Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is located in the northwest of Hunan Province, in the Wuling Mountains on the east side of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, bordering Hubei Province, Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality. The ancient city of Phoenix is located in the southwest of Miao Autonomous Prefecture, named after the green mountains that resemble a phoenix with wings ready to fly, and is a gathering place for ethnic minorities dominated by Miao and Tujia. The ancient city has beautiful scenery, a long history, and many places of interest, and in recent years, it has also been well known by more and more domestic and foreign tourists, and have gone there!

Along the way, He Yunlan was very excited, and after arriving at the Phoenix Ancient City, Su Mo took her around for sightseeing and ate all the local specialty snacks. He Yunlan felt very fresh, and Su Mo, a turtle, also felt fresh, after all, this was his first time traveling!

did not rush to find a place to cultivate, but accompanied He Yunlan to take a good rest, after all, in Su Mo's heart, He Yunlan put it first!

Women are natural shopaholics and want to buy whatever they see. Su Mo is now a local tyrant who is serious and has no money at all, so no matter what He Yunlan likes, as long as she nods, Su Mo will buy it directly, without bargaining. Everything in the scenic area is very expensive, it is simply an expensive pit father, but in front of the woman you like, you must pretend to compare!

In one day, he visited the ancient city of Phoenix and bought a lot of local specialties, and He Yunlan was too tired.

After dinner, the two went to the hotel!

In fact, pickling girls is also an art, which can be called broad and profound, and many times, you must use strategy!

There are plenty of hotels inside and outside the ancient city, but the question is, how do you sleep tonight!

On the way to find a hotel, Su Mo whispered to He Yunlan: "Sister Lan, after a walk around the ancient city today, I found that there are many goblins here, of course, there are monks, but the strength is not very strong, if I just face it, I should be able to deal with it!" ”

"I'm grass, don't scare me!" He Yunlan was shocked.

"It's true!" Su Mo said.

"This is a scenic spot, how can there be goblins?" He Yunlan asked.

"You think, there are people from all over the country who come here to travel, and there are many foreigners, and the flow of people is so large, it can be said that there are all kinds of birds. So generally speaking, the scenic spot is a paradise for monsters and monsters to hunt, and tonight, I don't know how many people will be killed. Maybe if you fall asleep, you'll be eaten by a goblin! Su Mo said.

Frightened by Su Mo like this, He Yunlan hurriedly grabbed Su Mo's arm, kindly, and then said in fear: "Then let's go, what you said made me panic!" ”

was held by He Yunlan's arm, her pair of plump ** just attached to Su Mo, this feeling was wonderful, Su Mo said: "But Sister Lan, don't worry, with me by your side, no goblin dares to approach, unless it doesn't want to live." I am the Great Sage of Demon Subjugation canonized by the Ten Halls of Hades, specializing in subduing demons and eliminating demons! ”

"That's not going to work, I'm afraid, Momo, let's go." He Yunlan said.

"Where do you go in the middle of the night, besides, there are goblins everywhere. In fact, this is the same as buying a lottery ticket, there are many people who buy it, and there are few people who win the lottery. With me here, Sister Lan doesn't have to be afraid at all, didn't I say it, I will try my best to protect you! Su Mo said.

"The world is terrible!" He Yunlan said.

found a relatively high-end hotel, and when opening the room, Su Mo opened two rooms in a very gentlemanly style!

As a result, He Yunlan was directly reluctant, and said to the people at the front desk: "Open one, open one!" ”

Su Mo pretended to be surprised, looked at He Yunlan, and whispered, "Sister Lan, it's a bit inappropriate to open one!" ”

"What's inappropriate, I think you just take advantage of it and sell it, let you sleep in the same room with me, you just steal the fun!" He Yunlan said.

In fact, she was also very helpless, Su Mo said before that there were a lot of goblins here, which scared her so much that she didn't dare to sleep alone at all. If a fairy pops up while she's asleep, it won't scare her to death. Although He Yunlan was also afraid that Su Mo would plot against her, it was better to let Su Mo climb on the bed than to let the goblin climb on the bed!

Su Mo said very aggrievedly: "Sister Lan, I'm a serious person!" ”

"Why don't you die!" He Yunlan said with disdain.

When she arrived at the room, He Yunlan went to wash it, and only after she finished it was Su Mo's turn.

Su Mo is sloppy, which is a common characteristic of stinky men, but now the environment is different, so he also washes his face, brushes his teeth, and washes his feet by the way!

After Su Mo came out of the bathroom, He Yunlan was already lying in the quilt watching TV!

Because in winter, he wore thermal underwear, so Su Mo didn't look embarrassed when he took off his clothes.

He Yunlan said to Su Mo: "You sleep with yours, I sleep with mine, if you dare to be dishonest, I will go home tomorrow!" ”

Su Mo said with a smile: "Sister Lan, don't think so dirty about me, I really like you, so I won't use those despicable and shameless means, I will chase you honestly and finally make you fall in love with me!" ”

He Yunlan snorted lightly and said, "It's better to be like this!" ”

In fact, Su Mo really didn't have too many extravagant expectations, and being able to sleep in the same room with He Yunlan made him feel very content. In this kind of place, Su Mo didn't dare to take out the elixir, otherwise, it would be possible to attract goblins in a few minutes. But with such a beautiful day, Su Mo didn't feel sleepy, so he simply sat cross-legged on the bed and began to absorb the aura of heaven and earth.

For monks, cultivation is the best sleep, even without eating or drinking!

The night was peaceful, and there were no demons or monsters!

The next day, Su Mo and He Yunlan left Phoenix Ancient City, and then went straight to Furong Town!

Su Mo planned to accompany He Yunlan for sightseeing first, and when she had fun, she would talk about the matter of diving cultivation!

In his spare time, Su Mo went online to check all kinds of information about the corpses in Xiangxi!

The Qing Dynasty was widely spread in Xiangxi "corpse chasers", that is, the corpse chasers used "secret arts" to bring the corpses of people who died in a foreign land back to their hometowns, so that they could be buried in the ground. The Miao people were the first people to invent weapons, criminal law, and witchcraft, among which the exorcism of corpses is a part of witchcraft as a folk custom. Chasing corpses, together with Gu poison and falling flower cave girls, is also known as the "Three Evils of Xiangxi".

The origin of the corpse is recorded in the folk book: according to legend, thousands of years ago, the ancestor of the Miao people, Apu (Miao language: father-in-law) Chi You, led his troops to fight against the enemy by the Yellow River, until the corpses were all over the field and the blood flowed like a river. After the battle was about to retreat to the rear, and the soldiers carried all the wounded soldiers away, Apu Chiyu ordered the Apu army division to return the brothers who had died in the battle to their hometowns. After reciting incantations and praying to the gods, all the corpses that had been lying on the ground stood up at once, and walked south in a proper manner behind the "runes" of Apuchiyou.

This is the earliest version of the exorcism.

In essence, such a thing as chasing corpses does exist, and Su Mo, as a monk, he has to believe it!

By consulting the information, Su Mo learned that there is a saying of "three rushes, three non-rushes" in Xiangxi!

Those who are beheaded (their heads must be sewn together), those who are hanged, and those who stand in cages and die are to be driven out. Legend has it that because they were all forced to die, they died unconvinced, and they missed both their hometown and their relatives. Spells can be used to lure their souls, charm them in their corpses, and then use spells to drive them to climb mountains and mountains, and even get on a boat and cross the water to return to their hometown.

Those who die of illness, those who die voluntarily by hanging their necks by throwing themselves into the river, and those whose limbs are incomplete by thunder and fire cannot be rushed. Among them, the souls of those who died of illness have been swept away by the soul seducers, and their souls cannot be summoned back from the ghost gate. The souls of those who cast their necks are "replaced", and they may be in the process of handing over, and if new souls are recruited, the old souls cannot be replaced, and the reincarnation of the old souls will be affected. In addition, those who died by lightning were all guilty of great sins, and those who were burned by the fire were often incomplete and could not be driven away.

There are three steps to drive the body, preliminary preparation, transportation process, and coffin burial.

First, the priest recites a mantra, sewing the head of the beheaded death row prisoner together, and then placing cinnabar (the best cinnabar) in seven places of the deceased's head, back heart, chest, left and right hand plates, and feet palms, each of which is pressed with a rune, and then tied tightly with strips of five-colored cloth. These seven places are the places where the seven orifices enter and exit, and they are sealed with cinnabar runes in order to retain the seven spirits of the deceased. After that, some cinnabar is stuffed into the ears, nose, and mouth of the deceased, and then plugged with a rune (Chenzhou charm). The ears, nose, and mouth are the places where the three souls enter and exit, and in doing so, their souls remain in the body of the deceased. Finally, the neck of the deceased is covered with cinnabar and a rune is pasted, tied tightly with strips of five-colored cloth, and then the deceased is given a hat with zongye (worn on the cover).

The corpse chaser wore a robe, and no matter how many corpses there were, he drove them alone. The corpse chaser led the way in front of the corpse, without lighting a lantern, while striking a small yin gong and shaking a dementor bell in his hand to keep the night walkers avoided. On the way to drive the corpses, there is a "dead corpse inn", this mysterious "dead corpse inn", only the dead corpse and the corpse chaser live, and ordinary people do not live. Its doors are open all year round. Because behind the two large doors was the place where the corpses rested, and the corpses stood neatly against the wall behind the door panels. The corpse chaser drove the corpse, arrived at the "corpse shop" before dawn, and quietly left at night.

Two or three days before arriving at the destination, notify the family of the deceased in advance, prepare clothes and coffins, and wait for the "deceased" to arrive, and immediately put the dead clothes and shoes on and put them into the longevity wood. This kind of burial process is all borne by the "corpse" person, and no one else is allowed to interfere and watch, just as the corpse is "lifted out of the coffin" when setting off, peeping is not allowed. It is said that at these critical moments, as soon as the living approach the corpse, there will be a danger of "shocking the corpse" and "defrauding the corpse", and the burial process must be in the middle of the night. All arrangements are ready, that is, after the deceased is buried, the bereaved family will go to claim it.

Xiangxi corpse chasing was very popular in ancient times, but in modern times, it is almost extinct, and the vast majority of corpse chasers have also changed careers, but zombies have not become extinct!

Su Mo came to Xiangxi, in fact, he came for zombies!

But for this reason, he didn't dare to tell He Yunlan, if He Yunlan knew that Su Mo was here to play with zombies, it was estimated that she would not come to kill her!