He Dana invited the Jurchen expert to his home, and he said after listening.
"Nothing, just some chatting, mostly about drinking, eating, raw food, blood drinks, etc. There was nothing else. But I am surprised that there is no one who can speak Jurchen now. I am sure that I want to meet this person."
"No, he's in the Bone Village."
The expert was stunned, obviously not believing it.
"No one who entered the Bone Village came out alive. This is impossible. You can't possibly get this recording. Is there someone who can speak Jurchen and is trying to fool me?"
"I've lived for 120 years, and I'm just teasing you. Do I have time to spare?"
He Dana is a little angry.
"But… "
"This is the truth. We will record it. Remember, don't let anyone know about it. Just keep it to yourself. Otherwise, we will no longer be friends."
The expert left, and He Dana was unhappy because he didn't get anything useful. But I knew that at least I could learn the language, and when I entered the Bone Village again, I could talk to him about other things, so that I could know more. If he was alive and we could become friends, that would be possible, because maybe he was the only one in the Bone Village, or there might be a few people who were lonely and probably wanted to contact the outside world, but everyone who went in died. So, the weirdness of the Bone Village was not just this.
I went to find the expert alone and learned Jurchen language, but the condition was that I take him to the Bone Village. I hesitated.
"I can't guarantee that you can come back alive."
"It's worth it. I have spent my whole life studying the Jurchens. If I can really see the descendants of the Jurchens, pure descendants, how much will I gain?"
It seems that this expert is quite desperate. In this case, it is fair and reasonable.
I studied for twenty days and actually mastered it all. The experts were surprised, and I also discovered that I have an ability in this area.
The expert asked me when I would go, and I scheduled it for Friday night.
The experts were excited but also nervous. Everyone knew about the Bone Village. If they went there, they wouldn't know whether they would be dead or alive, and it was hard to say whether they would have their next meal.
On Friday night, I told He Dana that if I really couldn't come back, he also knew where I died. He Dana shook his head.
"Just like your father, Ke Zuo."
The expert and I arrived at the Bone Village. After entering the Bone Village, I did not go anywhere else. The expert obeyed the instructions very well. His purpose was not to meet the descendants of the Jurchens.
After entering the room, I took out the wine and food I had brought with me. What made the Jurchen woman very unhappy was that I brought in another person.
"He doesn't have a badge, but you do. You can bring in two at most, but you have to tell me in advance."
The Jurchen seemed to be in a bad temper. She took out the awl and gestured twice. The expert watched nervously.
After drinking, the atmosphere gradually relaxed.
I spoke in Jurchen and the Jurchen man was a little stunned. He didn't believe that I would say such things.
That day I asked what I wanted to ask the most, which was about the refining furnace and what their refiners were like. He looked at me and glared at me, which made me a little scared, wondering if he would ask something that touched my vitals and hit me with a needle.
"I'm also a refiner, I burn people to death."
I used to be a refiner, so maybe what I said is closer.
This idiot suddenly hugged me, and then he jumped up and leaned against the wall.
I didn't move. Moving would do me no good at all. I knew he could take my life in an instant.
It took him a long time to let go, and then he burst into laughter. He was actually a refiner. He was still burning people, burning those who came to the Bone Village and died. He had to burn them.
I was a little surprised that such a thing could happen. I really couldn't understand it. He was really a refiner.
We drank until midnight that day, and the Jurchen refiner suddenly said.
"Someone entered the village on Road Thirteen, and he actually knew about it."
When we came out, we saw three people walking on the village road, looking very careful.
"They are dead."
The Jurchen refiner said.
For some reason, these people actually rushed towards the refining furnace.
"It seems I won't be able to sleep again today. I'm going to burn them."
"How could they die?"
I asked, and the Jurchen man took one look and said.
"The Bone Village was destroyed overnight. You know the architecture here. It violates Feng Shui. It's totally a ghost village. It would be strange if people didn't die after entering. The way they died is also different."
One of them was on the way to the village, while the other two were calling out, but in a low voice, not daring to shout loudly, because the Bone Village was too quiet, and any movement would be noticed.
"How do you know someone's coming in?"
"The refining furnace is ringing. Maybe you didn't listen carefully. This refining furnace is actually spiritual and weird. As far as I know, this refining furnace took 101 years to build. It is said to be a weird furnace. If it rings, it means someone is going to die."
"How did you survive?"
"I crawled out of the furnace."
"Are there any other people?"
"There are three other families with thirteen people. I have a wife and two children. We are all in Qigou."
I didn’t expect that there would really be someone alive in the Bone Village
"Why did they die, but you can live?"
"Qigou is a living ditch. Feng Shui says that there is a breath of life there. Only in that ditch can people live. I am a refiner, guarding this furnace. Maybe because I am a refiner, I cannot die."
"But this brand, I..."
"Ghost brand, there are ghosts helping you, of course you won't die. I've been playing with refiners for more than ten years."
I didn't expect that it would be like this here.
"Why did they die?"
"I can't explain it. No one can survive. I have burned more than 200 people so far. They rushed here without knowing whether to live or die. There is no living animal in the Bone Village."
"There are no fish in the river, no life on the ground, and no flying in the sky."
It is indeed true. There are no birds in the sky of the Bone Village. If you pass by this Bone Village, you will fall down and die. As for the reason, this Jurchen refiner does not know.
That day, I saw three people die on the road one after another. The last one was running back. The Jurchen refiner carried the body and threw it into the furnace. The fire under the furnace started, and it burned for thirteen days.
The expert wanted to stay for two more days, but I disagreed. I don’t know the character of the Jurchens. What would happen if they got angry
The expert and I left. The Jurchen refiner hoped that I would come often, just hoping that I would.
That day I went back and went to see He Dana and told him what happened.
It took him a long time to speak.
"There are many legends about the Bone Village, all of them are very strange, but I don't quite believe that there are Jurchens alive in the Bone Village. But you really saw it and recorded his voice, but I still doubt it."
He Dana suddenly became suspicious. I asked him the reason, but he shook his head and didn't say anything.
The most infuriating thing is that the expert actually told the matter to the people in the Bone Village Research Group. This group was established more than ten years ago, but later many people died and the group was disbanded. However, there are still a few people who did not give up and have spent their entire lives studying this Bone Village, China's ghost village.
There were six people gathered together. They arrived in the city and found a place to stay.
The first person they found was me. When they found me, I said I knew nothing. They told me that the Jurchen expert had said everything. I was very angry at the time, and I told him not to say anything.
"I'm sorry, that's not true. I have never been to the Bone Village. As for why he said that, I really don't know. You all know how strange the Bone Village is. Maybe something like this will happen."
I don't admit it, said the leader of the research team.
"Do you have any concerns?"
"I didn't, really, not at all."
I don't want to get into trouble. The Jurchen refiner was very unhappy that I brought strangers with me, so I won't bring anyone with me again in the future.
I went to hide at He Dana's place, and they came looking for me. They didn't give up and kept chasing me. The Jurchen expert never showed up, and he knew that he couldn't face me.
"We have studied these bone villages for dozens of years and devoted nearly a lifetime of hard work. Now we have some clues. I hope we can be taken in to see if the Jurchens are really alive and how they survived. This is very important for uncovering the secrets of the bone villages."
"That's your group's business. I'm just burning people to death."
They were a little angry, but it was no use, I didn't want to risk my life. When they left, they said they would come back again.
After they left, He Dana said.
"I have eighteen rooms here that you are not allowed to enter. I said the same thing when your father was alive. He can only enter after I die. Today I will make an exception and enter one of the rooms. I want to tell you something. It's about the Bone Village."
I was stunned. It seemed that He Dana didn't believe that there would be any living people in Bone Village, let alone Jurchens. That was impossible. He believed it when he heard the recording at first, but later he became suspicious. I don't know what made him doubt, and he didn't say it. Maybe he just didn't want me to know.
I had never thought about entering one of the eighteen rooms. He Dana was a very serious person and rarely changed his mind about things that were promised. Although I was curious, I had no intention of entering the eighteen rooms. What on earth was he going to tell me today
After dark, He Dana prepared the dishes and wine and said.
"Go into one of the eighteen rooms first. Remember, look and ask. Don't use your hands, just use your mind."
He Dana took the key and finally opened the lock after a long time. It was obvious that the lock had not been opened for a long time.
The room was a little damp. When I went in, he closed the door and turned on the light. There was a large black screen blocking the front. He Dana pushed his wheelchair over from the side. I followed him and called out when I went in. He Dana acted as if he didn't hear me. He probably knew I would call out.
There were thirteen women sitting in the room, each one more beautiful than the other. I was shocked. What was He Dana trying to do? He had so many women and I had no idea about them. This was too weird.
When I looked at them again, they were alive, but not living people.
There is nothing else besides these. What does this mean? Are these people real people? Wax figures, right
I didn't dare to do anything. He told me not to do anything, nor to do anything with my mind.
"These people are real people. They still maintain this freshness. I use a medicine, which I use three times a year. They remain intact, but they are not alive."
I was sweating. I come here every day, and there are thirteen fresh corpses here. It is really incomprehensible to me.
"Who are these thirteen people?"
"There are no living people in the Bone Village, and the Jurchen Refiner is also fake and does not exist. It is an illusion. It is just what you feel."
He did not say who these thirteen people were, but he actually mentioned the Bone Village, and he affirmed that there were no living people in the Bone Village. I could not believe this. How could there be no living people? I clearly saw that it was not just me, but also the Jurchen expert.
"It's normal that you don't believe it, because you have seen it. Look at these thirteen people. Isn't each one of them very beautiful? If you look closely, they all seem to be people you are familiar with, people around you."
I looked closely and was stunned. I was sweating while sitting there. Some of them looked like Yinyan, some looked like Zhang Xiaoxue, some looked like Liu Yang, Yun Bai, Xiaoge...
How could this be? How could this be possible
"That's impossible. It just looks like it can't be them."
"Of course, it's not them. Okay, let's stop here. Don't ask why. Besides, only the two of us know about this."
He Dana completely confused me. What does this mean
When drinking, He Dana was quite proud. He moved the table to the yard next to the pond and enjoyed himself.
The moonlight is very bright, just like somewhere in the south. (To be continued)