Chapter Twenty-Seven: Half a Head
Lao Huang recited the incantation, and the four of them left the ancestral hall.
After walking for two minutes, I felt a sigh in my heart: maybe Uncle Wang guessed correctly, all this is really Han Laosan is making trouble, and by the moonlight, I have already seen the tall courtyard of his house.
The paper man and the straw man entered his house?
Soon we all arrived outside the gate of Han Lao's Third Courtyard, the gate of his house was closed, and the black faΓ§ade faintly reflected the moonlight, which made people shudder.
"What about the paper man and the straw man?" I asked in a low voice.
Lao Huang pointed to the yang ditch on the side of the gate: "Look what it is!" β
In order to facilitate drainage, the gateway with a courtyard wall in the village will leave a drainage opening on the side of the gate, commonly known as a yang ditch. Liuyanggou also has another purpose, that is, to facilitate the entry and exit of puppies and kittens at home.
Under the moonlight, I saw a few thatched grass scattered at the mouth of the Yanggou of Han Laosan's house, this kind of grass became the "soul rejuvenation grass" by the locals, which is said to be very spiritual, and it is the grass used by the two people to make grass people before.
Could it be that four guys have escaped into the gutter? Think about it, it's quite possible. The mouth of the ditch is not big, but the four of us normal people can't get by!
"Climb the tree and go in."
Uncle Wang pointed to the big elm tree on the side and shouted in a low voice.
The last thing that is lacking in the mountain village is trees, this big elm tree is not very tall, and there happens to be a thick branch sticking into the yard. It's no problem for Uncle Wang and I to climb up, but I'm worried about Lao Huang and Mrs. Mingyue.
Seeing Lao Huang lying on his stomach in a few moments, he was more flexible than me, and I knew that I was too worried.
The four people went to the canopy of the tree and saw that the yard was dark, the shadows of the trees in the courtyard were swaying, and the two tall locust trees were like two huge monsters swaying their branches and leaves in the wind.
The more terrifying black coffin was placed between the two large trees.
When Lao Huang saw the coffin, his body trembled, and he almost fell down.
"How can the coffin be placed here?"
I thought he was saying that the coffin could not be placed in the yard, and I hurriedly explained: "There are not so many taboos in the mountain village, and many elderly people in the family put the coffin in the yard......"
Before I finished speaking, I was interrupted by Lao Huang: "I mean put it between two locust trees, locust is a ghost in the wood, and the yin qi is extremely heavy!" If there is a corpse in this coffin, it must be ...... It's going to be a corpse! β
Uncle Wang whispered, "Don't worry! This coffin is still the same paint I helped paint a few years ago. At that time, his son Fu was seriously ill, and he was afraid that there would be three long and two short......, and before he finished speaking, he stopped, as if he had thought of something.
"Do you remember what kind of wood this coffin was made of?"
"Willow Tree!"
"Willow? This is intentional! β
"What do you mean?" Uncle Wang is a little confused.
"I haven't heard that you don't plant mulberries before, and you don't plant willows later! The willow tree is also yin, which can attract ghosts and evil. Willow wood is a taboo wood for coffins. β
"And these two big locust trees, don't you think they look a little special?" Mingyue Master's hoarse voice made people feel uncomfortable listening to it on such an occasion.
"A few days ago, I thought it was strange that this tree has grown too fast in the last three years, and it is also more lush than the average locust tree." I replied.
"Senior brother, can you feel an extremely strong yin qi?"
Lao Huang nodded.
"I suspect these two trees have been using human bones as fertilizer!"
Mrs. Mingyue's words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, and the scene of seeing Han Laosan pouting his ass digging a grave in the woods suddenly came to my mind. Could it be that he was digging the grave not for anything else but for the bones buried in it?
A chill instantly spread to my internal organs.
"This yard is very evil, everyone must be careful!" Saying that, Lao Huang jumped into the courtyard.
As soon as I stepped into the courtyard, I immediately felt cold, as if a cold wind was blowing around at the same time.
"There it is!" Uncle Wang pointed to the side of the black coffin and shouted.
Looking for prestige, I saw a red paper figure lying on each end of the coffin, and there were two small piles of soul rejuvenating grass scattered around it.
"You're here?" Master Mingyue muttered.
Lao Huang walked over and picked up one of the red paper figures, and I saw that the paper figures were covered with scratches.
"You can't be wrong!"
Lao Huang roared in a low voice, "Follow me, don't make a move." Saying that, Lao Huang approached the door. He pushed twice, and with a "huh", the door didn't move at all.
"The third! Third? Uncle Wang shouted in a low voice twice behind him, and after a few seconds, there was no response.
I have already explained before, the door and window of Han Laosan's house are pasted with back paper, the door is the kind of old-fashioned wooden door, at least ten centimeters thick, if there is a deadbolt inside, let alone Uncle Wang himself, I am afraid that two or three strong men will also want to crash open.
Lao Huang pushed it a few more times, and when he looked closely, it was not closed inside, but a bronze lock was clasped outside the door. Uncle Wang turned around and glanced at Master Mingyue behind him.
"Try the windows!" Master Mingyue pointed to the window on one side.
In summer, the windows are basically not closed, Lao Huang gently pushed, and with a "squeak", the window was opened.
The tall locust trees just blocked the moonlight, and the house was pitch black.
I followed Lao Huang and jumped into the house for the second time, and as soon as my feet hit the ground, I almost slipped.
it! So sticky! I hurriedly reached out against one side of the wall, and almost at the same time I smelled a strong smell of blood. Lao Huang was also confused, and before he could remind Uncle Wang and Mrs. Mingyue, the two of them had already jumped in one after another, and they almost slipped and fell.
"It's slimy on the ground, something!" Uncle Wang shouted in a suppressed voice, and after a pause, he said, "It's so bloody!" β
Uncle Wang usually has the habit of smoking, and his body is naturally inseparable from matches, the moment he lit the first match, I almost collapsed, and instantly knew why the ground was so sticky, and the room was full of blood, under the light of the faint match light, almost the entire ground was red blood.
A few of us stood in the blood.
Although Uncle Wang was fierce, he had never seen this meeting, and his hands trembled with fright, and the match fell to the ground.
Then he paddled a second one, and as the halo expanded, the bloody scene appeared again.
"! That's so much blood! I screamed in fear.
Before the second match was extinguished, I took a quick look around and saw that there were no dead pigs, dead sheep, or even human corpses, except for the red blood on the floor.
Soon, Uncle Wang struck the third match, and at the same time saw the candle on the table two or three meters away.
After lighting the candles, I could see the inside of the house more clearly, and I saw that almost the entire floor of the living room was covered in blood, more than a centimeter thick.
Uncle Wang bent down and glanced at it a few times, and said to Uncle Wang and Master Mingyue: "This blood has been blackened and coagulated, it should have existed for more than a day, look at the amount of this blood, if it is human blood, it must be at least four or five people!" β
I felt a sigh in my heart again, could it be that Uncle Wang took me to dig the grave the night before yesterday was known by Han Laosan, and he had already startled the snake?
Where does this blood come from? I was thinking when I tilted my head and happened to see the window.
Suddenly frightened, I saw half of my head poking out of the window where we had just entered.