was, and the officers and soldiers also gritted their teeth with hatred for the bandits' actions, and told the villagers that they would be arrested within three days, and buried the corpses outside Chenjiazhuang, including Xiucai's body. The officers and soldiers did not say anything big, and sure enough, the gang of bandits were caught within three days, because the consequences caused by these bandits were too serious, and after asking the superiors, the government directly tied these bandits to the execution ground, which was also called the guillotine at that time.
At noon, the perimeter of the execution ground was full of people, and the people from the nearby villages had arrived, and dozens of bandits were tied up and kneeling on the execution ground. There is a saying about these three sips of wine, which is the saying of being an executioner, which is used to sacrifice souls, the first sip of wine is to worship heaven and earth and all kinds of ghosts and gods, and the second sip of wine is the real sacrifice to the soul, and the heart must be silently recited when sacrificing the soul, otherwise the knife is easy to get stuck in the prisoner's bones. The ghost-headed knife used by the executioner is stained with blood all year round, and I don't know how many souls have died under his knife, and the effect of the third sip of wine is to give himself courage.
After spraying three sips of wine, the soul sacrifice ceremony was completed, and the executioners pressed the heads of dozens of thieves, put away their knives and fell, and dozens of heads rolled under the platform, blood splashed three meters high, and the villagers under the stage had already closed their eyes timidly. The thieves have been corrected, and the matter has been successfully concluded, I have to say that the efficiency of this government is very high, and the official master is said to be a fair and honest official. The onlookers saw that the beheadings had been cut off, so there was nothing to look at, and just as everyone was about to leave, the wind suddenly rose.
On a sunny day with a clear sky, a strong wind suddenly blew, and for a time the clouds were thick, as if it was going to be a storm, and the people who were blown by the wind and sand could not open their eyes, and it was difficult to walk, and the scene became chaotic for a while, and the heads under the stage were blown all over the ground by the wind, and the tables and chairs used by the official master were blown up several feet high by the wind. The strange wind lasted for a pillar of incense, suddenly stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, the sun shone down, the people of the execution ground calmed down from the panic, everyone felt that this thing was a little strange, so they hurriedly wanted to leave, then suddenly from all sides came a burst of crying, the cry sounded very infiltrating, in broad daylight people listened to goosebumps on their backs, the cry sounded like it came from all directions, for a while some timid villagers fainted on the spot, the cry lasted for a while, and suddenly turned into a burst of laughter, I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman, and the laughter stopped, and a heart-wrenching phrase came from all directions: "You are all going to die."
This sentence was like a thunderbolt from the sky, so that the people present couldn't help but tremble when they heard it. The voice disappeared, the execution ground returned to calm, the official man tidied up his official hat and walked to the execution platform and said to the villagers, the matter has been resolved, you all disperse, the voice just now must have been caused by someone, wait for the official to send someone to investigate. The villagers listened to the official master's words, and went back one by one with a nervous mood, although the official said that, but the villagers all understood that things did not seem to be so simple, the strange wind, and the strange sound, seemed to be deeply rooted in everyone's hearts, and the villagers understood, I am afraid that it will not be peaceful in the near future!
The villagers of Chenjiazhuang know in their hearts that they are afraid that it will be caused by those bandits, and these wicked people are alive to create evil, and they want to continue to harm the common people when they die! Although the villagers are uneducated, they are not stupid, they understand in their hearts, they are afraid that something went wrong when the executioner sacrificed the soul, or that these bandits are not ordinary people, after the villagers returned to Fengmen Village, they prepared dog blood, peach wood, cinnabar, all the objects that can ward off evil spirits, the first day, it was safe and sound, and the news came on the second day that the official master died.
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