Chapter 59: Danger?
I looked back at Hu Fang and Li Zhisheng who were following me, and they also seemed to feel that something was wrong, and then Li Zhisheng opened his mouth and asked, "Girl, may I ask, what's the matter with that bloodstain at your door, I think there are many of them." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
The woman in red was stunned for a moment and said, "Uh...... It's just chicken blood, it's our custom here, if you're interested, come into the house and I'll tell you slowly......" He invited the three of us into the house.
The room is not large, and when you enter the door, you can see that there are four beams and pillars around the hall, and there is a door on the left and right, leading to the inner room. I looked around, and although the tables, chairs and benches were spotless, I didn't feel the slightest sign of anyone living there.
In the living room, the woman in red brought us some stools, sat us down at the table next to us, and said, "Sit down for a while, and I'll pour you tea." With that, he turned and went into the back room.
The three of them sat around the chairs, and I saw them looking around with curiosity on their faces, shaking my hand in front of their eyes and saying, "Hey, don't look, this place is weird, I know, you two don't need this, do you?" β
Li Zhisheng waved his hand: "No, don't you think there is something missing in this room?" "What?" I asked, puzzled. "Lights, I just looked closely, and there are no poles or cables around here at all, which means that there is no electricity here, let alone electric lights." Hu Fang also hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I'll just say what's wrong, how can a small village not far from the city have no electricity......
I took off the bag I was carrying, leaned back on the stool, and said, "Well, it really shouldn't be out of power, and I just felt that this place is ...... at all."
"Tea is here~ I'm sorry to keep you waiting~" I saw the woman in red coming out of the back room with tea, hurriedly closed her mouth, smiled and took the tea cup in her palm and said, "It's okay, it's okay, by the way, girl, I'll ask you something." β
The girl also pulled a chair and sat down when she heard my question, and said, "Well, what's the matter, you say~"
"That's right, we are all from other places, passing by this village and wanting to play, but when we come in, we find that this village is empty, and the blood stains in the corner of the wall you just mentioned are your customs, what is going on in this village, can you tell me? I'm also curious, don't be surprised if you ask something you shouldn't ask. β
When the girl heard me, she flicked her sleeve and said, "What should I not ask, didn't I promise to tell you just now...... and then she told me about the village......
Originally, this village was called Guitian Village, which was originally a peaceful village, and because it was relatively close to the city, many young villagers went to the city to work during the day and could go home to eat at night. The older people in the family planted the fields, not to mention the nourishment of life.
Until one day, two young people in the village were jealous of a young and beautiful girl in the village and fought together. One of the stronger ones wounded the other, and threatened to kill him if he dared to go to the girl again.
The injured Chinese New Year's Eve came home on night, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was a fire, so he went to the wheat field of the house that beat him overnight and set a fire, wanting to take revenge and vent his dissatisfaction.
But it was the autumn harvest season, and everyone piled up the wheat straw on the edge of the field, and what he never expected was that the fire was blown by the strong wind, and the wheat straw pile at the edge of the field was also lit.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, and burned down the wheat field to the house of the man who had beaten him, and when he saw that the matter was out of control, and fearing that he would be discovered, he fled from the village alone overnight.
The fire burned all night, and when it was found the next day, more than a dozen houses in the area were engulfed in flames, and the whole village was in flames.
According to those who witnessed it, the fire felt like the sky was on fire, and the faces of the villagers who had been burned to death were visible in the firelight.
The surviving villagers then called in fire trucks, and it took several fire trucks a day to extinguish the fire completely. But at this time, there were only more than 50 people left in the village, which originally had a few hundred people.
But the rest did not leave there, they demolished the burned houses and planted the land. I thought I could live a peaceful life like this. Who knows, a year later, strange things started to happen......
It was the first anniversary of the fire, and everyone in the village went to the mountain to pay respects to those who had been burned to death, and one person happened to be resting at home because he had sprained his foot while cutting firewood.
He saw that the family had not come back for dinner, and because he hadn't gotten out of bed for a day, he was really hungry, so he had to endure the pain and go to get food.
But at that time, where there was gas, natural gas, not to mention electricity, it was all old-fashioned stoves, and there was a fire for cooking.
Just as he finally lit the fire, his back was reflected on the wall in the firelight, and the shadow swayed back and forth with the shaking of the flames. Because he was anxious to make the fire bigger so that he could cook faster, he leaned his face close to the fire and blew into it.
He held his breath and blew at the fire with all his strength, but the flames did not retreat but rushed towards him......
When they returned home in the evening, his family found that he had been charred and his body was still blowing into the stove, and a black figure appeared on the wall behind him, as if it had been smoked. Strangely, the figure's eyes and mouth were empty, and it smiled eerily.
After that, no matter how the family scraped the shadow off, as soon as there was light, it would reappear, even if it was repainted.
From that day on, news of the same dark shadow in the house came from the village one after another. Wherever there is a dark shadow, a charred corpse will inevitably appear the next day.
Some people even slept with their daughter-in-law one day, and when they woke up the next day, they saw a charred corpse in front of them, but the quilt and clothes were intact.
At that time, a few children who had read books said that this was a spontaneous combustion of the human body, and they had a lot of bad ideas. Because they couldn't find a reasonable explanation and were worried that they would die, they all did it.
But I wonder what the use of this is...... The black shadows continued to appear, and each time they appeared, their expressions became more hideous, and the number of dead people changed from one at a time to two.
At this time, someone proposed to move out, and if this continues, everyone will have to die here...... On the same day, a man who claimed to be a Taoist priest came to the village, and he said that he had a way to save everyone.
As soon as everyone heard that there was salvation, they could not care if it was true or false, and hurriedly begged the Taoist priest to give an idea. He said that the place itself was a feng shui offense, and with so many people dead, the yin qi gathered and did not disperse, so everyone demolished and rebuilt the house.
And when the house was built, it had to be built according to the specifications he said, and it became what it is now. When the house was remodeled, he said that he would do it in the evening and let everyone not come out.
When the next day they came out, many of the houses were covered with blood, which he said was sprinkled with chicken blood to ward off evil spirits. After that, he came to practice every once in a while, and every time he finished the ritual, everyone said that he had a headache the next day, but fortunately, the dead man did not happen, and the Taoist priest was also kind-hearted, and he helped but never received a penny......
After listening to her, I thought to myself, "No wonder these houses are arranged so strangely, and there is hardly any lighting, so it is ......like this", I picked up the teacup and was about to drink, but as soon as I picked it up, my fingers touched the warm wall of the cup, and a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind and asked: "You said that you have no electricity at home here, and you can't use fire, so how do you make this tea?" β
She replied, "We also asked the Taoist priest how to cook and boil water without electricity or fire. He said let's make a fire outside the house, and make a fire during the day, and not reflect people inside the house...... We've been keeping it that way for a while. β
I nodded thoughtfully, looked out of the gate again, and said, "Didn't you say that there are still some people left in the village?" Why is it that everyone else is gone except you. β
"Today is the 10th anniversary of death, and everyone has gone to pay respects." She looked at the dark sky outside the house and said: "It's not early, I'm going to cook quickly, otherwise it will be troublesome after a while, you sit down for a while, I'll cook, what do you want to eat?" β
Hu Fang hurriedly said, "Let's have a copy of all of your more distinctive features~" The woman in red smiled when she heard this, agreed and turned around and went into the house.
Li Zhisheng looked in the direction she entered the house, and after confirming that she was gone, he lowered his voice and said to me: "Didn't the old man I met before say that the village was bulldozed, why is there another way of saying it now......
"Now there are indeed a lot of suspicions, this woman I also feel a little strange, she just said that she was going up the mountain to worship, I saw that she was in good health, why did the whole village go but she didn't go. And then there's the old man, who wants to lie to us, and it seems that he desperately doesn't want us to come......" I lit a cigarette and smoked it in deep thought.
Li Zhisheng analyzed on his own: "If there is really a problem in this village, then the old man tried his best to prevent us from coming may be for our good, but if this village is fine, why doesn't he want us to come, doesn't this village welcome outsiders?" And this woman doesn't look like a rural girl in terms of appearance, figure, and conversation, and even has a trace of the breath of ancient people......"
Hearing this, as if I had suddenly grasped some clue, I threw the cigarette in my hand out of the door and asked, "Wait, what did you just say?!" You say it again......"
Li Zhisheng was taken aback by my actions, thinking that I was blaming him, and said a little timidly: "I... I said if there was a problem with the village......" I waved my hand and said, "No, last word!" β
He thought for a moment and said, "Uh...... There's even a hint of the breath of the ancients......"
At this time, I probably understood, and at the same time, I reached for the spirit in my backpack, and I held the hilt of my sword and thought to myself, "It looks like a fierce battle is inevitable today...... Thinking of this, my eyes gradually showed a fierce light......