The old man never expected something like this to happen, he saw with his own eyes the old woman attacking the girl, and she clearly pushed her, but he didn't know how, in the blink of an eye, he seemed to be dazzled, and saw the girl become transparent, and the old woman went straight through her body, falling to the ground.
He stared at Luo Yu'an in shock, unable to react for a moment to how this happened. It was not until he heard Luo Yu'an say "Girl-in-law fell down" that he suddenly burst into a cry of grief and rushed to the window to look down.
In the lotus pond below, most of the old lady's body had fallen into the mud, leaving only her two thin legs exposed. They stood there like two dry tree trunks, motionless.
"Is she dead?" Luo Yu'an gave up his seat to him and asked softly in his ear.
The old man rolled and crawled towards the stairs. At this time, there was a sudden noise below. Qin Feichang and others rushed in with weapons in hand like rescue police, and set up a formation to guard the lady. When they came in, they saw an old lady stuck upside down in the lotus pond. Everyone was stunned, and then they saw an old man rushing out of the tower and lying on the side of the pond crying bitterly.
Qin Feichang looked at Luo Yu'an who came out of the tower, walked up to her and asked, "Madam, what's going on?" Why did it seem as if they were the villains
Luo Yu'an: "I didn't do anything."
Qin Feimo came over with two bodyguards following behind. The two bodyguards were holding a young girl in their hands. The girl was dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, and was dressed in ordinary clothes. She was covered in dust and had traces of being tied up with ropes on her wrists and ankles.
"Madam, we found someone in the room." Qin Feimo's elite appearance returned to normal. He was frightened when he heard the faint crying in the room before, but now he found out that it was actually a living person, and he felt better instantly. He also efficiently asked the girl about her identity and the reason for her appearance here.
This girl was just an innocent tourist. She came to Xingyun Mountain alone two days ago. While climbing the mountain, she met an old couple selling herbal tea. After chatting with them for a while and learning that her last name was Luo, the two elderly people enthusiastically said that everyone had the last name Luo and insisted on giving her an extra cup of herbal tea.
Later, the old lady accidentally sprained her ankle. It was inconvenient for the two elderly people to push the cart, so they asked her to take them home. Seeing that they were so old and kind, the girl agreed. However, halfway through the journey, she suddenly felt dizzy and passed out. When she woke up, she found herself tied up in the house by the two elderly people.
She thought she had met some old scammer who trafficked in people, and now she was cursing loudly in anger.
Luo Yu'an waited for her to vent her emotions and asked her, "Is your last name Luo?"
The young girl glanced at the bodyguards around her, swallowed the curse words she had not yet finished saying, and became a little timid because the group of people in front of her didn't seem to be much better than the two old traffickers. She couldn't help but whispered, "Yes, my last name is Luo."
Seeing that she was scared, Luo Yu'an handed her a bottle of water, smiled at her friendly, and then continued to ask: "Are you the descendant of the Luo family god?"
The girl took the water, relaxed a little, and asked in a puzzled tone: "What Luo family, what descendants of gods?"
Not everyone knows about the existence of the clan god. Nowadays, most clan god families have declined, and the remaining clan god families are very low-key. Even the Qin family, which manages Yuzhou, is hidden under various public institutions and private enterprises. The real situation is only known within the family. As for ordinary people, most of them are not aware of the clan god family, just like Luo Yu'an in the past. She was chosen as a sacrifice before she knew about the existence of the clan god.
This girl knew nothing about clan gods and was just here for tourism. She was most likely not a descendant of the Luo family. Apart from her surname Luo, she had nothing to do with the Luo family. Why did the two old people bring her here
Seeing that the girl was getting restless and her eyes were becoming more and more suspicious, Luo Yu'an had to ask Qin Feichang to send her away first, so that she wouldn't have to stay here and be scared.
Thinking of the old lady's attempt to push him into the lotus pond, Luo Yu'an asked the old man, "Are you using innocent people for strange sacrificial activities?"
The old man lay motionless beside the lotus pond, ignoring her words and just staring at the lotus pond and the old lady's body inside.
Luo Yu'an also looked at the lotus pond, then turned to the stern bodyguards and said, "Please find some tools to dig up the lotus pond and see what's inside."
After hearing her words, the statue-like old man instantly jumped up, opened his hands in vain to protect the front of the lotus pond, and shouted hysterically: "No! Don't touch this lotus pond, get out, get out!"
After moving the agitated old man aside, everyone started digging the lotus pond mud as instructed.
The first bodyguard who took action dug out a foul smell, and he dug out several pieces of bones. This group of bodyguards were not ordinary people, and no one was surprised when they dug out bones. Even Qin Feichang and his sister stood by the pond and watched without changing their expressions.
But as the bodyguards continued to dig, everyone's faces gradually became solemn. Because there were too many bones in the lotus pond. Under the sticky black and red pond mud, almost all of them were layers of bones, and there were even corpses that had not yet rotted.
Luo Yu'an fell silent for a moment. She had a terrible guess - was this pond mud really pond mud? Or was it a substance formed by the decay of flesh and blood
Qin Feichang contacted more people guarding the mountain to come over to help and asked her what she meant.
Luo Yu'an: "Dig them all out. If possible, clean up the bones and put them aside." She didn't know who these bones belonged to, but she would bury them properly in the cemetery later.
This was a huge project. Even though more than a hundred strong men came up with tools, the cleaning of this not-so-big lotus pond lasted until late at night.
More than a dozen bright lights illuminated the surroundings as bright as day. The complete bones that could be distinguished were placed together separately, while the scattered and mixed ones were piled in another place. After final counting, it was found that there were at least 500 bodies here. According to the analysis of the professionals who had just arrived, the earliest ones were probably decades or even hundreds of years old.
A lot of sundries were found in the two elderly people's houses, including old clothes, various backpacks, etc. These things obviously belonged to different people, and the documents found in some bags also proved this. The only thing in common was that all the documents belonged to the girl named Luo.
"So many, are they trying to trick and kill innocent people to feed the Luo God? But didn't the Luo God disappear long ago? This is useless." Qin Feichang sighed as he held the stack of identity documents.
The old man over there was controlled, staring at the old woman's muddy body beside him in a daze, his old and trembling appearance was particularly pitiful. Luo Yu'an looked at his drooping appearance and suddenly stood up.
As she stood up, the noisy but orderly scene suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at her.
The bones in the lotus pond had been cleared away, leaving only piles of silt emitting a fishy and unpleasant smell, with muddy water covering the silt.
Luo Yu'an walked towards the dejected old man, grabbed his neck and dragged him to the lotus pond.
The old man struggled violently, twisting in fear, and opened his mouth to speak, but Luo Yu'an held his head down and buried it in the mud.
"Goo-Goo-Puff-"
The old man shook his head desperately, trying to get rid of the suffocation, but his strength was no match for Luo Yu'an, and his struggle became weaker and weaker. Finally, he stopped moving, and a trace of blood flowed out of the muddy water. The old man's eagle-claw-like fingers scratched the edge of the lotus pond, and blood flowed.
Watching him lose his life, Luo Yu'an felt the unknown emotion boiling in her chest suddenly subside, as if something heavy was pulled out of her body.
It was not an illusion. Something like black and red mud really was overflowing from her hands which were pressed into the muddy water and spreading into the foul-smelling lotus pond.
In a trance, she seemed to hear a long, long sigh, as if she had finally broken free from the restraints.
As soon as she let go, everyone who was stunned by her action came back to their senses. Qin ran up very quickly and handed her a towel, "Madam, please wipe your hands."
Luo Yu'an turned around and found that the way she looked at him was as if to say, "As expected, I knew you were a murderer."
She didn't know how to explain her sudden action. Just now, something in her body was driving her to do this. It should be the sticky substance that had left.
Qin Feimo came over with the documents and said, "Madam, please rest assured. We will handle everything here."
This made them seem like a group of criminals who were not allowed to see the light of day. However, if you think about it, it was not wrong. The Qin clan also had many things that were not allowed to see the light of day. The existence of the clan god was no longer known to the general public, and malicious incidents like this one related to the clan god were generally not told to the public.
She cleaned her hands silently, still feeling emotionally unstable. Suddenly, she wanted to see her second brother, so she walked aside and made a video call.
Qin Shishen saw the mess behind her through his phone, smiled slightly, and asked in a normal tone: "The matter has been resolved. When will An come back?"
Luo Yu'an: "Second brother, did you ask me to come here because you know the situation here?"
Shishen shook his head slightly, his long hair that no one had tied up was scattered to one side, fluttering with his movements, "I don't know, but Shishen Luo seems to have an obsession, so I asked you to go."
He originally planned to find out the reason and help his wife deal with the matter when she returned, but he didn't expect his wife to solve the problem herself.
"Ann, when will you be back?"
He was like a lonely child, constantly asking his family when they would come home. Although his tone and expression were completely wrong, Luo Yu'an felt that way. Her heart, which had been heavy and stagnant because of the countless corpses, suddenly softened, and she relaxed her brows and replied, "I'll be back soon, very soon."
Qin Feimo stayed here to deal with the follow-up, and Qin Feichang took people to send her back to Yuzhou. On the way, because of her unusual silence, Ming Huang ran to comfort her with concern.
"Sister An, although your sudden action was a little sudden, I think you did nothing wrong. If this matter is handed over directly to the Public Security Procuratorate in Yanzhou, they will have to go through the procedures. The old man is too old, and they may even activate the protection mechanism to let the criminal spend his old age in prison. The customs and habits in Yanzhou are most concerned with 'respecting the elderly and loving the young'. Tsk... I get angry just thinking about it. It would be more straightforward for you to just deal with him directly, Sister An."
Although she was very grateful for her advice, Luo Yu'an was not actually thinking about the old man. Moreover, her psychological pressure was not as great as Ming Huang thought.
She was just thinking about the relationship between the clan gods and the clan members. There were the second brother and Qin Shi, Qi Ji and Liang Shi Shen, and the current Luo Shi was in another different state. There were clan gods who wanted to stay forever, clan members who forced clan gods to stay, and clan members who wanted to destroy clan gods. People's desires were different, and clan gods were also different.
The endings are also different. What will be the ending of the second brother
After only being away for two days, Luo Yu'an felt a sense of security when he saw the familiar old house again. The fishy smell of the lotus pond that had been filling his nose was instantly dispelled by the fragrance of the mountains and forests.
Qin Feichang sent her to the door, completed the accompanying mission diligently, and asked for her contact number with a slightly blushing face. After leaving here, she had to go back to Yanzhou to help her cousin deal with this matter.
Ming Huang followed her and chattered about telling Ming Hui about his experience in Yanzhou. The bodyguards dispersed and went back to their original posts. Their steps became lazy and relaxed - except for Luo Yu'an, no one could see that the clan god in long-sleeved white clothes was waiting for her to come back at the door, floating beside her, and accompanying her back to the shrine.
The old house is not as lively as the outside. There are ancient trees and deep forests here. People who are not familiar with it may feel eerie and scary, but after Luo Yu'an got familiar with it, he felt that this house was just like his second brother. At first glance, it looks a bit eerie, but in fact, it is full of vitality accumulated over the years, lush and green.
"Second brother."
"Um?"
"Luo Shi Shen... what's going on?"
"He should have disappeared long ago, but the clan members didn't want him to die, so they used pollution to keep a part of him. This evil karma remains in the bodies of all the descendants of the Luo family. It is both a curse and a protection." The clan god sighed and said, "People are really strange. Whether they love or hate, they will do the same thing."
If you love Shi Shen, you want to keep him; if you hate Shi Shen, you want to destroy him, but all you do is use methods that pollute Shi Shen.
Luo Yu'an, who had guessed this, lowered her head. Her hand was quickly taken up, and the hand holding her was cold, but the tone was as gentle as the spring breeze, "An, are you scared when you go out this time?"
Luo Yu'an said truthfully: "No, but others seemed to be scared by me."
Ujigami laughed calmly. "It's really strange. I sometimes do the same. Even though I didn't do anything, it would scare the children."
Luo Yu'an: "Well... Second brother, I think your situation is not the same as mine."
Ujigami: "We are husband and wife, how can we be different?"
Seeing that he insisted, Luo Yu'an had to change his words, "Okay, it's the same, we are all the same."
After talking to my second brother like this, my mood completely calmed down.
"Brother, I want to hug you."
Ujigami kept smiling, paused for a few seconds, looked up at the ancient trees and deep forests around him, the half-man-high flower walls, and the paths where people might pass by at any time, and asked, "Do you want to... stay here?"
Luo Yu'an: "... Second brother, it's just a normal hug." She always felt that her second brother seemed to have some misunderstanding about her.
Shishen smiled and opened his sleeves. Luo Yu'an rushed over and hugged him tightly. It was indeed a very pure hug. Luo Yu'an was calm and didn't even move his hands. Shishen smiled and thought to himself, was it a mistake to pull out Luo Shishen's curse? His wife didn't seem as enthusiastic as before.
"An, those things left by Luo Shishen need to be dealt with. Why don't you go there again?" Shishen suddenly said.
Luo Yu'an looked up in confusion. "Are you talking about the silt and corpses in the lotus pond? But I've already asked them to deal with them. The corpses were cremated and buried. As for the silt, which looked ominous, I asked them to dilute it 10,000 times with water and flush it into the five oceans..."
Ujigami's body shook, including his hair and sleeves. He asked in a strange tone, "You said, diluted 10,000 times, and rushed into... the ocean?"
Seeing that he didn't react right, Luo Yu'an hesitated for a moment, "Yeah, what's wrong? Can't we handle it this way? Although it's a bit troublesome, I think the five oceans are far away and wide..."
Shi Shen watched his wife repeating his thoughts in a daze, and suddenly he hugged her and laughed. It was the first time he laughed so loudly that Luo Yu'an was almost scared to death. He really thought he had ruined the situation, so he held his waist and stared at his chin eagerly.
"Brother, did I do something wrong?"
“No, no, An is really smart.” Shi Shen held her head and shook it, then kissed her lovingly, “Thanks to An, Luo Shi Shen should be completely free now, but… hahahaha!”
So why did the second brother laugh like this? Luo Yu'an looked at him helplessly and curiously, and he also felt happy in his heart.
"Second brother, what will be your ending in the future?"
Ujishin stopped laughing, let go of her head, brushed her brow, and a red camellia suddenly bloomed in his palm, and he handed it to her, "With An Zai, it must be a good ending."
The problems that had troubled Luo Yu'an all the way disappeared with this relaxed remark. She took a deep breath of the cold fragrance on Shi Shen's body, pressed her hand on the red flower, and directly pressed the flower to hold Shi Shen's hand tightly, interlocking their fingers through the flower, "Okay, let's go play games."
The two figures, one tall and one short, were inseparable, interweaving and disappearing among the flowers.