Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 15

The original guess seemed to be further confirmed when seeing the bowl on the ground in front of Li Sanjiang, because there was not only water in the bowl, but also two patchouli leaves floating in it.

If Li Sanjiang wanted to drink water, there was a table nearby so he didn't have to put it on the muddy ground.

This is more of a respectful gesture:
Just have your tea and take a rest. As for other things, just raise your hand and ignore them.

Li Zhuiyuan walked closer curiously and thought: Is the grandfather pretending to sleep?

But the question is, if the master really doesn’t want to take care of this matter, why would he come to sit in meditation?

If it was just for the profit, why did they bring Liu Jinxia and Uncle Shan into it?

Someone like Shan Daye, who has barely enough food to eat, might be willing to endure such a miserable fate in exchange for some money, but Liu Jinxia's family is well off, so how could she be willing?
The contradiction in behavioral logic caused Li Zhuiyuan to waver for the first time in his preconceived impression of his great-grandfather.

"Li Sanjiang! Li Sanjiang!"

Behind him, he heard the roar of Uncle Shan. His mouth was full of blood, and he was holding a bunch of old teeth in his hand. His expression was extremely hideous and distorted.

"Oh, I'll go!"

Li Sanjiang was awakened by the call. He trembled and almost fell off the chair. He looked around in a daze and his eyes fell on Uncle Shan's face:

"Hey, how did you get into this state?"

"Li Sanjiang, you are a beast, a beast!"

Uncle Shan was so angry that his heart was heaving. He was treated like a dog and had a row of teeth knocked out. When he turned around, he found that Li Sanjiang was still sleeping soundly with eye boogers coming out of his eyes. He almost died without catching his breath.

Li Sanjiang looked at Liu Jinxia again and saw that her face was swollen like two wrinkled meat buns. The corners of her mouth twitched and she almost couldn't hold back her laughter:

"Blind Liu, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Jinxia closed her eyes and said nothing. She felt pain in her cheeks when she spoke.

She was also angry, but after all, she was from the same village, and she had long been aware of Li Sanjiang's "ability". Although she felt very unbalanced, she knew that this was reasonable.

"Hey, where are the three people from the Niu family? Why are they gone?"

Li Sanjiang was anxious now. Where was the head of the family?
Uncle Shan had to force himself to calm down at this time. He wanted to grit his teeth, but he couldn't find any. He could only bite his lips and said:
"A little after eight o'clock, Blind Liu told me that it was getting cold. Then I realized that the wind was blowing in from where I was. It must be Old Lady Niu who had returned."

"What? It's been half a year. Can she still come back to life?"

"She's not a ghost, she's dead!"

"Dead? You are fooling a fool! How can a person who has been dead and buried in the ground for half a year turn dead?"

"She is dead. Water seeps through the soles of her shoes and leaves stains when she walks. I fought with her for a while and she also smelled like a dead body. I am not blind and I still have my nose. I have been fishing for corpses all my life. There is no way I would mistake a dead body for one!"

"and then?"

"Then……"

"Why don't you say anything? You haven't done it to her?"

"If only I could be ten years younger..."

Uncle Shan didn't say anything else. He had never done anything to that old lady Niu, but he still fell into her trap. It was really embarrassing.

At this moment, he finally began to accept his old age.

Tonight, if it weren't for Blind Liu's reminder, I might have been tricked and even the "fight" process could have been skipped.

"I say, where are the Niu family members?"

Li Sanjiang asked again, this is not a question of money anymore. If they were to hold a vegetarian feast and the three masters were to be ruined, then their reputation in the surrounding area would be ruined. Who would dare to invite them to hold a vegetarian feast again?
Runsheng: "Niu Lian is digging a hole at her mother's grave."

"Then why didn't you rescue her?"

Runsheng glanced at Li Zhuiyuan who was standing there and said, "It's too late. I'll bring Xiaoyuan here to wake you up first."

"Let's go to the cemetery!" Li Sanjiang patted the stool and looked at Uncle Shan and Liu Jinxia, ​​"You two...stay here and rest for now."

This look seems to be asking, "Why are you so disappointing?"

Uncle Shan's chest began to heave violently again, and his emotions, which had just calmed down, were stimulated again.

Liu Jinxia looked calm, and even glanced at Uncle Shan with a little contempt: You have been his partner for so many years, and you have suffered losses for so many years after being left behind, but you still haven't learned your lesson. This is what you deserve.

Li Sanjiang led Runsheng and Li Zhuiyuan to run towards the grave. As soon as they reached the edge of the field, they heard a voice:

"Mom, I'm hungry, mom, I'm hungry, mom, is the meal ready?"

A figure in linen clothes ran out from the front. It was Niu Rui. He opened his arms as if he was seeking his mother's arms. Although he was over fifty years old, he looked particularly innocent at this moment.

"catch him!"

Li Sanjiang directed Runsheng. He went to the left and Runsheng went to the right. The two blocked Niu Rui's running direction, then pounced on him together and finally pinned Niu Rui under them.

"Let me go, let me go, I want to find my mother, I want to find my mother!"

Niu Rui was still struggling, but couldn't get free.

"Mother, I am the Marquis of Fu, Mother, I am the Marquis of Fu!"

Niu Rui had just gotten himself under control when Niu Fu's figure appeared in the distance. He was spinning in circles on the spot while crying bitterly. His voice was mournful and moving, and he was much more devoted than when he cried during the day.

Li Sanjiang held Niu Rui down and said to Runsheng, "Go, catch Niu Fu!"

"Master, are you okay?" Runsheng looked at Niu Rui who was still struggling under the two men.

"It's okay, I still have some strength." Although he was injured, Li Sanjiang was still confident that he could hold down a little old man. He had been carrying corpses all his life and was familiar with the joints of the human body and knew how to hold a person down.

"okay!"

Runsheng left Niu Rui and rushed towards Niu Fu, and with one pounce, he pinned Niu Fu under him.

"Xiao Yuanhou, look for a rope or straw!"

"Okay, Master."

"Oh my god, my dear mother, oh my god ...

On the opposite ridge of the field, a woman's figure appeared. She was disheveled and her body was covered in blood and mud. Her hands, in particular, seemed to have the skin and flesh about to fall off, like a bunch of rags hanging on the bones.

Somehow, she was wrapped in something like seaweed, which was dragging far away on the ground.

I saw her stumbling slowly towards the ditch ahead.

It’s beef broth!
She was not buried alive and ran out again. But from the looks of it, it seemed like she had been buried before, but not dead, and dug herself out.

Seeing this, Li Sanjiang shouted to Li Zhuiyuan: "Little Yuanhou, hurry up and find a rope or straw!"

But the picture was that picture, but the voice that fell into Li Zhuiyuan's ears was: "Little Yuanhou, hurry up and catch her and don't let her fall into the ditch!"

Li Zhuiyuan blinked his eyes, looked at Taiye and Runsheng who were in two different positions, each suppressing a member of the Niu family, and then looked at Niu Lian in the distance.

He did not listen to "Grandpa" to catch Niu Lian, but ran towards the shed, where there were ropes, as well as Uncle Shan and Liu Jinxia. Although they were injured, they could still help tie someone up.

The reason why he didn't catch Niu Lian was very simple. It was not because he was young and weak. In fact, Niu Lian felt even more fragile now. If a child grabbed the belt on her body, he could really hold her back.

But the three of them who were originally traveling together were suddenly separated. Li Zhuiyuan felt uneasy instinctively. As if it was planned, the three people from the Niu family came out one after another and waited to be caught.

But after running for a distance, Li Zhuiyuan stopped again. He suddenly realized that even if he didn't catch Niu Lian, didn't he still run away?

A gust of cold wind blew by, and Li Zhuiyuan turned around. Behind him in the distance, there was only a dark field. Where were the figures of Taiye and Runsheng?

At this time, the sound of a wooden fish rang beside my ears, mixed with the sound of chaotic chanting, like the funeral troupe performing by the monks at the funeral in the daytime.

Figures in Taoist robes appeared around him, holding various magical instruments and circling around him.

This feeling is like the ears and eyes are filled with debris, making people upset and gradually losing their perception of the outside world.

Li Zhuiyuan raised his right hand and bit down hard on his forearm. He clearly didn't hold back at all and there were teeth marks and blood on his forearm, but the pain was minimal.

There was no other way. Li Zhuiyuan spread out his palms. He didn't expect that the method he had just taught Runsheng would be used on himself so soon.

However, before the slap could reach his face, a man's voice came from behind him.

"Alas, you have fallen into her trap."

Li Zhuiyuan turned around and saw Uncle Qin standing there. His presence immediately gave him a great sense of security.

Uncle Qin put his hand on Li Zhuiyuan's shoulder and said, "She is a cat and a human turned into a dead body. She is a corpse demon and is best at confusing people."

"Uncle, please go and save my grandfather and the others."

"Well, don't worry, it's okay now."

Uncle Qin raised his right hand, and in his hand, he was holding a black cat.

The black cat had half of its tail broken, one eye was blind, and one leg was lame. Although there were large areas of decay on its body, it was still struggling and moving.

Is this the animal corpse that died with the old lady cow?
"Uncle, have you taken it?"

"It's not completely captured yet." Uncle Qin smiled. "This thing is just like your great grandfather. It was already badly injured. Now the cat and the man have been separated. I only caught the cat. Now I just need to find the man and kill him together. Then this corpse demon will be solved."

"Then my great grandfather and his friends..."

"A few haunted Niu family members can't threaten your grandfather. Let's go find old lady Niu first. Once we get rid of her, the matter will be over. Let's go. She's in the old house on the west side of the village."

Uncle Qin held the struggling cat with his right hand, and took Li Zhuiyuan's hand with his left hand, pulling Li Zhuiyuan towards the west.

"Uncle, didn't you say you don't hold the soy sauce bottle?"

"It's past midnight, and your great grandfather's fast has ended, so if I take action now, it has nothing to do with your great grandfather. I just happened to be passing by here, and when I saw the corpse demon harming people, I took advantage of it to kill it."

"Oh, I see. Uncle, you are really amazing."

"Oh, what I have is nothing. You haven't seen the truly powerful ones. This corpse demon is just a small character. Before liberation, the big dead in the martial arts world were the truly powerful ones. They were really scary."

"Corpse demons aren't that powerful. Uncle, tell me, what other powerful dead monsters are there?"

"There are so many of them. In ancient times, people of noble status who once held great power were drowned in the river and became the kind of generals who fell. They often have the ability to mobilize the resentful souls in the rivers and can control the ghosts.

There are also areas that specialize in the custom of water burials. Originally, they were just small river basins, but due to the changes over the years, the river water changed its course and broke free from its original constraints and flowed into other areas. The corpses were carried in coffins, and resentment was stored, forming a role similar to the corpse king.

Whenever something like this comes into the world, it is accompanied by natural disasters.

The most difficult ones to deal with are some evil Xuanmen practitioners. They take a crooked path and use themselves as a carrier to seal themselves, in order to seek another way to become immortals. This kind of death has the Taoist magic power of life. Although it is not the strongest and most domineering, it is the most difficult to deal with, because it can understand the methods used by living people to deal with it. "

Li Zhuiyuan raised his head and asked curiously, "Uncle, these dead were so powerful, but now they are gone. Who killed them?"

Uncle Qin gave the answer: "They were all destroyed by the righteous path."

Li Zhuiyuan silently pulled his hand out of Uncle Qin's palm and stopped.

Uncle Qin noticed it, stopped, and turned to look at the boy.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't look at Uncle Qin. His eyes were fixed on the disabled and rotten black cat in Uncle Qin's hand.

The black cat's eyes were dark green, occasionally flashing with bloodshot, and filled with resentment.

"Xiaoyuan, why don't you leave?"

Uncle Qin asked.

Li Zhuiyuan noticed that when Uncle Qin was speaking, the black cat's broken lips also moved.

"Xiaoyuan, what's wrong with you?"

Uncle Qin bent down and looked at Li Zhuiyuan, while putting his right arm behind the boy, as if to hug him and comfort him.

Li Zhuiyuan immediately felt a pair of furry claws touching his neck. He immediately dodged to the side and distanced himself from Uncle Qin.

"Xiao Yuan, what's wrong with you!"

Uncle Qin's tone became stern, and the blood color suppressed the green in the eyes of the black cat in his hand.

"Xiaoyuan, be obedient and follow me. We will solve this matter together, so that your great grandfather and the others can be completely out of danger!"

This time, Uncle Qin's lips only moved slightly, while the black cat's mouth kept opening and closing.

This scene reminded Li Zhuiyuan of a peculiar performance he had seen at the school anniversary celebration in Jingli. The performer stood on the stage holding a doll. When he spoke, the doll's mouth kept opening and closing. It looked like the doll was talking to itself.

However, what was happening in front of me seemed to be the opposite of the stage performance.

Gradually, Uncle Qin calmed down, and the cat also calmed down. They seemed to have realized that the child had seen through them.

A strange smile began to appear on Uncle Qin's face, and the cat's mouth split open, with blood dripping from the corners of its mouth.

Immediately, everything in Li Zhuiyuan's sight turned bloody. Whether he was looking at them in front of him or in other directions, everything was covered with a layer of blood.

Li Zhuiyuan stood where he was, his fists clenched. He was very scared, but he did not run around in fear or shout.

In the descriptions of corpse demons and other creatures with the ability to bewitch people in Jianghu Zhiguai Lu, the most frequently mentioned sentence is that corpse pickers must remain calm and not be led by the nose by the demons.

The more panicked you are, the more opportunities they have to take advantage.

Moreover, you cannot close your eyes at this time. Closing your eyes is a sign of cowardice and giving up, which is tantamount to handing over all initiative.

Li Zhuiyuan's forehead was covered with cold sweat and he kept swallowing saliva. His breathing became increasingly rapid and he felt like he was standing on a stove and being roasted.

However, the scene he dreamt about that night after performing the luck-changing ritual with his grandfather suddenly emerged in his mind. In the dream, he was standing on his bed at home, surrounded by a sea of ​​corpses.

Everything is afraid of comparison. When you are sure that all this is fake, when you can use the real horror of dreams to add to your fear, the scene before your eyes will not be so scary.

The black cat's smile gradually faded, and Uncle Qin staggered back two steps. His whole body began to decay at an extremely fast speed, and in a few blinks of an eye, only a pool of dirty water remained of him.

Suddenly, all the illusions around him disappeared, the evening breeze brought fresh air, Li Zhuiyuan's body relaxed, and he began to breathe heavily.

The black cat regained its freedom. It hopped and dragged its broken body to Li Zhuiyuan and looked up at him.

Li Zhuiyuan also lowered his head and stared at it.

The man and the cat fell into silence and stared at each other.

It was Li Zhuiyuan who first broke the silence:
"What are you...going to do?"

Li Sanjiang's behavioral logic had already confused Li Zhuiyuan, and the series of actions of this corpse demon made Li Zhuiyuan feel even more incredible.

Is it revenge?

The black cat seemed to sigh. It looked very tired. It opened its mouth, as if it wanted to speak, but it couldn't, probably because Uncle Qin was gone.

It waved its cat claws at Li Zhuiyuan, then dragged its broken body westward along the path.

Li Zhuiyuan stood where he was and did not follow.

After walking a distance, the black cat stopped, turned around and looked at Li Zhuiyuan, with mockery in its eyes.

But Li Zhuiyuan still did not move. He had a strong desire for knowledge, but he did not have the curiosity in uncertain moments, nor did he have the extra impulse of kindness.

"Meow!"

The black cat screamed, and the sound was like a child crying. It was angry, but this time, it was angry at Li Zhuiyuan. It was not lethal, but full of incompetent anger. "You want me to go with you?"

Black Cat nodded.

"But I have no reason to go with you."

The black cat raised its paw and pushed forward.

The first time, Li Zhuiyuan didn’t understand, but after pushing it a few more times, Li Zhuiyuan understood.

It refers to the action of Old Lady Niu pushing herself away to wake up at the last critical moment at the birthday party on the first floor.

At that time, Old Lady Niu turned her back to the zombies and said:
"Little boy, grandma will take you away first."

Although Old Lady Niu did not die in the end, she was still alive, but Li Zhuiyuan did not think that the scene and action, as well as the kindness shown by the old lady with a strange temper in the end, were acted.

Because, he can tell whether it is acting or not, because he often...

damn it!
Li Zhuiyuan squatted down, lowered his head, and hugged his head with both hands.

He now really hated this kind of thought that would pop up inadvertently, because this kind of thought would constantly deny his current identity and at the same time gradually separate him from the interpersonal relationships around him.

If this situation is allowed to develop, he will feel repelled by all irrational and correct behaviors around him. Family love, friendship and all the warmth in society will be considered as a stupid waste of time. He will become cold, like the huge, flashing processor in the school computer room.

Eventually…he would become a mother.

He would hate himself for being like this, just as his mother hated herself.

He suddenly began to understand why his mother took him to see a psychologist again and again when he was a child, because his mother realized that her son had inherited the same disease as her.

The black cat seemed to be moved at this time, with green light flowing in its eyes. The boy had resisted its temptation before, but looking at the boy's reaction now, it seemed that a better opportunity had come?
But in the end, it did not do so, not because of its kindness, but because it felt a fear. It seemed that using bewitchment on the boy again would lead to unimaginable terrible consequences.

Li Zhuiyuan kept repeating his interpersonal relationships over and over again, constantly telling himself, even hypnotizing himself, who he really was and who his relatives were.

But this time, Qin Li's name was occasionally mixed in.

Li Zhuiyuan rubbed his face hard, as if he wanted to put his identity and substitution back in. He stood up, took a deep breath, and when he looked at the black cat again, the black cat saw the warmth and kindness of a young man in his eyes.

The black cat's eyes began to widen. At this moment, it was a little confused. Who was the corpse demon?
"You need my help with something? Then lead the way, take me to the old lady."

The black cat nodded and continued walking forward. This time, the boy behind caught up with it.

When passing a small ditch, the black cat suddenly disappeared without any warning.

Li Zhuiyuan was familiar with this ditch. He had washed his hands here when he came here during the day. In order to get Uncle Qin to stay, he even planned to sit on the rocks in front for a picnic.

There were three cement slabs placed on the ditch for people to pass through. Li Zhuiyuan walked onto the slabs and looked around, but still couldn't find the black cat.

But since it wanted to take me somewhere, it shouldn't disappear halfway.

Li Zhuiyuan lowered his head and looked at the gap between the cement slabs under his feet. The gap was very large, about half the width of a palm.

Below, there is a stream of water flowing continuously.

At this time, a bulge appeared in the water flow, and an old lady's face slowly emerged, looking at Li Zhuiyuan through the gap in the cement board.

She is hiding here.

Even though he was mentally prepared, this way of appearance still made Li Zhuiyuan feel a chill on his back, but he still suppressed his inner discomfort and forced a smile towards the face below.

"Crash..."

The water continued to flow, and the old lady's face floated along the direction of the water. After leaving the range of the concrete slab, a louder sound of water was heard.

She was in the ditch and stood up. The ditch was deep and she was very short, so she should not be walking underwater, but more like floating in a standing position.

Only the part above the shoulders was still above water.

She didn't look like she did at the birthday party. Although she was skinny at that time, she still looked like a human being.

But now, only a few strips of cloth were left on her clothes, and her body was rotten over a large area. One could even see many worm holes and traces of rat bites.

It seemed that if the water flow in the ditch was stronger, it would completely break her apart.

This is her real body, which became like this because there was no coffin to protect her when she was buried.

She floated in the water, and Li Zhuiyuan followed her along the road beside the canal.

With a body, she can speak.

If we only listen to the text description, this scene should be very kind and warm. On a summer night, an old grandmother is talking to her little grandson.

But if it is paired with real pictures, it is enough to make people's scalp tingle.

"When she was very young, she was trafficked to the Niu family as a child bride. She didn't even have her own surname."

"Her husband passed away early, and she was raised by herself. During that most difficult time, none of her children starved to death or died young."

"When her children grow up and start their own families, she will take care of their children's children and continue to take care of their grandchildren."

"At that time, she was still able to do housework, look after the children, cook, and do some farm work. She was very satisfied and felt that she was still useful and could be of use to her children.

She is such a person. She had no surname when she was young. When she grew old, she lived her whole life without ever having a moment of self. She was like a cart wheel, turning around and around.

If the road is easy to walk on, you can turn smoothly and quickly; if the road is bumpy, you can still get through it even if you stumble and fall.

She never complained, she felt that this was how life should be. "

"Later, she got too old to look after the children, do farm work, or even light the stove. His children and grandchildren all thought she was useless and a burden.

Unfortunately, she was able to survive, even though she had never asked her children for help, even though she drank cold water and ate stale food, she was still like a gecko in a crack in the wall, and she was still alive.

She likes to bask in the sun and sit in the yard for most of the day.

That day, she saw me, an old, ugly, and disabled cat.

Even though she had a hard life herself, she still adopted me. I eat whatever she eats.

She would hold me in her arms and bask in the sun together, talking to me about her youth and the father of her children, a man whose appearance she had even forgotten.

She would tell interesting stories about her three children when they were young, saying that her eldest son said he would give him a good life in the future, so that she would not have to do anything and could just sit on the bed and have meals served to her;

She said her second son would tear cloth to make her new clothes every season, so she wouldn't have to wear patched old clothes anymore;

She said her youngest daughter would buy her a piece of gold jewelry like other women in the village and let her wear it every day.

She was always happy when she said this, but as a cat, I knew that the children and grandchildren she raised had not visited her for a long time.

Later, she fell ill.

But her broken wooden wheel would not fall apart no matter how many cracks it had.

People from the village came and saw her like this, so they called her three children and asked them to support them.

Her three children already despised her for living too long, and she still refuses to die. She has sucked away the blessings and fortune of her descendants, so how could they possibly support her?

Yes, they blamed her for all the misfortunes their children had. It seemed as if all their misfortunes and failures were due to her.

But the villagers were keeping a close eye on them, and they didn't want to pretend.

They simply locked her in the old house tacitly.
Look,
It’s the building in front.”

Li Zhuiyuan had walked a long distance along the ditch. In front of him was a bungalow with three rooms. The two rooms on the left and right had collapsed, and only the middle one was still barely standing.

The door of the house had long been broken, and the door god pasted on it had long turned black.

Old Mrs. Niu walked out of the ditch, her whole body wet. She stood in front of the door, but did not rush to push it open. Instead, she looked around with nostalgia.

"They would come in every day to deliver food, pretending to show it to the villagers, but they always came in with empty bowls. No matter how hard she begged, she couldn't get even a grain of rice or a sip of water.

Each of her two sons had their own reasons for not agreeing, saying that if it weren't for her, they would have had such a bright future.

Facing her who was starving and breathing very hard, her two sons seemed to have suffered a great injustice, and she was the evil person with deep sins.

But she was still very hardy. She drank dew, ate moss, ate insects that crawled into the house, and ate everything she could find in the house. It didn't matter whether it was edible or not, as long as she could swallow it, she stuffed it into her mouth.

She is really able to survive, holding on to her breath like a tough weed.

I felt pity for her when I saw her, and what was even more pitiful was that she still remembered to share half of the insects she had caught with me, and she was still thinking about feeding me, no matter how difficult it was for her.

Just like how she worked hard to raise those three children back then.

Hehehehe.....Hehehehehe........."

Old Mrs. Niu laughed, and fine hairs gradually grew on the holes on her face that were caused by snakes, insects, rats and ants.

At this time, the face of this cat-faced old lady didn't seem so scary anymore.

Because it covers up the real ugliness.

Li Zhuiyuan suddenly asked, "Did you eat her meat?"

The cat-faced old lady nodded: "I ate it."

"Squeak..."

The door opened automatically, making a harsh friction sound.

As the door opened, the sound that seemed to have been trapped inside also emerged.

The three brothers and sisters of the Niu family knelt beside the bed, with white ropes tied around their heads, black gauze wrapped around their waists, and linen clothes on, crying in mourning.

Everything seemed to be the same as during the daytime fasting.

Li Zhuiyuan was a little confused. Since the three brothers and sisters of the Niu family were here, what were the things that Taiye and Runsheng were holding?
However, thinking about the abilities of the corpse demon, Li Zhuiyuan suddenly realized that perhaps what he thought was awake... was actually never fully awake. It was like waking up from a dream but not returning to reality, but entering a new dream.

The most obvious sign is...I haven't seen Uncle Qin since he disappeared.

The Uncle Qin before was a corpse demon that read his inner thoughts and created him.

It even read the "Records of Strange Tales from the Jianghu" in its own mind, and read it to itself.

Old Lady Niu pointed at Niu Fu and said, "When he was a child, he was often sick. It was she who carried him on her back to seek medical treatment regardless of wind or rain. When there was no money to buy medicine, she kowtowed to the doctor and washed clothes and chopped firewood for the doctor's family."

Then, Old Lady Niu pointed at Niu Rui and said, "When he was young, he got into a gang fight and beat someone to death. She went to intercede for that person's parents and took care of them until they died. Only then did she issue a letter of forgiveness. In the end, she really took good care of his parents and sent them off."

Finally, Old Lady Niu pointed at Niu Lian and said, "When the family property was divided, she cried and said that she was also her child and that they couldn't be partial. She said that even if her brothers didn't take care of her in her old age, they would take her to their own home. She then divided the few things in the family into three equal parts."

As she said this, Old Lady Niu turned her head, looked at Li Zhuiyuan, and smiled, "Do you know how Niu Lian did it? Because she is so energetic, Niu Lian feels that it is too troublesome to perform like this every day.

That night, when it was Niu Lian's turn to 'deliver food', Niu Lian pulled her off the bed and threw her into the ditch in front. The next day, he said that his mother fell into the ditch while walking and died.

In fact, she was almost starving to death at that time and could not speak.

But in the end, she was thrown into the water... and drowned.

She was floating in the water at that time, and I followed her on the shore just like you did before.

Finally, I jumped on her and started eating her meat. There wasn't much meat on her, and it was hard to chew. It was all bones.

But I just wanted to bite her, I wanted to eat her, I was so angry, why was she so stupid, how could there be such a stupid person in this world. "

"And then, you died together?"

"Yes, I didn't expect it to turn out like this. We died, but we... came back to life, and became like this, neither human nor ghost, neither demon nor monster.

I think it might be because she was so stupid that even God couldn’t stand it.”

Li Zhuiyuan finally asked the question he wanted to ask: "What exactly do you want to do?"

The cat-faced old lady showed a stern look: "I want revenge, I want revenge for her. How dare these three ungrateful bastards continue to live!"

"But, you clearly have the ability to take revenge, why haven't you done it yet?"

Hearing this question, the cat-faced old lady looked at Li Zhuiyuan with some confusion: "At the birthday banquet that day, I thought you said that on purpose to please me and save my life. Could it be that this is what you really think in your heart?"

"But shouldn't we have this thought?"

"People like you will never allow evil spirits to harm a living being, no matter how sinful that person is.

This is your way, and violating it will result in repercussions.

Didn't your grandfather teach you?"

Grandpa, teach me?

Li Zhuiyuan started to think about it, but his grandfather had clearly taken him to lead the little yellow warbler to Big Beard's house that night.

And after it was over, the old man put his left hand on his waist and held a cigarette in his right hand, and said happily that he would be able to have a feast in a few days.

Could it be that the master’s way is different from that of others?

"No, now let's talk about you. You've caused so much trouble, why don't you take revenge?"

The cat-faced old woman's face began to distort, and there were constant "crunching" sounds coming from her body. Some dead earthworms and dead mice kept sliding out of her body and piled up on the ground.

Then, she almost roared in a tone of grievance and indignation:

"I want revenge, I dream about revenge, but do you know what makes me most angry?

She, and I, are one, we are one.

Although I am the one in charge and she is actually no longer here, her instincts still remain with me.

I can feel that if I kill one of these three people, her instinct will awaken and restrain me, and I will never have the chance to kill the other two!"

"So, you want to kill all three of them?"

"Nonsense! I don't want to let any of them go. I don't want to make a choice among three. I want them all to get the punishment they deserve!"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Then don't kill any of them. Don't kill any of them."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Niu grabbed Li Zhuiyuan's shoulders with both hands, almost biting his neck, and said in a fierce voice:

"My dear, do you know what you are talking about?"

"Because there is no need to kill anyone, and she can't restrain you."

"What do you mean?"

Li Zhuiyuan looked at the old lady with a cat face who was not far away and smiled:

"Maim one, make one sick, drive one crazy.

Then they watched how they took good care of and supported the good children they had educated through their own personal example.

This is the best thing for them...

retribution."

(End of this chapter)