The man just flashed and disappeared at the end of the field of vision.
Even the sound disappeared along with it.
The night before dawn became darker and quieter.
Fangzheng hurried to catch up.
He didn't chase a few steps away, and his field of vision suddenly widened.
It turned out that there was a village by the river in front of me, and the river flowed past the village at night, making a gurgling sound. It's just that at night, the river water becomes dark, and the scene in the river water cannot be seen clearly.
There is a stone arch bridge over the river.
The stone arch bridge looks like it has been around for a long time. It is made of mountain rocks. It is a very old and primitive stone arch bridge.
When Fangzheng walked onto the stone arch bridge, he thought for a moment, picked up a stone by the side of the road, and then threw it casually into the river under the bridge.
poof.
The sound was muffled, and the river was deep.
Still holding the motionless, silly dead villager Fang Zheng in his hand, he continued to walk forward.
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Zheng Xuelin grew up in Lengwaigang since he was a child.
Sometimes Zheng Xuelin would also be curious about the reason for the strange name of Lengkui Gang
Dad said it was because the terrain of Lengwaigang was complicated, and the wind was very loud in winter, which was particularly unpleasant. The older generation didn't study much, so the name Lengwaigang came into being.
But as Zheng Xuelin got older, he heard some gossip in the village. He felt that the origin of the name Lengwaigang might have something to do with a queen who was beaten to death by the villagers before.
It is said that the empress is a mountain god with great magical powers.
Whenever a villager begged the empress to exorcise evil spirits and see a doctor, or beg for a son to find someone, as long as the empress cried, the empress of the emperor would know everything in the world.
If there is really someone as capable as the Empress Huang, why did the people in the village beat the Empress Huang to death in the past
Zheng Xuelin asked his parents, and they all said that they didn't know what the emperor was, but Zheng Xuelin knew that his parents had lied to him.
On this day, Zheng Xuelin was sleeping, and was suddenly woken up by shouting and messy sounds from outside. He got up and went to the ground, and when he went to the lobby, he saw that the lobby was already full of people.
Fortunately, he was tall, so even standing outside the crowd, standing on tiptoe, he could still see what was going on in the lobby. He saw his uncle, second uncle, his parents, and several aunts and aunts standing quietly behind his grandfather.
But the atmosphere in the lobby was tense.
Sitting opposite Grandpa was Liu Mingyi's family.
Speaking of Liu Mingyi, Zheng Xuelin actually sympathized with Liu Mingyi. Liu Mingyi was a few years older than him, and he was a fellow villager who played with him since he was a child. As a result, his wife went crazy and died a few days ago.
Zheng Xuelin was surprised, what did Liu Mingyi's family come to their house
Liu Mingyi's father and their relatives from the Liu family all came to their house, even Liu Mingyi's grandfather also came. The Liu family was staring at his uncles and uncles, and the atmosphere was tense, as if a fight would break out at any moment.
"Liu Mingyi, you were raised by grandpa. You should have seen how grandpa behaves and how grandpa controls the family style. You know how grandpa behaves best."
"I don't know who dug up the graves of your family and my family, and then put your wife's coffin in my wife's tomb. But please believe Grandpa, Grandpa, I walk upright and sit upright. Do anything to be sorry to you, not to do anything to be sorry to your Liu family."
Zheng Xuelin saw his grandfather sitting on a wooden stool in the countryside, talking to Liu Mingyi, who was standing motionless behind the old man of the Liu family, and said earnestly.
The old man of the Liu family was named Liu Si, and he had six sons and two daughters. Liu Mingyi's father was named Liu Liang, who was the fifth eldest among Liu Si's six sons.
As for the Zheng family, Mr. Zheng only had three sons, and Zheng Xuelin's father was the third and the youngest son.
From the posture of this number of people, it can be seen that the Liu family is large and powerful. No wonder the Liu family dared to take the initiative to block the door, looking aggressive and ready to fight.
Liu Mingyi didn't speak, but waited for his elders to make decisions for him.
Liu Si, the old man of the Liu family, stood up, kicked the bench under his butt with a bang, and said angrily: "My surname is Zheng, don't take advantage of the big to bully the small, and use the status of an elder to oppress my grandson. Today, my old Liu The grave where my daughter-in-law was just buried during the day was dug up, and she lost her face. Rumors began to spread in the village that our Liu family's daughter-in-law stole a man and was picked up from the grave. You can talk about some practical solutions. How to solve this matter? ?”
"Why should my Liu family and Liu's daughter-in-law be innocent!"
Liu Si mercilessly kicked over the chairs of Zheng's family, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Both parties stood up and shouted at each other, rolling up their sleeves to prepare for a fight.
The graves of the two families were dug up, especially the coffin of the young daughter-in-law of the Liu family, which appeared in his mother's tomb. Whether it was the Liu family or the Zheng family, they were all simmering with anger. with.
Seeing that the two families were about to fight.
At this time, Mr. Zheng stood up and shouted angrily, restraining the impulse of his sons.
"I don't know who is intensifying the hatred between you and my family, but since this matter has already happened, it must be resolved. The coffin of your Liu family's wife appeared in my wife's tomb. You Liu family sent back, our two families can not intensify the conflict, let the people behind continue to watch the jokes of our two families."
The brothers of the Zheng family immediately shouted dissatisfied: "Father, why should our family be sent back to the surname Liu! Their Liu family buried their daughter-in-law in the mother's tomb, disturbing the mother's tranquility, and humiliating the mother for the rest of her life." Qing Yu, our Zheng family has not yet sought justice from their surname Liu!"
When the Liu family heard this, they immediately felt suffocated. Seeing that the two families were about to fight again, the head of the family, Mr. Zheng, shouted: "Okay, stop arguing, are you my father, or am I your father?" !"
In the end, the Zheng family agreed to three conditions of the Liu family.
The Zheng family carried the coffin and returned the coffin of Liu Mingyi's daughter-in-law. Second, the Zheng family will give the wronged daughter-in-law of the Liu family a grand burial again in order to comfort the spirit of the deceased. Third, compensate the Liu family with 3,000 yuan.
We must know that three thousand yuan was a huge sum of money in the past when the whole country was poor and white, and ordinary families could not come up with it.
This was obviously deceiving too much, the brothers of the Zheng family were not convinced, and all of them were about to fight in a fit of temper.
"Shut up! Did you take my words for nothing!" Mr. Zheng was trembling with anger.
Then, Mr. Zheng stared angrily at the aggressive Liu Si in front of him: "Okay, our Zheng family agrees to your conditions."
"The dead are the most important. After we arrange the dead of the two families, we will carefully investigate who is behind this matter! Who is deliberately trying to stir up conflicts between you and me!"
In the end, a large number of members of the Liu family left triumphantly.
Only the Zheng family was left feeling sulky, and each of them was holding back their anger. They didn't know why their old man would show weakness to the Liu family like this.
After the Zheng family drove away the villagers who were watching the excitement, as the head of the family, Mr. Zheng looked at the dull sons, sighed helplessly, and began to order the next thing.
"This matter, someone must be deliberately messing with our old Zheng's family. Today's matter is too weird. I am worried that the coffin of the Liu family's daughter-in-law is fraudulent. In this way, boss, you should immediately find some people with foreign surnames to carry the coffin. The coffin of Liu's daughter-in-law must not be carried by my Zheng family."
Mr. Zheng continued to explain: "The coffins are divided into benevolent coffins and murderous coffins. The benevolent coffin means unwillingness to give up, and the murderous coffin means unwillingness. It means that one is a person who died normally, while the other is a person who died in vain."
"I'm worried that Liu Si's granddaughter-in-law will be dug out after being buried. It's tantamount to abandoning the corpse in the wilderness, and the corpse will have resentment. What's more, I'm even more worried that Liu Si's granddaughter-in-law suddenly went crazy and died. I'm afraid it's not normal. Death, another murderous coffin, if Liu Si's grandson's daughter-in-law makes such a fuss, the corpse may change, and this is probably why Liu Si must insist on letting the Zheng family carry the coffin."
"Because Liu Si is afraid that when the time comes to carry the coffin, the Liu family will die!"
Mr. Zheng's sons were shocked when they heard this.
"Father, do you want to say that the death of Liu Mingyi's wife is not as simple as it seems?"
Mr. Zheng glanced at his sons and sighed.
"Let me explain to you again. Do you know why I promised Liu Si that our Zheng family will carry the coffin for his granddaughter-in-law?"
"I was worried that Liu Si's grandson's daughter-in-law had an abnormality on the day of her funeral, but the Liu family concealed it. It is possible that this grave was dug by Liu Si, and this coffin was moved to your mother's tomb by Liu Si. The purpose is that on the day of the funeral, Liu Si must have found that he could hardly hold the contents of the coffin, so after the hasty burial, he wanted to find a scapegoat to save their Liu family from robbery. The east is at the earthquake position, and our Zhengjiazu's grave is exactly at this earthquake position."
"As soon as the grave was dug up, the Liu family rushed to our house, so I guessed that Liu Si was behind all this."
"As for why Liu Mingyi's daughter-in-law suddenly went crazy and why she died suddenly, these are not what we need to care about. What we have to do is to seize the time to lift the coffin and re-bury the coffin as soon as possible, so as to avoid long-term delays and changes."
"If I'm wrong about all this, then it's the best. Our Zheng family escaped a catastrophe! If it's true, we must hurry up and find a way to carry the coffin away, so as not to fall into a catastrophe!"
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Fangzheng looked at the closed gate of Zheng's family. He was among the lively villagers watching. In fact, he did not leave right away. Instead, he found an opportunity and sneaked into the Zheng's compound.
It turned out that Fang Zheng watched the whole process after following the villagers and entering the Duantou Village.
Including how Liu and Zheng clashed.
And overheard the secrets of the Zheng family, and planned to find outsiders to carry the coffin to protect the Zheng family from disaster.
creak!
The door of Zheng's house opened a crack, and then a figure hurried out, as if there was something urgent to do
Fangzheng followed quietly.
I saw that person walking all the way, heading straight for the stone arch bridge.
People walk across the stone arch bridge.
Set foot on the other side.
Then...Fangzheng followed all the way, and actually went directly out of the ghost village of Duantou Village, and reappeared on the provincial road outside.
But that's not the main thing.
Most importantly!
After the previous toss, it was already dawn outside.
But the dead people who left the village of Duantou, who had disappeared, were able to travel freely in broad daylight!
Looking for someone with a foreign surname to carry the coffin? Could it be that they are looking for a living person outside the dead head village to carry the coffin? ! !
(end of this chapter)