Chapter Seventy-Four: Boss Tong
"Please tell us about it!" Du Ruo asked sincerely.
It can be seen from Boss Tong's expression that if there is a choice, he doesn't want to talk about anything related to that murderous mansion, and that kind of fear is not pretended, but will be revealed involuntarily from his eyes.
But after all, the other party is a noble person who can make him feel more glorious among the villagers just by dealing with him, and he is not embarrassed to refuse, so he nodded stubbornly: "Okay, then I'll tell you what I know!"
But after all, you listen to it, forget it, but don't really run to the murderous mansion!
I know that you who read the books of the sages are well-informed, but ...... Some things still have to be persuaded! In this world, there are too many inexplicable evil things! ”
Du Ruo obviously didn't agree with Boss Tong's statement, but she didn't plan to argue with the other party, but nodded kindly: "Thank you Boss Tong for reminding us, we will definitely keep it in mind." ”
Boss Tong sighed, brewed his emotions for a while, and probably still felt that he had no bottom in his heart, and after thinking about it, he simply asked someone to set up a table and chair at the door of the small Buddha hall at home, and invited Du Ruo and Ye Yuanzhou to sit there.
Ye Yuanzhou couldn't cry or laugh, and Du Ruo was also helpless, but as long as Boss Tong could speak with peace of mind, let alone set up tables and chairs in front of the small Buddha hall, even if they let them accompany Boss Tong to the temple to talk about it, it didn't matter.
Sitting in front of the Buddha Hall, Boss Tong seemed to have settled down a little, recalled it carefully, and told Du Ruo and Ye Yuanzhou everything he could hear about the rumors about the murderous mansion.
The deserted house was originally inhabited by a large family, the family surname Zong, the ancestors migrated from elsewhere, there are not too many relatives in Tonghe County, but the family is wealthy, there are many fields under the name, and there are antique shops, which can be said to be very solid.
The head of this family is called Zong Shaosi, who was just over fifty years old at that time, and his eldest son Zong Youlin had already married a wife and had children, and Zong Shaosi and his wife also had two daughters and a young son who was just in his early tens.
The old lady and the old lady of the Zong family are also still built here, and the family has lived in the same house for four generations, so they have such a beautiful house, and they live happily, and they get along well with the surrounding neighbors, and they often move around.
One year, the lady of this young forest received an invitation, saying that her grandmother had a big birthday, and the young couple decided to go to pay homage, and by the way, it was also regarded as accompanying the lady who had been away from home for many years to return to her parents' home to save her relatives.
Because of the long distance and the need to trek through mountains and rivers, after the two discussed, they left the young baby at home for the nursing mother to take care of, brought congratulatory gifts, said goodbye to their parents and family, and set off to celebrate their birthdays and relatives.
This is also understandable, no one thought that such an ordinary trip to save relatives would bring earth-shaking changes to the family, and even a catastrophe.
Zong Youlin and his wife have been gone for a long time, seeing that the original agreed return date has been exceeded, no one has returned, and there is no news, the family feels uneasy, hesitating to find a way to send a letter over, or find someone to inquire about the situation.
Don't ask, the lack of news is unreassuring.
Let's inquire, and I'm afraid that if it's just a daughter-in-law who finally goes back to her parents' house once, she is attached to her and wants to stay for a few more days, and it is not good for them to bring letters to the past, so that the in-laws feel that their clan is careful.
While they were debating whether to ask someone else to help inquire about the news, the couple finally returned.
The second elder of the family breathed a sigh of relief, and asked the little couple to know that it was the two of them who met a group of people fleeing the famine on the way back, and there was a mess, and the two people were once scattered, and it was not easy to find each other again, and after a short rest, they continued to rush again, delaying a lot of effort.
Although this process made people a little frightened and frightened, but after all, they came back safely, and the family felt thank God and quickly left this matter behind.
However, after a while, probably more than a month after the young couple came back, the family soon noticed something unusual.
The daughter-in-law is still the same as she was, but there is no obvious change, but the son can be said to have changed his temperament, as if he has changed a person.
The original patriarch Zong Youlin is a gentle and generous person, with a good temperament, gentle and elegant, although he said that he followed his father to manage the upper bunk, but in the early years, he also studied in the academy, so he would also have leisure and fun to write and paint, or chant poetry with a few like-minded friends.
After returning home this time, for a short period of time, he said that he was ill and needed to recuperate alone, and then he locked himself in the study, and only let people bring food in every day, and ignored everything else.
Not to mention the friends he made on weekdays, even his parents, wife and children were all locked out of the door.
Zong Shaosi's wife felt weird, the son avoided his parents, and even his own loving lady, as well as the immature and lovely child, refused to take a look, and only locked himself in the study.
Mrs. secretly told Zong Shaosi about this speculation, and Zong Shaosi also felt that it was very reasonable, and he couldn't help but be more worried, afraid that Zong Youlin would be ashamed to speak up, so he would avoid medical treatment, and there would have been a problem of saving, but in the end he became hopeless because of the delay in treatment, so he found a famous Lang Zhong in the county to come to his house, wanting to see what happened to him.
I never thought that such an ordinary move would be exchanged for Zong Youlin's unusual rejection and anger.
After the family forcibly opened the door of the study, he grabbed everything in the study and slammed it at them.
Vases, inkstones, and paperweights, as long as he could get them in his hand, smashed them towards the door, not caring whether he would hurt others.
Although Lang Zhong was willing to visit the door in person because of the generosity of the Zong family and the high consultation fee for himself, he was also unwilling to buy a decoction for himself to treat his injuries as soon as the consultation money in hand changed hands.
So seeing such a situation, Lang Zhong did not hesitate to withdraw the medical fee and walked away, Zong Shaosi and his wife and daughter-in-law still wanted to insist, but Zong Shaosi's wife was hit by a thick book that flew out, and the instep was swollen on the spot.
The daughter-in-law was also hit in the forehead by a pen, and she was red and swollen.
Seeing this, Zong Shaosi had no choice but to take the two women to avoid it quickly, not to have a hard fight with Zong Youlin, who was going crazy.