This time, Old Man Jiang's actions made everyone feel that they were too simple. Even as his disciple, I felt that compared with the dazzling spells in the past, Old Man Jiang's actions this time were too simple.
He just took the glutinous rice, looked left and right in front of the stone gate, then found a place and put the talisman on it with the newly steamed glutinous rice.
What is this
Everyone looked at each other, but did not dare to question his actions. Only I saw a red beast embedded in the stone door in a trance the moment the talisman was attached to the stone door.
This silver talisman is definitely not simple, even I feel this way.
This feeling only lasted for a moment. When I woke up, I realized that I had only paid attention to Old Man Jiang's actions, but not the stone gate. Only now did I realize that the stone gate was too weird.
What do you say? The outer frame of the stone door was directly carved into a big mouth. It was unknown what kind of animal it was, and the two sharp fangs penetrated the outside.
There are weird relief carvings carved on the stone door. I don’t know what those carvings are, but they are all little people less than half a meter tall. They have rugged bones and protruding bellies, surrounded by leaves. What’s weird are the faces of those little people. All have unusually protruding noses and sharp fangs.
The relief is extremely vivid. Anyone who looks at those little figures will have a feeling that they are hungry. They are very hungry. You can seem to see them drooling and looking at anything with greedy faces. Want to swallow it.
The little people in these reliefs are all worshiping a coffin, and the coffin is carved with a strange smiling face, half-smiling but not smiling. The eyes are very strange, as if they are obviously greedy, but trying hard to pretend to be compassionate. That smiling face It was just a smiling face, with no extra carvings to express anything, but everyone felt that the owner of that smiling face was a woman.
There is also a bleeding heart carved in the center of the coffin. When people take a first look at that heart, they don't want to look at it a second time, because ordinary people can feel the resentment.
This is not what I guessed in vain. The crispy pork next to me proved my idea very well: "Sanwa'er, I looked at that pig heart-like thing, and I felt like the whole world owed it. What? It’s like asking for a debt from me.”
I don’t know how to explain this phenomenon, and I don’t understand it either. It’s just that those weird and extraordinary feelings disappeared after a short while after sticking the talisman on it. The stone door became ordinary, and I can no longer experience that feeling. Feeling cold.
After Old Man Jiang put the talisman on, he came back and said only one sentence: "Bury it. It's best to say hello to the people in charge here. Why build it here? Don't let ordinary people get close to it. Just tell the truth and no one can afford it."
After saying that, Old Man Jiang took my and Surou's hands and walked out.
"Master, where are we going?" That's it, are you leaving
Old Man Jiang ignored me, turned to Master Wu and his apprentice, and said, "Would you like to have a cup of tea at my apprentice's house?"
"I'm not going. I'm going to buy some dry tobacco leaves from Lao Lin in the town soon. If I get there late, they'll be gone. You can bring your apprentice to my place another day, and I'll treat you two to a good meal." After finishing speaking, Lao Wu The boss took Xiao Ding away.
"Lao Lin's dry tobacco leaves, hehe, how did Old Wu know about this good thing?" Old Man Jiang muttered to himself for a while, but still took me and Surou's hands and walked out.
I quit and said, "Master, is this the end? Where are you taking me?"
"Where are we going? Go back to your house! What do you mean it's over now? I have to come here again in the evening. Don't you care about those lonely souls?" Old Man Jiang let go of my hand, pinched my cheek, and then pulled me I keep walking.
At this time, Su Rou was so excited that his whole body was trembling. He said, "Master Jiang, I haven't seen a real ghost yet? Can you take me with you tonight?"
I'm so addicted to Surou. I don't think he's so bold on weekdays, is he? Today, you are actively asking to see ghosts. What’s the point
"No! I have no reason to bring you out in the middle of the night! Do you want to see ghosts? Haha, as long as you follow Sanwa'er from now on, there will be plenty of opportunities." Old Man Jiang refused Su Rou directly.
Su Rou was a little dejected, but when he thought about it, it was the same reason. He ran out in the middle of the night, and when he came back, he had to give his father a penalty of not eating for a week
Forget it, I have seen a lot of new things today. Probably thinking of this, Surou became excited again, but he still looked so heartless.
As for me, I still couldn't forget the stone door, so I asked: "Master, what are the things carved on the stone door? Why do I feel uncomfortable looking at it?"
Upon hearing this, Old Man Jiang's face darkened and he didn't speak for a while.
I waited patiently for Old Man Jiang to give me an answer, but Su Rou took out the package of rotten boiled potatoes from his clothes and started eating them.
I waited for a long time but didn't see an answer from Old Man Jiang. When I looked up, I only saw Old Man Jiang's two eyes staring at the 'rotten potatoes' with crispy meat.
"Little fat boy, what did you eat?" Old Man Jiang smiled, and I felt a chill in my heart when I saw that.
"Boil the potatoes." Su Rou said vaguely while stuffing potatoes into his mouth.
"Is that delicious?" Old Man Jiang asked persistently.
"It's cooked. Sprinkle some salt to make it fragrant." The crispy pork replied while eating. He had no idea what Old Man Jiang meant. Speaking of which, my cheap master and I have only been together for 2 days. I don’t know what he meant by asking about the bag of rotten potatoes.
"Fat boy, give me something to eat." After nearly half a minute of silence, Old Man Jiang suddenly yelled angrily, which shocked both me and the crispy pork, especially the crispy pork. I almost grabbed the potato in my hand. Didn't fall to the ground.
"It's true. I've asked you so many times and you don't even know how to give me something to eat." Old Man Jiang grabbed the potatoes in Surou's hand, muttered, and ate them.
Surou wants to cry but has no tears, but I feel that my face has been completely lost by this old man Jiang. Surou is my good brother. I have seen with my own eyes that I have such a master who even wants to snatch the potatoes from the hands of children... ..
My mind was in a mess, so I had to quickly change the subject: "Master, you haven't said what is carved on the stone door yet?"
He probably had to eat potatoes. Old Man Jiang was in a good mood. While chewing, he answered very directly: "A hungry ghost is the kind of guy who eats everything."
"Cough...cough" Surou coughed violently for a while, and all the potatoes in his mouth spurted out. He probably coughed too hard, and some potatoes sprayed out directly from his nose. It would be so embarrassing to look like that.
After coughing, Su Rou looked at me directly. We both understood the meaning without having to communicate. He was chewing the stolen potatoes without any image in front of us. He especially emphasized that he was the one who snatched the children's potatoes. Hungry ghost' right
It's a pity that I don't dare to ask Old Man Jiang whether he is a 'hungry ghost' even if I had the courage to do so. As for the crispy pork, given him three hundred and sixty courages, he wouldn't dare to ask 'Master Jiang' if he had anything to do with hungry ghosts.
Old Man Jiang finished chewing the potatoes without any feeling, clapped his hands, smashed them with his mouth a few times to make sure that the crispy meat was gone, then coughed twice, and even pretended to be arrogant and walked away with his hands behind his back. I went earlier, I guess I got addicted to pretending to be Mr. Jiang in front of the crispy pork.
I looked at Surou helplessly, unable to express my words, so I had to hurry up and catch up with Old Man Jiang.
"Master, are hungry ghosts also ghosts?" I asked. The carvings on the stone door impressed me too deeply. I always felt that there was something different about this hungry ghost.
"Hungry ghosts are just a name. Strictly speaking, they are not ghosts. They are a kind of living creatures. Buddhists and Taoists have different explanations of what they are. The carvings you see are the ghosts of the hungry ghosts. They are worshiping The coffin buried... must be the ghost mother. Do you know where the folk legend of ghosts eating people comes from? In fact, they are talking about hungry ghosts, not the ghosts transformed by the souls of people after death."
As soon as Old Man Jiang finished speaking, I shuddered. In fact, for me now, I am almost numb to ordinary ghosts, but what child is not afraid of this man-eating ghost? I looked back at Su Rou, and goosebumps appeared on his neck. This kid is worse than me.
I really want to know more about hungry ghosts, such as ghost mothers, and what kind of existence hungry ghosts are in Master's eyes, but I don't dare to ask, and probably neither does Su Rou beside me. Listened.
Fortunately, Old Man Jiang did not want to say more. He just said: "More than a hundred years ago, the hungry ghosts almost disappeared from this world. I didn't expect that there is such a tomb here... Alas, That place is evil, you two should stay away, do you hear me?"
Su Rou and I agreed submissively. Who has nothing to do to see that kind of ghost that wants to eat people? And damn it, I get chills in my heart just thinking about it.
After saying this, Old Man Jiang fell silent, and his expression was different from before. I don’t know what he was thinking. Anyway, Su Rou and I didn’t dare to ask. So many things happened today, and our two minds Neither can be fully digested.