Chapter 11: Cinnabar Stone (text)
Between the bones and the snakes, I saw at a glance the fist-sized cinnabar stone, for it was so bright that it stood out here.
Although I saw it, I didn't dare to take it.
Although I see snakes a lot, but so much together, this is the first time I have seen them.
There is a saying about snakes in the countryside, saying that if you see snakes, it is that the snakes are mating, and if people disturb their good deeds, they must throw a piece of their own body at the snakes, and then say that they can only leave. If you see a snake perched on a tree, it means that the snake is taller than a person, and the person has to throw something over the height of the snake.
I saw so many snakes gathered together, and I didn't dare to go over for a while, and after thinking for a long time, I grabbed a handful of gravel from the ground and threw it over.
The snakes were disturbed and scattered and crawled away, so I took the opportunity to rush in, grabbed the red stone from the ground and ran out.
This stone is much heavier than ordinary stones, and it is much cooler.
Although I was curious about what this stone looked like, I didn't bother to check it at this time, and the main thing now was to escape from this place.
There are several high hurdles in the woods here, and I would not dare to jump if I had put it on the fence, but now I can't take care of my life, so I jumped down as soon as my heart was horizontal, rolled over a few times, and then stopped to another hurdle, and then jumped down.
After a few cycles and then turning back, the tomb was nearly 100 meters away from me.
Although I escaped from the tomb, I always felt that something was glued to my back, and I was a little panicked.
I thought to myself that it was a thorny fruit in the middle of the thorns on the road, so I didn't pay much attention to it, and just walked towards the Taoist temple opposite.
When I passed through the county seat, I was really thirsty and panicked, and I wanted to find someone to beg for saliva to drink, but it was too late now, and there were only vehicles walking on the street, and most of the doors were closed.
This is the first time I've been in a big city, and I don't know where to go when a whole hillbilly goes into the city.
In the past, there was an old man in the village who was taken to the city by his children to enjoy happiness, and after staying in the city for a month, he went back to the countryside, and asked him why he came back, and he said that all the roads in the city were the same, and he could not find the way back after going out. He got lost so many times that he didn't dare to stay there, so he came back.
He can get lost as an adult, let alone me, a little brat, Meng Changqing also instructed me not to wander around below when I went down the mountain.
But now that I was so thirsty that my tongue felt like it was about to crack, I couldn't help but find light all around.
After a few turns, he locked on to a spot where the lights were still on, and walked over.
When I went, the old man in the house was about to pull down the shutter door, and when he saw me appear at the door, he was frightened and exclaimed, and then he patted his chest and reprimanded: "You short-lived avatar, what are you scaring me for?" ”
I was stunned, I hadn't spoken yet, what was he scolding me for? Not only scolded me, but also scolded me for being a child.
When they made mistakes in the countryside, they would be scolded by their grandparents, but no matter how they scolded, they would not scold the word "incarnation".
The meaning of the incarnation in our country is the reincarnation of the ghost, that is, the short-lived child.
The curse meaning of this word is very strong, and the rural people curse all over the other words, but they do not use it to curse people. No wonder people who have been in the city say that they have lived in the city for many years and do not know who each other's name is, and I didn't believe it at the time, but seeing that this old man was so cold and rude, I had no doubt about what they said.
"Grandpa, can I drink saliva?" Although he scolded me, I still had the cheekiness to beg for water.
The old man listened to me, looked at me for a while, and then came into the house and brought me a glass of water, so that I could drink it quickly.
When I drank water, the old man said, "You go out so sloppily at night, and you run around like a ghost." ”
I just rolled around the mountains a few times, and now my body and face are all covered with dust and mud, and although others look a little sloppy, I think it's okay, because I am like this in the countryside.
"I'm like this in the countryside." I say.
The old man's face was full of disgust, and when I finished drinking the water and handed him the cup, he said no, and I said, "It's not dirty." ”
He said it was a disposable cup and that he had to throw it away after drinking.
I have gained knowledge again, where is this thing in the countryside, and the people in the city are really luxurious.
After drinking the water, he said thank you before leaving, and after walking a few steps and looking back, the old man had already closed the door. I felt like I was being treated like a plague god.
But fortunately, I got water to drink, and I put aside his scolding for the time being.
Returned to the previous place, and then walked in the direction of An Shunguan, in fact, I wanted to find a few people to ask about the news of the second grandmother, but there was no one on the road at this time, so I had to give up.
Halfway up the mountain, I suddenly felt a little unusual movement of the leaves behind me, and when I looked back, I only saw the empty stone steps and the shadows of the leaves reflected on the stone steps by the moonlight.
I saw that there was nothing, so I carried the cinnabar stone and continued upward, and I had just taken two steps when there was another sound behind me.
I turned my head sharply to see that the leaves shook violently, and when I could see clearly, I immediately screamed in fright.
There was a child squatting among the leaves, and he was picking up the leaves and staring at me.
I was so frightened that I forgot to run away.
Seeing that I had not escaped, the boy widened the gap in the leaves, then glared at me and asked, "Are you also a metamorphosis?" ”
Where am I a metamorphosis, it's just that someone scolded me like this just now, but I didn't expect to really recruit a metamorphosis.
I didn't say a word when he asked me, but I stepped up the stone staircase, and ran for a long time before I looked back and was relieved to make sure he was followed.
Because of the running, it didn't take long to go up the mountain.
After entering the Taoist temple without resting for half a second, he rushed directly to the door of Meng Changqing's room, smashed the door open, and as soon as he entered, he was panting and shouted: "Master, Master, there is a metamorphosis chasing me." ”
When Meng Changqing heard this, he hurriedly got up with a flashlight and went out, and at the same time turned his head and said, "You are here, I'll go out and have a look." ”
After he went out, I was shocked to pick up the teacup and drink tea to quench my thirst, and when I picked up the teacup and lowered my head to drink, I saw a miserable white face behind me through the shadow of the tea.
I was so frightened that I immediately threw the teacup to the ground, and then Mommy, Mommy, screamed, and spun in place.
But I threw it off for a long time, and I couldn't shake off the thing on my back, and in the end, I just rolled on the ground, but it was useless, and it was my back that I felt when I fell to the ground, and I couldn't press the thing that stuck to my back.
In the end, I took off my clothes, but it was still useless, and when I turned around, I could still see the slanted white face behind me.
There was a mirror in Meng Changqing's room, and I ran to the mirror in a panic to take a look, but this time I was completely stunned.
The head behind me didn't have a body at all, it grew straight out of my neck.
When I saw this scene, I was stunned, and I didn't even dare to move when I stood still, because the head behind me was now closed, and I was afraid of waking him up.
I was so frightened that I convulsed, but I didn't dare to make a sound or make a big move, for fear that he would wake up and bite me.
After standing in front of the mirror for about thirty seconds, Meng Changqing finally pushed the door and came in, and was stunned for a moment when he saw my pestle there, and then Zhengse said, "Don't move." ”
I nodded slightly, and Meng Changqing slowly picked up a peachwood sword on the table and walked towards me, and then slapped it on my back.
It was so hard that I was thrown a few steps forward, fixed behind me and turned back, and behind me stood a man in his forties.
After Meng Changqing saw this man come out, he slashed it with a peachwood sword, and the man was split into two pieces without even moving.
After that, Meng Changqing took out a talisman from his body, waved it twice, and threw it at the man.
With a bang, the rune paper burst into flames, and the man was also set on fire, just like a gas fire, and it only took a second to burn it out.
After seeing that this thing was gone, Meng Changqing said puzzledly: "Why did you make your body like this?" ”
I looked at myself and said in a trembling voice, "I rolled a few times when I jumped, and my body got dirty." ”
Meng Changqing shook his head and said: "People look like ghosts, people look like ghosts, that's what you're talking about, you are dressed up and walking on the road in the middle of the night, you have no energy, you will be treated as a ghost by a living person, and a good brother by a ghost, it is difficult not to attract ghosts, and the smell of the mud on your body, did you not see it clearly when you rolled, and rolled around from the human grave?" You're like this, and you're lucky not to recruit more ghosts. ”
I was dumbfounded, can I even attract ghosts if I don't dress up well?
At this moment, my head suddenly buzzed, and then all that appeared in my head were some strange things, and Meng Changqing called me and didn't know how to agree.
Meng Changqing saw that I was sluggish, and roared violently, which scared me so much that I almost sat on the ground with weak legs.
He then walked over and opened my eyes, and then said, "My eyes are no longer scattered, now the soul should come back." ”
was so frightened by him, the fear and fear just now slowly surfaced in his heart, and finally his whole body trembled, and his eyes hurt with it.
Meng Changqing saw that I was a little overreacting, so he hurriedly pulled me to the edge of the table and sat down, and then played around with me for a while, and finally said dumbfounded: "What did you do when you went out?" Why did you make the flame so low, it will become a yin thing if it goes on like this. ”
My eyes hurt at this moment, and my body swayed, and I couldn't stop it, and I wanted to say something, but when I spit out a word, my body twitched violently, and I couldn't say a complete word at all, and I couldn't even think about things.
Meng Changqing saw that my body trembled violently, and hurriedly held me down and said, "This is your body testing whether you are dead, you quickly use your tongue to push the roof of your mouth, otherwise you will bite your tongue in a while." ”
I understood what he was saying, and it took a lot of effort to put my tongue on the roof of my mouth.
After that, Meng Changqing picked me up, regardless of whether I was dirty or not, and threw me directly on the bed, then turned around and ran to the cabinet and took out a small bag.
He took out a knife and a bowl from his bag, and without a moment's hesitation, he cut his fingers with the knife.
After dropping a few drops from the middle finger of his right hand, he switched to his left hand, and it took a total of half a bowl of blood before stopping.
He brought the bowl to me, opened my mouth and poured it in, and when he had half filled it, he stopped and poured the remaining half on my head.
After pouring it, the body immediately stopped swinging, but the eyes hurt even more, and I used to drink the medicine given by the second grandmother when my eyes hurt.
Now that I drank some of Meng Changqing's blood, I thought it would work, but it had the opposite effect.