Collection of strange powers and chaotic gods

Chapter 238 Watchman and Zombies

In ancient times, the city of Hangzhou had ten gates, of which Wulin Gate and Qiantang Gate were two adjacent ones.

Between the two city gates, there is a watchtower, where hired watchmen live and are responsible for daily watchkeeping and patrol work.

All their expenses are funded by residents living nearby.

This practice has been around since ancient times and has been continued for many years.

In the summer of the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi's reign, there was a watchman named Ren San in the watch building. When it was his turn to be on duty, he patrolled outside the alley and often passed by a small temple.

Every day at the second watch, Ren San would see a person coming out of the small temple and staggering away quickly after the sound of the watch was heard.

And when the fifth watch came, before the sound of the watch, the figure ran back to the temple.

Ren San discovered situations like this many times.

Ren San suspected that the monk in the temple was having an affair, so he was waiting to catch him and get some wine and meat to eat and drink.

The second night the weather was fine. The moonlight was bright and bright, making the inside and outside of the alley as bright as day.

Ren San had been waiting outside the door of the small temple early, hiding his body in the shadows.

On the second watch day, just as he was doing the second watch, he saw a man coming out of the temple.

I saw that the man's face was withered and black, like bacon. The eye sockets on his face were sunken, and there were silver ingots hung on both shoulders. He made a "thumping" sound when he walked, just like what he had seen before.

Ren San was shocked. This was not a monk having an affair. He was clearly a zombie!

Because he knew that inside the temple gate, there was an old coffin with more than an inch of dust on it. He didn't know how long it had been parked.

He once asked the monks in the temple whose coffin it was.

The monks replied: "It was a long time ago. It has been placed there since our master. I don't know whose family placed it there."

At this time, Ren San saw that the person who came out was not a monk, so he dared to swindle wine and meat, so he hurried back to the watch building and told the other watchmen that he had seen the zombies.

Everyone was very curious and started talking about it.

One of them, a smart and well-informed man, said: "Ren San, do you want to catch this zombie?"

As a watchman, Ren San always works at night, so he is naturally not afraid of ghosts and gods, but when it comes to catching zombies, he doesn't have the ability yet.

But if I could catch a zombie, I could show it off in front of everyone, so I asked, "What can you do?"

The man said: "I heard that zombies are afraid of red beans, iron filings and rice. Please prepare these three things. It doesn't take much, just a liter or more is enough."

Next time you see it coming out of the coffin, quietly scatter those things around the coffin so it can't go back. "

Ren San wanted to give it a try, so he listened to the man's words and prepared those three things.

That night, he went to the small temple again.

By the time of the second watch, the zombie came out again.

After Ren San waited for it to go away, he lit a lantern and went in to check it out.

I saw a piece of wood behind the coffin, which is what is called "Hetou" in folk proverbs (the first and last ends of the coffin, and sometimes refers to the front end of the coffin), which had fallen to the ground. Looking inside the coffin, it was already empty.

Ren San immediately took out the three things, went around the coffin, and sprinkled them carefully.

After doing these things, Ren San suppressed his excitement and stopped waiting. He immediately ran out of the small temple and went directly back to the upstairs to lie down, waiting to check after dawn.

At five o'clock in the morning, I suddenly heard someone shouting loudly from outside: "Master Ren!"

Ren San was awakened and asked in a daze: "Who is it?"

Just listen to the voice saying: "I am the person sleeping inside the temple door!"

When Ren Sanyi heard that it was the zombie who came to the door, he suddenly lost all sleep, but he did not dare to reply.

The voice outside continued quietly: "I have no descendants, and no one will come to offer sacrifices after my death. I haven't received blood food for a long time.

I had no choice but to come out to ask for food to relieve my hunger. I didn't mean to harm anyone. You and I have no grudges in the past and have no grudges in the near future. Why do you want to harm me?

If I can't return to the coffin after the fifth watch, I will definitely die! Please also ask Mr. Ren to quickly clean up those red beans, iron filings and other objects. "

The more Ren San listened, the more frightened he became, and even more afraid to answer its words.

Seeing that there was no movement inside, the other party couldn't help shouting angrily: "What grudge do I have against you? Why would you do such a thing to harm me?"

Ren San thought to himself: If I clean up those three things, even though I have rescued it, it must be extremely resentful of me. If it wants to kill me and then enter the coffin, how can I defeat it? ?

With this thought in his mind, Ren San held back. No matter how loud the zombie screamed, he never answered.

When the rooster outside started to crow, the zombie was begging outside.

Seeing that Ren San didn't respond, the zombie became furious and turned from begging to swearing.

After a while, it became quiet outside.

After dawn, Ren San didn't know what was going on outside, and he didn't dare to go downstairs rashly.

Someone who got up early in the morning saw a corpse lying there stiffly when passing by downstairs, and immediately went to report it to the authorities.

Only after the government officials arrived did Ren San dare to come down.

He explained the situation and sent people to the small temple to have a look. It turned out that it was really not a case of human life.

So the messenger put the body back into the coffin, carried it out of the temple gate, burned it with fire, and then went back to deliver the message.

And this place will be peaceful from now on.