"I thought they were drunk, so I walked up a few steps and pulled the mask off my brother's face, and then I was shocked.
"His appearance is really terrifying. You can barely see the whites of his eyes. At first glance, they are all black."
Yang Fuming recalled the situation at that time and still felt very terrifying. His body was shaking slightly and his facial muscles were twitching in pain.
"At that time, I just wanted to get the person home quickly, but I didn't expect that the person who was not as strong as me would be surprisingly strong that night.
"In the end, I called several people to go up and try to subdue him, but he struggled desperately and finally refused to submit until his arm was broken.
"At this moment, I began to feel more and more that something was wrong, and I wondered if he had collided with something, right?
"At that time, the water couldn't stop them, so we had no choice but to let them toss in front of the village temple. I wanted to wait until daybreak to find the old people in the village to come over and help check the situation.
"Who knew that as soon as it dawned, the two of them immediately stopped fussing, put down their things, lay straight on the ground and fell asleep.
"I went over to wake up the two people and found that they had no idea what happened last night. My brother just started holding his broken arm and crying out in pain.
"Until that time, I just felt that things were a little strange. After all, we live in the mountains, and weird and fascinating things often happen. I usually take some soothing medicine for a few days, or find someone to burn some paper to resolve it. It's very difficult.
It will be fine soon.
"After the old man in the village heard about the strange behavior of the two of them, he had the same idea as me and gave them some talismanic water to drink, thinking that nothing would happen to them.
"None of us realized the seriousness of this matter at the time."
When Yang Fuming said this, he sighed deeply, calmed down his emotions, and then continued: "That night, I didn't sleep on purpose and stayed at my brother's bedside.
"He began to sleep quite peacefully, even snoring, as if nothing had happened except for his broken arm.
But in the middle of the night, he suddenly sat up straight from the bed, went to the ground with two eyes like black holes, took out the Nuo opera costume and mask again, dressed neatly, and went to the door of the village temple.
And the man who played the drum last night was waiting for him there early."
What surprised Yang Fuming was that there were two more people coming to dance the Nuo opera tonight.
Everyone behaved like Yang Fuming's brother, making strange movements, becoming extremely powerful, and unable to wake up no matter how he screamed.
It continued like this until dawn the next day, when everyone suddenly fell asleep just like the day before. After being woken up, they had no idea what had happened before.
Although this incident was indeed strange, Yang Mingfu and the villagers were not too worried at the time.
I just went out to dance a Nuo opera in the middle of the night. Apart from the weird drum sound that disturbed my dreams, there didn't seem to be much harm.
But soon, Yang Fuming stopped thinking so.
In the next half month, new villagers joined the Nuo opera team almost every day.
Yang Fuming's younger brother also died suddenly while dancing a Nuo opera in the middle of the night one night.
His death seemed to be the beginning of something even more terrifying. Since his sudden death, within a few days, another villager died suddenly in the middle of the night.
The atmosphere of terror spread in the village, and the people were panicked and worried.
For this reason, Yang Fuming endured the grief of losing his younger brother, and after discussing with several senior elders in the village, he made an exception and opened the village temple on a non-year and non-holiday time, leading the people in the village to pay homage to their ancestors and pray for blessings.
But all of this failed to have any effect.
"In more than half a month since my brother passed away, six people have died in the village. At first, the people in the village were very panicked, but now they seem to be numb.
"Some people even say privately that this is God punishing the people in our village who are not religious enough. When these black sheep are dead, our lives will be better than now.
"So now the people in the village are very repulsive to those who go out to perform Nuo opera in the middle of the night. They think they are bad people. Even if they don't say bad things, they will avoid them."
As Yang Mingfu spoke, he sighed deeply and said, "If something like this happened in the village, I didn't want to take you in.
"But first of all, I have friendship with Brother Yan, and secondly, I saw that there are so many people among you, and there is really no place to stay nearby, so I agreed, and I also specifically told you not to go out at night. I didn't expect that this was still the case.
, I’m so sorry for you..."
Li Zian frowned when he heard this. This kind of thing was really strange and he had never encountered it before.
I really don’t have a clue what to do now.
However, in front of Yang Fuming, he did not show it. He only nodded and said: "Yang Lizheng, we may have to stay here for a few more days."
Yang Fuming didn't expect that after all was said and done, they still didn't leave quickly and dared to continue living here.
"This...it's not that I want to drive you away. If you are not afraid, you can stay here as long as you want."
After Yang Fuming left, Li Zian asked: "What do you think of this matter?"
Fan Bingrong had heard about Shen Tianshu's speculation from his son before, but now after corroborating what happened back then with what Yang Fuming just said, his face looked sad.
If this matter spreads, the situation of Prince Rui's Mansion will only become more precarious.
Fan Bingrong couldn't help but think that if it didn't work, he led troops to surround this place. Even if everyone in Lujia Village was spared, he still had to control this matter within the scope of this village. It must not be spread outside, and it must not be allowed to continue to spread.
Go down.
Li Zian did not ask his opinion first, but turned to look at Shen Tianshu and asked, "Mrs. Tong, what do you think?"
"Although I have never seen such a situation before, I did read the notes of Divine Doctor Jiang, which contained speculations about the incident in the previous dynasty.
"Magic Doctor Jiang believes that rather than so much being caused by witchcraft or God's punishment, everyone's behavior is actually more like madness.
"Crazy people often destroy things and hurt people, run around naked, do not avoid close relatives, and even kill people with knives, climb over walls, get angry and not lie down, sing and laugh, and other abnormal behaviors, which belong to the liver and heart
Caused by excess phlegm-fire in the stomach.
"Yesterday I checked Shi Tao's pulse, and his pulse showed faint symptoms of stagnation of liver qi and drowsiness in the heart orifices. Although I don't understand why these people get sick in the middle of the night and recover in the morning, I can try regulating qi and relieving stagnation, clearing the liver and purging fire, and calming the mind.
Even if the method of clearing phlegm and harmonizing yin and yang cannot cure the disease immediately, at least it will not do any harm."
After Shen Tianshu finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment and then added: "I wonder if all the villagers who died suddenly in the village were buried. It might be helpful if we could take a look at the bodies of the deceased.