A knife in love

Chapter 1239

Murong Danyan listened to Wang Xiaoyu's story about Laowengshan being haunted by ghosts, and thought that Wangjiazhuang was not far from Laowengshan, and felt a little frightened.But after thinking about it, I went to Jingxin Temple together with Li Qiufeng, and saw all kinds of phantoms in the underground imperial city. They were all illusions created by Yao Guangxiao with the ecstasy grass and Qimen five elements to harm people, not real ghosts and gods.According to what Li Qiufeng said, there are no ghosts in the world, it's just that someone is playing tricks, or has done something wrong, and is afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, so they have hallucinations.

Thinking of this, she felt at ease.I only heard Wang Xiaoyu go on to say: "After the temple was built, the number of hauntings really decreased. At that time, the Tartar soldiers thought that whether it was the Khitan people or the Jin soldiers, they were the enemies of the Tartars. The temple was not for the purpose of admitting defeat to the Khitans and the Jin soldiers, but just to save these resentful souls so that they would not harm the world. Therefore, Tazi officials wrote a plaque of "Wuliang Hall" on the main hall of this temple, telling Those resentful souls worshiped in this temple of the world are not good people.

"It's just that the good times didn't last long. After the Tartars occupied the Central Plains, they levied violently and oppressed the Han people. Emperor Taizu rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty, defeated the Tartar soldiers, and forced the Tartars to return to Mobei. It's just that the Tartar soldiers guarding Liaodong refused to surrender. , fought fiercely with the Ming army, and retreated to Motianling. The two sides fought another battle in Motianling. The Tazi soldiers were wiped out, and many Tazi soldiers were captured.

"When the officers and soldiers and the Tartar soldiers were fighting fiercely at the top of Motianling, the people of Dongliao County had been oppressed by the Tartars for decades and hated the Tartar soldiers to the bone. However, the general said to the people that the Ming army was a royal army with strict discipline. If they killed captives indiscriminately, wouldn’t they become beasts like the Khitan and Jin people? Only then did the people know that the Ming army was completely different from the Tartar soldiers. , I'm all convinced.

"It's just that we Han people know the truth, but the Tartar soldiers are still fierce. A group of defeated Tartar soldiers fled down Motianling, threatened hundreds of people, occupied the Wuliang Temple at the foot of Old Man Mountain, and refused to surrender. The officers and soldiers surrounded the Temple of Wuliang, only because those few people were taken as hostages by the Tartar soldiers, so they could not attack by force. Those Tartar soldiers guarded the temple, and they had no food, so they killed the people to eat... "

Murong Danyan let out an "ah", but this time he couldn't even speak.Wang Xiaoyu said: "At the beginning, the officers and soldiers wanted to persuade the Tazi soldiers to surrender, and even asked the leader of the Tazi soldiers who had been captured and returned to shout outside the temple to ask the Tazi soldiers to surrender. As a result, the leader didn't even say a word. A cold arrow was shot in the temple, and the leader was shot dead in front of the temple. The officers and soldiers had no choice but to surround the temple, but they dared not attack.

"After a few days, a commoner escaped from the temple desperately taking advantage of the Tazi soldiers' unpreparedness. However, he was about to flee to the officer camp, but was shot by more than a dozen arrows by the Tazi soldiers. When he was rescued, he was already on the verge of death. Before he died, he told the officers and soldiers that most of the people who were kidnapped into the temple were killed by the Tazi soldiers, and the remaining dozens of women were also tortured by the Tazi soldiers. If these people were not rescued again, they would all be killed by Tartar soldiers.

"The officers and soldiers heard that the Tazi soldiers did such a thing that was inferior to the beasts, and they knew that the Tazi soldiers would not surrender any longer, so they stormed the temple. The Tazi soldiers resisted desperately, and even set fire to the temple, wanting to They died together with the officers and soldiers. At that time, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were not as pustulous as they were later. Everyone killed the enemy and killed most of these Tartar soldiers who were not as good as animals. The remaining two or three hundred Tartar soldiers were captured by the officers and soldiers. The temple was dragged out.

"Although the officers and soldiers wiped out these Tartar soldiers, most of the people who were kidnapped by them were eaten, leaving only bones and skeletons in the temple, which looked horrifying. The remaining dozens of women either died in confusion. They were killed or burned to death. After this battle, the temples rebuilt by the Tartars, including the people's fat and anointing, were burned to the ground.

"When the officers and soldiers besieged the Tazi soldiers, the people in Dongliao County sent food and water to help the officers and soldiers kill the enemy. After the officers and soldiers wiped out the Tazi soldiers, the people heard that the Tazi soldiers took hostages as food in the temple. Everyone was furious. Seeing the captured Tartar soldiers surrounded by officers and soldiers outside the temple, the people immediately rushed forward, ignoring the officers and soldiers' obstruction, and beat these Tartar soldiers to death. Those Tartar soldiers were originally extremely fierce, but The people were also furious, not only kicking and beating, but even biting with their mouths. The Tazi soldiers did not expect that the Han people, whom they regarded as pigs and dogs, would be so vicious. They were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy. But the people would not pay attention. , Beating more severely. In the end, the two or three hundred Tazi soldiers were torn apart, and their deaths were extremely miserable.

"After the great war, there were thousands of resentful spirits at the foot of the old man's mountain, and the ghosts were more serious. At that time, the Ming Dynasty had just established a state, rested with the people, and was unable to build temples. After the war, the population of Liaodong became more and more sparse, and even thousands of miles were uninhabited. This area has been desolate, and no one lives here except for a few families. When my father bought the land, no one told him about the haunting of Laoweng Mountain. Until he took his clansmen to divide the land and live in Laoweng Mountain A family at the foot of the mountain told him about it.

"At first, my father didn't believe in the theory of haunting, and thought it was just nonsense. But later, when he saw the ghost appearing with his own eyes, he was so frightened that he fled back to Zhuangzi. He fell ill and almost lost his life. Among the members of the Wang clan who went with him to divide the fields, two were too slow to escape, and were captured by ghosts and disappeared without a trace.

"After my father recovered from his illness, he knew that Laowengshan must be weird. After discussing with the elders of the family, he established a rule that all the people of Wangjiazhuang were absolutely not allowed to set foot in the vicinity of Laowengshan. If anyone breaks the rules, they will Drive out of Wangjiazhuang, let it fend for itself.

"Later, the rumors about the haunting of Laowengshan became more and more intense. Everyone in Dongliao County knew about it. Even the people in Liaoyang Mansion heard about it. Some bold people don't believe that there are ghosts in the world. Deliberately went to Laoweng Mountain for a while. As a result, some people disappeared because of this, and some were frightened into madmen. Gradually, no one dared to approach Laoweng Mountain. The magistrate of Dongliao County was afraid of further deaths, because Laoweng Mountain and the surrounding land had been destroyed. My father bought it, and the county magistrate gave my father an order to guard Laoweng Mountain and not allow people to come near it. If anyone dies again, he will be charged with my father. My father originally planned to buy land for farming, but unexpectedly To get into such a big trouble, not only the fields cannot be cultivated, but also fear. In desperation, my father had no choice but to recruit Zhuang Ding, and set up checkpoints in all directions of Laowengshan to prevent the people from approaching."

When Wang Xiaoyu said this, he paused for a while, sighed, and then continued: "Sister Murong, I guess Dad later accepted people with a non-Wang surname to live in Wangjiazhuang because he wanted to guard Laowengshan. There are a hundred or ten people in Wangjiazhuang, and there must be insufficient manpower, so they had to make such a bad plan. Alas, I think Dad's actions are like drinking poison to quench thirst, and there will be endless troubles.

"Daddy saw a ghost in Laoweng Mountain. It was more than ten years ago. I was still a little girl who didn't understand anything. Daddy worried that I would be frightened and restless, so he never told me about Laowengshan being haunted. I play and frolick at home every day, carefree and very happy. It wasn’t until five years ago that I strayed into Laoweng Mountain and saw the Night Walk of Hundred Ghosts that I realized that it was only half a mile away from Wangjiazhuang. There is such a horrible place."

Murong Danyan trembled slightly when she heard Wang Xiaoyu's voice, knowing that what happened to her was really serious, and she was also a little surprised and uneasy.Wang Xiaoyu took a deep breath, and then continued: "I remember it was a day in July. The sky was full of dark clouds early in the morning, and it was about to rain. Dad went out to do business, and he has left For three or four days. This is already a common thing for me. I read a few pages, and when I had nothing to do, I went to the backyard garden to play. Near noon, Uncle Wang asked someone to bring me meals. After I had lunch, I became more and more bored. Seeing the dark clouds in the sky, although it was broad daylight, the surroundings were as dark as dusk. The servants at home saw that the heavy rain was coming, and there was nothing to do in the yard, so they all went back to the house to talk and play The card is gone. So the yard is empty, like an empty house.

"I lay on the window, watching the dragonflies flying low, and the cicadas singing so disturbingly. I sneaked out of the house and found a long pole, trying to poke down the loudest cicada from the tree. But that cicada was so cunning that it escaped. I was unwilling to give up and chased after it. Before I knew it, I went out of the yard through the corner gate. Alas, if I knew that I would encounter a hundred ghosts at night and kill me I won’t go after this damned cicada either!”

(End of this chapter)