Chapter 330 Leave No Chickens or Dogs Behind

Archway?

At this point, Lu Ming still didn't know what the relationship between this archway and whether Nanlin Street was "evil". But he also had to admit that this old man Liu Baohua was indeed very skillful in telling stories and could arouse people's curiosity.

Facing the eager eyes of his old friends, as well as Zhang Dingshan and the other three who were staring at him intently, Liu Baohua took another slow puff of his cigarette: "At that time, there was no archway there.

After the girl died, the body was dumped there, and the family did not dare to collect the body. Within a few days, it was eaten by wild dogs and other things. It was miserable.

But there is a saying that goes well: the cycle of nature brings unfavorable retribution. The Zhou family has done a lot of evil this week, isn't retribution coming soon?

Since the daughter's death, the Zhou family has become increasingly unhappy. First, the second son of the Zhou family developed big sores on his body within a few days and developed a fever that made everyone confused. I invited a famous doctor from the city to take a look. I took a lot of medicine, but it was of no use at all.

I heard from people that this kid lay in bed in a daze all day long, screaming constantly, screaming in pain, and shouting things like 'I don't dare anymore' and 'Spare my life'.

It seems that this is not a real disease, but a virtual disease. "

Lu Ming did know that in the feudal superstition industry, the so-called real illness usually refers to a real illness, such as bacterial infection, back pain and leg pain. Deficiency disease refers to ghosts, collisions with things, encounters with fox spirits, etc.

"The Zhou family is rich, so they invited Taoist priests from Nantai Mountain. The Taoist priests came to perform the ritual, said it was done, took the money and left, but it still didn't work. The second son of the Zhou family died of illness after all. Tsk tsk tsk , this means that God wants to punish people and retaliate.

Strange to say, since the death of the second son of the Zhou family, the Zhou family has been getting worse day by day, and the year has been unfavorable.

Several of his villages were attacked by lake bandits and were looted, causing heavy losses. I heard that my eldest son, who was an official outside, was imprisoned for offending his superior, and spent a lot of money to keep him safe. The youngest daughter of the family committed adultery with a servant and eloped. The old man was so angry that he lay there for several days. The harvest in the fields was not good. When a strong wind came down, other people's fields were fine, but old Zhou's fields fell to the ground. , that year the harvest was only half of others.

Everyone in the town said that it was the old Zhou family who had done many evil things and was punished by God. "

No matter when the evildoers are punished, people always like to see it. At least the old people here have no sympathy for the Zhou family.

Old man Liu Baohua sighed.

"But it's a pity that the Zhou family should not die this time. Just when the Zhou family was tortured and lost half of their lives, a wandering Taoist priest passed by, looked at the Zhou family's house, and came to the door.

He said, the Zhou family has done many evil things, and the whole family should have been killed. It's just that during a severe drought one year, the ancestors of the Zhou family had a kind heart and opened a porridge shed, saving hundreds of people. They accumulated great virtues and blessed this generation, allowing the Zhou family to change their destiny a little bit. Opportunity.

How to change this fate? The first, of course, is to accumulate virtue, do good, and change one's past mistakes. Needless to say, this is. Secondly, the Taoist priest said that the reason why the Zhou family suffered this misfortune was because too many people died unjustly, especially the girl who was snatched away by the second son before. She lost her life for no reason and turned into a ghost, seeking revenge.

Now, we must appease the grievances of those who died unjustly, especially this girl. How to calm down? It is to build an archway at the place where the Zhou family dumped their bodies.

This archway, Taoist priests say, has two purposes. The first is suppression. Suppress the grievances of those people. The second is to accept offerings. But this offering is not about burning incense and kneeling down to worship. The archways are all very high. It means "God has eyes", which means that if the Zhou family does good deeds and accumulates virtues, this archway will see it, and those who are suppressed by it will see it. Even the wronged souls can see that the Zhou family has changed their past and is making atonement to calm their grievances.

In this way, a two-pronged approach, one internal and one external, can change the fate of the Zhou family and prevent the family from being destroyed.

After listening to the Taoist priest's words, the Zhou family built an archway and changed their past. Later, as expected, things gradually became fine in the family. Although most of the family was ruined by the troubles some time ago, it finally ended up as a wealthy family. "

Old man Liu Baohua stopped talking, picked up his cup and took a sip of water. An old man couldn't help but ask: "Where's the back?"

"No more. I'm done talking."

"You old Liu, you are so unhappy. What does this archway have to do with Nanlin Street?"

"What relationship are you talking about? After Nanlin Street became a food street, didn't the government demolish the archway more than ten years ago in order to smooth traffic?"

Um?

All the old people gasped.

"I've heard of the Xiehu on Nanlin Street, but I really don't know. Did the Xiehu there start after the archway was demolished?"

"Hiss... what you said, Old Liu, is true. Before the archway was demolished, I didn't remember what was said on Nanlin Street. It really has been spread slowly over the past ten years."

"It's been hundreds of years and this resentment hasn't dissipated yet? What a lot of resentment."

Old Liu glanced at him sideways: "Didn't you listen to what the Taoist priest said? The main purpose of this archway is to suppress. Now that there is no suppression, haven't all the resentments and grievances come out?"

"If you ask me, the Taoist priest should have saved all these innocent souls at that time."

"Transcendence? That's the job of a monk, not a Taoist priest."

"Do you still need to tell me? If I can be saved, I won't be saved sooner. I have too much resentment and I can't be saved."

The old people were talking about it. Lu Ming had no choice but to interrupt: "Uncle, what's so evil about Nanlin Street? What does it have to do with the fact that every household has a Bagua Mirror?"

"Well, that's a story for later."

Old Liu Baohua coughed lightly: "More than ten years ago, the government demolished the archway. I felt bad and something was going to happen. I even reported to the government that the archway could not be demolished. There was so much resentment. Even if it had to be demolished, Shouldn't you at least do a Buddhist ritual for salvation first?

But the government didn't listen. They said I was superstitious and gave me a lecture. This is my fault. What are you looking at from behind? Something happened? "

"I've only heard about Xiehu, but I don't know what's going on. What's going on, Lao Liu?"

"Do you still remember that boy from the Wu family?"

"Wu's family? The one who lives in the building at the back door?"

"Yes, that's the guy who made his parents angry, beat his wife away, drank and gambled."

"That kid is a famous second-rate. Isn't he already dead? He committed suicide, right?"

suicide?

Lu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Yes, it was suicide. I went to see it at the time. People at the time said that this kid had a gambling debt and couldn't pay it off. He was beaten up that day. He was so angry that he couldn't stand it. He drank some wine. I also heard that my daughter-in-law had an affair with someone else, and the child also changed his surname, so he hanged himself. Such a person, no matter if he is dead, what else can he do if he is alive but causing harm to others?"

Zhang Dingshan winked at He Wei. He Wei understood it and immediately took out her mobile phone and started to contact Feng Guozhu to obtain relevant information about the case.

Old man Liu Baohua sneered at this statement: "What kind of suicide? It's obviously a ghost."

"How do you say this?"

"The place I lived at that time was not far from the Wu boy. At that time, the Wu boy had a dog and two geese at home. Before the Wu boy hanged himself, guess what, the dog went on a hunger strike and starved himself to death? ”

"Can a dog still go on a hunger strike? Is he sick?"

"impossible."

Old man Liu Baohua denied it: "One day I passed by the Wu family and heard the boy from the Wu family beating the dog. That guy grabbed the dog's head and slapped it hard. While beating it, he scolded it for why it didn't eat. Later, I also saw that the Wu boy had invited a veterinarian to come and see him. At that time, I leaned close to the door and eavesdropped. The veterinarian told me clearly that he was not sick, not at all. He just refused to eat, and later he starved to death. .

I also saw the dog's corpse. It was so hungry that only skin and bones were left. It was so miserable.

This is not over yet, the dog is starving to death, and next is the goose. The goose actually started a hunger strike and starved to death. "

This seems a bit strange.

People commit suicide by going on hunger strike, but animals like dogs and geese also commit suicide by going on hunger strike?

They have no intelligence, only animal instincts. Animal instinct does not seem to include the option of starving to death.

"Old Liu, are you talking nonsense? It's because that second-rate guy was too lazy to feed him that he starved to death, right?"

Old man Liu Baohua snorted and said dissatisfied: "Everyone in the neighborhood knew about this at the time, and I wasn't the only one who saw it. Old Sun also knew it. If you don't believe me, just ask him. Ah, I forgot, Old Sun just left last month. Right? Then ask Lao Zhao. Lao Zhao knows better."

Lu Ming secretly wrote down Lao Zhao's name.

"We'll talk about whether to ask or not later. Just keep talking. What's next?"

"Everyone knows what happened next. The dog died, the goose died. Yes, there is another thing. One day I was passing by Wu's house and saw a mouse running out of his house. It was broad daylight. , he just ran straight out of Wu’s house without avoiding anyone, and rushed straight into the sewer across the street and drowned.”

The old people looked at each other.

"All the rats committed suicide? This...it's normal for rats to run into the sewers. Did you see it?"

"The cement cover of the sewer was broken and the opening was open. What I saw really was that the mouse just jumped into the water, struggled for a while and then drowned. I was so upset at the time that I hurried away. Behind me, Everyone knows that the Wu boy hanged himself and committed suicide."

Old Liu Baohua sighed a few times: "You said that the Wu family boy committed suicide because he owed gambling debts, his wife married someone else, and the child changed his surname. I'm asking you, think about it for yourselves, what kind of virtue does the Wu family boy have? , could he commit suicide?"

All the old people were thoughtful.

Lu Ming asked: "This boy from the Wu family...why can't he commit suicide?"

Generally speaking, the combination of these three things, such as a gambling debt that cannot be repaid, a wife who has run away, and a child who has changed his surname, can be regarded as sufficient conditions for suicide.

There are strong-willed people who can withstand these pressures, but it is normal for people who cannot bear it to commit suicide because of it.

"Everyone in the neighborhood knows that the boy from the Wu family is a bastard. Do you think that if he were a normal person, he could make his parents angry and drive away his wife? That person is not normal. He is a born bad person.

Got gambling debt? Is this a problem for the Wu boy? The daughter-in-law ran away with someone, and the son changed his surname? Given his character, it would be normal for him to come to his door with a knife and ask for an explanation. Would he commit suicide over this matter? "

Lu Ming thought about the marginalized people he had encountered in the past, and had to admit that the more marginalized people were, the stronger their psychological endurance was.

Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes, they are barefoot. Having nothing to lose makes you more willing to give up. It is indeed impossible for such a person to commit suicide.

Normally when encountering this kind of thing, if you don't care, just do it casually. If you do, killing someone with a knife and then being caught and shot is the normal ending. As for committing suicide?

If they could wrong themselves so much, they would not become marginalized people in society.

"After the Wu boy hanged himself, the neighbors slowly came to their senses and felt that it was impossible for the boy to commit suicide. At this time, all the things that no one had noticed before were revealed.

Dogs commit suicide, geese commit suicide, rats commit suicide by jumping into the water, plus the Wu family boy hangs himself, tsk tsk, no chickens or dogs are left behind. How evil is this? If it were you, wouldn't you feel angry? "

Lu Ming felt that if something like this happened to his neighbor's house, it would be difficult for him not to think too much about it.

"Listen to what you mean, is the Wu boy an evil spirit? Possessed? Huh? Is it because of the archway?"

Old man Liu Baohua slapped his thigh: "Why don't you tell me. The archway is here and nothing will happen. The archway is gone. Look, something happened?"

All the old people looked at each other.

"Then this matter..."

"I was also afraid at the time." Old Liu Baohua said: "You said that the sins committed by the Zhou family and those innocent souls have been suppressed for so many years. How great is the resentment. Now that there is no memorial arch to suppress, why are they still not making trouble?

Some people on Nanlin Street felt that it was evil and moved away directly. Some people who couldn't move out for the time being, like me, pooled some money together and thought about finding a master to come and take a look. The Wu family boy deserved to die. We good people can't let anything happen again.

Later, I found a master. I also saw it at that time. That immortal spirit was extraordinary at first glance. When the master arrived at Nanlin Street, he took a look and said that it was not good. A ghost had broken the seal and was about to come out to cause trouble.

Later, he explained the matter in detail, and the master also inspected everywhere, and then sighed and said that if this ghost was still suppressed, he could do some magic to liberate it. He said that the senior master who established the seal originally planned to have the next generation transcend these ghosts a hundred years later. It's a pity that after a hundred years, no one knows about this. It will be abandoned.

Now, the archway has been demolished and the ghost has escaped. He doesn't know where it is hiding, and he has no choice.

That ghost destroyed the whole Wu family, and it will definitely harm others again later. There is no way to get rid of it now, so we can only prevent it. How to prevent this? It's quite simple. Whether you open a shop or live in a house, you must put up a Bagua mirror. In this way, the ghost can't harm anyone and your home can be kept safe.

From that time on, every household here on Nanlin Street has put up a Bagua mirror. Over time, it has become a custom. "