I was shocked and said to Huzi, "Is the person who poisoned the well water the coffin maker named Wang?"
"no."
Huzi shook his head vigorously and still whispered, "It's a man I don't know. He is tall and thin. I have never seen him before."
His words startled me.
Could it be that besides the person named Wang, there was someone else planning to poison the villagers?
I was in a trance, and I had bigger questions in my heart.
The village chief tied me up tightly with a rope. I could do nothing but sit back helplessly and gave Huzi a sad smile.
"Huzi, do you believe me?"
Huzi nodded vigorously, holding back tears and said, "I believe it. People in the village say you are a bad boy and refuse to give you food. I am the only one who knows that you were not the one who poisoned the well."
I took a breath and said, "Just trust me. Just put these meals down. After leaving the village chief's house, run to the East Village. The faster you run, the better. Don't stop for a moment. How far can you run?" How far away, never come back again!”
I tried it during the day, and the entire village was surrounded by evil formations. Only the dense fog in the direction of East Village was the weakest, and it was possible to escape from the village.
Huzi was so young and didn't understand anything. There was no need to stay in the village and be buried with him.
But Huzi stubbornly clenched his little fist and said no, I'm not afraid, I want to stay to find the murderer and avenge my mother.
His words shocked me all over. I looked at Huzi’s face full of unyielding and stubbornness, and said with a wry smile,
"If you want to take revenge, you must first learn the skills. If you are so young, you will only die in vain if you stay. Follow my brother's orders and run as far as you want. When you grow up and have the skills, you can avenge us."
I tried my best to get in front of Hu Zi and said word by word, "Remember, the coffin maker named Wang is one of the enemies who killed the villagers. If you can survive and become capable in the future, you must not let him go." .”
"Yeah, I know!"
He nodded vigorously, looked at the rope on my body hesitantly, and said that he would help me untie the rope and run together.
I refused directly, "No, the rope is too tight. You can't untie it if you are weak. Even if you can untie it, it will waste a lot of time."
The target for two people to run together is too big. The villagers are all coming for me. If Hu Zi takes me, he will never be able to run.
I planned to stay and give Huzi a chance to escape from the village while the mastermind focused on me.
Huzi and I must leave one person to avenge the village.
Huzi cried and agreed. After walking out of the woodshed, he looked back at me deeply and said in a childish tone,
"Brother Zhou Xuan, you will always be my brother, and I will definitely help you get revenge, for sure!"
After saying that, he ran with all his strength towards the outside of the village, while I leaned against the wall with a look of relief. Just as I was catching my breath, I heard the footsteps of many adults coming from the other side of the woodshed.
Many torches appeared outside, and the village chief reappeared outside with a large number of villagers with an expressionless face.
They picked me up and dragged me away like garbage, directly to the back mountain, where my mother was buried.
A wooden stake had been erected in the open space behind the village, and I was fixed on it with a rope by the villagers. Everyone who passed the wooden stake looked at me with contempt and evil eyes.
Even the kindest old man in the village pointed at me with his walking stick.
"What a sin! The village was originally peaceful, why did such a little beast appear!"
"Her mother is a bad breed, and her son is naturally a bad breed too. Now that mother and son have joined forces, they want to kill the whole village. We can't keep him!"
"Yes, burn him! Burn this born bad guy to death..."
The villagers gathered around the wooden frame and spat at me angrily. The crowd was very excited. Both adults and children were calling me a beast.
I was heartbroken and looked at everyone indifferently.
Their twisted and ferocious faces are simply more terrifying than evil spirits.
At this juncture, any explanation was useless, but I still took my last breath and tried to awaken their bewitched consciences.
"Everyone has been deceived. I didn't harm anyone, let alone poison the well water. These things were all done by that man named Wang. He killed our whole family, and now he wants to harm the people in the village... "
"Shut up, how dare you disrespect Master Wang!"
My response was an unceremonious slap from villager Dayong.
This slap made me dizzy and my back teeth started to bleed.
With burning cheeks, I raised my head and saw the villagers looking at me with furious eyes.
"He is indeed a born bad guy and deserves to die just like his mother!"
"Damn it, it's so inhumane. The village raised him up so much, and he turned out to harm us."
Amid the bustling shouts and curses, the villagers quickly made way for another passage. Master Wang, accompanied by the village chief, put on a yellow Taoist robe, walked upright and solemnly, and pointed his peach wood sword at my forehead.
"Hey, you are a debt collector. You have betrayed the kindness of the villagers in raising you up. You even used your evil words to deceive people when you were about to die. You are a poor man and God has accepted you. You will be rewarded for your evil deeds."
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that a person could be so hypocritical.
I raised my godless eyes, looked at Master Wang's face full of justice, and yelled angrily,
"You're a mother. You watch too much TV. Why are you pretending to be an old magician? If you kill me today, I will kill you when I become a ghost in the future!"
This is the first time I have cursed a person with such vicious words. If the rope hadn't tied me too tightly, I would have jumped up and bit him.
Master Wang smiled and touched my forehead with a sinister tone, "Boy, I'm just here to catch ghosts. I'm afraid you won't come!"
The villagers were excited, "Master Wang, why are you wasting your breath on this bad guy? Burn him, I have all the torches ready."
"Yes, there is no need to transcend this kind of person, just make him lose his mind!"
Master Wang raised his hand expressionlessly to signal everyone to be quiet. He put his face next to my ear again and said word by word, "Have you thought about it? If you don't hand over the things, you will have to go down and accompany your damn old lady."
"Leave it to your mother!"
I opened my mouth angrily and tried to bite Master Wang's ear. The old beast reacted quickly and slipped away. He showed an expression that said, "What can you do to me?" and said with a sinister smile,
"Okay, I know you are a filial child, so I will satisfy you."
The villagers have gathered around, adding more firewood, spitting, some pulling my hair and firing arrows left and right, some pointing, urging other villagers to light the fire!
The scene was a bustle, even more lively than the Spring Festival, as if they were collectively enjoying the last carnival of life.
I was already numb. I stared blankly at the faces of the villagers swaying in front of me, and I suddenly had an illusion.
It feels like they are corpses whose souls have been taken away but they don't know it yet.
"That's enough, let's give the child a good time."
In the end, the village chief stood up and pushed away the villager who slapped me. He gritted his molars and said, "Son, don't blame me, just be a good person in your next life."
Then he raised the torch and threw it hard at the dry wood at my feet.
The flames burned quickly, and the thick smoke blocked my sight and made me cough.
Through the wall of fire, I saw the twisted and dancing faces of the oncoming villagers. I turned my eyes and noticed that the corners of Master Wang's mouth were raised, revealing a mocking and evil smile.
wrong.
My mother's things haven't been obtained yet, how could he happily burn me to death?
Or, this guy’s real target is not me, but these bewitched villagers!
