Chapter 2, turning bones into charm
The incense lingers, enveloping the whole bedroom in a mysterious fragrance.
There was a tall woman lying on the ancient bed, ** body, with long black hair scattered on the jade pillow. Her beautiful skin, which was like clotted cream, was rotten in the east and west, and some parts were not even visible of flesh, revealing some white bones.
"It's going to start." The short girl sitting on the edge of the bed was smiling, holding a needlework dustpan in her hand, and picking out the thinnest needles and the whitest threads in it.
Rujin nodded, and the cherry lips were still pursed, but they were not as pink as before, but white, as if they had endured extreme suffering. Well, the body is rotten like this, and it is estimated that there is only torment left. But she didn't want to see the king of Hades, and since it was already fried, she continued to boil.
The face of the little girl Jiu More is not very good-looking, but a pair of small hands are white and tender, with slender fingers and dexterity. I saw her threading a needle and thread in her right hand, sewing it finely on the rotten flesh like brocade, and pinching a grape with her left hand and stuffing it into her mouth, chirp and chew it. The sweet and sour juice flowed out of the corners of her mouth, and she didn't wipe it, only stretched out her pink tongue and licked it softly, and swallowed it again.
Seeing that Rujin was strong and silent, Jiu Geng smiled and said: "There is an enchantment in the room, hum it, don't be afraid of people hearing it." ”
Rujin shook his head weakly: "He wants to kill me, I am not as good as he wants, not only will I not die, but I will not wail, I want to walk in front of him decently......"
"Well, go up to him and scare him to death." Jiu Geng nodded, "But the pile of weasel's rotten meat today is indeed not made by him." ”
Rujin was stunned, and said hatefully: "If it's not him, who else can there be?!" ”
"As for mortals, they all live in this world for their own sake or their own morality. But one's own morality is not necessarily the morality of others, and it may mean when he offends others. Jiugen said indifferently, "Besides, no matter how great his ability is, he can't find out your bottom now." ”
"That'...... Do you know who did it? ”
The work in hand did not stop, and Jiu Geng shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's just an old person, I still don't know who she is in this life, and I guess she doesn't want Rujin to live in peace." It's okay, just be careful in the future. ”
Sewn to the flesh of the shoulder blades, Rujin couldn't help but tremble, but after all, he didn't say a word.
After stitching up, Jiu Geng drew five paper talismans and pasted them on Rujin's head and limbs, and recited some tips in his mouth. The paper talisman burned and turned into plum-colored ashes, covering the stitching place. The ashes seeped into the skin, and after half a moment, the skin was smooth and beautiful like clotted fat again.
After doing this, a branch of red plum faintly appeared on the right side of the ninth watch, and the plum branch extended from the cheek to the corner of the eye, and it was a flower bone, and it struggled to climb up to the center of the eyebrows.
Rujin put on her clothes, knelt on the ancient bed, and kowtowed three times to Jiu Geng: "Thank you Jiu Girl for saving me again." ”
"Oh, you're a young lady, I'm a girl, what are you doing?"
"No, the ninth girl is my great benefactor, I won't forget it!"
Jiu Geng stretched out his slender hand, grasped Rujin's neck, looked at the cyan blood surging under her flesh, and smiled shallowly: "I don't need the gratitude of mortals, after the deed is done, give me your blood and tears, the reddest and hottest kind, you know?" ”
Rujin nodded heavily, looking at the bewitching red plum blossom branches on the cheeks of the ninth watch, with both respect and awe in his heart.
She didn't know that Jiu Geng was a god, a demon or a ghost, she only knew that she died thoroughly, and her whole body was turned into bones, but she was rescued by Jiu Geng.
Jiu more said that this is a kind of "turning bones into charm" spell, which can bring back dry bones and dead trees in spring. However, the practice is not good enough, on the first day of each month, Rujin's body will re-decay into bones, and then cast spells to regrow skin and flesh. This process is very painful, but no matter how bitter it is, it can't compare to the bitterness in my heart.
When Rujin ascended to the position of the goddess, he could see him, and at that time, this suffering had to be truly resolved.
After this weasel meat turmoil, the people in Jiuge Fang were panicked. The government also sent people to investigate, but they didn't have a clue, and it became even more chaotic. But no matter how chaotic and panicked it is, people have to live, and if they live, they have to eat, drink, and sleep. On the third watch, the Jiugefang was also quiet, and everyone fell asleep, some had nightmares and slept unsteadily, but in the end they were still asleep.
Outside the window, a purple figure flickered, and he took out a flute with a strange shape and brought it to his lips, and played it to himself. The slender ten fingers deftly pressed on the flute hole, and the melodious flute sound gradually rose, soothing and pleasant, and fluttered into a dream.
There was some stuffiness in the ribs of the ninth watch, and the shadow of a man appeared in his mind, but it finally dissipated.
Every time she cast the spell of "turning bones into beauty", she was very sleepy, and her eyelids became heavier and heavier. Eventually, she also fell asleep on the night of the turmoil, muttering, "This human skin is really too brittle......"
Early in the morning of the second day, Rujin took the packed luggage and her most important little girl and set off in a carriage. Aunt Bi dragged the frightened sick body to do surface work, and gave these two "little cheap hooves" a farewell.
Greasy and crooked, false and false, it was not easy to clean up.
Heming Mountain is in the east of Dandu, it is a royal blessed land, and it was later opened up and kept for worship. The terrain is not too steep, and it is not easy for a carriage to get up. The two of them bumped all the way to the foot of Heming Mountain, but in the end they still had to get out of the car and walk up the mountain.
Xiao Jiu has always had quick legs and feet, and since he was a child, he has been climbing around the mountains and fields, and he has been playing when he gets into trouble. It's just a mountain, what are you afraid of? Rujin is weaker, and he has just "turned into a charmer" and walks slowly. But she has a resolute personality, and she can climb up no matter how slow she is.
The two noticed that there were already many women climbing up in front, and a large group of people in the back also followed. But the strange thing is that there are still many women who wept tears and tears, and moved down the mountainside unkempt.
Could it be that they were brushed?
Qi is a country that worships immortals and gods, and the two old men of the emperor Fenglie and the national teacher Bai Fox are a pair of good friends, and they have thought of a lot of tricks for the prosperity of the country and the unity of the people. This goddess campaign is a big move they came up with this year.
Unmarried girls between the ages of 12 and 18 were widely recruited throughout the country, and this order went down, good fellows, five or six hundred people who submitted posts to run for the election, all of whom came to the foot of Heming Mountain on the same day. For them, running for goddess is the best opportunity to change the fate of their lives, and they should not miss it!
They are all beaten with chicken blood, and the national teacher can be extremely embarrassed.
So many people are swollen? The national teacher thought of a bad trick - climbing the mountain.
Goddess, if you want to pass through the gods, your physical strength can't be bad!
Therefore, the girls could not ride in a carriage or a sedan chair, but had to climb to the top of the mountain before noon on their feet. Whoever can't climb up will be sent back to his hometown for ten taels of silver. It's hard to kill those pampered princes, county lords, and official ladies.
Some eldest ladies wanted to spend money to buy a personal meat sedan chair, but they were categorically stopped by the white-shirted master on patrol: "Whoever dares to violate the rules set by the national teacher will be directly disqualified!" ”