Chapter 36: Fetishes
Granny Zhuang's words made us stop when we were about to leave. Everyone involuntarily turned their heads in unison and looked at Granny Zhuang. At this moment, I saw her walking towards us step by step.
In the courtyard of Tianrenzhai, the cold wind is like a naughty child, violently slapping us in the night, and also slapping Granny Zhuang in the night. She raised her eyes to the sky, as if pondering something. After a long while, Granny Zhuang showed a ruthless look in her eyes, and said in a cold voice: "The ghost on Old Lu's body is not an ordinary ghost. If you want to get rid of him, I'm afraid that the incense ashes in the pigtail temple will not work, this kind of little trick is still practical to deal with ordinary lonely souls and wild ghosts, but it is too child's play to deal with real ghosts. ”
Granny Zhuang shook her head and sighed: "The reason why the incense ash in the Braided Aunt Temple can destroy ghosts and drive away evil spirits is precisely because it is stained with the name of Braided Gu. The more intimate the object, the more powerful it is. The wooden comb, bronze mirror, pillow, clothes she wore and hand accessories she used before her death, as long as these things entered the market at that time, they were all treasures that large families were vying for. ”
Lao Lu said thoughtfully: "Granny Zhuang, you mean that the more closely related to the braided aunt, the more powerful the effect of exorcism and evil spirits, right?" In the end, the Braided Aunt Temple was built by later generations, and it has a lot to do with the real Braided Aunt, which is not enough to get rid of the female ghost on my body, you want to say that only by getting a relic that is really closely related to Braided Aunt can you get rid of the female ghost on my body, is that so? ”
Granny Zhuang shook her head: "That's right, it's not right." ”
Lao Lu asked, "What do you mean?" ”
Granny Zhuang said: "The more closely related to the pigtail aunt, the more powerful, the reason for this, in the final analysis, is because the pigtail aunt herself is extremely powerful, a person has the Taoist chicken dog ascended to heaven, even the flowers and plants she touched can ward off evil spirits, and all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods have to sell her three points of thin noodles." But the one on your body, Old Lu, seems to be a little special, a powerful ghost that can shatter the ancient mirror of warding off evil spirits with evil spirits, I have never seen it in my life, I think even if we get some of the relics that Aunt Braided was close to back then, we may not be able to kill her. ”
Lao Lu frowned and said, "Then what is it that kills her?" ”
Granny Zhuang's face was gloomy and she said in a low voice: "Only Aunt Braided Zi herself!" ”
Everyone exclaimed in unison, "What?! ”
Granny Zhuang said: "Aunt Braided Zizi has killed countless ghosts in her life, when she was alive, those descendants were still peaceful, but if one day she drove the crane fairy, who can guarantee that those unclean things will not come back to retaliate?" Aunt Braided had prepared for this early, and at the cost of great pain, she made a "human skin puppet" that shocked the world and cried ghosts, which was used to deter the world's powerful ghosts. ”
Pudding asked, "Skin puppets?" What is that? ”
Granny Zhuang said: "Braided Aunt used a sharp knife to cut off the skin and flesh on her arm, dried it, and put it on a puppet made of small leaf red sandalwood. After two months, the wound regrouped and grew new flesh, so it was cut and dipped again until the flesh cut from her body completely covered the puppeteer, and then it was made into a "human skin puppet" with the wail of ten thousand ghosts for use in the townhouse. If you want to say that the most powerful thing in the world to ward off evil spirits, it is undoubtedly this human skin puppet. Because it's made of the flesh and skin of the braided girl. Think about how powerful this thing is, this is not comparable to ordinary things at all, and it is the only one that can get rid of this powerful ghost on Lu Lao's body. ”
Lao Lu was stunned and said: "I didn't expect such a miracle to exist in the world!" ”
I hurriedly asked: "Granny Zhuang, since you said that the "human skin puppet" was used by Braided Aunt to protect future generations, and you are her descendant, does that mean that this artifact is in your home?" ”
Granny Zhuang shook her head: "If this thing is here, how can I be stingy and not take it out?" ”
I was half choked by her words, and so did I think about it.
Granny Zhuang continued: "Braided Aunt died in Hebei, the children and grandchildren could not find her body, the people of that era paid attention to the earth, and it was taboo for people to die outside, so after her children and grandchildren discussed together, they decided to bury this "human skin puppet" made of the skin and flesh of Braided Aunt herself as a substitute for her body and buried in the "Braided Aunt Tomb". Old Lu, I think you have understood what I mean, so far, the only person who can save you is yourself! Since you are a mentor-level figure at the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, as long as you can find the "Braided Aunt Tomb", you can live! ”
Lao Lu smiled slightly: "Interesting." ”
But I was anxious, and said to Granny Zhuang: "This vast land, you just let me go to Tiananmen Square, I take a taxi back and forth for a week, where do you let us go to find this tomb?" It's not that we don't want to find our mother-in-law, it's that we really don't have time, and when we find it, the daylilies are all iced, and with some Harbin beer, we just go to Lao Lu's grave and jump in front of it, don't you say? I think it's ...... to bet on something that has little hope."
Pudding knew that I was anxious, but I had to interrupt me when I said a lot of such impulsive words, she whispered to me: "Shh, Mo Laosan, you should be careful when you speak, after all, they are all elders, and now we don't have the right to intervene, the next road should be left to Lao Lu to choose by himself, we just need to help." ”
As soon as Pudding said this, I realized that what I had just said seemed to be quite harsh, she was right, whether it was Granny Zhuang or Lao Lu, after all, they were the elders among us, I shouldn't stare at it, my face was flushed with a burning blush, and I apologized to Granny Zhuang: "Yes...... Sorry, I just spoke a little ......"
Granny Zhuang interrupted me and said, "It's okay kid, you are anxious for Old Man Lu, I can see this." ”
I scratched my head embarrassedly: "Thank you for understanding." ”
After speaking, I turned my head and asked Lao Lu: "What do you say, Commander Lu?" Shall we find another way out or will we fight to the death? Give me a word. No matter if there is a minefield or an abyss ahead, Pudding and I will not hesitate! ”
Han Benchu interjected: "And me!" ”
Lao Lu smiled: "Hehe, my Lao Lu's profession in this life is to dig graves and find graves, and I will be tested when I come, which is interesting and interesting, Political Commissar Mo, Battalion Commander Bu, Deputy Squad Leader Han, my Commander Lu decided to use the last period of my life to challenge this unpredictable "Braided Aunt Tomb", are you willing to go with me to the soup?" ”
The three of us said in unison, "Don't quit!" ”
Granny Zhuang nodded and said, "Good spirit." ”
After speaking, Granny Zhuang walked up to me and said with a smile: "Child, since I said this method, I will not let you look for a needle in a haystack, I know the approximate location of the "Braided Aunt Tomb", and I have tried to find it for many years, but as we all know, the ancient tombs of the Tang Dynasty have always been extremely strange, and ordinary people are in a hurry to find them. ”
I exclaimed, "You're going too?" ”
Granny Zhuang nodded and said, "Yes! ”