Chapter 53: The Grave Cat
…… The ancestral tomb of Zhaojialou is very large, for more than 600 years, all the people who died in Zhaojialou are buried here, because before the end of the Qing Dynasty, Zhaojialou is almost all surnamed Zhao, so most of the graves in Zhaojialou are surnamed Zhao. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Each tombstone is engraved with "Zhao Moumou" and "Zhao Moumou ......"
Looking at the past from a distance, this ancestral tomb is leaning on the majestic and magnificent stone mangu, and the feng shui is very good.
Because the people of the Zhao family moved in the earliest, the cemetery became more and more old, all of which were five or six hundred years old, and the innermost was the ancestral tomb of the Zhao family who did not know what year and month.
Because the tombs are too old, the burial chambers have long since collapsed, the tombstones and epitaphs are also broken and rusted, and the ancient tombs have become one after another.
Among those graves, Li Douniu remembers very clearly, there is a very large grave, which is also sunken in. Behind the grave, as the old Taoist priest said, there was a black "cat hole", which just allowed a seven or eight-year-old child to enter and exit, but the hole was very gloomy, and it was cool in the summer.
Li Douniu had never been in there, nor did he have the guts to do so, let alone know what was in the cave.
But now that it has come to this point, Li Douniu has to go down.
After all, it's a matter of life and death.
After plucking up his courage, Li Douniu bent down and climbed into the "cat hole".
Strange to say, when Li Douniu climbed into the cat cave of the concave grave, he found that the volume of this cave is not small, except that the entrance part of the cave is only the size of the waist, the more spacious it is, and in the end, it can actually make him, a half-sized cat, move forward with his waist.
After walking out of the cave about seven or eight meters from the entrance of the cave, Li Douniu barely saw that at the end of the cave of the hollow, there was a black lacquered coffin.
The coffin was buried in the earth for a hundred, and the other half was exposed, and the coffin was almost rotten in the earth, and the dry and forked in the outward were exposed.
In that coffin board, a soft cry of a cat came out, exactly the same as what the old Taoist priest said.
Li Douniu smelled the cat's meow, and his heart was pleasantly surprised, and he hurriedly looked to find the black-bodied and white-fronted cat that the old Taoist priest said.
But who knew that under this leaning over, Li Douniu almost jumped up in fright.
Because he saw that in this coffin of the ancestral tomb of the Zhao family, there was a skeleton lying impressively, and the bones of the dead man didn't know why, but they actually emitted a fluorescent green glow.
In the darkness, there was a weed nest laid by a cat, and in that nest, there were also the three kittens mentioned by the old Taoist priest.
Through the phosphorescent light of the bones, Li Douniu could see clearly that the one in the center of the three kittens was the so-called "black-bodied and white-fronted cat".
Although Li Douniu was very scared, after thinking about it, he still felt that it was important to save his life, so he tightened his teeth, took out the little cat who had just been able to walk, and turned around and ran.
Li Douniu had gone well so far, and his heart slowly rejoiced, but just as he was about to step out of the ancient tomb, this kid suddenly in the coffin behind him, a charming woman's voice called: "Why do you take my child?!" ”
The voice was dripping and delicate, Li Douniu was fortunately only a seven or eight-year-old child, if he was a normal man, he would have to subconsciously look back.
Therefore, at that time, this Li Douniu was not fooled, but he was frightened, and he quickly ran out of the cemetery and staggered away.
On the way back, he heard many voices of all kinds, some calling for him to eat, some threatening him to kill him, some women shouting for help, and some neighing cats.
It was like a dead person buried in the graveyard who came back to life in an instant.
During this period, Li Douniu respected the old man's instructions, and did not dare to look back at all, he just kept running with the cat, and saw that he was about to leave this ancestral tomb of the Zhao family like a maze array.
But at this time, he suddenly heard a familiar voice shouting to him beside him: "Did you get the cat?" ”
The voice was the sloppy Taoist who had just instructed him to take the cat.
This voice came just right, and it came from Li Douniu when he was about to leave the graveyard.
Then. Li Douniu was paralyzed for a moment, he turned around, and was about to agree, but suddenly he was stunned by the scenery behind him, and his footsteps stopped.
Because he saw that in the ancestral tomb of the Zhao family, there was a faint mist, and between that mist, on top of every grave...... There was a cat standing in the end.
Those cats, with their eyes, glared at Li Douniu.
I don't know why, after seeing those eyes, Li Douniu instantly entered a hypnotized hazy state, he not only stopped, but turned his body around, and walked towards the depths of the tomb step by step.
He was confused by the eyes of those cat demons.
But at this moment, a hand suddenly grabbed Li Douniu's shoulder, and then pulled him out of the graveyard.
As soon as Li Douniu came out of the cemetery, he immediately came to his senses, and he broke out a cold sweat as he looked at the man who had saved his life.
Sure enough, the man was still the sloppy Taoist.
The sloppy Taoist priest shook his head at him regretfully and said, "You kid! Ay! ”
Li Douniu saw the regret on the sloppy Taoist priest's face, and couldn't help asking: "I got the cat, is it still dangerous?" ”
The sloppy Taoist quickly retracted his expression, shook his head slightly, and said: "Not for the time being, you take this cat back and raise it, as long as you have it at home in the future, then it will ensure that you will be safe for the rest of your life." Until ......"
The sloppy Taoist priest stopped talking, then waved his hand, turned his head and disappeared into the mist.
Later, Li Douniu followed the instructions of the Taoist, took the cat back, and told his father in detail about these things.
Hearing this, for the sake of his son's safety, the old village chief couldn't stop the child from liking the cat, so he raised the "Huowei Lian" alive.
Since then, Li Douniu has been a little out of control.
Li Douniu never mentioned the matter of going to the cemetery again, but the number of cats raised increased. He feeds the cats when he sees them, regardless of the domestic cats and wild cats, after a long time, he knows all the cats in the village, and he also gives people a lot of names and nicknames, and even Li Douniu inserts his waist and shouts at the village, and he can summon six or seven beasts in an instant.
Although Li Douniu's hobby of raising cats is strange, he is much more normal than before after all, so the Li family quickly quieted down. After that, Li Douniu had smooth sailing, married a daughter-in-law, built a house, and lived a prosperous life.
But just over a year ago, on the day when Li Douniu's son had just completed the moon, it all came to an end.
On that day, Li Douniu followed his cat to the ancestral grave of the Zhao family, and has since disappeared between those graves.
"Missing?" I was stunned and said, "How do you know he's dead?" ”
"Surely dead!" The old village chief sighed and said, "In the cemetery, we found his clothes, which were laid flat on the ground, and the clothes were full of marks from cats, as well as bloody ......."
The old village chief did not continue. But I can't bear to listen to it.
The implication is very clear, this Li Dou Niu is likely to be raised by his own cat...... I ate it.