Zhao Youlong knelt down and said to Huang Fu, "Don't shrink your head."
Huang Fu shivered and was very scared.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Youlong gave him a big mouth.
This slap was so hard, there were so many people watching, and in such a noisy environment, I could hear the crisp sound of the slap.
In an instant, the left side of Huang Fu's face became red and swollen, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
I squeezed to the front of the crowd so I could see it more clearly.
Zhao Youlong said fiercely: "Do you know why I hit you?"
Huang Fu cried and shook his head.
Zhao Youlong scolded: "Because you can't speak clearly. Let me ask you, which family's little sister you are talking about is a girl? Is she from our village?"
Huang Fu cried again and shook his head: "I haven't seen him before. He is not from our village. If he is from our village, I will definitely know him."
At this time, Huang Fu's mother, Widow Liu, rushed to Huang Fu's side and hugged her child.
She shouted: "Zhao Dahai, Zhao Youlong, what do you want to do to my son?"
Huang Fu's father died a few years ago, and her mother is known as Widow Liu in the village.
Zhao Youlong said angrily: "Xiaodong is gone! Your son is alive and well. It's good that I didn't kill your son!"
As the village chief, Zhao Dahai has been called a domineering person in the village over the years.
Especially his younger brother Zhao Youlong, who claims to be Zhao Dahai's number one thug, often bullies people in the village.
Zhao Dahai said to Widow Liu: "I'm going to ask your baby a few questions, but don't say anything yet."
Widow Liu pursed her lips and stopped talking.
Zhao Dahai pushed Zhao Youlong away, then walked to Huang Fu and knelt down: "I have already reported the crime, and the police will be here soon. I will ask you a few questions now, and you can give me good answers."
Huang Fu nodded fearfully.
Zhao Dahai said: "Don't be impatient, think about it slowly. You went to my house to call Xiaodong at noon, and then where did you two go to play? Who did you meet on the way?"
Huang Fu began to recall: "I went to your house to look for Zhao Dong when the rain stopped. Then Zhao Dong and I caught cicadas in the village. We met Wang Jianfei. He was walking alone and talking to himself.
.”
In an instant, the villagers next to me focused their attention on me.
I felt a little scared and wanted to shrink back timidly.
After all, I was still young at that time, only nine years old.
Master appeared behind me at this time and put his hand on my shoulder.
Seeing Master here, I was no longer afraid.
Zhao Dahai said to Huang Fu: "You continue."
Huang Fu's voice was neither loud nor soft: "Because Zhao Dong often takes me to bully Wang Jianfei, so every time we see him, we want to bully him. At that time, we stopped Wang Jianfei to prevent him from leaving, and we were about to bully him.
.Suddenly someone in the yard next to him threw stones at Zhao Dong. Zhao Dong let Wang Jianfei go and climbed into the yard to see who it was. The gate of the yard was locked, so he could only climb in. I pushed him up with my shoulder.
, but he couldn't climb up. Just when we both gave up, a girl who was smaller than us came. She was wearing a red dress, her hair was very short, she was smiling, she was so white, she had no eyebrows, she couldn't speak
Her voice was very high-pitched. She said she wanted to go to the village to play with Zhao Dong, and then Zhao Dong agreed and asked me to go home first. I didn't dare to go home without listening to Zhao Dong's words. What happened next, I won't know
knew."
At this time, my master suddenly walked forward, looked at Huang Fu expressionlessly and said, "Are you sure that little girl is dressed in red and has no eyebrows?"
"Yes, she has no eyebrows." Huang Fu nodded vigorously.
Zhao Youlong pointed at my master and cursed: "Old Superstition Zhao, what's your business here? Get out of here as far away as you can!"
In the village, some elderly and middle-aged people still respect my master, but young people like Zhao Youlong do not.
Almost all of them are atheists. In their eyes, my master is just a charlatan.
Zhao Dahai cursed at Zhao Youlong: "Shut up, if you talk again, I will kill you!"
Zhao Youlong quickly shut up, lowered his head and stopped talking.
Zhao Dahai looked at my master: "Third Master, what do you say?"
My master said calmly: "Your son's body was surrounded by hostility. It was obvious that he was attracted by dirty things and was killed."
Zhao Dahai's face twitched: "Third Master, can you get rid of that dirty thing?"
My master walked up to him and whispered in his ear.
In an instant, Zhao Dahai's face turned extremely ugly, and his eyes widened.
He nodded and said in a loud voice: "Zhao Youlong! Go to the back mountain and see if the locust tree on the grave next to Ziting is still there!"
Zhao Youlong said quickly: "Okay, brother."
My master then said: "If the locust tree is gone, it means that the thing came out. Come back to me when the time comes. If the locust tree is still there, it means that Huang Fu is lying."
After saying that, he pulled me towards home.
On the road.
I asked Master: "Master, what did you say to the village chief? Why is he so afraid?"
My master smiled and explained: "Before Zhao Dong, Zhao Dahai had a daughter. Her name was Zhao Ziting. When Zhao Ziting was five years old, she was dragged into the large pond in front of the village by a water ghost and drowned. When she was fished out,
The corpse was already smelly, and the whole body was red. On the night of Zhao Ziting's first seven days, her ghost came back and almost strangled Zhao Dahai. At that time, Zhao Dahai described Zhao Ziting's ghost as having no eyebrows and wearing a red dress. Zhao Dahai
My family asked me for help, and I asked them to plant a large locust tree on Zhao Ziting's grave. The locust tree will ward off ghosts. Since then, Zhao Ziting's soul has never caused trouble again."
I whispered: "The book says that ghosts suppressed by the locust tree cannot be reincarnated and enter reincarnation?"
The master hummed: "That's right. But Zhao Ziting has turned into a fierce ghost. If she is not controlled, she will definitely kill many people."
…
Not long after Master and I returned home, Zhao Dahai came.
This time Zhao Dahai came crying.
As soon as he entered the door, he knelt down and said, "Third Master, the locust tree is gone! There was a thunder at noon, and the locust tree was split in half by the thunder."
My master was sitting on a chair drinking tea. When he heard what he said, he stood up.
Then he said to me: "Jianfei, you watch TV at home, I'll go out and be back soon."
I originally wanted to go with Master, but before I could say anything, Master whispered: "Stay at home and don't go anywhere. Remember, don't open the door to anyone who calls you."
After the master finished speaking, he took the lock and locked the door from the outside.
I lay on the window and watched him and the village chief walk out of the front yard gate, and then the master locked the yard gate again.
Suddenly, I was the only one left at home.
I had no choice but to go to the bedroom, turn on the TV and watch it.
The TV is black and white, and there are a lot of snowflakes.
In the 1990s, few rural households had color TV sets.
As I watched, I felt sleepy.
I don’t know how long it took, but a faint voice echoed in my ears: "Brother, open the door and give me your toys to play with..."
