Chapter XXXVII
I was caught off guard by such a strong reaction from the black lines, and I hurriedly pinched my right arm to prevent those crazy black lines from affecting my movements.
At the same time, Lan's memory recalled the tragedy that had happened here, her face turned pale, her eyes overflowed with tears, and the sadness spread, and even I felt the sadness in her heart.
I held my breath and recited the kind of scripture that I had recited silently when I knelt down to worship the little girl in the shrine, and as soon as the scripture arose, my mind quickly calmed down, and at the same time, the string of red ropes with bells tied to the two ends on my right arm vibrated violently, and the brass bell was pleasant, and the black thread, which was almost uncontrollable, immediately fell silent.
I don't know what the red rope was made of, and after some trembling, it strangled my wrist to death, but the kind of induction that came from Yeling was also cut off.
I breathed a sigh of relief, and just wanted to comfort Lan a few words, only to find that she had floated towards the end of the grassy beach. From the legend of the grandfather that Sister Bailing told me, as well as the tragedy that Lan and I mentioned, we can know that Lan's sisters all died at the entrance of Yeling, I wonder if she sensed the souls of the sisters who also suffered misfortune at the beginning?
Yeling was in extreme danger, but I couldn't stop her, so I could only follow her while looking around, hoping to find some clues left by my grandmother.
The closer I got to the edge of the forest, the hairs on my body stood on end, and I always felt that the entrance to the dark and deep forest was like a huge mouth of blood, waiting for me to throw myself into the net.
Lan stopped three or four meters outside Yeling, and with her back to me, she crouched down and let out a whining cry. The cool breeze blew through the dense treetops around them, and suddenly there was a low whirring sound, which was intertwined with Lan's crying, which made people feel chills down their spines.
At this time, I suddenly remembered that Lan was not a person, but a ghost, in such an environment, I was alone with a ghost outside this strange forest, my heart was suddenly panicked, and I didn't dare to come forward to comfort her, and my heart said I should go and see if I can find the clues of grandma!
It is also strange to say, due to the strange legend of Yeling, this grass beach next to Yeling is rarely dared to step on, it stands to reason that after so many years, these grasses should grow very lush, but what I saw was the barren grass that was just not deep in the soles of the feet, and it was no different from the one back then.
I searched along the grassy beach, and I did find some clues: a pile of paper ashes, the scent of a burnt stick, a porcelain bowl with sacrifices, and the corpses of many dead insects.
Anyone can tell that there were people who worshipped here, and judging by the dryness of the paper ashes, the worship took place not long ago.
Who could it be? Doubts suddenly sprung up in my heart, since I came here to worship, the object of worship must be related to this place, either died here or buried here. And those bugs, there are many corpses of bugs, all of the same kind, some like millipedes, some like centipedes, and they look hideous.
The insect corpses have spread all the way to the interior of Yeling, which is definitely not a normal phenomenon. At the same time, I always felt that something was wrong, and there was a sense of familiarity. Suddenly, my eyes swept to the side of the bowl on the floor, and I wondered why I felt that familiarity, oh my God, I had just eaten breakfast in that bowl in the morning!
The bowl here does not mean that this bowl is the one I used in the morning, but the pattern of this bowl, this is clearly the kind of bowl that my grandmother uses. Who is she worshipping?
It is normal to say that other people buy the same bowl with the same pattern, and the reason why I am so sure that this is my grandmother's bowl is actually well-founded. As mentioned before, before marrying grandpa, grandma was the goddess of Si Miao Village, specializing in giving people incense, driving away epidemics and curing diseases.
This is the rule on the side of Si Yan, in addition to being used to hold things, the bowl is also a commonly used vessel in the usual rituals, carrying an unusual meaning. When I was a child, I accidentally broke the bowl at home, and my grandmother always said that it was unlucky, and I had to throw the broken bowl into the toilet in order to avoid evil. In Si Miao Village, the bowls of each family must undergo special treatment before use, that is, a small slot hole is opened in the specific position of each bowl, tied with red rope, smoked with fragrance, and removed the evil things, so that it can be regarded as an auspicious thing and can be used with confidence.
This rule was inherited by our family after my grandmother married my grandfather, so the bowls in the house are all processed and easy to identify, so I am sure that the person who comes here to worship must be my grandmother.
Thinking of those bugs again, the ominous feeling in my heart grew stronger and stronger, and the heads of all the dead bugs were facing Yeling. Grandma can control Gu, if it's really grandma, these bugs should be made by her, but right now these bugs are all crawling towards the forest, does this mean that grandma has already gone in, and these bugs were summoned by her?
Unable to control the thoughts, I hurriedly followed the crawl of the corpse, and found a torn rag on a branch growing at the edge of the forest. I recognized the cloth, it was the fabric of the dress my grandmother was wearing when she disappeared.
My heart hit rock bottom, my eyes turned red, no, grandma went in, I had to go in and save her.
Thinking about it, my mind was hot, and I raised my foot to get in, but my hand was caught, and I turned my head to see that it was Lan who caught me.
She looked into the depths of the woods, looked panicked, and asked me what I was going to do, I told her that my grandmother had gone in, and I had to go in to save her, and she grabbed my hand a little tighter, and said no, it was very dangerous inside, and I would die if I went in.
Naturally, I won't listen to her, and for no reason, I felt a burst of irritability, and suddenly a violent aura rose, and I shook my right hand hard, and I don't know what happened, Lan screamed and was thrown far away by me.
I didn't care about thinking about the strangeness in it, and just as I was about to step in, a cheer suddenly came from behind me: "Stop, don't be fooled, your grandma didn't go in, stop quickly!" ”
At the same time as the voice shouted, I felt a flower in front of me, my feet had stepped into it, and the picture in front of me suddenly blurred and began to change, and a strong suction force pulled me in. Almost at the same time, I was grabbed by a pair of hands, which grabbed me and jerked me back, and at the same time let out a loud shout: "Boom! ”
The force on my shoulder instantly increased countless times, and I was pulled out at once, and at the same time I heard a cry of pain.
My eyes seemed to have lost their color, all kinds of mottled light and shadow were constantly intertwined, my mind was dizzy, after a while, the blurred picture in front of me became clear, I shook my head, tried to open my eyes to see, and immediately saw the obscene face of the Taoist priest.