Chapter 60: Evil Things
The dumb mother-in-law's maiden name is Lu, and no one remembers her name, when she was not a dumb person, everyone else called Aunt Lu, Mrs. Lu.
Ten years ago, Lu Pozi suddenly became mute, and I heard that she was frightened, had a high fever, and burned all night.
I only heard that a high fever can burn people into fools, and this is the first time that they have been burned dumb and deaf.
Lu Pozi never had a pregnant belly in the early years, and she was rubbed by her in-laws, housework at home, and farm work outside, all by herself.
There is also a gambler husband who reaches out to her all the time to take money, and if he doesn't give it, he will beat her.
Fortunately, Lu Pozi became pregnant when she was almost forty years old and gave birth to her daughter Dong Pei.
Good things happen one after another, the gambler's husband owes money to a loan shark and is beaten half to death, and no one finds him lying on the side of the road in the winter, and the next day there are no people.
The mother-in-law at home didn't mention it in one breath, but also followed.
Mrs. Lu has no one to work with, and she has a daughter, and the life of orphans and widows is getting better and better.
She relied on a pair of skillful hands, no matter how simple the ingredients were, she could change the tricks in her hands, simply sorted out the first floor of the house, opened a small restaurant, and the income on weekdays was enough to support the two of them.
Until ten years ago, Yanjia Town once again held a festival to worship the gods, and the Taishan Mansion Jun Palace selected the cook.
Lu Pozi is a loyal believer of Taishan Mansion, thinking that it is with the blessing of Taishan Mansion, and took away the evil mother-in-law and gambler husband on his head.
She was diligent and honest, so she was chosen to be a member of the kitchen helper.
It just so happened that Dong Pei, who was only eight or nine years old at the time, was not feeling well.
Lu Pozi heard that the offerings offered in front of the statue were stained with divine energy, and ordinary people could be healthy and prolong their lives after eating them.
Worried about her daughter, Mrs. Lu took advantage of the evening, when the kitchen had already cleaned up the kitchen and was about to leave, she secretly went to the main hall alone, planning to get two offerings and bring them back to Dong Pei to eat.
The offerings in front of the statue are distributed to the people in the town the next day, and the greater the contribution, the more incense money you donate, the better the offerings you can get.
Mrs. Lu didn't have this blessing, so she had a sneaky plan, thinking that there were a lot of old people in Taishan Mansion, and she would definitely not worry about her as a widowed woman.
Unexpectedly, Lu Pozi just wanted to take two tributes, but accidentally bumped into a tragic incident.
During the day, the bride who was happily carried to the palace of Taishan Mansion rushed over, disheveled, her body was full of traces of being humiliated, and she hit the stone dare outside the main hall, her head was broken and bleeding, her brain was broken, and she was killed on the spot, and a pair of watery eyes did not close until she died.
What followed was Sun and Wang, two Taoist priests, with untidy robes and fierce looks, looking at a bride who was hit and killed.
"I don't know each other, I'm unlucky, what a blessing it is to be pampered by Daoye."
"It's going to cause me some trouble, you can't control it anymore, and you're asking for sex."
"Senior brother, I didn't expect this girl to be so fierce."
"Hugh said this, one less person, the person who took the goods is coming soon, you can solve it over there."
"I'll go find the one surnamed Fan, and let him make up another one."
Mayor Fan came in a hurry, with a foreigner who had come here for a tourist with a bundle in his hand, about the same age as the bride, seventeen or eighteen years old.
The night was deeper, and there were more and more people in the courtyard outside the main hall, there were strangers who didn't know, as well as the holy women and holy children who were sent to the palace of Taishan Mansion this year, all of them fainted and lay on the ground, and after being carefully inspected by several tall and strong men, they were all taken away.
Mrs. Lu, who witnessed this scene with her own eyes, covered her mouth and hid under the altar, living for dozens of years, how could she not understand what was going on.
It turns out that the sacrifices to the gods are all fake, and the brides who are offered to the kings of Taishan Mansion are just playthings in their hands, and the holy women and children are even more goods to be bought and sold.
Lu Pozi hid under the altar for a long time, and there was no one outside, no sound at all, only the bloodstains on the stone dare outside the main hall still existed, so she cautiously left here with a trembling soul.
Lu Pozi was timid and knew the evil things these people had done, but she didn't dare to say it, so she turned herself into a dumb and deaf person with a high fever and became a criminal who harbored crimes.
For ten years, Mrs. Lu has never slept well, and she has never been to the Jungong Palace of Taishan Mansion, and she only thinks about raising her daughter as soon as possible.
Until Dong Pei graduated from high school and was admitted to a university in a foreign country, Lu Pozi thought that the hardships would be exhausted, but this year's sacrificial ceremony selected Dong Pei as the bride to sacrifice to the king of Taishan Mansion.
How could Mrs. Lu not know that worshipping the gods was just a pretense, and she let her daughter go and escape from this ghost place.
But that night, Mayor Fan arrived at her house, and the girl's screams rang all night.
The next day, Mayor Fan left with his trouser belt, and a few people came in, dressed Dong Pei, and stuffed him into a sedan chair.
Lu Pozi cried and shouted to chase after her, but she was still a step too late, Dong Pei was humiliated and committed suicide by taking poison.
"I want revenge, my daughter is gone, I have nothing to fear."
"I sharpened the machete in the house, Mayor Fan's beast, I cut off his head with a knife, and there was no stumbling."
"And these two fake Taoists, I'm really lucky, when I came, Daoist Wang was like he had no soul, I stabbed him through the chest, and he didn't scream."
"In the end, this Daoist Sun also died, all died, and died well."
"As for the gods, what gods, there are no gods at all, Taishan Mansion King, Taishan God, they are all fake, fake." Lu Pozi was almost crazy and yelled at everyone.
"Mrs. Lu, you killed someone and didn't repent, you made up such a big panic, slandered the two Taoist masters, and dared to be disrespectful to the god of Mount Tai."
"Mrs. Lu, you fart, my Baoya went to serve the god of Mount Tai, so she was not trafficked."
"Baoya, where are you, this is the Fujun Palace, and my Baoya must be here."
"And my sturdy."
"Zhuangzhuang, mom is here, where are you?"
The noise in the crowd did not stop, and in these years, as long as it was the holy girl and holy child who was sent to the palace of Taishan Mansion, no one would appear in front of people again.
Even if the two Taoist priests said it well, saying that the holy women and holy children were all going to serve the god of Mount Tai, and they had already gone to the mortal dust, but there was really no doubt?
I didn't dare to doubt it before.
The two Taoist priests have the means to make people unable to open their mouths, not to mention that there is also a town mayor who acts as a tiger.
Now, the truth is in front of us, and who can pretend to be confused.
The noise grew louder and louder, and the townspeople who wanted to find their children began to run outside.
"Bang, bang......"
A series of collisions rang out, and all those who tried to run out crashed into a transparent wall.
"What's going on?"
Le Ziang tentatively stretched out his hands, and before he took two steps, his hands pressed against a wall, but there was obviously nothing in front of him.
"Knock, knock, knock......"
Violent footsteps sounded, like an earthquake, and some people on the ground could not stand steadily.
Luxi looked at the main hall.
It's finally here.
"It's the god of Taishan, the god of Taishan is here." A man with ecstasy on his face knelt reverently.
The panicked townsfolk knelt down one after another as if reflexively, here, whether true or not, the god Tarzan was already a belief carved into their bones.
(End of chapter)