Chapter 16: The Land of the Wraiths (Part II)
can make thousands of people in Liushutun die and become a hell on earth, then this awakened memory must hide a great karma!
"Zhao Zhi, what is that awakened memory?" Thinking of this, I continued to ask Zhao Zhi.
Zhao Zhi didn't answer my question immediately, his face was stunned, and he was deep in endless remorse.
"Daoist Xiaoye, my son is already very tired today. You come with me, and I'll tell you what that memory is. ”
Zhao Shanhu's voice suddenly sounded.
Because I've been immersed in Zhao Zhi's story, I don't even know when he pushed the door in.
I followed Zhao Shanhu downstairs, kept walking out, and walked out of the yard.
When he walked to the door of his eldest brother Zhao Shanlong's house, Zhao Shanhu pushed the door and entered. I was a little hesitant and didn't know why he brought me here.
I have always suspected that Zhao Shanhu had something to do with the death of his eldest brother, if he really killed him, then Zhao Shanhu is extremely murderous.
I'm a little worried that he's going to do something to me, and although ghosts and gods are worthy of fear, it's humans and demons that are terrifying in the world.
"Daoist Xiaoye, come in and talk." Seeing that I hesitated, Zhao Shanhu said.
"Why did you bring me here?" I asked him warily.
"Because this is where the gates of hell are located, and this is where that memory comes from. I thought that memory would never be mentioned again until Wang Fang appeared. Zhao Shanhu's tone revealed unprecedented exhaustion.
With that, he walked into the courtyard, and I followed closely with caution.
In Liushutun, almost every house is a small western-style building, but Zhao Shanlong's old house has not been renovated. Three bricked stone houses that look old and dilapidated.
In the courtyard, just like last night, Zhao Shanlong's funeral was not held here.
Zhao Shanhu took out an old key and opened the main door of Zhao Shanlong's house.
When the heavy wooden door was pushed open, there was a smell of decay, as if entering a burial chamber. By the moonlight outside, I began to look at the furnishings in the house.
There are no appliances and no decorations on the walls.
There is only one offering table, and there is a wooden archway above the offering table. The archway is two feet high and six feet long, and there are hundreds of spirit cards densely arranged inside.
"This is the ancestral hall?" I asked, surprised.
"Yes, this is the ancestral hall."
"Isn't the ancestral hall supposed to be independent and open? How to build in your eldest brother's house? ”
"This ancestral hall must not be made public, in fact, except for the successive patriarchs of Liushutun, other villagers do not know about the existence of the ancestral hall."
After Zhao Shanhu finished speaking, he lit the candle on the table, and after the candle was lit, the words on the spirit card were faintly visible, Liu Fengxian, Liu Zhongxiao, Liu Zhongyi......
The more I look at it, the more strange it becomes, the names written on these hundreds of spirit tablets are all surnamed Liu!
Aren't the people in Liushutun all surnamed Zhao?
"Daoist Xiao Ye, have you always suspected in your heart that my eldest brother's death has something to do with me?"
"Hmm." I'm not good at lying, so I nodded.
"You guessed it right, my eldest brother was killed by me. After my father's death, he passed the patriarchal position to my eldest brother, and the reason I killed him was because he wanted to make this ancestral hall public. ”
I didn't expect Zhao Shanhu to confess to me about the murder at this time, which really surprised me.
"Daoist Xiaoye, don't you think it's strange, more than 300 households in Liushutun are all surnamed Zhao, and the spirit tablets enshrined in this ancestral hall are all surnamed Liu." Zhao Shanhu asked me.
"It's weird."
"Because the most primitive villagers in Liushutun are indeed all surnamed Liu, as for why all the surnames are Zhao now, it is not because they have changed their surnames, but because our surname Zhao has killed all the surnames Liu. Men and women, young and old, not one left! ”
Zhao Shanhu said that this is to start from hundreds of years ago, and as for how many hundred years it is, it is impossible to confirm, because everyone who knows about it wants to forget it completely.
At that time, Liushutun was not as famous as it is now, and there was only this one village within a radius of dozens of miles, almost living an isolated life.
That year, there was a severe drought in the world, wars broke out one after another, and the victims were displaced, and countless people were displaced and ran around for survival. There is a big family surnamed Zhao who moved here with his family and was helped by the villagers of Liushutun.
At that time, there were more than 100 people in Liushutun, and there were nearly 50 people in this big family of the Zhao family.
The people of the Zhao family were basically all strong men and women, the old and the young, the sick and the disabled, who died on the way to escape, were abandoned by the order of the patriarch. The most important thing is that the Zhao family is still martial, and the men are basically all martial arts.
After being helped by the villagers of Liushutun for a few days, the Zhao family fell in love with the rich village of Liushutun.
So on a dark and windy night, the patriarch of the Zhao family led the entire population into the villagers' homes, and killed them from the east of the village to the west of the village, killing them all night.
By dawn, the entire Liushutun was bleeding.
Because Liushutun is almost isolated from the world, no one knows about this human tragedy.
It is said that the original villagers of Liushutun died so miserably, and they must have become ghosts after death. However, because of the existence of the Soul Wood in Liushutun, it absorbed the grievances of the villagers and appeased the souls of the dead.
I thought that Zhao Zhi's behavior was already the worst in the world, but I didn't expect his ancestors to do anything else.
No wonder Wang Fang would say that her resentment is higher than the sky and thicker than the earth. It can make Huangquan tremble and the sky cry. Because most of the resentment on her body comes from these villagers who were ruthlessly slaughtered!
The villagers relieved the Zhao family in distress because of their kindness, but they were all killed overnight, and the grievances were so vast that it would not be an exaggeration to say that they went straight for nine days!
"Since the death of my only son, Zhao Qing, my eldest brother has been depressed and unhappy. And as Wang Fang awakened the memories hidden in the resentment, he had nightmares every night, and was disturbed by the resentful spirits of the Liu family in his dreams. ”
Zhao Shanlong was originally born without love, and then he was disturbed by resentful spirits, and his reason showed signs of collapse. Last night, Zhao Shanhu came to him for a drink again, and after Zhao Shanlong drank a few glasses of wine, he told Zhao Shanhu all the secrets in the ancestral hall.
Zhao Shanlong said that since the truth can no longer be concealed, only by openly accepting the judgment of the world can there be a chance of salvation.
Zhao Shanhu is the head of a village, of course he does not agree with this kind of practice that seriously affects the reputation of Liushutun, and seeing that his eldest brother insists on making it public, he simply kills his eldest brother directly.
In order not to arouse the suspicion of the villagers, and at the same time to prevent the villagers from breaking into his eldest brother's house to discover the secrets in the ancestral hall, Zhao Shanhu created the illusion of a willow apparition.
I have to say that he is indeed ruthless!
"Then why are you telling me the truth now?"
"When Wang Fang came to look for my son, I heard your conversation. Since there are only seven days left in Liushutun, there is no need to hide it anymore. ”
"Cause and effect are hard to eliminate, even if my master comes in person, there is no way." At this time, I can understand why Liu Laodao refused to come, and Xie Ling is gone again.
"Yes, our Zhao family, everyone deserves to die, we all have the blood of sin in our bodies. But you have also seen that our Zhao family now has more than 300 households, nearly 1,000 people, should they all die? Zhao Shanhu said excitedly.
More than 1,000 people, and many of them are ignorant, ignorant, innocent and cute children, should really pay for the sins of their ancestors?
These are human lives, and if the truth is not revealed, they may not even know how they died.
Therefore, although I sympathize with the original villagers surnamed Liu, I can't bear to see Liushutun become a hell on earth.
"Can't you flee here?" I thought about it and asked.
"Run? How to escape? How do I convince my villagers to leave their villas and say goodbye to a comfortable life? And even if I make the truth all public, how many people do you think will believe me? ”
Yes, certainly no one believes it.
And the police can't control this kind of thing, they can only find the most scientific explanation to give an explanation to the outside world after the tragedy. For example, the outbreak of the plague, for example, the pollution of the environment......
At the same time, I also believe that there are so many Taoist systems, so many Taoist masters, and so many Yin masters in China, and absolutely no one dares to meddle in the affairs of Liushutun!
Liu Lao Dao is the best example.
When it comes to Liu Laodao, I suddenly remembered one more thing.
He must know the truth about Liushutun, so why did he insist that I could solve this matter?