The accident happened to the village chief within half an hour, and everyone in the village knew about it.
The village head's wife came to Lu's house crying bitterly with a shovel on her shoulders. She smashed the door and cried, "It's all you bastards. You have touched the bad luck of ghosts and gods. How did the retribution come to the head of the house? You will tell me!" Get out! Give me an explanation, you give me back the master, give me back!"
There were voices of other people talking and shouting.
After hearing a few words, Lu Chu knew that something was wrong.
The second person who had an accident was the head of a village, and the impact was not insignificant.
You must know that in such a poor village, the village head has the most say. He usually handles major and minor matters among neighbors, and he has a lot of prestige. If the next person to have an accident is someone else, it's okay, the head of a village will maximize the fear that ghosts and gods bring to everyone. Furthermore, in a village, if there is no authoritative person to preside over the pacification, it will only become chaotic, and the so-called "it" will not take revenge at that time, and the village itself will collapse.
Lu Chu hurriedly helped Grandma Lu to the side room, and paid attention to the door after thousands of instructions, so as not to affect the elderly.
After all, this matter will have to be resolved face to face.
Several people glanced at each other, and He Mingde stepped forward and opened the door.
The moment the door was opened, the village chief's daughter-in-law swung down the long shovel. Fortunately, He Mingde was prepared and moved quickly, and managed to avoid it, otherwise he was afraid of blood.
The village head's daughter-in-law entered the courtyard, and a large group of people crowded into the courtyard behind him.
Looking at this posture, even though Lu Chu and the others were five men, they couldn't please them. If the villagers got together a few times before to watch the fun, this time they were really angry, and they looked like they wanted to get rid of the few people in front of them immediately.
Among the five people, Lu Chu was the one who could talk to these irrational villagers the most. After all, he was a member of this village.
Lu Chu stopped the village chief's wife who was about to lose her mind, and asked sincerely, "Auntie, what happened?"
"What's the matter?!" As soon as she said it, the village chief's daughter-in-law cried out of breath, "Ask those bastards behind you, what did they do to provoke the unclean thing? , It’s fine if you kill your own people, how come even the head of my family has been implicated?!”
Another old woman next to the village head's wife pulled Lu Chu to her side and said, "I said, Lu family boy, you should stay away from these few, they are plague gods, and we haven't been out of the village for so many years." What's the matter, since they came, there have been troubles, I heard that they dragged you to the old courtyard last night? Hey, don't pass the bad luck on to you too!"
Lu Chu tried to explain: "Auntie, it's not..."
"Shut up!" The village head's daughter-in-law's piercing voice stopped everyone's voices, "Today I will catch you bastards from outside and burn them in front of the ancestor's grave!"
Song Gui frowned: "Are you sure? Now is a society ruled by law. If you really do something like this, I'm afraid you will be invited to the police station for tea before you can do anything to us."
"The police station? I'd be afraid of someone who kills a thousand knives!" The village chief's wife has obviously lost her mind, her face is grim, "Everyone in charge of the family has gone. What's the point of my life? It's you who touched ghosts and gods. , it's you!"
As she said that, she pointed the finger at Lu Chu: "And you, Lu family boy! You are not a good person, otherwise, how could you get mixed up with this group of people? I will arrest you together!"
"What are you talking about? Who are you going to arrest?"
The voice of the village head's wife was too loud, and the grandma of the Lu family in the room next to her could hear her clearly. Hearing that she was pointing the finger at her grandson, she suddenly forgot what her grandson said to comfort her, and rushed out of the room to question the village head's wife. Seeing this, Lu Chu hurried forward to support her.
In remote and backward places, the division of clan status is also very strict, and the elderly often have more say. Even though the village chief's wife and Lu's grandma are not from the same clan, they still respect her very much on weekdays. At this time when the old man spoke, even though the village chief's wife was still agitated and not calm at all, she didn't point out anyone or scold anyone, just said: " Aunt Lu, get out of the way first, if these people don’t give me back my boss today, I’ll let them go downstairs together!”
The villagers who came in also talked a lot, saying that these people were bastards, and they were afraid that they would be implicated in the future.
Seeing that the situation was going to be out of control, both sides were at war with each other, and they were about to go to war at any moment, a road suddenly opened outside the courtyard.
Lu Chu looked up, and it turned out that it was Wang Po who came in.
Before, Wang Po said that her divination hurt her body and longevity, and she wanted to rest, but now she came here in person, presumably because she heard about what happened.
People in the village believe in ghosts and gods very much. They burn paper and burn incense on New Years and festivals. They are reluctant to spend money on weekdays. When encountering major events such as marriage, children's exams, and funerals, they always go to Wang Po to spend money. When the money is calculated, it depends on the disaster. Wang Po has some tricks, and her calculations are accurate, and the neighboring villages will come to divination specially, and the villagers are very convinced and respectful of her on weekdays.
At this time, seeing the grandmother who usually doesn't go out came here specially, everyone unconsciously opened a gap big enough for one person to pass through, and let her go in front, and the originally noisy crowd also returned to calm.
Wang Po was helped over by the little girl who lived with her. She glanced at the crowd around her, and her eyes fell on the village chief's wife.
The village chief's daughter-in-law reacted for a moment, and then turned to cry to Wang Po: "Wang Po, please help me, he who is the head of my family... he is all the fault of these outsiders!"
Wang Po stopped what she was going to say next, and said, "I'm here now to solve this matter."
As soon as they heard that she was going to solve it, the villagers who had been terrified were relieved and asked one after another: "Wang Po, what do you want to do with this matter?"
Wang Po shook her head: "The solution I'm talking about is not to solve the unclean things, but to solve your current stalemate."
The village chief's wife asked, "What do you mean?"
"Everything that happened in our village last night was not started by these few people. In fact, I knew as early as twenty years ago that there would be such a day sooner or later."
"Twenty years ago... wasn't the matter twenty years ago resolved?"
"It's not resolved, it's always been there."
The village head's wife didn't believe it: "Even if the dirty things are always there, it's because these people messed with it."
Wang Po ignored her and said: "Believe it or not, I just patched it up again, and it is for our village. These few outsiders are not the source of all disasters, but they may prevent this disaster." fundamental."
"In other words, if this matter is given to them to investigate, most people in our village may escape disaster."
The village head's wife said: "Wang Po, please explain clearly, why did this kind of thing happen to our village? Who is responsible for this?"
Wang Po said: "If you want to live, let these young people let go and investigate. If they are found out, the dirty things will be subdued, and we will be safe. If we can't find out—"
Other villagers hurriedly asked, "What if you can't find out?"
Wang Po scanned for a week: "Some people know it themselves."
"It is so resentful that even our entire village cannot escape."
After she finished speaking, she ignored everyone, and was supported by the little girl, and she staggered away from here. The villagers on the way still consciously made way for her.
"Can't escape, can't escape."
These three words were in everyone's ears. When some villagers heard the words "too much resentment", expressions of extreme horror flashed across their faces. Lu Chu secretly observed and remembered these people.
———
That night, the villagers stayed at Lu's house for a while, and finally dispersed. They were particularly convinced by Wang Po's words. I vaguely remember that Wang Po said that "the whole village" was going to have an accident, so they all left the village when they could leave the village, and those who couldn't leave began to close their doors and refused to go out.
For a while, the whole village lost a little popularity.
After discussions, Lu Chu and the others still failed to get much useful information. Now there is only one thing that is certain, that is, the girl in the black and white photo in Song Gui's hand is Guo Jianping's first wife. Good-looking but greedy for vanity, someone who ran away with outsiders and never came back.
As for who the other girl was and when she appeared next to Guo Jianping, it may be a key to whether this mystery can be solved.
Another point that caught Lu Chu's attention was the phrase "some people know by themselves" that Wang Po said. This sentence obviously refers to some people who were present at the time. So, what do these people know
Is there any relationship between them and what happened twenty years ago.
One after another, the people who had no clue became more confused.
He Mingde and Li Jiapeng quarreled again, because when the village head had an accident, that is, half an hour before the discussion between them, He Mingde went to the toilet for about ten minutes.
Li Jiapeng was tense and insisted that He Mingde was a ghost. He went to the toilet to go to the other side and kill the village chief.
He Mingde sneered: "I wonder if your brain is broken. If I were a ghost, I would leave so deliberately? But if you just say that, you won't be afraid that I will solve you on the spot? Don't you understand such a simple truth? , you should really calm down."
Song Gui said: "Jiapeng should really calm down. None of us have seen a ghost before, and we don't know what it has to do. What if it kills people and doesn't need to be there in person?"
Lu Chu seconded: "Everyone calm down."
"Oh," Li Jiapeng smiled contemptuously, "Although Wang Po said that there are ghosts among the five of us outside, I don't think it's impossible for you."
Lu Chu raised his eyebrows and kept a warm and gentle smile: "Me?"
"Of course," Li Jiapeng said, "You look younger than us, but you are only a little surprised when you encounter this incident. Besides, who would take photos of other people with them?"
Lu Chu smiled: "Of course there are, such as Song Gui."
Song Guijian went around and talked about himself again, rubbing his brows: "You really think that there are ghosts who will have leisure time to play with you like this? Please close your eyes when it's dark to find out who the real culprit is. game?"
He Mingde asked: "What do you mean?"
"At present, I still believe in Wang Po, and at the same time, the most unlikely thing is often the truth of the matter."
"so what."
Song Gui spread his hands: "I vote, the suspect I choose Qi Li."
The rest of the people immediately looked at Qi Li.
Qi Li said: "The reason."
Song Gui smiled: "It's just that you feel a little out of place." The tone was obviously joking.
The misfit is true, because Qi Li is not an npc in the first place.
Song Gui continued: "But if you really are, why did you still lurk by our side after killing two people? Why didn't you kill them together? I believe it is a very simple matter for 'ghosts'."
Lu Chu tapped the table with his fingertips: "I'm also thinking about this question, no matter who the 'ghost' is, it clearly has the ability to kill us all, but why is it hiding in the dark? Can we understand it this way, it is The dark place is looking for something, whether it is people or the truth, when it finds this thing, it will have no regrets, and then it will either reincarnate, or slaughter us all?"
Song Gui thought for a moment: "It makes sense, so we are safe now. Even if something happens, we will disappear one by one instead of being slaughtered."
"So," Lu Chu continued, "does the person who was killed have a certain connection with what it was looking for? Or, the person who was killed blocked the clues it was looking for... I think it's not just that we want to know the two things. The truth of what happened ten years ago."
The clues were cut off here, and even though it was getting late, everyone decided to go to the village chief to check on the village chief's body.
I don't know if there are still corpses left.
Lu Chu got up and wanted to go to Grandma Lu to tell her first, Qi Li also stood up: "I'm with you."
Walking into the yard, Qi Li whispered, "Do you think it's me too?"
Lu Chu was taken aback: "Huh?"
Immediately realized that he was talking about Song Gui questioning him as a 'ghost'.
Before Lu Chu expressed his opinion, Qi Li said, "I'm not."
Qi Li continued: "Do you remember the note I wrote to you?"
Lu Chu still carries the piece of paper with only two sentences on him.
[From birth to death, don't trust anyone.
I will find you.]
"Um."
"From birth to death, you can't trust anyone, including yourself."
Said Qi Li stopped, the yard was very dark, the two did not turn on the flashlight, it took a while for Lu Chu to get used to Qi Li's eyes, which were deep and persistent.
"But, you can trust me," he said.