Volume 1: The Divine Crow's Birth Chapter 12: Revenge and Resentment

  If it weren't for the soaking of rainwater and the flushing of mountain torrents, especially the shock of that thunderbolt, the magnificent work of the previous life of the river and horse - the mourning wall of De Gou would not have collapsed. This skull wall, built by hundreds of people's heads, is the largest one, which is the head of Yang Wanyin, the great protector of Cui Fu, when he was alive. It has a commanding position in this group of skulls, just like Yang Wu Shi did in De Gou, where his words were law.

  Perhaps it was the Yang Da Guardian of the Fu Du Temple who kept thinking about his own skull, giving it a certain spirituality in its self-reflection. Therefore, when the Golden Robed Heavenly Messenger judged the four beasts including Chuan Qi, the blood and tears on Yang Wan's court made the skulls in the Yang realm have a strong response.

  The human skull was shaking back and forth when Yang Wan-yin recounted the massacre of De'ergou Village by Japanese troops 75 years ago. The shaking caused the surrounding soil to loosen and fall off, exposing half of the skull's body.

  At this time, the owner of the skull, Yang Wanyin, was already in tears at the public hall of Fuzhou: "Golden Robe Heavenly Messenger, may I borrow your heavenly eye to search and replay the scene of the Japanese army's massacre of the village?"

  The Golden Robe Angel said: "Your virtue is not among the four beasts on this court, whether Tianyan can search and replay, it's hard to say."

  "Let's try it then, adult." Yang Wanyin said as he reached out his hand towards the Heavenly Eye. This made the Golden-robed Angel extremely disgusted, and with a pout of her mouth, the fingers that were reaching for the Heavenly Eye started burning like candles.

  "Sir, you don't have to try it, just spare me, your subordinate." Yang Wan-yin hastily begged for mercy.

  The golden-robed angel extinguished Yang Wanyin's fingers and said, "Try it, why not try. However, you Yang Wanyin have done too many bad things in your past life and the life before that, I'm afraid of tarnishing this treasure. Once the Heavenly Eye is damaged, what will I use to investigate cases and collect evidence?"

  Yang Wanyin defended himself: "I'm innocent, sir. Although I was a sorcerer in my previous life, I understand the principle that if I stretch out my hand, it will be caught. Therefore, I absolutely won't stretch out my hand when I shouldn't. Not only do the people of Dezhou know my character, but even the county magistrate of Lingqiu County has acknowledged it."

  "Hey, hey, hey! You're bringing out that boot-licking, sun-flag-waving, welcoming-the-new-Mayor-of-Xinjiang Han traitor county head to scare who?! What's he worth?!". The Golden Angel suddenly raised her voice: "How dare you, sorcerer, do you know what kind of evil deeds you've done?!"

  Yang Wanyin was suddenly frightened and his whole body trembled, his lips stuttering: "Sir..."

  "You little wizard, how dare you be so disrespectful to the great Buddha of War?" The golden-robed angel's furious expression made it clear that he was not joking.

  Yang Wanyin heard this and thought to himself that he had placed the Douzhan Shengfo in a shrine, worshiping it every day, how could he be disrespectful to it?

  When Yang Wanyin mentioned this matter, the Golden Robed Angel interrupted and said: "This is exactly what Old Sun was talking about."

  "What kind of person is this, actually dissatisfied with others' respect for it?!" Yang Wanyin felt very wronged and muttered to himself until the Golden Angel spoke the truth, at which point he came to his senses and withdrew his hand from Chuan Qi.

  The golden-robed angel stopped Yang Wanyin and said, "Don't bother with the ancestral temple of your family anymore. Compared to the Japanese devils' massacre in Degou Village in 1937, my Buddha statue being used by Chuanqi as a urinal is nothing. Now, I'll start searching for that scene where the little Japanese were inhumane."

  The Tiān Yǎn was particularly useful, and the Golden Robed Angel adjusted it slightly. A picture with a narrative then appeared on the wall of the public hall:

  The 1st Battalion of the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army's 5th Division received orders from General Itagaki to send a company of soldiers to suppress the anti-Japanese guerrilla forces led by the nun at Wutai Mountain, passing through a small village called Degou. Since the nun's forces were elusive and left no trace, the Japanese troops returned empty-handed. The Japanese army lieutenant-colonel who had burned down the Qingfeng Temple learned from a captured bandit that Degou was in close contact with Yang Pao-feng, so he came back to look for her whereabouts.

  Except for the village shaman Yang Wanyin, who was not afraid of the Imperial Army and was beheaded on the spot, all the other villagers were herded together like ducks into a slaughterhouse, waiting nervously for their fate to be decided.

  The Japanese lieutenant, like a seasoned butcher who never took killing seriously, scanned the crowd with one eye open and one eye closed, finally pointing out a young man who had been hanging his head.

  "Do you know Yang Pai Feng?"

  The Japanese lieutenant asked him in stiff Chinese. The young man shook his head with great difficulty, like a duck that had been cut by a knife, its neck twisted to one side, and its head immediately drooped down again.

  The little glasses translation officer thought the young man didn't understand what Lieutenant Nakamura said, so he repeated it again, and presumptuously promised to inform him of Yang Pai Feng's whereabouts, that the Great Japanese Imperial Army would take him to the city to see Hua Gu Niang.

  Perhaps it was the temptation that worked, and Yang Er, who was not interested in his father's wizard profession, suddenly appeared from nowhere and volunteered: "'Crooked Neck' can't even walk on a straight road, how could he know Yang Pai Feng? Only I know Yang Pai Feng."

  Japanese army lieutenant immediately raised his thumb: "Yo Xi Yo Xi, what you said, my flower girl has been rewarded."

  The crowd had it, like a flock of ducks encountering an archenemy, all turned their heads to the sorcerer's son Yang Er, only that little guy still hung his head.

  Yang Er said: "Yang Pai Feng is the ancestor of my family for generations, with extremely impressive martial arts skills, yet he's just a kitchen servant in the Yang Manor, what a waste of talent!"

  The Japanese army lieutenant didn't know what he was saying, and the bespectacled interpreter hastily told him the content. The crowd all turned to worry about Yang Er's finally speaking human language. But after listening to the translation, the Japanese lieutenant not only wasn't angry, but instead said several "yōshi" (a Japanese expression of surprise or excitement), and ordered his soldiers to bring out a girl who had been prepared in advance.

  "The Great Imperial Japanese Army has always kept its promises, this flower maiden is awarded to you!"

  The Japanese lieutenant said, walking up to the girl, using his command knife to undo her buttons, stripping off her clothes until her entire upper body was exposed in white underwear, before saying to Yang Er: "Yours, enjoy it!"

  The girl who had made Yang Er have countless daydreams was now standing in front of him, and he couldn't help but glance up at the small lanterns hanging from her chest. But after just one look, he quickly lowered his head again.

  The crowd was enraged, but the ferocious military dogs had already charged at them with their pink tongues hanging out, the machine guns around them were ready to fire, the Japanese army commander's command knife shone with a dazzling cold light, and the bayonets on the soldiers' rifles blocking the crowd could enter or exit anyone's body at any time. Every person's impulse would undoubtedly bring about a disastrous bloodbath.

  The Japanese army lieutenant saw Yang as timid as a mouse, needing a wolf to boost his morale and lead him on the road. So he called a junior lieutenant on his left to demonstrate. The two soldiers then took the girl to the wall and controlled her, while the junior lieutenant unbuttoned his pants and went forward, tearing off her pants with a rustling sound, and then pounced on her.

  "Ahh!" A mournful cry, made Yang Er feel the earth shake, he cursed and rushed up to Shao Zu. A soldier rushed to Yang Er's back, a sharp bayonet stabbed him fiercely. At the same time, the military dog pounced on the crowd, bullets flew towards the crowd, bayonets pierced into bodies. Only the command knife remained still, the middle school student holding it patted the right shoulder of the small-eyed glasses translator and said excitedly: "Yoisho yoisho!"

  Yang Er fell beside the lieutenant's pile of pants, with fresh blood flowing from his mouth, and his hands still trying to grab the lieutenant's hairy thighs. The lieutenant subconsciously kicked him with the foot that had already exited the pant leg, continuing to work on the girl until the very last moment arrived.

  The girl who was raped by the lieutenant remembered that this beast abandoned itself when it was suddenly attacked from outside. From the chaotic gunfire, she felt that Sister Pai Feng had arrived after hearing the news. The arrival of the Wutai Mountain Nun Guerrilla Troop made the Japanese army drop some corpses and rush away like dogs.

  When the girl opened her eyes, she saw a pile of villagers' corpses in front of her, with blood staining the ground red. "Crooked Neck" died with a calm expression, but his clothes had been torn to shreds by the military dogs. And Yang Er, who had inexplicably made her feel a little better, was mysteriously missing...

  The tragic scene of the Japanese army's massacre of the village made the Golden Angel determined to sentence Chuan Qi and others to death. Even if Yan Wang pleaded for mercy, or even if Yu Huang Da Di intervened, it would not be deterred.

  Unexpectedly, just as the Golden Angel was about to execute these four beasts, Cheng Yaojin suddenly appeared and the culprit was rescued by a divine crow.

  Choi Yun was busy supporting the injured Golden Angel, while Yang Wanyin immediately led the dark soldiers to chase and block the divine crow. When they chased to the exit of the human world at De Gou Wan Ren Keng, the exit was blocked by a burst of mountain flood.

  Yang Wanyin and Hen Hou's assistant, Yan Shi Tai, were clearing the passage at Wan Ren Keng when the Golden Angel's injuries improved slightly. Lei Gong Dian Mu arrived to lend a helping hand. After leaving Yangdu, Lei Gong Dian Mu flew over De Gou and saw that Wan Ren Keng was blocked and difficult to clear for the time being.

  At this time, Yang Wanyin's skull embedded in the memorial wall began to sway again, inspiring Leigong and Dianmu. The two gods reached a consensus and successively struck down the memorial wall. Yang Wanyin finally avenged himself in his own skull's attack on the wooden box.