Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 446: Hiding the Wind and Gathering the Qi, the Morgue

Judging from what Professor Zhang said, the thing that came out from next door didn't seem to be a ghost.

My tense heartstrings relaxed a little.

As long as it is not a mountain spirit, ghost or other inexplicable creature, no matter how scary it is, how scary can it be?

But that weird laugh was very creepy, and it didn't sound like the laughter a normal person could make.

Han Bin's scalp went numb from the fright of that laugh.

He kept repeating Professor Zhang's words: "Block the door, block the door..."

As he spoke, he moved his butt to sit behind the door.

He pushed himself against the ground with both hands and used all his strength to lean his back against the door panel.

I don’t know if he was too scared or used too much force, but his upper body was shaking constantly as it was against the door.

Han Bin seemed to feel that it was not safe enough to hold the door open by himself.

So he bumped Uncle Zheng's leg with his shoulder and said, "Don't peek through the crack of the door, push it open!"

"Don't let those ghosts outside in!"

Uncle Zheng Er was still leaning on the crack of the door and looking out.

He said casually, "You hold it first, I want to see what the hell it is."

Compared to the less knowledgeable Han Bin, Zheng Erbo, who has visited many tombs, does not believe in superstition.

Uncle Zheng muttered with great interest, "Why hasn't that ghost thing come out yet?"

He muttered softly and turned his head to move his gaze.

Because the gap in the door is narrow, the view will be blocked by the door frame when you turn your eyes, so you can only turn your head to expand your field of vision.

But even so, the field of vision is still very narrow.

After turning back and forth several times, Uncle Zheng became a little impatient.

"can not see it."

"Ma Dong and the others squatting at the gate didn't react at all."

"Hasn't that ghost thing come out yet?"

"But that's not right. Even if the ghost thing didn't come out, that strange laughter is creepy enough."

"It's impossible that Ma Dong and the others didn't react at all..."

Uncle Zheng’s words suddenly gave me a chill in my heart.

This is definitely not right!

Ma Dong and the others were scared like frightened birds before.

The strange laughter will definitely scare them and make them run away!

There is absolutely no way there would be no reaction at all!

"Are you sure Ma Dong and the others didn't react?" I asked softly.

Uncle Zheng Erpei peeked through the crack in the door and took another closer look.

Nodding, "Sure."

"They were still squatting at the gate, and several of them were staring into the yard with wide eyes."

"He didn't look frightened at all by the strange laughter."

"Can't they hear the strange laughter?"

"Hey, the gap in the door is too small. It's uncomfortable to keep one eye open and one eye closed for a long time. It would be better if there was a window..."

When I heard Uncle Zheng complain about the lack of windows, my heart tightened even more.

Yup!

Why doesn't this house have windows?!

Although I looked around when I entered the house, I was so distracted by worry about Zhang Nan that I didn't pay any attention to the problem with the window at all.

Only then did I realize the strangeness of the room.

I looked around.

There is nothing but a wall except the door, not even a window!

hiss!

I couldn't help but gasp.

In the past, there was a saying in the countryside: Don’t guard the pond in front of the yard, and don’t open the window behind the house.

It means that when building a house, there should be no pond in front of the yard, and when building a house, there should be no windows on the back wall.

This proverb is a simple Feng Shui theory that is popular in the countryside.

There is often a safety hazard when the courtyard gate faces a pond directly. On the one hand, the pond may affect the surrounding soil, causing the soft soil and the foundation of the house to collapse.

On the other hand, there is a risk of family members or neighbors drowning, which may lead to more unnecessary disasters.

Moreover, ponds are usually stagnant water, which easily breeds mosquitoes and affects living comfort.

However, there are fewer ponds in the northern region, so the first half of the sentence is often overlooked.

On the contrary, the second half of the sentence, which states that there should be no windows at the back of the house, has been followed to this day.

Nowadays, most of the self-built houses in rural areas in the northern region do not have windows installed on the back wall of the house.

This is to achieve the Feng Shui effect of "storing wind and gathering energy".

Some people may ask, what is the relationship between storing wind and gathering energy and building windows on the back wall of a house?

This is a huge deal.

I believe everyone knows about draughts.

It refers to the houses with doors and windows facing each other.

As long as the opposite doors and windows are opened at the same time, a through draft will be formed due to air flow.

Although this through-draft feels cool, it creates a feng shui pattern of a sword piercing the hall.

A sword piercing through the hall just released the energy that was being gathered to store wind and gather energy.

Any house with a sword-piercing-hall layout will hardly become a lucky house, no matter how good the layout is in other aspects.

Secondly, a house with too many doors and windows is not good either.

Too many doors and windows can easily leak air, which also affects the effect of storing wind and gathering energy.

Therefore, old-style houses in rural areas usually have only one door and two windows per room, and no extra windows.

Of course, the courtyard houses with three, four or five courtyards owned by dignitaries, landlords and wealthy people are a different story.

Those large courtyards are surrounded by the main house through the back house in the front, the back room in the back, the wing rooms on the left and right, and the ear rooms in the four corners, corridors, screen walls, etc.

The surrounding buildings form a pattern of storing wind and gathering energy, so more windows can be opened in the main room.

Ordinary people cannot afford to build these surrounding houses, so they can only make do with the back wall without windows to achieve their goal.

Let’s get back to the present.

Although the saying goes that there should be no windows at the back of the house, it doesn’t mean that there should be no windows in the whole house!

What’s more, this is the village brigade office!

It is even more impossible not to repair the windows!

Unless... this is not run by the village brigade.

But it is a room built for a special purpose!

Suddenly a word came to my mind: coffin room!

In the past, the elderly in the village had the habit of preparing coffins in advance.

The coffins bought in advance are usually placed in the shady wing.

After the body is placed in the coffin, the windows will be sealed or covered with thick curtains.

This is done to prevent the coffin from cracking and paint peeling due to prolonged exposure to sunlight.

In the past, the windows of cemeteries where corpses were kept would also be closed.

Could it be that the room we are in now is the coffin room? !

Fortunately, there was only an iron cage and no coffin in the room, so it could not be considered a complete coffin room.

and many more……

As I thought about this, I glanced at the cage.

I hadn't thought about the coffin before, so I didn't pay much attention to the shape of the cage.

But at this moment, just a glance.

The cage in front of me looks like a coffin!

"grass!"

I couldn't help but curse under my breath.

He took two steps back and looked at the cage again.

One side of the rectangular cage is slightly higher and the other side is slightly lower. The higher side is wider, and the lower side is narrower.

The most important thing is that the top surface of the cage is still curved!

If this were covered with a layer of wood, it would definitely be in the shape of a coffin!

"Coffin room, coffin room!"

“This really is a coffin room!”

"No, there are two living people in the coffin."

"If they die... that's the morgue!"

The way I talked to myself seemed to scare Han Bin.

He trembled and shouted at me, "Shi Tou, what's wrong with you?"

"Is it a ghost?"

"I'm timid, please don't scare me!"

As he spoke, he began to cry and there were even tears in his eyes.

I came to my senses and my eyes suddenly became sharp when I looked at Han Bin.

If this is not done by the village brigade, then there is a big problem with Han Bin who is giving directions!

Han Bin felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by me. He tilted his head and muttered, "Don't look at me with that interrogating look. I'm not a criminal."

I think he feels guilty.

So he rushed over, grabbed Han Bin's collar and pulled him up.

Han Bin was stunned for a moment, then struggled and said, "What are you doing?!"

"Not only did he not help block the door, he also caused trouble!"

Uncle Zheng frowned and looked at me in confusion: "Shi Tou, what are you doing..."

I said in a deep voice: "Han Bin led us the wrong way!"

“This isn’t run by the village brigade.”

"We are probably in the coffin room right now... maybe even the morgue!"