Chapter 791 - 168: Death is Not Far Away_1
After the corpse of Pei Wensheng was moved back home, his face, soaked overnight and torn open by hooks, was so gruesome that it frightened everyone; no one dared to help with the funeral preparations. Even Pei Zongli was afraid upon seeing it.
Mother Qian, pulling Shu Hua with her, mustered the courage to suppress her terror and gave Pei Wensheng a simple cleaning and changed his clothes. They bought a coffin and prepared the body for burial.
The entire populace of Yuanyang County grew afraid. At night, even adults dared not go out, and the several households next to Pei Zongli were especially cautious; they would close their doors as soon as it got dark and even pasted yellow talismans and hung BaGua mirrors in their homes to ward off evil spirits. They discussed in hushed tones, fearful that Pei Wenjie’s vengeful spirit was too powerful and that Pei Wensheng had already been claimed by it, hoping it would not spread to them. "Pei Wensheng didn’t die an easy death either; who knows if he will become some kind of fierce ghost or something."
"He smothered his own younger brother to death at such a young age; it’s very possible he could turn into a fierce ghost, right!?"
Words like this immediately sent shivers down everyone’s spine.
Old Man Chang, hearing the talk among those who came to buy sunflower seeds and sugar-fried peanuts, said irritably, "What is there for grown men to be afraid of! Those of us who don’t do wrongful deeds aren’t afraid of ghosts knocking at our doors in the middle of the night! Besides, a person has grievances to avenge, and wrongs to repay. Those who have done bad things go to hell after death, what’s there to expect about them becoming fierce ghosts! Stop with these wild imaginings and spreading unease!"
Upon hearing this, a few men felt embarrassed, as if they had been chastised by a grown man. But what he said was true; if one went to hell after death, how could they become any sort of fierce ghost!
Then, rumors began to circulate that Pei Wensheng was claimed by his brother’s vengeful spirit because he had smothered him; surely, he had gone to hell after his own death!