Chapter 12: Fulfillment of Merit
At this time, his eyes had regained focus, and I looked at him for a long time, and Old Man Jiang looked down at his thin hands, and said, "What evil have I created, what kind of evil have I created......
I said, "Don't you want to avenge them?" Old man, I can help you, I'm Chubby's friend. ”
Old Man Jiang looked at me, and after a while, he said in a hoarse voice: "Your grandfather seems to be able to deal with these, it would be good if he was there back then." ”
I thumped hard in my heart and said, "He's not here, but I'm back." ”
Next, when Old Man Jiang's mind calmed down a little, I told him about my plan, Old Man Jiang was excited, his hands trembled, and said: "As long as you can take revenge, you can take my life." ”
After a pause, I said, "It's not revenge, it's relief." "According to the folk saying that the water ghost is looking for a stand-in, the water ghost in the well now is no longer the one who killed Jiang Fatzi at the beginning, but the last victim, Jiang Pozi. It is said that the water ghost is looking for a substitute to eat the soul of the substitute, so that the soul of the other party is trapped in the body of the water ghost.
Although I don't know how to deal with ghosts, there are three things that are certain, first, it must be afraid of yang fire, and second, as long as it is a tangible and qualitative zongzi, there is qi, as long as this breath is broken, maybe Jiang Pozi, who is trapped in its body, can get out. Of course, I'm not a professional, these are just inferences, and now, I can only worry about people, even if I can't free Mrs. Jiang, at least I have to get rid of the water ghost.
Immediately afterwards, Tofu and I took Mr. Jiang down the mountain, it was afternoon, the sun was setting, and the zongzi had to take advantage of the most prosperous yang during the day to suppress the yin corpse of the zongzi. That night, Uncle Ge cleaned up the old man Jiang, not so sloppy, I asked Uncle Ge to hurry up and prepare a horn, there are fewer cattle killed in the village, but fortunately, I got one. Tofu and I decided not to go to the cellar tonight, and we will recharge our energy and clean up the water ghost affairs first.
Lying on the bed, although the time was only eight o'clock, the village in the mountains was already completely dark, and the night wind could be heard blowing in the four fields, and unknown insects chirping among the grass, making people drowsy. We are all night owls, and normally, we don't sleep until twelve o'clock at night, and we close our eyes in bed, but our minds are turning over and over again, chaotic, like a tangled hemp rope.
Tofu didn't worry about anything, and he slept on his back not long after he went to bed. On the second day, the weather was fine, and after breakfast they had eaten, they took their fellows with them, and went to the well. I made two preparations, bringing fishing nets, horns, glutinous rice, and cooking oil, in fact, it was better to have gasoline, but I couldn't get it in the village.
Looking at the ancient well during the day, there is nothing abnormal, and the grooves that are grinded out by the well rope bear witness to its age.
Old Man Jiang tied the rope around his waist in advance, and there were two young men who were walking with us, and they grabbed the other end of the rope. The water ghost is infinitely powerful, although we say that we are luring the snake out of the hole, but if something goes wrong, Old Man Jiang is really dragged into the water, then it will be suffered. Ready for this qiē, Tofu and I stood by the well with Mr. Jiang on the left and right. Don't look at Tofu's cowardice on weekdays, but I've seen some scenes anyway, but now I'm calmer than the people in the village, standing there calm and relaxed, looking like 'I'm a ghost hunter'.
I stared closely at the well, the water was very deep, the well was covered with moss, and the sky was shining in, and the well was still and bottomless.
Normally, water ghosts will not leave the water, let alone come out during the day, but this water ghost has been trapped for ten years, and once he smells his relatives, he will definitely crawl out regardless of it. We didn't wait long, about five minutes or so, and in the well in my sight, a dark shadow faintly appeared, and the black shadow was rising up.
I held my breath and remained silent, and with the hand behind me, I gestured to the crowd not far away, signaling them to be vigilant.
The black shadow floated up very quickly, and in a moment, the entire circular well was almost replaced by a black hair, and the black and faint mass was blocked in the well, as if it was blocked in the throat of a person, giving people a very uncomfortable feeling. In addition to the hair floating in the water, the overall appearance of the water ghost could not be seen clearly, at this moment, the speed of the thing suddenly accelerated, as if it was magic, and climbed up along the wall of the well, the speed was so fast that it was almost beyond the ability of human reactions, and in just an instant, half of the body of the thing poked out of the well.
Just like the rumors, it is a black ball of meat, with black hair more than one meter long on its body, and the black hair is out of the water, ** tangled together, and a fishy smell like a carrion corpse and a dead fish comes to the nose. In an instant, two claws like bamboo poles stretched out from the black ball Li, instantly grabbed Old Man Jiang's neck, and pulled him into the well.
This scene came too quickly, if I hadn't prepared well in advance, I was afraid that Old Man Jiang would have been ripped off by the water ghost.
Only at this moment, the rope that tied the old man Jiang suddenly straightened, and the people not far away received my reminder that they had already prepared, and the two young men were working hard, and a rope was stretched straight.
According to the original plan, I didn't go to save Old Man Jiang immediately, but slammed the fishing net that had already been shaken off towards the water ghost. Tofu didn't drop the chain at this time, his eyes were quick, and he grabbed the other end of the fish ball, and the two of us worked together to pull the water ghost ashore.
The thing seemed to know the danger, and immediately struggled, and let go of Old Man Jiang, who was immediately dragged out a few meters by the rope, away from the water ghost. Tofu and I didn't expect the water ghost to struggle with such a strong force, and in an instant, the fishing net came out of Tofu's hand, and the strong force made Tofu's hand drenched in blood by the fishing net.
Seeing that the situation was not good, I was worried that the water ghost would escape back into the well, and in a hurry, I threw myself at the black, ** hair ball. The tofu was not ambiguous, and it also pounced, pressing on me like an arhat. I hurriedly pulled out the buffalo horns and prepared to deflate the water ghosts, who knows; After stabbing indiscriminately, the hair on the outer layer of the water ghost was so thick that the buffalo horns couldn't be inserted at all!
Tofu was dumbfounded, and howled: "Damn, don't bring such a play!" ”
The water ghost struggled endlessly, churning in my stomach, in order to prevent it from escaping, I could only suppress it with all my strength, and there was no chance to get up for a while, so at this time, the other people who came with it immediately covered the bluestone slab prepared in advance on the manhole cover. I breathed a sigh of relief for a moment, I couldn't control the water ghost anymore, and I was knocked to the ground by it along with the tofu.
When we acted in advance, we had already made sufficient plans, one move did not work, immediately changed to the second move, the rest of the people had already opened the oil barrel, when the water ghost wanted to drill back into the well, but was blocked by the bluestone slab, immediately poured oil, the old man Jiang's expression was solemn and complicated, the match in his hand struck, and threw it at the water ghost full of oil, and in an instant, a raging fire burst out, accompanied by a smell similar to burnt head, and bursts of black shadows erupted.
The thing was scurrying around in the clearing, and there was a faint moan of a person dying of breath, and the sound seemed to be somewhat similar to the voice of Granny Jiang in my memory, but it disappeared almost instantly, as if it was an auditory hallucination. We were inevitably injured by mistake, so we quickly hid in the distance to watch, and the black ash floated around the ancient well, and after a while, the thing finally stopped spinning, and was burned completely along with the raging fire.
Tofu covered his bloody hands, did not feel the slightest pain, was complacent, and said: "A little water ghost, it's easy, it's not a problem, I'm waiting to walk the rivers and lakes, the road is uneven, draw a knife to help......"
I smiled and interrupted him, "Don't be complacent, bandage the wound quickly, or you won't have a chance to draw a knife next time." ”
In addition to a big trouble, not to mention happy, when they returned home, they set up a good table, the most important thing in the mountains is game, spicy rabbit meat, stir-fried fragrant chicken, game mushrooms, and some home-cooked food, a whole table is full, and the tofu is full of oil, and the face is lost, as if I have never eaten a full meal in my life.
After dinner, we rested for a while, then said goodbye to Uncle Ge and went back to the old house to continue investigating the secret room.
This time, I didn't rush to take out the notebook, but looked at the wooden cabinet next to it.
The wooden cabinet was divided into many compartments, and some loose items were placed inside. The first was a roll of sheepskin, and when I shook it open, I found that it was a hand-drawn map with several place names, and at a cursory glance, I had never heard of them. Tofu leaned over and speculated, "Could it be a treasure map?" ”
I ignored the tofu and put the parchment roll away, determined to study it later. The second thing is the bowl that disappeared, I haven't paid much attention to this bowl before, so I don't know when it was put away by my grandfather, it has been washed very clean, and the handwriting at the bottom is more obvious, I quickly took out the jade plate of Princess Geger for comparison, although there are differences between the two, but there are obvious similarities.
The third thing was a bundle of brown cloth, rolled up in a ball, and I don't know what it was.
Tofu was more active than me, and he shook the cloth away curiously, and then let out an exclamation.