An Ru didn't elaborate on how to deal with it. Now that her way out was gone, she was worried that Xiao Mi might have an accident, so she left in a hurry and said that she would meet in the village later.
For a moment, the ghost old man and I were the only ones left here.
Even a blind man could see that the old man didn't like me at all, and even hoped that something would happen to me, so as not to disturb their peaceful days. When An Ru was here, he was still restrained, which was also a bit of face for An Ru. As soon as An Ru left, he immediately revealed his true colors. His dry ghost claws slapped my shoulder hard, which made me grimace in pain. Then he grinned and said that I was lucky and asked me to go with him.
He was so straightforward, how could I continue to hide it? I looked at the ghost old man very frankly and said, "I know you don't like me. In fact, I don't like you very much either. There are too many people on stage for this play today. If we were the only two in this old forest, you would definitely come up and hit me from behind. I won't be stingy in killing you."
The ghost old man's ragged face twitched, and his eyes glared at me. If his eyes could be used as a blade, I'm afraid I would have been cut into pieces by now.
I saw that the old man was on the verge of going berserk, so I didn't continue to provoke him with words. Although I still had a lot of vicious words in my stomach, I had to put the overall situation first and endured it. It was very uncomfortable, so I changed the subject and said, "However, considering that we are now grasshoppers on the same rope, even for An Ru and Xiao Mi, you have to hold your nose and put up with me.
As a friend, I think I should have some right to know now
At least it can avoid any estrangement or misunderstanding between us. After all, the separation of Yin and Yang is already very far. If everyone looks at each other silently and keeps silent, it is a bit difficult to achieve sincere cooperation.
Anyway, the way back is still long, we have plenty of time to talk about these things, and we are not afraid of not being able to explain them clearly. If you are not good at talking, then I will start first?
For example, what are these things in the forest? Where did they come from?"
The old man's anger subsided and he fell silent. He opened his mouth several times and swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue. It seemed that the complexity of the matter was beyond imagination and he needed time to organize his words. He simply raised his arm and pointed to the way home, meaning to talk while walking.
I stood up with difficulty, holding my stomach. An Ru's powder had some strange effects. At this time, the wound had stopped bleeding and was not sutured, but the flesh was stuck together, just like glue. The wound was slightly painful, and I had to bend something when walking, otherwise the wound would be pulled.
After a long time, the old man sighed and said with some regret that those things in the forest were actually villagers from Heixiazigou...
I raised my eyebrows. I was not surprised by this result. I even guessed it long ago.
"After they died, they gathered together to establish a small ghost country."
The old man talked about this strange thing with a tangled look on his face.
There are about a hundred villagers in Heixiazigou, which is not a big village. In the past, there was a ruffian in the village named Ma Liuzhi, who was idle and aggressive. He used to gamble in the provincial capital and had four fingers chopped off because of cheating. That's why he got this nickname. The villagers are also afraid of him. Even if this kind of person becomes a ghost, he is not a good ghost. Especially after escaping the rules and regulations of the human world, he is even more cruel and powerful, and he subdues the ghosts transformed by the other villagers.
Ma Liuzhi was not well educated, and he didn't know where he heard that ghosts could also establish a country. There was a ghost country in the past, which was maneuvering in the world of the living, eating people for every meal, and living a very good life. He was fascinated by this, so he established a small ghost country based on Heixiazigou, and wanted to lead the villagers to live a good life with people eating every meal. Although he never left Heixiazigou in the end, the brainwashing work never stopped, and he felt very good about himself. He often compared himself with Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, saying that Liu Bang was just a rogue before, and killed the white snake and started an uprising to seize the world. We should have confidence in him. He called himself the emperor of the sacred ghost country and the ghost king of ten perfections, and made Widow Li the queen, and Erniu from the next door the concubine, and the generalissimo of the army and horses, etc. Anyway, all the hundreds of people in Heixiazigou had official positions.
"To be honest, he also gave me an official position at that time, and made me the governor..."
The old man hung his head in shame.
I was so shocked that I couldn't imagine this man ascending the throne and becoming an emperor.
"But ghosts can indeed establish a country!"
The old man was serious for a rare time: "A long time ago, there was a ghost country in the north. It fought wars for years and invaded the south. It was recorded in history. Ma Liuzhi was not talking nonsense. Unfortunately, he didn't have the ability."
The old man was quite regretful about this, as if being a ghost was also a promising thing.
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. People have their own way, ghosts have their own way. The best destination after death is to go to the underworld and be reborn honestly. There is no such thing as ghosts building a country in the human world. If there is a real disturbance, it would probably be trampled by the ghost soldiers. This place can be tossed until now, all thanks to a powerful thing, which has caused evil in the surrounding area and obscured the secrets of heaven. Even so, if there is really a loss of life, it will sooner or later attract the practitioners of the human world to destroy it. Taoist priests like my master love to do this kind of thing the most...
The old man saw that I looked strange and actually argued with me. He couldn't tell the truth. Most of them were some strange legends, which were really not real evidence.
However, after listening for a long time, I finally heard some taste.
He said... It seems to be Guifang!
This is a nomadic people active in the north before the Qin Dynasty. It was once very powerful. During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it repeatedly invaded the Central Plains and was the biggest nightmare of the Central Plains at that time.
However, Guifang only has the word "ghost" in its name, and has nothing to do with the dead!
When I looked at the old man, I suddenly felt a little pitiful. I didn't want to argue with him on this issue, so I interrupted him directly: "According to what you said, the most powerful person in this place is this Ma Liuzhi? But what kind of injustice can he, a bully who runs rampant in the village all day, suffer? This place is full of evil spirits. This must be a change caused by the appearance of something with extremely heavy resentment. If he didn't suffer a strange injustice during his lifetime, he would definitely not have such resentment after death. Forgive my shallowness, I really can't think of any injustice for a villain? It seems that he deserves any kind of bad retribution!"
"He didn't suffer any injustice..."
The old man shook his head and sighed, "In fact, at the beginning, he was just like everyone else, he just became a ghost after death, but he was ferocious and frightening when he was alive, and this residual power continued to spread after his death. He used his fierce power in his life to subdue others and became the leader. Later... I don't know what he found in the Three Gods Temple. Since then, he has been hiding in the Three Gods Temple and refused to come out. He sleeps most of the time. Every New Year, he asks us to prepare tributes. In the past, the tributes he asked for were just some birds and beasts, but this year... he suddenly asked for people! !
It was only after he got into the Three Gods Temple that he suddenly became powerful!"
"What exactly is this Three Gods Temple?"
I hesitated for a moment and said, "So, you, Xiao Mi, and An Ru have always been excluded from Ma Liuzhi's circle, right? They are all near the Three Gods Temple, but you live alone in the village and become their hunters. In previous years, you prepared livestock sacrifices for them, but this year you had no choice but to prepare people. That's why An Ru left here, and then met me. Seeing that I was half dead, she simply brought me back to cure me and gave me to Ma Liuzhi as a sacrifice?"
The old man hung his head, tacitly agreeing with this matter. After a long time, he talked about the Three Gods Temple.
It's just an ancient temple, built in the mountains, and it's been a long time. Every spring plowing and autumn harvest, or on important days, the villagers of Heixiazigou will go to the Three Gods Temple to worship. Some people say that there is a secret door under the Three Gods Temple, and there are extraordinary things inside. Ma Liuzhi became a veritable ghost king because he got that thing.
Maybe, the way An Ru said to deal with Ma Liuzhi refers to that thing!
There are some things I didn't tell the old man, for example, they are very likely descendants of the Ran tribe that left back then, and the Three Gods Temple is the best proof! !
The Ran tribe is related to the ancient Shu Kingdom. Because it is too far away from the present, it is very mysterious. It may really have some extraordinary means. When some stubborn Ran tribe members left back then, they may have brought out some extraordinary objects.
After thinking about it, I think that Ma Liuzhi suddenly became so powerful, which can only be related to this.
The Three Gods Temple, I am afraid there are some secrets!
Unfortunately, the old man only went in when he was alive, that is, worshipped and kowtowed to the shrine inside. After death, he didn't even have the opportunity to go in, and there was no opportunity to explore seriously. He couldn't tell the truth about the situation inside.
In the end, this is all after the death of the person.
I had some thoughts and doubts in my mind, so I asked: "Why did everyone in the whole village die? Moreover, looking at the situation in those dilapidated houses, they all encountered emergencies and fled at once! And An Ru... why is she in such a strange state? She looks almost alive?"
"You can survive if it is caused by God, but you can't survive if it is caused by yourself!"
The old man sighed softly, and when I asked about this, there was a trace of pain in his eyes...