Records of Strange People and Strange Events in the Old Mansion

Chapter 149 Digging

In the violent storm, Zhu Hu, the slanting-eyed woman and the fake Lu Bo climbed up the West Mountain with difficulty, taking one step forward and one step back, and came to the place where Zhu Huan and Dan'er were buried.

The burial places of Zhu Huan and Dan'er are closely connected, next to the fake grave of Zhu Yunshan.

Like Dan'er, Zhu Huan did not build a grave or erect a tombstone.

The place where Dan'er was buried was already overgrown with weeds, and the grass had fallen down in the storm, making it a mess. The pile of new mud where Zhuhuan was buried was also dirty in the storm, and the two unburned candles looked particularly bright red in the mud, as bright red as the tongue of a hanged ghost in the legend.

The slant-eyed woman didn't dare to go any further when she reached Zhu Yunshan's grave. Zhu Hu mustered up his courage and finally followed the fake Lu Bo to the place where Zhu Huan was buried. Just as he was about to raise the shovel, a loud thunder exploded over the West Mountain. Zhu Hu was so scared that he sat down on the muddy ground and dropped the shovel in his hand. The slant-eyed woman cried out "Oh my God" and fell down in front of Zhu Yunshan's grave.

In the storm, the fake Ruber seemed very calm, completely different from the mean person he had been in front of Lan Yuliu. He stood at the so-called burial place of Zhu Hao and Dan'er, looking at Zhu Hu and Xieyan Po who were lying on the ground, with a look of disdain and sarcasm on his face. He asked Zhu Hu in a cold voice: "How is it? Are you still digging?"

"Dig, you must dig. Yu Liu's orders must be followed to the letter." Zhu Hu struggled to get up from the ground and went to look for the shovel.

The fake Lu Bo looked at Zhu Hu, who was covered in mud, with disdain and sighed, "Alas, evils sent by heaven can be forgiven, but evils brought upon oneself cannot be forgiven. Some people are not worthy of death. They have done too many evil things against heaven and will always be punished. No wonder they have no children. They deserve to be without descendants."

"What did you say?" Zhu Hu found the shovel and rushed to the fake Ruber.

"Didn't you hear what I said?" the fake Lu Bo asked Zhu Hu.

"I heard it, I heard it clearly. He scolded us for not having any children at the end of our lives, and said we deserve to have no descendants." The slanted-eyed woman rushed to the fake Lu Bo angrily, grabbed Zhu Hu's arm with one hand, and stretched out the other hand straight to the fake Lu Bo.

Fake Rube sneered, "Why did you pretend you didn't hear what I said before?"

"What did you say before? Tell me clearly." Zhu Hu questioned the fake Lu Bo. He didn't take this old man seriously at all.

The fake Rubeur answered calmly: "Misfortunes sent by heaven can be forgiven, but those brought upon oneself cannot be forgiven. Some people will not survive if they do not commit such crimes. If they do too many evil things against heaven and nature, they will always be punished."

"I'll make you pay!" Zhu Hu raised his shovel high and hit the fake Lu Bo. The fake Lu Bo didn't dodge or evade, but laughed loudly. A bright flash of lightning flashed in his laughter, and an electric current hit Zhu Hu's raised shovel. As a thunder exploded above Zhu Hu's head, smoke came out of Zhu Hu's head, and his whole body was instantly burned to black. The slant-eyed woman who was holding Zhu Hu's arm was thrown dozens of meters away by the strong current, directly onto the trunk of the camphor tree, and bounced back to the fake grave of Zhu Yunshan.

As soon as the body of the slant-eyed woman was thrown in front of Zhu Yunshan's fake grave, the shovel in Zhu Hu's hand was hit by the electric current and flew into the air. At this time, it fell down and hit the slant-eyed woman on the head. The slant-eyed woman fainted immediately.

Strangely enough, after the slant-eyed woman was hit by the shovel, the storm stopped instantly. The setting sun hung on the top of the western mountain, shining on the Donkey Village and the old house, making the place even fresher after the rain.

"Oh no! Zhu Hu was struck to death by Lei Gong and Dian Po! Zhu Hu was struck to death by Lei Gong and Dian Po!" The fake Lu Bo's shouts echoed throughout the West Mountain and the Donkey Village. Those neighbors who had returned to the village to work on the planting base were still taking shelter from the rain in the bamboo shed under the big camphor tree. When they heard the fake Lu Bo's shouts, they rushed to the West Mountain regardless of everything. Also rushing to the West Mountain were the road construction workers across the creek in front of the village.

When the neighbors and road construction workers arrived at the scene, they were so frightened that their hair stood on end and they fled in all directions. When they reached the original house of the Biezui mother-in-law, they could not help but stop and look back at the mountain.

One-armed Luo and the cross-legged man were brave, and a few young road construction workers were even braver. They ran back to Zhu Yunshan's fake grave and looked at Zhu Hu, who was burned to black. They sighed: "What sin did he commit? He deserves to be struck by thunder?" "Being struck by thunder is not an ordinary sin. He must have done something evil that harmed heaven and earth." "That's right, otherwise the heaven would not be angry and would not send the God of Thunder and the Goddess of Thunder to kill him."

"What's going on? What's going on?" The flat-mouthed woman rushed to the scene and saw Zhu Hu's blackened body. She clasped her hands together, closed her eyes and chanted, "Om, shuli shuli, maha shuli, shuli shuli, svaha..."

When everyone saw the flat-mouthed woman chanting a spell for Zhu Hu, who had died suddenly, their panic immediately turned into gossip. They surrounded the fake Lu Bo and kept asking questions: "Hey, can you tell us how Zhu Hu was struck to death by lightning?" "Were you with him the whole time?" "Did you see him when he was struck by lightning?"

The fake Lu Bo did not hide anything and said to everyone, "Zhu Hu was killed by lightning when he came to dig up the graves of Zhu Huan and Dan'er. I was there and saw it clearly. If you don't believe me, you can go ask his wife."

Everyone looked in the direction that the fake Lu Bo pointed, and found that the slant-eyed woman was lying in front of Zhu Yunshan's fake grave. However, she was covered in mud, and if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't even detect her presence.

One-armed Luo and the man with crossed legs wanted to drag the slant-eyed woman up to ask what happened. Just as they got in front of the slant-eyed woman, she jumped up from the mud on the ground with a somersault, scaring One-armed Luo and the man with crossed legs so much that they quickly dodged to the side.

After jumping up from the ground, the slant-eyed woman rushed to Zhu Hu's body and was stunned for a while. After a while, the slant-eyed woman burst into laughter, her laughter was eardrum-shaking and made people panic.

After laughing for a while, the slant-eyed woman, covered in mud, jumped and followed the woman with the pursed mouth, muttering: "Misfortunes sent by heaven can be pardoned; those brought upon oneself cannot be forgiven. Misfortunes sent by heaven can be pardoned; those brought upon oneself cannot be forgiven..." The woman with the pursed mouth was frightened and turned around and ran down the west mountain, running back to the bamboo shed under the big camphor tree. She was not seen coming out for several days.

After the flat-mouthed woman ran down the west hill, everyone rushed to follow her. The one who ran in front was Luo, who had long legs and was familiar with the road, so he was the first to run back to the big camphor tree. The cross-legged man wanted to run faster, but he couldn't run fast because he was swaying from side to side. Instead, he was squeezed into the canal by the road construction workers. It took a lot of effort to get up and run back to the big camphor tree. He saw that everyone had scattered like birds and beasts, hiding in their bamboo sheds and dared not come out. They said that the flat-mouthed woman had said that Zhu Hu was punished by heaven and the slanted-eyed woman was punished because they offended Zhu Hao and Dan'er.

The flat-mouthed woman also said that Zhu Hu was a fairy, how could she die? Even if she died, it was only her mortal body in the human world that died, and her real body had already gone to heaven to reunite with her father and mother in heaven. Zhu Hu and the slant-eyed woman wanted to dig up Zhu Hu's grave, but Zhu Hu didn't get angry, but her father and mother in heaven would definitely get angry, so they sent the Thunder God and the Lightning God to kill Zhu Hu. You, the slant-eyed woman, are even more hateful, but Zhu Hu's father and mother in heaven just didn't kill you, leaving you a psychopath and making you suffer in the human world.

At night, after the moon rose, the fake Lu Bo accompanied Lan Yuliu to secretly check the scene. Seeing that Zhu Hu had indeed died of electric shock, he did not say much, but just asked the fake Lu Bo: "Have the graves of the Eight Badger Immortals and the short-lived ghost been dug up? Have you seen the bodies of the Eight Badger Immortals and the short-lived ghost?
The fake Lu Bo lowered his voice and told Lan Yuliu: "Zhu Hu was struck to death by the God of Thunder and the Goddess of Lightning because he dug up the graves of Zhu Huan and Dan'er, saw their bodies and spit on them a few times."

Lan Yuliu frowned and asked the fake Luber: "After such a long time, hasn't the body of that short-lived ghost rotted yet?"

"To answer your question, boss, the egg is indeed still in good condition, exactly the same as when it was alive." The fake Ruburt replied while casually glancing at the so-called egg's grave.

Lan Yuliu stared at the fake Lu Bo and asked word by word, "Have you ever seen that short-lived ghost when he was alive?"

"Yes, I have. Didn't the boss order me to come here secretly to familiarize myself with the terrain?" replied the fake Rubeur.

Lan Yuliu's fierce expression softened a little and she said, "Oh, let's find a piece of land to bury Zhu Hu. After all, he is one of ours."

"Okay, I'll find a better place to bury him." The fake Rubeur went over and picked up the shovel whose handle had been broken by lightning, and tried to pick up the charred black corpse of Zhu Hu.

Lan Yuliu turned around, took out a paper handkerchief from her pocket and covered her mouth and nose with it. After the fake Lu Bo dragged Zhu Hu's body to a valley on the mountain and buried it, she turned around and opened her mouth and nose, threw the paper handkerchief on the so-called grave where Zhu Hu was buried, and said, "If you dig up the bodies of this Badger Immortal and that short-lived ghost again, I will tear them into pieces."

"Boss, it's already unlucky to talk about ghosts and corpses in a cemetery at night. If we dig up their bodies and chop them into pieces, it might not be as simple as being struck by lightning like Zhu Hu." The fake Lu Bo secretly observed Lan Yuliu's expression.

Lan Yuliu was furious and asked the fake Lu Bo in a stern voice: "Are you cursing me to die a miserable death?"

"Boss, how dare I curse you? I'm doing this for your own good. Don't you have important things to do? Besides, Zhu Hu was indeed killed by a thunderbolt." The fake Lu Bo answered cautiously.

Lan Yuliu nodded and said, "Well, it's a serious matter. I don't think you dare lie to me, otherwise your family will die." "I understand, I understand. I dare not have any second thoughts about you, boss." The fake Lu Bo nodded and bowed.

Lan Yuliu asked: "How is the slant-eyed woman now?"

"What else can he do? He's completely stupid. He even eats shit with gusto. He must be so tired from going crazy that he's lying on the dirt platform under the big camphor tree and falling asleep." The fake Ruburt replied.

Lan Yuliu glanced at the big camphor tree and said to herself, "Retribution, retribution."

"Yes, those who do evil will eventually perish, but the time has not come yet. When the time comes, all will be ruined." The fake Luber sighed.

Lan Yuliu glared: "What are you talking about again? Get off the mountain."

"Yes." The fake Lu Bo led the way for Lan Yuliu.

Lan Yuliu walked cautiously on the mountain road. Halfway through, she stopped and looked at the old house under the moonlight. She sighed, "I don't have the life of a dragon, but I have the heart of a dragon. What an unjust death."

"Boss, when do we start?" The fake Lu Bo turned around and asked Lan Yuliu cautiously.

Lan Yuliu did not respond immediately, but continued to stare at the old house under the moonlight. After a long while, she coldly asked the fake Lu Bo: "Are you so anxious that you want to do something bad?"

"Boss, how dare I have any improper thoughts? My family is all under your control, and I have no choice but to follow your lead. I'm just worried that time is running out. The news that Zhu Hu was killed by thunder for digging the graves of the Eight Badger Immortals and that Dan'er will probably reach the ears of Old Man Liu and Ma Yasha soon. Maybe Zhu Yunshan and that woman will come back too." The fake Lu Bo bent down and explained repeatedly.

Lan Yuliu was startled and asked, "That woman? Which woman?"

"It's Dan'er's mother. She is not someone you can easily mess with. She loves Dan'er very much." The fake Ruburt straightened up and answered.

Lan Yuliu stared at the old house under the moonlight and murmured to herself: "She? Will she come back? Will she come back again?"

"She will definitely come back, so we must act quickly." Seeing Lan Yuliu's panic, the fake Lu Bo showed a hint of smile on his face.

Lan Yuliu withdrew her gaze and walked down the mountain on her own. As she walked, she said to the fake Lu Bo in a gentle tone: "It's time to act quickly. So, you can rest after you go back. You must be exhausted after this day, right?"

"Not tired, not tired. I'm not tired. I'm following the boss so I can take care of him." The fake Lu Bo caught up with Lan Yuliu.

Lan Yuliu quickened her pace, walked to the foot of the mountain, and rebuked the fake Lu Bo in a low voice: "I told you to go back and rest, so you should rest. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll go back and rest. I'll go back and rest." The fake Lu Bo nodded and bowed hurriedly. When he stood up, Lan Yuliu was no longer beside him.

At this time, a wild cat howled near Taiping Pond. The fake Ruburt was angry with the wild cat: "Why are you howling in the middle of the night? I have lived for more than eighty years and have never done this to a dog. Old thing, I will pull out all your beard in a moment."

"Hehe..." A faint laugh came from a willow tree beside Taiping Pond.

Fake Lu Bo pretended not to hear, took out a wine gourd from his waist, gulped down a few mouthfuls, then put his hands behind his back and walked slowly back to the old house. When he reached the front door, he saw that it was locked from the inside. He turned around and walked to the back door. When he reached the wall of Zhu Hu's house, a dark figure jumped down from the wall and whispered to him, "Go back and make some noise."

"Yes, boss." Fake Lu Bo unlocked a small side door at the back of the old house and walked in. He knelt down at the entrance of the ancestral hall and cried, "Grandma, please protect this old house from your spirit in heaven. I'm afraid it will be robbed."

"Idiot, why are you crying?" Lan Yuliu appeared behind the fake Luber.

Fake Rube hurriedly replied: "Boss, didn't you ask me to come back and make some noise?"

"What an idiot! I asked you to make some noise when you return to the main house, so that if they come back, they will show up naturally." Lan Yuliu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Fake Ruburt nodded and bowed, "Yeah, yeah, I'll go back to the main house and make some noise."

"Remember, just make a little noise. I've checked around and there's no sign of them coming back." Lan Yuliu said as she flew into Zhu Shanzi's house. After a while, she flew out again and caught up with the fake Luber who had just walked to Dan'er's house. She asked, "Why can't I see the wild dogs and boars of the Eight Badger Immortals?"

"Boss, you just remembered it now? Those little wild dogs and wild boars were all killed by me who gave them drugs." The fake Rubeur seemed very proud.

Lan Yuliu couldn't believe it and asked, "Did you kill them all by giving them drugs? Is that possible? They won't just eat food fed by innocent people."

"Boss, I am now the great uncle of Badger Baxian. After Badger Baxian died, her little wild dogs and wild boars were more sad than Ma Yasha. They went on a hunger strike for several days and were really starving. They ate the food I fed them." The fake Lu Bo was complacent.

Lan Yuliu still didn't quite believe it, so she asked, "What about the little wild dogs and boars that you killed with the poison?"

"Here, here, here, all the little ones have been skinned and gutted, braised and stored in water jars. The meat is delicious and a perfect match for wine. Would you like to come over and have some to eat and drink?" The fake Ruburt licked his lips a few times, then involuntarily took out a wine gourd from his waist and handed it to Lan Yuliu.

Lan Yuliu glared and scolded the fake Lu Bo harshly: "You only know how to eat and drink all day long. Sooner or later, you will eat and drink to death."

"Boss, didn't you tell me to find a way to get rid of those little wild dogs and wild boars of the Eight Badger Immortals? Don't worry, I killed the little wild dogs and wild boars with [isoniazid] (name of the drug), it's safe for humans to eat." The fake Lu Bo took back the wine gourd and hid it around his waist to explain to Lan Yuliu.

Lan Yuliu said in a gentle tone: "Don't let outsiders see that you are a fake Ruber, otherwise you will die, and your family will die too."

"I know, I know. Please rest assured, boss. I will never let outsiders see that I am the fake Rube. I will definitely act more realistically than the real Rube." The fake Rube nodded and bowed.

Lan Yuliu ordered: "Hurry back to the main house. Remember, just make a little noise."

"Yes, yes, I understand. I understand." The fake Ruburt agreed as he backed away. After he took a few steps, he tripped over something and fell to the ground.

Lan Yuliu was about to fly into Dan'er's house when she saw the fake Lu Bo fall to the ground. She turned around to check, but as soon as she bent down, her feet were clamped tightly by something. She tried to struggle free, but the thing clamped her feet even tighter.