Chapter 0026 Yin Yang Well
We quickened our pace and went up to take a look, and found that there was an abandoned village in front of us.
The houses inside were collapsed and overgrown with weeds, and it seemed that it had been abandoned for many years.
"Could it be Canggou Village?" He Jintang perked up.
But when we entered the village, we realized that this was not Canggou Village at all. There was a broken stone tablet at the entrance of the village with the words Erjing Village written on it.
The village is very small, with only about ten households. As it was getting dark, we decided to camp here for the night. A Biao took four guards to check around the village.
My occupational disease kicked in, and I was looking at the Feng Shui of the village when I saw A Biao and a few others rushing over and asking, "Where's Master Liu? There's something over there, I wonder what it is!"
I noticed that his expression was very horrified, and I didn't know what strange thing he saw, so I said that Liu Feihe and He Jiuye had just gone out.
He Jintang became interested and urged A Biao to take us to have a look.
Seeing that Liu Feihe was not there, A Biao took us to the east end of the village. Not long after, we saw a well in front of us.
"It's that well, there's something in it!"
We went forward and took a look, and saw that it was an octagonal well made of bluestone. The mouth of the well was about half a meter square, just enough to accommodate one person.
Looking inside the well, I saw it was pitch black and bottomless. I could vaguely see a few iron chains extending from the well wall and sinking into the darkness below.
"Who would hang an iron chain in a well for fun?" He Jintang threw a stone into the well out of curiosity, but heard no sound of water.
A Biao said: "This is a dry well, there is no water."
He took a ball of paper, lit it and threw it down. He saw the ball of fire slowly sinking into the well. It fell for a long time before reaching the bottom of the well and went out soon.
Although the time was not long, some of the things I vaguely saw in it made me feel a chill in my heart.
I knew that A Biao had brought a climbing rope when he came, so I asked him to take it, tie it around his waist, and prepare to go down the well to take a look.
"Old Chen, you'd better be careful. There might be man-eating monsters down there!" He Jintang joked with a giggle.
I ignored him, grabbed a flashlight and climbed down into the well.
After descending about ten meters, I reached the place where the iron chains were embedded. I shone a flashlight on them and found that the chains were black without any signs of rust.
Looking down again, I saw that there seemed to be something wrapped around the chain.
When I got closer, I found that they were yellow paper talismans with some kind of talisman for warding off evil painted on them with cinnabar. Although I didn't know how old they were, the color of the cinnabar was as new as blood, and it was shocking to look at!
Iron chains wrapped with talismans are usually used to suppress evil spirits.
I was secretly frightened. Not long after, my legs reached the bottom of the well. I saw eight iron chains hanging from the wall of the well, but there was nothing at the bottom of the well.
I grabbed an iron chain, only to see that it was broken in the middle. I thought that there might have been something sealed at the bottom of the well.
Just as I was thinking about it, I stepped on something. I squatted down to take a look and found that there were many black and shiny things at the bottom of the well, about the size of a fingernail.
I picked one up and looked at it carefully in my palm, and suddenly found that it seemed to be the shell of some kind of insect!
Looking at the pile of densely packed insect shells under my feet, I felt a little nauseous. Seeing that there was nothing else, I climbed back to the ground along the rope.
"How about it, Old Chen, what's down there?" He Jintang came over and asked.
As I untied the rope around my waist, I gave a brief account of the situation at the bottom of the well.
Ah Biao was amazed when he heard this, but He Jintang's face turned green. Looking at his expression, it was probably because he heard the insects that he remembered his old lover, the fake Qin Ran.
"Fuck you, Old Chen, stop talking. I'm getting goosebumps all over my body!" He Jintang interrupted me quickly.
After Liu Feihe and He Jiuye came back, A Biao reported the matter. Somehow, it was known to Li Kun and his group. Later, the fake Qin Ran also went to the well to explore. As for whether he found anything or not, it is unknown.
We will spend the night in Erjing Village.
He Jintang slept with me and tossed and turned all night.
I asked him if he couldn't be quiet, and He Jintang simply sat up and yelled at me, "Fuck you, it's you. Why did you bring up insects when there's nothing else to bring up? You've made me sick until now!"
I scoffed: "Who told you to pick up girls whenever you see them?"
He Jintang laughed and said, "Why, are you jealous of me? When we get back to Jiangcheng, I'll take you to see it for yourself!"
I was too lazy to pay attention to him and closed my eyes and went to sleep.
He Jintang sat for a while and sighed, "Alas, I don't know if I can go back to Jiangcheng."
I laughed and said, "Why, are you scared now?"
He Jintang hummed: "To be honest, I am a little scared."
I opened my eyes, only to hear him nagging again: "But I've dated so many beauties, it's worth it! Lao Chen, you better be careful, don't die, I think you're a virgin, right?"
"Fuck you!" I cursed.
"Fuck, no way, Old Chen, you are really a virgin? You haven't even touched a woman's hand, hahaha!" He Jintang laughed.
After laughing for a while, he got up and said he wanted to find a place to pee.
I put my hands on my head, and thought of Song Qingqing for a moment, feeling a little sweet in my heart. Then I thought of the well in the east of the city and the insect shells at the bottom of the well. I suddenly sat up from the ground with an idea in my mind.
I have always thought that the geographical location of Erjing Village is quite peculiar. The village is located in a valley and surrounded by mountains. Looking from above, Erjing Village is a fairly neat circle.
This pattern is uncommon but not rare, except that I had previously overlooked two wells.
The name of this village is Erjing, and there are indeed two wells. One is the one we saw before at the east end of the village, and the other is at the west end of the village.
We also went to see the well. There was water in the well and there was nothing unusual.
Now that I think about it, these two wells, one in the east and one in the west, one dry and one flourishing, are located in the middle of the village. Aren’t they just yin and yang, forming a Tai Chi diagram?
The well in the west of the village is a Yin well, and the dry well in the east of the village is a Yang well. These are the Yin-Yang wells!
At this moment, He Jintang suddenly ran back in a panic, trembling, "Fuck, Lao Chen, I saw a ghost!"
Seeing that I didn’t believe him, he pulled me toward the southeast for a while, pointed ahead and said in a trembling voice: “Look at that!”
Although it was late at this time, there was a moon in the sky so it was not too dark. I saw a row of low thorn bushes about ten meters away, and a white figure was standing there, motionless.
I looked for a while and then walked towards the figure.
He Jintang was startled, but he still gritted his teeth and followed. When they were halfway there, he saw clearly that the figure was a woman. She was someone we knew. She was one of the two couples who had been to Pei's Inn before. She was quite pretty.
We shouted a few times, but the girl didn't respond at all.
