Two wooden oxen carried the coffin, and Aunt Qin and I followed beside it.
Together we crossed the river beach and came to the foot of the mountain.
There are graves everywhere here, and you can even see some faint blue phosphorus fire floating around.
But it's exactly like what Aunt Qin said, I don't feel sinister and evil, but instead feel clear.
Faintly, you can still hear the voices of men, women, old and young laughing and talking - it's like you're in some weird village.
But if you concentrate and listen carefully, you won’t hear clearly.
Aunt Qin didn't squint her eyes and just said calmly.
"Some dead souls are unwilling to be reincarnated. So they are in this tomb in Yishan. As time goes by, the souls will naturally dissipate between heaven and earth."
ah?
I was a little surprised: "Does this mean that ghosts can also die?"
certainly!
Aunt Qin nodded: "If the ghost is unwilling to reincarnate and stays in the world, it will dissipate after a certain period of time. Of course, except for those that have become evil spirits or serious ghosts. If they are not actively eliminated, they may exist forever."
I frowned slightly when I heard this: "In other words... good ghosts don't live long, but bad ghosts cause trouble for thousands of years?"
Aunt Qin looked at me in surprise.
Maybe I think the angle is a bit tricky.
But I could only nod my head, that was indeed the case.
"That's why we need some special people to get rid of evil spirits and evil spirits and prevent them from causing trouble."
"Are you someone like Aunt Qin?"
"Haha! Actually, you, Aunt Qin, and I are not such a person."
"Then why..."
"I just created a cause and effect to repay the kindness of the villagers for letting me stay. But it seems that this thing is getting more and more involved. Now, you and I have a deeper cause and effect. I don't know what it means to you. For better or for worse.”
Aunt Qin reached out and rubbed my head, looked up at the sky, and her tone became a little deep.
I couldn't understand what she said at the time, but it was ten years later when I understood the deeper meaning.
Pass through a large cemetery and arrive at the center. The six-story, seven-by-six-foot-tall Hundred Bones Tower is completely in front of us.
It was hundreds of years old, and the exterior walls looked badly weathered.
The entrance under the tower originally had a wooden door, but it was left unattended for many years and fell into disuse...
This is also convenient, otherwise if you want the wooden ox to carry the coffin in, you will probably have to dismantle the door first!
Aunt Qin and I both raised lit torches to light up the area.
Click, click.
The wooden corbels stepped on the bluestone slab, and the sound was heard far away in the silent night, echoing in the valley.
As soon as they entered the Hundred Bone Tower, the two wooden cows fell apart with a "click", and the coffin fell directly to the ground with a bang.
Aunt Qin said that these two wooden cows had been in the mezzanine of the red ship for decades and were already in a state of decay. The aversion to victory contained in it was almost lost.
It is rare to be able to carry a coffin for such a long distance.
"When we get to the Hundred Bone Tower, the water demon will be suppressed. Don't worry. I'll light the torches around. Wu Wa'er, just stay still."
Aunt Qin held the torch and walked around to light the fire.
And I squatted down and curiously pulled at the scattered wooden frame of the wooden cow. On the surface, it looks no different from what Carpenter Liao makes in our village!
Why can such a wooden cow walk on its own?
I am becoming more and more curious about the Taoist world like Aunt Qin and others!
As the lamps in the tower that had been extinguished for many years were lit one after another, the surrounding area became brighter and brighter, and I could completely see the situation inside the Hundred Bones Tower.
How to describe it... It is said to be a tower, but in fact it is hollow inside.
Like a temple bell turned upside down.
In other words, if you stand on the ground inside the tower and raise your head, you can see the top of the tower more than 20 meters high without any obstruction!
The towers layer by layer are carved out of the thick surrounding towers. Stone stairs spiral upward from the ground, connecting the platforms of each floor of the tower.
The platform is only about one and a half meters wide, and the outer side is suspended in the air. If you are not careful, you can easily fall off.
The inner walls of the tower are densely packed with caves.
There are runes drawn around the entrance of the cave. There is a certain depth inside, and you can vaguely see thin-skinned coffins placed inside.
Even some of the coffins were rotten, and some skeleton parts could be seen faintly exposed.
This spectacular and weird scene left me stunned!
Aunt Qin walked back to me and patted me on the shoulder: "Don't be afraid. This hundred-bone tower is the center of Yishan Tomb. It suppresses the mountainous terrain and connects the overall situation of Feng Shui. Evil will not breed in it. Although these skeletons look scary, , but there will be no problem. On the contrary, when you lift the water demon up and put it into the corpse cave later, you have to be careful not to step on the air and fall."
She pointed to the highest floor of the Hundred Bones Tower, where there were several empty caves with no corpses stored in them.
It turns out that the corpses stored in the Hundred Bone Tower were all those with strong obsessions during their lifetimes.
If they were buried outside, it would not be easy to resolve their grievances. So after the Red Boat Beards were salvaged, they were stored here.
Relying on the power of the Feng Shui formation of the Hundred Bone Tower itself, his obsession was slowly eliminated.
If we put it in easier-to-understand terms, it’s like locking a person with a bad temper in a pure place of Buddhism to recuperate. Gradually, he will no longer be so violent...
"Wu Wa'er, the two wooden oxen have been broken. Now, we can only rely on the two of us to carry the body of the water demon to the cave at the top of the tower, and then put it in."
"As long as I use the Feng Shui power of this Hundred Bone Tower, I can slowly wipe away its evil spirit and completely solve this problem. Turn it into an ordinary corpse and place it here."
oh oh.
I nodded in understanding.
Anyway, Aunt Qin won't harm me. I just listen and do what she says.
From the moment we entered the Yishan Tomb, the body in the coffin became very solid - there was no need for Aunt Qin or me to hold it down.
At this time, in the Hundred Bone Tower, there is no problem in opening the coffin directly.
When Aunt Qin pushed open the coffin lid, I saw Wang Fei's body - completely different from when he was alive!
When he was alive, Wang Fei was a cheerful and optimistic boy.
But now lying in the coffin, just looking at it makes people feel cold and creepy!
The corpse had a weird smile on its face, its lips were jet black, and the nails on the hands on its abdomen had grown to three inches long and were as sharp as knives.
Wearing Zhao Wenxiu's carefully selected shroud, long white hair has grown on the skin exposed outside the clothes.
My heart was pounding and I swallowed hard.
To be honest, if Aunt Qin hadn't been there, I would have run away immediately!
"I'll take out the body of the water demon later and put it on my back. You lift his feet, control the direction, and climb up the tower together. Can you do it?"
"Okay Aunt Qin, don't worry!"
My legs were a little weak, but I still patted my chest and tried to look like a little adult.
So, Aunt Qin came to the head of the coffin, put her hand in and out from the armpit of the corpse, and then fastened it on the chest. Pull it out!
Just dragged it out easily.
Then he turned his arms and carried it on his back.
When I saw this moment, Aunt Qin's steps still staggered.
"Wu Wa'er, come and help lift your feet."
I hurried over, tried my best to grab the ankles of Wang Fei's body with both hands, and lifted it up.
so cold!
I couldn't help but shudder.
It was like grabbing a hard ice cube, and the palms of my hands were so cold that there was a slight pain.
And the weirdest thing is that Wang Fei’s body is abnormally heavy!
When he was alive, we used to play together. Sometimes Liu Erwa and Wang Mendun'er are the only ones carrying people, which feels quite light. You can even trot while carrying it.
But now, just to help lift my feet, they feel like rocks!
One can imagine the weight Aunt Qin carries.
"rise!"
She shouted loudly and stepped onto the stone steps of the Hundred Bones Tower, climbing up one level at a time.
I followed, careful to help.
Because Aunt Qin's body was with her hands behind her back, that is, facing up. So when I walked up the stairs and walked behind, I could see the entire front of the body.
As I walked, I came to the fourth floor.
Sudden!
I saw Wang Fei's body lying on his back, and my eyes opened suddenly. Staring straight at me, his eyes were extremely fierce.
"Mom!"
I shivered in fear, shook my hands, and the corpse's feet fell directly to the ground. This also caused the center of gravity to become unstable, and the body almost fell off the narrow platform.
Fortunately, Aunt Qin had quick eyes and quick hands. She stepped forward and clasped the inner wall of a corpse cave with one hand to stabilize her figure.
"Wu Wa'er, what's wrong?"
"Wang Fei's body... his eyes are open. He, he is looking at me!"
"In the Hundred Bones Tower, even if it is a very powerful water evil spirit, it can't do too many evil things. The Feng Shui and pure Yin Qi of the Yishan Tomb Hundred Bones Tower suppress it in many ways. Wu Wa'er, don't be afraid, be brave. . This is all it’s using illusions to scare you.”
Aunt Qin said seriously.
Because she had to carry the body on her back, she couldn't turn around and talk to me. Her voice echoed in the tower, sounding a little hollow.
Yeah?
I looked cautiously at the body on her back.
Sure enough, the corpse's eyes were clearly closed and not opened at all.
Maybe it was really creating an illusion to scare me.
"Sorry Aunt Qin."
"What's there to be sorry for? You're only nine years old. It's great that you can do this. Aunt Qin wasn't as brave as you when she was your age."
"How old are you now, Aunt Qin? Your voice sounds quite young."
"Haha! You're a little kid. I'm probably older than your great-grandmother."
She smiled and put the body on her back again. I lifted my feet and continued walking up.
Although I admire Aunt Qin very much, I think she must be bragging.
Even though I have never seen her face, just hearing this clear voice still gives me so much strength. It can't be an old woman!
What's more, my great-grandmother passed away a few years ago, and she lived to be eighty-eight years old. How could Aunt Qin be so old?
Finally, we arrived at the sixth floor of the 100th Bone Tower!
It can already be seen that several empty corpse caves are not far ahead, probably only a dozen steps away. It will be completed quickly and smoothly.
But I never expected that another accident would happen at this time!
All the lit oil lamps in the Hundred Bone Tower were extinguished at the same time. Aunt Qin and I suddenly fell into darkness.
And there is obviously not even a breath of wind around!
How could the oil lamp go out?
I have to say that this journey of "sending the corpse into the tower" was really thrilling and full of twists and turns.
Many years later, when I also became a Taoist practitioner. Only then did I really understand how powerful a water evil spirit like Wang Fei is!
I was only nine years old, but I accomplished such a feat with Aunt Qin.
In the darkness, I vaguely heard a strange voice.
Gu Gu Gu Gu!
It's like the sound of a toad in the grass by the river at night.
What's going on?
Why is there a toad in this Hundred Bone Tower? And the cry is so loud, much louder than the average toad. And it sounded like it was right in front of us.
"Aunt Qin, what is going on? Why did all the oil lamps in the tower suddenly go out, and there are still toads screaming."
I asked quietly.
But she didn't answer me right away. The next moment, there was another "Cuckoo" sound similar to the cry of a toad - but it was obviously different from the first one.
And I actually heard it, this was Aunt Qin’s voice!
"Is she imitating a toad?"
I felt very strange in my heart.
But in the pitch black, I couldn't see anything. She was there imitating the cry of a toad, but she didn't answer me, and I didn't dare to move. He just stood there in a daze, continuing to lift the corpse's ankles.
Immediately afterwards, there was a third toad-like cry.
Gu Gu Gu Gu... Luo Luo!
Different from the previous two voices, it sounded eerie and cold.
The moment I heard the third voice, my scalp suddenly went numb, a chill rushed from the soles of my feet to the top of my head, and goosebumps appeared all over my body!
Because I could clearly hear that the third voice came from Aunt Qin's back.
It’s Wang Fei’s body!
It's the sound coming from the throat.
To be honest, I was terrified.
In particular, people have an instinctive fear of darkness. In this dark environment, the fear in my heart was amplified.
"Didn't I say that the Hundred Bone Pagoda and even the entire Yishan Tomb area are safe and clean, and there are no evil or weird things? What's going on!"
I really want to turn around and run!
But the last bit of reason allowed me to control my instinct of fear - I felt I was too mature afterward!
Cuckoo, cuckoo!
Gu Gu, Luo Luo Luo!
The three sounds, which are all like toads, but obviously different, come and go.
I listened to the voice imitated by Aunt Qin, the speed became faster and faster, and finally it was very fast!
Finally, the original voice became calmer.
It cooed twice and disappeared.
Then I could clearly feel a sense of unwillingness and aggrieved anger coming from behind. The next moment, all the oil lamps in the Hundred Bone Tower were lit again.
The darkness was dispelled and light returned to the surroundings!
I saw that Aunt Qin, who was carrying the body in front of her, had sweat on the backs of her hands exposed outside her clothes.
"Aunt Qin, what on earth is going on..."
"It's okay, Wu Wa'er, although something unexpected happened. But in the end, the matter was resolved smoothly. Just now, the corpse king in the Hundred Bone Tower came out. It didn't want to let evil spirits like Shui Sha come out. Things came in. I was bargaining with it. It’s just that this water demon is very cunning, and he actually talked to the corpse king of the Hundred Bone Tower. But after all, the Hundred Bone Tower is still a clean place, and the corpse king finally believed and agreed. Got me."
hiss!
I gasped.
Damn it, it was the corpse that was talking just now!
It's the language of corpses.
Aunt Qin is bargaining with the corpse! Just terrible.
