Reshaping the Flesh Chapter 182 Luobi Village
For the convenience of everyone, I will stand in the first perspective of my brother Chen Lin and tell what happened with Daoist Jingyang below.
Of course, this matter should also start from the situation when Chen Lin is still in the state of his soul.
Jingyang Dao Chang has a magic weapon, which is a vessel, which is mainly used to carry my soul. I can't see the sun during the day, and I can only come out at night.
And our destination on this trip is a place in Shanxi. When I went, I didn't know why I came here, but Jingyang Daoist wouldn't hurt me. So I know that it must be right to follow Jingyang Dao Chief.
Taking the train to Shanxi, we came to Taiyuan City together. Stayed here overnight and then transferred to a very remote place.
"Dao Chief, why are we setting off at night?" I sat in the back seat of a car and asked the head of Jingyang Road in front of me.
The driver seemed to be a steady and honest man, and when the Jingyang Daoist told him where to go at the beginning, he directly agreed. And I also negotiated the price, and used a very appropriate price.
Daoist Jingyang turned his head, looked at me and smiled, "You can only appear at night, so we can only travel at night." It's only two o'clock in the morning, and by daybreak, we're almost back. ”
"What are the specific requirements? Why don't you tell me? I pressed on.
The driver looked through the rearview mirror and glanced at me. looked at Daoist Jingyang again, and didn't understand why he was talking alone. Of course, the driver couldn't see me at all.
"You'll know when you get there."
I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of Jingyang Dao Chief, maybe it's really as he said, I'll know when I arrive!
At dawn we arrived at a very remote village that looked very backward. As for why the word backward is used, it is because the houses here are all brick houses that were used in the past, and not only that, but there are no ordinary electrical appliances here.
It's not so much that there are no appliances, it's that there is no electricity at all. It's hard to imagine that there are still places where there is no electricity. I also looked at it, this place is completely isolated from the rest of the outside world, and if it wasn't for Jingyang Dao Chang leading the way, that driver wouldn't have found this place at all.
After arriving during the day, we stayed here for the rest of the day.
The people here are very kind and hospitable. It may be that we are not people here, and treat Jingyang Daoist as a VIP. The meals they eat are all homegrown, pure green vegetables.
I am a soul and I don't need to eat. Just sat there and watched Jingyang Dao Chang eat, and the head of the family who lived in this house temporarily was a man who was not tall, slightly fat, and in his forties.
Looking at his performance, it seems that he knows Jingyang Daoist.
This village is called Luobi, and why it is called is unknown. But since the existence of this village, it seems that the name has been called this way. There are about 100 people in the village, and there are only about 30 households.
After coming here, we didn't go anywhere else. I also have a little understanding of the things and customs here, but I am still full of questions.
This night, I saw that Daoist Jingyang was not sleeping, so I asked, "Daoist, have you been here before?" Everyone here seems to have a lot of respect for you. ”
Jingyang Daoist told me, "Yes, that was decades ago. That year, there was a drought, and I helped them, but I was also punished, and I had already leaked the heavens. ”
"Huh?" I was very surprised, there was nothing wrong with the Taoist Chief's whole body, but how could he say that he had received a punishment?
Jingyang Daoist lay on the bed~, put his hand under his head, looked at the roof and said: "There used to be a village of three or four hundred people here, but the drought of that year killed most of the people here. The head of this family, who was about the same age as you back then, is now the father of three children in the blink of an eye. ”
He let out a sigh of relief, as if lamenting the unforgiving years.
"I have another question, I don't know if I should ask it?" I said.
"Ask! It's okay, it's just the two of us here. Daoist Jingyang smiled.
I asked, "Why are the majority of people here men?" Are women only about under the age of sixteen, or over sixty? ”
"It's a promise, a promise that I helped them make to God."
After listening to Daoist Jingyang's explanation, I finally knew why two-thirds of the people in this village were men, and the rest were some young girls or old people.
And that agreement came at the expense of the women in the village. When a woman is over twenty years old, she will marry a man in the village, and in the fifth year of pregnancy~ and childbirth, she will be sent to the mountains.
As for what they were doing in the mountains, no one knows. Those who were able to come back were in their forties, and it seemed as if their brains had been erased, and no one could ask what they women were doing in the mountains.
"What punishment are you talking about?" I looked at Daoist Jingyang and asked.
"You seem to have a lot of questions today!" Daoist Jingyang looked at me and smiled.
I smiled and said, "Isn't that curious?" ”
"Don't be curious, curiosity is not a good thing sometimes, rest!" After Jingyang finished speaking, he blew out the kerosene lamp on the side, and then lay down to sleep.
I walked out of the room, and as a soul, I didn't need to rest. At night, the village is even more desolate, and from time to time there is a wolf howl from the mountains in the distance. Maybe it's for my own safety, so I don't go out at night!
After all, the people here are ordinary people, mortals in the flesh. If they're all ghosts like me, there's nothing to be afraid of.
If I had known that I would have met tonight, I would have rather not come out, but it seems that this event is just hoping that I will meet. It all seemed to be completely arranged, and I witnessed a tragedy unfold with my own eyes.
When I walked down the street, the streets here were still very wide, and because there were few houses here. The streets are very wide, but they don't use farming tools to farm or anything, they still do it with their hands.
The roads here are all dirt roads, and there has been no snow these days, but the bleak night, and this bleak wind, make me feel a little cold.
As I looked up at the full moon in the sky, I heard the constant barking of dogs in the distance, followed by the sound of yelling. I was a little curious, and then I walked over to see the excitement.
When the barking of people and dogs sounded, kerosene lamps were lit up in the other residents' rooms. Several people walked out of the room with torches and coats draped.
I found out after I walked over. It turned out to be a father who was beating up a girl. The girl looked about my age, and I could see her face clearly in the light of the fire. She looks very delicate and cute, and this should be the oldest girl I have ever seen in this village.
The girl begs for mercy while begging for her father's forgiveness. But the father's face was full of hatred, as if the person who punched and kicked his feet was not his own daughter, but someone else's wild seed.
Finally, the man stopped, pointed at the girl loudly and scolded, "Don't you know the rules of our village? Let you go out as you please, and I'll kill you. ”
Of course, that's what the man meant later that I learned. Because he spoke in tongues, I still didn't hear it very clearly.
The others stood there, surrounding the girl in the middle, looking at the bruised girl. No one stepped forward to stop them, not even a single one showed a sympathetic look on their faces. It's more like the girl in front of her should be beaten, even if she is killed.
Who are these people? What about human nature? I couldn't stand it anymore, and then I revealed myself so they could see me. And when I was about to walk towards them, I was suddenly grabbed by a strong force from behind~ my clothes.
"Who?" I exclaimed, and when I saw it clearly, I saw that it was Jingyang Dao Chief.
He was looking at me with a serious look on his face and pulling me to a place where no one was around.