At this moment, although Xiao Yao and the eldest lady were very sleepy, they remembered Wei Decai's entrustment just now, but they didn't dare to slack off.

Xiao Yao escorted the eldest lady to the earthen house next door to rest, and then returned to the door of the dead inn to guard, and still heard a rustling sound inside.

Knowing that Wei Decai was busy checking the corpse for abnormalities. Although he was surprised by the scene in the house, he was entrusted by Wei Decai, and it was not easy to peek into the end, and he was a villain in vain.

I had to put away my mind and rest in front of the door.

Thinking back on the way he met Wei Decai, he was amazed, and he really couldn't predict what would happen to his future trip to Miaojiang, and he didn't know if the Wuyi faction caught Hu Yiyi, and what Hu Yiyi was holding that made the Wuyi faction so aggressive.

This qiē is like a vast net, shrouded around Xiao Yao, but he can't figure it out and has no clue.

The moonlight like water has gradually faded, and the eastern sky has gradually become white, and unconsciously, there is a lot of morning dew condensed on the clothes.

Xiao Yao secretly used the True Qi Running Method in the Yellow Book, and immediately felt that Zhou was much warmer up and down.

After about half an hour, the voices inside gradually subsided, but Wei De was still nowhere to be seen before he walked out of the house.

Xiao Yao couldn't help but be a little worried, but he remembered Wei Decai's entrustment, remembering that these Yin Gods couldn't see the light, and if he rashly went in to find out, he was afraid that something would be bad.

These things, I am a layman, it is better to be careful.

Xiao Yao sat cross-legged and listened quietly, the village was extremely quiet at this time, and the eldest lady was probably asleep, but she didn't know what Wei De was busy with at the moment.

Just when Xiao Yao decided to knock on the door and ask, the door of the Dead Corpse Inn quietly opened.

I only heard Wei Decai's voice coming from inside the house, "Brother Xiao, come in and help me carry these Yin Gods out." ”

Hearing Wei Decai's shout, Xiao Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, patted the dust on his body, stood up, and turned around and walked into the Dead Body Inn.

In fact, Xiao Yao has always been curious about what the scene is in the corpse inn, but with Wei Decai's repeated instructions, it is not good to break people's rules, so it is not easy to snoop. At this time, if you have the opportunity to see the real face, you naturally have to take a good look.

After entering the house, sweeping around, there is an earthen embryo house about two zhang square, the room is divided into two rooms, inside and outside, but there is no window, and there are white walls on all sides.

The two rooms were separated by a curtain that had now been pulled to one side by Wei Decai and hung up. There was no place to start a fire in the house, but there was a simple wooden bed and a few simple cabinets near the inner room.

The door of the cabinet was open, and some futon was placed inside. In the outer room there was also a small square table, on which Wei Decai's bags were placed, and on the other side was a half-human-high square frame made of bamboo, on which some dishes and chopsticks and dry food were placed. In one corner of the outhouse was a water tank, filled with clean water.

Although it was already dawn outside, it was still pitch black inside, and it was eerie, and people couldn't help but shiver. There was an oil lamp lit on the table, and the faint light flickered on and off, faintly illuminating the whole room.

And when Xiao Yao finished reading this qiē, he seemed to suddenly remember something, looked around, but the five dead bodies were missing!

Wei Decai saw Xiao Yao's doubts, and pointed to the two door panels that opened inward, "They are behind the door, you can help me carry them out." ”

Following Wei Decai's instructions, Xiao Yao saw that there were five dead corpses standing behind the door panel, but now the black clothes on their bodies and the black cover on their heads have been removed, and they have been replaced by a white cloth covering their whole bodies, and standing stiffly against the wall behind the door panel.

There were several stretchers made of bamboo on both sides of the door, and according to Wei Decai's guidance, the two of them carried the five dead bodies out of the door one by one on stretchers, placed them in the open space in front of the door, and then covered them with white cloths, waiting for their families to come and claim them.

Wei Decai packed his bags, brought a long bench and placed it in front of the door of the Dead Inn, and then closed the door of the Dead Inn, and the two of them leaned against the door and sat down.

I saw Wei Decai take out the soul-attracting bell from his arms, shake it a few times, and shouted loudly, "The Yin God has returned to his hometown, and his family has claimed it." As he spoke, he lit an oil lamp and hung it at the door of the inn for the dead.

Strange to say, according to common sense, the oil lamp should be blown out in this humid morning, when the breeze blows. But at this moment, Xiao Yao saw the oil lamp, although the flame was weak, but let the breeze blow, and it only swayed a few times with the wind, and it was never extinguished.

With Wei Decai's shouting, there was gradually movement in the village, and after about half a pillar of incense, I saw more than 20 people running out of the village one after another, some people pushing carts, some people carrying stretchers, and some people running to see the excitement.

I saw Wei Decai chatting with a person who seemed to be the village head, and someone carried away the five dead bodies placed there one after another, and then the crowd gradually dispersed.

At this time, only Wei Decai and Xiao Yao were left, and the two came to the house where the eldest lady was resting under Wei Decai's instructions.

Seeing the eldest lady lying on the kang and sleeping sweetly, the two of them sat on the wooden chair opposite the kang, Wei Decai said softly, "Those Zhong family members really have a problem!" I don't know when, they unknowingly laid Gu worms on those Yin Gods! ”

After speaking, Wei Decai took out a wrist-thick bamboo tube, and heard the sound of something crawling from the bamboo tube. One end of the bamboo tube was stuffed with a wooden stopper and was not opened.

Wei Decai didn't mean to open it either.

"Fortunately, thanks to Brother Xiao's reminder, I left one more thought. Try it out, and it's exactly what you expected! I used cinnabar to force out these Gu worms, otherwise I really don't know what trouble there will be. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Decai also sighed lightly.

Then he continued: "It seems that the Zhong family has traveled thousands of miles to participate in this witch and ghost conference, it is definitely not a whim, there must be some conspiracy and attempt. It's just that I don't know why Tantra and the Five Willow sects also came to participate. ”

After a pause, Wei Decai glanced Xiao Yao up and down, and said seriously: "Since you and I met, we have already seen that Brother Xiao is deliberately hiding his strength, although I don't know why. It's inconvenient to ask more questions for brothers. It's just that I'm afraid there will be more troubles along the way. ”

As he spoke, he grabbed his bag, took out a small cloth bag from it, and handed it to Xiao Yao. "This is cinnabar, no matter where you two live, sprinkle a little bit to get rid of Gu worms. lest they fall into the way of the wicked! ”

Xiao Yao took the cloth bag and opened it to see that it was full of a bag of red granular powder.

Putting away the cloth bag, Xiao Yao thanked Wei Decai, "Thank you." It's just that I don't know when we will get up and go to the black society of Bai Miao? ”

Wei Decai thought for a moment and replied: "For the convenience of the road, the villages or towns where the witch and ghost conferences are generally held are selected outside the mountains, not in the center of King Miao's territory. This time, the Baimiao village is not very far from here, we don't need to send the Yin God now, we don't need to take the mountain path, and we can arrive in two days if we take the big road. ”

Then Wei Decai seemed to think of something again, and told Xiao Yao: "Along the way, we may meet some other people who participate in the Witch Ghost Conference, for them, no matter what happens, we don't care, because the Poison Dragon Sect and the Witch Clothes Sect will fight every time before and after the Witch Ghost Conference. ”

"If we don't help each other, we'll be fine. Otherwise, I'm afraid that it will catch fire. Wei Decai continued.

Until this moment, Wei De still didn't know the relationship between Xiao Yao and Hu Yiyi, let alone that Xiao Yao and the eldest lady were besieged by the witch clothes faction before, so he said this.

Listening to Wei Decai's words, Xiao Yao just nodded lightly and didn't say much.

After receiving Xiao Yao's signal, Wei Decai still said with a solemn face, "We will either rest in this village today for a day and set off tomorrow morning, or we will have to leave at noon today, and try not to rush to the night, because before the witch and ghost conference, there will be cave girls worshipping the moon." ”

"What is the cave girl moon worship?" Xiao Yao asked curiously.

Gu is commonly known as the "grass ghost" in the Miao Xinjiang region, and according to legend, it is only attached to women, endangering others. Those so-called women with Gu are called "grass ghost women", and the women who are selected by the cave god become cave girls, they are generally dressed in black and holding black umbrellas, because the soul of the cave girl is incomplete, not under the black umbrella, and cannot be active in the sun for a long time, and the cave girl worships the moon is related to these two. ”

"Most of the cave girls will be incomplete, act crazy, and die soon, but there are also some cave girls, they have learned Gu art before falling into the hole, or they have learned Gu art after falling into the hole, they are called Phoenix Girls by the local people, they often have more mysterious Gu arts, and they are much more powerful than the average grass ghost woman."

"It's just that these people all have a natal Gu, they take the Gu worm as their life, and use themselves as a sacrifice to support the Gu worm, after a period of offerings, they will hide the Gu worm in a place where no one else can find it, as long as their Gu worm is not worthy of being broken, they can continue to live, once the natal Gu worm dies, these cave girls will die with it."

Wei Decai explained to Xiao Yao in detail.

"And they usually first choose a cave that only they know, and then bury the Gu altar of their natal Gu there. But such a natal Gu worm has a very limited strength, which is not enough to help them make up for the missing soul. ”

"So another approach is needed!"

Speaking of this, Wei De paused for a moment, got up and looked out the window, and said faintly: "Use the phoenix wood of Phoenix Mountain to make the heart of the Gu altar, so that the life of the natal Gu will be extended." And Phoenix Mountain is the sacred mountain of the Witch Temple, and every cave girl who goes to Phoenix Mountain to get phoenix wood must make an oath on Phoenix Mountain and be loyal to the Witch Temple! ”

"They can choose to store their natal Gu in the Witch God Temple, or find a cave to bury themselves after getting the phoenix wood. After making a vow, three days before the Midyear Festival every year, those cave girls who return from Phoenix Mountain will worship the bright moon, only in this way can they be blessed by the witch god and can they prolong their life. This is the cave girl worshipping the moon. ”

Wei Decai told Xiao Yao everything he knew.

"Brother Wei, do you mean that this cave girl worships the moon exactly three days before the start of the witch and ghost conference, if we rush at night, we may meet them." Xiaoyao asked.

"Yes, it's very troublesome and dangerous." Wei Decai said.

"What's the reason for that?" Xiao Yao asked.

"When the cave maid worships the moon, there is a strange custom, all the cave maids who worship the moon must hold this moon worship ceremony by the river, and need to take off all their clothes by the river and dance a sacrificial dance naked. Afterwards, you will bathe in the river. ”

"That's why some people call them naked. Therefore, people passing by must see their bodies, and these cave girls are nominally married to cave gods, and they cannot get married. Therefore, you can't let people see your own body, and those who see it can only be immortal! ”

Wei Decai glanced back at Xiao Yao, with a helpless smile on his face.

Hearing this, Xiao Yao couldn't help but feel gloomy for the tragic fate of these girls, but it was so troublesome, and he still hoped that his party would not encounter it.

"Brother Wei, wouldn't it be better for us to avoid places with rivers or try to rush during the day?" Xiao Yao said.

"It is impossible to bypass the river, this Miao territory is full of hills, and there are rivers everywhere, and the best way is not to walk at night. Those cave girls are in a desperate situation, so they are very difficult, and we wish Yuko never to walk at night at this time, for fear of encountering them and becoming mortal enemies. ”

"The most headache is that these cave girls are extremely united, one person is killed, and often the cave girls of several mountains will come out to avenge her, so even some small toasts dare not touch this mold." Wei Decai said.

"Then let's rest in this village for a day, and then hurry tomorrow during the day, so it's safer."

The two discussed the itinerary, and laid a straw mat and clothes on the floor of the house and slept.

Fortunately, the village was quiet, and no one came to disturb them, until in the afternoon, when the three of them woke up in a daze.

After buying some dry food in the village and making dinner, Xiao Yao and Wei Decai drank some water and wine, and finally ate a decent meal in the past few days.

In the middle of the moon, the three of them enjoyed the cool outside the house, chatting with each other, Wei Decai slowly told the two about the various legends and customs of the land of Miaojiang, which was fascinating, and Xiao Yao and the eldest lady who listened to it yearned for it.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a commotion from the village.