Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 235 The Water Ghost
Uncle Ge said: "No, so no one knows how he died."

I frowned involuntarily, and an image of a barefooted little fat man appeared in my mind, showing two missing front teeth when I smiled. We went down the river to fish together, and fought crickets together. Now in my memory, he He still looked like a child, why did he die like this?Hearing this, Tofu suddenly said, "Old Chen, didn't you say that the well is haunted? Could it be..."

I hissed, if it was before, I would have scolded him for crow's mouth, there is no such thing as a ghost in this world, but now, I have not refuted Tofu, after all, the weird and bizarre things I have seen in the past four months are really not Less, after Doufu Hua finished speaking, I couldn’t help but ask: “Uncle Ge, didn’t the ancient well have stone slabs pressed down before? Why did it move away again?” I lied to Tofu before that there was a female ghost in it, so I pressed it down. In fact, at that time, people drowned in the well and their bodies were not salvaged, so people naturally did not dare to drink the water in it, fearing that the water quality would be polluted, so they suppressed it with stone slabs.

After I asked, Uncle Ge said: "I don't know who moved it. It took a long time and no one cared about it. Later, after Xiao Jiang died, alas..." He went on to talk, pulling out a embarrassing paragraph thing.It turned out that not long after Fatty Jiang's death, his mother fell into the well and died. At that time, I thought it was Jiang's mother who killed her son.

After Jiang's mother died, Fatty Jiang's father and grandparents were left in the family. Because of his grief, Fatty Jiang's father found a big stone slab again and sealed the well. Unexpectedly, something strange happened. , the big stone slab was thrown from the well and fell to the ground, and Fatty Jiang's father also died in the well.

Fatty Jiang's father was a filial man, and he would not commit suicide even for the sake of his old parents. Therefore, his death aroused speculation in the village. Could it be that there was a ghost in the well?

The son, daughter-in-law, and grandson all died in the well. It is conceivable how sad the old couple must have been. They washed their faces all day long, and the old man finally swore that no matter it was a human or a ghost, he must catch the murderer.If the old lady has an idea, why don't you ask a yin and yang dude to take a look.

Yin-Yang Duan Gong, that is, the gentleman who used to do things for people, choose cemeteries, watch Feng Shui, and eliminate evil spirits. The old couple ran out of cigarettes and didn't care about saving money. Duan Gong.The Yin-Yang Duangong came to see this place and said that it was indeed the ghost in the well.

The villagers asked, "Where did the water ghost come from?"

Yinyang Duangong said: "It is the corpse that was not caught back then."

The villagers asked: "That is to say, it was the water ghost who killed the three people?"

Duan Gong Yinyang said: "No, the water ghost has to find a substitute to be reincarnated. It was the water ghost who killed Xiaojiang, Xiaojiang who killed Jiang's mother, and Jiang's mother who killed Jiang's father."

The old man couldn't accept it, and said, "Impossible! How could my grandson harm my mother, and how could my daughter-in-law harm my husband!"

Duan Gong Yinyang said: "When I became a water ghost, I lost my humanity. Jiang's mother missed her son and often went to the well. Naturally, Xiao Jiang was given the opportunity to attack. Later, the well was sealed, and Jiang's father missed his wife and children, so he often went to the well. The water ghost transformed by Jiang's wife pushed open the stone slab and killed Jiang's father, everything is very clear."

How can the old man believe it? He believes that even if his grandson is a ghost, it is impossible for his mother to be a scapegoat, and his daughter-in-law and son have always been loving. They are a model couple that everyone in the village envies, let alone a husband As a scapegoat, he decided that Yin Yang Duan Gong was a liar.

The old lady was more superstitious, and it was her idea to invite the yin and yang dukes, so she asked, "Old man, what should we do now?"

Yinyang Duangong said: "The current water ghost is your son. If you don't get rid of it, it will harm others sooner or later." Then, he looked at the sky, closed his eyes, counted a few times, and said: "The water ghost Walking in the water, these days are sunny, so the water ghost can only stay in the well and murder people passing by the well, but if it rains, its range of activities will expand, within a hundred meters All suffer.

The land in the village is not as tight as in the city, so the houses are scattered. Almost every house has a large yard in front of it, and outside the yard are planted rosewood, onion, ginger and garlic, so the so-called within [-] meters, in fact Just the Jiang family.

The old woman was sad and frightened, she wiped her tears, the old man was so strong all his life, the more he listened to it, the more angry he became, he immediately kicked out Yin Yang Duangong, saying: "Even if my son really becomes a water ghost, he won't harm me, father. Not to mention hurting his mother!" Yin Yang Duangong was indignant, was pushed to the ground, covered in dirt, and said angrily: "Forget it, if this is the case, you will bear the consequences when the time comes, so don't beg me." left.

The people in the village were all watching the excitement at the time, but after a few days, the sky suddenly became cloudy, and it seemed that it was going to rain. Several old people in the village got together to discuss and said: "It is better to believe in ghosts and gods." It's unbelievable, if there are water ghosts, it's going to rain now, wouldn't Lao Jiang and Mrs. Jiang be in trouble?
What should I do?
They all belong to the same village, and their ancestors have lived here for generations, and they cannot be left alone.So a group of elderly and respected old people went together, tried hard to persuade Lao Jiang and his wife, and finally persuaded Lao Jiang and his wife to leave home and hide for a while, anyway, it was fine if they were not within a hundred meters.

Lao Jiangtou is a person who respects etiquette. He ran to other people's houses in such a heavy rain, nagging these old guys, felt sorry, and asked Mrs. Jiang to pack some tea leaves, dried sweet potatoes and the like.

God seemed to know that Lao Jiang and his wife were going to escape. They thought that the rain would not fall so fast, but before the group of people went out, they heard a sudden thunderstorm, and the heavy rain poured down.In this pouring rain, there was a scream suddenly.

It was Mrs. Jiang's voice.

On the left side of the drying building with dried sweet potatoes, everyone ran over in fright, but they didn't see anyone. Instead, there was a trace of dragging on the yellow muddy floor wet by rain. extended into the well.

That situation, not to mention how scary, no one dared to look into the well, everyone ran back, only old man Jiang was left sitting in the rain and crying loudly: "You heartless stinker! Boy, your mother raised you up with shit and urine, and you even killed her, oh my god..."

The rest of the old people ran home, still in shock, almost unable to stand still, and told the young people in the village about the situation. Groups headed towards Lao Jiangtou's house. At this time, Lao Jiangtou was already overwhelmed with grief, and his old age couldn't stand the wind and rain, so he fainted on the muddy ground.

Everyone rescued Lao Jiangtou back, and they believed in the words of the Yin-Yang Duangong in their hearts. If they wanted to invite him again, that Duangong simply avoided the guests and went to invite other Yin-Yang Duangongs. Putting on a posture, but it has no practical effect. When it is sunny, I look into the well, and the well is dark. From time to time, there will be a group of fluffy things flashing past below, not to mention how scary.

Lao Jiangtou lost his mind after going there, moved alone to the mountain temple behind the mountain, and refused to meet people. When the villagers went up the mountain to cut firewood and do farm work, they would bring him some food.

After finishing speaking, Uncle Ge sighed, looked in the direction of the back mountain, and said, "Mr. Jiang used to treat you well. Come back and visit me." I nodded. He should be about the same age as Mr. Jiang. I remember that old man, very respectful and serious. Children are afraid of seeing him, but they are serious again. When they go to his house to play, they must eat candy.

I didn't expect so many changes in the past ten years, so I couldn't help but sighed, and Tofu said angrily after hearing this: "Human life is at stake, and that yin and yang duan is so petty. If I meet him, I will definitely beat him up." He doesn't even know his parents."

Uncle Ge said: "Who says it's not."

I thought for a while and said, "I'll trouble Uncle Ge to pack up some food later, I'll go and see Mr. Jiang. By the way, no one will take care of the things in the well?"

Uncle Ge shook his head and said, "What do you do? Yin and Yang duangongs from ten miles and eight villages have been invited. If we can't find the way, we can't afford to invite them. Let's just leave it alone and not get too close to the well." No one goes to that place on rainy days." Speaking of this, Uncle Ge paused, tapped the cigarette rod, and said, "If Mr. Chen is here, he might have something to do."

I couldn't help being stunned, and said, "My grandfather? What can he do?"

Uncle Ge smiled and said: "You may not have heard of this matter. When you were very young, an old man died in the village. He was mad at his wife. He died with regret. After the long-burning lamp was lit, the flames were brightly green. We all know that the old man's grievances are still going to cause trouble, but I don't know what to do, it's old man Chen who will solve it."

I thought about it, and said with a smile, "Did he put the buffalo horn in the old man's mouth?"

Uncle Ge was shocked and said, "How do you know? Oh, did you learn from Mr. Chen?" I didn't answer, just smiled.In fact, the situation that Uncle Ge mentioned, I don’t know if it’s considered haunted or not, but people die without resting their eyes, and the green lantern ghost pants, it’s because the dead person’s throat has not let go of the breath, this breath may be resentment, it may be other breaths, but in short They all belong to yin qi. If the buffalo horn is inserted into the mouth, the throat will be stretched, and the ox horn is yin, so it can naturally release this yin qi.

The hollow buffalo horns carried by the tomb robbers who dig mushrooms can not only blow the sound to deter the soft rice dumplings, but also can be effective if the sharp horns are inserted into the neck of the rice dumplings when necessary.

(End of this chapter)