The two were talking, and a tender voice sounded behind them: "Uncle, uncle, my grandfather wants you to sit at my house!"
Zhang Xiaowen turned around and saw that he was talking about a 4 or 5 year old child.
Zhang Xiaowen exchanged glances with the old folks, and then asked the child: "My kid, what is your grandpa's name?"
The child touched his head: "I forgot my grandfather's name. My grandfather's nickname is'圐圙' (dialect, the meaning of circle)!"
The old man nodded to Zhang Xiaowen, and Zhang Xiaowen smiled and said to the child: "Okay, you lead the way, we will follow you!"
The child quickly led the two to a three-story building. The middle-aged man in the crowd just stood at the door waiting for them. Seeing Zhang Xiaowen and Zhang Xiaowen were coming, he hurriedly signaled them to enter, and then looked out again. After confirming that no one saw it, he followed into the house.
After entering the house, the middle-aged man first motioned to Zhang Xiaowen to sit down, and then spoke: "Two, there were a lot of people on the street just now, and some things are hard to say."
When Zhang Xiaowen heard it, it seemed that the middle-aged man was planning to tell the dream of yesterday, and nodded excitedly: "Well, I understand. Now if you have something, you can just say it."
The middle-aged man also sat down and tapped his knees with his fingers. Zhang Xiaowen could see that he was still thinking about it. After a while, the middle-aged man said: "Two, since you let me speak straight, I am not polite. Why are you investigating our village?"
Zhang Xiaowen didn’t know if he should tell the truth to the middle-aged man. He looked at the old folks. Seeing Zhang Xiaowen’s inquiring eyes, the old folks took the initiative to say: “Brother, let’s tell you the truth, last night we Passing by your village, I found that the theater in your village was very dark, so I went in and explored it, and also worked with the female ghost in the theater. Unexpectedly, the female ghost had some skills, and finally let it escape. Today In the morning, I heard that people in your village had nightmares, so I guessed it was related to the female ghost, so I wanted to find out the origin of the female ghost, so that we can cut the grass and root!"
When the middle-aged man heard this, his face was full of surprise: "No wonder the female ghost wants to retaliate against us, it turns out that you provoke it! But you are quite capable, and usually you can't get out of the Taoist priests who have seen women before! "
The middle-aged people were surprised when they changed to Zhang Xiaowen and the old folks. It seems that the people in Taizizhuang not only knew that there were ghosts in the theater, but also invited people to treat female ghosts, but they all failed!
The middle-aged man looked at the two with a surprised look, and continued: "It was my uncle who refused your help on the street just now. My king's family is a big family in Princezhuang, and my uncle is the patriarch of the king's family, so as long as he If you refuse you, basically others won't tell you anything."
Hearing what the middle-aged man said, the old man knew he was about to start talking about female ghosts, but he still asked, "The brother called us back, didn't he?"
The middle-aged man bit his lip, took a deep breath, and said to the two of them: "I called you back to see if you can help! Don't you want to know what we dreamed about? I don’t know the others. I dreamt that I killed all the people in the village by myself. I killed myself!"
As the middle-aged man spoke, his breathing became rapid, and he almost gritted his teeth when he said the last few words.
Zhang Xiaowen hurriedly stretched out his hand and made a downward gesture to signal the middle-aged person not to get excited: "Brother, don't get excited, I know this kind of feeling is uncomfortable..."
Zhang Xiaowen didn't finish, but was interrupted rudely by the middle-aged man: "It's not uncomfortable! It's enough for me! I can't let my grandson live a life of fear, so we must kill it!"
The more the middle-aged people talk about getting excited, their saliva spews out, and even the old-fashioned who has not paid attention to hygiene, unconsciously owes back and leaned back: "Brother, you said just now that you have tried with someone, but they all failed. Up?"
Hearing the old-fashioned words, the middle-aged man sighed fiercely and scratched his head: "Oh! This ghost is not ordinary! My uncle rejected your kindness, and I was afraid to let you in!" The middle-aged man paused. After that, I started to talk about the origins of female ghosts!
"As long as my princes are sensible, they will know the existence of this female ghost, but now that science is advanced, young people no longer believe in this female ghost, and the story of this female ghost is no longer circulated! But my older princes I know that the Liu family that I enshrine on the first and fifteenth day of the new year is the female ghost! This female ghost has been worshipped by the royal family for thousands of years, but I still can't get its forgiveness!"
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaowen and the old man looked at each other, unexpectedly this female ghost was actually enshrined by the royal family.
The middle-aged man paused and continued: "If you want to clarify this matter, you have to talk about the origin of our Taizizhuang."
According to legend, in the Five Dynasties Later Zhou Dynasty, there was a Xigong empress who was very favored by the emperor. The emperor loved her as a treasure, but she would not have children herself. Therefore, she was often worried and feared that she would fall out of favor.
Later, the emperor's palace mother was pregnant, which made her worried and jealous, and she was born from this! So she conspired to kill Zheng Gong Niang Niang so that she could never fall out of favor.
This matter was learned by Zheng Gong Niang Niang, she was very scared in her heart, and it should not be too late, so accompanied by her father, she escaped from the capital overnight.
When Niangniang learned of Zhenggong's escape, she immediately sent troops to chase her, and ordered her arrest to be executed immediately without any further troubles.
One day, the empress of Zhenggong passed a village and stayed in the village of Hongshan Temple. Just as the Niang Niang Niang came with the chasing soldiers, the monk in the temple sympathized with Niang Niang Zhenggong's misfortune and hid Niang Niang in the peasant's home. Xigong Niangniang couldn't find the Zhenggong Niangniang in the temple. She was so angry that she set fire to Hongshan Temple and threatened to kill the whole village if she didn't hand over the Zhenggong Niangniang.
The monk of Hongshan Temple didn't want to fight with the officers and soldiers, but for the safety of the villagers, they had no choice but to fight with the officers and soldiers. With the help of the villagers, they defeated the officers and soldiers. The villagers also killed the Xigong Empress in a rage!
The emperor found that the empress Zhenggong and her father had fled, and was very anxious, so he sent his cronies to all parts of the country to investigate the whereabouts of empress Zhenggong. Later, the emperor's cronies found the empress in the village where the Hongshan Temple was located, and the empress was already in this village. After giving birth to the prince, the mother and son are in good health, so they return to the court and the saint.
The emperor thought earnestly. Hearing that the empress gave birth to the prince, Long Yan was joyous, and he delivered an decree to welcome the empress and the prince to return to the court. The emperor deeply felt that the monk and the people of Hongshan Temple took risks to cover the affection of the empress, so he delivered an decree to rebuild the temple and the peasants. Another temple was built at the west end of the village, and the emperor gave it the name "Longquan Temple". To commemorate the birth of the mother, the villagers named the village "Prince Zhuang".
"Later the folks changed this story into a drama, "Burn Hongshan Temple and rebuild Longquan Temple. The empress was wronged, and the prince returned to the court. He would end up hurting others, and the empress of Xigong would be hurt!' And this female ghost is the Xigong in the story. Empress!" At this point, the middle-aged man stopped with a sigh of relief.
Neither Zhang Xiaowen nor the old folks expected that this female ghost had a lot of background! (End of this chapter)