When everyone realized that Ruan Huang had deceived them, it was already too late.
They had become the village's most ruthless executioners.
Their hands were stained with blood that could never be washed away.
No villager dared to collect Guangxiu's body.
He lay in his own courtyard, his body smashed beyond recognition by tools like hoes and sickles.
Blood and bits of flesh splattered across most of the yard.
His caved-in skull had only one eye left, staring blankly into the sky.
In his gaze, apart from fear, there was only... confusion.
He truly didn't understand.
Why did the villagers he had spent nearly all his wealth to help, turn around and kill him?
Of course, no one knew why, but on the night Guangxiu died... the drought in the village ended.
A rainstorm fell.
This blessed rain was something the entire village had longed for.
They cheered, cried, and shouted...
They forgot the crime they had just committed.
They forgot what they had done to their former savior.
Guangxiu was dead, and the drought was over.
Somehow, a rumor began to spread in the village.
People said that Guangxiu had secretly done many bad deeds behind people's backs.
He had built the Misty Rain Temple to worship the land gods, but in reality, he used the temple to hoard grain and wealth.
This, they said, angered the gods and caused the drought!
Naturally, this rumor was started by Ruan Huang.
He needed to destroy Guangxiu's influence over the villagers quickly.
In the end, he succeeded.
The villagers seemed to really believe him, and he got what he wanted: he became the village chief.
Later,
Ruan Huang burned Guangxiu's son Guang alive in the Misty Rain Temple and secretly kidnapped Guangxiu's wife, Zhu, planning to make her his captive.
Zhu was beautiful. Even after giving birth, her looks and figure hadn't changed much.
Her gentle, fragile demeanor as a wife made her a renowned beauty in the region.
Ruan Huang, however, was the opposite.
He was born ugly, with unattractive features and crooked teeth.
His parents had worried he would never marry, so they searched everywhere for a bride.
But when the girls saw Ruan Huang's face, they either shook their heads and left immediately or reluctantly agreed,.
Over time, even his parents gave up.
After Guangxiu's death, Ruan Huang was deeply drawn to Zhu's tear-streaked face as she wept over her husband's body in the courtyard.
For the next few nights, he couldn't sleep, constantly thinking of her face.
Unable to resist his desires, Ruan Huang devised a plan: he would claim the gods were angry and send down lightning to burn the Misty Rain Temple, killing Zhu and Guang in the fire.
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The Villa
HorrorA driverless bus, carrying a group of cursed individuals, journeys to a sinister black villa... Inside the villa, there's a door stained crimson with blood. The cursed souls, at regular intervals, are forcibly dragged through the blood-soaked...
