Chapter 488 Chapter 9 Animism

My classmate was startled, only to realize that he had run to a very deep place in the cave.At this time, his three friends ran away early and disappeared.He didn't dare to go forward alone, so he stood there and called the three to come back.As a result, no one responded to him.After a while, he suddenly felt a strong stench coming out of that corner, but he couldn't make out what it was.He was very scared and wanted to run back, but he couldn't move, even his neck was stiff.At this time, he saw his dog jumping out from nowhere and biting the thing with one bite.Immediately afterwards he was able to move, and then ran out desperately.When he ran, he looked back, and he would never forget that look in his life.His dog was backing away in the opposite direction from him, still clinging to it, as if holding something to keep it from chasing.

"The dog was crying, but its eyes were full of tears. It must have been terrified, but it never let go." These were his original words. He ran out and took his life.But he never saw his dog again, nor his three little friends. Later, the Bureau of Public Safety Experts organized more than 300 people to search the air-raid shelter inside out, but only found a half-bitten dog leash and two pairs of children's shoes. Given what my classmate went through, my words to the monkey were no longer so resistant.My mind has changed, maybe everything he said is true, although I personally don't accept it all.

I took a few steps forward and said provocatively: "My friend, in this way, these children can't catch this big carp, so I must take it home for you to cook in soup?" The monkey froze, obviously he didn't know that I was behind him.He turned his head and saw that it was me, his face calmed down, and he smiled and said, "Ah, so it's you." I don't know all the kids next to me, but most of the kids know me.Someone has already said quickly: "By the way, don't you want to ask Grandpa Ma? He is Grandpa Ma's grandson." The monkey raised his eyebrows, opened his mouth for a long time but did not speak.

"What's wrong? Surprised?" I asked.To be honest, I have absolutely no idea why he was so surprised.Even if we've met before, it's not like this.I later found out that he was surprised not because he saw me, but because he met his grandfather when he was asking for directions, but he couldn’t accept that the “Grandpa Ma” in the mouth of the child was a rustic peasant image. The monkey touched the mouth with protruding lips, and instead of answering my words, asked: "You, you, why are you here?" I was already a bit suspicious of him, but just now Grandpa's buffalo discovered the so-called ghost book, and I just heard his "high theory" about spiritual pets, so I naturally connected the ghost book with him.So, I became more vigilant.

"I live here, of course I often walk around here. I want to ask you, didn't you go to Aotu Mountain to see the grave? Why are you here?" I asked, thinking to myself, if the ghost book is really him Accidentally left behind, so what exactly is he doing here?Is it really to pay homage to Lin Jiazhu?If it is for worship, why do you have to wear a cloth strip that can drive away ghosts and release ghosts? "Oh hehe," the monkey blinked and forced a smile, "I suddenly remembered that today's almanac is not suitable for offering sacrifices, so I plan to go to Lin Jiazhu's grave another day."

When it comes to the almanac, I am a little confused. I hate that I didn't secretly pay attention to the advisable and taboo in the almanac before going out, so that I can know whether the monkey is lying. "I asked these children to let go of the carp, mainly because it is not easy for it to grow so big in this kind of river. Even if it has not undergone the kind of care I mentioned and cannot become the best spiritual pet, but it has grown to such a big , can be regarded as half an elf. Everything has a spirit, a thousand-year-old tree can still become a tree spirit, and a hundred-year-old urn can still become a urn demon. So I want to save its life." The monkey continued.

The oldest child said, "Yes. We have already caught half a bucket of crucian carp the size of a palm, and this carp is not missing." After speaking, he and a few friends carried out the big carp and threw it into the The main road of the old river.A wave splashed away, and then the carp slapped its tail fiercely, causing another wave of white flowers, and it disappeared in a blink of an eye. A child pouted and complained, "I thought it would look back at us before leaving." The corner of the little boss's mouth curled up, and he said in an adult tone: "I'm afraid you read too many comic books. It's too late to run for its life, so how can it say goodbye to you!"

All of a sudden, I was really worried that the carp would turn into a carp spirit or something like what the monkey said.If it lives in the old river for decades, will it still remember being saved by someone?Ever been released by a group of children? When I got home, I saw grandpa holding the piece of cloth in his hand, his eyebrows frowned.Yellowed and rough fingers groped on the words, as if the words were engraved on it, and the chisel marks could be felt. "How's the excitement?" Grandpa raised his head and smiled when he saw me enter the door. "That person was the one who asked us for directions before." I said.

Then, I told my grandpa what I saw and heard on the old river one by one, and expressed my doubts. Grandpa glanced outside the door, then at the cloth strip in his hand, took a deep breath, then let it out slowly, and said, "Liangzi, what you said makes sense. There must be something strange about it." "You also feel strange?" I asked redundantly. "Think about it, as soon as he came, our buffalo broke through the wall and went out. It's okay to go out, it still went to the ghost book. He asked us the way, but he didn't go to the concave mountain, but turned back. Here comes Laohe." At this point, Grandpa stopped and looked straight at me.

I knew what Grandpa meant, so I followed his words and said, "Do you think he came to Laohe for something? Something more important than going to Ou Cong Mountain to worship?" "I guess he lost this ghost book accidentally. The reason why he didn't go to Aotu Mountain, but returned to Laohe, was to find the lost ghost book." Grandpa said, "He lost the ghost book It’s useless to go to Aotu Mountain. But he didn’t expect that we found his ghost book first. But he saved the carp because of another reason.” "Another reason? What reason?" I rubbed the back of my head.

"I told you, ghost books are only circulated in areas inhabited by aquatic tribes in our country, so they are also called water books." Grandpa's eyes lit up.