In the countryside of Tianjin, about ten miles away from the city, there is a Du Gong Temple.
This is a continuation of the old place name.
In the early years of the Republic of China, the ruins of the temple could no longer be found, and it was not known which Du Gong was dedicated to it.
Only this place name remained.
There are mulberry gardens for several miles around.
There are several thatched huts next to the garden, where a Wenzhou native doing small business lives.
The locals call this house a Wenzhou thatched hut.
Later, the Wenzhou man in this hut suddenly disappeared and his whereabouts are unknown.
He was neither alive nor dead.
He was an outsider anyway and didn’t have much contact with his neighbors.
This person was gone when he was gone.
No one ever asked about him.
After all, he was an outsider.
If the people don't hold officials accountable, no one from below will expose it, and those above will be happy and confused.
Instead, a beggar woman lived in the hut, an old woman who begged for food.
She was estimated to be in her seventies or eighties, with a wrinkled face and a vague accent.
She didn't know where she came from.
She lived in an empty thatched hut, collecting a few sticks of firewood every day, stealing some vegetables from the garden, and begging for scraps of food and rags from others to survive.
This beggar woman's eyesight is also not very good, her eyes are sunken, as if she can't see.
Every time she goes out, she has to hold on to the wall or touch the tree.
She trembles when she walks, shakes her head, and often talks to herself, in her mouth.
He recited the Buddha's name and especially liked to coax children.
He would give some jelly beans to children when he met them.
He claimed to be the "ancestor" and was very charitable and kind.
The local people pitied him for being lonely and helpless, so they turned a blind eye to his behavior of stealing food.
Close one eye.
One day, a squire named Sun lost his five-year-old son in his home.
The family searched everywhere for him, but he was still missing.
Then more and more children were missing in the local area, and everyone thought he was a human trafficker. , jointly reported to the government.
After a long investigation, the government had no clue.
They randomly arrested a few homeless people who were wandering around, and they were beaten and convicted.
However, missing persons continued to occur, and the cases were unresolved, making people panic.
At that time, the department that used plain clothes to investigate and handle cases was commonly known as the "Interview Bureau."
Among them was a detective named Hu.
He reported to the director that the local abduction cases were probably caused by the "ancestors."
Because Inspector Hu accidentally saw a child's embroidered shoe in the bamboo basket carried by the "ancestor", which was used as a purse for eating tide cigarettes.
Nowadays, it is rare to eat Chaozhou cigarettes.
In the past, in addition to paper cigarettes and dry cigarettes, there was also a kind of cigarette paste that could be smeared into the mouth and chewed directly.
This was called "eating Chaozhou cigarettes".
The director did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly ordered Inspector Hu to lead several plainclothes team members from the interview bureau to secretly follow the "ancestor" to see if there was anything unusual in his actions, try to find conclusive evidence, and arrest him immediately if found. .
Inspector Hu took the order, selected a few smart and capable men, and posted them near the hut.
He personally kept a close eye on them.
On this day, I saw my ancestor going out as usual, stealing melons and vegetables in the fields.
The vegetables he stole were put into the big bamboo basket held in his left hand.
Every time he passed by a house, he would cry out and beg.
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At noon, he was near the mulberry garden. rest.
He reached into the basket covered with coarse cloth and dug for a long time.
He found an old tin can, opened the lid, pinched out a few children's fingers, put them in his mouth and chewed them without spitting out the bones.
Look.
Detective Hu and several plainclothes men’s hair stood on end: “Is this old woman a human?”
The plainclothes officers in the interview bureau were afraid of exposing their whereabouts and did not dare to get too close.
From a distance, they could see the tin can in the old woman's hand.
In addition to children's fingers, there were many wriggling black creatures, including grasshoppers, ground dogs, and centipedes. kind, After chewing his fingers, he took out a big gecko and put it in his mouth.
Hearing the chirping sound of the gecko, the "ancestor" showed a sweet aftertaste on his face while chewing, and picked up the bitter grass on the ground.
For seasoning.
Detective Hu was horrified when he saw it, but he was a little far away, and he was not sure that what this person was eating was a child's finger.
Maybe it was dried tangerine peel and plum beef jerky.
Needless to say, the witch behaved in a sneaky and suspicious manner.
If she was allowed to eat up the contents of the tin jar, there would be no evidence.
Thinking of this, she immediately jumped out and shouted: "Old thief, you are so sly and evasive, but here you are!"
What are you eating secretly?”
The old woman was unprepared and couldn't help being surprised.
She calmed down immediately and chanted the Buddha's name repeatedly.
She claimed that she had not received any food today and was so hungry that she had to swallow a few geckos to satisfy her hunger.
She told the plainclothes officers of the interview bureau Begging for food.
The plainclothes men looked through the tin can in the old woman's hand.
Except for the grasshoppers and geckos, there were no children's fingers anymore.
She had probably eaten them all just now.
Detective Hu has been handling cases for many years.
He has rich experience and is very decisive when encountering problems.
He ordered his men to catch the old woman, keep a close eye on her to prevent her from running away, and take her to the hut where she lived to search, and they would definitely find something.
So they escorted the old woman to the thatched hut.
They saw many small coffin boards in the house, as well as many children's clothes, shoes, longevity locks and other items.
Countless leftover snake skins and turtle shells were buried in the ground. , bones of dead people, and in the corner of the house there was an earthen jar with stones on it.
When it was opened, it turned out that there were three children's heads mixed with snake and rat meat, peppers, radishes and other things pickled.
Even though Inspector Hu and others had handled many bloody murder cases, seeing this situation felt terrible and he immediately reported it to the superior officer and detained the old woman in prison for interrogation.
Unexpectedly, after being caught by the government, this old woman just gritted her teeth.
No matter how the superior officer pressed her, she remained silent.
He was stripped of his clothes and tortured, but he still remained silent.
What surprised everyone the most was that this old woman in her 70s or 80s had a haggard face, but her skin was extremely white and delicate.
She was no different from a young woman in her twenties or thirties.
She whipped her with a whip, leaving streaks.
The blood mark soon became normal again.
I wonder if he ate too many children and practiced the evil method of rejuvenation.
The government used all kinds of torture and went through the court several times without asking for a single confession.
In the end, they had to convict him of seeking wealth and murder.
He was tied up and paraded through the streets for half a day.
In the afternoon, he was taken to the execution ground and shot.
His head was also displayed as a warning to others.
Follow suit.
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I have mentioned before that the "severe species" in Kaifeng, Henan, are very similar to this ancestor.
They should belong to the same type of people.
I don't know whether they are born with different traits or have acquired witchcraft and evil skills
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