I had doubts when I saw the hanging coffin burial before.
How could the Han people adopt this ancient funeral form that has long been abandoned by history?
At that time, I suspected that the villagers of Baiyangyu were not Han people at all, but descendants of a minority group in the south who migrated north!
Now, the totem in the land temple has completely confirmed my thoughts!
As expected, the villagers of Baiyangyu migrated from the Miao people in the frontier. As for the reason for the migration...
It's very simple. They must have offended someone important, so even if they migrated north, they were still found by others. The result is self-evident. A feng shui master opened a "Kanfang Road" opposite the cliff where they were buried, nailing down the reincarnation of their descendants for generations, and turned the huge Baiyangyu into a ghost village. It's just that this place may have been suppressed by this totem before, so nothing happened. Later, I don't know what happened, and the hidden dangers buried in this place for thousands of years suddenly broke out.
As for this so-called land totem...
It is said to be a god, but I think it may be a ghost!
The ghost is extremely powerful, flying in the sky, crossing the mountains and seas, and making clouds and rain in the blink of an eye. It is not a god, but it is close to a god!
In fact, many ethnic groups now worship a certain kind of god, which is ghosts. This kind of ghost is more clever and shrewd than the little ghosts invited back home. They are collectively worshipped by a certain ethnic group, and then they eat the fireworks of the world and accept the offerings of thousands of people. Their Taoism grows very fast. In the end, they may really turn into something incredible, but this kind of ghost generally does not harm people and belongs to the kind of relatively kind ghost.
I think the land lady on this land totem is very likely this type of ghost.
In order to verify my thoughts, I took out the incense from my backpack, lit it three times and placed it in front of the totem. I bowed to the totem three times respectfully, and then said to the totem: "I am a Han Chinese. I was not under the protection of my mother-in-law, but now I am fortunate to have her protection. I offer incense to thank you for saving my life!"
As soon as I finished speaking, the temple was filled with a gloomy wind. The incense I lit began to burn down like a cigarette smoked by a smoker. The fireworks all floated towards the totem and disappeared into the cracks of the stone without a trace.
This totem is indeed inhabited by a ghost, and it is probably a very fierce and dirty thing. After all, these things are similar to wild beasts. Some powerful wild beasts occupy territories that weaker beasts dare not approach. I guess the ghost we are facing now is the same. Because it is powerful, the zombies outside are afraid of it, so they dare not come in. As a result, we rashly got in, which can be said to be out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's den!
My scalp is a little numb. As the saying goes, the nature of ghosts is unpredictable. It is very difficult for us to live in the same room with such a fierce thing!
At this time, a somewhat dry and stiff voice suddenly sounded in the ancient temple: "Boy, continue to burn incense for grandma, don't stop, the incense is continuous, grandma will guarantee that you will be safe tonight!"
Who is talking to us, no need to say more!
I quickly took out the incense sticks from my backpack. This time I brought enough of them. Anyway, Qingyi mailed me a lot of them after we parted in the Western Regions, so I brought a lot of them this time. There were thousands of them, which was definitely enough to serve this ghost granny for a whole night.
After I offered three more incense sticks, I asked tentatively: "Granny, what on earth is here? Is it dangerous at night?"
"Dangerous? More than dangerous! Haha, if it weren't for grandma protecting you, you guys wouldn't survive!"
The voice sounded again, very cold: "Those damn villagers have committed heinous crimes and provoked incredible things. They deserve to be reduced to this situation. They only came to worship grandma after something happened, and they still wanted grandma to save them and fight against that fierce thing? It's just wishful thinking, Since they sealed the temple of the old lady and cut off her incense six hundred years ago, the old lady will never care about them again!"
I heard dissatisfaction in the tone of this ghost old lady...
It seems that the villagers of Baiyangyu sealed the totem ghost temple and cut off the incense of this ghost old lady for some unknown reason 600 years ago, so there was a rift between this ghost old lady and the villagers of Baiyangyu. After the incident in Baiyangyu this time, this ghost old lady did not continue to protect them...
While thinking, I asked: "So, what is the matter?"
"You will know by night. " "The ghost granny sneered sharply: "Okay, kid, since you have incense and offerings, I won't make things difficult for you. You can hide here tonight. I guarantee that you can live until dawn. When those things go back tomorrow, you leave here immediately. You'd better not care about the things here! I know there is a heavenly master among you. Yes, the heavenly master can really control that thing, but it's better not to care about it. Otherwise, it's against God's will. Some people in this world really deserve to die, because they do things that even I can't stand!" After saying that, the old woman fell into silence, and I followed After asking for a long time, she said to me: "Boy, spend the night safely and go back tomorrow. Really, there are some things that you may not know how to do after you understand them, so leave everything to God! Also, it's best not to talk tonight, especially this door. You can't go out no matter what. Grandma is now a prisoner. It doesn't interfere with things outside. Everyone has to abide by this rule. If you go out, even Grandma can't save you. Take care of yourself!"
Finally, I asked for a long time but couldn't find out what was in this village, so I just gave up.
At this time, we basically recovered, and then Zhang Zhenlin and Wang Xiaoxiao finally asked me about Zhou Xingping. There was no way, I could only tell them about the situation when Zhou Xingping was in trouble. Although I tried my best to avoid describing the details to prevent them from causing psychological trauma, the news of Zhou Xingping's death still caused them a lot of shock. At least Wang Xiaoxiao cried like a tearful person, and Duan Teng and Chen Wen also looked sad.
It can be seen that Wang Xiaoxiao should have a special feeling for Captain Zhou, mixed with admiration and the kind of feelings that a young girl has for a hero when she is ignorant.
This state is actually not good, especially in the current situation, it is even worse. It is not good for them to be unable to maintain absolute calmness and composure.
I even have a faint worry-could it be that Zhou Jing's divination really comes true, and these four people can't get out alive?
There are too many doubts that I can't figure out, and finally I simply don't think about it. I took out some dry food and water from my backpack and ate some, and then found a place in the temple to sleep. Of course, we can't all go to sleep. Leave two people to burn incense for the ghost woman and keep watch, to prevent things outside and the ghost woman. Although the other party has no intention of killing us now, but the ghost is unpredictable, who can say it well? It's right to keep a hand!
I was exhausted after a long day of running around, so I fell asleep very quickly. I fell asleep almost as soon as I closed my eyes. After doing this job for a long time, my nerves began to numb. No matter how dangerous it was, I would never miss the opportunity to sleep.
Unexpectedly, I was woken up by Zhang Zhenlin, who was on guard, less than two hours after I slept. I looked at him in confusion with sleepy eyes: "What's wrong?"
"Listen!"
Zhang Zhenlin frowned and said: "It seems that the real owner has come out!"
I shivered all over, got up from the ground, and listened carefully. Sure enough, I heard a faint singing voice echoing outside, as if a woman was singing, and the singing voice was sad.
"The flowers on the other shore will always bloom leisurely on the other shore.
The heart on this shore can only wander on this shore.
How many fireworks, all in the wind and rain.
How many earthly dreams, all with the water turning eastward.
What you see, is extinguished.
What disappears, is remembered.
When it blooms to its fullest, the flowers are gone.
The memory left is just a petal on the ground.
When the wind blows it away, it is gone..."
The song is sad and beautiful, reflecting the vicissitudes of the world and the sadness of human feelings...
The most important thing is that I hear resentment in this song!
It is a kind of indifferent resentment, hatred to the extreme, turning into indifference, this kind of resentment is the most difficult to resolve!
Thinking about the words of the ghost woman, and feeling the hatred of the real owner, I can't help but take a breath of cold air - what happened to Baiyangyu? How could such a resentful soul jump out!