Vol.3 Strange Tales in the Countryside (38)
He Huan withdrew his hand that was raised in mid-air, turned to look at the Dao Leader for some reason, and asked blankly, "Dao Chief, what's wrong?"
Dao Chang rushed over in three or two steps, grabbed He Huan's hand, hurriedly pulled him to the courtyard, and asked with his eyebrows: "I said Xiao Huan, what are you looking for Miss Duan?
"I ......" He Harmony hesitated for a long time before he said: "I really don't feel at ease, so I'd better call her to go with me." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The Taoist shook his head helplessly, sighed heavily, and said, "Xiao Harmony, if you go on like this, you won't be able to please both sides! The old man can't come, and you can't keep the new one...... What a wickedness!"
He Huan looked at the posture of the Taoist chief beating his chest, he didn't know what to say, he admitted that he was indecisive, but he never thought anything wrong about the old people.
"Okay! you wait!" The Taoist knows that He Huan is a kind person in his bones, as a man, he also understands He Huan's helplessness, he has also heard about Duan Qingqing and He Huan's past from Li Minghao, and knows that he was betrayed by Duan Qingqing, and he is still involved with his father, such a bloody plot, if it is changed to any other person, it will definitely be a lifetime of old age and death, but He Huan is not ordinary kindness, he not only tolerated Duan Qingqing's betrayal, but also did not bother or refuse her when he came back, I really don't know whether to say that he is stupid or that he is kindγ
He Huan blinked, he didn't understand what the Dao Chief asked him to wait for.
The Taoist rummaged through the backpack, took out a new piece of yellow paper for a long time, took out a brush, dipped it in some saliva, took out a small box from the backpack, and asked He Huan to help unscrew it, the tip of the pen was dipped in it, and a little red cinnabar was dipped out, put the yellow paper in the palm of his hand, drew a few strokes, and blew it with his mouth, pinched his fingers and said: "Little yellow dog, little yellow dog, the caretaker is all up to you!"
After reading this, the Taoist chief swiped two fingers with his right hand, and the newly drawn talisman paper flew out and landed impartially on the eaves of the guest room on the east side.
The talisman paper was extremely firm, and a gust of mountain wind blew, but it did not move at all, as if it was frozen there, and the graphics drawn on the yellow paper were lifelike, like a jumping puppy.
"This ...... Is this okay?" He Huan was dumbfounded, this right way is really magical, this kind of footage of rune paper flying around that can only be seen on TV can be seen in real life, it is really bullish.
"Don't worry, I'm a watchdog, ghosts don't enter!" the Taoist raised his head triumphantly, and then began to clean up his outfits.
He Huan looked at it modestly, remembering that when he encountered the evil spirit that looked exactly like him in the bathroom, if the Taoist chief could use this trick, would he not let the evil spirit succeed?
Seeing that He Huan's eyes were not good, the Taoist chief rolled his eyes twice, and after thinking about what was going on, he quickly explained: "Oh, this watchdog can't be used in the city!"
"Use ...... Can you use it?" He Huan was stunned, he never knew that this kind of rune paper was also divided into cities and countryside, the right way is really a magical religion, no wonder it is almost extinct in modern times, so thinking about it, there is nothing strange about early extinction.
"yes, let's talk about it later!"
The Taoist chief pulled He Huan's sleeve and motioned for him to walk and said, the two of them walked out of the courtyard of the village chief's house, and the Taoist chief continued: "This watchdog was originally invented by the ancestor of our right way, and the effect was very good at first, as long as a lot of spiritual power is injected into the rune paper and pasted on the eaves, ordinary ghosts and monsters can't get close at all." However, as there were more and more people in the city, the ancestors' charms became more and more useless, and later I realized that this watchdog leaned on his nose, and there were many people and smells, and the watchdog was no longer effective, and he couldn't distinguish people and ghosts!"
"Oh......" He Harmony suddenly made a sudden realization, and said: "So, in this harmonious society now, this watchdog has no place in the city at all, right?"
The Taoist chief looked at He Harmony with disdain, and almost raised a middle finger and said: "Xiao Harmony, no one here checks the water meter, what kind of harmonious society, watchdog is watchdog, does it have a dime to do with a harmonious society?"
He Huan coughed lightly and said embarrassedly: "Dao Chief, there may not be a water meter, but there are a lot of gas checks." β
The Taoist chief rolled his eyes and said, "Qi'er went out too fast just now, and we didn't see what direction they went in at all, but now where are we looking!"
He Huan looked left and right, the moonlight was bleak, the village was long and narrow, and he could only vaguely see a row of houses on both sides of the dirt road, the air in the mountains was clear but there were few light sources, and the only brightest light source was a full moon overhead, so the visibility was very low. There are several courtyards on the left and right, and you can't see it further away. The road, but the straight "main road" during the day, without a single obstacle, but the figure has long been out of sight.
"This ...... Where are we going?" The Taoist chief looked at the Venerable Spirit Compass and did not react, the east, west, north and south were very clear, but there was no place for Meng Yi'er, and there was no point in finding out.
"Dao Chief, this scene is quite like "Where Are You Going, Dad". He Huan looked left and right, and felt that this kind of brainless scene in the village was very similar to an entertainment program.
Dao Chang glanced at He Huan and scolded: "Hey, you kid has also learned badly from rats, haven't you? I just asked you where you are going, and you say where is your father, what do you mean? I am your father?"
He Xianggan laughed twice and said, "Hehe...... I didn't say that, Chief. β
The Taoist chief didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore, tightened his coat, touched his beard and said, "Let's go to the village first, follow the direction we came from during the day, maybe Qi'er and the mouse can't find a place to go, so they go to the tree where we rested during the day." Anyway, they can't get out of the village, let's go to the way out of the village first, and then follow the deep village to find it, we can't go wrong!"
He Huan nodded, and walked side by side with Dao Chang in the opposite direction to Meng Qi'er.
Dao Chang and He Huan walked for a long time, but they didn't see Meng Meng'er and Li Minghao's figures, and at the same time, Meng Meng'er and Li Minghao had already stepped into the ghost realm and were running anxiously in the ghost realm full of "paper people" on the wall.
"Dao Chief, do you see if that tree is the big tree at the head of the village?" He Huan vaguely saw a big tree with lush foliage standing on a dirt slope under the moonlight, and he couldn't see if there was a courtyard under the tree, so he wasn't sure.
The Taoist chief looked at it from a distance and said, "It seems that it is, in fact, I have a Tianming Talisman, but I can see the road according to the light." β
He Huan just wanted to say why don't you take it out and use it, so he heard the Taoist chief muttering to himself: "But today's moonlight is quite clear, and there is no problem without using the Tianming Talisman." β
He Huan pursed the corners of his lips, feeling speechless.
He Harmony and Dao Chang unconsciously quickened their pace, and the goal was already close at hand. The closer he got to the target, the more nervous He Huan's heart became, he was worried that Meng Li'er was here, but he was also afraid that Meng Li'er was not here. What he was worried about was that he was worried that he would make her angry again because of his own woodenness. He was also afraid, if Meng Li'er was not here, would she still be in the village? Would she just run away from the village on impulse?
The Taoist chief didn't have so many thoughts about He Huan, he took a few steps to the bottom of the tree, circled around the tree a few times, confirmed it, and then turned back to He Hui and said, "They are not here." β
He Huan's brows furrowed, what he was afraid of finally happened.
"Dao Chief, do you think they will leave the village?" He Huan looked around, trying to find them, but there was no hiding place around at all, even if he dug three feet into the ground, he was doomed to nothing.
"Probably not, in the middle of the night, but anyone with a little intelligence knows that it is very unsafe outside the village, let alone such a smart girl as Qi'er!"
"However, Qi'er has always been very short-tempered, what if she runs out on the spur of the moment? Let's follow the path we came. β
The Taoist chief shook his head and said, "Although Qi'er is short-tempered, she has never been an irrational person, besides, there is a clever mouse next to her, what are you worried about!"
He Huo was speechless for a while, thinking that Li Minghao was by Meng Meng'er's side, he was a little relieved, and at the same time, he was also a little sour.
"Let's go, don't waste time, you're sleepy!" the Taoist chief yawned, and didn't seem to have any worries about Meng Yi'er and Li Minghao.
He Huo didn't speak, he looked around, he didn't see anything special around him, he raised his head unconsciously, wanting to take a look at the moonlight above his head.
"Ahh
But it was this look that frightened He Harmony and sat on the ground.
"What's the matter?" ...... in shock" The Dao Chang hurriedly rushed over to help He Huan, but saw that his eyes were frightened and uneasy, and he looked directly at the big tree behind the Dao Chang.
The Dao Master turned his head in surprise and swept up the thick exposed roots of the tree.
"Ah......" Dao Chang was also shocked, and he shook He Huan's arm twice, and he immediately let go of his hand, causing He Huan to squat on the ground again.
The Taoist chief held the spirit compass, rushed to the tree in three or two steps, and no matter what was sitting on the tree, a ghost-catching rune paper was sacrificed, and he opened his mouth and roared: "Righteousness is soaring to the sky, Tiangang turns into gas, painting the ground as a cage, caging and strangling beasts, sleepy!"
After that, the rune paper disappeared out of thin air, and the two soft sounds of "poof" turned into a few golden rays of light and flew towards the dense bushes!
The golden light flew to something between the trees, and it should have turned into a golden cage to cover the strange thing, but it was not, and instead of changing, the golden light dimmed in an instant, until it disappeared without a trace.
"Huh?" the Daoist was shocked, and said to himself, "It's not an evil ......"
He Huan had already sat on the ground trembling, not daring to look up, but now when he heard the Dao Chief say this, he raised his head slowly, and also looked at the bushes with trepidation.
There was nothing strange about the leafy branches, but the unknown kind of tree that is common in summer, and in the moonlight, the emerald green leaves were all black and shabby, and the shadows of the trees swayed with the occasional mountain breeze, and there was nothing strange about it, but on closer inspection, it was clear that among the dense branches of the tree, a child dressed in ordinary coarse cloth was sitting on the branch!
Just now, He Huan, who was casually looking at the branches, was so frightened that he sat on the ground precisely because he saw this child.
He Huan originally thought that he had seen too many of these demons and evils in his old age, and there was nothing to be afraid of, until he saw this thing tonight, and he realized that the ghosts he saw before were as cute as SpongeBob SquarePants, and they were not as weird and scary as the child in front of him.
At first glance, the child was sitting on a tree branch, his face was pale, and he didn't look like a normal person, which made He Huan feel that he had seen a ghost.
After the Taoist confirmed that it was not a ghost, He Huan looked at the tree carefully, and when he saw it, his little heart was also beating wildly, and he finally suppressed his frightened heart, and then he looked at the child carefully.
The child, very similar to the "paper man" sitting on the wall that Meng Yi'er and Li Minghao saw, had a big white face, two amazing blush on his cheeks, and his lips smiled in an incredible arc, almost to the root of his ears, and what matched that smile was a witty look in his eyes. It's just that, unlike the "paper man" on the wall, this child did not show a mouthful of yellow teeth.
The Taoist chief was so angry that he spun around several times in the dark night like a headless fly, and then he angrily scolded: "Who the hell is this lack of virtue, what kind of thing to put on the tree here?!ah? What is this lack ......of virtue?
He Huan couldn't listen to this kind of foul language, he secretly laughed that he had seen a lot of ghosts, the grass and trees were all soldiers, he quickly got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, and persuaded: "Dao Chief, don't scold, this is Youshui Village, it's someone's territory, maybe there are some strange local customs......
"Fuck the local customs!" The Taoist chief was still very angry, he couldn't stop at all, after all, he not only wasted a precious golden talisman, but also made a fuss, knowing that he was overly nervous, and if he didn't know, he would probably question his ability, and when people were questioned, they would often be angry, which was a cover for the negative emotions in his heart.
He Harmony sighed, he understood that it was difficult for the Taoist to control his emotions in a short period of time, so he didn't bother to persuade him anymore, looked around, turned out a relatively long branch in the grass, broke off the excess branch with his hand, stood under the tree, and tried his best to provoke the "child" in the branch.
"What is this for?" the Taoist chief was stunned, he was really tired of scolding, and he didn't want to waste any more saliva.
"Get him down and see what the hell it is!" He Hui pursed his lips and said firmly.