Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 276

Village head Fan Tianhua took out his old cigarette rod, stuffed some shredded tobacco into the cigarette holder, then lit a match, lit the shredded tobacco, and took a puff: "If you want to talk about the Milong Cave, the scenery is actually very beautiful. If it is not an evil place, if it is developed into a tourist attraction, it will definitely attract many tourists. The outside of the mountain is full of virgin forests, lush and lush, with all kinds of tall and straight trees, and the forest is full of flowers, which is very beautiful. And inside the mountain It’s even more beautiful, you should have seen karst caves, right? The karst cave scenery of Milong Cave is really amazing! There are all sorts of strange stalactites inside, as well as dark rivers in the mountains, gloomy and quiet, very strange!”

"Village Chief, have you ever been to Milong Cave?" I asked suspiciously.

Fan Tianhua vomited a smoke ring: "I went there when I was very young! At that time, there were not so many strange things in Milong Cave, but the adults still told us not to go there to play. But you know, children's hearts are not restrained. Yeah, so we still go there once or twice. But I haven't been there since the hauntings all over again!"

I nodded: "So, Milong Cave was designated as a restricted area of ​​Fengxian Village a long time ago?"

"That's right!" Fan Tianhua said, "When I was young, it was already designated as a restricted area, and it has been forty or fifty years now!"

"Then have you ever experienced a haunted incident?" I asked curiously.

Fan Tianhua didn't speak, just lowered his head, smoking the pipe silently, taking five or six puffs in a row.Every time he takes a puff of cigarette, I can see the muscles on his cheeks twitching slightly, he looks very nervous, did something weird really happen to Fan Tianhua?

After a long while, Fan Tianhua sighed heavily: "I have been to Milong Cave twice, once when I was nine years old, and once when I was ten years old. The first time I went there were a few older people. The children from the same village went there. I didn’t want to go at first, but then my cousin forced me to go. Nothing happened the first time, and we still thought it was very interesting. Everyone still grilled sausages there, and the aftertaste was endless.

When we were ten years old, we went there again, similar to the last time, but two timid ones did not come, and one was controlled by the family and could not come out, but two new friends joined , There are about seven or eight people in total.Some people brought matches, some brought sausage and bacon, and some quietly brought home-brewed liquor. The friends made an appointment to go outing together.

When I went out that day, the weather was fine and the sun was shining brightly.It was summer vacation and the weather was very hot.But you also know the weather in summer, just like a woman's face changes as soon as it changes.It was still sunny in the morning, but it changed in the afternoon.Suddenly a few dark clouds floated over the top of the mountain, and then it rained heavily.The rain came so quickly that we couldn't go back for a while, so we had to hide in the Milong Cave to avoid the rain.Everyone chatted while hiding from the rain, discussing to wait for the rain to calm down before going back.

At this time, my cousin was going to pee, we jokingly asked him to go far away, so as not to smoke us.

My cousin grinned and walked into the cave.

After a long time, my cousin came out of the cave.

I asked him why he had been peeing for so long, and my cousin told us with a mysterious face that he was listening to music inside!
I was very surprised and asked my cousin what kind of music he listened to.

My cousin told us that someone was beating gongs and drums in the cave, and there seemed to be a pipa sound, which was very pleasant anyway, and he listened to it for a long time when he was peeing.

When my cousin said this, we were a little startled. Are there other people in the cave?

Some people say that maybe the village music band is rehearsing in the cave!
But some people questioned, why did Xi Band go to Milong Cave to rehearse when they have nothing to do?Are you full?
At this time, one of the most courageous little friends stood up. He was 15 years old at the time and was the oldest among us, just like the king of children.Without further ado, he took us into the cave, saying that we wanted to see what happened.

At that time, I was relatively timid, so I dragged my cousin to say no.

Who knew this was heard by the leading child king, and called me a coward.

There were several children present at the time, and I naturally didn't want to be a coward. When the kid king scolded me like this, I became angry, yelling loudly to see who was a coward, and walked inside with my neck stuck.

After walking not far, we really heard the sound of musical instruments, drums, pipa, erhu, and horns.

The music sounded joyful, we often heard such music when we were in the village, and we knew it was joy as soon as we heard the music.In rural areas, whenever a family gets married, gives birth to a child or celebrates a birthday, it will invite a joy band to play a few tunes.

Hearing this voice was a bit festive, and the kid king said, could it be that someone is having a happy event in this Milong Cave?

But who would hold a wedding in the Milong Cave?
This thing is indeed a bit strange.

Someone said, could it be that there are ghosts playing music in it?
We were still young at that time, and everyone was afraid of ghosts. Even Kid Wang was a little flustered, and he scolded that person, but kept silent.

After listening to it for a while, everyone didn't think the music was good anymore, and felt that it was oozing panic. After listening to it for a while, their backs were covered with a fine layer of white sweat.

Seeing that everyone was a little scared, my cousin suggested that we should just leave like this.

But for that strange music sound, everyone still couldn't let go of their curiosity.

In the end, it was Kid King who spoke. He suggested that everyone go in and find out who is playing music in this cave.He said that in all likelihood, they were from Fengxian Village, and they might even know each other. In case someone else brought an umbrella or something, he could borrow an umbrella to go home with him.

Anyway, Kid King assumed all kinds of possibilities, and still convinced us. We stuck to the rock wall and walked carefully into the cave following the sound of the music.

After walking 30 meters inside, the sound of the music became clearer and clearer, and there was a faint light in the depths of the cave.

In this dark cave, we suddenly saw light, our hearts felt more at ease, and we all quickened our pace and walked towards the light.

When we got closer, we were surprised to see a group of people in front of them, holding various musical instruments in their hands, beating and beating like a band.In the center of this band, there are four people carrying a sedan chair, and two people at the front and back are carrying lanterns, walking around there, and the light is projected from the inside of the lantern.

We immediately understood that this was a team sending off relatives, no wonder the music sounded so cheerful and festive.Every year in our village, many people get married, and we often see such teams of seeing off relatives.Sometimes we even join the procession of seeing off the bride and dance with the tail of the procession. When we arrive at the door, the bride will get down from the sedan chair and give out wedding candies to us children.

But we soon discovered that something was not quite right. Why is there an indescribable weirdness about this sending-off team?
First, why did the sending-off team enter the Lost Dragon Cave?Where is this going to carry the bride?
Second, why isn't the sedan chair that the bride rides in a big red sedan chair?It was a dark, black sedan chair, like a lifeless coffin!Although it seems unlucky to say this, it is true.

Thirdly, the people who sent their relatives did not wear festive red clothes, but black clothes and black pants. Those clothes were like... like the shrouds in the coffin shop!
Fourth, the lanterns are not bright red, and there is no happy word pasted on them, but strange white lanterns. Aren’t white lanterns only hung in dead people’s homes?And... and... the light from the lantern, why is it weird... so green?
The more we thought about it, the more something was wrong. We hid in the corner and held our breath, not even daring to take a breath.

Seeing that the procession of seeing off relatives gradually went far away, we were about to come out from the corner when a man carrying a lantern suddenly turned his head and smiled at us strangely at the back of the procession.It was a face as old as tree bark, both eye sockets were blue and black, only the white of the eyes, and on the lantern he held in his hand, there was a word "Dian" stuck on it impressively.

Mom!

Hell!

run!run!

Our young hearts couldn't take it anymore, we all yelled and rushed to the outside of the cave, no one dared to look back, as if there were ghosts chasing us behind us.

At that time, my lungs were almost bursting, I rushed out of the cave in one breath, and staggered away from the Milong Cave.

The torrential rain outside had stopped, the forest was wet after the rain, and the air was very fresh.

The sun cut through the dark clouds, drove away the haze, and cast a ray of light on Milong Cave.

We rushed out of the Lost Dragon Cave and saw the outside world. We felt like we were reborn as human beings.

We were limp on the ground like mud, covered in cold sweat, and our legs were trembling uncontrollably.Especially the most courageous Kid King, who actually peed on his pants, and his crotch was full of foul smell.In the end, one or two of us started to cry. We didn't know whether we were crying out of excitement or out of fear. Anyway, some people cried, and the others followed suit.

The scene just now really frightened us, especially when the haggard man turned his head, I clearly found that that guy was a dead man at all!
Thinking back again, that group of people were all wearing shrouds that looked like dead people, and our hearts were even colder. The team that sent the relatives was simply a group of dead people, but how could dead people walk?How can the dead see off their relatives?How can a dead man play an instrument?

We can't explain it, we only know a cruel reality, that is, we have met a ghost!And still met a group of ghosts!

Later, when I returned home, I was probably frightened and weak because of this incident, and then I caught a cold, and I became seriously ill as a result.When I was lying in bed at home, I couldn’t help telling my parents about it. When my father heard about it, his expression changed immediately. He told me: “There used to be such a happy band in the village. Encountered a mudslide on the way to see off relatives, everyone was buried, and no one survived..."

(End of this chapter)