Chapter 13: Dead in the middle of the night
I have sympathy for the mad old man's heart. Others may not believe in crazy things like ghosts eating people, but I do. Because ghosts can really eat people.
But sympathy is sympathy, and I still don't think the mad old man was right to do that. Raising ghosts with blood is a folk method, even if it can attract lonely souls and wild ghosts for a while, it is also an endless trouble.
said that Zhou Ping drove the car fast, and went straight to Ningjin County with a familiar way. I took advantage of this time to lay my chair flat and squint my eyes to rest.
Things are one after another tonight, and I'm a little tired, plus I don't know much about Ningjin County, so I can deal with the next changes with a little more energy.
As soon as the Wrangler got off the highway, the road became bumpy. The Wrangler is a hardcore off-road vehicle, and it is far less comfortable to sit in than a business-class sedan. In particular, Zhou Da's neck driving style is extremely rough, and my brain hurts when it is bumpy.
I simply stopped sleeping, sat up and wiped my face with my hands, and said, "Is it almost there?" ”
Zhou Da Neck said: "It's coming soon!" The village in front of us is the cemetery...... Boy! Xiao Zhang! Look ahead! ”
At the same time, he had slammed on the brakes, struck the steering wheel, and the Wrangler flicked his tail and was already leaning against the side of the road.
The headlights are shining, directly illuminating the country road ahead. I saw more than 20 men and women dressed in linen and filial piety, holding a coffin and walking forward slowly.
Maybe it was swept by the light, these men and women in filial piety clothes looked back, I don't know if it was because of the light or they were wearing makeup, anyway, their faces were very pale.
Zhou Da bared his teeth and said, "It's strange! Have you ever seen a funeral in the middle of the night? ”
I'm a well-informed person, but I've never seen a funeral in the middle of the night. You must know that if there is something white in the people, whether it is burning the corpse or burying it, most of them will choose to do it in the afternoon.
At this point in time, the yang energy is vigorous, and the evil energy is dispersed, so that the deceased can not be invaded by the evil energy and rest in the tomb. Second, the living can also use yang energy to offset the bad luck caused by white things.
Late at night funeral, is this family tired of being crooked?
In the middle of the night, the three watches, the white clothes and filial clothes, coupled with a large vermilion coffin and the indifferent pale faces of the funeral crowd, Rao and Zhou Da are bold necks, but they can't help but get goosebumps all over their bodies.
In particular, they may have been disturbed by the light, and one by one they turned to look at me indifferently, but no one spoke.
I whispered, "Big neck!" Turn off the lights! ”
Zhou Da hurriedly turned off the car lights, and the surroundings suddenly became dark. I squinted my eyes and looked ahead for a long time and said, "Something is wrong!" I'll get out of the car and take a look, you stay here, don't turn off the car! ”
Zhou Da's neck suddenly panicked: "My little ancestor, people send them to their funeral, let's go find the crazy old man, don't make any extraneous branches, okay?" ”
I shook my head: "Don't blame me for being nosy, to put it bluntly, the exorcist is equivalent to the public security police, you say that a police comrade sees a sneaky person who wants to steal things, does it matter?" What's more, this place is too close to the graveyard of the crazy old man's ghosts, and if I don't understand it, I always feel like there is a thorn in my heart. ”
Zhou Da was speechless when he said this, and while he was stunned, I had already opened the car door and walked forward.
The moonlight was bright tonight, and even if the headlights were turned off, a figure could be faintly seen. I hid the short stick behind me and tried to be as natural as possible.
was thinking about what excuse to ask, but an old voice came from the other side: "Hou Shengzi, stand there and don't move." ”
When I looked up, I found a short old man coming out of the crowd, he was not wearing a white filial piety dress, but a white towel wrapped around his arm.
The old man's voice was old, but his spirit seemed a little stronger. He said: "Hou Shengzi, listen to the old man's words, don't get close, it's very unlucky." ”
I took a closer look at the old man, and suddenly said, "Old man, it's not proper to be buried in the middle of the night, right?" Are you burying a human or an evil? ”
The old man had kept his head down, not taking me seriously, but when he heard me say this, he immediately raised his head, his eyes flashed, and he tilted his head and looked at me deadly.
The men behind him stood up in unison, and except for the four men carrying the coffin, they all glared at me angrily.
The old man smacked his lips and said, "It turns out that he is still a knowledgeable person?" Since you are a knowledgeable person, why don't you understand the rules? After giving birth, don't think that you have some ability, so you can meddle casually. ”
When I saw the old man say this, I was even more determined, and said with a smile: "Dare to ask the old man which mountain he eats and how many rivers he drinks?" ”
The old man said nonchalantly: "Old man, I don't have much ability, I only dare to eat the stretching hills, and I can only drink the water from the side branches." The villagers of Mengshili and Eight Townships looked up and begged for food here. ”
The question and answer between me and the old man seemed to be nervous, but it was a common question in the circle.
You must know that there are many folk magicians, and there are hidden masters in almost every place. These so-called masters, in fact, have big and small abilities. If you have a big ability, you will take care of more things, and if you have a small ability, you will take care of a little less.
When I asked the old man which mountain he ate and how many strips of water he drank, I was actually testing him. If he is a folk sorcerer who knows how to exorcise demons and evil spirits, he will answer according to the questions of his peers.
He said that he eats the mountains and drinks the water of the side branches, which means that he only eats in a few surrounding villages, and to put it bluntly, he is to show people feng shui, fix the tomb, and measure the words and calculate the hexagram.
Don't look at their low skills, but in the eyes of the villagers, they are old fairy-like people.
I whispered, "What do you call the old gentleman?" ”
The old man said slowly: "My surname is Chen." ”
I said, "Master Chen, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not. ”
When I said this to him, I kept secretly glaring at him, trying to get Chen Laohan to take a step to speak. But Chen Laohan didn't understand my origin, so he just stayed next to the vermilion coffin, but refused to leave an inch, saying, "If you have anything to say, let's say it here, we're in a hurry." ”
This old man gave birth to a baby after opening his mouth and giving birth to a baby after closing his mouth, which made me feel a little annoyed. Don't look at me young, but my status is really not low. If someone eats for me, he drinks a few rivers.
I will definitely answer proudly, I eat the Taihang Mountains in the north and south, and drink the water of the Yellow River in the east and west.
You must know that the Taihang Mountains are continuous, spanning several provinces, including Hebei, Henan, and a small part of Shanxi and Beijing, all of which belong to the Taihang Mountain system.
Coupled with the fact that the Yellow River runs from east to west, the area of the basin is endless, which means that the area under my jurisdiction occupies almost half of the North China Plain!
Compared to his stretching hills, the water on the side branches is simply one in the sky and the other is underground!
It's just that Chen Laohan thinks that he is old and looks down on young people like me, so he doesn't even ask a question, and just talks to me in that loud voice.
I was a little angry in my heart, but for the sake of his old age, I didn't bother with him, but said: "Mr. Chen, if you go to the coffin in the middle of the night, it's either evil or weird, do you have to explain this?" ”
Chen Laohan's face was slightly gloomy, and before he could speak, a reckless man next to him became angry, he stopped in front of Chen Laohan and said loudly: "Where did the little fart doll come from!" Know a fart! Where's the coming from, hurry up and get out of here! Delayed the time for burial, Lao Tzu pulled out your mouth full of big teeth! ”
I ignored the reckless man, but looked around at Old Man Chen. Chen Laohan was not in a hurry, and waved his hand to let the reckless man retreat. He blinked his little eyes and said, "It's the first time I've seen a gentleman who likes to meddle." Little one, didn't your elders teach you to respect the ways of your peers to exorcise evil spirits? ”
I didn't show weakness and said, "The boss said that I should respect the exorcism methods of my peers, but he said that the exorcists have the right to take care of the evil things in the world." The color of your coffin is wrong, the shape is wrong, and the burial time is not right! If you can't tell one, two, three, you really can't go! ”
The reckless man suddenly became angry: "Little Wang Ba Lamb, Lao Tzu hammered you to death!" ”
He picked up the mourning stick in his hand, only listened to the wind whistling, and smashed his head on the spot. It's good that he didn't smash it, but I immediately found out that the mourning stick was actually made of iron rods.
I was taken aback at the moment and shouted, "Iron nails? Mr. Chen! What the hell is inside the coffin! ”