Chapter 26: Rivalry (Part I)

After Li Laoguang's death, Li Bingkun, like the logarithmic Chinese, experienced events such as the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Three Anti-Five Anti-Aggression, the Great Leap Forward, and the counterattack on the right-leaning case, but those seemed to have little to do with him, because what flowed in his body was still the blood of the Maonan Taoist Li clan, and the Taoist gravitational force that soaked the bone marrow of several generations could not be erased by any human means.

Therefore, although Li Laoguang did not teach Li Bingkun all the Taoism and witchcraft systems of Maonan Taoism when he was alive, and although his old mother, who is still alive, did everything possible to prevent Li Bingkun from practicing these terrible things that seemed to her to be like snakes and scorpions, Li Bingkun still relied on his childhood memories of Taoism and witchcraft, and assiduously studied the ancient books that recorded Taoism and witchcraft left by his father, and he actually achieved a small success.

However, no one knows that Li Bingkun is proficient in Maonan Taoist magic, which is both good and evil. In the eyes of outsiders, he is just a somewhat wooden rickshaw driver.

Life went on peacefully, Li Bingkun married a wife and had children, and welcomed his son and only offspring in 1956. Filial piety is the first, no one is the greatest, Li Bingkun regards this son as an eyeball, and specially asked Uncle Zhang, the most educated in the compound, who wrote letters for people before liberation, to give the child a resounding name, Li Shiqi, I hope this son can get his place in the future career.

With a son, life has a rush. During this period, although his mother died of illness and almost starved to death after three years of natural disasters, Li Bingkun gritted his teeth and survived, thinking that he could raise his son as soon as possible, marry a wife and have children, and glorify the lintel, so that he himself was almost forgotten about the heirs of the Li faction of Maonan Taoism, and those ancient books that recorded Taoism and witchcraft were also randomly piled up in the warehouse by him.

After entering 1966, the country that made Li Bingkun familiar and down-to-earth began to get sick, becoming more and more manic and violent. But Li Bingkun still feels that all this has little to do with him, there are meat eaters pondering there, and he is a strong Libaer, just work to eat and raise his son, and everything else, who do you love.

However, Li Bingkun did not expect that the revolution would soon find him and bring him death.

There are four miscellaneous courtyards where Li Bingkun lives, and in addition to his house, there are also Uncle Zhang, a cultural person, Master Lu's family who works in Qiqihar No. 1 Machine Tool Factory, and Li Bowen, a middle school janitor. On June 1, 1966, the People's Daily published an editorial entitled "Sweeping Away All Cows, Ghosts, Snakes and Gods", putting forward the slogan of "breaking the old ideas, old cultures, old customs, and old habits that have poisoned the people caused by all exploiting classes for thousands of years." For a time, the "breaking of the four olds" in Shenzhou became a common practice, and the Red Guards and Red Soldiers from all over the country attacked everywhere, destroying the statues of gods and Buddhas, burning ancient calligraphy and paintings, arresting people, fighting, and raiding homes.

It is said that this has nothing to do with Li Bingkun Mao, but in that crazy era, people can easily become ghosts. Seeing that the Red Guards and Red Soldiers from all walks of life were trying to break the Four Olds but suffering from more wolves and less meat, Li Bowen, who was from a bad background and was eager to show his revolutionary stance, suddenly remembered that he had seen some thread-bound books in traditional Chinese characters in the warehouse where Li Bingkun's house was decorating his miscellaneous goods, wasn't this exactly the "Four Olds"?

Li Bowen, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, told the news to the Red Guards at the school who had an obvious excess of hormones without any fierce ideological struggle. So, a group of imposing Red Guards attacked Li Bingkun's house in the afternoon, and found those ancient books that recorded Taoism and witchcraft on the spot.

Li Bingkun didn't take it seriously when he saw those ancient books that were already covered with dust and defaced, so he said that they were all things left by the elders, as a souvenir, and you should take them away if you need them. As a result, a Red Guard who had just grown fluff on his mouth slapped a copper-headed belt: "Did you secretly possess these books propagating reactionary superstitions, did you participate in the reactionary Taoist sect before liberation?" ”

Seeing that the four olds were broken and a class enemy was unexpectedly discovered, the Red Guards immediately carried out an education on Li Bingkun, beating Li Bingkun to the birth of the first Buddha and the ascension of the second Buddha, so frightened that Li Shiqi, who was only 10 years old, hid in his mother's arms and did not dare to cry.

The tired Red Guards were going to burn those ancient books in the compound, but one of the Red Guards, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man who looked like a gentleman, whispered to the person in charge: "These books cannot be burned, we should bring them back to the exhibition so that more people can be educated." So, after the Red Guards reprimanded Li Bingkun for your demise if you don't repent, they took the ancient books and left.

Li Bingkun, who was severely beaten and injured by the Red Guards, went to bed for a month, during which the Red Guards did not come to the door to ask for trouble, but an uninvited guest came to Li Bingkun's residence in the evening of one day.

The man looked to be in his forties, fair-skinned, thin, and looked like a well-educated and cultured person. After entering Li Bingkun's house, this person casually closed the door.

After the uninvited guest closed the door, the light in the house suddenly dimmed, and the sunlight that penetrated through the window covered with window paper was fragmented, forming a mottled black shadow on the face of the uninvited guest, making his Sven face suddenly become as terrifying as a ghost. And Li Bingkun also felt a little flustered and short-of-breath for no reason.

"Your name is Li Bingkun, right?" The uninvited guest spoke in a low and hoarse voice, and there was a gloomy feeling when he heard it, "Then what is the relationship between you and Li Laoguang?" ”

"That's my father, who are you, do you know my father?" Li Bingkun was very gentle when he saw the uninvited guest, so he was not guarded. Also, in that special era, under the long-term influence of Grandpa Mao's thoughts and voices, people always thought that they lived in a paradise with no bad people and no selfish desires, and they were rarely wary of people.

"Of course we know, and we're still old acquaintances." The uninvited guest laughed slightly, and his eyes suddenly brightened, so bright that Li Bingkun sounded the pit viper that was about to attack for no reason.

"My name is Mo Gantian, have you ever heard your father mention it?"

Li Bingkun is a little confused, Mo Gantian, why is this name so familiar? Ah, Li Bingkun suddenly remembered the story that his father didn't want to look back with every time he was drunk, the governess with a human face and a beastly heart?? Ink dry day!

"You, don't be blind (Northeast dialect: nonsense), Mo Gantian is from my grandfather's generation, your age is not right at all, are you Gaha?" Li Bingkun is not stupid, his father said that Mo Gantian was in his 30s back then, and he is at least in his 60s now, but the uninvited guest in front of him, who claims to be Mo Gantian, looks only in his 40s, and it is impossible for him to be a person at all.

"Hahaha...... Since you don't believe me," the uninvited guest who claimed to be Mogantian let out a long laugh like phlegm blocking his throat, like the hissing sound of a pit viper spitting out a letter, "then I'll show you my true face." ”

As he spoke, the uninvited guest who claimed to be Mo Gantian rubbed his face a few times, and soon something similar to white rubber crawled from his face little by little, yes, the white rubber crawled from Mo Gantian's face to his hand like a life, and lazily wrapped around Mo Gantian's right wrist.

Mo Gantian slowly raised his head...... Li Shiqi, who had been snuggling in his mother's arms timidly watching the uninvited guests, suddenly screamed, and he was so frightened that he peed his pants at a young age: there were no eyes on that person's face at all, only a large cracked hole, and a fiery red bead inside was shining!

Mo Fei's narration is not eloquent, but because we have seen his true face just now, when he talks about his grandfather Mo Gantian revealing his true deity, we still can't help but pinch a cold sweat for Uncle Li's family. Moreover, that piece of white rubber is what I immediately associate with psychic, but in that special era when everything was smashed and even wild immortals hid in the mountains and did not dare to come out, how could the old devil Mo Gantian actually go around the world in such a big way?

Seeing that the fat man and I involuntarily clenched our fists, Mo Feiming looked disdainful: "Cut, what do you two think, what is the identity of my grandfather?" Do you think he's going to devalue himself to kill a nobody? ”

"Then your grandfather Gaha has gone,, don't tell me that your grandfather is a demolition team, and he wants to fight the nail household." The fat man bared his teeth and was happy, but unfortunately, his humor was very cold, and he was so cold that he was confused.

Fortunately, Mo Feiming was in a really good mood, he ignored the fat man's gags and continued to tell the story.

As soon as Mo Gantian showed that he was scared to death, he could scare Li Bingkun half to death, because although he had a small success in Maonan Taoism and witchcraft, after all, it was all on paper and had no experience in practical application. Now that a monster suddenly appeared, he was naturally afraid, afraid, or afraid.

Out of the nature of a father, Li Bingkun struggled to get up to protect his wife and children: "What do you want to do, aren't you miserable enough to hurt my family, I, I fought with you." Thinking of his tragic death of his younger brother, Li Bingkun trembled, and he couldn't wait to eat Mo Gantian alive.

How could Mo Gantian put Li Bingkun in his eyes, he first put the piece of white rubber back on his face, and then returned to his previous gentle, elegant appearance, and then got up elegantly, and looked at Li Bingkun coldly: "With your slight way, if I kill you, do I still have to come in person?" Let me ask you, what other information about Maonan Taoism has left by your father, even if it is a few words, you must hand it all over to me, otherwise," Mo Gantian moved his gaze to Li Shiqi, "I will let your Li family bear the curse of the five evils for generations." ”

What are the five evils? In fact, it is destined to be "widowed, widowed, lonely, lonely, and disabled" in life, and this curse cannot be described as poisonous.

Li Bingkun knew that Mo Gantian had this ability, so he really felt hopeless and helpless, because all the ancient books left by his father had been taken away by the Red Guards, what information did he have there?