"White hair is all over the body, eyes are red like dansha, fingers are like curved hooks, teeth and lips are like sharp blades, kissing and shouting, bloody nose."

This is a description of the appearance of zombies in "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang".

In "Continuation of the Silence", it is mentioned that there were once Yunnan miners who could not get out when they were pressed by the earth

Or decades, or a hundred years, nourished by the earth, gold, and qi, the body is not bad, and it turns into dry muntjac.

In the literature, several types of posthumously decomposed corpses are mentioned:

Purple stiff, white stiff, black stiff, green stiff, hairy stiff, flying stiff.

There are three types of corpses that resemble zombies, but only skeletons remain

It is regarded as the "three kinds of skeletons": wandering corpses, ambushed corpses, and non-bones

There is also a profession called "chasing corpses".

The legend of zombies appears most frequently in Xiangxi, which may be derived from the local legend of chasing corpses

Xiangxi corpse, also known as the spirit of the spirit, belongs to the Maoshan Shuzhu family

It originated in the four counties of Yuanling, Luxi, Chenxi and Lipu in Xiangxi, and was driven back to the township by the warlock for burial when the body was not decomposed

The warlocks who chased the corpses traveled in about three or five groups, and some of them tied the corpses with ropes

One every few feet away, then a yellow paper note is pasted on the forehead, and the others will ring gongs and bells to open the way, day and night

Before daylight, he threw himself into the stack, lifted the rune paper, and the corpse stood against the wall, and continued on the road at night

Corpse chasers are also known as "corpse chasers", and what they drive is a walking corpse.

Generally, before dawn, the corpse is rushed to Yizhuang, or a fixed small shop

Corpses are generally draped in a wide black corpse cloth, with a tall felt hat on their heads, and several pieces of yellow paper with calligraphy on their foreheads hanging down their faces

In front of these corpses, draped in black corpse cloth, there was a living man holding a gong,

He was beating the small yin gong in his hand while leading the group of corpses forward.

He doesn't light a lantern and shakes a dementor bell in his hand to keep night walkers out of the way

Lock up the dog at the house where the dog is notified

If there were more than two corpses, the carcer would string them one by one with straw ropes, one at intervals of seven or eight feet

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Maoshan Lin Jiu, known as Uncle Jiu, is the most famous Taoist priest in a hundred miles of Renjiazhuang

Drawing talismans, feng shui, exorcism, extinguishing zombies, doing things... Almost omniscient, omniscient

He is even more virtuous and respected, just because he is a real Taoist priest

What's more, Uncle Nine is still the 'one', no matter how good the later Taoist is

No matter how strong the Dao Fa is, it can't be compared to him

More on that later

On this day...

The sun rises, a ray of morning light pierces the night, light descends, and everything revives

The people here still maintain the ancient habit of working at sunrise and resting at sunset

Early in the morning, standing on the door of Yizhuang, Wen Cai yawned and stretched

Suddenly, I rubbed my eyes, as if I had seen something incredible

Immediately, the girl ran back, shouting

"It's not good, it's not good, Master is not good..."

Wen Cai hurriedly ran to Uncle Jiu, Uncle Jiu frowned, and slapped Wen Cai on the back of the head

"It's not a fart, your master and I are fine!!"

"No... No, Master, outside... Outside..."

"What's going on out there?!"

"Outside... Ghosts! ”

Syllable!

Another slap, Uncle Nine was helpless: "Where did the ghost come from early in the morning?" I don't think you woke up yet, right?! ”

If a ghost can appear unscrupulously during the day, then it is not called a ghost

"Master, oh no, I'm evil!!"

Another figure ran over, but it was Qiu Sheng, another disciple of the Ninth Uncle

Qiu Sheng looked like he was palpitating, and he seemed to be really evil

"I'll see!"

Uncle Nine looked around Qiusheng and didn't find anything abnormal

"How is Master? Am I falling for some illusion?! ”

"Where did the illusion come from, I'll see if you're having a psychotic episode,

I said what's wrong with you two or two?

One saw the hell early in the morning, and the other said that he had hit the evil spirit?! ”

"Master, suddenly a shop opened across from us (a family has come!) ）”

Qiu Sheng Wencai and the two said in unison, although the two said different things, the meaning was similar

"Come on, come on, although it's a bit strange to live opposite Yizhuang, but what kind of body are you yelling at?!"

Although Renjiazhuang is often haunted by ghosts, Yizhuang is an ominous place in the eyes of ordinary people after all

Generally speaking, there will be no one living in the vicinity of Yizhuang

Yizhuang originated in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there are four explanations, the first three of which are good deeds

The last one, though also a good deed, was used to dock corpses

The meaning of the existence of Uncle Jiu's Yizhuang is the fourth explanation

"No, Master, there was nothing in front of Yizhuang yesterday.

A big mansion appeared overnight, isn't there a ghost or something? ”

Seeing Wen Cai say this, Qiusheng also hurriedly said: "Yes, Master, it is really called a magnificent house, and even the mansion of the old man Ren can't be compared.

That's why I said that it's not evil, how can that kind of thing happen overnight?! ”

"Is there such a thing? Check it out! ”

Uncle Nine pondered for a moment, although he was immersed in Taoism, he was not unaware of the difficulty of building a house

Especially a house that is better than Master Ren's house, even a broken thatched house takes a few days, how can it be built overnight

The three of them walked out of the gate of Yizhuang, and the scene in front of them completely shocked them

"Master, you see, I'm not wrong, am I? Such a beautiful house got up overnight, there must be a ghost! ”

"You are big," Uncle Nine looked at the unsuccessful apprentice and said, "That's called the attic!" ”

"Master, don't care if the attic is not the attic, do you see if there is any problem?"

Qiusheng Qiusheng said, and Uncle Jiu looked up, but saw the magnificent atmosphere on the attic plaque

There are also four big characters displayed in the middle

Name: "True Martial Arts Residence"

It means that it is mysterious and mysterious, which makes people intoxicated at a glance

Looking at the attic, the space inside and outside the building is permeated, and there are corridors around each floor

When you climb and look at it, you must climb high and look far away, and your heart will be relaxed and happy

Horizontal layers of eaves, corridors and railings that surround each floor

It greatly weakens the momentum of the overall vertical height and body shape blindly rising, so that it always looks back on the earth;

The concave roof and the curved corners avoid the stiffness and coldness of the shape

Beautifully embedded in nature, as if you have become a part of heaven and earth,

It embodies people's infinite nostalgia for nature

This kind of natural meaning is many times more clever than any bungalow

Just appearing on the opposite side of Yizhuang seems to be the only drawback

Between the 100 meters around the attic, rows of peach blossoms compete with each other

There are countless exotic flowers and plants, and the fragrance is fragrant and blows to the face

There are also houses on display, surrounding the attic, living in the middle

"Master, is there a problem?"

"Yes, there's a big problem!!"

Uncle Nine nodded solemnly and said, Qiusheng immediately turned around and walked when he heard this: "I'll just say, where is this season when the peach blossoms are in full bloom?"

There must be something wrong with it, Master, wait, I'll go get you guys and slay the demons! ”

"You come back to me!!"

Uncle Nine pulled Qiusheng back, and said with a look of hatred that iron is not made of steel: "You two bastard boys, how do you usually learn?"

Don't you see such a rich and pure Taoist true qi all around? There must have been a hundred years here...

No, it's a rare person to come home here for hundreds of years, don't be presumptuous! ”

At this moment, the three of them only heard a 'creak', and the door opened by itself

A voice as cool as water and as indifferent as the sky came, straight into the hearts of the three people

"Seeing each other is fate, and you are coming to the door, why don't you enter the door?"