The dispute over the patriarch of Huamu Village lasted for three months. In the end, Chen Jungui and the older generation were defeated. Chen Ju became the patriarch, and Chen Fang became the deputy patriarch.
As soon as the two took office, they began to discuss with Chen Xiang about selling the "Sacred Tree". After waiting for the price to be negotiated, after Chen Xiang paid the deposit, he still couldn't move the sacred tree, because Chen Jungui and other members of the older generation were formed. The human wall stands under the tree of gods and does not let anyone approach.
Chen Jungui was the last patriarch and had a high prestige in the village. When he stopped there, the young people in the village naturally did not dare to make mistakes. The failure to move the sacred tree this time completely exhausted Chen Xiang's patience. So he had the evil idea of killing/human beings in his heart.
However, if he went straight to the pole, he would be exposed. He was going to get a lawsuit, so Chen Xiang thought of another way, that is, to change the clan rules together with Chen Fang and Chen Ju, so this clan rules appeared. After that, it was a bad habit that was passed down in Huamu Village for hundreds of years—the elderly over the age of sixty had to live in the graves of the living, and the families that could not repair the living would bury the elderly directly alive.
Of course, when this clan rule was proposed by Chen Xiang, Chen Fang and Chen Ju were resolutely opposed, because the two of them were going to go to 60 immediately, but in the end Chen Xiang still persuaded the two of them with rhetoric.
Chen Xiang told Chen Fang and Chen Ju that as long as he bought the sacred tree, his business would increase steadily, and he promised to give Chen Ju and Chen Fang a large settlement fee so that the two families could move to live in a big city.
After persuading Chen Fang and Chen Ju, Chen Xiang went to persuade the young people in the village to rebel/revolt together. Chen Xiang told the young people that the old man would not be able to work in the fields when he was over 60. Living in this world will only be a drag on the family. It is unfair to let the people who drag on the family control the wealth of the family. Therefore, all people over the age of 60 should be allowed to live on the ground, and the young people in the village should be in charge of the village. these wealth.
I have to say that Chen Xiang is very smart, and he uses inciting language to whoever, so it only took a month for the new clan rules to be announced. On the first day of the announcement of the new clan rules, Chen Xiang took the lead. Some young people arrested Chen Jungui and other old people who opposed his removal of the sacred tree.
And overnight organized a batch of grave bags to be repaired by hand.
After Chen Jungui and the others heard about the new clan rules, they were angry at Qiqiaoshengyan, and they only scolded the descendants of the Chen family for being unfilial, but it didn't help, because even those young people from Chen Jungui's family also took advantage of Chen Xiang, and agreed. This clan rule.
After waiting for Chen Jungui and other old people in the village to be thrown into their graves, Chen Xiang was afraid that one day their descendants would find out about their conscience, so he added a rule to the group rules, that is, those who go to deliver meals to the old people can only do it. It was the daughter-in-law, because at that time, the daughter-in-law often had no status in the family, and would be scolded by the parents-in-law all day long, so when these daughters-in-law delivered meals, some people would take the opportunity to retaliate, which would make those old people die even worse. morning…
It can be seen that Chen Xiang is not only vicious, but also very scheming!
After Chen Jungui and others were thrown into the grave, Chen Xiang was extremely happy, and the money promised to the villagers was distributed all at once. The whole village did not feel the slightest sadness, but was immersed in a kind of morbid laughter. .
Chen Xiang also felt that all obstacles had been cleared, so he prepared to remove the sacred tree the next day.
On this night, Chen Xiang was so excited that he couldn't sleep, so he went to the sacred tree once, and in front of the sacred tree he met a person, this person was Chen Jungui who was thrown into the grave by him during the day.
Chen Xiang was startled at the time and asked why Chen Jungui was here, and Chen Jungui said to Chen Xiang: "I heard the cry of the divine tree, so it helped me climb out of the grave, and I came to accompany it to the end. one night."
Chen Xiang felt that Chen Jungui was powerless, so he didn't care, he said to Chen Jungui: "Old patriarch, don't fool me, you climbed out by yourself, it seems that you are in good health, and don't complain. I, I found a fortune teller at the foot of the mountain, he figured out that there is a thousand-year-old tree in our village, he said that if I can move this tree to the yard of my house outside the mountain, then I can do it in my lifetime The richest in the world."
Chen Jungui smiled and asked Chen Xiang, "Just for this, you want to move the sacred tree in the village, and you don't hesitate to set the clan rules that destroy humanity?"
Chen Xiang did not answer Chen Jungui because he was ashamed.
And just when Chen Xiang and Chen Jungui were talking, the divine tree suddenly started to emit colorful lights, and then a colorful fruit slowly grew on a branch near Chen Jungui.
When such a vision appeared, the fruit was definitely not ordinary, so before Chen Jungui could react, Chen Xiang went ahead and grabbed the fruit.
Chen Jungui also reacted at this time, and he fought with Chen Xiang. After all, Chen Jungui is already old, and there is Chen Xiang's opponent. Chen Xiang quickly pushed Chen Jungui to the ground, but Chen Jungui was also very stubborn, crawling on the ground. He was holding Chen Xiang's leg on the ground and prevented him from picking the fruit.
At this time, Chen Xiang was also worried. If the vision here alarmed the people in the village, it would be difficult for other villagers to come over and be moved by the colorful fruit, so Chen Xiang would not do anything about it and lift a stone. It hit Chen Jungui's head heavily.
In an instant, Chen Jungui's head was opened by Chen Xiang. The blood that came out of Chen Jungui's brain not only splashed Chen Xiang's face, but even the colorful fruits on the tree were covered with blood.
However, Chen Xiang was already a little crazy at this time. He couldn't care about that much, so he quickly reached out and picked the colorful fruits of the divine tree.
After picking the fruit, Chen Xiang still felt uneasy. He always felt that others would grab the fruit when he saw it, so he thought about it for a while and ate the colorful fruit directly on the top of the mountain.
And when he just ate the fruit, many villagers came up and down, and they were all attracted by the colorful light of the divine tree.
Everyone saw Chen Jungui lying in a pool of blood, and at the corners of Chen Xiang's mouth with blood sticking as if he was chewing something...
In an instant, all the villagers misunderstood and regarded Chen Xiang as a lunatic who eats human flesh.
But at this time, the sacred tree withered down quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Seeing the sight in front of them, the villagers were startled and scared, so they all turned their heads and ran back to their homes. At the same time, everyone was talking about it. , Is the new clan rules too cruel, God was angry, and Chen Xiang was the first to be punished and turned into a lunatic.
So after the villagers fled back to the village, they rushed to their graves to save their parents. Unfortunately, when they arrived, all the old people in the graves chose to cut them off by themselves, either biting their tongues or using porcelain bowls. Cut your wrist or cut your throat...
A village of morbid laughter during the day, drowning in sorrow and terror at night.
As for Chen Xiang that night, he also returned home, but when he returned home, Chen Xiang seemed to be a completely different person. No matter who he talked to, he was cold and cold, which terrified Chen Xiang's own family.
On the second day, Chen Ju and Chen Fang, who were afraid of retribution, decided to abolish the new clan rules and gathered all the people of the village to the ancestral hall. Most of the people in the village were also afraid and agreed with the abolition.
But at this time, Chen Xiang appeared in the ancestral hall in the village. He was wearing a white shirt stained with blood and carrying a kitchen knife. Seeing Chen Xiang's appearance, the people in the village were also terrified. , Chen Ju, as the patriarch, asked Chen Xiang what he wanted to do.
Chen Xiang grinned and said, "Since this clan rule has already been set, and so many people have died, how can it be said that it will be abolished? In my opinion, we not only have to carry it out, but also Don't you all want to implement it from generation to generation, didn't you all agree when the new clan rules were formulated?"
At this time, the villagers were already awake, so some people scolded Chen Xiang for being insane, and after Chen Xiang heard the scolding, he flicked his body, like a bolt of lightning, he came to the person, and then he waved the kitchen knife in his hand. , the man's head fell off.
This time, all the people in the ancestral hall were frightened, and they all asked Chen Xiang what he wanted to do, but Chen Xiang smiled even more strangely and said: "I was in the house of this boy Chen Xiang just now and killed all the people in his family. People, from wives and concubines to children, a total of fifteen people."
"Ha ha ha ha… "
After speaking, Chen Xiang started laughing, and then the whole body began to twist, and then Chen Xiang's face also changed. The originally smooth skin suddenly had a lot of wrinkles, and each of them gradually became shorter. The old Chen Xiang has clearly become Chen Jungui who was killed by him before under the divine tree.
Hearing this, Wang Junhui and I were stunned at the same time, and asked Yang Ji'an, "What's going on?"