Chapter 17 The sound of wind and rain in the night
I stepped forward and grabbed Brother Wu, he glanced at me and muttered, "It's them, they will listen to Lei..." I'm not sure I'm getting it right.
I shouted a few times in succession, and Brother Wu's eyes regained clarity. I asked him what he was talking about, but this time he was silent, and I cut my hair to resist the urge to get angry.
Now I really feel like a fly without a head, as if everyone knows about it, but it is hidden from me, and a feeling of isolation rushes over me.
Brother Wu saw my irritable appearance and put his hand on my shoulder: "Let's meet with Master Fu first, he knows more than me." I collected my thoughts, then nodded, and Brother Wu continued to lead the way in front.
We didn't talk again this way, and when we walked into the depths of the forest, I heard the sound of rotten masters and them talking from afar. We slowly leaned over, and Chen Ran was the first to see us walking towards us: "Brother Huai, you're here!" "I didn't have the mood to pay attention to him, but walked directly towards the rotten master.
Seeing that the atmosphere between me and Brother Wu was a little wrong, Master Fu asked, "Huaizi, what's wrong?" ”
I thought about it for a while but didn't know how to speak, and when the atmosphere gradually became awkward, Brother Wu opened my mouth for me: "We met Tinglei's gang." The rotten master was obviously stunned for a moment, and then said: "In this way, I didn't expect them to be here, and now things have become a little tricky." ”
Chen Ran on the side was also confused: "Rotten master, what are you talking about?" What does it mean to listen to thunder? The rotten master leaned on the tree, raised his head and looked at the sky and asked us, "Have you heard of Jiao Si of the Qing Dynasty?" Chen Ran and I glanced at each other, and both shook our heads.
"It is rumored that during the Qing Dynasty, there was a person who was good at finding tombs through sound, and this person was named Jiao Si. He had searched for burial grounds during thunderstorms, and could accurately determine the location of burials based on their echoes. But after the liberation, this group of people disappeared, maybe you met Jiao Si's descendants. ”
I know that there are four ways to find a grave, namely: "looking, smelling, asking, and cutting", but this is completely different from the consultation in traditional Chinese medicine.
"Look" means to look at feng shui, look at the grass and trees. Most of the experienced tomb robbers are skilled in the art of feng shui, and they must first inspect the terrain wherever they go. Due to the superstitious belief in feng shui of the ancients, most of the ancient tombs were built on the "treasure land of feng shui", such as the place where the mountains and rivers are faced, especially the bend of the ancient river channel, which must be the place where the tombs gather.
In addition, the grass and trees around the tomb and even the soil are important bases for tomb robbers to make judgments. For example, where there are ancient tombs, the crops will grow worse than the next ones because the soil has been dug and trampled.
"Smell" means to smell the smell, and according to the different smells, it is necessary to distinguish whether there is a tomb in a certain place. For example, in the tombs of the Qin and Han dynasties, mercury and cinnabar were often poured for embalming; After the Tang and Song dynasties, the walls of tombs were usually smeared with green plaster mud. The smell emitted by these special substances is difficult for ordinary people to detect, but grave seekers can always distinguish it keenly.
"Ask" is to step on the point. Grave seekers are generally able to speak well, and are especially good at talking with the elderly. Everywhere they went, they would act as fortune tellers or feng shui masters, visiting local elders and talking to local legends about the tombs. Sometimes they also look to local historical records for information.
"Cutting" is the most important link, one refers to the discovery of the ancient tomb, according to the topography of the surface and other conditions, accurately find the direction of the hole, and enter the tomb at the shortest distance; second, after opening the coffin in the tomb, he touched the treasures on the deceased without omission; Third, after touching the cultural relics, you can judge which dynasty they are cultural relics and how valuable they are.
And listening to the thunder clan should belong to the other side of "smelling". After the rotten master finished talking about this, Brother Wu added: "They seem to be using us to find something, everyone should pay attention recently, don't let people step on their tails." ”
After saying this, the rotten master and they continued to dig up with their things, I saw that there were already some robbery holes around, and then a smell of earth came to my nose, I found that this grass was different from the others, and he might have really found the right place.
I took the sapper shovel on the side and joined the team, and I felt that it was almost the same when the rotten master suddenly called a halt.
I looked at him with some puzzlement, and after the rotten master called all of us to come up, he specially covered some weeds on the dirt pit. It gives the feeling that you have walked in a hurry and are too late to cover up.
After doing this, he said to us, "The main purpose of this thief cave is to hide people's eyes. Recently, I found that there are a lot of voices around our yard, and I think our entry has attracted the attention of others, especially Murakami's shoveling of the ground, and it is best not to have a direct conflict with them, as the so-called strong dragon does not suppress the head snake. ”
We all agreed with what the rotten master said. Brother Wu reminded us that there will be rain tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and when we go out, we should pay attention to the people who listen to the thunder, if we are asked to wade the thunder for them, it will not be cost-effective. But I didn't expect that what the rotten master was most worried about still happened.
In the middle of the night, there was a torrential rain, and the raindrops beat the leaves. Suddenly a thunderclap woke me up from my sleep, and when I saw that it was already about 2 o'clock in the morning, I collected my mood and turned over to continue sleeping, but I felt the urge to urinate again.
I dragged myself in bed for a while, hoping to sleep on my own. But it backfired, and after about ten minutes of delay, I didn't feel sleepy, so I resigned myself to getting up, putting on my coat and going to the toilet.
Now the construction of the new countryside has improved the living conditions a lot, the toilets are all independent toilets, every family has a solar water heater, and there is no need to go to the toilet next to the pigsty as before.
I walked slowly to the toilet, but I didn't turn on the light because the lights in the yard could shine directly into the toilet. When I finished washing my hands, I suddenly saw a figure floating by, and I immediately went out and followed. I leaned against the wall and poked my head out to look out.
Under the projection of energy-saving lamps, I saw the little yellow dog guarding the door still lying on the ground sleeping quietly.
I think I was mistaken, because this yellow dog is very recognizable, and as soon as we get close to it, we immediately make an attack and bark non-stop. Every time we went out and entered, we had to find the owner of the yard, who kept him in a cage. I rubbed my eyes and made sure there was no one around before I went back to my room.
By the time I woke up again, it was already daylight, so I changed my clothes and opened the door to stretch.
The sky was still cloudy, and the sun was hiding in the thick clouds. I frowned, a little bored with the weather.
When I went back to the house to get my phone, I ran into Lao Jiu looking around in my room. I smiled at him and said, "Morning, old wine." He didn't reply, but asked me if I had seen Chen Ran. I shook my head: "No, what's wrong, didn't you two sleep in the same room?" ”
The old wine also said strangely: "But I didn't see him when I woke up in the morning, and the bunk was already cold." ”
I suddenly thought of the scene in the toilet last night, and hurriedly ran to Chen Ran's house, but I met Master Fu at the door, and we said in unison: "Have you seen Chen Ran?" ”
As soon as the words came out, I knew that something was wrong, and something was wrong. I told the rotten about last night's situation, and the rotten master took us to the door, and the strange thing was that the little yellow dog that used to be alive and kicking was still asleep on the ground at this time.
Lao Jiu stepped forward to call the puppy but still didn't respond, I stepped forward and touched Xiao Huang's belly, fortunately still breathing. I breathed a sigh of relief and turned around and said, "Looks like something must have happened last night!" ”
The rotten master's expression was a little solemn, but he still calmly commanded us, and he told us to go back and count things immediately and set off to find Chen Ran. We each returned to our room with our thoughts in mind, and I quickly packed up my things and headed to the car.