Rent Affair

Chapter 32
The older generation in the township rumored that during the Cultural Revolution, breaking the four old traditions prevailed. At that time, Beigang Township was not a township, but a small village. At that time, there was a Red Guard named Zhang Zisheng in the village, who was a tyrant in the village.He often took three or five young men with a hairy head from house to house to search for money in the name of inspection.

Once, Zhang Zisheng found an ancient wooden box with gold-plated four corners from a family's house.Seeing that Lie Xin was happy, Zhang Zisheng immediately swallowed the box for himself.But after that, a series of strange things happened.

After Zhang Zisheng brought the wooden box home, he would dream of a mouse with a human face every night. He still saw it in his dream a few days ago, and then such a mouse actually appeared.

Zhang Zisheng's body was bloodied from being scratched by the human-faced rat. He threw away the box and even changed his residence several times, but he couldn't get rid of the rat.

Later, relatives around Zhang Zisheng began to die one by one.Zhang Zisheng knew that the problem was the box, but he couldn't get rid of the box even after inviting many experts.

Suddenly one day, an unknown Taoist approached Zhang Zisheng.Zhang Zisheng returned the wooden box to the original owner according to the method of the unknown Taoist priest, and this ended the nightmare.

When Zhang Zisheng delivered the box and returned to his home, the man left a note and left, which said, "If you do many unrighteous actions, you will kill yourself!"

After this incident, Zhang Zisheng was still a Red Guard in the village, and he never did anything out of line. After the Cultural Revolution, he met that man in the village and found out that his surname was Wang, and everyone called him "Master Wang". , he lives in the village, but no one knows where he lives.

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After the man next to me finished speaking, he drank a bottle of wine on the table, his face was flushed, and he felt drunk. He moved the stool, moved closer, put one hand on my shoulder, and patted my chest with the other, saying Speaking bitterly, he is old enough to have a son, and this only child, relying on him to carry on the family, must have thought of this problem, if he can't find Master Wang, his baby's life will be...

The baby's life and death are all his fate, changing his fate against the sky, and the cycle of cause and effect. Even if he continues his life in this life, he will still have to pay it back if he is reincarnated in the next life. I remembered what Xiaoying said, this is all fate, whether you can find Master Wang It depends on the nature of this doll.But after hearing what the man in front of me said, this Master Wang must have supernatural powers, if he is found, he will be able to find out what happened to Qingniu Village in the less than three months since I left here?
I subconsciously glanced sideways at the old village head beside me, and saw that he was full of wine and food, smoking a cigarette in his mouth. He noticed that I was looking at him, and quickly winked at me with his eyes, then raised his finger and pointed to the restaurant. I glanced at the watch on the wall, and inadvertently chatted with the man in front of me for more than an hour. I thought it was bad, the Taoist was impatient to see that I was not there, and probably left early. Well, it's really not easy to find a person with some kindness in Beigang Township. Could it be that he just missed it?

I told the man that I was busy, got up, walked out of the restaurant with the old man and village head, and walked back to the place where I met the Taoist priest.The night was dark, and the wild grass swayed in the wind, making rustling noises. From time to time, two or three wild cats jumped out of the grass, and the moonlight was white.

The old man complained, "It's been a while, even if the Taoist priest buried someone, it wouldn't take so long!"

I told him not to worry, wait a little longer, I think the coffin is very strange, and something happened on the way to keep it in order to delay it. The so-called "employees do not doubt, suspects do not", if you have believed in the Taoist priest, it is better to just Wait, there is no rush for this moment anyway.

The old man rolled his eyes, gave me a blank look, and didn't make a sound, squatting on the ground smoking a stuffy cigarette alone.

After waiting for a long time, I saw the Taoist priest coming slowly, with a shoulder strap draped over his shoulders, which seemed to contain something, angular and bulging, holding a banner in his hand, and the banner cloth was closed. Seeing that he couldn't see what was written on the banner, the old man hurriedly got up and went up to him, complaining in his heart, but he had something to ask for, so he walked up and said, "Master, let's go back to my village now! "

The Taoist nodded with a smile, and waved his hand to let the old man lead the way.

Along the way, the old man complimented the Taoist priest. I didn’t make a sound. I only learned from the two people’s words that the Taoist priest’s name was Wang Gandang, and he was dressed like a Taoist disciple, but he was actually a layman. Teacher, this aroused my curiosity. The ability to subdue demons has always been handed down from master to student, or he took refuge in some famous schools to practice. Wang Gandang has no teacher and no school, so where does his ability come from? , I asked casually.

Wang Gan showed embarrassment to his face, saying that he could not speak.I saw that he had something to hide, so I stopped asking, and the three of them drove back to Qingniu Village at night.

When the dawn approached, the three of us arrived at the entrance of the village. The old man and the village head had no time to sit down and take a breath. He took Wang Gandang to the empty house at the west end of the village. There were two villagers guarding the door of the empty house. One person returned, beaming with joy.

The old man asked the two people in front of him if anything strange happened during his absence.

The two shook their heads in unison, saying that they have been strictly guarded and not even a cat has been inside.

The old man nodded, bowed slightly, and said to Wang Gandang, "Master, go in and have a look at the corpse!"

Wang Gandang straightened his shoulders and walked into the empty room alone. The old man followed. I hurried in when I saw this. Seeing some bloodstains, Wang Gandang stood the flag on the corner of the wall, squatted down and lifted the white sheet, frowned, and said suspiciously, "This scar doesn't seem to be caused by an evil thing, but it looks like a person..."

"Human?" The old man was surprised, "This Taoist just came to the village a few months ago, and he didn't make any enemies with anyone!"

What Wang Gandang said was consistent with what I thought, and I asked him if he could find out who did it.

Wang Gandang covered the white sheet, stood up and brushed off the dust on his trousers, and replied coldly, this person's death is not a pity, so there is no need to avenge him.

When the old man heard this, his eyes were blank, he scratched his head, and said that the Taoist priest had solved a big trouble for the village before, and he was not a bad person at all.

"How do you know that he is a good person if you know his face but not his heart?" Wang Gandang asked while holding the flag with one hand.

After asking such a question, the old man was speechless, faltered a few words, and then stopped speaking.

Seeing this, I secretly thought that Wang Gandang must know something, but I can't figure out his temperament, so I can't ask too much, so I have to follow him and ask when the time is right.

Wang Gandang walked straight out of the house, and the old man followed him in small steps, asking him where he was going.Wang Gandang didn't respond, and just strode forward alone, all the way to the cow-herding hill. The old man was exhausted, with his hands on his knees, panting heavily, and asked what he was doing here?
Wang Gandang glanced at the old man, and said in a low voice that he came here to verify some things. After speaking, he walked towards the hole on the cattle grazing hill, and the old man let out two long breaths, and followed.

Since the cave on the cow-herding hill collapsed three months ago, the villagers did not dare to approach it rashly. Now they see that the gravel under the cave has buried the cave passage, and the cave entrance spreads and expands a little, like a pit.

Wang Gandang looked around, raised his hand and pointed to a place and said to go there to have a look.

The old man ran over in a hurry along his fingers. When the old man ran to the ground, he suddenly shouted, "There's a small hole here!"

Wang Gandang raised his eyebrows, smiled, and said to himself, "It seems right!"

Looking at his appearance, it seems that all of this is within his expectations, but this small hole does not explain anything, it is probably caused by the collapse of the underground cave.

I followed Wang Gandang to the old man's side, and saw that the small hole was only the size of a fist, and it was neatly dug, not caused by a collapse, but more like it was dug by hand.Wang Gandang took out a small cage from the shoulder strap, and there was a vole in the small cage, and he took out a ball of twine from the strap.

The old man asked Wang Gandang what he was doing. Wang Gandang hissed and told the old man not to speak. After speaking, he took out the field mouse, tied the twine on its hind leg and put the field mouse into the hole. In the blink of an eye, The field mouse got into the small hole, and the hemp rope quickly extended toward the depth of the hole.

After an unknown period of time, the vole actually ran out of the hole formed by the collapse of the burrow, and the end of the twine was connected to the end of the thread. Wang Gandang bent over and put the voles back into the cage, and said with a smile, the collapse of the burrow was caused by someone blowing it up. Yes, it's not what the village says.

When the old man heard this, his face was shocked, and he asked why he was bombing the hole for no reason.

Wang Gandang pondered for a while, saying that the small hole was used to bury the explosives, and that the small hole was connected to the underground cave, which proved his idea even more, but he still didn't know the purpose of bombing the underground cave.Wang Gandang asked the old man if he could stay at his house for a few days so that he could do a thorough investigation in the village.

Hearing these words, the old man naturally wanted what he wanted, nodded repeatedly, and agreed, of course it was good, so he went back to make a bed.

I hurriedly asked the old man to clean up one more bed. The old man looked me over, hesitating for a while, sighed, and walked towards the village without saying a word.

Wang Gandang and I were the only ones left on the cow-herding hill. Wang Gandang coughed and asked me why I stayed.

I asked him back, why did he stay.

Wang Gandang laughed twice and said, "You have something you want to know, I have something I want to do, well water does not violate river water!"

Looking at his appearance, he probably guessed the purpose of my stay, but I don't know the purpose of his stay, but from what he said, since we have no stake in it, we can't be regarded as enemies. Called a friend.

Wang Gandang and I stood quietly on the cow-herding hill for a long time, and then we went back to the old village head's house together.

The old man, the village chief, and his wife passed away early, and he had a couple of children under his knees, who worked in other places and only came back during the Spring Festival. There was only the old man left in the huge yard, and he was very lonely.In order to entertain Wang Gandang, the old man killed a chicken and asked the neighbors for some wild vegetables. Naturally, I took advantage of Wang Gandang and ate a good meal.

Full of wine and food, the old man stayed up all night, feeling sleepy, pointing to the room in the courtyard and saying that Wang Gandang and I have been fighting in this room for the past few days. After speaking, he walked back to the other room with his hands behind his back. a room.

Wang Gandang and I entered the house. The interior of the house looked like a wedding room prepared by the old man for his son, but there was only a double bed in the room, and there was only one quilt on the bed.

Seeing this, the two of us looked at each other and neither made a sound...

(End of this chapter)