0p0 Chapter 350 Green Snake Extra 4
Chapter 350 Green Snake Extra 4
Fahai dodged the attack of the tree roots cleverly, but his monk robe was still torn by the roots.
Upon seeing this, Fahai put his hands together, muttered something, and then suddenly pushed forward. A powerful magic power gushed out like a torrent, suppressing all the roots around the locust tree.
Under Fahai's magic power, the roots of the big locust tree could no longer move.
Fahai walked to the big locust tree, looked at the twisted lines on the trunk, and felt the pain and confusion of the tree spirit.
He took a deep breath and sent a clear stream of magic power into the big locust tree.
With the infusion of magic power, the trunk of the locust tree began to tremble slightly, as if struggling.
After a while, the lines on the trunk gradually returned to normal, and a faint voice came from the tree: "Thank you for your help, Master..."
Fahai looked at the locust tree and said slowly, "How come you, a tree spirit, are being eroded by so much resentment?"
The tree spirit's voice trembled slightly. "Decades ago, I saw a tiny baby spirit... She was a baby girl. Immediately after birth, her family drowned her in a urine bucket... The baby spirit was innocent and adorable, crying incessantly. I felt pity for her and took her in..."
Fahai sighed and continued to ask, "What happened next?"
The tree spirit's voice grew increasingly deep. "Later, more and more infant spirits came to me... Their resentment was so strong that it gradually eroded my sanity... I am kind by nature and don't want to harm innocent people, but guided by resentment, I almost made a serious mistake..."
"The big locust tree is so pitiful, it has the intention to do good things and no intention to do bad things!" Yu Yin's sigh came from Fahai's sleeves, as if there was a small world hidden inside.
Fahai cultivated the magic of the world in his sleeves. This magical skill allowed him to put objects into his sleeves, like an endless space.
If it was inconvenient for him to hold the golden bowl in his hands, he would put it in his sleeve, which was both safe and convenient.
Yu Yin's voice continued, "Fortunately, no one was killed, otherwise I would have been beaten back to my original form by you, a cruel monk!"
There was a hint of dissatisfaction and anger in her words, and she seemed to have some resentment towards Fahai.
Fahai shook his head helplessly, thinking that this little fish really holds a grudge!
She had killed someone in the past. If he hadn't felt pity for her and shown mercy, based on the methods he used at the time, this little fish would have been reincarnated long ago.
"I've been asked by the local magistrate to investigate the unusual noise. Now that the matter has been clarified, I need to inform him." Fahai thought for a moment and said, "As for how to deal with you and the affected people, I'll leave it to the magistrate to decide."
The big locust tree understood Fahai's words and shook its branches gently to show its agreement.
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The next day, Fahai went to the county government office and told the county magistrate the truth.
After the baby girls were killed by their families using various cruel methods, their young souls appeared ignorant and naive because they were not yet fully mature.
However, despite this, their souls could not rest in peace and kept crying and making a fuss, as if telling of their grievances and pain.
When the big locust tree saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel pity.
It decided to take in these poor infant spirits and let them find a little peace under its protection.
As time passed, the big locust tree found that more and more infant spirits came to its side.
These infant spirits were unable to be born for the same reason and were all killed by their own families.
Although their minds are not fully developed, they are full of resentment deep down.
This resentment gradually affected the big locust tree, causing its branches and leaves to turn yellow and some strange lines to appear on the trunk.
The big locust tree realized that the resentment of these infant spirits was eroding its vitality.
In order to help these poor baby girls take revenge, the big locust tree decided to use its roots to quietly extend to the homes of those who killed the baby spirits.
Whenever night falls, the big locust tree will make strange noises through its roots, making those families fall into fear and anxiety.
However, if this situation continues, the locust tree may be completely controlled by resentment and may even take more extreme measures, such as killing people.
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Fahai told the county magistrate all this in detail. After listening to it, the county magistrate was filled with anger and pity.
"I didn't even know that such an inhumane thing happened within my jurisdiction!" The county magistrate slammed the table and stood up, furious.
He immediately ordered the yamen runners to go out and arrest all those who did not even spare their own flesh and blood, and make them pay for their crimes.
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The common people brought by the yamen runners were all terrified and knelt down, crying out in pain.
"Master, you don't know! It's not that our family doesn't want to raise a girl. It's because in our place, the first person to start a family must be a boy! We just want a son to carry on the family line!"
"Yes, Master! I already have two daughters at home. If I have another one, it will be really hard for my family to support her!"
"It's the same in my family, Master! If it weren't for the absolute necessity, who would have the heart to harm their own flesh and blood?"
The county magistrate listened to the people's complaints with a sneer on his face. He thought, these people have a lot of excuses, but that can't cover up their cruel and vicious nature.
The county magistrate thought, if these people gave birth to girls but didn’t want them, they could just send the children to the Tzu Chi Institute!
That place specializes in taking in homeless children. It’s better than them killing the children!
But these people were afraid that others would gossip about them "giving birth but not raising" and they didn't want to keep the girls at home, so they came up with such a cruel method.
The county magistrate became angrier the more he thought about it. These people simply have no humanity at all!
Fahai clasped his hands together, chanted a Buddhist name, and said, "My fellow donors, karma is cyclical, and retribution is inevitable. You have harmed your own flesh and blood today, and you will surely suffer the consequences in the future. Only if you sincerely repent can you be liberated!"
After hearing this, the people looked at each other in bewilderment. Some began to reflect, while others still looked dissatisfied.
At this moment, a young woman in the crowd suddenly fell to her knees, crying, "Master, Master, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have listened to my mother-in-law and harmed my child."
Her crying caused some women around her to sob as well.
Seeing this, the county magistrate softened his tone and said, "Admitting one's mistakes and correcting them is the greatest virtue. Now that you understand your mistakes, please sincerely repent."
Fahai continued, "I am willing to help the infant spirit resolve its resentment, but I still need you to sincerely repent and do more good deeds to make up for your mistakes."
The people nodded and promised to do as they were told.
However, as the saying goes, "Good is rewarded with good, and evil is punished with evil." If you do something wrong, you must accept the corresponding punishment. This will allow those who make mistakes to remember the lesson and avoid making the same mistake again.
The county magistrate solemnly ordered his men to arrest all the able-bodied laborers in these people's homes and give each of them twenty lashes of the cane!
Although these twenty blows would not cause much damage to the body, they were enough to make these people suffer.
The reason why the county magistrate wanted to punish these strong laborers was because he knew very well that if it were not for the tacit consent of the pillars of these families - the heads of the families, how could those female relatives do such inhumane things?