Chen Yi and the others heard the coughing sound, walked to the inner room, and saw an old man with white sideburns and thin bones lying on the bed, moaning in pain, the old man heard someone walking in from outside, and said, "Is Yi'er back?" Chen Yi found that the old man lying on the bed had cloudy eyes and couldn't see clearly.

"Mother, I'm back." Chen Yi and Liu Yiyi heard footsteps, and turned around to find a middle-aged woman standing behind them. The old man on the bed said: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back, and my mother will be relieved when I come back." The old man closed his eyes again and rested. The group walked out of the house, and the middle-aged woman looked at Chen Yi and Liu Yiyi who were standing beside her, and saw that both of them were young ladies from large families, how could they appear in their own home. "I don't know Miss Childe, is there something wrong with coming to the cold house?" Chen Yi replied: "Auntie, we passed by here, and came to ask for a bowl of water to drink, and saw that the gate of the courtyard was open, not to mean to offend, please forgive me." The middle-aged woman didn't say anything, Chen Yi and Liu Yiyi walked out of the courtyard, and when they were about to leave Nancheng, Chen Yi understood why he always felt weird here, except for children in Nancheng, he hadn't seen a man. In order to confirm their conjecture, after returning to the inn, the two of them hurriedly left Nancheng on horseback and went to the nearby village.

Out of Qingzhou County, go north for fifteen miles to Yan Village. Yancun, formerly known as Yanchuan, was later renamed Yancun. It is located in the valley of Hirakawa. Not far from the north and south are the undetectable mountain ranges, which are squeezed into a canyon that slopes to the northeast. Before arriving at Yan Village, you can vaguely see the houses in the shade of the bamboo forest, and the idle staggered display. Dismounted at the entrance of the village, there was a small river at the outermost part of the village, and the clear water flowed slowly and babblingly into the distance all day long.

Looking at the bamboo forest in the village, lush and green! Heavy overlapping, close to see the bamboo straight and straight, straight into the sky, although some have just broken out of the ground, but also slim, there is a unique look. The branches and leaves of the bamboo forest are like a turquoise canopy, covering the sun, white clouds, and blue sky, casting a shade on the earth.

Entering the village is a stone step, shorter, but next to the stone steps stands a tall ginkgo tree, the age of the tree is three or four hundred years, on the branched branches, there are countless fan-shaped small leaves, if the autumn breeze blows, the petiole falls off, one after another floats down, falls on the stone steps, steps on it, rattles, maybe there is a different artistic conception. There is a three-room thatched hut at the front. It can be seen that because it is too old, it looks like a hunchbacked frail old man, and it is in danger of collapsing at any time. The door panel has rotted a few pieces. The two small windows on the mud wall are covered with broken mats and grass, and they seem to have been abandoned for a long time. Whip-like knotted bamboo roots hung down from between the walls. A ruined well covered with duckweed below has become the best retreat for frogs. The so-called "ancient trees and high houses, the slanting sun is far and near the mountains, the bamboo forest is like a belt, and the water outside the village is like a ring", which is a true portrayal of the poetic and picturesque Yan Village.

The two led the horse, along the winding path, all the way to the village, about one or two hundred steps later, saw a group of people around, faintly about women and children crying, the two led the horse to hide in the bamboo forest, saw a corpse on the stretcher on the ground, the corpse was blurred with flesh and blood, exuding a strong stench, next to the stretcher stood four men dressed in strong clothes, the man smiled and said: "Stinky woman, what are you crying about?" This is your man's funeral expenses, if you dare to mess with your tongue, you don't want to live in peace. After speaking, the man took out a copper coin from his bosom, which was still on the deceased. The little boy's eyes were red, and he ran to the man crying, crying and shouting as he ran: "You return my father, you return my father." The man kicked the boy to the ground and said viciously: "Little ghost, I think you are looking for death." With that, he grabbed the boy by the neck, and the boy couldn't breathe, his eyes were red, and his feet kicked around wildly. The woman knelt on the ground and shouted while kowtowing, "My lord, please, please let Xiaoying go, he is still young, he is just a child, please adult." The surrounding villagers were all old, weak, sick and disabled, quietly holding their hands, daring to be angry but not daring to speak. The bearded man said, "Forget it, let's go." The man threw the child to the ground. The woman held the little boy in her arms and cried bitterly, "Oh my God! What did the folk woman do in her last life, why did you do this to me! ”

Liu Yiyi planned to teach these people a lesson, but was stopped by Chen Yi, since the other party had stopped, it was best not to startle the snake first. Liu Yiyi was like an angry child, glaring at Chen Yi and saying, "Why don't you let yourself do it." "A posture of starting a fight without saying a word. Chen Yi said to Liu Yiyi: "Didn't I ask you if you thought it was weird when you were in the south of the city? Liu Yiyi was confused when she heard it, she didn't understand why Chen Yi said, and looked at Chen Yi curiously. Chen Yi said to Liu Yiyi: What are the similarities between this village and the south of the city? "I thought about the similarities in my heart... Similarities..., looking at the villagers gathered together, he suddenly realized: "I understand, they are all poor. Chen Yi was full of black lines in his head, and he wanted to say nonsense, but everyone can see that he is very poor, and he still needs to say it from your mouth. Chen Yi said: "No, you are thinking about it. Liu Yiyi carefully recalled the scene she saw in the south of the city, and felt that the answer was very close to herself, what is the similarity, a spiritual light suddenly flashed in her mind, Liu Yiyi said excitedly: "I understand, it's a person, there are no strong men in both places, and the child's father is not in the village." Chen Yi said: "Yes, the authorities are quite stable in the world, they have disappeared on a large scale, where will they go?" Chen Yi covered Liu Yiyi's ears and whispered, Let's wait for this .......

At night, the stars shine.

The villagers of Yan Village all gathered together, and Chen Yi and the Taoist priests wearing purple scarves and gossip clothes floated in the gentle breeze. I saw him with a crane on his back and a turtle, phoenix eyes and eyebrows, a ruddy complexion, and an elegant demeanor. Falling from the sky, as soon as he came to the crowd, he immediately felt that his temperament was extraordinary, like standing out from the crowd. Chen Yi took the floating dust and said: "Immeasurable Tianzun, poor Dao Xiaoyaozi, love disciple Tsing Yi, passing by here, I saw that there are unjust souls floating in the open space above, this time I came to overtake the unjust souls, please rest assured, the poor road will not charge a penny." An old man said, "The Taoist can be a man of his word." Chen Yi said expressionlessly: "Poor Dao never speaks. After some discussion, the villagers agreed to let Chen Yi do a ritual to overrun the soul. Chen Yi continued: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable. ”

Chen Yi randomly took the floating dust around the coffin, turned around a few times, shook his head and said, "It's not good, it's not good." The people around you asked me one by one, "What's wrong?" Chen Yi closed his eyes and said without sadness or joy: "Don't say it, don't say it." Seeing Chen Yi talking nonsense, Liu Yiyi almost couldn't help laughing, it was too much like a magic stick.

"Wait for the poor Dao, to do a ritual, during this period, will make everyone present close their eyes, who does not listen to the advice of the poor Dao, and is inhaled by the yang energy of the unjust soul, reducing the life expectancy, don't blame me."

Preparing the utensils, Chen Yi began to practice the hair, secretly gathered his internal strength, and shouted: "Get out of the sheath." People saw that the sword behind Chen Yi was trembling, and suddenly a blue light flashed, and the sword flew straight out of the scabbard and shot straight into the sky. Chen Yi used his internal strength for his left foot, stepped lightly, swayed up, and held the sword firmly in his hand. Out of nowhere, he took out a charm, gently picked it up with the tip of his sword, and after his body fell to the ground, he opened his mouth and read: "The edict of the Taishang, the lonely soul of Chaoyou, the ghost of everything, the four lives are gracious." Chen Yi suddenly shouted, "Close your eyes." The people who were kneeling on the ground hurriedly closed their eyes. Liu Yiyi hurriedly walked to the side of the coffin, and Chen Yi opened the coffin lid, carefully observed the corpse, and touched the place where the corpse was rotting.

While observing the corpse, his mouth kept reading: "The headless is super, the headless is promoted, the gun is killed, and the diving rope is suspended." Bright death and secret death, unjust death, creditors and wronged families, begging for their lives. Kneeling in front of the stage, the gossip shines, stands out, and transcends others. For men and women, they bear their own responsibilities, rich and poor, and you recruit yourself. Rescue and other people, rush to overbirth, rescue and other people, rush to overbirth. The two men lifted the lid from the ground up. Chen Yi and Liu Yiyi secretly carried the inner diameter, gathered on the palm, and slapped the direction of the two mourning halls into the air.

Chen Yi winked at Liu Yiyi and said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, you can all get up." The people who were kneeling on the ground all stood up from the ground, and just saw the wind blowing above the mourning hall, and the paper money was above the mourning hall, and the old man trembled and said, "Dao Chief, how is it?" Chen Yi replied: "Please rest assured, the unjust soul has been sent to the underworld by the poor road, please rest assured." The villagers whispered, "That's good, that's good." The woman pulled her son, knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, thanking Dade and saying, "The people thank the Taoist chief for her husband's excess." Chen Yi pulled the two up, took out a silver ticket from his arms, stuffed it into his hand, and secretly said to him when no one was paying attention: "When no one is there at night, I am giving it to his mother." The boy nodded secretly. Chen Yi said: "Immeasurable Heavenly Sect, go to the poor road." ”

Suddenly, the ground was stormy, and when the villagers raised their heads, they found that the two had long since disappeared, only "people are watching the sky, and there are gods three feet above their heads. The deafening sound filled the surroundings and could not be subsided for a long time.

The moon is like a silver plate, shuttling and dancing among the clouds. The soft and bright moonlight sprinkled on the earth. Rooting for the soft and quiet moonlight, Chen Yi and Liu Yiyi did not really leave, and the two lay in the bamboo forest at the entrance of the village, waiting quietly. Liu Yiyi looked at the road under the bamboo forest, and said in disbelief: "Chen Yi, is there really anyone going to ventilate and report the news?" Chen Yi whispered: "Someone will definitely go to ventilate the news, don't speak" Liu Yiyi just opened her mouth, Chen Yi hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand, Chen Yi looked ahead, and whispered: "There is a situation." At this moment, there was a slight footstep on the road. Liu Yiyi blushed and nodded, indicating that she knew.

Liu Yiyi lowered her head shyly, like a hibiscus out of the water, a peach blossom in the rain, secretly raised her head, glanced at Chen Yi, her mind was full of the scene of Chen Yi covering her mouth with her hand, did she have a skin-to-skin relationship with him, thinking of this, her face suddenly turned red to the root of her ears, as if she had done something immoral, she wanted to find a mouse hole to get into, and she couldn't wait to leave immediately.