Chapter 4 Phoenix Village
"Ah? Not dead? Why are we wronged? Sin, sin..." Fatty Sun almost jumped up. Among the three of us, he was the only one who was beaten, and he was covered in scars. When he heard the sheriff confirmed that he was wronged, he naturally cried and complained about his grievances.
"Since you police know that we were wronged, you should let us go, disobeying the laws of heaven, but you don't know that the crime is serious!" Old Man Wu strode out and said coldly.
The sheriff's face trembled, but it became even more gloomy. After a long time, he smiled and said, "Dao Masters, don't be impatient. You must let go. But just let you go. The money from the entrusted person was spent in vain..."
"So you took the black money from those people?" Fatty Sun shouted in shock. Suddenly, I pulled my sleeves away. Fat Sun looked at me in shock. I hurriedly shook my head and signaled him not to talk much. The situation in front of him was beyond imagination. Since we were all wronged, there must be a reason, a huge reason, otherwise the police would not slander the Xuanmen Taoist Master for no reason.
"Do you Taoist masters, don't be so unkind. You need to live a life. Are the people in our public sect not ordinary people? Over the years, they have been raising a group of police stations in Fenghuang Village. The filial piety I give every year is dozens of times more than your Saints Village. Tell me, who do you want me to help?" The sheriff smiled coldly and then said: "Actually, this time I invited you all Taoist masters together. I am the village chief of Fenghuang Village. I have jointly entrust with the villagers of Fenghuang Village to ask you to do something!"
"What's the matter?" Old Man Wu asked reflexively, as if he had thought of something.
"It's about the hillside behind Phoenix Village, under the Soul Slope..."
"Wait! I won't accept this business!" Before the sheriff finished speaking, Old Man Wu suddenly interrupted coldly, stared at the sheriff's face and said, "Shen Datong, you are also a sheriff at least, why can't you get along with the people from our Shengxian Village?"
"Since Master Wu has said this, I will tell you that it is not that I can't get along with the people from your Shengxian Village, but that I can't get along with you Taoist masters. I just use people's money to eliminate disasters. The mystery of the hundreds of years of ancient coffin in the Soul Slope of Phoenix Village is about to be released. However, the villagers of Phoenix Village do not want to make this public, so they must be reburied in secret!" Sheriff Shen Datong said firmly, but I did not understand what he and Old Man Wu said, as if very few people knew about it.
"Patient Sun, do you know what the century-old ancient coffin they are talking about?" I asked in Fat Sun's ear in a low voice.
"The blood spring appeared once every nine years in the back mountain of Fenghuang Village. This was because of the tomb. The earth master and Taoist master who were surveyed at the time, and then died innocently. He was listed as a seven-character quatrain. He was killed in all five ties. Although he had been brought to the sect of things by a Taoist master, the resentment inside was full of resentment, and it was very likely that something had come out..." Fatty Sun explained to me with sighs.
I focus on the key points. I don’t know much about other things, but I have heard of the blood springs that appear once every nine years. Legend has it that there is a dry spring on the back mountain of Fenghuang Village. The spring water will be sprayed out every nine years. However, the spring water is transformed from blood in human body. Some people say that there are monsters under the Luohun Slope, and some people say that there is an unjust soul that has been deposited for hundreds of years under the Luohun Slope. As for the causes and consequences, I don’t know why the people in Fenghuang Village suddenly thought of relocating the ancient coffin below the Luohun Slope. Moreover, since the people in Fenghuang Village know that there are ancient coffins buried below, they must also know the origin of the ancient coffin and the reason for the blood spring!
"What if I don't take this business?" Old Man Wu trembled all over and a cold sweat appeared on his face.
"Hahaha..." Police Chief Chen laughed, then took out a bag and said, "Of course I can't do anything about you. Even though I know that you were wronged, wouldn't it damage the reputation of our police station? But since you wronged you, this matter must be settled. If anyone doesn't want to take this business, I will do my favor and let him go home and take out fifty silver dollars as compensation. If I take this business, I have other arrangements. You only have these two ways to go now!"
"Haha! Since that's the case, I'll designate not to take on this business and let me go!" Old Man Wu smiled loudly and signaled the police to open the prison door.
Policeman Chen winked, and immediately a policeman stepped forward to untie the chain and let Old Man Wu go out. Then, Policeman Chen took out a bag and handed it to Old Man Wu. Old Man Wu grabbed it and considered it, nodded with satisfaction, and walked out strode.
"Then, I won't answer, let me go!" Fatty Sun's eyes lit up. He was about to walk out, but was tightly grabbed. He was stunned and asked, "Xiao Jiu, what's wrong with you? Do you want to go to Luohunpo to die? Why don't we accept it? Who do they want to look for? Who do they want to find?"
"No!" I whispered, and inexplicably replied to the crazy old Taoist's speech before leaving in my mind. No matter what, don't come back... The old Taoist first broke the disaster of collecting money, and then what he said later would not make no sense, and it must have been a sign of some omen. So after I gave me some advice, I thought about it, and I said anxiously: "You can't go home, and you must not refuse to accept it!"
Fatty Sun was stunned, then counted his fingers and frowned, "No! Old Man Wu is in trouble. He thought that the person who entered the prison would have to be covered with dark clouds, but now he remembered that Old Man Wu was in a mortal disaster, and he...he was probably already..."
"Don't say it!" I hurriedly made a gesture of silence, and felt inexplicably sad. Didn't this old man Wu expect that he would have such a disaster? Or... Or did he know that he would die if he went out, and he insisted on his death, and would not accept this business!
After a while, a policeman walked in like a big shot and whispered something in the ear of Sheriff Shen. But seeing him full of fierce aura, it seemed that he was the one who dealt with Old Man Wu. This bastard who was killed thousands of times is a sin, but he is just Old Man Wu. Why did you choose to die?
"How is it? You two Taoist masters are left, but the only two Xuanmen masters in Shengxian Village have agreed to take this business, but they still don't take it?" Sheriff Chen raised his legs and smiled gloomy.
"We...we pick it up!" I gritted my teeth, looked at Fatty Sun, and nodded with great firmness.
"Okay!" Police Chief Chen instantly curled his smile, got up and walked out. He suddenly stopped at the door of the prison cell and ordered the police officers around him: "Take them to Fenghuang Village, give them to Village Chief Niu, and take back the other half of the compensation promised by Village Chief Niu!"
"Yes!" The two policemen responded respectfully, and only walked in slowly until Chief Chen left, and sneered at us: "Two masters, please follow us!"
Leaving the police station, facing the night, two policemen took Fatty Sun and me and me to sneak into Fenghuang Village. Fenghuang Village was surrounded by mountains and there was a clear river in front of them. Perhaps because the river water was very shallow, or perhaps the people in Fenghuang Village were stingy and were unwilling to pay for the bridge to build. In short, if you want to go to Fenghuang Village, you must roll up your trousers and flow over.
After entering the village, I found that the Fenghuang Village was deserted. But it was not surprising. It was midnight. There were no villagers who were wandering around in the middle of the night. There was a strange smell floating in the air, a little sour and smelly, and a little herb.
"How come there is a smell of Tieli Village? In the middle of the night, why did the villagers of Fenghuang Village cook such a smell of Tieli Village?" Fatty Sun sniffed the smell in the air and asked in confusion.
"Yes! Tieli Village can be used as a versatile herb to develop various folk remedies, but the whole village smells like this, which is a bit incredible!" I frowned, then turned around and asked the two policemen: "Sir, where are you taking us? Aren't you going to Luohunpo?"
"We are only responsible for handing you over to Niu Dafu, the village chief of Phoenix Village, and then taking the money away. We don't care about the others." One of the policemen was a little polite tone, then looked around tremblingly, and said, "Actually, we two brothers also respect the two Taoist masters very much. However, we were ordered to do things and offend them. We hope that the two masters will forgive us. We will arrive not far ahead. Please follow us."
"Do you know something?" I looked at the trembling faces of the two policemen. I must have known something, but I thought they wouldn't say it, so after thinking about it, I decided to ask.
"I don't know, don't know." The policeman shook his head like a rattle and soon came to the house of the village chief Niu Dafu. Usually the village chief's home is a place for office work, and Niu Dafu's home is quite majestic and grand. In short, it is much better than my broken tile houses. This village chief Niu is said to be a famous gentry in this area. He once donated money to build roads and did a lot of great things for the countryside. However, after resigning from the position of town chief, his reputation was gradually promoted to be a rich man and a land renter who exploited the people.
There is a stone platform on the left side of the door of the village chief Niu's house. There is a window on the stone platform. There is a message hole under the window. Two policemen walked out and went forward to knock on the message hole. After a while, they saw the heavy red painted door being opened, but it was only enough for a person to pass through.
"Two masters, I'm sorry, please come in so that we can also return to the office to report." The policeman respectfully made an invitation gesture to us.
"Hmph! I think my Fatty Sun is quite famous in the ten miles of townships. If the police station is angry, they may not be treated equally in the village. If you go in, go in!" Fatty Sun broke free from the police officer's shackles and walked into the door. But before he could enter, he shrank his head and turned his head to pull me and said, "Xiao Jiu, let's go in together. I have been tossing for the past two days, and I have been a few inches less courage."
"Let's go." I smiled bitterly and walked into the gate with Fatty Sun. As soon as I entered, I heard the gate "splash" and closed.
"boom!"
For a moment, fire lights suddenly flashed on the torch. There were more than a dozen villagers standing in a huge yard. However, at this moment, their faces were pale as paper and their expressions were empty, as if Fatty Sun and I came to the Yama Hall in the Underworld, gloomy and terrifying!
"Master Sun, Master Xiaojiu, please come in!"
I stared at the person who was talking. Wasn't it Niu Laocai who asked me to help him meet his deceased wife last night? I also wrongly accused me of murdering his life and defrauding him of money. When I saw him, I couldn't help but feel angry!
"Niu Laocai! You have caused me so much trouble!" I swung my fist and rushed to Niu Laocai, but when I saw a few big and thick men walking up from both sides, staring at me with a bad expression, as if I dared to fight Niu Laocai, they would be rude to me. I trembled and couldn't help but let go of my fist and take a few steps back.
"Xiaojiu, I saw Niuzi, he wouldn't even hit me, right? These villagers are crazy and framed us for no reason. Now in this situation, I'm afraid we are too lucky..." Fatty Sun muttered in my ear with his head down, then hung his head and did not dare to look up. He just followed me and walked into the living room of the main hall of the village chief Niu.
"Master Sun, Master Xiaojiu, I would like to thank you on behalf of all the villagers of Phoenix Village!" Niu Dafu, who was slightly fat, politely clasped his fists to us. The ritual of clasping his fists was the etiquette of Taoism greeting each other. He held his left hand and his right hand as a fist, or pinched Tai Chi seal. But seeing Niu Dafu so respectful, but before, he was cruel and ruthless to us, it made me feel cold.
"Aren't we going? Old Man Wu was killed by Shen Datong from the police station under your instigation!" I felt sad. Although the three of us competed together on weekdays, when we encountered big troubles, we couldn't help but rely on each other. Their family fell, and the other families could not hide their grief.
"Oh! I feel deeply sorry for Master Wu's death, but compared to the interests of the entire village of Fenghuang Village, Master Wu's death is also worthy of death!" Village Chief Niu shouted angrily, suddenly pointed at the person lying in the living room, and his eyes suddenly became rosy.
"Is this... why did she become like this?!" I opened my mouth in surprise, then pulled the corner of Fatty Lasun's clothes and asked in a low voice: "Is this..."
"Not bad! This woman was infected with corpse poison and was full of evil spirits. It must be not as simple as being infected with corpse poison!" Fatty Sun took a breath and murmured in a low voice.
Chapter completed!