Chapter 127 Exorcism
After Su Tong left the police station, he went to the town to do some shopping. As the year was coming to an end, he wanted to buy some New Year goods.
With Xiao Zhou's car, Su Tong bought everything he could think of, including all kinds of food and even red paper firecrackers.
Finally, the owner of the grocery store saw that she was quick to buy things and gave her three firecrackers as a gift. But when she saw that her hands were full, she enthusiastically stuffed them into her trouser pockets.
There were a lot of stuff, so this time Su Tong didn't let Xiao Zhou park the car at the entrance of the village. Instead, he took the main road behind the village and drove directly to the cowshed.
When getting out of the car, Xiao Zhou didn't wait for Su Tong to speak, and silently picked up all the heavy things in the trunk.
Su Tong saw that she really couldn't take everything in one trip, and Xiao Zhou probably wouldn't agree to let him wait here, so she picked up the remaining things and said with a smile:
"I'm sorry! I have to trouble Public Security Officer Xiao Zhou to help me make this trip."
Public Security Officer Xiao Zhou silently looked up at him without saying anything, but his expression showed that he was a little disgusted with her false politeness.
Su Tong found it funny and quickly ran to the front to lead the way.
When the two men walked to the gate of the yard one after the other, they found that the gate was wide open, but there was no one in the yard.
Su Tong invited Xiao Zhou in and called out to Lao Qi and Lao Lin, but no one responded.
Su Tong felt strange. After putting down his things, he went to the house where Lao Qi and Lao Lin lived, but there was no one in the house.
Given the status of these two old men, they rarely go out except for working. The New Year is just two days away and everyone in the village is busy preparing for the New Year. Normally, the brigade would not assign them any work at this time.
Although she was confused, she thought that it was broad daylight and nothing would happen, so she turned around and went out to greet Xiao Zhou.
After Xiao Zhou put his things down, he was about to leave. Su Tong asked him to sit for a while while she boiled some water and had a cup of tea before leaving, but Xiao Zhou ran away without looking back.
Su Tong thought that he was afraid of being implicated by her last time, and was afraid that things would not end well this time... However, his return journey would take several hours, so he might as well leave early.
After she sorted out the things she bought and carried the vegetables into the kitchen, she still found something wrong.
The large pot on the stove was half full of water. There was a pile of bowls on the stove, some of which were still in the pot. There were a few cleaned jars and upside-down cans next to them. There was also a puddle of water on the ground...
When the New Year is approaching, there are many customs in the countryside, such as worshiping the Kitchen God, killing rice chickens, grinding tofu, and sweeping the house. The whole family is busy. Although material wealth is not abundant in those days and life is tight, the more people look forward to the New Year, and the atmosphere is still there.
Su Tong had encountered a lot of things during this period of time. He had been recuperating from his injuries for the past few days. Although the two old men did not pay attention to many customs, they had been quietly cleaning the house.
Since he was not very flexible, he did it bit by bit. Today he removed the spider webs, and tomorrow he cleaned the windows. Before Su Tong left, several rooms had been almost cleaned.
It looked like they were cleaning the kitchen today, and all the pots and pans were being washed. And they left in a hurry halfway through, otherwise there wouldn't be a few dishes left.
Su Tong reached into the stove and found that the fire had gone out and the stove was cold.
After a careful look around the house and then around the yard, I didn't see any signs of anything unusual.
I stood at the gate of the yard and looked around. I could see people walking and talking in the distance, but it didn't look like anything big had happened.
Except that the yard gate was not closed and the dishes were not washed, everything else was normal.
But just these two points made Su Tong feel that something was wrong.
Su Tong frowned. The scene in front of him clearly showed that someone came and called the two old men away, and the matter was so urgent that they forgot to close the door.
After thinking about the few people the two old men usually came into contact with, Su Tong turned around, closed the gate, and prepared to go find Aunt Cuifen to ask.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the gate was closed, she heard Aunt Cuifen calling her.
"Tongya! You're back! I came to see you several times!"
Aunt Cuifen ran over and grabbed her. She looked around before pushing her into the yard and said, "Go in first!"
After entering the yard, Aunt Cuifen closed the gate again and said to Su Tong:
"Tongya! Don't stay at home today! Go hide somewhere quickly, they are looking for you everywhere!"
"Aunt Cuifen, what happened?"
"Your family... No, you, you've heard about Wu Jiabao's matter, right?" Aunt Cuifen looked anxious.
Su Tong nodded, "I heard about it in town. Wu Jiabao drowned and Wu Dashan fell unconscious."
"I don't know what's going on, but since yesterday, people in the village have been saying that... it's..." Aunt Cuifen seemed unable to open her mouth.
"Aunt Cuifen, just tell me straight, there's nothing I can't accept."
"Oh!" Aunt Cuifen sighed, "They all say it's you who brought bad luck to the family! They say you made the old Wu family paralyzed and limping, and now you've killed your own brother, and even made your own father half dead, and we don't know if he'll wake up!"
Su Tong sneered, "They are good at finding excuses for the evil they have done themselves."
"Alas! This time it's a big fuss! Now all the relatives of the old Wu family have gathered together to make a fuss, and Wang Guilan's family has invited a magician from somewhere to perform a ritual at the Wu family's house, saying that they want to exorcise the evil spirits and bring you to the Wu family's ancestral tomb to make you confess your crime in front of the ancestors! The chicken blood talisman ash is ready!
They said they were determined to rid the people of this harm, otherwise Wu Jiabao would not be buried in peace, and the Wu family would suffer endlessly, not only Yunshan Village, but also people from other villages would suffer!"
"Also, how did you get back? They even sent people to guard the entrance of the village, waiting for you to come back and take you to the Wu family's ancestral tomb."
"I just happened to take a detour today. Mage? Isn't it to dispel feudal superstition? Can you do these things?"
Su Tong tried hard to recall, but found that his impression in this regard was very vague. He only remembered that in the early years, some fortune-tellers and charlatans who wore a red cloth were called "magicians". Whenever something big or small happened in their family, they would like to find a "magician" to perform a ritual. Later, almost all of them were arrested during the "Destroy the Four Olds" campaign. He didn't expect that there are still people doing this now.
"Tongya! The point now is not this, they are all trying to catch you! You should stay out of the spotlight first, don't let them see it. After all, it's a matter of life and death, don't let them vent their anger on you."
"Hiding is not a long-term solution. They openly invite a magician to practice feudal superstition. Aren't the comrades from the police station still in the village? And Uncle Ma and the others are also here!"
"They told the public that the Wu family had family affairs to deal with. Wu Jiabao died young and they couldn't hold a funeral, so they asked a Feng Shui master to send him to the mountain and gather all the Wu family members together to worship their ancestors at the ancestral tomb. This is allowed in the village and is said to be a folk custom. It's not easy for the public security comrades to intervene in this matter, let alone people with other surnames.
You'd better not stay at home, go out and hide first! When they can't find you, they might just bury Wu Jiabao. The dead baby must be buried as soon as possible, otherwise it will be unlucky."
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