The years of reselling the haunted house

I rubbed my eyes, trying to get a closer look.But I was worried about things crawling over the river bank.

At this moment, the rooster that had climbed onto the bridge fence suddenly raised its head and crowed.

I have heard of a rooster crowing before, but this is the first time I have heard a rooster crowing in the middle of the night.And this cry was loud and sharp, as if it could cut through the dark night sky.

It was still early in the morning, and the rooster crowed without warning.

Immediately afterwards, I heard the sound of a rooster crowing from the direction of the bridgehead.And it's not just one, but several roosters competing to crow.

Under the guidance of my rooster, for a while, the sound of the rooster crowing came and went in the whole world, and soon became one.

At this time, I noticed that just now I heard the sound of coughing from the water, which seemed to be gone.The weeds on the river bank also stopped shaking.There seemed to be no movement in the grass.

I felt relieved, could it be that the sound of the rooster crowing played a role?

The rooster I carried, after climbing up the bridge rail to lead the crowing, flew down from above again, wobbled and walked to my side, suddenly its feet went limp, and it fell directly to the ground.

I hurried over to look, and found that the cock was shaking all over, I don't know what's wrong with it.

At this time, I didn't dare to neglect, since the thing that was about to crawl over on the river bank just now receded, I had to seize this opportunity to go back.

I reached out and hugged the rooster, walked onto the Liuyu Bridge, walked along the bridge deck, towards the bridgehead.

I dare not run, because once I run, I am afraid that I will not be able to suppress the fear in my heart.Fortunately, after the rooster crowed, the surroundings seemed to restore the original calm, and I walked back from the end of the bridge to the head of the bridge very smoothly.

When I saw Third Uncle and Pang Dahai, I felt like I had walked through the gate of hell.

I walked back and forth on that section of the stone bridge, which was the most difficult road I have ever walked.

Although I didn't have any real ghosts or evil spirits standing in front of me, and I didn't suffer any attacks, the fear in my heart reached the extreme.

At the end of the bridge, the abnormal rooster and the monster crawling out of the river made me feel like I might not be able to go back.

So when I saw a familiar person again, I almost had a sore nose and tears.

But I tried my best to control it. If I cry, these two people will laugh at me for the rest of my life.

The third uncle greeted him and asked, "Eldest nephew, are you alright?"

My body softened, thanks to the fat man who supported me from the side.I let go of the chicken and said, "I'm fine, but the chicken might be gone."

On the way back I held him, he was motionless in my arms, and by the end, I felt his body was a little hard and cold.

Sure enough, after I threw the chicken on the ground, its head drooped and it was completely lifeless.It looks like it's dead.

Fortunately, I felt sore. Without this chicken, maybe I really wouldn't be able to come back.After all, it is still my savior.

The third uncle waved his hand: "It has fulfilled its mission. It deserves to die. I will study how to eat it later, and I will definitely be worthy of it."

I was angry and happy: "Li Dagang, don't be poor, you cheated me again, I haven't settled with you yet. Please explain clearly, what happened just now?"

Pang Dahai also asked: "Uncle, isn't the boss coming back, should I go on it? Should I also carry a chicken to the bridge?"

I glanced at Pang Dahai, since this guy learned how to draw symbols from Chu Liuyan, he seems to have become more courageous.Seeing me come back in such an embarrassing manner, he is actually ready to move, and wants to follow my old path.

The third uncle shook his head: "Wait a minute and see what happens."

I glared at Pang Dahai: "Fatty man, don't interrupt, third uncle, please explain to me, what the hell were you doing just now?"

The third uncle smiled: "I have told you all about your third uncle. I know it well. The chicken you are holding is your amulet. It can save your life. Since you are asking, I might as well tell you about it. Do you know what this bridge spirit is?"

I glanced at him and said angrily, "Nonsense, I kept asking you, but you didn't say anything. How do we know what Bridge Spirit is?"

The third uncle explained: "The bridge spirit is also a kind of spirit body. It is similar in nature to the ghost. It's just that the ghost is the soul of a person, while the bridge spirit is formed by the accumulation of resentment from multiple people or animals after death. .So Bridgeling isn’t alone, exactly.”

Chapter 494 Water Zombie ([-])

I waved my hand: "Third Uncle, try to be as concise as possible. I just want to know if this bridge spirit can be seen and touched, or is it a kind of spirit body that we cannot see with our naked eyes?"

"You can see and you can't see."

Uncle San's answer made me both angry and happy. What does it mean to be able to see and not see? So whether you can see or not.

I anxiously wanted to ask for clarification, but the third uncle continued: "Nephew, you have to change your impatience. Don't worry, just listen to me, okay? I said that Qiao Ling couldn't see it because It itself is formed by the gathering of various grievances. Because this is a century-old bridge, it has the ability to absorb grievances. The more this kind of grievance gathers on this bridge, it will form a bridge spirit. Where do you say this grievance is? What does it look like? Have you seen it? I haven’t seen it either, so I said I couldn’t see it.”

"Then how can I see it again?"

The third uncle said again: "I said he can see it because the bridge spirit will not exist independently. Because it is a spirit body, it will attach itself to other substances. This substance may be a person, or It may be a thing. The reason why it is called the bridge spirit is because it is born on the bridge, so it cannot be separated from the bridge. It should be attached to something on the bridge. This kind of thing actually exists. So we can all see it. It's just that we don't know what the bridge spirit is possessing."

After the third uncle's explanation, Pang Dahai and I also understood what this bridge spirit is.In the final analysis, it is a kind of spiritual body condensed by various grievances.And this kind of spirit body will become something else by possessing itself.

"Protecting the bridge is an instinct of the bridge spirit. I guess at the time of the river festival, the bridge spirit's original intention was to protect the bridge. So those people drove the cranes, and they were full of ostentation. It should be that the bridge festival was missing. There was no sacrificial oration to Qiao Ling. That's why Qiao Ling got angry, causing so many people to die on the spot." The third uncle deduced.

"So, the tragedy that happened during the river festival was actually related to this bridge spirit?"

The third uncle nodded: "Qiao Ling's intentions were good, but maybe he did something wrong with good intentions."

Maybe it was during the time when I was on the bridge that the third uncle also told Pang Dahai the story of the tragedy that happened here.Pang Dahai also asked at this time: "Then why, after the death of the bridge repairer, the river festival can proceed smoothly?"

The third uncle said: "Of course it is because of the death of people, and new grievances have arisen. Qiaoling absorbed the new grievances, and naturally let those people go. But this is not a long-term solution. It is inevitable that there will be repairs, and we can’t have to die to calm down the bridge spirit every time it is repaired, right? So, for public and private purposes, we have to take this bridge spirit. It can be regarded as a benefit for the local people.”

I smiled wryly: "Third Uncle, you have the spirit of boasting without shame, pretending to be self-serving, and your ability to turn the dead into the living, and the false into the truth, I really admire it."

The third uncle was also amused, and laughed and scolded: "You boy, learn from your third uncle."

I glanced at the stone bridge. After the storm just now, it has regained its calm.On the dark bridge deck, there was no movement at all.

And among the six roosters we brought, one died.The remaining five were also put into the coop by the third uncle again.

I pointed to those roosters and asked, "Third Uncle, tell me what you were doing with these roosters just now?"

The third uncle glanced at the time and nodded: "There is still some time. Let me explain it to you. It turns out that I didn't explain it clearly to you because I was afraid that you would be afraid. When the time comes, I will retreat and I will be alone. But I can't handle it. Since you keep asking, I might as well tell you."

I waved my hand: "Come on. If you don't explain it clearly, it's just to trick me."

The third uncle curled his lips, and stopped bickering with me, and asked me to tell him what happened on and off the bridge just now.

I told my third uncle and Pang Dahai again what I had just experienced.Thinking of the thrilling moment I just experienced, I still feel scared.I could feel the chilly wind blowing in from the back of my neck.

I shrunk my neck and tightened my clothes.

After Pang Dahai heard this, he was dumbfounded, and asked his third uncle, "Master, what did Boss meet by the river?"

The third uncle scratched his head with a strange expression on his face. Instead of answering the fat man's question directly, he shook his head and said, "If that's the case, then it's really troublesome. This water zombie has really become a monster." .”

What the hell?

"Water zombie?" Pang Dahai and I exclaimed in unison.

I've heard of zombies, and a water zombie emerged from the third uncle's mouth, which greatly exceeded my cognition.

The third uncle went on to explain: "This water zombie, as the name suggests, is a zombie formed in water. I knew there was such a thing when I was learning Taoism. The formation of this kind of water zombie is more difficult than that of land zombies. But once Formed, the harm is several times greater than that of ordinary zombies, and it is also more difficult to deal with. There are very few records of this kind of water zombie in ancient books, and most of the records can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. There are not many records in modern times. But I know that it was also recorded in the Qing Dynasty, and because it is relatively close to the present, the credibility is still very high..."

After I got off that bridge, maybe what Uncle San wanted to verify was verified.Now he is not in a hurry to implement the next plan, but took the trouble to tell us the origin and allusions of the water zombie.

Uncle San said that ancient books describe a story of a water zombie in the Qing Dynasty.

It is impossible to test which era this story took place in the Qing Dynasty.It's just that it happened in a rich family's home in the south of the Yangtze River.

The surname of the wealthy family is Xie, and the rich family is rich. Mrs. Xie has a lot of money, but there is one thing that is not satisfactory.It's just that I am sick in bed, my wife died early, and I have only three sons under my knees, but they have no way to raise them, and the third sons are unfilial and unrighteous, so they are reluctant to give money to the old man to see a doctor.They didn't even want to give their father a full meal.

Old Master Xie knew that his time was short, but he was used to living a prosperous life during his lifetime, and he was afraid of suffering after death.So he asked the three sons to burn some paper money to him after his death.Unexpectedly, the three sons uttered evil words, saying that they would not burn a penny to him.

The old man was already weak and couldn't hold his breath, so he finally died of anger.

Before the old man died, he once yelled: "Nizi, even if I have become a ghost, I will come back to settle accounts with you."

That shout was full of air, and it didn't seem like a dying person could shout at all.

At that time, the three sons were a little scared. At that time, people believed in ghosts and gods, and they were really afraid that their father would come back after turning into a ghost and claim his life.

They didn't know where they learned it from, so they found a wooden thorn and nailed it in from the top of the old man's head.It is said that this can seal the old man's soul out of his body.

Chapter 495 Water Zombie ([-])

According to local customs, the body of the old man had to be parked at home for three days before being buried.

Although the three sons were anxious to bury their father, they had no choice but to park the old man's body in the backyard according to local customs.

After two days of parking, everything is fine.The three sons were also relieved, knowing that their method of nailing the wooden nails worked.So he parked the old man's body in the backyard and ignored it, neither placed paper horse incense candles, nor offered incense and offerings.They ate and drank in the front hall while discussing the division of the family property.

As a result, on the third day, when the old man's youngest son went to the backyard, he found that the old man's beard had grown a lot, and white hair began to grow on his arms.The old man's belly was very distended. If you listen carefully, you can still hear the sound of gas in his stomach.

When the youngest son saw him, he was so frightened that he ran back to the front hall to find his two older brothers.

The three of them went back to the backyard to have a look together, and found that it was indeed as the youngest son said.The three of them ran out of ideas, so they went to find a feng shui master at a high price and came back. First, they wanted the feng shui master to dispose of the father's body, and they also wanted the feng shui master to find a good place to bury the father.

As soon as the Feng Shui master entered the backyard, his face changed drastically.He came to the old man's corpse in three steps at a time. He just took a look, and asked the three brothers to go to the stove in the back kitchen to get some pot bottom ash, and circled around the old man's coffin.

The three brothers asked why, and the feng shui master said that this was a sign that the old man was going to become a zombie.The soul of the deceased was sealed in the body. If it really turned into a zombie, it would not only affect the luck of their Xie family, but the zombie would first come back to seek revenge on their own family.

The three brothers were so frightened that they promised the Feng Shui master a lot of money and begged for a solution.

The feng shui master said that this matter is still slow, and if it is handled properly, it will not affect their family's fortune.

The Feng Shui master stayed at Xie's house that night and watched the sky at night.The next day he told the three brothers that there would be rain in the next two days and asked them to fill up seven buckets of rainwater.Rainwater should be collected by wooden barrels, and cannot be placed close to the ground.

Then in the next seven days, let the three brothers use a bucket of rainwater to pour the old man's body every day.After seven days, he will find a good feng shui yin house for the old man to bury.In this way, the worry of zombies can be solved, and the Feng Shui prosperous land will also bless Xie's family members to prosper and make money.

The three brothers were ecstatic when they heard this.They prepared the barrels and waited for the rain to come.

The feng shui master really had a unique vision. As soon as Hai Shi passed that night, the rain came.The three brothers used a lot of pots and bowls to drain the water, and they filled seven buckets of rainwater before the rain stopped.

The three brothers strictly followed the Feng Shui master's instructions and took turns pouring rain on the old man's body on time every day.Sure enough, after three days of watering, the old man's beard stopped growing, and the white hair on his arms also disappeared.

Only then did the three brothers feel relieved, and at the same time, the Feng Shui master also found a private house for the old man.

Just wait for the burial of the old man after seven days, and the matter will be over.At that time, the three brothers will divide the family property, and the Feng Shui master will take the money, so it is convenient for both parties.

No one expected that on the sixth day, another accident would happen.

Because the old man's white hair, which had already receded, grew back.The nails on his hands have grown a lot, like eagle claws.Moreover, the old man's eyes were also opened, the eyeballs were blood red, and they whirled around in their sockets.With his mouth half open, gusts of stench came out.

Seeing this scene, the three brothers were even more frightened out of their wits, and hurriedly found the Feng Shui master again.

After the feng shui master came, he only took a look, and then said: "You didn't do what I said, I can't control this matter, you can do it yourself."

After speaking, the feng shui master left without looking back, and didn't want the money.

The three sons looked at each other and asked each other, who didn't do what the Feng Shui master said?

In the end, the youngest son had to admit that on the fourth day, it was his turn to pour rainwater on the old man, but he accidentally kicked over the wooden barrel that day.He didn't dare to tell the truth, so he opportunistically went to the ancient well in the village to fetch a bucket of well water, and poured it on the old man.

The eldest son and the second son were furious, and they reprimanded the younger son, but it didn't help.The feng shui master also left, so they discussed, before the old man could get up, they dragged the body to the cemetery that the feng shui master had hoped for, and secretly buried the old man.

The three brothers have been in fear for half a month, but there has been no movement.The three brothers also went to check the place where the old man was buried, and nothing unusual happened, so everyone thought the matter was over.

Unexpectedly, one day half a month later, the youngest son heard someone knocking on the courtyard door.The youngest son didn't care, so he went to open the door.As soon as he opened the door, he found his father Xie, the shroud he was wearing had disappeared, his body was covered with white hair, and his body was standing stiffly outside.

The youngest son screamed and turned to run away, but the old man grabbed him and bit his throat.

Then, the old man jumped straight into the yard and killed everyone in Xie's family.

In the end, the villagers collectively found the Feng Shui master, collected money, and begged him to come forward to solve the old man.No one in the village saw how it was solved.Afterwards, the feng shui master explained that the rainwater is originally rootless water, which can eliminate the hostility of the old man, but the well water is connected to the ground, which belongs to yin, and not only cannot eliminate the hostility, but will double the hostility.The youngest son went in without knowing it, and turned the old man into a water zombie.

At this point, the third uncle has finished telling the story about the water zombie in the ancient book.

Pang Dahai and I were covered in cold sweat hearing this.

I timidly asked: "Third...Third Uncle, so I saw that the one who crawled up from the river bank and made a coughing sound was...the water zombie you mentioned?"

In fact, I didn't see the whole picture of that thing, I just heard the sound and saw the swaying of the grass by the river.Knowing that something must be moving towards me inside.

Before I could see clearly, the rooster jumped onto the bridge rail.

The third uncle nodded when he heard my question, "That's right, that's the water zombie."

"Uncle, why are you so sure? Have you seen it?" Pang Dahai asked.

The third uncle shook his head: "I haven't seen it, but I'm sure it's a water zombie. Li Yang just verified it for us."

I rolled my eyes: "What do you mean? Third uncle, are you using me to verify that water zombie?"

The third uncle smiled and said, "It's not you who verified the water zombie, but that chicken."

Chapter 496 Ghost News

I pointed to the chickens in the coop and asked, "Third Uncle, what are these chickens?"

Uncle San explained: "About this bridge, didn't I find out some information at the police station? Although those who reported the case may have exaggerated what they saw to a certain extent. But one of them, I am very concerned about it."

I nodded: "An old man reported to the police that he saw people swimming in the water? He later found out that those people had no heads. Do you suspect that these headless corpses have turned into water zombies?"