There are two earth temples in Maotan Village. One is at the end of the village. There is a small room with two doors. There are serious clay sculptures inside. Although they are not exquisite, they also have desks and incense tributes. There is no shortage of them.
The second earth temple is located in this cemetery area. It is just a small earth house with a height of half a person, so that the earth temple inside will not be exposed to wind and rain.
But Tu Tu Gong is not resident at the end of the village, but often stays in the small temple in the cemetery area, also for the convenience of watching the ghosts living here.
The Earth God sighed here. He has been guarding Maotan Village for seventy or eighty years. Although he was originally a spirit and not a ghost that became a mortal after death, he still has some feelings for this village. Currently, the village From old to young, he watched almost everyone grow up.
In particular, the people in this village have a good heart. The fact that they can build a cemetery in such uneasy years is enough to prove this. Therefore, if this kind of thing happens, the land owner still wants to take care of it within his ability. No matter.
It’s just that it’s just a small piece of land, and its jurisdiction is only a little bit around Maotan Village. The disorder of the earth’s veins some time ago also affected this place, which made the land owner in a kind of spiritual powerlessness at this time. During this period, there seemed to be no injuries, but in fact, he could only use 70% of his 100% ability.
“Hey…”
The Earth God sighed again. This kind of disaster came too suddenly. Even if he told the villagers in a dream to let them escape now, it would be too late. Moreover, if this kind of worldly life leaves Maotan Village, which depends on them for their livelihood, the whole village will be afraid. In the end, they will become the remains on the roadside in a foreign land. At that time, I am afraid there will be no one to collect and bury their bodies, and there will be no graves for them to rest in peace.
While Tu Tu Gong was secretly feeling sad, the will-o’-the-wisps in the cemetery suddenly became strong, which also made Tu Tu Gong feel frightened. He quickly put on a majestic look and looked towards the grave area.
“In this world, it is a blessing to have a place to rest, so why are you so restless?”
As he spoke, Tuguigong lightly punched the ground with his crutch.
“Boom…”
A ray of indelible Dharma light dispersed, and all the tombs sank slightly. The restless will-o’-the-wisps immediately became as weak as the unpaid fire.
However, the situation did not develop in the direction that Tu Tu Gong imagined. He found that there were faint ghosts appearing not far away.
‘Oops, could it be that the ghosts here are also affected by the source of the plague ghosts and will become a disaster? ’
The Earth God was alert in his heart, but outwardly he looked at the ghost with a calm expression. He also jumped onto the small earth temple, so that his height was barely equal to that of the ghost.
Not long after, the ghosts became clear. There were about a dozen ghosts at the front, and those behind were lingering on the edge of the tomb. It was hard to tell how many there were.
The leader turned out to be a newly buried armored ghost, which reminded Tu Tu Gong of the two new corpses that Liao Daqiu and the villagers had buried together during the day.
The Earth God did not pay attention at that time, but now it seems that the armor of the two buried people is still different. One of them has a protective goggle on his armor, which should be more advanced.
“I’m waiting to meet the Lord of the Land!”
Although people are dead, their habits are still military habits. The two ghosts who were newly buried today knelt down on one knee and clasped their fists in salute. Seeing this, the other ghosts also subconsciously followed suit.
‘It seems I’ve thought too much! ’
Tu Tu Gong breathed a sigh of relief and said calmly.
“What’s wrong? What do you want?”
The leading soldier raised his head and looked at Tu Gong. He had never seen ghosts and gods before. Although he had encountered some evil things, this was the first time he had seen a well-known **** like Tu Gong. As expected, he was short in stature.
“I dare to ask the land master, what is the plague ghost you kept talking about just now?”
From Tu Tu Gong’s slightly panicked attitude, some keen ghosts realized that it must be a big deal. In addition, Tu Tu Gong sighed frequently and looked at Maotan Village, a feeling of worry was self-evident.
The Earth God looked seriously at these ghosts.
“Why do you ask these questions?”
The warrior ghost looked at Tu Tu Gong, but Tu Tu Gong could vaguely read some kind of answer from his eyes.
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Maotan Village is very quiet at night. Although he did physical work during the day, Liao Daqiu tossed and turned and couldn’t sleep.
“Hey, the child’s mother, the child’s mother…”
After calling twice, he could only hear the weak snoring of the woman next to him. Liao Daqiu stopped talking and carefully sat up from the bed. In the process, he tucked the quilt in to prevent the cold air from rushing into the bed.
Feeling that his mouth was dry, Liao Daqiu put on a coat, then carefully left the bed, put on his shoes and prepared to pour some water.
When I walked to the outhouse, I was not in a hurry to pour water. Instead, I walked through the hall and opened the curtain of the child’s room. I was relieved to see my son sleeping soundly.
Although Liao Daqiu is not young, there is only one child in the family who is no more than five years old.
This is not because the old Liao family is not good as a couple. In fact, Xiao Liao has an elder brother. Calculating his age, he should be almost thirty now. He should be the age to start a family and start a business, but now there is no news.
The world is not peaceful. Lao Liao’s eldest son was conscripted into the army. There has been no news for nine years since he left. There are young men in the county who were conscripted into the army together with Liao’s eldest son. He ran back the next year. It is said that many people died. It is not clear where the soldiers from his hometown are now.
The old Mr. and Mrs. Liao have always believed that their son is still alive. Although they secretly wiped away tears many times, this hope has never ceased. They look forward to the eldest son’s return one day, but they feel like there is a gap in their hearts. The second son is in At the end of the third year after the eldest son left, I was miraculously conceived. It was considered a blessing of old age.
Liao Daqiu encouraged the villagers to build a cemetery for the purpose of doing good deeds and hoping that God would allow his eldest son to return home.
In other words, there is also the most helpless thought. If the eldest son encounters misfortune outside, he hopes that someone can collect his body and bury him in peace.
Every time he saw his younger son at night, Liao Daqiu would recall in a trance how his eldest son was sleeping soundly when he was a child. Thinking of this, the sleeping younger son actually turned into the eldest son in his eyes, and He is the eldest son when he was a child.
Lao Liao was stunned for a moment, rubbed his eyes and looked again. It was still his youngest son on the bed.
“Hey…”
Sighing, Lao Liao exited his youngest son’s room and returned to the outhouse. He lifted the teacup that was upside down and picked up the kettle on the table to pour water for himself. However, before the water was filled, he felt that there seemed to be something outside. Bright light, this makes Lao Liao quite strange.
But he looked outside and didn’t care. He continued to pour water, then picked up the tea bowl to drink water. He drank several bowls in a row. Even the teapot was empty but he still felt thirsty.
‘Am I sick? ’
Liao Daqiu thought a little distractedly, and the light on the wooden window became more and more eye-catching.
Finally, Lao Liao walked to the window, pulled out the wooden pin, and pushed the window open. As soon as he pushed it, he discovered that there was green outside. When he took a closer look, there were many “people” standing in the dark outside the house. Everyone They all had their heads lowered, their faces were too dark to see clearly, and there was green fluorescence around them.
“Ghost!”
Lao Liao was so frightened that he screamed and collapsed on the ground, letting the wooden window board hit the window frame with a “slap”.
“Child’s mother, child’s mother, there are ghosts, there are ghosts, get up quickly…”
Liao Daqiu screamed in fright, but there was no movement in the inner room. Just when he was panicking, there was a sound from outside.
“My dear, please don’t be afraid!”
The voice was clear, calm and rich, without any of the gloomy feeling of a ghost as imagined, which made Lao Liao temporarily stop his voice.
“My benefactor, we are all the people you and the villagers have buried over the years. My benefactor has been very kind to us. We will definitely not harm you, nor will we harm the people of Maotan Village.”
Hearing this voice, Liao Daqiu also calmed down a little, thinking that he would build a memorial to help others bury him in peace. He had indeed helped others, so it shouldn’t hurt him, right?
“Can I open the door and see you, my benefactor?”
As soon as these words came, Liao Daqiu hesitated again. After waiting for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and slowly walked towards the door. After struggling for a while, he finally pulled the door latch and opened the door.
There were many ghosts standing in the courtyard, and Liao Daqiu could not count them all at once.
‘It turns out that so many have been buried over the years…’
When Liao Daqiu opened the door, the ghosts outside knelt down one after another. Seeing so many ghosts kneeling down, Liao Daqiu forgot what fear was, and subconsciously took a step out and raised his hand to stop him.
“Oh, I can’t do it! I can’t do it! Everyone, please get up quickly, please get up quickly!”
The ghosts knelt for a while before getting up one after another, looking for the bookstore www.zhaoshuyuan.com Only then did Liao Daqiu see clearly that the two soldiers at the front turned out to be the two newly buried soldiers. One of them raised his head slightly. Taking a step forward, he said to Liao Daqiu sincerely.
“My benefactor, the local area is about to face a disaster. There is a kind of ghost that breeds. I heard it is called the plague ghost, which will spread plague and kill people.”
“Huh? There are rumors in the county that a plague has begun in other places. Is it because of this plague ghost? Will something happen to us?”
Liao Daqiu became nervous. Although it was often said that lies could not be believed, he was willing to believe them this time.
“My benefactor, Maotan Village is in the path of the epidemic ghost. I am here for no other reason than to repay my kindness. We have decided to fight to the death with the epidemic ghost when it arrives, hoping to save the country. My benefactor and the people of Maotan Village are safe!”
Although only this ghost was speaking, all the other ghosts looked at Liao Daqiu, their faces dark, but Liao Daqiu was surprisingly convinced.
“This…”
“My benefactor, we have already discussed it with the Land Master. We still have some time. We hope that our benefactor can find an excellent paper craftsman to make several battle flags, one hundred and fifty weapons, and battle flags for us. There must be commander flags on the left, center, right and front and rear, fifty shields, fifty swords, fifty spears, fifty bows and arrows, the more arrows the better!”
Liao Daqiu quickly wrote it down and silently repeated it several times. After confirming that he would not forget it, he looked up at the ghosts again.
“Uh, do you have any other requests?”
Hearing these words, the crowd of ghosts made a rustling sound, and then became quiet again, and it was the leading soldier who spoke.
“If possible… I hope I can sacrifice another full meal…”