Chapter 34: Fighting for Bones
The old man continued: Lei Chang is loyal, and when he was alive, he was like a biological father to the old beggar, and the Lei family is thriving day by day, and his nine sons and one son-in-law have all achieved Hanlin.
But not long after the nine sons and ten Hanlin, Lei Chang passed away, and left a testament before his death, all the children of the Lei clan must treat the master (old beggar) and so on.
But not long after Lei Chang's death, his sons began to dislike the old beggar, thinking that he was not related to him, living at home and eating and drinking for nothing every day, and slowly began to resent, and his attitude towards the old beggar was not as good as day by day.
At first, he asked the old beggar to make some groceries, but then he forced the old beggar to grind like a donkey, and the old beggar was so sad that he was blind, but there was nothing he could do.
One day, the old beggar couldn't stand the attitude of the Lei family towards him, and made up his mind to take revenge, so he had a plan:
He told the Lei family that the Lei family was deeply blessed, and the official position was far more than Hanlin, but it still owed a great merit, and if that great merit was done, the Lei family would soar and prosper, and there would be a prince and general.
When the Lei family heard this, they were moved, and hurriedly asked the old beggar what to do, and the old beggar said two places, and asked the Lei family to build a tower and a bridge in those two places.
On the day of completion, the old beggar asked the Lei family to assign a middle-aged man to carry him across the bridge, saying that a spell was required to take effect.
When crossing the bridge, the old beggar did not let the Lei family approach, and when he walked to the center of the bridge, he suddenly whispered: The tower is like an arrow, the bridge is like a bow, and the arrow is shot to Hanlin's house.
After reading it, the old beggar suddenly lost his breath and was hastily buried by his tired family members wrapped in broken mats.
After this incident, the Lei family waited for Feihuang Tengda with joy, but not long after, not only did they not wait for Feihuang Tengda, but bad things continued.
The Lei family felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked a Mr. Yin and Yang to help take a look, and the Mr. Yin and Yang took a look at the gate of the Lei family's compound, and then looked surprised, pointed to the bridge and the tower, and asked who asked them to build it like this.
The Lei family didn't dare to hide it, and told the old beggar truthfully, and after hearing this, Mr. Yin and Yang was furious, reprimanded the Lei family for not being trustworthy, and told the Lei family: The location of the tower and the bridge is the position of the murderer, and before the sun sets, the shadow of the tower will coincide with the shadow of the bridge, forming a bow with an arrow, and the direction the arrow tip points to is your Lei family!
The Lei family panicked when they heard it, and hurriedly asked about the solution, and Mr. Yin and Yang said in an atmosphere, your Lei family is not trustworthy, and I don't have that way, so you can do it yourself! After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left.
Then the Lei family began to die violently one after another, including the housekeeper and maid, and the last one was not left, a former big family, and it became history.
After the old man finished telling this story, he let out a long sigh, and his face was full of regret.
I asked, but what does this have to do with the place we're looking for?
The old man said, "The place you are talking about is the place where the Lei family was buried in the past, a huge family, after death, it was also buried hastily with a handful of loess, and now I am afraid that I can't even see the grave, but it's a pity, it's a pity, people are doing it, look at it again, this is their retribution!" ”
Long Xiaoman hurriedly asked where the location was, and the old man said that he was not sure, these were all things he had heard from his family when he was a child before, and the location should be in the col in the south of the county.
After listening, Long Xiaoman and I hurriedly drove to the place that the old man said, and when we reached the foot of the mountain, there was no road, so we had to abandon the car and walk, it was not very far, and we only walked for about an hour to reach the col.
There was a flat land in the col, with tall weeds and all kinds of vines, how desolate and desolate it was, and after searching for a while, I could barely see some small mounds overgrown with weeds.
I looked at these dilapidated mounds and thought of the glory of the Nine Sons and Ten Hanlin in the past, and I couldn't help but sigh.
I said to Long Xiaoman, why don't you burn some paper for them, it's pitiful to be nested in this ravine for so many years.
Long Xiaoman gave me a blank look and said that if you think they are pitiful, you can burn yourself and serve them!
I stuck out my tongue and blamed myself for being too talkative, and then followed Long Xiaoman to continue walking, and after walking around for a while, I didn't find anything special.
I asked Long Xiaoman what to do next, and she said to go down the mountain and go to Lei Chang's former residence to have a look.
Although the Lei family is extinct, the glorious deeds of the nine sons and ten Hanlin are still proud of the locals, and their mansion has been preserved intact to this day, becoming a famous local tourist attraction, located in the center of the county.
In fact, as soon as I entered the county, I saw some signs pointing the way on the street, saying Lei Chang's former residence. It's just that I didn't know about the Nine Sons and Ten Hanlin at the time, so I didn't care about it, but I didn't expect there to be such a story behind it.
It's just that a question arises in my heart, why did Zhang Ya fill in the address as the burial place of the Lei family, could it be that this matter has something to do with her?
After arriving at Lei Chang's former residence, I stood at the door, and before I entered, I suddenly felt an extremely familiar emotion, and I always felt that I had been to this place.
When I walked in, the mood was even stronger, and I knew that there was a corner, a room, and I knew it before I arrived, as if I was very familiar with the place.
When I arrived next to the lobby, I didn't look at it, but a picture flashed in my mind, and when I walked in, I was surprised to find that the layout in the lobby was almost the same as the picture flashed in my mind, even accurate to a wisteria chair!
I felt more and more strange in my heart, and when I arrived in the back hall, I saw a collective portrait of Lei Chang's family when he was alive.
When I saw someone in the portrait, my heart suddenly twitched violently: Little mute!
In the front row of the portrait, on the left, there is a second drawing of a woman, who looks exactly like the little mute, except that her expression looks very resentful, and it does not look like the people next to her are laughing at all.
I stared at this little mute woman for a long time, and then suddenly I saw that she blinked at me in the portrait!
I'm sure this wasn't my hallucination, I could see clearly that the person in the portrait was winking at me!
Long Xiaoman saw that something was wrong with me, so he asked me what was wrong, I swallowed my saliva and didn't speak, I looked at the portrait again, and when my eyes moved to the far right, I felt my brain buzz!
On the far right of the back row, there was an old man in a black coat, who was supposed to be a housekeeper, and to my surprise, this old man was exactly the same as the village chief!
I froze for a few seconds, and suddenly I felt like the world was spinning, and I felt like I was holding a powerful gas in my heart, as if it was about to break my body.
I involuntarily let out a scream, and ran outside, until I ran a long distance away from Lei Chang's former residence, and then sat down on the ground, panting heavily, my mind was chaotic, and my vision became blurred, and I had the urge to cry.
Long Xiaoman chased after me and hurriedly asked me what was going on, and I slowed down for a while before calming down a little.
I looked at Long Xiaoman, "Find a place, let me drink saliva, and tell you something." ”
It is only now that I completely believe that everything is not accidental, and the little fat man's master has long said that everything is because of me, and I was skeptical at first, until I saw the painting, I felt that there must be a shocking secret hidden in me.
I decided not to hide it anymore, it's time to tell Long Xiaoman about this matter, from the village to the school, I don't go anywhere will always be weird. If you keep it hidden, you may find out what else will happen.
I found a teahouse box, and I drank three cups of tea in a row before I told Long Xiaoman about the things in the village from beginning to end.
Long Xiaoman's brows furrowed after hearing this, and he shouted at me, "Why didn't you say it earlier!" ”
My mind was still a little confused, and I didn't explain anything, but I felt distraught, and my chest felt like it was being pressed by a big rock.
"If that's what you say, all the explanations make sense!" Long Xiaoman's face was a little bad, and he said to himself.
Then he looked at me and said, "I now understand why you escaped from a group of demons alive in the grove, and that dormitory ......"
Long Xiaoman didn't continue, I saw her expression change significantly when she said that dormitory, and her eyes looked at me a little evasive.
"Don't talk about that, let's go now!" Long Xiaoman said.
I asked her where she was going, and she took a soft breath and coldly spat out two words, "Dig a grave!" ”
"Whose grave are you digging up?"
"Nine sons and ten Hanlin!"
Long Xiaoman looked very anxious, and after the two of us bought some shovels and hoes and a high-power lamp in the county town, we hurriedly rushed towards the mountain pass.
When he arrived at the wasteland, Long Xiaoman looked around for a while, and then walked up and down among the small broken mounds of dirt, his fingers still half-grasping and moving, as if he was pinching his fingers and counting something.
After tossing for a while, he pointed to the most central mound and said, "This should be the grave of the master of the Lei family, from left to right, it is ......."
I was stunned for a while, and I admired her in my heart, and I worked hard for a while, and I counted out who was buried in someone's grave hundreds of years ago?
Long Xiaoman explained a few words to me for the first time, saying that this is not a profound spell, people who know a little bit about feng shui and history can do it, the family tombs of the ancients are very particular, who is buried in what position, as long as you understand this knowledge, it is not difficult to distinguish.
Under the command of Long Xiaoman, I started digging from the main grave of the Lei family with a hoe, and I was so busy that I was about to fall apart from the rack, so that a skeleton with Bai Sensen could be seen again.
I looked at these scattered corpses, and I felt very guilty in my heart, and apologized to these white bones again and again.
Long Xiaoman looked very calm, glanced at these bones expressionlessly, and then squatted down and picked up a bone casually, and said to me, "Come and help!" ”
"How can you help?"
"Put the bones together!"
No way!