Have you ever lost your soul when you were a child?

Xing Ruyi remembered that he had lost his soul when he was a child. At that time, she was only six or seven years old, and she was still living at her grandmother's house in the countryside. My grandmother had some rabbits at home, and after school, she would always carry a basket to the field to pull grass and feed it.

I vaguely remember that it was an early summer evening, and she was about to go home after pulling the grass. When I passed by the farmland of a family, I saw an unusually delicate moon flower.

The flowers were a little different from those planted in front of ordinary people's homes, the flowers were gradient colors, the edges showed an attractive golden color in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the flowers were smaller than the usual moon season, swaying gently in the early summer breeze.

The ghost sent the gods, and Xing Ruyi actually walked towards the flower, and then picked the flower.

On the way home, her eyes never took off the moon season for a moment, until she met an acquaintance halfway.

According to the seniority of the countryside, Xing Ruyi should call that acquaintance Liuniang.

When Liu Niang saw the flowers in her hand, she also thought they were very beautiful, so she asked where did Xing Ruyi pick such beautiful moon flowers? Xing Ruyi was stunned for a moment, and then a picture appeared in his mind. It occurred to her that this beautiful moon flower had been picked from a tomb.

Although I was a little scared in my heart, I was reluctant to throw away such a beautiful flower, so I dealt with it indiscriminately, and hurried home with Yueji. After nightfall, Xing Ruyi had a dream that he went out and turned into the farmland, and on the high bulging grave, sat an old lady dressed in black.

She doesn't remember much about what happened after that, but she heard her mother say that at that time she suddenly had a high fever and was confused. Or grandma can see at a glance that she has been hooked by someone, and in the countryside, it is also known as losing her soul.

There are many ways to conjure spirits, and people in different places have different soul-finding rituals. The method used by the grandmother is very simple, first use a silver needle to pierce the forehead of Xing Ruyi, and then use the silver needle to pick out a "ten" character, then pour a bowl of millet, wrap the whole bowl with a red cloth, the mouth of the bowl is downward, hold the other end with your hand, and walk around on the top of Xing Ruyi's head. As she turned, she was called by her name.

After a few minutes, the red cloth should be opened to see if there is less rice inside. If there is less, fill the rice again and continue to turn around while calling the name of the Soul Loser.

Xing Ruyi remembers that that year, her grandmother turned on the top of her head at least seven times. It wasn't until the seventh time, when she opened the red cloth and saw that there was no less millet in the bowl, that she breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the small stool.

Although it was just a simple turn of rice, the grandmother was so tired that she was sweating profusely, and reprimanded Xing Ruyi very harshly, telling her that the things on other people's graves must not be moved.

She was young at the time, and although she was scared, she was more curious. While listening to my grandmother's lecture, I was still lying on the ground looking for rice. But the strange thing is that the rice that fell is not known where it goes!

"You really didn't find the rice?"

In the swaying carriage, the bell was already asleep, and Siniang held the bell while holding her chin and listening to the story of her childhood soul loss.

"It's really not found!" Xing Ruyi held his chin: "I remember very clearly, when my grandmother opened the red cloth for the first time, the bowl of rice was more than half a bowl missing, but I didn't see a grain of rice on my head, body, or even on the ground." It was the first and biggest mystery of my life. ”

"And after that? Isn't it nice? ”

"That time was fine, but then I did something more outrageous, but I didn't lose my soul." Xing Ruyi said, rubbing the corners of his forehead.

"Did your grandmother tell you who snatched your soul away?"

"Of course I did, but not to tell me a story, but to reprimand me inadvertently." Xing Ruyi stretched his waist: "My grandfather and brother three, according to the habit of our hometown, I want to call them uncle, second master, and third master respectively." However, because my grandfather is the second in line, I don't have the title of second master, so I just changed my name to grandpa. That cemetery is the ancestral grave of my uncle's family, and as for the grave that grows the moon flowers, it is the grave of my eldest grandmother, who has passed away less than three years ago. ”

"In this way, you should also be her granddaughter, why does she want to hook your soul?"

"Maybe it's related to the disharmony between the concubines, right? My grandmother said that my big have a very strong personality and are very thoughtful, and when she was alive, she didn't talk to my grandmother, and the two of them fought fiercely. She hooked my soul, probably also for my grandmother, after all, when she left, I was still young, and I only had a vague impression of her. But on the day she was buried, according to the rules of the family, I also dressed her in linen and filial piety. ”

"In this way, your big are really small enough. As the saying goes, if a person dies, it will be a hundred, but she is good, and when someone dies, she will still harm you! ”

"It can't be said that my big also came to harm me, but I blamed myself for not being able to resist the temptation, after all, I picked the moon flower myself, and I stepped on other people's graves. As an ancestor, I should also teach a lesson to my juniors. ”

"Let's just say that you have a good heart, right? People have taken your soul away, and you're still helping people talk! Siniang shook her head, "But then again, Ruyi's temperament hasn't changed at all." Maybe it's because of this that you will meet a husband like Yin Gongzi who is so different. ”

"Maybe!" Xing Ruyi said, picking up the curtain with his hand and looking out.

Originally, Li Mao was going to stay in the Ruyi Rouge Shop with Aunt Lu, but there were many people on the road together, and the fox was unwilling to be a coachman by himself, and Brother Chang and Xiao Shengzi were performing official duties outside, so they couldn't start from Luoyang together, so they could only let Li Mao come to drive.

Hearing the movement, Li Mao glanced back and saw that it was Xing Ruyi who lifted the curtain, so he said with a smile: "I'm afraid the shopkeeper is sitting in it boring, right?" ”

"Where's the fox?"

"Master Yin? rode forward, saying that it was for the shopkeeper to explore the way, and by the way, arrange our accommodation for the night. ”

Xing Ruyi snorted, looked at the dense woods outside and asked, "Where is this?" ”

"I just left Luoyang City, and I haven't left the boundary of Luoyang yet. Yin Ye said, all the women in this car are dependents, and they can't stand the bumps of the fast horse, so let the little one catch the car steadily. Anyway, it's still early, so you don't have to rush so much on the road! ”

"I'm okay with Siniang, it's just the girl Bell, who has lost her spirit after being bumped."

"This girl, on weekdays, I always envy others who carry a sedan chair and ride in a car, but now she is allowed to sit alone, but she can't stand it." Siniang said, stroking the bell's face: "It seems that this girl is not a happy life!" ”

"Not necessarily! In the eyes of the laity, wearing gold and silver, eating fragrant and spicy food, and having cars and horses in and out is a blessing, but in the eyes of ordinary people, three meals a day, even if it is coarse tea and light rice, as long as it is eaten with their beloved, it is happiness. What if you go out without a car or horse, two people one after the other, you wait for me, I chase you, greet the morning light, look at the sunset, and you can also go to the destination. ”

"That's right! Even the storyteller in the teahouse said that this rich and noble family has the troubles of the rich and noble, and the poor family also has the happiness of the poor family. I think my current life is very good, guarding my wine shop, brewing my peach blossom drunk, and still having a big behind-the-scenes shopkeeper like you. Eat and drink without worry, and live freely. ”

"With that said, I think I'm doing pretty well now." Xing Ruyi leaned on the car window and looked out, only to see a black smoke rising from the woods not far away.

"Li Mao!"

"Shopkeeper!" Li Mao answered and stopped the carriage. "But the shopkeeper saw the black smoke?"

"Hmm!" Xing Ruyi nodded.

"The little one has just noticed that there should be a new grave that is less than three years old. Smoke goes to the right, it should be a girl who has never been out of the cabinet. It seems that he did not die in vain, but died of illness naturally. ”

"Where did you see that?"

"The smoke is green, which means that this tomb is a new tomb, and the owner of the tomb is very young, male and female, so the owner of this tomb should be a girl. The green smoke went up, flickering and flickering, dodging and dodging, indicating that the tomb owner was shy and should not have left the pavilion yet. Moreover, this cigarette butt has a slight hint of pink, indicating that she is an upright girl of good age and a little thinking of spring. ”

"It sounds like nonsense, but it looks like that." Xing Ruyi looked at the smoke: "Then how do you see that the owner of the tomb did not die in vain, but died of illness?" ”

"Is this a small test for the shopkeeper?" Li Mao touched his head, "Actually, these things are all small ones that I heard from the Taoist temple, and as for whether they are true or not, the small ones are not sure." According to what the Taoist priest said before, if a person dies in vain, he will have resentment and hatred, so the smoke from this grave is heavier than usual, and most of them are inky black. If there is still bright red in the inky black, it means that it is an evil ghost. In the smoke of the grave in front of us, there is some white, which shows that the tomb owner was very weak during his lifetime, and he died of illness. ”

"Whether he died of illness or not, we'll find out later. Looking at the direction of the smoke from the grave, the tomb owner's home is probably in front of him. ”

"I really let the shopkeeper say it. Yin Ye said, and further on, there is a village called Tomb Village. ”

"Graveyard? Why does the name sound so strange? Siniang heard the discussion between the two, and also turned her face.

"Is that strange? However, Yin Ye also said that this village might have been a big cemetery, so he gave it such a strange and even a somewhat infiltrating name. Li Mao said, waving the whip in his hand, "Shopkeeper, the grave smoke has entered the village!" ”

(Education 123 Literature Network)