Chapter 15 Mass Graves
"Mass graves?"
"yes..."
The old man in the teahouse told me that in the past, the mountain village was said to be a grave, and it is said that one year in ancient times, they had a plague here, and many people died, and there was a very large family, and most of the people died, and all the dead people were buried there. Later, I don't know why, all the remaining people of the family moved away, and the grave on the post was not taken care of, and it gradually became a deserted grave, with wind and rain all year round, the grave was flattened, and the tombstone was gone. When the Anti-Japanese War was just won, a troupe came up in their county, and they didn't want to set up a stage because they wanted to save trouble, so they went to the post to perform. In the past so many years, no one remembers that there were many dead people buried there, and children often went there to play, hide and seek...
At that time, the troupe performed from morning to night, and when the audience was watching it energetically, someone suddenly noticed that the earthen hill was smoking. The actors above also paid attention, all of them stopped acting, and when they were hesitating whether to come down, with a 'boom', the sky was full of dust. Those who watched the play were so frightened that they screamed and ran home, and only some of the daring ones remained. After the dust cleared, the people who stayed found that the mounds were gone, replaced by a big pit, and the actors were all gone... The next day, the county organized people to dig up, and finally dug those actors out of the pit, all of them died, and there were many dry bones dug up...
"So evil?" I stick my tongue out.
"Yes," the old man took a sip of tea.
"What about the back?" I asked.
The old man said that the pit behind it was bulldozed and filled. At that time, it was generally believed that those actors were taken away by the dead ghosts buried in the mound and went to the underworld to perform for them. A big family paid for a group of Taoist priests to do the rituals for several days.
After the liberation of the country, the place became a garbage dump. Later, after the reform and opening up, the land was bought, and a villa was built to build a villa. It is said that the owner of the villa heard that there was once a mass grave and that something had happened, so he specially invited a master to set up a bureau to suppress the evil spirit of that place...
I thought to myself, the so-called bureau should be the pond where the fish are raised...
This old man is very talkative, and there is no edge when the conversation box is opened. I chatted with him for a while, and then I didn't pay attention to what he said, and I was just chewing on Xiang Feng's words over and over again...
If the kind of 'spell' we saw in that 'ghost building' at the beginning, the kind of 'spell' pasted on the door of the compartment on the third floor is really handed down by the Ran people in ancient Sichuan, could it be that there is a 'Ran Min' who can know that kind of ancient curse in Sichuan somewhere? …
At the beginning of Taihang Mountain, Wan Jinshan told us that the disappearance of Boss Ling's building was related to the Sichuan mage, and he found two drawings in the basement where the mage lived... Since it is related to the mage, then, the kind of 'spell' in the building should also be posted by the mage, according to this, the mage may have been in contact with those 'Ran Min', so he got that kind of spell, or that mage himself is a member of those 'Ran Min'...
I was thinking wildly when my phone rang again, this time, it was the master calling, and they had already arrived in the county seat. I hurriedly settled the bill, left the teahouse, drove over, and joined Master and them. Uncle Yang, Yuxin, Morning Star, and Xiaoqing all came together. In addition, there was also Mr. Yang's friend.
I took out the bronze man and said, "Don't worry, uncle, this thing of yours is still there, and it didn't fall into the hands of those bastards." ”
"I'm not worried about this," said the old man, "I'm worried about Shuming's safety, so I'm going to come and have a look..."
Xiaoqing wiped her tears and said, "Will my dad be okay..."
"Sister Qing, don't cry..."Morning Star comforted her, "Master has already tested it, Uncle Yang is fine for the time being, we always have a way to find him..."
"It's just, don't cry." Uncle Yang said, "I know crying, crying, sooner or later, the living will be crying..."
"If it doesn't work," Yuxin said, "just call the police." ”
"You can't call the police." I shook my head and pointed to the bronze man, "When the police investigate, they will be involved in the old man and this uncle..."
Yu Xin nodded and said, "Then how do you find Uncle Yang?" ”
"Master, with the Qimen Bureau, can't you tell where the old man is now?" I asked.
"I can't figure it out," said the master, "and you have to use the Faqi Gate." ”
To use the Faqimen divination test, there must be something on Old Man Yang's body, which contains his 'information', such as hair, or blood...
"We don't have anything to use for divination, so how can we do that?" I muttered.
The master thought for a while, looked at his watch, and said to Old Man Yang's friend, "Brother, you take a few of them and find a place to stay." Leng Er and I, the two of us, are going to find out the whereabouts of Old Man Yang..."
After the others left, I told Master again my experience of last night.
"I think those ghosts in the villa must have been released by Boss Cao and them to deal with me, and after killing me, I got the bronze man. If that's the case, then those bastards won't leave the county until they get the bronze man. And Old Man Yang must also be in this county, but I don't know where he was imprisoned..."
Master pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go, take me to the mountain villa..."
The wall of the villa was so high, and the master helped him to go up with a kick, and then hung down the rope and pulled me up.
We walked around the villa, and when we came to the lawn where the grave appeared, we saw a compass thrown on the ground, and next to the compass, there were a few cigarette butts.
"Master, someone has been here! …”
When I picked up the compass, I saw that it was broken, and it felt like it had been broken by someone... I think that if the person who came was not Boss Cao or that Boss Zhou, it might be some kind of 'Master Chen', in this villa, neither my body nor the bronze man was found, and in a fit of anger, I dropped the compass...
Those bastards are still in this county. Even if I don't go to them, they should look for me. I guess they will definitely think, with Old Man Yang in hand, I won't run away with the bronze man... In this way, we are much more at ease, as long as we don't get the bronze man for a day, they won't attack Old Man Yang. Perhaps, these bastards will use the next tactic to take Old Man Yang hostage and order me to hand over the bronze man...
"Master..."I said, "In order to get that bronze man, I think they will definitely appear, as long as we catch that 'Master Chen', we should be able to ask what the mage next to Uncle Wan is, and maybe we can also pull that 'evil force' out of the ground..."
Master didn't say anything, pondered for a moment, and asked, "You said that Master Chen lives on a mountain?" ”
"Hmm."
"Let's go, take me to his quarters..."
I came here once in the morning, hurried up the hill to have a look, and then went down. At this moment, with Master by my side, and knowing that Old Man Yang will be fine, my heart is much more steady. As you walk up the mountain, you can take in the scenery around you. It rained in the middle of the night last night, and now the sky is still cloudy, and the trees are verdant.
Coming to the mountain, there is still no one. I didn't sleep all night last night, and today I ran around again, and as soon as my mood relaxed, tiredness began to hit me in bursts, and I lowered my head and followed the master, walking step by step.
"Is Leng Er sleepy?" Master asked.
I looked up and said blankly, "Huh? ”
Master smiled, "If you're sleepy, just sleep for a while." ”
"Do you want to sleep here?"
"Hmm." Master said, "Just sleep here for a while." ”
With the door closed in the backyard, I pulled a stool, sat on it, and soon fell asleep. I was sleeping soundly when I felt someone push me...
"Leng'er, wake up."
"What's wrong, Master?"
I opened my eyes, wiped the corners of my mouth, and asked eagerly.
"Looks like someone is coming." Master stared at the door.
"People?" I was taken aback.
"Well, shhhhh
Master made a gesture, faintly, I heard footsteps outside, hurriedly put my eyes on the crack of the door, and in a moment, I walked into this backyard alone. Looks in his fifties, skinny, wears a gray shirt... My palms were a little sweaty, and I said in my heart, could it be that this is Master Chen? … I clenched my fists, and was about to open the door and rush out, throwing this man to the ground... This person suddenly shouted, is Master Chen at home? …
I was stunned, isn't this person Master Chen? … Glancing back at Master, Master made a gesture to open the door... I opened the door with a 'hula' and scared the man back...
"You are?" The man asked, frightened.
"Oh," I smiled, "I'm... A relative of Master Chen. ”
"Relatives?" The man looked me up and down.
"Well, yes, who are you?"
The man didn't answer, and glanced into the room, "Isn't Master Chen at home?" ”
"Oh, he... Not there..."
"When will you be back?"
"This... It's hard to say..."
The man nodded, muttered a "I'll go back first", then turned around and left.
"Hey, uncle, please stay." I said hurriedly.
"How?" The man asked.
"Oh, that... Master Chen is here, if there is anything, you can tell me about it, and when he comes, I will help you convey it..."
I said in my heart, this person doesn't know if he is familiar with this Master Chen, if he is, maybe he can ask some things about this Master Chen...
The man looked at me suspiciously, and I smiled on my face, feeling a little weak...
"You are him, what relative?"
"I am... Distant... Why, isn't it convenient to talk about the uncle's business? ”
"That's not it..." The man looked away, sighed, and said, "My father is confused, and I want to ask Master Chen to come over and take a look at him..."
I secretly felt disappointed in my heart, it turned out that I was a person who came to see Master Chen, but I said, "Why are you confused?" ”
"It's a long story..."
"It's okay, you speak slowly..."
I took out a cigarette and gave it to him, and the man lit it and took a puff, "When my father was young, there was a dirt hill in our county, and there were many dead people buried..."
"Are you ×× the villa?"
"How do you know?"
"Oh, I listen... What others say, Uncle continues..."
"At that time, my father was still young, and one day, a troupe came from the county and staged a play in that post for a day. In the evening, my father went to the theater with a few neighbors as soon as he put away his rice bowl. It wasn't long before the neighbors ran back shouting. My grandfather hurriedly asked what was going on, and they said that the mound had collapsed. My grandfather asked me where my father was, and they said they didn't know, so the family took a lantern to find it. Later, my father came back by himself, covered in dirt, and asked him where he went, and he said that he went to a big house with the people from the troupe..."