Now that it has been proven that all the residents of Lei Town have been transferred, Lao Jiang and I are no longer nervous.
By the light of the kerosene lamp, he took out his notebook again and looked at the obituary he had copied.
This text is like a little man with his hands crossed, defending something. I don’t know why it is engraved on every wind chime?
Lao Jiang told me that although he was not a writing expert, he had at least studied oracle bone inscriptions for a period of time. This writing should represent the meaning of protection.
He suspected that it was no coincidence that Wen Tao's descendants had fled for hundreds of years and finally chose to settle in Lei Town. There must be something in Lei Town that could protect them.
Speaking of this, Lao Jiang murmured to himself: "Lei Zhen, Lei Zhen, how many secrets have you hidden waiting for us to discover?"
"Then Master, can we go out tonight?" I asked.
Under the light, Lao Jiang showed a smiling face: "Why don't you go now that you're here? And it has to be after twelve o'clock."
It seemed like he was like me. The more he was not allowed to do something, the more he wanted to do it. The cat on the table also meowed excitedly.
There were still a few hours until midnight, so we caught up on some sleep and immediately put on our shoes in the dark when we arrived.
But the cat was already purring, as if it were the one who was on the road during the day.
I quickly pinched its butt and whispered: "Wake up, it's time to get down to business..."
Dahu was also a crucial part of Lao Jiang and I's plan. He was obviously tired. He glanced up at me lazily and planned to continue sleeping.
Lao Jiang took out the cooling ointment from his pocket and wiped it on Dahu's nose. Dahu's beard suddenly twitched and his whole face wrinkled into a bun.
Seeing that Dahu woke up, we, an old man, a young man and a cat took advantage of the darkness to take action!
Lao Jiang was very smart and deliberately let the cat out first. Then we pretended to chase the cat and ran out of the house while carefully observing the surrounding environment.
The strange group of townspeople seemed to think we were foreign students visiting relatives. There was no one nearby to monitor us.
But we still did not relax our vigilance, and our steps were very light and slow, for fear of ringing the wind chimes on both sides of the street.
The whole scene was quiet, as if everyone had fallen into a sweet dream.
The song "Ancestral Hall" is a knot in my heart. Being selfish, I deliberately brought Lao Jiang closer to the ancestral hall!
The so-called ancestral hall is a huge old house, which houses the memorial tablets of the ancestors of Lei Town. It is surrounded by a circle of red bricks and white tiles. It is not allowed to come in on weekdays. Only during holidays, the mayor can come in as a representative. Offer incense to ancestors.
It stands to reason that a place blessed by ancestors should be full of righteousness.
But the first impression people get here is that it is weird, dull and depressing!
"I used to wonder why the archway at the entrance to Lei Town was shaped like the head of a coffin? Now I understand that this ancestral hall is the body of a coffin."
This was the first thing Lao Jiang said to me after seeing the ancestral hall.
I followed what Lao Jiang said and looked at it again. Sure enough, this ancestral hall is neatly arranged in the west and west. Isn't it just a huge coffin?
The gate is also made in the shape of the broken dragon stone in the ancient tomb. On both sides of the gate are carved two monster stone sculptures squatting on the ground, one is a ferocious monkey, and the other is a bird with western wings.
"These are Wu Zhiqi and Xiang Xiang!" I screamed.
These two monsters have appeared on my tattoo, on the box left by Wen Tao, and now they have appeared in the ancestral hall...
Lao Jiang's eyes were attracted by the huge bronze stick standing in the center of the ancestral hall. Although this huge stick only emerged from the courtyard, Lao Jiang insisted that this thing was not simple.
"Boy, do you know the origin of this thing?" he asked.
I introduced: "My parents seemed to have told me when I was young that this copper rod was the oldest object in Lei Town. Legend has it that it was built by the first generation ancestors. A lot of manpower and material resources were spent at that time, but its specific use has always been a mystery. ! The mayor only said it was to pray for blessings and ward off evil spirits."
Lao Jiang nodded thoughtfully, and wanted to take me over the wall to take a closer look at the copper rod.
As soon as the two of us climbed up, Lao Jiang held my head and shouted: "Get down!"
Immediately afterwards, a strange singing voice came from the ancestral hall. The singing voice was unusually sharp and terrifying, like an ancient spell. There were still faint lights in the ancestral hall, and we could see several figures walking back and forth in the ancestral hall, not knowing what they were doing.
With a 'crunch', the door opened!
We saw the blind old woman from before walking out.
What she didn't expect was that there was actually a blind old woman following behind her. Except for the position of her blind eye, they looked almost exactly the same.
They all held a white paper lantern in their hands and gradually walked towards the river.
I asked Lao Jiang with my eyes, should he follow or not?
Lao Jiang nodded, and swiftly lifted me to the corner.
Even though the old woman was blind in one eye, she walked quite fast. It was a little difficult for me to follow her.
The blind grandma walked up to the huge stone sculpture by the Zhang River. I hid in the bushes and didn't dare to get close, but I found that the strange stiff-faced townspeople I saw earlier had gathered there.
The lanterns carried by those people were also white, but there was green fire burning inside.
Green lanterns float in the darkness, like a dragon king patrolling the river!
The blind grandma ignored them, but ordered someone to use a hoe to dig a hole under the stone sculpture, and then buried a large bag of mysterious things in it.
Lao Jiang and I were a little far away, so we didn't see clearly what it was. We only saw densely packed lanterns spinning around the stone sculptures, singing ancient songs, which made my skin crawl.
I don’t know how long they sang before they stopped.
After that, they started digging with hoes and shovels in the west part of the island, as if they were looking for something. This made me wonder, even if they were looking for something, shouldn't they dig through the townspeople's homes?
What things would be buried by a river in the middle of nowhere?
There is nothing here except tombs.
Because in my impression, people in Leizhen have to choose a monster stone sculpture as their zodiac sign from the moment they are born. Which stone sculpture they choose will be buried nearby when they die.
However, they are all babies and have little consciousness, so after the baby is born, the direction of the baby's finger is considered to be the location of the grave.
When I was a kid, I told my parents that this was unlucky. How could anyone think about dying right after they were born?
But the parents said that this was a custom passed down from generation to generation in Lei Town. If you are a person from Lei Town while you are alive, you will have to be the eyes of Lei Town and protect this place even after you die.
The group of people didn’t know how long they had been digging. I almost fell asleep standing there and didn’t stop until a cockcrow appeared in the distance, and the blind old woman said hello: “The mountain tiger is coming, it’s time to go back.”
After Chou time comes Yin time, and Yin time often corresponds to the tiger in the Chinese zodiac.
But I don’t know what the mountain tiger mentioned here means.
Anyway, the blind old woman and the group of people did leave.
After making sure they left, I dared to sneak up. The Dragon King patrolling the river I saw in Qingqing Fishing Village was all a bunch of people playing tricks.
Although I don’t know what they were looking for in Lei Town, these people were very cautious. After digging, they buried the soil back and filled it up.
Because I was really curious about what the blind old woman buried, I bowed three times in front of the stone sculpture, said goodbye, and explained the situation before daring to dig.
After all, I am from Leizhen, so I cannot be disrespectful to the statue that has protected Leizhen for hundreds of years!
The top of the stone sculpture is a huge human head, and below it is a body with sharp teeth. It is one of the tattoos on my back: Taotie!
Taotie is delicious and is known as the god of greed.
The night wind was chilly, and my ears were filled with strange chirping of insects. I was afraid that the Taotie would appear and swallow me, so I picked up an abandoned shovel on the ground, threw it into Lao Jiang's arms and let him dig it.
"Why do you want me to come?" Lao Jiang was speechless.
"Who is the Black Saber Qilin?" I said.
As soon as the shovel was pushed down, the smell of blood immediately came out.
Lao Jiang's face became serious. He motioned for me to step back ten steps to avoid danger. Then he dug faster and faster, and the smell of blood in the air became stronger and stronger.
In the end, Lao Jiang actually dug out a piece of bloody human flesh. The piece of meat was still fresh. It was clearly cut off from a living person. It was one-fifth the size, and part of the back was sprinkled with gold and ghosts. Bestiality tattoos.
"This... young man from Lei Town died."
I'm so confused, I don't know what happened in Leizhen?
The man in front of me was not only punished by being quartered with five horses, but he was also provoked to be buried under the Taotie stone sculpture. This was a provocation to the entire Lei Town!
After realizing the cruel methods of these people, I asked Lao Jiang to bury the soil quickly and ran back while stumbling. Unexpectedly, I suddenly tripped over a branch.
When he looked down, he saw that it was a human calf bone.
What a crime, what a crime, killing the living and dismembering their corpses, and digging up the graveyard near the stone sculptures. It’s so cruel!
I muttered, "No wonder, no wonder." I stuffed the amputated leg bone back into the grave bag, but I didn't expect that just as I was stuffing it, I accidentally picked up a human skull.
I wanted to die at that time, so I buried it in a panic.
But I found that the skull was a little weird. There was an extra hole in its forehead, about the same size as an eye...
At that time, I didn't take it to heart because of fear, but I didn't expect that there was a huge secret hidden behind this skull!
