Looking at the Yu Sanle couple who were crying their hearts out, Zhang Yuanshan sighed and said quietly, "Don't be too sad. I have just helped your daughter's soul to rest in peace. You should prepare for her funeral."
Yu Ping and his son and his uncle also kept trying to persuade Yu Sanle. Finally, Yu Sanle and his wife's crying gradually subsided and their emotions began to calm down.
Zhang Yuanshan looked at Yu Sanle coldly and said calmly, "Yu Sanle, your daughter has unfortunately died for more than three years, but your family still doesn't know about it and just thinks she was abducted. Have you ever thought about why you and your wife can't have another baby?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Sanle and his wife became even sadder, causing the others to also feel sad.
Yu Ping's father kept comforting Yu Sanle and his wife. Suddenly, he realized something and looked up and asked Zhang Yuanshan, "Master Zhang, do you know why Yu Sanle and his wife can no longer have children?"
Zhang Yuanshan did not comment. Yu Sanle and his wife looked at each other and knelt down in front of Zhang Yuanshan, asking him to make it clear.
Zhang Yuanshan was silent for a while, then sighed, "There is a god above us. Your daughter unfortunately fell into the well and drowned, and you and your wife can no longer have children. This is retribution."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Yu Ping asked Zhang Yuanshan in confusion, "Master Zhang, Sanle and his wife are both honest mountain people. They have never done anything bad. How could they have such retribution?"
Zhang Yuanshan looked at Yu Sanle and his wife with sympathy, and sighed, "Since you are honest , I will reveal a little secret to you. The root of your troubles is all because of your mouth. It's not that you said anything wrong or disrespectful to the gods, but you caught fish just to enjoy the pleasure of your mouth. Originally, catching some fish and shrimp to eat is reasonable and understandable. Unfortunately, Yu Sanle, you actually used electricity to catch fish, which is a way to cut off the fish and shrimp. You made a big mistake without knowing it, and this is the retribution for your own extinction."
Yu Sanle woke up as if from a dream, burst into tears, and realized that he had killed his daughter. He kept begging Zhang Yuanshan for a solution.
Zhang Yuanshan said softly: "Accumulate good deeds to redeem your past karma. In three years, maybe you will have children."
Zhang Yuanshan said to Qian Yiduo, "Let's go back. We have finished what we have here. I don't know how Li Bing's injury is recovering. We all hope that he will recover soon. It's time for us to set off again."
Zhang Yuanshan and Qian Yiduo declined everyone's entreaties to stay, but they couldn't bear to reject their kindness, so they accepted a few bags of local specialties from the mountains, said goodbye to everyone, and drove to the hospital in the town with Qian Yiduo.
After more than ten days, Li Bing's injuries were basically healed. After the doctor carefully examined him and found that he was fine, the stitches were removed and he moved back to the small hotel to recuperate for a few days.
Although the wound had healed, there were four more red spots on Li Bing's chest where the sword had wounded him. Even the doctor didn't understand what was going on, and it became a joke among his colleagues.
It was already April, the weather was bright and sunny, and the air in the mountains was filled with the scent of spring. Shi Liya and Zhao Wan'er could no longer hold back and were clamoring to go out for an outing on the hills.
That morning, several people took some dry food and set out for the hill together early in the morning. They had planned that after the fun today, they would set out for the ghost town Fengdu. As for how to solve the mystery of "man" in the Three Talents, they had no idea for the time being and simply didn't bother to guess.
The sun shone on the few people, warm and comfortable. They breathed the fresh air full of flower fragrance and listened to the various clear and melodious birds singing in the mountains. The few people were in a very happy mood and kept chasing each other and taking pictures of each other.
While Zhao Wan'er was taking a photo of Shi Liya, she muttered, "Sister Shi, please change your position. There is a grave not far behind you, which ruins the view."
Upon hearing this, Shi Liya moved her body as she was told. Zhao Wan'er, who was looking at the frame being taken out, suddenly screamed, "It's so scary. Look, there's a person lying on that grave."
Several people were stunned, and they looked in the direction Zhao Wan'er was looking, and indeed they found a grave with a person lying on it.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and Shi Liya asked anxiously, "No one will be killed, right? Let's call the police."
Li Bing stared at it for a while, then held down Shi Liya's hand as she was about to call the police. He said calmly, "Sister Shi, don't be so impulsive. I seemed to hear that person making a little noise just now. Let's go and have a look. Maybe it was some drunk who came home late after drinking and fell asleep by the grave."
Everyone agreed that they were right, so they walked towards the grave together.
When they arrived at the grave, they heard a snoring sound and the smell of alcohol. Everyone smiled at each other and covered their noses. They didn't know what kind of low-quality alcohol this drunkard had drunk. The alcohol smelled fishy.
Zhang Yuanshan walked around the earthen tomb several times and said with a smile: "Alas, this is how it is in mountainous areas. The management is poor. This tomb is not an ancient tomb. It looks like it has only three or four years of history at most."
When Qian Yidu heard that it was not an ancient tomb, he became excited and said cheerfully, "It's good that it's not an ancient tomb. The general's tomb last time scared me so much that I'm still scared now."
Zhao Wan'er looked at the middle-aged man lying there. He was about forty years old, with a white apron tied around his waist. There was a shoulder pole at his feet, with a few steamers on each end.
One end of the pole was tightly covered, but at the other end, the lid of the steamer was tilted to one side, revealing a few white buns covered with a large group of black ants.
Zhao Wan'er felt nauseous. When she saw the middle-aged man lying on the grave with sticky pale white saliva flowing from his mouth and a large group of ants crawling around his mouth, she couldn't help but feel sick. She vomited a few times, but nothing came out.
Seeing Zhao Wan'er like this, Li Bing asked with concern: "Wan'er, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Zhao Wan'er shook her head and turned away, not daring to look at the scene in front of her. She just pointed at the grave and said, "Look for yourself. It's disgusting."
Li Bing followed Zhao Wan'er's finger and couldn't help but frown. He pinched his nose, walked to the middle-aged man, kicked him a few times with his foot, and shouted, "Hey, hey, big brother, wake up."
The middle-aged man was still snoring and sleeping soundly, with no intention of waking up.
Qian Yiduo became impatient and kicked the man hard on the butt.
The middle-aged man suddenly jumped up from the earthen grave like a spring , grimacing and shouting in pain.
He suddenly saw so many people in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel nervous. The middle-aged man rubbed his eyes, and suddenly saw that there was a dirt grave under his feet. He screamed in fear, and his face turned pale.