It was near the end of the year, and the bandit leader probably wanted to reward the brothers, so he brought in a lot of food from the city that day, and the old man was one of the men who was in charge of escorting the car. After the things were delivered, he was waiting for the payment and chatted with the bandit leaders here.

The bandit leader said that he had a wife and three concubines here. Except for the third concubine, the rest died for various reasons. At first, the bandits felt that their own sin of life and murder was too deep, so that they suffered retribution, and after the concubine gave birth to a daughter for himself, the daughter also died when she was a few years old. The people in the village said that this place was evil, so they invited a gentleman to come and see, and the gentleman said that he wanted his concubine to move outside the village to live, otherwise there would be dead people in this cottage.

The gentleman probably meant that this village was full of men, the yang energy was too heavy, and the hillside was originally a place of the first yang, which meant that this place should receive sunlight earlier than other lower places in the village. And most of the bandits did not marry, so the only yin qi on this mountain came from the wives and concubines of the bandit leader.

But there are too few wives and concubines to suppress the yang energy, and the women in this place will die one after another because of the rush. Therefore, this bandit's den should "live in men and women, live in life and death".

The bandit leader said he didn't believe it. After hearing what Mr. said, he beat people up, and let people go down the mountain without giving a penny. The old man told me that the bandit leader spoke triumphantly, as if he were showing his strength, as if the gentleman was singing about himself. I asked the old man, what happened then, since he didn't listen to this gentleman, he must not have moved the concubine away, right? The old man said yes, but then he didn't hear that there were dead people here, and it may be that the day was not up, and the bandits knocked on the sandcan.

"Knocking on sand cans", in Sichuan, refers to those who have been beheaded or shot. A shot in the head was like a sand can, and the contents were scattered everywhere.

I pondered in my heart that gentleman's strange words, "I can understand that men do not live with women", and indeed in many places in the countryside, there will be particularities, and even in some places, women cannot eat with the family, so they can only eat in the kitchen after cooking in the kitchen. It is true that there are many problems caused by the imbalance of yin and yang in a family, so judging from this sentence alone, Mr.'s words are actually reasonable. So corresponding to today, is it saying that Ji Youan and that girl live here, so the yin and yang collided, resulting in a haunting? That's not right, this old lady has also lived here for decades, why hasn't she bumped into it?

So I thought about the second half of Mr.'s sentence again, "live and die", literally, this is actually a sick sentence, since it is a living, it must be the living who will live, and the dead will be buried if they live for a few days at most to do funerals, who can let a corpse be stored here for many years. In fact, what really puzzled me was the initial doubt, that is, why these two girls met.

There is no doubt that these two girls must have triggered this haunted incident in some way, and the so-called living in a man but not a woman, because the eldest lady lives here, can actually be overthrown. In this case, I don't think I should just be dragged by the old man's words, if there is a miscalculation, it will lead to more trouble. In fact, I already feel very troublesome, according to what the girl said, the ghosts here can surround the bed for a week, and even some of them are crowded in the quilt, so many ghosts, it's not a joke, it's not handled well, it's a serious illness, and it's fatal!

So I didn't bother to talk nonsense with the old man anymore, so I walked directly into the house. When Ji Youan saw me walk in, he couldn't hold back and started crying. Although she and I are a little conflicted, it is a trivial matter after all, a battle of words. If he is willing to cry freely in front of his "class enemy", he must have relented. So I sat down on the edge of her bed and said to her, don't be afraid, everyone is here, and since I'm here, I'm sure I won't let those things bully people anymore.

After Meng Dongxue helped me appease Ji Youan, I asked her to tell her about what she encountered in as much detail as possible. What she said was roughly the same as what the girl who came to me said, but the subtleties were a little different in understanding, and there was no value in delving into the arguments. But she mentioned one thing that caught my attention, and that was that when the initial footsteps on the roof started to make noise, she also heard a strange sound coming from the floor under the bed.

I asked her what kind of strange sound it was, and she told me that it was like a person with a blocked nose, but he still had to breathe through his nostrils, and the air made a snot and snoring sound. And although the sound is not loud when it enters the ear, it is a floor apart after all, and some of the sounds are blocked, which sounds muffled.

I know that under this slab is the cowshed of the old couple's house. Their family is a good family in the village, although the two children do not live here, but the family has cattle, farming is labor-saving, and the old couple can often pay more than many younger people to hand over the public grain to the production team every month, so at the end of each month, their family does not owe food, and the production team also has subsidies. This cowshed is underneath, and the cow's sense of hearing is much stronger than that of a man, so maybe the cow heard something and was frightened and gasped and snorted? But I can't confirm this, after all, I'm not a cow, I can't communicate.

But this reminds me of another thing, which is that some animals are born with psychics. For example, cats and dogs, everyone knows this. The second is the cow and horse, maybe you have to ask why, in the ancient Chinese legends, and even in the worship of the City God Temple, it is not difficult to hear such a few bad names, in addition to black and white impermanence, Hades Rakshasas, and bull heads and horse faces.

The bull head and horse face is one of the yin cha, the so-called yin cha, which is a person who specializes in escorting the souls of the dead and has an official position in the underworld. Although I have never personally confirmed that my family raises cows and horses, I have heard from Master and many old-timers that they have the effect of terrifying ghosts. But now that there are more than ten or twenty ghosts in this house, could it be because they are not afraid of bulls and horses?

At the moment, I have no way to confirm this matter, so I can only consider it for safety reasons, and ask Meng Dongxue to help me take Ji Youan and the girl back to Aunt Xu's house for the time being, and I will be here to investigate the matter clearly.

Unfortunately, that night, I found nothing, and I was not able to prove anything other than the presence and movement of ghosts in the house with terracotta incense and water bowl round light techniques. And Meng Dongxue came to bring me breakfast at dawn, I thought she should do her own thing after sending it, who would have expected her to stay in the house and not leave, saying that she wanted to accompany me and help me. I thought to myself, don't mess with me, I'm thankful, little girl who doesn't know anything, what are you doing here.

Because of my upset and I didn't sleep all night, I was a little fierce to Meng Dongxue that day. Probably because she felt that her kindness was not reciprocated, she left crying. I tried every means I could think of in the cabin, but I couldn't get any of the ghosts out of it. But if one of them appears, I'll be able to catch all that is left.

Distraught, I could only go outside for a while, intending to breathe, but downstairs on the edge of the cowshed, I saw the two grandsons of the old couple. The two of them were playing a game called "Rip the Boss" on the edge of the house.

I also played this kind of game when I was a child, and it was basically the kind of grass or leaf that no one looked for to explain, called "will", which is the kind that can be singled out. Then cross with the "will" found by the other party, pull each other hard, and whoever "will" is broken, even if you lose. The two children watched me walk by, first sticking their tongues out at me and making faces, and then inviting me to join them.

I'm a master, so I can beat them very easily. But after winning a few handfuls, they didn't let me go, and I had to win it back. But I'm here to breathe, so I don't have time to play with you bear kids. So I said to them, "I won just now, and the one who wins is rewarded, do you agree?"

The two children nodded in agreement. So I said, I have itchy hands now, I'm going to hit someone, which of you two wants to be beaten by me? They were stunned for a moment, and one of them pointed to the other child and said, hit him. I asked the other child, and he said to beat you, and you said to beat you or not. The kid was obviously not convinced, so he also pointed to the other party and said, you hit him, don't hit me.

So the two children fought, and after successfully instigating a fight, I was able to get out.

For the rest of the day, I felt like I was spending time at the old couple's house, and I guess there was no progress. So I returned to Aunt Xu's house first, and began to flip through the books and follow some of the predecessors' notes to see if there could be a similar treatment. Ji Youan and her roommate didn't go to work that day, and Meng Dongxue also stayed at home to accompany her, but when she saw me go back, she was still angry because I scolded her a few words in the morning.

I rummaged through the books, but I couldn't find any relevant cases, not even anything like them. As a last resort, I had to ask the two girls again to recall the terrible experience of last night. For the sake of detail, I even asked both of them to repeat the previous chat with me.

This time, I heard something wrong.