The years of reselling the haunted house

Chapter 312 Old Village Taboo
"So... is there such a thing as a curse?" I asked.

Xu Changhe and Xu Dongyang glanced at each other, and Xu Changhe nodded at me: "What your grandfather said is true, our village has indeed fallen into a curse. For so many years, we have never dared to leave Shoushantun for half a step. See Are there those two ancient trees at the entrance of our village? That is the boundary between our village and the outside world, even though the gate is open all year round, no one dares to take half a step out."

I know that gate, I really noticed it when I came in, and I was very impressed with that gatehouse.The two big trees are intertwined with each other to form a gatehouse.It turns out that it's not just a gatehouse, it also acts as a boundary.

"Master Xu, in all these years, no one has left your village?" I still don't quite believe Xu Changhe's words. Just using a curse can bind the legs of everyone in a village. It's a bit unbelievable to say it. up.

Xu Changhe smiled wryly: "That's a good question. Back then, we were all young people with full vigor. How could it be possible that we didn't dare to leave the village because of your grandfather's words? After your grandfather told us about the taboos in our village, There were two young men who didn't believe in evil, like a demonstration, walked out from under the gate..."

"what's the result?"

Xu Changhe paused for a moment, a trace of fear appeared on his face.It seems that after decades, he still doesn't want to think about the scene at that time.If I hadn't asked here, he would rather keep the past in his heart forever.

Xu Changhe took a deep breath and said, "Those two juniors walked out of the gatehouse from the village. They walked five or six meters, and nothing happened. They turned around and yelled at the crowd, saying that your grandpa It was all nonsense, saying that your grandpa is a liar. As a result... before they finished speaking, their whole bodies suddenly convulsed. Their bodies trembled like sifting chaff, and terrible screams came out of their mouths. The screams were extremely miserable , Listening to it makes the scalp numb."

Speaking of this, Xu Changhe's body also trembled twice in a row, and his voice trembled involuntarily: "They... After they shouted a few times at the top of their lungs, their bodies fell to the ground like a puddle of mud. Their hands and feet We used it together and began to crawl desperately into the village... But we stood at the entrance of the village and watched their bodies crumble bit by bit. On their crawling route, there were all pieces of meat that fell from their bodies. Later...they, they turned into a skeleton...but that skeleton was still desperately crawling towards the entrance of the village..."

Xu Changhe spoke slowly, but what he said was enough to make me feel horrified.His own complexion was also very ugly, because the person who turned into a skeleton must also be a member of the Xu family.They watched the well-behaved clansmen turn into withered bones, and their psychology must have been devastated.So much so that he was still moved when he said it after 50 years.

"Are they... are they cursed?" I asked.

Xu Changhe nodded: "When they were about to crawl into the entrance of the village, your grandfather shouted loudly, don't let them enter the village, or the whole village will die. Only this time, the people in the village believed your grandfather, and each carried a wooden Sticks and farming tools. When the two people were about to climb into the village entrance, a stick smashed their skeletons. In the end, your grandfather left the village and helped dispose of the two skeletons. This is the first attempt, the second The second time was a month later. At that time, we were trapped in the village for more than a month, and another person couldn't hold back, and ventured out of the village in the dark. As a result, everyone in our village heard that person outside the village that night. Howling, his fate is the same. Now the villagers finally believe in this curse, and no one dares to take half a step out of the village entrance."

I looked at Xu Changhe and Xu Dongyang: "Have you lived in Shoushantun for 50 years like this, from a young man to a white-haired old man?"

Xu Dongyang still maintained his taciturn character, and did not respond to my questions.Maybe that's why Xu Changhe kept him.

But Xu Changhe nodded: "There is nothing more important than life. After two lessons, the villagers have firmly believed in this curse. Gradually, the villagers have become accustomed to the life trapped in the village. The villagers' labor , and completely self-sufficient, we have lived like this until now..."

I nodded, looked at the clay sculpture on the altar, and said, "Then tell me about this clay sculpture? Why did my grandfather erect such a statue?"

Xu Changhe sighed and said: "Actually, we didn't live here, but on the other side of the mountain. It's just that our village suffered a catastrophe at that time, and it was your grandfather who rescued us and settled us here again. He said that this is the safest place for us, and we will not be disturbed here. But unexpectedly, there will be a curse later, which makes many villagers say that your grandfather deliberately led us to this curse Later, your grandfather said that he would go out to find a solution, and he would come to rescue us after he found it. We asked him what solution he was looking for, and he said he didn’t know.”

I snorted: "Since my grandfather said he could come back to save you, why do you bother to ask the truth?"

Xu Changhe nodded: "Now I know that Shoushan kept his promise. But at that time, most people didn't trust him. So your grandfather erected such a statue, made his image into a god, and used that He put a posture on the altar. He said that he sealed a ray of his remnant soul in the statue. Although he left, the villagers can come here to worship him on the first day and the 15th day of the lunar new year. Because of his Kneeling there in such a posture, he can’t enjoy the incense of the villagers. On the contrary, every time the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, his body will feel unbearable pain. In this way, the villagers can remind him to find him to lift the curse You can recall, was your grandfather different from usual when he was in the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year?"

Hearing this, I was shocked.During the time I lived with my grandfather, I knew that my grandfather would lock himself in his room every half a month.It is said to us that we want to worship God, and outsiders cannot be present.

This has become a habit of grandpa, and later, we are all familiar with it.But I never found any statues of gods and Buddhas in my grandfather's room, which became a mystery of my childhood.Until the grandfather died, this mystery has not been solved.

I never expected that this would be the case.Grandpa locked himself in the room at the time, not because he was worshiping any god or Buddha, but because his body was in great pain and he refused to let us see it, so he chose to bear it alone.

And this pain was actually brought to him by the people in front of him who had saved the mountain.

(End of this chapter)