What Qin Yiheng said made me really confused. I quickly asked him where Yuan Zhen had gone, but he took a deep puff on his cigarette and told me to get ready, we must leave for that place as soon as possible.
Seeing that he didn't answer the question, I asked again, but he shook his head and said that he had never been to that place, and he couldn't tell what it was like. He just told me to rest early and recharge my energy, so I had no choice but to go to bed. lie down.
In bed, I began to think that the things I have experienced recently seem to be getting more and more strange. Take Qin Yiheng as an example, I always feel that he seems to know something, but he refuses to tell me.
Although I was very curious, he refused to say anything, and I couldn't get an answer when I asked deeply. After thinking about it, I finally got dizzy, so I just covered my head and fell asleep. Unexpectedly, the next morning, just after dawn, Qin Yiheng pulled me up and told me to hurry up and prepare things today.
This is not the first time this has happened. Although I was very sleepy, I was able to sit up with energy, washed my face briefly, ate something, finally regained my senses, and followed Qin Yiheng to go out to prepare the necessary items. Unexpectedly, he dragged me to an insurance company first, and provided a large amount of life insurance for both of us. Seeing him go to war like this, I feel a little flustered. Could it be that the place I went this time is extremely dangerous? Although the previous house was dangerous and caused us some troubles, we finally came here without any danger. Although Qin Yiheng can't guarantee my safety 100%, at least he can protect himself completely.
Thinking about it this way, I became apprehensive about the destination this time, and before I set off, I was extremely nervous. Nothing could be seen on Qin Yiheng's face, but he rarely spoke on the road. I have been with him for so long, and I have learned a little about him. I feel that he is also very disturbed now, but he doesn't show it.
After buying the insurance, we went to the outdoor goods store to purchase a full set of donkey equipment, and then we split up. He went to prepare some necessities for alchemy, while I went to the supermarket to buy a lot of compressed dry food and canned food. Finally, the two of us got together, filled two large hiking bags with the things, took a taxi, and went straight to the airport.
Qin Yiheng had booked a ticket in advance, but the departure time was at night. Seeing that it was still early, I tried to talk to him, trying to see if I could find out something he was hiding from me, but he just reminded me that I might as well recharge my batteries if I have the time, because the journey ahead is not It's easy to go, so I had to shut up.
Qin Yiheng was right. After getting off the plane, we got on the train immediately, and then took the small bus between the city and the countryside. Finally, when we got off the bus, it was already two days later.
Along the way, Qin Yiheng seldom spoke, and I was really bored, so I could only keep playing mobile games. But I didn't expect that the road section after getting off the bus would be even more perverted. Qin Yiheng said that originally in his plan, he could still meet some passing tractors and so on, which could pull us in, but he didn't expect it to be just in time for the busy farming season. We walked all the way and didn't come across a car that could be picked up. Finally, after walking for a long time, we came to a village.
This village is very remote, there are only a few families in total, but the surrounding fields are not small, and there are boundless crops at a glance. Qin Yiheng paid some money, and we temporarily settled in a fellow villager's house. The family's surname is Ma, and the family is not prosperous, just the old couple and a son who is said to be working in the city. Usually, it is rare to see outsiders in this kind of village, so Lao Ma is quite curious about the two of us, and keeps asking here and there to chat. Qin Yiheng was able to cope with a few words at first, but was annoyed by the question, so he simply lay down and pretended to sleep. I really like chatting with the old horse, so I asked about the situation in the village. Lao Ma said that although the crops in his village were growing well, life was still relatively tight because of the remoteness of the village and the fact that the village had few people and refused to build roads for it. I said that the big deal is that the village raises funds to build roads by itself, which can be regarded as a long-term investment once and for all. But the old horse told me mysteriously that they had thought about this trick, and everyone in the village agreed, but the road just couldn’t be repaired. After he finished speaking, he asked me strangely, do you know why the road couldn’t be repaired
I was at a loss when I asked this question, it would be strange for me as an outsider to know. Unexpectedly, before the old horse could say anything, Qin Yiheng interjected first, because you are next to the gate of hell, right? In addition to planting crops, whoever breaks the ground must die. The old horse looked shocked, and I was also taken aback. Qin Yiheng sat up and continued to talk, this commonly known as the gate of ghosts, that is, the gate of the underworld, it is said that it will be opened on Ghost Festival, and the little devils in the underworld will be allowed to come out for a walk, visit relatives and friends and so on. However, there are different opinions about the specific place where the ghost gate is closed, but this is also a normal thing, because the ghost gate is actually not a pass in the legend, but to put it bluntly, it is a yin point in Fengshui. What does the vagina mean? It is because of the rotation of Feng Shui in the world, there are good places and there must be bad places. In short, it is a garbage dump for evil spirits. There are too many such places. In fact, we have already excluded these places from the planning of the ancient city. Therefore, even if there are similar places in the city, they are nothing compared to them. There are many such acupoints all over the country. People who live around them may not feel it intuitively, but they will inevitably be affected by it. This is why many places in the report have good potential, but few people have developed them, while those that have already been developed However, the popularity has never been booming.
Qin Yiheng spoke very fast, but I could make out the general idea. What he meant was that there might be such a yin cave next to this village, so I don't even understand his intention of bringing me here.
The old horse seemed to understand something, and nodded quickly, but he didn't say much, he just said that it was getting late, he went to prepare dinner for us, and then left the house.
As soon as the old horse left, I asked Qin Yiheng, did he bring me here to find the yin acupoint? But he shook his head and told me that we are going to an ancestral hall this time. I frowned when I heard this, and after a long time he still brought me to see the house. Could it be that there is their family's ancestral hall here, and he brought me here to worship the ancestors? Everyone must know what this ancestral hall means. It is a place to worship ancestors. In fact, it has similar functions to temples and Taoist temples, except that one is for worshiping gods and the other is for worshiping one's own ancestors. Many famous families will have such places. Firstly, enshrining them can bless the prosperity and well-being of the family; secondly, it can be regarded as a symbol of the family. Although many families have the custom of worshiping ancestors, few have the ability to build ancestral halls.
So I asked Qin Yiheng what this ancestral hall was like, but he still shook his head as usual, and just told me that if nothing unexpected happens, I will find out tonight.
For dinner, Lao Ma made some farm dishes for us, which were quite delicious. When I was full, Qin Yiheng asked me to pack up, and we left as soon as possible. So, I followed him along the path outside the village with my bag on my back. The moonlight was surprisingly bright that night, and the visibility was very high, which saved me from using a flashlight. After walking for twenty or thirty minutes, Qin Yiheng suddenly stopped, turned around and called me, and pointed to me not far away. After he pointed it out, I saw that the path in front of me diverged into two, and one of them meandered into a forest.
Qin Yiheng said that the success over there is probably right, and reminded me to be careful. After speaking, he gave me a wooden stick and told me to follow him. If I felt something wrong with my body, I would use the stick to pierce my palm.
I was taken aback for a moment, and asked him if we met something. Qin Yiheng curled his lips and asked if I hadn't noticed that the old horse's ankles were tied with red ropes. I just recalled it, but I really didn't notice it.
Qin Yiheng went on to say that the two ropes are not red ropes in a simple sense. The usual red ropes are used to ward off evil spirits and are relatively thin. However, few people are willing to carry the thick red ropes like those used in Chinese knots. And the old horse's feet are not only thick, but also tied in such a strange position. If he judged correctly, the inside of the red string was the hair of a child who died under the age of 10, and the red string was only wound around the outside. This kind of rope is called foot binding, which is a kind of alchemy. It is usually used to tie animals, lest animals be hooked away by greedy little ghosts outside at night, but it is extremely rare to be used on people. It's not that their village can't build roads at all, but that people with their feet bound will never be able to get out of this village. If he guessed correctly, the old horse would no longer be alive.
After listening to his words, my cold sweat immediately came down. Not a living person? The implication is that the old horse is a dead man? But how can the dead be so lifelike? I thought about it. It is true that in many places there is a custom of tying thick red ropes around the ankles before the corpse is buried, but that is to tie the legs together to prevent the corpse from cheating, so we often see zombies in movies and TV dramas. The legs were raised together, jumping forward. In fact, most of the reason was not because the corpse was already stiff, but because the legs had already been trapped by the red rope and could not move. But, then again, that was also the era when burials were practiced, and cremation has been implemented long ago. Although the custom of burials is still maintained in many places in the countryside, after all, even if the old horse is a zombie, he is not so damn alive Bar
Qin Yiheng shook his head and said, this is different from zombies, because China has a vast territory, so the customs are not the same in different places, but most areas have the habit of guarding the spirit, that is, people are not buried directly after death, but Light up the soul-guarding lamp and bury the corpse for three or seven days. In fact, this is simple to say, from a metaphysical point of view, it is to let the soul of the deceased not to disperse in a hurry, so that he can take another look at the family members who are nostalgic, so as to avoid the occurrence of nostalgia and troubles for family members after death. And the reason for sending someone to guard the corpse is also because they are afraid of accidentally letting spiritual things touch the corpse, causing real fraud. From a scientific point of view, this can actually verify whether the deceased died in a suspended animation, so as not to kill the deceased in a hasty burial. This happens from time to time in many areas without this custom, that is, after the person dies, he is buried in a hurry, and the result is a fake death, and finally he is smothered alive in the coffin. There are also some coincidences, when people hear the movement in the new tomb, they think it is a fake corpse, but in fact, it is very likely that the deceased woke up and kept hitting the coffin board. But the old horse is completely opposite to those. To say that he is not a living person means that most of what is in his body now is not his own soul. In short, he was caught by something, and then someone used alchemy to help him stabilize in the body.
In such an environment, listening to him speak such a great deal, although his voice is very soft, I still feel a little scared after hearing it. If this is the case, as long as the old horse put something in the meal just now, the two of us will confess here tonight.
Qin Yiheng was quite optimistic, saying that the food should be fine, because the old horse also ate together at the time, and we should go to the ancestral hall as soon as possible to have a look. After speaking, he took the lead and turned into the path. Before, I had vaguely seen the roof of this building from the direction he was pointing. I felt that it should be a big building, but I didn’t expect that when I walked through the woods for more than ten minutes, when I actually walked to the front of this house, I Still surprised.
This house is really too majestic. Although it is not as large as the palace, it must be one of the best among the ancestral halls. This family must be a wealthy family, otherwise no one would have built such a thing with such a big budget.
Qin Yiheng didn't take me forward immediately, but told me to hide in the bushes aside and wait and see. I took a thorough look at the house by the moonlight. The building is very tall, but I can't be sure whether it is a multi-storey building, because many single-story buildings will also be built like this in order to pay attention to style. The roofs are all black tiles, but they may also be blue. After all, the distance is far and it is night, so the color will definitely be biased.
These are similar to most ancestral halls. The only strange thing is that the color of the walls is not ordinary gray or white, but very mottled, one white and one yellow, which looks a bit nondescript.
I was a little surprised, and quickly asked Qin Yiheng, usually, in order to show solemnity, isn't most of the exterior walls of such ancestral halls painted in white or gray? Why is this house so strange
Qin Yiheng was also very puzzled, but he couldn't tell why. He just took me to watch for a while, and seeing that there was no movement in the house, he asked me to follow him and touch it quietly.