This long and shrill cry, to be honest, scared me. I originally opened the door just to scare the old group leader, but who knew I actually scared myself. Frightened, I leaned to the side of the door. When he turned to look at the people in the room, it was obvious that everyone had heard the roar.
Especially the old leader, who might be too old, was so frightened that he sat on the ground, staring at the room, then stretched out his hand and pointed tremblingly at the ceiling of the room. Judging from his expression, he must have seen Luo Fenfang's ghost, because he was sitting at a height shorter than all of us, and he could only see it because of the angle. I heard the old group leader say in a trembling voice, Impossible! You...you are dead! So I said, yes, you were the one who killed me! The old leader yelled, "I didn't kill you!" You are too aggressive! You have to blame yourself too!
The old regiment leader started to feel a little frantic. He struggled to get up and tried to escape through the door, but was blocked by Leader Liu at the door and pushed him back. I stepped forward, grabbed the old group leader's hand, and pulled him towards the room. With every step I took, his screams of extreme fear intensified. When he reached the door, he knelt down, buried his head on the ground, and burst into tears.
In fact, I don't sympathize with him, because I can basically guess what happened that year. Seeing him kneeling in pain, I stopped pulling, threw the photo in front of him, and told him that Luo Fenfang's ghost appeared again after more than 20 years, because someone took her most precious photo. And in that photo, it’s you, the scumbag! Repent, now I will give you a chance to confess!
I am not a judge, nor do I have the right to judge others, but I have my own sense of justice. Although Luo Fenfang is a ghost, and although it has affected others to some extent, it should not exist. However, since I have discovered the truth of some things, I also hope to seek justice for Luo Fenfang. Perhaps it has been too long and the law has been unable to punish him, but the punishment he deserves in his heart must not be less. This is something he owes and must be repaid.
The old regiment leader never raised his head again and maintained a kneeling posture. And while crying, he told what happened that year. Sure enough, it was not much different from what I guessed. The old group leader and Luo Fenfang were originally lovers, but at the beginning of this relationship, the old group leader had a family. Originally, in that era, it was not unusual to take a concubine, but the old regiment leader's first wife was also a loyal woman, so she would not agree to it no matter what. Therefore, in 1945, the old group leader decided to completely sever this relationship. But at that time, Luo Fenfang was already deeply in love with her and refused to agree to separate like this. She devoted all her youth to him. So she languished day and night, often wandering near the old regimental leader's house. Her appearance could be regarded as disturbing the lives of other families.
After several unsuccessful communications, Luo Fenfang began to become hysterical in early 1946, threatening to make the incident public and discredit the old regiment leader. After a big quarrel, the relationship between the two completely broke down. . Even so, Luo Fenfang still cared about her old regiment leader in her heart. Although she said so, she did not actually do it. But this was a dangerous signal for the old leader. He was considered a celebrity in the local area. If these scandals were made public, he would not be able to hold his head high in this circle, so he cruelly found him. Several gangsters threatened Luo Fenfang to shut up from now on, otherwise they would kill her. I originally thought that the matter would be over, but a few days later, I heard the news of Luo Fenfang's death. It turns out that although the thieves threatened Luo Fenfang, they also had bad intentions after seeing her beauty. So several people took turns to insult her, cut off her hands, and hung her body in the backstage of the theater, causing the phenomenon of suicide.
This was the tragic scene that Leader Liu and I had seen when Luo Fenfang's ghost appeared.
I still feel a little sad in my heart. 1946 was a relatively turbulent era. Although the Japanese surrendered, the city under the control of the national army was still undercurrent. Intellectuals, students, and political figures were frequently assassinated in that era. The death of a female actress was not even news.
The old regiment leader said that when he saw the news of Luo Fenfang's death, he was very surprised and uncomfortable because this was not the result he wanted. And those gangsters who were there were never found again. If you think that a big mistake has been made, you can only make the mistake go wrong. So before the troupe reported it to the police station, he suppressed the matter first. Although everyone knew that Luo Fenfang's death could not be a suicide, the old troupe leader told everyone that this matter was related to the troupe. The reputation is based on the theory of suicide, and nothing else is mentioned.
In that era, collective honor was very valuable. Now that the old group leader had spoken, the remaining people would do what he said. However, in the following years, the attendance rate of the Sichuan Opera Troupe declined year by year, and the performances invited by the anti-construction hall became less and less. Luo Fenfang's death has always been a knot in the heart of the old regiment leader. Although no one mentioned it again, only he knew that he was the real murderer of Luo Fenfang's death. Over the past few years, people have become a lot haggard due to worries, and they have begun to feel a little unable to manage the theater troupe.
So after liberation, someone from the military region came and said they wanted to take over the troupe as a performance stage for the military art troupe. He transferred it without thinking much.
The old regiment leader said that he finally finished speaking on his knees today what he had been holding in his heart all these years. No matter how much he said it, he was still a sinner. Although Luo Fenfang died because of him, he never thought of killing her. But what's the use of talking about it now, the mistake has been made, and the rest is atonement.
After hearing this, everyone present looked solemn. I was born in that era, and many old-school people with social status do often have the problem of flirting with women outside. This is no longer restricted by morality. But many of them are just casual acquaintances, just like the old group leader, who continued an underground affair for such a long time and finally ended it unclearly. I have to say that he is indeed the culprit. .
Luo Fenfang's ghostly scream came from the room. From the initial scream, it slowly turned into an angry gasp. When the old regiment leader finished saying all this and kowtowed in tears and admitted his mistake, there was actually a sound coming from the room. A woman's cry. It's hard for me to describe that kind of crying. I can hear the sorrow and resentment in it. I can even hear the feeling of a woman acting coquettishly towards a man.
So she sighed in her heart, what could be done about it? It was her fault that she fell in love with the wrong person.
I walked up to the old regiment leader, pulled him up, and said to him, there is a difference between life and death, and people and ghosts have different paths. You have avoided the bad things you did for more than 20 years, but from today on, Until the day you die, this incident will continue to torture you in your heart. You will never forget the roar just now and the cry now. This voice will stay in your head and haunt you for the rest of your life.
After saying that, I pushed him aside and asked him to kneel on the side, facing the direction of the door, which was very similar to the posture I used when I was criticized. Then I placed three incense sticks side by side, surrounded them with red paper, and made a simple spiritual tablet. Write Luo Fenfang's name on it, then place a bowl of water in front of the memorial tablet and burn the photo in the bowl.
I was originally worried that when I burned the photos, I would be attacked by Luo Fenfang’s anger, because after all, that was what he cared about the most, and it was also one of the reasons why he stayed, so I was extra vigilant when I burned the photos. Fortunately, Luo Fenfang's ghost didn't seem to be too excited, but when I was burning the photos, there was a burst of crying. Different from the previous crying, this time it was full of sadness. Immediately afterwards, I took out the soul-calling flag and prepared to enter the house to collect the soul. I held the bell in one hand, shaking it at intervals, and the soul-calling flag in the other. Before entering the room, I silently recited the Golden Light Curse to myself for body protection, although I also knew that it seemed to have no effect on ghosts like Luo Fenfang. It's not too big, because it is full of resentment when it stays, so it is not afraid of me.
I stepped into the door and found nothing unusual. There was a cry above my head, but I could not find any trace of the female ghost with my peripheral vision. So I followed the soul-calling process, stepped on the steps, and finished reciting the Falling Flag Mantra. When I was retracting the mantra, the crying gradually became fainter, weaker, and then disappeared.
I backed out the door, job done for me at this point. So I asked Da Mao to check if there were any traces of ghosts left in the house. This is why I asked Da Mao to come. I was afraid that I would not be able to clean up such resentful ghosts at once. The other party is a military family and has the right to I have the power, but if I fail to deal with the consequences, it will cause endless trouble for me in the future.
Da Mao spent almost 10 minutes checking inside and outside the house, making sure that everything about Luo Fenfang in the house at this moment was clean except for the soul-calling flag in my hand and the ashes of the burned photo in the bowl. So I started purifying the whole house, which took me a lot of time. After working for so long, I saw that the old group leader was still kneeling on the spot, crying silently.
I think he should also bear the blame.
After telling Leader Liu and his wife the result, I told them that now that the house was completely clean, I would take Luo Fenfang's ghost home and use it as a soldier. I would find a suitable opportunity before sending her away. Now, whether you move or not, there will be no problem in this house. You just need to pay more attention in the future and try not to touch some old things whose origins you don’t know.
Leader Liu’s lover asked me with some embarrassment, what about the old regiment leader? I looked back at him and said, "You can figure it out. The rest is his own business. After we leave, we can find time to kill him." Leader Liu was very happy that the matter was resolved, so he immediately ordered the guards to arrange vehicles to send Damao and I back. I told him, Da Mao, I won’t bother you to send it away, I will send him back. I'll come back here later. Could you please take me back to the village?
Leader Liu nodded and said yes, I added, but I still have a grudging request.
