Chapter 1: The Lost Body
My name is Lin Chen.
This name is a combination of my old man's eight characters.
I was born on August 23, 1988, which happened to be the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, Halloween.
The ancestors said: On July 15, a hundred ghosts travel at night, and the living retreat!
And I was born on Halloween, the most yin day.
As soon as the mother-in-law who delivered me out of my mother's womb, black blood appeared in my eyes, and by the next day, the whole person had become a pair of skin and bones.
The people in the village said that the day I was born was unlucky, and my fate was yin, and I occupied a bad position.
also said that Mrs. Wang was killed by my yin life, not only did I have to die early...... And kill the whole village!
Later, when they saw that I was living well, they didn't chew my tongue anymore.
I thought life would be peaceful, but when I was thirteen years old, something strange happened!
That afternoon, Erdanzi came to me to fish in the river, and I couldn't get into the water because of chickenpox, but I didn't dare not go.
Of all the children, he is the most powerful and the most courageous, so he is our new boss, and we must listen to him in everything, or else they will be beaten up by their gang.
Just yesterday, Erdanzi smashed the ancestral hall of the river god Niangniang by the river with a stone in front of all of us, and sprinkled it on the stone statue of the river god Niangniang. Pee, we can only watch one by one, and we dare not stop it.
In this way, I could only follow him honestly to catch fish, but strangely, we fished in the river for a long time, and we didn't even catch a fish cub.
Erdanzi was so angry that he scolded bad luck, just as the two of us were about to go back to the shore.
My ears pricked up, and I heard a heart-rending scream coming from my back.
Two eggs!
I turned around suddenly, and saw a big whirlpool rolled up in the middle of the river, and a terrible black gas was bubbling in the whirlpool, and I saw that the two eggs were swallowed by the river!
This picture was so terrifying that I almost fainted, so I settled down and hurried back to the village to call people.
After three days of fishing, the body of Erdanzi was not found.
Because of this, I was scolded by my mother.
Erdanzi is the grandson of the village chief, and the villagers all see the wind and rudder and scold me for being a lone star.
also said that the second egg was implicated by me, committed a big taboo, and was eaten alive by the river god Niangniang!
On the night of Erdanzi's burning of the first seven, his mother led half of the people in the village to block my house, and they had a guy in their hands and wanted me to pay for Erdanzi's life.
Seeing that this matter was about to make a big fuss, my old man stood up with righteousness and awe.
However, the old man did not help me, but angrily scolded me in front of everyone and angered the river god Niangniang, saying that I was a sinner in the village, and told me to get out of the village and never come back!
I was so aggrieved that tears fell down one by one.
I'm not convinced! argues that it was Erdanzi who smashed the ancestral hall of the river god Niangniang with a stone, which caused the chaos.
When my old man heard this, he became even more angry, and instead of believing it, he slapped me hard.
In a fit of rage, I left the house.
Later, I was deceived into going to Guangzhou, where I took a bath and did pyramid schemes, made a fortune in Dongguan, and opened a CD shop with a fat man.
In a flash, it was seven years, and life finally got better, but at the beginning of July 08, I got the news -
Old man, I swallowed.
My father said that I was the eldest grandson, and I had to go home to carry the spirit flag and throw the yin and yang basin according to the folk customs, and send the old man's soul away.
At that time, something happened in the store, and I couldn't get out until the day when the old man burned his head, I finished the matter at hand and rushed home alone.
On the way, I was asleep when the phone rang.
When I answered, my eyes widened.
My dad said to me in a trembling voice, on the first seven days of today, when they sent the soul of the old man, they found that the cemetery had been dug upside down!
The old man's body was gone.
There is also a bloody handprint on the tombstone!
When I heard the news, my brain exploded.
I can't believe that someone has done such a poisonous thing to dig up the graves of the dead!
The next morning, I was woken up by my aunt in the car.
After getting off the bus, you need to cross a small river, cross a small barren forest, and cross a corpse ridge.
Speaking of this corpse ridge, the older generation said that it was a mass grave before liberation, and hundreds of living people were buried, and at night, there would be all kinds of women crying and men screaming, so it became such a wasteland where no one was.
I staggered along a stone road with large bags and small bags in tow to rush home.
As I was walking, I faintly heard someone calling my name.
Lin Chen...... Lin Chen...... You're finally back! ”
Woman?
The voice was delicate and charming, very seductive.
Call...... Call!
Winds are blowing from all directions.
A sudden chill, like a cone piercing flesh, drilled into my backbone and made my scalp tingle.
But there was not even a shadow of a person in the four corners, but the willow strips, swaying in the wind, like ghost hands with teeth and claws.
Maybe...... It's an auditory hallucination.
I tightened my clothes and walked briskly towards home.
After sitting down, I looked around at this familiar and strange home and asked, "My grandfather...... How did he die? ”
"Lung cancer, advanced stage, can't be saved!" My father sighed.
I told him not to be sad, after all, life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky, and some things can't be forced.
"The matter of the cemetery, have you reported it?" I asked again.
"I reported it yesterday", my dad sighed and said, "It said that this matter is too strange, let us wait for news at home." I nodded slightly.
When I went to visit my grandmother in the back of the village, she was shocked at first, and her face was full of fear, as if she had seen a thief.
My second monk was confused, so he didn't take it seriously, and asked my old man again how he left, because I always felt that something was wrong.
"Lung Cancer...... In the late stage, it can't be saved! ”
Grandma said exactly the same thing as my dad.
"I've heard about the old man's grave, but grandma, don't worry, I'll find out this person for him sooner or later!"
I said firmly.
As soon as the words fell, my grandmother seemed to have changed person, grabbed my sleeve tightly, and said in a panic:
"What the hell, what's there to do with a little bastard digging a grave? Stay for two or three days and leave, if something happens to you because of this, under the Nine Springs, what face do I have to meet the ancestors and ancestors! ”
I laughed and said, "If you catch a murderer, you won't put your life into it, right?" Let the gods and gods you say chatter, strange and scary ......""
"Let you go, be obedient, don't be like your grandfather......"
Grandma grabbed my hand and looked anxious.
I was startled, as if I had caught some clue.
"What is the same as my grandfather, grandma, how the hell did the old man die!"
I asked, frowning.
"Lung Cancer...... Lung cancer! Advanced! ”
Grandma's hand trembled a little, let go of mine, and shook her head in a panic, unwilling to say anything more.
But I can see that there must be something hidden in her words just now!
Grandma is sick, and once she gets emotional, she tends to pull over, so I don't dare to ask anything more.
But her strange behavior made me have huge doubts.
I muttered to myself that something must be wrong!
"Tatsuko...... Your grandfather left you something, and all these years, you have been away from home, and grandma can't give it to you. ”
Grandma took a few pills, eased her breath, and beckoned me to go with her.
When I got to the back room, I saw a secret door, the door and the wall were the same color.
My eyes widened, I never knew there was such a place after all these years?
When I opened the door, I was greeted by the smell of dust.
It's pitch black inside, and you can't see your fingers.
I turned on my phone's flashlight, illuminated the way, followed my grandmother, and walked down the steps, step by step.
Click!
After a switch sounded, in the corner, I saw a dilapidated wooden box.
The box was plastered with all kinds of yellow symbols, and the yellow symbols were painted with characters that I couldn't understand, densely packed, dragons flying and phoenixes dancing, scribbled to the extreme.
Grandma crouched down, muttered mysteriously, and with her wrinkled hands, unwrapped the hemp rope wrapped around it.
Then, she pulled the yellow talisman on it and inserted a strangely shaped key into the lockhole.
Suddenly, the wooden box shook violently, as if something was about to pop out......