The house is on the outskirts of the city, and it takes 40 minutes to drive there. If it was in the past, when I went to visit the house at night, my heart would have been in my throat. Now that I have experienced many battles, I didn't even think that I could become so calm now.
It was almost ten o'clock at night when we got there. The house is bigger than I imagined. There are three rooms in total, one main room and two side rooms. It is not as compact as the courtyard house in old Beijing. The overall design and decoration are completely antique, but it is just superficial, and the inside of the house is still modern. style and layout.
After entering the yard, I followed Qin Yiheng to go around first, and took a general look. Xu Chuanxiang, who was next to him, also explained the details of the house, and finally the three of us entered the main room.
The main room is actually not that big, roughly a hundred and ten square meters, and the decoration is very luxurious. The furniture is all solid wood, which looks a bit antique. The main room should be regarded as a structure of two bedrooms and one living room. Entering the door is the living room, and there are two bedrooms on both sides.
After entering the room and turning on the light, Qin Yiheng immediately looked around, frowning, but remained silent. Xu Chuanxiang and I were like the two personal eunuchs, and we didn't dare to speak. After a while, he turned around and told Xu Chuanxiang to turn off the light, and then found something from his bag. It wasn't big, so he took it out and held it in the palm of his hand, so I didn't see it clearly.
After turning off the lights, the room was suddenly pitch black. When my eyes got used to the darkness, I saw that Qin Yiheng was already close to the door on the right, with his ears pressed against the door, not knowing what he was listening to.
I looked back at Xu Chuanxiang, I couldn't see his expression clearly in the dark, but I could feel that he was nervous. I couldn't help being stretched straight by him.
Qin Yiheng listened carefully, and after listening to one place for a long time, he switched to another. After listening for five or six minutes, he turned around and asked Xu Chuanxiang to turn on the light, pointed to the door and asked Xu Chuanxiang: "Did you hang this thing?"
When I turned on the light suddenly, the light dazzled my eyes white. I closed my eyes for a while, and when I opened my eyes, I saw that Qin Yiheng was referring to a large bunch of red peppers hanging on the door. This string of red peppers is very positive in color and looks very festive, hanging in the middle of that door. The chili strings were so long that they were dragged to the floor in the blink of an eye.
I heard Xu Chuanxiang say "hmm", which means he admitted it. I wondered, but in the north there is a habit of buying bunches of red peppers or garlic for storage, but they are usually hung in the kitchen or outdoors, and I have never seen such random hanging in the living room. If it's for good luck, it's not a holiday now. Seeing Qin Yiheng's meaning, the problem with the sound of scratching the door is this bunch of peppers
I leaned over curiously to see that he didn't stop me, so there was probably no danger. I let go of my courage and took a closer look, and found that the pepper was very strange, and every pepper head was cut off with scissors.
I squeezed one with my hands and found that the inside of the chili was empty, and the chili seeds seemed to have been pulled out of that cut. Now I am even more guilty of whispering, what does this mean? Co-authored is handcrafted decorations? It doesn't look like it!
I instinctively turned my head to look at Qin Yiheng, wanting to ask him what the mystery is.
Before I could speak, he gave a "tsk" and asked Xu Chuanxiang, "Did you learn this by yourself?" Xu Chuanxiang nodded, then shook his head, and said, "I learned these things from others. Come here, if you want to talk about learning, it can only be regarded as stealing." After finishing speaking, he asked, "Is this thing not useful?"
Qin Yiheng laughed when he heard his question, and said: "It works, but it works. This is called 'Looking forward to the New Year' in alchemy. Nails were nailed in the center of the front, and a string of "Looking forward to the New Year" was hung, which means that every year, the family is looking forward to returning home. The cruelty of the war is obvious to all. Few people who went to the war could come back alive. It has evolved into an object that invites the souls of family members to return to their hometowns and entrusts dreams to relatives. First of all, this pepper cannot be hung new, that is to say, the pepper that grew in the field in the past is not good, and it must be left over from previous years to be effective. Cutting After opening the mouth, it is said that the souls of the family members in the distance can see the door of their own house at a glance, and even hear the call of their relatives. However, this is just a subjective conjecture of people, and it is not that big. The role of the road. There are rivers and mountains on the road, in fact, the soul can't come back. In detail, it has a lot to do with the geomantic omen."
Qin Yiheng pointed to the chili pepper and told Xu Chuanxiang: "The 'Pan Sui' is mainly derived from the homonym of the word 'pepper', which is 'pull call', which means to bring back the soul and call it back. You are so ostentatiously hanging on In my bedroom, isn’t this just looking for trouble for myself? Don’t talk about giving it away, it’s not bad if you don’t invite a few back.” Then, he spread his palms and asked us to see.
In the palm of his hand was a small ball the size of a fingernail, dark but not like a ball of sheep dung. He told us: "This is the 'harmful eye bead', which is made from the subcutaneous fat of newborn bats and the mud in the cemetery. It is specially used to listen to these evil things. In ancient times, it was the witch doctor who pretended to be a ghost. It is said that if you put the "harmful eye beads" into your ears, you can hear some filth, especially for distinguishing whether someone is possessed by a ghost, or what is possessed by something. According to legend, for example, a person is possessed by Putting on the upper body, as long as you stick the 'harmful eye bead' on the back of the person and listen, you can hear the heartbeat of two different frequencies. If the upper body is Humei or Snake Fairy, you can also distinguish it from the details of the heartbeat frequency .However, you have to be a veteran. I am only at a very elementary stage, and it is the first time I used it today. What's happening?"
I didn't dare to catch my breath, but he didn't hear anything after making a fuss for a long time. I leaned over and listened, and there was nothing unusual. If there is, it is because solid-state sound is easier, which amplifies the sound of the two of them's footsteps in the room. Besides, there was a dead silence beyond the door.
Xu Chuanxiang was very afraid of this door. He didn't dare to come over at first. Seeing the relaxed expressions on both of us, he couldn't hold back his curiosity. He picked off the chili strings and stuck them on the door with me to listen.
Seeing this, Qin Yiheng handed the "harmful eye bead" to Xu Chuanxiang, and stood aside to smoke.
The door wasn't that big, but Xu Chuanxiang pushed me aside as soon as he posted it. I simply withdrew to the side, lit a cigarette and took a rest. After standing for a long time, my waist began to ache.
Before he had taken two puffs of the cigarette, Xu Chuanxiang suddenly let out an "Ah", followed by him and then took two steps back, pointing at the door with his mouth open, speechless.
His surprise almost scared me to death. Seeing his expression, I yelled in my heart: "Oops, isn't this fucking upper body?"
Qin Yiheng was also taken aback, and asked "what's the matter" twice.
Xu Chuanxiang slowed down for a while, and finally calmed down, but he still couldn't understand what he was muttering. I guess he was also very helpless, so he just took out the "harmful eye pearl" and handed it to me, pointing to the door, which means you go and listen by yourself.
The light in the room was on, and Qin Yiheng was beside me, so I wasn't afraid, anyway, the beads were in my hand, so I went up to listen first.
When I put my ear against the door, I realized something was wrong. I don't know if it's a psychological effect. It seems that there is a strange movement on the other side of the door. I can't say what it is. If you have to describe it, it's a bit like the sound of horseshoes from far away, very rhythmic.
My heart began to pound wildly. The sound was so small that I couldn't distinguish it for a while.
I got up and gave the place to Qin Yiheng, who took the beads and leaned over to listen, while I watched his expression from the side. At first he was very calm, so I felt relieved, I guess we are still a bit of a loser.
But before I was lucky for a while, he began to frown, squinting at the door, wondering what he was thinking. After a while, he stood up and carefully knocked on the door with his index finger, twisting the handle to pull the door open.
I suddenly felt that long-lost sense of fear seized me. His behavior was really evil. I knew there was no one inside. Does it matter who he knocked on the door for? I instinctively took a step back, just bumped into Xu Chuanxiang, and looked back at him, sweat beaded my face.
From Qin Yiheng's side, it sounded like the door lock had been unscrewed, and I clearly heard a "click" sound of the lock cylinder springing open. After waiting for a while, he didn't see him open the door. He turned his back to us, I couldn't see his expression, so I moved a little bit, trying to see what he was doing.
Looking at it from a different angle, I was even more puzzled. Qin Yiheng seemed to want to pull the door open. It was obvious that the whole person's movements were exerting force, but the door didn't move much! I thought to myself, the filth in here is so capable, and they are even pulling the doorknob to compete with him inside