The upper half of the face seems to be wearing a black metal mask, revealing a pair of black and shiny eyes, and the lower half of the face seems to be covered with a black veil, and the whole portrait looks very mysterious and demonic.
At the foot of the statue, there are three incense sticks, which is obviously not so simple as an ornament, and I believe that the people of this inn worship this statue as a god.
Li Tan felt a little strange, but fortunately, the shopkeeper was talkative and took the initiative to tell them the story of this statue The story of this statue turned out to be about the tragic destruction of the big family surnamed Huang in a village on the outskirts of the small city of Xudu, and the Miss Huang family, Huang Lian, who has disappeared.
The statue enshrined in the inn is also Miss Huang, Huang Lian.
The Yellow Lotus is really exactly the same as the bitter medicinal herb Yellow Lotus, why does the inn worship this Yellow Lotus It's puzzling and confusing.
"I didn't expect that this statue would have such a unique name Huang Lian, shopkeeper, the people in your village really believe that this woman is a demon god" Li Tan asked with interest, she didn't expect that she just wanted to spend the night in this inn, but she and Saenke had the fate to listen to the legendary encounter of a thin-lived woman here, and in fact, after hearing about her life experience, few people would not be interested in this woman's affairs.
And Sarnke, who had been listening quietly, didn't care about the story, but he had to listen patiently.
Then the shopkeeper replied: "This guest officer, to be honest, our Huangjia Village has always been neglected because of its remote location, and has never been protected by the imperial court, so there are often some hypocritical people in the rivers and lakes who come to protect us, called protection, in fact, to collect wealth, and also serve the armed forces, but no matter how many people come to the rivers and lakes, as long as they are not good for our villagers, they will soon be slaughtered by people in the dark night, and later some villagers accidentally witnessed in the dark, and found that the murderer of those people in the rivers and lakes was a black female figure" "Although we also feel that this mysterious black woman, her method of slaughtering those scum is very cruel, but after all, she seems to have been killed for us, so our whole village has nothing to say, and we also found a blacksmith to cast a batch of statues similar to her based on the descriptions of her appearance and attire of the villagers who witnessed her killing, just like the statues enshrined in my inn today."
At this point, the shopkeeper couldn't help but point to the black statue in the stack, and continued: "And because she always brings death to those who are not good for our villagers."
"Our whole village worships her as a demon god, and prays incense to her statue every day, praying for her continued protection."
Li Tan couldn't help but laugh secretly when he heard this, and glanced obliquely at Saenke, who was sitting on the side, as if to tell him that these villagers were also quite superstitious, and actually respected a murderous woman as a god "But, shopkeeper, this woman who is respected by you as a demon god, since she is covered with a mask and a black veil, how can you be sure that she must have been the Yellow Lotus who destroyed the door back then."
There was also a lone traveler sitting in the inn with a big knife on his back, and suddenly interjected.
The shopkeeper replied; "It's because the second brother of Huang Yuanlin in the village saw the mysterious black shadow that flashed into his room back then was exactly the same as the black shadow seen by the rest of the witnesses, so all the villagers were convinced that the black shadow that gave the second brother of the Huang family, Jin Yezi, must be Huang Lian.
She will definitely come back to compensate Huang Yuanlin."
This explanation can be reluctantly accepted, but there are still some questions that are not clear, at this time, Saenke, who has been silent and seems to be indifferent to this matter, opened his mouth and said: "But, on the night of the black shadow's destruction, everyone has died, in this world, only she knows the situation of the destruction of the door best, why do you know so well who told you about the night she destroyed the door?"
As soon as these words came out, Li Tan couldn't help but glance back at Sanke, she didn't expect that she would be interested in a poor woman whose life was uncertain, and she didn't expect him to make an exception and ask questions.
And his question was even more to the point, and he was stunned for a while.
He scratched his head, as if he was constantly remembering, and finally shook his head and replied: "Yes, the guest officer asked really right, who knew her tragic experience so well, and told us the situation on the night of her death, why did this person know so well what happened to Huang Lian, this question is really impossible to investigate, I only know that the villagers' things about her are all passed on to ten, ten to hundred, generation to generation, as for who is the first person to pass on her deeds, we have never thought about it."
Li Tan just smiled, many times, the masses have this terrible point, they always pass on some information, but they never know the source, or even the authenticity, they have already worshiped that person as a demon god Rumors are often born from this.
However, the rumors about this Huang Lian, whether it is true or not, have not yet been able to make a conclusion, and Li Jian asked again: "Shopkeeper, you said that the legend of Huang Lian has been a generation, so how long has her story been created?"
The shopkeeper sighed: "It was a long, long time ago, the night Huang Lian's family was wiped out" "At least fifty years ago" "Fifty years ago" Li Tan was quite surprised, his brows furrowed slightly, and even Saenke, who had been absent-minded, had a slight change of color.
Li Tan asked: "According to what you said, Huang Lian was only eighteen years old at the time, if she hadn't died so far, wouldn't she be an old woman in her sixties today?"
The shopkeeper nodded: "It should have been like this, but a year ago, there were two people from the rivers and lakes in our village, called what Victoria Shuangba, saying that they wanted to protect us Yunyun, and the purpose was to pick up money, and they still couldn't escape the fate of being slaughtered by the god Huang Lian, that time, there were still many villagers who witnessed them being killed by Huang Lian at night, and the witnesses also included some elderly villagers, but the Huang Lian they saw was a woman with a rather slim figure and young and beautiful eyes, although she was still wearing a mask, but all the villagers could see it, She's definitely not more than twenty years old."
Li Tan said: "Since she is still wearing a mask, perhaps, the real Huang Lian is dead, and she who appeared a year ago is just her heir or descendant."
"All of us villagers don't think like this, in the Huang Lian Door Destruction Incident, in the end, the voice in the black fog once said to Huang Lian that there is a way to help her take revenge, but this method has made her irreversible, no longer have a body, and become a human incarnation, so we believe that Huang Lian can stay young just because she is no longer a human, but has become a demon body that we can't imagine."
The shopkeeper pulled out another black mist, which made Li Tan dumbfounded. t1706231537: