Chapter 224: Reminiscing about the Past

Chapter 224

"What's so strange about that?"

Old man Zhang was beaten by this errand and was a little unimpressed.

But he is a person who can look at his eyes, know how to deceive the good and fear the evil, who can be provoked and who cannot be provoked, and he knows very well in his heart.

"It is not easy to invite the county lord to enter the township, we have rules since ancient times, if you want to ask the lord to handle the case, you must first pay the 'sincerity gold', which is ten taels of silver, and the villagers have to make it up."

Zhao Fusheng didn't know this rule.

But when she heard this, she was not surprised.

In fact, the risk of the Demon Suppression Division is extremely high, and the probability of death is also very alarming, and the Ghost Suppression Division is also a 'consumable', just a little more chance to save his life than ordinary Commanders, but no one who deals with ghosts will have a good end, and sooner or later it will still be difficult to escape death.

If it weren't for the imperial court's stipulation that the local Demon Suppression Division must handle more than three cases every year, I'm afraid that none of the Demon Suppression Division's Ghost Control Division would be willing to take the initiative to handle ghost cases - of course, she is a special case.

Under such a rule, the number of cases handled by the Ling Division is stuck at three times a year.

However, this does not mean that there are only three ghost cases a year in the states, counties, counties, towns, and townships under the rule of the Demon Suppression Division.

Therefore, if the villagers want to ask the ghost harness to come and save their lives, they may have to scrape together money to hire someone.

Reiji chooses as he pleases among these requests.

In fact, hearing this, Zhao Fusheng already understood the bend.

Old man Zhang and others thought that ten hangs of money was a sky-high amount, but in fact, these money were only for poor people to be pieced together, for Xie Jingsheng, the commander of Wan'an County at that time, this little money was probably not enough for him to drink a glass of wine.

The Ghost Commander Division, especially a person like Xie Jingsheng who has a great background and family tradition, the wealth of the people is not worth mentioning.

In contrast, the poor are so poor that they are skinny, and the rich are so rich that they are so rich that they are oily, forming a sharp contrast.

And Xie Jingsheng chose to close the door village to handle the ghost case at that time, not for money, maybe he really wanted to handle the ghost case, or maybe it was the luck of the closed door village.

But even if he didn't have the intention of blackmailing and exploiting, in order to curry favor with him, the people below would take the opportunity to exploit the villagers, and maybe half of the money would go into the pockets of the village and town lords.

When Zhao Fusheng heard this, he frowned, and he couldn't help but feel a little disgust in his heart.

"My lord, you are here this time, won't you also have to make money?!"

Old man Zhang talked about the past, and suddenly thought of this time.

He glanced at Guo Wei resentfully-he had previously pitied this kid for losing his father, wife and children overnight, and at this time, when he thought that because of Guo Wei's involvement, he was afraid that his family would have to pay innocently again, and he began to hate blood in his heart again, and felt that this kid was a lonely star with a father, a wife, and a son.

"It's unlucky!"

He cursed.

Zhao Fusheng looked at him coldly:

"Continuing to talk about the ghost case 43 years ago, what are you doing all the nonsense? Do I need you to scrape together the money? ”

"Yes, yes, of course, my lord has a lot of money."

Old man Zhang was scolded by her like this, not only was he not annoyed, but he was very happy, and nodded busily:

"I said the wrong thing."

Wu Shaochun saw Zhao Fusheng's serious expression, and hurriedly shouted:

"You just talk about ghost cases, what are you doing with all this nonsense?"

"What's that inconsequential? Back then, I donated fifteen cents-" Even after decades have passed, remembering the scene at that time, Old Man Zhang is still angry and anxious, and his lips tremble in distress.

Forty-three years ago, there were about 800 actual villagers in Fengmen Village, but according to the household registration records of many years ago, there were 1,124 people.

At that time, there was a ghost case in the village, which caused panic among the people, and it was related to the disappearance of the village chief's relatives.

But according to the rules of the time, if you want to invite the adults of the Demon Suppression Division to handle the case, you have to pay a 'tea fee' first, and the one with the highest bid is easy to impress the people above.

Later, the village decided to hand over 10 taels of silver.

If according to the market price, one tael of silver can be exchanged for one penny, it is a thousand Wen, but the actual value of silver is far better than copper money, if you want to exchange copper money for silver, you need 1200 Wen to exchange for one tael of silver.

So in the end, the ten taels of silver, the villagers pooled a total of 12 pieces of money, and distributed it to everyone in the village, and the old man Zhang paid a lot of money - almost the money he saved by breaking the belt of his trousers.

Lin Laoba and the others were also a little unable to sit still, and when they heard Old Man Zhang's words, they were also worried that Zhao Fusheng would go to Fengmen Village to collect money this time.

Everyone hated Guo Wei and the dead Li Da Luozi for a while, looking at Guo Wei's expression with unkindness.

Zhao Fusheng looked at everyone's eyes, shook his head, and tapped his fingers on the table twice:

"Let's talk about ghost cases."

"Yes."

Old man Zhang saw that her face was not good-looking, and he was afraid that she would be angry, so he hurriedly reined in his heart and said:

"I remember very well that after the case was reported, it took several days for people to come to the county, and several families in the middle village went missing."

At this time, there were rumors of haunting in the village, and some people began to think about escaping from the closed village, thinking that the feng shui here was not good.

After the people from the Demon Suppression Division came, it was lively for two days.

The village slaughtered chickens and pigs to entertain, and on the third day, Qiao Da Niu in the village came to the village chief's house to report the case, saying that something was wrong with his daughter.

It is recorded in the later case file that Zhao Fusheng knew that all the Qiao family died in this ghost disaster.

However, after all, the dossier file only has a few cold lines, but Old Man Zhang was an eyewitness to the ghost disaster back then.

From the fact that he could tell that the red shoes that these people who died at the hands of the ghosts were wearing before they died were on their left feet, Zhao Fusheng judged that he was probably at the scene.

"You went with me to see the excitement?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes."

Old man Zhang nodded.

He has a strange love in his life, that is, he loves to join in the fun, and he goes wherever there is excitement.

"You see, my lord, when I was young, there was a fight in the town, and I leaned over to see that they beat me with stones." He climbed forward and pointed out an inconspicuous mark on his forehead to Zhao Fusheng:

"I'll see which one is lively."

At that time, Xie Jingsheng and his entourage lived in the village chief's house, and the village chief killed chickens and cooked meat every day to entertain them.

When Qi Daniu reported the crime, he hid in the corner of the door and listened, and when he saw the Demon Suppression Division going out, he hesitated again and again, but still followed behind.

Speaking of this, he suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself hard:

"Alas, it's really a dog who can't change eating."

The village was haunted by ghosts at that time, and he was afraid that he would lose his life to see such a bustle, he knew the danger, but he still couldn't change his temperament, and he hesitated again and again to follow.

Sure enough, he witnessed the death of the Qi family and several orders.

"When Qi Daniu's mother-in-law had an accident, it was too scary, one foot stepped on the ground, but the other foot arched, and a big red shoe was put on her foot, the shoes were a little small, and the mother-in-law had big feet, I don't know how to put them on, and her feet were strangled and bent like a pig's trotters."

He shuddered:

"Blood was running down the soles of her feet, everywhere."

"She didn't speak, she looked very lazy, and after a while, the whole person even began to dry up, wilting from her face, like, like a wilted melon, and after a while, her kung fu became black, and she fell to the ground and fell to ashes, which was too scary, really scary."

At this time, the sky outside has not changed, although Zhang's house has lit torches and surrounded many villagers, but when it comes to this ghost case 43 years ago, coupled with Old Man Zhang's trembling tone and frightened expression, it still makes Cao Dazong, Lin Laoba and others have goosebumps all over their bodies.

"After that, the Qi family died one by one, and an adult died."

After that, Xie Jingsheng and his entourage withdrew from the Qi family and burned down the Qi family's house.

But the ghost case didn't stop there.

The ghosts are still there, and the Qi family's encounter is neither the beginning nor the end.

In a few days, the ghost slaughtered several families, and at this time, Xie Jingsheng finally couldn't sit still and decided to leave the 'ghost'.

"I began to think that the big man invited by this county was just bragging, but I didn't know that the big man did have the ability, saying that he was going to hold a funeral for the ghost, and asked the people in the village to cooperate."

When Zhao Fusheng heard this, he asked:

"What's the fit?"

Old man Zhang scratched his head:

"The adult surnamed Xie said that since it is a funeral, it is necessary to ask someone to prepare a coffin, a paper person, paper money, incense and candles, etc., and at the same time to invite someone to blow suona, and prepare a funeral team."

People who wear linen, wear filial piety, crying spirits and Duanling cards are naturally readily available.

At that time, the Demon Suppression Division was understaffed, and the rest of the people who needed it were selected from the village.

The villagers didn't know what was going on, they only knew that they had to handle the case of the Lord of the Demon Suppression Division, and there was a reward of three money afterwards, so they all hurried to sign up.

"I was also selected to carry the coffin at that time, and the village chief said that Master Xie said that it was very important to talk about this matter, let me do it well, and gave me a full reward of five cents!"

Old man Zhang was a little excited when he said this.

But Zhao Fusheng's gaze gradually changed.

With her acumen, she naturally realized that these five cents were not given for free.

The people involved in the ghost case will not end well, and they are very likely to die from the ghost disaster, and the five articles that Old Man Zhang received are probably his life money.

He didn't realize this at the time, and thought he had taken a big advantage.

When she thought of this, she felt ridiculous, this old man's life was really hard, and he escaped by mistake.

"When we went to the village chief's house, the coffin was empty, and Liu San, who carried the coffin, was very happy."

It's so easy to make!

Old man Zhang said happily:

"How much can an empty coffin weigh, and we each get five cents, isn't it earned for nothing?"

And this funeral is full of weirdness, which is both terrifying and terrifying, mixed with a kind of absurdity.

At that time, there was not a single dead person present, all of them were living people, but the people of the village had to put on a posture and start a battle to hold a funeral without dead people.

It's just that because of the big man who was invited by the Demon Suppression Division, everyone didn't dare to laugh at it, but they all felt ridiculous, these adults belonged to the rich and nowhere to go.

The villagers privately discussed that these bigwigs were probably spending money to have fun.

At this time, Old Man Zhang did not realize the seriousness of the problem.

Until Xie Jingsheng drank the order to make Li Neng hold three pillars of incense, and everyone was in their places - the old man Zhang who carried the coffin also erected the wooden beam on the side of the coffin.

Then the suona sounded, which was an order.

Something strange happened at this time.

At the moment when the sad music sounded, the three-pillar incense in Li Neng's hand spontaneously combusted without fire and emitted white smoke.

Then his face lost its color in an instant.

"My lord, I, I've seen with my own eyes that this envoy who walked in front of the coffin has changed, he, he was wearing a pair of green cloth shoes with white socks underneath—"

Old man Zhang's few teeth hit his gums, making a 'ticca' tooth shaking sound:

But when the cigarette was lit, his shoes began to tighten and shrink inward, like a small hoop, holding his feet firmly.

He couldn't say it clearly in a hurry, so he had to gesture:

"The shoe was not cracked in this way, but the bones were broken, and the flesh was cut, and the blood flowed out, and immediately dyed his socks red."

This is not the most terrible, "The most terrible thing is that the pair of green cloth shoes on his feet were replaced by a pair of red shoes at some point, which scared people to death!" ”

The moment he saw the red shoes, the young old man Zhang knew that something was wrong.

"It's a ghost."

He was so frightened that he wanted to run away.

Everyone witnessed this terrifying and terrifying scene, and everyone wanted to flee in the wilderness, but at the moment when Old Man Zhang wanted to throw off the burden on his shoulders-

"I was standing in front of the coffin, but the man who was possessed by a ghost is gone."

Old man Zhang's face was very ugly:

"And the coffin that I and we carried was suddenly very heavy, as if a big stone was carried in the coffin."

From his tone, expression, and the fear in his eyes that could not be concealed, Zhao Fusheng guessed something:

"The ghost is in the coffin."

"Yes."

He swallowed his spit and nodded:

"I thought it was not good, and when I looked up, I saw smoke coming out of the lid of the coffin, and the coffin I was carrying was not only heavy, but also very cold at the same time, and the palm of my hand was not like wood, but like I had scratched a lump of ice."

"Then, why don't you run?" Lin Laoba asked fearfully.

Terrifying ghost cases, villagers who died one after another, and an unbelievably strange funeral, at the funeral, the adults from the county were strangely possessed by ghosts and died.

In the empty coffin, suddenly a ghost lies in - this is a funeral for ghosts.

Even if the villagers have never experienced such a ghost case, when they hear Old Man Zhang mention this old fear, they still feel that their scalps are numb, and they are scared to goosebumps.

"I can't run."

Old man Zhang shook his head:

"You don't want to run? The coffin seemed to be glued to my shoulder. ”

Zhao Fusheng thoughtfully:

"It looks like you're trapped in Xie Jingsheng's laws."

Xie Jingsheng, who handled the Red Shoe ghost case back then, was also a ghost handler, and he used the law of ghosts to harness the power of ghosts.

Since it is a 'ghost funeral', after the funeral begins, everyone will be trapped in this 'ghost funeral', and the participants will not be able to get out until the 'ghost funeral' is completed.