Chapter 21
Unexpectedly, something even more horrifying happened. After a night, when people came to the grain field again the next day, they saw Luo Erzi kneeling in front of Ma Chunyan's coffin.
Everyone thought that Luo Erzi had a change of heart and came to apologize to Ma Chunyan, but gradually they realized that something was wrong.
Luo Erzi knelt there for a long time, with his head down and motionless, and he didn't respond when people called him.
At this time, one of Luo Erzi's friends, Xiaogang, bravely walked up to him and patted him. However, when his hand touched Luo Erzi, he felt ice-cold.
How could a grown person be so cold in the summer?
He bent down and saw that Luo Erzi's eyes were covered with two lines of blood and tears, which had long since dried up.
Xiaogang reached out his hand tremblingly to feel his breath.
"ah!"
Xiaogang was so scared that he sat down on the ground, pressed his hands on the ground, and kicked his legs backwards quickly.
Luo Erzi died.
Ma Chunyan jumped off the bridge yesterday because of him, and today he knelt and died in front of Ma Chunyan's coffin. When all the events were connected, it was said that Ma Chunyan's ghost came to claim her life.
The village chief did not dare to continue with the funeral and hurriedly buried Ma Chunyan in the cemetery in Nanshan.
But Ma Chunyan was buried, and Luo Erzi's funeral was about to begin.
Because Luo Erzi's death was so suspicious, the villagers called in a fortune teller. The fortune teller, looking at Luo Erzi's body, pinched his fingers for a long time, frowning. He concluded that it was an evil spirit seeking revenge and that Luo Erzi needed to be cremated immediately. Furthermore, Ma Chunyan, who had just been buried, was to be exhumed and cremated to prevent her spirit from lingering and causing further harm to the villagers.
The village chief believed the fortune teller's words and dug up Ma Chunyan's body. When they opened the coffin, they saw that Ma Chunyan looked rosy and her skin was tender, even more radiant and charming than when she was alive.
Everyone was frightened by the scene before them, and they quickly burned the body under the command of the gentleman.
But Luo Erzi was different from Ma Chunyan, who was single and could be cremated at will. His father refused to agree to cremation and even pointed at the village chief and cursed him.
"My family only has this one son, and he died in mysterious circumstances. Now he's being cremated. Why don't you cremate your son?" Luo Ruifu, Luo Erzi's father, said, "That damned woman deserves to be cut into pieces. You're letting her off easy by cremating her."
At that time, people believed in burying the dead in peace, and there was no cremation.
Seeing that the Luo family disagreed, the village chief could not forcibly cremate Luo Erzi, otherwise if something else happened, his term as village chief would be over.
With the continuous deaths these days, there are rumors that he, the village chief, is not worthy of his position. He doesn't want to let things continue to get worse and just wants to calm the situation down.
"Sir, do you think there is any other way?" The village chief looked bitter.
"It seems that the only thing we can do is to hold a ritual, but this..." The Yin-Yang master said this and gestured with his hand to ask for more money.
"Okay, okay. As long as you settle this matter, I'll give you another two hundred." The village chief covered the Yin-Yang master's hand and put the two hundred yuan into his hand.
When the Yin-Yang Master saw that the village chief had come to him, he immediately smiled and said, "Then please rest assured, village chief. I will take care of this matter."
Two hundred yuan was a huge sum of money at that time, and the village chief was determined to do it.
Luo Erzi's family set up a mourning hall and held the funeral.
Luo Ruifu asked a paper-making craftsman to make a boy and a girl for his son, with the intention of them serving Luo Erzi. Since his son had not yet married, he also made a wife for him.
The boys and girls were placed on both sides of the coffin, and the daughter-in-law was placed in Luo Erzi's coffin.
Luo Erzi's funeral began with great fanfare.
"Erzi, you had a hard life when you were alive and never got married. Now that you are gone, I, your father, have found a wife for you. You won't be lonely in the underworld anymore. I will let you go in glory." Luo Ruifu cried in front of Luo Erzi's coffin.
At night, the drummers and trumpet players went home, and only Luo Ruifu was left in Luo Erzi's funeral hall.
Luo Ruifu was old and was so sleepy after guarding the night till the end that he fell asleep while sitting on the ground.
Unexpectedly, the paper figure in the coffin pushed open the coffin lid and climbed out. It stood on the coffin and looked at the sleeping Luo Ruifu with an expressionless face.
The next morning, Luo Ruifu woke up and saw the paper man standing on the coffin. He was very scared and ran to the village chief's house in a panic to find a fortune teller.
When everyone arrived at Luo Ruifu's house, they saw that the paper man was standing steadily on the coffin.
At this point, everyone present felt a chill down their spines.
"Sir, what do you think?" The village chief looked at the Yin-Yang master with trembling lips.
The Yin-Yang master said calmly, "Cremate him as soon as possible, otherwise the situation will be out of control."
But Luo Ruifu firmly disagreed and refused to agree no matter what.
The village chief couldn't persuade him and went home sighing.
Luo Ruifu put the paper man back into Luo Erzi's coffin.
That night, Luo Ruifu stared at the coffin without closing his eyes.
At midnight, scratching sounds were heard from the coffin.
When Luo Ruifu heard the voice, he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly stepped back.
A cold and strange laugh came from the coffin, which scared Luo Ruifu so much that he quickly ran out of the yard to find the Yin-Yang master.
But when I arrived at the village chief's house, I searched for a long time but couldn't find anyone.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Yin-Yang master sneaked away while the village chief and his family were sleeping!
Luo Ruifu didn't dare go home, so he stayed at the village chief's house for one night.
The next day, the village chief gathered more than 20 strong young men in the village and went to Luo Ruifu's house.
The villagers all heard about this and many of them came to watch. I also took the opportunity to follow the crowd to see what was going on.
As soon as I entered his house, I saw the paper man standing at the head of the coffin, and a cold aura emanated from it.
Although there were many people, everyone felt a little scared. The timid ones left after seeing this scene.
The village chief had the paper figurine taken down and said to Luo Ruifu, "Cream it quickly! Don't delay any longer."
Luo Ruifu was no longer stubborn at this time, and hurriedly found someone to burn Luo Erzi's body and the paper man together.
But the story doesn't end there.
On the third day, the paper man appeared in Luo Ruifu's house again, and Luo Ruifu, kneeling in front of the paper man, his face full of horror, also died.
It was the neighbor who discovered this and immediately called the village chief.
The paper figure stood in the yard. Although it had no expression on its face, everyone felt that it was looking at everyone present.
The village chief ordered the paper figurine to be burned, but no one dared to approach. Yesterday, everyone watched it burn, and today it reappeared intact, and Luo Ruifu died in front of it. Who would dare to touch it?
The village chief was helpless. Even if others didn't dare to do it, he had to do it.
He walked forward and picked up the paper figure, which felt a little heavy.
With a casual glance, I discovered that "Ma Chunyan" was written on the back of the paper man.
The village chief saw something inside the paper man through the gap. Upon closer inspection, he found it was a piece of women's clothing.
At this point the truth was revealed. Luo Ruifu had seen some method from somewhere to hide Ma Chunyan's clothes in a paper man and write her name on it. He wanted Ma Chunyan to become Luo Erzi's wife in the underworld even after her death.
But he didn't know that just two days later, he also died. Judging from the way he died, he was frightened to death.
After Luo Ruifu was cremated, things were quiet for a few days and everyone thought the matter was over. However, what happened later caused panic among the people again!
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