"Hey, little monk Yanai, are you going to follow me all the time?"

On an unknown path in Katsuta County, Mimasaka City, Okayama Prefecture, a young man wearing the armor of an ancient Japanese bronze samurai asked a young monk beside him as he walked, and at the same time there was a little helplessness in his words.

Since leaving Saitama Prefecture, Li Yan Tourmaline has become depressed, because he has been entangled by a little monk, and the other party has been following him, which makes him very unaccustomed to being alone.

When he got out, Li Yan Tourmaline also thought about slipping away by himself when the other party closed his eyes and knocked on the wooden fish, but this method obviously didn't work.

Every time as long as Li Yan Tourmaline speeds up, the other party will definitely speed up, and the most helpless thing for him is that his speed is not as fast as the other party.

In order to get rid of the pestering little monk, Li Yan Tourmaline even deliberately brought the other party into the pit when he closed his eyes and knocked on the wooden fish, but this did not stump the little monk.

After trying it a few times, Li Yan Tourmaline finally knew that he couldn't get rid of the other party at all, so he had no choice but to accept his fate.

"Amitabha, why did the donor ask such a question? This path is shared by everyone, and the little monk is just on the same path as the donor, and he has no intention of following the donor. ”

After finishing speaking, the little monk closed his eyes, picked up the wooden fish in his hand and knocked it up, a picture of concentrating on chanting.

Hearing the familiar sound of the wooden fish again, the corners of Li Yan's tourmaline couldn't help but pull, he had heard the sound of the wooden fish all the way, and he didn't have any way to do it.

Li Yan Tourmaline can't get rid of this little monk at all now, and he is not good at doing it with the other party, as for turning his face and scolding the other party, he is still embarrassed, if he asks lightly. The other party will answer his just set of words, which is completely a strange circle that cannot be solved.

Hearing this set of words again, Li Yan Tourmaline stopped talking, he knew that if he said anything at this time, this little monk would not answer, because every time the other party began to close his eyes and knock on the wooden fish. Then the other party can't speak without opening his eyes.

The sound of talking stopped, and for a while the road only echoed with the sound of wooden fish tapping, and if someone listened carefully, they would also experience the Zen in this 'Bangbang' wooden fish sound.

"Hmm"

Li Yan Tourmaline, who was in a hurry, walked and suddenly listened without warning, his brows were furrowed, his hands were pressed on the hilt of the knife at his waist, and he looked around with a solemn expression.

At the same time, the little monk who had been knocking on the wooden fish also stopped the movements in his hand and carefully received the wooden fish into the cloth bag around his waist. At the same time, he took out a bowl from the cloth bag and held it on top of his left hand.

"What did Master Li Yan feel?"

Listening to the question of the little monk Liujing behind him, Li Yan Tourmaline, who pressed his hands on the hilt of the knife on the side, looked around, and replied: "I felt a trace of death in the wind just now, I suspect that there should be a murderer in this vicinity, and the murder scene should not be far from us, so it is better to be careful." ”

"Amitabha, there are many disasters in the country. The current situation in the country is sluggish, and the murderers and wicked people in the four places are causing trouble. The people are not having a good time. ”

For the little monk Liujing's compassionate words, Li Yan Tourmaline didn't pay attention to it, in his concept, only the family inheritance is the most important and the others are secondary, he went out this time to experience, as for other things. He ignored it.

After looking at it for a while, he found that there was nothing around, Li Yan Tourmaline carefully took back his hands that were pressed on the hilt of the knife, relieved himself of the state of preparing for battle just now, and continued to move forward again. But his expression has become a lot more cautious.

Because they felt the dead air in the air before, the steps of Li Yan Tourmaline and Yanai Katsuto unconsciously sped up, and after more than ten minutes, the two stopped in front of the entrance of a village.

Looking up at the three big characters of 'Tang Village' on the lintel at the entrance of the village, Liu Jing Shengren turned his rosary with his right hand, and said to Li Yan Tourmaline: "Master Li Yan, if the little monk feels right, the death in this Tang Village is particularly strong, and it seems that this should be the source of the matter." ”

Li Yan Tourmaline on the side looked at the situation in the village and replied: "Little monk Liujing, you feel right, this soup village is the source of the matter, since I came here, my Simen knife has begun to heat up, which shows that the dead air in this village is very strong, and maybe there will be some ghosts and spirits." ”

Speaking of this, Li Yan Tourmaline turned his head to look at Yanai Katsuto beside him and continued: "I went out this time to sharpen my cultivation, and this may be a good whetstone, so I don't want you to interfere with me and put away the compassion in your mouth." ”

After saying this, Li Yan Tourmaline didn't say anything more, and walked directly towards the quiet village.

Looking at the tourmaline of Li Yan who had already entered the village, Liu Jing Sheng whispered in his mouth: "Amitabha, the little monk is actually not a pedantic person, when facing evil, the little monk will also turn into an angry King Kong, why does the Li Yan donor look at the little monk like this? It seems that the estrangement between us still needs to be slowly eliminated." ”

As they went deeper into the village, Li Yan Tourmaline and Yanai Katsuto both found that every household in the village was closed, none of them were open, and no one in the village came out to move, which made the real soup village look very strange on the outside.

Although Li Yan Tourmaline and Yanai Katsuto hadn't seen a single villager since they entered the village, with the keen six senses of the two cultivators, the two of them could still feel that there were actually people in the house in the village, and many of these people secretly peeked at the two through the crack in the door.

For this strange soup village, Li Yan Tourmaline and Yanai Katsuto had some doubts in their hearts, and finally the two discussed it and decided that it would be better to find someone to come out and ask, otherwise it would not be a matter to wander around the village like this.

"Knock, knock"

In front of a courtyard door, Li Yan Tourmaline stepped forward and knocked three times on the somewhat tattered wooden door, and then stood aside and waited for the owner of the house to open the door, but ten seconds passed, twenty seconds passed, thirty seconds passed, and after waiting for nearly a minute, no one came to open the door.

Li Yan Tourmaline was a little angry in his heart, relying on his sensitive six senses. Of course, I knew that the owner of this family was peeking at them through the crack in the door behind the door, but now he didn't even open the door, which obviously didn't want to greet them, and immediately said sharply: "Is the master's family so hospitable, after traveling all the way here, I want to enter the door to ask for a bowl of water to drink, and buy some food." The host's house didn't even open the door, which was really rude. ”

As Li Yan's tourmaline's fierce questioning fell, the courtyard door that had not changed opened with a 'creak'.

After the courtyard door opened, a middle-aged man came out of it, and after carefully looking at Li Yan Tourmaline and Yanai Katsuto several times, he hurriedly apologized: "Two foreign passers-by, I'm really sorry just now, it was Horita who neglected the two, and please sit in the house." ”

After finishing speaking, the owner of the house, surnamed Horita, bowed slightly. Invited Li Yan Tourmaline and Yanai Katsuto into their own yard, and then hurriedly closed the courtyard door, the whole process was very fast, as if there was something terrible behind it.

Seeing the strange behavior of the owner of the house, neither Li Yan Tourmaline nor Yanai Katsuto immediately asked, because it was not the time yet.

After closing the courtyard door behind him, the owner of the house in the back obviously breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Li Yan Tourmaline and Yanai Katsuto in the courtyard: "Two guests from afar. Please sit down first, and I'll let my wife prepare for you two to eat and drink. ”

Although it was pleasant to be outside the door from time to time. However, the speed of cooking for the woman of the Horita family was still very good, and before Li Yan Tourmaline and Yanai Katsuto had been sitting on the low stool in the courtyard for ten minutes, the owner of the Horita house brought over the food.

The dishes are all very ordinary, the only dish that has been oiled is a dish of scrambled eggs with leeks, and the rest are some small pickles, and the staple food is four large steamed buns with mixed grains. Although this kind of meal is coarse, it is very tasty.

Looking at the owner of the house who was about to leave after serving the meal, Katsuto Yanai saluted him and said, "Amitabha, the two of us are guests, how can we let the host avoid it." If the donor doesn't dislike it, please have dinner with us, and you can also tell us about the rich customs and customs in the neighborhood, so that we can understand. ”

Horita, who was already leaving, heard the words of the little monk, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You don't need to eat one piece, this is a meal prepared by two guests, but it's okay to stay and talk to the two guests." ”

After the guests and hosts were seated, Li Yan Tourmaline and Yanai Katsuto first toasted the owner of the Horita house with water instead of wine, and then began to eat, the two of them were indeed a little hungry now.

Some people say that the rural food is coarse, but it is undeniable that the serious rural food is very good, although these dishes are not as exquisite as in the city hotel, but the taste is absolutely 'cool', and that feeling is not to be given by those who are exquisite.

After eating it violently, the few side dishes and four large steamed buns served by Horita all fell into the stomachs of Li Yan Tourmaline and Yanai Katsuto, and it took a little more than five minutes before and after, which was very fast.

As he watched Yanai Katsuto finish his last bite of steamed buns, Li Yan Tourmaline finally opened his mouth and asked the owner of the Horita house who was sitting opposite: "Horita-san, this Yanai monk and I are both from Saitama Prefecture, and we have traveled all the way, and we have been to many places, but we have never met such a strange village as your Tang Village." ”

"It's a good weather like June, and every house is closed, and there is no one in the village, if it weren't for the occasional rooster or two, we would all think this is a ghost village with no one, such a strange village, I wonder if Horita-san can tell us why?"

After asking, Li Yan Tourmaline will put a pair of eyes on the owner of the Horita house, because he feels that this Horita-san must be really in this village, and based on the careful appearance of the other party when he and Yanai Katsuto approached the courtyard just now, he should also know some insiders.

Li Yan Tourmaline's conjecture was indeed not wrong, when he finished asking these words, the face of the owner of the Horitian House who was still smiling immediately turned pale, and his body was still trembling slightly, obviously thinking of something terrible, otherwise it would not have changed so much.

Yanai Katsuto, who had just put down the water bowl on the side, saw the owner of the Horita house whose expression changed suddenly and his face turned pale, and immediately opened his mouth to recite a calming scripture, and in order to have a better effect, he also added energy to the scripture.

After reciting a scripture containing energy, Horita, who had already turned pale, had recovered, and although his body was still trembling slightly, he no longer wanted to be so frightened that he couldn't even speak.

Seeing Horitian, who had stopped the scriptures of the little monk Yanui and recovered, Li Yan Tourmaline opened his mouth to ask the other party the question just now, and this time the other party's state was obviously much better.

Rubbing his hands in a cold sweat, he said with difficulty: "June is indeed a good month, and the current weather is indeed not out, but the people of our Tang Village do not dare to go out casually, because just now the guest did say one thing, that is, the ghost village, and our Tang Village has been haunted since a while ago." ”

Li Yan Tourmaline and Yanai Katsuto on the side heard Horita say that Tang Village was haunted, and their eyes lit up at the same time, this ghost is a big scourge for Tang Village, but for the two of them, this ghost may be a treasure.

In this era of the end of the law, ghosts and humans are not good to practice, under the current conditions, it is not easy to meet ghosts all the time, if you can subdue them again, it will add a big boost to yourself, even if you can't accept it, it can also be used as an experience to subdue demons and eliminate demons, after all, such an opportunity is very rare.

"Haunted, what kind of ghost is haunted, has anyone ever seen this ghost?"

Li Yan Tourmaline wanted to know the news of the ghosts, so he immediately began to ask Horita on the other side.

"No one knows what the ghosts look like, but you think that all the people who have seen the faces of the ghosts are dead, and all the people who were killed are shriveled and emaciated after death, as if the blood of the whole body has been absorbed. ”

Speaking of which, Horita continued, "And all the people who died now are men, so we suspect that this should be a fierce female ghost. ”

After saying that, Horita Fangzo's whole body shivered, obviously thinking of the appearance of those people who were sucked dry by female ghosts, and he hadn't touched his wife for several days because of this.

Because every time he was about to 'plant the flag', Horita Fangzo would unnaturally think of the dead men in the village, and this matter had now left a shadow on his psyche. (To be continued......)