A knife in love

Chapter 669

Sun Guangming nodded, and said: "When I first came to Gukou Village, I realized that the platform was built quite strangely, so I asked the old people in the village. It is said that after the temple and the stage were swallowed underground, another More than a dozen villagers were buried alive in the pit, so the villagers invited Taoist priests to do it, so they built this soul suppressing tower to comfort the dead. However, the soul suppressing tower was struck by lightning on a night of heavy thunderstorm shortly after it was completed. It collapsed in the middle, leaving only this dilapidated foundation. Thinking about the endless grievances of the dozens of villagers who were buried alive under the stage, this makes people feel chills."

When Li Qiufeng heard that he was referring to ghosts and gods again, he felt rather disapproving.Turning his head to look at the earthen platform, he said to Sun Guangming: "Mr. Sun said that he tried digging here before, is it near the earthen platform?"

Sun Guangming nodded and said, "That's right. I dug a few feet in the open space behind the platform that day, and found that the sand there was filled in later. I believe someone must have dug something there before, and then Then fill in the sand. However, the ground here is soft and easily collapsed. Although I dug down, although it was only a few feet deep, the surrounding sand collapsed in the middle. That is how the dozen or so villagers were buried in the soil. In the end, I became a ghost in vain. I only brought Su Yan alone, even if the two of them went up together, they could not dig too deep. If I hired ordinary people, I was afraid that the government would find out and send people to investigate, which would inevitably cause trouble. Second, if Keep digging, once the sand collapses, and then bury the people in the pit like in the past, I will be guilty of a great crime. So in the end I had to give up digging. It’s just that when I dug to a depth of more than three feet, the ground was cold Gushing out, it's so cold, it's really weird."

When Sun Guangming said this, he glanced at Li Qiufeng, and then said: "I asked the old people in the village, and they said that Taniguchi Village has been passed down from generation to generation, and this is the entrance to the eighteenth floor of hell. It's so cold. It stands to reason that the gate of hell is not in Gaoping, but in the Changping War, in addition to the more than 20 soldiers who were buried alive, more than 70 soldiers of the Zhao army died in the battle. Although the Qin army won, it was also a tragedy. The two countries lost nearly 70 lives in Changping. Lord Yan could not bring all these ghosts back to Fengdu City, so he had to build another ghost gate in Gukou Village of Changping. These [-] innocent souls were sent to hell nearby. The temple and stage dedicated to Zhao Kuo happened to be built in the underground ghost gate, and they were swallowed by the underground ghost gate.

"At the beginning, the villagers didn't know why the temple and the stage fell into the ground, so they selected more than a dozen strong men to dig down the ground, trying to find out. As a result, these dozens of men were also dragged into the ground by unjust souls. , became a ghost who died in vain. The villagers knew that it was not good, so they invited a Taoist priest to do it. The Taoist prayed to the sky, and got the instruction of Qingxu Daodezhenjun, and built a soul suppression platform in the ground to block the ghosts. Access to and from.

"Folk legends say that the true king of Qingxu and morality has boundless magical powers and can subdue demons and eliminate demons. There is a disciple named Yang Ren named Jiazi Taisui God under his sect. This great god is the nemesis of the God of Plague. It is said that his eyes have long hands, and his hands have long eyes. It emits cold light, kills people invisible, and hides a black sword in its hand, which can kill ghosts and exorcise demons. When the Taoist built the soul-suppressing platform, he built a high platform according to the shape of Jiazi Taisui's eyes, hoping that the ghosts would be afraid of Jiazi Taisui's mana, and no longer be controlled by him. Go in and out of Taniguchi Village to keep this side safe.

"It's just a pity that the Taoist priest didn't have enough mana to suppress the ghosts. After the Soul Suppression Tower was built, it couldn't suppress the grievances of hundreds of thousands of souls underground. These souls became angry and rushed to the bullfight. At night, the resentment turned into thunder, and split the soul-suppressing tower into a pile of rocks. The people in the village were terrified, and more than half of them moved out of the village the next day. Since then, the village has declined. "

Li Qiufeng had already grown impatient. Hearing what Sun Guangming said, he couldn't help but said: "Mr. Sun, don't believe the nonsense of these rural fools. It stands to reason that they are all courtiers of the Emperor of Heaven, one harms others and the other saves them, so the Emperor of Heaven doesn’t care about it? This is obviously a random creation of some notebooks and novels to deceive people, and there are countless things to do.”

Sun Guangming shook his head and said: "When Li Daxia jumped over the earthen platform just now, he also felt the cold air, how can this be explained?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Perhaps there is frozen soil underground, and the earth platform is dilapidated. The cold air of the frozen soil drifts from the remnants of the earth platform to the ground, so it will naturally feel biting cold."

Sun Guangming didn't take it seriously, and said, "When I was digging, it was the height of summer, so where is there any frozen soil underground?"

Li Qiufeng was at a loss for words, and couldn't help frowning, when he was thinking to himself, he suddenly heard footsteps, he hurriedly looked up, and saw four or five people rushing over from Dongshou, one of them was the one who just appeared in the ruins The man in front of the house.

Li Qiufeng saw that these people were wearing coarse clothes with many patches on their pants.All of them had dark complexions, and they were obviously weather-beaten people.I saw these people holding wooden sticks and iron forks in their hands, their faces were full of anger, and they looked like they were looking for someone to fight.

Li Qiufeng guessed the identities of these people in his heart, and he had already grasped the handle of the police knife with his right hand.Sun Guangming hastily shook his head at him, signaling him not to do it without permission, but he went forward and cupped his fists at the old man in charge and said, "Mr. Du Li, you are safe here!"

The old man stopped immediately when he saw Sun Guangming.Seeing the old man stop, the men behind him also stopped.A look of hesitation flashed across the old man's face, and then he squeezed out a few smiles, handed the iron fork he was holding tightly to his right hand, and said, "So it's Uncle Sun. It's freezing cold, why don't you Are you coming to our ghost place again?"

This Du Li has a Shanxi accent, which sounds weird and funny.Li Qiufeng saw that he had thick hands and big feet, his hair was already grey, and his appearance was very miserable, he was no different from the old man of ordinary farm family.And when he walks, his steps are heavy. Although his neck is thick and his arms look powerful, he must be a person of great strength.It's just that his feet are floating and his breathing is messy. He is definitely not a person who knows martial arts.The men behind him are all thick and strong, but they are definitely not from the martial arts, they just look like ordinary peasant men.

Sun Guangming said with a smile: "We went to Luoyang for business, and when we came back, we happened to meet this Mr. Li. He is a scholar, and he has been interested in our ancient village for a long time, so he begged me to bring him with us, to explore the ancient times... "

Before he finished speaking, the old man seemed relieved, glanced at Li Qiufeng, lowered his voice and said, "Uncle Sun, to tell you the truth, there has been a murder case in the village these days, I advise you to leave quickly." , if it is seen by the guards, it will be a little troublesome."

When Sun Guangming and Li Qiufeng heard that Du Lichang said that someone had died in the village, their hearts trembled, and they couldn't help but looked at each other.Li Qiufeng said: "Old man, may I ask if there is a skinny man in his 40s haunting the village these two days?"

Du Lichang was startled, frowned and thought for a moment, then turned to the villagers and said, "Have you seen the skinny man this young man mentioned?"

Those villagers looked at each other in blank dismay, and shook their heads at the same time after a while.

Du Lichang turned his head and said to Li Qiufeng: "Young master, we have poor mountains and rivers, and bones everywhere. What's there to see? You should leave this place quickly with Uncle Sun, so as not to cause trouble. Long will also follow bad luck..."

Seeing his worried face, Sun Guangming said hastily, "Master Du, you can rest assured that we all have guides on us. Even if we are interrogated by government officials, we will not hurt you. Just now you said that someone died in the village." , I don’t know which family in the village suffered misfortune?”

Du Lichang shook his head and said, "It's not the people from the village who died..."

When he said this, the muscles on his face twisted a few times, showing a look of fear, and he continued after a long while: "The incident happened four days ago. Early that morning, the boy from the Zhang family at the head of the village went out to fetch water. There was a man hanging from a big tree by the side of the road, and he yelled out in fright. When I got there, I found that the dead man was a man in his 30s, with a long tongue, eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. There were bloodstains, and the appearance was extremely terrifying. To be honest, I have lived for 58 years, and I can see skeletons everywhere in Taniguchi Village, but this is the first time I have seen such a terrible dead person. Later, I asked the boss of the Zhang family to go to the county magistrate immediately. The yamen reported to the officials, and waited until the guards arrived before releasing the body from the tree. Wu Zuo examined the body and said that the man had hanged himself. I know this dead man. Everyone has never seen this man before. Mr. Wang, the head of the police squad, said that this man may have encountered something that he couldn’t think about. He passed by our village. The place is too dark, and this man is even more desperate, so he stood by the side of the road Hanged on the big tree.

"The guards discussed for a long time, and originally wanted to bury the body on the spot. However, Mr. Wang kept his mind on it and said that he would transport it back to the county seat first. After a few days, if no one came to identify the body, he would dispose of the body. It's safe. So the corpse was transported out of the village that day. We thought it was just a coincidence that it happened in the village, so we didn't take it seriously. Only Lao Zhang's family burned joss sticks and paper money in front of the tree, asking the dead ghost to leave Come back for trouble.

"Unexpectedly, the next morning, another person was hanged from the big tree. He was also a man in his twenties and thirties. It was not until Master Wang brought his servants and Wu Zuo arrived that everyone felt relieved. But after Wu Zuo examined the body, he still said that the man had hanged himself, and there was no wound on his body. Master Wang didn't believe it, and He questioned every household in the village one by one, but there was nothing suspicious. He had no choice but to leave with the corpse. However, when he left, he left two policemen guarding the village to see Did something weird happen?"

When Du Lichang said this, his voice was a little trembling, he took a deep breath, calmed down a little, and then continued: "I didn't dare to sleep that night, and I kept listening to the movement outside. Until the sun was bright, but I didn't hear anyone shouting, so I was relieved. The two policemen didn't guard outside, but stayed at Li Laosi's house. After dawn, they saw that no one had hanged themselves on the big tree, so they rushed back to the county. I went. But the villagers were all terrified by these two dead men. Just now, the second boy of the Zhou family saw a few of them approaching the edge of the village, but he didn’t see clearly that it was Mr. Sun who arrived from a distance. He was afraid of accidents, so he called us over. Sigh , I advise you to leave Taniguchi Village as soon as possible, otherwise we will not be able to escape if anything happens."

(End of this chapter)