One year, when the Double Ninth Festival climbed high, the villagers at the foot of the mountain came to have dinner near the dry well with dining tables.
Halfway through the drink, villager a had a whim: hey, no one has been to this cave yet, right? Why don't we go in and explore the danger?
Everyone: OK.
Everyone tied a rope at the wellhead and took villagers A, B and C to the bottom of the well.
Lighting a candle, I walked into the hole in the north wall and looked in. Oh, it's too spacious. Look at the ceiling of the cave, which is higher than the lobby of the county government!
A few steps inside, the space becomes narrower. Go further, alas, dead end, can't walk any further.
Wait, there's a small hole here, just to climb in.
I took a picture by candlelight. It was dark and unfathomable.
Villager B, villager C: It's dark and scary. Let's go back.
Villager A: What are you afraid of? You two go home!
He grabbed the candle and shrank into the hole.
After drilling for a while, the space suddenly became spacious again.
Villager A stood up and walked on.
The scene inside this cave is very different from that outside, only the rock at the top of the cave is uneven and wants to fall.
The grotesque rocks on both sides of the cave wall are like statues in a temple, bird-shaped, animal-shaped, human-shaped and ghost-shaped: birds fly like beasts, animals walk like beasts, people sit like sitting, and ghosts are angry like anger.
Coupled with the flickering candlelight, I feel that the whole cave is a ghost.
Villager a muttered as he walked: my god, it's really scary. If I had known, I would not have come. But how embarrassing it is to go back like this. No, the choice you made by bluffing was to kneel down crying!
Walking, hey, there's a stone room here. On closer inspection, there is a strange stone near the door, which looks like an evil ghost.
Stone ghost has big eyes, wide mouth, sharp teeth and exposed tongue. His left hand clenched his fist on his waist, and his right hand spread out his fingers as if to pounce. The villagers were horrified to see it.
Looking into the stone room by candlelight, I saw a pile of burnt charcoal ash on the ground.
Villager A couldn't help thinking: Oh, it seems that someone has been here, so there should be nothing to be afraid of. Let me have a look inside.
Into the stone house, hey, there are bowls and a small handleless wine cup on the ground.
Pick it up and have a look. This is a thick layer of ashes. Alas, it's a pity that they're not antiques, they're all cheap.
Hey, there are four iron pot! It's not antique, but it's worth two yuan. It's better to take it back, so it won't waste time.
Tie the hip flask neck with a belt and tie it around your waist.
Turning around, I saw a body lying on the west corner, arms and legs stretched straight.
God, why is there a dead man here?
After a pause, I took a closer look and saw the body with pointed shoes and a plum blossom pattern on the sole. Looks like a young woman.
Well, I don't know whose daughter it is. She died here when she was young.
Look carefully again: the clothes have faded and rotted, and you can't see whether they are green or red; Hair is fluffy like a ball and sticks to the skull; Eyes and nostrils are black, and two rows of teeth are white.
Villager a had a cold war.
Hey, by the way, since it's a female corpse, there must be jewelry in her hair. It's better to take off a few pieces, so as not to be scared in vain.
Holding a candle in one hand and slowly touching the skull in the other. ...
Suddenly, the woman's mouth seemed to blow out a sigh of relief, and the candlelight suddenly shook, and the flame was yellow, blowing up the skirts of villager A!
Oh, my God! This is ... The ghost blew out the light.
My heart was shocked, my hands trembled, the candle went out and everything was shrouded in darkness.
Shit, a ghost! Help!
Villager a started to run, but in the dark, he could see nothing and could only find his way by feeling.
I dare not touch the cave wall with my hands, for fear of meeting some ghost.
I ran around and heard a bang. My head hit a stone and I sat on the ground.
I didn't dare to stop for a moment, so I got up and continued running, as if there were really ghosts chasing after me.
Suddenly, I felt something cold and wet running down my cheeks to my chin. Touch it with your hand, it's sticky, and put it under your nose to smell it. Ah, it's blood!
Holding back the pain, I dare not whisper.
I finally ran panting to the edge of the small hole, so I wanted to get down and drill a hole.
Oh, who grabbed my hair? ! Wow! This is a ghost.
This frightened, black at the moment, unconscious.
They sat by the well and waited for a long time, but no villagers came out. Hey, what's the matter? Those two who just came up, go down and find him!
Villager b and villager c were dragged into the water again.
Walking to the small hole, villager B got into the hole and saw villager A's hair hanging on a stone, his face was covered with blood and he was unconscious.
The two men were frightened to disgrace, and they were afraid to get through, so they had to sit and sigh.
The above people waited for a long time: hey, what's the matter, will this hole eat people? Come on, two more people!
Two more people came down, and one of them was brave enough to drag villager A back from the hole.
I finally saved him from the dry well and breathed the fresh air in the mountains for a long time before I woke up and told everything I saw in the cave.
It's a pity that he couldn't explore the hole to the end, otherwise he would see a more magical landscape.
Later, the county grandfather of Zhangqiu heard about it and felt very serious.
Boy, it's really a small matter. If you disturb any monsters, you will be in trouble. I think you people are really full and have nothing to do.
Somebody get me some mud and paste some holes in that well. Don't drill around if you have nothing to do in the future!
Mr. Pu said: In the 26th and 27th year of Kangxi (1687- 1688), the stone cliff on the south side of Yangmuyu collapsed, exposing a big hole with many stalactites as dense as bamboo shoots.
This cave is so deep and dangerous that no one dares to go in.
One day, a Taoist priest came, claiming to be a disciple of Han Zhongli, and said that his master was coming to live here and asked him to come here to tidy up first.
The villagers nearby prepared a lamp for him, and the Taoist priest entered the cave with the lamp.
Unexpectedly, his foot slipped and fell, his stomach was pierced by stalagmites, and he died on the spot.
The villagers quickly reported to the county grandfather, who immediately sent someone to seal the hole.
There must be a strange landscape in the cave. Alas, it's a pity that the Taoist priest died and didn't even hear an answer.
This story is based on Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio? Volume nine? Tea Cliff Cave.