Chapter 43. [Case Eight] Strange Talk about Chicken Coop
When I was a child, every winter and summer vacation, there would always be a burst of impassioned music from the TV, and then two heads and a long body would appear on the screen flying from the left to the right of the TV, and then flying back from the right. Then there would be
Big words - "The Legend of the White Snake". Although I have watched it countless times, I still stop turning the channel every time when this is played on TV. I have to say that in my early years, I once relied on recalling Zhao Yazhi.
Auntie's beauty is still alive, although before that I always thought that the one holding down the Leifeng Pagoda was not the White Snake, but Lei Feng.
So since I was a child, I have always been particularly curious about pagodas with strong religious culture. In the first half of my life, I also climbed into many pagodas, such as the White Pagoda in Fuling, the Repaying Favor Pagoda in Chongqing,
In my opinion, the shapes of the towers are actually very similar, and as I gradually come into contact with more and more things, I also deeply understand that if a tower is not purely used for sacrifice or commemoration, then it is most likely to be
One of its functions is to suppress.
For example, on the top of the Shuangshan Tunnel in Dadukou District, Chongqing, there is a Chinese Virtue Park, where a tower has been built. Not far from the tower is a hospital. Another example is in the alley behind Guanyin Rock.
A Tibetan Buddhist pagoda was built by the great master invited from Tibet by the first mayor of Chongqing. It is called the Bodhi Vajra Pagoda. Not far from this pagoda is the Qixing Gang in Chongqing. The Qixing Gang was in ancient times
It has always been a mass grave during the war, and it was also a place where the dead were buried collectively during the war. It is precisely for this reason that a drinking order that is familiar to Chongqing people: "Qixinggang is haunted."
So I have a special kind of awe for the tower, not only because of its unique architectural style, but also because it often means something when it appears in a place. As an extremely important part of traditional Chinese culture, it even
It also appeared in the palms of the four heavenly kings Li Tianwang, which shows that the effect of exorcising evil spirits and suppressing demons has been recognized since ancient times.
The case I'm talking about today is also related to the tower. The difference is that this tower is unknown.
It was already November, and the weather had turned colder. When I looked at the high electricity bills in my house in the past few months because the air conditioner was not turned off 24 hours a day and screamed, now it was because of the weather.
It was cool and I felt that the pressure suddenly became less. I slumped on the sofa at home, watching movies and eating fruit, feeling comfortable. However, this mood was ruined by a phone call from Hu Zongren. He asked me straight to the point on the phone,
Do you know where Wenfeng Pagoda is? I said I know, why are you asking? He said he had received a new commission. The client was a farmer near Wenfeng Pagoda. He found us when he was desperate. He probably didn’t have much money.
Make money.
I said wait a minute, there is no farmland around Wenfeng Pagoda, so where do the farmers come from? Hu Zongren said, is the Wenfeng Pagoda you are talking about the one I mentioned? I said which one you are talking about. Hu Zongren said, just
It's near Cuntan in Jiangbei District, not too far from you!
It was not until that time that I, a young talented person born and raised in Chongqing, learned that there was also a Wenfeng Pagoda in that place. The most annoying thing was that a foreigner named Hu Zongren told me about it, which made me feel even more humiliated.
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So I asked Hu Zongren to come to my house. He said that the place was between his house and mine. It would be a detour if he came to my house first. I said there was nothing I could do if you didn't come, because I was looking for
I can’t get to this place. Hu Zongren was stunned for a moment on the other end of the phone, and then laughed hahaha. I knew he was laughing at me for not being as familiar with the place names as he, a foreigner, did not matter, he just laughed if he wanted to.
That's enough, Hu Zongren has done things even more ridiculous than this a thousand times.
After lunch, Hu Zongren rushed to my house, packed up our things and we went out. While giving directions, Hu Zongren briefly told me about the case he encountered this time. The client was not far from the Wenfeng Tower.
There is a small village on the hillside where farmers have lived for generations. However, because it is located in the center of a modern city, there are basically no people left in the village. The only ones left are the elderly and children. Early
In the past, due to various reasons, there was no way to grow any crops on the land, so the people who remained in the village began to raise chickens and ducks, because being halfway up the mountain would basically not cause any pollution to the surrounding area.
This employer is one of the chicken farmers. What happened this time was basically that he heard his chickens and ducks screaming together in the middle of the night. At first, he thought a weasel or a snake or other beast was coming.
, so he got up to take a look, and after opening the chicken coop, he found that one of the chickens was dead on the ground with its legs in the air. He lifted the dead chicken and took a look, and found that his body had already become stiff. The blame was on the chicken.
No wounds could be found on the body. The chicken died with its eyes open, so it could be considered as a death with eyes open.
At that time, the farmer thought that the chicken was sick. If so, he would have to check the other chickens in the chicken pen. That night, he threw the dead chicken carcass outside the threshold of his house.
I didn't care, so I went back to the house to sleep. But the next morning, I found the chicken's body standing upright in the main room of my house, with its head facing the direction of my bedroom. If you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all.
It turned out to be a dead chicken.
I smiled and said that chickens can also deceive corpses. This is the first time I have heard of this. Hu Zongren said it was not true, and when the farmer told him, he also felt very strange, because the farmer emphasized that he had done it at midnight the first night
I clearly remember that I threw the chicken carcass outside the house, which is separated from the main room by a door. I can't sleep at night without locking the door. And if the dead chicken can stand without falling, it is considered a good thing.
It's a strange thing. The chicken's head is pointing towards the bedroom. This is usually a way to curse people.
When Hu Zongren said this, I suddenly remembered that in Chinese witchcraft, curses once accounted for a relatively large proportion. Although I am a witchcraft family, objectively speaking, although many witchcraft craftsmanship can be called unique skills, they are still
There are some hidden dangers. For example, the shaman family that starts with the letter L is simple and practical, but it is too dangerous. As a family, we often stay away from it. I will not learn this kind of craftsmanship that can easily destroy other people's lives.
Among curses, animals are relatively common, such as black cat viscera, centipede corpses, bull head and sheep eyes, etc. I think what Hu Zongren said is really a bit of a curse.
Hu Zongren went on to say that when the farmer saw the dead chicken, although he felt strange, he didn't really take it seriously. He didn't even think about how a dead chicken got into the main room where he had closed the door.
The next night, he encountered something similar. He was also woken up by the crow of a chicken in the middle of the night. Then he found a chicken that died in almost the same way as the first night. He was more cautious and kept the chicken far away.
He threw it down the hillside. When he woke up the next morning, he was suddenly frightened when he opened the door because he saw the head of the dead chicken he had thrown away last night stuck in the crack of his door, with the head still facing
Your own bedroom.
I asked Hu Zongren what it would be like to be caught in the crack of the door. I couldn't imagine it. Hu Zongren said that it was probably the chicken's body outside but its head inside the house, as if someone accidentally removed the chicken's head when closing the door.
It seemed to be pinched. I said oh, and Hu Zongren went on to say that when he received the call, he also asked the farmer what shape the chicken would look like after opening the door, and everyone knows the door now, even the walnuts.
It could be crushed. When the door was closed, the chicken's head was caught, and the chicken's neck must have been crushed long ago. The farmer told him that the blame was that when the farmer opened the door, the chicken's neck was caught.
The carcass fell down, and it seemed that the chicken's outdoor feet were off the ground when it was picked up. What surprised the farmer the most was that there was a chicken standing in the yard a few meters outside his door. He
After careful identification, he found that it was the dead chicken he had found on the first night. He had thrown it far away early the next morning, but now he was standing in the yard, staring at the door of their house.
What Hu Zongren said made me stunned. I had never heard of such a thing. So I stammered and asked Hu Zongren if someone was playing a prank and deliberately frightened the farmer. Hu Zongren slapped his thigh and said, "At first,
He thought so too, but on the third night, the farmer heard that he deliberately did not sleep, but stayed in the main room with the door ajar, holding a rake in his hand, planning to go out and see if he heard the chicken crow again.
Someone was probably trying to tease him, but as soon as the chicken crowed in panic that night, he immediately rushed out the door and shined the flashlight directly in the direction of the chicken coop. As expected, he found a squatting figure in the center of the chicken coop.
Hu Zongren said, then the farmer shouted, "Who is the turtle son there alone!" Ge Laozi stood up! "lone" is Sichuan dialect, which means squatting. But the figure did not move. At that time, the farmer saw his chicken coop.
The chickens in the chicken all ducked around, so there was an empty space in the middle, and there was only that human figure. Seeing that the guy didn't speak, the farmer picked up a handful of mud on the ground and threw it towards the human figure, but saw the mud
It penetrated through the shadow. I interrupted Hu Zongren and said, it must be a ghost. Only ghosts have such characteristics. If you use mud to fight ghosts, this farmer is really brave.
Hu Zongren went on to say, isn't it? When the farmer saw all this, he also realized that the thing in front of him was no longer a human being, so his beloved Hu Tian rushed to escape. However, when he entered the house, he did not grasp the terrain well and fell on the threshold.
I stumbled, and when I fell, I hit my head on the table in the main room, knocking me unconscious. When I woke up in the middle of the day the next day, I started calling someone, and that's when they found us.
Hu Zongren said that he only knew so much. Although I thought it was quite funny, it was the first time I encountered such a case, so I was looking forward to knowing the truth. So I told Hu Zongren, don’t
Guan Gu said, you have to show me the way!
Hu Zongren pointed to the ramp of the Inner Ring Expressway not far ahead and told me, you can get off here. I'm not familiar with the rest of the road, so let's ask if it's OK.