At this point, I finally know the origin of the relationship between myself and the curse of Doom, which originated from the curse of the grandfather, and brought the grandfather and grandfather into Yeling, although the father escaped a catastrophe, but the curse carried by the Zhang family has not ended, and now it has appeared on my body again, does this mean that my ending will be the same as that of the grandfather and grandfather, and in the end I will be swallowed by Yeling?

The conversation with my grandmother didn't end, we didn't talk about the past, and she told me about the curse of doom on me.

Grandma told me that the horror of the curse of Doom is that it will constantly attract all the evil things around the host, killing the host. If the host itself is strong, or there are high-ranking people around to protect it, the things attracted by the curse will naturally not be able to threaten the host, but the evil things that are scattered around the host will become the nutrients of the curse, and once the curse grows, it will interfere with the life and consciousness of the host, and even devour the host, becoming the most terrifying demon fetus.

This is the power of the curse of Doom, whether you resist or not, the final fate is the same.

Before I was twelve years old, because of my grandmother's special protection and my father's teaching me some materialistic knowledge, I didn't believe in ghosts and gods when I was a child, so I spent twelve years as peacefully as my father. But when I was twelve years old, I accidentally crossed into Yeling, which shook my belief in ghosts and gods, and the curse broke out. If you think about it carefully, most people in this world who don't believe in ghosts and gods will never be able to bump into ghosts in their lives, but people who are suspicious of ghosts all day long often bump into ghosts, not for no reason.

After the curse broke out, my grandmother searched the classics and traveled to the few hidden Miao tribes that still have few surviving tribes, and finally found a way to save me, that is, the witch boy.

Wu Tong is a kind of witchcraft that is extremely out of the way, which was learned by my grandmother from an ancient Miao tribe that lived in seclusion in the primitive mountains. I heard my grandmother say that the ancient Miao tribe has been isolated from the world for thousands of years, and the people in the tribe are not prosperous, so every newborn is extremely precious. On the occasion of the birth of each newborn, the family will use a special technique to make a child, and then use secret witchcraft to tie the life of the newborn and the child clay sculpture, and the clay statue of the child after the formation is the witch child.

The statue of the witch boy is enshrined at home, and the incense is worshiped every day, and the witch boy will produce a mysterious power, which can protect the people who are tied to the life of the statue of the witch boy, and block it when it encounters a life and death crisis, some similar to the longevity lock made by Taoism in the Central Plains, but in comparison, the witch boy is undoubtedly more mysterious.

My grandmother worked hard to find a way to make a witch boy for me, which is why every time I returned to my hometown after the age of twelve, I had to kneel under the statue of the witch boy for a long night and recite obscure scriptures.

Hearing this, I remembered the night I returned to the village, and it turned out that the little witch boy was dragging the corner of my clothes to prevent me from going out, but it was really to protect me. I felt a little guilty in my heart, knowing that when I saw the hideous and terrifying face of the little witch boy, I regarded it as an evil ghost. Now that I think about it, the reason why the witch boy appeared in the sinkhole must have been to protect me.

Since I talked about Wu Tong, I told my grandmother about Wu Tong's follow-up with Yeling, and maybe even swallowed the ghost fetus, and asked her if Wu Tong would be okay.

Grandma nodded, showing a hint of surprise, and said: "She should have felt that you were in danger, so she followed in, I have also seen her, she did devour a big yin thing, but how can it be a dark fetus?" Also, how did you know that there was a dead fetus under the sinkhole? ”

My heart moved, although I told my grandmother about the experience before and after entering Yeling, some details were still omitted, because the narrative was too verbose, and now my grandmother asked, I just asked if Zhang Lingjin and Zhang Tianxing were related to our family.

"Grandma, I also saw a message on the wall of the sinkhole, only to know that there is a ghost fetus at the bottom of the pit, and it was also that message that told me that the ghost fetus can suppress the curse, by the way, I remember that the original words were ......" I relied on my memory to say the original text of Zhang Tianxing's message, and grandma's face changed suddenly after hearing this paragraph.

"Xiaoyi, what is the name of the person who left this passage?" Grandma looked excited and trembled all over.

I looked at my grandmother in surprise, and said what was going on, what I just said was much more exciting than this, but my grandmother didn't react at all, and now it's just a message, and grandma has such a big reaction. However, I didn't dare to sell Guan Zi in front of her old man, so I hurriedly replied: "His name is Zhang Tianxing!" ”

"What!"

Grandma's body shook and she almost fell off the bed, I hurriedly supported her, and I was even more surprised: "Grandma, you are ......?"

Grandma waved her hand to signal that she was okay, then took a long breath to calm down before she said to me, "Are you sure his name is really Zhang Tianxing?" ”

I nodded very affirmatively, and my grandmother suddenly sighed and muttered, "Sure enough, sure enough, he knows, he knows......"

I was confused, and just wanted to ask, but my grandmother shook her head and asked me instead: "Xiaoyi, do you know the names of your grandfather and your grandfather?" ”

"Yes!" I nodded, seeing that my grandmother was a little surprised, I said with some embarrassment: "Originally, I didn't know, because you didn't tell me, I just saw the spiritual positions of the two ancestors. ”

Grandma glanced back at the spiritual positions of my grandfather and grandfather, showed a sudden expression, and said to me, "I was locked in a cabinet for this spiritual position, but I took it out to worship because of the recent events." Then what you said is right, your grandfather's name is Zhang Wendao, and your grandfather's name is Zhang Yuxu, but your grandfather has another name. ”

"Huh?" I was stunned for a moment, a little surprised, but then I thought of something, and I said no, and hurriedly asked, "Grandma, should it be...... Zhang Tianxing, is that my grandfather? ”

Grandma looked at me with her mouth wide open, smiled, nodded and said: "That's right, Tianxing is the name of the Tao given to him by your grandfather's master, and later your grandfather became famous, and people only remember Tianxing Dao people, and your grandfather called this name, but people still need to use their real names when they die." It seems that when he entered Yeling again, he already knew about the existence of the curse, so he specially left a way to save it, but this eye of the earth, grandma didn't know. ”

I can't remember how many times I've been frightened tonight, I had already guessed that it was possible, but when it was confirmed, I couldn't believe it. At this time, I suddenly remembered the other two people, and hurriedly asked my grandmother: "Are Zhang Juming and Zhang Lingjin also related to me?" ”

"Zhang Juming, Zhang Lingjin?" Grandma recited these two names in her mouth, showed a puzzled face, and looked at me: "What, who are these two?" Did they also leave a message in the sinkhole you said? ”

I looked at my grandmother's expression, and I knew that I had guessed wrong, although these two people were also surnamed Zhang, they had nothing to do with me, otherwise it would be impossible for my grandmother not to know each other. But if that's the case, things are a little weird, the letter sent to the newspaper and the surnames of the two people involved in the letter are just a coincidence?

I fell into deep thought, and my intuition told me that the letter must have a great relationship with me, Zhang Juming and Zhang Lingjin both knew about the existence of Yeling, and Zhang Lingjin also entered the sinkhole in person, and both of them were surnamed Zhang, if it was a coincidence, it would be too unbelievable.

"Xiaoyi, Xiaoyi......" Grandma patted me and looked at me with inquiring eyes, I had to tell grandma the fact that Zhang Lingjin had also entered the sinkhole and my own speculation, grandma was also surprised, but she only comforted me and said that it might just be a coincidence, so I don't take it to heart.

This long conversation finally ended in the middle of the night, and this long conversation allowed me to get a lot of useful information and know a lot of secrets. I didn't mention to my grandmother about the demon lake in the center of Yeling, because talking about the demon lake will inevitably involve the nightmare that has been pestering me, from the information that my grandmother told me about the curse of the source of evil, the curse is a curse, and the nightmare is a nightmare, except that the lake in the dream is the lake in the center of Yeling, there is not much direct connection between the two. The curse beckons evil spirits and grows to devour the host, and the nightmare repeats something over and over again, as if to convey something to me, but in a way that could kill me if I wasn't careful.

After leaving my grandmother's room, I found that it was already past two o'clock, and the Taoist priest and Sister Bailing had already rested, and I also returned to my room. My grandmother told me that because the Mortal Fetus absorbed the curse of Doom and accumulated evil qi for more than ten years, the curse had been suppressed and would not threaten my life for the time being.

Although the conversation with my grandmother was over, I was still thinking about the mess in my mind, and just when I was sleepy and ready to lie down and rest, a question suddenly flashed in my mind.

When I told my grandmother about Fengyang's experience, I said very carefully, I had already mentioned the letter, including the two protagonists in the letter, Zhang Lingjin and Zhang Juming, I mentioned it again, and then when I asked about these two people specifically, my grandmother showed a blank and unfamiliar expression, which was absolutely unreasonable.

I was suspicious, and I didn't feel sleepy.

Although grandma is old, but her body is tough, and her memory is even better than mine, the name just mentioned more than half an hour ago, and it is also a very critical two names, half an hour later I asked for details again, grandma can not be impressed, since there is an impression, but grandma shows a blank that has never heard these two names, what does this mean?

Grandma must be hiding something from me! As soon as this thought came to me, I couldn't hold back any longer, got dressed and got up to ask my grandmother again, but the light in my grandmother's room had gone out. I went back to my room full of doubts, but I couldn't sleep anymore.

Zhang Juming and Zhang Lingjin are very important to the whole thing, and finding out their identities is very important for me to find the sender. But I know my grandmother's character very well, if he really intends to hide it, even if I ask the sky, she will never reveal a word, and if I just think too much, wouldn't it make her feel cold if she wronged her old man?

I didn't have an idea at this point, and I struggled all night with questions in my head. I didn't sleep all night, and when I woke up the next day, I always felt that she was preoccupied, and I couldn't ask the questions I had struggled with all night last night.

……

The mountain ghost festival was postponed to the end of the year because of the incident in the village, and the matter is over, and it is time for me to leave.

Saying goodbye to the reluctant Sister Bailing and the worried grandmother, we took the car of two donkey friends who came to visit the Mountain Ghost Festival by car, they are a young couple, the man is twenty-five years old, named Wang Xi, and the woman is twenty-three years old, named Dong Qian. Both of them have very cheerful personalities, because of the postponement of the mountain ghost festival, they are very frustrated, and when they heard that we are from this village, they enthusiastically agreed to take us out.

The Taoist priest has followed his master since he was a child, set up a stall to tell his fortune, and a sharp mouth can turn the black into white, and soon chatted with the two of them. After learning his identity as a Taoist priest, the little couple not only did not reject it, but worshiped it very much and asked the Taoist priest to help calculate a hexagram. We accepted the affection of others, and it was difficult to refuse, so the Taoist priest looked at Dong Qian's palmistry in a fake manner.

I thought that the Taoist priest was going to start fooling people, but I didn't expect that after he looked at Dong Qian's palmistry, his face changed, and then he quickly covered it up again, and began to talk nonsense about some of the things that were not there, and finally out of nowhere he found two folded talismans and handed them to the two, saying that they might encounter some trouble recently, so they must bring this.

The Taoist priest's expression changed very quickly, Dong Qian was sitting in the passenger seat and reached over, and the seat blocked her vision, so she didn't notice the change in the Taoist priest's expression, but I sat next to the Taoist priest and clearly captured this change in expression, and I felt a little strange. But the Taoist priest didn't want to show it, so naturally I wouldn't poke him, so I just looked at it.

Dong Qian was startled when she heard that there would be trouble recently, but the Taoist priest sent her a talisman, and as a result of her great gratitude, she carefully put one on herself, and the other into the pocket of Wang Xi, who was driving. It can be seen that Dong Qian cares about Wang Xi very much, and the relationship between the young couple should be quite deep.

This was a small episode, but after that, the Taoist priest obviously didn't talk to the two as well as he did just now, which made me a little strange.

Not long after I left the village, I remembered the wooden dragonfly and discussed with the two of them to see if I could transfer to another village nearby. The two of them got the Taoist talisman and chatted with us speculatively, so they readily agreed.

After turning around, the car finally drove into the village I remembered, and I hurriedly got out of the car to ask someone. The attitude of the locals towards outsiders is a little different, especially the fashionably dressed city people, and it is easy to be cheated here, but I speak in dialect, and the fellow took me for his own and took me to one of the group of playmates back then.

The girl we found had been married four years ago, and now the children can make soy sauce, she was very puzzled when she saw me, and after my explanation, she quickly remembered and chatted with me very happily about the fun things we had played together.

When I mentioned that no one in that group of playmates was missing, her expression darkened, and she said: "Xiaomei, do you remember that a year ago, she went hunting in the mountains with her father, but disappeared, and their family, father and daughter, both disappeared, and now even the house is deserted." ”

I was stunned, I was indeed a little familiar with the name Xiaomei, I tried to recall, and finally came up with the appearance of a very delicate and cute little girl in my mind. In an instant, I was stunned, staring blankly at the wooden dragonfly in my hand, and tears couldn't stop flowing.

I remembered this girl named Xiaomei, and I also remembered this wooden dragonfly.

Datun Bay, Qingshitai, the little girl who just came out of the water and was inadvertently looked at by me, her name is Xiaomei. Since then, I have become good friends with those girls, and gradually I have a hazy feeling for Xiaomei among the girls, and later, I want to get her attention in everything I do, and I deliberately show off in front of her, and she seems to hate me very much.

Later, it took me two days to cut a wooden dragonfly and give it to her, but she threw it on the ground in front of her. I cried sadly and ran away, and later, I entered Yeling, and later, my original playmate lost contact.

More than ten years later, I came across this wooden dragonfly again, it was very well preserved, as good as new, but Xiaomei was no longer there. But why, didn't she throw it away back then?

"Alas, it's a pity, Ah Yi, there's a secret... Xiaomei has coaxed you for more than ten years, and now that Xiaomei is gone, I think it's time to tell you! ”

I looked at her, she sighed, looked at the wooden dragonfly in my hand, and said: "Xiaomei liked you at the beginning, but she was very shy, and you saw her body, she was already planning to marry you, but the little girl was thin-skinned, you gave her this (guo) thing in front of so many people, she was dizzy, so she threw it away." Later, you ran away crying, Xiaomei also cried, and then she went to look for you several times, but you were not there, Xiaomei could only treat the things you gave her as you, and kept them until she disappeared......"

Her words hit me like a thunderbolt in my heart, and I stared blankly at the wooden dragonfly in my hand, my eyes blurred.

Xiaomei's home has been deserted, I left with this wooden dragonfly that she couldn't let go of after she died, along the way, I was silent, and the Taoist priest and Dong Qian also learned some clues, took care of my mood, and didn't speak.

When we arrived in town, I went to the hospital with the Taoist priest to see Erhu, he had just undergone surgery, and his wound healed very quickly, and after chatting with him for a while, we said goodbye and left.

Dong Qian's next stop was Hunan, but they also had to go back to the county first, and then they could get on the national highway to Hunan, so we continued to take a ride, and when we arrived in the county, the two of them were slightly regretful to separate from us.

All the way to Kunming, this time I booked a ticket in advance and did not take the high-speed rail again. After boarding the plane, I looked at the Taoist priest and asked him what happened when he told Dong Qian's fortune in the morning.