Chapter 13: The Strange Sound of the Barren Slope
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That night, my great-grandfather got a friend to work for him, and he took a few things with him and went out at night, intending to visit the barren slopes southeast of the village.
My great-grandfather went out after the second watch, that is, before nine o'clock in the evening, before ten o'clock, he drank some wine with his friend who was on the watch, but he didn't drink too much.
My great-grandfather took advantage of the slight drunkenness, took a few things out of the door, and strode all the way non-stop, going straight to the barren slope in the southeast of Sanwangzhuang Village.
There was just the moon in the sky on this day, and the temperature was low at night, and there was a slight breeze, and the cold moonlight was white, like a layer of frost on the ground, and the breeze blew, which made people feel cold.
After walking for nearly half an hour, my great-grandfather came to the barren slope. At this time, the time was already ten o'clock in the evening, which in ancient times was already considered the dead of night.
Let's talk about this area of the barren slope, because few people set foot in it, once it became a paradise for wild birds and small wild animals, at night, the small animals here will be active, wild birds cry at night, crickets and grasshoppers contend, small animals go out of the hole to feed, play, and the grass nest is constantly delicate.
However, after my great-grandfather came here today, he obviously felt that the atmosphere here was not right, at this time, the previous wind had inexplicably stopped, and the weeds that were still tilting with the wind no longer swayed, and there was no sound, as if all four of a sudden quiet, quiet and afraid of people, not to mention wild birds on the whole barren slope, not even a cricket call.
At this time, the moon was still shining in the sky, and the moonlight looked pale and clear in the grass, as if this world was isolated from the world and died. At this moment, my great-grandfather suddenly felt a pair of eyes staring at him in the grass nest, and he felt a chill in his heart.
This feels very bad, although my great-grandfather drank some wine, he was also bluffed into a cold sweat, and if he were someone else at this time, I am afraid that my heart would have trembled a long time ago.
My great-grandfather wasn't afraid, but the indescribable atmosphere around him made him feel uneasy, as if there was some danger lurking in this place, and something coveted him in the shadows, as if the enemy was in the dark.
My great-grandfather couldn't help but glance around, and there seemed to be nothing around but the black grass, at least not to the naked eye.
My great-grandfather took a few deep breaths, calmed down, walked forward more than ten meters away, squatted into a dense grass nest beside him, and then calmed down, held his breath, and listened carefully, but still didn't hear anything, the surroundings were really quiet and scary.
In my family's ancestral ghost catching skills, there is no such thing as letting myself see ghosts, such as opening the eyes of the sky, rubbing something on the eyelids, etc., no, not at all. We use the stupidest method, which is to wait, wait for those ghost things to appear, and then we will find a way to catch them or expel them, in other words, we have been in a passive state, and only when the ghost makes the first move, can we see the move.
My great-grandfather was squatting in the grass nest, and I don't know how long it was, but in the distance he faintly heard his friend's shouting: "Bang-Bang!" Nation! Three watches, fire prevention and anti-theft...... Bang - Bang! Nation! Three watches, fire prevention and anti-theft ......"
The barren slope is only three miles away from Sanwangzhuang, that is, about 1,500 meters, and can be heard in the extremely quiet environment at night, especially in ancient times, without the influence of mechanical or industrial noise.
Hearing the sound of the watch, at this time my great-grandfather had a sense of déjà vu, he remembered the first time he met his master Wang Shoudao, but at this time it was already a matter of time.
Just after the third watch, my great-grandfather suddenly heard a series of small footsteps, the sound was not loud, like a child stepping on the grass into the barren slope.
My great-grandfather hurriedly half-crouched up and peeked out of the grass nest, looked in the direction from which the voice came, and when he looked at it, his heart beat faster.
Where the sound of crumbling came, a small black shadow appeared, looking like a five- or six-year-old child, walking very slowly, and walking like a puppet on the stage, his steps swaying, as if his arms and legs were tied to a thread, and it looked so strange and strange.
This did not frighten my great-grandfather, he just wondered how such a young child could run to this barren mountain in the middle of the night, which was a bit unreasonable.
After a short time, the sound of the child stepping on it became clearer and clearer, closer and closer, and soon the child walked into this barren slope.
Because the grass on the barren slope is high and dense, and the child is too small, as soon as he walks into the place where the grass is high, there is only one brain melon top left in the grass nest.
Although there was a moon in the sky, the light was still not as good as in the daytime, and the grass was so dense that my great-grandfather could not tell whether the little black shadow was a boy or a girl.
At this time, the child's body is swaying, swaying from side to side in the grass nest, although it walks very slowly, it is like sleepwalking, rampage, and does not use both hands to stir up the grass.
Soon, the child walked through the grass where my great-grandfather was hiding, and she did not notice my great-grandfather, but my great-grandfather could see her clearly through the grass.
It was a girl, with not very long hair, a pigtail, a pair of small shorts of unknown color, and seemed to be barefoot. Judging from the girl's condition at this time, it is clear that she was possessed by something, and it was the possessed thing that brought her here.
My great-grandfather quietly pulled a wicker stick out of his body. He didn't expect to meet a possessed child here, and he didn't bring those items to deal with the ghost when he went out, and he brought some offensive objects at this time, that is, to deal with the "mind eater", but wicker can also be used, as long as it is not light or heavy on the child, it can also pull the possessed ghost out of the child. Of course, it doesn't mean that the possession can be whipped with a wicker a few times, it depends on the situation.
Just as my great-grandfather was pulling the wicker out of his body and about to stand up from the grass nest, there were suddenly several strange screams right in front of the child.
"Coffee! Coffee! ...... coffee"
I heard my great-grandfather standing upside down with sweat and pores, and it was unusual for me to have such a voice on a barren slope. The voice is high and low, like a human voice, but not very like a human voice, just like the sound of a duck crowing, but it is plausible, and it sounds very weird.
My great-grandfather has been catching ghosts for so many years, but it is the first time he has encountered such a strange thing.
The little girl didn't seem to be scared at all, and walked in the direction from which the voice came, as if she had quickened her speed.
At this time, my great-grandfather felt that it was no longer as simple as the child being possessed, there were other things here, and the children who disappeared in Sanwangzhuang were probably all taken in this way, but what did it mean to get the child here. Could it be that the "mind eater" and the "possessed ghost" collaborated to commit the crime? It sounds a bit ridiculous, ghosts don't usually come in groups, unless it's a family.
At this time, when he thought of the missing children in Sanwangzhuang, my great-grandfather couldn't hold his breath and stood up from the grass nest.
Looking in the direction where the voice came from, I saw a black and gloomy guy standing in the grass nest not far away, my great-grandfather was not mentally prepared, he took a cold breath, and took a closer look through the moonlight, and saw this black guy, with red hair and green fangs, except for the figure like a person, the rest is similar to a monster, and it seems that this guy was met by Wang Liang and his wife before.
My great-grandfather had never seen a "mind eater", but he was very frightened when he saw this ghost. The strange sound of "coffee" came out of this guy's mouth.
By this time, the little girl had basically walked up to the black guy, and the guy took a few steps towards her, bent down and picked her up, and turned to leave.
Seeing that the black guy was going to take the little girl away, my great-grandfather could not sit idly by and yelled at the black guy.
"Stop!"
My great-grandfather's voice is loud and confident, this voice roars out like a thunderbolt, if it is an ordinary evil thing, my great-grandfather's voice will be scared away, but unexpectedly, the black guy doesn't seem to hear it, he doesn't care at all, holding the child unhurriedly and walking towards the depths of the barren slope, it seems that he didn't put my great-grandfather in his eyes.
My great-grandfather thought he might have hit a hard stubble, and this thing had undoubtedly become the climate.
"Put down that kid!"
My great-grandfather yelled at the thing again, but it was still as if he hadn't heard it, and he still held the child and walked unhurriedly into the depths of the barren slope, leaving only my great-grandfather with a swarthy back and a head of red hair, which looked very terrifying. At this moment, if you were an ordinary person, you would have to be so frightened that you would have to turn around and run away.
My great-grandfather clenched the wicker in his hand tightly, and he was a little nervous at this time, after all, it was the first time he had encountered such a situation. After so many years of catching ghosts and exorcizing ghosts, I have never seen a ghost, but this time I can be regarded as seeing it.
After taking a deep breath and calming down, my great-grandfather chased after the guy with his wicker legs.
However, what people didn't expect was that my great-grandfather chased after him, and the guy actually ran in front of him, as if he saw it with eyes from behind. When my great-grandfather saw this, he chased after him as fast as he could.
Just one after the other, about a mile away, because the guy was holding the child, not as fast as my great-grandfather, and was chased by my great-grandfather from behind.
At this time, my great-grandfather saw the back of this guy thoroughly, about five feet tall, dressed in a pitch-black robe, his hair was red as if it had been soaked in blood, and from this guy emitted a very peculiar fragrance, the smell was not big, and there was a faint fishy smell in it, and he felt greasy with his mouth and nose when he smelled too much, like a dead mouse with perfume under his nose