Chapter 70, The Mountain Monster (1)
In fact, Tang Yao really did this more, Lin Yuan's ancestors lived in this village, and set up a lot of rules, one of which is that the children in the village have to go through such a ceremony when they are ten years old, and obtain the blessings and blessings of their ancestors by worshipping their ancestors.
Of course, in this era, many of the ancient rules in the village have been abolished, but this ritual has been retained, although everyone knows that this ritual is just a form of walking, but it is still strictly enforced, the ritual process looks very terrible, in fact, the children who participate will not be hurt at all, and will tell the children the process before the ceremony officially begins, so Lin Yuan and another child did not cry and resist, but seemed very calm.
One of the purposes of Boss Lin to send Lin Yuan back to his hometown was to let him participate in this ceremony in advance, and the high-level officials of the Dead Bones Hall, including Ao Tianchong and Guo Zhengrong, knew about it and conveyed it, but Tang Yao, the "cleaner", was missing, and Tang Yao interrupted the ceremony without knowing it, making such a big oolong.
The ceremony was interrupted, and the faces of the villagers were full of displeasure, Tang Yao scratched his head in embarrassment after knowing the truth and asked, "Can you do it all over again?" ”
"Not tonight, let's prepare to do it again tomorrow, I shouldn't let you outsiders stay overnight." The person in charge of the village, who is also the leader of the ancestor worship ceremony, said with a displeased face as the uncle with a beer belly.
"I'm sorry ......" Tang Yao apologized repeatedly, and when he saw Lin Yuan on the side, he grinned at him.
"Everyone, pack up your things and come back again tomorrow night." Uncle Beer Belly yelled.
Although Tang Yao apologized, he still had many questions in his heart, the first was why this beer-bellied uncle called Lin Yuan a demon, and second, when he was groping in the village, he saw Yin Cha and the huge mountain spirit, if he was mistaken, then how could the huge mountain spirit explain?
"Excuse me, I still have some questions to ask, can you please solve them?" Tang Yao asked stubbornly.
Uncle Beer Belly glanced at him with displeasure on his face, but he still nodded and said, "Say something quickly." ”
Tang Yao hurriedly asked, "Why do you say that there is another demon under the second elder of the Lin family, and there have been descendants of the Lin family with a special physique like Lin Yuan before?" ”
Tang Yao asked very carefully, after all, this involved the secrets of the other party's entire village, but the beer-bellied uncle didn't seem to care too much, and replied while helping to clean up: "There has been more than one, the old people in the village have seen it, but it has not been out again in recent decades, and the last demon I have seen is the grandfather of the little doll." ”
"Grandpa? Are you saying that Lin Yuan's grandfather is just as 'demonic' as he is? Tang Yao asked.
"Yes, his grandfather is the second oldest of several uncles in our village, our village was built hundreds of years ago by a family of eight brothers with their wives and children, so if we are the descendants of the Lin family, they all correspond to the eight uncles at the beginning, that little doll is the descendant of the second master of the Lin family, I heard the old man say that their branch used to be demonic, and there will always be some weirdos, but not everyone is demonic, that little doll, his father heard that he is now a rich man, he is not a demon, But his father and his son are demons, it seems that there is only one generation apart, the grandfather of this little doll always goes into the mountains alone, and says that he can talk to the monsters in the mountains, the people in the village at that time did not believe it, but then he really brought back a monster, I heard that it is green-skinned, very short to our ass position, with the same short hair as the needle, can understand human speech but can't speak, the mouth will only say strange things, don't look at the small strength of the person, I heard that the village built a house at that time, this monster also went to help, One person can lift the girder, and only his grandfather in the entire village can talk to the monster. ”
This story sounded a bit fake, and it seemed that the so-called monster was still warm-hearted, Tang Yao asked, "So, that monster has helped a lot." ”
"At first, it was to help, and then it was revealed, the old man in the village said, when the monster first came, everyone was afraid of it, so it pretended to be a good person, to help everyone work, and then everyone gradually let down their guard against it, it suddenly went crazy, rushed into a villager's house one night, killed a family of five villagers, everyone found out the next day and organized into the mountains to find it to take revenge, but the monster had long disappeared without a trace, after all, the monster was brought back by the second child of the Lin family, and only he could talk to the monster, He is not a demon, who is a demon? ”
Tang Yao felt that this crime was a little inexplicable, but in the context of that era, it was normal for everyone to have no place to vent their anger and anger at the second uncle of the Lin family.
"Besides, it's not the first time that the descendants of the second master of the Lin family have this kind of weirdo, they have all weirdos in that family, all of them are demons, this little doll returned to the village and I knew that it was also a demon, his father called a few days ago, I hope we can do a ceremony for this little doll in advance, I hope the ancestor can help solve the evil spirit on this little doll, hehe, isn't this stirred up by you?" Uncle Beer Belly explained the reason.
Boss Lin seemed to be really desperate, so he thought of letting the eight-year-old Lin Yuan return to his hometown to participate in the ceremony of worshiping his ancestors in advance, wanting to dispel the special evil qi in Lin Yuan's body through this unrealistic method, but what Tang Yao couldn't figure out was that since this village was so unkind to see the second master of the Lin family, why should he accept Lin Yuan back?
He knew this answer from Lin Yuan's mouth, the reason was that Boss Lin promised to donate a sum of money to the village, and for the sake of the money, people agreed.
In fact, Boss Lin tried every means to leave this village and go out to wander, but also because he couldn't stand the discrimination of the so-called "demon" family in the village, he donated so much money over the years but did not donate money to his hometown village, just because he thought of being abused and bullied by the people in the village when he was young, if he was not desperate, he would definitely not give a penny to the village.
"By the way, I have one last question, why don't you have dogs in your village?" Tang Yao originally wanted to ask about the huge black shadow, but he felt that he couldn't answer it if he asked, so he changed the question.
"The rules left by the ancestors, our village is not allowed to raise dogs, have you finished asking, it is long-winded and annoying." The beer-bellied uncle complained a few words and walked out of the cave with the sack.
Tang Yao followed behind, the sound of the villagers scolding kept coming from the front, he looked at the mobile phone and still had no signal, after climbing out of the cave, the villagers in front had already walked into the woods, the firelight shook in the dark forest, Tang Yao and Lin Yuan walked together, at this moment, there was a sudden shout in the forest in front, and several villagers who walked in front suddenly turned back, running wildly while holding torches, and the beer-bellied uncle asked strangely: "What are you doing, have you met a ghost?" ”
"Demon ...... Monster, what a big monster. The villagers shouted at Uncle Beerbelly, and everyone present became nervous, and at the same time, a low roar was heard from the forest ahead, and the ground was shaking slightly, and several trees in front of them seemed to have been violently impacted, constantly shaking and making noises.
"What the fuck are you talking nonsense?" Beer belly scolded loudly.
"It's a mountain spirit, a good mountain spirit, it has to be five or six meters tall, and its arms are thicker than our water tank, come here, let's run away." It seemed that several villagers who had seen the face of the monster shouted like crazy.
The other villagers were frightened, although the people present were all big men, but who could stay calm when they encountered such a strange thing, they were all flustered, and even the beer-bellied uncle who took the lead was at a loss for what to do.
Tang Yao's first reaction at this time was to pull Lin Yuan behind him, and then shouted: "Everyone go back to the cave, the entrance to the cave is relatively narrow, if it is really a mountain spirit, it should not be able to get into that cave." ”
Tang Yao's words reminded everyone, these villagers immediately turned their heads and ran in the direction of the cave, because the entrance of the cave can only accommodate one person to enter, the villagers in the panic immediately scrambled, and even did not hesitate to fight against relatives in the same village, Tang Yao opened his mouth and scolded: "Are you guys still human, hurry up and let the children in first." ”
But at this time, who could listen to his words, because he squeezed his scalp at the entrance of the cave, but delayed time, and in the dark woods in front of him, he could already see a vague figure like a giant approaching, and the ground shook even more, Tang Yao saw with his own eyes that several small trees about the thickness of his waist were directly pushed down by the terrible monster.
Seeing that the monster was about to be killed, and the two children did not enter the cave, Tang Yao knew that if he continued like this, he would wait for death, so he turned his heart and turned back to Lin Yuan and said, "You find a place to hide, and I will go and lure that monster away." ”