"That's the execution of criminals. The criminals were executed for their heinous crimes to protect the people from being harmed by them," Old Ge said.
"Master Ge, you remember my brother, Hong Yi, right?" Hong Mo said.
"I do."
"Do you remember the Daoist children who live with us in this Daoist temple? To me, they are all my little brothers and sisters," Hong Mo said.
"How could I not remember? I've been thinking about what happened in the past. If only I could bring you along to gather herbs …" Old Ge let out a sigh. What was the point of talking about it now?
"Master Ge, you don't have to blame yourself. You are already very friendly to us as strangers. However, Master Ge, there's something you might not know … "Hong Mo pointed at the muddy river outside and said," For a month or two, we were all full because the river was not only filled with the organs thrown away by the slaughterhouses, but also whole pigs. "
Old Ge's expression changed slightly when he heard the words.
Speaking of the pigs in the river, experienced people knew that it was usually a case of swine fever. Some black-hearted slaughterhouses directly threw the pigs into the river to hide it from the public in order to not be discovered by the officials and outsiders.
"Did the children in the temple eat the dead pigs with swine plague?" Old Ge asked.
"Yeah, a lot of people were sick. Their days were very difficult and painful, but they still wanted to live. The whole temple was filled with their vomit and excrement. Their bodies were covered in poisonous sores, and their stomachs were filled with snakes and insects!" Hong Mo said.
"Those unscrupulous merchants, they are too harmful!" Old Ge cursed.
"Do you think they deserve to die?" Hong Mo said.
"Well …" Old Ge could not come up with an answer.
"Let me tell you something else," Hong Mo continued. "As a matter of fact, it's fine that they threw the pigs with swine plague into the river. At least the people won't starve to death. Some people survived by eating the swine plague. My brother, Hong Yi, is one of them.
"However, due to the negligence of the authorities, the swine plague killed a lot of people. The authorities did not want the matter to be exposed, so they tried everything to cover it up. They asked the pig farms and slaughterhouses to get rid of the people who died after eating the swine plague. Therefore, the corpses were all transported to the slaughterhouse on the other side of the river … "
When Old Ge heard this, his expression changed completely.
He couldn't even stand properly and needed to use his hand to support himself against the brick wall!
His mouth was trembling, and he only dared to ask after a while, "How are those people who died of the swine fever dealt with?"
"We didn't starve that year, but those of us who survived suffered even more. We wished we could have died from the swine fever!" Hong Mo's expression changed when he said that. It became cold and terrifying.
The afterglow of the evening had completely disappeared. In the darkness, Hong Mo exuded a chilling aura!
"Slaughterhouse, they killed the people who died from swine fever … Ugh!!!!" No matter how experienced Old Ge was, he could not help but retch after learning the truth!
Hong Mo looked at him calmly, and no anger could be seen on his face.
Old Ge retched for a long time.
Never in his wildest dreams would he have imagined such a horrifying scene!!
Too cruel, too disgusting, too outrageous!!!
In other words, the minced meat, organs, and hair floating in the river that year … didn't all belong to pigs!
And the children in the Daoist temple relied on catching these things for food. They ate … they ate …
"The old Daoist priest we followed was from the Ghost God Sect of the Netherworld Palace. On the first day we learned the Dao from him, we had to swear to the heavens that if we committed heinous crimes while we were alive, we would suffer the Samsara of Extreme Purgatory after death … And according to the judgment of the Netherworld Palace, 'cannibalism' is a serious crime that cannot be forgiven!! "Hong Mo continued. His eyes were terrifyingly cold.
Old Ge was already speechless.
As a man who had lived to the age of eighty, he had never experienced such a horrifying shock!!
He felt as if his understanding of the world was about to be overturned by this incident!!
This river …
He had walked back and forth in this river for at least seventy years!
He had always been muddy and smelly, but Old Ge had never thought that it would be so filthy and terrifying!
And the most disgusting, terrifying, and filthy thing wasn't this river, but the people in the slaughterhouse, and the people who had committed such heinous acts!!
"Some of us survived, but we were envious of those who had died. After all, it would only take a few days for them to die from the pain of swine fever. But those of us who survived because we ate the flesh of these people would never be reincarnated before we died!!" Hong Mo's voice became incomparably terrifying when he said the last few words, as if he were a demon god from the netherworld!!
Alive.
But never to be reincarnated!!
Old Ge was no longer able to utter another word. After hearing these words, he seemed to have aged several years. His face was dark, and his heart was suffering an indescribable torture. It felt as if something filthy was stuck in his throat!
"Master Ge, do you know what happened to the people in the slaughterhouse back then?" Hong Mo continued.
Old Ge shook his head.
"Not only did they not lose money, they even made a fortune. They bought the title deed of Chang Ning Street and built a beautiful house. They started to have children and grandchildren … Forty years ago, they should have been dragged to the execution ground and executed by a thousand cuts. Now, someone with the surname Wei has burned them all to ashes. It's already too easy for them," Hong Mo said.
"You … your real goal isn't to take revenge on Wei Zhuo's family?" Old Ge blurted out in shock.
Old Ge had been listening at the side during the dream. He obviously knew what had happened to Wei Zhuo's family.
"It's just a coincidence. However, the people there all have the surname Wei. Most of them worship the same ancestor, so they can't escape the responsibility, "Hong Mo said.
"But there are still some innocent children!" Old Ge said.
"It's fine, the night is coming, and the pain is coming. Instead of letting them suffer the torment of the night and live in a cage of fear, it's better to be free as soon as possible. Humans have evil seeds that need to be removed. The best way to remove them is to start all over again, "Hong Mo said.
"But … but … what about the children that were with you? Are they still doing well?" Old Ge realized that he could not refute it.
"They are busy trying to redeem themselves."
"Redeem?"
"Mm, redeem, I've found a way to redeem their souls. They are now selling it everywhere. Everything they earn is used to pay for their sins of cannibalism. If they can pay their debts before they die, they won't have to suffer the Extreme Hell Reincarnation. "
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