Chapter 1712: Boy and Girl
“Yes, it’s more than that!” Old Yao’s tone suddenly became urgent, “We carried him on someone’s back, but as soon as I put our hands on him, I felt something was wrong. too much It's too light. It's shockingly light. He looks like a strong man, but he is about as heavy as a half-grown child."
"Except for scratches, there are basically no external injuries on his body. He has a bad breath, but that's it. call If he didn't wake up, we had no other choice, so we carried him back to the village first."
"But as soon as it got dark that night, the man woke up and shouted. You don't know. , so many crazy people couldn’t hold him down , shouting something we couldn’t understand, he told us not to interfere with him, he wants to go with those people!”
“Where is he going? ? "Jiang Cheng knew that the matter was coming to a head.
"Go to heaven and become a god."
"A god?"
Old man Yao put away his pipe with a solemn expression, "Yes, that's what he said, and what else did he yell about?" We were already on the ladder to the sky, and as we climbed higher and higher, we were almost touching the sky, but we lost our footing and fell down."
"There was nothing we could do. At that time, there was a sudden commotion outside, and someone was beating the gong as hard as they could. This is also a traditional method passed down from the ancestors. It is said to scare away evil spirits. "
"I knew it as soon as I heard the gong. It was broken, and something happened again. We all ran towards the ancestral hall, where the village chief and several fluent elders in the village were discussing countermeasures. "
"It's dark outside again, just like before, but this time it comes and goes quickly, because no one dares to stay outside to keep watch after something like this happens, so there is no shame in the village this time."
"The person who had the accident this time was the same person from before, right?" Jiang Cheng looked at Old Man Yao's face.
“Hey!” After licking his chapped lips, Old Man Yao sighed, and glanced at Jiang Cheng thoughtfully, “Young boy, I really asked you to tell me, wait for us to rush back. At that time, the man’s aunt I was lying on the bed crying, crying heartbreakingly. The bed was wet with water, and it was still dripping down, but the person was gone. "
"According to the aunt, we just left. If you leave, that person won’t struggle. He stared blankly at the sky. After a while, his face seemed to be very excited as if he saw something, and he said strange things like "climb the ladder to heaven, really come to meet me", and then he started to sweat."
“I sweat a lot, soaking the entire mattress. The color of my body also fades with the sweat. My whole body becomes lighter and lighter. Wait... let’s hurry up. In the past, all that was left was a puddle of water.”
This description made Jiang Cheng recall what Old Man Yao had said before, that after the second darkening, those increasingly shallow steps ended in a wet depression.
A living person loses its color and finally turns into a puddle of water. No one has ever heard of this evil thing. After further understanding, everyone finally figured it out. It turns out that this so-called Mahakala is only in the village. People named that thing based on their imagination. After all, it was completely dark when the thing came. As for what it was, no one knew.
"Old man, are there any legends handed down in this village?" Folklore is the field that Tang Qisheng is good at. He was keenly aware of something mentioned by old man Yao before. He said that the village There is a folk trick circulating in the village, saying that beating gongs can drive away evil spirits. Normally, a well-behaved village will not attract any evil spirits.
"There are many legends, but they are all made up by the villagers to scare the children. If you waste food, you will be clawed by the starving ghost. If you lie, you will be knocked on the door by the long-tongued ghost at night..." said Old man Yao stopped immediately after here, and he slowly opened his mouth Opening his mouth with two missing front teeth, he seemed to suddenly think of something, "Oh, there is really a weird legend."
"What legend?" The atmosphere instantly became tense, and everyone stared at it. Old man Yao's face was full of wrinkles.
"I don't remember the specific details. Anyway, there was a battle on the barren mountain behind. The gods and a big demon fought fiercely for three days and three nights. In the end, the gods won miserably, but the gods couldn't kill the big monster. The monster finally had no choice but to use the magical power of moving mountains to suppress the big monster under that barren mountain. "
This. It sounded like the nonsense plot in Journey to the West in which Buddha used Wuzhishan to suppress Sun Monkey. Far from boring Jiang Cheng and others, on the contrary, it greatly attracted their attention, because they had seen the battle between the top weirdos. It was said that it was like moving mountains. The power of reclamation is not exaggerated, and it is normal for ordinary people to regard it as gods when they see it.
The old man couldn't help but frown, "The barren mountains behind? If I remember correctly, those footprints are also leading to the back mountain."
"Yes, yes, those footprints are indeed leading to the back mountain. Mountain!" At this moment, Old Man Yao also realized something was wrong, and the atmosphere became increasingly depressing.
Just when Jiang Cheng was about to ask something else, the door was pushed open with a creaking sound. The scene that came into view in the next second almost made the fat man jump up in fear. Only two eyebrow painters could be seen. The paper man with eyes opened the door and appeared outside.
"Master, I'm going to arrange the boys and girls. You can help these foreigners. It's fate to meet each other. It's fate to meet each other!"
An old lady with small feet and a short stature with an extremely stooped back came from the paper mannequin. Then he leaned out, and at this moment Only then did everyone see clearly that the hunchbacked old lady was carrying a thin pole, with a paper figure placed on each end of the pole. The paper figures were quite crudely made, but only one of the paper heads looked decent, and the body was made of straw. , and then put a layer of paper on the outside.
But the bright colors on the paper man are eye-catching, with a green melon cap and bright red clothes.
The moment Jiang Cheng saw the clothes and pants, something was wrong in his eyes. The clothes and pants were bright red and eye-catching. The paint used was clearly blood, and the blood was not dry yet.
Just when the old man and the others were about to lose their balance and planned to strike first, Wu stretched out his hand and gently put his hand on Jiang Cheng's shoulder, "It's not human blood, it's animal blood."
Hearing this, Old Man Yao stared at the man who had never spoken in surprise, blinked and said, "Of course it's animal blood. The new roe deer I hunted this morning is hanging in the woodshed in the backyard."
" Master, don’t neglect me, I’ve stewed a lot of meat in the pot, remember to take it out to serve.”
The hunchbacked old lady left after saying that, taking the two paper figures with her at the same time. But through the door, everyone saw that the old lady first inserted two torches on the courtyard door, and then took the two paper figures with her. The paper figures were placed one on the left and one on the right behind the courtyard gate, leaning against the wall with their faces inward, facing the room where the Jiangcheng people were.
Looking at the strange expressions on the faces of the two paper figures, the fat man felt his hair growing on his back.
"What do you mean by putting these two paper figures behind the door?" Jiang Cheng got straight to the point.
"Don't underestimate me. I can tell you that these boys and girls are of great use. It's thanks to them that my mother-in-law and I are alive today!" (End of Chapter)