Night guest talk 05

Tonight's guest is a wrinkled old man. I like such guests very much, which has nothing to do with life and death, but I always feel that the wrinkles of the old man are full of stories.

It is said that there are many old sayings, although this sentence is not suitable for me. But this one really likes chatting. I don't even have to talk. He has been talking for nearly an hour.

"You said these can't be called a story, just trivial things. You must tell a specific and coherent story. " I interrupted his chatter and said to him.

"I know, I have a plenty of stories, you let me tell you a few paragraphs. Where was I? By the way, speaking of my grandson. I said you haven't seen my grandson. If you do, you will definitely ... "I had to interrupt him again.

I said, "You don't have to say this, just say one thing, the most incredible thing in your life."

Then he talked for hours, but fortunately I finally heard a complete story. Because his story is too long-winded, I will tell it today.

He told a story of "robbing a house". Possession means that a person's body is occupied by other things, which is what we often call the upper body.

There are three kinds of possession: the first is that people with weak yang spirit are occasionally taken away by unclean things, which is also commonly known as "upper body ghosts." This only needs to burn two pieces of paper and recite the scriptures, so you can get rid of the upper body. In some places, the folk customs are tough. It is said that directly chopping wood with a knife, shouting insults, can also scare away ghosts on the upper body.

The second is being possessed for a long time, but most of the time still retaining their own consciousness. Most of the so-called "immortals" and "fairies" who can see a doctor and tell fortune are like this. In fact, which immortals are there? They are all exquisite animals. These have become fine things. You can give the poor man some small profits, and then practice with the help of the poor man's body and enjoy the incense of believers. Although people who are robbed of their homes can get a lot of benefits, it is said that after the death of the robbed people, these demons will be bad to their descendants, and few of them will die well.

The third one is rare. The robbed person's body is completely occupied and his soul is completely lost. Although this body still exists in the world, it has since become another person. I only know the rebirth of Taiwan Province Province.

But what he told me today has nothing to do with the above three, and even I heard it for the first time.

When the old man was still young, an old man came from other places in their village. At that time, the world was in chaos, and everyone didn't care much about the foreign population. The old man has no wife and children and is alone. He just said that he had taken refuge from the south, and his surname was Wu. From then on, everyone called him Wu Laohan. Fortunately, Wu Laohan is very kind, and the people in the village gave him a piece of land. Let him open up wasteland and plant some crops himself, at least he can survive.

After a long time, everyone became familiar with it and found that Wu Laohan was a rare good man. The old man is very hardworking and basically has no leisure. He cleaned up the crops in the field. After three or two years, I really let him plant some good fields. I also grow some seasonal vegetables, and I don't eat much and sell them to my neighbors. He doesn't accept anything that others send him back to thank him. It's just that if everyone hadn't taken him in at that time, it is estimated that this pair of bones could fill the stomach of a wild dog.

Old Hu Man had nothing to do but clean up the land. Sometimes I will come to the door when it rains or when I have nothing to do, but Hu Laohan has a habit of only going to families with children at home. Because Hu Laohan has a good reputation in the village in the past two years, everyone has nothing to guard against him, except that the elderly like children. Moreover, every time Hu Laohan goes to other people's homes, he will bring some peanuts, sweet potatoes and other things produced in his own field. Although these things are nothing now, they were all good things in that era when people didn't have enough to eat. No one will easily take it out as a snack for children, let alone give it away.

Later, when the old villagers and Huang approached, they basically stopped going to other people's homes. Go to Lao Huang's house to play if you have something to do. Among the children in the village, Wu Laohan especially likes Lao Huang's son. I want to recognize someone else as my adopted son, but Lao Huang didn't agree for some reason.

Speaking of it, old Huang Can had children in his later years. The child is only in his forties. Lao Huang is 50 now and his son is only eight years old. Although Lao Huang and his wife are farmers, they try their best to love their son. My son Xiaohu is sensible and good-looking. Fat in vain, looking dignified and strong. When parents come home after a hard day's work in the fields, the tiger never makes trouble. He will try his best to help his family do some housework, although the couple never expect the little guy to do anything. When the old couple come home every day and hear their son calling their parents, they can forget the tiredness of the day.

Lao Huang hears Wu Laohan boast that his son Xiaohu is naturally happy every day. Slowly, he became friends with Wu Laohan, who often brought something to Lao Huang's house for dinner. Especially good for Lao Huang's son Xiao Hu. What I used to give to other people's children is now given to Xiao Hu.

When Xiao Hu was eight years old, he suddenly fell ill. The old couple asked all the doctors in the village, let alone cured, and even what disease they got could not tell us the reason. Looking at the tiger's emaciated body, the old couple could do nothing, so don't mention the distress in their hearts. Wu Laohan has often come to see Xiaohu since he became ill, and his heart is no less than that of Lao Huang's wife. On this day, Lao Wuman came to Lao Huang's house again. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Lao Huang and Lao Kou sitting in front of the tiger window crying. He quickly put his things on the ground and went forward to comfort the old couple.

"Old huang, sister in law, don't cry, you two. Although the child is not mine, I watched the tiger grow up day by day. I feel very uncomfortable, but now is not the time to cry. " Wu Laohan said as he pulled the two yellow holes away from the window.

"Angkor, say not nice. This child, even if you are in pain, still hurts us as parents. Everything is beautiful, and we know it's no use crying, but we have tried our best. But now I can't even hear a reliable word, and I can't see a tiger. We are lovers' ages. If the tiger leaves, Lao Huang's family will die ... "Lao Huang's daughter-in-law sat on the ground and began to cry.

Seeing his daughter-in-law's words was a bit ugly, and Lao Huang pulled Wu Laohan out of Xiaohu's room. When he reached the middle, he asked old Wu Man to sit down and said, "Angkor, what are you doing here today?"

Old man Wu said, "I'm not here for Xiaohu. Doctors in our town have basically seen it, and Xiaohu's illness has not improved. I met a tramp when I fled before and learned some different skills. If you are at ease, give me the tiger. I'll take it home and see if it can be cured. I dare not say, but it is better than dragging it now. "

Lao Huang snapped at the unlit cigarette and was silent for half an hour. "You try, it won't work if you see it." A dead horse is a living horse doctor. My brother hasn't seen a tiger for years, so I'm relieved. "

Wu Laohan said: "My treatment is a bit strange. Xiaohu must come to my house to live. You can only look at it at noon every day, so don't go on weekdays. "

Lao Huang twisted his eyebrows into one, pattered smoking, remained silent for a long time, and waved his hand in agreement.

Strangely, I don't know how to use Tiger since Old Man Wu took him away. Lao Huang and his wife found that Xiaohu's spirit was much better. The old couple now directly regard Wu Laohan as a savior, and they are simply obedient to Wu Laohan's words. Seeing that the tiger is getting better and better, Lao Huang and his wife want to take it home. But Wu didn't agree, and Lao Huang and his wife didn't dare to insist, so they had to let Xiao Hu live in Wu Laohan's house.

The old man in front said that when he was young, he was idle and stole chickens and dogs all day, and his reputation in the village was very bad. Large families in the village were afraid to go, so they had to steal from small families. On this day, his family had no food, and he planned to go to Wu Laohan's house to touch things for a day or two at night. It was dark and windy that night, which was a good weather for stealing. He stood outside old man Wu's yard and listened for a long time. After making sure that everyone inside was asleep, he put his hand on the courtyard wall and jumped into the yard. I crept to the door of old man Wu and gently pushed it open. Looking from the inside by the light outside, the room was dark.

He crossed to the bed of Wu Laohan and found that there was no sound on the bed. He felt a little strange that even if people slept quietly, they could always hear some breathing on such a quiet night. Unless you are dead, how can you not breathe at all? He leaned back gently on the bed again, and he was even more surprised. There is no one in this bed! He was so surprised that he thought he was waiting for the set. I drove to the door quickly, but I still couldn't hear a sound when I returned to the yard. At that time, there was no entertainment, and everyone went to bed early as soon as it got dark, not to mention that Wu Laohan was a lonely old man. Even if we go to visit, we should come back early at this time. Hungry, he ignored these doubts and went back to Wu Laohan's house to check things.

Just when he was looking for something, he suddenly found a light under the bed of old man Wu. He got under the bed and touched it with his hand, only to find that it was empty and covered it with a black board. In other words, there is light shining from below at night, and no one can imagine that there will be a dark tunnel under an old man's bed during the day. I want to steal something and leave, but I can't restrain my curiosity. He decided to go down and see what was in the tunnel.

He pulled down the baffle of the tunnel, and the light in the tunnel shone directly under the bed. Light and shadow fluttered like a candle. I don't know who this old Wu Man is, he thought, but he dug a tunnel under the bed. On weekdays, he barely makes a living by planting this. I didn't expect this old man to have money to buy candles. Wu Laohan, the old guy, should not be a Jiang Yang thief who took refuge. Is this where he hid the treasure?

Thinking that my feet were not idle, I walked all the way down the steps and down the tunnel. The underground tunnel doesn't look big. This is a narrow road three meters long. At the end of the road, there should be a hall. You can't see the inside of the tunnel clearly. The light comes from the tunnel. He walked briskly to the end and leaned against the wall to peep. It doesn't matter if you don't look. His hair stood on end and his soul ascended to heaven.

I saw old Wu Man's face painted with spells, kneeling on the ground and reciting spells he didn't understand. With the pause of the spell, the body twisted and swayed in a posture that humans could not do, and looked like a spectre by candlelight. There is still a child lying in front of Wu Laohan, a tiger of Lao Huang's family. The tiger was stripped naked by Wu Laohan and put on the ground. His body was covered with spells that he could not understand. Wu Laohan's two hands kept waving on the tiger, and his mouth kept mumbling. Occasionally, he can say two words that he can understand, such as tiger, birthday and scattered soul.

Although the old man in front of him was also stealing chickens and fighting dogs when he was young, when did he ever see such a strange picture? I am so scared that my legs are weak that I can't even run if I want to. So stupefied for a long time, just feel the soul in situ, turned around and stumbled back. I managed to climb under the bed, but I ran too fast and hit the bed board. I heard a voice behind me: "Who's there!" Drunk, also dare not look back, even rolling and crawling out of bed. I can't take care of what I stole. He is in the door now. He can go out as long as he pushes open the latch. He was frightened by this drink and fled over the wall by the same way. Fortunately, the wall was short before, otherwise he might not have escaped.

After going out, he shouted: "Killed, Wu Laohan killed!" Running and screaming all the way, I ran to Lao Huang's door, smashed Lao Huang's door and told him what I saw. At this time, people in the village heard his cry and slowly gathered at Lao Huang's house.

So everyone decided to go to Wu Laohan's house together. Seeing forty or fifty grandfathers around him, he felt emboldened and said to everyone, "Come with me to end the thief's den where the old man killed the children." Everyone angrily followed him to kill Wu Laohan's house. The others have already lit the torch and ran to the front to illuminate.

When everyone came to Wu Laohan's house, they found that the door had been opened. He shouted to everyone, "no, the old man ran away, so I guess he didn't run far." Let's go after him. "

At this time, Lao Huang and his wife stopped him and said, "You can't run. Let me see if the tiger is still down there, and then everyone will chase it. "

At this time, everyone remembered the child's affairs, so they squeezed into Wu Laohan's house and lifted the bed directly. The boards in the tunnel have already been opened, and everyone is scrambling to squeeze into the tunnel. He grabbed the crowd that was about to rush in and shouted at everyone: "Don't crowd, the place below is narrow, so let Lao Huang and Lao Kou go down with me." After that, he said to a bearded man, "Brother Zhang, that old guy probably didn't run far. Don't be idle. Form several teams to catch up with the old guy and ask him where he came from. " By the way, don't use up all the people. Leave a few on it. I'll call you if I need help. "

Brother Zhang divided the people and drove them out. Put it aside for a while. Only when he went down to the underground darkroom did he see Lao Huang and his wife crawling on the ground and helping the tiger up. Those messy spells are still on the tiger, but there is a sacrificial altar on the wall inside, with a ferocious idol on it. I don't know what it is. It doesn't look good. He picked up the candle on the ground and directly lit the curtain on the table. The fire broke out immediately. In the light of the fire, he saw a book fall under the table. He didn't know the words, so he picked up the book and pinned it to his waist.

He and Lao Huang climbed to the top and told everyone to go to Lao Huang's house. The people who went out to chase old Wu Man came back slowly, and everyone gathered at Lao Huang's house. We quarreled together in the middle of the night, but said nothing. At last they all went home to sleep.

After the tiger came back, his body seemed to be getting better every day, but his brain became stupid. People look silly, even their parents can't understand. It is said that the soul of the tiger was taken away by a demon named Wu. He also said that old Wu Man was a devil, so he felt uncomfortable when he came to the village. He just went with the children. Lao Huang's daughter-in-law always complains that Lao Huang makes friends indiscriminately, which leads to such a good child of Xiaohu.

Later, when the storm passed, he found a literate old gentleman in the village with this book from underground. This gentleman is said to be a scholar in the former Qing Dynasty. After reading it, the scholar burned the book in front of him. He asked the old scholar what was written in the book. The old scholar said, "This is an evil book that harms people. It records how to destroy other people's souls, and then transfer one's own soul to the scattered body, so as to achieve the goal of immortality. Because adults' souls are stable, they can only attack children. It takes a eight-character match to successfully seize the house. Fortunately, his evil method was inadvertently seen through by you, otherwise let him complete this evil method and successfully transfer his soul to Xiaohu. I'm afraid no one can find it. "

The old scholar paused for a moment and then said, "The tiger's soul has not completely dissipated. Although he is stupid now, he saved his life. This harmful thing is also the bane of the world. It is better to burn it. "

"It's a pity that the demon man ran away. It is estimated that he will attack other children in another place."

"Although this evil method is amazing, it is not so easy to succeed. The old man is not young, and it is estimated that he has no time to find a body that fits like Xiao Hu. "

The story ends here. I watched him write his name on the counter and hobbled through the door. I was lost in thought.