During the reign of Emperor Yingzong of Guizhou, there was a pair of brothers surnamed Gao in Guizhou. The eldest was called Gao Yuan and the second was called Gao Da. The Gao family has been farmers for generations. The parents wanted the two sons to inherit their father's business and inherit the family's land one acre and three-part land, but Gao Yuan was unwilling to be ordinary. At the age of seventeen, he bid farewell to his family and go out for a walk. The younger brother Gundam had no choice but to become a farmer alone and manage the land at home.
More than a year later, Gao Yuan returned home in glory. He did business outside and not only succeeded, but also married a beautiful wife. He wanted his younger brother to follow him and run the south together, but Gundam couldn't bear to let go of the fields passed down from generation to generation, so he refused.
Gao Yuan didn't force it and would go home to visit him every once in a while, but his relationship with his wife didn't seem to be very good. Since he returned to his hometown with him for the first time, Gundam has never seen her again.
Hearing Gao Yuan say that his wife is called Hongxue, a young lady from a famous family. It is only because his family declined that he fell in love with him, a nouveau riche from an ordinary family. In the past few years after marriage, he has not lived happily. In addition, Hongxue has never been pregnant, so Gao Yuan has the idea of taking a concubine, but he has never dared to say that. After all, Hongxue has a bad temper, and she will definitely not agree to this matter.
Gundam was not that concerned about his brother's affairs. After all, it was the autumn harvest at that time, and he was busy with his own affairs. But what he didn't expect was that three months later, Gao Yuan suddenly passed away.
The locals pay attention to falling leaves returning to their roots, so Gao Da went to the town to take the brother's body home, and Hongxue also came back to take care of the funeral. According to Hongxue, Gao Yuan went out for social events that night and drank a lot of alcohol, but he was no longer at ease when he returned home. She didn't think much about it at the time and took a rest after serving him to bed. It was not until the next day that I realized that Gao Yuan had already died.
Gundam felt very heartbroken after hearing this. He never expected that his brother would drink and die suddenly in order to discuss business. Thinking of this, he regretted it. If he had accepted the invitation from his brother, it would not have been like this.
Hongxue left after Gao Yuan finished cooking. After all, Gao Yuan still left a large amount of property and she needed to go back to cook. Gundam was not interested in the money, so he chose to give up. However, Hongxue was also a kind person. After stabilizing the business at home, she sent someone to give Gundam a sum of money, which was enough for him to get married and marry a wife.
On this day, Gundam went to the field to work as usual. It was summer at that time, and the night was hot and the night was short. Gundam was busy until dark before carrying the hoe and walking home.
It was already late at that time, and there was no one on the road. Gundam looked back while walking, thinking that he could wait for a few people from the same village to walk together. The night in the village was pitch black, and there were no five fingers behind me, only rays of bleak moonlight shining on the road. At this moment, Gundam suddenly discovered that a light appeared not far behind him.
The light is very bright, it looks like an oil lamp, and it has been hanging in the air. Gundam thought there was someone, so he stood by the road, preparing to wait and walk with him. But he waited for a long time, but the lamp stayed in place. Seeing that it was late at night, Gundam was too lazy to wait, so he turned around and walked home.
When he walked to a crooked tree at the entrance of the village, he subconsciously looked back and found that the oil lamp was still there. What was strange was that it seemed to be closer to him. And behind the oil lamp, there seemed to be a huge black shadow staring at him straight. Seeing this, Gundam was so scared that his scalp was numb, so he put down his hoe and ran home.
He ran and looked back and found that the lamp was actually chasing him. He even heard the sound of Dingling. But when Gundam ran to the door, he suddenly remembered that he had heard from the old man in the village that there was a legend that there was a god in the world, called Night Walking God . They were the messengers of the Emperor of Heaven, who appeared specifically at night, but they would not hurt people, but represent fair and kindness. Once the Night Walking God appeared, it means that there was a grievance.
Thinking of this, Gundam breathed a little relieved. He turned around and looked at the lamp that was getting closer and closer to him. He immediately went home to find incense and knelt at the door of the house to start burning incense and praying. As a result, in just a blink of an eye, the lamp appeared in front of him instantly. At the same time, he also saw the appearance of the lanternist.
That was a very tall man, but he was a little hunched, wearing a pure black straw raincoat and a big hat, covering his face, and his hands holding the lantern were extremely pale, which was indeed almost the same as his impression of Yeyou God.
Gundam was frightened and didn't know how to speak for a moment. Yeyoushen slowly took out a strip of cloth from his arms and handed it to him. When Gundam saw that the word "poisonous kill" was written on the strip. When he looked up again, Yeyou Shen had disappeared.
Looking at the words on the cloth strip, Gao Da instantly remembered his dead brother. He was shocked and did not care about any rules. He rushed to the cemetery immediately, dug out his brother's coffin overnight, and took the body to find the county government's coroner autopsy.
As expected, Gao Yuan's death was not caused by the wine, but by being poisoned. After hearing this, Gao Da was in a state of grief and anger. He immediately reported to the government, and the county magistrate immediately summoned Gao Yuan's wife Hongxue. When interrogating Hongxue, she was obviously a little panicked. The county magistrate was not an ordinary person. He could see at a glance that she was lying and was doing her kindness and power. Hongxue finally admitted her crime of killing Gao Yuan.
It turned out that after Gao Yuan got drunk, he revealed to her that he would be planning to remarry. Hongxue was worried that he would marry another wife and that after giving birth to a child, she would have no status. In order to take over Gao Yuan's property, she made up her mind and poisoned Gao Yuan to death. After the truth was revealed, Hongxue was thrown into death row and received the punishment he deserved, and the property naturally returned to Gundam's hands. Gundam was unwilling to operate. After selling all his assets, he returned to his hometown and became an ordinary farmer, married and had children, and lived a stable life. There was an additional statue of a night-drift god in his home.
