However, it seems I was overthinking this time. We packed up, Ning Xue showered and changed, and after breakfast, we drove out of Ningjiazhuang and headed straight to Lexian Village in Shajing. Ning Changfeng didn't have any tricks up his sleeve as I'd expected, but instead went to ask passersby about the situation. Although Ning Changfeng said Ge Pulan's body might be in Lexian Village, he didn't know its exact location.
After a full day of asking around the village, as the sun was about to set, a villager suggested that the former village chief might know something. With the villager's kind guidance, we quickly made our way to the former chief's home. After exchanging pleasantries with his family, we finally met him, only to discover he was bedridden.
It was learned that the former village chief lived to be 105 years old. That is to say, from 1912 in the late Qing Dynasty to 1940, when the area around Lexian Village in Shajing was invaded by the Japanese invaders, until now, the former village chief has experienced several ups and downs from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, and to the present day!
Obviously, Ge Pulan, a woman from the Republic of China, is of the same generation as the former village chief. Maybe the former village chief really knows something.
We went to visit him and were very happy to see that he could still speak and understand us. We were worried that he might become deaf or dumb due to his advanced age, but fortunately, that didn't happen!
We first asked about the Japanese invasion of Lexian Village in 1940. Seeing that the old man seemed a little sad, we immediately changed the subject. Ning Changfeng asked, "Was there a Miao woman named Ge Pulan in Lexian Village?"
The old man remained silent, as if he was lost in thought. After a moment, he said, "Ge Pulan? The name sounds familiar, but it's been so long I can't quite remember... If you're talking about Miao people, then there were indeed three Miao people, one man and two women, who came from other places to Lexian Village. Two of them were a married couple, and they gave birth to their son in Lexian Village and changed their surname to Ning. Later, the Japanese invaded our Shajing Lexian Village, and most of the men died protecting their wives and children. After Nanning was liberated, the two surviving Miao women claimed their husbands' remains and buried them in the mass grave. Then they left Lexian Village and no one knew where they went."
It seemed that Ning Changfeng hadn't lied. Ge Pulan and her good friend Ge Huanxing had indeed fled from the Miao border region of Yunnan to live in Lexian Village, Nanning, and had given birth to their son, Ge Puxiong. Later, the Japanese invaded, and their husbands died. After Nanning was liberated, they left Lexian Village with their children and established a family business in Greentown...
I frowned and asked, "What happened next? Did they come back in the following years?"
The old man was silent for a moment before he spoke again, "Ten years after Nanning's liberation, it seems these two Miao women actually came back. I remember they asked me if there was any hidden place in Lexian Village. I told them there was a tunnel under the garbage dump south of the village, dug to resist and hide from the Japanese invaders. After that, they went to the garbage dump south of the village and never came back."
The four of us looked at each other, thanked the old man and walked out.
Garbage dump south of the village!
By this time, it was already dark, and fearing Ge Pulan's presence, we had no intention of returning to the city. Instead, we drove directly to the garbage dump south of the village. Looking back at the quiet mountain village in the distance, curls of smoke drifted upward from the village. The garbage dump was surrounded by a high mountain, which looked quite eerie in the dark night.
There was even a thick black cloud that appeared overhead, gathering on the mountaintop, as if a storm was about to come.
Ning Xue felt a little uncomfortable in her chest. Perhaps it was because this was a place full of garbage, the air was smelly and stale, and there was an inexplicable gloom in the air; or maybe it was because the weather was so gloomy that it made people feel a little breathless, and their chest was heaving violently.
I looked at her breasts, which were surging because of her heavy breathing.
Man Yuanyi took four flashlights from the car and gave them to us, saying, "If we go back to Ningjiazhuang now, I'm afraid Ge Pulan will be waiting for us. Right now, we can only try our luck and enter the garbage dump and take a look below. If we can find Ge Pulan's body, then we win!"
I nodded and said, "It's just that this is such a huge garbage dump, and we can't even see the tunnel entrance. How can we get down?"
Man Yuanyi thought for a while and said, "Let's burn it. It will be easier to find it." As he said that, he took out a stack of yellow paper, lit it, and threw it in.
Wow! The garbage dump suddenly erupted into flames, sending plumes of foul-smelling black smoke soaring into the sky.
We retreated to a distance, watching the piles of garbage in the garbage dump being reduced to ash by the fire. Thinking it was almost done, we were about to go over when, suddenly, boom! A crisp thunderclap exploded in the darkness, and for a moment the entire night was illuminated as bright as day. Then, a heavy rain began to fall, and from time to time there were gusts of wind, so eerie that it made our hair stand on end.
However, in the brief moment when the thunder exploded, I seemed to see a woman in white clothes standing in the middle of the fire in the garbage dump, with disheveled hair and unclear face; the thunder passed in an instant, and the woman in white clothes disappeared in an instant.
I don’t know whether Ning Xue, Ning Changfeng and Man Yuanyi saw it, but I saw it anyway, and it was definitely not an illusion.
Su Xiaoniu reminded me, "The yin energy here is quite strong. Perhaps there really is some stubborn, dirty creature down there. Ning Xue has a yin energy body, so it's probably very difficult for her to stay here for too long. Prepare a protective amulet for her, and give her a couple of sips of the talisman water with the Heart Purification Mantra. That should make her feel better."
I followed Su Xiaoniu's instructions and gave Ning Xue two amulets to hide. I then drew a talisman for the Purifying Heart, poured a bowl of water, added the amulet to the bowl, stirred it well, and let Ning Xue eat it. Ning Xue didn't even ask why I was eating it, and drank it all. She really trusted me too much. If I had any bad intentions, wouldn't she be finished?
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