Ghost Blowing Lamp II

Chapter 19 A Letter from the Prairie (Part [-])
I've never heard of the legend of tomb robbers like "Ni'erhui", and this is the first time I've heard of it when I grow up so old, but Fatty and I have heard a little about the "Yiguandao" she mentioned. Alchemy, which specializes in circumcision of boys' genitals as medicine primers, was suppressed after liberation and ceased to exist. I heard my fourth aunt speak in a precise manner, so I knew she was not talking about it for fun.

In the deep mountains and old forests, all you can see are lonely mountains. It is definitely a major entertainment for us to have the opportunity to listen to the old people talking about ancient times. In the cellar in the middle of the night, I also saw the corpse of a gangster dressed like "Ni'erhui" with my own eyes, which made me even more curious, so I begged my fourth aunt to explain "Ni'erhui" in detail thing.

But the fourth aunt didn't know much about the "Ni'er Society". She only picked up what she knew and told us some things, which were all old things before liberation. Not to mention the big gangsters like "covering the sky", there are still many horse bandits who are loose bandits, three groups of two gangs who raid houses, and there are fast ticket holders, who are specially tied to those who pass through the door quickly, The big girl who is about to get married, because she can't stay overnight after being tied up, once she stays overnight at her husband's house, she definitely shouldn't have this marriage, so the family members of the meat ticket must collect money as soon as possible to redeem her on the same day, so it is called "tied fast ticket", and "Ni'erhui" is the head of the family. The cabinet used to be such a loose bandit who tied fast tickets, not only that, he also learned sorcery in a Taoist school, and it is said that he has the ability to escape from the ground. He just worked as an engineer in the "digger army" and was good at digging tunnels, but outsiders didn't know what happened, and it was all guesswork. Later, he discovered that excavating ancient tombs could make a fortune, so he started to dig tunnels. It's a deal that tosses the dead.

He dug more graves, his reputation grew day by day, and he took in many apprentices, forming a group of horse bandits, so he began to report his name, because all he did was digging soil and mud, and he and his Most of the apprentices also came from poor mudboys who dug mud in the river, and they relied on their skills to do this business. In order to attract attention, the word "hui" should be highlighted, so the name was reported as "Ni'erhui".

The "Ni'erhui" started in the late Qing Dynasty. In name, it is based on the master-student sect. In fact, it has exactly the same organizational structure as the "four beams and eight pillars" among the gangsters. Even many ordinary people in the mountains have been harmed by them, but the government has repeatedly suppressed them without success. In the past few decades, many ancient tombs have been stolen. Later, it was even more blatant because there were many corpses in the old tombs, or the body of the tomb owner In order to get the pearls and jade contained in the mouth of the ancient corpse, they dragged the corpse of the tomb owner out of the grave with hemp rope, hung the corpse upside down on the crooked neck tree to drain the mercury, and then broke the mouth and intestines with their hands. , sometimes the ancient tombs are very close to inhabited villages, and they still fight with open flames, or they toss in broad daylight. No one dares to control them.

They dug up the tomb and emptied the valuables inside, leaving behind a mess of broken coffins and corpses. When the common people saw it, they all sighed. Those ancient corpses were bad luck for eight lifetimes. , this situation is really horrible.

The group of "Ni'erhui" haunts the deep mountains and old forests in the Xing'an Mountains. In the three mountains and five ridges in this mountain, they will try their best to dig up any ancient tombs and tombs that can be found with remnants of steles and seals. Stealing the secret artifacts in the tomb, because of this kind of business all the year round, is a guilty conscience, so there are many ways of superstition. They dress in black to reduce the yang energy of the living when they work. Ancient tombs are full of long-term yin In dark places, it has always been taboo to keep the yang energy of living people in it, and it is also said to avoid evil. Hat spikes, socks, and belts are all bright red, all dyed with pig blood.

About their deeds, there are not many people who can tell now. After all, it was all decades ago. The reason why the fourth aunt knows so clearly is because before liberation, her brother was "" The bandits of the "Ni'erhui" were captured as coolies, sifted through the mud and scoured the soil when digging out the graves, and finally escaped from the bandit's nest with difficulty, and told her some experiences in it.

According to the memories of the fourth aunt and her brother, the bandit leader of the "Ni'er Society" once led a whole gang of horse bandits to dig many holes in the "Tuanshanzi" area, and finally dug out a cellar temple for Huang Daxian from behind Huang Pizi's grave. They wanted to find a treasure from the secret passage in the temple, but they annoyed the Great Immortal and cost several lives. However, the "Ni'erhui" is not a vegetarian, so they tried another trick if one trick failed, and finally they got it , From the secret passage under the temple, a box painted with gold and jade was dug out.

After the horse bandits of the "Mud Society" succeeded, those mountain people who were captured to help dig holes were dragged into the ravine to kill them. The fourth aunt and her brother were shot, and the gun hit him. On the other hand, he crawled out of the pile of dead people with his life. After returning to the village, his gunshot wound has not healed. In addition, he was greatly frightened. After a few years, he died. As for the "Ni'erhui" No one knows the whereabouts of the big box that was dug out from the Wong Tai Sin Temple, and what treasure it contained, and since then, the "Ni'er Club" has disappeared in the deep mountains and old forests, and no one has seen it again. This group of people must have suffered retribution, and they all died without a place to bury them.

Fatty and I listened intently, what is hidden in the Temple of Wong Tai Sin, worthy of making the "Ni'erhui" go to such lengths?Where did they get that box? What is the final fate of those horse bandits in the "Ni'erhui"?We are all very curious, and we want to get to the bottom of this matter, otherwise we will not be able to sleep well at night, but the fourth aunt only knows so much, and even the authenticity of this content cannot be guaranteed. After firing his gun and crawling back to the village, there was only one breath left, and the words he said were all upside down, who knew whether his words were reliable or not.

I saw that there was really nothing to inquire about, so I had to go to the graveyard bricks together with the fat man. At that time, it was advocated to change customs and open barren graves to open up good fields, because cremation was still unrealistic in many remote areas, and burial was still practiced, but it was different from the old society It is also very different. The first is thin burial, and the second is deep burial without graves. Burials are buried in a cave of [-] feet. The graves cannot be sealed with earth, and crops can still be planted on the top of the tomb.

However, in our deep mountains and old forests, there are few people, and it is not worth worrying about the size of the cemetery and crop land. We just flatten some barren tombs and use bricks instead of building materials, but these grave bricks are extremely difficult to sharpen. The corpses in the ancient tombs are infested by the smell, and the smell is not close. Although it has been for a long time, it still does not dissipate. After cutting and leveling, it is necessary to mix lime with shochu to get rid of the smell.

(End of this chapter)