Records of Strange People and Strange Events in the Old Mansion

Chapter 71 True

Mr. Zhu took the initiative to stand up and demand to state the truth, and Badger Zhu was naturally happy. Since seeking the truth, only Mr. Zhu has been a key figure throughout. She believes that he is not a bad person, but because he has always been the Riddler in front of her, she is a little tired of him.

The moon on the night of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month is just a little bit full. At this moment, it is hanging high on the top of Dongshan Mountain. Its cool brilliance shines on the old house and the main house of the old house, making every brick, tile, door and window weathered by vicissitudes of life. More solemn.

Mr. Zhu stood in the middle of the front yard of his old house. He was eighty-nine years old and his back was straight. His 1.85-meter-long body was taller than that of an ordinary young man in his twenties. Under the cold moonlight, the position where Mr. Zhu stood was particularly eye-catching.

Normally no one dares to stand in this position. If a child accidentally stands on it, the adult will immediately go over and pull him away and scold him to never do it again. Because this is the most sacred position of the old house, it is said to be the heart of the old house. This heart position is paved with cobblestones to create a large Yin-Yang Bagua diagram. When she was a child, Zhu Badger lay on this Yin-Yang Bagua diagram and looked at the stars. At that time, she must have been only five years old. She had just gone to Mr. Zhu’s place to formally learn Chinese and Chinese characters. In the middle of the night, she was frightened awake by Mr. Zhu’s ruler in her dream, so she ran out and lay on the Look at the stars up here.

Zhu Badger has insisted on doing things that adults say cannot be done since he was a child. You can't do it openly, you can do it secretly. The five-year-old little Zhu Badger fully stretched out his body and could not cover the Yin-Yang Bagua diagram. He could only turn over to the Yin side for a while. After seeing enough of the Big Dipper, he turned over for a while to the Yang side to see the Milky Way. .

Strangely enough, Xiao Zhu Badger felt more comfortable lying on the Yin Yang Bagua diagram than on the Babu bed. She could always feel a warm air current surging through her little body. This air current made her feel more comfortable. Forget all the grievances and fears, and look at the stars in the sky without a trace of distracting thoughts.

Therefore, until she met Zhu Yunhe by chance in the cave, Zhu Badger, besides going to meet her badgers under the big camphor tree in the middle of the night, she just liked to lie on the Yin Yang Bagua chart and watch the stars. Of course, Zhu Badger would not let anyone know while lying on the Yin Yang Bagua chart and looking at the stars, otherwise it would be a great disrespect to the old house.

In fact, there are at least two people who know all about Zhu Badger, and one is Mr. Zhu.

Now that Mr. Zhu is standing on this Yin-Yang Bagua chart and recounting the past, Badger Zhu can understand his good intentions.

Mr. Zhu said that he secretly went to inform Zhu Yunhe about the death of Zhu Yunshan and his wife. The reason why he did so was based on two considerations. First, Zhu Yunhe was Zhu Yunshan’s twin brother after all. In order to prevent internal strife between the brothers, his father and mother took precautions to take Zhu Yunhe out for foster care. But now that Zhu Yunshan has passed away, Zhu Yunhe should naturally return; secondly, the little Zhu Badger needed someone to raise him. In the world at that time, only his uncle and aunt could do that. Take on this important responsibility.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yunhe and his wife did not dare to return officially, but when they learned that Zhu Badger was not Zhu Yunshan's biological child, they actually left her to die in a cave.

Perhaps due to the cowardice of Zhu Yunhe and his wife, those people wanted to attack the old owner's house despite Mr. Zhu's obstruction. At this time, Yushu Linfeng appeared in Lvbu Village. His appearance in a bamboo hat and a raincoat made everyone feel that he was What's different is that he sees the beginning but not the end of the dragon, which makes people dare not act rashly.

Yushu Linfeng first appeared on a neem tree among the tombs halfway up Xishan Mountain. Huang Zhong’s voice like a big Lu frightened those who wanted to do evil. He announced: The old house will always be the grandma of Taizu. In the old house of Taizu, the main house will always be the main house of Grandma Taizu. Among the living people, only Zhu Badger is the granddaughter of Grandma Taizu. She will be the owner of the old house and the owner of the main house. Who dares to have second thoughts, like this trunk!
Before he finished speaking, the trunk of the neem tree broke in two after a ray of cold light, but he was still standing firmly on a branch as steady as a mountain.

Zhu Yunhe and his wife were even more uneasy and went to seek help from Mr. Zhu. Mr. Zhu said, if you had returned to the old house and the main house openly from the beginning, none of this would have happened. There is nothing I can do next, so you can take care of yourself. Bar.

"We should deal with our own affairs ourselves." As a male voice interrupted Mr. Zhu's statement, two people walked out of the old house owner's house. These two people were Liu Ruyu pretending to be Ma Yasha and Zhu Huzhai pretending to be Zhu Yunshan. , Liu Ruyu and Zhu Huzhai carried a man out on a chair. This man was Zhu Yunhe who had broken both legs.

Liu Ruyu and Zhu Huzhai carried Zhu Yunhe under the eaves. Zhu Yunhe clasped his fists at Mr. Zhu and all his neighbors. Then he clasped his fists in the air and choked: "Badger, I am not qualified to be your uncle, so it is more important to apologize." I am not qualified to say that I can only be worthy of you and my brother and sister-in-law by telling the truth about everything in the past."

Zhu Yunhe said that he was indeed too timid and selfish back then. Once a person is too selfish, he cannot move forward fearlessly and will only look forward and backward.

When Zhu Yunhe learned that his twin brother had passed away, he was sad and at the same time couldn't help but feel a little happy that he could finally take over. But just because of this small secret, he and Liu Ruyu were not able to rush back to the old house as soon as possible regardless of everything.

It stands to reason that both his twin brother and his lover have passed away. As a twin brother, he will rush back to pay homage at the earliest opportunity. He will also treat his newborn niece as his own. After all, she only has you as her biological uncle in this world.

Not only did Zhu Yunhe not think that way, he didn't do that either. His first reaction was: Could Mr. Zhu be lying to him? What kind of trick are you going to lay on him to trick him into returning to his old house? Is it possible that he is not even given the right to live in another place?

He and Liu Ruyu sneaked back to Lvbuo Village to confirm that Zhu Yunshan and Ma Yaksha were dead. Zhu Yunhe and Liu Ruyu waited until the dead of night before sneaking into the old house and entering the main house. This was the same situation he told Zhu Badger in the cave.

But what happened next was not like that at all. It could even be said to be two extremes. That is to say, what Zhu Yunhe did was not at all what he said to Zhu Badger in the cave. Instead, he was worried that he would get angry and wanted to Run away with some hard goods in the main room.

Although Liu Ruyu is a weak woman, she has a clear sense of love and hate and a sense of justice, and she firmly opposes what her husband does. But wait until she goes to find Mr. Zhu to discuss how to handle the funeral arrangements for Zhu Yunshan and Ma Yaksha? Zhu Yunhe had already taken away some hard goods from the main house and disappeared without a trace.

"Brother, sister-in-law, Badger, I'm sorry for you. I don't even have the courage to call you out." Zhu Yunhe sat on a chair and covered his face with his hands, crying.

"Cry, cry. Men don't shed tears easily. You can't be considered a man. Crying is not a sin. Let me tell you what happens next." Liu Ruyu came out from behind Zhu Yunhe and stood next to Mr. Zhu with a smile on her face. Telling about the past she doesn't want to remember.

After Zhu Yunhe ran away, Liu Ruyu was heartbroken. She didn't expect that the husband she had entrusted to her for life would be such a man who was worse than dogs and badgers. She wanted to die. Zhu Yunshan and Ma Yasha hadn't set off yet. At this time, she Go, we can still have a companion on the road to Huangquan, who is more or less an uncle and a sister-in-law.

But after listening to Mr. Zhu's advice and looking at the infant Zhu Badger, who was crying for food, Liu Ruyu, like her name, softened her heart and strengthened her heart, as soft as jade and as firm as jade.

Mr. Zhu advised Liu Ruyu that it is easy to die, but not easy to survive. From now on, you will not live for yourself, but for Xiao Zhu Badger and the old house. Liu Ruyu asked Mr. Zhu, why should I live for Xiao Zhu Badger? Live for the old house? Little Zhu Badger and I have no blood relationship, and I have no relationship with Laozhai.

Mr. Zhu said to Liu Ruyu, isn’t it because of him that you want to die? And didn't he abandon you and her? If you become her mother, raise her up, and make her a fairy in the old house, then he will definitely regret it. His regret is the best punishment for him. Liu Ruyu asked Mr. Zhu, isn’t she a bastard? Can a bastard become a fairy in an old house?

Mr. Zhu asked Liu Ruyu, "Does the prince and general Xiang Ning have the guts?" She was born in the old house owner's house and she was the fairy of the old house. Didn't you see who was taking care of her after she was born? Who feeds her? Liu Ruyu was at a loss for words. Indeed, the reason why she had such a deep impression on the unrelated little Zhu Badger was because as soon as she entered the main house door, she saw small dogs and pig badgers surrounding Little Zhu Badger. Two of them were surrounded by small dogs. From time to time, a sow badger takes turns lying on Xiao Zhu Badger's body to nurse her. Zhu Yunhe drove away the small dogs and pig badgers and secretly threw the small red badgers into the cave. The small dogs and pig badgers immediately carried the small red badgers back to the main house through the tunnel. After returning to the main house, the thin dogs and pig badgers did not allow anyone to get close to the little Zhu Badger, including Liu Ruyu.

Liu Ruyu was moved and decided to stay and take care of Xiao Zhu Badger and be her mother. But those people didn't buy it. They gathered in the front yard early the next morning and made sure to clean up the bodies of Zhu Yunshan and Mayasha before leaving the main house. They called Xiao Zhu Badger a bastard and wanted to burn her alive.

Mr. Zhu was at a loss as he could not go out and argue with the people outside. Those people could drive him out of the old house with just one question: "Why did you enter the main house without permission?" He never expected that those people would come and block the door early in the morning. Not only did he enter the old owner's house without permission, but he was also alone in the main house with a beautiful woman like Liu Ruyu. In his early teens, not too old.

Seeing that Mr. Zhu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, Liu Ruyu calmed down. She opened the makeup box she brought with her and started making a mask according to Ma Yasha's face.

As a troupe actor, Liu Ruyu also had ancestral disguise secrets in her family, so she quickly made a mask of Ma Yasha and put it on her face. Even Mr. Zhu said it looked like her, but her figure was curvy, while Ma Yasha himself was tall and thick. This is how to do? With an idea, he put on two thick bamboo hoops on his arms, two thick bamboo hoops on his upper body, and two thick bamboo hoops on his legs. Then he put on Mayaksha's clothes, which looked even bigger than Mayaksha. Yaksha.

"You may not believe that I have changed my appearance, right? Then let you see my real face. Anyway, starting from tonight, I will go back to the real Liu Ruyu, because Badger Badger is already a real old house fairy, and there is no need for me. This fake horse Yaksha is behind the attack." Liu Ruyu said, tearing off a mask on her face in front of everyone, and everyone was stunned.

Liu Ruyu and other villagers calmed down and said: "As the old saying goes, everyone can change their tricks, but they are just different. As long as you master the tricks, those deceptive tricks are actually very simple. Just like disguise, as long as you With tools and an existing piece of leather, it can be completed in three steps: molding, applying the face, and blow molding.”

Liu Ruyu pretended to be Ma Yaksha and appeared at the door of the old house owner's house. She only said one sentence, which scared the people and fled. This sentence was: "I am a Yaksha ghost. Whoever dares to offend me will immediately drag you to the underworld."

Although everyone came to their senses later, because Liu Ruyu pretended to be Ma Yaksha even more Yaksha than the original Ma Yaksha, and with the appearance of Yushu Linfeng, those people did not dare to be presumptuous anymore. Of course, society is developing, the times are progressing, and the unbridled torture has been impossible.

"Okay, thank you to my mother for paying so much for me. From tonight on, you are my Ruyu mother." As soon as the person arrived, Zhu Badger's clothes fluttered in front of Liu Ruyu, bowed deeply, and then said Fatty Zhu shouted: "Master Fatty, swing the big spoon, my sister Cauliflower is impatient to wait."

"Oh, my fairy sister is the only one who knows that my saliva is almost dry." Daylily sat down on the Eight Immortals table closest to Dazhao in a flash.

After Zhu Badger invited Mr. Zhu and Liu Ruyu to take their seats, he said to Zhu Huzhai and Lan Yuliu: "You two, please be responsible for taking care of my uncle. I have to sit with my master and brother Dan'er tonight."

"Fairy, do you know my true identity?" Blue Jade Liufen's face turned red, and she and Zhu Huzhai carried Zhu Yunhe to another Eight Immortals table.

After Zhu Badger Ladan'er and Dan'er's mother sat down on the left and right sides of him, he responded to Lan Yuliu: "When the true is false, the false is also true, when the false is true, the true is also false, true is false, false is true, Who can tell the truth about some people? This is what you said. However, I would like to add that if others don’t know, don’t do anything except yourself. I offer you a toast. I used a saying from my mother-in-law, which is, 'Fairy Lao Zhai, whoever dares to offend you will be sent to the eighteenth level of hell'. After Zhu Badger finished speaking, he raised his wine cup and drank it all.

"Old House Fairy Shenwu!"

"Old House Fairy Shenwu!"

The one-armed Luo and the swing-legged man raised their wine cups and cheered.

"Old House Fairy Shenwu!"

All the neighbors raised their wine cups and cheered, including the flat-mouthed woman.

"Xian Tai, I should toast you with my first drink." Zhu Badger came to the flat-mouthed woman with a wine cup in hand. She was so frightened that the flat-mouthed woman almost fell from the stool to the ground. The big piece of meat she had just put into her mouth collapsed. The flat mouth fell on the table, and the flat mouth just kept puckering: "Immortal, immortal, immortal..."

"Don't be nervous. We are all immortals. We will take care of each other in the future." Zhu Badger raised his hand, opened his mouth, and the wine in the cup flowed silently into his throat like a rainbow.

The flat-mouthed woman hurriedly drank a glass of wine, and flat-mouthed woman responded hastily: "Take care of me, take care of me."

"Brother Tiger, Sister-in-law Tiger, I'd like to toast you two. Thank you for cooperating with my Sister-in-law Liu to come to the old house and live in the main room." Zhu Badger walked up to Zhu Hu and Xianyan Po and raised the wine cup.

Zhu Hu and Xianyanpo had just picked up a chicken leg and a pig's trotter respectively. Zhu Badger's voice rang in their ears. The chicken leg and pig's trotter fell away from the chopsticks and fell back into the bowl. The couple did not dare to move, not even their heads. After a while, fortunately, the squinting woman had an advantage, and her squinting eyes happened to hit Zhu Badger. Hehe responded: "Fairy, fairy, no thanks, no thanks, it should be, it should be." "Haha, it is indeed your acting. "Very good, very good." Zhu Badger didn't touch the cup with Zhu Hu and Xianyan Po. He raised his head and saw that the wine in the cup was empty.

When Zhu Badger returned to the main table, Zhu Hu and Xianyan Po were still at the table, not daring to move. One-armed Luo gloated, stretched out his one arm in front of Zhu Hu and Xianyan Po, gave a thumbs up, and said with a smile: "Fairy praises you. "Very good, very good!" "Very good, very good, indeed very good. From now on, you two will go up and perform on the ancestral hall stage to make sure everyone's hands are red." The squinting woman trembled in front of her.

"Take your stinky claws away, or I'll break your other leg!" Zhu Hu didn't dare to quarrel with the one-armed Luo in person. He was very cruel to the cross-legged guy. The cross-legged man didn't expect Zhu Hu to be so horizontal. His hands with orchid fingers were froze like two dead branches, shaking and falling to the ground at any time.

Zhu Badger's penetrating voice said: "Everyone, we are a little late tonight, please forgive me. Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, and my family will eat glutinous rice balls tonight. Remember, when you go back tonight, think carefully about whether I or my ancestors Have you ever bullied my biological father and mother, including my Ruyu Niang? If so, tell me clearly in person when you come over to eat glutinous rice balls tomorrow night. If you have something to hide, it will not be as simple as a skinned mouse appearing on your bedside. Oh."

"what?"

"it is good!"

"go!"

The villagers eating the banquet dispersed in a hurry, leaving only Liu Ruyu, Mr. Zhu, Dan'er and Dan'er's mother at the main table, and Zhu Yunhe, Zhu Huzhai, Lan Yuliu and Lu Huan at the other table. Of course, Daylily was still feasting on her meal in her seat without even raising her head.

"Sister Huaicai, eat slowly. The others are coming back to the house with me. I have something to ask and something to say." Zhu Badger went over and patted Daylily on the back, brought her two large bowls of pig's trotters, and then Step into the old owner's house.