In order to stop the Rì Běn people from invading Zhengzhou, they blew up a dam at Huayuankou, and for a time the Yellow River flowed backwards, drowning hundreds of thousands of people.

Afterwards, tens of thousands of floating corpses in the Yellow River, the corpses floated down the water, a stack of piles were blocked at the bay, groups of big fish and turtle spirits gnawed at the corpses under the water, listened to it at night, clicked, like a group of people lowered their voices and sang there, and occasionally a cry came, I don't know if the people were not dead, so they let the fish eat alive, which made people listen to the creepy, and no one dared to go out to see it.

It is said that there was a famine in those years, and there were many dead people, especially on the edge of the Yellow River, and there were floods one after another, and no one had ever seen a dead person, but after all, there were too many corpses, and the corpses kept floating over, and they all stinked in the water, and the smokers did not dare to pass by the river. Later, there was no way out, so the government intervened to let nearby fishermen collect the corpses and burn them collectively on the river beach to prevent the corpses from decomposing and spreading the plague.

As a result, as soon as these fishermen fished, they found that the problem was big, these corpses floating upstream did not go anywhere, but went to a place alone, and dared to feel that these corpses did not float by chance, but something under the water beckoned them.

Let's say that these fishermen were curious, and they were also forced by the government's obscenity, so they called everyone to salvage the floating corpses ashore. They found out that there was a strange thing here, generally speaking, when a person dies, the corpse will sink to the water, and when the body decomposes, it will float up, so the higher the floating corpse, the more decompositing it will be.

But here it is the opposite.

The fishermen found that the corpses floating at the top here were the most complete, almost like newly deceased people, and the further down they went, the more the corpses decomposed, and when they reached the bottom, the corpses were simply a pile of bones, piled up into a mountain of bones.

The fishermen all muttered, could it be that the underwater corpses were eaten by fish?

But it doesn't look like it, if there are really so many fish, even if people are fishing for corpses here, the fish will not disperse immediately, at least a few splashes will come out. But look at here, there is no movement at all, it is like a pool of stagnant water.

Although everyone is afraid, they all know that it is taboo in the water, and no one dares to say anything, so they only work there, thinking that it is serious to quickly fish out these dead bodies that killed a thousand knives, and go home to sleep with their wives and children in their arms!

At this moment, there was a sudden rumbling sound under the water, like an earthquake, the boat jumped straight on the water, and the water of the Yellow River seemed to be boiling, and a large bubble as big as a bowl mouth came out from under the water.

The big bubble was extremely smelly, and everyone couldn't help pinching their noses in the rolling waves, and then they heard a hula in the water, and a huge black coffin turned up under the water.

The coffin was covered in ink, with bright red ink lines on it, and tadpole-like runes were painted with cinnabar everywhere, red was bright red, black was inky black, and it looked extremely shocking.

The huge coffin shook a few times, and then began to turn slowly, and the floating corpses that had been piled up in a pile followed it, hugging it and floating straight towards the shore.

At this time, someone who knew how to do on the shore screamed: "Run, the Yellow River Corpse King has come ashore!" ”

The legend about the Yellow River Corpse King has been circulating on both sides of the Yellow River for a long time, and folk legends say that the Yellow River Corpse King is transformed by the unjust soul buried in the Yellow River, and will eat people's hearts and minds alive, charming people's minds, and make people become ghosts, following behind it.

Some people also say that this corpse king is a kind of southern Xinjiang witchcraft, a kind of Gu raised in human corpses, this Gu will drill into people's internal organs, control people's minds, make people become a walking corpse, and finally be eaten to death.

But in any case, the Yellow River corpse king that floated on the Yellow River that day was a big black coffin.

Later, people who understood the line said that the coffin was not a good kind at first glance, it was a coffin specially made of Shen Yin wood, which was specially used to worship the Yellow River Niangniang, this thing has been sinking in the water for hundreds of years, why did the water wash out this evil thing this time? Evil things are in the world, the Yellow River is bloody, and it seems that China is really about to change.

What is Yellow River Niangniang?

Since ancient times, the Yellow River flooded, the people on both sides of the Yellow River also worship the Yellow River Dragon King from time to time, worship the eight kings of the Yellow River, in the flood season, also often lead the whole head of cattle and sheep into the Yellow River, but the most terrible is the living sacrifice, some places are dedicated to the Yellow King boys and girls, and there are also places to the Yellow River Niangniang to the Yellow King.

This Yellow River Niangniang must be an untrained yellow flower girl, beautiful, young, kind, and able to sing folk songs, so as to relieve the boredom of King Huang, so that he will not be irritable and flooded.

After such a girl is chosen, she will wrap a layer of silk on her body, soak it in sesame oil, and then in front of the eyes of the whole village, she will be thrown into the surging water of the Yellow River in a special Yellow River estuary altar to complete the sacrifice to King Huang.

Think about it, such a young and beautiful girl was thrown into the Yellow River for no reason, and no one will be angry!

Therefore, the altar of the Yellow River Niangniang is often in trouble, often people see the girl playing naked in the river, and often hear the folk song tune of resentment in the water in the middle of the night, each family has closed the doors and windows, and at night there is a big thing and dare not pass by, but no matter how to prevent it, there are still people drowning there, the deceased has a hideous face, a big belly like a drum, and the fingernails are full of river mud.

Besides, the big coffin drifted all the way to the shore and ran aground before stopping. It took a long time before the brave fishermen came over to take a closer look.

This coffin looks evil!

To say that in this ancient road of the Yellow River, it is normal to dig out any evil things, but this coffin is completely black, and it is outrageous, not like it was washed by the Yellow River later, but more like it has been lying here quietly for a long time, I don't know how many years.

Everyone was stunned, and then counted with their fingers, isn't the place where this black coffin emerged from the water directly opposite the stone platform of human sacrifice?

Could it be that the human sacrifices that have been thrown into the water all these years have been thrown on top of this black coffin?

There is also a possibility, could it be that the black coffin felt the human sacrifice here, so it floated all the way from the Yellow River, and finally placed it here?

So, what's in this huge coffin?

Let's think about the resentful singing that came from here in the middle of the night, people who drowned in the water for no reason, especially those whose family members died in the water, cried and grabbed the ground, complained, and wished that they would use a kitchen knife to split the coffin alive at that time!

In this way, everyone almost immediately decided: There is a ghost in this coffin!

But how to deal with this coffin still needs to be considered in the long run, we found the local old Taoist priest, and heard him say the method of removing the water coffin: water is a yin and evil thing, only need to open the coffin, sprinkle the sand mixed with cinnabar into the coffin, set up a fire to burn, and then it can be burned. But this method is most afraid of rain, once it rains on the way to cast the spell, the corpse coffin enters the water, and there is no way to recover.

The next day, the rooster reported three times, and the villagers came to the river beach with hoes and kitchen knives, and everyone worked together, although the black coffin was as heavy as a rock, they also erected it and dragged it all the way to the river beach.

As the old Taoist priest sang a long "open the coffin", several laborers worked together to dig out the coffin nails, insert the crowbar into the coffin, and pry the heavy coffin lid open at once.

At this time, everyone looked into the coffin, but they were all stunned by the contents of the coffin, and they were so frightened that they couldn't say a word.

The black coffin cracked, and there were a bunch of round and red female corpses lying side by side, and everyone looked at them, these female corpses were not others, but they were those female corpses thrown into the water from the stone platform.

These red and glamorous female corpses, all with ruddy faces, as if they were asleep, were wearing floral cloth clothes, robes with large sleeves, and Manna clear yarns, which were obviously found by women of all dynasties.

How did these Yellow River Niangniang run into this black coffin, and what is this black coffin for?

This scene is too weird, if it is said that a zombie jumps out of this coffin, or even that there is a water monster and demon inside, so many people will rush up with hoes and sickles, even if the dragon lord is alive, he will also be hacked to death.

But these strange female corpses were lying in the black coffin, and everyone was really afraid, and they all retreated at once, and at this time, as long as one person ran first, everyone was afraid that they would run back with madness.

The old Daoben stood outside with his back hand, afraid of being hit by the corpse, and at this time he was afraid of ruining the signboard, so he hurriedly coughed a few times, went up and knocked on the coffin door with his long nails, his face changed slightly, and he muttered: "The soul coffin made of Shen Yin wood, more than a dozen living corpses, it seems that this evil thing has been cultivated." ”

He drank everyone at that time and said: "Fellow villagers, this black coffin is not the Yellow River Niangniang, but the Yellow River Corpse King who specializes in sucking people's souls. Now that you have formed a bond with the Corpse King, if you don't cut the grass and eradicate the roots, I'm afraid that none of you present will survive tonight! ”

These words were said sonorously and forcefully, and for a while, everyone's legs and feet were weak, and no one dared to take another half a step, and they expressed their willingness to obey the dispatch of the old Taoist.

Lao Dao pinched his fingers at that time and calculated, first let the feminine woman and the children and the old man go away, and then let the people who were dragons, snakes, and cows avoid it first. He also commanded you to stand facing the sun, and to look at each other, and not to have blue lips or chins, and not to have "water" under your noses.

After the selection, there were fifty or sixty strong laborers left on the river beach, although the corpse coffin was full of ghosts, but at present, the day was empty, and with the efforts of all the laborers who were bent on winning, they could also suppress the ghost coffin.

The old man nodded, and then he asked people to kill a black dog and seven big red roosters on the river beach, first splashed the black dog's blood into the coffin, and then poured seven bowls of rooster blood down the seven places of the black coffin, and then ordered someone to sprinkle a layer of dry sand mixed with cinnabar into the coffin, and finally set dry wood and set it on fire.

The fire was blazing, the coffin crackled and exploded, and in the raging fire, everyone clearly heard the heart-rending screams coming from the fire, as if many women were struggling desperately in the fire, and everyone was terrified one by one, although it was under the sun, they couldn't stop breaking out in a layer of cold sweat.

The fire burned for three whole days before it burned out, although there was a light rain in the middle, but everyone continued to pour lard into the fire, the fire was not extinguished, when the fire burned out, the old Taoist led the villagers to the river beach to see, the black coffin was not burned, the coffin wall was scorched black, the corpse had already burned into charcoal, the coffin wall can clearly see a deep scratch, everyone understood the danger at that time, and thanked the old Taoist priest.

Only the old Taoist priest looked at the water of the Yellow River and let out a long sigh.

Of all the people present, he was the only one who could see that although the black coffin was scorched and black, there was a piece missing, and it was clearly the Yellow River Corpse King who fled to the Yellow River on the day of the rain, and the Corpse King entered the water, unpredictable!

That old man sat in a black coffin that night, sat on the beach of the Yellow River, and when he died, his whole body withered, as if he had been drained of blood overnight.

He left his last words on the black coffin, saying that after his death, he would be thrown naked from the altar into the water, and the matter of human sacrifice would be abolished.

In addition, the villagers were asked to split the black coffin, saw down a gossip he drew in the black coffin, and gave it to the old water ghost who fished for the corpse on the Yellow River, and sealed it on the wooden boat to avoid the water corpse.

There is a piece of red the size of a palm on the black coffin, it is a gossip diagram drawn by the old Taoist priest with his finger power, the Taoist priest's finger power is extraordinary, the force penetrates the black coffin three inches, the gossip is vermilion, never fades, and it is smeared with the last mouthful of blood in the heart of the old Taoist.

According to the last person to give the old Taoist priest a funeral, when they lifted the old Taoist priest, he was so light that all that was left was a skeleton shelf, which was covered with a layer of rén pí, and it was impossible to tell whether he was a skeleton that had been dead for a long time or a person.

It is rumored that the old Taoist priest reached a secret agreement with the corpse king that night, and resolved the grievances of the corpse king with his own blood, as long as the old Taoist priest and Shen Yin's coffin are still floating on the Yellow River for a day, the Yellow River corpse king will never be able to go ashore to harm the people. But the Yellow River Corpse King didn't expect that the old Taoist priest was willing to smear the last mouthful of blood on the Shenyin coffin and seal it on the ghost boat, the ghost boat would never leave the Yellow River, so the Yellow River Corpse King would never be able to go ashore.

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