I am definitely too tired, having driven long distance for two days and two nights, I am dazzled by what I see.
At around 9 o'clock in the evening, a new grave was found deep in the hunting goose forest.
There was unfinished paper money in the brazier. There was no wind in the forest, so the paper money burned very slowly.
Two "Fangzheng" came to the Snake King Temple. They had short hair and cloth monk clothes. They looked like monks practicing with their hair on.
According to the usual custom, they had to "burn a snake drum" in front of the grave. The two founders didn't want me to watch the whole process, but the snake girl helped me speak.
I dare say that the Snake Drum is only found here in Zhanghu in the whole country. It is a double-sided drum made of paper, held up with a wooden stick, and a standing King Cobra is painted on the front.
After igniting the fire, the painted king cobra seemed to come to life due to the curling of the paper, struggling back and forth in the flames and twisting its body, accompanied by the local dialect spells of the two founders, and this process continued.
For the past five minutes, the scene was a bit strange, and I watched without daring to speak.
"Two masters, thank you for your hard work regarding my mother's spiritual tablets." The snake girl bowed slightly.
One of the founders returned the courtesy and said: "You're welcome. This is what we should do. We started preparations as soon as we received your news. The finished spiritual tablets will be sent to the temple tomorrow to express our condolences."
The snake girl bent down again to send him off.
After the monk left, I asked: "Will your mother's tablet be brought to the temple?"
She nodded: "Yes, Brother Xiang, it has always been like this. Even after my death, the spirit tablets will be placed in the temple."
She said that this place is to the west of Shunsheng Tianmu Temple. There is a small room that looks like a toilet. It is not open to tourists. The door is locked all year round. The outside of the wall is painted with red paint. The spiritual tablets of snake girls are displayed in this room.
, if you travel there now, you can look for a "well stone" with words engraved on it. If you see the well stone, you have found the right place. (Friendly reminder, don't be curious and look inside, you will be chased away by the temple people.)
While I was burning paper money in front of the grave, I suddenly received a text message on my phone, which was sent to me by Miniang Razhen. I had put her in a hotel before coming.
"Can you come here? I don't know anyone around me. I don't dare to go to the toilet. There seems to be someone in the toilet. I'm scared."
I texted her back and told her: "I'll come over and see you later."
"Brother Xiang, are you leaving?"
"Yes, there are still a lot of things to do. Just wait for me here. When I and the boss are finished, I will come to you and take you to a place. Go to the Miao village to treat illnesses."
Snake Girl suddenly stood up and hugged me tightly.
She raised her head, looked at me with tears in her eyes, and sobbed: "Brother Xiang, actually, I don't want to die, I want to live, and I'm very afraid of dying."
I patted her back gently and comforted her: "Don't worry, you won't die, I will help you."
She added: "Can you stay here tonight? Accompany me."
this.
I thought to myself, this is not going to work, sister, the people over there are urging me to go there, I can't pay attention to both ends.
After thinking about it, I came up with a plan. Since I have a car, can't I just run back and forth?
Spend the first half of the night with Miniang Razhen, and come back with her in the second half of the night, so that neither end is delayed.
I went out to hunt wild geese in the forest and drove down the mountain.
There was a smell in the car, so I sprayed a lot of perfume and looked at the bags in the back.
The head was given to me for seven days, and now half of the time has passed. I plan to leave tomorrow afternoon, go to Dingwuling Village to bury the clay pot, and then hide the bag in an absolutely safe place and return to Kangding empty-handed.
When you get to the hotel, lock the car and go upstairs.
I tapped twice.
The door slowly opened a crack, and through the crack, Mi Niang Razhen looked out warily.
She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw me standing at the door.
I ducked into the room and asked, "Why are you so nervous?"
She said that two policemen, a man and a woman, had just arrived.
My heart skipped a beat and I asked what was going on?
She said it was a routine checkup.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
She looked haggard and suddenly said: "Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? I saw a ghost."
"What's going on? Tell me."
She held her head and said with a trembling voice: "I just finished washing my face and looked in the mirror and saw the old lady sitting on the sofa."
I glanced at the sofa and said, "Stop thinking nonsense. You are just too mentally stressed. I have been in a similar situation. As long as you don't take the initiative to think about it, nothing will happen."
You will see it.”
She nodded and asked me again: "Actually, I don't know what you do? Can you tell me."
"Me? Haha, I'm in business."
"what kind of business?"
I didn't hide it, I said I was in the antique business.
She hesitated for a few seconds, looked at me and said, "Can you take me into business? I will study hard and I can endure hardships."
I shook my head: "No, it's too risky to do this with us. Do you think I'm rich?"
Mi Niang Razhen sat on the bed and nodded.
I said: "Money is directly proportional to risk. Making quick money is addictive. If I take you into the industry now, your life will be over and you will never be able to look back. Do you know that?"
She buried her head between her legs and asked me: "Are you afraid of being caught one day?" .??.
"Afraid, there is no one among us who is not afraid. Those who say they are not afraid are just pretending. It is like a cat and a mouse. Even if the mouse eats fat and grows bigger, it will still tremble once it hears the cat's meow.
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Mi Niang Razhen's hair was disheveled and her face was haggard. She smiled bitterly and said, "I shouldn't have gotten in your car that day. You disrupted my original life."
Then she told me about her family situation.
Her family situation is a bit complicated. She has a mother and a stepfather. The stepfather has two children of his own, namely her brothers. Her stepfather's family ostracized her. She ran away from home in the early years, and the relationship was very tense.
After chatting for a while, I asked: "Do you really want to do this?"
She nodded.
"Well, just wait in the room and I'll make a call."
After closing the door and going out to the corridor, I searched for a long time before I found a mobile phone number and called it immediately.
"beep."
"who?"
"Good evening, Aunt Qing. Have you eaten? It's me."
"It's you, kid. What do you want from me?"
"That's it, Aunt Qing, do you have any apprentices? I have a friend here who can't survive and wants to join the industry."
"If you don't take it, hang it up."
"Don't hang up!"
"Aunt Qing, let me beg you. Look, you usually live alone. It’s not convenient either. How about hiring an apprentice to help serve tea and pour water? And I recommend that this person happens to be a woman.”
"How old is the woman?"
I said he was only 20 years old.
On the other end of the phone, Xiao Qinglong hesitated for a few seconds and asked me: "Are you brave? Are you afraid of death? I don't want to be timid."
As soon as I heard about the drama, I immediately said loudly: "I'm not afraid of death, I'm very brave! Just the day before yesterday, a man harassed her, but she didn't say a word! He picked up the hydraulic pliers and smashed him to death!"
"Oh. Really?" Xiao Qinglong chuckled on the phone: "It sounds like the little girl is quite powerful and she likes me."
"I really want to recruit a gunnery apprentice. You tell her that she can give it a try. If she learns quickly, she will graduate in three to five years. When she goes out to work someday, she can sign up for me and her wages will be doubled."
"That's great, Aunt Qing! Then you go to bed early and I'll contact you tomorrow."
I ran back excitedly, eager to tell Mi Niang Razhen the good news.
Don't underestimate the gunnery. An excellent gunner is like a leader, and every team wants one.
I know very well that if Xiao Qinglong gets out of the business, her annual salary in early 2000 will be over one million, not counting dividends.
Among the entire Northern faction, the artilleryman is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Xiao Qinglong's ability can definitely be ranked among the top three.
She invented a lot of special explosives. I don't want to brag. She just made that small air cannon. I feel that if there were enough, it could even explode the dragon-breaking stone placed in the Qianling Mausoleum.
"Hey? Where is the person?"
I ran back and saw that the room was empty. There was no one on the sofa or bed.
It only took me five minutes to make a phone call, but he was out?
"Mi Niang! Mi Niang!" I shouted twice.
I saw her taking off her slippers at the bathroom door, but the bathroom door was closed.
"Are you going to the bathroom?"
Didn't speak.
I turned the door handle and locked it.
Suddenly, I felt a very uneasy feeling in my heart, and immediately kicked the door open and rushed in.
The window inside the sanitary napkin is open.
The sheets were used as ropes.
Mi Niang Razhen's legs were hanging down and straightened, hanging on the rope, swaying gently back and forth.