At this moment, the constable at the front of the parade suddenly caught a glimpse of my great-great-grandfather. He hurriedly walked out of the procession and pulled my great-great-grandfather to an empty place by the roadside with a smile on his face.
The constable cupped his hands and said to my great-great-grandfather with a smile,"Mr. Liu, you have contributed greatly to the county government solving this case. The county magistrate has already reported this matter to the governor. The governor said that he will report it to the imperial court as soon as possible. In the future, everyone will be rewarded according to their contributions.”
When my great-great-grandfather heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand in fear and trepidation." I don't have any credit. This case was solved by you He County the county magistrate. I don't want to reward you."”
The constable was still smiling." Mr. Liu, you're too modest. If you hadn't provided us with clues, how could we have solved the case? Speaking of which, you've contributed the most. When the court's approval comes down in the future, you'll be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.”
My great-great-grandfather wasn't someone who was greedy for money. He didn't think that the imperial court rewarding him with 100 taels of silver was anything to be happy about. This 100 taels of silver was not an ordinary heavy sum. It was exchanged for more than 10 lives!
After that, my great-great-grandfather had another thought. If the imperial court really rewarded him with a hundred taels of silver, he could give this silver to the families of those who had lost their children. At the thought of this, my great-great-grandfather finally forced a smile and cupped his hands at the constable." Thank you, sir. If the imperial court really rewards me with a hundred taels of silver, I, Liu Yi, will treat you to a drink."”
When the constable heard this, he laughed out loud. He seemed to have been waiting for his great-great-grandfather to say this.
At this time, the prison carriage had already gone far away, but the commoners of Sanwang Village were still unwilling to let it go. They followed the prison carriage and smashed stones, poking them with sticks.
Curses, smashing sounds, and screams still resounded in the sky before dawn. At this moment, the constable turned his head to look at the team that had left. He cupped his hands at his great-great-grandfather and said," Mr. Liu, I still have work to do today. Let's talk another day. We'll meet again."”With that, the constable turned around and ran after the prison carriage.
At this moment, my great-great-grandfather thought of something. After being stunned for a moment, he hurriedly took a few steps forward and pulled the constable back." Sir, Sir, please wait a moment. I still have something to ask you."”
The constable looked back at my great-great-grandfather in confusion and stopped in his tracks." Mr. Liu, if you have anything to ask, feel free to ask."”
My great-great-grandfather went straight to the point." Did you fill that hole?”
The constable nodded." Yes."”
"That…that thing inside, did you touch it?”When my great-great-grandfather asked this question, he seemed very nervous.
This made the constable, who was good at observing people's expressions, very confused." No, according to you, not only did we move those jars, but we also moved those things in the cave. We didn't even move a straw rope and buried them all."”
When my great-great-grandfather heard this, he immediately heaved a sigh of relief." That's good, that's good…" Then, my great-great-grandfather thought of something else." Where's the letter? I remember that you put him away."
At this moment, the constable seemed to have understood his great-great-grandfather's real intention. He burst into laughter and said," Mr. Liu, you... you're really a righteous person. I admire you, I admire you..." As he spoke, the constable hurriedly cupped his fists again and bowed to his great-great-grandfather." Mr. Liu, don't worry. I've already burned that letter. Who doesn't want the formula of the Immortality Pill? If this letter falls into the hands of the evildoers, it will be another disaster!"”
When my great-great-grandfather heard this, he laughed foolishly." That's good, that's good. Sir, you're wise. Sir, you're wise…"
Half a month later, which was the ninth year of Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty, the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar in 1870, around the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Tongzhi Emperor issued a secret edict to purge Taoism and investigate the case of the missing children.
Because it was a secret edict, it was not recorded in history, and very few people knew about it. However, it was occasionally mentioned in some Taoist historical records.
It was the latter half of the year that was considered a disaster for Taoism. Many Taoist temples were secretly burned all over the country, and countless Taoists were secretly captured and killed.
Although the secret edict was targeted at the evil sect of the Qingshui Sect, some local officials, in order to show off their merits, caused many orthodox Taoists to be implicated. Many Taoist theories and classics were burned and destroyed this year, just like the burning of books and burying of Confucianism during the Kangxi and Qianlong periods. This also caused the current Taoist theory to be incomplete. Many Taoist techniques and pill recipes were lost, and there was a fault.
This was a huge loss, and it made people sigh. In the end, it was undoubtedly the Clear Water Sect's rat sh * t that ruined the pot of porridge!
Another half a month later, it was the beginning of September. At this time, the two banks of the Yellow River had already entered the busy farming season. Because my great-great-grandfather's ancestors had been begging for food in the Yellow River for generations, or rowing boats or fishing. There was no land. At this time, he was still as usual, working at night and sleeping during the day.
This morning, my great-great-grandfather was sleeping soundly when someone knocked on his door. My great-great-grandfather's house has a courtyard, but the door to the courtyard has never been closed. It's open day and night.
The knocking was quite urgent, and it didn't take long for my great-great-grandfather to wake up. When he got dressed and opened the door, he saw the village chief standing outside with a few villagers. Including the village chief, they all looked tired as if they hadn't slept last night. My great-great-grandfather hastened them into the room.
After the village chief and the others explained their intentions, my great-great-grandfather's expression changed drastically, and cold sweat faintly appeared on his forehead.
It turned out that all the villagers, including the village chief, had heard the cries of children after midnight last night. Moreover, it was not just one child, but a group of children. The cries were quite miserable, and it seemed to have come from the direction of the barren slope. Because at this time, everyone in the village knew what had happened in the barren slope cave. They suspected that the souls of the children were crying. Everyone was so scared that they did not dare to sleep for the entire night.
So, early in the morning, a few people gathered together and were brought by the village chief to look for my great-great-grandfather. However, the strange thing was that my great-great-grandfather didn't hear any crying last night. After the third watch, he made some food and drank until the fourth watch. During this time, he didn't hear any discordant sounds.
Later, my great-great-grandfather found out that these people were all born during the Yin period. It was easy for them to provoke these unclean things. It was not strange for them to hear the cries of children.
What was "Yin hour"? It was after the third watch, between eleven o'clock and one o'clock.
At this time, my great-great-grandfather suppressed the worry in his heart and smiled at the village chief and the others."What's wrong, what's wrong? The souls of those children are sealed in the jar. The constables in our county have already sent people to bury them.”
"Then who could it be?" Before my great-great-grandfather could finish his sentence, the village chief asked carefully.
My great-great-grandfather thought for a moment and said," I'll go to the barren slope to take a look at it in the middle of the night. I can't tell what's going on now, but don't worry. It's nothing. I should sleep tonight. I just heard something. I heard it and it hit me."”
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