Chapter 2: The Missing Girl
The business was introduced to me by the local Mr. Yin and Yang, Niu Deshui.
To be Mr. Bai Xiang, generally new to a certain place, you have to go to the local Mr. Yin and Yang to say hello and leave contact information, which is equivalent to worshiping the pier. If Mr. Yin Yang has an incurable disease in his hands, he will introduce the business to us.
Of course, there are also Mr. Yin and Yang who deliberately make it bad, holding the idea of competing with each other, and giving Mr. Bai Xiang a problem.
Niu Deshui is a kind person, and he was also entangled by that patron tirelessly, so he pushed the boat down the river and gave me the business.
The customer, surnamed Zhang, is an old farmer in his 50s, and he recently dreamed every night that his daughter Zhang Xiaoping, who had been missing for more than three years.
Zhang Laohan said to me:
"Three years ago, when Xiaoping was on summer vacation, she had dinner at home, went for a walk in the back of the house, and then disappeared. In the past six months, I have dreamed of Xiaoping almost every night. Xiaoping said that she was in the small pond behind our house...... But I drained the pond and dug up all the silt, but I still couldn't find anything. Sir, do you say, is my daughter ...... Really dead? ”
Mrs. Zhang's eyes were red, and she took out a stack of photos to show me: "Oh, this is my daughter Xiaoping......"
The photograph shows a very beautiful woman, about twenty years old, wearing a shiny silver collar around her neck, and she looks like a city person.
I took the photo and looked through it slowly, asking, "Did you call the police, what did the police say?" ”
Lao Zhang sighed and shook his head: "The public has filed a case, but I don't have a clue at all." ”
I'm a little embarrassed, because I'm not Sherlock Holmes, and I'm not Detective Di Renjie, and it's hard to find the missing girl!
Lao Zhang saw what I meant, and said, "Sir, I'm not asking you to find someone. I just want to find out if my daughter Xiaoping is really dead now. If she dies, you give her a conjuring burial and let the child rest in peace. ”
As he spoke, Lao Zhang's eyes turned red, and a few old tears fell to the ground.
Mrs. Zhang also said: "Sir, our husband and wife have only one child. The child is gone, and we don't have any thoughts. As long as you can help us, the money is easy to say, 12,000, I will give it all! ”
I thought for a moment and asked, "Of course it's okay to have a conjuring burial, but ...... It doesn't work and can't deceive you. Even if your daughter dies, I may not be able to attract spirits. ”
Soul burials have been circulated for a long time, and there were frequent wars in ancient times, many people died outside, and the bodies could not be found, so the family had to arrange a soul burial.
Tang poems have clouds: "In September, the Xiongnu killed the border generals, and the Han army was completely lost." No one collects white bones for thousands of miles, and every family is buried under the city. ”
In fact, a conjuring burial is to make a clothed mound, find a place to bury the clothes used by the deceased, make a grave, and chant a mantra to summon the soul.
Whether it can attract spirits, the devil knows.
Zhang Xiaoping's question, first of all, has to confirm whether she is dead. If you don't die, you're a fart soul?
Even if Zhang Xiaoping died, it would have been three years, and the probability of successful soul conjuring was very small just by virtue of the birth date and previous clothes.
Lao Zhang and his wife repeatedly begged: "Sir, you can give it a try, and I don't blame you if you can't recruit it." ”
I asked, "Have you ever tried to replace the soul?" ”
Acting for the soul of the dead is a trick of the goddess, that is, asking the soul of the deceased to possess and speak on behalf of the deceased, which is quite popular on our side, but it is not the business scope of Mr. Yin and Yang.
Generally speaking, the goddesses are psychic constitutions that allow the dead to possess themselves. Of course, there are many liars among the goddesses.
Mrs. Zhang nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, but it doesn't work......"
I stood up and said to Lao Zhang, "Take me to the pond in the back." ”
Lao Zhang rubbed his eyes and led me to the back of the house.
The pond is fifty steps away from the backyard of Lao Zhang's house, with an area of less than two acres, and the surrounding vegetation is vigorous, which looks a little yin.
I looked around at the terrain of the mountains, and there was nothing strange about it, it didn't look like a sinister place.
But in feng shui, the location of this pond is not good. Because not far to the north, there is a small hill, the pond is facing the mountain, the mountain does not cover the water, the water reflects the mountain, it is the appearance of the poor mountain and the bad water, which is not conducive to the fortune of the village.
Looking back at the small village where Lao Zhang is located, it is really dilapidated, and the economic conditions can be imagined.
If the pond shifts more than 100 meters in any direction from east to west, the Feng Shui Bureau is different.
Lao Zhang asked me and said, "Sir, do you see anything?" ”
I said casually: "The location of this pond is not very good, it will affect the fortune of your whole village, if only this is a well, and the water will not reflect it, it will be good." ”
The mountain manages the people and the water manages the wealth, the mountains are high and the water is deep, and the wealth is not exposed, which is the way to live at home.
But Lao Zhang is an old farmer in the countryside, so he definitely doesn't understand what I say.
Who knew that Lao Zhang's eyes lit up, and he gave a thumbs up: "Mr. is really capable, decades ago, this was a well!" ”
"Really? Why did it become a pond later? "I was a little surprised, and a little proud.
To put it mildly, in a word, it is heaven-shattering. The so-called fork is invisible, probably like me Lin Kun, right?
Lao Zhang sighed and said, "It's all the devils, if it weren't for those devils, my daughter Xiaoping wouldn't have died." ”
"Devils? RB devils? "I'm a little confused.
How old is Zhang Xiaoping, how can she have anything to do with devils?
Lao Zhang pointed to the pond and said:
"I heard from the older generation that this used to be a well, and our whole village drank water here. During the Anti-Japanese War, a little devil officer, passing by on horseback, didn't see clearly at night, and fell into a well...... Later, a lot of devil soldiers came and fished in the well, but the bodies were not fished out. The devil soldiers forced the whole village to dig around the well until it reached the bottom of the well, and as a result, the area became larger and larger, and it became this pond. ”
I felt a little strange and asked, "In the end, did the devil officer dig it out?" ”
Lao Zhang shook his head and said: "I heard from the old generation, in the end, only the devil's clothes and pistols and sabers were dug up, and the devil's officer and his horse were gone. ”
I frowned slightly, if this is really the case, wouldn't this damn devil officer be the same as Zhang Xiaoping, who can't see anyone alive or dead?
Suddenly, my mind moved slightly, and I blurted out, "Is it corpse water?" ”
Lao Zhang didn't hear clearly, so he asked me, "Sir, what do you say...... What water? ”
I shook my head, "No." Go on, what happened? ”
"Later?" Lao Zhang was stunned for a moment and said:
"Then the devil surrendered and left...... However, some people in our village said that the dead devil officer, who was often haunted, was in this pond. So when I was a child, I didn't dare to come here alone. By the way, sir, you say, is Xiaoping haunted by devils, give ...... Killed? ”
I shook my head, didn't answer Lao Zhang's question, and asked, "There are still old people in the village, do you remember what happened back then?" ”
"Yes, there are several people in the village who are in their eighties, and they all know about the past. The village chief's father is eighty-seven years old, and he was forced by the devil soldiers to dig the pond, and he dug up the clothes of the devil officers. Lao Zhang said.
I nodded, "Okay, I'd like to talk to the village chief and his father." ”
Lao Zhang was a little puzzled and asked, "Sir, I want you to help me find Xiaoping, why are you going to inquire about the devil?" ”
I said, "Don't you think that Xiaoping, like the devil officers, disappeared here, and she didn't see anyone alive or dead?" ”
Lao Zhang was stunned for a while, and then slapped his head suddenly: "Yes, why didn't I think of it!" ”