The Dead Burn Incense, Puppets Sit in the Hall

In our long-standing and historically rich land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. This is especially true for ancient and mysterious crafts.

For instance, when engag...

Chapter 369 On the Degree of Poverty

Tian Dabang is cunning, lazy, greedy, and sly, but he's not stupid.

Seeing this scene, he immediately thought that there really were ghosts and gods in the dark, and that he had just demolished someone else's "house".

So he abandoned the tools he had brought and ran home as fast as he could.

The other villagers who had come to watch the spectacle dispersed, except for a few kind-hearted elderly people who stayed behind and kept bowing to the three statues.

They even used things to shield the three statues from the wind and rain to cover them up.

......

That very night, after climbing into the bed of Zhang's third daughter-in-law, Tian Dabang recounted the events of the day.

When Zhang's wife heard that he hadn't completely demolished the temple, she was immediately displeased: "I said, how come you're just like my good-for-nothing husband? You can't even do this simple thing right!"

"If you're all like this, then nobody can touch me!"

After saying that, she actually kicked Tian Dabang off the bed and wouldn't let him into the house for the next few nights.

She even threatened that if Tian Dabang didn't quickly demolish the temple, she would go to the village chief, that lecherous old man.

Tian Dabang was a man with a strong sex drive; how could he possibly endure this in the long run?

Worried that Zhang's wife might seduce the village chief, he could only chug down half a bottle of liquor and, under the influence of alcohol, dismantle the last remaining statue.

This is what they mean by alcohol emboldening the timid... but he was probably too drunk, because he actually came at night...

Under the hazy moonlight, the three statues in the makeshift shed looked even more eerie.

Especially their deathly gray eyes, which, under the moonlight, seemed to be staring intently at Tian Dabang.

And it rotates as he moves.

Tian Dabang was already quite drunk and seemed rather reckless.

So he roared and swung his hammer at the shoulder of the central statue: "I'll show you!"

"You just glared at me, and I'll tear you apart!"

A muffled thud and Tian Dabang's scream rang out at the same time.

It turned out that the moment he smashed the statue's shoulder, a sharp pain immediately followed in his own shoulder.

It was as if it had been smashed, hanging limply in front of its body, unable to move an inch.

"Oh my god, something's wrong! There really is a ghost!!"

Fear combined with the pain instantly sobered Tian Dabang up considerably, and he immediately clutched his broken shoulder and ran home.

Just after he arrived home, a fierce wind howled and a torrential downpour began... it was truly a "torrential downpour".

The raindrops, as big as beans, almost formed a continuous sheet, pattering down from the ground.

On such a rainy day, especially at night, naturally no one went out.

No one noticed that, without anyone knowing when, Tian Dabang's house had been washed away by the rain, and Tian Dabang himself was trapped underneath.

When the rain stopped the next day and villagers found him, the wicked village bully was already dead.

His face was filled with terror, and dark green liquid seeped from the corner of his mouth.

The village elders all said that Tian Dabang must have seen something extremely terrifying before he died; he was so frightened that he even vomited bile...

Tian Dabang's death shattered the tranquility of the small village.

On the seventh day after his death, which is also the night his soul returns to the earth, Old Zhang's third daughter-in-law inexplicably drowned.

The reason it's so inexplicable is because it drowned in its own washbasin.

He was already dead when he was found.

What's even more chilling is that Old Zhang's wife had a strange smile on her face, just like a paper figure in a paper-making shop.

"this......"

With such strange things happening one after another, the village elders immediately realized that it was caused by smashing the statue.

Therefore, they quickly organized all the remaining villagers to come and kowtow to the three statues.

They also prepared a large amount of offerings and paper money.

The worship ceremony did have an effect; at least on the surface, the small village returned to its former tranquility.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. On the night of the third daughter-in-law's return to the spirit world, some villagers walking at night saw her standing at their door with a strange smile.

A moment later, Tian Dabang's ghost appeared and entered the courtyard with Old Zhang's wife, arm in arm, clearly to do something shameful.

The villagers who witnessed this incident fell seriously ill the next day.

Then his eyes became swollen and red, and he went completely blind within a few days.

Not only was he blind, but he also started talking nonsense, saying that Tian Dabang and Old Zhang's wife had returned and were going to kill everyone in the village.

At first, the villagers didn't take the man's words seriously.

We just assumed he was scared out of his wits and talking nonsense.

Then, a few days later, people in the village began to die inexplicably.

Moreover, regardless of gender, they all seemed to have experienced "that kind of" thing when they died, their faces filled with a strange pleasure.

In this situation, the village elders realized something was wrong and began to invite Taoist priests and Buddhist monks to perform rituals.

Unfortunately, there are too few people with real skills nowadays. The Taoist priests and monks we invited not only didn't work, but they were also scared away by the mysterious things that were there.

Two monks even died, and they died in the same "joyful" way.

The sheer number of murders finally alerted the local police.

After investigating, the police realized that things were not as simple as they seemed.

After being reported up the chain of command, the message eventually reached Liao Zhiyuan's master, Qian Duoduo.

Although Qian Duoduo is the head of the New Eight Characters Sect and has studied fortune telling his entire life, he believes that dealing with two shameless evil spirits is no problem.

After taking on all the responsibilities, he indeed easily won over Tian Dabang and Old Zhang's daughter-in-law.

They then directly summoned underworld officials to escort him to the eighteen levels of hell to receive punishment.

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