My questions came out one after another, and I asked Qin Yiheng one by one. He also shook his head, lit a cigarette, and said, "Now we can only dig out the soil." After finishing speaking, he asked me to help.
The two of them took a short rest before starting work. The old man didn't have any handy tools at home, so I searched left and right and managed to find a frying pan, let's make do with it. After working for a long time, I finally dug out a lot of soil. But digging and digging, I felt something was wrong.
Because the soil gets wetter the more you dig down, and the color gets darker. I always have a feeling that if the two of us dig like this, we will be able to dig out oil in a while.
Qin Yiheng also felt puzzled when he saw this, touched the soil, and told me to get out of the way. I was also happy to be leisurely, so I just smoked beside me.
He squatted down and dug for a while, stood up and lit a cigarette, and didn't speak for a long time.
When he finished smoking, he suddenly told me that this matter is getting more and more interesting. There is a layer of door sealing mud under the cabinet, so the door god is posted on the outside of the cabinet. There must be some connection between this. Although this soil is called door-sealing mud, it doesn't necessarily have to be related to the door, because this door-sealing means "to seal the door and eliminate the house". The so-called closure of the family does not mean that the whole family was killed or cut off the incense, but that the family with this surname, for some reason, collectively changed their names and surnames, and hid themselves in the crowd.
Nowadays, due to social structure and various reasons, there are very few big families full of people like in the old days. Even if there is, it is not necessary to live together. On the contrary, in many remote villages, there is a situation where there is only one household in a village, and it is basically hard to find in towns. It was mentioned in the news that there was a village with a related name. After being discovered by donkey friends, there was a lot of trouble. Later, no one was found in the village. It is very likely that the whole village closed the door for some reason. , scattered all over the place. However, the reason is that the person concerned may never guess it.
Sealing the door sounds simple, but it doesn't mean going to the police household registration office to register, changing the household registration book and that's it. Chinese people have had a deep family concept since ancient times. Many families worship their ancestors as gods. Therefore, there is a specific process for such a disrespectful surname change.
First of all, this mud is not a simple mud, but it is prepared with loess and a little well water, and a large amount of lamp oil is also mixed in, which probably means that the mud is born and raised, and the water is not forgotten; Swipe up and drop a few drops of blood into it; finally burn the family tree and mix the ashes in the mud. The whole clan cried loudly, sealed the mud in a specific position, and then scattered all over the world.
Secondly, different families have different customs, so the places where the mud is buried are not the same. He had heard that some were buried under the threshold of the gate, and after the burial, the old threshold had to be burned and replaced with a new one; This is in line with the situation in the closet.
After listening to Qin Yiheng's explanation, my head was numb, and I didn't even need to ask questions, which was really confusing. I discussed it with him, and he also said that there are many mysteries, so I can only dig out the mud of the door to see if there is anything inside.
The process of dredging is still the same, but this time I didn't get started, Qin Yiheng was also afraid that I might get in trouble, he used a pan to shovel the mud by himself, and I used a plastic bag next to it. The mud was sticky and much harder to dig than soil, and the weight of the mud was not small. After digging a few times, Qin Yiheng let out a "huh" and then stopped.
I thought he had dug something up, but I didn't see anything after a second glance, but the mud surprised me, because from the details of the excavation, it seemed to be hollow inside. It feels like a stalactite cave.
I asked Qin Yiheng if he had discovered anything.
He stretched out his hand and squeezed something out of the soil, but I didn't see it clearly. I didn't realize it until he handed it to me. It turned out to be a black ant. I don't know if I was pinched, and I crawled very slowly.
I saw it was an ant, and thought that this wardrobe was eaten by ants? But this thing is obviously not as good at gnawing wood as termites.
I looked down and found many of the same ants crawling around in the excavated mud. I didn't look carefully just now, and the color of the ants themselves was similar to the mud, so I didn't pay attention.
I asked Qin Yiheng, is this ant hidden in the cabinet
He nodded, sighed and said: "I was too hasty just now, and I wasn't too cautious. Now I may have broken this thing."
As he said that, he explained to me that there must have been a saying about this mud before. It looks flat on the surface, but under the flat surface, someone must have tampered with it. Now it seems that it is very likely that it is set according to the layout or terrain, or even the shape of the map. This kind of ant is definitely not an ordinary ant. Even if it doesn't look amazing, the things it fed before are definitely not ordinary. He made a bold guess and said that it is very likely that this kind of ants used to eat corpses before. This corpse may not be human, it should be some small animal.
After eating corpses for a long time, the yin energy will naturally be very heavy. Coupled with the ants' foraging instinct, after being sealed in the closet, they will probably rely on their instincts to find their so-called way out or place.
This is probably why these ants were put here. The "two liang" soil on the top seems to have nothing to do with avoiding lawsuits. The reason why the soil is covered on it is very simple, it is to seal the yang energy outside, so that the ants will not be affected by the environment outside the wardrobe; the door god is afraid It is also a similar principle, which is to prevent any unclean things from entering the closet.
I listened to what he said and barely understood.
At this time, the night was already very deep, and my head was a little dizzy, so I lit a cigarette and thought about it.
Are these ants coauthored for wayfinding? If so, this door seal was a three-dimensional map earlier
Damn, this is too advanced, right? I asked Qin Yiheng, assuming his speculation is correct, then what are the ants looking for? Besides, even if the ants were found, wouldn't he have to dig them up? How to check this
Qin Yiheng pursed his lips and said that we couldn't guess what we were looking for, but we probably didn't find it.
As he said that, he picked up the mud with a frying pan again, and told me that although he hadn’t dug to the bottom yet, there was probably a glass tank built into the wardrobe, and if he took out the whole glass tank, he could see it clearly .
I thought about it, and thought he might be right. Then he dug a few times along the edge of the wardrobe with a pan, and he found the edge of the glass groove.
At this point, we can only take out the whole glass tank to see what happened. I asked Qin Yiheng, and he also planned to do so.
After we had a rest, we started to move the glass tank outside.
The glass tank must be made of tempered glass, so you don't have to worry about breaking it when you move it, but the mud inside is very heavy, and it will take a lot of waist strength to move it outside.
It took a lot of effort to get it out, and before we could take a few breaths on the ground, the two of us barely raised the glass tank, and Qin Yiheng lay down and stuck his head into the gap in the raised place to look.
He looked at it for a while, then withdrew and asked me to go in and have a look.
I was curious at first, so I quickly got into it like doing a CT scan, and looked at it with a flashlight. After a few glances, I understood why he asked me to check it out.
Because although part of the top has been dug out, the shape of the bottom is still well preserved. This shape can't be more obvious, it is a pair of palms, and the palms are very large. I don't know much about proportions, and I don't know how many times it is magnified, but the palm of the hand is clearly and easily identifiable.
I quit and went to verify my guess with Qin Yiheng. Before I could open my mouth, he nodded knowingly and said, "That's right, most of these hands are made according to Yuan Zhen's hands, otherwise there is no need to go to such lengths to make such a game. Now there is nothing wrong with mud." After digging it up, I don’t know if there are still things related to Yuan Zhen buried in the mud, such as the birth date or the blood book on hair.”
After finishing speaking, Qin Yiheng went back and took a picture of the bottom of the glass tank with his mobile phone. It was estimated that the glass tank was reflective. He took several photos before he was satisfied. When he quit, he lit a cigarette and meditated.
When he was thinking, I was just idle, not because I didn't want to help, but because my mind was too messed up.
From entering the industry to the present, along the way, I feel that I am almost surrounded by such things.
After standing there for a while, I got up and wandered around the house, first to get a bottle of water to drink; second, to clear my mind by walking. As I was walking, I subconsciously raised my head and looked at the skylight again. At first, I didn’t look carefully. After I reacted, I immediately shivered—on a skylight, there was a person lying on his stomach with his head outstretched. with me. The light couldn't reach his face, and I couldn't see what this man looked like. I regretted not bringing the flashlight.
When the man saw me looking up, he didn't respond. I controlled myself and didn't cry out. I was worried that I would startle the snake, so I pretended to be nonchalant and walked back to Qin Yiheng, wanting to remind him. Who knew that as soon as I stood still, I saw him winking at me.
When I saw him like this, I immediately panicked. He must have discovered something, so I asked him in a low voice. He didn't make a sound, but stomped decisively on the mud in the glass tank. He must have put a lot of effort into this kick, and his feet got stuck in the mud. When he finished stepping on it, he dragged me to the living room, shouting at me while running: "Don't look back, don't turn around, don't let me go!" Stop! If it doesn’t work, pee your pants! It will save your life!”