Folk custom: At the beginning of the wedding, the bride takes off her painted skin

Chapter 174 Do you think I look human?

What Wu Fa said yesterday afternoon suddenly came to Li Daoxuan's mind.

He still suspected Zhou Yaya was a ghost.

First it was Zhou Yaya's father who died, then her mother, and now her second uncle, and she was present for all of these...

Li Daoxuan felt a chill in his back. He couldn't really be what Wu Fa said. Zhou Yaya was actually that...ghost.

"Bang-"

The wooden door was knocked open by a strong man. As soon as he came in, he said with great excitement: "Disciple, what do I say? I will say it! I will say that she is the ghost!!"

Wu Fa was very excited.

Mother Li, who was originally in the house, quietly retreated out.

Li Daoxuan got up from the bed and asked, "What did the villagers say?"

"Uh... I don't know about this yet, but as soon as I heard about it, I came to find you."

You remember me... Li Daoxuan jumped a few times before shaking off his collar, "Let's go and take a look too."

After solving his personal problems, Li Daoxuan casually took a steamed bun and ate it while walking.

"I've long thought something was wrong with that girl, but you just don't believe me, alas." Wu Fa shook his head.

"Do you have a sword, Master?"

Li Daoxuan answered the question incorrectly.

"Take it, take it, you don't have to say it."

Wu Fa curled his lips, indicating that Li Daoxuan was talking nonsense.

"I mean, did you bring it for me?"

"This...forgot."

Li Daoxuan ate a big steamed bun in several mouthfuls and choked a little, so he stopped, but just when he stopped...he found that the people around him were looking at him.

No... to be precise, he was looking at Wu Fa.

And there was a hint of disbelief and...fear in their eyes.

How is this going?

Li Daoxuan looked around and realized that there were four or five people following him far behind him. Looking back, he saw that they were so scared that they scattered in all directions.

Is there something wrong with me?

Li Daoxuan also looked up and down on himself and found nothing wrong. He looked at Wu Fa again and found that everything was fine...

"Uncle Zhuzi, what's wrong? Why are you all looking at us like this."

Li Daoxuan stepped forward and asked aloud.

"Ah!"

The man whom Li Daoxuan called Uncle Zhuzhu was startled and took a few steps back. However, when he saw that the man in front of him was not Wu Fa, he breathed a sigh of relief, but then lowered his voice and said, "Daoxuan, why are you still here?" Follow your master!"

"Huh? What's wrong with me following him? Is there any problem?"

Li Daoxuan looked confused and puzzled.

Uncle Zhuzhu looked a little surprised and continued: "Don't you know, he is a ghost!"

"What? He is the ghost!"

The change happened so fast that Li Daoxuan was startled and cried out in surprise.

Wu Fa, who was originally walking in front, also realized that Li Daoxuan had not followed. He turned around and scolded: "What are you still doing there? Come on, hurry up."

Li Daoxuan hesitated, and Uncle Zhuzhu pulled his sleeve again.

"I...I have something else to do. Master, please go over there first."

"You coward!"

"I wouldn't have called you if I had known better. There are too many things to do." Wu Fa waved his hand impatiently and left with a long stride without waiting any longer.

Li Daoxuan didn't look back at Uncle Zhuzhu until his back was gone.

"Uncle, tell me quickly."

Uncle Zhuzhu nodded, "I heard that too. I heard that Wu Fan suddenly broke into Zhou Laizi's house last night. He looked like he was crazy. He also had an iron chain in his hand. Yes, it's because you are afraid of him. It's the iron chain used to tie up pigs, so I put it around Lame Zhou's neck."

"I was saying something while I was wearing it, saying that I was going to kill you, this pig, and you, this pig, should have died long ago."

"It scared Zhou Laizi's family at that time. You also know that Wu Fa is so strong that not many men can hold him down. That's what Zhou Laizi and his wife could control. As a result... As a result, you It’s also very clear.”

The more Li Daoxuan listened, the less it was like that.

Why is it that despite all the trouble, the ghost has turned up on his master?

And although I didn't see Wu Fa every day, but only every three days, I didn't find anything wrong with him.

"Uncle Zhuzhu, are you serious? It's impossible."

"How is it impossible? When he killed someone last night, Xiao Liuzi and the others all saw him. If they didn't think he was too crazy, they would have knocked him down at that time."

Uncle Zhuzhu's voice rose and fell, obviously he had mastered the essence of gossip.

Li Daoxuan was also stunned for a while.

"Then this posture now is..."

"Don't follow him. There are more than a dozen men from the Zhou family. No matter what, we have to restrain the murderer Wu Fana."

As if in response to Uncle Zhuzhu's words, a loud roar from Wu Fa came from the front.

Li Daoxuan subconsciously wanted to go, but he stopped after lifting his legs. He didn't know what he was doing there.

If he were to save people, he would definitely not be able to save them if there were more than a dozen men around.

And what if...what if Wu Fa is really a ghost?

But if he had been indifferent in the past, how could he have faced Wu Fa.

He couldn't even think about it. This feeling made Li Daoxuan very irritated and he really wanted to stab him with a knife.

As for who to stab, he had no idea.

It's better to go to Zhou's house first to see what's going on.

He did what he said, said goodbye to Uncle Zhuzhu, walked through the streets and alleys, and before he got closer, he saw the white flags hanging high in the Zhou family from a distance, as if they were dressed for nothing.

People are really dead, and they can still do innocent things, which means Zhou Yaya and the others should be fine.

But he still had to go and take a look. When Li Daoxuan came closer, the man who was hanging a white lantern at the door was instantly frightened and jumped down.

"You...you are not Wu Fa's disciple, yet you dare to come here!"

A half-grown child, Li Daoxuan looked inside again. All the men must have gone to catch Wu Fa, and the only ones left in the room were old, weak, women and children.

Zhou Yaya was also there and saw him.

Li Daoxuan immediately retracted his head, but Zhou Yaya had already seen him and ran over.

"Brother Li, I...I..."

Her eyes were red, and she was obviously crying.

In fact, it was indeed the case. First of all, her father was gone, and in her opinion, it was her father or her mother who killed him.

Her mother also died afterwards.

Finally, she met a second uncle who was willing to take her in, but now, the second uncle is also dead... provided that she is not a ghost and everything she said is true.

Li Daoxuan thought of this and subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch Zhou Yaya's head.

But after raising his hand, he felt a little scared and took it back.

"Li...Brother Li, do you also think that I am a Sangmen star?" Zhou Yaya looked up, and she didn't know when her face had already burst into tears.

"They all say that I am a Sangmen star and I will die wherever I go..."

"No, it's not." Li Daoxuan smiled forcefully and said, "Yaya, can you take me to see your second uncle's body? I want to confirm something."

At this point, there are different opinions about ghosts. Li Daoxuan also found that he has been led by other people's opinions. One moment he said this was a ghost, and the other he said it was a ghost.

But these are what others say.

He felt that he should have his own judgment... He didn't know why he suddenly felt like this.

He just felt that this was his true nature.

"it is good."

Zhou Yaya wiped the tears off her face and turned around and entered the house.

Li Daoxuan followed closely. The half-grown boy hanging a lantern at the door still wanted to say something.

Li Daoxuan shook his fist at him, and the guy shut up.

Entering the house, there were cries everywhere.

The house was not big, so the mourning hall was located in the hall. Zhou Yaya explained in a low voice: "We haven't found a suitable coffin yet. Second uncle... he still puts it in the room."

Li Daoxuan followed him in. A woman was still burning paper money on the bedside, sobbing continuously.

When she heard footsteps coming in, she turned around subconsciously. When she saw it was Li Daoxuan, she was about to curse, but then she thought of something and her face turned pale.

"You...you can't be..."

Li Daoxuan ignored it, but suppressed his heart palpitations and stepped forward to lift the quilt and take a look.

Zhou Laizi lay on the bed with a pale face and a dead look on his face, but Li Daoxuan focused on his neck...

But when he saw it clearly, his expression changed drastically, and he even took a few steps back in panic.

Because there were clear marks on Zhou Laizi's neck, not a rope, but...an iron chain.

In this small Huangliang Village, there are only a few households with iron chains at home. Firstly, they are too expensive to buy, and secondly, they are of little use and unnecessary.

Wu Fa had to have this thing because of the pig butcher.

Thinking back to what Uncle Zhuzhu just said... Li Daoxuan looked at the still frightened woman in front of him and asked, "Is it really me... my master who killed me?"

"Who else could he be?!"

"So many people are watching, why do you want to quibble?"

The woman was still shouting, but Li Daoxuan had already ran out.

Zhou Yaya also hurriedly followed. It wasn't until she was out of the door and came to the open space that she said fearfully: "Brother Li, is that ghost possessing Wu...Wu, him?"

"I don't know, it's possible."

Li Daoxuan lowered his head so that his face could not be seen clearly.

He kept thinking about it in his mind, wanting to see if there were any changes in Wu Fa during this time.

"You go back first, I'll go for a walk alone."

Regardless of whether Zhou Yaya heard it or not, Li Daoxuan walked away alone.

Walking aimlessly, reminiscing as he walked, Li Daoxuan stopped in a daze. He wouldn't know this unless he thought about it carefully, but when he thought about it carefully, he really remembered that there was something wrong at all.

I remember when I first went there, I once heard Aunt Wu complain that Master could never remember things.

For example, I once made an appointment to kill a pig, but I forgot about it in the blink of an eye.

Aunt Wu had many quarrels with him over this, but surprisingly, he took the initiative to remember it after a few days.

Although she was forgetful, she had never delayed anything because of this matter, so Aunt Wu didn't pay much attention to it.

When I talked about this at the time, it was just a matter of checking with Li Daoxuan in advance so that he could have an idea of ​​what was going on.

Later, Li Daoxuan did find that Wu Fa sometimes couldn't remember things... but often after a few days, he suddenly remembered them again.

But with Aunt Wu's warning to him in advance, he really didn't take it to heart.

But now that I think about it... it is really possible for Wu Fa to kill Zhou Laizi.

He killed.

He can't remember...

Unknowingly, Li Daoxuan came to this mountain temple again.

It was here that he said goodbye to Liang Mi, and it was also here that he met Zhou Yaya, and learned from her about the ghost in the village.

After a little hesitation, Li Daoxuan walked in.

Walked into this long-lost mountain temple.

The clay statue was dilapidated, and you could faintly see the straw stuffed inside the statue. The shrine had long since disappeared, leaving only the mud head of the mountain god, kicked under the table by someone.

The pile of straw in the corner has long since rotted, and the ground is covered with weeds.

Only then did Li Daoxuan remember that he seemed to have never seen what this mountain god looked like.

He was about to bend down to pick it out and take a look, but suddenly he found that the mountain temple was dark. He was startled and looked back hurriedly.

It was a woman holding hay in her arms.

"Mom, why are you here?" Li Daoxuan asked in surprise.

Mother Li didn't answer the question, "Now that Wu Fa is tied up with an iron chain under the old locust tree at the head of the village, it's time for you to know some things."

"What's the matter?" Li Daoxuan felt that my mother seemed a little strange today.

"Do you know how Zhou Laizi died?"

"Master...Wu Fa moved his hands, killed him, and strangled him with chains."

Although he still had some doubts, all the evidence in front of him said so, and Li Daoxuan could only believe it.

"Your father died in the same way."

Mother Li said calmly.

"what?!"

Li Daoxuan's eyes were so wide open that they almost bulged out. "Mom, you mean to say that Wu Fa also strangled my father to death with a chain? But... then why did you let me learn to kill pigs with him?!"

"Isn't this the act of recognizing a thief as a father?!"

Mother Li continued: "The reason why he killed your father was because he wanted you to learn to kill pigs with him. If your father didn't let you, he killed your father. Afterwards, he said, if I don't let you either Go...he will kill our whole family."

"Can……"

Li Daoxuan was very anxious and felt that there was something wrong everywhere, but he just couldn't find it.

"The hay in my hand is just to burn him to death. He has killed so many people, and it's time for him to die."

Mother Li said, shaking the hay under her armpits.

Suddenly, Li Daoxuan looked in the direction of the village entrance and murmured: "Maybe it's not necessary."

"look!"

Li Daoxuan pointed his hand in the direction of the village entrance, where billowing black smoke was rising.

Mother Li threw away the hay in her hand and immediately ran towards the village. Li Daoxuan looked back and hurriedly followed.

And just after he left.

The head of the mountain god lying under the table suddenly turned over, and his eyes were staring blankly at the door. Then, a mouse ran out from behind and got into the hole in the corner with a "chichichi" cry.

The mountain god grinned and smiled broadly.

If Li Daoxuan were here, he would definitely find that the appearance of this mountain god... was somewhat familiar.

When Li Daoxuan helped his mother arrive at the entrance of the village, the fire was raging and became unquenchable.

Wu Fa, who was obese and had a lot of fat in his body, could withstand the fire very well. The raging fire even set the old locust tree on fire.

The meat is so fragrant that it attracts the village dogs.

Desire rises but stops.

Li Daoxuan also saw Aunt Wu and her daughter kneeling at the intersection, crying uncontrollably.

Mother Li stood aside, murmuring, "What a good death, what a good death."

When Li Daoxuan looked around, he found that his mother had tears streaming down her face.

Wu Fa died without redressing his injustice.

Zhou Laizi also died. After the Zhou family arranged the funeral for him, Zhou Yaya still lived with her aunt.

The job of being the butcher of Huangliang Village naturally fell to Li Daoxuan. Even the butcher knife he used was still Wu Fa's.

After Wu Fa died, the village seemed to have calmed down again.

But Li Daoxuan always felt that something was missing...

……

Two months later.

That night.

Li Daoxuan, who killed a pig for the Gu family, lay on the bed early.

There was no way. Originally, two people would kill pigs together. At least there was a helper, but now I had to do everything by myself, and I was very tired.

But not long after Li Daoxuan lay down, he heard a knock on the door.

"Boom-"

"咚咚-"

He sat up immediately before falling asleep. He couldn't help but think of what Wu Fa had told him and what happened to Wu Fa.

He touched to the side and saw that the butcher's knife was still there, and he immediately became emboldened.

"Who?"

he shouted.

A response came from outside the door, "Brother Daoxuan, it's me..."

"Who?"

Li Daoxuan got up in an instant, with shock in his eyes, because the voice was... Liang Mi!

"It's me, Liang Mi, brother Daoxuan, don't you remember me?"

There was a voice outside the door.

Li Daoxuan just wanted to go out, but after a moment's hesitation, he hid the butcher's knife behind his waist and came to the hall. He first lit the oil lamp, and the dim light filled the room, giving him a sense of security.

When he took the door stick away, there was no moonlight and it was dark outside. Only a young man wearing a green shirt and carrying a book box stood outside.

He was about as tall as Li Daoxuan's chest, with a hint of childishness on his face.

Stand straight.

Li Daoxuan immediately opened the door, "Are you...Liang Mi?"

Liang Mi smiled, "Why, Brother Daoxuan can't even recognize me?"

"I really can't recognize him."

Li Daoxuan told the truth, and looked up and down in the dim light, "You have changed so much."

Two years ago, he was a little kid who followed behind him and had a runny nose all day long. Now he is carrying a book box and has become a fair little scholar.

This change... is really scary.

It's like a different person.

Liang Mi tightened the rope that tied the book box, "I met a kind-hearted gentleman outside. He took me in when he saw how pitiful I was. I have been going to school with him for the past two years."

"That's pretty good."

Li Daoxuan welcomed Liang Mi in, "Did you just come back?"

"Yes, I just went to my house and found that it is really uninhabitable. I really have no place to go, so I can only come to your place, Brother Daoxuan."

Looking at the rather cramped young man in front of him with a hint of agility in his eyes, Li Daoxuan finally confirmed that he was still the slug Liang Mi.

"Sit down, sit down and say, have you eaten? If not, I'll get you something to eat."

Li Daoxuan was still very happy to meet again after a long separation.

Perhaps he heard movement, and Mother Li's voice came from another room.

"Son, who are you talking to?"

"Liang Mi." Li Daoxuan smiled and replied: "Liang Mi, that little slug is back."

There was no echo in the house, just a "rustling" sound.

Li Daoxuan was a little confused, so he didn't rush to the kitchen, but waited for a while.

Mother Li opened the door, but not much.

"Who are you talking about?"

"Liang Mi."

Li Daoxuan looked at the young man sitting in front of him with some confusion.

"You mean, the kid from Liang Da's family?"

Li Daoxuan thought for a while, Liang Mi's father seemed to be called Liang Dayou, and nodded.

A flash of panic flashed in Mother Li's eyes.

"Didn't his family of three...were they all burned to death in the fire that year?"

Li Daoxuan suddenly looked at Liang Mi.

The latter was still carrying the book box with a smile on his face.

"Brother Daoxuan, do you think I look human?"

(End of this chapter)