Chapter 8 The Past of the Liu Family
In the following time, the white old ghost went to the town below the mountain when he had nothing to do.
Our mountain here is called Funiu Mountain, there are no rare birds and beasts in the mountain and no scenic spots, the barren grass is not wide, the most famous is a Taoist temple.
The Taoist temple is called Huiji Temple, which was built in the late Qing Dynasty. It has been destroyed in the war several times, and each time someone has sponsored the reconstruction. There are not many Taoist priests in the view, but they all seem to have the ability, so the incense of Huiji Temple has always been good.
Some people say that behind the Huiji Temple is Zhengyi Weimengdao, and the first generation of the master is a master who came out of the Heavenly Master Mansion of Longhu Mountain.
However, this is mostly an exaggeration, the Heavenly Master's Mansion of Longhu Mountain is the holy land of the world's Daomen, and the Taoist priest who came out of it is not a fairy-like figure. There are many famous caves and blessed places in the world, how can they come to our poor and remote land to start a sect.
The Taoist priest who counted the eight characters and vomited blood for me came from the Huiji Temple, and the white old ghost ran down the mountain to inquire about the news of the Taoist priest if he had nothing to do in the past few days.
Seven days later, at noon, the weather suddenly changed.
Looking at Funiu Mountain in the distance, the dark clouds are overwhelming, and the thunder in the clouds is faint.
Not long afterward, the old white ghost came back from outside humming a song, and the first thing he said when he entered the door was to announce the death of a person, Chen Qiu was dead.
Chen Qiu is the name of the Taoist priest, and the old white ghost said that he would definitely die for my fortune telling, but he didn't expect to die.
"Uncle Bai, how did he die?" I would love to know the cause of Chen Qiu's death, because his death made me feel a heavy sense of guilt.
"The Tao is not strong enough to watch the heavens, and there are five thunderstorms in the sky."
Five thunders in the sky can be regarded as the most miserable way to die, and it is also the most vicious curse.
I never imagined that Daoist Chen Qiu just calculated the eight characters for me, and he suffered such a bad luck, and he couldn't say a word that shocked me.
The white old ghost said that Chen Qiu deserved to die that day, but he was a Taoist priest who held the precepts and received the penalty, so he had a seven-day period of atonement.
It's a pity that after all, the Tao is not enough, and he failed to take a ray of life from God.
"Uncle Bai, my eight characters are really so evil?" I couldn't help but ask.
"Your eight characters are not evil, and the evil door is your life. There are some things you still don't want to know for the time being, and the sooner you know, the worse it will be for you. In short, you have to believe me, everything I do is for your good, and I will never harm you. ”
I believe what he says, and although I know that he must have something very important to hide from me, he will not have the slightest ill will towards me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have risked my life to try to save me from Huixiang's hands, and if he had been half a step late that day, I would have died at the mouth of Xie Guangcai.
In the days that followed, there was nothing to recount.
Huixiang didn't bother anymore and disappeared completely, and Huijiguan didn't make a big fuss about Chen Qiu's death.
The old white ghost and I continued to row rotten boats in the Yellow River, fishing for corpses to make money. Regarding my marriage with Huanghe Niangniang, the old white ghost asked me not to be anxious, saying that she was inconvenient now, and she would naturally take the initiative to come to me when it was convenient for her.
I said in my heart, what am I anxious about, she is not in a hurry, but I am single. Maybe after a long time, she will forget about me, and then I can use the money I earned from the corpse to marry a living woman as a wife.
After a few months of such peace, I didn't get into trouble anymore, but the old white ghost himself got into a very troublesome matter.
At the beginning of September, a big man from out of town came to look for the white old ghost.
This person is not small at first glance, accompanied by seven or eight people, driving two Rand Cruisers who dare to climb the embankment, and leading the way is Zhao Gang, the village chief of the white old ghost and their village.
"What do you call an old man?" After entering the courtyard, the big man first walked directly to the white old ghost and asked.
"The surname is Bai, and people call it the white old ghost."
"Since ancient times, there are many strange people in the ancient Yellow River Ancient Road, your village chief has told me a lot about Brother Bai, and I want to ask you to help fish out a pair of bones." This big man is also straightforward and directly expresses his intentions.
"But locally?" The old white ghost asked.
"Not far away, Nine Dragon Caves."
The Nine Dragon Caves are indeed not far, the waterway is thirty miles, and the dry road is only one hundred and ten miles away.
But that place is evil, when the white old ghost told me what corpses can't be fished out, he also told me that you can't go to any land.
This Nine Dragons Cave is the forbidden waters that he has repeatedly warned me about, the living are not allowed to enter, and those who trespass are dead.
"Then I'm sorry, I can't go to the Nine Dragons Cave, and I can't give any amount of money." As soon as he heard that it was the Nine Dragon Caves, the old white ghost directly said that he was dead, and he didn't even leave room for bargaining.
Seeing that the old ghost opened his mouth to refuse, Village Chief Zhao's face couldn't be hung up on the spot, it was obvious that he had received benefits and made a package ticket, otherwise he would not have personally brought people over. He smiled and said: "Old white ghost, Mr. Wang's status is noble, this time I came to ask you for help, don't talk about it so deadly, money is not a problem." ”
"If you want to go, what's the use of asking for money that you don't spend your life." The old white ghost glared at Village Chief Zhao and went back directly.
At this time, Village Chief Zhao's face was even more ugly, gloomy and dripping.
As the old saying goes, poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people. Most of the people who can be cadres in our land where birds don't are beaten, and there are family forces behind them.
If it weren't for Village Chief Zhao who was hindered by this big man's bad face today, I guess he would have pointed at the white old ghost's nose and scolded his mother.
After being rejected by the old white ghost, the distinguished guest looked as usual, standing in place as if nothing had happened, looking around the courtyard.
He didn't speak, but out of his entourage came a stout man with a scarred face.
The scar-faced man walked up to the old white ghost in a few steps, and he didn't speak, just stared at him like that.
Everyone has an aura, and the scar-faced man's aura is very oppressive, especially his fierce eyes, which seem to be about to kill.
In contrast, the white old ghost with a thin body wrapped in an old cotton jacket was suddenly covered by his aura. The white old ghost was born not masculine enough, and he was cowardly at the moment.
The body that was looked at by Scarface shivered involuntarily, and I didn't even dare to take a breath when I stood on the side. Devils also know how to fear the wicked, let alone good people like us.
After confronting each other like this for a while, when he saw that the old white ghost was about to lose his bearing, he suddenly stomped his foot, turned around and ran into the house.
When he came out again, he held three black tablets in his hand.
I saw the old white ghost hold up a tablet and walk over the scar-faced man with his head held high and walked up to the distinguished guest, and said loudly: "The Bai family's corpse collection started with my great-ancestor, and this is his tablet." ”
"This side is my grandfather."
"This side is my father."
"Their tablets are here, and the corpses are all in the Nine Dragons Cave."
"As long as you can give me a reason to go to the Nine Dragons Cave today, my old white ghost will go with you now!"
No one expected that the old white ghost would suddenly come out with the ancestor's tablet, and no one spoke now.
The group came and went quickly. When they were all gone, I went to close the courtyard door, and when I went back to the house, I saw the old white ghost throwing the tablet of his ancestor into the furnace.
"Uncle Bai, what are you doing here?" I asked, surprised.
"Shields can only be used once, what are you doing with them?"
"However, these are the tablets of your ancestors, and you ...... do this."
I can't go on anymore, because I've never seen anyone who burns the ancestral tablet, not to mention the great rebellion, it's incredible.
"Don't honor your ancestors, what's the use of respecting them!"
“……”
I was completely speechless.
There has always been only the saying of unworthy descendants, and I have never heard of unworthy ancestors.
Seeing that he began to talk nonsense, I didn't stay in the house, turned around and walked out of the small courtyard, leaving him alone to calm down.
The Bai family has been a corpse collector for generations, and they usually do not contact the villagers, so naturally no one knows the cause of their family's death. If it weren't for the fact that the old white ghost suddenly used the ancestral tablet as a shield today, even I wouldn't know that they all died in the Nine Dragons Cave.
There is no doubt that the Bai family hides a sad and bizarre family story, and what are the taboos in the waters of the Nine Dragon Caves aroused my curiosity.
There are also many mysterious legends about the Nine Dragon Caves in our local area, the Nine Dragon Caves have not existed since ancient times, and were formed in the troubled times of China more than 100 years ago.
The original Jiulong Cave was just a mountain peak bypassed by the Yellow River, which was connected to Funiu Mountain from end to end. More than 100 years ago, during the turbulent times in China, the Yellow River suffered a rare flood. The water flooded both sides of the Yellow River, flooding countless towns and villages, and directly collapsing the mountain.
At dinner that day, the old white ghost took the initiative to talk to me about the Nine Dragon Grottoes.
After listening to him, I realized that there was a shocking secret hidden behind the Nine Dragon Caves......