Bad things always happened one after another. The girl was not only defiled, but also found out that she was pregnant a month later.
The girl wanted to take the medicine to abort the baby, but when the villagers found out that she bought the abortion medicine privately, they began to criticize her for being shameless again.
The villagers who were kind to her in the past became disgusting, which made the girl, who was helpless because of the pregnancy, even more helpless.
At this time, the village chief stood up. He used the excuse of the girl's immoral behavior as an excuse to have someone use a handkerchief to stuff the girl's mouth. He tied the girl's hands and feet with ropes, locked her in a pig cage filled with stones, and sank her into the pond at the village entrance.
Killing was a terrible thing, but in the villagers' eyes, it was as easy as killing a kitten or a dog. Moreover, after the girl's death, the villagers didn't listen to them and scolded her for being shameless, which ruined the girl's reputation in the village.
Obviously, the girl was the victim, but now, it was all her fault, which was really cold.
Speaking of this, the doctor paused and subconsciously rubbed the goose bumps on his arms because of the cold. He stepped forward and sat in front of Qing Feng and continued, "I heard from the villagers that since the girl's death, many strange things have happened in their village."
For example, all the people who were involved in the girl's death fell ill one by one and then died at home.
Because those people died so suddenly and in such a horrible way, the villagers instantly thought of the saying that it was a vengeful ghost who took revenge.
They could think of a way to fight with people, but they couldn't do anything to fight with the female ghost who couldn't be touched.
In the end, the village head said that since those people who were killed by the female ghost were involved in the matter of the female ghost sinking into the pond that day, they should sacrifice those people to the female ghost. Her soul would rest in peace and she would not continue to harm people.
People were greedy for life and afraid of death.
Most people agreed with the village head's proposal.
Those who laughed and didn't take the girl's life seriously soon got their retribution. They were locked in pig cages by the frightened villagers and sank into the pond little by little like the girl.
After those villagers were thrown into the pond, the village lived a peaceful life for a year. However, a year later, people in the village began to fall ill again and then died suddenly.
The saying that the female ghost took revenge spread again.
The villagers were in a state of panic, fearing that the next person to fall ill would be him.
The village chief took the initiative to suggest that since last year's sacrifice was effective, wouldn't it be better to introduce another person to sacrifice this year?
Sacrificing one person's life was better than sacrificing the lives of the entire village.
Soon, the villagers pushed out an old lady that they didn't like and drowned her in the pond.
After the old lady was drowned in the pond, another year of peace passed in the village. The third year continued.
The cycle repeated itself. The villagers gradually realized that as long as they chose one person to drown in the pond on the day of the female ghost's death, then the female ghost would not take revenge on them.
However, it wasn't a good idea to always use the villagers to drown themselves in the pond. The village head came up with an idea, which was to trick the passersby and use them to drown themselves in the pond in exchange for the female ghost's forgiveness.
It was at this moment that Jiujiu and Qing Feng bumped into them.
As for why she was terrified when she heard that Jiujiu was sick, it was because every time the female ghost wanted to take revenge on someone, the person would fall ill with a serious illness and die suddenly.
The villagers began to turn pale when they heard about the illness.
The doctor looked at Qing Feng and said in a low voice, "Although I'm also locked up here, I'm different from you. I'm a doctor that they tricked. I've been here for four or five years. What's more, the village head's daughter-in-law is about to give birth and is waiting for me to help her deliver the baby."
The doctor's implication was that although he was locked up by the villagers like Jiujiu and Qing Feng, compared with Jiujiu and Qing Feng who might be used as scapegoats, his life was still very safe.
Qing Feng grew up in the temple. Although he occasionally heard the pilgrims talk about their family secrets, it was the first time that he saw a villager who talked about the evil in such a righteous way.
Moreover, judging from the doctor's expression, it was obvious that he took it for granted that the villagers put people into the pig cage and drowned them in the pond.
It seemed that for the doctor, as long as he was alive, it was fine.
The doctor had been locked up here for five or six years. On weekdays, in addition to the patients, there were also the villagers who guarded him. He was almost crazy from talking every day. At this moment, he told everything he knew in one breath. After a long sigh of relief, he raised his hand and patted Qing Feng on the shoulder, saying, "Brother, don't worry. They don't want to drown you in the pig cage, but …"
The doctor glanced at Jiujiu who was lying on the bed with a pale face and sighed, saying, "The girl fell ill as soon as she came here. Even if it has nothing to do with the female ghost, the villagers will definitely throw her into the water as a sacrifice."
In other words, Qing Feng had a high chance of surviving, but Jiujiu had a 99% chance of dying.
The reason why Qing Feng took Jiujiu to the village was to find a doctor to treat Jiujiu. However, he didn't expect that there was no doctor in the village who could cure Jiujiu's disease. Instead, there were villagers who wanted to kill Jiujiu.
Qing Feng regretted what he had done. However, since things had come to this, he could only think about how to leave.
Just as Qing Feng frowned, a moan came from beside the bed. Jiujiu opened her eyes.
Although Qing Feng lowered Jiujiu's temperature physically, Jiujiu's body still had not recovered its strength. Her hands and feet were as weak as noodles.
Jiujiu sat up from the bed with great difficulty, enduring the soreness in her body. Looking at the dark room with a strange smell, she raised her hand to cover her forehead and asked Qing Feng, "Where are we?"
Qing Feng looked at Jiujiu with a guilty face. He didn't know how to explain to Jiujiu.
After all, Jiujiu didn't allow him to come to the village, but he insisted on coming. As a result, Jiujiu might lose her life.
She, Qing Feng, and a strange-looking man stayed in a dark room with nothing inside. Qing Feng's face was full of guilt. Even Jiujiu was a little confused for a moment.
Jiujiu sat on the bed for a long time. When she felt better, she looked at Qing Feng and asked, "Did something happen to us?"
Qing Feng nodded with a guilty face.
Jiujiu glanced sideways at the female ghost who was standing in the corner with a face full of hatred. She twitched the corner of her mouth and asked, "What happened?"
Hearing Jiujiu's question, Qing Feng resisted. He didn't want Jiujiu to know that there was such a bad person in the world, nor did he want Jiujiu to see the evils of the world.
Qing Feng didn't want Jiujiu to see the evils of the world too early, but a doctor was different.
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