Doomed Destiny - C78
The son of the mayor, Xiao Jun, had disappeared!
To Er Nengdan, this piece of news was as good as a lightning bolt on a clear day. It had hacked him senseless.
After a long while, he finally said in a trembling voice, “Did you run out to play and look for it everywhere?”
The San Geda bared his teeth and glared, saying: “I’ve activated a villager, we’ve searched for them everywhere! I just couldn’t find the Xiao Jun! ”
This is the first time I’ve seen Er Nengdan panicking. “I’m completely flustered.” “Bang, bang, bang …” He slapped the car’s console and roared with bloodshot eyes: “Go! Run! “Go home!”
The driver of the Toyota Crown gave a honk. The car in front began to move again. He kept honking at the horn. The team ran faster and faster. The car bounced and clattered on the uneven dirt road. The people sitting in the car were swaying back and forth.
Xia Lu could not help but complain, “Slow down! This is killing me! ”
The car was back on the main street of the village, still waiting to stop. Er Nengdan then pushed the car door open and stepped out. The driver didn’t pull out the keys. He opened the door and got out of the car. When the drivers of the Jeep 212 saw this, they also got off their cars one by one and ran off to chase Er Nengdan away.
The bride Xia Lu asked me: “Who is Xiao Jun?”
I said it was the county governor’s child.
“Oh my god! Did you get rid of the county magistrate’s son? ” Xia Lu was extremely shocked.
I said, “Put it in the car and wait. I’ll go take a look!” When he opened the door with his hand, he found that a layer of sweat had formed on his palm.
The villagers were packed into an alley and a yard. noisy. They were all saying words that they were worried about Er Nengdan or wanted to find a child.
Don’t complain. Most people in the world hate wealth. This kind of mentality seemed to be innate, it was a kind of natural germinating mood, and it was a kind of instinctive reaction of humans.
At this moment, however, I saw that the villagers who were dressed in rags had worried and concerned looks on their faces. Anxiety and unease could be seen in their eyes. It didn’t look like an act at all. Some of the women even started crying, saying how Second Yunshan had done it this time. He had lost the son of the County Elder, and there was still a way for him to live!
At this moment, I saw Er Nengdan’s popularity. These villagers all liked him very much.
Few of the wealthiest men in the village were so popular with the villagers.
There’s no need to mention the people who were willing to attend my wedding for Er Nengdan’s sake, they were all as anxious as ants on a hot pan, dressed in all sorts of clothes, had a stiff temperament, and were men with greasy hair. There were even some who curled their lips and cried.
With much difficulty, I forced my way through the crowd and into the hall, to Er Nengdan’s side. He was standing by the bed, looking at the quilt.
Inside the blanket, it was no longer the Xiao Jun, but a few pillows. At first glance, he thought that there was a child wrapped inside the bulging drum.
San Geda anxiously said: “I came over early in the morning and put you in the living room. I came over to greet Old Zhu and have him take care of the bill. He didn’t go out until he couldn’t hold his pee anymore. But Big Chu was still in the house. I came back and saw that the Xiao Jun on the bed isn’t up yet. At this time, I can’t just let him sleep!
So I went to the bed and shouted a few times, but no one answered. Lifting up the outer blanket, he saw that there was a blanket wrapped up into a ball underneath. I thought the child was hiding in the group, and I thought to myself, This doesn’t matter, doesn’t it? Who would have thought that I would be unable to get a child out of the Scourge! “He actually managed to scoop out three pillows!”
Er Nengdan picked up one of the pillows and threw it onto the bed. He grabbed my collar and pulled it down so hard that my head almost touched his. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at me, panting. “Tell me honestly, where did you hide the baby?”
I struggled for a few moments to not be able to struggle free and angrily said: “Second Brother, how can you let me off on this! What did I, the Xiao Jun, do? Do you think I can use him to extort a sum of money from the county governor’s family? ”
“You’re the one who wrapped this ball up!”
“I did it!” But I’ve wrapped Xiao Jun inside it! Last night I took him from three to… When Third Uncle was carried back, you saw it when you placed him on the bed. You nagged him this morning and told him to get up! The child disappeared in a moment, and you stuck to me! Just what do you think I am! ” I said, very excitedly.
“This morning, I did poke a hole through the wall, but at that time, I didn’t know if the contents were Xiao Jun or not. Without waiting for me to poke you twice, you won’t let me poof you, say let Xiao Jun sleep a little longer! Why don’t you let me poke you twice more, could it be that you’re feeling guilty then! ” Er Nengdan said.
I could do nothing but sigh and say, “Second Brother! What do you think! In any case, I only told you one thing, I did not hide the Xiao Jun from you! If you want to believe me, then believe me! With so many people, I won’t be able to run away from you! ”
“Brother, it really isn’t you?”
“It’s not me!” You’re so good to me. Let me live such a good life! I will hide the Xiao Jun for you, what am I planning! I’m not an idiot! ”
Er Nengdan gradually loosened his grip on my collar. Clenching his teeth tightly, his cheeks trembled. The blood was almost flowing out of his eyes.
Following that, he led the others to search. I also led a few people out to look for it.
While I was looking around the village, I suddenly thought of the big hole beside the toilet in San Geda’s house. He then turned and ran towards the San Geda’s house. The men followed me. When I got there, I was dumbfounded. The hole was gone. There was only a large patch of wet ground.
The hole had been filled!
Who filled it in?
I took the men elsewhere.
It took an afternoon. My wedding wasn’t even held. Everyone went back to gather. Unable to find Xiao Jun.
“How rare!” Where the hell did Xiao Jun run off to!? ”
“It can’t be that a trafficker came to our village and stole our child, right?!”
“What should I do!?” If we can’t find a child, then how can Second Yunshan explain this to the county governor!? ”
Er Nengdan was smoking and thinking at the same time. Suddenly, he raised her head, and shouted with a pair of blood red eyes: “Go find Great-grandma, and let her divinate for Xiao Jun!”
San Geda asked, “Do you have the word ‘birthdate’ from Xiao Jun?”
Er Nengdan nodded and said, “Yes! In the city, there was a fortune-telling master of divination who had read up to Xiao Jun. I drove them all. I remember that time, I was also taken in by that fortune-telling master! Go, quickly find Great-grandma! ”
Thus, the group of villagers supported Er Nengdan and went to look for Blind Old Lady Hu Shizhen. I joined the crowd.
When we arrived at the door of the blind Hu Shizhen’s home, Er Nengdan told most of the people to wait outside.
Blind Old Lady was sitting on a rattan chair in the courtyard and warming up. Under the sunlight, the two large copper coin like burn marks on her face were red, as if she had used her hand to scratch them.
“Putong!” Er Nengdan kneeled. “Great-grandma, it was my fault to contradict you last night!”
Blind Old Lady rested her elbow on the side rail of the rattan chair, her ten fingers interlaced with each other as she leisurely said, “If you are able to grow stronger, of course you have to talk back to me. If you don’t go against me, how will it make you look like you have the ability! ”
“Great-grandma, I have something to ask of you!”
“I can’t help you!”
“I haven’t said anything yet, how do you know you can’t help me!”
“I mean, I won’t help you! You are so capable, I cannot help you! ”
“Great-grandma, I was wrong!”
“Wrong?” “And then?” The corners of Blind Old Lady’s mouth curled into a cold smile.
“Tell me, what do you want me to do? I will do it!” Er Nengdan lowered her head as tears fell from her eyes.
After all, he was only twenty years old and still considered a child.
A helpless child.
My nose was sore from watching, and I was on the verge of tears.
“Kowtow!” Ten kowtows! Let me see how hard your head is! ” On the surface, the Blind Old Lady looked cold and heartless.
“Granny Nine, you are all my people! Furthermore, he was only a child! Don’t be like that! ” San Geda could not hold it in anymore.
“If anyone interrupts, I’m definitely not going to help them!” The Blind Old Lady said in a stern voice.
“Next.” Thump! Thump! Thump! “Thump!” Er Nengdan kowtowed on the ground ten times, because there were a few pieces of brick on the ground in front of him.
“Speak!” “What is it?” Blind Old Lady asked.
“The child of the county governor, Xiao Jun, is gone. I want you to help me calculate his divination and see where he is. ” Er Nengdan said. Blood dripped from his forehead and ran down his chin into the collar of his neck. The snow-white shirt collar was dyed red.
“Do you have the word ‘birthdate’ from the Xiao Jun?”
“Yes!”
“Come here, whisper in my ear. Don’t let anyone hear you! The world is not peaceful. There are spies in the crowd! ” The Blind Old Lady said.
He didn’t know who the traitor was. The few people standing in the yard looked at each other. They looked at each other, while the others looked at each other. Their eyes became sharper.
Er Nengdan stood up from the ground, walked over, and whispered into Blind Old Lady’s ear.
Blind Old Lady did not make any movements. Unlike other blind people who were calculating and pinching their fingers. She just sat there quietly and didn’t move.
Time passed in silence and tension.
An hour later, the Blind Old Lady opened her mouth and said, “Second grandson, you must be mentally prepared before I tell you the result!”
Hearing her words, as long as one wasn’t a fool, they would be able to guess what the result would be.
“Zeng… Once … Grandmother, you … Speak! ” Er Nengdan’s voice trembled so much that it was almost impossible to speak.
“Xiao Jun is dead!”
Er Nengdan could not hold on any longer, and dropped onto the ground. He looked like he had lost his soul.
San Geda went over and asked on his behalf: “Ninth Grandma, can you find my soul?”
Blind Old Lady shook her head and said, “I can’t find his soul! It must have been like the flickering of the Niu Dewang house. The soul had been frozen and disintegrated! The world hasn’t been peaceful lately! Someone who can immediately destroy the soul, his methods are even more powerful than that of Yama Minamiya! ”
“Granny Nine, what do we do then?” San Geda asked with a tearful face.
“Since the big black dog has already been eaten by the dragon! I’ll pinch the mask man again and urge the mask man to look for the Xiao Jun’s corpse! San Geda, you go and make it up to me. Second grandson! Second grandson! “Second grandson!”
Blind Old Lady shouted three times in a row, each shout louder than the last. Only then did Er Nengdan, who was sitting on the ground stunned, wake up.
Er Nengdan stood up from the ground after a few steps, she seemed to be a lot more numb, and asked: Great-grandma, what are you calling me for?
“Go find a few butchers who kill pigs! The more the better! Have each of them bring the sharpest pig slaughtering knife. When I cast the spell to hasten their appearance, let those butchers with the knives surround them. If you see any more black dogs causing trouble, get those butchers to charge over immediately and stab them to death! ” The Blind Old Lady said.
“Alright!” Er Nengdan agreed straightforwardly and turned around. However, he kept walking, and without knowing where he was going, he bumped into a pillar that was used to support the seedling of the gourd, causing him to step back, then continued moving forward, although his body was a bit slanted, but he was also tripped by the triangular fixture tied under the pillar, his body fell forward, and heavily fell onto the ground, his mouth full of blood.
So it turns out that Er Nengdan’s eyes were blind!