Chapter 21: The Soul Never Leaves
It is a plant that allows the body of a dead person or animal to not decay for a long time.
There is a special substance in this plant.
Similar to formalin.
The book says that the silver money grass is boiled out of a wooden barrel, and the body of the dead is soaked in it, and although the person is dead in the potion, the soul will not disperse.
When a person lives in the world, he relies on his soul.
The spirit is the spirit of a person, and if the spirit is gone, the person will surely die, and the spirit will be scattered, and the soul will pass away with the wind.
But there is a situation where the soul is gone, and the spirit is still alive.
This kind of existence is the walking dead.
In the East it is called a zombie, in the Western world, it is called a vampire.
There is also a situation where the spirit is gone, but the soul of the person is not gone.
The name of this kind of thing is - "the body and the soul".
"Autumn Moon Eclipse List" says that the silver money grass can save the body of the deceased, and after him, the soul will not disperse, and it will still be attached to his body.
The body is dead, but the soul remains.
With a little decay of the body, the skin will become dry and cracked, and the bruises will not have any luster.
However, from time to time, you have to soak in the money grass water, and the body can get a certain recovery.
Although it can only last for a few hours, it can look like a normal person and does not look any different.
I remember the first time the bald man left the mahjong parlor, I saw a big hole in his forehead, and when he came out of that strange place, the whole person was back to normal.
And the bald body I saw lying on the ground by the reservoir, his body was completely a dried corpse, which was very terrifying.
All the skin is completely dehydrated and there is very little subcutaneous fat.
But just now, his body, completely invisible, was a very healthy person.
In Zhang Ying's story, I also learned that after the bald body jumped into the barrel, Xia Hong cut a white fat from under his chin.
If the bald head is as I expected, the man is dead.
Then that lump of grease is corpse oil.
In the marinade that Xia Hong prepared for Zhang Ying, this thing must have been added, so that the color and taste of the newly boiled brine in that pot are not inferior to the century-old marinade.
Thinking of this, my stomach suddenly churned.
If my guess is correct, then there is also this bald head in the lo-mei I ate yesterday......
The bald head loses money every night, and he goes to find Xia Hong.
So Xia Hong used the money to change the fat in her bald body.
Then add those fats to Zhang Ying's marinade and let the people of Qingshen County eat them.
Thinking of this, I feel goosebumps all over my body.
People are dead, but they are still attached to a corpse that does not decay.
It was already torture.
And the bald head, every night, he has to go to Xia Hong repeatedly, run into the water, fix his soul in the body, and then still cut his own fat by Xia Hong in exchange for money.
This kind of torture that dies but cannot rest in peace is more painful than the execution of Ling Chi in ancient times.
I don't know why Xia Hong tortured the bald head so much, and what grievances there are between them.
But what I don't understand is that yesterday, I saw Liang Yuan smash his bald head to pieces with a big stone, why he appeared in front of me again early this morning.
Moreover, intact.
Could it be that he went to Xia Hong's place again and soaked in a silver money grass decoction.
I put the book on the table, puzzled on my face.
Tang Muzhou asked me very solemnly what happened, and after thinking about it for a while, I told him what happened last night.
When I had said that, I added:
"Liang Yuan killed not a person at all, according to the statement on this "Autumn Moon Eclipse List", the bald head has already died, and the reason why he can still survive vividly is because Xia Hong soaked his body with silver money grass."
Listening to my words, Liang Yuan breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
Killing someone and killing a corpse are two different things.
Kill for life, kill a corpse, no one cares.
He was a lot more relaxed.
And Tang Muzhou was very disdainful:
"Tang Xiaofan, you come with me these inexplicable things again, this "Autumn Moon Eclipse List" is a messy book, Uncle gave it to me back then, let me follow the above to learn hard, I have also read it, but I don't think I can learn anything."
"That's because you haven't encountered strange things, and if you really encounter something like mine, I can't tell you more than me."
Seeing that I didn't eat oil and salt, Tang Muzhou suddenly said:
"Didn't you kill that body by the reservoir in the early hours of this morning, let's go to the reservoir again. What the hell is going on, figuring it out, is better than guessing here. ”
His words were immediately recognized by me and Liang Yuan.
So, we packed up and hailed a taxi.
The car rental master asked us where we were going, I thought about it for a moment and said, "Master, do you know where the nearest reservoir is?" ”
The master thought for a moment: "Sanmen Reservoir, ten kilometers away from here. ”
Hearing the distance of "ten kilometers", I was stunned for a moment.
Last night, Liang Yuan and I followed the bald head all the way out of the city, walking for half an hour at most, and according to the speed of walking, we couldn't walk ten kilometers at all.
However, we clearly remember that it was indeed a reservoir.
The reservoir is not large, the waves on the water surface are not alarmed, the sun and the moon meet in the sky, and a thick tree stands upright, with flourishing branches and leaves.
Tang Muzhou was a little proud, and his expression seemed to say, Liang Yuan and I really missaw it last night.
However, he still said to the taxi driver: "Just go and see where you are, please drive a little bit, we are in a hurry." ”
By car, ten kilometers is really not too far.
In less than ten minutes, we arrived at the Sanmen Reservoir.
After getting out of the car, we followed the trail all the way forward.
After seeing the panoramic view of the reservoir again, I actually found that there was a huge towering tree next to the reservoir.
After glancing at Liang Yuan, we quickened our pace.
Walking up to the tree, I looked up at the trunk.
Under the huge shade of the trees, a sparse ray of sunlight poured down from above.
I looked at the ground again, where the bald head had been lying last night, and it was empty. The ground was flat, and there was no sign of a fight.
Could it be that last night, it was really me who was wrong with Liang Yuan.
Liang Yuan also thought it was incredible.
If this reservoir does not exist, then how can we remember it so clearly, and what is this big tree?
At this moment, Liang Yuan behind him found something, and he suddenly added me.
When I turned around, I saw that he was holding a stone in his hand.
That's right, it was yesterday that he used to make his bald head!