"This is a long story, young man. You know the meaning of 'Mei', right? 'Mei' actually means ghost. This mountain was originally called Guishan, and we also called this place Guishan Town. Later, when New China was founded, it was felt that ghosts were unlucky, so the name was changed to 'Mei'." The boss took a sip of wine and spoke to me slowly.
"Is there anything strange about this mountain? How can it be called a ghost mountain?" I asked puzzledly.
"I'm not too sure about this, and I can't say for sure. Anyway, this mountain is quite weird. You'd better be careful, young man. Especially at night, if you hear any strange noises, don't respond, otherwise it will bring disaster." The boss kindly reminded.
"Thank you, uncle. I will be more careful at night." Only the boss didn't know my occupation. I'm just a ghost catcher. What's so scary about that? I've seen the Black and White Impermanence, so how could I be afraid of a few little ghosts
Chen Lei looked at the sky and said, "Police comrade, let's hurry up and try to arrive by noon tomorrow."
"Otherwise, let's travel during the day tomorrow. After listening to what the boss said, I feel that this mountain must be a little weird." I'm not afraid, but I feel that it's better to have less trouble than more.
"What's so scary? I've been on that mountain at night for more than a hundred times, and I haven't seen any ghosts." Chen Lei scratched his head and said, "That boss can only scare people. It's nothing serious. The main thing is that I want to get back as soon as possible. The main thing is that I'm worried about those people in our village."
When I heard Chen Lei say that, and since I was a ghost catcher, how could I be afraid of ghosts? I agreed, and then Chen Lei and I went to the town to buy some more. I asked Chen Lei if he needed to buy some quilts or something, so that it would be better in that dilapidated temple.
Chen Lei told me that villagers who often go out of the village have left several quilts in the dilapidated temple, just for rest at night. I felt relieved when I heard this, otherwise it would be a bit too difficult for me to sleep on the weeds.
Then I followed Chen Lei into the mountain. Meishan is not very high, but it is quite large, and the forest is very lush. Chen Lei and I felt quite comfortable walking on the path. Occasionally, we heard birds singing, and we were in a good mood. It seemed that the mountain was full of vitality, and not as scary as the boss said.
But now the sky was slowly getting darker. As soon as it got dark, Chen Lei took out his flashlight and hurried on his way. To be honest, the bird calls that could be heard in the evening were all gone now. Instead, there was silence, a silence that was a little scary.
Although I am not afraid of ghosts, I am very afraid of this kind of atmosphere. So we walked towards the dilapidated temple in the sky of Chen Lei. But I don’t know if it’s a professional habit, I always feel that someone is staring at me from behind. This feeling started as soon as the sun went down. It was not strong at the beginning, but as time passed and it got later, this feeling became stronger and stronger. Now I looked at the time, it was half past nine. I always felt that I even heard a faint breathing sound behind me, but when I looked back, there was nothing, only the dark mountain road.
"Brother Chen, do you feel anything strange?" I felt uncomfortable all over and asked Chen Lei who was leading the way in front of me.
"No, is there anything strange?" Chen Lei turned around and asked.
"That's right, Brother Chen, be careful ahead." I was just about to tell Chen Lei about this feeling when I suddenly saw a face appear in front of Chen Lei, but the face disappeared in less than a second.
Chen Lei was startled by me. He looked ahead with a flashlight, but there was nothing. "Police comrade, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? We will reach the dilapidated temple in an hour. Take a good rest then."
But I didn't hear a word of what Chen Lei said to me. That face just now couldn't be an illusion. I still remember it. It was a woman's face. She looked about twenty years old, and she was smiling at us.
In this case, it is impossible that it is a ghost that you encountered accidentally. In fact, people who travel at night can easily encounter ghosts. For example, when traveling at night, they often hear strange noises or something. At this time, as long as you don't pay attention to it, there will be no problem. Of course, there is an exception, that is, the ghost is smiling at you. I have said before that as long as the ghost smiles at you, it must want to harm you.
I didn't dare to hesitate now, and immediately took out a 'Talisman to Suppress Evil Spirits', and looked around carefully. This time I only brought ten 'Talismans to Suppress Evil Spirits', five 'Five Thunderbolts Talismans', and three 'Talismans to Summon Divine Generals' which I had kept in the box.
Chen Lei saw how careful I was and took out a talisman. He probably knew what was going on, so he ran behind me and asked, "Comrade police, what happened?"
I shook my head and said, "It's nothing, I just bumped into something dirty this time." Then I took out some cow's tears and rubbed them on my eyes. I thought about it again and decided not to let Chen Lei rub it on my eyes, mainly because I was afraid of scaring him.
It’s true, after applying the cow’s tears, I felt that I could see everything around me more clearly, but I still couldn’t see the ghost. I stood there for about a minute, but there was still no shadow. Could it be that I was really dazzled
"Police comrade, what should we do now?" Chen Lei asked, looking around carefully.
"It's okay, maybe I'm dazzled. Let's continue on our way." The face just now did not continue to appear, and I had no choice but to say this to Chen Lei.
When Chen Lei heard that it might be my eyes playing tricks on me, he let out a long sigh and said, "That's good. I was scared to death." It seems that Chen Lei is also very afraid of ghosts.
Then I continued to follow Chen Lei and walked for more than an hour. At around half past ten, we finally arrived at the dilapidated temple that Chen Lei mentioned.
But I broke into a cold sweat when I saw a dilapidated temple, because this dilapidated temple was completely red, everything was red, and there were many wind chimes hanging on the wall. Hanging wind chimes at night can attract ghosts. And seeing this red dilapidated temple reminded me of the Red Gate Inn, which was really fucked up.
Chen Lei saw my expression change drastically, so he asked, "Comrade police officer, what's wrong with this dilapidated temple? Why do you look so bad today?"
I smiled bitterly in my heart, but didn't say anything else. Are we not going in now? You know, there is always a room inside, and I heard Chen Lei say that they often rest in this dilapidated temple, so I thought it shouldn't be a big deal.
As for those wind chimes, I asked Chen Lei, and Chen Lei said he didn't know either, and it seemed like they had been there for a long time.
It was already quite late, so Chen Lei and I didn't hesitate any longer. We went inside and found the place where the Buddha statue was enshrined to sleep. However, I was dumbfounded when I went in. This temple did not enshrine Buddha statues at all, but a stone statue of a three-eyed monkey. This stone statue looked extremely weird. Not only did it have three eyes, but it also had two horns on its head and a pair of wings behind it. However, they were very small, and it felt like the image of a foreign demon.
I seemed to have heard of this kind of monkey. I tried hard to stay for a while, then I remembered that this monkey was recorded in a book of my master. This kind of monkey is called a charm monkey, a half-ghost, half-demon creature, very evil. However, it has not appeared in the world for a long time. I didn't expect that there is a temple dedicated to it here. This place should have been a gathering point for a cult in the past.
"Let's take turns to keep watch today. We can't sleep together. It's not safe." I said as I watched Chen Lei lie down and prepare to sleep.
When Chen Lei heard what I said, he thought it made sense, so he said, "Okay, police comrade, I'll guard it first, you take a nap."
I saw that Chen Lei looked very tired, and if there were any ghosts, they would come out around 12 to 3 o'clock, and it would be unsafe for him to guard, so I said, "It's okay, you go to sleep first, I'll guard for the first half of the night."
After hearing what I said, Chen Lei nodded and fell asleep. I also cut some dry firewood from the surrounding area, made a fire, then took out a bottle of mineral water from my bag and poured it over my head to make myself more awake.