"I'm a white-collar worker in the city next door, and my hometown is in a mountainous area on the edge of the northern border, but now my hometown has become a tourist attraction, which is completely different from the poor ravine that used to be down. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Xu Tian poured a cup of black tea for the client, and the cold weather obviously made the client very interested in this cup of black tea.

"What's your name?"

"Oh! I'm sorry! I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Fang Lu. ”

"Please continue!"

"There is a traditional ritual in my hometown, and it is also a traditional sacrifice that tourist attractions do every year, which was used to pass on the customs of the village in the past, but in recent years it has changed its taste and has completely become a gimmick to attract tourists."

"What kind of ritual is that?"

"The name of the ceremony is 'ghost woman marrying a girl', according to legend, since a hundred years ago, the village was cursed by the ghosts, an old woman who can exorcise ghosts designed a ceremony for the village, as long as every year on October 3rd, let an unmarried clean woman dress up as a bride, and the village ** worship a god to form a connection, you can drive away the disaster."

"That's a bit of a, isn't it? What kind of god is that? ”

"The god of blessing is a god that the villagers worship a hundred years ago, when the old woman who can exorcise ghosts is nicknamed the ghost woman, and the woman who marries every year must respect the ghost woman as her mother, so this ceremony is called the ghost woman marrying a girl."

"Will the married woman still be alive?"

"You may be mistaken in this regard, although our village is a little superstitious, but it will not use this excuse to hurt the married woman, and this is just a ritual, the woman who is married to the gods can still live a normal life, not only that, the woman who has married the gods can also marry other men and have children. And the villagers are also very fond of these women, who has a girl who can marry the god of blessing, that is the supreme glory, which man can marry a woman who has married the gods, it is also regarded as a blessing, and the man's family will be happy that the woman is contaminated with blessings. ”

"It's a strange tradition, although it sounds a bit feudal and superstitious, but I don't think it seems to have any negative impact on the villagers, but like a positive religious belief, I don't think it can't be believed."

"That's right, I think so too, as long as faith can lead people to be positive, it's a good religion, but what I just said is just to let you know what I'm going to do back to my hometown this time."

"You're the one you're getting married this year?"

"Well, it wasn't me who was originally chosen, just a year ago on October 4th, just after the ghost woman marriage ceremony, the girl who was going to marry this year hanged herself, and it was in the temple where the god of blessing was received, so I became the substitute bride."

"Then why did you say you would be killed?"

"Because there is an infinite cycle of curses in our village, this curse began a long time ago, the first time was on October 3, 1917, when the first ghost woman married a girl, and on that day, twenty young men disappeared in the village. The second time was in 1937, when the village was ambushed by the enemy on the day of the ghost woman's marriage, and most of the villagers were killed. The third time was in 1957, when on October 3, the temple where the god of blessing was received suddenly caught fire, and 15 villagers were burned alive in the temple. ”

"Why would someone be burned to death in a temple?"

"Because on the day of the ceremony, the god of blessing is worshipped, and the village chief takes the lead, and the old people in the village will pray for their longevity in the temple."

"Alright! Keep talking! ”

"The fourth time was in 1977, when a family surnamed Wang disappeared into thin air on October 3, when the village already had a police station, and it is said that the family's whereabouts have not been identified until now. The fifth time was in 1997, and one of the biggest events that happened in that year, and one that has been absolutely verified so far. ”

"What is it?"

"On the night of October 3, 1997, there was a frenzied massacre in the village, the perpetrator was a teenager, and the villagers knew who the perpetrator was, but the teenager fled that night, and has not been caught so far, and 28 people died that night."

"It sounds like there's a pattern that something big happens every twenty years."

"That's right, this year is exactly 20 years after 1997, and since a few years ago, the villagers have been preparing for this year, and everyone is worried that something big will happen again today in 2017."

"But why do you think you're going to be killed?"

"Because I received a threatening email a week ago, I'll show you."

Xu Tian took Fang Lu's mobile phone, and the content of the email was:

You will die on the third of October, and if you don't want to be killed yourself, don't go back to the village.

"If it's a threatening email, it's better to remind you not to go back to the village."

"No, I have to go back, my family is still living in the village, if I don't go back to do this important ceremony, my family will not be able to raise their heads in the village in the future, not only that, my family will be spurned by all the villagers, you don't understand the importance of this ceremony, I'll tell you! In our village, ceremonies are more important than the New Year. ”

"If that's what I can understand, you want me to follow you back to the village?"

"Yes, I've heard about you, and I'd like to know who sent me this email, and most importantly, if something really happened on October 3rd, you can help me find out who is causing trouble. To be honest with you, I don't believe in superstitions, but I always feel that what is going to happen this year may have something to do with the girl who died on October 4th last year. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Because the girl was forced to die, I heard my sister from my hometown say that the girl who hanged herself originally wanted to marry someone from another village after this year's ceremony, but the villagers disagreed, and the villagers unanimously agreed that the girl who participated in the ceremony had better marry the villager, and the girl's parents felt that their daughter couldn't raise her head if she married someone from another village, so in the end the girl was forced to hang herself."

"What does this have to do with this year?"

"Because there are people in the village who love that girl, more than one, I am afraid that those who are too radical will think that I have taken the position of the ceremony, this kind of thing happens from time to time, the villagers attach great importance to the ceremony, there have been cases where the girl who was supposed to do the ceremony died suddenly, and then some people think that the person who replaced the original girl later killed the girl, there are many of these radical people, and the villagers attach great importance to this ceremony."

"What kind of village is your hometown? I find it very interesting to hear what you say. ”

"The village was built 100 years ago, and it is said that a down-and-out warlord surnamed Fang fled to the northern border and built the current village with the original inhabitants."