Chapter Forty-Six: Strange Tales
Zhang Yuanshan sighed heavily, and then he realized that at some point, Li Bing, Zhao Wan'er and Shi Liya, who were sitting at the next table, had already gathered around and were listening attentively to the old man's story about the mysterious and terrifying tomb of the Yan family.
The old man took a big sip of wine, took a peanut directly with his fingers, put it in his mouth, and chewed it with relish.
Zhao Wan'er asked anxiously: "Uncle, is this Zheng Hao dead?" ”
The other three were also trying to know the answer, and when they saw Zhao Wan'er asking, they couldn't help but look at the old man.
The old man sighed, then shook his head, and said slowly: "When Zheng Hao found Shen Lu's hideous expression, he was so frightened that he fainted. At this time, Shen Lu's body gradually began to drift up, until finally disappeared without a trace. After Zheng Hao's disappearance, the hospital contacted his relatives, friends and friends many times to no avail, until three days later, the old man who took care of the morgue came to work, and when he opened the door of the morgue, he found Dr. Zheng Hao lying on the ground of the morgue, his eyes wide open, and his body was crawling with white maggots like the old man on the morgue. ”
"After the police intervened in the investigation, after the scene investigation and forensic examination, the cause of Dr. Zheng Hao's death was confirmed. The police concluded that Dr. Zheng Hao, under the tremendous pressure of competing chief surgeons, took advantage of the opportunity of his rest on Sunday and the relatively small number of people in the hospital to sneak into the unattended morgue and die of a heart attack during the autopsy. ”
Zhao Wan'er asked curiously, "Uncle, how is this Dean Sun and the dean's wife?" ”
The old man still sighed continuously: "Dean Sun rushed to the hospital to make trouble because the family of the deceased old man was notified by the police, and the doctor was forced to transfer to another place under pressure because of the responsibility of dissecting the corpse without the permission of the family." His wife is also said to have gone insane soon after, and is still being treated in a psychiatric hospital. ”
Everyone sighed and discussed, Li Bing smiled: "Uncle, how did you know this story?" ”
The old man couldn't help but smile and said: "Because the incident of Dr. Zheng Hao sneaking into the morgue late at night is too bizarre, and in addition to the corpses of the old man and Zheng Hao at the scene, the newspaper with the notice of identifying the corpse was also found, plus someone saw Zheng Hao riding a bicycle around Yan's tomb that afternoon, so there were many speculations, and finally it became the story I told you." ”
Shi Liya's heart was racing with thoughts, she remembered what Wang Liping was secretly taking care of her, and suddenly had an idea.
Shi Liya enthusiastically opened a bottle of beer, filled it for the old man, and said with a smile: "Uncle, although this story is terrifying, it is really fascinating. Can you tell us a little more about the legend of Yan's tomb? ”
The old man laughed and said, "There are too many magical legends about the Yan family's tomb. It is said that when Emperor Kangxi went down to the south of the Yangtze River, in order to win the hearts of the people and ease the mood of the Han people, he decided to pay a grand visit to the Ming Tomb and pay tribute to the Ming Taizu. In order to please Kangxi, an official in Wuhe dug out his thoughts, and finally moved his thoughts to the tomb of Zhu Yuanzhang's deceased wife who did not pass through the door. He took advantage of the night to lead five family members to secretly steal the stone carvings on the Shinto Road of Yan's tomb, and wanted to send them to the Ming Tomb to add icing on the cake to the worship ceremony of Emperor Kangxi. ”
"When they tried their best to secretly load the stumps onto a small boat parked in the Huai River to be transported to Nanjing, the sky suddenly changed, the wind was fierce, and the lightning thundered. The officer hurried ashore, and the five family members were about to flee to the shore, but the man suddenly collapsed and held down his legs and could not move, and the officer watched as the boat sank rapidly in the stormy seas. After the official fled home in despair, he immediately had a serious illness, and unexpectedly when the illness was just right, the holy decree of Emperor Kangxi came, and the official was beheaded for corruption. Since then, the whereabouts of the stone carving in front of Yan's tomb have not been known since. ”
The old man smiled: "These are all legends, let me tell you about my own real accident." When I was very young, I helped the family herd the sheep. It was spring, and I drove two sheep around the Yan tomb, which was full of water and grass. Due to the fine weather, and the fact that I was young and playful at that time, the sun had set before I knew it. When I heard my family calling for me from afar, I came to my senses and hurried to drive two sheep home. When I passed by the wordless single phoenix tablet in Yan's tomb, I saw a woman in ancient costume sitting under the tablet playing the flute. At that time, I didn't understand anything, but when I saw that the woman was unusually beautiful and wearing an ancient costume, I thought it was a singing troupe from the village. ”
When the woman saw me, she smiled at me, but said nothing, and continued to play the mournful flute. At this time, the little dog that I had at home came to look for me, but I heard it barking at the stone tablet. I hurriedly stopped, and the woman stopped playing the flute, her face turned gloomy, and she disappeared in an instant. This scared me half to death, my eyes went dark, and I didn't know anything. ”
"When I woke up, my family told me that I had been in a coma for seven days and seven nights. It was the family who invited Daxian, saying that I had alarmed the owner of the Yan family's tomb, so I punished him slightly, perhaps because I was still a child at the time, so I was able to save my life. ”
Zhang Yuanshan interjected with a smile when he heard this: "This is very likely. The one who caused you trouble was your dog, it is said that normal people can't see ghosts, but dogs can. If someone finds a dog barking at a place where no one is around, then it means that there are ghosts in this place, but they don't see it. Uncle, when you were a child, you could see the ghost in this Yan tomb, which means that your spiritual strength is much higher than that of ordinary people. ”
Li Bing asked curiously, "Spiritual power?" What's going on? ”
Zhang Yuanshan smiled: "A living person is composed of body and soul. That soul is what I call spiritual power. After death, the soul will leave the body, gradually drift away, and finally converge in the underworld, drink Meng Po soup across the Nai He Bridge, and at the Ten Halls of Yama, the judge will check the good and evil in life, and finally the king of Yama will judge whether to continue reincarnation or go to hell to be punished. ”
Zhao Wan'er interjected: "I have also seen related articles on the Internet, saying that there are foreign scientists who use instruments to observe dying people, and find that when people die, there is a white fog invisible to the naked eye that will float away from the human body, and some scientists have found that when people just die are a little lighter than when they are about to die, so it is inferred that there is really a soul in the world, and the white fog that drifts away and the reduced mass are the soul of people." ”
Zhang Yuanshan nodded and continued: "If a pregnant woman is about to give birth, the delivery room where the pregnant woman is located is called the blood room or dark room. Hades determined that the reincarnated ghost would come to the delivery room at that moment, and when the hour came, it would float into the mother's womb, and the baby would be born. However, many unjust ghosts and wild ghosts are not allowed to be reborn, but they do not give up, and always hope to replace the ghosts that the king of Hades has sentenced to reincarnate. Therefore, when giving birth, countless ghosts and ghosts will gather in the blood room, and even after giving birth, they will not leave easily, unless the baby is full moon. Therefore, during that period of time, except for blood relatives, unrelated people are not allowed to enter the delivery room, otherwise it is easy to be haunted by grievances and everything will not go well. ”
Zhang Yuanshan glanced at the curious people and said mysteriously: "You all know that babies often cry for no reason not long after they are born, why is this?" That's because when the baby is born, the chimney door above the head is not closed, which is where the human spirit and the ghost can communicate, so the baby can see all kinds of ghosts, so he cries and laughs from time to time. After the baby's full moon, the chimney door gradually closes, and there are fewer and fewer unclean things to see, and after two months, the chimney door is completely closed, and there are no more ghosts. ”
Zhang Yuanshan glanced at the old man and said slowly: "Uncle, there are some exceptions, people who have been in poor physique since childhood, suffer from birth defects, and the chimney door has not been completely closed. Although you can't usually see ghosts, you can still see lonely ghosts when you encounter resentful ghosts. Uncle, when you were young, you could see the female ghost under the wordless single phoenix tablet, which should belong to this type, indicating that the ghost in Yan's tomb has not been reincarnated as a human being, and the yin qi is heavier, and the old man, you should have had a very poor physique when you were a child. ”
The old man's mouth opened wide in surprise: "May I ask who is the superior brother?" To tell you the truth, I was really born with a poor constitution, and I almost didn't survive. ”
Shi Liya smiled: "Uncle, this brother of mine is a Maoshan Taoist, and it is not surprising that he understands this. ”
The old man clasped his fists and saluted Zhang Yuanshan: "This brother, it's disrespectful!" It's late today, I'm going home, thank you for your hospitality! Leave! ”
A group of four people said goodbye to the old man one after another, returned to the hotel to rest, and waited for Qian Yiduo to come to meet the next day.