Guess what, a stone mill outside the door is turning by itself, making a "squeak... cha... cha..." sound. In the silver-gray environment, it looks extremely strange.
A group of old ladies lived in this valley, isolated from the world. The food they grew was ground into powder using the most primitive stone mill. This kind of stone mill is a stone millstone at the bottom and a stone roller on the top. Usually, animals are blindfolded and pull the stone roller in circles. This requires enough strength, and the old ladies probably can't push it. When I first saw this thing, I was puzzled, but now I finally understand what's going on. It's a ghost pushing the mill!
Everyone must know the old saying that money makes the devil work. Why would a devil work hard
During the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a man named Liu Yiqing who wrote a book called "Records of the Underworld". In it, he told such a story, so it became the origin of the saying "ghosts pushing the millstone". Ghosts also need to live, like the poor ghosts in the underworld. No one supports them at home, so they can only live on the low streets, and some even starve to death. In order to be full, they can do anything, but because there are day and night patrols in the world, they dare not steal openly, and can only help people work. For example, the saying that money can make ghosts push the millstone is not groundless.
But the old lady was not rich, so how could she afford to hire a ghost to help her turn the mill? This became a big question. Could it be that the ghost of her deceased relatives was helping her turn the mill
Looking back at Shen Bing and the old lady, they were both sleeping soundly, so I quietly slipped out the door, intending to catch the ghost and ask him about it. I felt that this village was not what the old lady said, and it must have concealed the truth. Ghosts like those who help people grind the mill to earn a little money are the most common and stupid ones. Those with some status would never do such low-level labor, so catching them must be a piece of cake.
The bag was in the house, and all the things were in the bag, only a handful of copper coins were always prepared in the pocket. So he took out eight coins and made a simple Bagua formation to trap the dead ghost without hurting him.
He whispered two spells, made a hand gesture and threw out the copper coins. Suddenly, a yellow light flashed, but it did not attack like the Bagua Formation. Instead, the copper coins formed a relatively large circle, surrounding the millstone.
"ah… "
A sinister cry came from the millstone, and the roller immediately stopped moving.
Done. I put my hands behind my back, took two steps forward, and asked quietly: "You..."
Just as he said a word, he found that the millstone in front of him suddenly disappeared. Oh, no, even if this ghost could escape the copper coin array, it was impossible for it to take the millstone with it. Turning around, he saw that the white flowers around him were gone, and the houses were all evaporated like air. The valley returned to the state it was when he first came in, a desolate place!
I was startled and turned around quickly. Damn it, the old lady's room was gone too. It didn't matter that the room was gone, but Shen Bing was gone with her, which made me panic.
"Shen Bing..." I called out loudly. My voice echoed faintly in the valley, and other than that there was no other sound.
The moon that was hanging in the sky just now suddenly disappeared, and the sky was pitch black without even a star. The valley was plunged into darkness, and I could vaguely see the eerie aura rising from the ground. The temperature suddenly dropped, and I shivered with cold.
Baihua Valley disappeared, even Shen Bing was abducted, along with all the equipment in my bag!
It's so weird. Everything in this valley changes at any time, just like a haunted house. It's unbelievable. I've experienced so many strange things, but I can't figure out what's going on. If it's a haunted house, the old lady is definitely a human. It's impossible for her to live in it, and it's even more impossible for her to appear and disappear with the haunted house.
I had a talisman on my chest when I entered the valley, but when the White Flower Valley appeared, I put it away in my bag. Now I don't have a single talisman on me. If I want to stay in this corpse-raising place with such a strong yin energy, I have to be desperate. I didn't have time to look for Shen Bing anymore. She would be fine if she followed the old lady. I tried to save my life first and ran out of the valley in a hurry.
After running back for a long time, I found that I couldn't find the valley entrance. I almost cried. At first, I could still see the mountain pass shrouded in clouds and mist, but now it was pitch black. Where is the valley entrance? Who can go
I felt a chilly breath penetrate through my pores, and my body gradually became colder. The evil spirit began to invade me. If I couldn't get out within half an hour, it would be very bad.
I didn't dare to stop, I was hot from moving around, and I used the Soul Refining Technique to temporarily suppress the evil spirit. This was thanks to the magic treasure, which allowed me to recover my vitality in the provincial capital and make a breakthrough in my Taoist practice, otherwise I would definitely be dead by now.
I ran around the valley like a headless fly, but later I found the ground was hard and not like soil. I squatted down and touched it curiously, and it was cold bricks. The shape was bigger than the bricks now, like the blue bricks of the past.
I touched forward and found some ceramic fragments. It was strange. Why did I feel like I had entered an ancient tomb? The cold air around me was not as strong as before, and the evil aura gradually faded. I smelled a musty smell. I touched for a while and found nothing. I picked up a piece of broken porcelain and threw it forward to listen to the sound of it falling to the ground. I looked at the area covered by the blue bricks.
Unexpectedly, the sound was less than three feet away from me, and a large piece of debris bounced back and splashed on my face. I quickly covered my face in pain. Grass, there was a stone wall in front.
I reached forward and felt a cold brick wall. Yes, it was definitely a blue brick wall. I immediately understood what was going on. This was the tomb wall!
I really entered the ancient tomb. Isn't this too outrageous? I touched a piece of broken ceramic from the ground and threw it upwards. It made a "ding-dong" sound, which confirmed that I was in the tomb, or in a small house made of blue bricks. But the latter was not very likely, because when the ceramic piece hit the wall just now, I heard a hollow sound. It is said that there is a mechanism hidden in the tomb wall, which may be the legendary vanadic acid.
If you want to verify the facts, you have to move forward slowly. If there is a coffin, it is indeed an ancient tomb.
Anyway, now that I realized the evil spirit was not strong, there was no need to flee in a hurry, so I just walked forward slowly like a blind man. Suddenly, I tripped and it seemed to be a person.
I bent over and touched the body, and it was cold and stiff. It was a dead body. It was easy to deal with because there might be lighting equipment or lighters on the body. Sure enough, I touched a headlamp on the head of the person. But it was out of power. I found a battery in the pocket of the body, so I took off the headlamp, replaced the battery in the dark, and the light actually came on!