I pushed open the window lattice and looked out, it was dark all around, suddenly I noticed a glimmer of fire in the woods, the bell came from far and near, I took my phone and looked at it, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening, I muttered in my heart, who would do things in such a place at this time?

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps on the wooden floor, and there was only Lao Jin Zi in the inn except us, and he should have heard the movement, so I put on my clothes and turned over and got out of bed to open the door, and sure enough, I saw Lao Jin coming out of the house with a lantern.

Lao Jinzi saw me and greeted me, and said, "Xiao Luo, I'm sorry, this bell must have disturbed you, right?" Alas, I haven't heard this bell for many years, and it's really a coincidence, why don't you come to the guest at this time sooner rather than later." ”

I reacted, "You mean the corpse catcher is coming?"

Lao Jinzi nodded and said: "It won't be wrong, the sound of the appearance of the wilderness in this big night, there is no other possibility except for the corpse chaser passing by, it must be coming to the inn, if I stop for the night, I will stay and serve, so I can't take you into the mountain, you see this is a clever ......." ”

I'm in trouble, the storm is coming, if you don't go into the mountain tonight, you'll have to wait for a week, we can wait for Ke Maxiang and Du Yong can't wait, and the old gold finally looks forward to a business, if he pushes it is really not good, but in comparison, we can't wait to enter the mountain.

Thinking of this, I said, "Old Jinzi, I will pay double the amount of money the corpse chaser gives you, you can arrange for them to live in, and then you are going into the mountains with us, so isn't it the best of both worlds?"

Old Jin Zi was embarrassed: "I can't help it, it's not a matter of money, but the rules of this business, as the innkeeper must stay to serve the corpse chaser and the happy god, I can't break the rules of the industry." ”

The bell was getting closer and closer, so I had no choice but to give up and say, "Then I'll go down with you to have a look, the corpse chaser is also a human being, and I may be able to discuss." ”

Old Jin Zi said: "The corpse chaser agrees that it is not a bad rule, but I warn you, after all, these folk strange people have secret skills, and you must not be reckless to annoy them." ”

I said, "Don't worry, I'm measured." ”

The old gold took me downstairs with a lantern.

The old gold opened the door to meet the tree, hung the lantern on the trunk and stood there waiting, I stood on the edge of the old gold and looked into the woods, although I had heard the rumors of Xiangxi chasing corpses, but I had never seen it, I was still quite curious.

I whispered, "Old Gold, do you think corpses can really move on their own?"

"Shhhh

Seeing that the corpse catcher had not yet come out of the woods, the old man said, "I can't tell what the principle is, but the corpse catcher can indeed make the corpse move, which is very magical." ”

The bell was approaching, and I saw three people slowly walking out of the woods, an old man, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old young man, the two of them seemed to be masters and apprentices, the young man was carrying a bulging canvas bag, standing on the side of the old man and carrying a papier-mâché lantern, carefully illuminating the way ahead for the old man, and the candle flame in the lantern was flickering, flickering and dimming.

The old man was dressed in coarse linen clothes, with a black belt tied around his waist, hanging low to his knees, just like some dragon and tiger warriors, holding a hand rattle in his right hand and shaking it from time to time, and his left hand cooperating with the yellow paper sprinkled towards the sky. Thick lips, very ugly, I have heard people say that there are three conditions for the entry of the corpse chaser, in addition to being strong and bold, there is also a special condition, that is, to be ugly, today I saw this old man to know that this condition is not a joke, it is a real thing.

Behind the old man was a man in a white shirt and white trousers, this person was wearing a hat, and the hat was hung with a black veil, and his face could not be seen at all.

I saw that the corpse was in the old man's rattle, with a mechanical step, the joints seemed to be stiff, I frowned and looked at it, the old man did not pull the corpse, and the corpse could not see any mechanism settings, it seemed that it was really moving on its own, and I was curious at the moment.

The old man said, "You stay here and don't go over, I'll go over to greet the gods." ”

I nodded silently, after the old gold passed, the corpse chaser also stopped the movements in his hand, politely to the old gold luggage, it seemed that there was something right, followed the corpse chaser to the little young man, the young man took out a piece of yellow paper from the canvas bag and handed it to the corpse chaser, the corpse chaser took the yellow paper into the black veil, pasted it on the corpse's forehead, and then chanted something, mostly a spell or something, the tone was subdued, and the reading seemed to be in dialect.

The corpse catcher rang the bell as he spoke, and saw that the corpse had turned its direction, facing the door of the inn, and walked like a duck swaying left and right, only to see the corpse walk to the gate, jump lightly over the threshold, and then go around the door and stand.

Only then did the corpse chaser put away the matter, dusted off his body, and Xiao Young also blew out the lantern, and both of them seemed to be relieved, smiled, and followed the old gold into the inn.

I hurriedly followed, and looked behind the door curiously, the corpse stood motionless, and I couldn't feel the yin qi emanating from his body, and I was a little surprised.

The corpse chaser walked towards the stairs with a big grin, and said as he walked: "I've walked more than a hundred miles, I'm tired of our master and apprentice, old man, bring all the wine and food to the upstairs room, we haven't eaten a full meal in the open with a master and apprentice, fortunately this inn has been preserved, otherwise we would really have to sleep in the mountains and forests." ”

The corpse catcher was about to go up the stairs, and the little apprentice came up to him and said something, and the corpse catcher immediately stared at me, and suddenly turned towards me, and I greeted me with a polite smile.

The corpse chaser walked up to me and saluted politely, and asked, "The fellow Daoists who appeared in this inn should be the same way, dare to ask what the Master is called, which way is he going, which door is he entering, and what method is he doing?"

I didn't understand what the corpse chaser meant, I was confused, so I could only say politely: "Hello master, I misunderstood, I'm not a corpse chaser, just a passing resident, my name is Luo Hui." ”

The young man was stunned for a moment and said, "It turned out to be an ordinary resident, how can an ordinary guest live in the corpse inn?"

I said, "There is no way, there is no place to settle in the wilderness, so I can only borrow to live in the corpse inn." ”

The corpse chaser nodded thoughtfully, didn't say anything, just saluted me and said, "Since it's an ordinary guest, then I didn't ask, and the guest please." ”