The Witch of Xiangxi

Chapter 206 Clothes Tomb

Xia Xiangxi opened his palm and saw that it was an egg.

When He Xuan saw it, he told Xia Xiangxi that it was better not to accept things from strangers.

Xia Xiangxi knew that He Xuan was being subtle on purpose, because He Xuan had already known how Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma treated her and grandpa in the past, and now he was reminding Xia Xiangxi to be careful that there was something in the egg!

Xia Xiangxi didn't mind.Since she rescued Majuni, Aunt Ma's attitude towards her has changed, even if it is not so obvious, she can still feel it.She and Uncle Ma met by chance. The eggs must have been eaten by Aunt Ma when she picked up the field to work, and it would not be so timely to cast a Gu or something.

He Xuan didn't care what Xia Xiangxi was thinking, and brought the egg over, saying that he was hungry and he just ate it, but actually put it in his pocket, and wouldn't let Xia Xiangxi touch it if he didn't throw it away.

Xia Xiangxi understood that He Xuan was worried about her, so he smiled.

After leaving the deep mountains, there are still hills, but Xia Xiangxi and He Xuan no longer need to hike.They are going to a place with a relatively large population, and the roads are not considered constant or bad.Speaking of which, the road to Nuwa Temple is not too far. If you take a taxi, you will arrive in one or two hours.

Unfortunately, going out was not going well, and the taxi Xia Xiangxi and He Xuan were in broke down halfway.

The fat driver got out of the car, and after a while, he was swearing in dialect and didn't know what he was talking about?Xia Xiangxi doesn't understand, but He Xuan can understand, so tell Xia Xiangxi to get off the bus!The car broke down. Listening to the driver scolding, it seemed that someone deliberately threw nails on the road.

It's not a place where the car is broken down. There is no village or shop behind. There is a large cemetery. At this time, two men, one old and one young, are paying homage to their ancestors, burning a lot of ghost paper and paper-made villas, Cars, burning fire and smoke stand out in the cemetery.

He Xuan helped the taxi driver change the tire.Xia Xiangxi took a few extra glances at the cemetery when he had nothing to do.Rural tombs generally have fewer tombstones.Therefore, if there are one or two tombstones in the cemetery, it will be particularly conspicuous.Xia Xiangxi saw a tombstone next to the tomb where the old and the young were offering sacrifices, and was attracted by the words on the tombstone.

The distance is not very far, Xia Xiangxi can clearly see the name engraved on the tombstone, "Huo Qingyan"!
Xia Xiangxi was shocked, because the name involuntarily walked towards the tombstone.

It just so happened that the old man among the old and the young walked up to the tombstone with a pile of burning paper, and lit the burning paper with a lighter. The kind of burning paper made of straw burst into flames with a "boom", and a puff of smoke and dust was even more harmful. Seeing Xia Xiangxi rushing towards him, Xia Xiangxi choked and coughed violently, which attracted the old man's attention.

The old man either saw Xia Xiangxi or the taxi on the highway, and thought that Xia Xiangxi was here to ask for directions, and while pressing the burnt paper with a wooden stick to prevent the wind from blowing the burnt paper away, he spoke to Xia Xiangxi. Look around.

After talking with the old man in the past, Xia Xiangxi knew that the owner of the tombstone was the ancestor of the old man.Counting it, the old man was going to call the owner of the tomb, Huo Qingyan, his grandmother.

Hearing what the old man said, Xia Xiangxi dispelled his doubts.The witch Qingyan she knew should not be the same as the owner of the tomb, Huo Qingyan.After all, the witch Qingyan in the legend she heard was not married.

At this time, He Xuan also followed.After handing the old man a cigarette, the old man smacked his lips and took a puff of the cigarette. He found that the taste of the cigarette was very good. In order to be able to ask He Xuan for another cigarette after smoking that cigarette, he decided to Greetings with He Xuan.Later, I don't know how they chatted, but they actually talked about the owner of the tombstone.

Women are not interested in men's topics.Xia Xiangxi listened to the conversation between He Xuan and the old man with one ear but not the other.Suddenly heard the old man talking about witches?Xia Xiangxi turned her attention and listened seriously.

According to the old man, the owner of this tombstone is not their real ancestor, but a benefactor of his ancestor.The tomb buried here is not the real tomb of Huo Qingyan, but the tomb of clothes!

It turns out that a hundred years ago, the ancestor of the old man was the executioner of the Qing court.

Executioners are notorious not only in ancient China but also in the world.People hate and fear people in this profession.But this executioner is definitely a very difficult technical job.Isn't there a saying that goes "whatever you do, the number one scholar"?It is not an easy task for the executioner to come up with a "champion".In modern terms, it is definitely not an easy task to train a professional leader in the executioner industry.

To be an executioner, in addition to having excellent psychological quality, the technical level must also be quite excellent.

When executing a prisoner, compare the executioner who can kill the prisoner with a single knife, and the crappy executioner who has to chop dozens of knives to kill the prisoner like chopping meat. At this time, at this time, killing is not even just about The question of skills has risen to the height of morality and character.

Therefore, it is said that in ancient times, many executioners were family businesses, and their sons inherited their father's business, and practiced since childhood, so as to ensure excellent killing skills.

The old man's ancestor was the hereditary executioner of the county government in the Qing Dynasty.Because of the countless murders, the old man's grandfather, Li Shan, became insensitive when executing prisoners. In his eyes, human life has become not human life, but just like cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

However, once when he executed a woman accused of murdering her husband, Li Shan's heart trembled for the first time.The female criminal had an alluring appearance, even though she was a young woman with a pair of children, she still had an outstanding demeanor, which made me feel sorry for her.For the first time in his life, Li Shan, who had never killed anyone without blinking an eye, had his hands shake.However, Li Shan still had no choice but to pick up the butcher's knife and cut off the woman's head after the supervisor gave an order.

The woman's blood splashed on his face, as if someone had slapped him hard, awakening the hidden humanity in his heart, waiting for him to see the bloody head rolling down at his feet , he was scared for the first time.

After returning, Li Shan kept repeating the woman's severed head in front of his eyes, and stared angrily at him.

As the saying goes, "Gods and ghosts are afraid of evil people"!There is an idiom called "being a minion for a tiger". In ancient times, it was said that a person who was eaten by a tiger would become a ghost after death, specially luring people to be eaten by the tiger.Be a ghost for the tiger.

Li Shan killed people like hemp, and never knew how to write the word "fear". That time, because of his fear, he let the female ghost stalk him.Wronged souls are the hardest to entangle!The female ghost was attracted by a man from the same village because of her beauty, but failed to seduce her many times. The man sneaked into the female ghost's house while her husband was not at home, and raped the female ghost.Before leaving, the husband of the female ghost came back and bumped into each other. During the dispute, the man killed the female ghost's husband, then bought the county magistrate with money, and framed the female ghost for murdering her husband.The female ghost died wronged, and the person she hates the most is naturally the person who caused her to kill her.

Since then, Li Shan has been plagued by illnesses, and he has been relieved by many monks and Taoists.During the Revolution of 1912, on February 02, 12, the Empress Dowager Longyu was forced to promulgate the "Abdication Edict" on behalf of Puyi, Puyi abdicated, and the Qing Dynasty officially ended its rule in China.Li Shan, the executioner, also lost his job.

After ten years of feng shui rotation, Li Shan has no livelihood to earn a living, and his previous savings are almost exhausted due to medical treatment.Seeing the decline of his family, what makes it worse is that his two sons and daughters also fell ill with strange diseases for no reason. After seeing famous doctors, big and small, the youngest daughter still fell ill and died, and the remaining eldest son was also sick. Save.

Li Shan felt that no matter where he went, the breath of death was everywhere.He had a dream, dreaming that there was a white stubble coffin parked in the yard, and his son was lying in the coffin with his eyes open and bloody all over his body.He called out his son's name aloud, tears streaming down his face.

By chance, I heard a pair of capable people came to the town, they are a father and daughter, and it is said that they are quite powerful in exorcising demons and subduing demons.Li Shan went to beg, and the father looked at Li Shan's face, and pushed Li Shan out of the door, saying that Li Shan's karma had been repaid, and because the female ghost was helpless to him, he turned to revenge on his children.The cycle of good and evil, Li Shan has this karma, and when he gets old, no one will be buried, which is also fate!Ren Li Shan begged bitterly, but the father was unmoved and drove him out of the house.

Li Shan knelt at the door and begged, saying that if there is retribution, it will be retribution on him, and that he is the one who committed the crime, not his child.With all the hearts of parents in the world, which parent is willing to watch their children leave this world?

Later, Li Shan's wife also came with her dying son. When it rained at night, Li Shan's wife hugged her son outside that capable man's house crying to hide from the rain. In the end, that capable man's daughter Huo Qingyan couldn't bear it anymore. She came out to take care of this business, and helped Li Shan rescue the female ghost who was about to kill his son, and saved Li Shan's son's life!

Li Shan was very grateful to Huo Qingyan, and never forgot Huo Qingyan's kindness. Soon after learning that Huo Qingyan died tragically in the mountain, he regretted that he had never been able to repay Huo Qingyan's kindness. The descendants of future generations will always remember this great benefactor who did not let the Li family die!
When the old man told the story to this point, He Xuan's pack of cigarettes was almost exhausted by the old man, and the old man had almost smoked enough, and his son over there was also calling him to leave.

Xia Xiangxi already knew that the owner of the tombstone in front of her was 90.00% likely to be the same person as the witch that Ma Po said was related to her life experience. How could she give up this good opportunity to inquire?
Seeing that the old man was leaving, Xia Xiangxi became anxious.Thinking of finding an excuse to let the old man stay, he continued to tell her about that Huo Qingyan.Her previous plan to go to the Nuwa Temple was also broken.After all, whether Xia Xiangxi goes or not, the Nuwa Temple is still there.But if the old man left, it would be difficult for her to find him again.

Xia Xiangxi said to He Xuan: "I won't go to the Nuwa Temple for now. Let's ask the old man if he can let us spend the night..."

(End of this chapter)