Once upon a time, there were all kinds of legends about the head of the reel that spread all over Japan, but no one had ever confirmed it with their own eyes. These legends all have one thing in common – all the reels are women.
However, in the legend of the reel head that has been circulated in the area of Kuwata Village in Miyagi Prefecture, the reed head is a man named Sasuke. Although Sasuke has become a relative, in his heart, he still loves a young girl in a neighboring village.
At a grand festival held in Kuwata Village, Sasuke and the girl met, and Sasuke was so excited that he took the opportunity to express his heart to her and confide in her heart. Unfortunately, the girl scorned him and avoided his entanglement.
Although the confession of the helper was rejected by the young girl, it did not affect his feelings for the young girl in the slightest, and his admiration for her did not decrease but increased.
Soon, he heard that the young girl had married Jiro Taifu, the village chief of the nearby tengtian village, and his heart was extremely angry and jealous, he did not think about tea and dinner, he was tired of work, he was always sullen and unhappy, and before long, he fell ill in bed and could not get up again.
On this side, after Jiro Taro married the young girl, the feelings of the young couple were like glue, and the little life was happy and happy.
On a sweltering summer night, Jiro and his wife decided to open the window to sleep in order to cool off. In the middle of the night, Jiro Tseo always felt that something was flying around outside the window, causing him to turn over and fall asleep.
He was so bored that he simply got out of bed and decided to get up and check on what was going on. So he sat up and looked out the window in the dim moonlight.
It didn't matter at this look, the scene in front of him made him can't help but shake his whole body: he only saw a man's face looking east and west of the room outside the window, but strangely, there seemed to be no body under this face, it seemed to float in the air, and it seemed to be flying... Only a thin and long pipe connected to the outside of the wall, strange to the point...
Jiro Taro looked at it in amazement for half a day, and suddenly felt that this face was a bit familiar. He fixed his mind and crept out of the mosquito net, and just as the head reached into the window, he grabbed a copper soot tube on the table, slammed it at it, and shouted, "What is it?" ”
Unfortunately, the soot tube did not hit the monster head as Jiro Taro had hoped, but it hit the wall and made a loud noise. The strange head was startled, immediately exited the window, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Jiro Taro returned to bed angrily, but saw that his wife was pale and sweating, and she sat there as if she had been greatly frightened.
Jiro Taro saw this, took her in his arms, and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, it's not a big deal, it's just a boring person who wants to peek at us sleeping!" ”
However, his wife does not seem to agree with him. Her whole body was trembling, and she said with a panicked face, "No! I recognize this man! Before the two of us were married, once my family and I were separated at a festival in the village, and we happened to meet this man. He talked to me very warmly, saying that his name was Zuosuke and that he had always liked me... However, I ignored him at the time.
I...... I had just dreamed of him again, his head flying around, his neck thin and long, like a chain connecting his head and body... It's horrible! Why do I have such a dream, is it an ominous omen? ”
Jiro was shocked to hear his wife's account. However, in order to make his wife no longer frightened, he had to comfort her, quietly, and made up his mind that he must investigate this matter.
Jiro Taro thought to himself that according to his wife, she should be able to see him from time to time. If he had watched his wife's actions, he would have been able to catch the man. So the next day, he decided to keep vigil and wait for The Helper to reappear.
Unfortunately, he kept it for four or five nights in a row, but he never appeared again. At the same time, however, many strange things happened in Tengtian Village one after another: many women felt that they were being spied on at night; when young couples lingered at night, they always felt that something was staring at them outside the window; women's intimate clothes and jewelry were often stolen. However, no one could find any signs of someone lurking or voyeurism. Even if the villagers reconnoitred everywhere, they couldn't find a hint, but the feeling of being spied on has always been very strong.
A few days later, Jiro Taro went to run errands in the field, and did not hurry home until midnight. Just as he was hurrying past the village of Kuwata, he was surprised to find that in the moonlight, in front of him, there was a monster with a slender neck, slowly flying forward, and the head was purring in the air.
Jiro Taifu was astonished and thought that this must be the head of the helper! Jiro Taro was silent and quietly followed behind the monster. Then he saw with his own eyes that the head of the helper was dragged by a slender thing and finally entered a nearby house.
Jiro Taro took note of the location of the house, and the next morning he gathered several famous old people and some young and strong young people in the village to tell them everything they had seen last night, and then everyone met together to discuss how to get rid of this long-necked monster.
That night, the crowd gathered some of the women's jewelry and clothes together, and then scattered and lurked nearby, waiting for the appearance of the reels.
The crowd held their breath and hid in the shadows to observe the movements. After midnight, the reel head slowly swung over, he did not seem to notice that there were many eyes staring at him, still intoxicated from a large pile of things to rum the Jiro couple's underwear, sniffed with his nose for a while, and then prepared to leave.
At this moment, the people who were ambushed around him jumped out in unison and surrounded him. The reel was taken aback and flew around in a hurry, trying to escape the siege, but in vain. Suddenly, only a "sigh" was heard, and the head of the reel immediately cried out bitterly. It turned out that someone had secretly fired an arrow, hitting one of the eyes of the reined head, and the blood was splashed everywhere. Seriously injured, he fled, leaving speckled blood on the ground.
The next day, word came from Kuwata village that Sasuke had died the night before. So Jiro Tseo led some people to the house of the helper, trying to find the women's lost clothes.
The wife who was helping saw the crowd come to ask about the guilt, and knew that the big thing was not good, and the fact that the husband was the head of the reed was estimated to be unable to hide it. So, she decided to strike first.
Before the crowd could come, Sasuke's wife preemptively shouted, "Sasuke must have killed you!" You are so cruel that you have attacked an honest man who has no power to bind a chicken..."
"Your husband was indeed shot by us, but if you think he's honest, that's a little weird." An elderly villager spoke.
Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, Sasuke's wife raised the hoe in her hand, stared at the crowd viciously, gritted her teeth and shouted, "No, I don't believe what you say, what evidence do you have to prove that he is not an honest man?" He's my husband! I hereby swear that I will not avenge my husband's murder, and I will not be a man! ”
Jiro Taifu saw that this woman was so stubborn, and he could not bear to force her to submit, so he had to temporarily lead the crowd back to Tengtian Village. After much thought, he decided to gather some more villagers, write down their lost belongings, and go to the helper's house the next day. As long as they can find the lost items there, then the wife who believes in the help has nothing to say.
"This list is full of objects that have recently been lost by the villagers, most of which were stolen by your reeled husband." So, we're going to search your house! ”
The crowd entered the house of the helper and rummaged through boxes and cabinets. It didn't take long for the villagers to find all the lost items in the dark that matched the list, except for those of Jiro's wife and wife. No matter how the villagers searched, Jiro's lost property could not be found.
Watching the lively villagers of Sangtian Village see the situation, they all exclaimed and sighed. Afterwards, they exchanged heads and whispered, speculating about the relationship between Sasuke and Jirota.
The wife who helped her to see her husband was exposed, coupled with his disgraceful behavior, suddenly felt self-conscious and lost face. In full view of everyone, she ignored the obstruction of everyone, ran quickly to the back of the house, and committed suicide by throwing herself into a well. However, the story is still not over.
Less than a month after Sasuke and his wife died, Jiro Taro's wife also fell ill and died. Before dying, she told her husband, "I dreamed of helping again. He falsely accused me of shooting him blind with an arrow and killing him. Now I have to go to Hades, I have to prove my innocence, I have to expose his machinations... One life is worth one life, and as far as it stands, my illness will not get better. But in this way, he can see me again in Hades, this person is so terrible, even the ghost will not let me go..."
When she finished, she tilted her head and died in her husband's arms.