Chapter 53
The strange thing moved quickly, and soon reached the front of a temple, and got into it and attached to the stone statue inside. And Zhu Yuanyu's blue light did not enter the stone statue and disappeared.
The next morning, the sun came out and the weather was clear.
Zhu Yuanyu walked out of the door and saw Gao Daniu looking preoccupied, and couldn't help asking, "Brother Gao, I see that you seem to have something on your mind?" ”
The tall cow fed the hay in his hand to the mule, shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about my uncle's family......"
Zhu Yuanyu knew that he and Mrs. Gao would probably go to help take care of the aftermath today.
"When is the funeral?"
"This afternoon. ”
Zhu Yuanyu was a little surprised and said: "So fast?" Ordinary people will decide to stop for a few days according to the situation when they die, and some will even stop mourning, he really didn't expect that Gao Daniu's uncle died last night and would be buried the next day, don't you need to wait for Qi people to come back? Wouldn't it be too hasty?
Stroking the horse's head, the tall cow's expression was a little heavy, and he glanced at Zhu Yuanyu before saying, "My uncle...... He also suffered from a strange disease...... The people in the town were scared, and so did my cousin and sister-in-law...... ......He didn't say that his cousin and sister-in-law still wanted to carry out cremation, but it was his mother's opposition and some elders in the clan who did not agree, so it didn't succeed. To be honest, his cousin's behavior really chilled him, but he couldn't blame them all, he had to wait for death if he contracted this strange disease...... Even his wife was ......
Seeing that Gao Daniu suddenly became very lost, Zhu Yuanyu knew that he might have remembered his wife, who was also suffering from a strange disease, but unfortunately he couldn't tell him for the time being, so he had to find out the source of the turbidity first, and cut the grass and eradicate the roots.
Thinking of the strange thing last night, Zhu Yuanyu felt that he should go and take a look, maybe there would be some clues to discover.
"Brother Gao, we may need to stay in the town for a few days, and we will have to bother you and Aunt Gao for the time being. Zhu Yuanyu took out the prepared money bag and said with a slight smile: "This is the cost of our accommodation and food for a few days, and you can pay it off, so that I feel better ......."
Gao Da Niu waved his hand, and said a little angrily: "You are treating me and your Gao Da Niang as outsiders! Take it back! I can't accept it!" After speaking, he turned around and left.
Zhu Yuanyu looked at the back of the tall cow, smiled helplessly, and had to wait until he left to quietly put it down.
"Young master, my subordinates have inquired, and there is nothing different in the town recently, but the abandoned temple in the suburbs was rebuilt more than half a month ago, and people suffering from strange diseases seem to have gone to worship. ”
Qi Yi, who went out to inquire about the situation, came back, walked to Zhu Yuanyu's side and whispered.
The horse snorted at him, Qi Yi touched it gently, and the horse rubbed it and looked very intimate.
Zhu Yuanyu took back the money bag, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the afternoon sun, the sunlight made him have to squint, and he said slowly after a long time: "Zhuangzhuang, you and Cui'er stay here to take care of the egg baby, and I will go out with Qi Yi." ”
Gao Daniu and Gao Da Niang went out early in the morning, and the egg baby was still sick and not suitable to see that kind of scene, so they still entrusted it to Zhu Yuanyu and them.
Li Zhuangzhuang nodded, with a look of "wrapped around me", but the egg baby asked in a soft voice: "Big brother, where are you going?
"Dan baby is obedient, I'll let Maotou stay and play with you. ”
“...... Oh" The egg baby lowered his head and glanced at Maotou, but Maotou was holding a butt to him, and he was a little depressed.
Zhu Yuanyu bent down and patted Maotou's head, and said a few words before going out.
The two walked along the road, probably the sun was still hanging high in the sky, and it was not yet dusk, so although there were few pedestrians on the road, they could still see some pedestrians, and the more they walked in the direction of the temple, the more people there were.
The people who came and went were all two faces, and when they went, they looked sad and worried, and when they returned, they were full of joy and contentment.
Zhu Yuanyu looked at a few, all of them were signs of turbidity on his face, and it seemed that there must be something wrong with the temple.
Qi Yi had been paying attention to Zhu Yuanyu's expression, and when he saw that his face suddenly changed, his heart tightened, and he lowered his voice and said, "Young Master, but they have a problem?"
Zhu Yuanyu bowed his head, his voice revealed a faint killing intent, and said indifferently: "The source of the strange disease in the town may be the temple we are going to, if no one notices and removes the source, I believe that in less than half a month, this town will become a lifeless cemetery." ”
Qi Yi was taken aback, and wanted to stop Zhu Yuanyu from going to the dangerous temple in his mouth, but he couldn't find a reason, so he could only be vigilant and secretly vigilant.
As a subordinate, it is impossible for him to go against the will of his master, even if it is very likely to cause a strict impact or harm to his master, and Zhu Yuanyu has always been a person who says nothing about major matters, especially when it comes to saving people, so Qi Yi will always block Zhu Yuanyu's damage when he encounters danger.
Before Zhu Yuanyu and the two of them arrived at the temple, they passed through a cemetery first, and the paper money stretched all the way.
Someone is crying.
Qi Yi had good eyesight and found the tall cow in the crowd.
At this time, Zhu Yuanyu also saw it.
A man dressed as a Taoist priest was doing the Fa, muttering something in his mouth.
The coffin has not yet been buried, and it seems that the time has not yet come.
The one who knelt in front of him and wore linen and filial piety should be the cousin and sister-in-law who had been mentioned by the tall cow, with an impatient expression on his face, without a little sadness on his face.
It's really unfilial.
Zhu Yuanyu swept around, and was about to leave, when he saw that the crowd over there seemed to be a riot. He looked at it, and it turned out that there was a cat that had jumped on the coffin lid and stood firmly without anyone noticing, and the scene suddenly had an indescribable strange feeling.
"Oh my God!
A word woke up the dreamer, and people moved and drove the cat away.
The cat didn't mean to leave, and when it was driven away by someone, it barked as if frightened and ran away.
Zhu Yuanyu felt that something was wrong.
He remembered hearing the old man say that after a person dies, don't let animals such as cats approach the deceased, especially don't be crawled by them, otherwise it is easy to be mutated.
It's just that he hasn't seen it with his own eyes, so he doesn't know if it's true.
After a little commotion in the crowd, it returned to normal, the Taoist priest made a gesture, and the coffin was lifted, apparently to be officially buried.
The four sturdy coffin bearers slowly lowered the coffin into the dug grave, and then the Taoist priest made another gesture, and the tall cousin led the relatives to begin to circle around the grave.
After three laps, he stopped, began to kneel and toast one by one, and poured the wine in the glass in front of the grave.
Finally, the preparation of the grave is filled.
When someone scooped up a handful of soil and covered the coffin, the coffin, which should not have been moved, suddenly shook and made a sound that was neither light nor heavy.
The shoveler's hand froze immediately, and he didn't realize that his voice was speaking with an imperceptible tremor.
"The coffin, the coffin is good, it seems to have moved!"
He was not the only one who saw the coffin move.
"I saw it too!"
"What's going on?"
“...... Aren't you dead?"
Suddenly, someone retorted: "Nonsense! How can you not be dead from last night to now!"
"What's going on? The coffin moves!"
The person who refuted was none other than Gao Da Niu's cousin, who held back the fear in his heart and shouted, "It must be a mistake!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the coffin shook violently, as if the person lying inside wanted to break out of the coffin, and even some sharp weapon was scratching the wooden board of the coffin, making a piercing "squeak" sound.
Gao Daniu's cousin and sister-in-law stepped back in horror, and everyone also felt that something was wrong and took the initiative to hide back.
At this time, the Taoist priest said calmly: "Don't panic, everyone! There are poor demons here who dare not be presumptuous!" It's just that the sweat on his forehead has betrayed him.
Gao Da Niu's cousin and sister-in-law seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, affirmed the Taoist priest, and urged: "Master, you quickly think of a way!
Then the couple looked shocked and frightened, and their eyes stared at the coffin fiercely.
Qi Yi stiffened his face, leaned forward slightly to block Zhu Yuanyu and made a defensive move.
Zhu Yuanyu grabbed Qi Yi's hand and shook his head.
Suddenly the sky darkened, and a large thick cloud completely obscured the sun, and the wind blew fiercely, rolling up all the paper money on the ground.
The coffin was louder.
"Could it be a corpse?"
"Isn't that the cat just now?"
......
A few mutters came from Gao Daniu's ears, and when he looked back, he didn't find that the person who spoke saw Zhu Yuanyu and Qi Yi.
He trotted over.
"Brother Zhu, why are you here? Forget it, the situation seems to be a little wrong, you better go back quickly!"
Zhu Yuanyu didn't mean to leave, he swept around, and said in a low voice to Gao Da Niu: "Brother Gao, listen to me, I'm afraid this is a corpse change!"
Regardless of the reason for the surprised expression of the tall bull, he continued: "Stop him while he doesn't break the coffin, or it will be difficult to deal with when he comes out—you use these talismans to stick to the edge of the coffin!"
With that, he handed the tall bull seven talismans—these were the sealing talismans he had drawn to catch the strange thing, just enough to seal the coffin first.
Gao Da Niu took it suspiciously, and wanted to say something, but he couldn't hold back, because Zhu Yuanyu's expression was very strict at this time.
He nodded, ran towards the grave, and approached the coffin boldly.
The Taoist priest not far away found the talisman in the hand of the tall bull, and recalled that he had not given him the talisman paper, so a nameless fire burned in his heart.
The Taoist priest forgot that he was even afraid, for fear that his rice bowl would be snatched away, so he galloped to the tall bull and shouted, "What do you want to do!
Even Gao Da Niu's cousin and sister-in-law glared at him with an angry face and scolded: "Gao Da Niu! What are you going to do!"
Especially the cousin shouted the loudest excited, he looked at the tall cow early in the morning and was not pleasing to the eye, relying on his father's love to do it against himself since he was a child, this time he even dared to make a small move at his father's funeral, it was a lawless bastard!
The tall cow was stunned, and looked back at the Taoist priest and his cousin who were running quickly towards him in a daze.
The Taoist priest wanted to tear the talisman from the tall cow's hand, but he didn't expect a sudden change at this time.
The lid of the coffin was broken, and fragments flew out, and the corpse inside stood upright, with a hideous face.
Zhu Yuanyu couldn't help but curse, "Idiot!"