Chapter 32: The Drums of the Night

Some of the sounds are so familiar that they are hard to forget.

Brother Bu, if something happens to me, I hope you can promise me and take care of my Brother Shi.

I didn't expect Lao Yuan Tou to make this request, and for a while, I had no choice but to nod and agree. Old Yuan Tou showed joy when he heard my promise, and said to me: Brother Bu, do you know what is doing here, after finishing speaking, Old Yuan Tou raised the painting scroll in his hand and said: This is the thing that makes trouble, I will burn this painting next to the ancient well at the end of the village for a while, presumably there will be demons at that time, and you will all hide away from it at that time.

I nodded, but I had a bad feeling at this time. Immediately I took the villagers and Lao Yuan Tou to the ancient well at the end of the village, Lao Yuan Tou looked around and said to me: Brother Bu, you go back, after saying that, Lao Yuan Tou walked to the ancient well alone, took out a box of foreign fire from his pocket, lit it and lifted the red cloth, inside was a painting scroll, and Lao Yuan immediately lit the painting scroll.

The painting scroll looks like it should be an old thing, and it will catch fire when it encounters fire, but at this moment, suddenly there was a scream in the distance, the cry was very miserable, and the frightened group of us were in a cold sweat for a while, only to see a woman running from not far away, the woman was Liu Ziwei's daughter-in-law, the woman shouted while running: Old man, I have no grievances with you, why do you want to harm me, the woman has reached the front of the old Yuan.

Old Yuan looked at the woman and sneered and said: Demon, you suck ** yuan for the disaster, how can I tolerate you.

All right! You don't let me be good, I won't let you live, seeing that the painting scroll was about to burn out, then the woman suddenly grabbed Lao Yuan's head, and the two fought together, in fact, I wanted to go over to help, but Lao Yuantou had an explanation and didn't let us go, we could only do it in a hurry when we hid in the dark.

There was not much time, so we only heard Lao Yuan Tou shouting at us: Brother Bu, you hurry up and come out and fill this well, and don't forget what you promised me. When I saw this scene, I was stunned for a minute, but it was too late to save it, and the matter was urgent, in case the woman climbed out of the well again, so I took people to fill in the well almost with tears, and the well was filled for three days, I was afraid that I would not be safe, and specially invited a bricklayer to seal the wellhead with lime, and then covered it with a large bluestone slab.

When Grandpa finished this paragraph, his eyes were also red, and I knew that Grandpa must have been ruthless back then, otherwise he would not have ordered the well to be filled.

Later, I asked.

Grandpa thought for a while before saying: Lao Yuan Tou died in fact I was very sad, that night I went up the back mountain, told the old Shi Tou this wail, when the old Shi Tou heard the news, such as being struck by lightning, the old Shi Tou knew in his heart that this old Yuan Tou died completely for himself, and wanted to protect himself, but he could not do anything about it.

Nearly a month has passed, and then there is a rumor in the village that Liu Zi's daughter-in-law is actually the painting in the ancestral ancestral hall, and about the ancestral ancestral hall, the old people in the village have heard the elders talk about it, the original village has made evil things, is a foreign wandering monk, to let the villagers build an ancestral ancestral hall to enshrine the ancestors of the family in the ancestral hall, and then take out a painting scroll for the villagers to put into the ancestral hall and worship with the ancestors, the monk repeatedly told when leaving, In the future, no boy under the age of 18 was allowed to enter the ancestral hall, let alone look at the painting, and only those who had seen it would know.

At that time, I led the villagers to the ancestral ancestral hall in order to prove that there were no ghosts, I asked everyone in the village to invite their ancestors back, and then sealed the ancestral ancestral hall to avoid future incidents, just like that, the matter is over, in the end, the painting, no one knows what it is, maybe it is really like a rumor, the painting is a beautiful woman.

After listening to this story, I also sighed, I didn't expect so many bizarre things to happen in the village, and many people died because of these things. After sitting with my grandfather for a while, we got up and went home, after dinner in the evening, the mood could not be calmed down for a long time, at this time the wolf seven had slept, I got up and put on my clothes and went down to the ground, and walked into the yard, I don't know what happened tonight and insomnia, I simply couldn't sleep I took a flashlight out of the house, first came to the well that was filled at the end of the village, although I have not seen the old Yuan, but I have listened to my grandmother and grandpa talk so many times, and I also admire this old man in my heart, here I bowed deeply to this ancient well, Then walk towards the back hill.

Arrived at the Dixian Temple, the tomb of the old Shitou stood there alone, I walked over, the Dixian Temple at this moment looked extremely desolate, I still remember that a few days ago the old Shitou was still talking to me, but now alas. I walked to the grave of the old man and took out the drum from my arms, gently stroked the drum body, and for a while the old things came to mind.

Boom! I beat the drum gently, the first drum sounded the night, the second drum broke people's intestines, and the third drum sounded the soul broken. This drum word is left by the old history, although I don't know what the meaning of this drum word is, but I can be convinced that this drum word has the most powerful power.

Brat! Long time no see! An old voice came.

I hurriedly turned around and saw an old man and a young man standing behind me, this old one is the old fox Hu Tianlong, and the young one is Hu Lao Hat, I was stunned, why did these two people run here, I hurriedly stood up and walked over and bowed to Hu Tianlong and said: Master. Now I'm still a registered disciple of this old fellow.

Hu Tianlong nodded and said to me: What kind of drum is it that you don't sleep in the middle of the night.

After listening to this, I said a little puzzled: Master Hu, what do you mean by this.

Hu Tianlong smiled and said: You don't know what the origin of this drum is, I really didn't expect this old guy to pass the drum to you, but think about it, this drum can only be beaten by you. Alas, it's a pity that this old guy died, grandson, you go over and take grandpa to give this old guy a salute, if he hadn't come forward back then, your affairs would not have been so easy.

After listening to this, Hu Lao Hao walked up and saluted the old Shitou's grave three times, and then stood back beside Hu Tianlong.

Good apprentice, do you know the origin of this drum?

I shook my head, isn't this drum left by the old historian, what else can there be mysterious.

Hu Tianlong smiled and said to me: Silly apprentice, this drum is too big, come on, let me tell you, old hat, go back first, I have something to say to the little heresy.

After hearing this, Hu Lao Mao nodded at me and left.

At this time, Hu Tianlong came over, took my hand, came to the main hall of the Dixian Temple, sat down, looked at the drum in my hand for a while, and then said: The origin of this drum is slowly explained by me.