Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Wong Tai Sin

"Empty..." The moment Zha Wenbin touched the abdomen of this little corpse, he found that the child's belly deflated as soon as he pressed it. Out of caution, he asked for a dagger from Zhuo Xiong, and slowly unbuttoned the shroud.One, two... When the dagger pulled the clothes to the two sides, everyone was shocked. The child's abdomen was empty, the entire upper body was filled with straw, and a paper doll was supported on a wooden stick. Head, is this a suspicious grave? But his two small hands were still exposed, they looked like human arms no matter how they looked, Zha Wenbin squeezed them, and he could still feel the elasticity of the muscles through his clothes.

"Offended!" Zha Wenbin said such a sentence, and then took off the doll's clothes, everyone was stunned.There were only two bare arms left in this corpse. The head, body and legs were gone, and no remains were left behind. Cha Wenbin carefully held out the two arms. They were only four or five years old, and they still wore silver bracelets on their wrists. The whole arm was cut off from the shoulder, and the wound was stitched up. There are large and small spots scattered all over the ground, which is shocking. "This is?" Zhuo Xiong asked while covering his nose.

"Mercury spots." Zha Wenbin felt that his tears were about to flow out. This is an extremely cruel method of burial.In the past, some dignitaries buried boys and girls with them, and let these children take mercury quickly in a short period of time. Through blood circulation, the mercury travels all over the body, and at the same time it will kill these children immediately, but it can ensure that the corpses are not corrupt. They serve themselves forever and ever, satisfying the abnormal psychology of these people. Zha Wenbin quietly wrapped the two small arms in the brown roll, put them aside, and said: "I still have to dig, I reckon the baby's body must have been scattered in these graves."

"No more digging, we won't dig anymore, I'm afraid it will be blamed if we dig any further..." A leading young man stammered, pointing at the shroud scattered on the ground, and other young men echoed: "Don't dig Now, we are leaving, who dares to stay in this place?" Cha Wenbin never liked to force others to do things, but this group of people really couldn't leave first, so he had to say: "Then you all stand by our side, don't move or run around." Then he turned to the sloppy face and said, "Big brother, you should come later, finish the work earlier, and we will go down the mountain earlier."

Flesh-faced contemptuously took the hoe in the hand of the young man, spat a little into the palm of his hand, and found that there were graves all over the ground: "This...Brother Wen Bin, which one should I dig?" "That, this, and this." Cha Wenbin picked up the compass and walked around the mass grave, quickly specifying the remaining three graves. "Okay!" Hengroulian picked up the hoe, and the loess really covered the sky for a while. Once his human excavator was started, the efficiency could be as high as five or six young people, and the group of people were stunned.

"Yes." When the second coffin was unearthed, the fleshy face shouted. Cha Wenbin asked Zhuo Xiong and Tieniu to be responsible for moving the coffin to him, and then asked Hengroulian to dig out the remaining two, while he had to watch the young people who were about to move, for fear that they would run away timidly. When the remaining three human-shaped coffins were placed in front of him one by one, Cha Wenbin put those two small hands in the middle again, and then set up a small mound on the ground in front of each coffin, and took out four long incense sticks. , lighted one by one, one stick was inserted on each mound of soil, centered on the little hand, scattered in all directions.

Cha Wenbin said softly: "Everyone turn their backs, and they are not allowed to look back. They can only turn around when I agree." How could this group of young people know what he was going to do? They only knew that this Taoist priest was definitely going to practice. At the moment, his interest in voyeuristic rituals has surpassed his fear in his heart, but the two people around this Taoist priest seem to be not good at it. So I had to obediently turn around. Cha Wenbin took out a piece of yellow paper from his bosom, dipped it in cinnabar as quickly as possible, drew a pattern of a doll on the paper, took out the big ancestral seal, and pressed a seal on the doll, impartially , just surrounded the entire portrait, and then quickly tore up the doll's body, divided it into four parts according to the head, neck, body, legs and hands, and then threw it to the sky, and the four pieces of paper fell to the sky one after another. ground.

One of the pieces of paper fell on the palm wrapping the arm, and the other three fell on the other three human-shaped coffins.Cha Wenbin began to read: "Where do the wandering souls stay? The tombs and forests are frightened and strange. Now I invite the mountain god General Wudao to be the kitchen king of Fangdi's house and find out the true soul. Take back the possession and build up the spirit .The gate of heaven is open, the gate of earth is open, the gate of heaven and earth is open, and the boy of thousands of miles will send his soul. I obey the order of the Supreme Lord!"

Zha Wenbin raised the palm of his right hand inward, and his four fingers began to move continuously. After removing a piece of paper on the palm, the other three began to move slowly, fell to the ground one after another, and gradually moved closer to the middle.Taking a closer look, it turned out that there was a thread as thick as a hair tied on his finger, and the other end was threaded on the four pieces of paper. When this end moved, the paper on the other side began to move like a shadow puppet show. . If it was just like this, he wouldn't be Cha Wenbin anymore. Anyone with a little dexterity could play this kind of move, but there was one thing that couldn't be manipulated by humans.

As the pieces of paper began to slowly close in the middle, the four incense sticks on the ground originally each had a wisp of green smoke rising, but at this time the flue began to bend, and faintly began to gather in the middle.Sweat began to sweat on Zha Wenbin's forehead. Every time he pulled the piece of paper with his fingers, it seemed that he had to exert great strength. When they merged into one, there was a strange cry of "croak" from nowhere, and a huge black shadow came straight to Zha Wenbin's front. He didn't have time to dodge, the blow came too suddenly, and he didn't see what it was, so he drew out the Seven Star Sword with his left hand to block it, only to hear a "Dang", like metal colliding, and then a black shadow came from behind him. Wen Bin's head flew over.He only felt a burning pain on his cheek, and he touched it with his hand to find that there was blood on his hand, but his right hand still didn't stop. Seeing that the paper that he had torn up could be put back together on the ground.

Heizi started to bark frantically towards the woods above him. He circled around Cha Wenbin anxiously, staring at the sky with his two big black eyes.There was a young man who couldn't hold it back. He wondered if something happened behind him, so he just looked back. He only saw a big wisp of green smoke rushing straight up in front of the coffin, but it didn't vacate. Stirring around there, he felt very surprised, why the smoke didn't go away, so he let out a "huh". Just such a "huh", the green smoke that had already gathered into a ball immediately dispersed and re-divided into four strands, and the already tense threads on Cha Wenbin's fingers broke "bang bang bang" one after another, and his face swelled. It was red, and suddenly, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the whole person leaned forward and fell to the ground. The young man screamed "Ah" in fright, and everyone turned around at the same time. Zhuo Xiong picked up Cha Wenbin and was about to rush down the mountain, but he waved his hand to signal him to put him down, and then clutched his chest He asked with difficulty: "Just now, who turned around?" Zhuo Xiong's eagle-like eyes quickly swept across the crowd, and one of the younger students unconsciously took a few steps back, Zhuo Xiong strode forward, grabbed his collar and dragged him out of the crowd, shouting: " is that you?" This young man has never seen such a battle before, but he is also a person who wants to save face, and he still doesn't admit defeat, saying: "So what if it's me? It's not me who made him like this." Zhuo Xiong had already clenched his fists until he heard that the young man was still talking stubbornly, he became even more furious, and involuntarily lifted his fists into the air... Hearing an "ah", he saw the young man covering his mouth The back of his head fell to the ground.It turned out that before Zhuo Xiong could make a move, Tieniu next to him had already slapped the young man hard on the head with his slap the size of a cattail leaf fan, and cursed: "Speak up again, brother Niu will stuff you into that coffin!" Tie Niu, a pig butcher, naturally didn't have the strength to do so, he was very murderous, and he was a used to master in the village on weekdays.When he got angry, the other juniors who wanted to talk didn't dare to move, they all stood there obediently, their legs trembling.Because the one next to him was bigger than an iron bull, and his fleshy face like a human tank already had a tree trunk as thick as a bowl in his hand. No one knew whether this guy would swing towards him, because Just now he really forcibly broke the small tree beside him. "Stop it all." Cha Wenbin's mouth was still bubbling with bloody foam. It's not the first time he has suffered this kind of injury. Daofa is very easy to be backlashed if he can't master the heat or be disturbed. of.Ghost power is not comparable to human power. Humans can only mobilize ghost power through guidance, but once this guidance fails, they will be backlashed by the unleashed ghost power. This is the same as a person using a rubber band to pull a heavy object. If the rubber band is cut, it will rebound violently and hit the person's face. Zhuo Xiong looked at the young man with a bit of resentment, and stood next to Cha Wenbin to support him again. Cha Wenbin looked at the young man with a trace of apology and said, "Don't be surprised, my brother is quick-tempered and has a good heart." Seeing that Cha Wenbin came to make amends for himself, the younger generation didn't feel that his face blushed. He knew that the Taoist priest was injured because of his recklessness, and he felt very sorry, so he quickly apologized and said, "I didn't do it." Well, I didn’t listen to your order and took a sneak peek, but that was also because I heard that strange cry and thought something was wrong.” Seeing that he still wanted to defend himself, Tieniu raised his big palm again, and was stopped by Cha Wenbin repeatedly: "Don't blame him, it's true that I saw a big bird attack at a critical moment just now, it seems To gather the soul of this doll, we must first defeat the person who set up the trap." "Bird? Where did the bird come from?" Tie Niu saw that the forest was empty all around, and did not see any birds, but Heizi kept staring at the sky vigilantly, his eyes constantly searching. "It should be an old raven. This kind of mass grave is their favorite place to stay." Although Cha Wenbin didn't see all of the big bird clearly, this kind of bird was called an old raven in that area, that is, The crow bird has always been regarded as a bad luck by the rural people, because the crow also has another name: the mourning bird. "I have this..." One young man timidly pulled out something from his waist, and all the young men started laughing.It turned out that the young man took out a slingshot. Amidst the laughter of the crowd, he then took out a handful of mud bombs from his pocket and said embarrassedly, "I like to shoot birds, so I take it with me." "Then take out the rightful owner's first, bury a doll here, and seal his soul with mercury. This man is really vicious." Originally, after taking the doll, Cha Wenbin planned to send him away. The soul of the eldest son Hu who had gone was also untied naturally, and this was the end of the matter. He has also heard of the doorway here. According to the four directions of east, west, north and south, the boy is buried. Those who don't understand think that it is buried with him, but in fact it is used to guide the boy. The person who set up the game must be knowledgeable, fantasizing that he can become a fairy after death, and needs a boy to pick him up, but if he buries a doll like this, his soul will return to the earth after death, how can there be a boy?So he designed such a vicious method, decomposed the corpse, sealed it with mercury, and then made a fake body with paper, mistakenly making the doll think that his body is intact, so he can stay here with peace of mind.In fact, the doll had been divided into four parts, and Cha Wenbin could tell that the methods used were cruel. The doll did not die at one time, but was tortured to death slowly. Cut off the doll's hands and feet first, and then find a way to continue life to ensure that the person will not die immediately, and then put them into a human-shaped coffin, so that a part of the soul remains in each part of the hands and feet, and finally start to remove the head, because the seven orifices are sealed by mercury, So the soul can't come out of the body, and the doll is packed in a human-shaped coffin and thinks that its body is still good, so it doesn't hold any resentment towards its master.It's just because the soul can't gather or disperse, so it stays here all the time. Under the action of the human-shaped coffin, the remaining souls of each part of the body are equivalent to having four boys. This corresponds to the phrase "children from all directions come to guide you", and it can ensure that the boys will exist forever and will not perish. Because children are naughty, eldest son Hu passed by here and was spotted by a part of the doll's soul, so he hooked his soul and attached himself to it.Presumably, the person who set up the game found that there was one boy missing, and the game could not be established, so he was very angry, and made a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain and arrested him. However, this place looks like a mass grave, but in fact it was deliberately done by those who set up the situation.Presumably the pots, pots and coffins on the ground are all props, and only one of the many tombs is the real owner of the tomb. This is nothing more than setting up an illusion: one is to cover up his real tomb, and the other is to tell others that this is the real tomb. Mass grave, best not to come in.Because most people will consciously withdraw when they see these things, for fear of getting bad luck, and the tomb robbers will not do it when they see that it is a mass grave, which must be a poor tomb. This has to be said to be a superb camouflage technique and Anti-theft technique. "Now it seems that Hu Changzi's father went to the wrong place, so he was beaten to death by his grandfather." Cha Wenbin said, "No one who wants to become a fairy will choose to kill innocent people indiscriminately, that will only attract others' attention." Retaliation, it may be that when they encountered a restricted area while hunting, the man had no choice but to kill him to kill him, just like the old raven just now, it was not so much my life as a warning .” "Then what should we do? Are we going to withdraw?" Zhuo Xiong asked. Cha Wenbin said: "How could this kind of person become a fairy? Let me untie him, and he will let the eldest son beard go." Since this is a deal between him and that brat, now that the bargaining chip is in the hands of the baby, does Cha Wenbin still have a choice? Taking out the compass, Zha Wenbin began to measure the entire mass grave with his steps. Since it was laid out according to the formation, he must find the location of the pit. In the end, his footsteps stopped in the middle of the two graves. There is a crooked wild persimmon tree growing, because there is no sunlight here all the year round, so the growth of this tree is very poor. "It should be here. This tree must have been planted later, so it is smaller than the surrounding trees. This guy is really hidden. There is not even a grave, and he is afraid that future generations will not find it, so he built a tree. Big brother, just dig here." As he spoke, Cha Wenbin circled a rough area on the ground with the Seven Star Sword. With a hoe in his hand, Hengroulian walked over, first he broke it off, and the persimmon tree, which was hundreds of years old, immediately snapped and was thrown aside by him.He swung his muscular arms and dug vigorously, only to hear a "dang", sparks shot up on the ground, and the jaws of the fleshy face were numb. "There are rocks under here." Hengroulian said after pushing away the layer of loess on the surface. Is my guess wrong?Cha Wenbin hurried over to have a look, clutching his aching chest and said, "That's right, this is a tombstone. This guy even buried the tombstone in order to hide it. Go and help me get this thing out." Pry it up, and the bottom must be the real master." He took a few steps back, and the other juniors had no choice but to join the construction team under the threat of Tie Niu's murderous eyes.With the joint efforts of a large group of people, it was discovered that this is really a tombstone carved out of huge granite, weighing thousands of catties.It took a lot of effort for this group of people to move aside.I saw that there was no inscription on the tombstone, but a picture was drawn instead. The picture was four guide boys kneeling on the ground, watching him follow a deer-leading fairy soaring up into the clouds. Tieniu spat a mouthful of phlegm at the tombstone, and cursed, "You want to be immortal!" Hearing a "wow", that black shadow suddenly jumped out from nowhere, and flew towards Tie Niu at an extremely fast speed, apparently aiming at his eyeballs.It was too late to say it, and then I heard a "swoosh", and the old bird trembled in the air, and then flapped its wings and began to fall. Heizi was already furious with this annoying big bird, but he couldn't reach that height, how would he let this opportunity pass?Before the old bird fell to the ground, Heizi let out an angry roar, and jumped up to the sky, including its belly, hugging it with its two front paws, opened its big mouth and bit it. After landing, it went crazy He grabbed the poor big bird and bit it fiercely on the ground.After a while, the old raven was torn into pieces by it. When everyone came back to their senses, they realized that the young man hadn't put down the slingshot in his hand, and murmured, "I actually hit it." Tieniu patted him happily, causing the young man to bend his legs, and said haha: "Good boy, you have two hands. When you get back, Brother Niu invites you to eat pigs and put them in the water." "Okay!" The group of juniors got excited again after being so encouraged, and started digging hard one by one. The tomb was hidden deep enough, and the excavated soil was enough to pile up four grave bags before we could barely see to the end. What was buried here was not a coffin at all, but a half-meter-long box, but the workmanship was very good. It is exquisite, with black jade inlays on it. Cha Wenbin took it out and saw that the wood should be red sandalwood. "Could it be a doll too?" "No, people will never use such a small thing." Cha Wenbin asked everyone to move away a little, and carefully placed the box on the ground. There was a live lock on the box, but what surprised Cha Wenbin was , the state of the lock is not closed, but open. "There must be treasures buried here." "I guess it's ashes." "How can there be such a high-end urn, it must be a treasure buried with him." A group of young people began to talk about it, but Mr. I felt something was wrong, how could the burial box be open? A large group of people surrounded Cha Wenbin, all waiting to see the final result.When the box was gently opened a crack, the timid people shrank back immediately, curiosity and fear were so clearly written on everyone's face. But when the truth comes out, probably no one will guess that it will be like this. When Zha Wenbin fully opened the box, there was a piece of golden silk satin inside. A small embroidered pillow was placed on one end of the silk satin, and a small red quilt was covered on it. Beautiful pattern of fairy. Judging by the decoration, this is really a coffin, but the person sleeping inside is not a human being! "Huang Daxian!" A young man shouted out, then immediately knelt down and kowtowed fiercely there. The other younger generations also started to have weak legs, thinking that they had caused a catastrophe, so trembling, they also knelt down.There are also a few young people who stand upright in order to show that they don't believe in evil, but their faces are not good. It was a weasel buried in this box! It is said that these young people in their twenties would not be afraid of such things, but there was indeed a real incident that stimulated their nerves.Cha Wenbin closed the box gently again, ready to tell them that there was no Huang Daxian, this was just a trick played by some people, but Tieniu pulled Cha Wenbin aside and said such a thing. Tie Niu said: "There have always been a lot of weasels in our village. In the past, someone's chickens and ducks were often killed. Because these animals are very cunning, they always have nothing to do with them. People who know how to hunt say they don't want to kill them. Things, this thing is very evil." "I had no choice but to raise dogs in every household to guard against them. It is normal for there to be many wild beasts in mountainous areas. With dogs, the number of times weasels came to the village to cause harm has indeed decreased. But just three years ago, something happened in the village. These kids know it." Tie Niu pointed to the young man who was the first to kneel down again, and said toutingly, "Well, it's his cousin. His cousin was originally a labor force in the village, and he carried a 200-jin loader. Things can go for more than three miles without stopping. They also had a dog at first, but they didn’t want to give the rat poisoner to death in the village, so they didn’t continue to keep it.” "Then their house was attacked by weasels. First, all the chickens in the brood were killed, and then they started biting the hen. His cousin was as unbelievable as I was, so he set up a trap. After a few days, it was really annoying. He caught one. With the hatred in his heart, he immediately threw the cage into the fish pond at the entrance of the village, and drowned the thing alive. He peeled off the skin and nailed it to the wall to dry. It is said that someone accepts this thing, and it can be exchanged for fifty cents." "In a few days, his cousin started to go crazy, and his family heard a female voice coming from his mouth, saying something like 'you killed me, I will make you suffer'. Then it started He hit his head against the wall, scratched his body dripping with blood with his hands, and finally cut his own flesh with a knife. His family had to tie him to the bed, and he hit the bed board with great force. I didn’t know him at that time. You, their family asked a lot of people to look at it, but it didn’t work. Some gentlemen said that they offended Huang Daxian, and after suffering for more than a month, they broke the rope one night and ran out.” "When the family found it, his cousin's body was floating in the fish pond at the entrance of the village. When it was picked up, everyone found that his cousin was holding the weasel's skin tightly in his hand. Later, people in the village People thought it was evil, so they filled that fish pond.” Speaking of this, Cha Wenbin remembered another thing. His master once told him that there is a folk saying called "Southern Mao and Northern Horse", saying that southerners mainly use Taoism to exorcise evil, especially The Maoshan faction, their Tianzhengdao is a branch of the Maoshan faction, but if you want to talk about the north, you have to be a horse fairy. Although Cha Wenbin doesn't know what is called a horse fairy, and he has never seen what a real horse fairy looks like, so he is not sure how useful this kind of belief similar to shamanism is, but he knows the existence of such things as witchcraft. It does have its grounds.There are many things in Taoism that have a little bit of connection with witchcraft, such as drinking the water of Chongfu to drive away evil spirits.There are too many ancient Chinese cultures, and it is not only his Tianzhengdao family who really understand these Taoisms, but there are fewer and fewer people passing them down. I don’t understand but it doesn’t mean I haven’t heard of it. There have been five immortals in the folk since ancient times. Most of the evil things that happen between humans and animals are related to these five immortals. They are also called foxes, yellows, whites, willows and Grey, respectively, is a fox, a weasel, a hedgehog, a snake and a mouse.One reason may be that these animals often appear in the range of human activities, and they will inevitably gain some popularity. Therefore, there are many legends about these animals, and they are also frequent visitors in various ancient novels. Of course, Cha Wenbin didn't understand these things, so he simply didn't explain them.He can only deal with it according to what he can understand.Human beings can practice Taoism and become immortals, so it does not rule out that animals have this ability. Of course, this Huang Daxian also exists in Taoism. His name is Huang Chuping, and he was named "Nongsu Jingzheng Zhenren". He was named Huang Daxian, so he was called "Chisong Fairy". Wong Tai Sin District.But it's not the same thing as Huang Daxian, the weasel. Cha Wenbin thought to himself that no matter whether it was human beings or animals that made the disturbance, such evil things are not good, and he would not be afraid of some Huang Daxian coming to retaliate. That is. When he returned to the box, Cha Wenbin said: "Get up, there is no Huang Daxian, just a harmful thing." Looking again, there was no weasel in the box, it was empty. "Run away?" Tie Niu looked at the empty box in disbelief and said, "Could it be that he really became a fairy?" Cha Wenbin picked up the silk that was spread underneath and took a closer look. There was still a lot of fresh soil inside, which was covered just now. Zhuo Xiong angrily picked up the box and threw it on the ground vigorously, cursing: "It must be the skeleton that this beast ran out that night to make trouble, this grave must have been opened by it to go in and out normally, this box is its old den For sleeping." Everyone thought that the weasel was causing the trouble, but Cha Wenbin didn't think so. No matter how powerful the weasel was, it was just a beast, and this place couldn't be done without manpower. "Go ahead and dig down!" Cha Wenbin said. "Still digging? Isn't this the grave of Huang Daxian? If you disturb Huang Daxian, we will all suffer retribution." The kneeling junior said with a mournful face. Zha Wenbin jumped down the big pit, squeezed a handful of soil and rubbed it in his hands, and found that the soil below was still five-flower soil, which proved that the soil below had been moved and refilled, and said: "Just dig, don't worry about Huang Daxian, how capable a beast can be, even if it becomes a spirit, it's just a beast. This place is laid out according to a strict formation, and Huang Daxian can't move out a boy to pick him up. Leading the battle, I estimate that this weasel is probably a mausoleum guard, so it seems that we have only dug halfway, and we have to continue." Hearing what Cha Wenbin said, Tieniu didn't believe in Huang Daxian, so he was the first to pick up the hoe and jump down.Hengroulian and Zhuoxiong also dug up with pickaxes.Only the group of juniors were listless now, watching them continue with ashen faces. To say that the pit is deep, it is really a little bit.Zha Wenbin inspected the transported soil, and said without a glance, "It's not the end yet!" He continued digging until after three o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was about to set, and the three human excavators had already gone down more than eight meters. up.When Zhuo Xiong's pickaxe hit a green brick, they really took the first step into this damned tomb. As bricks and bricks were taken out, a big black hole was gradually exposed. There was no lighting facility today, so Cha Wenbin had to light a fire and throw it in, which happened to be next to a big black coffin.The people above took a closer look, and there was really something strange down here. The group of young people had never seen a tomb in such a posture, and the regret in their hearts, if they had known it, they would not have clamored to come up to watch the fun. At this point, they have no choice, and it’s not a good idea to walk. It’s going to be dark soon. Who dares to say that they can walk down the mountain easily, and the example of Hu Changzi is there.Stay, who has the guts to spend the night in a mass grave? Because he didn't bring any climbing ropes, Cha Wenbin had no choice but to ask Zhuo Xiong to cut some canes and tie them on his body, and he decided to go down to check it out himself.Calculating that time was running out, Zha Wenbin took out a handful of white lime from his pocket, sprinkled a circle on the ground, took the circle as a circle, drew a gossip with lime, threw the big seal of the head in the middle of the formation and said: "Before I come up, you all stay in this circle, and you are not allowed to step out of the circle." Those young people scrambled to get into the circle, Zhuo Xiong wanted to follow, but was stopped by Cha Wenbin: "You watch them from running around, I will come as soon as I go." Cha Wenbin went down slowly with the Qiankun bag on his back. There was no sunshine here.At this time, it was quite dark in the woods, and a group of younger students dared not move in the circle, they just stared at the big seal.Seeing that it was getting late, Zhuo Xiong lit a torch and put it beside him, the faint light of the fire gave these people a little warmth. One of the juniors glanced at it inadvertently, then yelled "Ah", threw himself into Zhuo Xiong's arms and shivered, and said in a low voice, "Brother, look at the footprints on that circle." Zhuo Xiong took a closer look, and sure enough, there was a row of footprints on the lime that Zha Wenbin sprinkled for no reason. Without exception, all the footprints were toes facing inward. The footprints were obviously a bit messy, and they were gradually increasing, but none of them could step into the circle. They were like lambs surrounded by a pack of wolves.The juniors were so frightened that they didn't dare to look at each other, and they didn't dare to speak. Even Tie Niu, who was always bold, changed his face.Only Hengroulian and Zhuo Xiong didn't care much. The two of them saw these things a lot with Cha Wenbin, so they got used to it. "It's okay, some lonely ghosts can't come in." Zhuo Xiong comforted this group of people who were dealing with dirty things for the first time. Cha Wenbin got off the ground and glanced at it with a fire pocket. He saw green eyes all around him staring at him. Unfortunately, the light was so dim that he could only see clearly the big coffin in front of him. He took out two candles from his pocket and lit them, stuck them on the ground, and looked up again, and saw a large group of weasels crowded in those corners, looking at him fiercely with their teeth bared.Although this thing is small, its teeth are very sharp. After a cursory look, there are probably no less than thirty of them here. If they really rushed towards them all at once, Zha Wenbin would probably be choked up. This kind of beast who is said to be able to have a little psychic likes to haunt old graves the most.They can burrow, and they are cruel and cunning by nature. Some of them are slightly larger, and they are eager to attack this human who trespassed on their own territory. Cha Wenbin didn't want to provoke these things at first, all he had to do was to open the coffin in front of him, but he didn't expect his hands to put the lid on the coffin, and several weasels rushed up immediately.Cha Wenbin quickly moved away, and as soon as his hand left the coffin, the weasels stopped again, but the fur on their backs all stood up, which was a warning, they would not let Cha Wenbin touch the coffin! When the man and the beast were in such a stalemate, Cha Wenbin heard the sound of bustling people talking and dogs barking outside. When he looked up, he saw several beams of light shining down, and there was a voice on it Shouted: "Brother Wenbin, how are you doing?" It's Chaozi! It turned out that the people in the village saw that they had gone up for a whole day and there was no movement. The old village head was also anxious, and hurriedly notified a group of hunters in the village who often moved on the mountain to come to the mountain to find people.Chaozi heard that they hadn't gone down the mountain yet, so he was in a hurry, so he insisted on going up the mountain to look for them. Hearing that Cha Wenbin went down alone, he gave Zhuo Xiong a scolding. Under the leadership of Heizi, several hounds barked wildly, and the footprints on the limestone could no longer increase. Presumably, the more people there were, the more positive they would be, and they drove those things away. At this moment, he has gone down the cave with several hunters and Zhuo Xiong. The hunters went down to the ground to have a look, good guy, there are so many yellow skins, and the scalp starts to feel numb. They usually dare to hit anything, but this Things are never willing to touch. Chaozi also brought a piece of news: "Brother Wenbin, the village chief said that Hu Changzi's oil lamp is getting darker and darker, and I'm afraid it will soon die." "It's good if you're here, you'll know when you pry the coffin." After Cha Wenbin finished speaking, he was about to flip over the coffin lid. A few weasels were anxious and rushed forward. Holding a gun, but no one dared to do it. After all, everyone knew the lesson three years ago. But those yellow-skinned people may have miscalculated this time. Not only is there one person who doesn't know about this, but also a reincarnation of a murderous god.Seeing that a group of little beasts dared to attack, Chaozi snatched the gun from a hunter beside him, and blasted it out with a bang, causing dust to fly from the roof of the tomb. Three weasels were killed on the spot. Only the injured one is struggling on the ground. "Master He, you can't shoot these things, and you will be punished." The man whose shotgun was snatched by Chao Zi said with a mournful face. "Retribution?" Chao Zi's temper came up, and He Lao had just left. He was holding his stomach, and quickly touched a few bullets from the Orion, and said, "Since there is retribution, grandpa will take them today." Kill him in his old nest!" He raised his hand and shot again, sending those yellow-skinned animals that were crawling back to the west sky. The rest of the yellow skins were stunned, and they stood there in a daze, not daring to move. The blood of their companions stimulated their nerves. Death is always the greatest deterrent, no matter it is for humans or animals. Chaozi threw the gun to Zhuo Xiong, and said, "Blind man, hold it, if you dare to come up, kill these bastards, and I will help Brother Wenbin open the coffin." Several hunters shook their heads again and again, the dolls who grew up in this city just don't know the heights of the sky and the earth, even Huang Daxian dared to beat him! Zhuo Xiong stood next to Cha Wenbin holding this big weapon, and he dared not move the remaining yellow skin, so he could only watch helplessly as the coffin was opened bit by bit. When I opened the coffin, I found that it was messy and full of hay, broken cotton wool, and even plastic bags. Cha Wenbin was dumbfounded, what is going on?Look at this tomb, at least a few hundred years, how can there be these things?Just by looking at the bottles and jars piled up in the corner, Chaozi knew they were worth a lot. Why was the coffin in such a mess? Cha Wenbin put on his gloves, slowly peeled off the layer of torn cotton, and found that there were a few small pink things still wriggling underneath. “小黄鼠狼！”查文斌惊奇地发现，这层破棉絮下面居然有一窝刚出生的小黄皮子，怪不得它们这么紧张呢。 “一窝端了！”超子准备拿枪来打，却被查文斌拦住了，“不要乱杀生，动物也有灵性。” “是这玩意儿搞的鬼？”超子有点不相信这种小动物也有如此能耐。 查文斌没有回答，准备再掀开一点被子看看，因为他已经看见了那层被子旁边露出的头发丝，这下面肯定还得有人。 正欲动手，只见一个白影“嗖”地从棺材里面一射而出，径直扑向了查文斌。他哪里料到还有这样的情况，一个来不及反应只觉得喉咙一痛，然后拼命挥打着拳头。 一只硕大的白色黄鼠狼死死地咬住了查文斌的脖子，他甚至能感觉到血液从喉咙里被吸出的声音，与此同时，那些原本愣着的黄皮子也跟发了疯似的向人群冲来。 卓雄带头打响了第一枪，余下的那些个猎户一看要出人命了，也顾不得那些诅咒和报复的传言，纷纷开起枪来。 虽然黄皮子不能抵御子弹，但是它们身手敏捷，还是有几只成功蹿到了人身边，一个个直取喉咙，一时间人和黄皮子陷入了肉搏战。黄皮子凶狠的撕咬声和人们的痛叫声顿时在下面乱成了一锅粥。 当超子替查文斌拧断那只黄皮子的喉咙时，战斗已经结束了，所有人身上都挂了彩，这种看似弱小的动物实在是凶猛得紧。 此时的查文斌脖子上被咬破了一个指甲盖大小的洞，超子紧急查看，还好没咬到动脉，给临时做了止血包扎便要背着查文斌出去。 可是查文斌却不肯走，喉咙的伤让他几乎说不出话来，走到那棺材旁边也不管什么讲究了，双手抬着那棺材用力往边上一翻，轰隆一下里面的东西散落了一地，其中一具已经干瘪了的尸体也滚落出来。 走过去一看，那尸体的模样哪里是人，虽然脸上的肉已经萎缩成了一层皮还粘在骨头上，但那个嘴巴确实尖尖长长的，还有几枚非常锋利的尖牙露在外面，眼睛也和正常人不同，是那种典型的狐狸眼。 要是单单把这个头给拧下来，让一百个人看，都会说这是一只特大的黄鼠狼。可这具尸体偏偏有手有脚，还穿着人的衣服，这立马就让查文斌明白了，这恐怕就是传说中真正的“黄大仙”了。 王庄那地方的人口也多半都是太平天国运动之后迁过来的，所以关于之前的历史谁也不知道，也有人从自家地里面刨出个瓶瓶罐罐的，其中超子收的那个玉石件也是当地村民从田里挖出来的。 据说新中国成立后，这儿也曾经过平坟还地的运动，现在，王庄不少人家的地基下面都是老坟子叠着老坟子，露出地表的基本也都在那个年代被后迁徙过来的人们消灭光了，这也足以说明以前这块地曾经有着大量的人口，只是后来才消失了，那这个鬼地方是不是出过一个“黄大仙”，也就更加无从考证了。 查文斌认定基本就是这个东西在作祟，至于这种人是怎么来的，他也不知道，看着这群黄鼠狼在他的庇护下倒是成了灾，加上这块地方做坟山绝对是要断子绝孙的，今天把这窝黄鼠狼给端了，也算是应了这块风水。 超子觉得这个人不人鬼不鬼的东西碍眼，便打算一并拖出去烧了，免得再祸害人，就拿根绳子准备去系住它的脖子。 这小子有一个不好的地方，就是喜欢骂。这会儿，他一边吊着那尸体，一边还在唾沫横飞地骂着，而一滴唾沫星子就这样溅到了尸体的嘴巴上…… 干完这个，超子把身子一转，就准备拖着它出去了，这一群被咬伤的人还得下山去医院打针呢，可耽误不起了。 超子非要留在最后一个走，还一个劲儿地催着查文斌先上去。等看到查文斌爬上绳子了，他这才“嘿嘿”一笑，嘴里嘀咕道：“敢咬你超爷，说过让你断子绝孙就肯定一个不留！”原来这小子是惦记着那窝小的还没被宰掉，战场上的经验让他记住了“野火烧不尽，春风吹又生”的道理。 刚想转身准备走，超子只觉得背后有人把手搭在了他肩膀上，后颈子上还传来丝丝凉意，这里可就剩下自己一人了，那背后的是？ 超子的额头上顿时冷汗开始往外涌了，他知道自己这是被鬼搭肩了！ 被鬼搭肩，决计不能回头，一回头就得出事，这是查文斌常常说的，超子也记得，但是查文斌可没说过被鬼搭肩了不准说话。 “文斌哥！”超子在下面一声大叫，查文斌正要出去呢，低头一看，好家伙，超子身后那具古怪的尸体居然站在那儿。他哪里还来得及考虑，猛地向下滑去，那手掌和绳索之间的摩擦带来了大量的热量，瞬间就破了皮。 但是还未等查文斌落地，超子已经摇摇晃晃地和那具尸体一同向地上倒去！ 其实被鬼搭肩是不能这么喊的，这么用力一喊，那阳气便立马给泄了出去，刚好给后面那主可乘之机。 查文斌见超子中招，那心里自然是一股无名火起，直接从八卦袋里翻出一枚灭魂钉，朝着那“黄大仙”的脑门子狠狠拍去。 灭魂钉是何等凶戾，那“黄大仙”顿时就发生了极大的变化，原本蜡黄的皮肤瞬间就开始变黑，连在一块的头颅也发生了轻微的“咔嚓”声，这是里面的骨头断了。 查文斌再翻出八卦镜往那尸体上一照，一个朦胧的人影显现了出来，并且开始慢慢变淡，一直到消失不见，魂被打散了，升仙的美梦也就没了。 超子这算是着了道了，这“黄大仙”一去，他过了没多会儿就醒来了，非要去灭了那群小的，最后还是查文斌劝阻，这老的没了，小的自然也活不成了，不要再杀生了，他才悻悻地离去。 等再回到上面，天已经漆黑一片了。查文斌让超子和卓雄带着后生们和猎户先下山，他还得办点儿事。 “黄大仙”一死，这收魂的事情就好办了，等到那群人一走，查文斌把那些原本分散的尸首一样样给重新找了出来，放到一口小棺材里，然后重新给埋了起来，剩下的那些纸糊的都被他一把火并同多余的棺材给烧了，然后带着黑子最后一个回到村里。 第一拨人回去的时候就已经收到了消息，胡长子已经醒了，只是叫着肚子饿，他媳妇正在给他下面条。等到查文斌下山，胡长子已经三大碗面条下了肚，听说是这位先生救的自己，硬要下床给他磕头，却被查文斌阻止了。 村里头包了一辆面包车，拖着这些受伤的人赶紧直奔县城打针消毒去了。等到再回村里，已是大半夜，查文斌刚刚躺下，那个穿着红衣服的小孩便出现了，朝着查文斌又是作揖又是下跪的，折腾了好久才肯离开，想必是赶去投胎了。 在王家待了两天后，就到了给何老“复山”的日子了。过去，人死后是不立即下葬的，只是把棺材浅浅地埋下去，上面盖上一层薄薄的土，相当于把挖的坑给重新填上，但是地表却是平的，不留坟包。需要等到下葬三日之后，再去做上一次法事，给立上坟包，这就叫“复山”。 但是因为现代人都给坟上加个水泥顶，一来是坟墓坚固，遇不着水；二来也比过去要显得更像个样子。 就是因为用上水泥顶了，所以“复山”这道过去一直存在的殡葬文化已经消失了，因为在下葬的时候，就已经用水泥封了拱顶，一次就到位了，但是查文斌可没打算把这道工序给省下，他决定还是按照老祖宗传下来的规矩走上一遭。 这一天，家里的几个亲戚捧着熟食，拿着祭祀所需要的东西就上了山。 摆好案台，点了香烛，查文斌从坟前捧起黄土，在那水泥顶上垒起了一个小土堆，用石头压上几张黄纸，算是给何老复了山。 在放置石头的时候，查文斌觉得自己左手的小拇指开始变得僵硬，不像过去那么灵活了，而无名指也隐约有些开始发麻。他也没在意，以为只是最近在外面活动多了，可能关节受了点风寒。 晚上，一些至亲好友坐在王家吃了一顿饭，这顿晚饭的意思便是逝者已去，丧事到了今天可以算是正式结束了。 超子送别了这些亲人，便又和查文斌他们凑到一块儿，商量之后的生活。总之超子的意思还是干点儿倒腾古玩的买卖，卓雄已经把四川留下的产业都低价卖了，他也不愿意回去了，横肉脸本就是跟着来的，也就打算留在这边，查文斌则希望回乡下种田，用毕生的时间来破解那副鬼篆，告慰何老在天之灵。 最终的结果是他们几个出钱，在查文斌的老家盖一座大房子，超子和卓雄专门负责倒腾，横肉脸负责帮查文斌干农活，因为他力气大，那一天他们还有了个新的收获，就是查文斌给横肉脸取了个名字，叫大山。从字里行间，也就能明白这意思，姓随卓雄，因为他们都是一个寨子里出来的。 事情当时就是这么定下了的，查文斌准备给何老做完头七，就准备开始动工，准备前期的很多事情，比如买材料、寻工匠、张罗图纸。 查文斌自己是道士，所以破土动工这些事情他都会看看日子再进行，所以房子暂定在二十天后拆。那段时间里，大家都挺忙活。但是因为他平日里为人好，经常给人帮忙，所以乡里乡亲的都愿意给他帮忙，像帮不上忙的，如金馆长那样的知道给钱查文斌不会收，就索性派人从县城里拉最好的钢筋水泥往这儿送，弄得查文斌倒有几分尴尬。 但是有一件事，查文斌他不知道怎么讲出口，何老还有个头七没做，超子也提醒过他，但是他却说时间没到，查文斌是算过的，他不是在第七天，而是在第十八天来！人死之后会被阴差押回来看一次，了却生前的愿望，免得在下面有念想，也就是我们说的回魂夜。 这回魂也分两种：一种就是普通的回魂夜，一般第七天头上，也有其他时间的，基本就是来看看就走了，只要把跟当日相冲的人支开不要出现，基本也就没事了，所以即使是提前或者是推迟到第七天也没多大关系；还有一种呢，名字就不那么好听了，叫回煞，回煞当日，所有人无论八字多硬，皆有被冲的可能，所以这个就得让人提前打好招呼了。 大部分人的回魂是在第七天进行，所以民间也把这个回魂之夜叫作头七，但实则对懂道的人来说，这里面的学问可大着呢，若是算错了或是根本没算，那是要出事情的。 按人死之时的年月干支，推算出所谓出魂魄回家的时间，并说返回当天，有凶煞出现的就叫回煞；没有的，则就是普通回魂。 回煞还要分几丈几尺，都有严格的区分，可以按照干支来推算。 举例来说，倘若一个人死于甲子日，那么他的魂魄是九尺（甲）加九尺（子），那么合共就是一丈八尺，这个数值代表的就是魂魄入地的深度，深度越大则煞气越重，留的时间则越短，因为他往回赶也需要时间；深度越小则煞气轻，但停留的时间则就更长。 巧的是何老死的那一天恰好是农历二月初四，那单单刚好就一甲子日！ 人有三魂七魄，死后，魂魄离身，魄先散，再则是魂。 三魂中，地魂是经常在地下的主阳寿，天魂主运也经常不在身，唯有命魂是一定依附于人身上的，通常说丢魂丢的就这个魂。 人死之后这命魄便会下地，由一丈八尺至九尺不等。但是这地魂在死后便会上升，每日升一尺，所以像何老这样死于甲子日的，入地一丈八尺深，便要于死后十八天才会回魂。 因此，亡魂于回魂之前，其灵魂仍是留在土中的。一般人在亲人回魂之夜，通常会于亡魂的必经之处和放祭品的台上撒下一些灰或粉，然后把门关上，告诫生人切勿闯入骚扰。 直到第二天黎明，回魂的时间已过，然后才集合家中各人，开锁入内观看，看看灰上或粉上有无手印或脚印留下，便知道亡魂是否已回来。 查文斌知道何老的为人那绝对是没话说，但是这人死过后喝过汤，地魂一出，那便就是六亲不认的，所以他心里头还有点犯怵，但这事终究还是得跟超子交代的，毕竟到了那一天，要注意的事情太多了。 查文斌三思过后，终于还是在回煞的前天晚上把这里头的事情跟超子说了，何老是从王庄走的，所以这事还得回到王庄去办。 那一日早上，他们几个便早早地赶过去布置。查文斌也跟村里的人打了招呼，今晚上没事的就别出来溜达了，天一黑，尽早关门睡觉便是。 杀鸡宰羊，弄了一大桌子供品摆在灵台前，有了上次超子他外公回煞那件事，今天所有人都学乖了。是因为“回煞”时，也就是亡灵来到家的时候，是不能有生人的。为什么不能有生人呢？其实是因为在道门里面有说道，如果有生人的话，鬼魂听到声响就不会进去，另外是因为有的人“火焰低”，就会看到鬼魂，容易被冲。 查文斌准备了香蜡纸钱、切成墩子的猪肉、一根竹子、一张桌子、八个板凳、一个筛子、灶灰、鞭炮、爆竹，以及两份倒头夹生饭，一根筷子横在两个碗中间，筷子上面放上一枚生鸡蛋。 他先是拿了那根竹子，然后在竹子上贴纸钱，是一张一张地贴，一直到整条贴满为止，然后又借了梯子，把那房顶的瓦片给拿下了一张，然后竹子从那个洞里面穿出去，有点像电线的意思。 这么做是为了方便等会儿何老进门，这回煞是不会从大门进来的，为什么呢？因为大门上有门神看着！所以这回魂基本上是从窗户或者房顶下来的，若是遇上开不了瓦片的屋子，也可以把这根竹子靠在窗户上。 然后，准备一桌酒菜，摆好八张板凳，每张板凳上放一张纸钱，这是用来给阴差和何老用膳的，因为不能确定他们会坐哪一张，索性就都摆上。 这筛子就是用来晒灶灰的，生活在农村地区的人都知道，那时候都是用柴来做饭，所以灶头下面会有灰，过去没有洗发液的年代可以用那玩意儿混合皂角和何首乌来洗头发，效果远比现在电视广告里的那些东西好得多。 等到他们吃过晚饭，查文斌把那筛子上面弄上灶灰，先是在竹子下面细细撒上一层，然后按照它们要走的路，一直撒到供品前和桌子下面等有可能经过的地方，然后在大门上拴上一只芦花大公鸡，要有个什么不对劲的，就准备让卓雄砸这鸡，只要鸡一叫，阴差以为天亮了，就会立马押着鬼魂回去。 事情就是这么办的。等到时间差不多了，查文斌把所有的门窗全部封上，然后把所有人赶上了二楼，弄了两张天师符把门一封，叮嘱他没叫开门之前，这门便不能开。 然后他只身一人牵着黑子去了何老那坟山下面，坐等这位老故人的出现。 黑子越长大，就越发黏着查文斌，现在是他到哪儿，它就跟着到哪儿。查文斌摸着它的脑袋有点想起了它，便顺手往怀里一摸，然后便停住了。太阳轮已经不在了，那些记忆也就没了。