Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 25 Mountain God
"Kill ducks? Oh, okay, okay, wait a minute."

Huang Weimin bowed his head and quickly agreed, then pushed out a dilapidated big bicycle from the side of the pig house, stepped on it and rode away quickly.

Lu Qingliang knew that Huang Weimin's duck farm was next to a river valley about two or three kilometers away.Now, he's clearly off to catch ducks.

Seeing the real money, the expression of the middle-aged woman who was called Guilan by Huang Weimin changed drastically from before.Not only did she immediately have a smile on her face, her words also became warmer.

"Oh, really, look, this place hasn't been cleaned yet, come on, sit down, sit down, I'll get you a glass of water."

Guilan found a table, set it up in the shade, wiped it, took two cups and poured water on it.

"Let's take a break first, I'll get you some side dishes first..."

Lu Qingliang and He Wei stared at each other on both sides of the table, while Guilan started to get busy.

After a while, a plate of cucumber and a plate of cold wild vegetables were served on the table.At this time, Huang Weimin also rushed back and handed a quacking duck to Guilan.

"Go and boil the water!"

Huang Weimin hurriedly went to boil the water, while Guilan quickly killed the duck, plucked the feathers, chopped it into pieces, and started cooking.

"Although this woman is fierce, she has quick hands and feet."

At this moment, looking at Guilan who was very busy, but everything was in order without any mess, Lu Qingliang and He Wei had this thought in their hearts at the same time.On the contrary, Huang Weimin seemed clumsy, and sometimes not only couldn't help, but also made trouble.

In the end, he was kicked out of the kitchen and sat aside with a face full of embarrassment.

With Guilan around, now doesn't seem like a good time to talk to Huang Weimin.No way, the two had to wait.

Time flies by.When the hour of noon came, the duck was finally ready.

"Father, there are steamed buns in the pot for you. You stay at home to treat them. It's time to change the water at the duck factory. I'll go first."

After finishing the duck, Guilan hurriedly grabbed a steamed bun from the pot, picked up a piece of pickle, and left in a hurry.

Huang Weimin squeezed out a smile: "You two eat first, and if you need anything, just call me."

He Wei glanced at Lu Qingliang, and Lu Qingliang stood up, smiling all over his face and said, "That's right, Uncle Huang, we are here today mainly to ask you about local history and customs, before... ...Hey, you come too, let's eat and chat?"

Huang Weimin looked very embarrassed: "That's not appropriate, you can eat it, just ask if you want to know anything."

"Come on, come on, this duck is so big, the two of us can't finish it, it's a waste. Besides, we are asking you for advice."

He Wei also joined the ranks of invitations.However, Huang Weimin finally sat down after declining.

He Wei looked at the table, suddenly remembered something, and immediately stood up: "Eat first, wait for me."

After a few steps, He Wei came to the canteen in the village, and He Wei looked very generous: "You have the best wine here, take a bottle."

He Wei was ready to bleed heavily.But she was willing to pay for this money.

If you can get some important information from Huang Weimin with just a meal and a bottle of wine, then it is really a bit of a profit.

The owner of the canteen looked up at He Wei, picked up a bottle of wine and handed it over: "40."

It was a local wine called "Woye Daqu".

"40?"

He Wei was taken aback.

40 yuan a bottle of wine, it seems that no matter where you look at it, it cannot be considered a good wine.

"It's still tender." He Wei thought secretly: "When I set off, not only did I forget to bring gifts, but I even forgot to bring a bottle of wine."

Now I can only make do with it.

After taking the wine, He Wei quickly returned to Huang Weimin's house.Seeing the wine in her hand, Huang Weimin became more and more embarrassed: "Eating your food and drinking your wine, it's still such a good wine, I'm so sorry..."

After the two persuaded again, Huang Weimin opened the wine in embarrassment, took out the cup and poured it.

He Wei didn't drink, but Lu Qingliang started to drink with Huang Weimin.

After drinking a glass of wine, Huang Weimin finally opened his mouth.

"Speaking of our Woye County, especially our Huangcun, Nanji Village, folklore, customs, etc., can some people talk about..."

Huang Weimin's words were endless, and at this moment, his demeanor was quite different from that of the wimpy man before.At this moment, he was in high spirits and scolded Fang Qiu.It seems that only in this field can he regain his dignity.

Huang Weimin also ate a lot of that pot of ducks.Lu Qingliang and He Wei didn't think about it at all, they didn't even eat a piece.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting better, He Wei got up, picked up the peculiar wood carving next to the pig house, and returned to the table.

"Uncle Huang, is this a statue?"

Huang Weimin glanced at it: "Oh, this is a statue of a mountain god. In the old days, we all believed in this. Now fewer people believe in it."

Mountain idol?
He Wei's heart skipped a beat.

At the beginning, when she seized the strange statue, she had made many ideas, such as some kind of totem, cult idol and so on.But she never imagined that this turned out to be a primitive idol of worship.

In the human world, primitive worship appeared earlier than systematic religions.Mountain gods, river gods, sea gods, lake gods, sky gods, sun gods, moon gods, etc. all belong to the category of primitive worship.

In ancient times, the primitive human beings in the ignorant age, after seeing the power and mystery of the mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, sky, sun and moon, naturally worshiped them as gods.

It was only later that there was a systematic religion that the primitive worship of these primitive times gradually died out, with fewer and fewer believers.Most of those that have not died out have been incorporated into the religious system. For example, the "Heavenly Court" in the Taoist concept, wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and the gods of mountains, rivers, lakes and seas have become a kind of position. With a formal "organization", it is religion. The system absorbs expressions of primitive worship.

From the perspective of modern people, this kind of primitive worship of "mountain gods" and "river gods" is undoubtedly relatively "low-end".Especially the mountain gods believed in by a certain remote mountain village are not famous mountains and rivers, so they are even lower.

Could it be that the World Government and the Planetary Security Agency have consumed so many resources and mobilized so many manpower, but they have never been able to confirm their traces, suspected to have technology beyond human level, suspected to be related to some "supernatural power" The X organization in the end turned out to be an organization that believes in such a low-end "mountain god"?
He Wei organized her words and continued to ask: "Why is this mountain god in this image? Do you have any explanation?"

After all, the image of this mountain god is too "rebellious".

When collecting information some time ago, He Wei saw many images of mountain gods from different places.These images usually appear in majestic, solemn, ferocious, kind, and loving faces.

The purpose of the statues is to make believers feel fear, closeness, attachment and other emotions, which is in line with the law of religious development.

Believers will succumb if they are frightened.Let believers get close, believers will rely on and be pious.

A statue that makes believers feel disgusted and disgusted is not qualified.The worship generated at this core will not last long.

However, the image of this god statue gives people a strange feeling.

It's the kind of weirdness that looks like ghosts and ghosts, as if the human body is distorted.Just looking at it makes you want to stay away.

Huang Weimin said: "That's not very clear. However, I have also verified that in ancient times, the local mountain gods did not have such an image. Wait a minute, I will look for it."

Huang Weimin got up, rummaged in the room for a while, and took out a piece of paper: "I copied this from an ancient book, take a look."

It was a statue with three heads and six arms, a very strong and powerful statue at first glance.

This is the normal image of a god.

Lu Qingliang said: "Since when did the image of the mountain god become what it is now? Do you know the reason for the change?"

"It's hard to be sure about the exact time. I have checked the information and studied this matter specifically, and I can only confirm that it was probably during the period from Emperor Zhengde to Emperor Wanli in the Ming Dynasty."

At this moment, the hearts of Lu Qingliang and He Wei shook violently at the same time.

Prior to this, in the gene tracing operation, the first generation identified as the ancestor who mutated the Hag.1 gene lived between Emperor Zhengtong and Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty.

But now, in the villages of Huangcun and Nanji Village, the time when the image of the mountain god changed was during the period from Emperor Zhengde to Emperor Wanli.

This time period is just after the former time period, and the two time periods are almost next to each other.

Somewhere, it seemed that something was pieced together at this moment.

Could this be a coincidence?

At least, Lu Qingliang and He Wei absolutely do not believe that this is a coincidence.

"As for the reason for the change, I'm not sure. It may be related to some mass hysteria, or rumors or legends."

Since modern times, the most famous mass rumor incident was the "Soul Calling" incident that occurred in the Qing Dynasty.Because it was rumored that someone used sorcery to cast a curse by cutting people's braids, which eventually caused a nationwide panic. The "Exorcism Operation" lasted for several months. I don't know how many people were killed. A sum was placed.

"Then, at that time of the year, what rumors happened here?"

"Well, it's a long story to say."

Huang Weimin's face was flushed red at the moment.Seeing these two young people from outside didn't even bother to eat a bite of the duck, they were attentive and listening carefully, and they became even more interested.

It has been a long time since I have had the opportunity to talk about my research findings so frankly.

"This matter, we have to start with a poor boy..."

(End of this chapter)