Chapter 10: Evil Things in the South of the City

The reason why he said this was nothing more than to let Niu Fat accept the three yuan with peace of mind, and then take us to the land temple after school.

Niu Fatzi wrapped all the peaches very seriously and handed them over to the cheap, the cheap naturally wouldn't accept them, he had no use for holding such a large number of peaches. So he made an excuse, saying that because he was going to the suburbs in the south of the city today, it was not easy to take it, so he should put it at Niu Fatzi's place first, and Niu Fatzi was convinced, and stuffed a large bag of peaches into his desk.

After school that day, I and the cheap man followed the fat man to the south of the city, and on the way, the fat man said mysteriously: "Boss, you should have heard about the evil things about the land temple in the south of the city." ”

I said blankly: "Is there anything evil about that land temple?" "I and the lowly even listened to the land temple from Niu Fatzi, so naturally I don't know what evil things are going on.

"Huh!? Haven't you heard of it? I thought you were going for that rumor! Niu Fatzi looked surprised, in his opinion, I grew up in a feng shui shop with the cheap, how could I not even hear the rumors of the land temple in the south of the city! He didn't know that at home, Huang Yixian never said anything evil to the two of us, and he didn't even let him mention it.

"What rumors? Let's talk about it! Niu Fatman's words immediately piqued our interest.

Niu Fat coughed lightly a few times, and then told us about the rumors about the land temple in the south of the city.

The land temple is also called the Fu Temple, Bogong Temple, it is a miniature temple built by the folk for worshiping the local land god, it is very widely distributed, it can often be seen next to the road in many villages, it belongs to a small and micro building, the height is from one or two meters to the height of the normal house, and the size of the area ranges from a few square meters to more than ten square meters, the reason why the land temple is built so short, in fact, there is also a reason, because it is too high to be grounded, and too big is not conducive to gathering the earth. The land temple in the south of the city is a miniature temple that is only more than one person high.

Although this temple is small, but it has a long history, it is said that it was built in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, and the land god enshrined is quite special, not like the general land temple is enshrined in the clay sculpture of the land, but a black stone that resembles a human shape, the origin of this stone is very legendary, it is said that one night, a Xiucai named Li Su has been off the list for many years, and at the same time the family is poor, he can't think about it for a while, he wants to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river, he walked to the river, and has not jumped, Suddenly, he saw that there seemed to be a piece of something shining golden at the bottom of the water near the river bank, and he thought it was a treasure, and his heart was so excited that he completely forgot about throwing himself into the river, and carefully went into the water, and fished it up to take a look, but it was a long black stone, and at first glance, the appearance of this stone was similar to that of a human form.

Li Su pondered, could this be the true body of a Bodhisattva? So he took the stone home and offered it. Who knew that after that, he came to run from time to time, not only was he admitted to Tanhua, but also became an official in the court, and it has been smooth sailing in the officialdom, and the official has become bigger and bigger, until he later returned to his hometown, and with the connections he has accumulated in the officialdom for many years, he has created a strong family business and become a large landowner on the rich side.

In Li Su's opinion, all of what he got today was thanks to the help of that magical stone, so he planned to build a temple for that stone to settle down. He invited a master of the Dao, and when the master looked at the stone, he said that it was the incarnation of the god of the land, and that it was best to build a temple of the land and worship it.

So, the land temple in the south of the city was built in this way, because they all believe that the prosperity of the Li family is related to this stone, since then, this land temple has become the "holy land" in the minds of the local people, whether it is seeking wealth or seeking officials, and even seeking children, they have gone to worship, and the incense is prosperous for a while, even not less than some magnificent temples.

Later, due to years of war, coupled with the fact that this place is a place where soldiers often fight, under these influences, the Li family gradually fell into the middle of the road, and the land temple in the south of the city also lost its lively scene in the past.

In the period of the Cultural Revolution, a trend of "breaking the four olds" arose, and the land temple in the south of the city built in the Daoguang period naturally did not survive the disaster, and was smashed to pieces, and the black stone enshrined in it did not know where to go, and at this time Li Su's descendants only left a single seedling, called Li Fangtian, because he was born as a landlord, he suffered from the fierce criticism of the people. Li Fangtian was angry for a while, and actually committed suicide by seppuku, the place he chose to commit suicide was in front of the temple in the south of the city, which had become a ruin, and when he died, he was holding the black stone in his arms, which had disappeared! Later, when the autopsy was performed, it was found that the wound on his abdomen was quite peculiar, a strange pattern that was not regular, and he had also drawn the same pattern on the black stone with blood, which was very evil. Of course, in that era when all cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods were overthrown, and only materialism was believed, no one cared about this kind of thing.

Since no one came to claim Li Fangtian's body, and the local area did not have the conditions for cremation, people dug a pit next to the ruins of the land temple in the south of the city, and buried his body hastily, and even failed to prepare a decent coffin for him.

However, not long after this incident passed, a series of strange things followed, first the residents who lived near the land temple in the south of the city, every time after dark, they would hear a strange sound, like the sound of the wind, and like someone was wailing, and this sound often lasted until dawn, so that people could not sleep at night, the public security bureau thought that someone was making trouble, it was the enemy elements who wanted to destroy the social harmony of stability and unity, so they began to intervene in the investigation of the matter. It also arranged for the militia to intensify its night patrol in the area around the land temple in the south of the city, but before the cause could be ascertained, the militia squad in charge of the night patrol had an accident.

One night, three militiamen with semi-automatic rifles on their backs were patrolling the south of the city with a big yellow dog, and there was a strange sound, three militiamen followed the sound to find out, and found that the sound seemed to come from the underground next to the ruins of the land temple, they were about to get closer to find out, but the big yellow dog suddenly went crazy, and suddenly threw the owner who was holding it to the ground, opened his mouth and bit the neck of its owner, fortunately its owner reacted quickly, and quickly raised his hand to block, but his neck was not bitten, But his arm was bitten through on the spot, and he screamed in pain.

Seeing this, the other two militiamen hurriedly smashed the wolfdog's head with the butt of their guns, but the big yellow dog bit its owner's arm and refused to let go no matter what.

Due to the shooting, this incident soon attracted the attention of the Public Security Bureau and the Revolutionary Committee, after some investigation, it was found that this seemingly accidental incident was actually very strange, the big yellow dog was raised by its owner from childhood to adulthood, has always been very obedient, even if it is a rabies attack, it will not attack its owner first, not to mention that there should be a process of onset, but it was before the incident, but there was no warning at all, so what was the reason for its madness? A veterinarian believes that it is likely to be caused by human poisoning!

Indirectly "attacking" the night patrol militia in this way, which was a *** event at the time! Things are getting bigger and bigger. At that time, the director of the Revolutionary Committee was surnamed Huang and had a talented name, and he vowed that he would find out who was behind the whole thing!

Speaking of which, Li Fangtian's death is not unrelated to this Huang Youcai, because it was he who instructed Li Fangtian to be arrested for criticism, and in the process of criticism, he added fists and kicks to Li Fangtian and was vicious.

At that time, most of the criticisms were mainly literary fights, and there were relatively few martial arts fights, not to mention that although Li Fangtian was born as a landlord, he was actually in the middle of the family by the time he was in his generation, so he had never exploited anyone, and he was not a big villain. Therefore, people privately believe that Li Fangtian chose to commit suicide because he couldn't stand Huang Youcai's beating.

Because the militia on the night patrol heard a strange sound coming from the underground near the Land Temple, and the big yellow dog was also suddenly crazy in the vicinity, Huang Youcai concluded that there must be something wrong around the Land Temple, so on this day, he led a group of Red Guard generals to the front of the Land Temple in the south of the city, saying that he would dig three feet into the ground and dig out the mastermind hidden deep in the ground.

Who knew that he had just raised the hoe above his head, and before he could dig it down, there was a sudden "pop" with a deafening loud sound, and a thunderbolt on a sunny day actually hit him squarely, and with a dazzling flash of fire, Huang Youcai fell to the ground on the spot, and the clothes on his body quickly burned.

Everyone was stunned for a moment before reacting, and hurriedly extinguished the flames on Huang Youcai's body, but almost all the clothes on his body were burned, and when he looked at his snort again, he was out of breath.

Huang Youcai was actually killed by the thunder on a dry day, and the local area exploded all of a sudden, and there were many discussions, and there were various theories, one of which was a more mysterious statement, saying that the black stone was actually the incarnation of Tai Sui, and Huang Youcai dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head, and it was strange not to be struck by thunder.