Chapter 85: Gao Zu returns to the village

After the body was carried ashore, the villagers identified that the man was Liu Jin, the boss of the boat, and the woman was Liu Daqiang's fancy little daughter-in-law, Song.

At the ankles of the two corpses, two bruised five-finger scratches were found in the head catcher, and the head catcher pinched the five-finger scratches with his hand, and his face immediately changed!

The head catcher seemed to think of something, and without telling anyone, he mysteriously left the north bank of the river and crossed the river alone in a small boat. These were all seen by Liu Qing, who was watching the excitement from the sidelines, that is, my grandfather's second uncle......

Two days later, the head catcher came out, saying that the death of Liu Jin and Liu Daqiang's daughter-in-law was the work of the water ghost, and the head catcher also asked my grandfather to catch the water ghost in the river with great fanfare.

However, the water ghost that my grandfather caught from the river, how the common people looked like a big carp of the Yellow River, said that this big carp was a water ghost, and the three-year-old children didn't believe it.

As for the head catcher, no matter what, he decided that this big carp was the water ghost who killed Liu Jin and Liu Daqiang's daughter-in-law, and he beheaded the big carp on the street. In this way, the drowning case between Liu Jin and Liu Daqiang's daughter-in-law can be considered a successful one. As for Liu Daqiang's drowning case, the head catcher said that it was also committed by the big carp, and he killed the big carp for two crimes.

At this time, the elders of the Liu family in Liu Zhuang couldn't help but be suspicious, feeling that there seemed to be a problem here, but no one could say anything, and they couldn't come up with any strong evidence. In their opinion, it is best to hurry over this matter, because the sleek corpses of Liu Jin and Liu Daqiang's daughter-in-law are still on the bank of the river, and the longer it drags on, the more embarrassing it becomes.

The matter of floating corpses and two drowning cases on the river passed so quickly, and the rest was just the people on both sides of the strait talking about it after tea and dinner.

So far, there has never been any evil thing in the river basin around Sanwangzhuang.

Half a month later, the time came to the end of September. One day, unexpectedly, the owner of the shipbuilding workshop came to my grandfather and said that the fishing boat had been built and asked my grandfather to take someone to pick it up, and my grandfather was very happy to hear it.

The owner of the workshop also said that he didn't know my grandfather before, and he was really sluggish, and then he heard about the strange thing of my grandfather catching ghosts and slaying dragons in the river, and hurriedly urged his workers to rush to work day and night.

My grandfather was very useful when he heard it, and secretly decided in his heart that he would never tell anyone that he killed a baby fish in the future, it was not a baby fish, it was a dragon!

The next day, my grandfather took the king grass carp and them to the workshop to get the boat, and when they got on the boat, they saw that the fishing tools on the boat were all available, and the fishing nets and harpoons were hooked, and they were new guys in the water. The owner of the workshop said that this was an extra match he gave to my grandfather, and he didn't need money, and several people cheered when they heard it.

Afterwards, a few young men rowed their boats into the waters frequented by schools of fish, and eagerly lowered their nets to catch fish.

After a few days, the time came to the end of September, that is, in 1885 AD, the eleventh year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, the year of Yiyou, and the end of September.

In the evening of that day, my great-grandfather drove a carriage and took my great-grandmother and some gold and silver back to Sanwangzhuang, saying that he would come back this time and never go back.

As soon as the news spread, the entire Sanwangzhuang was boiling, and the village chief Wang Boss set up more than a dozen tables of banquets, bringing together all the villagers who were a little older in the village. Of course, my grandfather was also called to drink the wind wine.

At the banquet, the old man at a table praised my grandfather, gossiping about what heroes have been teenagers since ancient times, what brave river monsters and water ghosts slay dragons in the middle of the night, and even the fortune teller in the county town said that my grandfather is the reincarnation of Nezha, the six-armed pioneer officer under the Jade Emperor.

After a few words, I heard my great-grandfather Yunshan fog cover, and I didn't believe that this unlucky child who only knew what to do with fights and fights could have such a ability, or was it the reincarnation of Nezha.

A few days later, my grandfather took out the two "skinny bones" of the baby fish and showed them to my great-grandfather, and asked me why my great-grandfather couldn't cut these baby fish knives and didn't burn them.

By this time, my great-grandfather had already understood all these things that happened to my grandfather in Sanwangzhuang.

He took the "skin and bones" of the baby fish and looked at it, and said to my grandfather, these two baby fish, as well as the one that my grandfather met when he first returned to the village, were possessed by the resentful spirit in the corpse, and the objects possessed by the resentful soul will become very hard, not only can not be cut by the knife, but also extremely powerful. However, it takes a certain amount of chance for a ghost to possess a beast, and it doesn't mean that any baby fish can be possessed by a resentful spirit. As for whether the fire burns or not, it is because the resentful soul and the soul of the baby fish itself are entangled together, the baby fish is a thing in the water, and in terms of the five elements, fire cannot overcome water.

"Why does it make black water when you pump a wicker on a baby fish?" My grandfather asked.

My great-grandfather replied: "Heishui, I heard the master say that it is the blood of ghosts, and wicker also has another name called 'Yin Knife', which specializes in killing ghosts, and whipping baby fish with wicker, just like the 'Yin Knife' slashing on the ghost, the more times you whip it, the more 'blood' will flow, and when it comes to a certain time, the soul will naturally disperse." ”

"After the ghost is gone, why is there only two layers of skin left in this baby fish? Where did the meat go? My grandfather asked again.

My great-grandfather shook his head, "I can't figure this out either, in fact, there are some things that we don't have to know so clearly, and if we know more, it's not good for ourselves." ”

According to my grandmother, my great-grandfather seemed to know what was going on with the flesh of the baby fish, but he never said it, and my grandfather didn't pay much attention to it, and he didn't ask after it, because he found that the fish skin was of great use to him, and turned his mind to it.

My grandfather asked, "Why did the first baby fish I met bite the stomach of livestock?" ”

My great-grandfather explained: "It may be because the baby baby fish has not yet formed, and it needs to stay in the belly of the female corpse, that is, the belly of the 'host' for a while, but at this time, the villagers fished the female corpse out of the water and buried it in the soil together with the female corpse, and the contents of the water left the water and buried it in the soil again, and it had to come out of the female corpse's belly to find the 'host' again...... After the cattle in the village have done the plague on it, it should be the plague of people. ”

When my grandfather heard this, he seemed to be very instructive, and he asked, "Is there any other way to cure them except wicker whipping?" ”

"Yes, it's very simple, just use the soul collection bottle to collect the soul in the body of the baby fish. There is also a way to expose the baby fish to the sun and then drench it with rootless water, which can melt the baby fish and the soul together, but this method is too damaging to yin morality, so it is best not to use it. ”

My grandfather nodded, "Understood, I know where the skin and bones of the river monster in the iron cage have gone." ”

After that, my grandfather exposed a baby fish skin to the sun for a whole day, and then waited for the sky to rain, but by this time the weather had already turned cold, and it was past the rainy season.

Another doll fish skin, my grandfather took out the bones inside, stacked and bundled, made a fish skin scabbard, and put the Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword into it.

I heard from my grandmother that this fish skin scabbard is very strange, and it can be carried on the body to repel mosquitoes. The Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword was lost in the ancient tomb by my grandfather, this scabbard was not lost, my grandmother saw it when she was young, but then she couldn't find it, as for where it went, no one in our family can say clearly. In my grandfather's words, maybe this thing has an aura stuck to it, and it was found by other things that have become essences and taken away.

A few days later, my great-grandfather went to visit his two younger brothers in Liuzhuang, and when the three brothers were drinking and chatting, Liu Qing told my great-grandfather about the drowning of Liu Jin and Liu Daqiang's daughter-in-law.

My great-grandfather also felt that this matter was strange, he suspected that the two lives were caused by my grandfather's drunken anger, and then thought about it, my great-grandfather privately found the father and son who patrolled the river, and asked them if my grandfather had asked them to support the boat to cross the river that night, and the father and son said no, my great-grandfather suddenly shivered in his heart, which shows that my grandfather has been on the north bank of the river that night, and what he is doing in one night, you can imagine!

My great-grandfather questioned my grandfather for a long time because of this incident, but my grandfather bit it to death and refused to admit it, saying that he had drunk too much that day, and after coming out of his second uncle's house, he slept in the wheat straw stack all night in a daze. My great-grandfather didn't believe my grandfather's words, and although he was puzzled, he couldn't do anything about my grandfather.

A year later, that is, in 1886 AD, the twelfth year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, the year of Bingxu. This year, my grandfather was nineteen years old, my great-grandfather was fifty-nine, and my great-grandmother was forty-one. The last ghost hunter of the sister-in-law

It was also in this year that my grandfather honestly learned from my grandfather for a year, and his means of catching ghosts and exorcising evil spirits have made great progress compared to the past.

At this time, my great-grandfather was doing more work.

When my great-grandfather first returned to Sanwangzhuang, the village chief Wang Boss discussed this matter with him, saying that as long as he heard my great-grandfather beating at night, the whole village could sleep soundly.

As for my grandfather, he continued to go down to the river to fish with Wang Caoyu and a few young people, and lived his unrestrained and pleasant life in the waves of the boat.

The days, just like this, are living quite peacefully.

However, one day in the beginning of winter this year, the sky was overcast and quite cold. Wang Caoyu's sister Wang Xiaojin suddenly came to my grandmother at home.

This time, what happened when Wang Xiaojin came to my house to find my great-grandmother? Big deal! -The Last Ghost Hunter-