Chapter 143 Jinjiang Debut
Lame Brother laughed and said, "To say the least, there are too many people who have been bullied by them. To put it bluntly, it wouldn't be surprising if the whole village united to poison them. After all, it's not just one or two days that Du Dasheng has been hated!"
Bai Mian nodded and said, "Everyone in this village has a motive for committing the crime, but we also have to consider realistic factors. The Du family died from an oral poison. Who has the conditions to make the Du family swallow the poison?"
Lame Brother guessed: "Could it be someone from the Du family? Although the Du family is rich, it is inevitable that the wealth is not distributed evenly. Who knows, someone might have harbored resentment and poisoned other family members in order to monopolize the family's wealth."
Guo Yiyang thought about it and expressed a different opinion: "According to the ruthless style of the Du family, they are capable of doing such a thing, but I don't think it was necessarily done by the Du family. After all, the water that the villagers drank used to be pumped from the well. When I went to rob the tomb, I saw Du Dasheng's old house. There was a dry well in the house. They must have used water from this well. If someone poisoned the well, it would be easy to kill their family."
"No, it's not the well water," before Bai Mian could say anything, Brother Que spoke first. He remembered what he had said before, "My classmate mentioned this to me. All the young and middle-aged people in the Du family died, leaving only the elderly and children. So the murderer didn't kill indiscriminately. He poisoned them precisely. To do this, he had to be someone from the Du family, and this person had to be able to handle the kitchen affairs, so that it would be easier to poison. If he wanted to poison so many people at once, he could only poison them through food."
Seeing that everyone was guessing so hard, Bai Mian was ready to announce the answer, but Lame Brother stretched out his hand at this time: "Wait, wait, wait, don't tell me yet, I already have some clues, I can deduce it myself!"
So Bai Mian didn't say anything and just watched Brother Lame play this reasoning game with a smile on his face.
Lame Brother lowered his head and thought to himself: "This person is a member of the Du family, and she often walks around in the kitchen, so she must be a woman. In the past, there were almost no men cooking. A woman who was responsible for cooking - maybe Du Dasheng's sister or daughter - poisoned and killed them. This must be the case!"
Guo Yiyang retorted, "Impossible. My parents grew up in the countryside, and I am half a rural person. Rural people generally believe that there is strength in numbers. One of the reasons why the Du family can become a local tyrant is because they have many children. If it is true as you said, a woman from the Du family poisoned and killed all the young and middle-aged people in the family, what good would it do her? Without the young and middle-aged people, the prestige of the Du family will naturally be gone. This is not logical, so this must have been done by an outsider!"
Cripple Brother: "It's someone from the Du family!"
Guo Yiyang: "Outsiders are outsiders!"
The two of them started bickering like little kids, and Bai Mian had to interrupt them: "Okay, okay, let me do it."
As soon as Bai Mian spoke, both of them fell silent, and the audience around them pricked up their ears, wanting to hear the truth of the matter.
"You didn't guess right, but you didn't guess completely wrong either. You can say that you each got half of the answer right," Bai Mian said. The two of them showed disappointed expressions. Everyone was confused. Bai Mian continued, "The person who poisoned the family is a woman who lives inside the Du family. She is responsible for the family's food, but at the same time, she is an outsider who has no blood relationship with the Du family."
"Cook?" Lame Brother asked uncertainly. After seeing Bai Mian's expression, he immediately took back his words, "No, it's not the cook, it's——"
"Du Dasheng's daughter-in-law!" Guo Yiyang answered quickly.
Bai Mian nodded: "Yes, the murderer is Du Dasheng's daughter-in-law, Xiaoyue, who was forcibly abducted by him. Xiaoyue's parents had originally arranged a marriage for her, but Du Dasheng ignored etiquette and took advantage of his numbers to abduct Xiaoyue and married her to his son. After the marriage, Xiaoyue was treated as a nanny by this family and had to endure their bullying. Finally, Xiaoyue couldn't stand it anymore and decided to fight back."
"Xiaoyue's father was a barefoot doctor who always carried various pills in his backpack. Xiaoyue was exposed to this from a young age and naturally knew what drugs could kill people. She went back home several times under the pretext of visiting her mother's home, stole a lot of pills from her father, and then ground them into powder, ready to kill people."
"This is Xiaoyue's first time to kill someone. She is very nervous. To be on the safe side, she decided to experiment on Du Dasheng first. The people in the Du family don't eat at the same table. They appear to be harmonious on the surface, but in fact, they have many conflicts in private. They fight every time they meet, so Xiaoyue needs to cook for them and bring them to their respective rooms."
"Du Dasheng's wife used to cook for this family, but she stopped after Xiaoyue got married. Xiaoyue has to cook for the whole family every day, and she is the only one in the kitchen, which gives her the opportunity to do it. After cooking the dishes every day, she sprinkles some medicinal powder on Du Dasheng's dish, and then stirs it evenly to ensure that the powder is completely absorbed into the dish."
"The powder tastes slightly bitter, but the Du family likes to eat dishes with a lot of oil and salt, so the bitter taste is covered up. Du Dasheng ate it for a year and didn't notice anything unusual. But at the end of that year, his health collapsed."
"Later, Du Dasheng sought medical help everywhere. Although the doctors found out that he was poisoned, the children of the Du family suspected each other and did not find the real culprit. After all, who would suspect a weak and timid woman like Xiaoyue?"
"After Du Dasheng passed away, Xiaoyue began to formally implement her plan. She continued to cook for the family and put drugs in the dishes of all the young and middle-aged people. This time, the dosage was even higher. Perhaps God was helping her, as her actions were never discovered. In this way, the children of the Du family died one after another, and even Xiaoyue's husband was poisoned to death by her."
"Because of the example of Du Dasheng, the villagers were not surprised by the death of these children. Everyone thought that the Du family had some kind of genetic disease that would cause their early death, so no one suspected it. Moreover, the villagers had long hated the Du family for what they had done. When the Du family died, the villagers were too happy to investigate the cause of their death."
"People at that time were not well-informed and did not know how to call the police, so the matter was brushed aside. For so many years, the murder committed by Xiaoyue has never been discovered."
Hearing this, Brother Cripple raised a question: "Since Xiaoyue has already poisoned the family, why didn't she just poison everyone in the Du family to death? Isn't she afraid of revenge in the future if she leaves those people alive?"
Bai Mian explained: "She only saved the lives of the elderly and children. The elderly were old and did not pose any threat. As for the children, she only saved one child, and that was her own child."
Guo Yiyang and Que Ge were both surprised: "Xiao Yue also gave birth to a child with the son of the Du family?"
Bai Mian nodded and said, "That's right. She didn't want to mention this past, and Mr. Feng Shui didn't want to mention it either, so when he spread the story to the outside world, he deliberately erased this part of the story. In all the versions you heard, there was no mention of this child."
"What does Mr. Feng Shui want to say that he doesn't want to? What does this have to do with him?" said Lame Brother.
Bai Mian's eyes turned: "Of course, this is because Xiaoyue later became Mr. Feng Shui's wife, and he had to take her feelings into consideration."
"What? They are together?" Everyone was dumbfounded.
Bai Mian: "Back then, in order to plan his plan to bring the dead back to life, Du Dasheng often asked a Feng Shui master to come to his house for long discussions. Xiaoyue, as his daughter-in-law, often served by his bedside. After a while, the two of them got to know each other. They were both young people and got along well. It didn't take long for them to fall in love with each other."
Guo Yiyang was shocked: "So, Xiaoyue eloped with Mr. Feng Shui?"
Lame brother smiled happily: "So that's how it is. I was wondering, in that legend, there was no explanation of where Xiaoyue went. I thought she went back to her parents' home, but it turns out that she ran away. This is good, it's better than living in the village and being pointed at by others all my life. Tsk, fate is really amazing!"
Bai Mian continued, "After most of the people in the Du family died, Xiaoyue followed the Feng Shui master and left. At this time, there were only a few old people left in the Du family, and no one could stop Xiaoyue. Xiaoyue left the village and followed the Feng Shui master to work in the city. The child was left in the Du family. Every time Xiaoyue saw the child, she would think of the shadow of the past, so she was unwilling to take the child away."
"At this time, there were only a few elderly people and a baby left in the Du family. All their property was taken underground. The family power plummeted in an instant and no longer had the status it once had. The villagers who had been bullied by the Du family in the past now all turned around and wanted an explanation from the Du family. To prevent the villagers from retaliating, the elderly moved away with their children overnight. From then on, no one lived in the Du family anymore, and Du Dasheng's treasure completely became a legend."
After hearing this story, Guo Yiyang sighed deeply: "What a tortuous and bizarre story. Alas, it's a pity that I have no chance to get the treasure. The Du family has done so many evil things, and they really deserve this fate. However, Xiaoyue killed so many people, but she didn't get any punishment at all. Will she continue to kill people after she comes down the mountain?"
Bai Mian smiled slightly and suddenly said: "Perhaps, there is one thing you should know. The Feng Shui master back then, his surname was Guo, the past Guo."
"ah?"
Everyone was surprised, and for a moment everyone looked at Guo Yi Yang.
Guo Yiyang was also shocked: "Ah? My last name is not common. Could it be... Master, could it be that the Feng Shui master is my father?"
Bai Mian didn't say anything, accepting this statement. Guo Yiyang was petrified on the spot. He sat in a chair, thinking about his parents:
"My dad is a Feng Shui master, so, then Xiaoyue in the story is my mom? This is too outrageous, how is this possible? My dad and mom are both honest people, they have worked diligently all their lives, how could they do such a thing? My dad is an illiterate farmer, he can only send voice messages on WeChat, and he doesn't even know how to use handwriting input method, how could he be a Feng Shui master? My mom has always spoken softly to people and has never said a swear word, but she actually killed people, and so many of them?"
Guo Yiyang held his head, his entire worldview collapsed. His parents had passed away, and these things could not be verified, but Bai Mian's reputation was known to everyone, so it was probably true. If his parents were still alive, he really didn't know how to face them.
Bai Mian said softly, "Your mother didn't want to kill anyone. She was originally a gentle and kind person, but she was really forced into a corner. After she eloped with your father, life returned to normal, and she returned to her original character. As for your father, he created a whole new persona to cover up his past. He was not illiterate. On the contrary, he knew a lot about astronomy and geography, but he never showed it in front of you."
"I remember now, my mother did change her name," Guo Yiyang raised his head suddenly, "her previous name had a 'moon' in it! I saw her former name, and I asked her why she changed her name, but she just smiled and didn't say anything."
"As for my dad, why did he disguise himself? He was just a Feng Shui master and he never killed anyone. Although he fooled Du Dasheng with the idea of resurrecting the dead, it was not a crime. It was just to give him psychological comfort!"
Bai Mian: "No, he participated in the murder. When your father and mother fell in love, your mother revealed that she had poisoned someone. After your father understood your mother's difficulties, he decided to help her kill people. The book records that in order to revive the dead, one needs to take elixirs while alive to keep the body from decaying. In fact, the so-called elixirs are double poisons. Your father made up this story just to get rid of Du Dasheng as soon as possible. He also participated in the subsequent series of poisoning incidents. He is an accomplice."
"Although these things were not discovered at the time, there is no guarantee that they will be dug up one day. Once an investigation is launched, your father and mother may be wanted. In order to hide their past, the two of them changed their appearances, changed their names, and started a new life with a brand new identity."
Guo Yiyang was still in shock, and many past events came to his mind: "My parents are actually murderers... My dad can actually read. If he can read, then wouldn't he have seen through all the little tricks I played before?"
He remembered that when he was a child, he lied that he was doing homework, but he was actually writing a love letter to a girl in the next class. His father was in his room with a fan at the time. He thought his father couldn't understand anything, so he wrote boldly. He didn't expect that his father had seen everything, but just didn't expose him.
"Dad..." Guo Yiyang covered his face. After so many years, he got to know his parents again. From a legal point of view, his parents were indeed murderers, but to him, his parents were very good people who gave him a lot of love.
Bai Mian patted his shoulder and said, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. No matter what the truth is, it's all their grudges from the previous generation. It has nothing to do with you. I told you everything today because I hope you can let it go after knowing the truth and concentrate on living your own life. Otherwise, if you still have doubts in your heart, you will always stay in the past."
Hearing this, Guo Yiyang was stunned for a moment. Maybe other people didn't understand, but he knew what Bai Mian was talking about. He had always been obsessed with the Du family's treasure. He remembered that his father said before he died that the Du family's treasure was not a legend, but really existed. If you can find the treasure, you can change your life. It was his father who instilled this awareness in him, which made him always obsessed with the treasure.
As if hearing his inner voice, Bai Mian said, "Back then, your father had the idea of robbing a tomb, but he failed. He was very unwilling to accept this, so he left this unwillingness to you, hoping that you could dig out the Du family's treasure for him. Now that the truth is out, you should let it go. Getting rich overnight is fake. Down-to-earth work is the real thing."
Guo Yiyang said unconvincedly: "But can working give you a future? Look at my parents, they have worked for half their lives and still haven't saved much money. Look at me, I am still poor and have only a few thousand yuan in my mobile phone balance. I'm really fed up with this kind of life!"
Bai Mian said seriously, "Your parents committed too many murderous deeds in the past, which affected their own and their descendants' fortunes. It is destined that you will not be successful now, but isn't it a kind of happiness to live an ordinary life? You have healthy hands and feet now, no illness or disaster, and a large group of friends. Such a life is envied by many people. You should be glad that you didn't steal anything, otherwise you would be in prison and working on a sewing machine."
Hearing Bai Mian say this, Guo Yiyang was frustrated again. The guy behind him said dissatisfiedly: "You've said a lot, but you haven't told us what the sound in the coffin is! We heard someone talking in the coffin. Is it that Du Dasheng has been resurrected?"
The other guys also spoke up:
"Yes, we heard it for sure, it was a man's voice!"
"It's definitely not Du Dasheng. You are a bunch of idiots. How could you really believe that Du Dasheng can be resurrected? If every dead person can be resurrected, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"
"Stop making noise, be quiet and listen to what the master says!"
Guo Yiyang was still so depressed, and the truth about the resurrection did not interest him. Bai Mian looked at him and suddenly asked, "Do you know where your brother is now?"
Guo Yiyang raised his head listlessly, looking confused: "How can I have a brother? I am an only child, my parents only gave birth to me... Oh, I see, you mean the child my mother gave birth to in the Du family, yes, he is my half brother, but I have never seen him since he was born, and I have never had any contact with him, how can I know his current situation?"
Bai Mian put away the fan in his hand and tapped the table:
"He is lying in that coffin."
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