Seeing my face suddenly turn pale, Li Huai and Luo Tianhe exchanged glances.
In their view, it was just that the memorial tablets were reversed, and it didn't seem like a big deal.
Ge Wang gave me a deep look, then continued:
"At that time, the village chief mustered up his courage and tried to turn the memorial tablet right-side up. As soon as he touched it, he fell straight down and died. His face showed extreme terror, as if he had been scared to death."
Li Huai and Luo Tianhe, who had just been acting nonchalant, suddenly shivered.
"He just touched the memorial tablet and immediately stopped breathing?"
Li Huai said somewhat nervously.
Ge Wang nodded noncommittally, showing no sign of joking.
"Has she already gained complete influence over your ancestral hall?"
Luo Tianhe stammered.
"It's not just about the impact." Ge Wang gave a wry smile, his voice even lower.
“Some people passing by the ancestral hall at night heard voices inside. Listening closely, it sounded like many people arguing and crying in hushed tones, along with a woman’s laughter. The village elders said the voices sounded a bit like those of the people who had jeering and mocked the bride at the wedding banquet, but they were clearly dead long ago!”
Hearing this, the corner of my mouth twitched.
After something like this happened, there are still people who dare to pass by the ancestral hall at night.
All I can say is that the people in this village are incredibly brave.
"At that time, the villagers were on the verge of collapse. They organized a team to find a way out, which was composed of the young and strong men in the village."
Is there a chance for things to turn around?
Li Huai and I exchanged glances, and we all saw hope in each other's eyes.
After all, the fact that this village has been able to thrive to this day, and that we have come here, means that they did indeed escape the control of the evil spirits.
Seeing our expressions, old man Ge Wang immediately shook his head and said in a hoarse voice.
"They couldn't find a way out. They walked almost around the edge of the village, and in the process, two more people died inexplicably."
"One of them was strangled to death when his ankle got tangled in the roots of an old locust tree at the village entrance."
"The other one was carrying a torch to search for her in the back mountain at night when she accidentally fell into the grave where the bride's coffin was buried. When the other person found her, her body was already stiff, and her face had the same despair and resentment as the evil spirit when it died."
"Alright, Uncle Ge, stop keeping us in suspense. How exactly was the village saved?! And why do those people have absolutely no memory of the Zongxie?"
Hearing this, I couldn't help but interrupt.
The old man Ge Wang's stories were too depressing and hopeless; I had lost all interest in listening to them.
Li Huai and Luo Tianhe also looked depressed.
Anyone who hears this story will feel extremely depressed.
"Well, after their last hope was dashed, the villagers were truly desperate, and they were living in a daze like zombies."
"Seeing that the villagers could no longer express their pain, the evil spirit seemed to have had its fun and began a large-scale massacre!"
“One by one, the villagers were hanged, and before they were hanged, they still had a satisfied smile on their faces.”
"Some people even chose to commit suicide by drinking poison together in order to prevent their families from suffering any more."
Hearing this, we all felt a chill run down our spines.
This evil spirit has tormented the villagers to the point that they have lost the will to live.
It wasn't that these villagers were too weak, but rather that this evil spirit was simply too adept at retaliating.
"Not long after, almost everyone in the village died, leaving only children like me who had lost their parents early and those crazy people who were left unattended and uncared for."
"But I don't want to die. Even if I live in fear, I want to keep living."
"Later, a Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain passed by this place and discovered that something was wrong. He went through great lengths to finally reseal the evil spirit underground."
“The people with the surname Ge in the village now are not originally from the village. Ninety-nine percent of them moved here; they just happen to share the same surname.”
"The rest of the people are either dead or they never want to talk about it in their lives, taking the secret to their graves. Now, I'm the only one in the village who knows about it."
"You can probably guess what happened next. I followed this Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain to Longhu Mountain to learn martial arts,"
"These years of traveling all over the country have been very dangerous, but they have also been the most enjoyable time of my life."
"If my lifespan hadn't been stolen by evil magic, I would still be catching ghosts now. But now I've lost all my skills and can only come back to retire."
Old Man Ge Wang knew we didn't want to hear any more details, so he quickly finished recounting the rest of the story.
We now fully understand all the causes and consequences here.
After I finished speaking, the clinic fell into a long silence, and for a moment we didn't know what to say.
After a long while, old man Ge Wang suddenly showed a relieved smile.
"Now that the three of you have completely resolved this issue, I'm relieved. At least I don't have to worry about the same thing happening again during my lingering days. My old bones can't take any more of this."
“Uncle Ge Wang, you are different from those villagers. You have never done anything evil, and you have done good deeds and accumulated merits everywhere in your life. You will have a good ending.”
I thought for a moment, then spoke.
"I hope so."
After finishing speaking, old man Ge Wang calmly closed his eyes, seemingly exhausted.
Seeing this, we tactfully walked out of the clinic and silently closed the door behind us.
"I never imagined that Gejia Village would have such a hidden past."
As Luo Tianhe stepped outside, he sighed with emotion.
They originally thought they were just here to catch ghosts, but they never expected to uncover a village massacre that happened decades ago.
Li Huai nodded in deep agreement.
"These villagers are trapped in the village, much like I was trapped in the fourteenth building before. But it's good that you came, otherwise my fate would have been even worse than these villagers."
Hearing this, I couldn't help but look at Li Huai:
"By the way, have you seen that real estate agent recently? Did he give up on you and really want to use the dean as a scapegoat and throw him into Building 14?"
Li Huai shook his head, his face full of confusion. After a pause, he said:
"I don't know either, but if the dean really died such a terrible death, I still feel a little... a little sad."
As he spoke, Li Huai lowered his head, unconsciously kicking pebbles.
I could tell he wasn't lying, so I patted him on the shoulder and comforted him:
"It wasn't you who harmed the dean; he brought it on himself. If he hadn't sold you out as a scapegoat, none of this would have happened."
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