The Shinto teenager in Zhujiajian Island has disappeared.

3 kilometers away from Anpu Town, Lianjiang City, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, an octagonal tower stands impressively in a courtyard named "Jia Zhu Manor" in Xiadan Village. Looking down from the air, the manor is irregular and round, with the longest diameter of about 90 meters and the short diameter of about 60 meters. Today, Jia Zhu Manor is still dilapidated, surrounded by dense bamboo forests, forming a natural fence, and there are ditches and small ponds beside the bamboo forests as the second "barrier". For a long time, the Zhu family in the manor and the followers of Zhu Shuihuo who live here rarely associate with their neighbors.

Xie Xing, a boy of 16 years old, mysteriously disappeared here.

Xie Xing is a high school student in Dianbai County. 20 13 won the first place in the senior high school entrance examination and was admitted to Dianbai No.1 Middle School. On February 27th this year, Xie Xing was given sleeping pills by her parents, and was forcibly taken to Jia Zhu Manor to seek medical treatment from Zhu Shuihuo. Soon after, she disappeared mysteriously. Xie Xing's parents claimed that his son had died.

It was Xie Xing's 45-year-old father, Xie Xuezhong, who took Xie Xing to Jia Zhu Manor for "treatment". He is a geography teacher at Lintou Middle School in Dianbai County, Maoming City. "Because eldest brother and sister-in-law are superstitious, a promising child has depression." Xie Xing's second uncle, Xie Xueri, said that in 2006, after Xie Xuezhong fell in love with Zhu (especially in recent years), he followed Zhu Shuihuo, the godfather, and even went to Zhujiajian Island Manor, where he lived in Lianjiang for a long time, without contact with the outside world.

According to Xie Xueri's memory, since the end of the semester in June, 20 13, Xie Xing, a nephew who was usually cheerful, became silent and loved to skip classes, and was later diagnosed with depression. After going to the hospital for treatment, the condition gradually improved and then recurred. On February 27 this year, Xie Xuezhong and his wife suddenly wanted to take their son to Xiadan Village, Lianjiang City, saying that his son was not ill and wanted him to follow Zhu Shuihuo. Xie Xing was disgusted with his father's behavior and didn't want to go. Later, Xie Xuezhong and his wife gave Xie Xing sleeping pills and forced them to Jia Zhu Manor.

After entering Jia Zhu Manor, Xie Xuezhong's family of three lost contact with other family members. On March 14, Xie Xuezhong's wife suddenly sent a QQ message to her sister-in-law, saying, "The child is dying, and your brother is crazy. What should I do? " The next day, Xie Xueri and his relatives and friends rushed to Jia Zhu Manor to ask about the whereabouts of the child, and was told by the eldest sister-in-law that "he is in the sky and underground". After receiving the report, the police went to the manor to search, but Xie Xing was not found. Afterwards, the police took Zhu Shuihuo away and detained him on suspicion of using feudal superstition to illegally practice medicine.

On June 6, Lianjiang police said that it had been more than three months since the incident. Because Xie Xuezhong and his wife didn't fully cooperate with the police investigation, their son Xie Xing can only be temporarily identified as missing in Jia Zhu Manor, and the specific whereabouts are unknown. Xie Xueri said that his eldest brother once said that his son drowned in a pond in Zhujiazhuang. Zhu Shuihuo's wife also said that after Xie Xing arrived in Zhujiazhuang, he "jumped into the water with epilepsy" and was suffocated by his father.

By the pond in the yard, the police dug up the bones of a young child, which was later confirmed by the public security bureau as Zhu Shuihuo's youngest son and died young. Why did Zhu Shuihuo bury the child at home? This leads to 1 1 another skeleton dug up by the police in Jia Zhu manor years ago.

"Shintoism in Zhujiajian Island"

The time goes back to July 4, 2003 (because a rabid dog once bit to death, a "dog beating action" was being carried out locally). According to reports from the masses, Zhu Shuihuo had five big dogs at home, and a dog catcher immediately came to Zhujiajian Island Manor. On the third floor of the strange octagonal tower of the manor, the dog beater found eight children lying casually.

The children found were 7 males/kloc-0 females, the oldest being 7 years old and the youngest being 4 years old. According to a staff member of the town government who was involved in fighting dogs at that time, the children in the tower were obviously different from ordinary children. Asked who their parents were, eight people all said they were dead. In addition, eight children are illiterate and look weird. They always make themselves up with mud, dress up as queers and even eat mud.

When the town government staff were looking for Zhu Shuihuo, Zhu quickly jumped out of a hole at the bottom of the tower and ran away. The next day, Lianjiang police dug up a boy's bone in a house east of Jia Zhu. After forensic investigation, this skeleton was the son of Zhu Shuihuo, who drowned in March 2002. Because Zhu Shuihuo had been unwilling to be cremated and was afraid of being dismembered, he simply buried the child in his room.

The reporter learned from Anpu Town that eight children found in the tower were sent to Anpu Town Women's Federation because their identities were difficult to distinguish, and then transferred to Lianjiang Welfare Institute. After Zhu Shuihuo went home, it was found that two of the eight children were children of Zhu Shuihuo's friends and were taken back by their parents. The other six sons identified as Zhu Shuihuo were raised by welfare homes. In addition, the town government found three adults in the manor, two are Zhu's mother and sister, and 1 is a doctor.

According to a staff member of Anpu Town Government, Zhujia Courtyard is in a depressed state, and the words "Zhujiajian" and various metaphors are written on the walls of some houses in the courtyard. For example, "The purpose of this religion is to deal with robbery, disaster relief and rescue, and this religion attaches importance to compassion, and the country is people-oriented, and the people are guided by the country", "We want to build a new country, Tai 'an country in China" and so on. It even states that the wealth hidden in the mud wall is the "military expenditure" left by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the words "Jia Zhu teaches Buddhist temples" are written on the lintel.

Xie Xueri, the second uncle of the missing teenager Xie Xing, recalled that in 2006, his father got sick due to hyperosteogeny, and was introduced to Zhu Shuihuo, a "god doctor", who could cure all diseases. Later, eldest brother Xie Xuezhong took his father to Jia Zhu Manor to see a doctor. Unexpectedly, his father died soon after drinking some "divine water" every day, and was buried in Jia Zhu Manor. But strangely, Xie Xuezhong not only didn't complain about Zhu Shuihuo, but even worshipped each other and followed him for a long time. Xie Xueri said that Xie Xuezhong gradually became unconscious and depressed. Until this year, he forced his son to go to the manor to see a doctor and disappeared. Xie Jia has "paid" the lives of two generations.

Follow the whole family

Xie Xuezhong, a middle school teacher, is not the only loyal follower of Zhu Shuihuo, the godfather.

The two sons of Xie Yulin, a farmer from Caotang Village, Luokeng Town, Dianbai District, Maoming, entered Jia Zhu Manor with their wives and belts and followed Zhu Shuihuo for a long time. Xie Yulin's daughter-in-law Mo Qiongying even gave birth to three children in Jia Zhu Manor.

Xie Yulin, who is nearly eighty years old, said that his eldest son Xie Shubin and his second son Xie Shusheng have been working outside and living a normal life. Xie Shusheng met Zhu Shuihuo because of seeing a doctor, which changed the fate of Xie Jia. Around 2007, the youngest son, Xie Shusheng, felt uncomfortable in the abdomen and was introduced to Zhu Shuihuo. Zhu Shuihuo thanked Shusheng for suffering from rectal cancer, and only he could cure it. So Xie Shusheng took his wife and children, who were less than two years old at that time, and lived in Jia Zhu Manor.

However, what Xie Yulin didn't expect was that the second son and his wife were gone forever. Xie Shusheng even moved his TV and motorcycle to Jia Zhu Manor, and the building under construction in his electric white house was no longer built. In the next seven years, Xie Shusheng and his wife gave birth to three more children at Jia Zhu Manor.

The news that Xie Xuezhong's father died in the manor "treating diseases" once caused Xie Yulin's vigilance. But Xie Yulin said that the younger son and wife never listened to persuasion and refused to go home. Ping Li (a pseudonym), the eldest daughter-in-law of Xie Yulin, said that if foreigners want to "enter" Zhujia Manor ("Zhujiajian"), they have to burn incense and paper money, worship nearly ten incense burners, drop blood on paper money, and then pay a "Buddha-respecting gold" of each person 1500 yuan. And if someone inside "ascended to heaven", he would be buried in the garden like Xie Xuezhong's father.

What makes Xie Yulin even more angry is that in the past two years, his eldest son, Xie Shubin, has also been fascinated by Jia Zhu Manor. Like his younger brother, Xie Shubin moved his family to Jia Zhu Manor and followed Zhu Shuihuo. Children and grandchildren don't go home, Xie Yulin had to go to Zhujiajian Island Manor by himself. "I go once or twice a year. Zhu Shuihuo told me about him when he saw me. I don't believe him. " Xie Yulin said that Zhu Shuihuo preached to him: "He wants to establish a' China Taian State', not only to rule China, but also to rule the earth. At that time, the collapse of the world dynasty will kill hundreds of thousands of people, and he will only be safe if he enters the' Chinese Taian country'. "

Yao, a lawyer who helped Xie Xueri find his missing nephew Xie Xing and successfully entered the manor, recalled that Zhu Shuihuo began to "talk nonsense" as soon as he saw them. According to a recording recorded by Yao, Zhu Shuihuo claimed to be a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang. "I deal with ghosts all day, using the method of Yin and Yang. At that time, my sword will be 35 thousand miles away from Zhu, and my sword will deal with nuclear weapons. " Zhu Shuihuo even said that the world in the Eastern Hemisphere would belong to him and the Western Hemisphere would support him. "If I fight with you, I will fight with my sword. In short, in the end, the sword will win and save the whole world. "

Isolated from the outside world

On June 5, the weather in Anpu Town, Lianjiang was sultry. About ten boys of different ages went into battle shirtless, sitting in the huge simple wooden shed of Jia Zhu Manor, watching TV in turn.

The reporter made it clear that when they entered the park, the children quickly dispersed in the direction of the octagonal tower under the orders of adults. Then a woman came out, claiming to be Wen Zhilian, the wife of Zhu Shuihuo. She is dressed quite young, with a friendly face and no "bad feelings" rumored by the outside world.

Wen Zhilian said that since Zhu Shuihuo was detained by the police for "using feudal superstition to practice medicine illegally", she learned that Jia Zhu Manor was "misunderstood" or even discredited by the outside world and neighbors. "The informant said that we put Xie Xuezhong and his child Xie Xing under house arrest in the manor. There is no such thing. They are willing to live in the manor by themselves. " Wen Zhilian said that over the years, her husband Zhu Shuihuo has accepted many people seeking medical treatment from other places, and all the money has been confiscated, and food and shelter are in the park. I don't know why some people "misunderstand".

According to Wen Zhilian, because her parents opposed her marriage with Zhu Shuihuo, she and her husband did not legally register to get married, so they lived together in the manor and had children. She said Zhu Shuihuo was proficient in Feng Shui. Around 2000, her husband claimed to be a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, and his ancestors taught him a secret potion. Later, Zhu Shuihuo invented a "potion" made of more than 50 kinds of medicinal materials, which can treat stubborn diseases. Wen Zhilian denied the theory of "divine water", saying that it was misinterpreted by outsiders. After 2006, Zhu Shuihuo stopped treating people's diseases.

Wen Zhilian declined the interview about how Zhu Shuihuo created his own "Zhu tutor". However, she said that Zhu Shuihuo has "cured" many patients since he "practiced medicine" in 2000. Wen Zhilian is convinced of her husband's magical power. My cousin Wen, who lives with her, told the reporter, "Zhu Shuihuo is the boundary of Yin and Yang. What he does and says has his reasons. "

Wen Zhilian revealed that Zhu Shuihuo saw a piece of land in the Chinese Garden and built an octagonal tower based on Feng Shui. This building is three stories high and has a basement. Later, Zhu Shuihuo set up an altar in the building to worship his ancestors and Zhu Yuanzhang. After hearing that Zhu Shuihuo had "divine water" to treat diseases, admirers came in an endless stream, not only treating diseases, but also learning Feng Shui with her husband. "Xie Xuezhong's father came here to see a doctor, died of not matching the prescription, took western medicine privately, and was finally washed to death by the potion he drank. As a result, his family in turn blamed Zhu Shuihuo. " Wen Zhilian said that this made her feel that people in the outside world were ungrateful.

Based on their views on the outside world, the Wen sisters said that they have not been allowed to go to school since they applied to take back their six sons from Lianjiang Welfare Home in 2009. "The outside world is dark and dirty. Why should we educate them like this? " Wen Zhilian told reporters that she and Zhu Shuihuo had 14 children, two of whom died halfway and were dug up by the police and buried at home. According to her, the family usually makes a living by growing and selling vegetables. When the farm is busy, the children will help together, but she won't let her children go to school for education, thinking that they will be "brainwashed".

Superstition and worry

Before his disappearance, Xie Xing hated his father for following the "godfather" Zhu Shuihuo and turned into depression. The reporter learned from his blog that Xie Xing hated his father, saying that he was "introduced by Zhu Shuihuo, and his father was possessed and couldn't come back." On February 25th, 2065438+2004, two days before being forced to take sleeping pills to the manor, Xie Xing wrote the following words: I promise I won't say a word to you in the future, Xie Xuezhong, you are simply unreasonable-I don't think you need to teach, just follow your master Zhu around the world.

The reporter tried to restore Zhu Shuihuo and Xie Xuezhong's life in the manor, but the witnesses refused, saying only that they usually like to study Feng Shui. Xie Xuezhong was indifferent to the whereabouts of his son Xie Xing, saying that "there is nothing to say, that is a thing of the past." Brother Xie Xueri said that the mysterious disappearance or death of his nephew did not arouse his father's sympathy. Since following Zhu Shuihuo, Xie Xuezhong and his wife even turned against their brothers and sisters.

A policeman involved in the case of Lianjiang police revealed that Zhu Shuihuo had rarely retracted his confession since he was brought to justice. 62-year-old Zhu Shuihuo has little education, but he can read. According to his wife Wen Zhilian, in Jia Zhu Manor, her husband and the believers who come here to pay their respects generally exchange geomantic omen together and do not engage in illegal activities. "What's wrong with all of us eating, living and working together, regardless of the outside world?" Wen Zhilian was noncommittal about Zhu Shuihuo's claim to be "Zhujiajian Island Shinto".

According to the police, in view of the fact that the local people think that "Zhu Jiajiao" is a cult, from the current investigation, it has a strong color of feudal superstition, but it has no cult characteristics. A policeman who handled the case told the reporter that the "Shinto" in his mouth has no clear doctrine, does not develop believers, and does not restrict the personal freedom of believers. Most of Zhu Shuihuo's amazing words are his own "nonsense", and "Shinto" is just "fantasy" and only exists in his concept. After the investigation, Zhu Shuihuo will be transferred to the procuratorate for handling.

As of press time, there are still nearly 20 children living in Jia Zhu Manor. In the shabby three-story tower, each floor is full of messy bedsteads. Children don't go to school On weekdays, they get together to watch TV and play in the swimming pool. They occasionally take part in the work of farmland in Zhujiajian Island and have little contact with the outside world. Just like an independent kingdom, it is self-sufficient in economy and isolated in life. Followers did not disperse because Zhu Shuihuo was detained. Anpu Town Government has no way to verify how many children Zhu Shuihuo and Wen Zhilian gave birth to and how many followers the manor took in.

"Their life inside is mysterious, but they didn't do anything obviously illegal. If Xie Xing's family did not report the case after his disappearance, this matter would not attract everyone's attention. " A staff member of Anpu Town Government said that people who went to Jia Zhu Manor to "seek medical treatment" came from other places, and local people in Zhushuihuo generally didn't believe it. Due to the superstitious soil in the remote rural areas of western Guangdong, some people will go to the hospital after getting sick, which provides an opportunity for people like Zhu Shuihuo. "The problem of Zhu Shuihuo is more like a legacy of history. When he comes out, I don't know who the next follower will be. " The staff member is quite worried.