novelsmap Chapter 74 The truth?
Chapter 74 The truth?
The haunted house that the group of middle-aged women mentioned is actually not too far from the entrance of the village. The location is a little bit off. It is on the edge of the west expansion area of the village. If you hurry up, you can walk there in 10 minutes. However, Wei Yang is not walking fast. , all the way forward along the flat concrete road, carefully looking at everything around him.
If that haunted house was really the place where he lived when he was a child, shouldn't he also have some memories?For example, the buildings next to you, the road under your feet, or even just some terrain trees.However, more than ten minutes passed, and no sense of familiarity flashed in his mind. The development of Wangcun in the past two years has been pretty good, and the whole village has undergone two rounds of renovation, let alone a stranger like him who hasn't been here for 20 years. , Even if you are a native of the local people, if you haven't seen him for a few years, you may not be able to find traces of the past.
Touching the scene can generate love, but if the scene is gone, can those remaining memories be retrieved?
At a fork in the road, he stopped. The house known as the haunted house was supposed to be in front of him, but there was nothing there. There was no house, yard, or even concrete floor left behind. , is a small open space with a ginkgo tree planted on it. I don’t know how many years it has been planted. The trunk is straight and the branches are lush, covering a big shadow.
Was there really a haunted house here?Have there been any murders involving cannibalism and evil spirits?Wei Yang looked at the ginkgo tree, his eyes were a little dazed. Is this a mistake in the folk tales of those aunts, or someone deliberately erased the traces of the past, and how much of what he guessed is true?
Mu stood in a daze for a while, Wei Yang sighed softly: "Brother Qi, I'm afraid we can't find it here, let's go somewhere else..."
However, his words were ignored, Zhang Xiuqi frowned slightly, took a step forward, glanced across the open space, then quickly walked around a few small buildings next to him, and finally stopped under the tree.
"Brother Qi, what did you find?" Wei Yang's heart that had just fallen was suspended again, and he hurried over.
"Suppressing wood." Gently stroking the bark of the ginkgo tree with his hand, Zhang Xiuqi replied flatly, "Ginkgo is the town, lock the energy and solidify the soul."
"You mean, there is a reason for this ginkgo tree to be planted here? To lock the earth's energy and suppress the evil spirits?" Wei Yang's throat was terribly dry. If this tree really has this effect, wouldn't it? This proves that something evil really happened here, so not only did it not use ginkgo trees to suppress it.You must know that ordinary villagers just use peach trees and willows to ward off evil spirits, and almost no one knows how to plant ginkgo. Unless they get advice from an expert, then who is this expert?
Thoughts flashed by, Wei Yang immediately turned around and walked towards the small second floor, and knocked on the other side's courtyard door: "Sister, may I ask if this ginkgo tree belongs to your family? My boss is doing garden decoration recently, and there is a lack of it. A few good trees, I wonder if we can discuss them?"
The little daughter-in-law who opened the door couldn't help being taken aback, she didn't expect that someone would come to buy a tree, but seeing Wei Yang's very appropriate smiling face, she didn't feel much disgust in her heart, and instead explained very kindly: "Little brother , This tree does not belong to our family, it was planted in the village back then, it is useless to ask us to buy it."
Wei Yang showed a surprised look: "Your village still plants trees uniformly?"
The little daughter-in-law burst out laughing immediately: "It's not such a good thing! That is, when the west of the village was rebuilt, a few trees were planted here. Who knows what those people thought back then."
"Then do you know how old this tree is?" Wei Yang immediately asked again.
"I really don't know. I'm afraid it will be 20 years?" The little daughter-in-law probably didn't live here for a long time, so she answered vaguely, but Wei Yang already had some confidence in his heart, and smiled and followed The other party thanked him, turned around and walked under the tree.
It's been another 20 years. It seems that something really happened that year, so those older villagers will have some impressions. Similarly, this incident may not be widely spread, and those village leaders who know the truth will directly downplay the incident. It's dealt with, whether it's the renovation of the west of the village or the planting of ginkgo, the real reason is never mentioned. It's hard to find anything from such an old-fashioned layout.
For now, though, he had found enough.Suppressing the bitterness in his heart, Wei Yang walked quickly to the side of the little celestial master. At this time, Zhang Xiuqi had moved away from under the tree, looking straight at the ground, following his gaze, Wei Yang suddenly found that There is a small pit in the soil next to it, and a touch of turquoise is exposed from the pit, as if there is some bronze vessel hidden under the soil.
He squatted down immediately, and quickly dug up the surrounding floating soil with his hands. After a while, a piece of curved bronze residue was dug out. It looked like a broken bronze ear, but there were obvious traces of iron rust at the end, which was obviously mixed. Inverted work of material, is this thing left over from that year?
The pressure in his chest was unbearable, Wei Yang couldn't stand up from the ground for a long time, but Zhang Xiuqi's eyes had moved to him, the confusion in his eyes gradually dissipated, as if he saw something distant and hazy through that figure.He also squatted down, and gently extended his hand to Wei Yang: "Yangyang, don't be afraid, I'm here."
"Brother Qi, it's not fear, it's just..."
"I am here."
There was a strange firmness in those words, Wei Yang raised his head abruptly, stared hard at Zhang Xiuqi's black eyes, trying to see through his eyes, gradually, his lips trembled, his face turned pale, as if he was on the verge of Drowning: "Brother Qi, where were you back then?"
Zhang Xiuqi nodded, the look in those black eyes was so straightforward, with a strange intimacy.Wei Yang's chest was tightly clenched, brother Qi has been here before!He had seen himself back then!No wonder he calls himself "Yangyang", no one has ever called him that except his grandfather!So……
Grabbing Zhang Xiuqi's arm suddenly, Wei Yang's body trembled: "Then do you remember what happened back then? My parents, them, how did they die?!"
Excited, his hands were astonishingly strong, and they were tightly bound around Zhang Xiuqi's wrists like iron tongs, but the little celestial master frowned in confusion, and touched his chest with his free hand: "The talisman What about Jade?"
The talisman jade has been broken long ago, and I can't even make it up again. Why does Brother Qi suddenly think of this thing at this time?However, before Wei Yang could react, Zhang Xiuqi had already broken free from his control, stood up from the ground abruptly, and shouted sharply: "Where is Fu Yu?! Dad!"
His expression was so tense that it was almost ferocious, as if he had suddenly fallen into an involuntary nightmare, his eyes wandered frantically between himself and Wei Yang's chest, as if he was looking for the broken jade pendant.
Wei Yang thumped in his heart, stood up quickly, and pressed Zhang Xiuqi's shoulder: "Brother Qi! Wake up, the talisman is already shattered, it was shattered when he beat the corpse puppet!"
"What is a corpse puppet? Who are you? Where is the talisman? I gave the talisman to Yang Yang. That is the talisman made by my father. Where is it?!" Zhang Xiuqi spoke at an unnatural pace, his voice There was an imperceptible tremor in his heart, as if he was enduring great fear and grief.
Wei Yang's whole heart twisted. He never thought that Brother Qi would not recognize him, let alone that he would explode at this moment. However, his hand was fast and steady, and he grabbed the hanger. The bodhi bead around the other party's neck was torn off and stuffed into Zhang Xiuqi's hands: "Brother Qi, I am Yang Yang, hold this tightly..."
Before he finished speaking, he took a step forward, pulled the little celestial master vigorously, and walked quickly to the distance. The ginkgo tree behind him gradually became blurred, as if melting into the nearby houses, and he didn't know where to go It didn't take long before he turned his head to look at the person behind him. The frenzy in Zhang Xiuqi's eyes seemed to have dissipated a lot, and he stared at the clenched fist as if in a daze, following him closely like a pale ghost.
Did the bodhi beads work?Wei Yang didn't dare to stay, so he quickly stopped a van in the village and rushed to Weijia Village.Everything that happened today made his head buzzing. It turned out that his parents really died due to evil. It turned out that Zhang Xiuqi's father was not the only one who saw his grandfather back then. It turned out that Zhang Xiuqi himself was the one who gave him the talisman. ... He seems to have touched the most core thing, but before all the truth, there is still a layer of fog, a layer of poisonous fog that will hurt people if uncovered.
Jaw clenched, Wei Yang took a deep breath, he wanted to know the truth, he wanted to know even when he was crazy, but he couldn't just watch Zhang Xiuqi go crazy because of the truth, brother Qi's soul hadn't been found yet, so he couldn't be affected by such emotions shock.He can no longer go to Wang Village. If he wants to find the answer, there should be a safer way. He will try to think about it...
Sweaty hands gripped the opponent's wrist tightly, Wei Yang closed his eyes.
The return trip was much faster than the previous one. When getting off the bus, Zhang Xiuqi's expression became more stable. Although his eyes were still a little slack, it was obvious that he had returned to his soul, and he didn't mention Fu Yu anymore. It was obviously not enough, and some more soul-fixing talismans were needed to make people completely at ease, so Wei Yang was in a hurry, almost breaking into the courtyard gate of the uncle's house.
However, the moment he opened the door, Wei Yang couldn't help being stunned. There were several people standing in the courtyard at the moment. Apart from the uncle who had left early in the morning, there were also two strange men in sackcloth. A chair with a very thin old man sitting on it.
At this time, the uncle obviously saw Wei Yang's figure, his expression changed immediately, he rushed up a few steps, and said in a low voice, "Didn't you go out to play today? Why did you come back so early... Hurry up! Hurry up!"
However, before he finished speaking, another low-pitched and dry voice came from behind: "Is this Yang Yang? I'm finally willing to come back. Come, let uncle see..."
Wei Yang's eyes narrowed slightly. Of course he knew the old man who was talking, he was his grandma's brother and the only person in charge of the Jiang family, his uncle.However, grandma has passed away for so many years, what is he trying to do here now?