Chapter 53: A Strange Exorcism of Corpses
After a few tosses, Apu Laosi had already been made by Zhao Hangyu, and now he just begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, where is there still the usual high-minded appearance.
"Heal all the people who have been brought in, and then send them back to their respective homes, and that is the end of the matter. If you dare to do it again, it will be far from being as simple as slapping you, do you understand?"
"Yes, yes, whatever you ask, I will do it!"
After seeing the other party's awesomeness, where did Apu Laosi dare to make a mistake, even if he borrowed a hundred guts, he probably didn't dare.
After doing all this, Zhao Hangyu felt comfortable for a while, as long as he imagined the reunion of the victim's family, he felt extremely warm in his heart. The ultimate meaning of the so-called monasticism is not exactly that.
Because he followed Apu Laosi all the way, he almost didn't have a brain, so he made an impulsive decision. At present, there are mountains and mountains all around, and it is impossible to distinguish the southeast and northwest at all, and I can't help but feel worried. But at this moment, two familiar voices seemed to be heard in my ears.
I saw two slender shadows slowly approaching not far away, and after confirming their identities, Zhao Hangyu greeted them loudly.
"Why don't you just die, dead man?
Lin Zixi was angry, and only said that in order to find Zhao Hangyu, he and Long Qiuling didn't know how much time and energy they had spent. There's no signal in the depths of the damn mountain, and even a mobile phone won't be useful at all.
After being counted down by the two goddesses in turn, Zhao Hangyu could only be temporarily forgiven by promising not to run around again.
Looking at the sky again, the sunset is gradually setting, if you don't find a place to settle down at this time, I'm afraid you will have to spend the night in the wilderness.
"What are you kidding!?"
Lin Zixi's whole body jumped up like a spring, and shouted with an extremely frantic expression: "It's crazy! Do you know what is in this ghost place? poisonous snakes, fierce beasts, and all kinds of weird and terrifying things." Whoever wants to spend the night in this kind of place, then he is definitely in the water!"
Zhao Hangyu shook his head and explored the way ahead, while Long Qiuling followed closely behind.
Lin Zixi saw that she was bored, so she had to catch up with the pace.
The more you go forward, the more dangerous the road becomes, and the road can hardly be called a road, but a relatively flat area in the ravine, and the bones of the people are about to fall apart.
I saw Lin Zixi crying with a sad face, complaining that she shouldn't come to this ghost place. Zhao Hangyu couldn't help but say a few words to her, telling her to save some effort and hurry.
The mountains and forests on both sides are dense, and from time to time you can see the old and blackened wooden houses on the ravines and ridges and the stilted buildings that you have seen on TV, which look ancient and beautiful, mysterious and vicissitudes.
In the distance, mossy stone steps silently extend from the depths of the village, as if to guide the way for the children returning home.
It was getting darker and darker, and at this moment everyone had already walked into a very desolate mountainous area, and even the wooden houses and stilted buildings were gone. Only a few wisps of smoke could be seen rising from a distance, and it looked very far away.
Lin Zixi couldn't hold back any longer, swooped into the air, and flew in the direction where the smoke rose. Zhao Hangyu and Long Qiuling glanced at each other, and each shook their heads, only to follow.
The three of them looked down from the air and found that on the hillside on the left, there was a faint light, and in the dense foliage, there seemed to be a wooden house.
In the depths of the barren mountains and dense forests, a building suddenly appeared, which suddenly looked particularly strange.
The crowd slowly approached, and the further they went, the brighter the light became. When it was still 100 meters away from the wooden house, I saw a stilted building, built alone in the dense forest. In front of the door, two white paper lanterns were hung, emitting a pale blue glow.
"Soul Lamp? Is this ......?"
Speaking of this, Lin Zixi couldn't help covering her mouth.
Zhao Hangyu looked carefully, but when he saw that the door was open, there was no one in sight, and he felt very mysterious.
Suddenly, he smelled a smell of burning paper at the end of his nose, mixed with a rancid smell that only the dead have, and couldn't help but nod heavily: "It's not wrong, this is the legendary Dead Corpse Inn, but I didn't expect to be bumped into by you and me." ”
Because the corpses are out of the day and night, they have to rest during the day, and they must not travel until night.
But this kind of terrifying team, villages and regular hotels do not dare to let them stay, not to mention that the routes they travel are all wilderness and remote paths. On the way, there is a special accommodation for them, which is the inn of the dead body.
And this kind of inn does not live in the living, only the dead and the corpse chaser, the gate is open all year round, and behind the gate is the place where the dead rest.
Since ancient times, the ghost country has had a tradition of driving away corpses, and in the jargon, it is not called chasing corpses, but sending joy to the gods.
There are two conditions that must be met to learn this profession: one is bold, the other is good health, and the uglier the appearance, the uglier the better.
At the beginning of the art, you must first look at the sun in the sky, then rotate, and then stop suddenly, you must immediately distinguish between east and west, north and south, if you can't tell the difference, it means that you can't tell the direction when driving the corpse at night.
In addition, the corpse is not a living person after all, and when it encounters a steep slope, the corpse cannot climb up by itself, and the corpse chaser has to carry it on the high slope one by one, so the physical strength must also be good.
In addition, in order to exercise the courage of the apprentice, the master will often put a paulownia leaf on the mound deep in the mountains, and let the apprentice go to retrieve it alone at night, only in this way can he have the courage to be a corpse chaser.
It's just that the family of the ordinary corpse chaser is almost indistinguishable from that of ordinary farmers. Only when he received the business of chasing corpses, he dressed himself up and went to drive away corpses.
Although it is to drive the corpse, but it is usually taboo to drive the corpse, and the insiders ask to drive the corpse, they all say that please go to 'walk the feet'.
Use a special piece of yellow paper to write the deceased's name, date of birth, date of death, gender, etc. on this yellow paper. Then draw a talisman, stick it on this piece of yellow paper, and finally hide this yellow paper on yourself.
When driving away corpses, they are also particular about dressing, no matter what the weather, they must wear a pair of straw sandals. He wore a green cloth gown, a black belt around his waist, a green cloth hat on his head, and a bag of talismans hidden in his waist bag.
This kind of charm is different from the Taoist symbol, which is to draw some hieroglyphs with a cinnabar pen on yellow paper. In the event of an accident on the way, the talisman is hung on a tree or door facing west, and sometimes it is also burned and swallowed with water, depending on the situation.
Hearing Long Qiuling's introduction so much, Lin Zixi couldn't help but interject: "Dead people really go by themselves, can't they?"
Long Qiuling smiled and said, "Of course the dead corpse won't leave, you have to use your strength to urge it." ”
Then he explained that chasing corpses requires knowledge of 36 kung fu. The first is "standing gong", which first allows the dead body to stand up, the second is "walking gong", that is, allowing the corpse to stop and walk freely, and the third is "turning gong", that is, the corpse must be able to turn when walking.
In addition, there are "downhill skills", "bridge crossing skills", "dumb dog skills" and so on.
The "Dumb Dog Skill" is very useful to keep the dogs along the way from barking when they see the corpse. Because the dead body is most afraid of the dog barking, and when the dog barks, the dead body will be shocked. Especially when a dog comes to bite, the dead body has no ability to resist and will be bitten to the ground.
The last kind of skill is the "soul resurrection skill", the better the soul return skill, the more souls of the dead corpse will remain, and it will be very easy to catch up the corpse. This kind of "soul rejuvenation skill" is actually a kind of herb that is a specialty of Miao Jiang, and it is sprinkled on the mouth, nose and body of the corpse to work.
This kind of business can only work within the boundaries of the ghost country. Because only the ghost country has a "dead corpse inn", and only the people of Miao Jiang know to avoid it when they hear the sound of the corpse chaser's small yin gong, and will take the initiative to lock up the dog at home. Otherwise, as soon as the dog comes out, it will bite the dead body.
Usually there are roads outside the villages in Miaojiang, and the procession will never pass through the village, because the dead bodies are absolutely not allowed to enter the village.
Of course, the so-called dead corpse inn only houses dead corpses and corpse chasers, and ordinary people do not live.
The doors of the inn were open all year round, because behind the two large doors was where the corpses rested.
The corpse chaser drove the corpse, arrived at the inn before dawn, and quietly left at night, during the day the corpse stood neatly against the wall behind the door panel, and when it was difficult to walk on a rainy day, it was possible to stop in the store for a few days and nights.