My name is Bai Yiyang. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

A rural child who grew up in the land of Xiangxi.

Of course, I may have another unknown identity - the last generation of Xiangxi Baijia Zhu Youke!

The reason why I use the word "last generation" is because when the Bai family passed on to my father's generation, it was already weak. After experiencing the change of dynasties in the early Ming and Qing dynasties, the baptism of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the impact of the so-called modern science, not only our Bai family, but even all the factions of the thirteen branches of Xiangxi Zhuyou have appeared in a state of discontinuity.

The most typical is the profession of corpse chaser, which disappeared directly from the land of Xiangxi, and most of the once prosperous Gu concubines were also hidden in the market and no longer opened their doors.

In view of this social environment, my grandfather, also known as Bai Renshi, decided to break the old and create a new one, and change this bad habit of inheriting the father's business, so that the newborn born from the Bai family will no longer be forced to practice the secret art of Zhuyou from an early age, and the issue of inheritance will be left to fate in the future.

So that in my childhood for more than ten years after I was born, I didn't know that I was a descendant of Zhu You, until the day I left home to make a living, my grandfather trembled and handed over an old yellowed "Zhu You Secret Method" to me, I realized from the shock that I was the authentic Zhu Youmen, and this identity will directly change my life in the city! Of course, that's all for later. It will not be listed here.

When I was born, a knowledgeable person in my clan once gave me a divination, saying that I was born a child, and because I had caused great negative karma in my previous life, I had been demoted to earth in this life, and I had suffered many retributions in order to atone for my previous sins.

According to Master Zhu You in the clan, people who are born with a child's life are very easy to provoke evil spirits the day after tomorrow, so my grandfather named me Yiyang again, hoping that this name can bless me in this life.

The so-called "one", the Tao also, the Tao gives birth to one, life two, two yang and yin. The name "Yang", the essence of fire, and the name Yiyang, as the name suggests, is used to suppress evil spirits.

The Bai family in Xiangxi, a mysterious family that has inherited the secret method of Zhuyouke from generation to generation, if you have to trace the origin of its family, it has to start with the Great War between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou in ancient times.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there were countless capable people under Chiyou, among which there were thirteen branches of witch doctors, known as Zhu You's thirteen branches. Since the battle of chasing deer, Chiyou has been defeated and his soul has been broken in the wilderness of chasing deer.

The victorious and defeated soldiers are unexpected, and the comeback is unknown. All the soldiers under Chiyou, after the battle of the deer, except for the part that was brutally punished, the other stragglers were all scattered, only the protégé of the thirteen branches, grateful for the great grace of Chiyou, so he took the descendants of Chiyou to hide in the barren mountains of Xiangxi, which was full of miasma and poor mountains, in a vain attempt to support the comeback of Chiyou's descendants one day.

It's a pity that time is always flowing, more than 5,000 years of cold affairs have passed by in a snap of the fingers, and countless spring and autumn past events have dissipated in this dust, and the three emperors and five emperors at that time have long since withdrawn from the stage of history.

Zhu You saw that there was no hope of recovering the country, and the internal polarization began, and some of the descendants of Zhu You's thirteen branches advocated entering the WTO to practice, integrating into the real society, or entering the career as an official, so as to show their strengths, among which Yuan Tiangang and Guo Pu were outstanding representatives.

Or start a sect and educate the world, but also be worshiped and admired by the world's incense. Among them, the famous folk Zhengyi and Wudou rice road are the most.

In the vein that advocates escaping the world and hiding the shield, the disciples of various departments are scattered in Chenzhou, Yuanling, Zhijiang, Guzhang and Phoenix in Xiangxi, in exchange for the peace of future generations. The Bai family is the mainstay of this lineage, or at least it used to be.......

Speaking of Zhu Youke, most people may not know much about it. But if you talk about the three secret techniques of Xiangxi: the corpse chaser, the Gu concubine, and the girl in the flower cave. Then I guess everyone knows it, everyone knows it, right?

In fact, these three major Xiangxi secret techniques are just the tip of the iceberg of the thirteen branches. From feng shui to the secret art of Gu poison, to curing diseases and saving people, to building a house and starting a business. It can be said that Zhu You's thirteen branches are all-encompassing.

Wisher, curse, and wisher can not only be used as a medical skill to save the living, but also as a witchcraft that destroys the soul. And all this comes only from the mind of the practitioner.

Therefore, in the land of Xiangxi, the Zhuyou disciples are divided into two factions, one is the traditional Zhuyou disciples, and the other is the black witch disciples who evolved from the Zhu You Branch.

When it comes to flower seedlings, I believe everyone knows very little, flower seedlings are actually a branch of the Miao people, but the flower seedlings are different from the general Miao people, they all say that the Miao people are still martial, happy to fight, and the flower seedlings are considered to have played these two points to the fullest.

When I was young and ignorant, I once heard the elders of the clan tell me that more than 100 years ago, Hua Miao used Gu magic to drive poisonous snakes to besiege a village, and more than 200 people in the village died.

In Xiangxi, a vast and sparsely populated place with a profound culture, any village is full of all kinds of mysterious and legendary colors.

In any stockade or ravine, many things may have happened that modern science cannot explain.

When I was silently sitting in this quiet late autumn evening, writing this article in a narrative way, I had already left the homeland where I was born and raised, and went to a big city in a foreign place with my good friends to make a living.

So next, I will use a memoir to tell a story about the horrors that I experienced in the countryside of Xiangxi in the early part of the last century.

Before the story begins, I'll tell you about a character.

Deng Tianhong, male, born in 92, is the same age as me.

He was a child who grew up in a single-parent family, and when he was about two years old, his mother had an improper relationship with his second uncle, and his father, who had been working outside for many years, couldn't think about it for a while, so he hanged himself in the bathroom and ended his young life hastily, and his father was about 23 years old that year.

For as long as he can remember, he has been dependent on his grandmother who is a goddess all year round. His grandmother is a well-known ghost woman in the nearby towns and villages, and once the villagers are entangled in any evil spirits, or yin people and evil things, etc., they will find her to solve the problem.

Because of his background, coupled with his grandmother's occupation and other factors, few people have played with him since he was a child, and I am one of the few friends he had when he was young, and the only one who did not look at him with colored eyes.

In the carefree life of childhood, we were indispensable partners up and down the mountain. We have done everything we have done to dig birds' nests, catch poisonous snakes, explore deep holes, sleep on ancient mounds, and do all the things that rural children should do.

And almost all the unbelievable scenes I have experienced have him mixed in. So much so that many years later, when I graduated from college and went to the big city with my dream to make a living, he would still resolutely follow me, and it was precisely because of his existence that my life in the city was still shrouded in the shadow of Xiangxi's secret arts.

In 1998, HN Xiangxi, Guzhang of GZ County, has been a place to avoid traffic congestion and rarely connect with the outside world since ancient times. Its harsh natural environment and mysterious customs are even more prohibitive for many people.

In this relatively closed environment with little communication with the outside world, those strange things naturally increase. I've heard a lot of creepy or brain-blowing things, and believe it or not, the story I'm going to tell begins anyway........

The knock on the door suddenly sounded in this mountain village at midnight in the middle of summer.

Uncle Renshi, open the door, open the door, something is wrong!

My grandfather's lazy and angry voice came from the house, "Who, it's the middle of the night, and you can't let people sleep."

"Stab", the door opened, and the grandfather looked at the slightly immature young man outside the door with a tired face, and said angrily, "Panicked, anxious to reincarnate, you little cub."

Uncle Renshi, isn't this a big incident, otherwise how would I wake up your old man in the middle of the night.

Seeing that the young man in front of him didn't seem to be joking, Grandpa suddenly felt less sleepy, and hurriedly asked the young man outside the door, "Ji'an, what's going on?"

Uncle, someone found the body of the black hair on the Longtou Mountain behind the village........

What, black hair? Even the black hair has an accident??? Grandpa exclaimed in disbelief.

Yes, even someone like Hei Mao who knows a little bit of Taoism has an accident, and this is already the second life in the stockade. Hurry up and check it out.

Grandpa knew that the trouble was too big to delay, so he said to the young man outside the door, "Okay, Ji'an, you wait for me at the door for a while, I'll go and get dressed and come out."

After that, grandpa turned around and went back to the house, patted me, who had been woken up, and said lovingly, "Yiyang, you sleep with grandma first, grandpa goes out for a while, and asks grandma to make you glutinous rice cakes to eat in the morning, good." After saying that, Grandpa patted my chubby little face with his calloused hands.

"Grandpa, where are you going on the big night? I asked a little timidly.

Something happened in the village, grandpa is going to deal with it, you are obedient at home, grandpa will come back after dawn.

Okay, grandpa, then you go early and come back early. I naively told my grandfather.

Grandpa smiled at me and didn't say anything more, just put on a coat, took two yellow runes and a black wooden sign from under the ancestral shrine and put them in his pocket, and went out the door.

In the middle of the summer night, the village is particularly quiet, except for a few dog barks and the occasional cries of mountain birds, the whole village seems unusually dead and dark at night.

The village path is lined with traditional mud houses, and ancient trees stand on both sides of the road, like village guards.

In the mid-to-late nineties, in a relatively isolated place like Xiangxi, there were no lights in the village, let alone street lights.

The atmosphere was a bit dreary, especially on this quiet night, and in addition to the sound of tapping footsteps, you could even hear each other's breathing.

Feeling this dreary atmosphere, Grandpa took the lead in breaking the silence at the moment, "Ji'an, who found the black-haired corpse?"

Uncle, it seems to be the idle rotten brain in the stockade. Ji An replied respectfully.

It's him? Why did he run to the mountains in the middle of the night, did he want to steal chickens and touch dogs? I think this has something to do with him. Grandpa said with a little annoyance.

Uncle, although this person usually misbehaves, he shouldn't be so bad, right? As far as he is so timid and afraid, do you think he dares?

What's more, Hei Mao is also a good hand in the village who can count his fingers, which one do you think he can't do up the mountain and down the river? Ji'an's calm analysis.

Ji'an, people can't just look at the surface, don't look at the rotten braincase, this guy is only willing to make promises on weekdays, the more this kind of person is, the more he can't be underestimated. In ancient and modern times, there are often many things that are defeated in the hands of such villains. You have to be kind of to this kind of person in the future. Grandpa said earnestly.

Thank you Uncle for your advice, I understand. Ji An modestly responded to his grandfather.

By the way, Ji'an, tell me, what are the signs of the black-haired corpse?

Uncle, the mention of this corpse ,,,, makes people's hairs stand on end, this is simply not done by people. Ji An replied with a serious face.

Oh, not human? Listen to your tone, isn't it??? Grandpa asked rhetorically with a puzzled face.

That's right, the village chief and Gu Fei both went to see it, and said that it was not artificial, and it was very likely that it was that thing.

Oh, I see, let's hurry up. It's too late, I'm afraid there will be some mess again. After saying that, both of them quickened their pace and walked towards Longtou Mountain.

In fact, grandpa is also a knowledgeable person, and even the top master in the clan, he is very good at feng shui, yin and yang and the five elements, and he knows that this matter is not trivial when he looks at Ji'an's expression, not to mention that even the patriarch who rarely goes out on weekdays and the Gu concubine who lives in a simple place have been dispatched, and it seems that something big is going to happen.