We all felt sad after hearing this story, and we didn't hate the dead woman so much. Her whole family died, no wonder she always came to buy medicine in a rage every Ghost Festival. Maybe her husband and children were reincarnated, and she lived alone in the underworld. Other ghosts went to collect offerings, so how could she not feel lonely
It seems that what the dead woman said before was true. She should not have lied to me about her husband's reincarnation. He stayed with her in the underworld for fifteen years before being reincarnated. It has been thirty-five years now.
A woman like this living in the world, encountering such an incident, will definitely change her temperament, not to mention a ghost? The ghost shop mainly treats this kind of ghosts, so my decision just now was not wrong, and it was right to let her go. Or my great-grandfather was right, exorcising ghosts and demons can only bring temporary peace to the world, and it is a temporary solution, not a fundamental solution. The root cause lies in the ghosts and evil spirits. If you want to solve the root cause, you must start with the ghosts and evil spirits. Only by eliminating the resentment and dissatisfaction in their hearts can the world of the living be peaceful.
The old man also told us that the dead woman was called Ruyu, and her ghost had been lingering in the woods behind the village for many years. Those who had beaten her because of the sweet potato also died mysteriously in the woods one after another. People from other villages found out and called this place Ghost Village. Originally, this village was called Qingquan Village, but as time went by, it became Ghost Village. After several decades, except for a few old people, young people started calling it Ghost Village. But the word "ghost" was too scary, so someone added a "king" character to it, and it became Gui Village.
I thought to myself that Gui Village was not clean either, not much better than Ren Village, so why would the residents of Ren Village move here? Qu Mo asked this question before I did.
The old man said with horror that Ren Village was much scarier than Gui Village before. Twenty years ago, Ren Village was called Maolin Village. It had been peaceful, but suddenly it started to be haunted. Ghosts could be seen almost every night in the village. Sometimes there were groups of ghosts. Some people died inexplicably, and even their bodies were stolen after death. A fortune teller was called in, who said that it was ghosts digging graves. From then on, the people in that village fled to Gui Village as if they were escaping the plague.
The people who stayed in the village named it Rencun in order to exorcise ghosts and drive away evil spirits, but a fortune teller changed the name to Ren, saying that people can only anger evil spirits, and benevolence can influence them, so it has been called Rencun since then. Later, the village was said to be haunted, but after all, there were too few residents, so no one had heard of anything very strange.
When I heard this, I suddenly remembered that when I first came here last night, I also encountered a group of ghosts. So I tentatively asked the old man: "Hasn't there ever been a group of ghosts here?"
The old man frowned and said, "It has happened, but not often. It has only happened since the people from Ren Village moved here. People in the village think they brought it here. So every night, every household dares not go out. In the past 20 years, nothing has happened."
"Then why were there so many people bathing in the hot spring last night?" Wang Zijun asked the question again.
The old man's face flashed with fear again. He hesitated for a long time before saying, "No one has dared to bathe in that hot spring pool for more than ten years. People dared not go out at night, but they still went to the pool to bathe during the day. But one night, someone who came back to the village for a funeral saw a dead body floating in the pool..."
When Lu Fei heard this, he immediately covered his mouth and made a "wuwa" retching sound. Wang Zijun reacted even more violently than him. He ran out of the door and started vomiting!
Damn it, I felt a little sick because I had been in the pool for a while and I felt like my whole body was emitting the stench of a corpse.
The old man continued, "Some people have seen people bathing in the pool at night, but they have all been dead for many years..."
Lu Fei couldn't hold it in any longer and ran out, vomiting violently. It's okay to have a corpse, but there's also a dead ghost bathing in it. Don't you think they are so unlucky to have drunk this kind of bath soup, which is really unique in the world!
The old man was stunned by their intense reaction. I smiled and said to him, "It's okay. They ate too much last night and are so full. Go on."
When Qu Mo heard what I said, he immediately covered his mouth and laughed, and even Ma Yunxi couldn't help but smile.
The old man went on to say that since then, more than a decade ago, no one dared to approach the hot spring pool, no matter day or night. The lights at the entrance of the village were deliberately installed by the villagers to scare away evil spirits with bright lights. It has been seven or eight years since we heard of anyone bathing in the pool in the middle of the night. This time, we heard and saw it again, how could the old man not be afraid.
"Sir, isn't it only in Ren Village that corpses get lost? How come this also happened in Gui Village?" Ma Yunxi was not interested in ghosts and evil spirits, but he did like corpses.
The old man sighed and shook his head when he heard this, saying, "Why else would you say that the people of Ren Village brought evil spirits? In the past twenty years, bodies have often been stolen from the cemetery. The fortune teller said that it was ghosts digging up the graves..."
I nodded secretly when I heard this. This Yin-Yang master was not a sham and was reliable. It was indeed a ghost digging the grave. But what on earth did the ghost dig the grave and steal the body for? I still couldn't figure it out.
The old man then told us that since there weren’t many bodies stolen, only seven or eight in twenty years, no one paid much attention to it. But unfortunately, his family suffered a tragedy, and the old man saw his son’s body being stolen. His eyes turned red as he spoke. My eldest sister-in-law had been silent all this time, but now she sobbed softly after hearing this.
I touched my nose and thought, ghosts pass by here in droves, corpses and dead ghosts bathe in the hot spring pool from time to time, and ghosts dig graves. This Gui Village is simply a ghost town! According to the old man, apart from the dead woman Ru Yu who came out to harm people, there have been no other evil things that harm people in many years. It's really weird!
As we were talking, it was dawn. Xiao Mao woke up and complained of a stomachache. He went to the toilet to take a shit and came back alive and well. The old man and his sister-in-law were overjoyed and thanked us profusely. Of course, we had breakfast at their house. After breakfast, we went back to the car to take a nap.
When we woke up at noon, the old man asked us to eat. He stewed a big pot of the big rooster that was bitten to death by Xiao Mao. It smelled so good!
The old man took out two bottles of old wine that he had collected for many years, fried a few eggs, and boiled some peanuts. I was so greedy that my mouth was watering. I had not dared to drink much these days, but now I smelled the aroma of stewed chicken and white wine, and my appetite was aroused. When we were drinking, I asked the old man's name.
The old man's surname is Zhen, and his name is Zhen Yuchun. Well, this name sounds good at first, but don't chew it too much, otherwise it will become really stupid. The daughter-in-law is called Wang Qinglan, a very ordinary name for a rural woman. She is very kind and hardworking. She is also very skillful, and the chicken soup she stews is especially delicious. It's just a pity that beauty has a short life, alas!
After dinner, I drank a little wine and felt dizzy, and I felt very comfortable. While Lu Fei and Wang Zijun were chatting with Zhen Yuchun, I took out the compass and searched the soul again. I found that Shen Bing's soul appeared again, but just like before, it disappeared quickly. I took the paper and looked at the locations where Shen Bing appeared several times, each time different.
He touched his nose, feeling a little tipsy at the time, and his brain was surprisingly flexible, and he suddenly came up with an idea.
Cast your net to catch souls tonight!