Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Wang Family Ghost Temple

When I went to the Wang Family Ancestral Hall, I specifically asked Aunt Wang where she collected the skeleton honey. Where there is skeleton honey, the ghost marrow flower must be not far away.She said that it was in the grove behind the Wang Family Ancestral Hall.On the other side of the woods, there is a cemetery. I don't know when that cemetery has existed.Most of the old people in the village were buried there. Over time, the corpses were layered on top of each other. It is not uncommon for such a place to have ghost essence and demon flowers. But I doubt even more in my heart, could someone plant this Ghost Essence Flower on purpose?According to the records in ancient books, the ghost marrow flower is very harsh on the natural environment in which it grows, and it is unlikely to form naturally under normal circumstances.Only those barren mounds and ancient tombs will be generated by chance if the climate is suitable.Moreover, once the ghost marrow demon flower is produced, ordinary bees will quickly mutate into the skeleton demon bee after collecting pollen from the demon flower, becoming the natural guardian of the ancient tomb.

But ghost marrow demons bloom for a long time, encounter rain and dew, and gradually form a poison barrier, people and animals will die if they stick to it, and it spreads very fast. It is a terrible plague. Such things must be eradicated, otherwise, all nearby villages will be destroyed. bad luck. Fatty Wang held up a torch, wiped his nose, and asked me: "Doctor Xu, what kind of demon flower is really so harmful?" "Naturally!" I hurriedly described the dangers of the demon flower, and then said, "Not to mention that the demon bee came out to sting people, what's more important is that this ghost flower has become a climate over time, and it emits The smell will form a poisonous barrier, and at that time, all the people around us will suffer."

"So powerful?" Fatty Wang shrank his neck and asked me weakly, "Then we go, isn't it dangerous?" "That's right." I took out a few pills and handed them to them, "I prepared a few pills here, take them, not only can prevent the poisonous gas of the ghost marrow flower in a short time, but also prevent the poisonous insects in the mountains. "I often go to the mountains to collect herbs. In order to avoid poisonous insects, I carry these pills with me, which is convenient. "Doctor Xu, don't you know about the Wang Family Ancestral Hall?" Wang Jiwei asked curiously.

"What is it?" I asked in surprise. "I don't know too well." Wang Jiwei frowned. "It's just that when I was a child, my grandma said that the ancestral hall of the Wang family was haunted. So, a good ancestral hall is so deserted. Generally speaking, we only have the Qingming Festival or the Double Ninth Festival. At the time of the ancestors, only dared to go there during the day, and no one dared to go there at night." I was very surprised when I heard this, and asked, "So, there is no farmland nearby?" "Originally there were!" Wang Jihong interjected, "It's just that it was haunted later, and the place was deserted."

"In this case, what is Aunt Wang going to do?" I asked. "Who knows!" Fatty Wang wiped his snot again, and snorted, "I probably hate my life for a long time." "Second Fatty, don't talk nonsense, be careful your grandfather heard it, the boss will beat you!" Wang Jiwei hurriedly shouted. Only then did I know that Fatty Wang's nickname was actually Fatty Two.Wang Jiwei was a little older and more prudent in dealing with people. He held up a flashlight to take a picture, and said in a low voice: "It's ahead, everyone, be careful and don't talk nonsense." He first walked in front with a shotgun in his hand.

Holding the flashlight in one hand and the medicine shovel tightly in the other, I followed behind him.I don't know when, a thin mist rose from the mountains, and everything looked blurry. I followed the beam of the flashlight and looked ahead.Sure enough, right at the col, there were a few houses shrouded in black shadows, and because of the darkness, they couldn't be seen as dilapidated... I was a little nervous. The village head Wang attached great importance to the Wang family's ancestral hall, and even his words were vague. It can be seen that this ancestral hall does have some weirdness.The three brothers of the Wang family were probably the same as me. Fatty Wang stood next to me. When Wang Jiwei walked in front, Wang Jihong clung to him, holding an ax in his hand.

"What's that?" Suddenly, Wang Jiwei, who had come to the front, stopped and asked in a low voice. "Eh?" I was stunned, in front of the Wang family's ancestral hall, in the darkness, there were two people standing upright at the door, like two door gods... I couldn't help but feel a little bit in my heart. Now it's midnight, even if there are people near the ancestral hall, they should go to bed early. What are you doing standing at the entrance of the ancestral hall?Moreover, the darkness inside the ancestral hall doesn't look like it's inhabited at all?No, no one will live in this ancestral hall. Since it is said that the Wang Family Ancestral Hall is haunted by ghosts and has been abandoned for many years, who would live in it?

"Could it be that there are ghosts here?" I asked secretly in my heart, no, no, no words, strange powers and gods, no wonder, the blame will defeat itself!I was busy comforting myself, but the hand holding the flashlight was soaked in a layer of cold sweat, wet... Wang Jiwei whispered: "Everyone, be careful, this place is really weird!" We all agreed in a low voice, and walked forward along the rugged mountain road.The closer they got, the more obvious the two figures in the mist became. "Who is it?" Wang Jiwei stopped, pulled the trigger of the shotgun, and asked in a deep voice.

However, as Wang Jiwei's voice echoed in the empty valley, the word "who" was spread far and wide, the valley was deep, there was a chill, the mountain wind blew, and the spring cold was actually bitingly cold.But the two people standing at the entrance of the ancestral hall remained silent—— Wang Jiwei squeezed the trigger, as if he wanted to shoot, I whispered: "Let's take a closer look, don't shoot recklessly." Wang Jiwei nodded, and said in a low voice: "Wait, if the situation is not good, you run quickly, and I will stop it!" "How did this happen?" Wang Jihong asked hurriedly, "If we run away, what will happen to the demon flower?"

"Everyone be careful, I don't believe there are any ghosts." I boldly encouraged everyone.Otherwise, as long as we run away tonight, no one will dare to come to the ancestral hall of the royal family in the future. Wouldn't the ghost marrow and demon flower become a disaster?As I said that, I was bold enough to walk in the front with a flashlight. Wang Jiwei was busy holding a shotgun, walking closely beside me. I got closer and closer to the Wang Family Ancestral Hall, and I saw two people standing at the entrance of the Wang Family Ancestral Hall. I held up a flashlight to shine on them, but at some point, the fog in the mountains seemed to be thicker. The two people in front of the Ancestral Hall The shadow appeared to be blurred and in a trance.About seven or eight steps away, I stopped and asked, "Who is that person in front? Why are you here late at night?"

My voice is not high, but the distance of seven or eight steps is enough for those two people to hear me clearly.But the voice just floated in the empty valley, and those two people, as if they were dead, remained motionless. When I think of that dead word, my heart beats involuntarily. "Bang——" was a loud bang, especially loud in the foggy valley. My heart almost jumped out of my mouth. Wang Jiwei, who was standing beside me, finally couldn't take it anymore, pulled the trigger, and the gunshot rang out. Due to the extremely close distance, one of the two people on the opposite side fell down limply. "It's bad, did you accidentally injure someone?" I cried out in my heart that something was wrong, and some complained that Wang Jiwei was too reckless, but Wang Jiwei actually pulled the trigger again and wanted to shoot again. "Don't!" I hurriedly stopped, "Let's take a look first, anyway, we have weapons in hand, so we are not afraid of them." "Okay!" Wang Jiwei said, he probably killed one of them with a single shot, gained courage, and immediately strode forward first.Wang Jihong and Fatty Wang were also busy following, so naturally I would not be one step behind and followed closely. With a distance of seven or eight steps, we were trembling and approaching - one person had fallen to the ground, while the other was still erected at the entrance of the Wang Family Ancestral Hall. Two steps away, I finally saw clearly that the ones erected at the entrance of the Wang family ancestral hall, which we regarded as living people or ghosts, turned out to be two blank paper figures. It's just that the craftsmanship of these two white paper figurines is really good, the size is the same as that of real people, although the clothes on their bodies and the eyebrows and eyes on their faces are all painted on, they look lifelike. Fatty Wang sniffled and cursed: "Damn it, it's actually two paper figurines, it scared me to death..." As he spoke, he ran up and kicked the white paper figurine standing there , and also kicked to the ground. "Don't move around!" Wang Jiwei scolded in a low voice, "Second Fatty, you pig-headed!" "Your grandpa is the brain of a pig!" The second fat man twitched his nose and snorted, "Why am I a brain of a pig? Didn't you get frightened by a blank paper man just now? Don't forget, the one who shot just now, but You, hum!" "Don't be noisy!" I whispered, "There are weird things here!" "What's so weird?" Er Fatty said dissatisfiedly, "Isn't it just two paper people?" "Don't even think about it. How long has this place been deserted? Where did the paper doll come from?" Wang Jihong scolded, "You say you are a pig's brain, and you still don't admit it?" The second fat man wilted immediately when he heard it, but he was unwilling to admit defeat just like that, and said, "Maybe it was placed here before." "This paper figurine is newly made!" I held up the flashlight to light it, and said in a low voice, "Look at the paper, the bamboo bones, and the pen and ink, they are all new." While I was talking, I paid attention to the expressions on the faces of the two white paper figures. One was good and the other evil. They were indeed the impermanence of good and evil in the legend of the underworld, but they were not the golden boys and jade girls that are often seen in front of mourning halls of ordinary people. "Do any of you know of anyone around here who makes excellent paper figurines?" I asked in a low voice. Wang Jiwei thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I heard from my grandma that there was a woman named Wang who made a white paper figurine so well that she could almost mistake the real one for the real one. But since Granny Wang passed away, the craftsmanship of the white paper figurine has been lost." I nodded and frowned endlessly. This white paper figure was tied to life, and its craftsmanship was really exquisite. It definitely didn't look like a prank by a bored child.Especially the facial expressions, Shanwuchang is full of joy and grinning; I knew very well in my heart that since liberation, all feudal superstitions have been broken, and now people hold funerals, and there are no golden boys and girls made of white paper people before the funeral.But for some reason, in front of this dilapidated ancestral hall, there are actually two newly made white paper figurines... Although the two white paper figures have fallen to the ground, for some reason, the more I look at this ancestral hall, the more evil I feel. "Squeak—" When we were studying the white paper man, suddenly, the two dilapidated wooden doors, which were almost ignored by us, made a toothache sound as if blown open by the wind, and slowly opened. , is astonishingly dark... There was a sound of "fluttering", and in the darkness, a few animals with teeth and claws jumped out. I was so scared that I backed away again and again, and the remaining three people may not be better than me.The second fat man even rolled and crawled, and fell to the ground. I hurriedly reached out to help him, but the second fat man suddenly jumped up and shouted, "Who... who pulled my foot?" "It's okay, Er Fatty, don't be surprised, it's just a few bats!" Wang Jiwei whispered. The Wang family ancestral hall has been abandoned for many years, so it naturally became a habitat for bats. When the door was opened just now, the bats were probably frightened and flew out.But I don't know, those of us are also afraid of them. Er Fatty's complexion was not very good, he shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, I wanted to back up just now, but something pulled my foot, and I fell down!" He was busy searching on the ground while talking. The flashlight beam fell to the ground involuntarily. On the ground, the arm of a white paper man was torn on the ground.I frowned. Although the second fat man stepped on the white paper man just now, I remember clearly that the white paper man's arm was not broken, but how could it be torn to the ground now?Could it be that this white paper man pulled the second fat man, causing him to fall down? This is too unbelievable, right?As I thought about it, the beam of light from the flashlight naturally landed on the arm of the broken white paper man. So, the eyes of Wang Jiwei, Wang Jihong, and the second fat man also fell on the broken arm of the white paper man, and then they raised their heads and looked at me together in a daze. "This white paper man is really evil!" Wang Jiwei whispered. The second fat man was obviously a bit slow in reacting. Only at this time did he come back to his senses and asked, "Boss, do you mean that this white paper man pulled me and caused me to fall? This..." "Don't talk nonsense!" Wang Jihong shouted hastily. I didn't say a word, but I thought of a possibility in my heart. I heard from the master before that those big families used to be buried with living people after their death, especially those emperors and generals.Later, due to various reasons, it was forbidden to use living people for burial, and began to use puppets, paper figurines, servants, etc. for burial. The terracotta warriors and horses in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang are the best example. However, it is said that the use of a dummy for burial does not serve the role of protecting the coffin. Therefore, some evil people can use sorcery to draw out the souls of living people and imprison them on dummy bodies. Over time, these souls turn into Ghost.I always thought it was absurd. Seeing these blank paper men now, I can't help but think of these absurd things. Could it be that there really are these sorcerers?