Chapter 102 Three souls complain about their grievances
Chapter 465 Three souls complain about their grievances
Duguyong and his son were caught by the sinister wind, and they stumbled forward. They almost stumbled on the threshold with their shoulders together, and then they half-stumbled and half-rolled into the courtyard together.
Before they could recover, the door behind them closed with a bang.
Fortunately, after the two fell down, their minds suddenly sobered up. The previous feeling of being dizzy and sleepwalking due to the sound of music suddenly disappeared, and the sound of the piano in their ears also stopped abruptly.
"Dad, are you okay?" Duguyong was young after all and got up faster.
"It doesn't matter." Dugu Sheng did not hesitate to give in. When he stood up, he was already kneeling on one knee in a warning posture.
"The courtyard wall is not high, let's just jump out." The next second, Dugu Yong came up with a very constructive idea.
Although in most horror games or movies with a haunted house theme, a few locked doors and windows, or a height difference of two or three floors, are enough to prevent the protagonists from escaping.
But now the two people in our story are both martial arts masters. When they use Qing Gong, the two or three meter high courtyard wall will look fake.
"Yes, yes..." Dugu Sheng thought for a while and replied, "But if after we go out, we are fascinated by the music like before and are pushed in again..."
"Then let's try it first and then talk about it." Dugu Yong said, "What if the act just now can only be done once?"
"Hmm...that makes sense." Dugu Sheng groaned and said, "Let's go!"
As soon as the words fell, the father and son immediately raised their heads in tacit understanding and looked to the heights.
Then the two of them just briefly estimated the distance and height, then stepped on each other and jumped onto the wall one after another.
But when they finally went up, they found that the outside of the wall had turned into a pitch-black abyss, with no place to stay.
The father and son looked at each other, knowing that they could not leave anymore, so they could only turn around and jump back into the courtyard together.
"Son...Have nephew Huang Shi ever taught you what ordinary people should do when encountering this kind of situation?" Dugu Sheng and his son didn't hesitate and asked after landing.
"Children's urine...seems to be of some use." Dugu Yong never beat around the bush with his father, he was someone who dared to ask and answer questions.
Of course, what he said is indeed true. Ordinary people who have never studied Taoism have something with them that is really effective, and it is just soaking in urine.
"Then are you still a boy?" Dugu Sheng also took this opportunity. Before today, he was really not sure whether his son had been exposed in the past many years of walking in the world. Now he took advantage of this moment to ask in passing.
"Yes." Dugu Yong had nothing to lie about, "And I have to pee now."
"Then if you keep controlling, uh... maybe it will be useful later." Dugu Sheng felt a little bit pained after he said these words. After all, the last time he said the word "continue controlling" to his son, I'm afraid it must be
Thirty years ago.
And just as they were communicating, they heard a "squeak" sound, and the door of the hall opposite the yard opened.
Immediately after, someone walked out of the room.
That was a young man, about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a delicate appearance and a thin figure.
The young man was wearing a plain cloth suit and soap-colored coarse cloth shoes. At first glance, he seemed to be a rather elegant and simple child. However, he had a large red silk belt tied around his waist, which was particularly eye-catching and contrasted with him.
The whole look looks out of place.
"Two heroes, I have been rude in my childhood. I hope you will forgive me if I have offended you." The young man walked out of the house. Without saying a word, he bowed deeply and apologized to Dugu and his son. Listening to his voice, it seemed that he was still in a state of disbelief.
During the voice-changing period, my voice is a bit childish.
"Who are you?" Dugu Sheng also asked straightforwardly at this moment, "Are you a human or a ghost?"
"Xiaosheng Peng Ying, courtesy name Yuhua." The young man hesitated for a moment before saying, "Oh... to be honest, Xiaosheng is no longer alive, so I have no choice but to bother you two today." He paused.
After a pause, "I don't know if the two heroes are willing to go to the house to talk about it, and wait for the young man to explain the matter slowly."
Hearing this, Dugu and his son immediately exchanged glances, and instantly read the same opinion from each other's eyes - they haven't finished turning us into this house, do they still want us to enter the main room? There is no door!
In those days, there were more legends about monsters and ghosts than there are gossips about celebrities today. The father and son were both in their decades, and they had heard about eighty of these stories. They knew the tricks very well.
Not to mention whether the young man in front of him who claims to be a ghost is pretending to be polite and telling the truth... Even if the other party is telling the truth, it doesn't rule out that the other party will fall out after entering the house because his demands are not met, right?
Furthermore, for stories like this where ghosts and foxes invite people into the house to "entertain" them, nine out of ten will involve eating and drinking, and eight out of nine will be based on the "original delicacies of entertaining people"
The delicacies all end with "grass, rocks and soil conjured up by goblins using blind tricks"...Dugu and his son have been hungry for several days, so what's the point of trying eating soil?
However, since the other party's words were quite polite and his attitude was quite sincere, it would not be convenient to fall out on the spot.
"There's no need to go into the house..." Dugu Sheng's tone in his second sentence also softened a bit, "Both of us, father and son, are people who travel around the world, and we can go there in wind and rain. In this courtyard
It'll be fine if you stand there for a while. If you have something to say, young master, you might as well say it here."
"This..." Peng Ying looked a little embarrassed, but after thinking about it, he agreed. Then he sighed again, "Oh... okay." After that, he turned around and raised his head slightly.
He said in a loud voice, "Father, sister, come out. The two strong men want to talk in the courtyard."
When they heard that there was not one opponent, but three, Dugu and his son felt a little guilty.
"Son... are you... enough?" Dugu Sheng quietly confirmed with his son before the other two showed up.
"Let's see..." Dugu Yong didn't know how to answer.
He really wasn't worried about whether it was enough right now, but he was worried about whether something would happen later that would frighten him into leaking.
On the other side, within a moment, another shadow appeared behind Peng Ying.
Some people may want to ask, isn't there a "father" and a "sister"? They should be two, why are they just one shadow?
It's actually very simple - Peng Ying's sister was carried out by her father.
"Two heroes, these are my father and my sister." Peng Ying introduced.
"Old man Peng Lu, I have met two heroes." Peng Lu is actually not as old as Dugu Sheng, only in his early fifties, but his energy and spirit do look much older than Dugu Sheng's, and this age was indeed higher than that of Dugu Sheng.
It can be called old and decrepit.
"Little girl Peng, I have seen two strong men." Peng, who was lying on her father's back, also said.
At this time, the Dugu father and son watched intently, and saw that the two new ones were also dressed in simple clothes, and their demeanor and demeanor showed that they were honest people. Moreover, from the appearance of these three people, it could be seen that they were from the same family, which meant that Peng Ying
At least he shouldn't have lied about this matter.
As a result, Dugu and his son lowered their guard a little more.
Then, they began to listen to the "things" these three ghosts had to say.
As for that matter, we have to start from Cangzhou...
Let’s talk about this Peng Lu. He was originally an ordinary craftsman in Cangzhou City. He made a living by making and selling lanterns. Because he was good at craftsmanship and had a good conscience when doing business, his life was getting better and better. He completed his “wife” in less than thirty years.
The life goal of "Children are on the hot bed".
But not long after, Peng Lu's first child died young; and his second child, Peng, also suffered from a serious illness when she was a child, which is now called polio, causing her legs to be damaged.
Some are deformed and can only walk with crutches when they grow up.
As for Peng Ying, Peng Lu's third child, he didn't have any serious problems, he was just a little thin. However, within a few years after he was born, Peng Lu's wife died of illness again.
After that, Peng Lu raised his two children alone.
In the early years, matchmakers also came to propose marriage to Mr. Peng, but in Peng's case, the people introduced by the matchmakers were not good people, so Peng Lu refused.
Later, when Peng Lu got older, he simply taught all his skills to Peng, thinking that he could take care of his daughter day by day, and if he was gone one day, his daughter would still have a skill to make a living.
And Peng Ying is also very impressive. Although he was born in poverty and had to do a lot of work for the family, he was admitted to the Tongsheng School at the age of thirteen. He is also extremely talented in music and got the title of "Tongsheng" at a young age.
It was appreciated by many local literati.
The Peng family siblings are not only very sensible, but also have a good relationship with each other. They lost their mother when they were young and were not in good health, so they have always taken care of each other so that their father would be less burdened. In the year when they were admitted to Tongsheng, Peng also
She took out the savings she had saved over the years, bought a piece of good material, and knitted a plain silk silk belt for her younger brother. Peng Ying was reluctant to wear it until the holidays.
They are such a kind and harmonious family. Although their life is not always smooth sailing, their life is still promising.
However, two years ago, something happened... that broke everything.
The beginning of the accident came from a "door-to-door rent collection".
Let’s talk about the Peng family’s residence, which is located on a street in the southwest of Cangzhou City. There is a shop in the front and several bungalows with courtyards in the back. Naturally, they rent a house like this and have to pay the landlord every month.
rent.
And who is their landlord? Everyone should be familiar with it. It is a powerful sect in Cangzhou - Xingyimen.
Although the leader, Shao Dejin, is a narrow-minded person, Xingyimen is still one of the most prestigious and upright families among the four sects and three gangs, so their industrial operations are relatively standardized and the rents are fair.
The Peng Lu family has been renting there for many years, and everything is fine.
Speaking of which, when Lin Yuancheng was still in Xingyimen, he also did the job of collecting rent from door to door, and he also dealt with this family, and everyone was polite.
However, two summers ago, because Shao Dejin took a large number of disciples to Dengzhou to participate in the "Seven Heroes Meeting", Xingyimen was really short of manpower during that period and the management was relatively chaotic.
Therefore, Shao Dejin's son Shao Shanhu took on part of the task of "door-to-door rent collection".
This Shao Shanhu is similar to his father... he is narrow-minded and has poor qualifications. He obviously has no talent, but he thinks very highly of himself and he likes to show off everywhere.
What's even more outrageous is that Shao Dejin only has this kind of virtue in martial arts, while Shao Shanhu feels that he is both civilized and martial, and so is his culture.
On weekdays, when Shao Dejin is around, Shao Shanhu is not allowed to do anything practical. After all, no one knows more about his son than his father. He also understands that his son can't do anything. As long as he doesn't cause big trouble, he can just let him eat, drink and have fun.
.
But this time, Shao Dejin was not here, and most of the men in the sect were gone. Seeing that the day of rent collection was coming, he had to go... Therefore, Shao Shanhu "reluctantly" took over the command of rent collection.
right.
In less than half a day, he first divided all the rent from those who were difficult to collect, those who lived far away, and those who were prone to arrears in rent. As for himself, he selected a few families who usually paid rent on time and were the most talkative.
Go and collect it. Speaking of which, he also calculated his strength.
In the afternoon of that day, Shao Shanhu had a full meal and took a walk to Peng Lu's house.
Because he felt that there were too many people in the shop at the front door, and people of his status didn't want to squeeze in, so he went straight to the back door, which was the door on the side of the Peng family's house.
Bang bang bang——
Shao Shanhu smashed the door panel several times before a young man hurried over and answered the door.
During the day, Peng was busy working in the shop, and Peng's legs and feet were inconvenient, so naturally Peng Ying, who was studying in the study, came to open the door.
"Tsk, why does it take you so long to open the door? Make me wait for a long time?" Shao Shanhu was not polite at all when he saw Peng Ying. He curled up his big mouth and sounded like a father when he opened his mouth. In fact, he was just
Eighteen or nineteen, a few years older than Peng Ying.
Of course, after all, he is a second-generation martial artist. In terms of physique alone, compared with Peng Ying, there is indeed a gap between Shao Shanhu and Peng Ying. There is a gap between a strong adult and a stunted teenager.
"Oh, it's Young Master Shao. We rarely visit, but we don't know..." Peng Ying once went to Xingyi Gate with her father to wish Shao Dejin on his birthday. She had met Shao Shanhu a few times. She knew he was the landlord's son and didn't dare to offend him.
, he was also very polite when he spoke.
"Stop being so nagging, it's time to pay this month's rent. Bring it and I'll leave." Up to this moment, Shao Shanhu didn't actually have any evil thoughts. He didn't even bother to step into the other party's door.
However...
"What's going on?" At this moment, Mrs. Peng heard that the person talking to her brother had a very loud voice and a bad tone, so she opened the window of her room and asked here.
Shao Shanhu looked over Peng Ying's shoulder and looked across the yard. He just happened to see Peng's head sticking out of the window. At that time, he said to himself: "Hey! The Peng family is great. A phoenix came out of the pheasant nest."
Already?"
Shao Shanhu has always been arrogant on weekdays. The Peng family is just one of their many tenants in Xingyi Gate. Naturally, he doesn't know the specific situation of the other party's family. So now, looking from a distance, he can't tell Peng's family.
Although her legs and feet are inconvenient, I just think that this little lady has a pretty face, and her skin is so white that it looks like she hasn't seen the sun all year round... just one glance.
"Haha... It's kind of interesting." Two seconds later, Shao Shanhu smiled and pushed Peng Ying away, walked into the other party's courtyard, and then looked straight at Peng,
Without looking back he asked, "Who is this?"
With this posture, it was as if this was his own house and Peng Ying was his servant.
As for Peng Ying, although he was staggered by the opponent and was a little stunned, as soon as he recovered, he immediately realized the meaning of Shao Shanhu's words and deeds, so he immediately walked around to Shao Shanhu and stopped him and said:
"Mr. Shao, my sister is ill and has been bedridden all year round. It is inconvenient to see guests. I am not polite enough. I hope you will forgive me."
Even though Peng Ying is young and physically weak, he is not a coward. Even when facing someone like Shao Shanhu who is much stronger than him, he still has to stop him when he should.
"Since you are here to collect rent, please come and sit in the hall, and I will get some silver right away." Peng Ying said, pointing to another room, signaling Shao Shanhu to go there.
When her brother said these words, Mrs. Peng had already closed the window.
"Ah...oh, okay, okay..." But Shao Shanhu's eyes still stayed on the window, looking around while moving.
Of course, no matter how you say he is a well-known and upright young sect leader, you can't say that at this time, he knocked down Peng Ying with one punch and then went into the house to pick flowers... In broad daylight, no high-ranking official from Ximen would do such a thing.
But in Shao Shanhu's heart, he has been thinking about Mr. Peng ever since.
That day, when he returned home after collecting the rent, he asked people, what was going on with the girl from the Peng family?
Well, it wasn't much of a secret. Soon he found out, oh... I got sick when I was young and my legs and feet were weak, so I never got married.
But knowing this did not dispel his thoughts about Peng.
People are like this, and first impressions have a great impact on us: If Shao Shanhu saw Peng for the first time, and the other person appeared on crutches, dragging two slightly deformed legs, he might not have much idea.
But at the first glance, he only saw the other person's face exposed on the window edge, and he fell in love immediately. Later he found out that there was something wrong with the other person's leg, and there was a process of acceptance...
But you said, let him come to propose marriage and let the matchmaker marry him. That is impossible because he is not willing to marry a cripple.
Shao Shanhu just thought that it would be best to have a good relationship with the other person without having to marry him. If one day he no longer wanted to be with the other person, he could just walk away and stop contacting her.
And the more he thought about it, the more he thought it was feasible... because he felt that even able-bodied girls like him, who were both civil and military talents, would have to compete for his support, let alone a disabled "old girl"? She and I
Well, she won't suffer.
Besides, this Peng family has never left the door, and she has been locked up in the house for about twenty years. How come I saw it by such a coincidence? Maybe she was hoping that I would go and be nice to him, so she opened the window specifically.
I saw it, right?
Anyway, this kind of thinking makes you want to slap them both in the mouth, but Shao Shanhu takes it seriously.
Then this kid ran to other people's homes every now and then. Peng Ying couldn't stop her even if she wanted to; she couldn't stop him either. The landlord's son came to talk to you, why don't you drive him away?
But Shao Shanhu said he was chatting with Peng Ying, but in fact he was always looking for opportunities to get in touch with Peng.
Peng Ying was not stupid. He had been doing this three or two times. Why couldn't he figure it out? So he told his sister and father about the matter.
But after thinking about it as a family, there really was nothing they could do. After all, Shao Shanhu had not done anything really bad so far, not to mention he was the landlord's young master. He couldn't afford to offend him, so he could only endure it.
Let's act upright and deal with it carefully. Maybe after a while, he will feel that there is no opportunity to take advantage of him and stop coming.
Unfortunately, that's what they thought. Shao Shanhu thought: They didn't complain about me walking around like this. Maybe they wanted to welcome me, right?
Therefore, he tried harder and worked harder.
And every time Shao Shanhu, an uninvited guest, came back, Peng Ying had to accompany him, keep an eye on him, and be on guard... He couldn't even read the book properly.
Finally one time, Shao Shanhu took advantage of Peng Ying to walk away for a while to pour tea, and ran straight into Peng's room. When Peng Ying saw the other person coming in, she sternly asked him to go out, but Shao Shanhu smiled playfully.
Making teasing remarks and getting closer step by step.
Peng yelled in desperation, and Shao Shanhu panicked and ran out of the house, just in time to bump into Peng Ying again.
Peng Ying thought her sister was being bullied, so she grabbed Shao Shanhu and tried to argue with her. Shao Shanhu felt guilty, so in a hurry, he raised his palm and knocked Peng Ying to the ground, and ran away in a hurry.
Shao Shanhu was a martial arts practitioner. He was in a panic and his attack was careless. Peng Ying's body was already thin. After being beaten like this, she vomited blood on the spot. Later, she lay in bed for half a month, unable to get off the ground.
Rumors about Shao Shanhu also spread among the people, saying that he hurt people and escaped because he failed to tease her.
So can he bear it?
Shao Shanhu still felt that he had been cheated. With his talents, the bitch of the Peng family didn't know how to praise him. He pretended to be a chaste and martyr girl. And his younger brother was like a piece of tofu. He fell down when he was slapped.
Are you trying to blackmail me by gossiping about me everywhere?
No, we have to take revenge. This old Peng family is so shameful. We have to teach them a lesson!
Thinking of this, the dissatisfied Shao Shanhu began to go to Peng's lantern shop every three days to find trouble.
Originally, Peng Lu couldn't take care of his business because his daughter and son now needed to be taken care of and he had to hire a doctor. If Shao Shanhu continued to make such a fuss, he would be completely out of business.
And there is nothing the Peng family can do about it. They will definitely not be able to defeat Shao Shanhu. Even if they sue the officials, the officials will most likely side with the rich and powerful Xingyimen.
Taking a step back, what if we actually win the lawsuit? This matter is nothing more than compensation for medical expenses, but what about after compensation? It will be too easy for Shao Shanhu to retaliate against you in the future; if nothing else,
First of all, if you find a random reason and say that the house is no longer available for rent, what will you do? Will other landlords in the city still dare to rent to you? Will they offend Xingyimen for your family?
The three members of the Peng family thought about it again and again, and finally thought... forget it, let's go on our own. Anyway, we have skills and can live the same life in another place.
Half a month later, Peng Lu went to Xingyimen and said that the house was no longer available for rent and he wanted the deposit back. His family was leaving Cangzhou this time and went to the south to join relatives.
Shao Shanhu took a look at it and said, "That's great. Once you three get out, the neighbors won't be able to gossip for a few days anymore," so he refunded their money.
Peng Lu got back the deposit, bought a car and horses, took his family and luggage, and headed south.
One day, while walking on the road, the weather suddenly changed, and the three of them accidentally entered Zhimaling. They couldn't get out even when it was dark.
As a result, that night, they encountered a pack of wolves. The horses pulling the cart were frightened and ran off on their own, leaving their family of three...Peng's legs and feet were inconvenient, Peng Ying's injuries were not healed, and Peng Lu was even less likely to be left behind.
A pair of children ran for their lives alone.
Therefore, Peng Lu had no choice but to pick up torches and sticks and fight the wolves to the death. Peng and Peng Ying also tried their best to help, but although they succeeded in killing a few wolves, they eventually exhausted themselves, and the remaining wolves were in front of them.
Peng Ying's face bit his father and sister to death and dragged them away.
Peng Ying cried all night, and the next day she hanged herself with the blood-stained belt around her waist made by her sister.
In this way, a family that was originally living a happy life perished in this barren mountain and turned into a lonely ghost with a lot of resentment.
Tonight, they came to Dugu and his son for no other reason than to ask these two heroes to help them find Shao Shanhu... to take revenge!
Of course, don’t get me wrong. These three ghosts of the Peng family don’t want Dugu and his son to kill Shao Shanhu directly. They want Dugu and his son to take the three of them “back to Cangzhou” and let them do it themselves.
Go find that Shao Shanhu to settle the score.
Dugu Yong hated evil as much as he hated his enemies. After listening to Peng Ying's and others' narration, his anger rushed to the top of his head.
He said it right on the spot, saying that this man named Shao had gone too far to bully others, forcing his whole family to have no choice but to die in the mountains and forests. Can I not care about this? I will take care of the three of you. If you fail to claim your lives, I will
You can come and do it for me.
But Dugu Sheng was calmer, and after thinking about it, he asked his son not to talk too much. After all, Xingyi Sect is not a small sect. Besides, Shao Shanhu did not directly kill anyone in this matter. Now you are doing it without any evidence.
If you want to be the judge of yin and yang, how will you explain yourself later in the world?
However, Dugu Sheng didn't say he didn't care, he just said that he should take the three Peng family members to Cangzhou City first and then make further calculations.
Seeing that Dugu and his son had agreed, the three Peng family members also burst into tears of gratitude. Suddenly, Dugu Yong and Dugu Sheng woke up from the place where they had slept.
Everything just now seemed like a dream.
However, at this moment, in the open space beside them, there was a broken piano, a red belt, and a lantern with the word "Peng" written on it.