Chapter 128 Folklore
Anxi Village
It was almost dusk, with only a few smoke rising, and every household began to prepare dinner. Roosters and dogs barked in the village, announcing the end of the day. .
The cool breeze blew through the branches and leaves of an old locust tree, and the leaves rustled and fell.
Behind the old locust tree, there is a big mountain. I heard from the local old people that the big mountain is very unstable, haunted and full of evil spirits.
The local elders often warn the younger generations in their families not to play in the mountains behind the old locust trees. It is very dangerous and there are evil spirits who specialize in eating people.
There is even a folk legend flowing out from the mouth of the old man, saying that there is an old house in the mountain, with a floor paved with blue bricks and walls made of red bricks. It looks very luxurious. It was built by a big landowner in the past. I heard from local elders that this old house might have been built during the Republic of China.
There is a peach grove near this old house. It is growing very well, but it does not bear any fruit. It is very strange.
The old man also has a story about this peach forest. According to the old man, this peach forest is the weirdest. I heard that the reason why the peach forest grows so well is because there are dead people buried under the peach forest. So although the peach trees grow well, they just don’t bear fruit, and this is the reason.
There is a reason why the old man said that there are dead people buried under the peach tree. This is about the owner of this peach forest, that is, the owner of the old house.
According to legend, the owner of this old house is a big landowner. His family is very rich. How rich they are can be understood by looking at the luxury of the old house.
In that era, those who could build walls with red bricks were all wealthy people, and the owner of the old house had a daughter, who was born into a beautiful woman with a beautiful and beautiful temperament. She is also extremely gentle and virtuous, and is a famous rich lady.
Her appearance is recognized by villages all over the country as good-looking. Many young and promising talents ask matchmakers to come to propose marriage, and some even come to propose marriage in person.
And this young lady also fell in love with a handsome young man. The two fell in love, and her parents were from good family backgrounds, so they agreed to Zhuang Tianding's good match.
Both parents chose an auspicious day to hold their wedding on that day, and the banquet for relatives and friends was held in that old house.
The wedding day came in a blink of an eye. The bride wore a wedding dress, a red veil on her head, a red bracelet in her hand, and embroidered shoes on her feet. She was waiting at home for the groom to come and marry her.
The groom, wearing red clothes, riding a tall horse and carrying an eight-carriage sedan, went to marry the bride.
Everything went smoothly at first. The groom successfully picked up the bride. After walking around the village, he returned to the old house. After all, the banquet was held here, so he had to get married in the old house. .
Everything went smoothly. The groom took the bride around and returned to the old house. The banquet was full of guests, talking and laughing. When they saw the two newlyweds returning, they all expressed their congratulations. It was very lively.
The bride is beautiful and the groom is handsome. The two of them seem to be a match made in heaven.
The parents of both sides were sitting in the high hall, watching the newlyweds walking slowly, and they all felt that this was a match made in heaven, otherwise it would not be such a perfect match.
With the newcomers entering, the worship hall is about to begin. Everything is going smoothly, at least when worshiping heaven and earth, and worshiping high hall.
But just as the two newlyweds were paying their respects as husband and wife, a concierge rushed in, covered in blood and with blood coming out of his mouth. It was very scary.
Everyone's expressions changed drastically when they saw this scene. You must know that this is a happy day. What if someone dies?
So someone stepped forward to ask what was going on and see if they could save someone.
At this time, a large group of fierce-looking bandits with pistols rushed in. They didn't say a word, they shot and killed everyone they saw, and they didn't even say a word to you.
In an instant, gunshots, screams, and cries resounded throughout the old house. What was a happy day turned into a massacre.
On that day, blood flowed like a river, and everyone present was not spared. They all died violently, and the bride and groom died the worst.
I heard that the bride was drained of blood and died, while the groom was quartered and died. The body was buried in the peach grove. In other words, except for the bride’s body, there was no burial in the peach grove. All the other corpses present were buried in the peach grove, which is why the peach grove grew so well.
And this is also the reason why Taolin does not bear fruit, because there are too many dead people and too much resentment, which affects Taolin, so it does not bear fruit for many years.
No one knows where the bride's body is. Some people say that it was taken away by the bandits, while others say that the bride was too resentful after her death and turned into a ghost, so the body disappeared.
So far, no one knows why those bandits came. Many people are guessing, maybe because of beauty, maybe because of money, who can’t say.
Of course, these are just one of many theories, and it’s hard to tell what the real thing is.
In an ordinary private house, an old man in his fifties or sixties took a sip of tea and told the five young men and women sitting opposite:
“These are the old houses in the mountains. It’s a story. As for whether there are other versions of the story, I don’t know. This story was told to me by my grandfather when I was a child.”
"My grandfather often warned me when I was a child not to go to the back mountain, and even if I go, don't get close to the old house and the peach forest. It's very dangerous."
The people sitting opposite the old man looked at each other. He glanced at it and nodded to the old man:
“Thank you, sir. He told us this story."
As he said, he took out a thousand yuan from his pocket and put it on the table:
"Old man, this thousand yuan is our little thought. , take it and buy some supplements or something to replenish your body.”
The old man looked at the thousand dollars on the table, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face. He opened his mouth and showed the big yellow teeth inside:
"Hey, how can this be so embarrassing? You young people are just being polite."
Having said that, he already stretched out his hand and took a thousand yuan in his hand to count.
A few people looked at the old man's actions and didn't care. They just smiled and said nothing:
"Then, old man, we won't disturb you anymore. We still have some things to do. Let’s go first.”
"Okay, okay, if you have anything, you can come to me. The old man is not good at anything else. He still knows a lot about these weird things."
A few people looked at the old man and smiled. He didn't take the smile seriously, waved to the old man, and left.
The old man looked at the people leaving, with a flash of disapproval in his eyes:
“It’s this young man who is not afraid of death again. He said that the place is haunted, but he still wants to die if he doesn’t believe it. , that place is so gloomy, it’s not a good place to go at first glance.”
The old man counted the soft girls in his hands, grinned, and murmured:
"It's a pity that people are dying again. Last time, a few people went to the back mountain, but the bodies haven't been found yet."
"Oh, I don't know what's going on recently, there are always people going there. Back Mountain, is that place so attractive?”
“If you don’t listen to the old man’s words, you will suffer the consequences in front of you.”
The old man shook his head and did not think about these things. Whether they die or not has nothing to do with him, a lazy old man. He is half a body. People who are about to be buried cannot care about this.
The people who walked out of the room looked at each other and nodded:
"Old Li, it seems that the place is right."
The speaker was a woman with a ponytail, 1.65 meters tall, wearing a tights, and looked very capable.
The Lao Li the woman mentioned was a middle-aged man in his early thirties, wearing a casual coat and a white necklace around his neck.
Lao Li looked at the sky, his face a little solemn:
"The place we are going to this time may be very scary. Maybe we will die there if we are not careful. Just listen to what we just said From what the old man said, I can be sure that there must be a ghost in that peach forest, and there may be more than one.”
"And this is still the peach forest, and we are going to that old house. The things inside the old house must be more dangerous!"
"So we must be careful this time, no matter how careful we are, after all we are here The first delivery was a red letter.”
Lao Li’s voice was solemn, and everyone present understood what Lao Li meant.
A quiet young man wearing glasses, his face was a little pale. I don’t know whether he was born like this or was frightened by Lao Li. Looking at Lao Li, the man with glasses pushed up his glasses and said:
"The post office won't let us deliver a letter that requires death. As long as we pay attention to some details this time and don't deliver the wrong letter, we still have a high chance of getting back alive."
After hearing what the man with glasses said, several people nodded in agreement. One of them was a little girl who looked a little frail. She looked about sixteen or seventeen years old. Her face was full of uneasiness and fear: < br>
"Sister Xia Qing, Uncle Li, will we be in danger this time? I heard that old man said that that old house is haunted! Can we not go?"
Old Li and Xia Qing , that is, the one wearing a horse After hearing her words, the women with pigtails and tights turned to look at her, their eyes full of sympathy, and they had one thought in their hearts:
"Poor guy, luck. That's great. The first time I send a letter is a red letter. I hope you can come back alive this time."
Xia Qing looked at the frightened little girl, sighed, and comforted her with some sympathy. ：
"It's okay. You will be fine as long as we are here. And you also know that if you don't go, you will die. You may die if you go, but you will definitely die if you don't go. You are not a fool. You should know How to choose? Now that you have entered the post office, don’t take chances and forget about the past. Everything, accept everything now, you must adapt to this, otherwise you will not survive this mission."
Wang Yun's face suddenly turned pale because of fear, and her body couldn't help it. He started to tremble and opened his mouth, but couldn't say what he wanted to say.
Lao Li looked at Wang Yun's panic and uneasiness and said nothing. This is normal, and it happens to newcomers. When he first delivered the letter, he might not even be as good as her. He looked at the sky, Lao Li said:
“We have to Hurry up, go into the mountain as soon as possible, find the old house, and send the letter out. As long as we send the letter out, we can all live."
The man with glasses, Xia Qing, and Wang Yun, including. The other young man, who had been silent all this time, nodded in agreement.
Lao Li did not hesitate and immediately took the four of them to the mountains behind the old locust tree.
Their mission this time is very dangerous. If the price of tearing up the red letter had not been too high, they would not have appeared in this village, let alone go to the mountains behind the old locust tree to find the old house. .
The wind blew through the old locust trees, and the leaves rustled. I don’t know when, the barking in the village disappeared, the lights in the village began to go out, and a touch of darkness slowly enveloped the entire village. over the sky.
The village was silent, and a strange atmosphere filled the village, as if telling a horrifying and desperate story.
Back mountain, tall bushes, desolate grassland, twisted trees.
The light of the flashlight flickered between the trees. A group of five people walked among the deserted woods, walking along a winding path.
Looking at the seemingly endless darkness, Lao Li looked a little ugly. The darkness could not be driven away, and the light from the flashlight could only allow them to see clearly less than three meters ahead.
Looking at this situation, a layer of gloom gradually enveloped everyone's hearts. Wang Yun looked at the darkness ahead, her face pale, her eyes filled with fear. She wanted to turn around and leave, but Go and send that red letter.
But reason told her that she couldn't do that, because she would die, not by ghosts, but by these friendly-looking teammates.
So, even in fear and panic, Wang Yun secretly warned herself in her heart that she could not run, otherwise she would definitely die, she would definitely.
Xia Qing looked at the shadowy woods, her face was expressionless, and she couldn't see any panic, but the uneasiness in her eyes meant that she was unsure at this time:
"This mission is too big." It’s weird. I’ve never heard of such a mission.” .
Thinking about when he first got the letter at the post office and looked at the information given on it, Xia Qing felt that everything around him was just that.
"At midnight and early in the morning, send the letter to a bride somewhere, or to Lin Qian in Dajiang City."
When they saw where this letter was going to be sent, they had a bad feeling in their hearts. When they saw the name Lin Qian in Dajiang City, they hurriedly checked this Lin Qian and used I searched all kinds of connections to find this person named Lin Qian, but found nothing. I couldn’t find anything, let alone find this person named Lin Qian. I was looking for a person in the whole Dajiang City, and he was short-lived. Within that time, that was no longer something they could do.
The time to deliver the letter is only a short time. It is obvious that they are here to deliver the letter. As for the bride mentioned in the letter, they can be sure that it is a ghost.
After learning that the bride is a ghost, they still choose to come here. The reason is actually very simple. According to the rules of delivering letters at the post office, as long as the letter is delivered to the designated person or ghost, then they will be together for a period of time. They will not be attacked within a certain period of time. This time depends on the terror level of the ghost. During this period of time, they can just use some props. In no more than one minute at most, they can return directly to the post office.
All these reasons brought them here. If possible, they would still be willing to deliver the letter to this person named Lin Qian.
It doesn't look dangerous after all.
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