Onijiu looked there: "Little red jar! ”

Onijiu suddenly remembered the purpose of the cave, and the red jar that his uncle said turned out to be true. The ghost looked around for a long time, but there was still a dead silence, nothing changed, and when he looked up, nothing came down. Onihisa timidly moved to the jar, which had a lid with a small bulge in the middle, which Oniku carefully uncovered, revealing a white powder, presumably flour. Oniku hurriedly closed the lid, took off his shirt and wrapped the jar, and tied his two sleeves around his waist, intending to find an exit.

I circled around the cave wall, and there was no exit at all except the entrance to the cave where I entered. Looking at the top of the cave that is more than 10 meters high, it is estimated that the monkeys and bamboo tubes went out from there, but without something to climb, it is impossible to go up. I had to go back the way I came. Onihisa walked towards the entrance of the cave where he had entered, and when he reached the entrance, he looked back at the sarcophagus and his stomach churned again.

I went back to the hole under the big tree along the connecting passage, and my feet began to get muddy again. Onihisa chose a thicker root and began to climb up. When he was almost halfway through, he suddenly felt a sharp heart-rending pain in his back and almost fell down. Since his hands were climbing up without turning on the flashlight, Onihisa didn't know what was attacking him, so he hurriedly hit the back with one hand, but didn't touch anything. Onijiu hurriedly grabbed the root of the tree with one hand, and at the same time his feet also coiled the roots, took out a flashlight from his trouser pocket with one hand, turned it on and turned his head back, and a pair of eyes 3 meters away reflected a vicious cold light staring at him. When Oni Jiu looked closely, he recognized that it was the monkey with two handfuls of white hair on its face, and he didn't know when it came in. At this time, it was no longer naughty, it was completely replaced with a hateful face, and the ghost couldn't understand the reason for the change in its mood. Onijiu pinned the flashlight on his waist and didn't turn it off, while paying attention to the monkey while continuing to climb up, the monkey planned to pounce several times, but the light of the ghost's flashlight was taboo, after all, it didn't succeed, and when the ghost was about to burrow into the tree hole, he pulled out the flashlight and shook the monkey fiercely, and the monkey was so frightened that he hid in the passage. Why are monkeys afraid of light? Oniku didn't have time to think about it now. Ghost Jiu hurriedly tried his best to stretch out his feet and arms, but fortunately, the diameter in the tree hole was not very large, and Oni Jiu finally reached the entrance of the cave little by little. Crawl out of the hole and take a big breath of fresh air first. When you exhale out, you can feel the rotten smell yourself, and it seems that the smell inhaled in Akiku's stomach will be discharged for a few days.

When I went down to the ground, the weather was still stuffy, and I pressed the jar on my waist, but fortunately the shape did not change, and it did not seem to be broken. Listening to the fact that there was no movement around, he carefully left the hillside behind the hut and descended to the mouth of the mountain. Oni Jiu vaguely felt a chill in his back, as if a pair of resentful eyes were watching him, and he turned around and shone with a flashlight, but there was nothing.

Nearly an hour has passed, and it is estimated that it is now more than one o'clock in the middle of the night. There was no movement in the wooden house, and I don't know where my uncle had led the people and dogs. Onijiu didn't worry about his uncle, although he didn't believe in what his uncle said about this spell or that spell, and always thought it was something that his uncle boasted about after drinking, but his uncle's speed of running up Onijiu had really seen it. The rabbit runs fast, as long as the uncle sees the rabbit's shadow, basically the rabbit becomes the uncle's appetizer. My uncle was often unabashed in other areas, but he was silent on how he managed to do this. It is impossible for that dog to catch up with his uncle, and if he doesn't get it, he will be turned into dog meat by his uncle. Thinking of dog meat, the hanging bamboo tube in the cave came to Kiku's mind again, and there were insects and painful moans crawling out...... Onijiu's stomach couldn't help but churn again.

Onijiu rushed to the village along the way he came, and all the way he walked was hills and mountain roads, and he was not too afraid, and even had a sense of freedom, and the reason for this was that the depression and nausea during that time in the cave were far greater than the fear outside the cave. After people really experience a lot of psychological pressure, there will be two situations, one is to become more timid, and the other is to become stronger, and Ghost Jiu is the kind of Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten by the latter. Thinking that he got the red jar, Wang Si was finally saved, and Ghost Jiu was a little excited in his heart, and he actually hummed the "The boat goes to cast the net in the morning, and the fish are full of fish in the evening", but in the middle of the night, walking alone in the dark mountains, listening to his own singing, why is it so weird! Fortunately, they had just been baptized by the Cultural Revolution, and the students were outright atheists. But people's fear of darkness will not completely disappear because of atheism, and Onihisa's strength did not last long, and he was still scared for a long time. And there is always a feeling that something behind me has been following me from afar.

Finally walked to the east ditch at the entrance of the village, and the flashlight of the ghost was basically used up.

"Xiao Jiu, here"

Obviously hearing his uncle's voice, Onijiu couldn't help but be startled. With the scream, Onijiu heard the faint sound of footsteps, and his uncle appeared in the faint light of the flashlight in the blink of an eye.

"Got it" Uncle didn't comfort Ogyu, but asked Onijiu Jar first, and Onijiu felt a little aggrieved in his heart.

"Got it," the ghost replied angrily to his uncle's question. But thinking that his uncle was a good partner to save him, he immediately changed his tone: "Uncle, I'm scared to death!" ”

The uncle didn't seem to notice Akihisa's displeasure, so he touched the top of Onihisa's head with his hand and took the jar that Onihisa had taken from his waist. He didn't rush to open the lid of the jar, but carefully studied the flashlight that was about to be extinguished. Watching his uncle look around and observe the jar, Oni Jiu was a little inexplicable. What's so nice about a jar, in Onijiu's opinion, this is an ordinary red ceramic jar, can my uncle see the flowers?

The flashlight was finally gone, and it was the end of my uncle's obsessive observation. But just now, Ghost Jiu obviously saw his uncle wipe his face twice with his sleeve while watching, could it be that his uncle cried? The ghost has never seen his uncle cry for a long time, how can his feelings be so fragile for a person like my uncle who wanders the rivers and lakes! Could it be that my uncle is wiping my sweat, is it because of the hot weather or is my uncle wiping cold sweat?

The uncle did not go to the village, but dragged the ghost to a loess slope at the back of the village. This is the place where the villagers take land to make "braids" and "adobe". In the 70s, the houses built in the village were basically civil structures, and the walls were twisted into braids with grass and dipped in yellow mud. The sleeping kang is made of adobe. The hillside here has been dug out of potholes, and it is also a place for children to play, and each pothole is a virtual battlefield.

Uncle pulled Ghost Jiu to sit down against a hole and said that he would go to Ghost Jiu's house at dawn. Onihisa knew that his uncle didn't want his father to know that he had gone to fetch the jar alone. On some issues, Onijiu and Uncle have a natural tacit understanding, and some things are tacit, so there is no need to explain further. Besides, there is too much mystery in Onijiu's heart, and he needs to ask his uncle for clarification.

Without waiting for his uncle to ask himself, he couldn't wait to narrate the whole process as it was. The uncle was silent for 5 minutes, and the ghost even suspected that the uncle fell asleep listening to it. However, Onijiu immediately denied his idea, his uncle is the kind of energetic person, and it is impossible to be more tired than Onijiu. Uncle can't explain what Onijiu saw, no, he can determine the approximate location of the jar and the contents of it, which means that he has an overall understanding of all the circumstances.

Just as Oni Jiu was analyzing it randomly, his uncle finally spoke: "Xiao Jiu, I didn't plan to tell you the truth of the matter, for fear of leaving a shadow in your heart. ”

The uncle paused, and then said, "But I don't want to lie to you, you need to grow, and you have a lot of responsibilities to take on yourself in the future." ”

Onijiu didn't care too much about what his uncle said, and when his uncle usually joked with Onijiu, he also said that Onijiu was the emperor's life! It's funny to think about, what age is it, and the emperor? Even if there is, it won't be the turn of the hillbilly of Ghost Jiu. I'm used to frolicking with my uncle.,As long as the uncle doesn't say it with a straight face.,Onijiu basically takes it as a deaf ear.,Even if your uncle gets serious.,Onijiu often doesn't take it seriously.。 Usually pretend to be obedient on the surface just to eat a few more delicious meals.

But today's matter is too different, and the ghost Jiu urgently needs an answer: "Uncle, uncle, say it quickly, I'm in a hurry!" ”

What Uncle said next really shocked Ghost Jiu, and Ghost Jiu's understanding of Uncle was also deeper, Uncle is not simple, very mysterious! Onihisa is just beginning to understand the real uncle, but it's only a glimpse.

The uncle began to say in a calm tone: The jar you retrieved is called "Soul Locking Worm Bowl", and its origin should be pushed back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The original meaning of barbarism in Barbarian Rong Di does not refer to the barbaric and uncivilized ethnic minorities, but a kind of "worm Gu" technique of the southern ethnic minorities. After placing this kind of Gu on a living person, the soul of this person will be locked in the mother worm, and this person will not die, but he will suffer the torture of life is worse than death. In other words, this is not a punishment, but the "love" of the caster for the Gu recipient. "Born of eating you, you look together" is the most appropriate description. At the beginning, there was a man named Yigong, who was really emotional about a woman, and it was that kind of unforgettable love. I didn't want to get a strange disease that was difficult to cure, and Yigong found a strange person from the rivers and lakes and presented this "soul-locking insect bowl". In order to save the woman's life, Yigong finally accepted this perverted Gu technique. The woman does not die, but her body becomes a maggot nest. Although the body that has passed through Shi Gu will breed maggots, it will not rot and stink. A lover who eats this maggot will live forever and prolong his life. Otoko's perversion lies in the fact that he really made this multiplying maggot into a delicacy and ate it alone, to the point of crazy gluttony. I don't know if I want to live a little longer to stay with my lover, or if I'm addicted to eating maggots. This wild history was recorded on this jar by Otoko himself.

"Do you say that there are people in the hanging bamboo tube that I encountered? So how do you know that the hole is on the meridian of the cabin, and you know the distance range? And sure the jar is there? Let's call the police! Oni Jiu interjected.

The uncle didn't rush to answer the series of questions of the ghost long: "What to call the police, the person in the cave should be the old man's wife, because he loves her too much and doesn't want her to die, so he takes this way." ”

At the age of 9, of course, he doesn't quite understand the concept of "love" that his uncle is talking about. But I always feel that I see that person's scene is obviously suffering, how can it be love?

"Didn't you say that eating maggots on your lover's body can keep you young forever? Why did that man become an old man? "Onijiu asked his uncle.

Uncle said: "Eating maggots can delay aging and prolong life, but no one knows how long it will last." But just now I read the text recorded on the bowl, and I was shocked, this record turned out to be engraved by himself when Otoko was 1200 years old, how old do you say the old man in the wooden house is! ”

The brain cells of the ghost are completely insufficient, and the life span of people has been long, and the old Mrs. Li in the village lived to be 109 years old before she died, but Yi Gong can live to be 1200 years old and still be able to engrave, which is also too inconsistent with the proletarian scientific outlook.

Uncle continued: Yesterday, Onijiu guessed the symptoms of the two of you, and asked you for details just to confirm further. "Maggots" can only be eaten by lovers, others will cause nerve paralysis when they eat them, and toxins will be generated when they react with gastric juice......

"What? You say we're eating maggots! Onihisa reflexively began to vomit. In the end, the mouth was a little bitter, probably spitting out bile.

Ghost Jiuqiang endured a burst of dry groaning: "Uncle, how should Wang Si be treated?" ”

"With this flour buried in the mother worm, boil it in rootless water and cook it, one bite is enough."

After the uncle finished speaking, the ghost suddenly thought that there was a lover who would not be poisoned if he ate it, and it was obvious that a lover had already taken the flour in the jar and flushed it to drink. But the ghost hasn't been too sure what he thinks, who can say for sure what is strange!

The uncle then explained to the ghost for a long time: "The soul is not far away from the body, that is, this female worm can't be too far away from the person who has been tricked, otherwise it will really die." ”

Onijiu was taken aback: "Then didn't I hurt her by stealing it?" ”

Uncle's tone trembled a little: "Hey, it's not a good thing, she shouldn't have been stranded in the world for a long time, she was wheezing in pain, what's the point, she will be relieved from now on, and the old man should also let go!" ”

The ghost hasn't understood his uncle's theory for a long time, and he always feels that he has killed a life, and he feels very guilty. Since a little flour can save Wang Si's life, why bring the whole jar?

Uncle looked at the ghost for a long time and was speechless, as if he guessed the ghost long's thoughts: "Xiao Jiu, there are some things that you can't understand now, and you don't have to blame yourself." And this flour should not leave the jar for more than half an hour, otherwise it will be invalid. Will you be back in half an hour? ”

Uncle's explanation, I don't know if it's made up improvised to comfort himself. But thinking that Wang Si's life was saved, I finally felt a little comforted in my heart. I didn't have the heart to ask my uncle any more questions about the previous questions, so I looked forward to the sky lighting up soon so that I could save Wang Si.

For what his uncle just said, Onijiu still has a lot of doubts, when the story is okay, if it is true, with Onijiu's character, he will not shed tears if he doesn't see the coffin. Wait, if the flour in the jar can't save Wang Si's life tomorrow, the tall image that Uncle just erected in Onijiu's heart will fall apart.

The sky was starry, and the ghost was a little tired, and he was gradually shrouded in sleepiness.

Onihisa was woken up from a dream by his uncle, and when he opened his eyes, he found that the east had turned white, and the sky was about to be completely bright. Oni rubbed his eyes, stood up and walked towards his house with his uncle.

"Uncle, why don't you go directly to Wang Si's house?" Onihisa asked his uncle.

The uncle pointed to the red jar in his hand: "Don't talk about this matter in front of anyone, otherwise it will bring unexpected trouble, let's put the jar at home and bring some flour in the jar." ”

Back at home, my mother was already cooking. Onijiu entered the back room, and his uncle and father muttered quietly in the outhouse, and his father looked into the house from time to time, as if there was some secret for Onijiu to hear. Oniku suddenly had a feeling that something incredible must have happened to him. Ever since Onihisa became sensible, he found that his uncle and father often avoided talking about something, and as soon as Onihisa approached them, they stopped talking. Isn't it normal for you? But I'm not anything different, I'm healthy, and I'm not stupid. So what are they talking about when they are constantly guarding themselves?

Oni Jiu pretended to tease his younger brother, leaned towards the door little by little, and vaguely heard his uncle say, "Xiao Jiu is too young now, let's talk about it after 20 years old."

"Hey, when will we find out the truth?" Onijiu heard his father sigh and mutter, his tone full of helplessness. Father is the kind of person who is stubborn and does not admit defeat, and there are not many things that can make his father bow his head, so what is it about himself that makes his father so worried?

Ghost Jiu knows what adults don't want to say and asks in vain, and besides, he is only interested in eating and playing now, and other things are far away from him, so the child's heart will not pretend to be worried, and he can have fun eating sweet potatoes all day long.

After breakfast, my uncle took a small bowl and grabbed a small handful of noodles from the red jar and put it in. The moment my uncle closed the lid of the red jar, Oniku felt as if the flour inside had moved.

Fortunately, it rained a few days ago and there is rootless water, and the so-called rootless water is the water that has not landed. There was a jar in the courtyard of Oniku's house with a broken half, and some rainwater was stored in it, so Onijiu found a glass bottle and filled it with half a bottle. and his uncle walked towards Wang Si's house.

Wang Si was poured a mouthful of boiling flour, opened his glasses after a few minutes, and then began to vomit, and all he spit out was white paste-like things. After tossing for more than an hour, I finally fell asleep again.

"Big brother, the child is okay!" Wang Si's father asked his uncle worriedly.

"It's okay, just wake up at night, remember, don't give him white flour food in the near future." Uncle instructed.

Coming out of Wang Si's house, Ghost Jiu asked his uncle, "Uncle, is there any living thing in that jar?" How did I notice something moving inside. ”

"Inside is what I called the soul locking mother worm, but this worm can only swing slightly, and will not crawl outward, because that woman's soul is locked inside, and you can't see yang energy." The uncle affirmed, "I'll get rid of this jar when I get back." ”

Onijiu didn't quite believe what my uncle said about spirits and the like, and my uncle might be scaring me again. Onijiu suspected that his uncle's story about Otoko was made up by himself. Otherwise, how could my uncle be so clear about this jar? What else did you say when you saw the text on the jar, why didn't you find the text on it for a long time?

As for how the uncle disposed of the jar, the ghost was not embarrassed to ask, because the jar was really as old as the uncle said, it must be an antique, whether the uncle collected it, sold it, or destroyed it, these ghosts were not easy to ask for a long time. Anyway, since that day, Oni hasn't seen the red jar for a long time.

However, Onijiu always felt that his uncle still had too many things to hide from him. Is there a more creepy truth outside of this story!

That night, a fire broke out on that mountain, and the col with the cabins was not spared, but burned even more thoroughly.

Onijiu is sure that this fire is man-made, is it an uncle? Is it the old man in the wooden house? Or is it someone else? In short, there is no way to find out. Onihisa always felt that this incident had something to do with him, but it didn't seem to have anything to do with him, and eating that thing might just be a coincidence. But decades later, when Oniku found the same red jar in another cave in another location, Onehisa understood why his uncle was hiding something at the time.