Chapter 35: The Wronged (7) Blindfolded
"Yao Shu, go to school. Yao Sheng had a red face and a pair of cool straw sandals on his feet, and ran all the way on the field path.
"yes. He stopped, turned and waited for him to come.
"It's so good, I want to go out and check it out too. Yao Sheng said enviously.
Yao Shu knew that he couldn't leave Yaojia Village without the permission of his parents, so he didn't encourage him to run out, but pursed his lips sympathetically.
Yao Sheng quickly turned over the matter, the smile on his face rose again, he wanted to pull his sleeves, and felt that his hands were too dirty for fear of staining his good clothes, so he shrank back again, but was caught by Yao Shu. The two boys looked at each other and smiled in the wheat field.
"My dad said that I would let you come to my house for dinner in the evening. As he spoke, he stepped on straw sandals and ran away, not letting Yao Shu have time to refuse. Yao Shu smiled helplessly and walked out of Yaojia Village.
Yao Zhichuan sat at home, humming a small tune, looking leisurely and complacent. I invited a small troupe at home, and I am now babbling and singing on stage. Yao Zhichuan shook his head and followed suit. His son Yao Hua came in from the door dejectedly, and Yao Zhichuan called him, which scared him out.
I saw that his face was pale, his eyes were in a trance, and his eyebrows were shrouded in sorrow. Yao Zhichuan was in a good mood at this time, and his patience was not bad, he asked softly: "What's the matter, who upset you?" I don't keep telling you, your father and I are the landlord of this village, you are equivalent to the prince, you see who is unhappy, it doesn't matter who he is, go up and him." ”
When Yao Hua heard this, he had some confidence, he knew that this matter was too big, and only his father could help him settle it, so he said the reason.
When Yao Zhichuan heard this, his face immediately became ugly, and he stood up and walked around the hall. The drama on the stage saw that the audience lost interest and struggled between singing and not singing. Yao Zhichuan raised his hand and shouted, "Get down." The actors then walked like a stream of water and went off the stage.
His shrewd little eyes frequently moved to the frightened Yao Hua, and he scolded angrily: "Raise your head!
Yao Hua was speechless, he didn't expect that the matter of human life was just a trivial matter in his father's mouth. But there is no doubt that he is not so sad.
Yao Shu came back from school, and his steps were brisk. Now he is much more popular in the village than before, and everyone who sees him is smiling. It's just that now he was walking on the country road, and as usual, the wheat waves were full of a lot of uneasiness, which made his heart feel worried.
He quickened his steps, and his house was in front of him. Suddenly, a person rushed into the wide field of vision, she grabbed her arm and asked in a panic: "Yao Shu, have you seen my Yao Sheng?"
Only then did Yao Shu see that the person in front of her was Yao Shu's mother, her brows were tightened, her eyes were full of tears, the corners of her mouth were downward, and she had a bitter expression. He asked, "What's wrong?"
"Yao Sheng is gone. Her mother's voice came from the front, and she and Yao Liqun went out together.
Yao Shu was stunned.
Yao Qiao pulled Yao Sheng's mother, who was crying silently, into his arms, and asked Yao Shu again: "Have you seen my Yao Sheng?"
Yao Shu replied: "I saw him in the morning, and then I went out of the village to the school, and I didn't know his whereabouts. ”
Yao Sheng's mother was disappointed when she heard this, and she burst into tears.
Yao Shu's mother also frowned, wanting them to ask for some more details: "Then did he say anything to you?"
Yao Shu repeated the conversation with Yao Sheng in the morning, Yao Qiao's face changed, and he ran madly towards the river at the entrance of the village, and the rest of the people followed him.
There is a bridge connecting the village to the outside of the village, and the river below the bridge is the source of water for the entire village. There are stairs every three zhang that lead to the river.
Yao Qiao shouted Yao Sheng's name with all his strength, the echo sounded in the air, and the water surface wrinkled slightly, and no one responded.
"Father, don't you think Yao Sheng fell into the water. Yao Sheng's mother crossed the Yao Bridge and looked at him in panic.
Yao Qiao was silent, and only said for a long time: "Yao Sheng, he shouldn't be out of the village." ”
"What's that?!" Yao Shu shouted as he stared at the black thing hanging from the pole on the other side of the river that was inserted into the bottom of the lake.
Everyone looked there and immediately crossed the bridge. Because there are diving nets in that place, sometimes they come up to the surface and are black. Everyone ran to that place with the feeling of being mistaken.
Yao Qiao squatted down to see that it was indeed a fishing net, and he breathed a sigh of relief. I heard a piercing scream coming from the side.
Yao Sheng's mother pointed to the clear green water in horror, and there was a white and deformed head with closed eyes and open mouth under the rippling water.
The woman was so frightened that her legs went limp, and the men dared to retrieve him, and on the way they found the body standing in the water.
He had been dead for several hours, his whole body was stiff, his eyes were swollen, his mouth couldn't close, his white tongue was like a ghost, and his death was extremely weird.
Yao Shu covered his mouth and couldn't say a word, tears rolling in his eyes.
Yao Sheng is a Tian baby, how could he drown. There must be something strange in this, but no one can see it, and because there is no evidence, it can only be a hundred.
Yao Sheng's family is not wealthy, and the funeral is not very good. bought a coffin, held a white banquet, and cried constantly from beginning to end.
On the day of Yao Sheng's burial, the villagers in the village came, and they did not forget to comfort Yao Sheng on Mother's Day. Hundreds of people waited in front of the grave, Hao Hao soup.
Yao Sheng's mother cried and watched Yao Sheng fall into the ground, and was just about to remove the soil, when Yao Zhichuan appeared on the stage.
"Wait! There's something strange about this. He deliberately raised his voice to attract personal attention.
Everyone looked at him one after another, since the tax collection case, the villagers have been kind to Yao Zhichuan on the surface, after all, he is a landowner, and he has to rely on his land to survive.
Yao Qiao's face was haggard, he walked out of the crowd and asked, "Is there anything wrong with you?"
Yao Zhichuan didn't say much, and raised his head. Several family members were ordered to come to the grave and neatly opened the coffin lid, revealing Yao Sheng's strange death.
"Ah!" the woman who approached was timid, and cried out in fright at the sight of the dead man.
The crowd retreated.
"What are you going to do!" Yao Qiao said angrily.
Yao Zhichuan raised his palm, "If you have anything to say, let's wait for Mr. to finish reading." Saying that, a person who looked like a Taoist priest walked out behind him, with some magic weapons on his body, and he was indeed dignified.
He twisted his beard and came to the grave, and went round and round, and said something in his mouth.
The air was quiet and eerie, and no one dared to say a word during the Taoist priest's spell casting. Suddenly, the Taoist priest stopped, took out the peachwood sword, pointed to the head of the corpse, and said, "The sword is aimed at the demon." Then, the corners of his mouth hooked, and said, "There are demons at work." ”
"What demon?" Yao Zhichuan asked with a solemn face.
The Taoist priest explained: "You look at the young man's green lips wide open, and his tongue is blue and yellow. This is caused by the possession of demons and pain before death. ”
When the villagers heard what he said, they also had some doubts in their hearts.
Yao Zhichuan asked, "Then is there a way to exorcise this demon?"
The Taoist priest raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yao Zhichuan carefully, "Yes, but it requires a lot of money." ”
When the villagers heard the money, they all lowered their heads and sighed.
"How much does it cost, you just say. As long as it's for this village, you can ask for as much as you want!" Yao Zhichuan was amazed by his generosity, and the bold words in his mouth were moving.
The Taoist priest said, "Some of you are possessed by demons and are doing trouble. ”
"Who?" Yao Zhichuan asked hurriedly, his face full of curiosity.
The Taoist priest turned the peachwood sword in his hand and pointed at one of the villagers, "That's him." ”
Everyone looked in the direction of his sword, and the wooden mahogany sword, which was not sharp, was pointing at Yao Shu beside Yao Liqun.
In an instant, the villagers' eyes suddenly changed.
Yao Shu Mo Min is wonderful, Yao Liqun scolded the charlatan, slandered his son.
Yao Zhichuan sneered: "If you say so, then the fortune teller said that your son is a Wenqu star, how can you believe it." Yao Liqun, I advise you to recognize the great right and wrong, now that the demons are causing trouble, the lives of the hundreds of people in Yaojia Village are not as good as the lives of your son alone?"
Yao Liqun was furious, and took Yao Shu and went home. Who knew that Yao Zhichuan waved his hand, and several family members surrounded them. "Sir hasn't said how to do it yet, the demon is not allowed to leave. ”
"Fart, you're a fucking demon. Yao Liqun turned his head and scolded wildly.
Yao Zhichuan was deflated, and instead of wasting time arguing with him, he asked the Taoist priest instead: "How is it good?"
The Taoist priest wrote lightly: "Just force the demon out of his true body." ”
Yao Zhichuan: "What should I do?"
The Taoist priest replied: "Just beat that demon to death with a wooden stick!"
Yao Shu was startled, his pupils constricted, and the great fear of his eyes falling from his scalp, and the coldness rose from the soles of his feet.
He staggered back, feeling death so close to him for the first time.
The villagers did not fully believe the Taoist priest's words, and Yao Zhichuan did not immediately ask for Yao Shu to be taken into custody, but let them go.
Yao Shu was wronged in his heart, but there was no way to prove it. He took a leave of absence from the school for many days and stayed at home peacefully. Yao Liqun sighed all day long, and he didn't dare to mention him in front of outsiders. The son who once gave him a light on his face suddenly became the object of taboo by everyone, and his sense of superiority completely fell apart. Even if Yao Shu follows the rules at home, he will sometimes suddenly scold a sentence or two. You know, he never said that Yao Shu was not before.
Yao Shu is mentally mature, where would he not know, in fact, his father also listened to the Taoist priest's remarks for a point or two.
The crow outside the door has been crowing for many days, and people say that the crow is unlucky, and it really doesn't come at the right time in such a sensitive period.
Everyone avoided Yao Liqun's family, afraid of being haunted by demons. Some people say that this Yao Shu is clever because he is a demon.
Yao Shu stayed closed for many days, and Yao's mother told him not to go out. He had to stand at the door and watch, as he did to the quiet village, where he could barely see any color except for the large expanse of green.
At this moment, a woman passed by her house with the baby in her arms. The child Yuxue was cute, but his face was red, and he smiled at him with a pair of dustless eyes. His heart suddenly cleared, and he smiled back at him. The woman was vigilant and immediately took the child and left. One of his eyes also lost their light.
In the middle of the night, I suddenly heard a woman's cry raging, and it became clearer and closer. The gate of Yao Shu's house was broken into, and the woman shouted frantically: "Yao Shu, Yao Shu, you come out for me!"
Yao Shu heard the sound and went out of the house, and before his vision was clear, he was splashed by the woman.
Fishy, stinky, it's black dog blood!
"You wicked! You killed my son. The woman slammed the basin on the ground, and the screeching sound attracted many people.
Yao Liqun and Yao's mother went out in their clothes, and when they saw this, they were shocked, and rushed to Yao Shu, who was stunned, and said hurriedly: "What is this for?"
The woman cried and cried, and said to the neighbors who kept coming, "I passed by his house with my son today, and he looked at my son, and my son died, he was only three months old!"
"I didn't, I didn't, not me. Yao Shu was covered in black dog blood, and his trembling lips kept explaining.
But none of those present believed him. They were overcome by the woman's cries and the fear that had been hidden in their hearts for a long time.
The woman herself had forgotten that she had gone out today to take her child to the doctor.
Suddenly, someone threw out a stick, rolled to Yao Liqun's feet, and shouted, "Get rid of the demon!"
Respond to every call.
Yao Shu looked at the villagers he regarded as relatives and wept.
Yao Zhichuan watched from the wall and smiled heartily. The Taoist priest smiled with him: "Look, the seedlings we plant will grow on their own." ”