My years as a fortune teller

Gao Na called me during dinner, I washed up and hurried downstairs, the old man was already waiting for me in the lobby of the main room downstairs.There are several dishes, a small aluminum pot and two cups on a small square table.

"Grandpa, I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long." I apologized to the old man, and sat under the old man's hands. "Wow, I made so many dishes, they are really delicious!"

The old man smiled slightly: "Come to Xiao Zhang, let's have a drink with grandpa first." I was stunned when I heard that, I haven't drunk alcohol for a long time, although we don't prohibit alcohol, but I still drink very little for the sake of my health.

Seeing my distressed expression, the old man hurriedly asked, "Why don't you know how to drink, or are you in poor health?" I hurriedly laughed and said, "No, the main reason is that you rarely drink."

The old man laughed and said: "This is our homemade rice wine, called Jiajiu." It may be the old man's pronunciation problem, but I actually heard it as "fake wine".

Later, I asked a friend and found out that it was Jiajiu, also known as Jiajiu, which was brewed from glutinous rice.This wine is very strong when it is hot. I knew after taking a sip that I would definitely be drunk with my drinking capacity.So I secretly drew a talisman on the palm of my right hand, and secretly recited the curse of not getting drunk after a thousand cups...

After a while, Gao Na came out with soup, and then made a bowl of rice for me and the old man.The old man said to me: "Xiao Zhang, this is the famous Lingshan rice near Huangshan Mountain. It used to be tribute to the emperor to eat."

When I heard it, I hurriedly took a few mouthfuls of rice, and it was indeed different from other places.Then the old man brought me vegetables, such as ham or mandarin fish, which made my forehead sweat.Fortunately, I don't have any taboos.

I saw that the old man had almost finished drinking, so I asked, "Grandpa Zheng, how old are you?" The old man smiled and said to me, "It's almost seventy."

When I heard this, I hurriedly said, "Yeah, it's rare to live in the age of [-]. Although medicine is advanced now, there are many old people who are [-], and there are not many who can still open barbershops like you."

Hearing this, the old man said proudly: "With this experience and this body, we dare not say number one here, and it must be number two."

As soon as I heard that I thought there was a door, I said to the old man: "Grandpa, Gao Na took me to look around during the day. Why do I feel that the houses at the end of the town in this town are different from the houses we live in?"

Gao Na looked at me with question marks and said, "We didn't go to the end of the town, how did you know?" What a stupid girl.Before I could speak, the old man immediately asked me, "What do you see?"

I wiped my mouth and said: "I found that the terrain over there is high, it seems that the backside is a bit high from the mountain, and I saw the house from a distance, except for the riding wall, which has a taste of Hui style architecture, the rest I think is a bit The feel of the temple..."

Before I finished speaking, Gao Na interrupted: "No way, I grew up here, why didn't I find out."

After hearing what I said, the old man pointed at me and said, "When I first met you, you were unshaven, and you didn't look like a good person. Now hearing what you said, I think you are really an architect."

When I heard a black line all over my face, why did I look unshaven and not a good person.The old man hiccupped and said to me: "Come and have a drink with grandpa, and I'll tell you, there is basically no one in my town who knows this matter better than me." Pick up the cup and say, "Okay, okay, I like listening to stories the most."

After drinking the wine, the old man wiped his mouth and said: "Our place is not a town, but a small village with a population of about a hundred people. I heard from my grandfather that the people here are mainly masons. The end of the town is now the old village. In a ruined temple, there lived a few Huogong Taoists. It is said that there used to be an evil spirit that mainly devoured people's hearts. To commemorate this Taoist priest, he built a temple at the foot of the mountain. At first, there were still people offering sacrifices, but then it gradually fell into disuse..."

Speaking of which, the old man took another sip of wine and looked outside and said: "At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there appeared one rich man after another in Anhui. Although the people here are mainly masons, due to their good craftsmanship, especially the exquisite brick carving , and gradually made a fortune and built a house like this. In the early years of the Republic of China, a family named Hu moved in from outside and bought the land of the ruined temple. Built on the original foundation house."

As soon as I heard the surname of Hu, I thought that his classmate Ye Zhichao said was also surnamed Hu, and I seemed to have a clue.

I heard the old man continue to say: "I don't know where the family got so much money. They not only built their own house, but also hired someone to repair the road in the village, and then connected it with the family in front. Slowly It has the scale it is now." Hearing this, I let out a soft oh and asked, "Then what happened later?"

The old man took a sip of wine and said: "Later, I also became sensible. I remember that once Mrs. Hu celebrated his birthday, he invited the best troupe to sing for three days and three nights. But one day not long after, someone discovered that the Hu family The door of the compound was closed tightly, and no one from the Hu family came out. However, there was a strong smell of blood and stench coming from inside. It didn't matter at this point, and the young men were so frightened that they talked nonsense when they came back. So someone reported to the official, and when the official came to open the door, they found that the whole family of the Hu family had been killed. Mrs. Hu was in the lobby He was killed on the grand teacher's chair, his eyes were wide open, and there was still a smile on his mouth..."

Speaking of this, Gao Na got into the old man's arms all of a sudden: "Grandpa, don't talk about it, it's scary." The old man touched Gao Na's head and said, "Silly girl, I'm afraid it will be decades." Hastily said: "Grandpa, why don't you talk about it, so that Gao Na will not have nightmares at night!"

Gao Na blushed and said, "It's okay, grandpa, tell me, I won't shoot with grandpa around?"

The old man laughed and said, "It's all right." Then he said: "The most strange thing is that all the hearts are gone, and there is only a blood hole in the heart. People from the government asked the neighbors if they heard anything unusual. The neighbors all said no. Finally, the government took the body away and put a seal on the door. After the government people left, everyone began to discuss. Some said that the Hu family was a thieves who killed countless people in the past. It is also said that they offended the evil spirits in the mountains... Since then, people around can hear people in the courtyard of Hu's house every night, either singing opera or drinking orders. There are also children crying..."

Hearing this, I hurriedly asked: "Is there no one left?"

The old man nodded and continued: "Later, we also invited Taoist priests and monks to practice salvation, but there was no effect at all. People around the Hu family compound began to slowly move to the front. It was abandoned everywhere. Until the new Since the founding of China, some people with foreign surnames came to live there. You can’t blame me, but one of them, surnamed Hu, was assigned to the Hu family compound..."

Hearing this, I basically understood. It seems that the original people in the Hu family compound were murdered by people from some cult. As for why this happened, I still need to find out...

And now that the Hu family and his son lived in this compound, they did so on purpose.As for why, it is certain that there is a secret method to practice this kind of sorcery.

Others don't know, only the descendants of the Hu family, or the people who killed Mrs. Hu's family at that time, or how could anyone live in such a house.

Thinking of this, I feel a little bit unsure, but I still have no idea in my heart, and there are still too few materials in hand.To inquire in such a reckless manner, it is possible to lose one's own life.What kind of sect is this, and what is that man-eating ghost? Is it a legend or something else.Even the legend is exaggerated on the basis of the original.

And the town is so well preserved, it seems that it has not been cleaned by any war.Only the part at the end of the town is a bit dilapidated and basically uninhabited. Except for those who come for tourism, no one in the town goes there.Why is this? Is it just because of the Hu family's house?According to Ye Zhichao, there are only three people in the Hu family now, but according to the layout, there are still many remaining houses.

These mysteries are all placed in front of me, and I need to solve them bit by bit. It seems that this road is very long.