Chapter 83: Turning the Tiger Away from the Mountain
Li Ergou originally thought that after the third uncle went out, the matter should be resolved soon.
However, more than ten minutes passed, and there was no movement outside.
Just as he hesitated to go out and check it, he suddenly glanced up at the courtyard wall, and then sat on the ground, almost half frightened to death.
At the location where the big black cat escaped last night, a cat face suddenly stretched out, and two eyes looked around the yard, like a person, peeping into the house.
"Dead cat, look where you run this time."
Li Ergou was furious in his heart, and after coming back to his senses, he picked up the broom next to him and threw it over.
Now he began to believe the words of the third uncle, this big black cat was full of weirdness, and at first glance, it was specially raised.
But what is the purpose of its three and two night visits to the mourning hall?
The coffin was filled with only grandpa's clothes.
Suddenly, Li Ergou thought of a certain possibility in his heart, and then, he was shocked.
Grandpa Shenhu suppressed demons, few people knew about it, and the cause of death announced by the third uncle was also grandpa's sudden illness and death after rescue was ineffective.
That is, there are only a few people who know that there is no grandfather's body in the coffin.
Could it be that this big black cat was sent by the Zheng family to investigate the truth?
Just attacked the fat man and lured the third uncle away, did he want to divert the tiger away from the mountain?
Thinking of this, Li Ergou instantly became vigilant.
"Meow"
At this moment, the big black cat ignored the broom thrown by Li Ergou, grabbed the fence with its two paws, jumped over, avoided the broom, and jumped into the house.
The big black cat stretched out his hand very quickly, and as soon as Li Ergou went to pick up the broom, it jumped on the lid of his grandfather's coffin.
"Dead cat, get out of here."
Li Ergou held a broom, stood in front of the coffin, and scolded the big black cat.
However, the big black cat seemed to have eaten Li Ergou, not only was he not afraid, but he also stood on the coffin board and stretched his waist, looking at Li Ergou as if he was demonstrative.
"Meow"
The big black cat barked, then stretched out its two paws and clasped the gap in the coffin lid, as if trying to lift the coffin lid.
When Li Ergou saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel a little funny.
It's just a big black cat, how easy is it to lift the lid of a coffin weighing dozens of pounds? The big black cat's behavior is tantamount to a mayfly shaking a tree.
However, the next scene made Li Ergou instantly dumbfounded.
The coffin lid was unexpectedly opened by the big black cat, and Li Ergou didn't expect that the big black cat would have such strange powers.
Originally, people who died in the countryside would not be covered tightly after entering the coffin, leaving a gap of thirty or forty centimeters for relatives and friends to admire the remains.
After three days, the coffin was covered and the nails were struck.
But because the grandfather didn't really die, Li Ergou didn't want the villagers to know that the coffin was only filled with grandpa's clothes.
So, from the very beginning, the coffin lid was already covered.
Yesterday afternoon, when the people in the village came to worship, many people did have doubts in their hearts, but they didn't ask too much.
Now, if the big black cat lifts the lid of the coffin, it will be a bad thing.
Li Ergou picked up the broom and was about to hit the big black cat when he heard the big black cat suddenly let out a miserable scream and fell to the ground from the coffin lid.
In the dark, I don't know who suddenly came with a stone and hit the right leg of the big black cat, looking at the appearance, the right leg of the big black cat was mostly broken.
"Brother Ergou, are you okay?"
Li Ergou was wondering who made the move, and the fat man and the third uncle walked into the courtyard.
"I'm fine, but you, didn't you have any trouble just now?" Li Ergou shook his head and said.
When he turned around, he found that the big black cat had sneaked away while they were talking.
"Alas, don't say it, I was just about to enter the door, and someone hit me with a stone on the back of the head, and then I saw a figure in white not far away, chasing for a long time, but nothing caught up."
The fat man sighed first, and then said breathlessly.
"Yes, after I went out, I didn't find anything, and I was worried that something would happen in the mourning hall, so I rushed back, how about it, there is nothing wrong with your grandfather's coffin, right?"
The third uncle also nodded and asked Li Ergou.
"Nothing happened, but the big black cat came to make a fuss again." Li Ergou said truthfully.
As soon as he heard what he said, the third uncle took three steps and two steps, came to the coffin, and after carefully inspecting it, he breathed a sigh of relief.
After resting for a while, several people began to hold a vigil.
Because of the big black cat, whether it is the fat man or the third uncle, and even Li Ergou is the same, they are all worried.
"Third uncle, do you think the big black cat will come?" Li Ergou said worriedly.
That big black cat is more powerful every time, Li Ergou really doesn't know what crazy moves it will make next time.
"Probably not! It was all broken by the fat man, how can it come? Before the third uncle could speak, the fat man preemptively said.
"Not necessarily!"
However, as soon as his words fell, the third uncle shook his head, and then said with a solemn face: "The cats raised by the ghost path are not ordinary cats, they eat dead human flesh and have a strong recovery ability. ”
"What? Eating dead human flesh? ”
Li Ergou was shocked, followed by a wave of nausea.
At this moment, he thought of the big black horse of the second grandfather's house, and the dozen buckets of dead human flesh.
"Don't think about it, your second grandfather is different from them, your second grandfather is a judge in the underworld, and his name is right, but those cat owners are sideways."
The third uncle seemed to see through what Li Ergou was thinking, and as soon as Li Ergou's words fell, he continued to explain.
Li Ergou nodded and did not speak.
In the second half of the night, just like last night, there was nothing unusual.
To explain in the words of the third uncle, it is that the Zheng family sent the big black cat over, with a clear purpose, and wanted to do something before the grandfather's funeral.
Now that the big black cat is injured, presumably the main owner should appear soon.
Li Ergou also took the opportunity of guarding the spirit to digest a lot of inherited Taoist knowledge. Now he has confidence that if the big black cat comes again, he can slap the beast to death without the third uncle and the fat man.
The next day, as soon as it was dawn, the grandfather and the others came to the house.
said that he helped his grandfather choose a feng shui treasure land, just outside the village, not far from the Wusheng Temple, halfway up the mountainside, and also came to discuss the funeral by the way.
There is always a lot of attention to sending the elderly up the mountain in the countryside.
Beating gongs and drums, folk song and dance troupes, and playing suona are all indispensable, and relatives and friends are invited to eat for two days.
After everything was discussed, the grandfather and the village chief left.
Li Ergou was just about to go back to the house to rest for a while, when a girl in her early twenties, with a slender figure, melon seed face, big eyes, and ponytail walked in.
"Excuse me, is this Li Ruzhong, my aunt's house?"
The girl was very beautiful, wearing a pair of skinny jeans and a white T-shirt, exuding a youthful atmosphere all over her body.
It's just that Li Ergou didn't have the heart to appreciate her beauty, and focused all his attention on the big black cat in her arms.
The big black cat's right foot was wrapped in gauze, and its two eyes stared at Li Ergou viciously, as if they were going to be eaten alive.