The mute woman's maiden name is Lu, and no one remembers her maiden name. When she was not mute, others called her Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Lu.
Ten years ago, Mrs. Lu suddenly became mute. It was said that she was frightened and had a high fever that lasted all night.
I have heard that high fever can turn a person into a fool. This is the first time that a person becomes dumb and deaf due to fever.
Mrs. Lu was never pregnant in the early years, and she was rubbed by her husband's family. She did all the housework at home and farm work outside.
There was also a gambler whose husband was always reaching for her money, and would beat her if she didn't give it.
Fortunately, Mrs. Lu got pregnant when she was almost forty years old and gave birth to her daughter Dong Pei.
Good things happened one after another. The husband, a gambler, owed money from a loan shark and was beaten to death. No one found him lying on the roadside in the winter, and the next day he was gone.
The mother-in-law at home followed her without even mentioning it.
Mrs. Lu had no one to talk to her about, and she had a daughter. The life of an orphan and a widowed mother was getting better and better.
With her skillful hands, she could change even the simplest ingredients. She simply organized the first floor of her home and opened a small restaurant. The income on weekdays was enough to support the two of them.
Until ten years ago, Yanjia Town once again held a festival to worship the gods, and the Taishan Prefecture's palace chose a cook.
Mrs. Lu is a loyal believer of Taishan Prefecture Lord. She believes that Taishan Prefecture Lord has taken away the evil mother-in-law and gambling husband from her head.
She was diligent and honest, so she was selected to be a helper in the kitchen.
It happened that Dong Pei, who was only eight or nine years old at the time, was feeling unwell.
Mrs. Lu heard someone say that the offerings offered in front of the statues were infused with divine energy, and that eating them would make ordinary people healthy and prolong their lives.
Worried about her daughter, Mrs. Lu took advantage of the evening, when the kitchen assistant had packed up the kitchen and was about to leave, she sneaked to the main hall alone, intending to pick up two offerings and bring them back to Dong Pei.
The offerings in front of the statue are distributed uniformly to the people in the town the next day. The greater the contribution and the more incense money donated, the better the offerings can be obtained.
Mrs. Lu didn't have such a blessing, so she came up with a sneaky plan. She thought that Mr. Taishan Mansion had a lot of people to help people in need, so he would definitely not argue with her, a widowed old woman.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Lu just wanted to get two tributes, but she accidentally encountered a tragic incident.
During the day, the bride, who was happily carried to the Palace of Taishan Prefecture, rushed over. Her clothes were disheveled and her body was covered with traces of being humiliated. She hit Shi Gandang outside the main hall with her head and suffered a bloody head.
, his brain collapsed and he died on the spot. His watery eyes did not close until he died.
Then came two Taoist priests, Sun and Wang, with disheveled robes and fierce expressions, looking at the bride who had been killed.
"Ignorance means bad luck. What a blessing it is to be favored by Master Dao."
"You will cause some trouble for me. If you can't control it any more, you'll just have to do it."
"Senior brother, I didn't expect this bitch to be so hot-tempered."
"Don't talk about this. One of them is missing. The person who takes the goods will be here soon. You can deal with them over there."
"I'll go find the man named Fan and ask him to add another one."
Mayor Fan hurried over, with a foreigner who was traveling here tied up in his hand. He was about the same age as the bride, seventeen or eighteen years old.
The night was getting darker, and there were more and more people in the courtyard outside the main hall. There were strangers whom I didn't know, as well as the saints and saints who were sent to the Taishan Prefecture this year. They were all lying on the ground in a coma, surrounded by a few tall and strong men.
After careful inspection, the big and thick men took them all away.
Mrs. Lu, who witnessed this scene with her own eyes, covered her mouth tightly and hid under the altar. She had lived for decades. How could she not understand what was happening?
It turns out that the sacrifices to the gods were all fake. The bride offered to the Lord of Taishan was just a plaything in their hands, and the saints and saints were commodities for sale.
Mrs. Lu hid under the altar for a long time. When she hid outside, there was no one and no sound at all. Only the blood stains on Shi Gandang outside the main hall were still there, so she left here cautiously and fearfully.
Mrs. Lu was timid and knew the evil things these people had done, but she didn't dare to say anything. A high fever turned her into a mute and deaf person, and she became a criminal who harbored evil.
Ten years passed by, and Mrs. Lu never had a good night's sleep, and she never went to the Taishan Palace. She only wanted to raise her daughter as soon as possible.
Until Dong Pei graduated from high school and was admitted to a university in other places, Mrs. Lu thought that all the hardships would be rewarded, but this year's sacrifice ceremony selected Dong Pei as the bride to be sacrificed to the Lord of Mount Tai.
How could Mrs. Lu not know that worshiping the gods was just a cover? She let her daughter go and escape from this ghost place.
But when Mayor Fan arrived at her house that night, his daughter screamed all night long.
The next day, Mayor Fan left with his belt in hand. Several people came in, dressed up Dong Pei and put him into the sedan chair.
Mrs. Lu cried and shouted and chased her, but it was too late. Dong Pei could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide by taking poison.
"I want revenge. My daughter is gone, so I have nothing to fear."
"I sharpened the machete at home very sharply. I chopped off Mayor Fan's head with one blow without even a scratch on that beast."
"And these two fake Taoist priests are really lucky. When I came, Taoist Wang seemed to have lost his soul. I pierced his chest with a knife and he didn't even scream."
"Finally, this Taoist Sun is also dead. He is dead. He died well."
"As for gods, what kind of gods are they? There are no gods at all. The Prince of Mount Tai and the God of Mount Tai are all fake, fake." Mrs. Lu was going crazy and yelled at everyone.
"Mr. Lu, you killed someone and didn't repent. You made up such a big story, slandered two Taoist priests, and you dared to be disrespectful to the God of Mount Tai."
"Mr. Lu, you fart, my baby is going to serve the God of Mount Tai, so that's why she wasn't abducted."
"Baoya, where are you? This is Fujun Palace. My Baoya must be here."
"And my Zhuangzhuang."
"Zhuang Zhuang, mom is here, where are you?"
The noise in the crowd continued. Over the years, none of the saints and saints who were sent to the Taishan Palace would appear in front of people again.
No matter how good the two Taoist priests said, saying that the saints and saints all went to serve the God of Mount Tai and were no longer in the mortal world, do they really have no doubts?
I didn't dare to doubt it before.
The two Taoist priests have many tricks that make people unable to open their mouths, not to mention the fact that there is a mayor who is working as an accomplice.
Now, the truth is right in front of our eyes, who can still pretend to be confused and understand.
The noise grew louder and louder, and the townspeople who wanted to find their children began to run outside.
"Bang, bang..."
There were successive collisions, and everyone who tried to run out ran into a transparent wall.
"what happened?"
Le Ziang tentatively stretched out his hands, and within two steps, his hands pressed against a wall, but there was nothing in front of him.
"Dong, dong, dong..."
Violent footsteps sounded, like an earthquake, and some people on the ground were unable to stand firmly.
Lu Xi looked towards the main hall.
finally come.
"It's the God of Mount Tai, God of Mount Tai is here." One person's face showed ecstasy and he knelt down piously.
The frightened townspeople knelt down one after another like a conditioned reflex. Here, whether true or false, Mount Tai is a belief engraved in their bones.
