Extra: The Village Where Lies Cannot Be Found (V)
Ah Sheng is the female ghost in black
As soon as the village chief said this, his expression changed, as if he had mentioned something taboo.
All the villagers looked heavy-hearted.
But Ah Xiu, the docile dog all the way, turned fierce with a bared teeth and started barking, struggling to break free from the leash after the village chief finished speaking.
Song Ran almost couldn't hold it.
But this dog chain seemed to be designed to restrain Ah Xiu. Ah Xiu struggled for a long time, but could not get free. In the end, he could only curl up on the ground, burying his head in his two front hooves, whimpering miserably.
Its sunken back of the head was exposed, and its all-white eyeballs could not be seen. It looked like a homeless stray dog, and its appearance was pitiful.
Next, what the village chief said was roughly the same as what Ah Sheng said, except for a few more details, and Ah Yun in the story was replaced by Ah Sheng.
According to the village chief, Asheng and Ayun are twin sisters. They look identical and outsiders cannot tell the difference between them, but their personalities are very different.
The two sisters' parents were outsiders, but they died very early, leaving the two sisters to depend on each other.
Ayun is the elder sister, gentle and quiet.
Ah Sheng is the younger sister, gloomy and grumpy.
Ayun is friendly, helpful and never lies.
Ah Sheng is full of lies, doesn't like to socialize with others, and likes to steal things.
If he only liked to steal things, the villagers would not be so angry. But Ah Sheng liked to speak dirty words in public, spread rumors and slander the villagers.
The two sisters are orphans and everyone usually helps them, but Ah Sheng is a habitual liar, spreading rumors and causing trouble. He spreads rumors about the villagers everywhere, arousing public anger.
At first, everyone didn't care about it for Ayun's sake, but later, her rumors cost lives.
Ah Sheng spread rumors that Old Man Wang's wife was having an affair, causing her to jump into a well and commit suicide.
Later, Old Man Wang found out that he had wronged his wife, who was three months pregnant at the time. In a rage, she also jumped into the well.
One corpse and three lives lost, this completely angered the villagers.
For the sake of an outsider, three lives in the village were killed. Most importantly, all the other villagers had been slandered by Ah Sheng.
So the villagers discussed it together and decided to cut off Ah Sheng's tongue one night.
The first is to tell her not to lie or spread rumors again, and the second is to give an explanation for the three lives lost.
After the village chief finished speaking, everyone was silent.
Song Ran said: "This means that the person we met was actually Ayun"
The village chief nodded: "Ayun is kind-hearted. She has always felt that as a sister, she has an unshirkable responsibility for Ah Sheng's fate. Ever since Ah Sheng turned into a black ghost and became lame in one leg, she has been living alone and no longer interacting with the villagers."
Song Ran asked another question: "But since they are twin sisters, how do you tell them apart? How do you know if it was Ah Sheng or Ah Yun whose tongue was cut off?"
The village chief was stunned for a moment and said, "It's easy to tell them apart. Ah Yun has waist-length hair, while Ah Sheng has shoulder-length hair. We usually tell people apart based on their hairstyles."
A villager said: "We just cut off her tongue and she turned into a female ghost in black. Who could have imagined this?"
"If we had known earlier, we should have just followed our original plan and driven them out of the village and left them to fend for themselves. This would have been better than committing a sin."
The village chief and villagers only talked about cutting the tongue, but did not mention sewing the arms and legs together.
Su Qiao said: "But the black-clothed female ghost's arms and legs were sewn together, but you said only her tongue was cut off."
Villager: “We only cut off her tongue. We didn’t do anything else. We just wanted her to stop spreading rumors from now on. We didn’t want to kill her. We are not that cruel.”
The villagers didn't sew the arms and legs of the black-clad female ghost. Who could have sewed them? It couldn't have been her.
The villagers cannot lie, but the villagers and "A Sheng" have different statements. Which one is true?
Or, from their respective standpoints, they were both telling what they believed to be the truth and were not lying.
It is not yet known whether the female ghost in black is Ah Sheng or Ah Yun.
At this time, Qi Yuan, who was serving as a pillow for Gu Lin, accidentally interrupted and said in a faint voice: "The black-clothed female ghost has very long hair."
Everyone was stunned.
They remembered that Qi Yuan said that the female ghost in black had gone to find Gu Lin, so he had seen the female ghost in black.
The black-clothed female ghost had very long hair, but according to the villagers, Ayun had waist-length hair, while Asheng had only shoulder-length hair.
The village chief said: "Ah Sheng has always been jealous of her sister. Ah Yun is loved by everyone, but she is hated by everyone. It is not surprising that she turned into a female ghost in black and wanted to grow long hair."
That makes sense.
The village chief held out his hand to Song Ran: "I have told you everything I should tell you. Now you can give Ah Xiu to us."
Ah Xiu had been curled up on the ground, whimpering from time to time. A small puddle of water had accumulated on the ground, which did not look like saliva but more like tears.
The dog had only food in its eyes before, but now, probably after hearing about its owner, its intelligence has been awakened.
Song Ran was hesitating whether to give A Xiu to them, and the double-hatted boss said nonchalantly: "We want to go to A Yun's house to take a look."
The village chief and the villagers all looked unhappy. These requests came one after another, and there seemed to be no end in sight.
The village chief's face turned gloomy again, and he said unhappily: "I'll have someone take you there."
*
Gu Lin fell asleep, and Song Ran held A Xiu's hand all the way. No one allowed him to hold the baby, so the big man in the double-layer hat had to hold the child.
The double-hatted boss had no objection and picked Gu Lin up.
Qi Yuan walked beside him coldly.
The man in the double-layer hat held Gu Lin lightly and effortlessly.
He lowered his head and glanced at Qi Yuan.
Although he is about the same age as Gu Lin, he is much more mature and stable than Gu Lin.
Qi Yuan noticed the gaze of the double-hatted boss and looked up to meet his gaze.
The double-hat boss remembered that Gu Lin’s brother Gu Yuan said that Qi Yuan’s name was copied from him.
The two have the same first name except for their last name.
Gu Lin's surname, combined with Qi Yuan's name, is Zaizai's brother - Gu Yuan.
Qi Yuan's surname, combined with Gu Lin's name, is - Qi Lin - Qilin.
Gu Lin’s true form.
Isn't this... a coincidence?
The man in the double-layered hat casually said: "You know the kid's brother."
Qi Yuan's expression did not change: "You know Zizi's brother?"
Although both of them were questions, neither required an answer.
Neither of them spoke again.
*
The person who led everyone to Ayun's house was not the village chief, but the eldest villager who had thrown the sack to them before.
The elder brother of the villager led them through many twists and turns and finally brought them to a dilapidated small earthen house.
After bringing everyone here, the eldest villager prepared to leave.
Song Ran stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, what are you going to do by arresting Ah Xiu?"
The villager glared at him, didn't answer, and walked away.
Song Ran: “…”
If you don't want to answer, then don't answer. Why are you glaring at me?
After the eldest villager left, everyone looked at the mud house in front of them.
The house only has two rooms and the kitchen is outside.
Although it is dilapidated, there are no weeds and it looks like someone lives there.
At this time, the door was closed and locked from the outside.
Su Qiao glanced at the wood piled next to the kitchen and said to Song Ran, "I always feel that they are hiding something. You shouldn't be so anxious to give Ah Xiu to them."
Song Ran also looked innocent: "Why would I be like that if I didn't leave it to them? If I hold it for one more second, I feel like I won't be able to keep my hand anymore."
Su Qiao: "..."
Okay.
*
The village chief took Ah Xiu by the hand and tied her under the tongue tree.
Ah Xiu kept whimpering, and after being tied to the tongue tree, he became more and more irritable and restless. Unable to break free from the leash, he jumped around like crazy and dug the soil with his claws.
But it was a Yin dog, its claws penetrated the earth but could not touch the soil.
There were thirteen villagers at the scene, and they all looked indifferent as they looked at the crazy Ah Xiu.
A villager said: "Let it bleed at night, and let each villager drink a bowl of blood. The rest can be used to deal with the black-clothed female ghost."
The village chief had a gloomy face, nodded and said: "Let's get Ah Yun here too."
The other villagers looked at each other and said nothing.
After all, Ayun is innocent, and they will not vent their anger on Ayun because of Asheng's mistakes.
The village chief arranged two people to guard A Xiu, and the others went back to eat, and then came back to take turns.
Everyone was preparing to leave, but at this moment, a rustling sound came from the cornfield that was taller than people.
The sound came from far away and then got closer, like something was moving through the cornfield.
The villagers froze in their tracks and all looked towards the cornfield.
Through the gaps in the corn stalks, they saw a female ghost in black clothes, shaped like a “冂” character, with her pitch-black mouth grinning and a hideous smile on her face, staring straight at the villagers, and quickly crossing the cornfield and approaching the villagers.
It was getting closer and closer, and the speed seemed to be triple speed. The arms and legs that were stitched together all acted as walking legs.
The villagers' eyes widened, their hearts and livers broke, and they immediately screamed and fled in all directions.
The black-clothed female ghost's hair grew longer and longer, squirming and spreading out, chasing the villagers and wrapping around their bodies like a snake.
The thirteen villagers all had their ankles and necks tied up, their hair was pulled tighter and tighter, depriving them of their breathing and turning their faces purple.
No matter how the villagers struggled, they could not break free from the bondage of their hair, just like Ah Xiu who could not break free from the dog leash.
The hair penetrated every pore, getting into the villagers' eyes, ears and mouths, pulling out their tongues one by one.
Before the hair got into his eyes, the village chief saw another face exactly like the female ghost in black.
Standing under the tongue tree, holding a shovel in his hand, he was smiling quietly, watching their deaths...
Ah Xiu was tied to the tongue tree and started barking.
Not to the female ghost in black, but to the girl by the tongue tree.
*
In front of the small mud house, the door was locked and no one came.
"This was the home of the female ghost in black before she died. Who lives here now?" Chen Yan said.
Su Qiao glanced at the wood piled outside the kitchen: "It's the girl I met this morning."
I don’t know whether the other person is really Ah Sheng or Ah Yun as the villagers call her. I can only call her a girl.
Thinking of this, Su Qiao was stunned and his expression suddenly changed.
wrong!
A pair of twin sisters, the villagers may mistake them for each other, but they will never make a mistake about who they are.
"The ghost girl in black is really Ayun!" Su Qiao said, "The villagers cut the wrong tongue!"
Ayun became a scapegoat for Asheng.
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One more chapter to end.
I was planning to write a short copy that would be completed in three chapters, but I made a miscalculation (/_\)
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