Chapter 69 Chapter 33 Water Ghost

I heard that a group of ghouls came to Xiushui Village a long time ago, and they all came from Luoyang.The old people also said that Luoyang was the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties, and there was a Luoshen in Luoyang.A long time ago in the city of Luoyang, one year, a group of children drowned while bathing in the river. When I came to the Northeast, I took root here, and there has been no peace here since then.Because those drowned ghosts all came from Luoyang, Luo and Luo have the same pronunciation, so they are also called "falling ghosts" in Northeast China. Young Master Liu has always believed that Falling Ghouls, Aunt Hu (the old woman who eats children) and the old lady who patted flowers (the old lady who slaps children on the head, causing the children to lose their minds and let them be manipulated) are used by adults to scare them. To scare children.So I have always been suspicious and curious about them.

The ghoul, also known as the water monkey, is so powerful in the water that it can drown a cow in one meter of water.But on the shore, they have no power to kill chickens and let others slaughter them.Therefore, they can only live in the water, and their lives are in danger once they land on the shore.But few have ever seen a real ghoul.Some say it looks like a child, while others say it looks like a duck.Those who were dragged into the water by the ghoul became its substitute, and the ghoul found the substitute and reincarnated, while the people who were dragged into the water by the ghoul and drowned became ghouls, continuing to live in the pond. Look for substitutes until you find your own.In this way, it goes round and round, endlessly.

However, everything in this world has its weaknesses, and so do ghouls.The fatal weakness of ghouls is that they cannot leave the water, which is the source of their strength.Once the ghoul leaves the water, it is like Hercules in ancient western mythology leaving his mother earth, and loses his strength and is killed in mid-air by the enemy Wei.Ghouls also like to use the cries of children to lure people to the water's edge, and then take the opportunity to drag people into the water.Specially attack women and children, because women and children are relatively weak and easy to attack, while men have great strength, so they dare not approach.This statement made Young Master Liu even more suspicious of the statement that there are fallen ghouls in the world.

In that year, a child in Xiushan Village next door was dragged away by the ghoul.In the next village, there is a man named Yusuo, who is three years younger than Young Master Liu. That day was just in time for everyone to go to the market in the town.The adults in the village have all gone to the streets, and only some old people and children are left to look after the house.Since it was June, the weather was unbearably hot.Yusuo discussed with some friends about secretly taking a bath in the pond, and completely forgot what the adults said before they went out not to take a bath in the pond.As a result, when I came up after taking a bath, I found that Yusuo hadn't come up yet, so several children shouted Yusuo's name into the pond. I was dragged away by the ghoul, so after discussing with them, they all signed the nomination certificate, never mentioning that Yusuo was drowned to the adults, and a few children also threw Yusuo's clothes in the grass and hid them stand up.

At noon, the adults came back from the market. Yusuo's parents saw other people's children but did not see their own children, so they asked those children if they had seen Yusuo, and they all shook their heads and said that they had not seen Yusuo.Yusuo's father and mother shouted their son's name all over the courtyard, but they didn't see their son. They searched everywhere and couldn't find it. Yusuo's Yusuo's parents were very anxious.At this moment, the mother of one of the children saw that her son's eyes were a little strange when he answered Yusuo's parents, and his speech was a little whimpering. After all, children are still children, and they can't even tell a lie. , How can you lie to your parents?So the child's mother slapped the child on the face and asked, "Honestly, where did the jade lock go?"

The child cried and told what had happened.After hearing this, Yusuo's mother went crazy and ran to the pond in front of her house. When Yusuo's father saw his woman walking towards the pond, he followed her. Yusuo's father didn't understand how to come back He heard his wife yelling the name of his son Yusuo to the pond, and immediately understood, and jumped into the pond. The parents of those children also came to the pond, and the men, like Yusuo's father, jumped into the pond without taking off their clothes.In less than a quarter of an hour, the jade lock was picked up by his father.Yusuo who was caught had already closed his eyes, his mouth and nose were full of blood, and the blood couldn't stop coming out of Yusuo's nose and mouth.

Seeing her son like this, Yusuoniang cried out and passed out.Yusuo's father placed Yusuo horizontally on his thigh and kept beating Yusuo's back with his fists, beating again and again, the blood in Yusuo's mouth flowed to the ground.Yusuo's father kept beating with tears in his eyes, but Yusuo still didn't respond.The skin on Yusuo's body had no blood at all, it was dark purple.The few men present shook their heads sadly, because they all knew that the jade lock was caught too late, and it was hopeless.And those women all took off the pants of their sons, grabbed the white and tender buttocks of their sons and beat them hard, "I tell you to go to the pond to take a bath, I tell you to go, I will beat you to death today." All the time, the children cried and cried.

Yusuo's aunt brought a torch (made of bamboo, hollow, used to blow fire to make it burn faster.) from home and handed it to Yusuo's father.Yusuo's father took the torch and blew on Yusuo's anus.In less than a while, a stream of sewage and blood gushed out of Yusuo's mouth, and Yusuo's father beat Yusuo's back with his fist again, but Yusuo still did not respond.Yusuo's father pointed the blower at Yusuo's anus and blew for a while.After a while, feces gushed out of Yusuo's mouth, Yusuo's father beat his son's back vigorously again, Yusuo still kept his eyes closed.Yusuo's father wiped the dirt and blood from his son's mouth in despair, hugged him and walked towards his home.

Everyone helped Yusuoniang who had woken up back to her home. Yusuoniang lay on her son's body and cried like hell, her tears were all dried up, and her intestines were also broken.In the end, she couldn't stop tearing her hair with her hands. The women all shed tears when they saw this scene, and hurried forward to hold Yusuoniang.Yusuo's father at the side was silent, smoking a cigarette fiercely, everyone's heart was covered with a layer of sadness, very uncomfortable.He was still a good child when he went out in the morning, why did he become like this in less than half a day?Poor Yusuo became a bean ghost (a child who died before reaching adulthood) at a young age, and Yusuo's family was immersed in grief.The next day, people from the next village came to Young Master Liu's house and said they would invite Tianshi Zhang to take a look. Zhang Enpu agreed to go and take a look after hearing what they said.Liu Dashao heard that he wanted to go with Zhang Enpu to see it, but Liu honestly refused to let him go, saying that there is nothing interesting about the dead, and that he would dream of ghosts at night.First Young Master Liu really didn't know whether his words were acceptable or not. Zhang Enpu thought about it, and it was right to increase his apprentice's experience, so he agreed on behalf of Liu Laoshi. Seeing that Zhang Enpu had agreed, Liu Laoshi couldn't say anything more, just said Take good care of Young Master Liu and so on.

Zhang Enpu and Liu Dashao walked the streets and came to Yusuo's house, and saw that the pond in front of their house was full of people, making a lot of noise.When the villagers saw Zhang Enpu in a Taoist robe coming, they stepped out of the way. Yusuo's uncle came over and asked Zhang Enpu, "Master Zhang, what should I do?" Zhang Enpu walked over, patted Yusuoniang on the shoulder and comforted him, "Don't be too sad, benefactor, you can't come back after leaving." Yusuoniang cried even more sadly. After Zhang Enpu looked at the pond for a few minutes, he concluded that there was a ghoul in it.Immediately, he called several middle-aged men who were familiar with water skills to bring a small knife from home, and tied it around his neck with a rope.Those men all descended into the pond under Zhang Enpu's order. At this time, the pond was also surrounded by people. Almost all the people in their village came. Three steps a post, five steps a sentry, the pond Surrounded by water.

The reason why Zhang Enpu asked each of them to bring a small knife from home was because one year a Taoist priest passed by Xiushui Village, just in time for the corpse shortage. There was no trace in the water, and the Taoist said to people, as long as you take a knife and go down into the pond, the ghost will not dare to touch you. One person didn't believe what the Taoist said, so he jumped into the pond with a knife , just as soon as he got into the water, he was grabbed by the ghoul. Before he had time to get ready, he had already drank several sips of water. That person entangled and fought with the ghoul at the bottom of the pond. Fortunately, he Knowing water skills, at the critical moment, I thought that I still had a knife hanging around my neck, so I quickly took the knife in my hand and stabbed at the ghoul. The ghoul let go of his hand in pain and walked around in a panic. Fleeing, that person was able to escape.The man said to the people on the shore in the water, I have taken care of the ghouls. The Taoist priest is right. The ghouls are indeed afraid of knives. After a while, the ghouls surfaced, and the ghouls were surrounded by The green water, obviously, is its blood.Therefore, falling ghouls are afraid of knives, just like snakes are afraid of sulfur. The few people who went down had white streaks in the waves in the pond, searching for the shadow of the ghoul everywhere. The scene was like a river and a sea, and after a while, the originally clear pond became turbid.Several people searched in the pond for a long time but still couldn't find the falling ghoul. One person asked Zhang Enpu if the falling ghoul had already heard the news and fled.Zhang Enpu said, impossible, I know it is in this pond, maybe hiding in the mud of the pond, so Zhang Enpu ordered them all to go ashore. Zhang Enpu ordered someone to go back to fetch the ashes from the stove in his home, and bring some kerosene.Some people don't understand why Zhang Enpu did what he did. Zhang Enpu smiled and explained that firewood ash and kerosene belong to fire, and ghouls are water, and fire and water are incompatible, so firewood ash, kerosene and a knife can also restrain ghouls. And the more the ashes are at the bottom of the stove, the better.After a while, someone picked up a load of firewood ash and several pots of kerosene.Zhang Enpu asked people to pour the firewood ash and kerosene on the ground and mix them evenly, and then sprinkled them on every water area of ​​the pond, even the most inconspicuous corners, and then just waited and watched. In this way, everyone stood by the pond for about an hour, and silver-white fish maws gradually appeared on the water surface. It was obvious that the fish in the pond could not stand the smell of wood ash and kerosene, and they were about to die, but they could not see them yet. ghouls.Someone couldn't wait any longer, so they ran over and asked Zhang Enpu why the dead ghost hadn't surfaced yet.Zhang Enpu looked at the water surface of the pond, and found nothing unusual, so he frowned.Suddenly Zhang Enpu's face was overjoyed, as if he had thought of something, he immediately called for drums and gongs.After a while the drums and gongs were also brought in, and Zhang Enpu asked a few strong men to beat the gongs and drums violently.Suddenly the sound of drums and gongs was deafening, and some people couldn't help covering their ears. After more than half an hour of beating the ground like this, the few people couldn't hold it anymore. After all, they kept beating for more than half an hour, and more and more fish floated up on the water, but they didn't see any falling fish. ghoul.Just when everyone was about to be disappointed, Aunt Yusuo shouted from across the pond: "Look, ghoul!" Everyone looked in the direction of Aunt Yusuo, only to see a baby-faced head sticking out of the water, panting heavily.It was too late, but soon, Uncle Yusuo hit the ghoul on the head with a stick, and the ghoul sank to the bottom of the water the moment Uncle Yusuo raised the stick in his hand and hit it. There was a splash of water when it hit the water, but it was a pity that it fell to nothing. The people on the shore also made a mess, rushing towards Uncle Yusuo immediately.Seeing this situation, Zhang Enpu shouted loudly to those people: "Don't move around, everyone stays in their positions, those who beat the gongs continue to beat the gongs, and those who beat the drums continue to beat the drums, don't let that damn thing jump into another pond gone." The reason why Zhang Enpu said this is because once the fallen ghost went ashore and jumped into another pond while everyone was not paying attention, all the previous efforts would be for naught. It is even more difficult to seize the opportunity for the ghost to breathe.Those people stopped flirting after listening to Zhang Enpu's words.When they moved, they all stayed where they were originally standing, ready to go. Sure enough, as Zhang Enpu expected, people on the other side of the pond also found the ghoul surfaced within a few minutes.People have hated falling ghouls for a long time. They regard them as rats crossing the street and everyone shouts and beats them. They wish they could cook and eat them.That allowed the Falling Ghoul to have a chance to breathe, so he swung the thing in his hand and hit the Falling Ghoul.Fucking sticks, lifting poles, those who don't have sticks and poles even brought their own hoes and rakes. After working like this for more than ten minutes, the ghoul is almost dead, even if it is a person who has been tossing around for so long, it will die long ago, let alone the ghoul, no matter how powerful it is, it will be difficult to resist so many people The siege.The ghoul finally couldn't bear the smell of firewood ash and kerosene in the water. Knowing that he had come to a dead end, the ghoul couldn't care less. Close to despair. Unfortunately, that thing happened to be floating on the spot where Father Yusuo was standing. Father Yusuo slammed his stick at the head of the ghoul who was panting. The liquid came, and after a while, the falling ghoul floated on the water and remained motionless.Father Yusuo jumped into the pond and twisted the falling ghoul up like a chicken, and everyone saw the real face of the falling ghoul clearly.It turned out that the ghoul had a baby face, its feet were like duck's feet, and its body and hands were very childlike, but its hands were terrifyingly long, with ten fingers covered with long nails.The monster's head was still dripping viscous green liquid, dripping drop by drop on the ground, it was extremely disgusting. It turned out that such a small monster killed Yusuo.Yusuo's father, who was red-eyed, grinned ferociously, and let out a strange cry that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He raised the unconscious ghoul over his head and threw it heavily on the stone slab under his feet. Hearing the monster's piercing scream, everyone's scalps were numb when they heard it. The voice was like a child crying. A few timid women didn't dare to go forward and wait and see. The older ones got together and surrounded Yusuo's father in the middle of the crowd. The monster was thrown to the ground by Yusuo's father more than ten times in a row. Except for the first strange cry, the remaining times were only the sound of "bang. bang" the meat fell to the ground.Father Yusuo lifted the ghoul over his head every time, and it took all his strength to fall down, as if he wanted to throw his own arm on the ground as well. It wasn't until Zhang Enpu spoke to dissuade that Yusuo's father, who was red-eyed, was dragged down. Panting heavily, he sat on the ground and didn't move. Performance.Just when people were discussing, Yusuo Niang rushed into the crowd, kicked the ghoul a few times, and cried while kicking: "Give back my Yusuo's life, you give me back my Yusuo. "The women beside her quickly pulled her back. Seeing that the ghoul had already turned into a lump of fleshy, turquoise flesh, that scene was simply too horrible to look at. I thought that the ghoul could make waves in the water, but it ended up like this when it reached the shore. What a lucky cat A son is more powerful than a tiger, but a phoenix with shedding hair is not as good as a chicken!That night, someone came to Yusuo's house and took the ghoul away. It was not until many days later that someone told him that the ghoul had been cooked by that person, and that person even proudly told others Eating ghouls can strengthen yang.At that time, many people felt chilled and disgusted by his behavior.This kind of addiction is like the black market saying that cooking baby soup can strengthen yang, and it should be strongly condemned.