Chapter 5 Chapter 4: Encountering Ghosts in the Mountains

On the morning of the groundbreaking, Fourth Uncle had diarrhea, so he ran outside the construction site to find a convenient place.Everyone in the countryside knows that defecating outdoors is the best thing to do, and my fourth uncle admired this habit very much.Every time he defecated, he had to hold back for half an hour, and then ran to Manhu Lake or Heyan to have a good time.Seeing the mountain, the fourth uncle came to inspiration, he thought, it must be very refreshing to feel the rush of a thousand miles when he is condescending.So the fourth uncle took the toilet paper and ran all the way up the mountain. Those who didn't know thought he was doing morning exercises.

The mountain is not high, about 50 meters, and the fourth uncle went up quickly.He found a hidden location, and then began to fertilize the mountain.But as soon as he squatted down, he discovered something weird. What this weirdness was, he couldn't tell right away.The terrain below is high on both sides, but it looks like a trough. The two hills are cut in half by a road. Coincidentally, the national road just turned here, and the shape is like a crescent.From the perspective of terrain, it is very similar to the Erquan Yingyue described in Fengshui books. The fourth uncle thought, this national road was opened later, although Fengshui says it is a good Fengshui acupuncture point, but it may not be so in ancient times.But I thought that since I dreamed that there was an ancient tomb underground, maybe there really was one.Seeing that the location where the construction started was at least a hundred meters away from this feng shui location, Fourth Uncle couldn't figure it out for a while.

Ever since he went to the mountain to defecate, the fourth uncle felt that it was the best place to go to the toilet and go sightseeing.The second time Uncle Fourth went to the mountain to defecate was with Dahei the next night.Both Dahei and Fourth Uncle have the habit of spending time outdoors. When they were young, they often fished in the river together, and conveniently spent time in the corn field. They thought it was the happiest thing when they were young.Every time the fourth uncle said to go to the mountains to defecate, Dahei would bring a piece of paper and follow him no matter whether he wanted to defecate or not.In the words of Dahei, it is brewing and brewing on the road.

The two went up the mountain one after the other. There were no lights on the mountain, so they could only use flashlights.When they got to the mountain, they found two places five or six meters apart and squatted down. Dahei said with emotion, "What a big toilet!" The fourth uncle said: "Big is big, but there is no pitfall. Maybe next time we will step on the poop we made ourselves." Following them, the two of them pulled back their pants, turned off the flashlight, and immersed themselves in the pleasure of defecating. As soon as the light was turned off, the whole world suddenly fell silent, and the two people who were laughing and joking stopped talking.The cool wind blowing over the mountain caused the two of them to fight a cold war, and they felt chilly immediately.

After the fourth uncle solved the problem, he quietly wiped his butt and lifted his pants.He wanted to frighten Dahei.Unexpectedly, after walking three or four meters, the fourth uncle did not see Dahei's shadow.It is said that no matter how dark it is, you should see the big black figure, but the fourth uncle didn't see it.After walking another two meters, Fourth Uncle still didn't find Dahei.The fourth uncle thought, maybe Dahei wiped his ass and ran away, so he turned on the flashlight and called Dahei's name, but no one responded after calling several times. The fourth uncle wondered if Dahei would sneak down the mountain by himself. In order to prevent Dahei from teasing him, he decided to go back to the construction site first.

Unexpectedly, as I walked, fog rose up on the mountain. The small hills that are usually short, turned out to be so long this time.The fourth uncle felt that something was wrong, and he was afraid that he had encountered something unusual.He trotted up, wanting to go back early, if he did meet, it would be unlucky.But after running for half an hour, the fourth uncle found that he had stepped on something sticky on his feet. He took a light with the flashlight and found that it was the shit he pulled. The fourth uncle was extremely annoyed, he didn't expect that after walking for so long, he returned to the original point.He hurriedly found the leaves to clean the shoes, knowing that this time he might encounter a ghost hitting the wall.

When he was annoyed, the fourth uncle found a person squatting in front of him. The fourth uncle thought, fortunately, there was someone who thought the whole world was barren.He shined a flashlight on the man, and the man turned out to be Dahei.The fourth uncle suddenly relaxed, and scolded Dahei: "I thought you were dead, hurry up and walk away." Dahei stood up, and the fourth uncle found that he had already put on his pants.Dahei smiled foolishly at his fourth uncle, but didn't speak.The fourth uncle walked in front, and Dahei followed behind. The fourth uncle felt a chill on his back, as if the underground well water had given him a cold shower.The fourth uncle faintly felt that it was inappropriate for Dahei to walk behind, so he turned to look at Dahei, who knew that Dahei was gone after turning around.The fourth uncle scolded: "Dahei, where have you been? If you don't come out again, be careful I will go back and beat you to death." At this moment, a low voice came from behind: "Aren't I here?" The fourth uncle gasped , his whole body seemed to have fallen into an ice cave, and he didn't dare to turn around for a long time.

Normally, Fourth Uncle would have punched Dahei, but at this time Dahei really seemed to be bewitched.The fourth uncle heard from the old man that there are often people who are fascinated by ghosts at Luanfengang.A person who has fallen into obsession will be taken into a place full of buildings, where people will arrange a beautiful residence for him and let him sleep there.By the next day, those who have been ecstasy will find themselves sleeping among the dead.The old people said that it was just encountering kind-hearted ghosts. If you encounter evil ghosts, you will never return. The fourth uncle thought, it's hard to tell whether this person is a big black now, so he must be careful.

He let Dahei walk in front, and he walked behind.I don't know how long it took before a person loomed in front of him. After the fourth uncle approached, he found that there was an old man with a white beard in front of him. The old man stopped two people.The fourth uncle thought that as long as he could see people, he would not be afraid of Dahei.The old man called the fourth uncle aside, and said to the fourth uncle, you have bad luck, the black-faced friend next to you is bewitched, take him to see it quickly, otherwise even the fourth uncle will be in danger. The fourth uncle heard what the old man with the white beard said was reasonable, so he asked what to do.

The white-bearded old man pointed to the hill ahead and said, there is a temple on the top of the hill, just go to the top of the hill over there and worship with three sticks of incense. The fourth uncle thought, he had to burn incense, otherwise Dahei would be finished.So the fourth uncle bid farewell to the old man with white beard, and walked up the mountain with Dahei.But my fourth uncle stayed here for a few days, and I haven't heard when a temple was built on this mountain. When they reached the top of the mountain, the fourth uncle found that there was indeed a temple on the top of the mountain in front of him. The temple was brightly lit, illuminating a large area.The fourth uncle walked to the temple and saw many monks chanting scriptures and worshiping the Buddha. A thin mist rolled up around the temple, as if in a dream.

Just as he was hesitating whether he really wanted to go in, Dahei urged him from behind: "Whether you can get in or not, if you don't, I'll go in first." Hearing Dahei's thick and irritable voice, the fourth uncle felt that Dahei's evil energy should have broken and returned to normal, so he said gently: "I don't think you can go in, I remember that there was no temple here before." Unexpectedly, Dahei got angry and said sharply, "Are you going to get in or not?" Usually, Dahei listened to the fourth uncle, and when he saw Dahei getting angry, the fourth uncle also became angry, and said loudly: "I don't want to enter, what do you like?" At this time, Dahei's tone suddenly softened again, pointing behind his fourth uncle, he smiled and said to his fourth uncle, "What do you think is that?" The fourth uncle turned his head to look and found nothing, so he knew he had been fooled.The fourth uncle looked back at Dahei again, and saw a woman with long hair and paper clothes all over her body, pushing herself hard with her two-meter-long hand.Fortunately, the fourth uncle's body was blocked by the tree, so he didn't fall down. At this time, the ghost in paper clothes stuck out her tongue to lick the fourth uncle's neck. The tongue was more than three meters long, which scared the fourth uncle out of his wits.The fourth uncle didn't know what to do. Suddenly, he had a quick wit, bit the tip of his tongue, and spat out a mouthful of blood at the paper-clothed female ghost. This is also a trick taught by the old people, saying that when you see something you shouldn't see, you just need to bite the tip of your tongue to ward off evil spirits.Sure enough, after the fourth uncle bit the tip of his tongue, the ghost in paper clothes disappeared, and even the mountain fog disappeared, and the whole mountain looked much smaller in an instant.According to the explanation given by my grandma later, this mountain is a ghost mountain, and the mountain has already been divided into two parts, one is Yin and the other is Yang.What the living see is Yangshan, what the dead see is Yinshan.The fourth uncle looked much bigger because he saw the two mountains of Yin and Yang. The fourth uncle let out a sigh of relief, thinking that the female ghost was nothing more than that.Just when he was happy to defeat the female ghost, he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing from behind.He turned his head, but couldn't help but sat down on the ground. There was no temple behind him, but a cliff, and the national road was under the cliff.The female ghost in paper clothes just now was clearly trying to push him into the cliff. After returning to the construction site, the fourth uncle was surprised to find that Dahei was playing poker passionately.Thinking of the situation just now, Fourth Uncle still felt weird in his heart, but seeing Dahei's grinning smile, he felt that Dahei was the real Dahei.The fourth uncle asked him why he came back by himself.Dahei said: "I saw you talking to yourself and going down the mountain, I can only come back by myself." "Why don't you hold me back?" Fourth Uncle said. "You run faster than a rabbit. In the blink of an eye, you disappeared. How can I hold you back?" Da Hei said. After this happened, my fourth uncle had a high fever every day and had nightmares every night.Later, the fourth uncle felt that he couldn't bear it anymore, so he asked for leave and went home. The fourth uncle who came home was sick, and grandma saw the problem at a glance.Grandpa has experienced this before, so he knows that fourth uncle must have encountered something dirty.But this time the fourth uncle seems to be more powerful.Grandma asked what was going on, and the fourth uncle told grandma about the situation. Grandma first took out an ancient jade from the box. Grandma said that the jade could ward off evil spirits, so she asked my fourth uncle to take it with me.Fourth uncle has always been skeptical about the role of jade, but now he has a phobia, and he wants to wear anything related to evil spirits.According to the fourth uncle's idea, some jade can ward off evil spirits, and some jade can't ward off evil spirits, but he doesn't know which piece of jade can ward off evil spirits.In order to ensure that there is a piece of jade that can ward off evil spirits, he went to the market town and bought more than ten pieces of jade to hang around his neck. After the fourth uncle rested at home for a few days, he felt that this construction site must not stay any longer, otherwise he would have to risk his life.Sure enough, a week later, news came from the construction site that a worker did not come back at night, and the workers on the site found his body under the cliff the next day.During the on-site investigation by the Public Security Bureau, it was found that one of his shoes was still on the mountain, and it was finally decided that he fell off the cliff and died.This news almost broke the fourth uncle's mind, because he should have been the one who fell off the cliff. However, the haunting on the construction site did not frighten Dahei and Shaozi. They went to the mountain together every night, but they never encountered any female ghosts.Both Dahei and Shaozi think that anyone who encounters a ghost is a person whose life is not strong enough, and they believe that there must be an ancient tomb buried under this place. Driven by the dream of getting rich, the two drove the excavator to dig the soil desperately during the day, and competed to work overtime at night.And their way of working is quite special, only digging, not leveling, only digging, not retreating.On the fourth day, the two of them were so exhausted that they all fell asleep.Unexpectedly, at noon that day, when the two of them were sleeping like dead pigs, there was a cry outside.By the time the two of them woke up, there was no one on the construction site.Dahei asked the old man on duty at the construction site where everyone had gone, and the old man said that a large ancient tomb was dug out under the construction site, and everyone went in to grab foreign money.When the snatching was over, everyone ran home. Dahei asked, what are you doing at home?The old man replied that the treasures in the cemetery are not taken casually, and if caught, they will be imprisoned.Only then did the two understand that if they built bridges and paved roads for them, they would get rich, but they would become poor ghosts.The old man said that when the workers saw the things in the mausoleum, they tried their best to snatch things from the tomb. As a result, after entering the tomb passage, many people were shot and injured by hidden arrows in the tomb passage, and several people died because of it.He himself was old and couldn't compete with young people, so he didn't go in. The three of them were talking when a police car from the Public Security Bureau drove over, and the police surrounded the ancient tomb tightly.They also invited experts to clean up the scene, but the scene was too damaged. The corpses in the tomb were also dragged out of the coffin and their skeletons were fragmented.However, the Public Security Bureau is not a vegetarian. They mobilized all the police forces in the city to search their residences and places of residence one by one according to the construction site roster. Dahei and Shaozi were praised for not participating in the robbing, saying that they knew the general situation, understood the law, knew that the interests of the country were above all else, and were good citizens.But only they themselves understand that they have been annoyed for several days, hating themselves for sleeping at the wrong time. However, those funerary objects that were desperately snatched were not owned by themselves, but were forcibly confiscated by the local cultural bureau.Also because of this, the work on this construction site was stopped, and both Dahei and Shaozi went home. By the way, the fourth uncle who returned home became an unemployed vagrant, and his life was very comfortable.The fourth uncle said that the pace of life is too fast now, and the days were leisurely and carefree at that time, never worrying about starving to death, and never having to think about how to live tomorrow.But fourth uncle is not the kind of person who can stand leisure.After the incident at the construction site, the fourth uncle was really honest for a while, but within half a year, the fourth uncle's legs seemed to have grown hair, and he couldn't sit still anymore. He told his grandfather that he planned to do some business in Xuzhou. The distance between our village and the urban area of ​​Xuzhou is less than 40 kilometers, which is closer than our county seat, so most people in the village go to Xuzhou instead of the county seat for shopping and business.Also because of the short distance and relatively developed economy in Xuzhou, most people from their hometown choose to make a living in Xuzhou. But when I went to Xuzhou to do business and how to do business, my fourth uncle didn't know what to do.He just told his grandpa what he thought.Of course, his grandfather supported his idea. Another friend of his sold firecrackers in Xuzhou, specializing in selling firecrackers and detonators. Sometimes the fourth uncle really thinks that grandpa is very capable. Although the financial conditions of the family are not very good, grandpa has many capable friends.Fourth Uncle sometimes wondered why no one would be proud of having such a friend as himself, but if they did, Fourth Uncle would not be Fourth Uncle. Speaking of firecrackers, the fourth uncle became interested.My fourth uncle has always liked firecrackers since he was a child, and he always thinks about this when he has nothing to do. Now letting himself sell firecrackers is really diving into the water, and the tiger is returning to the mountain. The firecrackers in Xuzhou are all sold to various canteens, and most of these canteens buy their own goods, but after a long time, the fourth uncle feels that it is no longer interesting.After the new year, the peak sales period of firecrackers is over.Afterwards, there were no marriages and births, and few people would buy firecrackers. For the firecracker industry, it was considered an off-season.The fourth uncle once said that firecrackers have a peak season and eleven off-seasons a year. If they are sold well in this peak season, they will not starve to death in the other eleven off-seasons. Maybe it was because the eleven off-seasons were too boring, and my fourth uncle suddenly became interested in making detonators.The fourth uncle, who often makes gunpowder, believes that firecrackers are a low-level industry, and making detonators is considered a technical job.He often comes into contact with some pioneers, and sometimes asks them for advice on how to make detonators.However, the fourth uncle is very talented in making gunpowder. In addition, he sells gunpowder every day, and has a lot of research on dispensing and frying medicine, so the detonator he made is quite powerful, and the lethality is no less than that of a hand grenade. Due to the powerful detonators of the fourth uncle, he soon became famous in Zaozhuang, Xuzhou, and Suzhou. Many small bosses who started the mountain asked him to buy gunpowder and detonators.After the sales of the detonators became better, Fourth Uncle was really happy for a long time.But a detonator is a detonator. After a long time, the fourth uncle began to feel bored again.In the blood of the fourth uncle, it is best to have a world war every day, and the whole earth is in the ring mode, that is colorful. But the fourth uncle wants to do something like blow up an ancient tomb, because that can make a lot of money.Although the ancestors stayed away from this industry, the fourth uncle still has the idea of ​​returning to his old career.The fourth uncle said that his greatest wish is to carry forward the feng shui of his ancestors. Grandpa said that his promotion is false, but the tomb robbery is true.Maybe it's because the fourth uncle has always wanted to rob the tomb, so the fourth uncle didn't learn anything from his grandparents. He could only buy some yin and yang theories from the market and read them with great interest. It seems that for the fourth uncle, the life of tomb robbers can only remain in imagination forever.But the boring life continues, and the fourth uncle can only live in the sound of explosions.Fortunately, the area around Xiaoguishan has recently opened a mountain. The owner of the Kaishan heard that Uncle Si can make detonators, so he specially found Uncle Si.After the fourth uncle heard the news, he was very happy. He handed over the firecrackers to the buddy, and went to blow up the mountain by himself. If someone praised Fourth Uncle for being handsome and a good-looking young man, Fourth Uncle would not be moved, because Fourth Uncle was indeed a good-looking talent when he was young.But if someone praises Fourth Uncle Lei for his good control, he must be very complacent and radiant.For the fourth uncle, it is a great achievement to be able to make handmade firecrackers, and it is a great achievement to make detonators.The little boss heard that the fourth uncle was very good at making detonators, so he ran to the fourth uncle's small thatched cottage to invite the fourth uncle to come out of the mountain.The fourth uncle was also excited. He didn't expect someone to invite him in person, so he agreed. Xiaoguishan is located in the northwest corner of Xuzhou, which belongs to the suburbs of Xuzhou. Generally, few people build mountains there.But the development of the economy requires a lot of building materials, and some people are secretly digging mountains there.It was a small private owner who asked the fourth uncle to put the detonators in. He gave the local manager some money and started work. When we arrived at Xiaoguishan, the fourth uncle repeatedly pondered over the structure of the mountain and the pressure and stroke of the gunpowder, properly placed the explosion point, and even blasted the entire mountain down.The little boss was taken aback, and then grinned into a small trumpet. The fourth uncle returned to his wholesale department, and he was also happy in his heart. For the first time, he felt a sense of accomplishment. Back at the residence at night, the fourth uncle saw two people standing outside the house. These two people were none other than Chen Xiaodie and Chen Daohe whom the fourth uncle had been thinking about day and night.The fourth uncle hurriedly received the guests and invited the two of them into the house.After exchanging pleasantries, Chen Daohe asked the fourth uncle if he went to bomb Xiaoguishan, and the fourth uncle said yes.Chen Daohe said that the mountain cannot be bombed, and there are tombs inside. The fourth uncle found it incredible that an ancient tomb could be buried on this small hill. Chen Daohe said: "Xuzhou has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Xuzhou City has a history of 2,500 years. It is not surprising that there are these ancient tombs. This tomb may be a large tomb in the Han Dynasty, or it may be earlier. , I don’t know exactly who it belongs to, but I think Xiaoguishan has the aura of a dragon and a tiger, a tiger crouching on a dragon’s plate, and its momentum is extraordinary.” The fourth uncle said: "This little turtle mountain looks like a little turtle from a distance. It is an independent mountain with rocks underneath. How can we build a cemetery?" Chen Daohe said: "The wisdom of the ancients is not something we can estimate. Although Xiaoguishan is a mountain, the ancient princes could call the wind and call the rain. They gathered the strength of tens of thousands of people, and it took decades to open a mountain. Mountains." The fourth uncle said again: "Oh, it's a pity that I have learned Fengshui for so many years, and I didn't see that there would be a tomb there." Chen Daohe laughed and said, "That's because you haven't learned the basics. Young man, last time I deliberately talked about Fengshui theory in the market, I didn't expect you to understand it. It's really not easy. But you haven't learned the essence. Ah, you just bought some worthless books on the street stalls, and those are all scams." The fourth uncle blushed immediately after hearing this, regretting that he hadn't learned what he had at home.But the fourth uncle was still excited, thinking that this time he finally had the opportunity to show off his talents. After Chen Daohe left, he called Dahei and Shaozi, and directly opened the tomb with a detonator.The fourth uncle was thinking about his plan to rob the tomb, when Chen Daohe said, "Young man, I need your help." The fourth uncle asked, "What's the matter?" Chen Daohe said: "Accompany me to the ancient tomb."