Seeing Meng Changqing's attire, the chicken farmer was stunned and sighed, "You really are a Taoist—"
Rural people can't control their mouths, and they will spread the news about the slightest incident. In less than an hour, many villagers came to see us.
There are two people in the chicken farmer's family. The man's name is Ye Erhu, and the woman's name is Zhang Xiaorui. They are a middle-aged couple.
Xiaoxiao woke up now, looked around with her teacup in her hand, then turned around and asked where her uncle was.
The uncle she was talking about was naturally Meng Changqing. A few days ago, she was full of vigilance and fear towards Meng Changqing, but now she started asking where Meng Changqing went after being away for a while. I thought Meng Changqing was just trying to please us, but now it seems that everyone All like him.
I told Xiaoxiao about the situation, and then asked Ye Erhu about my grandfather's whereabouts. Since this walking corpse is chasing my grandfather, it means that my grandfather has also been to this place, maybe they have seen me grandfather.
I just asked casually and found out that the name of this village was originally Yejiawan, and most of the twenty or so households living in the village were named Ye. Grandpa's appearance, they said they hadn't seen it before and asked about his name, I said my grandpa's surname was also Ye, and his name was Ye Jiafu. When the old man heard this, he immediately pulled out his cigarette and said that my grandpa used to be from their place , I left here when the commune was established. At that time, my grandfather was famous, and all the elders in the village knew about it.
I was taken aback for a while, and hurriedly asked him about Grandpa, but to my disappointment, they didn't know as much as Grandpa Ye did.
Afterwards they asked some questions and went to work in the field, which is a good season for work.
Because I was so sleepy, I fell asleep on the chair. Before I fell asleep, Xiaoxiao was lying on my lap and whispering to me that she missed grandma, and asked me to take her to find her grandma.
Because I was walking all night last night, I was more sleepy than usual, so I naturally slept more than usual. When I woke up, the sun was already shining outside, and my sleeping place was changed from a chair to a bed. Most likely Ye Erhu carried me into the house.
As soon as I got up and went out, I heard the villagers chattering about us and Meng Changqing. The villagers all knew that Ye Jiafu was my grandfather, and Xiaoxiao and I were regarded as his grandsons.
After I went out, the villagers asked me to address them, either Grandpa, Uncle, Uncle, or Aunt. I will call this chicken farmer Uncle Ye.
In this village, there are all my grandfather's former relatives, and they are all my relatives. It's not bad for me to call out. After I finished calling out one by one, Meng Changqing just came in from the outside with a bamboo hat in his hand. After entering, I asked him if he found it. , he shook his head, then took out the bamboo hat and showed it to me.
This bamboo hat belongs to Uncle Zhang, and if his bamboo hat is left here, it means that others must have been here before. Grandpa was chasing him, and the walking corpse was chasing grandpa. It is very likely that all three of them are here.
Meng Changqing showed me the bamboo hat and asked the villagers if there was any dark place near the village. The corpse must be found before tonight. He was injured by rooster blood in the morning, and he will definitely come out to look for it at night. Food.
Although the villagers had never seen the walking corpse with their own eyes, seeing what Meng Changqing said was extremely true, even if they didn't believe it, they half believed it.
I asked Meng Changqing why he didn't use the method last night. He said that during the day the sun is so strong that he can't use the clear water method to find people.
The villagers then took Meng Changqing to a gloomy place in the village, and Xiaoxiao and I were still left at the chicken farmer's house by him.
In the evening, Uncle Ye and the others had already prepared the meal, and Xiaoxiao and I were naturally recruited to the table.
During the meal, I learned that Uncle Ye's father and my grandfather are cousins, and the relationship between us is relatively close.
They asked Xiaoxiao and me a lot of questions, and I answered them pickily, some of which I could answer, and some of which I couldn't.
When they asked about Meng Changqing, I said that Meng Changqing was my master and a Taoist priest, which is amazing.
They said that they can tell that some people can tell whether they are powerful or not by looking at their faces, and Meng Changqing's face belongs to the extremely powerful group.
I agreed with his words, and only two or three minutes later, Meng Changqing came in from outside the house. Uncle Ye hurriedly invited him to the table, and asked, "Did you find that walking corpse?"
Meng Changqing shook his head and said: "Generally, walking corpses can't move during the day unless someone manipulates them. Zhang Shike's ghost is nearby. I'm afraid he will encounter walking corpses and live in them. It will be even more terrifying."
Afterwards, Uncle Ye said, "Maybe you made a mistake. It's just a slightly bigger weasel. There are a lot of weasels around here. Chickens are often lost, and it's the weasels."
Meng Changqing said it might be possible, and then he thought about it again. Seeing that Meng Changqing didn't think about eating and drinking, Uncle Ye said, "Don't think about it too much, it was the weasel who did it. We have a big weasel here, who has been living in someone else's house." In the tomb, every time we went to chase it, it ran into the tomb to hide, and we couldn't dig the grave, so we had to let it go. The weasel probably ate the flesh of the dead people inside, and grew bigger. Like a dog."
After hearing this, Meng Changqing still said that he would go out to look after dinner, fearing that the villagers in the village would be hurt. When Uncle Ye saw that he was thinking about the safety of the villagers, he looked at Meng Changqing more kindly than before.
After the meal, it was already dark outside, Meng Changqing fiddled with the compass in the room, even the compass pointer did not move
Meng Changqing snorted and muttered, did he already leave?
At this time, a villager ran to Uncle Ye's house in a panic, and shouted to Uncle Ye as soon as he came in: "Er Huzi, go to the tomb quickly, someone is digging your ancestor's grave."
After hearing this, Uncle Ye shouted that it was okay, and immediately went to the tomb with a shoulder pole.
After hearing this, Meng Changqing said to me: "Let's go and see if it's a walking corpse."
Afterwards, Meng Changqing hurriedly followed along with Xiaoxiao, and I followed along. I walked up the slope for about a kilometer and stopped on a flat ground.
The villagers came to this place one after another after hearing the news, either carrying a hoe or a pole, all of them were angry. If one person was okay, it would be strange for so many people to be so angry.
Meng Changqing also saw that there was a problem, so he asked what was going on.
Seeing that we were not outsiders, the villagers said: "In the past few months, grave robbers have been digging graves here, and the graves of several families have been dug up. These people are very wicked. They come here again and again. Twice."
This is a remote place with no burial objects at all, and grave robbers with a little intelligence would not come here, but they said that it is often visited by grave robbers, which is a bit strange.
When the villagers came, the grave digger had already left, and Meng Changqing looked around the grave while they were discussing how to chase the tomb robber.
When I got to the bottom of another high ridge, I came back and asked the villagers, "Is there a tomb on it?"
The villagers told Meng Changqing that there was a grave above it, which was well repaired, but no one was watching it, and it was about to collapse now.
Meng Changqing asked who the tomb above belonged to, and they said to Meng Changqing: "This tomb was built by Ye Jiafu when he came back at the age of 22. No one was buried in it, only a few clothes. Ye Jiafu said that he died outside. An excellent friend of mine couldn't bring his body, so he built a clothes grave for him. After Ye Jiafu moved, the grave was left unattended."
Afterwards, Meng Changqing proposed to go up to have a look. The villagers saw that he was a Taoist priest, and thought he must have seen something, so they went up with him.
Meng Changqing was afraid that Xiaoxiao and I would be scared down there, so he dragged us up too.
When I went up, I saw a dense grass, the grass was so deep that I could only show my upper body when I walked in. Among these grasses, stood a solitary tomb.
It just so happened that the villagers all brought hoes and other tools, and dozens of people got rid of all the grass and trees, and the place suddenly became much clearer.
After hoeing all the grass and trees, Meng Changqing glanced at the direction of the tomb, then at the scenery below, and then frowned.
I think the orientation of this tomb is extremely strange. The tombstone is facing inward, and the distance between the tombstone and the ridge wall is only two or three steps. Although I don't know Feng Shui, but looking at this layout, I also feel extremely inappropriate.
"Is this coffin really built by Grandpa Ye Hai?" Meng Changqing asked after seeing it.
The village names all said yes.
"This tomb is facing mountains and backwaters, and the miasma cannot be discharged. It is a foul mouth. In addition, this tomb is facing south from the north, while the emperor's tomb is facing north from the south. In this way, the tomb will naturally become a servant. It means that the deceased lives in such a place, it is difficult for him to have no resentment."
The villagers didn't understand these things, so they just asked, "Why did Ye Jiafu do this?"
Meng Changqing shook his head and said he didn't know, then walked to the tombstone to see the name on it.
I followed suit, and when we got to the tombstone, Meng Changqing wiped off the dirt on the tombstone. When he could clearly see the words on it, Meng Changqing was stunned.