Chapter 02: A good plaster is one that can pull out pus.
The night sky is dotted with stars, no moon, the stars sprinkle down cold, but also more heavy.
Chen Jin and I squatted at Hu Laoshi's door smoking cigarettes, waiting for Hu Laoshi to come home.
This is more than nine o'clock at night, Hu Laoshi is really a busy man ah, so late have not gone home, it is difficult not this old boy recently began to be busy again? After all, the village these days out of so many things, he Hu Lao Si can not be a little bit not suspect it?
He has been waiting for an hour, right? Chen Jin couldn't stand it, stood up and said, "Yinle, walk, we two jump in, and the old man will chatter for a while, this fucking cold day squatting on the street, let people see it do not think we are the wind?"
I looked at the old Hu's home that dilapidated virtual fence door, less than one meter five high, a few children's thick sticks with wire screwed together, as a door, we want to go over the words, grasping the top of the wood turned over to jump in, a little bit of consideration, I nodded and said: "Go, go in!"
The two people walked to the front, grasping the fence door, rolled over and jumped into the yard, no nonsense, straight to the cellar mouth, I shouted at the inside: "Hey hey, the old lady, awake?"
"Go down, how cold it is above!" Chen Jin greeted, groping for the mouth of the cellar, back down body.
Below at the same time came the old woman's old voice: "I've never slept."
Plop! Chen Jin body just all did not enter the mouth of the cellar, immediately let go and jumped down, the cellar was not much deep, at most not more than four meters, one meter seventy-eight head of the whole go down only after the bottom from the bottom is also two meters high, jump down that is simply a very easy thing.
Chen Jin Gang jumped down, immediately came the old woman age dissatisfied voice: "Watch a bit of foot, step on me."
"Fuck, you are to the side to sit, why do you have to charge straight to the cellar mouth ah, do not see me down?"
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I followed down to the cellar, fumbled and squatted down, because the time spent outside has been long, so for the light in the darkness has long been adapted to. I looked at the pile of purple-golden flesh lumps and said, "Old lady, have you heard of the things that happened in the village in the past two days?"
"What happened?" The old woman asked in return.
"Several families fought, there are fights every day, and all because of some trivial matters."
"The villagers have always been so, because of some trivial things have to be divided into a high down, alas ……" listen to the old woman's tone of meaning, this thing seems to be more than usual, and for the villagers usually deal with people, the old woman is obviously very dissatisfied.
Chen Jin said with some urgency: "The old woman, we are not in the mood to discuss these things with your old man here, this is with you to say serious things, the village is chaotic, it will not be the outbreak of the evil child right?"
"Outbreak of evil?" The old woman was a little surprised and paused for a while before saying doubtfully, "It shouldn't be, according to reasoning, even if Hu Laoshi didn't have much to do, the evil qi would have to pass the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before it would kick in."
"The problem is now, several things have happened in the village in three days, this is too unusual." I stared at the old woman, said: "In exchange for the usual, we are not so suspicious, after all, a little conflict between neighbors, in the village is not something new, but this to the end of the year, everyone is happy to open this New Year's Eve, preparing for New Year's Eve, even if there is a little contradiction, but also will be able to endure the past, who would like to New Year's Eve and then a little something ah? "
Chen Jin nodded his head vigorously, "That's right."
The old woman was silent for a long time and said, "But Hu Laoshi didn't tell me, I didn't know."
"Old Hu is busy right now! Last night the two of us waited for him until midnight, we didn't wait for him to come back, this is not, tonight the two of us waited outside for a while, still didn't wait for him, so …… directly over the door to come in, looking for you old to ask what to do." My tone of voice with a bit of currying favor with the meaning of the heart, but the heart is flooded with muttering, grandmother, our buddy is not a little too impulsive, the village in addition to so many things, Hu Lao Si how will not suspect it? Since the suspicion, busy even home are not back, then why not tell the old age it?
If there are any hidden reasons, if Hu Laoshi is deliberately trying to hide from the old age, then we buddy this is not adding to the chaos?
Probably Chen Jin also thought of this point, the cellar was quiet for a time, Chen Jin and I looked at each other in the darkness, some depressed, Hu Lao Si in the end what is playing a trick ah?
After a while, the old taiyou asked strangely, "Alas, it seems that I really can't help this time."
"What does that say?" I shuddered in my heart, grandma, the old Taiyou wouldn't be trying to bugger off on his own, would he? My right hand couldn't help but touch my waist, my index finger and thumb pinching the belt buckle. If the old woman has the intention to slip away, then we do not say a word, tied up it! Whether it can be …… tied up or not is something else to be said.
Chen Jin tacitly took a step to the left, stood steadily, and looked straight at the old man.
The old taiyang sighed and said, "It s not that I don t want to help you guys, it s just that it s been a long time, and I found that my spiritual power is getting weaker and weaker, and I can t even see through the consciousness of you two, so how can I help you ah?"
"Oh, so ah ……" I long booed out a breath, thought in my head, said, "Old woman age, you don't be discouraged, could it be that you sense your own recovery is good or bad, can only be determined from this aspect? "
"That's not true, I feel that my body is recovering well!" The old woman's tone became more and more doubtful, "Hey no, isn't it, Hu Laoshi hid a talisman on both of you, so it avoided my spiritual probing?"
"This ……" I was stunned, secretly blame myself in my heart, long ago said not to casually come to Hu Lao Si's home, now it's good, let the old age of suspicion ah.
In my heart, I was pondering how to explain, Chen Jin said with a big grin, "Yes, we both asked Hu Laoshi for a few pieces of talisman paper, but we can't let you know what we both have in mind."
I glared at Chen Jin in the darkness, how dare this kid say anything?
"Why?" Old Taiyang asked.
"Shit! Do you even need to ask?" Chen Jin from the pocket to touch out the cigarette, into the mouth stuffed a child, while lighting the cigarette, while the child did not panic and said: "Since you know the old age of such a great ability, our buddies heart can be uncomfortable, you think ah, who have their own small secrets small privacy, who want to let others see through their ah? Besides, if our buddies think of something shameful in their hearts and let you know about it, where can we put our faces?"
"Right, right, right!" I hurriedly responded to Chen Jin, in my heart I can't help but sigh and praise, Chen Jin is not bad, thick in the fine, quick reaction, this can think.
Why didn't I think of this reason?
"Oh, so it is like this ah, that is good, that is good ……" In the tone of the old woman, it is obvious that she is much happier and much more down to earth.
"What's so good about this?" Chen Jin was puzzled.
I said: "Hey, this means that the old woman's body recovery ah, after the body recovery, spiritual power greatly increased, surely can be our village to get rid of the evil spirit is not?"
Hearing me talk about the village's evil qi, the old man sighed and said, "There must be a reason why the evil qi erupted early, could it be that there are evil things in the village again?"
"No way?" I was surprised, is this still going on? One thing has not subsided, another thing has arisen ……
"Where did all these evil things come from?" Chen Jin is also surprised, think too incredible, if the world is really a lot of evil things, then how never heard of a previous, oh, are waiting for this winter out of it? Also all ran to our village to cause trouble?
If this is really the case, that motherfucker evil is not all intention to be with the little masters over it?
The old woman hesitated for a while, and then said: "Wait for Hu Laoshi to come back to ask about it, I also just suspect, not too clear."
"Can t you …… go out and see for yourself? Hu Lao Si that brush, you are also clear, he is always inferior to you." I suggested.
"But I can't get out now." The old woman said dejectedly.
Chen Jin immediately asked, "Why can't you get out?"
"Up and down the cellar, all of them have let Old Hu set up charms and formations, if I go out, I'll have to break the formations." There was some helplessness in the old taiyou's tone, "Old Hu is also doing this for my own good, so that I won't be disturbed by evil things and demons and ghosts from the outside world, and if I break the formation and go out, I will hurt Old Hu."
"Oh, so that's how it is." I nodded, my tone was sincere, but in my heart, I was thinking, "You silly old woman, didn't Hu Lao Si guess your mind and character, so he used this method to let you stay in the village in a practical manner? Otherwise, in case the evil spirit er er outbreak, need you old woman with the evil spirit to die, you refused to do how to do?
"Fuck, still have to wait for Hu Laoshi to come …… It's almost half past ten." Chen Jin cursed and muttered.
Speak of the devil, the cellar above the sound of the fence door was moved open, and then heard Hu Laoshi heavy two coughs, followed by "eek" called out, and then hurriedly ran to this side.
The cellar mouth is small and big, and the internal light is too dark, so Hu Laoshi ran to the cellar mouth, look inside, into the darkness, just two people heavy breathing, not waiting for me and Chen Jin greetings, Hu Laoshi will be sternly he said: "Who? Come out!"
I hurriedly greeted, "It's me, it's me, Grandpa Hu, you're back!"
"There's me too Grandpa Hu." Chen Jin smilingly hitched his voice.
After a short while of silence above, Hu Lao Si said with some anger, "Why did you two suddenly run to my cellar to play? How many things have happened in the village have you not heard? Alas ……"
"Nonsense, isn't this because of these things to find you?" Chen Jin has always spoken out of turn, craning his neck to shout from above, "Do you think we're willing to come down here? The cold wind is so fucking strong up there, and you're not at home, holy shit, you're really a big pie."
Chen Jin's words had just fallen, when he heard the old woman say in a deep voice, "Hu Laoshi, it's hard to believe that these kids came down here to talk to me for a while, to get a message through, can't they?"
"Ah? No, no, Taiyou, what is your old man saying!" Hu Laoshi immediately said politely from above, his tone was quite anxious, "It's just that something happened in the village in the past two days, it seems that the villagers let the evil gas poison them, but they can't be sure about it right away, so no, I thought to check it out and take a look, then I'll talk to your old man again, so as to save disturbing your old man from resting and recuperating from his injuries."
The old woman was silent for a while and said, "Alright, Yinle, Chen Jin, you two go up, remember to tell me early if there is anything."
"Oh, that's fine, that's fine, you old man rest down there, we two will go up first." I greeted Chen Jin, "Jinzi, go up!"
"Hey." Chen Jin promised a sound, immediately reached out and grasped the cellar side dug out of a slip when the ladder with the pit concave, dabbing a few times will leap up, I am not ambiguous, three or two jumped up.
Waiting for the top, the three of us to go to the house, Hu Laoshi open the lock, I came forward and whispered: "Grandpa Hu, we are not outside to find a place to say to go, save some of the words to let the old age to listen to the bad."
"No." Hu Lao Si lowered his voice and said these two words, at the same time, the lock on the door clicked open, Hu Lao Si jerked the pin, pushed the door into the house.
Lighting the kerosene lamp, Hu Laoshi waved his hand to indicate that the two of us sit on the kang, he sat on the side of the stove, lit a bag of cigarettes to smoke on, said: "These two days something strange, I think it is not necessarily that the evil spirit of the people to the poisonous attack, there may be something else into the village …… "
I froze, this is not the same as what the old woman said? I asked: "Then what is a thing came in? How did it wreak havoc?"
"I don't know." Hu Laoshi shook his head, "It may also be poisoned by the evil spirit, alas, if this is really the case, then it will be a big trouble."
"Do you old …… nothing idea?" Chen Jin asked with a frown.
Hu Lao Si looked toward the door, the cold wind will blow the cotton curtain lifted, and then scraped in from the gap, the kerosene lamp on the flame violently shook a few times.
Chen Jin and I both could not help but shiver, looking toward the door, thinking in my heart is it hard to believe that something has come?
"If it is really the evil Qi er early outbreak, I'm afraid that even the old woman can not help, alas ……" Hu Laoshi sighed heavily, this sentence said louder, I guess the old woman should be able to hear it, right? I think the old man should be able to hear it, right? Could it be that Hu Laoshi is using a provocative method? Heart is thinking about these it, and heard Hu Lao Si said: "Tomorrow and then good in the village around around, make things clear."
"You haven't figured it out yet? Our village is only a little bit big, you are at least a Yin Yang Immortal, if there is an evil thing coming in, can it still be hidden from you?" Chen Jin sneered.
Although I wasn't as mean as Chen Jin, I still reminded him, "Grandpa Hu, time is running out, the sooner the better."
Yes, time is running out, if Hu Laoshi and the old age of two people so calmly drag the words, and so they think out a good method, the yellow flowers and vegetables are cool, think about it, the three days since, two things a day, according to this speed, not out of the first month, the whole village households have to be a problem, you fight with me I'm fighting with you, if it is the fight on a few okay, hit a bit of injuries is also okay, in case of …… out of human life that would be a big problem. Take Guo Chao for it, that day, if not Chen Jin and Guo Chao mother stopped, may also be out of life, and today, when I went crazy, no one stopping really want to kill it.
Hu Lao Si smoked two mouthfuls of cigarettes, and then knocked clean smoke pot, said: "I'm also anxious in my heart, but anxious to have a way, then we will find more people, together with the anxious."
"Nonsense!" Chen Jin coldly grunted, for Hu Laoshi such anti-sarcasm, Chen Jin was very dissatisfied.
"Grandpa Hu, this ……" I was so anxious in my heart that I didn't know what to say, and said after a pause, "Can we help?"
"Of course, of course you guys have to help." Hu Laoshi nodded and said, "Do this, you tomorrow at twelve o'clock at noon, in the south river embankment on the pump house that piece, that piece of large stone monument to plow it."
I wondered, planed the monument to do what the hell? I asked, "What is the use of planing that?"
Hu Laoshi said: "That is a piece of stone monument that has been opened, suppressing the water in the river and the dragon in the Black Dragon Cave in the West Mountain, so as not to let the water and the dragon come to harm the village, alas, sixty-three years of heavy flooding, this piece of our place can be a great suffering."
"Since that stone tablet is useful, why do we still have to plow it? Besides, what does it have to do with this matter?" Chen Jin impatiently said, obviously, Hu Laoshi answer is not the question.
"Alas, now is not yet the rainy season, a moment, will not send floods." Hu Laoshi said with a somewhat embarrassed face, "Isn't this no way out? First lead the water qi into the village, flush the thick evil qi in the village, wash the villagers' heads, it should work."
These words made Chen Jin and I once again stunned, never heard of it, it's really new. Oh, water gas, evil gas children, fairy gas, spiritual gas …… seems, everything has gas, the question is, this "gas" in the end is a what things? The question is, what is this "qi"? In what form or in what way does it exist?
This problem makes people head big, I shook my head, do not want these, but now, Hu Lao Si that road just suddenly thought of this way? Or, he has long known this method, just do not want to use this trick, because this trick …… is not good. I said, "This method, is there any …… side effects?"
Hu Laoshi was stunned, said with a bitter smile and shook his head and sighed: "There is, there is, alas, anyway, you are at noon when planing it, put it down, and then wait for a day, the day after tomorrow, and then the monument to the erection of the monument, the original buried well, the water and gas to the village is too much, it is not good for the people, and there is the possibility of shocking the old auger of the western mountain."
"I rely on! Last time, I heard the White Fox Zi Jing say something about the old scaly dragon, in the end what kind of thing is it?" Chen Jin revealed an excited expression.
"Oh, it is …… the dragon!" Hu Laoshi replied with some uncertainty.
"Dragon?" Although Chen Jin and I have heard the White Fox Zi Jing said once, just now also heard Hu Laoshi talk about the dragon in the Black Dragon Cave in the West Mountain, but from Hu Laoshi's mouth to hear such a "dragon" word, the two of us still feel extremely shocked, I shit! What is a dragon? That is the legendary invincible beast, that is the emperor ah!
Seeing our two jaw-dropping look, Hu Lao Si awkwardly smiled twice, said: "Correct, correct, is the dragon, dragon ……".
"Is it different?" I asked with some giddiness.
"Well, it should be different, right?"
"Feelings you old are not sure ah."
"This …… really isn't clear."
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I asked, "Has your old man ever seen the augur in the Black Dragon Cave?"
"No." Hu Laoshi answered dryly.
Chen Jin asked, "Is there really a scaly dragon in the Black Dragon Cave?"
"Really." Hu Laosi answered with the same dry certainty.
"Shit!" Chen Jin raised his middle finger and said, "You haven't seen it, so how can you be sure that there really is a Jiao Long?"
Hu Laoshi looked embarrassed, his beard shook, and said, "If you really see a jiao dragon, I guess it's not far from death, you guys don't look forward to seeing a jiao dragon."
"No?" I opened my mouth wide.
"Come on you, who are you scaring?" Chen Jin did not think, full of disdain, said: "Yinle, we brothers take the time to go to the West Mountain Black Dragon Cave to look at go, have to find the dragon can not, hey not right ah, we used to go there to play a few times, have not encountered the dragon."
I said: "When did we go deeper? That thing must be in the innermost part."
"Well, yes, yes, yes, if we go there again in the future, we'll all bring flashlights and more batteries, we have to go deeper." Chen Jin nodded his head in thought, looking as if he wanted to set off right now to find out what was going on.
Hu Laoshi's eyes were wide open, not knowing what to say.
I looked at Chen Jin, and then looked at Hu Lao Si's expression, immediately understood what was going on, and hastily waved my hand to remind the two of you, "Hey hey, off topic off topic, we're talking about the village's evil aura."
"Oh yes yes." Chen Jin back to the taste, and quickly said, "What, the water gas is in charge of things, our brothers do not mind tired, every three to five on the planing it once, and then buried it once …… really can not we pull the stone monument back, so that the water gas can vigorously pour into our village for a few days. "
"Nonsense!" Hu Laoshi reprimanded, said, "Listen to my words, in the noon time hands planing, and then wait a day, or in the noon time to bury on, can not delay time."
"Aye aye, got it." I promised, and asked: "That, this stone tablet is where to get? How can suppress the water gas and the scaly dragon in the Black Dragon Cave in the West Mountain from causing a disaster?"
Hu Laoshi stood up, full of pride, said: "That is the snake monument, East Han Gaozu Liu Bang angrily chopped off the white snake, led the army against the Qin Dynasty, established the Han Dynasty, when Han Gaozu actually chopped off either the white snake, is a not yet formed jiao dragon, so …… this kind of monument is the most let the jiao dragon taboo and afraid of. ."
"It's not right, is it?" Chen Jin scratched his head and said, "I seem to remember …… that Liu Bang's snake chopping was not done here in us, it seems to be Henan or Anhui."
"Yeah, definitely not done in Handan." I also nodded my head, just for a moment really can't think of the storyteller's storytelling, Liu Bang in the end where to chop the white snake.
"Hush, after I tell you this secret, don't tell anyone." Hu Lao Si immediately became mysterious, to both of us in front of us, said in a low voice: "This piece of the beheading of the snake monument, is that year Liu Bang beheading the snake after the monument personally, the ancestor and Liu Bang relationship is very iron, on behalf of him to save this piece of the monument, and then passed down from one generation to the next, was passed on to me, the Han Dynasty, put aside to the present, that is the value of the treasures, understand? "
Chen Jin and I did not say anything, are staring blankly at Hu Laoshi, I heart slandered, this story is too much bullshit, if so monument is the real thing, then Hu Laoshi's ancestor in the end of the Qin Dynasty, must be a habitual thief, otherwise, people so a piece of the monument, he also gave to steal it? Of course, this habitual thief, must also know Taoism, understand that this thing is very useful.
Chen Jin was thinking in his heart, if it is really something left behind by the Han Dynasty, Hu Laoshi's guts can be really big, really defeatist, no wonder he is so poor, so a piece of valuable treasure, he dared to blatantly erect to the riverbank to go …… take a chance to have to get that stone monument to the home, and then look for someone to appraise, if it is the real thing, on the …… sell it.
I also just thought of here, can not help but open his mouth to ask: "I said the old man, what a joke ah? So a piece of treasure, you really dare to throw in the south river embankment? Not afraid of thieves?"
"Afraid of what, anyway, that's not in the very Snake Chopper Monument." Hu Laoshi said casually.
"Damn! What's the fake one doing there?" I asked.
"Where is the real one?" Chen Jin asked, his eyes glowing.
Hu Laoshi alertly looked at Chen Jin, and then said: "Fake stand there, the dragon will know what's going on, and that thing has a formation on it, blocking the water, the monument below the pressure of the rune paper, back to you planing and then go to fill the landfill, but also have to come to me to take a few pieces of the rune paper pressed down, remember ah!"
"Hey, I know." I nodded my head, anyway, now for the village's evil spirit, a moment seems to be no way, Hu Lao Si said to let so dry, we will first so, can pull pus is a good plaster, make do.
"Then where is the real snake monument?" Chen Jin is still very reluctant, between words, already with the meaning of roar. I looked at his eyes glowing appearance, hastily reached out and pulled him, worried that this kid see money, to Hu Laoshi violence.
Hu Laoshi snorted coldly and said, "Can not tell you."
"You ……" Chen Jin stretched out his finger and pointed at Hu Laoshi for a while, and finally came back to his senses under my pull and reminder, smiled awkwardly and said with apologies, "I'm sorry I'm sorry, just now my brain was hot. Just think that thing is worth money, come on, in the future certainly will not be out of this matter …… Alas, it seems that the interest is too big, will make people lose their minds ah!"
I sat down on the ground with a plop, Chen Jin hastily assisted me and asked with concern: "Yinle, Yinle, what's wrong with you?"
"No, nothing." I shook off his hand and walked out extremely depressed, saying as I walked, "It's getting late, hurry back, oh yeah, Jinzi, you still have to go sell lotus roots tomorrow, right?"
"Hehehe, just send it over tomorrow morning, don't need to sell it, there's a family that gives it on behalf of the seller." Chen Jin said with a smile.
"Oh, that's good." I nodded and turned back to Hu Laoshi after walking to the door and said, "Grandpa Hu, if there's something you'd like to greet, don't always be too embarrassed to ask for our help!"
"Ai ai, got it." Hu Laoshi swung his pipe.
Walking down the street, the night is dark and windy, and the air is chilly. Chen Jin and I broke up at the second street corner, each went home.
Back home lying on the bed, I once again took out the drawer put the few pieces of paper, lifted and read up, above, really recorded the augur this kind of thing.