According to Sun Dapeng's recollection, his grandfather was still a little level at that time, and he was somewhat famous in the nearby ten miles and eight townships, because this Wang Dagao had been awkward since the last time he hit a ghost in the General's Temple, and at this time his son said that his sister was like a woman who carried back by himself, which was even more awkward, and what was even more evil was that the child had not cried since the moment he was born, just a strong laugh, and the laughter was very cautious.

When his daughter was full moon, Wang Dagao invited a few gentlemen to the house to see, but the opinions of several gentlemen were very inconsistent, some thought that it was just the wrong fetus*, and it was no big deal, and because that year was a lunar year, and the time when the child was born was also a lunar moon and a cloudy day, so some thought that the child was a yin fetus*, and needed to take a "yang name", only Sun Dapeng's grandfather thought that the child was a "ghost fetus" and could not be kept.

In Maoshan art, "ghost fetus" is also called "resentful fetus", which refers to the reincarnation of the soul before the resentment is cleared, such a child is born with resentment, which will bring ruin to the whole family, because most of the methods of folk warlocks are derived from Mai physiognomy and Maoshan art, so the two terms "ghost fetus" or "resentful fetus" are also widely used by folk warlocks, according to legend, the "heart of the ghost fetus" is derived from this.

Although he saw that the child was a "ghost fetus", Sun Dapeng's grandfather did not insist, the reason is that firstly, this conclusion is related to a human life, and secondly, his conclusion is very different from that of several other gentlemen. Originally, Wang Dagao thought that this matter would be over, but he didn't expect that in less than half a year, Wang Dagao's house suddenly collapsed in the middle of the night, and the whole family was stoned to death in the house.

When Sun Dapeng's grandfather heard the news and rushed to Zhuangyuan Village, it was already the fourth day, and the corpse had been buried. Although Mr. Su, who named the child, repeatedly emphasized that the death of the four members of the Wang family had nothing to do with the child, Sun Dapeng's grandfather still insisted that the villagers dig up the bodies of the four members of the Wang family, among which the bodies of Wang Dagao and his wife and children were reburied around the General Temple, and the body of the daughter of the "ghost fetus" who was born later was buried in the courtyard of the General Temple under his command. In the end, some villagers proposed to burn down the temple to avoid further incidents, but they were stopped by Sun Dapeng's grandfather, the reason was: "If the temple is there, the soul will be bound, and if the temple is gone, the evil will be scattered. And this ruined temple was left because of Grandpa Sun Dapeng's words.

"Superior...!" Listening to Sun Dapeng say this, Zhang Guozhong's opinion of his grandfather changed from time to time, originally, Zhang Guozhong believed that most of the folk witches and gods cheated money, and the real ability can be said to be rare, but at this moment, it seems that this Sun Dapeng's grandfather seems to be a bit of a real level, not to mention anything else, if it is not for the Maoshan Sect disciples, it is not simple to know the truth that "the temple cannot be demolished", let alone guide the villagers to move the corpses, and bury the culprit's "ghost fetus" in the middle of the temple (although the Wang family of four died unexpectedly, The soul has resentment, but it will also return the soul in seven days, if the body is buried around the temple or even in the temple, the effect of the yin qi vortex will trap these resentful souls here, even if these souls cannot be reincarnated, they will not go out to make trouble), I don't know how this kind of old man can have such a two-hundred-and-five descendants as Sun Dapeng...

"According to what you say, there is still a 'ghost fetus' buried in this temple?" Zhang Guozhong asked with a frown.

"I don't know, I didn't remember when my grandfather died, these are all things I heard my father say before..."Sun Dapeng said, "But I think my father won't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, if no one digs it up later, the child's body should still be there..."

"Wait, let me think about it..."Zhang Guozhong waved his hand and pondered for a moment, "Dapeng, you are waiting for Officer Zhu here, I'll go to the General's Temple to have a look..." Especially after discovering that the thorns on both sides of the road in the mountain stream have been crossed recently, Zhang Guozhong further affirmed that the man in black fled in the direction of National Highway 309, and his purpose is probably not really "escape", but has another plan.

"Hey, master..."Sun Dapeng wanted to stop him, but he hesitated but didn't step forward, "Look at what it's doing... Really..."

"You call him a master?" Xiao Chen, a policeman sitting on the side, noticed Sun Dapeng's address to Zhang Guozhong at this time, and couldn't help but smile, "He is your master?" ”

"Hey... Yes...!" Zhang Yicheng saw that he was going to show his stuffing, and quickly took over the conversation, "Yes, Sun Dapeng originally wanted to be admitted to high school and college, but at that time his father didn't let him go to farming, and then his father died, and he had no money to go to school, my dad lived in his house yesterday, and he felt that he was very smart, and it was a pity not to go to college, and he was going to go to high school and college, so he called my dad a master... Isn't it? Zhang Yicheng said as he stabbed Sun Dapeng with his finger.

"Hey... Right! Right! My master, he's the best guy in the world... I'll go to university in two days..."Sun Dapeng reacted quite quickly.

"You...? Going to university? Xiao Chen Qiang couldn't help but laugh, "Do you know what the score line of our Shandong is?" ”

"When... Of course I know..."Sun Dapeng smirked twice, turned around and asked Zhang Yicheng secretly, "What is the score line for...?" ”

Zhang Yicheng collapsed.

The general's temple is about ten minutes' walk away from the place where a few people were waiting for Xiao Zhu just now, although this temple is not big from a distance, but when you get closer, it is really not small. There are about a dozen rooms in the whole general temple, divided into two layers of courtyards, the courtyard is full of tattered and mixed clusters, all the houses are half-timbered, and most of them have no roofs.

Entering the temple door is facing the main hall, there is about 20 square meters, there are doors before and after, there must have been clay sculptures in the hall, but at this time it is empty, although the sun is poisonous at that time, the outdoor temperature is less than 334 degrees, but there is an inexplicable shade in the main hall. Standing in the middle of the main hall, Zhang Guozhong couldn't help but shiver, "It's like a place to cause trouble..."

Passing through the main hall, Zhang Guozhong walked to the inner courtyard, only to see that the houses around the inner courtyard are basically empty, the artemisia grass in the courtyard is enough to be one person high, in the corner of the wall near the bottom of the courtyard, Zhang Guozhong saw at a glance an arched hole similar to a dog hole, the hole has been flattened below, there is only a gap left to be high, presumably this is the original temple when the temple was used to "open the canal to drain the yin" of the "Yin channel", theoretically there should be water in the canal, and the outside of the temple should also be connected to the river or stream, the reason why this temple has become the center of the dirt and dirt, The reason for this may be that the small river outside the temple connected to the "Yin Channel" was landfilled due to reclamation or other reasons.

"Could it be that I'm overthinking?" After going around the inner courtyard a few times, Zhang Guozhong didn't find anything suspicious, and it seemed that no one had been here recently, "In terms of yin qi, this place should be more powerful than in Zhou Wenqiang's vegetable cellar, isn't that the man in black going here?" Zhang Guozhong frowned and muttered to himself, it stands to reason that the abandoned temples that can be called "Spiral Soul Pool" are not everywhere, especially the abandoned temples like the General's Temple, which have been hoarding and hiding grievances for hundreds of years, but have not been damaged too much, are even more uncommon, if the man in black is really coming in this direction, it is unlikely that he will not be able to find here...

With a head full of questions, Zhang Guozhong returned to the front yard, sat on the steps of the main hall facing the temple gate, and just wanted to smoke a cigarette to rest, when he suddenly found that there was a carved stone pier not far from the right side of the temple gate. I saw that this stone pier is about two feet high, the shape and size are about the same as the stone pier stool in the park, there is an artificially chiseled opening on the surface of the stone pier, and there is a large hole with a bowl mouth on the top, which communicates with the opening below, and the hole is black along all sides, as if it has been burned by fire.

Originally, judging from the degree of erosion on the outside, this stone pier should also be a thing with years, and such a thing appeared in the darkness of such an ancient ruined temple, and it is unlikely that others will notice it, and the reason why this thing can attract Zhang Guozhong's attention is entirely because of the carved pattern on its surface - gossip pattern. This broken temple called "General Temple", although it is not known whether it was a "general" at first, but from the perspective of architectural style, it is generally based on Buddhist style, and the Taoist pattern appears in such a temple, which naturally cannot escape Zhang Guozhong's eyes.

Lighting a cigarette, Zhang Guozhong walked to the stone pier. "It's weird..."Zhang Guozhong squatted down, carefully looked at the hole on the top of the stone pier and the ground around the stone pier, and found that the black on the edge of the hole seemed to be newly burned, and there were some black debris on the ground around the stone pier, the largest was the size of a mung bean grain, and the smallest was smaller than millet. Picking up the debris on the ground and twisting it with his hands, Zhang Guozhong couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat; These black residues seem to be minced meat that has been fried in hot oil, which is not only sticky and greasy, but also has a sour smell.

And when Zhang Guozhong turned his head and carefully looked at the carvings on the stone pier, he couldn't help but be taken aback again, only to see that the gossip patterns around the stone pier were also filled with a lot of carvings similar to "Sanskrit", and each carving was faintly inlaid with an iron wire.

"Scattered Longevity Pattern...?" Zhang Guozhong couldn't help but be stunned, although Maoshan Sect is not a "Danding faction", but the "Maoshan Shuzhi" also has some records of Danshu, the carving on the stone pier in front of him is not Sanskrit, but a kind of "Dan pattern" called "Scattering Yishou Mantra", it is said that it will have a special impact on the pill in the furnace, theoretically speaking, the Dan ware engraved with this mantra should be a relatively "high-end" Danshu vessel that began in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and at the end of the Warring States Period, I don't know for what reason its production process was suddenly lost, and at the same time, the Dan soldiers used this kind of Dan ware is also extinct at the same timeIn the Ming and Qing dynasties, this kind of Dan ware with "scattered Yishou pattern" for some reason, it was once frantically sought after by some Danshi, but it is said that most of the Dan ware with this "Dan pattern" on the market at that time was an imitation of the Tang and Song dynasties.

Looking at the stone pier on the "scattered scarf pattern", twisting the slag in his hand, Zhang Guozhong frowned, although it is difficult to say when the ground crushed meat dregs fell off the ground, but from the greasy analysis of the slag has not been dried, the time should not be very long, it seems that this stone pier should be the legendary Eastern Zhou Dynasty "dream" Dantai - "scattered Yishou Tai", the hollow part of the inside is ignited and heated, and the recess on the top is used to place the supporting Dan furnace - "scattered Yishou furnace".

"Could it be another fake?" Zhang Guozhong doesn't believe that the "Dantai" in front of him will be the genuine "Sanyu Yishoutai" in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty or the Warring States Period, if it is really the original goods of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty or the early Warring States Period, then it seems that the origin of this man in black is really not simple..."Could it be that he is refining pills here...? What the hell is he trying to do? Zhang Guozhong was confused for a while...

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Footnote*: Wrong birth: The traditional belief that a boy who was born a boy but was born a daughter by mistake, or that a daughter was born as a boy, would have different physical characteristics from her parents, but from a genetic point of view, this situation can be classified as atavism, and the child's physical characteristics may have inherited the characteristics of her grandparents or older grandparents.

Yin fetus: A child born when the lunar year is cloudy, the moon and the sun are cloudy, and it becomes a "yin fetus" in traditional metaphysics, if it is a boy, it needs to be pressed with a name with the word "yang" or homonym, and if it is a girl, it needs to be directly named a boy.