Chapter 8: Tengjiao
Something unexpected happened, Rue Xiangniang did not die, but she dragged Zhou Laowu's body out of the river.
I didn't see Zhou Lao Wu by the well last night, and I don't seem to see him today, but I didn't expect him to die in Huaishui.
"Let's go, lead the way and see!" I pulled Guo Dajiang and ran.
The blind man followed us, sighing and slapping his swollen thighs as he ran. It was Zhou Lao Wu who gave him the money, and now that the person is dead, he has no way to pay the money, this cause and effect can't be over, so he can only die.
I have to say that although the fifth uncle is a bastard, he didn't die in vain this time, which is equivalent to indirectly helping the village.
Running to the edge of the Huaishui in one breath, the people had gathered here again, and they were all silent. On the bank of the river, two corpses were placed side by side, it was Aunt Cuiyun and his fifth uncle.
I looked around and asked, "Are the big guys all here?" ”
Guo Jiazhu, the village head, walked up and gave me a positive answer, "I clicked it just now, and it's all there, and there is no one missing." ”
At this moment, there was a loud roar from behind him, "No, he was not drowned, he was scared to death!" ”
The crowd was in an uproar, and they all looked at Zhou Lao Wu's face.
When I looked at it, I was so shocked that my scalp was numb, and I saw that the fifth uncle's eyes were wide open, his face was extremely distorted, his mouth was open to the limit, and his tongue was stiffly sticking out. I've seen a lot of dead people, and I've never seen one with such an ugly death.
Blind Wang is right, this is not a normal drowning at all, but being scared to death, what did he encounter before he died?!
There were exclamations all around, the timid people were so frightened that they screamed, and some of the babies were directly frightened and cried loudly.
The blind man stepped forward, pinched a spell in his right hand, and out of nowhere he found a yellow paper talisman, his hand was like lightning, and a little bit on the forehead of the corpse, and the charm covered the terrifying face.
"This man's soul is gone."
The blind man muttered to himself, his face unspeakably ugly. I didn't understand what that meant, but I could tell from his expression that it was quite serious!
The old village chief turned to the blind man Wang and asked worriedly: "Mr. Wang, look at our village...... What should I do next? ”
Now the villagers regard the blind man as the backbone, and look at him pitifully.
The old guy was distracted, woke up in shock, opened his mouth and pretended not to care and smiled: "The demon may not be cleared yet, I naturally can't leave easily, and I will live in ...... during this time."
"Just stay at my house." I said on the sidelines.
This old guy may want to run away at any time, let him live in my house, and he can watch from time to time. In addition, there are many things that cannot be said to the people in the village, and I am going to tell him and others when I go back to see if he can find out the clue.
Unexpectedly, Wang Blind's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I'll live in Ding Yanzi's house, and wait for things to calm down before leaving, so it's okay, right?" ”
With the assurances of the blind man, the people in the village were a little relieved and turned their heads to each other. In just two days, three people died in the village, which has never been the case, and people are panicking.
My heart moved, I looked left and right, and asked, "Is my aunt here?" ”
Aunt Yue is Ruxiang's mother, although I heard that she is safe, but I still feel relieved to see it in my heart.
"Xiaoxi, my mother is here."
Ruexiang's voice came from there, and I turned my head to look over, only to see her dodge away, revealing her aunt.
Aunt Yue was wet, her long hair was still dripping, her hands were in her arms, and she was trembling, looking frightened.
Seeing that my aunt was intact, I breathed a sigh of relief, turned to the blind man and was about to say something, when suddenly, an electric flash flashed in my mind, and I turned to stare at her again.
Aunt Yue is beautiful and loves beauty, and often wears dresses on hot days, but today she is dressed in an ordinary dress. She wore a plaid shirt and dark trousers, a pair of trousers rolled up to her knees, revealing a pair of white bare feet.
I just looked at it a little just now, and I felt a little familiar, but I didn't take it to heart, but when I turned my head, I remembered where I had seen this outfit!
Just last night, someone carried the woman's body from my house and threw it into the well in the village.
I tried to think about countless people, and they were all rejected, but I never imagined that it was Aunt Yue!
How did she know about the female corpse? What is the motive for walking on his back and throwing him into the well? She...... What do you know? What kind of goal do you want to achieve?
I was dumbfounded.
I wanted to go up and question, but in the end I dispelled this idea, if she really had any ulterior motives, she would ask in vain, she wouldn't say it, but startled the snake.
At this moment, I suddenly felt that this woman who had nurtured me had become so strange......
The village chief shouted in his ears: "The demon in Huaishui has not been eliminated, don't go into the water during this time, let's bury the dead first." When you go out to do things, someone must accompany you, and the little guy is all locked up at home during this time, and he can't cut off people to take care of him; As soon as you notice something, you should immediately strike the gong, and when you hear the gong, everyone should immediately go and help......"
Sure enough, people can be the village chief instead of eating dry rice and relying on Zuyin, Guo Jiazhu sent down one order after another, everyone nodded, and the sense of crisis was gradually suppressed.
In another village, so many things happened, I was afraid that the villagers would have left the village to avoid trouble, but Wutou Village, under the leadership of Guo Jiazhu, quickly united.
I nodded again and again, his mistakes were very appropriate, and they could indeed greatly reduce the probability of accidents.
After the instructions were finished, it was almost dusk, and the big guy dragged his heavy steps, took the two corpses, and returned to the village worriedly.
The blind man leaned over and whispered, "Brother Ding, I'll take someone up the mountain to bury the dead, prepare some wine, and drink two cups of our brothers." ”
I was taken aback, "Aren't you going to do something?" And the mortuary is going to be ......."
The blind man shook his head and interrupted me and sighed: "When is it, your life is not guaranteed at any time, what do you care about those stinky rules?" Bury early and clean early. ”
I'm speechless, this guy used to pretend to be a ghost, but now it's a big deal, he doesn't even go through the motions, what kind of person is!
But I agree with his last sentence, bury it early and clean it early, I let the female corpse toss and turn it crazy, and now I really don't want to see any more corpses.
Next, the blind man used his three-inch tongue to throw out a theory that no one could understand, and the big guy immediately recognized that he would go up the mountain to bury the corpse.
There was such a big thing in the village, no one had the heart to hide their secrets, and soon two coffins were donated, and people brought pickaxes and shovels, and then went to work to bury people.
When the local elderly are over 60 years old, they have to prepare life materials for themselves, and there is no shortage of coffins.
Since there were two of my mothers among the dead, I naturally wanted to be sent up the mountain, so I followed the crowd with a hoe and went to the Wutou Gang.
On the post, the sun is about to set, climb high and look, the sunset dyes the great plain into a bloody color. Under the shadow of the setting sun, this time I can see more clearly, the direction of Aconitum Village is not a giant snake coiled and sleeping.
I heard the sound of a blind man chanting a mantra, and I looked down to see that the two coffins had already entered the pit, and people began to cover the earth and bury them. The blind man babbled in his mouth, and scattered the straw paper, falling like snowflakes, a bleak scene.
Listening to the sound of crying, I felt extremely uncomfortable, tears came out of my eyes, and a few days after sending my adoptive father away, two more mothers left......
I can't help but feel a little annoyed at the female corpse, the village has always been peaceful before, but because of her sudden appearance, she began to die one after another, and she must not be able to get out of it!
Suddenly, I noticed something, stopped crying, and my eyes widened.
After confirming it again, I was shocked and hurriedly beckoned to the blind man, "Quick, come up and have a look!" ”
Just now, casually swept over, and I found that the direction of the path on the Wutou Gang was very familiar.
The road on the hill is paved with bluestone slabs, and I don't know how many years have passed, and the surface has been polished smooth and shiny. Looking down at the sunset, I saw a winding spiraling upward, just like a coiled giant snake, and the main thing was exactly the same as the road in the village, but it was reversed.
Although I was puzzled, this discovery was enough to shock me.
When the blind man heard my call, he hurriedly threw all the straw paper and hurriedly climbed up.
Standing on the top of the post, Wang Blind was also dumbfounded, "How can this be?" What does this mean? ”
The two sides are contrasted, about half a mile apart, and on one side is the aconitum gang protruding from the plain, on which is coiled a big snake, with its head raised to the sky. On the other side is the slightly sunken village of Aconitum, also coiled with a snake, quietly lying on the ground.
There is a yin and a yang on both sides, as if it was a copy cast in the same mold, and it seems that a piece has been dug out of the ground and turned over.
This scene was so shocking that even I, a layman, was speechless.
"There is not only a Wojiao Bureau here, but also a Tengjiao Bureau!" The blind man blurted out in exclamation, jumped up and scurried back and forth on the top of the post, trembling and muttering: "Quick, help find another well!" ”
"Well?" I'm confused, this is the northwest, and there is no well water on the flat ground, how can someone open a well on the top of the post?
"Don't talk nonsense, you can find it if you want to find it!" The blind man yelled at me, "This well is a formation well, not necessarily like a draft well, it is the key to activating dragon qi!" ”
I didn't understand what he was talking about, but it seemed very important, so I had to follow him on the top of the guard to find it, like ants in a hot pot.
Gangding is a very standard arc, because it is located on the edge of the Loess Plateau, there are basically no stones, all are loose loess, and sparse weeds and shrubs grow. After looking around, we gathered at the very top, deflated, not to mention the well, and we didn't find a rabbit hole.
"It doesn't make sense...... the blind man pounded his head so that it was "empty", and sat on the ground in despair, thinking about it with a sullen head.