Strange Records of Mountain Ghosts

There are many stories about mountain ghosts circulating in Dayang Village.

Grown-ups love to tell these scary little stories to children at night to scare them.As the adults expected, the children were trembling with fright, but there were also surprises, such as Zhang Xiaotong, who liked to listen to the stories of mountain ghosts very much. After listening to his father’s story, he would listen to his mother’s story. passed.It's a pity that the big guy said the same thing, and he was tired of hearing it.Later, he pestered the oldest lady Shen in the village for three days, and heard a brand new mountain ghost story from her mouth.

It is said that a long time ago, there was no one in the mountains, only the terrible mountain ghost lived, and he ate a lot of animal meat every day.One day, a group of defeated soldiers fled here by accident. The mountain ghost ate them all. They thought it was very delicious, so they wanted to continue eating the meat. So he moved the tree and brought in the water. , surrounded by mountains, opened up a beautiful col.Then he waited and waited, and more than a dozen people came. They found this suitable place to live and took root happily.The mountain ghost couldn't hold back.Later, several groups of people came one after another, until the mountain was full of excitement, he began to eat one person every day, his mouth was full of blood, and his bones were swallowed.

Zhang Xiaotong's eyes lit up when he heard it: "Is this mountain ghost raising people?"

Mrs. Shen was old, the sun was shining on her, and her cloudy eyes were glowing with a faint golden light. She didn't answer him, and continued: "Later, a man with a young blood took an ax and hatchet and went to the mountain to kill mountain ghosts."

Zhang Xiaotong was fascinated.

Mrs. Shen continued: "The rest of the women were worried and scared all night, but they couldn't wait for the man's return the next day."

"There are a few more courageous ones who ran up the mountain during the day and saw hundreds of trees with blood all over their trunks."

"They ran down the mountain in panic. On the way, they met a man who was seriously injured. He was so angry that he pointed to the tree beside them. In the end, he died in fear and unwillingness."

Zhang Xiaotong waited for a long time, saw that Mrs. Shen didn't speak again, and asked her if she was gone like this. Mrs. Shen smiled, the skin on her face drooped, and the curvature of the muscles could not be seen clearly.

Zhang Xiaotong begged Mrs. Shen pitifully to finish listening to the story.

Mrs. Shen was weak, tired easily, and couldn't bear it, so she said: "In the end, a woman named A Hua made a wish to the sacred tree, and Dayang Village was restored to peace."

Zhang Xiaotong acted like a baby: "This is too simple, where did the sacred tree come from, please explain it clearly."

Mrs. Shen's mind is not clear: "Sacred tree? Isn't the sacred tree always there?"

Zhang Xiaotong: "No, you didn't say that."

Mrs. Shen was confused: "I said it at the beginning, there is a sacred tree..."

Zhang Xiaotong couldn't hear the complete story that day, so he went home reluctantly.Going again the next day, Mrs. Shen couldn't wake up for a long time, and went away as a fairy.

That's the end of the story.

Later, 12-year-old Zhang Xiaotong was dragged into a well. He fell to the ground in embarrassment and saw a huge banyan tree.

The branches of the banyan tree were layered upon layer, and the strong smell of blood mixed with the dusty smell of corruption rushed to his face. Zhang Xiaotong couldn't help retching a few times.

Fu'er stood up and grabbed Zhang Xiaotong's hand, and found that he was in a trance.

Zhang Xiaotong stared blankly at this ominous tree.

"Shangui, is it a tree?"