During this trip to Sanheyuan, apart from drinking two cups of good tea from Master Bai, I didn’t gain much else.
After returning to the county seat, Yi Ba and I were confused. We didn’t know what to do next.
"Why don't we go talk to Old Man Kong? That woman Bai Fuzi is secretive every time she speaks, and she doesn't have any important information." Yi Ba scratched his head and said: "Kong The old man has stayed in Wuqing Mountain for so long, so he should He should know something about Gouzi Village. He is an honest man, not as frivolous as Mr. Bai. He just says what he wants. "
A good brother is a good brother, as Yi Ba said. This is exactly what I was thinking.
Old Man Kong likes to have a drink or two, so if you go to have a chat with him, naturally you can’t go empty-handed! Yi Ba and I went to prepare a braised goose, bought some braised vegetables, picked up two bottles of Laobaigan, found a tricycle, and headed towards Old Man Kong.
When we arrived, Old Man Kong was weeding the small vegetable garden with cabbages in front of his small hut!
"Busy!" I said hello to Old Man Kong and said, "Do you need our help?"
"You two sit down for a while, I will be busy for a while. If you are busy, there is no need to help. Neither of you has ever farmed, so coming to help is not helpful. If you kill these little cabbages of mine, there will be no food next month." Old Man Kong said with a smile.
Not to mention, Old Man Kong is really enjoying his life now. Catching pheasants, fishing, and all kinds of side dishes, carefree and uncontested, so carefree!
"You are living a good life. How about I build a small hut next to yours. Like you, I can live a carefree life." I am not talking nonsense. But words from the bottom of my heart.
"This is not a life that you young people can live. You haven't established a family, and you haven't established a career. What are you doing?" Old man Kong said to me and said, "I am different from you. I am a son and a daughter." You are all grown up and you don’t need to worry about me anymore. My wife is gone too. Only when you are free from worries can you be so free.”
“You should know that place in Gouzi Village, right?” ask.
"I know!" Old Man Kong nodded and said, "That place is weird. You'd better not go there. You'll get into trouble if you go."
"We've already been there." Yi Ba took the words and said: "It's because I went there, met a widow, and chatted with her, but the widow hanged herself."
"Hey!" Old Man Kong sighed and asked, "It was because of Bai. It’s a family thing, right?”
"We went there to check on Bai Yonggui. But we didn't find any information, and even killed an innocent person." Yi Ba said.
"The people in Gouzi Village will not survive. They will die early and late, and there is no way to escape." Old Man Kong dug his hoe into the ground fiercely and said, "You can't save them. No one can save it.”
“Why?” Yi Ba asked.
"The people in Gouzi Village are all like the widow who committed suicide. They have given up on themselves. They are alive like zombies." Old Man Kong said.
"What did Bai Yonggui do to them?" I asked very angry and somewhat curiously.
"It's not something that happens overnight." Old Man Kong waved his hand and said: "That's all, let's not talk about it. Not only is it useless to talk about this matter, but it will also cost more lives."
" We can't stand idly by!" Yi Badao.
"Do you have the ability to take care of it?" Old Man Kong yelled at Yi Ba and asked, "Go and invite your uncle, Taoist Xuanqing, why doesn't he come?"
" He didn't say the reason, so he couldn't tell." Yi Ba replied honestly.
“The reason is that more than 20 years ago, Taoist Xuanqing, Qian Banxian and I went to Nagouzi Village together. Instead of solving the problem, it actually cost dozens of lives.”
Old Man Kong's eyes turned red all of a sudden. He threw the hoe on the ground and roared angrily: "Even if they are alive as walking corpses, they are still alive! Dozens of living human lives are just gone, just because of us. Three reckless and No more. Are you two as capable as your uncle and master? If not, don’t go to Gouzi Village again.”
Both Yi Ba and I were stunned. His ability is obviously impossible to be greater than that of his uncle. As for me, compared to my master, I am not even a little bit behind.
"Then we just watch helplessly?" I asked.
"As long as you are alive, you can still be saved. If you are killed, you will not be saved." Old Man Kong's tone became slightly calmer.
“My last recklessness cost me a life.”
Yi Ba took the words and said: "Old man Kong is right, if we can't save them, then don't go there anymore. Rather than harming people with good intentions, it's better to do nothing and leave those people in Gouzi Village alive." opportunity.”
“What should I do with Bai Chuchu?”
Isn’t the reason why we went to Gouzi Village just to save Bai Chuchu? As long as Bai Chuchu is fine, all other things can be put off.
"Bai Yancai died and refused to leave. Bai Chuchu is his granddaughter." Old Man Kong said.
On the day of the first seven souls, Bai Yancai put on Bai Chuchu's body and talked about Tao Jiajia's lustful things in front of everyone in the Bai family. At that time, I thought that Bai Yancai was really doing it for the Bai family's family reputation. Now that Old Man Kong is like this, I seem to understand that Bai Yancai was demonstrating to another branch of the Bai family!
Tao Jiajia's romantic affairs are not just a day or two. Bai Yantang's lineage was not revealed, but after Bai Yancai died, he came and said, isn't this an act of self-sacrifice?
"Did Bai Yancai stay behind to save Bai Chuchu?" I asked.
"Both of the two lines of the Bai family are simple. Bai Yancai was really not very kind to his two granddaughters before. That was because he was imagining that he could have a grandson. After his death, the grandson did not Come on, he should have accepted his fate. Without a grandson, and since Bai Mengting was so filial to him during his lifetime, he will naturally transfer his love for his grandson to his granddaughter."
Old man Kong sighed and said: "I didn't wake up until I was depressed. Although it was a little too late, Bai Yancai finally understood."
"Bai Yancai died and refused to leave, because he was protecting Bai Chuchu. But if he keeps wandering like this, his character will change sooner or later. If he becomes a ghost in the future, the harm will be no less than that of Bai Yonggui." Yi Ba said worriedly.
"That's what I'm worried about." Old Man Kong shook his head and said, "The two branches of the Bai family are fighting over each other, all for the sake of wealth."
Most of the Bai family's family property is in In the hands of Bai Yongchang and his three brothers, Bai Yongchang is also in charge. Another lineage of the Bai family, the descendants of Bai Yantang, although they have no worries about food and clothing, they cannot control the economic power of the Bai family.
"You mean, Bai Yonggui attacked Bai Chuchu not to kill her, but to force Bai Yongchang to hand over his position as the head of the family?" I asked.
"It's possible." Old Man Kong said.
"Then why didn't he attack Bai Mengting, but Bai Chuchu?" Yi Ba was a little confused.
"This is the scary thing about Bai Yonggui." I took over the words and explained: "We are very clear about the relationship between Bai Yongchang and the three brothers. Bai Chuchu's father is Bai Yongtao, the daughter of Bai Yonggui's eldest brother. Attack her, Bai Yongchang clings to the position of head of the family, it is inevitable that he will There will be a rift with Bai Yongtao. If there is a rift between the brothers, it will definitely cause trouble for Bai Yancai's family. The three brothers who were originally united will naturally become divided. But it’s over!” Old Man Kong looked up to the sky and sighed.
"How about we lobby Bai Yongchang and ask him to hand over his position as the head of the family. Money is not worth mentioning in the face of life." Yi Ba said.
"With Bai Yongchang's personality, how could he not think of this. Until now, he has not handed over his position as the head of the family. He must be under other pressure." Because he likes Bai Mengting, her father's Of course, I watched it secretly many times. So I know what kind of person Bai Yongchang is. "The position of the head of the family is not one that Bai Yongchang can take if he wants, and naturally it is not one that he can retreat if he wants to. Sometimes it is easy to get into the position, but it is difficult to step down from that position." Old Man Kong took my words and added something.