A few days passed, Mingjie finally seized the opportunity, and when Shaoyun's grandmother was not at home, she asked Shaoyun to take out the copper bell at home, and wanted to know what was the mystery of the bell that the sound could wear far, far away.

frightened, compared with before, Xiao Shaoyun has lost a lot of weight, just like a different person, and his grandmother depends on each other, he has followed his grandmother to work in the field when he was very young, except for going up the mountain to herd cattle during the day, he has to do a lot of housework and farm work. Even during this period of illness, I still have to cook for the family and wait for my grandmother to come back from the field to eat. Early in the morning, Shaoyun came back from picking wild vegetables from the field, in this season, he can only use these wild vegetables and beans and wheat as the staple food of two meals a day, compared to other families, Xiao Shaoyun's family is poorer, only a little better than Xiao Haitao's family.

I haven't seen Mingjie for a few days, Xiao Shaoyun really misses this partner who gets along day and night, but now because he has to go to school, he rarely has the opportunity to play with him. Xiao Shaoyun also wanted to be able to go to school with Mingjie, the village admires educated and knowledgeable people, not to mention that I heard that going to school is the only thing that can change my fate, otherwise I will be poor forever, Shaoyun felt even more uncomfortable.

"Xiaojie, I really envy you to go to school, and I want to go to school too. Every time he saw Mingjie, Shaoyun would say this.

Ming Jie didn't expect that Xiao Shaoyun, who had been extremely frightened, said to himself that the first thing he said to him was to go to school, I don't know what he thinks, what good school can be, it's not as good as adults describe at all, at least I think so. Looking at his eyes, he was inexplicably sad, there was no place to vent this sadness, Mingjie could only change the topic.

"Shaoyun, can you lend me the copper bell in your house?"

Hearing Mingjie mention the copper bell, Xiao Shaoyun couldn't help but think of the little scalper who died tragically in his house, and his eyes turned red again.

"Shaoyun, can you give me that copper bell to play with for a few days?"

Ming Jie actually wanted to borrow the copper bell to play, Shao Yun wiped his tears, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Jie, the copper bell was put away by my grandmother." ”

"Do you know where to put it?" asked Mingjie.

Xiao Shaoyun nodded, looked at his own heaven and earth god platform and said: "It's locked in that cabinet, Xiao Jie, you don't know, my grandmother said that the copper bell has something to do with the Meiling ancient tomb that was stolen before, so the last time the Meiling ancient tomb was rebuilt, my grandmother took it out; ”

Hearing that it had something to do with the Meiling Ancient Tomb, Mingjie became even more curious and asked, "What can it do, could it be that the bronze bell is something dug out of the ancient tomb?"

Xiao Shaoyun shook his head and said: "No, listen to my grandmother, the copper bell has always been placed in the temple in the village, because the temple was destroyed a hundred years ago, this copper bell has been kept by my ancestors, and it has been passed down to the present, many places to worship the gods, will come to my house to borrow, but it must not exceed seven days, it must be returned." ”

The more he listened, the more he aroused Mingjie's curiosity, and pushed Shaoyun to instigate him and said: "It turns out that it is such a treasure, I want to see it even more, in this broad daylight, there will be no ghosts coming out, Shaoyun, you can take it out and let me take a look, maybe you can know why that ghost thing wants to bite your little scalper, and when the time comes, find someone to catch the ghost and avenge your little scalper." ”

Hearing that he could avenge his beloved little scalper, Xiao Shaoyun actually obeyed Mingjie's instigation, ran to the front of the shrine, put on a stool and tiptoed to open one of the drawers, took out a big box, jumped down, returned to Mingjie, put the box down, opened it and took out the copper bell to Mingjie.

After a closer look, this copper bell is engraved with strange words, and the patterns are full of flying patterns. Mingjie is very strange, Meiling Mountain, there is only a small lonely tomb, the words on the tombstone, Mingjie remembers clearly, not like the words on this copper bell at all, after reading Mingjie concluded, this copper bell does not belong to the Meiling Mountain tomb at all, I don't know where this bell comes from?

"Xiao Jie, this copper bell is indeed left by the owner of the Meiling Ancient Tomb, I heard my grandmother say that it was an object brought from the Central Plains, and it has been placed in my house, even the old Miao people in the deep mountains of Beishan are also respectful, and every few years they will borrow it to do a ritual, I heard that it can suppress evil spirits, so I hung on the neck of my little scalper, but I didn't want to cause trouble, and killed the little scalper. ”

Looking at Shao Yun, Ming Jie said, "Shao Yun, are these all what your grandmother said? But we haven't heard of it before!"

Shao Yun also shook his head and said, "I also told me about the bell after the little scalper died. ”

Seeing nothing unusual, Mingjie put the copper bell back in the box and handed it back to Shaoyun, I really don't understand what this is, it's very ordinary. Why did it glow when I saw it that night? Mingjie was puzzled, why the Miao people in Beishan, who were dozens of kilometers away, could use this copper bell to do things and treat it as a treasure. In his own eyes, like Shaoyun, he thinks that this is just an ordinary cowbell.

Xiao Songling couldn't see anything on the side, Mingjie pulled his little hand and smiled lightly.

"Brother, maybe this copper bell can only make a weird sound at night. ”

Mingjie and Shaoyun looked at Song Ling at the same time, and asked in unison, "Xiao Ling, can you also hear that (weird) terrible voice?"

Xiao Ling rubbed his face and said, "Brother, can't anyone hear it? Who can't hear such a noisy and terrible sound?"

Shao Yun said: "My grandmother said that many people in the village can't hear it, but I can hear it, and my grandmother also said that our family has been passed down from generation to generation, and only the men who have passed it down can hear it, and I heard that the old Miao master can also hear the roar of ghosts." ”

Mingjie blinked and laughed and said: "Xiaoyun, what you say is getting more and more outrageous, I don't understand the nonsense, don't talk about it, let's go out and have fun." ”

Xiao Haitao rushed from outside the door, a little out of breath, pounced in front of Ming Jie, pointed to the field outside the village and said, "Brother Xiao Jie, an old buffalo in Xie Hong's house was eaten by a ghost, and only a pile of bloody white bones remained. ”

Before Xiao Haitao finished speaking, Mingjie slapped him and said, "What ghosts can there be in broad daylight, don't talk nonsense." ”

Xiao Haitao shook his head vigorously and said, "Really, Brother Xiao Jie, I didn't lie to you. ”

Shao Yun's face changed immediately, and Ming Jie glanced at Song Ling, revealing his small white teeth, reflecting his bright ruddy lips.

This ghost thing, which has been hiding for a few days, why did it come out again, Mingjie asked Xiao Ling to stay with Shaoyun, and let Xiao Haitao take him to take a look. Mingjie didn't want her younger brother Xiaoling to see something that shouldn't have been seen that night at a young age, for any child, it was a nightmare, even Mingjie herself was scared.

Running wildly all the way, the two children soon came to Xiao Xie Hong's house, which lived in the east of the village, where many people had already been gathered. Mingjie and Xiao Haitao squeezed into the crowd, and at first glance, they saw a woman's sad crying, which was Mingjie's mother Xie Hong, who hated the most.

Mingjie originally didn't like this very annoying woman, but today I saw her crying so sadly, all the bad things about this woman, Mingjie forgot about it, and gave birth to a little sympathy, such an old buffalo can be regarded as half of their family's property.

"Auntie, don't cry........ ”

Mingjie's lovely voice originally wanted to comfort her, but she didn't expect the woman to point at Mingjie and scold: "What are you doing here, you little wild seed, are you gloating, get out of my house." ”

Xiao Mingjie was angry, she was kind to her as a donkey's liver and lungs, and she was not a person to mess with, so she shouted at the woman: "You deserve it, you are a black-hearted woman, you are not filial to your old parents, and you don't make friends with your neighbors, even if you are eaten by ghosts, no one will sympathize with you, you deserve it." ”

One sentence stabbed the hornet's nest, and the woman, who had nowhere to vent her anger, grabbed the wooden stick like crazy and rushed to Mingjie, but fortunately was stopped by a middle-aged man, and then she tore and beat the man, scolding and crying endlessly.

In just a few days, two cows have been bitten to death, and even this old buffalo weighing hundreds of kilograms has been eaten only half of it, which shows that the thing is very ferocious, even dozens of strong men, may not be able to subdue this scourge. The village was in a state of panic, especially the women, who became more and more terrifying the more they talked, making people panic.

Xiao Mingjie's unintentional words reminded everyone and frightened some timid people. This thing can eat cattle and sheep, so it dares to eat people. If that monster eats people, how can it be?

Seeing Mingjie pulling Xiao Haitao away, some people also dispersed in a hurry, preparing to leave their homes and hide for a while, maybe they could avoid this disaster, and the whole small village was shrouded in panic.

Leaving Shaoyun's house, Mingjie has not spoken, how peaceful and beautiful the village was, now it seems to have become the end of the world, from a distance to see the villagers driving cattle and sheep to the outside of the village, they are not to graze, but to flee this panicked place for refuge.

Back in his yard, Mingjie gritted his teeth, hating himself for not being able to kill the monster that made the people in the village panic.

The parents outside the door hurried back, and the mother grabbed Xiaoling, threw down the things in Mingjie's hand and said, "Let's go to your grandmother's house and come back after a while, the village is very dangerous, and we can't live anymore!"

Mingjie and Xiaoling raised their heads at the same time and asked, "Mom, why do you want to go to grandma's house?"

My mother thought for a moment before saying, "The monster that eats cows may eat my two cows, so I can only drive the cows to your grandmother's house to avoid them." ”

Xiao Mingjie was excited, and had been looking forward to going to her grandmother's house to play, and suddenly saw her own cow bell, ran over to untie the bell, and then patted the neck of the sturdy cow with fiery red fur, and the skin on the neck of the fat and healthy old cow shook gently, and the fur was shiny. The old cow stretched out his tongue and licked his bright and lovely face.

"Mom, you take Xiaoling to grandma's house, my father and I stay at home, anyway, the monster that eats cows won't eat people, I'm not afraid!"

"No, you are a little child, and my mother is not at ease if you stay here. ”

The father standing on the side smiled happily, his little son not only looks cute and cute, but also has a courage that is different from ordinary children. But he still didn't worry about Mingjie, so he pushed Mingjie to follow his mother to his grandmother's house.

Xiao Mingjie shook her body, hugged her father's thigh and said, "I won't go, I will go to my grandmother's house by myself in the future, I just want to stay with my father, and I won't leave if my father doesn't leave." ”

The mother was a little anxious and wanted to pull Mingjie, but Mingjie still didn't want to go, for this stubborn son, sometimes the mother really had nothing to do but look at the father, hoping that he could persuade Mingjie to leave here.

"Since Xiao Jie wants to stay, let him accompany me, I think Ming Jie is right, I don't know what that thing is, it hasn't hurt anyone so far, I think it shouldn't threaten our father and son, not to mention that we organize a team at night, get ready to search, see what kind of beast it is, Xiao Jie, you don't have to be careful, I will take good care of him." ”

Mom was a little hesitant, but Xiao Mingjie was very insistent and didn't care about him.

Xiao Ling looked at Ming Jie with a pair of eyes, living together for so long, the brothers have a deep relationship, never separated; Ming Jie knew what he was thinking, patted his lovely face, and let him follow his mother, and his grandmother's house lived by the lake in the east, it was not only safe to leave here, but also her grandmother's house was very fun, Ming Jie was very good at coaxing Song Ling, Xiao Song Ling obediently followed her mother, and drove one big and one small two cows to the east canyon.