Chapter 49: Talking about the Ancient under the Tree

It is said that ten years ago, the Liujiang River was flooded, and the stone bridge in the river was arched from the middle, in fact, it was not caused by the flood.

It was also this "dragon" that broke the bridge.

It's a pity that it didn't work, and it didn't work out, and then he lived in the middle of the river for a long time, and he ate a lot of people in the past few years.

It is said that a family in Luojiawan outside the city died the year before last, but the family was poor and could not afford to buy a coffin and a cemetery. In the end, the people in the village were so frightened that they scraped together the money to buy the land and bury it hastily.

As a result, there was a thunderstorm that night, and the body crawled out of the soil, and the traces stretched from the mound to the entrance of the village.

Fortunately, it climbed slowly, and it was dawn as soon as it arrived at the entrance of the village.

He also said that the mass graves outside the city were often haunted......

Of course, the old man's story is not all true.

Some are made up, others make it up, and they make it up themselves. Some of them have been heard, heard when they were young, and even heard when they were young, and they have been remembered to the present and passed on to the next generation.

Some of them have actually seen it with their own eyes.

These stories are not very interesting, and many of them are even very short, only one or two sentences say one thing, but it is better to be close to the neighborhood, many of them are outside the city, in the city, or even in the street next to it. Other adults sometimes join in, enriching its realism and details with every word, either saying that they have seen and heard about it, or they will explain the reason for the appearance of these demons according to their own imagination or hearing, and of course, they are all mysterious words and truths.

That's how a lot of real ghost legends come about.

It has been passed down from generation to generation, and what is false has become true.

At least the children were convinced.

I saw that they were so frightened that their eyes widened, they were both scared and excited, and they were reluctant to leave.

Some people with strong temperaments are afraid of losing face, either looking for some gossip to talk about, or moving around, using lame acting skills to pretend that they are not afraid and do not care. Or ask your companion if he is afraid, but whenever the other person hesitates at all, he is comforted and immediately laughs at him, in this way to dilute the fear in his heart and meet this addictive thrill.

However, the reserves in the old man's chest are also limited, and he often caters to the preferences of these children, and he is almost squeezed dry.

However, the children were very entangled, he said that his mouth was dry, so he went to pour water for him, he said that he was tired, and someone would come to beat his back immediately, it was really impossible, thinking about it, the old man turned his eyes and looked at the woman standing aside with a knife:

"Don't pester me, pester this hero."

The children glanced at the woman, but they did not dare to step forward.

What teenager doesn't admire the rivers and lakes? As soon as this charlatan arrived, he attracted their attention, and he secretly glanced at them for a few minutes. But I have heard a lot of stories about the murder of the heroes in the story, and in addition to yearning, there is also a little fear in my heart, where do I dare to talk to this strange hero at will?

"Don't be afraid, this hero has listened to it for so long, and he must be a person who loves to listen to stories. People in the rivers and lakes must have some wonderful experiences, and they may have encountered monsters and ghosts in person. Come near and say a few nice words, and maybe he will say something to you. ”

Hearing this, the woman turned her head and really looked at the group of children.

Finally there was a bold one who looked at her with those pure and timid eyes:

"Hero? Have you ever encountered a monster or a ghost? ”

"I've met a lot."

The woman spoke, her voice calm, but her gaze at the child was very soft, and she couldn't help but smile: "I have personally hacked monsters and ghosts to death......

"Huh?"

Everyone was taken aback.

I was amazed that the wrapped knight was a woman, and I was surprised by what she said.

The children's eyes lit up.

"Really?"

"I'll tell you one."

"Okay."

Children are naturally close to women, and humans have the instinct to take care of young children, and the two sides are no longer silent, and they immediately become much more cordial. Once the identity of the chivalrous man is gone, there is only yearning left.

Only listen to the woman's slightly rough voice:

"That was last year, oh, it's New Year's now, that's the year before last.

"Once I came from Yidu, oh, Yidu is the seat of Yizhou, and Yizhou is next to here. I was on my way back to Shimen from Yidu, oh, Shimen is the sect that taught me martial arts.

"I took a short route on the way back to Shimen, but I made a mistake halfway, and I was delayed for a lot of time, and I ran out of dry food with me, and I was so hungry that I couldn't do it.

"It was autumn at that time, and there were wild fruits in the mountains, and some birds could be roasted, but the wild fruits were so sour that they were so bad that the birds were dry and roasted.

"I happened to see people in the distance, and when I looked over, it was a Zhuangzi, and the richest family in the village was doing white things.

"Hey! I thought about it! Don't you have to eat a meal?

"I don't eat in vain, I just say that I am the distant niece of the old man, I went to learn martial arts from the mountain, and then I will give him a salute, and I will kowtow to him again, won't I have it? With so many people eating there, who would come to me and ask me for clarification?

"I'll just go eat!"

Seeing a group of children with attentive and nervous expressions, her tone was a little more smiling.

"The meal went well.

"The rice is delicious, big fish and big meat.

"It's been a long time since I've eaten such a good meal.

"People who practice martial arts have a lot of food, and they are hungry, and I enjoy eating. Tsk, you haven't eaten my Yizhou banquet, it's better to have a rich family's banquet, that's called a delicious one. ”

Just a few words, nothing else was described, and just her tone of voice successfully aroused the children's appetite.

Someone is starting to swallow.

Some people asked what kind of dishes they had, and the woman answered them one by one.

After saying a few other words, she turned back and continued: "I was full of food and drink, everyone was scattered, I didn't want to leave, so I found a random place to sleep." I slept until midnight, and I felt someone push me, and when I opened my eyes, I saw that it was an old man. I saw that the clothes he was wearing were very good, most of them were the owners of this family, and he was also old, so I was not very wary, and later I remembered that someone could get close to me while I was asleep and push me before I woke up, and I should have drawn a knife immediately.

"Then he talked to me and asked me who I was.

"I said I was the distant niece of the man in the coffin, he said he didn't know me, I said I had been learning martial arts in the mountains since I was a child, and he said that the man had no niece.

"I still want to make up some stories, but when I think about it, I'm already full of food and drink, and I'll pat my ass and leave tomorrow, and I've given money and kowtowed, what's wrong with eating your meal? Can you still make me vomit? ”

The woman held a long knife in her arm, hit her left hand with her right hand, and snapped:

"I'll just say it bluntly, I'm just passing by, I'm going the wrong way, I'm running out of food, I'm so hungry that I can't do it, I see that there are people here to hold a banquet, so I came over to catch up and have a meal.

The old man smiled. He said that he didn't know most of the people who came here, and some of them hadn't seen him for more than ten years. Some people not only come empty-handed, but also have to ask for money when they leave. Others just come to have a good meal, and they don't even want to kowtow to one. As for the friends they used to date, even if they are not dead now, they are all old, they can't walk, and they can't come.

I laughed too.

"Later, I talked to him for a while, and I felt sleepy, so I went to sleep."

There was no other sound under the ancient tree.

The adults were thoughtful, the children stared at her with dark eyes, and although Sanhua Niangniang felt that it was more fun to climb this tree to catch birds, she still sat beside Song You obediently, wrapped her little feet with her tail, lowered her head and licked the hair on her chest, and combed it neatly.

"When I woke up again, it was the next morning, and it was foggy, and someone came to me, saying that I was a distinguished guest, and that he wanted to invite me to sit at the table and eat the best table.

"Do you still need to think about it?

"It must have been the old man who had a good conversation with me last night and thought I was a good person, so the junior came to invite me.

On the way, they told me that they had a dream last night, and that their dead father told them that I was a distant niece whom he had not seen for a long time, and told them to treat me well. When they woke up, they were surprised and thought it was amazing, and after discussing with each other, they came to look for it, but they didn't expect to find me. ”

By this time, the children had already exclaimed.

"I didn't believe it at first, but I went to the coffin and looked at it...... Oh, I don't know if you know, but when we do funerals, the coffin is not tightly covered during the ceremony, and a crack must be left, and only after the ceremony is done will the lid be covered and carried up the mountain to be buried, so you can see the people inside.

"I'll take a look—

"It's the old man from last night!

"The clothes are all the same!"

The children's eyes widened.

"And then?"

"Later, I had breakfast there, and when I left, they prepared chicken legs, jerky, and buns for me, and asked someone to show me the way, and they had to give me five taels of silver."

"How much is five taels of silver?"

"About six thousand."

"How much is six thousand?"

"A lot anyway."

"Do you want it?"

"Haha, how is that possible? With such a large sum of money, where am I embarrassed to ask for it? I just went to eat, and it was time to leave when I was full of food and drink, but I brought the chicken legs and dried meat back to my master, and I tasted them to my master and brothers, and they were delicious. ”

"Wow......"

The story told by the woman is neither so mysterious nor so scary than what the old man said before, but she can experience it in person, and it is better than the truth, and the details and feelings when telling it are not comparable to the story told by the old man.

And there is something interesting about this story, children don't know where the magic is, but they also like it.

"One more."

"The heroine will talk about one more."

"Sister~"

"What a sweet mouth! I've met youkai and ghosts a few times, and I've heard a lot of them, but I don't want to talk about them today. After the woman finished speaking, she squinted her eyes and glanced at the Taoist priest next to her, and when she saw this Taoist priest looking thoughtful, she couldn't help but smile lightly and said to the children, "There is a Taoist priest standing next to here, why don't you pester him, what are you pestering me for?" ”

When a group of children heard this, they looked at Song You again.

Xu was the previous relationship with the woman that gave them experience and courage, and immediately pestered him to talk.

Song You really couldn't stand it.

After listening to it for so long, it's hard to leave.

He didn't expect that he had told a lot of stories on the ship a few days ago, and now he was going to tell them here.

It's just that the same story is not told twice.

So what to talk about?

“……”

Song You looked at the group of young children in front of him, and saw that they had heard a lot of scary stories before, and they had just heard what the woman said, and they had eased up a bit, but I am afraid it was only temporary, and when they returned home, at night, most of them would still be so scared that they couldn't sleep, and even there were shadows in the world for a while......

Let's dilute it a little more.

So he looked down at the well-behaved three-flowered cat at his feet: "I also tell a story that I have really seen, a roadside cat temple, the story of the cat god." ”

Sanhua Cat looked up when she heard the sound and stared at him suspiciously.

Song You just smiled slightly:

"About the end of summer and early autumn last year, half a year ago, I traveled down the mountain, walked Jinyang Road, and saw a small temple, which was not dedicated to people, not immortals, but a cat......"

Song You also spoke carefully.

I can't help but smile on my face.

The three-flowered cat was puzzled at first, but later it also started to be stunned.

Time often brings a sense of trance.