The road became more dangerous as we drove forward. It was almost not a road, but a relatively flat area in the valley. My bones were almost broken by the bumps. I felt sorry for the driver. The driver also had a sad face and kept complaining that he shouldn't have taken this business trip. The car would have to be overhauled if he returned. Fortunately, he didn't mention going back and continued to drive forward.
The mountains on both sides are densely forested. From time to time, you can see the Miao and Yao villages on the ridges and valleys. Under the shade of trees, the old blackened wooden houses and the stilt houses that I have seen on TV look ancient and beautiful, mysterious and vicissitudes. Occasionally, you can hear a few dogs barking, which is so intimate in the empty mountains. It seems to make people feel that they have returned to the original peaceful and quiet world, and their souls are purified at this moment.
Rows of moss-covered stone steps silently extend down from the village, as if guiding the children on their way home. By the stream in the village, you can also see a few Miao girls washing clothes. Under the setting sun, they form a beautiful natural picture, an unforgettable beauty.
Because the road was difficult to travel on and the driving speed was very slow, we followed the police car from a distance. We saw the police car in front of us moving in the ravine like a small black dot, so they would not notice that there was someone following them.
The sky gradually darkened, and we had arrived at a very desolate mountain area. The Miao, Yao and Tujia villages were nowhere to be seen, perhaps hidden behind the mountains and dense forests. We could only see a few wisps of smoke rising from afar, which looked very far away.
I wondered where they were going, deep in the mountains and forests, could they be looking for a corpse-driving inn? It was said that this was opened by the corpse-driving gang, and they were accepting corpse-driving business. Because they were too mysterious and terrifying, they often lived deep in the mountains and could only be found through informants. Otherwise, I really couldn't think of any other reason why Shen Bing and his gang would run to the mountains and forests.
I asked the driver if there were any strange customs in the mountainous area of western Hunan.
The driver was obviously in a bad mood and told me perfunctorily that there are three evil spirits in Xiangxi. I was stunned and asked him what the three evil spirits in Xiangxi are
"The three evils of Xiangxi are corpse-driving, poison-releasing, and cave-dwelling women!"
Forgive me for my ignorance, I have heard of corpse-driving and poison-releasing, but I have never heard of the cave woman. I asked him to tell me about the three evils in detail, but he didn't say anything about them. Instead, he muttered that there was still a long way to go out of the ravine and it was going to be dark soon. What bad luck.
I took out another five hundred yuan and handed it to him, thinking that the car had just been bumping around for a long time, so I could just go back and have it serviced. It wouldn't cost much, so giving him an extra thousand yuan would be enough.
The driver was in a better mood when he saw the money, and he started to talk to me about the three evil things in Xiangxi. The first one is corpse-driving, which is a well-known mysterious profession in Xiangxi. Few people do it now, but because it is difficult for transportation tools to enter the deep mountains, people who die here still have to rely on corpse-driving craftsmen to send them out, so this profession has not become extinct. I heard that there is a corpse-driving inn in this area, but he is not sure where it is exactly.
The second is to release the poison. Most of the people who do this are Miao women. This is also a custom passed down from ancient times. The locals call them "Gu Niang". It is said that the more beautiful the Gu Niang is, the more poisonous the Gu she makes. They use poisonous snakes, scorpions, centipedes, poisonous ants, poisonous bees and other poisonous insects to make poisonous Gu. Before you know it, the Gu has entered your body. When the Gu insect grows up, just wait for it to bite you. Hearing this, I couldn't help but get goose bumps on my back! The road became more and more dangerous as we went forward. It was almost not a road, but a relatively flat area in the ravine. My bones were about to fall apart due to the bumps. I felt sorry for the driver's car. The driver also had a sad face at this time, complaining that he shouldn't have run this business. The car would have to be overhauled when he returned. Fortunately, he didn't mention going back and continued to drive forward.
The mountains on both sides are densely forested. From time to time, you can see the Miao and Yao villages on the ridges and valleys. Under the shade of trees, the old blackened wooden houses and the stilt houses that I have seen on TV look ancient and beautiful, mysterious and vicissitudes. Occasionally, you can hear a few dogs barking, which is so intimate in the empty mountains. It seems to make people feel that they have returned to the original peaceful and quiet world, and their souls are purified at this moment.
Rows of moss-covered stone steps silently extend down from the village, as if guiding the children on their way home. By the stream in the village, you can also see a few Miao girls washing clothes. Under the setting sun, they form a beautiful natural picture, an unforgettable beauty.
Because the road was difficult to travel on and the driving speed was very slow, we followed the police car from a distance. We saw the police car in front of us moving in the ravine like a small black dot, so they would not notice that there was someone following them.
The sky gradually darkened, and we had arrived at a very desolate mountain area. The Miao, Yao and Tujia villages were nowhere to be seen, perhaps hidden behind the mountains and dense forests. We could only see a few wisps of smoke rising from afar, which looked very far away.
I wondered where they were going, deep in the mountains and forests, could they be looking for a corpse-driving inn? It was said that this was opened by the corpse-driving gang, and they were accepting corpse-driving business. Because they were too mysterious and terrifying, they often lived deep in the mountains and could only be found through informants. Otherwise, I really couldn't think of any other reason why Shen Bing and his gang would run to the mountains and forests.
I asked the driver if there were any strange customs in the mountainous area of western Hunan.
The driver was obviously in a bad mood and told me perfunctorily that there are three evil spirits in Xiangxi. I was stunned and asked him what the three evil spirits in Xiangxi are
"The three evils of Xiangxi are corpse-driving, poison-releasing, and cave-dwelling women!"
Forgive me for my ignorance, I have heard of corpse-driving and poison-releasing, but I have never heard of the cave woman. I asked him to tell me about the three evils in detail, but he didn't say anything about them. Instead, he muttered that there was still a long way to go out of the ravine and it was going to be dark soon. What bad luck.
I took out another five hundred yuan and handed it to him, thinking that the car had just been bumping around for a long time, so I could just go back and have it serviced. It wouldn't cost much, so giving him an extra thousand yuan would be enough.
The driver was in a better mood when he saw the money, and he started to talk to me about the three evil things in Xiangxi. The first one is corpse-driving, which is a well-known mysterious profession in Xiangxi. Few people do it now, but because it is difficult for transportation tools to enter the deep mountains, people who die here still have to rely on corpse-driving craftsmen to send them out, so this profession has not become extinct. I heard that there is a corpse-driving inn in this area, but he is not sure where it is exactly.
The second is to release the poisonous Gu. Most of the people who do this are Miao women. This is also a custom passed down from ancient times. The locals call them "Gu Niang". It is said that the more beautiful the Gu Niang is, the more poisonous the Gu she makes. They use poisonous snakes, scorpions, centipedes, poisonous ants, poisonous bees and other poisonous insects to make poisonous Gu. Before you know it, the Gu has entered your body. When the Gu insect grows up, you just have to wait for it to bite you. I couldn't help but get goose bumps on my back when I heard this!