"From this point of view, these nine burial styles are already very obvious!" Makihara said, "Qian, Zhen, Kan, Gen, Kun, Xun, Li, and Dui correspond to the heavenly burial, Tazang, water burial, cliff burial, earth burial, wind burial, cremation, and tree burial, respectively, and the central place is the cave burial." ”

"It's not scientific, it's too weird to bury a living person in the village!" Yin Hao said.

"Cave burial does not necessarily mean digging a hole to bury the body, it may also be some kind of special memorial ceremony!" Yi Youdao said, "And the people who can move here are all highly respected people after all!" ”

"Brother Luo, do you have anything else to add?" Makihara asked.

Luo Xuanren snorted for a long time, and finally sighed and said, "Mu Yuan, you must already know that I have concealed information, just now what you said is more detailed than I know, I will tell the truth directly!" This is indeed the legendary place of nine burials, and the specific meaning is similar to what you said, my ancestors have been here for many generations, but they have never been able to enter the village, until my grandfather's generation only went in a few times! ”

"Why?"

"Remember the two houses we stayed in yesterday? It is actually the secret post of Zhaojia Village, as long as outsiders pass by, they will soon be targeted! Decades ago, when my grandfather came here for the third time, he found that the house had been abandoned, and he was overjoyed at that time, and he crossed the mountains and entered Zhaojia Village overnight! ”

This happened fifty years ago, when the People's Republic of China had just been founded, and Luo Anzhi's grandfather Luo Anzhi was only in his twenties, and his grandfather Luo Jinghai and father Luo Bangquan were both classified as the "Black Nine Categories". To say that although the Luo family has been sitting on scouts for generations, it is not passed down from generation to generation, but from generation to generation, and the middle generation is engaged in other industries according to their personal strengths, I don't know if their ancestors want to jump out of this industry, or want to expand their connections. In terms of the first five generations of the branch of "Jing Bang An Guo and the Righteousness of the Silk Robe", Luo Jingquan, Luo Anzhi, and Luo Xuanren inherited the ancestral business of scouts, while Luo Bangyu was an intellectual, and Luo Xuanren's father Luo Guotong was a businessman who did printing and publishing.

Luo Jinghai is the object of special attention, and it is inconvenient to walk around, but he can't forget the affairs of Zhaojiacun for a long time, so he asked Luo Anzhi, who had just entered the industry, to come to inquire about the news alone. The first time he came here, Luo Anzhi was stopped by the local village chief, who was engaged in land reform and arrested saboteurs everywhere, Luo Anzhi naturally did not dare to stay, and returned directly the same way. The second time he came over was a year later, and this time he successfully entered Zhaojia Village, but he was soon targeted, and naturally he found nothing.

"What about the third time?" Makihara asked.

"It's been almost five years since the third visit!" "According to my grandfather, it was during the three-year natural disaster that he witnessed a strange funeral, and he only learned about the nine burials!" ”

When he came over for the third time, Luo Anzhi found that the two houses at the entrance of Zhaojia Village had been abandoned, which made him a little overjoyed, and he went over the mountain and entered Zhaojia Village overnight. Zhaojia Village is actually not large, and there are no more than 500 households in total, but these families are scattered all over the basin. Where it is suitable to build a house, it is necessary to build the foundation and build the wall, which seems to be very scattered, and the previous personnel mobility is very small, which makes it difficult for people to avoid hearing and seeing. When he came in this time, Luo Anzhi didn't notice that someone was following him, he walked around the village and found a family to spend the night.

"It was when I was looking around for a place to stay that my grandfather found that there happened to be two funeral families here!"

Sima Qian has a sentence in the "Historical Records", called "a hundred miles of different winds, a thousand miles of different customs", describing different places have different customs and habits. Within the range of a hundred miles, the climate may be the same, out of a hundred miles, the climate will be different, if you go out a thousand miles, the customs will be different. And when it comes to the folk, this sentence has been changed, called "ten miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs". But this Zhaojia Village is even more strange, although the radius is more than ten miles, but it is definitely not more than a hundred miles, a village has a surname, and the two families are not more than 100 meters apart, but two custom burial methods are adopted.

One cremation, one burial.

"Actually, these two burial methods have been common since ancient times, and my grandfather just thought it was strange at the time, but he didn't take it seriously!" Luo Qiren said, "He stayed in this village for two days, secretly walked around, and then found cliff burials and tree burials, and then he knew that this place was originally the legendary place of nine burials!" ”

"Nothing else has been discovered?" Yin Hao asked, "Such as strange places in customs and rituals!" ”

"No, although the funeral ceremony is different, the ceremony is almost still the etiquette of the Han people!"

"Then why are you still curious about this place?" Makihara asked.

"Because of two things!" Luo Xuanren said, "The first thing is that the beasts bark, just like what happened last night, it usually occurs around midnight, but not every day, this kind of thing mostly happens on the night of the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar!" My grandfather spent a lot of time flipping through the fragments of ancient books, although there are not many such things in history, but there are still some records, but most of them are dogs, wolves, chickens, etc., except that what we heard last night was cats! ”

"Your grandfather heard that too? What did he hear at the time? ”

"It's not my grandfather, it's my father, it's also a cat, the season is summer, early summer!"

"Your father, did he discover this second thing as well?" Jiang Danxin asked, everyone was deeply attracted by this story.

"Yes, it was more than thirty years ago, my father came to this neighborhood, and he stayed in this area for five years, and it was during this time that the cat meow was heard, and more than once!" Luo Yunren said.

Thirty years ago, Luo Guotong, Luo Qiren's father, came to Ninghe County as an intellectual youth from the countryside and served as a propaganda committee member, specifically responsible for publicizing new ideas and new trends. He often walked between the villages, wrote slogans and painted posters, and under the instruction of his father Luo Anzhi, he came to this village many times, but at this time Zhaojia Village was a matter of things.

"During that time, there were a large number of deaths in Zhaojia Village, from old to young, from young and strong middle-aged men to young daughters-in-law who had just come out of the cabinet. In just half a year, more than half of the hundreds of households in the village were empty, and there were rumors that there was a plague here, there were also rumors that there were evil spirits here, and even that there were evil beasts here, which came out in the middle of the night to suck people's souls! My father and many other insiders were sent here to denounce this superstitious claim, and with the help of medical experts, they also tested the local water and soil, and it took more than a month to suppress these rumors. And in the past month or so, he has heard two cat meows, but it is only a cat meow, and nothing abnormal has happened otherwise! ”

Speaking of this, Luo Qiren sighed heavily, and took a long breath, as if he had unloaded some burden.

"Our family has been a scout for generations, and it would be an exaggeration to say that we know the whole city well, but we can always know some news when there is a big wind and grass, but we have never figured it out here! This mystery has plagued our family for generations, and there have been four generations of people who have come to visit alone, spanning half a year, and this matter should be closed in my generation! ”

More than a dozen people were silent, savoring the story.

"Master, this place is too evil, let's go back!" The crayfish frowned and said uneasily.

"What are you going to do, I'm going to go down when I come!" Jiang Bixue said excitedly, "Nine burial methods, isn't there a lot of ghosts, not to mention compiling a roster, it is estimated that it will be no problem to make up a hundred ghost records, we can just see them all!" ”

"Sister!" Jiang Danxin pulled down her stupid and bold sleeves, her words would make everyone angry.

"What are you afraid of, the two masters are here, and the little senior brother is also there, as soon as his magic fire comes out, the hundred ghosts will immediately retreat!" Jiang Bixue said proudly, "I don't want to miss this kind of opportunity to play prestige!" ”

"When the hundred ghosts see him, they are going to retreat, so won't they share more with us!" Fu Wei said angrily, "Stupid and bold, how many can you deal with?" ”

"Let me tell you, I came here to see if I could improve my fire, so I have to go down!" "This is an opportunity for me, and I can't miss it!" ”

"Master, you mean it can raise your demonic fire? Can you get me one? "The crayfish's eyes lit up.

"I don't know, if I can see it, I might be able to catch one for you!" "But don't get your hopes up, this kind of thing isn't ......."

"Great, I'll go!" Before he could finish speaking, the crayfish had already begun to get excited.

"Muyuan buddy, I'll go with you too!" Mark's blue eyes were also shining, and he hurried out.

"Bang!" A cannon exploded in the air, and the sudden loud noise startled everyone.

"This is a report of mourning, there are dead people in the village!" Luo Yunren said.

"Let's go!" After Mu Yuan finished speaking, he took the lead in leading the way in front, "Let's just go to see and see!" ”