Chapter 34: "Life"
One after another, the skull was dug out by Liang Bing.
The scene is very weird, the skull keeps being dug out of the quagmire, and Liang Bing's movements seem to be not digging the skull, but digging the lotus root.
In a quagmire with a radius of only two or three meters, more than a dozen skulls were dug up.
The sky gradually darkened, and only Liang Bing's pure white dress was particularly conspicuous.
The resentment around him gradually became thicker.
Liang Bing had already come out of the quagmire, not at all aware of the mud on his dress.
"Zheng Fan, you hug Yingying, follow behind us, and don't make a sound no matter what you see. Master Fang shouted at me with a solemn face, and then walked behind Liang Bing by himself.
I didn't know what was going to happen next, but when I saw his face, I immediately stood behind him.
The surroundings were unusually quiet, and the rancid smell from the waterhole was strong and disgusting.
Yingying also felt the oppression of the atmosphere and quietly lay in my arms.
The moon was unusually round, and the moonlight shone on the edge of the ditch, making the atmosphere even more depressing.
It didn't take long for a big red sedan chair to float over slowly. In the sedan chair, there was also an ethereal opera sound. It was the sedan chair we saw last night.
Liang Bing, who was standing at the front, didn't think about it, and chased after the sedan chair with a single step.
Master Fang behind him did not hesitate at all and stepped into the quagmire.
I hugged Yingying and followed them closely.
The moment you step into the quagmire, the scene around you changes. The quagmire is gone, the woods are gone, the mountains are gone, and only the full moon in the sky still exudes a cold white light.
The surrounding scene has become an ancient building, with two-story buildings with wooden shingle structure and upturned eaves, lined up one after another.
Liang Bing and Master Fang's footsteps were still walking, and I followed closely behind with Yingying in my arms.
Yingying opened her mouth wide in surprise when she saw the change in the scene around her, and I quickly covered it with my hand, for fear that she would make a little noise.
The sedan chair in front was still there, and the sound of babbling opera came from inside.
Liang Bing's goal is this sedan chair, and he is in hot pursuit.
The scene around her changed rapidly, but she walked without hurrying or slowing.
After about twenty minutes, Liang Bing's footsteps finally stopped.
Seeing the scene in front of me, I couldn't help but open my mouth wide in surprise.
In front of the imposing building at the front, there is a huge stage. I couldn't be more familiar with this stage, the stage that was broken up by me before Jiu Po and Lao Zhang summoned the living corpse of Jiu Ye at that time was exactly the same as this one. It can even be said that the stage is actually this.
The sedan chair has long been gone, and the drama on the stage has not stopped.
Looking at the stage, just one glance made my scalp tingle again.
Zhang Ying, Zheng Ling and their three dead classmates were babbling and singing on stage in costumes with phoenix crowns. Zheng Ling on the stage seemed to be conscious, and when he saw me looking at them, his eyes were directly fixed on me.
She didn't stop her hand movements, and continued to sing unknown tunes in her mouth.
I patted Master Fang to figure out what was going on, but Master Fang pointed to Liang Bing in front of me and motioned for me to be quiet.
Liang Bing tilted his head and stood quietly in front of the stage, as if he was fascinated.
Now I can only pin all my hopes on Liang Bing, since Master Fang listens to her, then her ability must not be wrong.
"Fang Tai open, little ghosts scattered!" After a while, I saw Liang Bing take out a talisman from nowhere and smash it on the ground.
In an instant, gusts of wind raged.
The original quaint streets dissipated with the wind, and even the theater was scattered in the darkness.
We were back in the woods again, in front of the crooked neck tree where Master Fang and I had stopped last night.
And on the crooked neck tree, Zhang Ying, Zheng Ling and her three classmates, dressed in costumes, were still babbling and singing.
"How so?" I asked, surprised, and immediately covered my mouth with Yingying's shoulder.
"This is their 'life', and they have lost their 'life' here. It was Liang Bing at the front who spoke.
This is also the first time I know that in addition to the three souls and seven spirits, there is also such a thing as 'life'.
Jiu Po said that borrowing the life of the dead is borrowing this kind of "life".
If the three souls and seven spirits leave the human body for too long, it will lead to death. And this situation will also occur when the "life" has been away from the person's body for a long time. What's more, it is very difficult to find that "life" leaves the body.
There are many people who eat the food of the dead who don't know the existence of "life", not to mention those gods and goddesses who are already "self-taught".
When a person's "life" is lost, but the three souls and seven spirits are there, even if he finds help from the Taoist, it is difficult to find out.
"Then the people I can see who are dying are the ones who have lost their 'lives'?"
After listening to Liang Bing's words, I immediately thought of this.
Unexpectedly, both of them shook their heads at the same time.
"Your business that belongs to the divination line has nothing to do with this. The conditions for losing one's life are quite harsh, at least in the extreme yin land, and there are many other objective factors. ”
"Almost all of the 'lives' on the bodies of the people you see who are dying are lost with their lives, and only a few are like this. ”
After Master Fang finished speaking, I reacted.
Starting from the old Ke Ye I saw when I was a child, to Zhang Daming's daughter-in-law, the dozen or so villagers who died in the village didn't seem to have been to any extreme yin land.
"So what should I do next?" "I've found my life, but how do I bring it back?"
Unexpectedly, Liang Bing turned around and pointed at Yingying, who was holding me in my arms, and motioned for her to go.
"Little sister, you just have to go and pull a few of them down from the tree, don't be afraid, you can do it. Liang Bing squatted down and said softly to Yingying, who was put down by me and standing beside her.
It may have been Liang Bing's tone that gave Yingying courage, she nodded heavily and walked towards the crooked neck tree.
Watching her approach the crooked neck tree step by step, my heart rose to my throat.
At this moment, the hand is already stuffed into the canvas bag, ready to act at any time.
As long as there is any misstep on Yingying's side, I will definitely rush to it as soon as possible.
Master Fang next to me held his breath like me, looking at the posture of his legs, he must be ready to rush to save people at any time as I thought. Only Liang Bing at the front stood there, and the whole person looked extremely relaxed.
Yingying had already walked under the crooked neck tree, raised her head and shouted glutinously to the crooked neck tree: "Sister Ying, several sisters, can you come down from the tree?"