Chapter 185: Scene 10 (Inverted V) Guan Ying, Guanyin, you are so merciful...
"Okay, Xiqin, don't be angry. I just wanted to tease you. You're too nervous." He Yuezhe held Tang Xiqin's arm and stroked her hair.
"Hmph." Tang Xiqin turned her head away.
"By the way, when I fainted, nothing strange happened to you, right?"
"No, everything is normal. But from now until now, the sun is almost setting, and the villagers are still staying indoors. Does this count?"
"This is really difficult." He Yuezhe held her forehead and looked at the soil mixed with rotting flesh and flesh that she and Tang Xiqin had dug up earlier. "This soil is indeed problematic. There's no way to bring it to them for the time being..."
"Did you see anything after you passed out? Were you hallucinating?"
"Yeah, it's a bit like that. After I passed out, I went into a black space. A person in a white robe asked me what I wanted to wish for."
"So what did you promise?"
"...I didn't, otherwise I would probably be dead."
"You didn't promise? The man in white robe didn't say anything? Then how did you escape? It can't be that we got the dirt off you, right?" Tang Xiqin asked a series of questions one after another.
"I don't know," He Yuezhe shook his head. "I don't know what I did to make her release me, but what I can say for sure is that what you did was effective."
"That's good!" Tang Xiqin breathed a sigh of relief. "In that case, let's not dwell on this for now. Let's go in and reunite with them and see if we can find anything."
"Well! Miss He, let me help you."
"Thank you very much."
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The three of them pushed open the dilapidated courtyard gate, used the wooden sticks they picked up to break up the spider webs, and stepped into the weed-covered yard. The sound of gnawing something could be faintly heard in the gloomy environment.
Because Tang Xiqin and Chen Shu had just finished wiping her body, when the cool breeze blew, He Yuezhe suddenly got goose bumps.
Lifeless and eerie, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"Hold my hands tightly," Tang Xiqin walked between He Yuezhe and Chen Shu, holding their hands tightly, "Don't get separated."
“Crackle, crackle…”
"well……"
Walking in the weeds that were three and a half people tall, the shorter weeds were stepped on, and the soft and moist soil and weeds were crushed by the shoes, making an unpleasant scream.
"Tang Xiqin, don't be afraid. We are all here. Everything will be resolved." He Yuezhe also held Tang Xiqin's hand tightly. "Besides, we have experienced the most terrifying rumors about this house. Why should we be afraid of such a small noise?"
"I know, I know..." Tang Xiqin's breathing was a little rapid and her palms were slightly sweaty.
The yard didn't look very big, but the three of them always walked to the wall.
Although that person had indeed died in front of him, the strangeness here had not been resolved, and He Yuezhe did not dare to take it lightly.
"Well, how about I lead the way? I remember that both of you came into contact with the soil. If you enter here, there will be too much soil and you might be affected."
Chen Shuo didn't seem to be afraid of this place at all, and was talking and laughing all the way.
Her expression was firm. "Miss He, I originally wanted to ask you to use that ability, but now our every word and action is under the surveillance of the Lotus Sect. If you use it rashly, it will be disadvantageous to you."
He Yuezhe: Should she tell Chen Shu that she had used it? Or in front of the examiner?
"Uh..." Tang Xiqin was not in a good condition. She was sweating and felt weak all over.
Seeing this, He Yuezhe decisively agreed to Chen Shuo and walked to the other side of Chen Shuo. The three of them changed direction and continued forward.
"Miss He, Sister Tang has a very strong reaction to these things. Every time she encounters them, she gets seriously ill. But that's not her own fault. You must not blame her."
"Have you ever encountered anything like this before?"
“Crackle, crackle…”
"Yes, it was at the private school. Sister Tang was pushed into the pond. Strangely, she didn't struggle. When she was rescued, she was trembling and burning hot all over."
"It wasn't until later, when Sister Tang's family strongly demanded a thorough investigation and all the water in the pond was removed, that we discovered the pond was actually a mass grave."
"The private school was closed down, and several of our families left together. After that, Sister Tang's symptoms quickly disappeared."
"Is it due to physical condition, or something else?"
"The master said that it's because Sister Tang's body is too weak and cold. She just needs to replenish more Yang energy."
"At the time, I noticed that Sister Tang and her family's reactions weren't quite right. I initially suspected something was amiss, but I didn't expect it to be such a simple matter."
"So after that, Sister Tang started taking medicine, and her family became more strict with her. After that, those strange things really didn't happen again."
"Tsk," He Yuezhe felt something was wrong after hearing this. "Then she might have been noticed by the 'thing' here."
"Miss He, what does this mean?" Chen Shu asked puzzledly.
Chen Shuo was not affected by the mud, so he led the two of them to find the house quickly.
The house is not big, but it has a very transparent design. You can see all the rooms at a glance when standing at the door.
So as soon as the three of them walked to the door, Yuan Yang and Ban Weile, who were searching the room, saw them and came out immediately.
"You're finally here." Ban Weile came over with a smile on his face, but when he saw Tang Xiqin's condition, he was shocked. "What happened to Miss Tang?!"
"She touched the mud?" Yuan Yang seemed to know something.
"Well, my bad idea. Let's go out first." He Yuezhe said, "What have you found out?"
The five people walked out.
"I'll speak faster. If you don't understand, just ask me after I finish explaining."
Yuan Yang said, "This house was home to a family of three decades ago. But probably at the husband's request, his wife became pregnant and had miscarriages about seven or eight times a year."
"In his wife's diary, after her last miscarriage, her husband left the house, leaving her and her frail daughter at home, where life was extremely difficult."
"When her husband came back, she described him as having a beard and smelling fishy, like a hairy animal."
"This animal is telling lies. It wants her to skin and bone her daughter with her own hands, then bury her in the ground. Once the skin and flesh have completely blended with the soil, she can then add the ground bones and eat them. This way, her next child will definitely be a boy."
"So the wife endured her nausea and asked him if he wanted to have a boy, shouldn't he eat the boy?"
“The husband replied, the master said eating a girl will give birth to a boy.”
"His wife thought he was crazy and chopped off his head with a knife. The head is still placed on the bedside table in his wife's room. It is covered with outdated jewelry and a thick stack of handwritten scriptures is placed underneath."
"Scriptures? Does your wife believe in Buddhism?"
"Yes, my wife's name is Meng Guanying. 'Guanying' and 'Guanyin' have similar pronunciations, so I guess her family is Buddhist."
"So what do these things have to do with the strange things happening in this house?"
"Well, to put it simply, we currently believe that these strange things were done by Meng Guanying." Yuan Yang replied.
"What did she do after she killed her husband?" He Yuezhe asked again.
"After killing her husband, she separated his flesh and bones, cooked a large pot of soup with the meat, and fed it to stray animals. As for the bones, we suspect they were made into various objects, which are the 'jewelry' that her husband wore on his head."
“…”
"These are all written in her diary. The handwriting is clear and organized. She did all this while she was awake."
"And that year, she seemed to be about the same age as us."
He Yuezhe was shocked: "What happened next?"
"Later, she raised her daughter and used the money she saved to send her to another place. She stayed here to seek revenge."
"revenge?"
"That's right. Meng Guanying was abducted to this village and taken to her husband," Yuan Yang said. "Her diary shows that she has been lurking here for years, seeking revenge, just to avenge the other girls who were also abducted here, like her, and whom she considered her friends."
"Her husband was just a trigger. Later, because her husband died, she knew that those men would come looking for her one day. So she took the initiative to tell the villagers that she had a treasure that even her husband had never seen. The treasure could fulfill all wishes."
"After that, many people in the village heard about it and came to her. She helped those with good intentions to realize their wishes, but killed those with bad intentions one by one."
"She peeled off the skin and extracted the bones. She used the men's flesh and skin to repair the courtyard, and made the bones into furniture, jewelry, and other items."
"So, the so-called gnawing sound is actually the sound of grinding bones?"
"perhaps."
The yard was still gloomy and the wind was biting. Was Meng Guanying just sitting here alone, damp and rusting, seeking revenge for the girls?
He Yuezhe stretched out his hand to stop the wind from blowing everywhere: "Guan Ying, Guanyin, what a kind heart, what a good name."
Oh, imprisoned oriole, this square little house has imprisoned your life. It is so dead and silent, but it is their grave and your cradle.
"How do we solve the problem here?" He Yuezhe asked.
After walking out of the courtyard, Yuan Yang turned around and said, "I don't know yet. Do you have any ideas?"
"Let's just go like this." He Yuezhe let go of her hand, and the cool wind passed through her fingers.
“…”
"Don't meddle in other people's affairs and avoid unnecessary consequences, okay?"
"...Miss He, let's go ask the villagers first, and then we can discuss a solution."
“…”
"Alas, Meng Guanying is dead. Miss He, we can certainly seek justice for her and for the countless poor girls in this village, but what about those innocent people?"
"According to Meng Guanying's description, these villagers were not all bad people. Some of them would secretly give Meng Guanying novel toys, some would give her food, and some would help her avoid her husband's fists."
"This house may be safe here, or it may kill all the villagers here one day."
"So Miss He, just think of it as doing it for those innocent people. As for the rest, it should be left to Miss Meng to deal with."
“…”
Meng Guanying said that she hated living in this world as herself, so she lived out her own life. That was not "He Yuezhe", but Meng Guanying, a kind, just girl who could clearly distinguish between good and evil.
So many evil people have died at her hands, and even if she is dead, this house is still devouring lives, so why would she say that she has "failed"?
"Okay, I'm convinced by you." He Yuezhe nodded and walked out of the yard.
"Rather than being convinced by me, it's better to say that Miss He can empathize with Miss Meng, right?"
"I feel the same way? Yes, I feel the same way."
Meng Guanying, you have empathized with me for so many years. This time, let me empathize with you for once, understand your pain, your blood and tears.
Then, let you go free.
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