Chapter 1 Insomnia is the most dangerous
"Old Han, what are you going to do tomorrow? You don't want to go to the mourning hall, do you? ”
"No, I want to go and see Grandma, I heard that she is 97 years old, if it weren't for her, I would have broken in the village. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Gotta go, gotta go, I'll accompany you! The old lady was still tough, she could barely hear anything, but she still sat by the pond every day, and did not speak, just watched the children play. Alas, if it weren't for her old man, you would have been really mysterious that time! ”
Speaking of what happened that year, I still remember it vividly, and it was from that time that I began to like metaphysical things, and the series of adventures that took place later, now that I think about it, this is the reason.
In the sixth grade of primary school, when I went back to my hometown for the second time, my parents were not around, saying that I was going to exercise my independence, so I lived at my second uncle's house.
His house is newly built on the old foundation, without the unique gloom of the old house of the uncle's family, and the eldest son made some money by running business, so the house is bright, ** brush the wall and cement paste, turn on the lights and the ceiling is bright, and I am not afraid to live here.
The second uncle practiced martial arts before liberation, and later became an underground party, was injured in battle, walked a little lame on his legs, and rode a 28 bicycle to work in the field all day long. I live in the bedroom on the side of the main landlord, next to the courtyard wall, and the electricity is often cut off at night in the countryside, so if there is a party at home or an important guest, I can only light candles, and if I have nothing to do, I simply sleep in the dark.
That day was a free day, was chatting about a power outage, the second uncle sent me back to the east bedroom with a flashlight, at that time I was already used to sleeping alone, and after saying goodbye to the second uncle, I fell asleep. I don't want to wake up suddenly at three o'clock in the middle of the night, tossing and turning and can't sleep, and there is still no electricity and black light. The outside of the window is bright and clean, and the trees can be seen clearly and quietly from the outside of the courtyard.
At that time, I didn't know that three o'clock for people who belonged to dogs was a yin and yang hurdle, and the old saying "people who belong to dogs don't wake up when they wake up", which means that people who belong to dogs have a strong sense of yin and yang, and at night when the ghost door is closed, when the ghost door is closed, and then the sun is about to rise, and the ghost door is completely closed as soon as the rooster crows, so this o'clock is weak, dogs, and yellow-haired people are the most prone to ghosts.
I didn't know anything about it at that time, I couldn't sleep and simply looked out the window, and suddenly, my whole body trembled and I couldn't move, my ears were buzzing, and I saw a man in white walking to the window, and then turned to the window, his long hair hanging down, his face was blurred, and he said that the white clothes were actually a white human form, silent, without cadence.
But next to the east bedroom is a high courtyard wall, and next to the side room, it is impossible to get out of the narrow hallway.
I suddenly felt cold, but I didn't dare to make a sound, and gradually my mind fell asleep and died. It wasn't until noon the next day that I was woken up by the second uncle, and I complained that this rural village pays attention to getting up early and going to bed early, getting up early to clean the courtyard, feeding the chickens and cooking, cleaning up and stopping the work on the ground, if you sleep until noon, the day will be delayed.
I didn't dare to tell the second uncle what happened, but I just admitted my mistake perfunctorily, and after lunch, I was still in a coma, so I took the second uncle out and walked around, and fell asleep again, and this sleep came to sunset.
In the evening, the slag came to play with me, but I was still weak, so I simply said that the cold was gone. After dinner, the second uncle asked me if I was not feeling well, and I said that it might be that the cold was not in the way, so I simply went back to the room and continued to sleep. After three days of being groggy like this, the second uncle finally couldn't sit still, he had no symptoms of a cold, no fever, no cough, and he couldn't wake up if he didn't eat less.
Under the pressure of the second uncle, I described the experience of that night, he stood up and called the second sister and the eldest mother, and several people agreed that the doll was frightened by the ghost, and the soul was lost and called the soul.
As we all know, people are divided into souls and spirits, the soul belongs to the body, and the soul belongs to the spirit, but the soul has three, and the soul has seven, that is, three souls and seven souls, and the soul is the spiritual part of the whole life, one is the heavenly soul, the second is the earth soul, and the third is the life soul. The spirit belongs to the yin sinking into the entity, which is divided into one spirit of heaven chong, two spirit of wisdom, three spirit of qi, four spirit of force, five spirit center, six spirit of essence, and seven spirit of Ying. After death, the seven souls disperse first, then the three souls leave the body again, and finally the heavenly souls enter reincarnation, and the spirits completely die out with the decay of the body.
The ancients believed that when a sick person enters the bardo state, that is, the soul has left the body and needs medicine or ritual summoning to return to its place, which was first recorded in the "Conjuring Spirits" chapter in the "Chu Ci". Later, it was discovered that not only the soul of a seriously ill person would leave his body, but also the child would leave his soul when he was frightened, manifested as grogginess, drowsiness, listlessness, and even gibberish all day long.
This is the same as my symptoms, the eldest mother is over 70 years old, after listening to my story, she shook her head again and again, saying that she was frightened by the ghost, and the soul will get lost after leaving the body, and she does not know the destination, and she does not know the destination, and the time cannot be long, and she will completely forget about her home after more than 7749 days, and become a wandering remnant soul.
In her opinion, although it is difficult to lose the soul when you encounter ghosts, it is not a big deal in the countryside after all, it is easier than being entangled in the fairy family and possessed by ghosts, so she personally took me out of the door.
Looking for the trail is not far from the north of the village, there are families, adobe houses, barely a small courtyard, not rich at a glance. The one who opened the door was a strong man, one meter eight, with a generous face, round eyes, and a beard, wearing a vest, two pimples on his shoulders, and talking like a Hong Zhong.
The eldest lady said the reason, and the strong man let him in.
This strong man's name is Qiu Zhun, and my grandfather only moved to the village, and my aunt called me brother.
Qiu Zhun looked at me carefully for a while, and then went to the back room, I sat on the kang and listened to the aunt and Qiu Zhun daughter-in-law chatting, it turned out that a few days ago there was a death in the village, Qiu Zhun had been to see, came back and shook his head and said evil.
The family had an old house, which had been abandoned for many years, and now that they had the money, they decided to build a new house, and when they didn't want to start construction, they smashed the old wall, and many snakes ran out, densely packed, all of which were the kind of grass snakes in the countryside.
The family didn't think much about it, snakes are common in the countryside after all. Who knew that he was in a hurry, and a big python came out of the hole in the wall, which was as thick as a big arm, and he was not afraid to see a group of workers, holding his head high and spitting out letters, and his body was white and a little patterned. Most of the rural people are superstitious, and this kind of huge body and white long insect is called a snake fairy, so they all stand and dare not step forward, and everyone and the python are so face-to-face and deadlocked.
The family is bold, pick up the shovel and want to pass, everyone hurriedly stopped, the older workers understand the old reason, this deserted old house is not popular, after a long time, there are spiritual animals to live in, foraging during the day and alchemy at night, this python must be a spiritual creature with Taoism. Now to tear down the old wall is to move its nest, seeing that the python is not afraid at all, it must not be willing to move the nest easily, this has to be done.
The family was young and didn't believe it at all, and the daughter-in-law pouted it, so she simply changed the pickaxe and picked it up, which smashed the python through. Listening to the description of those workers, the python was injured by the pickaxe and did not pounce, but turned around and planned to leave, Rao is the family is ruthless, chasing the python knife and stick on the stick and simply killed, the workers can not persuade it, God still has the virtue of a good life, why should the family be so cruel.
The python died, so continue to work, and the kind workers dragged the python's body away and buried it in a wasteland where no one was. I don't want to have an accident at night, I have a fever and vomiting, I have found a doctor to take medicine, and in the second half of the night, I began to itch all over my body, and I scratched it with my hand, and the itching was unbearable.
The family hurriedly smeared him with sore medicine, but he began to peel off his skin, peeling off layer by layer like paper, asking if the family hurts, it doesn't hurt either, it's the itch of the heart, saying that the itch is in the flesh and bones, and the doctor can't help it, others say that the snake fairy came to retaliate, and the lame daughter-in-law has no way, so she ran to find Qiu Zhun.
Qiu Zhun ran to take a look, how miserable, this family was all powdered, lying naked on the bed, the family tied him with a rope to prevent him from scratching it, he was crying and talking nonsense, and he got rid of a monster with only meat and no skin.
Qiu Zhun was frightened, and after asking the reason, he also shook his head, the snake fairy asked for his life, and he couldn't be saved. Moreover, in the pink flesh, there is a snake shadow running, pointing to the house for everyone to see, everyone is stunned, a long white snake is getting clearer and clearer, scurrying along the limbs and torso, the tied family has no one to say, just struggling to scratch himself, and the body is strangled by the rope is bloodstained.
The family kowtowed and apologized, some burned paper and some incense, and the white snake just didn't leave, and finally the rooster crowed, and the family was completely out of breath and died, and the white snake disappeared without a trace, leaving only a **** pink corpse.
Qiu Zhun said that this is retribution, the python does not know how long it has lived, it was born in such a shape, and later lived in the old house to sit in the nest, dedicated to cultivating immortal feathers, and did not want the nest to be broken, and confronted everyone did not want to kill, this animal has spirituality and wisdom and compassion, and simply chose to flee after being injured by the family. But the family is chasing after the life, and the body has to re-enter the reincarnation as soon as the body is gone, and the Tao of these years is gone, so I came to take revenge before dawn, and let you cry and apologize, it can't compare to this hateful heart.
It was also thrilling to listen to from the sidelines, and the thought of that scene gave me goosebumps all over my body. Qiu Zhun came out of the back room and took a few things, including incense burners, yellow paper, and peach wood.
Qiu Zhun touched my head, motioned for me to sit down, and then asked me about my birthday, and wrote it on yellow paper with a brush.
"Child, don't be afraid, you are frightened by a passing ghost, there is no injustice or hatred, people are not asking for their lives, but your soul is following. I'll call you a soul in a moment, and don't make a sound no matter what you feel. ”
I nodded, but I was still apprehensive in my heart, so the eldest lady patted me and followed Qiu's daughter-in-law out of the house.
I saw him draw a cross with peach wood under the kang, then sat down cross-legged, put the incense burner in the center of the cross, lit a fire and burned the yellow paper and left it in the incense burner, and began to chant in his mouth.
"There are gods in the world of the ten directions, listen to my prayers and answer my request, the birth date has been informed, and the lost wandering soul will return home."
Then came an incomprehensible incantation, and after about three times, he was speechless, and even breathing, and I did not dare to ask, but watched the strong man in front of me as motionless as a dead man, and was looking at it, when I saw him stand up violently, bend down and fish on the cross, as if holding something, and poured it from my head.
On a hot day in July, I felt a strong cold air, cooler than the temperature in the refrigerator, and this air mass was wrapped in my body from head to toe, but that day the Linggai was hot, and it seemed that there were shareholders drilling westward, and the indescribable feeling in my head was like a dream, and the pictures from childhood to adulthood were close in front of me, as if how many years had passed.
Suddenly, a clever one, it is still this room, Qiu Zhun is still standing in front of me, but he is comfortable, the feeling of grogginess is gone, I am still on the kang to reminisce about that magical feeling, Qiu Zhun has called the eldest lady in.
"The child's soul has gone far away, and has been following the passer-by ghost, and I told it to ignore me, so I simply caught it back, and the child must have a fate with the passer-by, otherwise the soul would not have been sticking to it. If the soul is lost, it is usually just lost, and you will know where your home is when you shout, but the child's soul does not want to go home. ”
The eldest mother is also puzzled, after living for so many years, the children in the family have also lost their souls, but it is the first time to hear this statement, this is not willing to go home, is it still planning to run?
Qiu Zhun continued to explain: "That's right, the soul is conscious of itself, and this kid has a sensitive physique, so he is a good embryo for cultivation. This time I forcibly got the soul back, you have to observe, if you don't get sleepy after tonight, it doesn't matter, if you still sleep sleepy tomorrow, then you must be looking for the passerby again. I can't help it if that's the case, after all, I don't have the ability to deal with ghosts. ”
I saw that the eldest lady looked solemn, and I heard it clearly, the child didn't know what was going on, but fortunately it was comfortable now, and I happily thanked the eldest lady and went out of Qiu Zhun's house with the eldest mother.
Walking on the rural road, my aunt held my hand, and I could feel that she was preoccupied. But after all, I am alive and kicking now, and the second uncle is also very happy to see it, hugging me and kissing me again and again. The eldest lady didn't say anything, and sent me back.
It was getting late, and the second uncle didn't worry about me sleeping alone, so he let me sleep with him. I slept in the east end of the kang, and the second uncle slept in the west, and I fell asleep after saying good night for a while.
Who knew that in the middle of the night, I was stunned, my body couldn't move, my mouth couldn't shout, but my eyes could see things clearly. I didn't dare to look at the window anymore since I saw the ghost that night, but I felt that there was something outside the window, and the more I didn't dare to look at it, the more I wanted to see it.
There was indeed a bright moon in the sky, which was surprisingly large, but this moonlight was very strange, reflected in the courtyard alone, and the tall trees around the courtyard were invisible, and even the grain exposed by the wall of the neighbor's courtyard had disappeared. In addition to the moon and the courtyard, it is pitch black, which is actually pure darkness, as if there is nothing left in this world, only this courtyard, like an island floating in the dark.
In the moonlight, I saw a child standing in the courtyard, with his back to me, wearing ancient clothes, just like a boy on TV, and I couldn't see what color it was, and in his direction, there was a white figure not far away, as if the two were looking at each other.
I was shocked, didn't that figure look like the passerby I met in the middle of the night? It was still silent with its long hair down, just standing by the shadow wall, and the child was standing in the courtyard not far away.
Suddenly, the passerby began to move, without sound, without cadence, without rhythm, and turned away from the shadow wall, and floated away.
The child suddenly turned around and beckoned to me, his body was not that stiff, and his little hands were clearly waving freely and childishly.
But the most terrifying thing is that in the moonlight, I suddenly realized that that face was myself! The same facial features and the same hijab, except for the different clothes, it's really like looking in the mirror. The child had a smile on his face, confused.
In this way, the two of me looked at each other, and suddenly he put down his waving hand, turned and ran, and soon disappeared behind the shadow wall, and the whole courtyard was empty, except for the boundless darkness outside.
I suddenly felt my blood go up and my head cracked. "Ah" screamed, and my hands began to scratch, but I found myself still lying on the bed, the second uncle was slapping me in horror, my whole body was cold and shivering, the whole body was sweaty, the towel had already been kicked to the foot, and I cried when I saw the second uncle hugging me.
"I saw the ghost, the ghost, it was right next to me, it... It... It took me away, and there was a child, and that was me, and that was my soul, my soul... ”
The second uncle held me like this, and kept reassuring me that it was just a nightmare, but I just shook my head, cried, trembled, and spoke incoherently. The whole person seemed to have collapsed, and he was shaking groggyly. I can't remember how the second uncle took care of me later, I only know that I gradually fell asleep, and my little hands kept holding the second uncle's arm.
The next day, I woke up in a daze and found that the eldest mother and they were all there, looking at me with concern one by one, and the eldest mother touched my head and wiped my sweat. Ask me how I feel now.
"Dizziness, chills, wanting to sleep."
"Do you still have nightmares?"
"No, I didn't dream of anything, I just dizzy."
The eldest lady shook her head and sighed: "Alas, I still can't hide from what I should have come, so Qiu Zhun is really right." This child has slept until now, and he is still shivering in a cold sweat, second girl, you can take him to Aunt Wang's to have a look. ”
The second sister looked up and was surprised: "Go to Aunt Wang's house?" She has this ability, but will the situation in her family scare the child? ”
The eldest lady said angrily: "If you go, you will call the soul, don't talk about anything else, and come back when you are done!" ”