Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 11248

He buried the body in the earthen kang, and hid it from everyone. He also lied that the old man was robbed in the middle of the night, and wasted the time of the whole village to help him search all over the mountains and plains. He also cried hypocritically, asking "Dad, where are you?" and pretended to build a cenotaph...

The person was clearly buried under the earthen kang, why did you tell those lies?

  So it's okay for these three brothers to continue calling their nephew Huansheng a beast, right?

Of course there is nothing wrong with that!

The three brothers immediately called their sons over and went to the woodshed to carry the coffin that Huansheng had prepared for his father to the yard.

The outside of this coffin is coated with waterproof tung oil. It was prepared by Huansheng when his father was critically ill last year.

"There's a ready-made coffin, just put it in there!"

"Wait a minute."

Taoist Yuan called them over, came to the side of the coffin, looked at it for a few seconds, reached out to touch the grain of the wood inside the coffin, and shook his head, "This coffin is not good!"

"Why not? When people in our village die, they are all used in coffins like this." Everyone was puzzled.

Taoist Priest Yuan did not explain to everyone, but called Uncle Huansheng and his two uncles, Yang Huazhong, Luo Fengtang, Yang Ruoqing, and several villagers into the main hall.

"This old man has been dead for nearly a hundred days. The roots of the old maple tree have been sucking nutrients from his body, causing evil spirits to grow. Otherwise, flesh buds would not have grown on his body."

"Fortunately, we discovered it early, otherwise, once the evil spirit had taken shape, it would have brought disaster to the whole village."

"Earlier, I used a spell to sever the connection between his body and the roots of the old maple tree, and used my Taoist robe as a barrier to trap him inside, but this is far from enough. I also need a specially made coffin to completely subdue him!"

"What is a specially made coffin?" everyone asked.

Taoist Priest Yuan said: "We need to use a coffin made of wood struck by lightning. The power of lightning is extremely strong and masculine, and it can completely suppress the evil spirits!"

What is lightning-struck wood?

Everyone looked at each other, their eyes were clear and blank, ignorant and pure.

Among them, there was a villager who was the oldest in the group, about the same age as Old Yang.

He said, "Master, I seem to have heard someone talk about lightning-struck wood before. Is it... is it the kind of tree that has been struck by lightning but has not yet died?"

Taoist Priest Yuan nodded: "The villagers are well-informed, that's true!"

The villager showed a bit of pride on his face when he was praised, but he quickly restrained himself. After all, this kind of occasion was not suitable for such behavior.

Taoist Priest Yuan went on to say, "Such lightning-struck wood should be found in the mountains. Jujube is the best, followed by locust and willow, and both cypress and poplar are also acceptable."

"Thank you Master Yuan for your guidance. We will go look for it now!" Luo Fengtang took the initiative to accept this task. Because they had to go into the mountains, and perhaps go deeper into the mountains, it would be safer and more appropriate for him to lead the team in.

After Luo Fengtang left early, the remaining people in the main room got entangled and argued about the next issue.

"Tang Yazi has taken care of the coffin, but Huansheng..."

"Should we report it to the police or just let it go? We can't just let it go like that, right?"

"Master Yuan just said that Huansheng didn't kill anyone. Since Huansheng didn't kill anyone, then our reason for reporting to the police is invalid!"

"But this beast concealed his father's death and the location of his body, deceived the villagers, and made fun of the feelings of us relatives. This matter cannot be let go!"

Huansheng's eldest uncle and two uncles, as well as several villagers, were arguing. Yang Huazhong, the head of the village, was also in a dilemma.

Yang Ruoqing then turned around and asked Taoist Yuan for advice again.

"Master Yuan, you said earlier that this old man died of natural causes? We don't quite understand. I hope you can tell us in more detail so that we can use it as a reference to convict Huansheng!"

Although Yang Ruoqing had seen the old man's body before, she couldn't tell the cause of death because the body had been sucked dry to the point that only a wrinkled skin bag wrapped around a bone frame was left.

But Taoist Yuan is different. He has supernatural powers.

Yang Ruoqing's question also expressed what others were thinking. Everyone stopped arguing and looked at Master Yuan in unison.

Taoist Yuan sighed and said, "I summoned a remnant of the deceased's soul and asked him about it. The old man couldn't stand the pain and wanted to be relieved, so he asked Huansheng to stop giving him medicine and rice water."

"What? My brother died of hunger strike?" Uncle Huansheng looked shocked.

Taoist Yuan nodded, "That's right."

“Brother, why are you doing this? Why are you so stupid? It’s better to live a miserable life than to die…” Uncle Huansheng couldn’t accept it at the time and burst into tears, covering his face.

"I don't understand either..." another brother said, "Even if life is hard, Huansheng will not let you go hungry. If things don't work, we are still here. As long as we are alive, who can really let you go hungry? Why do you want to commit suicide?"

The last brother choked up and said, "Maybe, maybe he can't stand the pain. No one of us can help him share the pain. He has to bear it all by himself."

"I can't bear it anymore, I want to be free..."

"Brothers, please accept my condolences!" Yang Huazhong persuaded the three brothers, then turned around and faced Taoist Yuan: "Even if the old man wanted to be free, why did he bury him in a dirt pit? In our Changping Village, there are many old men and women in the surrounding villages who couldn't bear the pain and wanted to die. Every family would openly inform relatives and friends of the death, and then perform rituals, beating gongs and drums to send the deceased to the mountains for burial. Why did Huansheng's family do this?"

"Yes, Taoist priest, I have the same doubt as my father," Yang Ruoqing said, "Have you asked the old man who meant to bury him in the earthen kang?"

Taoist Yuan shook his head. "It's just a remnant soul. The remnant soul itself is confused and can't ask too many questions."

"For this matter, we have to find the deceased old man's son Huansheng to ask him in person."

"Let's go, let's go to the ancestral hall to find that beast Huansheng!"

"Why go to the ancestral hall? Catch that beast here so he can see how scary his father is. He's grown together with the old maple tree!"

"Fortunately, it was discovered early, otherwise it would have become a disaster for the area..."

Taoist Yuan stopped them and said, "Don't let Huansheng come to this room for now. Wait until the old man is trapped in the coffin made of lightning-struck wood!"

"For now, I will use my Taoist robe to isolate myself from the outside world. This room is not suitable for people to come and go."

"Okay, okay, everyone listen to Taoist Yuan. There's no need to interrogate that beast Huansheng. He can't get away anyway!"

In this way, everyone continued to impose martial law on Huansheng's house and yard.

Taoist Yuan's disciple Xiaomo had been guarding the door of the house where old man Huansheng lived, according to Taoist Yuan's orders.

Suddenly, Xiao Mo came hurriedly to Master Yuan and whispered a few words.

Yang Ruoqing had good hearing and was standing near Taoist Yuan, so she heard Xiaomo say that it seemed like something was blowing air under the Taoist robe, trying to blow the robe open.

Taoist Priest Yuan then took off a string of wooden beads from his wrist and handed it to Xiaomo: "Don't panic, just press this onto your Taoist robe!"