Little Bell always wanted to go to Wuping Village again, but Bai Zhi couldn't stop it, so he found a vacancy and went to the academy to check, and the book did record Wuping Village but it was extremely simple: "Wuping Village, north of Yecheng, deep in the mountains, does not often come into contact with the outside world, and occasionally goes out of the mountains to exchange rare medicinal materials for daily needs." ”

According to this record, Bai Luo judged that this Wuping Village was just an ordinary village, so he promised that the noisy little bell would come here again.

As soon as I walked into Wuping Village, the smell of burning herbs mixed with the sound of tinkling bells wafted in.

"Purple Grass?" the little bell craned her neck and poked her head forward.

"What purple grass?" Bai Luo looked at the little bell inexplicably.

"What it smells like. The little bell turned his head to look at Bai Luo. "It's just that somebody would burn purple grass for some reason. ”

"What's wrong with Purple Grass?"

"It's not that there's any problem, purple grass is often used to remove wounds and rotten flesh, but it is used by mashing it when it is alive, and this is the first time I have encountered this burning usage. The little bell continued to walk forward with curiosity, as long as it was about herbs and poisons, if you don't quickly find out clearly, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep well.

"I think it's because you're not good at learning, the usage of this medicine is already varied, let you learn more on weekdays, and now see the real chapter." Bai Luo followed, counting down.

The little bell in front was full of thoughts about the purple beard grass, and he didn't care about what Bai Luo said, so he sped up his feet and walked towards the village. Bai lagged behind, held his mouth in embarrassment, and silently followed.

When I walked into the village, I saw that the doors of the houses on both sides of the road were closed, and there was no one to be seen.

Seeing this, the two of them quickened their pace and walked in the direction of burning purple beard grass.

At the end of the road, an open meadow surrounded by large rocks appeared in front of the two of them on the left, and men, women, and children stood quietly in a circle, and the smoke dispersed in the middle.

"What are they doing together to burn purple grass?" the little bell turned his head and pulled Bai Luo, squeezing into the crowd.

In the middle of the crowd, there was a stone bed erected, and on the stone bed lay a naked person, who by the look of his face was deceased. It is also strange that the purple grass is burning, but there is no smoke but no flames are seen on the body of the deceased.

An embarrassed old man held a cane in his right hand, and in his left hand he held a skewer made of various fruit pits and shook it in the air, walking around the deceased person in the middle. It seems that this is a sacrificial ceremony, but this ceremony has never been seen by the two of them, thinking that it may be a long-term seclusion in the mountains, the customs of this Wuping Village are also different, and the two of them did not think about it again.

"It burned with spiritual power. Bai Luo suddenly said in surprise.

The sound pierced the silence of the sacrifice, and the old man with the staff in the middle heard the sound and walked slowly out of the smoke in the direction of the two of them.

It was only after the smoke that I could see that the old man was wrinkled, gray-haired, and staring at the two of them with cloudy eyes. The onlookers cast angry glances at the old man's footsteps.

Bai Luo frowned, clasped his hands, and quietly sacrificed his spiritual power.

"High Priest, they are my friends. Just as the two sides were tense, a crisp female voice came, and everyone looked up to see that it was the witch Nan Ting.

Bai Luo hurriedly withdrew his spiritual power.

"Tingting, what's going on?" the old man asked as he turned his head to look at Nan Ting with a reproachful tone.

"They are Tingting's lifesavers. An old woman walked slowly with a cane, and everyone stepped back to make way for the old woman respectfully. The person who came was the shrine maiden grandmother of the village.

"Grandma, this is not in order. The old man of the sacrifice bowed his head and said respectfully to the shrine maiden.

"Old priests, since they are Tingting's life-saving benefactors, they are our own people, and they are not bad rules. The shrine maiden smiled at the priest and then turned to look at the villagers behind her. "Tingting is the next witch, they saved Tingting, didn't they save our entire Wuping Village. Then they are also the life-saving benefactors of our Wuping Village, benefactors, they are their own people, what do you think?"

"There's no precedent for that. ”

"Grandma said it, no problem. ”

"We listen to grandma. ”

"What grandma said is reasonable, they are all their own people. ”

"Yes, yes, it's not bad rules, it's not good. ”

......

The villagers began to talk about it, agreeing with the shrine maiden's statement, and the originally tense atmosphere dissipated in the air.

"Since grandma has spoken, please keep quiet. The old priest nodded to Bai Luo and the little bell, turned around and continued the ceremony.

Bai Luo and Little Bell hurriedly nodded in return, and glanced at each other awkwardly. They clearly understood that it was Nan Ting who saved them, but they were said to have saved Nan Ting, and the two of them also disturbed the important ceremonies in the village very rudely. The two of them can't wait to disappear immediately at the moment, as if they haven't come.

The old priest continued to spin around a few times before stretching out his cane and flicking it gently, and the purple grass immediately stopped burning, and the remaining smoke slowly dissipated. The old priest then took out a black-brown bottle from under the stone bed and poured the clear potion from the bottle onto the wooden ball on the cane. As the potion flowed, the wooden balls slowly turned black.

The old priest placed the ball on top of the deceased's head, closed his eyes, and slowly moved the ball from the top of his head to his toes. After the ball had passed, the deceased's face became rosy, as if he had come back to life.

"See you off!" the old priest opened his eyes, raised his head and raised his hand to the heavens.

"I didn't expect this old man, he seemed to be very old, and he was very angry. Bai Luo was secretly surprised in his heart.

When the old priest had finished shouting, two young men dressed in black took a sack made of linen cloth and put the deceased man into the bag, and carried them one after the other in the direction of the valley outside the village, followed by the shrine maiden and the old priest. Everyone crossed their hands in front of their chests and closed their heads in the direction of the departure.

After a few people disappeared from sight, everyone opened their eyes and dispersed, but everyone couldn't help but be a little curious about the two outsiders, and they all cast their eyes to look at them, so that they didn't know how to place their hands and feet.

"Brother, sister, go to my house and sit down. Seeing the situation, Nan Ting next to her pulled the two of them towards the village.

"Brothers and sisters, don't be afraid, there are very few outsiders in our village to visit, so everyone will inevitably be curious. When she got home, Nanting hurriedly brought the two into the house and made tea.

"Miss Nan, we just wanted to see how you are recovering, but we didn't want to disturb you, I'm really sorry. Bai Luo stood up and clasped his fists with both hands.

"It's okay, it's not a big deal, brother and sister don't take it to heart. Nan Ting smiled. "Brother, please sit down, if you do this again, grandma will know that I should blame me for not being considerate. ”

"Where is it, Miss Nan is polite and thoughtful at a young age, which is rare in this world. Bai Luo sat back embarrassedly, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea to relieve his embarrassment.

"My brother is older than me, so it's better to call me Tingting. Nan Ting ran to Bai Luo's side with a smile and refilled Bai Luo's cup with tea.

"Good, good. Bai Luo smiled, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Tingting, what kind of ritual are you?" asked the little bell next to him curiously.

"It's a farewell ceremony. Nan Ting turned back to her seat. "Whenever someone dies here, we must say goodbye in this way, so that the souls of the deceased can rest in peace. ”

"Then why do you use your spiritual power to burn purple grass around your body?"

"Spiritual power burning purple grass can remove the smoke and fire in the body of the deceased, so that his body can return to the earth completely. ”

"It still has this effect. The little bell sighed, for the little bell who is obsessed with herbs, this trip has this harvest, even if there is an embarrassing situation, it is worth it.

"What kind of potion is that bottle of water, and how does it have a rejuvenating effect?" the little bell asked eagerly, completely ignoring the white drop that gave her a look.

"We call it the resurrection water, and we use it so that the body of the deceased can leave with dignity. This water can only be known by the shrine maiden, and can only be fetched by the shrine maiden. Nan Ting stood up, took two steps towards the door, and looked back at the two with a smile. "When I officially become a shrine maiden, I will also inherit the secret of the resurrection water from my grandmother, hehe. ”

Nan Ting had a yearning and proud smile on her face, and in Nan Ting's eyes, her identity made her very proud.

"She likes medicinal herbs on weekdays, so she asks a little too much, and Tingting doesn't want to be surprised. Bai Luo pretended to pat the little bell casually and motioned for her not to ask again.

"Brother, don't worry, it's not a secret, don't worry. Nan Ting smiled and ran to the little bell. "No wonder you want to pick the shadow velvet flowers, it's because my sister likes it, right?"

"Yes, yes, she loves to collect these things. Bai Luo hurriedly replied, for fear that the little bell would say the wrong thing.

The little bell had a question in his heart, so he didn't continue to pester, and obediently followed the meaning of Bailuo.

"Tingting, it seems that you have fully recovered, it is inconvenient for the two of us to disturb too much, the old people at home are still waiting for us, I am afraid that we will be worried, today we will say goodbye first, and come to visit another day." Bai Luo pulled the little bell and got up to leave.

"Brother and sister, are you leaving? Why don't you wait for grandma to come back?" Nan Ting looked at the two of them reluctantly.

"The two of us were worried about your recovery, and told my family that I would return before sunset, and if it was too late, I was afraid that my family would be in a hurry. Bai Luo said. "I also want you to take me to apologize and thank grandma, next time I come, I will apologize and thank grandma in person. ”

"In that case, I won't force you to stay, but you must come again. Nan Ting pouted sadly.

"Don't worry, don't worry, we will come to you often in the future, and I want to know more about your herbs here." The little bell patted Nan Ting's shoulder and said with a smile.

"That's settled. Nan Ting took the little bell's hand.

"It's decided. ”

Along the way, Bai Luo pulled the small bell and quickly ran away from Wuping Village under the re-scrutiny of the villagers.

Out of the mountain, Bai Luo let out a long breath, and finally came out, this is probably the stupidest thing Bai Luo has done in the past few hundred years, and if he doesn't leave Wuping Village, he is afraid that he will be embarrassed to turn into water.

In the valley outside the village of Wuping Village.

The deceased man was placed at the mouth of a dark, bottomless cave. After a while, more than a dozen small black snakes came out of the cave, got into the sack, ate the people in the sack in an instant, and quickly returned to the cave.

"Grandma, those two ......," the old priest said worriedly.

"No problem, the old priest need not worry. The shrine maiden continued to walk forward, sneering back.