Chapter 161 Xin Chengzhi's Love
It is true that Xin Dashan did not treat Xin Chengzhi the same way his parents did, but wasn't it also a sin for him to watch his grandfather suffer indifferently?
Xin Chengzhi's hands, like dead trees, strangled Xin Dashan's neck, and Xin Dashan was so scared that his whole body was shaking.
"Grandpa, Grandpa, I was really, really wrong, I really..."
Before he could finish begging for mercy, Xin Chengzhi moved his hand slightly and Xin Dashan's neck was broken.
The body was thrown heavily aside by Xin Chengzhi.
The purgatory lasted for nearly four hours, and the screams in the village became weaker and weaker until the moment light appeared in the sky, and the village returned to peace.
Xin Chengzhi absorbed all the souls of everyone, and his hostility became even more intense.
He looked back at the golden coffin in the room, then leaned over and kowtowed heavily.
"I've been guarding you for hundreds of years, it's time to end it!"
With the crowing of a rooster, the sun slowly emerged from the horizon, and its scorching rays shone on Xin Chengzhi's soul.
A puff of green smoke drifted by, the evil spirit dissipated, and Xin Chengzhi's soul slowly disappeared from the spot.
When the sun rose completely, the sleeping people in the village gradually woke up.
When they opened the door and saw the horrifically dead bodies scattered all over the floor, everyone was shocked.
"Village Chief! Village Chief!"
A woman holding her child hurried to find the village chief, only to find that the village chief's son was hanging from a big tree at the door with a rope and had stopped breathing.
The village chief came out, and when he saw this scene, sadness flashed in his eyes, and then he sighed heavily:
"Retribution! It's all retribution!"
"Village chief, what's going on? Why are so many people dead in the village?"
As soon as the woman finished asking, Chu Ruanruan and the others appeared.
"Village chief, take all the living people out first!" Chu Runrun said.
The village chief glanced at Chu Ruanruan, then at his son's body, then turned his head away, tears streaming down his face.
Chu Ruanruan and others came to the golden coffin, opened the lid and turned it over. Some things were recorded in ancient characters on it.
"Third brother, it's time for you to take action!" Chu Runrun said.
Ning Zhi's major is ancient Chinese characters, and the words on the coffin are probably from the period of the Fuxi clan.
"The person buried in the coffin should be a general from ancient times. This general died because of the emperor's suspicion and was framed by treacherous officials.
Later, the general's grievances were cleared. The emperor felt guilty, but was also afraid that the general was too violent, so he specially built this golden coffin.
Let his descendants take it with them and live in seclusion, guarding the coffin for generations to come, to prevent the general's spirit from lingering and bringing disaster to the country and the people."
"So the Xin family is the descendant of this general!" Chu Runrun said.
"That should be correct!" Ning Zhi nodded.
Chu Ruanruan touched the coffin and couldn't help but sneer at the golden fragments on her fingers.
This coffin appears to be made of gold, but in ancient times there was no such pure gold. It was just a mixed metal with a layer of gold paint on the surface. It would all fall off when exposed to the sun, and it would not fetch much money even if it was sold in the market.
Poor Xin Chengzhi was tortured to death by his own children just for guarding such a broken coffin. It's ridiculous.
The bodies in the village were quickly taken away by the police, and all the bodies from the abnormal incidents were cremated.
The bodies were gone, but the whole village was still shrouded in the smell of blood, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
Xin Hailian and Tang Xinquan took out Xin Chengzhi's body and cremated it. They did not take the ashes back, but buried him in the back mountain.
Xin Chengzhi always said during his lifetime that he wanted to be buried in this mountain after his death. This was his home and he didn't want to go anywhere else.
After Tang Xinquan dug the hole, Xin Hailian placed the urn in. When she was about to bury it, she suddenly dug up something in the soil.
Xin Hailian pulled out a cloth bag. The bag was very light, so light that it seemed as if there was nothing in it.
Xin Hailian recognized the bag; it was the one her mother left to her father.
This location seemed to be where she saw her father burying things when she was a child.
Xin Hailian opened the bag, which contained several locks of hair. Each lock of hair had a name on it, including her brothers, sisters, and her own.
"Why is there our hair here?" Xin Hailian asked in confusion.
Chu Ruanruan looked at the cloth bag with a pause in her eyes. After a long while, she spoke:
"This is burying hair to pray for blessings! Legend has it that if you bury your hair in an ancestor's grave, the living person will receive the ancestor's blessing and live a peaceful and smooth life.
Although this general died unjustly, he was still a general and your ancestor. Burying your hair in it should be to pray for your blessings."
Xin Hailian's pupils shrank slightly. "So my father always came to the back mountain in the middle of the night to pray for us?"
Chu Ruanruan nodded: "He probably wants to use the general's blessing to protect you!"
Xin Hailian suddenly regretted that she had been angry with her father for so many years because her father did not allow her to leave the mountains.
If she could have come back more often, maybe she could have prevented this tragedy from happening.
Xin Hailian's tears suddenly flowed out: "Dad, I'm sorry!"
Looking at Xin Chengzhi's urn, there was not a trace of negative energy on it. Chu Runrun knew that Xin Chengzhi's soul had been destroyed and he had no chance of reincarnation.
But she didn't understand. Although evil ghosts who killed people would be punished, as long as they survived, they could be reincarnated. Why did Xin Chengzhi want to let his soul be torn apart?
Soon, a letter among Xin Chengzhi's belongings gave Chu Runrun the answer.
Xin Chengzhi only went to school for a few years and could not recognize many words. The handwriting on this letter was also very awkward, and many words were replaced by pinyin.
But it is not difficult to see that Xin Chengzhi wrote this letter very carefully.
"The Xin family has been guarding this coffin since our ancestors. We cannot disobey our ancestors' orders. My children and I have never set foot outside the mountains.
But Helen's departure made me realize that if my children stayed here, their lives would be the same as mine.
The Xin family's mission ends with me, and my children should no longer bear the legacy of their ancestors.
After death, I voluntarily let my soul scatter as punishment. I only hope that my ancestors will show mercy and not bring disaster to my children."
This letter was written the year after Xin Hailian left the mountains. Xin Chengzhi had already prepared to end the Xin family's mission with his own death.
But he never imagined that his son and daughter would torture him to death because of the illusory gold rumors.
The golden coffin contained the general's heavy resentment, which would bring disaster if it were opened. Xin Chengzhi knew this truth very well, so he would rather die than say it out.
During that tormenting year, what supported Xin Chengzhi was probably his only remaining hope for his children.
He hoped that his children would stop and turn over a new leaf, even if it meant he had to suffer.
But these people are so greedy that they have lost their humanity. How can they reform themselves?
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