After bidding farewell to the constable and the old mother, my great-great-grandfather drove the carriage back without stopping. He didn't return to the village, but headed toward the barren slope southeast of Sanwang Village.
When he reached the barren slope, he could not help but frown. The hole from before had indeed been dug open. Although it still looked like a vertical hole, the entrance was several times larger than before. The entire hole was in the shape of a slope. Even without a ladder, one could still go down the slope into the hole.
At the bottom of the slope, my great-great-grandfather saw a broken jar. It must have been accidentally broken by the constable when he was carrying the jar up the slope. After the jar broke, the ghost inside probably ran out and directly possessed him.
At this time, the cave was gloomy. My great-great-grandfather stood at the entrance of the cave and looked for a short while. He felt cold all over his body, even though he was still standing under the sun. This made him give up the idea of entering the cave to check.
After returning to Sanwang Village, my great-great-grandfather didn't go home. Because the situation was urgent, he went straight to the village chief's house to find the village chief and told him to immediately find someone to go door-to-door. Before midnight, every household should use chicken blood sticks to seal the windows. Then, put a basin of well water that was drawn after midnight at the door. Put a mirror in the water. It can be a bronze mirror or a glass mirror. There's no limit to the size as long as the mirror can be placed in the basin.
Glass mirrors had already been introduced to China at the end of the Ming Dynasty. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, they were already popular among the people. However, at this time, bronze mirrors were still more common in many ordinary families. Glass mirrors were even more expensive than bronze mirrors. Of course, there were more families without mirrors.
For those families without mirrors, my great-great-grandfather instructed them to pour some thick ink into the basin and not touch the basin in the future, so that the ink would naturally settle to the bottom of the water.
Why did my great-great-grandfather ask the villagers to do this? Because he felt that those little ghosts might not just be crying tonight. They might come to Three-Kings Village to make trouble tonight and use chicken blood sticks to seal the windows. As mentioned before, this was used here to prevent the little ghosts from climbing into the house through the windows. As for placing a basin of water at the door and a mirror in the basin, this was a little unreasonable.
In our words, this is a method of using Yin to suppress Yin. Ghosts were very strange. Perhaps it was because they were humans when they were alive, but they still maintained some human habits after death. For example, when they went home and entered the house, they usually went through the door like humans. If the door couldn't be opened, they would jump through the window. If the window couldn't be opened, they would cause trouble in the yard, cry, scream, or even smash things in the yard.
After the windows were sealed with chicken blood sticks, they could only go through the door. At this time, they would find a basin of water at the door. Because the water in the basin came up after the second watch at night, it contained a lot of Yin Qi, which was very attractive to ghosts.
"Here, we don't dare to drink the well water that has just been drawn after the second watch because it contains Yin Qi. If you drink it, you'll have diarrhea and a fever. If it's serious, it's hard to say.
Because the water in the basin contained Yin Qi, it could arouse the interest of ghosts, especially the new ghosts that had become children. They would look into the basin because of the mirror.(It's like a basin filled with ink, but it's not as effective as a mirror). It can produce reflections. When these little ghosts poke their heads out to look, they will see that the mirror is empty. In their subconscious, they can form an image in the water or in the mirror. In other words, they think they can see their own appearance in the mirror, but when they see that there is nothing in the mirror, they will be scared and run away in panic.
In my family, only my great-great-grandfather has used this method. My grandmother said that this method of preventing ghosts is very effective, but I have never tried it until now, so I have reservations about this method.
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