The person who came was an old man, about sixty years old. There were black hairs wandering under his eyes. He looked in a trance and acted crazy. palate palpitations
The old man ran out from the end of the village road, shouting: "I don't know where your head is, I don't know where your head is... Don't chase me! Don't chase me!"
The old man's voice was crazy and frightening. Although it was broad daylight, in an abandoned village that was as quiet as a dead village, such a person suddenly ran out and said such words, which inevitably made people feel chills on the back.
Fortunately, everyone present was a Feng Shui master and had dealt with such matters before, so everyone calmed down and intercepted the old man when they saw him running over.
The people of the Yu family were at the front. They stopped the person first, while the others stood aside and watched, not doing anything at all.
People from the Zhang family stood at the end. Although they did not come forward, they could all understand what was going on.
Wu Shu, the elder sister of the twins on the side, said: "The old man has black hairs in his eyes, and he has a blue head."
Qingtou refers to Yin people. Hai Ruo nodded at the side and added: "That's right. The old man was frightened and his soul wandered away. Calling the soul and calming the mind will help him regain consciousness. This is Xiao Ye's specialty."
As she spoke, she looked tenderly at the little boy wearing a Totoro T-shirt. A certain boy ignored his master, with his eyes hanging and his nose in the sky, "No! There are so many people, and we are not circus people. The Yu family loves live performances, so let them perform! I'll wait for them to perform It’s over, let’s listen to the old man telling ghost stories.”
Xia Shao burst out laughing, this guy has a really vicious tongue. When there are too many people, does it become a circus? He also listened to ghost stories, haha, he is indeed a child who has not grown up.
Sisters Wu Shu and Wu Ke on the side couldn't help but laugh. They looked at Wen Ye with doting eyes, obviously treating him as a younger brother.
After the boy finished complaining, he realized that it was his master Hai Ruo who was talking to him. His eyes suddenly drifted, he snorted uncomfortably, and added, "We have to preserve our strength, and we can't let anyone know the details. It's not going to happen later. Is there another strange Taoist priest? Let him go!"
"Xiao Ye." Wu Ke secretly tugged at the corner of Wen Ye's clothes and glanced behind him, fearing that the handsome man behind him would hear him.
The man had headphones plugged into his ears. In front of him was a scene of an old man going crazy, but he looked like he was enjoying the music and was intoxicated. He obviously had no intention of taking action, and he seemed not to have heard the venomous words of a child in front of him.
But Xia Shao's eyes flickered over the man's raised lips, and she felt like he heard her.
At this time, the disciple of the Yu family in front had already held down the old man, and used his vitality to adjust the yin and yang aura of his body, helping him to calm down a little, and then he looked up at Yu Wei.
Yu Wei's seniority is undoubtedly the highest among the disciples of the Yu family, and she is also the most talented and cultivated among the thirty disciples. The disciples who were holding down the old man looked at her in awe, waiting for her to say something.
Yu Wei is still wearing a red dress, her wavy hair is hanging down, and she has a devilish figure in the sun. She lowered her eyes coldly and looked at the old man, leaning slightly down to look at his dirty face. As she leaned over, the waves on her chest were about to come out, catching people's eyes. Wang Luochuan, who was standing behind her, glanced at her frivolously and swallowed his saliva. Qu Feng on the side looked away without saying a word.
The old man sat on the ground, with someone supporting him. He felt slightly reassured, but just as the emptiness in his eyes settled down, his eyes focused on Yu Wei's red dress, and she immediately showed a screaming expression again, desperately looking towards him. He backed away, kicking his hands and feet wildly, hiding in fear, and shouting frantically: "I'm not your husband! I'm not your husband! Don't look for me, don't look for me..."
"Pfft!" A muffled laugh came from behind Xia Shao. She turned around and saw that the smile on the corners of the strange Taoist priest's lips had not yet disappeared. When he looked at her, he announced the Taoist title of "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord", and then I looked up to the sky innocently.
Many people present wanted to laugh, but they tried their best to hold it back, but Yu Wei's face turned dark. She frowned and said angrily: "If a person's soul is wandering, who will collect it? Don't let him scream! Wake him up and ask about the village."
Yu Wei turned and walked away, obviously not wanting to do it herself.
Soul-calling is usually a superstitious thing among the people. When a child cries incessantly, the elderly will say: "It's because he is frightened. Just carry him to the back of the house and call for the ghost." Is there any use in doing so? , what the truth is, few people can figure it out.
In fact, modern soul medicine does not consider the soul to be the ghost after death. The so-called soul refers to all life phenomena at various levels produced by organisms composed of life macromolecules such as proteins, DNA, and RNA. It exists based on the metabolism of life macromolecules, cells, tissues, organs, and the organism itself.
It is a spiritual study and many religions have their own unique interpretations. According to traditional Chinese medicine, Taoism and Chinese medicine, the human soul is composed of souls. There are three souls, one is the heaven soul, one is the human soul, and the other is the earth soul.
Whether it is soul or soul, it is just a name. It is actually a spiritual manifestation of human beings, a spirit that exists attached to the body of a living person.
Therefore, what the people call "calling the soul" actually means calming the mind.
The disciple who calmed the old man's nerves was a member of the Yu family. He took out the Taoist priest's attire from his suitcase and put it on, holding a soul bell in his hand, walking in strange steps and mumbling something.
The sound of the bell was crisp and clear, and it had a strange rhythm to it, matching the strange steps of the disciple who was casting the spell.
Many people have seen Taoist priests doing this and felt that their steps were chaotic and crazy, thinking they were walking randomly. In fact, that's not the case. That kind of step is called "Gang Step" and it is a very important existence in Taoism.
Gangbu said that it is simply to walk the Luo Shu digital route with your feet on the ground. The Hetu and Luoshu are the sources of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, and even the Zhouyi can be traced back to them.
The methods are different and the steps taken are also different. At this moment, the disciple is walking the Nine Palace Gang Steps. It is to draw the ground layout between stepping and walking to form a nine-square grid, step on the direction of the Big Dipper, and use the vitality to harmonize the yin and yang and the five elements.
The Soul-Dangling Bell does not ring noisily, but slowly and quietly, like a lullaby to the breeze. This is indeed a wonderful way to soothe the mind of the frightened and distracted old man.
And as the disciple walked slowly and vigorously, harmonizing the yin and yang aura around him, the chaotic vitality around the old man gradually recovered, and the man calmed down from his mad state. He sat on the ground, his eyes were distracted at first, but gradually he regained his energy. After about half an hour, his eyes finally moved and he started to look at people.
The first thing he saw was the disciple dressed as a Taoist priest practicing in front of him. He seemed to be grasping at a life-saving straw, and his face showed the first lively expression after his madness. He actually hugged the legs of the disciples of the Yu family, crying, "Taoist priest! Taoist priest, you are finally here! Please save our village! There is a ghost! There is a ghost!"
The old man's words sounded a bit strange, as if their village had gone out to invite someone to do the ritual. Fortunately, he was conscious, but the Xuanmen disciple he was hugging couldn't move, which was a bit embarrassing.
The old man obviously trusted him just because he was dressed as a Taoist priest. In fact, when doing those exercises, the most important thing is the method of Gang Step and ringing the bell, followed by the Taoist robe. Putting on this outfit, most of the time, it is a psychological suggestion level, just like the old man at this time, he obviously believes in wearing Taoist robes people.
Yu Wei frowned impatiently next to her, but she seemed to be a bit uncomfortable with what the old man said just now, "I'm not your husband." She was afraid that her words would remind people of the embarrassing incident, so she simply told Wang Luochuan next to her. With a wink, Wang Luochuan complied. When he looked at the old man, Yu Wei's smiling face turned impatient, "What happened in this village? We are all Feng Shui masters."
Only then did the old man see hundreds of people around him. He was stunned and looked blankly at the disciples of the Yu family who were wearing Taoist robes, "Taoist Master, these, these people are..."
"We are all Feng Shui masters. We heard that the village is haunted, so we all came to see it." The disciple explained. While explaining, he glanced at Yu Wei and asked quickly, "Old man, don't be afraid. There are so many of us here. It doesn’t matter how powerful you are, just tell me what happened.”
The old man was obviously a little confused and looked at so many strangers who came to the village at once. Are they all Feng Shui masters? Why, why so many
He couldn't figure it out, but he didn't think too much about it. Apparently the fear of being haunted overcame everything else, and nothing else was as important in his mind. So he nodded immediately and got up from the ground, but he still held on to the The disciple held on to the cuffs of his Taoist robe and walked towards the village, "Taoist Master, our village is haunted. Most of the people have moved away, but there are still some old people with weak legs and feet. We are all gathered in one house now." Live here, you, come with me!"
The group of people looked at each other after hearing this. They didn't expect that there were still people living in the village that looked so deserted. They stood here for a while, feeling the gloomy atmosphere and thinking that everyone had fled.
The place where the old man took everyone was not far away, just around the corner. He went into the yard and called a group of people out. Unexpectedly, there were more than ten elderly people living in a small house. I don’t know how they were squeezed out. The oldest of these old people was over eighty years old, and their legs and feet were no longer strong, but they were still helped out. Seeing so many Feng Shui masters coming, I was so excited that I burst into tears. .
As the old people told each other word by word, everyone learned a story.
When the old man began to narrate the past events of the village, Wen Ye shrugged from behind and said, "I knew there were ghost stories to listen to."
Xia Shao looked at him with a smile, "If you want to hear ghost stories, why don't you keep your voice down!"
The Feng Shui masters from the Zhang family and other sects were squeezed out, but the old man's voice was excited and his words could still be heard clearly.
The old man who brought everyone here spoke first, "Masters, the haunting in our village started two years ago. In the past, our village had beautiful scenery, and some Feng Shui masters who had been here said that the Feng Shui here was good. Wealthy country squires. In fact, this is indeed the case. Even though our village is small, there are quite a few people with tens of millions of dollars in making a name for themselves outside. The rich people gradually moved away, taking out all the elderly at home. We left the island, but the village was not abandoned. We are very particular about returning to our roots. This village will always have its ancestral temple. During festivals, young people would come back to worship. Later, most of the people in the village were old people like us with average family backgrounds, and some peasant women. Farming here.”
"Our village is called Yiyu Village. Everyone in the village is named Yi. The patriarch lives in the big house at the east end of the village. Two years ago, the haunting started in his house. It is said that a woman always appears in the middle of the night. , looking for her head inexplicably, frightening the whole village... We didn't dare to sleep at night. Later, the patriarch's family invited a Feng Shui master. I don't know where he hired it. Anyway, after he came, he said he would do some magic. But he died suddenly that night!" The old man said, with a look of horror still on his face. Although he was recalling what happened two years ago, he still remembered it vividly.
After hearing this, everyone frowned and looked unhappy. Many people glanced in the distance, looking across a street at the house where the yin energy came from when they first entered the village.
In fact, it was this old man who showed up like crazy just now. If he hadn't showed up, with so many people, he might have gone directly to see what was going on. Unexpectedly, he suddenly appeared. After calming him down, he brought everyone here again. Since they started talking about things in the village, everyone just listened.
I just didn't expect that a Feng Shui master died at the beginning of the story.
Xia Shao also looked at the mansion and lowered her eyes gently. Wen Ye's perception was correct. The Yin man did not have the Five Elements Poison, as if he was not grounded. It's like there is no rest in the grave, the resentment is very strong. The death of a Feng Shui master may not be so difficult to understand.
It's a pity that she didn't dare to open her eyes at will in front of so many people, for fear that someone might sense it. So let’s wait and see it first before talking about it. It would be troublesome to take in this sinister person. If she did it this way, it would definitely attract the attention of the people around her, so she still needed to think about it before acting. If no one touches the gloomy man at night, she will watch it after everyone has left after the Feng Shui master assessment.
Xia Shao thought to herself, but when she turned around, she was suddenly stunned. She glanced over inadvertently and saw the strange Taoist priest standing at the end, looking in the direction of the house, his clear and clean eyes slightly deep.
Perhaps sensing Xia Shao's gaze, the strange Taoist priest turned his head. The moment he met her eyes, his eyes became clear again, as if he just glanced at her out of curiosity and had no other thoughts. His expression was even a little innocent.
At this moment, the old man struggled out of fear and began to narrate again, "The morning after the master died, the daughter of the patriarch's family began to go crazy and lost consciousness. She said strange things all day long. Walking around the village, we would ask people if they were her husband... How could she have a husband? She was engaged but not married yet. We hid when we saw her, and then her temper became more and more irritable. The patriarch suspected that she was sick. , he took her to the hospital for treatment, and the whole family moved away together. They moved, but not every household like us can afford to move away. The young people who came back from the village heard that the village was haunted, so they took their families with them. The old people have all gone. The few families like us left, the poor, the lonely, the widowed, can't leave even if we want to. Ever since the patriarch took his daughter away, we can see the female ghost again."
When the old man said this, his expression became frightened again. Someone on the side said for him: "That's right! The elders say that female ghosts like to wear red or white clothes, but the female ghost was wearing yellow clothes, no, no head... It was scary! Later, we often saw it at night … Saw blood on the window, looked, saw…”
In the middle of what he said, the man's face turned pale before he could continue, and he shook his head in fear, "I don't want to say it, it's too scary! It's too scary!"
"Have you all seen it?" At this time, a boy's young but slightly deep voice asked.
A group of people turned their heads and saw that it was Wen Ye who asked the question. The people from Yuqu Wang's third lineage frowned, obviously not happy that people from Zhang's lineage spoke.
But Xia Shao knew why Wen Ye asked.
Generally speaking, the things like "blood on the windows" seen by villagers are all hallucinations. They are hallucinations caused by strong evil spirits that invade the brain. Most people will be afraid when encountering such a thing, but the more afraid they are, the weaker a person's aura will be, and the easier it will be to be invaded by evil spirits.
Moreover, under normal circumstances, even if a Yin person is developed with a vicious nature, there is still a certain level of cruelty. Generally speaking, those who can emit evil spirits and make people see illusions are already very powerful. And something that can make a whole village see illusions...
How cruel is this existence
Xia Shao felt that the evil energy of the dragon scale could easily do such a thing. With her current cultivation level, she could control the evil energy of the dragon scale to spread all over the place instead of just attacking one person.
But the dragon scale is a fierce sword from thousands of years ago. Its sinister power is so strong that as long as Xia Shao can control it, it can do it! But a sinister person... can do such a thing... I have never heard of it.
Others had obviously thought about this as well, with thoughtful expressions on their faces.
But the old people in the village thought that this group of Feng Shui masters thought they were lying, so they felt and said: "Masters, we, what we said are all true! We really saw them all! They are exactly the same, otherwise we wouldn't know how to do it." I think it’s haunted. It’s so scary and weird to say this! Please, since so many people are here, please save us!”
"Yes, masters. I have a son who is outside. I don't dare to call him back and ask him to hire a master. But he doesn't make much money. He can't hire those who are effective and charge a high price. From then on, The people we were looking for in the tavern were either scared away or died violently after they arrived. In the end, we had no choice but to huddle together with a few households. We planned to live in the village after this new year, even if we went out to beg for food. . No, I didn’t expect you to come, but you must save us!”
In the eyes of the simple old people in the fishing village, one or two of these Feng Shui masters with unpredictable skills are usually not seen. Today, I saw a group of them for no reason. Why don't I beg them to stay longer? There is no shop like this in this village! And there are so many of them, there will definitely be a way to work together! We can't all be scared away by that female ghost, right
But many people looked thoughtful and thoughtful, and many did not want to agree rashly.
After all, this time I came here to take the Feng Shui master assessment, not specifically to deal with Yin people, and besides, they were such powerful Yin people.
Most people from the Yu family, Qu family, and Wang family are curled up. Although these people are the backbone of the Feng Shui community, most of them are in big cities where they show investment fortunes and home Feng Shui to wealthy businessmen. Regarding the matter of collecting Yin people, let alone specializing in the art, even those who have this ability may not want to cause such trouble if they have lived a comfortable life for too long.
This is a big green head! There may be a risk of death. Even if a group of people formed a formation to seal her off, what would be the benefit? What benefit can these lonely old people in the village bring? Is it possible to let them do charity
Even if you do charity to accumulate evil virtue, it still depends on the timing! What time is it now? Feng Shui Master Assessment! The result is related to your reputation in the industry and your customers in the next three years. Not to mention the far ones, let’s talk about the close ones. Setting up the formation will definitely consume a lot of energy. Tomorrow morning, we have to go to the mountain behind the island to inspect the dragon veins and Duanyin points. There will definitely be other assessments after that. The energy is consumed in setting up the formation, which affects the assessment. Whose result is it
A few of the Leng family seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the other three lines, but they did not dare to speak rashly and just turned their attention to Mr. Leng. The old man lowered his eyes, seeming to be thinking about something, but made no statement yet. Leng Yixin's calm expression never changed when she was beside the old man. What she is good at is fortune-telling, but not good at fighting tricks.
At this time, Wang Huai, one of the four elders of Xuanmen, laughed and looked at Zhang Zhongxian with his hands behind his hands. He smiled like a Maitreya Buddha and was very kind. "Old Zhang, what do you think of this matter?"
"Mr. Zhang will definitely accept it. Doesn't your lineage boast of being kind to others and accumulating good deeds? This is a matter of accumulating good deeds. I'm sure Mr. Zhang will not shirk it." Qu Zhicheng snorted coldly and said from the side. Obviously he was seeking revenge for what he had done when he first entered the island today.
Zhang Zhongxian was a bit shorter than Qu Zhicheng. He looked up at the other party with his hands behind his back. His aura was not diminished at all, and his tone was very sarcastic, "Yes. Be kind to others and accumulate good deeds. All the disciples of our lineage have this kind of character." . Unlike some people who are selfish and self-interested. They say they are Feng Shui masters, but they are actually worse than ordinary people. In addition to amassing money, they are just greedy for life and afraid of death."
Qu Zhicheng's face turned cold, and the veins on his forehead jumped. However, he suppressed his anger and smiled angrily: "Yes, people of Mr. Zhang's lineage are selfless and sacrifice themselves for others. Then you will take charge of the affairs of the village this time." Alright."
"Should we take it? We are here to take the Feng Shui master assessment. By then we have wasted our energy and let you take advantage of it? My old man is not that stupid! We have to take care of the affairs in the village, but we will not take care of it after the assessment. If you are greedy for life and fear of death, you don’t have to ask about things in the village. My old man has many ways to prevent these dozen villagers from being harassed by evil people these days."
Indeed, if you want to protect these villagers from harassment for the time being, just set up a barrier. It's just that the Yin people are so powerful that the barrier may not last for a few days. But a few days are enough.
Qu Zhicheng was obviously stunned, his eyes flashed, and he and Wang Huai looked at Yu Jiuzhi.
Yu Jiuzhi still had a majestic look and an authoritative attitude, "The Yin people in this village are powerful. Zhang Zhongxian, there are more than ten disciples of your lineage. If we can get rid of this Yin people together, then your magical attainments will naturally pass the test. We will This assessment is fair and impartial. If you are not the Yin people in the village, and your vitality is not wasted in vain, I can count you to pass the assessment on magic."
Yu Jiuzhi's words sounded fair and just, but in fact, all the disciples of the Zhang family looked indignant after hearing his words!
Why don't you ask others to go and do this for them? Doesn't this mean that people from their lineage should die
Although the previous assessments were not easy, at least there was no risk of life and everything was done in a matter of seconds. But this time the Yin man is different. He is so vicious. Will she stop talking to the Feng Shui master who comes to get rid of her? joke!
This is a matter of risking fate!
Yu Jiuzhi's words were so vicious. He clearly wanted the Zhang family to die!
These Feng Shui masters seemed to be having a dispute. The old people in the village saw it, but they didn't know what to do and could only watch eagerly. At this time, the dozen or so Feng Shui masters from other sects, even if they had no eyesight, could still see the discord between Xuanmen.
Zhang's lineage is a bit isolated, which is not good...
But Yu Jiuzhi did not wait for Zhang Zhong to agree first, and said to the old people in the village: "I, a member of Junior Brother Zhang's lineage, will be responsible for the hauntings in your village. If you have anything to do, you can talk to them."
After saying that, without waiting for the disciples of the Zhang family to be indignant, he turned around and said to the others: "Stay in the village tonight, there are so many vacant rooms, you can find a place to stay, and go to the mountain behind the fishing village tomorrow morning. Find a place to rest."
As soon as Yu Jiuzhi spoke, all the disciples became like birds and beasts and dispersed. When they were choosing a house, they all deliberately avoided the mansion where the patriarch lived. Yu Wei looked at the direction of the mansion and chose a house with a restrained position to bring people in. Leng Yixin chose the nearest room, but when she saw the spider webs outside the room, she frowned slightly.
When everyone entered the house, they sprinkled salt and pepper, took lotus cups and put wine in them, set up exquisite towers, and set up barriers. This time, more than a hundred Feng Shui masters came here, many of whom were masters, and everyone was in company. They all felt that the Yin man should not dare to make too much noise at night.
Moreover, if people from the Zhang family want to fight against the Yin people, this barrier is enough for the rest of them.
Even the Feng Shui masters from other sects also found a house to live in. Xia Shao found that only the handsome strange Taoist priest remained. He stayed in the ranks of the Zhang family.
As soon as the people dispersed, the whole road in the village seemed deserted and empty. When the old people saw that there were still about ten people left, they grabbed Zhang Zhongxian like a life-saving straw and insisted on begging him for help.
However, the disciples of the Zhang family became angry. Naturally, they were not targeting the old people in the village, but Yu Jiuzhi and others.
"Asshole! I really doubt that they have discussed this trip to this island in advance! Otherwise, why would they choose such a place? In the past, the assessments were all done in the suburbs or in Lingshan and Dachuan, and I have never heard of anyone coming to the island. This is my first time here In this haunted village, the sinister people in it are so vicious, this is obviously a conspiracy! It’s for our lineage!"
"I think so too. They really bully people too much! This is not consultation, it is simply force! Master, master, we have disappeared from the Feng Shui world for a few years. We really don't want to be angry anymore. How about fighting them tonight?" Bar!"
"Don't be angry! We have fewer people and they have the advantage. Unless... we can recruit the evil people in the village as talisman!"
"Are you kidding? Don't you feel the Yin Qi behind you? The Yin Qi is so dense in broad daylight. This Yin person is difficult to deal with. It would be great if you can seal her! Accept her? The cultivation of God Refining and Returning to the Void is also You have to take it easy. We... don't have such a high level of cultivation."
"Even if they are collected, what will happen to the old people in the village if they are released to fight them to the death? Such a vicious evil spirit will do a lot of harm to people. This method will not work!"
"I know it won't work. This isn't just out of anger. Let's talk about it... I can't be more angry!"
The disciples were all indignant, but at this moment, a girl's slow voice came from behind the crowd.
"Old man, can I ask what happened before the village became haunted two years ago?"
The girl's voice was slow and she was standing behind the crowd in a white dress. She had a quiet and elegant aura. Although her appearance was not amazing, one glance at her made people feel peaceful.
The disciples were stunned. They naturally knew Xia Shao. Zhang Zhongxian had just introduced him to them in the morning. I heard that she was a female disciple that the late Master Su took in five years ago. She spoke very little and almost never opened her mouth along the way. A student-looking girl was looking down at her high school textbook in the cabin. It seemed that her cultivation level was not very high, and she was only in the most basic stage of refining and refining energy, but she didn't expect that at this moment, her reaction was very calm and calm. When everyone was angrily scolding Yu Jiuzhi and others, she could still have thoughts. Continue to ask about things in the village.
This is easy to say, but it is not something people with ordinary minds can do. At the very least, this calm and steady mentality is admirable.
Sisters Hai Ruo, Wen Ye and Wu Shu and Wu Ke all looked at Xia Shao. The strange Taoist priest standing at the back also looked at Xia Shao, his eyes still clear, but with a bright color.
Xia Shao, on the other hand, let everyone watch, not embarrassed or shy, but looked calmly at the old man in the village, waiting for the old man's answer.
She felt that the process of this incident being haunted was very clear, but the cause was sudden. How could it suddenly become haunted
"Old man, have the mountains and rivers in the village been touched? Was there any major groundbreaking two years ago, or anything special happened?" Xia Shao was afraid that the old man would not be able to remember it, so she pointed out a direction for their reference.
The feng shui of this village is still very good, but to see it all, you have to go to a high place on the mountain to overlook it. The mountain range behind is a place we will go to tomorrow. It will obviously be dark when we walk there today, so it is better to ask directly.
Many times, to solve a problem, you need to find the source. Only by identifying the cause of the problem and solving it from the source can it be truly solved.
But Xia Shao suddenly asked. After the old people thought about it, some people shook their heads, "No... our village has a history of hundreds of years! At the beginning, a Feng Shui master said that our village has good Feng Shui and does not allow tampering with the soil. I care about these things very much. I never touch the mountains and rivers in the village."
"There's really nothing groundbreaking..."
"Hiss! No, there is something!" Suddenly, an old man spoke, as if he remembered something, his eyes changed, "Have you forgotten? Two years ago, there was an earthquake at sea. The earthquake was not big, but it was felt. , that day our village ancestral hall was shaken, and a tablet that had been enshrined fell down and broke... "
When he said this, the other old people's expressions changed, as if they had thought about it. The hauntings in the past two years have been so bad that everyone has forgotten about it out of fear.
Now that I think about it, such an event did happen before the haunting!
"That tablet is not for people. There is a legend in our village. It is for two golden-scaled pythons from two hundred years ago! I heard that they are one female and one male. The broken tablet... is for a female. Yes!" The old man said this, his face turned pale, "Master, don't you mean that?"
"Can't you? It's just a python, not a human being. That female ghost is a human being!"
"But she was wearing yellow clothes! Didn't the story we heard when we were children say that the big python was beheaded?"
"You, you, you... are just thinking! Don't scare people! Can pythons become sperms?"
When the old people talked about this matter, they had some disputes.
Xia Shao listened, thought for a moment, and asked: "Does anyone still remember this story? Can you tell it and listen to it?"
When she asked, the old people all turned their eyes back and looked at the oldest old man sitting on the chair at the door.
The old man's hair was already gray. When he heard this, he couldn't help but cast his eyes far away and nodded slowly. His voice was old and not too loud. Everyone listened with their ears straightened, as if they were listening to an old man telling a story about the village. An ancient story passed down by word of mouth.
"This story has been passed down in our village for two hundred years. At that time, there was a war between the imperial court and a military general in our village who was particularly good at conquering and fighting. Later, he became famous and was named a general. This general returned to his hometown in honor and wanted to fight in the village. Build a temple to worship his ancestors. He wanted to build the temple on the mountain, but the elders in the village did not allow him to change the feng shui of the village. In the end, he settled for the next best thing and chose the one behind our island. Island. The island was very small and usually uninhabited. The island was densely forested, so the general chose that island to build the temple. But something strange happened just the day before he led his troops to break ground."
The old man sighed, and then recalled in a very distant voice, "The night before the groundbreaking, the general had a dream. In the dream, two golden-scaled pythons told him to ask him to go to the island again in three days. They wanted to Move away first. Alas! But after getting up in the morning, the general did not take this dream seriously, and took the soldiers to the island behind. When the ground was broken, a golden-scaled python was discovered, and the soldiers were horrified. , and beat the big python to death. As soon as one was killed, another one came back from a distance. Everyone was frightened, and they killed it together regardless of it. The head of the python that was killed was cut off. , and later found out that it was a female snake with a baby snake in her belly... Oh! What a sin!"
"Later, a Feng Shui master came to the village and said that these two snakes were more than a hundred years old and had spirituality. If they died in vain, the people in the village would be punished. So they asked us to make two golden-scaled pythons into tablets, which will be remembered for generations to come. Worship. And the temple on the small island behind has also been changed into a temple for Zhenling... These are stories passed down from ancestors, I don’t know whether they are true or not. Since it was haunted two years ago, we have never been to the temple behind. ."
The old man told a sad and embarrassing story, but Xia Shao lowered her eyes.
After hearing this, she raised her eyes and said, "Where is the ancestral hall in the village? Please take me to see that tablet."
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