Chapter 34: In the Cave
"Why don't you dare!"
Captain Zhang first thundered, and then several of his subordinates also responded.
Lao Huang was holding a compass in his hand, and when he said "enter the hole", I looked at my watch, and it was exactly twelve o'clock.
I read it in the two books left by my grandmother. The ratio of yin and yang in the world is fixed, which is called "harmony", but at different times of the day, the proportion of yin and yang is different, with yang energy being heaviest at 12 o'clock at noon and yin energy being heaviest at 12 o'clock in the evening.
So the so-called dirty stuff comes out around 12 o'clock in the middle of the night.
There are stone steps in the cave that slope downward, but they are very simple and rough, and they should have been chiseled by those evil people ten years ago! This may also explain why an ordinary farmhouse was built for more than two months.
Walk down the slope for about dozens of meters, the foot is gentle, see the height and width of this cave and the ordinary corridor is about the same, look at the uneven stone walls of the two walls, this should be a natural underground cave, but there seem to be traces of artificial excavation and polishing.
As soon as I walked into the cave, I couldn't help but shrink my neck, as if I had suddenly walked from summer to late autumn.
"It's so fucking cold!" A policeman behind him also cursed angrily.
I rubbed my eyes and looked hard, and the depths of the cave were pitch black, and there was a faint fishy smell coming from me.
In the ancient culture of the world, caves have always been a symbol of mystery, almost all ancient civilizations have legends about mysterious caves, and caves are also synonymous with fear, matching monsters and demons.
We walked down the cave, and after a few minutes, we turned on a flashlight because of the lack of light – but fortunately this time there was preparation, and every policeman had a flashlight with him. After walking for about ten minutes, the eyes suddenly became clearer, and several policemen used police flashlights to shine on both sides, but they couldn't illuminate the cave wall.
In the glow of the flashlight, many strange piles of stones of different heights appeared, some of which looked like houses......
"This ...... Could this be the legendary burial mound village? Uncle Wang shouted in surprise.
"The legendary Kofun Village?" I looked at Uncle Wang like a fool and thought: I grew up in Gufun Village since I have memories! Why didn't we hear that in addition to the village where we lived, there was also a "legendary burial mound village"!
"Little evil, you ...... You may be wondering - when I took over as the previous village chief, he told me a legend about our village. Legend has it that Kofun Village was originally underground, but it was only later that it was moved to the ground. ”
"This is the ...... Why haven't I heard of this? ”
"There are some things that only the village chief knows - even his own children can't say it!" Uncle Wang sighed and continued: "The old village chief also told me that not only is the village underground, but even all the people in our village are from the underground ......."
"Ahh
At this time, Captain Zhang and seven or eight policemen also surrounded him and asked Uncle Wang what was going on.
Uncle Wang smiled bitterly: "You ask me, who am I going to ask?" Ten years ago, there were still many stone tablets engraved with strange words in the temples in the village, and they were all smashed later! ”
"Then no one can explain what these legends mean?" A policeman asked curiously.
Uncle Wang shook his head: "Now I am the only one who knows about these legends - but the second half of the legend is even stranger, to the effect that one day, the sky will darken, the sun will disappear, the mountains will crack, and the rivers will pour back...... Then the entire Kofun Village will go back underground. ”
We were still discussing what Uncle Wang's legend about Gufun Village was about, when we heard Lao Huang shouting not far away: "Come and see!" ”
Raising my head, I saw Lao Huang and Mingyue Shitai standing in front of a stone dozens of meters away, with their heads tilted.
The closer they got to them, the more peculiar the stone in front of them became, and when they were less than twenty meters away, it dawned on me that it was a huge sculpture that looked like a fat stone lion with wings.
Lao Huang and Mingyue Shitai were staring at the lion's head with a strange look in their eyes.
Isn't it just a lion? Outside the mountain village, there are two statues placed at the door of many wealthy families, and even at the door of some units. As for the reason, when I first went to college, I went to the library to check it out.
There are several theories about putting stone lions at the door, but for ordinary people with a little money, in addition to showing wealth, there are two main functions:
First, avoid evil Najib. The ancients believed that the stone lion could ward off evil spirits, so it was first used to guard the mausoleum. This kind of spirit animal in people's minds is also known as "warding off evil spirits".
In people's folk life, the stone lion is not only used to guard the gate, but also to set up a stone lion at the intersection of the countryside and "stone dare to dang" has the same function, which is used to town the house, ward off evil spirits, prohibit the suppression of ominous and protect the peace of the village. Therefore, the use of stone lions to guard the gate can ward off the evil Najib and resist the aggression brought by those demons and monsters, which expresses people's psychological demand for peace.
Second, predict the flood. In folklore, it is said that lions have the function of predicting disasters. It is said that in the event of a natural disaster such as a flood or a sinking of the land, the eyes of the stone lion will turn red or bleed, which is a sign that disaster is coming, and people can take emergency shelter. Here, the stone lion has become a prophet of disaster.
Nowadays, the stone lion has been continued as a part of traditional Chinese culture, and no one believes in the superstition of it.
Lao Huang and Mrs. Mingyue have lived for more than half a century, so they won't be so unseen!
I also turned my head to look at the mutilated stone lion head, and after just one glance, I was trembling all over, this face ...... This face turned out to be my grandma's!
This...... What the fuck is going on? Looking at it from the side just now, this is obviously a lion's head, why did it suddenly become my grandmother?
I felt as if I had been electrocuted, and when I glanced at it, I saw some people standing beside me, and my whole body was trembling.
This...... Isn't this haunted? Just now I was standing next to Uncle Wang and Captain Zhang, but in the blink of an eye, they turned into Liu Drunkard, Han Laosan - as well as Qiangzi and Wang Xiaopang......
Wait, no...... That's not right! Aren't these fucking dead!
In a panic, I stumbled back several steps and crashed into the stone lion.
"You ...... How did you guys end up here? ”
A few people turned pale, ignored me, just looked at me coldly, and then slowly opened their mouths. I first saw the long, sharp white teeth in the mouth of the drunkard Liu, and then the strong son......
it! Everyone in front of them is full of blue-faced fangs, and they look very terrifying!
Lao Huang? I suddenly thought that there were two Taoist masters standing beside me, and I hurriedly shouted for help: "Lao Wang save me!" But when I tilted my head, I was shocked again, and the old Huang and Mingyue Shitai who were still there just now were gone.