Chapter 299: Tree Coffin
The lotus pond has been swept clean by us. All that was left was a patch of paper ash and half a pool of dirty water.
Mr. Lu asked Secretary Wang, "Do you still have paper money?" Bring me another pack. โ
Secretary Wang really brought a package of paper money.
Mr. Lu carried the paper money and said, "Let's go." Let's go to the rockery and have a look. โ
Mr. Lu walked towards the rockery, and the direction was not bad. I asked with some confusion: "Mr. Lu, have you ever been to the rockery?" โ
Mr. Lu shook his head: "No." โ
I asked, "So how do you know where it is?" โ
Mr. Lu smiled: "This place is built in strict accordance with the five elements of yin and yang. Even with my eyes closed, I can find the location of the rockery. โ
At the beginning, we helped Chen Xiaomei find Ah Fei's soul and let go of the ghost here, but the next day, the rockery collapsed.
We have heard this news from Secretary Wang, but we have never been here to read it again. In the night, we followed Mr. Lu to the vicinity of the rockery, and we almost didn't recognize it.
The rockery did collapse. The strange stones rolled down, and the grave bag trapped in the middle was revealed. The mountain that used to stand in the park has been turned into a large mound. It looks poor and primitive.
Xue Qian said to Secretary Wang: "A few months have passed, and no one has come to clean up this place?" โ
Secretary Wang said: "There have always been no tourists in Wangzhuang Park. Who wants to waste time and energy sorting through those? The district's finances are not very good in the first place......"
He pointed to the yellow and white barrier: "We isolate this place and remind the occasional visitor not to approach. As a matter of fact. Hehe, except for the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are some tourists on the periphery of Wangzhuang Park. No one went deep here. โ
Mr. Lu took two steps forward until he reached the foot of the mound. He pulled out a candle and lit it on a strange rock.
The candlelight didn't illuminate far, and I could see in the darkness in the distance. There seemed to be a coffin with white bones exposed.
I didn't dare to look at it anymore, so I quickly withdrew my gaze.
Mr. Lu handed me a wad of paper money and said, "Zhao Mang, come, let's burn paper together." โ
I asked Mr. Lu, "Are there any ghosts here?" โ
Mr. Lu nodded: "There should still be." โ
Xue Qian and Secretary Wang stood behind, watching us from afar. Mr. Lu and I stood next to the candles, burning paper money one by one.
Suddenly. I heard someone laugh in my ear, and I was startled, and quickly turned my head to look over. But I didn't see anything.
Immediately afterward, a lazy voice sounded above my head: "I am tired of the owner of the empty house burning paper for us, this is a big face." โ
I followed the sound and saw what seemed to be a black cloud floating overhead, covering the sky.
I boldly asked, "How do you know that I am the owner of the Empty House?" โ
The voice said unhurriedly, "When the oni-sama was here, I heard him mention it. โ
Mr. Lu stood up straight and said loudly, "The ghost lord has already left, a few of them." Why do you want to be nostalgic for this place? โ
The voice sighed and said, "It's a remote place, and there hasn't been a single person for many years, and sometimes, you can't get a piece of paper money for the whole year." Do you think we're willing to stay here? We wanted to move somewhere else, but we didn't get caught up in the slightest. In case of starvation on the road, this ......"
The more I listened, the more strange it became, and I asked Mr. Lu: "Do ghosts need to be entangled when they move?" โ
Mr. Lu shook his head and whispered, "He just wants to blackmail us and get some benefits." โ
Mr. Lu turned back to Secretary Wang and said, "Bring the wine and food." โ
Secretary Wang and Xue Qian turned around and ran back.
After a while, they brought a lot of food and drink. We put these things on the ground as if we were making offerings.
Mr. Lu said loudly: "Friends, please have dinner." โ
As soon as I said this, I heard the wild grass around me shake violently, and it seemed as if someone was walking among them. Then, by candlelight, several dark shadows came to us. They lay on the ground, sniffing on the food.
I couldn't help but feel a little strange when I saw that they kept smelling the aroma of the food and wine, but they didn't eat it. I whispered to Mr. Lu, "Why don't they eat it?" โ
Mr. Lu also replied in a low voice: "The ghosts and gods eat and offer food, not really eat, just smell the smell, it's enough." Look at the ghost rice in the cemetery, the offering food in the Buddhist hall, no matter how long it is placed, it will not decrease. But it's already been used. Only the hungry ghost is different, this kind of ghost wants to stuff it into his mouth no matter what he sees, and what we see in Wei Zheng Temple is a hungry ghost. โ
I nodded, "I see." โ
After a few moments, the imps seemed to have eaten their fill. They smiled and said, "It's so refreshing, Taoist, we know what you're here for." Probably wanted to ask us to leave Wangzhuang Park. But this fare ......"
Mr. Lu took out all the paper money and was still in the fire. The flames were crushed, and then they burst into flames.
The imps cheered and began to scramble on the ground. After a while, they called, "Thanks, our brother is gone." โ
Their laughter was getting farther and farther away, but there was a gloating voice, coming from far away: "Daoist, it's not that simple to break the Five Elements Bureau here. Now that the five elements have gone, you have become difficult to ride a tiger. Haha......"
The imp's voice was soon inaudible. Mr. Lu said, "Okay, this place is too peaceful. โ
I asked Mr. Lui, "What should we do next?" โ
Mr. Lu said: "Let's go to the woods and have a look, if there are any ghosts, it is most likely to be hidden in the woods." Then he whispered: "The lotus pond and the rockery have long been broken, we are going very smoothly, and the remaining three places, but be careful, I always feel a little unsteady in my heart." โ
Mr. Lu took the big knife from my hand and walked towards the woods with some caution.
I don't know what kind of trees are in the woods, they grow very low, but there are many branches and leaves, which block the light, and we walk in, and it feels eerie.
Mr. Lu took out his compass, walked around the woods, and said, "There is indeed a problem here." I'm afraid there's something buried down there, and we'll have to dig it out. โ
He looked at Secretary Wang and said, "Did you bring a shovel?" โ
Secretary Wang shook his head: "What am I bringing that for?" โ
Mr. Lu thought for a while and said, "You and Xue Qian are going to find a few shovels now, and we will wait for you here." โ
Secretary Wang asked a little nervously: "There shouldn't be any problems with this place, right?" โ
Mr. Lu smiled and said, "Don't worry." I know it. โ
After Secretary Wang left, Mr. Lu no longer had a relaxed expression on his face. With a solemn face, he took out a piece of talisman paper from his bosom. Then bite your middle finger and draw on it.
He draws very slowly and with great difficulty. It took a long time for the spell to be drawn. Mr. Lu handed me the charm and said, "If there is any accident in a while, you can stick the charm on your body, leave me alone, turn around and run." โ
I took the charm in my arms and asked, "Is the thing down there dangerous?" โ
Mr. Lu hesitated, nodded, and said, "At least the compass shows that this thing is not ordinary. "Stay in the muleba.
I said, "In that case, let's stop digging." tinkered with the five elements and barely maintained a balance. โ
Mr. Lu smiled bitterly and said, "That little ghost is right, the Five Elements Bureau has gone to two out of five, and it is difficult to ride a tiger now." But you don't have to worry too much, since I'm doing this, I'm a little sure. โ
In the distance, the light of two flashlights shone towards us. Secretary Wang and Xue Qian are back.
Mr. Lu took the shovel, pointed to a place, and said, "Start digging from here." โ
There are a lot of tree roots in the dirt, and they are entangled in one piece, and it is very unpleasant to dig up.
Xue Qian panted and raised the flashlight and shone it down: "What is down there?" โ
By the light of the flashlight, I saw a coffin. To be precise, the roots of the tree are entangled together, forming the shape of a coffin in the ground. And through the gap in the roots of the tree, we can even see a human figure lying inside.
I exclaimed, "What's going on?" How did the roots grow like this? โ
Mr. Lu's voice was extremely panicked, and he shouted loudly: "Fill in the soil quickly, and bury this place immediately." โ