On the way to the old ancestral hall in Yutang Village, Zhang Shouqing told Zhang Zichen and his two brothers about the corpse monument.

It turns out that the story of this corpse-suppressing monument has been around for some years.

As early as 1966 during the Cultural Revolution, due to the persecution of the Red Guards, the Longhu Taoist Temple was once destroyed. Feudal superstitions like this were the key targets of the attack that year.

Zhang Shouqing's master, Zhang Tianxi, could not escape the disaster. The Red Guard group in the county wreaked havoc on some ancient buildings in Yutang Village, including the Longhu Taoist Temple.

After the Longhu Taoist Temple was partially demolished, only a few broken walls remained, and Zhang Tianxi, the only Taoist priest in the Taoist temple, was hung on a pillar in the old ancestral hall of Yutang Village.

Those who were hanged together with Zhang Tianxi were several people with "errors" in the village, including the oldest man in Yutang Village.

It is said that this old man lived for more than two hundred years. He lived from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. He was the ancestor of the people in Yutang Village, and everyone called him this.

It is precisely because of this that this ancestor was convicted by the Red Guards of feudal superstition and demagoguery, and was hanged.

The Red Guards' behavior of randomly arresting people, killing people, burning, killing and looting angered many people, but because their rights still existed, many people just dared to be angry and dare not speak out.

The Red Guards decided to shoot this ancestor, Zhang Tianxi, and several other people in the village who were found guilty at noon the next day.

But he didn't expect that that night, the ancestor of the Li family used a secret method that even Zhang Tianxi had never seen before, turning himself into a zombie-like monster.

During the execution the next day, when the Red Guards untied the ancestor from the rope where he was hanging, the bloodthirsty nature of the ancestor began to be revealed.

This ancestor, who had lived for more than two hundred years, had white hair, a ferocious face, and two big bloody teeth, went on a killing spree, and not a single one of the fifty Red Guards was killed.

However, this did not stop the ancestor's murderous desire. The ancestor also wanted to kill other villagers and innocent people. It was only then that Zhang Tianxi took action to surrender the ancestor.

Later, the county sent people to inspect, but Zhang Tianxi used Taoist secrets to deceive them.

Zhang Tianxi did not incinerate the corpse of his ancestor. First, the ancestor was the oldest among the residents of Li's Fish Pond Village and the person they admired the most. Zhang Tianxi would not force anyone to burn his corpse.

Secondly, for this reason, Zhang Tianxi later lamented that he had done something wrong. Originally, Zhang Tianxi could have stopped his ancestor before he started killing people, but Zhang Tianxi waited until his ancestor killed fifty Red Guards before taking action. Zhang Tianxi

In this way, he got rid of the Red Guards and saved his own life. Although this was a despicable method, judging from the situation at that time, if he wanted to survive, he had to use some means. In order to repay his ancestors for saving his life.

, Zhang Tianxi decided to keep the intact body of his ancestor.

Third, Zhang Tianxi still doesn’t know the principle of this secret method of his ancestor. He only knows that when his ancestor uses this secret method, he traps his three souls and seven souls in his body, making him unable to reincarnate in the underworld. If

Zhang Tianxi cremated his ancestor at this time, fearing that his soul would be destroyed along with his body in the future.

In order to repay his ancestor for saving his life, Zhang Tianxi decided to seal his ancestor, and the sealing place was under the old ancestral hall of the Li family.

The villagers heard that this was the only way to preserve the bodies of their ancestors, so they dug a huge deep pit without any complaints.

In the deep pit, Zhang Tianxi arranged many talismans to dispel the hostility, and also found a stone that had been exposed to the sun all year round and had the power of the sun as a corpse stele to seal the ancestor's corpse underground.

From that day on, Zhang Tianxi, in addition to re-cultivating Taoism, also went to the Li Ancestral Hall to meditate and chant sutras to drive away the evil spirit of his ancestors. He hoped that one day his body would be able to corrupt, so that the souls of his ancestors could enter the underworld and return to the underworld again.

Reincarnated.

Now decades have passed, and three or four generations of the Li family in Yutang Village have changed. Since Zhang Tianxi completed the renovation of Longhu Taoist Temple, the rest of the family has disappeared, leaving only Zhang Shouqing.

Zhang Shouqing accepted Zhang Zichen and three other disciples purely unintentionally. These three disciples were all orphans abandoned by others at the gate of the Taoist temple. Zhang Shouqing had three disciples as soon as his heart softened.

Therefore, those who know about this matter are generally some elderly people in the village. Even Zhang Shouqing and Li Changgen, they only paid so much attention to the affairs of this ancestor under the repeated advice of the previous generation.

Li Changgen is anxious because what the exploration team is digging now is the ancestral grave of the ancestor of their Li family. What Zhang Shouqing is worried about is the ancestor who has turned into a strange creature. If he is released, he may die.

Many people.

After hearing this story, Zhang Zichen and his party of four also came to Yutang Village. Without hesitation, the village chief Li Changgen took Zhang Shouqing straight to the old ancestral hall in the west of the village.

The old ancestral hall on the west side looks a bit old. This ancient building is about the size of half a basketball court and is entirely made of wood and planks. But now, the old ancestral hall is in dilapidated condition. It was destroyed by the Red Guards back then.

After a while, it fell into disrepair and gradually, except for a few wooden walls, almost only the foundation remained of this old ancestral hall.

When Zhang Zichen and the others arrived at the old ancestral hall, they found that the place was already crowded with people.

Hundreds of people surrounded the old ancestral hall on three inner and outer floors. Zhang Zichen, who had just arrived, could not even see the edge of the ancestral hall.

At this old ancestral temple, the police have created an isolation zone to block the villagers outside the isolation zone.

"Changgen, you are finally here, they are about to dig!" When Li Changgen squeezed into the crowd, an old man who was at least ninety years old seemed to have found a savior. He took the village chief Li Changgen's hand and said,

He trembled and said: "Changgen, where is the Taoist Priest? Has the Taoist Priest invited you to come over?"

Li Changgen pulled Zhang Shouqing from behind and said, "Uncle, the Taoist priest is here. He and his two apprentices are here!"

When the old man saw Zhang Shouqing, his eyes suddenly filled with tears. He hurriedly knelt down to Zhang Shouqing and said, "Taoist Priest, you must stop this! This is the grave of our ancestors. Let's not talk about the graves of our ancestors. If our ancestors are dug up,

I don’t know how many people will be killed!”

This old man Li Da was one of the villagers who witnessed the murder of the Red Guards. He is now ninety-five years old. Li Da was young at the time, but now in the blink of an eye, decades have passed.

The ancestor's long fangs, sharp fingers, and monster-like face were all deeply engraved in Li Da's heart.

Li Da was a grandfather, and Zhang Shouqing did not dare to accept his gift. Before Li Da knelt down, Zhang Shouqing helped him up and said, "Mr. Li, I also want to stop this matter, but this old man

The ancestors are the ancestors of your Li family. If you don’t allow them to be dug up, what’s the matter? Do they still dare to mess around?”

Li Da was very thin, with age spots all over his body. He trembled and said: "These people said that the things under the old ancestral hall are helpful for research, are some ancient relics, and belong to the country. No, they promised the fish pond

Every household in the village can go to the county government to receive three thousand yuan as compensation. These damn children and grandchildren, they don’t know how powerful their ancestors are, so for this little money, they let these bandits dig their ancestors’ graves!”

Seeing Li Da burst into tears with anger, Zhang Shouqing was helpless. After all, this was the territory of the Li family. Since the Li family had agreed, Zhang Shouqing, as an outsider, could not interfere.

"Then what to do with the ancestor's body?" Zhang Shouqing was most worried about his ancestor.

"They promised to return the corpses of our ancestors to us for reburial, but under this old ancestral hall, all the formations and talismans made by your master will probably be taken away by these gangsters." Li Da's age

He is old, but he thinks clearly and speaks clearly.

"Hey!" Zhang Shouqing sighed. These formations and talismans were taken away by the exploration team, so they didn't have any special significance.
Chapter completed!