Chapter 2 Up the Mountain
"I'll kill you little bunny!"
Listening to me say that I had done something dirty, my grandfather blew his beard angrily and glared, and in front of the whole village, he picked up a stick and was about to beat me.
This was the first time my grandfather had done this to me, and I was so frightened that I hurriedly took a few steps back, not daring to look into my grandfather's eyes at all.
Fortunately, it was Uncle Li who stopped him and persuaded him on the side, "Zhang Lao, even if you beat the doll to death now, it's useless, it's better to think about how to solve this matter." ”
Grandpa angrily pointed at me and didn't say anything for a long time, and finally simply said angrily: "How can it be solved in a week?" Is it a human job to dig up graves? also took away all other people's things, this is a mortal enemy, that thing doesn't kill all my old Zhang family, it's definitely not over. ”
I was so frightened that my face turned white, and my body began to swing even more uncontrollably, and I was covered in cold sweat, and only now did I know how much trouble I had caused to my family.
Seeing this, several old people in the village and Uncle Li hurriedly pulled Grandpa aside, and a group of people muttered for a while, I saw Grandpa's face become more and more gloomy, and I couldn't help but have a feeling in my heart that there must be no good thing.
"It can only be like this, if it doesn't work, you can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, I'm afraid that if you really take that step, it's just to drive away the wolf and attract the tiger", after leaving such an ambiguous sentence, grandpa shook his head, ignored me, sighed and returned home with his hands behind his back.
In the next few days, with the help of the villagers, several groups of mages came, including Taoist priests, Mi Po, and dancing gods.
"Zhang Lao, I'm sorry, we did our best, the thing your family provoked is very capable, people let go, and your Zhang family will not die, and we can't help it."
My tears were already rolling in my eyes, and I hurriedly pulled my grandfather's sleeve and explained that I really didn't rob the tomb, the thing was taken by Li Quansheng, and the person who robbed the tomb was not me.
Grandpa didn't say anything, his cloudy eyes darkened, he looked at me a few times as if resigned to his fate, and left with a sigh.
That night, my grandfather took me to the ancestral hall in the village, first put the piece of red jade that Li Quansheng gave me on the offering table, and then took out a transparent ring-shaped jade from under the tablet of my ancestors, put it on with a red rope, and put it around my neck.
Led me to kowtow to my ancestors, grandpa sighed, touched my head dotingly, and asked me: "Xiaolong, you have seen all the things these days, the mage and Taoist priest are useless, that thing will not let go of our family easily, grandpa will ask you a word now, do you want to live?" ”
I was almost an adult at that time, so I could naturally distinguish between life and death, and when I heard my grandfather ask me this, I felt a sudden break in my heart, nodded desperately, and told my grandfather that I wanted to live.
Grandpa smiled bitterly, he couldn't tell what he meant, he told me that tomorrow let me go up the mountain with him, whether I live or die, I can only see the creation.
The next day, as soon as the sun was out, my grandfather led me up the hill with a big bag on his back.
In the morning, the mountain stream was covered with clouds and mist, and the vast sea of fog was hazy as far as the eye could see, and vaguely, I saw the graves and tombstones in the mountain col, and the heart that was stuck in my throat suddenly became even more bottomless:
What did Grandpa bring me here for?
Grandpa didn't explain anything to me, leading me through those tombstones and graves, maybe grandpa didn't feel anything, but I was weak since I was a child, and I usually felt cold when I saw these graves from afar, and now walking between these graves, it felt like falling into an ice hole, and the hairs stood on end.
Probably feeling the trembling of my little hands, my grandfather stopped and looked at me, a hint of struggle flashed in his eyes, but he still pulled me on.
I noticed that every time I passed a tombstone, my grandfather's eyes would sweep a few glances at the words engraved on the tombstone, and after walking through the flowers, my grandfather finally stopped in front of a tombstone.
I glanced at the words on the tombstone, and there was a thirteen-year-old girl buried here, saying that it was a little girl, but looking at the date of her death, it turned out to be the eighth year of the Republic of China.
Grandpa didn't hesitate, pulled me to kneel, opened the big bag, took out incense candles and paper money from it, and lit the incense candles and paper money while chanting:
"As the saying goes, there is a separation between yin and yang, take the liberty to disturb the girl's tranquility, the old man deserves death, but my grandson is young and ignorant, he collided with the yin people, his life is worried, the old man can't, so he has to be cheeky to beg the girl to marry my grandson, to ensure that he survives this catastrophe, my Zhang family will definitely invite the girl's tablet home to the ancestral hall, and worship it from generation to generation."
As he spoke, Grandpa put incense candles in front of the tombstone and respectfully placed the lit paper money.
In just a few words, I was completely dumbfounded, listening to what grandpa meant, is it for me to marry a ghost bride? Let's not say that I'm only eighteen years old, and I don't want to marry a daughter-in-law so early, even if I want to marry, I can't marry a ghost as a daughter-in-law, right?
My head shook like a rattle, and I was about to say no, but my grandfather turned his head sharply and glared at me viciously, I swear, I will never forget that kind of look in my life, like a wolf, like a tiger, like a beast, anyway, it just doesn't look like a human.
Grandpa had never done this to me, and I was so frightened that I swallowed the words that had come to my lips again.
Retracting his gaze, Grandpa looked at the incense candles and paper money in front of him: the paper money that was burning vigorously had been extinguished at some point, and the three incense sticks were only two burns, and the remaining pillar was not lit at all.
Grandpa didn't give up, lit the paper money and the pillar of incense again, and continued to chant in his mouth: "The ancestor of my Zhang family is the yin and yang Mr. who exterminates demons and demons, and the Zhang family has accumulated yin virtue over the years, and the ancestor serves in the underworld, if the girl has the heart to help my grandson, after my grandson is a hundred years old, I will definitely let the girl and my grandson be reincarnated together." ”
Grandpa once told me that for some lonely souls and wild ghosts, reincarnation has a great attraction, if it is not the end of life or death, the underworld will not accept it, for this reason, those lonely souls and wild ghosts can only wander in the world, and they will never be reborn.
No one wants to die, and in the same way, there is no ghost who doesn't want to live, so grandpa throwing this chip at this time is definitely tantamount to a bombshell.
Sure enough, when Grandpa's words spoke, the paper money that was about to be extinguished suddenly burned as if a barrel of oil had been poured on it, and the incense candles that had never been lit also followed.
Looking at this strange scene in front of me, I was not to mention how scared I was, and I was about to ask my grandfather, but I suddenly saw that when the paper money and incense candles were halfway burned, it was as if someone had poured a basin of water, and they were extinguished in an instant.
Seeing this scene, grandpa's face full of anticipation couldn't help but darken, and for a moment it seemed to be dozens of years old, sighed deeply, stood up and pulled me away.
Next, Grandpa tried several unmarried women's grave bags, and without exception, all of them were extinguished after half of the burn.
Grandpa smiled bitterly and said to me, I'm afraid that the thing I provoked is very powerful, and the girls don't dare to provoke it, so they don't dare to agree, so they only take half of the offering, but they should do their best.
I've tried more than a dozen of them, and with Grandpa's heavy chips, no one dares to agree to this......
My face couldn't help but look a lot uglier, and a great fear hit my heart: Is it possible, my little life will not be saved?
My expression was fully appreciated by my grandfather, who patted me on the shoulder and gave me a relieved smile, "Don't be afraid, isn't this still over?" ”
It's just that I noticed that Grandpa's face is actually not very good-looking.
There are so many graves, so many tombstones, my grandfather and I have been worshipping from morning to dusk, until the afterglow of the sun is about to be completely covered by the mountains, and the graves full of mountains are finished.
Of course, at this time, my face was already difficult to see: after a busy day, there was not a single female ghost who promised to be my wife, and it seemed that my life had been condemned.