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Chapter 332 My Heart is Clear
No one can completely put themselves in other people's shoes. Empathy is human nature, but it is impossible to fully understand the pain of others.

Zhao Sanyuan thought about it and thought that if everything was really as he guessed, it was reasonable for Nanyue Village to suffer such a disaster.

Unjust death, defilement, torture, injustice, betrayal.
If someone had stood up during that time, perhaps the consequences would not have been so serious.

Unfortunately, no.

It's all selfish compromise and collusion.

No one would be able to swallow this resentment that is so strong that it cannot be dispersed.

On the contrary, judging from the results, it is hard to say whether ghosts or people are scarier.

Zhao Sanyuan picked up a handful of pebbles and squatted in front of the steps, roughly arranging the layout of Nanyue Village.

"The center of the formation is the Niu Mansion, but for some reason the two evil spirits did not chase in. For the time being, we have determined that they cannot come in. Let's destroy those vegetable jars and pig cages first."

"Do you remember the feeling we had when we entered the Zhou and Yan families? That was not an illusion. The remains of the two evil spirits must be among them. The evil spirit that was taken away from the Niu family was sucked away by them, so we have to find a way to seal their ghost gates."

Just like what Mo Wenshan said, no matter how hard it tries to cover up, the evil spirit is still evil spirit and cannot completely control this small world. No matter how evil the two evil spirits are, as long as their true forms are found and their ghost gates are sealed, the chaotic feng shui here will naturally be restored and the evil situation will be resolved.

"Simply sealing the two evil ghost gates and breaking the evil situation is only a temporary solution. If the two evil spirits are not eradicated, they will recover sooner or later." Lu Xiucai counted the magic tools and continued, "No matter what, we must face the two evil spirits head-on."

Old Liu sighed heavily, "He will die."

Before entering Nanyue Village, I was tormented by the Red and White Devils and finally escaped from danger. Not to mention after entering the village, I had to walk on the tightrope in fear.

If possible, you can leave this remote and troubled place when the feng shui is restored.

But now that things have come to this, whenever I think of what happened to the bride, I just can't bring myself to run away.

Zhao Sanyuan was silent for a moment before offering his own solution. "To seal the two evil ghost gates, we need their birth dates. Judging from the degree of restoration of this drama, the birth dates we saw from Zhou Shijing the day before yesterday should be true. If they are not true, we have to take a gamble. If we can persuade them, we will persuade them. If we can't persuade them, we can only use force. Lao Liu can catch the mountain dragon, so Xiucai, you and -"

"No." Lu Xiucai denied it directly, which was rare. He picked out a relatively inconspicuous Wisdom Plate from the magic tools and said, "You and Lao Liu go to seal the Ghost Gate. I will go to the river alone."

"Are you sure?" Zhao Sanyuan did not refute immediately.

Lu Xiucai nodded heavily, "I want to try."

Although he didn't know what method his brother was going to use, Zhao Sanyuan chose to trust him completely. "Okay, when Lao Liu and I are done, I'll bring Master and Lao Kang to help you. Remember not to..."

"I understand. These are the words we used to persuade you. I have not yet avenged my great vengeance, so of course I value my life more than anyone else. It's just that I don't want to solve the problem with brute force. That girl didn't do anything wrong. Let the people below judge right and wrong. And Yan Song, after all, we ate at their table and said hello to them. So the efforts we make next should be our due share."

If you want to end everything, you must first resolve the evil situation in the Niu Mansion.

The brothers returned again. Zhao Sanyuan used mud and water as ink and his fingers as brushes to write and paint white tiger sacrifices on many creepy vegetable jars and pig cages, and he used Lao Liu's moves on the spot.

These corpses, along with the containers, turned into sticky mud and water along with the curse runes, which showed that they were not real either. It was unknown how many of them in Nanyue Village were real and how many were fake.

"Why is it always wet? Remember I wiped you many times." After Liu Mangfan touched the little black dog sticking out of his collar, he continued to fiddle with the compass against the wall. He had to find the approximate location of the Zhou family before going out, so as not to disappear in front of them again.

Lu Xiucai stood under a small tree, holding the wisdom tablet in both hands without moving, with his eyes closed, unknown as if he was making some preparations.

After Zhao Sanyuan finished processing the last bowl of vegetables, he wiped the sweat from his forehead. It really took a lot of energy.

"I'm almost there, Lao Liu, have you found your position?"

"The Red Evil is in the west. There are no villagers blocking the road. There are many people going north to Zhou's house."

"It's as expected. Ersha is not a fool. Xiucai, Lao Liu and I can seal the Red Demon Ghost Gate in ten minutes at most, and then we will go to find the Yan family. So you have to do Red first and then White, and calculate the time in your mind."

Lu Xiucai put away the Wisdom Tablet and prepared to climb over the wall, but just as he took a step, the little black dog bit his trouser leg and refused to let go no matter how he shook it off.

"Is there an explanation?" Old Liu frowned. He didn't believe that he just disliked the scholar for no reason.

"The arrow is on the string and must be shot. No matter how dangerous the situation is, we have to fight our way through it." Zhao Sanyuan has already lit up 108 bamboo incense sticks, with blood on his fingertips smearing across the incense roots. Before they are burned out, the weaker evil spirits will instinctively retreat, but he doesn't have much on hand and doesn't have time to waste.

Maybe the little black dog sensed the danger outside and didn't want to let several living people die, or maybe it was for some other reason. In any case, time was tight and he couldn't care less, otherwise he would have to force his way in.

After Old Liu pulled the little black dog away, Lu Xiucai immediately climbed over the wall and rushed to the river.

About half a minute later, Zhao Sanyuan and Lao Liu also left the west wall and went around to Zhou's house, but soon those weird villagers seemed to smell the scent and chased after them. There were more people than before, but it was unknown how many of them were villagers and how many were outsiders who had died unjustly.

Old Liu couldn't help but become nervous as he held the compass. Whether he could get to Zhou's house safely depended entirely on his younger brother.

At the critical moment, Zhao Sanyuan shouted in a deep voice, raised his hands high in front of his eyebrows, and moved his feet sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes left, sometimes right.

"Rengao protects me, Dingchou protects me!"

"Renhe saves me, Dingyou protects me!"

"Ren Can takes care of the soul, Ding Si takes care of the spirit!"

"The moon is the canopy, the earth is the door, the sky is the gate!"

"I follow the steps of Yu, the real lady Xuan Nu!"

"Sitting and lying in the hall, hiding
The Six Ding Protective Mantra can summon the Six Ding generals to protect you, which can improve the body's resistance to a certain extent and prevent evil invasion. When performing the spell, you must unite your mind and energy. The key to the circulation of Qi is at the Guan Yuan acupoint, and there cannot be the slightest mistake. Otherwise, not only will you fail to summon the Six Ding generals to protect you, you may also be invaded by evil spirits.

The smoke gradually turned a light purple, as if some kind of force was suppressing it. The smoke quickly sank to the ankles and drifted around.

The speed of the many villagers who came to attack suddenly slowed down, and their direction was no longer unified. Instead, they became more and more confused, until they were spinning in circles, not knowing where to go.

Old Liu and the little black dog in his collar both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and the former secretly gave his younger brother a thumbs up behind his back.

There is still work to do.

However, the 108 bamboo incense sticks burned very quickly. They originally burned for about 20 minutes, but now they only burned for seven or eight minutes at most.

"Wait, the location of the Zhou Mansion has changed." Old Liu gently pressed his brother's shoulder, thinking that Ersha's reaction was indeed quick.

However, Nanyue Village is not that big. With previous experience, Lao Liu can find the target direction faster, but it will take more time.

Hurry up.

speed up.

Once the villagers had distanced themselves from the two brothers, they would stop circling and move closer. When they were close to a certain distance, they would be blocked by the smoke again. This cycle would repeat over and over again. It was foreseeable that after the bamboo incense burned out, the two brothers would be instantly submerged.

at the same time
Lü Xiucai walked alone on the village path. It was still raining heavily, and the moon was still dim.

The difference is the change in mood.

This tragedy has affected too many people. They deserve to die.
Is that girl wrong?

At least she was not wrong when she was alive.

Is there anything wrong with death?
Big mistakes.

It is impossible that all of the dead had a grudge against her.

But she was not the initiator.

I can only say that fate plays tricks on people
Recalling what happened in Nanyue Village, he could not forget the suffering the girl went through on her wedding night, nor could he imagine the fear and grief she felt when she was thrown into the pig cage afterwards.

If all this could really come to an end, Lu Xiucai hoped to follow his heart and at least give the girl a decent way to get over her past.

Success or failure depends entirely on God's will.

While thinking, Lu Xiucai walked past the quaint archway at the back of Nanyue Village. Not far away was a river tributary. Under the pouring rain, the water was flowing rapidly over the waist.

The play continues.

Many villagers gathered in three layers around the river, most of them came to "watch the fun". Based on a few words and hearsay, they concluded that the bride was a slut who would bring disgrace to the family and bring bad luck to her husband. The "seriously injured" Yan Song was lying on a stretcher, and it seemed that he had not yet woken up.

The pointing and talking were filled with the most vicious sarcasm and the most sarcastic curses, as if they were cursing the most evil person who had never been seen before.

In the past, the eldest daughter of the Zhou family was a well-known good girl in the surrounding villages, and everyone would praise her.

Are the words of the past true, or are the words of the present false?
Or maybe, they themselves find it difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.

People always like to put something or someone on a pedestal, and then trample them into the mud. The person who flatters and worships you the most is often the one who despises you the most. This has been the case since ancient times.

On the turbulent river, several burly men were carrying a pig cage on thick wooden poles. The bride with disheveled hair was in the cage, and her real facial features could not be seen from beginning to end.

She clasped her hands tightly around the gap in the pig cage; the sharp spikes of the bamboo had already embedded into her flesh, bleeding profusely.

The shrill and hoarse pleas were no match for the pointing and scolding all around. Prejudice was like a mountain pressing down on me, especially the prejudice I heard from others.

It doesn’t matter how many bowls of noodles you eat.

Ruining your carnival is what matters.

Lu Xiucai walked forward slowly, like a latecomer entering the venue halfway.

In his eyes, the men, women, young and old who were cursing not only spoke foul language, but also had more real voices echoing in their hearts.

"I said that the Zhou family's eldest daughter has a face that will bring bad luck to her husband, right? She is the only child of the Yan family, and I guess she won't live for many days." - Die! Die quickly! It's all because of the Zhou family! Otherwise, my daughter would have married her! Die quickly! Let's see how your Zhou family will turn things around!

"You can never judge a person by his appearance. Who could have thought that before Yan Song even entered the bridal chamber, that slut would dare to steal men, and steal several at a time? Isn't it said that the Zhou family has the best reputation in the surrounding villages?"————Why didn't I catch up? If I had known, I should not have left after the banquet. I don't feel cold washing the bottom of the pot for Fourth Brother Niu. She is the eldest daughter of the Zhou family, so it must taste good. I'd rather die than die. If I can't eat it, no one else can either.

"You may not believe me, but some time ago she secretly asked me to go to the haystack in the south. Hey~ She didn't ask around. Who in the surrounding villages doesn't know that I'm upright? I didn't say it just for the Zhou family's reputation."————Slut! I have been courteous to your family for five or six years! I helped Old Zhou with farm work every year just to see you more! How are you now? Everyone knows that your crotch is rotten! It would be great if you could make me feel good before you die!

"That's nothing. Didn't this bitch help the kids in the village learn to read for free? Bullshit! She was just looking for an excuse to steal a man. It happened more than once. I saw it clearly. She always flirted with my wife. Today, we finally caught her and corrected the atmosphere in Nanyue Village!"————Praise! Praise you! Don't you always praise her like a white lotus? Every male gets happy when talking about the daughter of the Zhou family. There are no other women in Nanyue Village? Why don't you praise her now?
"Brother Zhou, don't get angry. It's better for you to sacrifice your relatives for the sake of justice than to be caught by others. Everyone will have to praise you for your noble character in the future. Wait until next year to prepare for the wedding of your little girl. I will help you with it."————Hahahahaha! You, Zhou Shijing, have finally come to this day! On weekdays, you look down on everyone with your nose in the air! What if your ancestor was a high-ranking official? Can he come back to help you smooth things over? It's ruined! It's all ruined! You won't dare to breathe in front of me from now on!
Zhou Shijing looked at his eldest daughter in the pig cage, his mouth twitching and a hint of reluctance and regret flashing in his eyes.

But the overwhelming harsh words swallowed him up again. His eyes became firm and resolute again. With a wave of his hand, he gave up the last possibility of redemption.

The pig cage was put into the turbulent river, and even though there was a living person inside, it was shaken violently.

There were continuous cheers and applause from all around, and the carnival reached its climax.

And Lu Xiucai finally walked behind the crowd. He sighed silently and said softly: "In the reincarnation again and again, what exactly do you need to be satisfied?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned their heads in unison. Even those with their backs to him turned 180 degrees to look at Lu Xiucai. The latter was not afraid at all.

A bone-chilling sound came from the pig cage washed by the river water.

"Do you think you can save me or kill me?"

"I advise you."

"You know it's fake, why do you still dare to come?"

"I came here to break the prejudices of right and wrong and to distinguish between right and wrong. My original intention has not changed. I just can't bear to see this tragedy in the world. Whether it is true or false, I have to come. What I want is to have a clear mind like a mirror and unity of knowledge and action."

"Persuade? All talk and no action. Look at these people. Who of them was not a kind and sweet-talking fellow villager? I've heard enough of these nice words. What's more, you can't even feel my pain. Do you really think I will listen to you? I wanted to let you go because of what you did at the Zhou family. After all, you are the only one willing to help. But you came here to seek death!"

Lu Xiucai slowly took out the Wisdom Card and agreed with what he said very much. This was also the purpose of his visit.

"Yes, I can't really empathize with you, so I have no right to speak for you. I don't even bother to be that kind of person."

The Wisdom and Life plaque is engraved with: The wisdom and life of all people depends on you alone. If you ignore it, the sin will be yours.

The blood from the tip of the thumb drew two vertical blood characters on the back of the Wisdom Card, and even rain could not change them at all.

The first vertical: Lu's alloy made by a disciple of Master Hongguang of the Baoxiang Sect in the year of Xinhai, the month of Yiwei, the day of Xinchou, and the hour of Guimao.

The second vertical line: The eldest daughter of the Zhou family in Nanyue Village, Zhou Zhaodi, was born in the year of Guichou, the month of Jiwei, the day of Guisi, and the hour of Gengzi.

The Wisdom and Life Plate is an important ritual implement in Buddhist Zen halls. It implies that if any problems arise during the process, the responsibility will be on the Vinaya Master and he will bear all the consequences.

At this moment, he used the Wisdom Life Card as a medium to implement his true intention through actions.

Since you cannot empathize with the other person, then you should bear twice as much pain as the other person has endured.

Doubled.

All the pain.

I am not talking to you from a moral high ground, nor am I assuming my ability to threaten you with force.

Whether in life or after death, I just want to tell you that the sweetness of revenge is intoxicating and no one can criticize it arrogantly.

But once innocent people are involved, your death is equally unworthy of regret.

(End of this chapter)