Dai Luan bent over, only half of the branches that had been thrown on the ground before, but her face peeked out from between her legs, facing the direction of the pillar. She looked surprised and looked as ugly as a fly. Mu Wan also felt strange, and carefully looked in the direction she was looking at, as if it was just the scar.

"Nothing...... she leaned closer, tilting her head, "just a little ...... Well? ”

Mu Wan's neck froze when he twisted half of it, and his face was ugly.

Shanhai felt that he was afraid that he had guessed correctly.

"Rin, do you, look at this...... This, this looks backwards, as if ......"

"Like a human face, isn't it?"

"You, how are you...... Is this also a youkai? ”

"Say it's a youkai...... It can only be said that it is a strange image. ”

The mountains and seas also walked over, facing the strange lines. He also tried to tilt his head sideways, and the scar did look like a ghostly face—only upside down. If Dai Luan hadn't happened to find out, he would have almost not recognized it.

"It's the reverse column."

"Surely there are bones down there?" Dai Luan remembered the matter of the Qi family.

“…… No. In some places, they will deliberately use the reverse pillar to ward off evil spirits. But this is obviously the carpenter's carelessness at that time, and the end of its original growth was reversed, and it became a reverse column. It is also one of the reasons for the sound of the family, it will grow a human face, and it will also dream, just to tell the owner that it has been reversed. Just ......"

"Just?"

"Like, it's a little weird...... Let's go back and elaborate. ”

The girls didn't understand why Shanhai was so cautious. After returning to the hut, he closed the door in broad daylight, found a brazier from under the bed, let Mu Wan light it and put it on the ground, and taught Dai Luan to fill a bowl of water.

In the light of the fire, he carefully placed the branches on the water. The wood floated on the water, and it did not sink. However, they quickly turned in one direction, and the tips of the branches pointed to the place where the reverse pillar was.

"What are you doing with such a complicated deal? Didn't you say that the reverse pillar should be reverse, and let them find someone to make sacrifices, or tear it down and rebuild it? ”

Mu Wan felt that he was making a fuss. And with so many things to prepare, I don't know what to do. Shan Hai didn't speak, but threw a talisman into the brazier, and the fire took on a blue-green color for a moment, and quickly recovered. That's when he opened his mouth.

"The reverse pillar should not have such a big grudge. If you simply reverse the pillar, the growing branches will not spread to the other pillars. This proves that its demonic aura has permeated the entire house. What's more, about the reverse pillar, there are only Jiaming, human faces and dreams, and I have seen long branches for the first time. I'm afraid it's not as simple as we think. And, I don't know if you've noticed, the Kashiwaya family doesn't have any children. A house with a lot of resentment will indeed not have a soul to be reincarnated. ”

"You mean, there's a homicide in their house? Combined with the news you asked me to inquire about, it does sound strange. But aren't these older clans quite chaotic at home? Why do we care so much" Mu Wan didn't think so much, and said bluntly, "So it's a monster, right?" If it's a monster, you can kill it. Get rid of it, then walk away, it's as simple as that. ”

"Good luck, and thanks to Fena." Dai Luan chimed in.

"That's how I taught you?" Shanhai asked sharply, and she stopped talking.

"I really can't figure it out, what do you care so much about? Indeed, I don't walk as much as you, but I can see more than you? What kind of money can be used to do anything, and those who don't take money are considered to be merciful, not to mention the aftermath......"

Shanhai also ignored Mu Wan's somewhat angry words. He grabbed the twig from the bowl and threw it into the brazier to test it.

"Ahh Ahh......h

Everyone shuddered. The branches of the brazier suddenly made a strange shout, much more noisy than before. The sound was almost like a person being burned, struggling in the fire, emitting a piercing wail.

It's just crazy.

Shanhai subconsciously grabbed the water bowl on the table and splashed it. The fire was extinguished, and after it was extinguished, the screaming embers could still be heard.

"I think if there really is such a thing as a main house...... Where is it now? Thinking about the worst, the people are gone, and they have become wood spirits. These are things you want to tell others......"

“…… Just ask them. Mu Wan finally relented.

At the dinner table, the family was full of spring breeze, and brought out realgar wine in advance, saying that they wanted to get drunk before resting. After some miscellaneous chatter, two glasses of wine were down, and Shanhai pondered that it was time to stir up the topic. However, he was not very good at chatting, and the old lady and his daughter-in-law were so talkative, and they had drunk too much, which made it quite difficult for him to interject.

"Pardon my rudeness, there's something I want to ask. In the past two days, I have never seen the little young master, or the eldest lady. Is it that they are not in the house, or are they ......"

"Ahh......h

The atmosphere was suddenly much quieter. Shan Hai obviously noticed that Kashiwaku's wife changed her face. Her husband seemed to want to play a round, but he didn't know what to say. On the contrary, the old lady may have drunk too much, but there is nothing taboo.

"Hey, my daughter-in-law, I've been married for so many years, there's nothing wrong with it, but I just can't conceive a child. I don't know if it's because she's weak or what, the year before last, she finally had a bulging stomach, and she waited for more than half a year, and one day she tripped over a tree branch and lost the child...... It's really scary, how can that good child become a lump of wood......"

"Mom!!"

Kashiwaku's wife's face was like lime, and she shouted at her mother-in-law. The old lady really drank too much, waved her hand, and said to herself as if she was in trouble. She can't tolerate her identity and be criticized by others.

"I'm sorry, my mother...... My mother drank too much. At her age, she just drank a little wine, and when she drank too much, she began to talk nonsense......"

The eldest young master of Kashiwaku hurriedly came forward to explain. He hugged his daughter-in-law tightly and comforted the little animal as if it were a coat.

"What's the matter, what's the matter, don't let me say it yet! Your stomach is really not angry, if you knew it, let her stay for a ......"

"Who is she?"

Mu Wan, who had not been dripping with wine, stood up and slammed the chair with a ping pong sound. The eldest young master hurriedly shook his mother's arm.

"Don't say it, don't say it, let's say a few words......"

"So who is she? Is it the wife of the main house? ”

Shan Hai also slowly stood up, and his voice raised a degree. The old lady was halfway drunk, and suddenly realized that she had said the wrong thing. But the wine did not completely ease her mind, and she only said with some astonishment:

"Ah, who? Did I say who? I...... What did I say? ”

Shanhai and Mu Wan glanced at each other. Then he cleared his throat and said solemnly:

"I was surprised when I entered the door, you were sure that there was a ghost in the house, as if you knew where it came from. words, I said bluntly: Mrs. has never had children because the resentment in this house is too heavy to conceive. Giving birth to wood is due to the curse of the wood spirit - naturally, I am not sure if this is really a wood spirit, I initially thought it was caused by the reverse pillar. You know, this dead wood that is the pillar of the roof gives birth to branches, which is an anomaly. I guess you didn't pay attention to the reverse pillar, but I saw it when my apprentice was wandering around. There was a human face on the wood, and I had a certain number in my heart, but I was just ...... There is something wrong with this inverse bar. ”

“…… What's the problem? ”

At the dinner table, which had been quiet for a long time, Dai Luan, who had eaten half of it, was suddenly stunned. She cautiously interrupted, still holding the steamed bun in her hand, and looked sideways at her master. Although Mu Wan was silent, he didn't expect Shanhai to say this.

Having a problem with the reverse bar? What is the problem? He didn't mention it at the time.

"Although the name of the reverse pillar is reversed, the thing that grows a human face is not false, but it is just ...... That face should be right. And the face on your pillar is indeed the opposite—that only says one thing. ”

"Description...... Before it was cut down, it was already growing on trees. ”

Dai Luan stumbled to add.

"So that's not an inverse pillar at all - it's a human-faced tree" Mu Wan understood, and his tone was very unhappy, "You only tell us now?!" ”

There was a clanging sound outside the door, and someone threw pots and pans to the ground. Mu Wan shouted after him, and the door was slowly pushed open. Behind the door was the frightened face of the cook.

"I, I'm here to serve the food, serve the food...... Alas, why am I so careless, I'll just redo it......"

The cook ran away, not caring about the mess all over the ground. And the three of them obviously understood the meaning of the mountains and seas. At this time, they were all drunk, and they all stared at him with pale faces, and the chopsticks in their hands trembled. The surface of the mountains and seas does not change color, and then says:

"If you want us to help, you can. But you must make it clear what you are concealing, and think carefully about whether there has ever been a wrongful death in this house. If you don't want to say it, then we're going to leave tonight. ”

"I wish you all...... Did the move go well? Dai Luan coaxed out of place.

"Don't mind, let's say, be sure" The old lady panicked, and suddenly ran out of ideas, she urged her daughter-in-law, "Say it quickly, what happened back then, say it!" ”

Kashirayani's wife became a hot potato for her husband, and he pushed her away from his arms in a panic, half-pulling and half-pulling to make her stand up. She stood blankly like a nestling out of a nest, looking left and right at the dinner table. At this time, Shanhai sat down, turned sideways, and explained softly to Mu Wan:

"If I had told you at the time, you would have insisted on going away and would have stopped helping them. If I don't tell you now, how can you stay at tonight's dinner and listen to them talk about the cause and effect? ”

"You ......"

Mu Wan was indeed angry, but after thinking about it carefully, Shanhai's words were right. Her temperament was thoroughly understood for him, and Mu Wan had to swallow this breath, no longer making a sound, just staring at the little daughter-in-law like a fledgling, and begging for an explanation with her eyes.

There was silence in the room.