Chapter 313 The Village Account Book
Chapter 313 The Village Account Book
Tian Lin was willing to wait, but the female corpse was not so willing to wait.
She was not sure whether her husband was still alive, so she was extremely anxious to save her husband's life.
But Tian Lin had already given some good advice, so he no longer paid any attention to the female corpse and returned to the village with Mei Xiangu.
"This village is not small, and it looks quite old."
Mei Xiangu pushed open a dilapidated house and stepped on the bumpy ground.
"I think this village has existed for as long as the Great Qi Dynasty has disappeared."
While Tian Lin was talking, he followed Mei Xiangu into the peach house.
The peach house was also in a dilapidated state, and the ground inside the house was also full of potholes and honeycomb-like holes.
Tian Lin was no stranger to these honeycomb-like holes.
When they first encountered the tree demon's tree root attack in the secret realm, they saw a large number of honeycomb caves forming.
Therefore, Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu both knew that the reason why there were honeycombs on the walls and the ground of the entire village was simply because of the tree demon.
In other words, the roots of the tree demon had dug countless holes here, covering the entire village.
"What kind of god is this village worshipping?"
As soon as she entered the peach house, Mei Xiangu's eyes turned to the shrine on the peach house.
They went to several houses one after another. No matter how big or small the house was, there was a statue of the god in every house.
Unfortunately, only the clay-cast lower half of the statue remains, while the upper half has disappeared without exception.
Tian Lin's eyes were not on the shrine, but on the banner behind it.
The five characters "Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents, and Teacher" were inscribed on the banner, sharing the same worship shrine as the shrine.
It can be predicted that many years ago when the Great Qi Dynasty was still in existence, the villagers of this village were offering sacrifices to it.
It’s a pity that no one knows what happened afterwards. Perhaps it was due to evil spirits, and all the villagers died.
Once the villagers died, the statues and banners in the shrines no longer received incense and the supply was completely cut off.
"There's nothing to see here, let's go look somewhere else."
Mei Xiangu passed by the peach house, and then went through the kitchen and the villagers' bedrooms.
The stove and pots and pans were still there in the kitchen, and the tattered clothes in the bedroom were all covered in dust.
But Tian Lin had an unexpected gain in the bedroom. He picked up an account book on the table beside the bed.
Apart from the dust on it, the handwriting in this account book is quite complete.
"On February 28, the 13th year of Tianbao, the temple priest distributed 27 strings of money for incense."
"On the first day of the third month in the thirteenth year of Tianbao, a grand sacrifice was held at the Temple of the Goddess of Childbirth."
"On the second day of the third month in the thirteenth year of Tianbao, a grand sacrifice was held at the Temple of the Goddess of Childbirth."
"On the third day of the third month in the thirteenth year of Tianbao, widow Zhang from Tanjia Village came to pray for a child, and the temple priest gave her ten strings of money as incense money."
"On the seventh day of the third month in the thirteenth year of Tianbao, I bought the Qi-refining powder in Tianyuan Town and bought "Xianyan for Young Learners""
"On the ninth day of the third month in the thirteenth year of Tianbao, the village chief wanted to invite a teacher to open a private school, but the temple priest did not allow it." Looking at the book that looked like an account book and a diary, Tian Lin frowned more and more.
Mei Xiangu took the account book from Tian Lin, quickly glanced through the monotonous contents, and finally said:
"It seems that this village worships the Goddess of Childbirth - have you ever heard of the Goddess of Childbirth?"
How could Tian Lin have never heard of the Goddess of Childbirth?
It can be said that all the people in Yujia Village died at the hands of the Goddess of Fertility.
"The Goddess of Childbirth is an evil deity! It is said that those who are infertile can give birth to a baby as long as they worship the Goddess of Childbirth. Similarly, because she is an evil deity, ordinary people who are cursed by her will give birth to ghost babies."
"No wonder this village is full of ghost babies!"
After Mei Xiangu finished speaking, her expression suddenly changed and she touched her belly.
Tian Lin glanced at Mei Xiangu and shook his head: "According to my estimation, you have not been cursed by the Goddess of Childbirth. Besides, the Goddess of Childbirth was destroyed by the Goddess of Childbirth in the mass grave long ago."
Mei Xiangu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and then she looked at Tian Lin suspiciously: "Who told you that the Goddess of Childbirth was destroyed by Guanyin of Childbirth?"
Tian Lin patiently told Mei Xiangu what happened in Yujia Village. Mei Xiangu's brows did not relax after listening, but questioned:
"According to that old man Ran, the sedan chair that was suspected to be the goddess of fertility appeared inexplicably in a mass grave. The villagers who worshipped the sedan chair also died and disappeared.
So, could it be that the villagers who worshipped the sedan chair were from this village in this secret realm? Could it be that the disappeared village was this village?"
"That's hard to say." Tian Lin said, "If this village was the one that originally worshipped the Goddess of Childbirth, then who moved it to this secret realm? Why did the person who moved it to this secret realm leave the sedan chair outside? Also, what's the matter with the tree monster in this village?"
"You just said that the Goddess of Childbirth was destroyed by the Goddess of Childbirth, so what's the matter with the endless stream of ghost babies in this village?
Are you sure that the one who was killed by the Goddess of Childbirth was really the Goddess of Childbirth?"
Tian Lin was stunned when he heard this, and asked Mei Xiangu: "If she is not the Goddess of Childbirth, then who is this unknown evil god?"
Mei Xiangu sneered, "From the beginning to the end, Jiu Ming Zhenren never said that she was the Goddess of Childbirth, right? And that Guanyin who sent children, didn't say that she was the Goddess of Childbirth, right?
Only the old man surnamed Ran told you that she was the Goddess of Childbirth—but the truth is, how old was Ran? When the Great Qi Dynasty fell, Ran didn’t even know whether he was a cow or a horse.
"No, that evil god called herself the Goddess of Childbirth."
After Tian Lin finished speaking, Mei Xiangu laughed again: "It is just an evil god who has mastered a little bit of the art of reproduction. If it calls itself the Goddess, does it mean it must be the Goddess of Childbirth?
Since ancient times, there have been countless evil spirits who have tried to usurp the throne of God. Just like the so-called Goddess of Childbirth, if she had more power and luck, she might be able to impersonate and replace Guanyin of Childbirth. "
Tian Lin was speechless for a moment. As far as he knew, the throne, priesthood and name of a god were not something that could not be stolen.
Just like in a secular dynasty, there is only one emperor.
But the life span of secular emperors is not long, so basically a new one will be replaced every hundred or several hundred years.
But even though these people have changed, their titles and positions will not change, and they are still emperors.
"You mean to say that the person who claims to be the Goddess of Childbirth in the mass grave is an evil spirit who has stolen the name of the real Goddess of Childbirth.
And the real Goddess of Childbirth is actually in this secret realm?"
Tian Lin understood what Mei Xiangu meant.
"This is just my guess. It's hard to say what the truth is. But there is no doubt that the tree demon in this secret realm clearly has the power of 'giving birth', otherwise it wouldn't have produced so many ghost babies."
"No matter what kind of evil god it is, we can't deal with it now. Why don't we look around and maybe find some useful clues. If that doesn't work, then we can just wait for the elders of the sect to come and save us."
(End of this chapter)