"Say, man, do you miss me?"

"Why don't you want my cute little shadow classmate. ”

"Hmph, liar, miss me. The slave family is alone in the empty room......"

......

In the evening, in the old house of the Lian family, Lian Ge and Gu Xiaoying were on video calls every day, tired and playing.

Listening to Gu Xiaoying's pretentious voice, Lian Ge couldn't help but smile, and then cooperated,

"What about the little shadow girl's husband?"

"Of course, I want you to be by your side every day, Jun is by the pillow when you sleep, and Jun is by your side when you wake up......" Gu Xiaoying deliberately leaned next to the headphones and said tactfully and softly,

"Look at the slave's body, but no one cares for it......"

As she spoke, Gu Xiaoying also lifted the quilt.

"Little Shadow Girl, you're playing with fire......"

"Then you come, the concubine is waiting for you on this bed, and she won't go anywhere......"

......

After a moment of tired playing, the two ended the call.

After hanging up the phone and putting away the phone, Lian Ge looked at the hundreds of made talisman seals piled up in front of him, and a slight smile appeared on his face,

At this moment, it is already the evening of the eleventh day of the seventh lunar month, since he made the decision last night, he has not rested much, after the hard work of last night and the whole day today, he finally barely drew these talismans within the scheduled time.

Standing up and glancing at the discarded yellow paper on the ground, Lian Ge walked to the side of the hall, picked up the broom, and swept it up without hurrying.

At the same time, I was also waiting, and the second uncle and uncle who had just called me came over.

finally

A moment later, when Lian Ge had cleaned up some messy things on the floor and table, there was a knock on the courtyard door.

"Knock knock...... Knock knock. ”

"Come in, the door is not bolted. ”

After answering the sentence, Lian Ge turned around and poured two cups of tea from disposable paper cups at the other end of the hall.

When the tea was poured, he turned around, and the two people who stepped in from outside the courtyard gate also happened to enter the hall.

"Uncle Tai, Second Uncle......"

Lian Ge greeted, and then put the two cups of tea in front of the two of them.

"Xiaoge, you came to us because of the ancestor worship ceremony?"

Uncle Tai asked directly to the point.

On the side, the second uncle also set his sights on Lian Ge.

Hearing this, Lian Ge looked at the eldest uncle and the second uncle and nodded, and then asked,

"Yes. Uncle Tai, there is one thing I need to ask, are there one hundred and eight strong men in our village? between the ages of eighteen and fifty. ”

Hearing this, Uncle Tai nodded directly without much hesitation,

"Yes, our Lianjia Village is a relatively large village, and more than 100 strong men can still make it up. ”

After a slight pause, Uncle Tai asked again,

"Xiaoge, what do you need these people to do?"

Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded first, and then replied,

"There's something they need to do. ”

After a pause, Lian Ge looked at the two and continued to explain,

"Uncle Tai, you also know that the time to worship ancestors in our village has always been the Midyear Festival, that is, the Ghost Festival, and these days are not auspicious days, and generally speaking, it is not suitable to hold any ceremonies.

And the reason why there has been no accident for so many years is because there is a talisman array arranged on the edge of our Lianjia village, which is enough to resist the possible threat of ancestor worship during the Midyear Festival.

But now, due to the time of the rune array, its spiritual power and mana have been greatly attenuated, and I am afraid that it will not be able to resist it this time.

And my mana is low, so I'm afraid I won't be able to repair this rune array for the time being. ”

"That ......"

Uncle Tai frowned slightly when he heard this, "Let's reschedule to worship our ancestors?"

After speaking, Uncle Tai shook his head again,

"I've been like this for so many years, and it's not appropriate to suddenly reschedule now, and if I want to reschedule, Xiaoge, you won't let me find someone. ”

Hearing this, Lian Ge smiled, then nodded,

"Yes, we are not rescheduling. ”

"Xiaoge, do you have any other way, and it has something to do with the more than 100 people you need to find?"

Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded again, then picked up the pile of talismans on the table and said,

"Yes, there is another way, which can also resist the threat that the ritual may bring. ”

As he spoke, Lian Ge handed the talisman seal in his hand to his uncle,

"Uncle Tai, I need you to find one hundred and eight people in the village, and then give each of these talismans a ......"

After handing the talisman to Uncle Tai, Lian Ge pulled a piece of paper from the side,

The pen outlines the entire Lianjia Village, as well as the map of the hills that are close to the Lianjia Village.

"Then, from among these people, select four people, let them each take twenty-six people, plus a total of twenty-seven of them, carrying talismans and torches, set out from these four places, around these four routes, and patrol the mountains!"

Lian Ge pointed to the route that had been drawn on the map and said to Uncle Tai.

Hearing this, Uncle Tai first nodded, and then asked with some hesitation,

"That'...... Xiaoge, will these people who patrol the mountains be in danger? ”

"If I had done what I said, there wouldn't have been. Lian Ge shook his head slightly and said.

"It's good if there is no danger, they will definitely do it, as long as you say it is Xiaoge, you said, with Xiaoge's prestige of 'bringing the dead back to life', who dares not to listen to it." Speaking of the back, Uncle Tai joked.

Hearing this, Lian Ge couldn't help but smile and shook his head,

After laughing, Uncle Tai carefully put away the map where the route had been drawn, and then turned to ask again,

"Xiaoge, I have memorized what you just said, is there anything else that needs to be done?"

Hearing this, Lian Ge first shook his head, and then emphasized a few more words,

"Be sure to let the people who participate in the mountain patrol remember that torches can be thrown away, anything can be thrown, but the talisman must be on the body.

If you find that the talisman seal has fallen or damaged on the way to patrol the mountain, you must let the whole team stop, and then the rest of the people with the talisman seal immediately surround the people who do not have the talisman seal, and then immediately call me to inform me, if you find that the phone can't get through, everyone should not continue to patrol the mountain, just stay in the same place, keep the same state until dawn.

In addition, if there are no accidents along the way, try not to turn back, and do not go back, just follow the route on the map and patrol the mountain until dawn. ”

Looking at Lian Ge's solemn expression, the eldest uncle and the second uncle both nodded solemnly,

"Okay, little song, we've got it. ”

Hearing this, Lian Ge smiled slightly, and then continued,

"In addition, the time for the mountain patrol will start tonight. ”

"Starting tonight?"

Uncle Tai first repeated the sentence, then turned his head to look at the evening sky outside the house, and then stood up again.

"Since it's starting tonight, let's not stay much longer in Xiaoge, let's go find someone first. ”

Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded and didn't keep it anymore.

stood up, sent the eldest uncle and the second uncle outside the courtyard gate, and after watching the two of them walk away quickly, Lian Ge retracted his gaze,

"Crunch ......"

Re-bolted the old courtyard door, and Lian Ge, who walked into the hall, didn't care about the discarded yellow paper that had just been swept together on the ground and had not yet been installed.

Turning around, Lian Ge walked towards the bedroom.

Now that the matter of patrolling the mountain has been entrusted to the eldest uncle and the second uncle, what Lian Ge needs to do now is to rest and recover his mana, and recuperate for tomorrow.

Tomorrow, we have to start the three-day ancestor worship ceremony.

"Click. ”

The bedroom door was closed again, and Lian Ge walked towards the bed.

......

After a few moments, the room fell completely silent. Lian Ge, who has not rested for more than thirty-six hours, fell asleep,

In the village, the second uncle and the eldest uncle and others were busy, either making phone calls or going directly to the door, bringing together the one hundred and eight people needed to patrol the mountain.

Night is falling.