Chapter 57: The Past (11)
The next day, everyone went down the mountain to find that the villagers who were recruited did not have the memory of last night, and after putting down their hanging hearts, they went straight to Li Xudong's family.
'Bang.. Bang... Bang'
The knocker in front of the Li family's gate was constantly knocked by everyone, and the impatient family member heard a voice from afar through the door: "Coming, coming." I was in such a hurry to send a funeral. ”
The family who opened the door just wanted to continue to reprimand two sentences, and after finding out that it was someone from Xuanjia Temple, he dropped the door in a panic, and shouted while running: "The people from Xuanjia Temple have come to settle accounts, and the people from Xuanjia Temple have come to settle accounts." ”
"What kind of is this? It's like we're evil. Zhang San looked back, Xuan Xuan Zhen stared viciously in the direction where the family had disappeared, and even Hui Shen, who was originally compassionate, had a cold light flashing in his eyes. Li Si and Li Qi, who followed behind, looked around like a wind, Shan Chanyu and Gu Dawei walked at the end, and several people vaguely formed a situation of encirclement.
"Ahem, comrades, all of you are a little more restrained, if you continue like this, I am afraid that the impact on Xuanjia Temple will not be good. You must know that the temple is displayed in front of the villagers of Qingshui Town with a good reputation, excellent strength, and the image of Yushu Linfeng. ”
Xuan Yi climbed away from the chattering Zhang San, took out a compass from his cloth pocket and pasted a piece of self-immolation rune paper without fire, and the pointer in the middle of the compass beat wildly.
"There is a problem, looking at the instructions on the compass should be zombies undoubtedly. Could it be that the masked man is hiding somewhere in Li Xudong's family?"
"There is no such possibility, I haven't heard where Li Xudong is buried in the past few decades, could it be that they are refining the corpse? If this is the case, it is not difficult to understand why they will search for that tomb many times, behind which there is either the shadow of the old man or a vassal force of the masked man. ”
"Damn, it's actually doing this kind of thing behind the back of the villagers of Qingshui Town. ”
"What are you doing, what are you doing? Is there any royal law? Forcibly breaking into people's houses in broad daylight?" was led by a gray-haired old man, who walked step by step with a cane to the crowd followed by dozens of family members, but it was the Li family next to him who spoke.
"The old daughter-in-law has a big grin, and her speech is so ugly, and I ask you to bear with me, why don't the other people come to the cold house to inform them in advance, so that the old man can prepare tea. By the way, I don't know what you're doing here. The old man asked kindly with squinted eyes.
"This old benefactor, we don't have any other meaning, we just feel that Abbot Zhijiu did something wrong back then, and he went down the mountain today just to be able to pay respects in front of Li Shizhu's grave, I don't know if you can tell Li Shizhu where he is buried?"
"Hehe, what my dog did back then was really wrong, I'm sorry for Li Zhongwen, I can understand it if I report it back, as for the memorial service, it's better to avoid it, lest the old man go to the grave and think of the old man's son who died young. ”
"Since this is the case, then the old man and the others will take their leave. ”
After leaving the Li family, Zhang San asked suspiciously: "Why did you leave like this when you knew that there were zombies in their house?"
"Master Zhang San doesn't know, if the masked man and the others are hiding in the Li family, once we have a conflict, it will only be the people of Qingshui Town who will suffer. ”
"Don't say it, it's weird, my compass can sense zombies at the door of their house, and I can't sense anything when I leave their door. ”
"These are all speculations, you might as well investigate where Li Xudong is buried first, and check his grave to reveal the truth. ”
"What Xuanzhen Daoist said makes sense, why don't I wait for an hour to gather here?"
"Master, in fact, you don't need to be so troublesome, just find a random villager who is about the same age as you and honest and ask, after all, there was a lot of trouble back then, and there were powerful ghosts who committed murder in broad daylight, and many people must know about this matter. Li Si played with the talisman and said.
"However, you can't ask the villagers who are too close to the Li family, there are nine out of ten eyeliners in this neighborhood, and if you rush to ask, you may lose more than you gain. ”
"If there is a problem with their family, then ask anyone the same, and the same will be known to their family. ”
"Hey, don't argue. The public says that the public is reasonable, the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, you two stinky boys are quite clever, but you will never use what you have learned, which makes me feel at ease. Xuan Yi took out his Zhiming Armor and threw three copper coins into it at random, just like shaking it before drinking in an advertisement, and the three copper coins lay quietly in Xuan Yi's hand.
The hexagram shows that as long as we keep walking to the end of the village, if we see someone who is different, we will ask him. ”
"Zenyu, when will you be like him?
Shan Chanyu scratched the back of his head and smiled a little: "Boss, I found that my ability has increased significantly, but this is a tiring and physically demanding job, so I have to add money." ”
From beginning to end, Zhang San carefully looked at the fat and strong Shan Chanyu: "You don't have to add money, you can weigh it yourself." ”
"Don't, don't, boss. To be honest, with the help of that Knowing Armor, I can do it once a week, but I don't have more. ”
Just as Zhang San was about to say something, he suddenly heard a cry for help from ahead, and when he looked at it, he found that it was a child who fell into the Qingshui River in the middle of the town. There were people around but no one went down to the rescue, and a few middle-aged people looked at the turbulent river with some hesitation and couldn't make up their minds for a while.
Xuan Zhen squeezed into the crowd without saying a word, pulled out the peachwood sword, jumped over, stepped on the peachwood sword under his feet, scooped it up when he passed the child, and flew to the opposite side. The people around cheered when they saw it, and an old man in the distance jogged eagerly.
Seeing that the child who was okay looked at Xuan Zhen again, he was about to kneel down if he didn't agree with him, but found that he couldn't kneel.
"Old man, you don't have to make this big gift, you can't afford it. ”
"In this case, I hope that Engong can come to the cold house and drink a few cups of tea. The old man raised his head, and Xuan Zhen found that he had a mole under his nose, triangular eyes, and a snarky appearance, and the child was almost no different from him.
"Then my junior brother and I and others will be cheeky to beg for a cup of tea to eat. ”
"Haha, it's okay to have a few people, don't look at me as ugly, but I'm never stingy. ”
Zhang San, who was walking behind, complained silently: "It's not that it's ugly, but it's a little crazy." ”
Back in the old man's simple and somewhat dilapidated room, after drinking tea, Xuan Zhen wanted to stop talking, and the old man saw his embarrassment and took the initiative to laugh: "If Engong has anything you want to ask, you may as well say it, if I know, I will not be stingy." ”
"Old man, I don't know what your name is after eating your tea. ”
"You also know that the people who live here are all surnamed Li, just call me Lao Gui, this is my grandson, his name is Li Xianshan. ”
"I don't know if Lao Gui knows about the incident when Li Xudong's family forced Li Xudong to death?"
"What are you asking for? ”
"Since my brother is so honest, we won't hide it, Li Xudong's family has a problem, I hope you can tell us where Li Xudong is buried to confirm our conjecture. ”
"Well, it doesn't hurt to tell you. When Li Xudong came out of the kiln when he was drunk, he happened to meet Li Zhongwen's wife to collect the stall, and they all said that the wine was strong and intimidating. This tragedy happened, and after the incident, Li Xudong also woke up, and fled the alley in a panic, Li Zhongwen's wife could not bear such an insult and committed suicide by jumping into the river.
Li Zhongwen, who came home from the farmland, didn't see his wife go home and searched outside all night, and finally found his wife's body, dragging Li Xudong's jade pendant in his hand. Li Zhongwen, who had not slept all night, found the yamen and prayed to the county magistrate to avenge him.
Who knew that Li Xudong, who went back that night, had already bribed the county magistrate with money, and of course the lawsuit was not won, and he was beaten with 20 boards. The more he thought about it, the more angry Li Zhongwen was about to kill to pay for his life, but he was arrested by his family, for some reason, Li Xudong sent someone to lock Li Zhongwen in a pig cage and threw him into a pool of stagnant water on the back mountain while it was dark. ”
"Old Gui, how do you know so clearly?"
"The previous things have spread, but no one will and no one dares to avenge the dead Li Zhongwen and his wife, and I happened to be awakened when Li Xudong killed people later, and followed all the way. It's a pity that it's still late, and by the time I fished Li Zhongwen up, he was already dead.
In order not to cause any extraneous branches, I can only dig a random pit nearby and bury him, which is better than being a water ghost. ”
"By the way, when Li Xudong was buried, I also paid attention to them, the first time I didn't succeed in the burial seems to be because there is a problem with the tomb selected by Mr. Feng Shui, the second burial ostensibly feasted the villagers, but there were very few people to send the funeral, they were buried near the wild ditch in the back mountain, I also went to see his tombstone, I always felt a little strange but couldn't collect it.
Now that decades have passed, and all the people involved are almost dead, there is no point in overturning the case. ”
"Old Gui, you can't say that, although justice will be late, it will definitely not be absent. Zhang San said indignantly.
"Hey, but is the justice that is delayed still justice? Even if the case is overturned? Can Li Zhongwen and his wife come back? No matter how ugly their reputation is, it is relative to the living people, and even if the name of the couple is justified, it is only the person who knows the truth to sigh. Oh, so that's it, it's a pity for such a good person, that's all.
Even if you really want to overturn the case, it will be difficult, the Li family will definitely obstruct it in every possible way, deny it outright, etc., although it is a good thing that the truth is revealed, if you use all the means to make the Li family confess, it will not cause any loss to the Li family. The deceased is the greatest, and the matter will be known to those who know it for a while, and then forgotten. ”
For a while, Zhang San couldn't find the words to refute, his originally fixed worldview seemed to have been greatly impacted, and a crack slowly appeared in the depths of Zhang San's heart.
"There's no point in talking about this now, the most important thing at the moment is to determine whether Li Xudong's body is in the tomb, old gui, can you take it down the road?"
"Of course, I can do it. ”