Chapter Ninety-Nine. Truth
This long, mournful cry frightened me a lot, to be honest. I originally opened the door just to scare the old leader, but who knew that it scared myself. Frightened, I leaned to the side of the door. When I turned my eyes to the people in the room, it was clear that everyone heard this roar.
Especially the old leader, who may have been old, sat on the ground in fright, stared at the room, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the ceiling in the room tremblingly. Judging from his expression, he should have seen Luo Fenfang's ghost, because the height at which he was sitting was shorter than all of us, and he could only see it because of the angle. I only heard the old head of the regiment say in a trembling voice, impossible! You... You're dead! So I answered, yes, you killed me! The old regiment leader shouted, I didn't kill you! It's you who are too aggressive! Blame yourself and blame yourself!
The old head of the regiment began to be a little frustrated, he struggled to get up, and wanted to escape from the door, but was blocked by Leader Liu at the door, and pushed him back at once. I stepped forward, grabbed the old master's hand, and dragged him toward the room, his terrified screams intensifying with each step. When he reached the door, he knelt down, buried his head on the ground, and began to cry.
Actually, I didn't sympathize with him, because I could basically guess what had happened. Seeing him kneeling on the ground in pain, I stopped pulling, and then threw the photo in front of him, and said to him, Luo Fenfang's ghost reappeared after more than 20 years because someone took her most precious photo, and on that photo, it turned out to be you, a scumbag! Repent, and now I'll give you a chance to confess!
I am not a judge, and I have no right to judge others, but I have my own sense of justice. Although Luo Fenfang is a ghost, and although it has affected others to some extent, it should not exist, but since I have noticed the truth of some things, I also hope to be able to get justice for Luo Fenfang. Maybe the time has been too long, and the law has been unable to punish him, but the punishment he deserves in his heart must not be less, this is what he owes, and he must pay it back.
The old head never raised his head again, and kept a kneeling posture. And while crying, he said what happened back then. Sure enough, it was not much different from what I guessed, the old head and Luo Fenfang were lovers, but when they started this relationship, the old head was a family man. Originally, in that era, it was not uncommon to take a concubine, but the old leader's original wife was also a chaste woman, so it was impossible to agree no matter what. So in 1945, the old head decided to completely sever this relationship. But at that time, Luo Fenfang was already in love with her, and she refused to agree to separate like this, and gave him all her youth. So she was haggard day and night, often wandering near the old leader's house, and her appearance could be regarded as harassing the life of other people's families.
After several fruitless communications, at the beginning of 1946, Luo Fenfang began to become a little hysterical, threatening to make the matter public, so that the old head of the regiment would be discredited, and after a big quarrel between the two, the relationship broke down completely. Even so, Luo Fenfang still cared about the old head of the regiment very much in her heart, and although she said it, she didn't actually do it. But this is a dangerous signal for the old head of the regiment, he is a local celebrity, if these ugly things are made public, he will not be able to raise his head in this circle, so he is ruthless and finds a few thugs on the rivers and lakes, which means to threaten Luo Fenfang and let her shut up from now on, otherwise she will die. originally thought that this matter would be settled, but a few days later, I heard the news of Luo Fenfang's death. It turned out that although the group of thieves threatened Luo Fenfang, after seeing her beauty, they also had a bad heart. So several people took turns insulting her, cutting off her hands, and hanging her body in the backstage of the troupe, causing suicide.
This is the kind of tragic situation that Leader Liu and I have seen when Luo Fenfang's ghost appeared.
I still feel a little embarrassed in my heart, 1946 was a relatively turbulent era. Although the Japanese surrendered, the city was still undercurrents under the takeover of the Nationalist army. Intellectuals, students, and politicians were repeatedly assassinated in that era, and the death of a female actor was not news at all.
The old head said that when he saw Luo Fenfang's death, he was also very surprised and uncomfortable, because this was not the result he wanted. And those hooligan thugs at the beginning have never been able to find anyone. If you think that a big mistake has been made, then you can only make a mistake. So when the troupe hadn't reported it to the police station, he suppressed the matter first, although Luo Fenfang's death, everyone knew that it couldn't be a suicide, but the old troupe leader told everyone that this matter was related to the reputation of the troupe, so it was considered suicide, and nothing else was mentioned.
In those days, the honor of the collective was very valuable, and since the old head of the regiment had spoken, the rest of the people did what he said. It's just that in the following years, the attendance rate of the Sichuan Opera Troupe has been declining year by year, and the performances invited by Kang Jiantang have become fewer and fewer. Luo Fenfang's death has always been a knot in the old leader's heart, although no one has ever mentioned it again, but only he knows that he is the real murderer who caused Luo Fenfang's death. In the past few years, people have become a lot haggard because of their worries, and they have begun to be a little powerless for the operation of the troupe.
So after the liberation, a military region sent someone to say that he wanted to take over the troupe and use it as a performance stage for the art troupe of the military region.
The old head of the regiment said that the words that had been held in his heart all these years were finally finished on his knees today. No matter how much he said, he was a sinner, although Luo Fenfang died because of himself, he never thought of killing her. But what's the use of saying that now, the mistake has been committed, and all that remains is atonement.
After hearing this, everyone present looked solemn. I was born in that era, and many old-fashioned people with social status do often have the problem of messing around outside, which is no longer morally constrained. But many people are just dewy friends, so far, thinking about the old head of the group, who has lasted an underground affair for so long, and finally it is still unclear, I have to say that he is indeed the culprit.
Luo Fenfang's ghost cry came from the room, from the initial mournful roar, slowly turned into angry gasps, and when the old head said all this, and cried and kowtowed to admit his mistake, a woman's cry came from the room. It's hard for me to describe that kind of cry, I can hear the sadness, I can hear the resentment, and I can even hear the feeling of a woman being coquettish to a man.
So she sighed in her heart, what can she do about it, blame herself, love the wrong person.
I walked up to the old leader, pulled him up, and then said to him, life and death are different, people and ghosts have different paths, you have avoided these bad things you did back then, you have avoided for more than 20 years, but from today, until the day you die, this matter will continue to torment in your heart, and you will never forget the roar just now and the cry now. This voice will haunt you for the rest of your life.
With that, I pushed him aside and made him kneel on the side, facing the inside of the door, much like the way I had been when I was criticized. Then I used three sticks of incense side by side, surrounded by red paper in front and back, and tied a simple spiritual position. Luo Fenfang's name was written on it, and then a water bowl was placed in front of the spiritual seat, and the picture was burned in the bowl.
I was originally worried that when I burned the photo, I would be attacked by Luo Fenfang's anger, because after all, that was what it cared about the most, and it was one of the reasons why it stayed, so I was extra vigilant when I burned the photo. Fortunately, Luo Fenfang's ghost didn't seem to be too excited, but there was a cry when I burned the photo. Unlike the previous cry, this time it was full of sadness. Immediately after that, I took out the spirit banner and prepared to enter the house to collect the soul. I held the bell in one hand, shaking it at intervals, and holding the spirit flag in the other, and before entering this room, I silently recited the golden light mantra to myself once, although I also knew that for a ghost like Luo Fenfang, it didn't seem to have much effect, because it was full of resentment when it stayed, so it was not afraid of me.
When I stepped through the door, I found nothing unusual, there was a cry above my head, but I couldn't find any trace of the female ghost in the eyes of my eyes. So I followed the process of conjuring spirits, walked on the gang, and recited the mantra, and when I received the mantra, the cry gradually faded, gradually weakened, and then disappeared.
I exited the door, and at this moment, for me, the work was done. So I asked Da Mao to check if there were any traces of ghosts left in the house, which is why I asked Da Mao to come, this kind of ghost with a lot of resentment, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to clean it up at once, the other party is a military family, powerful and powerful, if I can't deal with the aftermath, there will be endless troubles for me in the future.
Da Mao spent about 10 minutes inspecting inside and outside the house, making sure that everything about Luo Fenxiang in the house at this moment was clean except for the spirit flag in my hand and the ashes from the burned photos in the bowl. So I started to decontaminate the whole house, which also took me a lot of time. After so long of being busy, I saw that the old head was still kneeling in place, crying silently.
I think it's also his responsibility.
After telling Liu the results of the results, I told them that now that the house has been completely cleaned, I will take this fragrant ghost home and collect it as a soldier and horse, find a suitable opportunity, and then send her away. Now there is no problem with this house whether you move or not, but pay more attention in the future, and try not to touch some old things that you don't know where to come.
Leader Liu's lover asked me with some embarrassment, what about the old head of the regiment? I looked back at him and said, "You can do it, the rest is his own business, and when we leave, find a time to send him away." The matter was resolved, and Leader Liu was very happy, so he immediately ordered the guards to arrange a vehicle and send me and Da Mao back. I told him, Da Mao won't bother you to send it, I'll send him back. I'll come back here later, and please send me back to the village.
Leader Liu nodded and said yes, and I said again, but I still have a reluctant request.