It was near the end of the year. The bandit leader probably wanted to reward his brothers, so he brought a lot of food and supplies from the city that day. The old man was one of the people responsible for escorting the truck. After the things were delivered, while he was waiting to receive his wages, he started chatting with the bandit leader here.
The bandit leader said that he had a wife from Yazhai and three concubines. Except for the third concubine, all the others died for various reasons. At first, the bandit felt that he had suffered retribution for his sins of life and death. After his concubine gave birth to a daughter, the daughter died when she was only a few years old. People in the village said that this place was evil, so they invited a gentleman to come and see it. The gentleman said that he wanted his concubine to live outside the village, otherwise people would die in the village.
What the gentleman probably meant was that the village was full of men and had too much yang energy, and the hillside was originally the place where the yang came from, which meant that this place had to receive it earlier than other places with lower terrain in the village. Sunlight, if two righteous and yang qi collide, yin qi needs to be offset to achieve balance. Most of the bandits were not married, so the only negative energy on the mountain came from the bandit leader's wives and concubines.
But if there are too few wives and concubines, the Yang Qi cannot be suppressed, and the women in this place will all die one after another due to the impact. Therefore, this bandit's den should be "inhabited by men but not by women, and not by living and dead".
The bandit leader said that he did not believe this at first. After hearing what the husband said, he beat him up and sent him down the mountain without giving him a penny. The old man told me that the bandit leader spoke triumphantly at the time, as if he was demonstrating his own strength, and felt that the gentleman was talking down on him. I asked the old man what happened next. Since he didn't listen to this gentleman, he must not have moved the concubine away, right? The old man said yes, but I didn't hear that anyone died here later. It might be that before the day came, all the bandits were killed and the sand cans were smashed.
"Knocking on the sand jar", in Sichuan, refers to those who are beheaded or shot. Being shot in the head was like breaking a sand jar, and the contents flowed everywhere.
I was thinking about the strange words of the gentleman. I can understand it easily, "You can live with a man but not a woman." Indeed, in many places in the countryside, there are strict rules. In some places, women are not even allowed to eat with the family and can only prepare meals in the kitchen. , eating in the kitchen. It is true that there are many problems caused by the imbalance of yin and yang in a family, so judging from this sentence alone, what the gentleman said actually makes sense. So corresponding to today, is it saying that two women, Ji Youan and that girl, lived here, so the yin and yang collided, causing the haunting? That's not right. This old lady has lived here for decades. How come she hasn't bumped into her before?
So I thought about the second half of Mr.'s sentence again, "Live in life but not live in death." From the literal meaning, this is actually a sick sentence. Since it means living, it must be living people who can live there, and dead people can live there for only a few days. It's natural to have a funeral. How can anyone let a body be stored here for many years? In fact, what really puzzles me is the original doubt, which is why these two girls met.
There is no doubt that these two girls must have triggered this haunting incident in some way, and the so-called male residence and not female residence, because the old lady lives here, can actually be overturned. Under this situation, I think I should not just be led by the old man's words. If there is a misjudgment, it will lead to more troubles. In fact, I already found it very troublesome. According to what the girl said, the ghosts here can circle around the bed, and some of them are even squeezed into the quilt. Such a large number of ghosts is no joke and cannot be dealt with. Well, it can range from serious illness to life-threatening!
So at that moment, I was too lazy to talk nonsense with the old man anymore, so I walked directly into the house. Ji Youan saw me walking in and couldn't help crying. Although she has some conflicts with me, it is just a trivial matter after all, just a dispute of words. Ken cried wildly in front of his "class enemies", and he must have given in. So I sat next to her bed and told her, don't be afraid, everyone is here. Now that I'm here, I won't let those things bully people anymore.
After Meng Dongxue helped me comfort Ji Youan, I asked her to explain what she had encountered in as much detail as possible. What she said was roughly the same as what the girl who came to see me said. There were slight differences in understanding, but there was no value in in-depth debate. But she mentioned something that caught my attention, that is, when the footsteps on the top of the building first started to become noisy, she also heard strange noises coming from the floor under the bed.
I asked her what kind of strange sound it was, and she told me that it was like a person who has a blocked nose, but still has to breathe through his nostrils, making a snoring sound like the air swirling around his nose. And although the sound was not loud when it reached the ears, it was still muffled because some of the sounds were blocked by a floor.
I knew that under the floor was the cowshed of the old couple's home. Their family is considered to be a better family in the village. Although their two children do not live here, they have cattle at home, which saves effort in farming. With the public grain they hand over to the production team every month, the old couple can often be better than many younger people. The younger ones pay more, so at the end of each month, their family does not owe food, and the production team also gets subsidies. The cowshed is down there, and the hearing of cows is much stronger than that of humans. Maybe the cows heard something and were frightened, so they panted and grunted? But I can't confirm this. After all, I'm not a cow and can't communicate.
But this reminds me of another thing, which is that some animals are naturally psychic. For example, cats and dogs, everyone knows this. Secondly, there are cows and horses. Maybe you want to ask why, in ancient Chinese legends and even in the worship of the City God Temple, it is not difficult to hear such shady names. In addition to Black and White Wichang, King of Hell Rakshasa, there are also cow-headed and horse-faced names.
The bull-headed horse-faced person is one of the Yin Chai. The so-called Yin Chai is a person who specializes in escorting the souls of the dead and has an official position in the underworld. If you raise cows and horses at home, although I have never personally confirmed it, I heard from Master and many seniors that it has the effect of making ghosts frightened. But now there are more than ten or twenty ghosts in this room. Could it be because they are relying on the strength of the crowd and are not afraid of the bull-headed and horse-faced ghosts?
I have no way to confirm this at the moment, so for safety reasons, I can only ask Meng Dongxue to help me bring Ji Youan and the girl back to Aunt Xu's house to stay temporarily. I will stay here to investigate the matter clearly.
Unfortunately, I found nothing that night. I could not prove anything except using the incense of soldiers and horses and the round light technique of water bowl to confirm that there were indeed traces of the existence and movement of ghosts in the house. And Meng Dongxue came to me to deliver breakfast at dawn. I thought she would go about her own business after delivering it, but I didn’t expect that she would stay in the room and not leave, saying that she wanted to accompany her. Follow me and help me. I thought to myself, I'd be thankful if you didn't make trouble for me. You little girl who doesn't understand anything, what are you doing here to make fun of me?
Because I was upset and didn't sleep all night, I was a little harsh towards Meng Dongxue that day. Probably feeling that her kindness was not repaid, she left in tears. I tried almost every trick I could think of in the cabin, but I still couldn't lure out any of the ghosts. As long as one of them appears, I can catch the rest.
Distraught, I could only temporarily go outside to get some air, but I saw the old couple's two grandchildren by the cowshed downstairs. The two of them were playing a game called "veteran pull" near the house.
I also played this kind of game when I was a kid. Basically, no one can find a stem of grass or leaves to explain. It is called "Jiang", and it is the kind that can be challenged one on one. Then cross with the "general" found by the opponent, and pull each other hard. Whoever's "general" is broken will lose. When the two children saw me walking over, they first stuck out their tongues and made faces at me, and then invited me to join their fight.
I'm a master, so I can beat them easily. But after winning a few games, they refused to let me go and had to win back. But I'm just here to get some fresh air, so I don't have time to play with you naughty kids. So I said to them, I won just now, and the winner will be rewarded. Do you agree?
The two children nodded in agreement. So I said, my hands are itchy now and I want to hit someone. Which of you two wants to be hit by me? They were stunned for a moment, and one of them pointed at the other child and said, "Hit him." I asked another child, he said to beat you, but you said whether to beat you or not. The child was obviously dissatisfied, so he pointed at the other person and said, "Hit him, don't hit me."
So the two kids started fighting, and after successfully instigating a fight, I was able to escape smoothly.
I felt like I was spending the rest of the day at the old couple's house, probably not making any progress. So I returned to Aunt Xu's house first, and began to look through books and read some predecessors' notes to see if there was a similar solution. Ji Youan and her roommate did not go to work that day, and Meng Dongxue also stayed at home to accompany her. However, when she saw me going back, she was still angry because I scolded her a few times in the morning.
I rummaged through the book and couldn't find any relevant cases, not even similar ones. As a last resort, I could only ask the two girls to recall the terrible experience last night. In order to be more detailed, I even asked them both to repeat to me the content of their previous chat.
This time, I heard something was wrong.
