After explaining these things, the young man took a horse and handed it to the master, and asked him to hurry back without delay.
Of course, the old man rushed back to the town day and night as if he had received a holy decree, and did it in turn according to the method he gave, and did not dare to be sloppy at all, and sure enough, after a month, no one in the town died of illness, and most of those rats, because they could not find food, starved to death, and the rat plague was eliminated. ” "That young man is Master Cheng?"
Jiang Xixi said in surprise.
"Isn't that him," Madam Fan looked at her with a smile, "So Master Cheng is our great benefactor in Tamsui Town, if it weren't for him, how could I sit here and chat with you now." ” "Madam, don't blame me for talking too much, I heard Fan Yin say that Master Fan died in the summer after the epidemic was eliminated, could it be that he was sick because of running back and forth?"
Mrs.
Fan lowered her head, "No, sir, he is in good health, he was bitten to death by a mouse." ” "What?"
"After the epidemic, because there was no one to feed and cultivate for a long time, there were not many silkworm seedlings and tea leaves left in the town, so the townspeople were discussing the matter of fleeing, and everyone agreed on a time to pack their bags and prepare to leave the town together.
However, the night before leaving, something happened to the master.
At that time, in order to prevent the return of rats, everyone in the town had cats at home, and that night, Fan Qing and Fan Yin and I went to bed early and slept until midnight, but we heard the cats in the yard barking everywhere, one after another, and it was terrifying.
I was awakened by the sound of a cat meowing and found that the old man was not in bed, so I hurried to the courtyard to look for him, but as soon as I stepped into the courtyard, I saw the old man's body, he was lying straight in the middle of the courtyard, his arms and legs straight in different directions.
Several cats were stepping on him, seemingly sniffing carefully.
Just as he was about to rush towards him, there was the cry of his daughters behind him, and it turned out that they were also woken up, and they saw all the scenes when the old man died. ” "So, that's why Fan Qing and Fan Yin are afraid of cats?"
"Yes, they were only two years old at the time, not the age they can remember, but the cat was so closely associated with their father's corpse that it became a scar on the soul.
So now, even though they have long known how the master died, they are still afraid of cats, because this terrifying memory has been rooted in the hearts of the two, and it may have to follow them for a lifetime. ” "I see," Jiang Xixi sighed, "but madam, you just said that Master Fan was bitten to death by a mouse?"
” Mrs.
Fan smiled bitterly and nodded, "The wounds on the master's body are the same as those bite marks on Wang Yuchen's body, they are thin and small, and the fatal wound is here," she pointed to her neck, his blood vessels were bitten off, and the blood flowed endlessly, "I think the reason why those cats sniffed around on him was because they found the smell of mice, and they were fed by the lord, so they wanted to track down the rats with these smells and avenge the lord." ” "It's an animal that values love and righteousness."
Jiang Xixi remembered the white cat that saved himself and Fan Qing in the cemetery today, could it be that it was also repaying the kindness of burying it, so it came back to life?
As soon as she thought of this, she shook her head, "How is it possible, if you can come back to life like this, then isn't this world a mess." ” "Miss Jiang, what are you thinking?"
Seeing that Jiang regretted not speaking, Mrs.
Fan asked softly.
"Mrs.
Fan, in your opinion, is the rat an animal that holds grudges?"
"The old people in the town say that rats are very smart, and they will repay them, I didn't believe it at first, but after the master's case, I believed it, they must have known that the old man killed so many of his own kind, so they killed him the night before leaving."
"Then where did Wang Yuchen provoke these rats, so that he didn't let him go after he died, and bit his body to pieces?"
"Who knows, but look at the king butcher, he is sad and about to go crazy, such a tall and handsome son, if he says he is not there, he will not be there, and the corpse is still bitten like that, pitiful, pitiful." was secretly sighing, a figure suddenly walked in outside the door, and Mrs.
Fan stood up, "Xiaoyin, where have you been?"
Why did you come back so late. ” Jiang Xixi remembered that he hadn't seen Fan Yin since he came back, so he hurriedly stepped forward, "Something happened to the Wang family, and Wang Yuchen's body was bitten by mice, do you know." ” "I've heard that these rats are crazy enough to spare even the dead," she said lightly, and after a light answer, she walked briskly into the inner room, "Mother, I'm a little tired, so I'm going back to my room to rest." ” Looking at Fan Yin's back, Mrs.
Fan stabbed Jiang Xixi with her elbow, "Miss Jiang, you stay with my second daughter all day long, have you noticed anything unusual about her?"
” Jiang Xi scratched his head, "Strange?
I was so blind that I didn't see anything, ma'am, did you notice anything?
” Mrs.
Fan shook her head a little worriedly, "She came back from outside alone, and her face was happy, I wondered if this girl would have thought about any man, so it was so abnormal." ” "No, with Fan Yin's temperament, if you have any ideas, you will definitely tell Madame."
Jiang Xixi said haha, but she sighed long in her heart: This Mrs.
Fan, she can't see the one who is really in trouble, the one who is okay, but she is cranky and cranky, this mother is really confused.
On spring nights, the wind is still a little cool, and the infiltration of water vapor adds to the chill.
The Nanzhou River is in front of you, and the river is still as quiet as ever, like a black mirror.
Jiang Xixi wrapped his clothes and trotted towards the riverbank.
There are still traces of burning paper on the shore, today is Wang Yuchen's first seventh, his family has just paid tribute to him here, and she has also met them along the way.
Wang Butcher was supported by relatives and friends, and could barely walk a few steps, but his wife was different, her eyes were closed, her face was pale, and she was carried forward, if it were not for the occasional few inaudible sobs, Jiang Xixi almost thought that she had fainted from crying.
That's right, after experiencing such a thing, no matter how strong a person is, he probably can't stand it, a good son drowned in the river, and the body was torn to pieces by rats, it is said that when the coffin was collected again, the bones were not found.
She suddenly thought of the finger in the mouse's mouth, and once again a sour feeling in her stomach filled her stomach, and she swallowed it forcibly, and she walked down the riverbank towards the white cat's "grave".