Chapter 301: The Road Meets the Corpse

If it had been placed in the past, Lin Mo would definitely not have ended this matter so easily, but in this kind of unfamiliar situation, leaving this village can be regarded as getting out of trouble, and finding Lin Meng next is Lin Mo's top priority.

As for Xiao Hei, if there is no accident, he should have left with Lin Meng, there is a secret between them, so after coming out, they are often acting together, as long as they find any of the two of them, they will be able to find the other one.

This village is really remote, after Lin Mo left the village, he didn't see the cement road for a long time, they were all some mountain trails or dirt roads, and after leaving the village, there were no people in a radius of several miles, and the dark woods on both sides of the road made this dark night more atmospheric.

I don't know where to go, and I don't have an accurate goal, just the so-called broken jar and broken fall, Lin Mo is not in a hurry at this time, he made sure that there is nothing behind him to keep up, slowed down, and began to walk slowly in this mountain field, as for the direction, just find a random one to go forward, where to go.

The moonlight tonight is very bright, and it is easy to walk on the road, Lin Mo took out some of the bear meat made by Lu Dahai from the space of the Suzhou Mirror and walked while eating, this life is also comfortable, but it is a little bit meaningless, after all, there is food and no wine, and it is difficult to enjoy it.

Just when Lin Mo was walking in the wilderness of the dark night, his ears suddenly moved, and he heard a different sound in the wilderness, the sound seemed to be the sound of a gong, it was still far away from him, and he didn't know how someone could beat the gong and drum in this big night?

Since it was already so boring, and there was no direction, Lin Mo thought about it, and rushed in the direction where the voice came from, after all, if there is a voice, it means that there are people, and if there are people, maybe they can get some news, such as where this is, or the whereabouts of Lin Meng and Xiao Hei.

After a few bends and through a few woods that are not very large, the sound of the gong finally became clear, and now Lin Mo can already be sure that there is someone over there, because in addition to the sound of the gong, there is also the movement of people, listening to the voice, that person should be not young, and he has been shouting: "Yin people hurry, Yang people avoid, love to avoid it, Your Excellency takes care of yourself...".

A gong, a shout, this person's voice is loud, with a slight special accent, you can hear what he is shouting from afar, the joy god here is talking about the corpse, and the person who shouts is the corpse chaser, the so-called corpse chaser is to send the deceased back to his hometown, there are fallen leaves in China to return to the roots, and some areas also have some unique tomb culture, and because of accidents or other reasons there are no longer a few people who die in other places, so there is the profession of corpse chaser, But now the corpse chaser is basically gone.

And the corpse is also mainly prevalent in the old Xiangxi, the corpse in Xiangxi is also known as the spirit, shadow, walking corpse, belongs to the Maoshan Shu Zhu by the family, originated in Xiangxi Yuanling, Filter, Chenxi, Xupu and other places. Most of these areas are mountainous and difficult for cars and horses to travel, so there is an industry of chasing corpses.

Talking about this corpse chaser, although they drive the corpse, but they are very shy of these two words, or the corpse, generally people who know a little bit will say when looking for them, ask them to "walk the foot" or "walk the foot", the so-called foot is actually to drive the corpse, and generally they do not directly call the corpse the corpse, but called the happy god, which is the homonym of "dead man" in the local area, which is also a kind of respect for the deceased.

This corpse catcher looks like nothing, but in fact, it is not so easy to become a corpse catcher, and it is rumored that if you want to become a corpse catcher, you need to go through some assessment.

One of the most basic requirements is to be over 16 years old, a child, bold, in good health, about 1.7 meters tall, ugly looks are preferred, in addition to this basic condition, this corpse chaser has to interview when choosing apprentices, a bit like recruiting people for interviews now.

This interview is the so-called three levels, and there are three main assessments: first, let the interviewee look up at the sun in the sky, rotate in place, and quickly identify the direction after stopping. Second, let the candidate carry things and carry the burden to see how strong and physical the interviewee is. Third, place a dead man's object or a paulownia tree leaf on the grave hill and let the test taker find it in the middle of the night, and do not light the lamp during the process.

After these three levels are passed, this apprentice corpse chaser will be able to accept it and begin to teach some methods and skills of chasing corpses.

Of course, this is only to be able to do things under the hands of the corpse chaser, this work is different from the real master, at the beginning of the basic thirty-six skills, and then there are some spells and Taoism, so this corpse chaser is also a very famous vein in the Yin and Yang Dao.

The corpse chaser has completely heard of Lin Mo, he has never seen it, this corpse chaser walks in the Xiangxi area, and there are few people who wander around the country, so there are basically no such people outside, and there is curiosity in his heart, so he might as well go and take a look, eat the swaying bear meat in his hand, grab a few leaves and wipe his hands, Lin Mo walked in the direction where the voice came.

In the place where the gongs and shouts echoed, a long line of white figures was moving slowly under the moonlight, led by an old man in black, a pitch-black robe that was slightly wide to wrap his whole person, holding two things in his hands, holding a triangular apricot yellow guide spirit flag in his right hand, and holding a red rope in his left hand, the red rope was not an ordinary red rope, and there were many small copper bells tied to the red rope.

Behind the old man followed a group of people who behaved very strangely, their heads were pasted with yellow rune paper, and those people walked in an unusual way, even wooden, like the marionette, the old man walked in the front, and did not speak, the bell rang, the old man's right hand led the way to the spirit flag, and then a group of people took a step, as if there was a unique charm.

Behind this group of people was a man holding a gong, and when the man walked a few steps, he rang the gong once, and then shouted: Yin people hurry, Yang people avoid, love to avoid it, Your Excellency takes care of yourself...

The voice that Lin Mo heard before was made by this person, the first time he saw the real corpse, Lin Mo's heart was also curious, but he didn't show up, just stood in the shadow of the woods and watched from afar, the other party said, the yin people are in a hurry, the yang people are avoiding, sometimes Lin Mo is a very obedient master, of course, it is more to avoid causing any misunderstanding.

In front of Lin Mo was a corner, and it was actually a bit of a bad taste for him to choose this place, because this corpse chaser was walking with a team of people, and he wanted to see if this corpse chaser could turn a corner, and if it was a leading bell when turning, would there be a bit of fun.

The old man in black quickly took these people here, this detour did pass, and turned a ninety degree corner, these people in addition to the action seems to be more mechanical, walking is normal, of course, it is not the way ordinary people walk, these people are not only with yellow charms on their foreheads, their bodies are also obviously different from normal people, a person is pale, exuding a blue and black color, his eyes are closed, his eye sockets are so deep that he can barely see the eyeballs, his cheeks are sunken, he is wearing a white robe, and his arms are held flat in front, Every time the bell rang, the men would jump forward in unison.

Of course, this is not the kind of jump you see on TV, but a real jump without bending your knees, these people have become zombies, the joints of this zombie have long been ossified, and they can't bend at all, so to know whether a zombie is a human pretending or real, it's very simple, just look at the knees, the legs are never bent that is a zombie, this way of jumping is difficult, and the speed depends on the strength of the zombie itself, and it is also a good way to distinguish the type and strength of the zombie.

The black-robed old man glanced in the direction of Lin Mo as if he was nothing, and then turned his head and continued to hurry, but he didn't mean to come over to check, and the person who struck the gong behind the team opened his mouth and raised his neck at this time and shouted.

Yin people are in a hurry, Yang people are avoiding, love is not avoiding, Your Excellency takes care of yourself...

The voice fell, a small wind blew, and the pair had already walked forward over where Lin Mo was, but Lin Mo clearly saw that something was flying in the air for a long time, and fell to the ground, and when he stepped forward, it was the yellow rune paper pasted on the foreheads of those people.