I waved my hand: "Third uncle, try to be as concise as possible, I just want to know, can this bridge spirit be seen and touched, or is it a spirit in itself, which we can't see with the naked eye?" ”

"You can see it, you can't see it."

The third uncle's answer made me angry and happy, what does it mean to be visible or invisible, is it visible or invisible.

I was anxious to ask for clarification, and the third uncle then said: "Eldest nephew, you have to change your urgency, don't worry, listen to me, okay?" I say that the bridge spirit is invisible, because it itself is made up of all kinds of grievances. Because this is a century-old bridge, it has the ability to absorb resentment. The more this resentment gathers on this bridge, the more it will form a bridge spirit. Where do you say this grievance is? What does it look like? Have you seen it? I haven't seen it either, so I said I can't see it. ”

"And how can you see it?"

The third uncle said: "I said that he can see it because this bridge spirit does not exist independently, because it is a spirit body, so it will possess other substances. This substance may be a person or a thing. The reason why it is called the bridge spirit is because it is born from the bridge, so it can't do without this bridge, it should be attached to something on the bridge. This kind of thing is real, so we can all see it. It's just that we don't know what the bridge spirit is attached to. ”

After some explanation from the third uncle, Fat Dahai and I also understood what this bridge spirit was. In the final analysis, it is a kind of spirit formed by the condensation of all kinds of grievances. And this spirit body will possess and become something else.

"Protecting the bridge is an instinct of the bridge spirit. I guess at the time of the river festival, the original intention of the bridge spirit was to protect the bridge. Therefore, those people drove the crane and had a lot of pomp, so they should have missed this step of the bridge festival and did not recite the sacrifice to the bridge spirit. That's why Qiao Ling was angry, causing so many people to die on the spot. The third uncle reasoned.

"So, the tragedy that happened during the river festival was actually related to this bridge spirit?"

The third uncle nodded: "Qiao Ling's intentions are good, but he may have done something wrong with good intentions." ”

It may be that when I was on the bridge, the third uncle also told Fat Dahai about the tragedy that happened here. Fat Dahai also asked at this time: "Then why, after the bridge is repaired, the river festival can be carried out smoothly?" ”

The third uncle said: "Of course, it's because of the death of someone, and there is new resentment. Qiao Ling absorbed the new grievances, and naturally let those people go. However, this is not a long-term solution, this ancient bridge will inevitably have to be repaired in the future, and it can't be repaired every time, and it will take a dead person to calm the bridge spirit, right? Therefore, in public and private, we all have to take this bridge spirit. It can be regarded as a benefit for the locals. ”

I smiled bitterly: "Third uncle, you are so unashamed, fake the spirit of public and selfish, and your ability to say that the dead are alive and the fake is true, I really admire you." ”

The third uncle was also angry, and scolded with a smile: "You kid, learn hard with your third uncle." ”

I glanced at the stone bridge, and after the turmoil just now, it had regained its calm. On the dark bridge deck, there was no movement at all

Yes.

And of the six roosters we brought, one has already died. The remaining five were also put in the chicken coop by the third uncle again.

I pointed to the roosters and asked, "Third uncle, tell me what you were doing with these chickens just now, right?" ”

The third uncle glanced at the time and nodded: "There is still some time." I'll just explain it to you. It turns out that I didn't make it clear to you, because I was afraid that you would be afraid, and when the time came, I would not be able to cope with it alone. Since you're chasing and asking, then I might as well tell you. ”

I waved my hand, "Come on." If you don't explain it, it's just to trap me well. ”

The third uncle pouted, and stopped arguing with me, and asked me to tell him what I had just experienced on and off the bridge.

I told the third uncle and Fat Dahai about my experience just now. Thinking of the thrilling moment I just experienced, I still feel scared. I felt a cold wind blowing in the back of my neck.

I craned my neck and tightened my clothes.

After hearing this, Fat Dahai was dumbfounded and asked the third uncle: "Uncle Shi, what did the boss meet by the river?" ”

The third uncle scratched his head, his expression was a little strange, he didn't answer the fat man's question directly, but shook his head and said, "If that's the case, it's really a bit troublesome." This water zombie is really done. ”

What's that?

"Water zombies?" Fat Dahai and I exclaimed in unison.

I've heard of zombies, and a water zombie came out of the third uncle's mouth, which was much beyond my cognition.

The third uncle then explained: "This water zombie, as the name suggests, is a zombie formed in the water. When I was learning the Tao, I knew that there was such a thing. The formation of this water zombie is not easy than that of a land zombie. But once formed, the damage is several times greater than that of ordinary zombies, and it is also more difficult to deal with. There are very few records of this kind of water zombie in ancient books, and most of the records date back to the Han Dynasty. There are not many records in modern times, but I know that there are records in the Qing Dynasty, and because they are relatively close to the present, they are still very credible......"

After I got off the bridge, it may have been verified that what the third uncle wanted to verify. Now he is not in a hurry to implement the next plan, but takes the trouble to tell us the origin and allusions of the water zombies.

The third uncle said that the ancient books described a story of a water zombie in the Qing Dynasty.

It is impossible to know in which era of the Qing Dynasty this story took place. It's just that it happened in the home of a wealthy family in Jiangnan.

The rich family's surname is Xie, the rich one, and the old lady Xie's family is rich, but there is one disappointment. is that he is sick in bed, his wife died early, and he only has three sons under his knees, but he has no way to teach his son, and the three sons are unfilial and unjust, and he is reluctant to take money to see the old lady. I don't even want to give their dad a full meal.

Old lady Xie knew that her time was short, but she was used to living a prosperous life before her death, and she was afraid of suffering after death. So he asked his three sons to burn more paper money for him after he died. Unexpectedly, the three sons spoke ill of him, saying that they would not burn him a penny.

The old lady was already weak and couldn't hold back her breath, so she was finally swallowed with anger.

Old Lady Pro

Before he died, he once shouted: "Rebel, even if I am a ghost, I will come back to settle accounts with you." ”

That shout was full of energy, and it didn't look like a dying person could shout at all.

At that time, the three sons were a little scared, in that era, people believed in the theory of ghosts and gods, and they were really afraid that their father would come back to ask for their lives after becoming a ghost.

They didn't know where they learned it, so they found a thorn and nailed it through the top of the old woman's head. I heard that this can seal the old lady's soul without leaving the body.

(End of chapter)

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