The Most Thrilling Tomb Tour: Tomb Raider

Chapter 2 Laoshan Taoist loquat ghost (2)
As the two of them walked forward, the fog became thicker. Unknowingly, in the thick fog, they vaguely saw a bulge on the ground five or six steps ahead.Grandpa grabbed Zhengyangzi's clothes and walked forward step by step. He didn't see clearly until he was in front of him. It turned out that it was a grave.

A tomb stands alone in the center of the island amidst the howling autumn wind.Surrounding the tomb are several ancient trees that have been dead for an unknown number of years. A closer look turned out to be several walnut trees.

I don't know who planted this walnut tree here, and the few remaining walnuts on it are on top of Grandpa's head.Grandpa looked up and vaguely saw the shriveled wrinkled walnuts, just like the old lady's mouth.

The vines on the tree were supposed to be green, but now they are as dry and yellow as twisted kraft paper.Occasionally, a gust of wind blows, and the few leaves on the tree swirl and fall.

Zhengyangzi raised his head to look at the sky, then looked around, then looked at the grave, pinched his fingers to make calculations, frowned and said to himself: "The heavenly gang is out of position, the earth is impermanent, strange, strange!"

"Master, what's so strange?" Grandpa asked.

"Look at the Tiangang star in the sky, and then look at the lonely tomb on the ground, there is still an evil spirit rushing up to the sky." Zhengyangzi frowned and stepped back a few steps.

Grandpa looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see anything.

Zhengyangzi walked around the solitary tomb, and found that there was no monument or sign in this tomb, not even an incense stick or anything like that.Zhengyangzi was about to say something, when suddenly his grandfather yelled "Wow", "Master, Master," pointing to the left front of the two of them, stammering and unable to speak.

"What is it? Is it a human or a ghost?" Zheng Yangzi saw Yin Zi clearly, but his eyes were dim when he saw other things.

"People, human heads!" As soon as the grandfather said this, both of them were startled, and when they looked carefully, there were indeed a few black human heads on the open space covered with rotten leaves not far from the front left!Zhengyangzi turned around and covered his grandfather's mouth, and the master and apprentice quietly backed away.Suddenly Grandpa felt that his foot was stepping on a hard object. Before he could turn around, he felt that something stood up behind him.Looking back by the moonlight, I immediately peed my pants.I saw a woman in white clothes covered with blood stains who seemed to have crawled out of a grave, standing behind her, her long hair almost reaching her heels, her face had no facial features at all, it was as slippery as an egg .

Zhengyangzi looked back and realized that this was the legendary "pipa ghost".In fact, its real name should be "pipa ghost", because it has no facial features, and its face is like a loquat, so it got its name.Zhengyangzi has only heard the legend of this ghost. It likes to live in dark and humid places. It was transformed by a woman who accumulated a lot of resentment before her death. She is good at singing. The son of the Shangguan family is probably confused by her singing. And landed on the island.Usually it only appears in the south, but unexpectedly the master and apprentice met in the north.Seeing that the female ghost stretched out her steel fork-like fingers to grab at him, Zhengyangzi quickly left his grandfather and ran away.Seeing that she couldn't catch Zhengyangzi, the female ghost turned around and rushed towards Grandpa.

Zheng Yangzi somehow ran to the open space where the heads were placed, and saw that there were eight heads in total, arranged together according to the position of the nine palaces and eight trigrams.Zhengyangzi understood that this was the "head pile" placed by the female ghost, and it was probably used by her for a ceremony for herself.There is a "spirit" between gods and ghosts. In ancient Chinese myths and legends, there are ghosts, gods, and various "spirits".For example, the "fox essence", "pipa essence" and "peach essence and willow ghost" in Fengshen Yanyi, these are some things that absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, and become "fine" after a long period of time.This female ghost must not be able to reincarnate, nor can she become a fairy. She may want to use this stake to transcend herself and become a "spirit".

The heads of the few people in front of him were on the ground, one of them seemed to have died a few days ago, and it was combed with "partial points", so it should be Shangguan's son without a doubt.There were still a few of them wearing Taoist crowns, Zheng Yangzi realized that he had been teased by the Shangguan, it wasn't because he couldn't invite real people, but because the real people he invited never went back, who would dare to come? ?Their eyes were all gouged out and turned into two bloody holes.His face was livid, his mouth was wide open, and there was a flickering will-o'-the-wisp in it, bloodstains all over his seven orifices, it looked like he was frightened to death by a female ghost.Speaking of catching ghosts, it’s not that grandpa and Zhengyangzi have never learned it. The master and apprentice have also caught little ghosts for others a few times, but ghosts are different from ghosts, just like people are different, and their abilities are different. There is a difference, the power of the female ghost in front of me is no small matter.

Zhengyangzi thought to himself that Shangguan Chongliang had told him to see people when he was alive and corpses when he was dead, so he would definitely not get any money if he went back empty-handed.Just when grandpa was circling around a big tree with the female ghost, he went up and grabbed the newly dead head and ran to the shore, regardless of grandpa's constant cries for help.

Grandpa circled around the tree too many times and started to feel dizzy. Seeing Master running towards the shore, he quickly followed Master.Whoever thought that his feet were soft, he fell headfirst to the ground.Seeing this, the "loquat ghost" spread his five fingers and stuck it over. Grandpa rolled down the tree in fright, and the "pipa ghost" also stabbed his grandfather, and the scared grandpa leaned against the tree.Seeing that the egg-like face of the "Pipada Ghost" suddenly cracked, it went to the base of the ear and the crack became bigger and bigger, revealing white fangs and a long, sharp bloody tongue sticking out , grabbed Grandpa's neck with both hands, and opened his bloody mouth to bite Grandpa's throat.Grandpa thought that he would not survive anyway, so he closed his eyes in despair.

Suddenly, Grandpa felt the hand that was holding his neck loose. He opened his eyes and saw that Zhengyangzi was standing behind the loquat ghost. He wrapped his whisk around its neck and pulled it back hard. Disciple, run! Run!"

The loquat ghost grabbed the whisk and turned back, Zhengyangzi pulled back with all his strength, if the loquat ghost turned left, he turned right; when the loquat ghost turned right, he turned left.

"Hurry up and run!" Zheng Yangzi shouted at Grandpa with wide-eyed eyes.

Grandpa couldn't care less, and ran towards the shore, shouting to Zhengyangzi as he ran, "Master, I'll be waiting for you on the boat!"

But the moment grandpa turned his head, he saw that Zhengyangzi had fallen to the ground, and seeing that the loquat ghost was going to chase grandpa, Zhengyangzi hugged the loquat ghost's leg.The loquat ghost's legs cannot be bent. Being hugged by Zhengyangzi like this, it immediately lost its center of gravity and fell to the ground. It turned around and choked Zhengyangzi's neck tightly, and opened its mouth to face Zhengyang. The child just gnawed away without a head and a face.

Although Zhengyangzi usually has eyes open when he sees money, it can be seen from the moment he rescued his grandfather just now that he is not a profit-seeking person.Grandpa turned around and rushed towards the loquat ghost again, only to hear Zhengyangzi yelling in pain on the ground: "Quick! Get the bone-penetrating nail," before he could finish speaking, he was pinched and choked on the rest of his words.

At this critical moment, grandpa picked up a stone on the spot, took out a bone-penetrating nail, ran up to the top of the loquat ghost's head and nailed it in with a "dang", a golden light flashed out, and the two of them couldn't open their eyes. Opening his eyes, Grandpa's tiger's mouth was also numb.It just heard it let out a heart-piercing scream and fell to the ground.The bone-piercing nail is a magic weapon, about a foot long, and it is recorded in Buddhism and Taoism.It is said that it was first introduced to China from India along with Buddhism. Later, with the integration of various religious theories, even Taoism also used this thing. It is necessary for Maoshan Taoist priests to go out to do temples. Ghosts were nailed into the sky by this nail. They will never be reborn forever.Grandpa once asked about the use of this bone-penetrating nail, but Zhengyangzi never told him about it. Now seeing the loquat ghost who was nailed into the Tianling Gai lying on the ground, turning into a puddle of blood in an instant, he immediately understood its use .

Looking at Zhengyangzi again, his left cheek has become a blood hole, a piece of skin has been gnawed off alive, exposing the teeth inside, and his chest is also bloody and bloody from being scratched, his appearance is very horrifying.

Grandpa helped Zhengyangzi, who was dying, onto the boat, and the two servants waiting on the boat were so frightened that they didn't even dare to look at them, so they swung the oars.Grandpa supported Zhengyangzi to lie down, and searched for Yunnan Baiyao in the baggage.But Zhengyangzi covered his face with his hands and said breathlessly: "Disciple, you, come here, I have something to tell you as a teacher."

Grandpa found the medicine and went to him to sprinkle it on his chest, but he grabbed it and said, "Don't spill it, it's useless."

"Master, just sprinkle it on, and you'll be fine." Grandpa remembered that Zhengyangzi was in this state just now to save himself, and he felt so guilty that he was about to die.

"The limit of being a teacher has come, and it's useless to sprinkle anything." Zhengyangzi smiled slightly, and slowly tore off his clothes, only to see that his heart had been dug out with a big hole.Grandpa took a light with the lantern and was startled, the heart in his chest was gone, replaced by a piece of yellow paper!Zheng Yangzi told his grandfather before that he could live without a heart. Grandpa always thought he was bragging, but he didn't expect him to be the same as Bigan who was eaten by a vixen in Romance of the Gods. The Dao Talisman survived.Grandpa remembered that when he nailed the loquat ghost just now, he saw that it seemed to be chewing something, but he didn't expect it to be Zhengyangzi's heart.Zhengyangzi went on to say: "As a teacher, I have loved money like my life all my life. Apart from this little trick, I actually have no real skills at all, alas!" Zhengyangzi was interrupted by his grandfather before he could finish speaking.

"Master lied to me. Master is so capable!" He was about to die, but his words were good. Grandpa burst into tears when he heard it: "I came to apprentice the other day, and I saw you sitting cross-legged there for several hours. For an hour, don't move."

"Hey! As a teacher, I was standing under a tree, sitting cross-legged! Hehe!" Zhengyangzi regained his light, his consciousness suddenly became clear, and his laughter became much more hearty.

"Then, then you waved the whisk towards the sky later, why did the rain stop?!" Grandpa didn't bother to wipe away his tears, and stared at Zhengyangzi with wide eyes.

"How did I know why it stopped? I wonder too!" Zhengyangzi smiled wryly. Seeing the surprise on Grandpa's face, he grabbed Grandpa's clothes and said to him, "Don't gossip, apprentice. I have something to do as a teacher." Tell you. When I was young, I went to the mountains to seek art like you. The real people on the mountain saw that I was stupid, and none of them were willing to accept me. Later, I learned a little bit from a wandering Taoist priest and got mixed up now. In fact, it’s nothing at all. Ability. As a teacher, I have loved the yellow and white things all my life, and I died because of the word 'wealth'. I think I deserve it! Cough cough!" Zhengyangzi coughed up before he finished speaking, spitting out mouthfuls of blood When he came out, it seemed that his lungs were injured by the loquat ghost. He waited for the initial concentration of Qi and blood, and then said: "You have to remember what you said as a teacher, don't love those yellow and white things in your life. These things are not born with you. Come, if you don’t take it with you, it’s useless.”

"Master, I remember!" Grandpa gritted his teeth and said.

"Also, I didn't tell you the purpose of the penetrating bone nail. How did you know it was used to nail the loquat ghost's Tianling cover?"

"I don't know either. I just suddenly felt that since it is a bone-penetrating nail, it should be nailed to its skull. The Tianling Gai is the vital point of a human being, and it must be the vital point of a ghost!"

"Okay! I have been studying Taoism for a lifetime as a teacher, but it is not as good as you once enlightened. You are talented and intelligent, so I will pass on this "Record of Ancient Gods and Monsters" to you as a teacher. It is said that Dayu ordered Kyushu, cast Jiuding, and engraved gods and monsters from all over the place. , to show people in the world. Later, Jiuding disappeared, but his courtier Bao Shuya copied the contents of the tripod, and passed it to me after more than 4000 years. I was almost taken into the soil by a useless person like me. , now fortunately my apprentice, ahem..." Before finishing speaking, Zhengyangzi spat out a few more mouthfuls of blood onto the ground.

"Disciple, the monthly one silver dollar you handed over to my teacher has not been completely used up, and the rest is hidden in the cave under my teacher's bedding. You must remember the teacher's words, so that you can be enlightened, study this book, It may be useful. As a teacher, as a teacher, I will go now..." Zhengyangzi panted heavily, staring at the last sentence, then slowly closed his eyes, and drove west went.

Grandpa suddenly burst into tears, and the servant who shook his head couldn't help crying.Grandpa had finished taking care of Zhengyangzi's funeral, and had no intention of studying any more, so he returned home.Since then, my grandfather has only concentrated on reading poetry and books, and has taken money very lightly, so that the inheritance passed down from his ancestors has gone from bad to worse in his own hands, and he has been in a state of depression.

Of course, this is just a story my grandfather told me. There must be no loquat ghosts. The story belongs to the story.But the book really stayed.

Later, during the Cultural Revolution, the house was ransacked, and several rebels burned down the only valuable antiquities in the house.Fortunately, Grandpa tucked this "Ancient Gods and Monsters" into his crotch while they were not paying attention, so he kept it.

I never saw the book once as a kid because Grandpa never held it out in front of anyone.But my father saw it once, when grandpa found it out from under the box by himself.My father thought it was an ordinary torn book, because at that time the Cultural Revolution had not yet started, and there were many such ancient books kept by my grandfather.When my grandfather passed this book to my father, and my father passed it on to me, I didn't realize its importance until I became sensible.

Bao Shuya was a courtier of Yu, and it is said that he created the characters. Of course, it is more said that "Cangjie invented characters".In any case, more than 4000 years have passed since then. According to the "Hanshu" written by Ban Gu of the Han Dynasty, in the 42nd year of King Zhou Xian, the Jiuding fell into the swimming pool near Pengcheng, and later Qin Shihuang went south. Thousands of people were sent to salvage, but they all returned without success. However, this book has been copied and passed down countless times.The content in the book is a bit like "Shan Hai Jing", but there are mostly pictographs in it. Although there are notes beside it, because I didn't read much at that time, I could barely understand it.Thinking about it now, I feel that this book has not been widely transcribed or printed. There are two reasons: First, there are many pictographic characters in this book. According to common sense, after many transcribed and corrected, there must not be so many.The second is that so far I have not heard of a similar book existing in the world, let alone the same one.

In those few years, batch after batch of people "went into the sea" to do business like dumplings. After I was discharged from the army, I quit my assigned job and followed others to learn how to do business.I went to Shanghai to buy a large amount of the long strips of "Big Bubble Gum" that was so popular that year, and a large amount of "stockings" and other odds and ends, and imitated others and sold them at a counter in a shopping mall.Unexpectedly, he lost all his money and owed a whole lot of debt.On the day I moved out of the shopping mall, I had no face to go home. Looking at the crowds on the street, I was so depressed that I wanted to die.

You have to die a good death.Although a philosopher said that "a good death is worse than a good life", but I think that since you are going to die, you have to die a good death, otherwise it is really better to live!I left a letter for my family, which wrote about the funeral, and then I bought some pork head meat, "Jimo old wine" and the like, and ran to the beach, planning to eat while enjoying the sea view, and then I jumped from the cliff , Melt yourself into the blue sky, white clouds and sea like "Asakura".

(End of this chapter)