Of course, it was not just me who heard that the baby's cries came from the coffin. Almost everyone heard it, and everyone's face was full of fear.
Widow Zhang's reaction was particularly intense. She pointed at the coffin, opened her eyes wide, and said tremblingly, "Why is there a child crying in Lao Zhang's coffin?"
Grandpa turned around and looked at everyone with a serious face, "Fellow folks, you'd better go back quickly!"
In fact, even if grandpa didn't say anything, few people would be willing to stay. After all, what they experienced personally was too weird.
Sure enough, as soon as Grandpa finished speaking, everyone walked towards the village as if they had been granted amnesty.
Only Widow Zhang was still standing there and kept saying, "How could this happen?" "How could this happen?"
Grandpa walked over and comforted Widow Zhang softly, "You should go back first! Someone may have tampered with Lao Zhang's coffin, but don't worry, I will help you find out everything and give Lao Zhang a clean slate."
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After hearing what Grandpa said, Widow Zhang gradually calmed down and nodded dully.
Then her three children helped her walk back to the village.
I said to the loach beside me, "Loach, you should go back too! This coffin is very evil. I think my grandfather will have to do it himself!"
Loach hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, "Okay! But you have to be careful yourself. If anything happens, we'll call you!"
After making peace with the loach, the loach also went back.
This place was originally crowded with people, but after the coffin was dug out, Grandpa and I, and Taoist Priest Sanlong were the only ones left.
"Grandpa, what should we do now?" I was also very curious about the contents of the coffin and wanted to understand where the baby's cry came from.
Grandpa thought for a while, and then said, "Open the coffin! You can't guess what's inside."
Taoist Priest Sanlong nodded in disbelief.
After saying this, grandpa first sprinkled a circle of lime powder around the coffin, and then lit two candles of incense in front of it.
Taoist Priest Sanlong was idle, and when he saw that grandpa was about to open the coffin, he took the initiative to come over and help.
The three of us were holding one side of the coffin lid. Finally, grandpa looked at me and Taoist Master Sanlong, and we understood. Then the three of us worked together to open the coffin lid.
When a corner of the coffin was exposed, I couldn't wait to look inside.
But as soon as the coffin lid was removed, a strong black gas came out from inside.
"No! Close the coffin lid quickly!" Taoist Master Sanlong saw that the situation was not good and shouted loudly.
I immediately put my hand down. The moment the coffin lid was about to touch the coffin, part of the black air dissipated, and I saw a scene that shocked me. Lying in the coffin was not Lao Zhang's body, but a woman.
After the coffin lid was closed, Taoist Master Sanlong and his grandfather stood there gasping for air, just recovering from the shock.
"Zhao Laojiu, have you seen it?" Taoist Master Sanlong asked my grandfather after he recovered.
Grandpa nodded, "I saw it, there is a female ghost inside, or a ghost mother to be precise."
"Ghost mother?" I looked at Grandpa doubtfully.
Grandpa further explained, "Ghost mothers are the ghosts that dead pregnant women turn into after death. Their death can be said to be one corpse and two lives, because they still have their own children in their bellies, so their grievances are stronger. After death,
After turning into ghosts, they are often very cruel and difficult to deal with. Many people think that unborn babies have no souls. This is actually incorrect. Even if babies have not come to this world, they still have souls. Moreover, these babies still have souls.
If they die in their mother's womb before they are born, their resentment towards humans will become even stronger. This resentment will gradually increase, and over time, they will turn into ferocious evil spirits, called ghost babies."
Then grandpa fell into deep thought, "But fortunately, I just saw that the belly of the female ghost in the big coffin was swollen. The ghost baby must not have been born yet, otherwise the newborn ghost baby would be difficult to deal with at all."
I wondered, "Since the ghost baby didn't come to be born, where did the baby cry just now come from?"
Grandpa rolled his eyes at me, "You wouldn't have moved in your mother's belly before you were born?"
What kind of answer is this?
It seems that human thinking logic still cannot be applied to ghosts.
"But isn't this Lao Zhang's tomb? Why does the ghost mother want the bird to occupy the dove's nest?" I asked doubtfully.
Grandpa did not answer my words, but turned around and looked around carefully.
After a while, he knelt down, grabbed a handful of soil on the ground, and looked at it.
I didn't know what grandpa meant, so I had to imitate the gourd and draw a scoop. I also squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil on the ground and looked at it.
"Have you seen any secrets?" Grandpa asked me.
"No." I shook my head honestly.
"Then you squat down and make it look like it's real!" Grandpa said angrily.
I'm so frustrated!
I thought to myself, did I learn from you because I saw you doing this?
Grandpa ignored me. He broke off a branch from the side and started digging on the ground.
After digging and digging, the black soil on the surface was flicked away, revealing a layer of white powdery stuff.
"What is this?" I asked curiously.
"Lime!" Grandpa said calmly.
"Why lime?"
"Toner prevents moisture and lime prevents corrosion. This place has turned into an artificial corpse raising ground!" Grandpa said.
Then he stood up and said, "Look at the large area of land around this cemetery that is barren of grass. Even the land is starting to turn black!"
It’s my fault that I was careless and didn’t notice at first that this place was actually transformed into a corpse raising ground than I thought.”
Grandpa patted his head in fear, "Now I finally understand why the ghost mother wanted to occupy Lao Zhang's coffin!"
"Why?" I couldn't help but asked curiously.
"If my guess is correct, Lao Zhang's body must be under the ghost mother. She changed this place into an artificial corpse raising ground, using corpse energy to cultivate the ghost baby in her belly. But if the corpse energy is too
If it is serious, it will also affect the growth of the ghost baby. Lao Zhang's corpse is under the ghost mother, and he can also absorb part of the corpse energy, so you don't have to worry about this problem. Another point is that she is hiding in Lao Zhang's coffin.
It's not easy for anyone to find out, even I was deceived.
If she hadn't had a guilty conscience and was worried that we would find her traces, so she deliberately made the ghost baby cry twice, we would have been kept in the dark!"
Taoist Master Sanlong continued, "The ghost baby's cry just now was clear and loud. Although it has not yet been born by the ghost mother, it looks like it will be soon."