Forbidden City

Chapter 18 Too Arrogant

The second uncle asked: "Do you remember the dog barking last night?" I said of course I did, and the second uncle asked again: "Then do you know why the dog barks?"

"How do I know? Second Uncle, just tell me straight up, don't beat around the bush." ​​When is it, Second Uncle is still in the mood to play charades with me.

The second uncle said that the reason why the dog barked at that time was because Wu Banxian had died.

"What?" When I heard that, I almost jumped up from the bed, I said it was impossible, how could Wu Banxian be dead?The second uncle said: "Actually, I don't believe it, but the fact is true. Last night, all the chickens in the old man's house died, their necks were broken, and blood was spilled all over the ground. Later, they were found not far from the chicken coop. The mouth of Wu Banxian's corpse was covered in blood. Everyone said that it was a dead body and was going to drink chicken blood like a zombie, but it was blocked by dogs and could not escape."

The more I listened to it, the more mysterious it became. Just looking at the corpse is already unbelievable, not to mention drinking chicken blood.But if Wu Banxian is really dead, how many dogs can stop it?I'm afraid that no matter how many dogs come, they will be drained of blood by it, right?
"What about Wu Banxian's body now?" I asked.

The second uncle said: "It was taken to his house. Everyone is discussing how to dispose of the corpse. I heard that it will be burned, so as not to let it die again and cause disaster to the village."

Wu Banxian died a terrible death, and now he is going to be burned. I think this is too cruel for him, and he ended up like this, all because of me, if I didn't insist on building a house on that piece of land , so many things will not happen today.I endured the severe pain and got out of bed. The second uncle asked me where I was going. I said to go to Wu Banxian’s house. I was going to see his body. The second uncle said, “What’s so good about a corpse? , if someone asks about the transparent coffin, you can't say a word, understand?" The second uncle was about to go out after speaking, I grabbed him and asked him where he put the amber coffin, Ling Zhi said before , The amber coffin must be retrieved and put back in its original place, otherwise, our village will be in a state of chaos.

The second uncle looked at me, shook his head and sighed: "You are stupid! Who is that Ling? He almost killed us last night. Do you still believe his nonsense? Put it back, the more you can't put it back, the reason why I hid the coffin is actually for the good of the whole village, otherwise the coffin will be found by that surname Ling, I'm afraid something bad will happen again."

I was speechless for a while.

After the second uncle went out, I felt restless and always felt that something was wrong, so I simply walked out of the door and took a look at my house. I didn't know what happened to Ling Ziyao, so I walked home. When I was about to get the key to open the door, I suddenly found that the key was missing.I became anxious and searched my pockets all over my body. My mobile phone and wallet were all there, but the keys were missing.I hurriedly called my second uncle and asked him if he had seen my key, and my second uncle said no.I remembered that after I was knocked down by Lexus last night, he dragged me away for a while, did the key drop at that time?
I hurried towards the wasteland of last night.From here to there, you need to pass through Wu Banxian's house.When I arrived at the gate of Wu Banxian's house, I saw Uncle Zhou and several people from the village sitting outside Wu Banxian's hall talking loudly, as if they were in a meeting.I walked over with a very complicated mood. Uncle Zhou saw me and asked with concern: "Feng Feng, is your injury better?" I said it was better, and then I looked into the main room and saw a coffin .Just as he was about to ask if Wu Banxian's body was lying there, Uncle Zhou asked me first.

"What kind of hatred do you have with Mr. Ling? Why did he kill you and Erqiao?"

I said I don't know either, as if he had a big opinion on our Yu family.

Suddenly, a cold voice came from behind me: "I have no complaints about your Yu family." Everyone looked at the reputation, and their faces changed. I also turned around and saw that it was Ling Zhi. I couldn't help being furious, and shouted at him : "You still dare to come?" As he said that, he rushed towards him, ready to avenge his blow last night, but was pushed to the ground by Ling Zhi.

Everyone stood up abruptly, staring at Lexus, their swords drawn.Uncle Zhou helped me up, stared at Ling Zhi and asked, "Mr. Ling, what do you mean? You hurt people here at will, do you think we rural people are easy to bully?"

Another uncle immediately said: "Yes! If you dare to run amok here, you will never leave our village!"

Ling Zhi shook his head, deliberately lengthened his voice, and said in a strange way: "You guys, a bunch of idiots, are stupid! Ignorant! You don't know when you are about to die!"

I added fuel to the flames, and wanted to rush forward to fight this kid, but Zhou Bo stopped him, and he said neither humble nor overbearing: "You are from the city, we are from the country, and we don't read as much as you, but we are also wise. Reasonable people, if you think we are stupid and ignorant, and you think we are easy to bully, then you are wrong!"

Ling Zhi stretched out his hand and pointed at us, and snorted coldly: "You say you are stupid and ignorant, but you still don't admit it, let me ask you, how did Wu Banxian die?"

I blurted out: "You killed him!"

Ling Zhi stared at me, raised his voice and said: "Boy, don't spitting blood, just say this to you, you can be convicted of slander, and you will be imprisoned for a year or two..."

Uncle Zhou interrupted him and said angrily: "Don't play with us, tell me, what are you doing here? We are going to find you! You injured Feng Feng and Erqiao last night, do you think Is this over?"

Ling Zhi was confident, and said unhurriedly: "Why did I hurt them last night? You ask yourself what they did. I'm here today to tell you that if you don't take the amber coffin If you find out, no one in your village will survive."

Furious, I yelled at him, "Don't you fucking scare people!"

Ling Zhi snorted coldly: "You think I'm scaring people, you don't believe it, but after tonight, you will know that it is your stupidity that killed the whole village!"

"You—" I was completely irritated by this guy, and I wanted to rush up again, but Uncle Zhou held me tightly, and I angrily said to Uncle Zhou: "Uncle Zhou, let me go, I want to teach him a lesson. Zhou Bo said: "You are not his opponent, so don't be impulsive, let's clarify the matter before we talk."

At this time, I hated Ling Zhi so much that I wanted to swallow him alive, and I didn't understand where this kid had the courage. After hurting someone last night, he still appeared in front of us openly today, and he was full of nonsense. Is it true? Do you think us country people are fools?
Ling Zhi glanced at the coffin in the main room, put his hands in his trouser pockets, held his head high, and said arrogantly: "You must not understand why Wu Banxian died suddenly. Let me explain to you."

As soon as I heard this, I temporarily gave up the idea of ​​rushing up to destroy him. Uncle Zhou and the others obviously wanted to know the reason of this matter, so they all looked at him and waited for him to continue.Ling Zhi glanced at us again, as if he was very satisfied with our performance, with a look of satisfaction on his face, and said unhurriedly: "The reason why I came to you is because Wu Banxian found me and said that something strange happened in your village. I can't stand it anymore, and I need my help urgently. I didn't want to come because I have nothing to do with you. Whether the people in your village live or die has nothing to do with me. But Wu Banxian begged me and said If I don't come, the people in your village will really be ruined. Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. After hearing what he said, I was moved with compassion and came here."

Speaking of this, Ling Zhi glanced at us again, seeing that we were silent, he continued: "After I came, I realized that the matter was much more serious than I imagined. Why did so many people suddenly grow on the surface? Tree roots? This is because there is an inverted tree under the ground. Everyone knows that trees grow upwards, so why does it grow downwards? This is because the ground is a fierce land .As for why a tree can grow upside down in a bad place, you won’t understand even if I tell you about the theories of yin and yang, five elements, etc. In a word, no one of you is allowed to go to that piece of land, and whoever goes there will be in bad luck!”

This kid babbled and talked so much nonsense, it was nothing more than scaremongering, trying to scare everyone, I interrupted him, and asked him: "Then how did Wu Banxian die?"

(End of this chapter)