I was stunned, and Qinggu raised her hand to signal me to sit on the stone on the side.

Then, she slowly began to tell the story.

"That was decades ago......"

... ...

Stretching over the mountains, as far as the eye can see.

Under the scorching sun, the yellowed dirt road was dried and cracked, and it seemed that it had not rained for a long time, and a field of crops far away was full of dead vines.

On the official road, a father and daughter walked slowly with vigorous steps.

"Uncle, may I ask how to get to Caotou Village?"

"Why, what do you ask what that place does, it's a bandit den!"

The old farmer glanced at the middle-aged man who was asking, squeezed his shriveled lips, stretched out his hand and pointed ahead: "Go five miles ahead, and you will arrive at Xiaowang Village." ”

"Thank you!"

"It's a den of bandits, you have to be careful!" , the old farmer shouted.

"Got it, uncle."

The middle-aged man walked a few steps, suddenly stopped and turned around, and said to the old farmer: "Uncle, you go up this mountain, there is a water source near the halfway up the mountain!" ”

The old farmer pouted and nodded in disbelief.

"Hey, Zhang Laosan, do you know who those two people are just now? How dare you inquire about the grass head village? ”

"Liu Mazi, you are lonely and unheard, that person is an iron abacus!"

... ...

Knowing the call of the lazy lying on the tree, it was almost noon.

Outside Xiaowang Village.

Qinggu poured a sip of water, looked at the iron abacus in front of her, and asked with a little suspicion: "Daddy, did you say that there is something we are looking for in that grass head village?" ”

"I don't know if I can ...... after searching for so many years"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Before Qinggu finished speaking, she was stopped by the iron abacus, "If you can't find it, you have to look for it, this is the ancestral training passed down from the sect." ”

"In the future, if you die for your father, this heavy responsibility should fall on your head!"

The iron abacus paused for a moment, and said: "It is rumored that there are corpses and demons in this place, and according to calculations, it must be the demon behind the scenes." ”

Qinggu nodded, immediately stopped talking, and followed the iron abacus all the way south, heading straight to the grass head village.

When the two of them came to the mountains, they saw a small temple from afar, which was particularly eye-catching.

The temple gate is facing the road, blue bricks and red tiles, boxy, quite a bit of Buddhist style.

The iron abacus line yin and yang, there is a characteristic of life, worship the gods when encountered, and almost worship in the temple.

He led Qinggu straight to the temple, and at this time an old man came out, claiming to be surnamed Zhou, saying that he was the temple keeper here.

Old man Zhou brought in the iron abacus and Qinggu and asked, "Do you two ask for God, or do you make a vow?" ”

The iron abacus looked around, and asked the old man Zhou suspiciously, "Nuoda Temple, why is there only one statue of a god?" ”

Old man Zhou laughed and explained: "The two of you are estimated to have come from afar, and they don't know the rules here, but the temple is dedicated to the mountain gods. ”

Old man Zhou said, this place is called the grass head village, the mountain is called Bajiao Mountain, according to legend, there is a fairy deer with eight horns in the mountain, so it is named Bajiao Mountain.

After the old man finished speaking, he handed over the incense and asked the two to worship the mountain god, saying that it was very effective, and no matter what wish he made, he could make his wish come true.

Qinggu took the incense and asked the old man, "I heard that there are bandits here all the year round, aren't you afraid of the old man?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay."

Old man Zhou waved his hand, "You two can rest assured, rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, the bandits on the mountain know the rules quite well, and they often come to worship the mountain god, they will never embarrass you." ”

The iron abacus smiled, and after lighting the incense, it was directly inserted into the altar in front of him.

"I said, why don't you bow down when you worship God?"

Old man Zhou saw that the iron abacus was so casual, and hurriedly scolded him.

Qinggu put the incense on it according to the gourd painting, then glanced at the old man, and said without humility or arrogance:

"You don't know this, our father and daughter worship God and ask for incense, never bow down, this is also our rule!"

At the moment when Qinggu's words fell, the eyes of the mountain god in the temple suddenly turned and moved.

Seeing this, Old Man Zhou hurriedly knelt down and said in horror: "Look, the mountain god has appeared, I see that you are insincere and have offended the mountain god, I am afraid that a big disaster will come!" ”

Iron Abacus chuckled lightly and asked the old man, "How do you resolve that?" ”

Old man Zhou stood up, touched his chin and said:

"You two don't know, a similar situation has happened before, several villagers who offended the mountain god died at the foot of the mountain, and they were all buried together in the bluestone ground after they died."

Old man Zhou said this, looked at the iron abacus and Qinggu, and continued:

"If you want to solve it, it's actually very simple, just go to the grave in the bluestone field at night, use the straw man to summon the ghost to guide the way, find the mountain god, and then kneel and worship."

The iron abacus immediately nodded in agreement, asked the old man to help lead the way at night, and walked out of the temple gate with Qinggu.

Soon after, in the evening, Tie Abacus and Qinggu arrived as promised.

Old man Zhou urged to take the two of them and go to the bluestone field, before leaving, Old Man Zhou had already made the straw man.

And repeatedly explained, once the soul is drawn, the straw man will do what he is called, and he must not disobey it, otherwise he will annoy the mountain god, and even if the Daluo immortal comes, he will not be able to save it.

The three of them lit the lamp and followed the small path to the bluestone field.

Sure enough, I saw an old tomb standing in the middle of the hill, surrounded by bluestones, and the ground on one side was red.

Old man Zhou asked Qinggu to put the straw man in front of the grave, and then he knelt down, lit three incense sticks, and asked the iron abacus to take out the dishes and chopsticks he brought with him, and put them on the grave and knock them hard.

The iron abacus did it one by one, and after a bowl was knocked down, suddenly a cloudy wind arose.

The incense on the ground was directly extinguished, and then I saw the straw man on the grave, slowly moved, and then stood up strangely.

"Listen, you follow me what I say!"

Old man Zhou whispered.

Then he said to the straw man, "The soul of the dead leads the way, please enter the door, don't ask the immortals to ask the mountain god!" ”

"Say, why don't you say it?"

Old man Zhou saw that Tie Abacus and Qinggu were silent, and hurriedly urged.

The iron abacus said, "You just let him ask, what do you want?" ”

Old Man Zhou snorted coldly, then turned around and asked the straw man who stood up, "How do you lead the way?" ”

The straw man said, "Lead the way with your heart!" ”

"What heart?"

"The Invisible Heart."

After the straw man finished speaking, he jumped towards the iron abacus, and then stretched out his hand and grabbed it at his heart.

But after only a moment, the straw man's hand trembled, and he was shocked: "Why not? ”

And the iron abacus on the side, at this time, grabbed the straw man's hand violently, and said coldly: "Yin Xin, tell your master to come out quickly, I will give him a gossip heart!" ”

When the old man Zhou on the ground heard this, his body grinned, and as soon as he wanted to get up, he was held down by Qinggu, "How can your master be a mountain god!" ”

"You ...... Who are you? ”

Old man Zhou was firmly held down by Qinggu, like a temperless chicken, unable to move for a while, and couldn't help but ask in horror.

The straw man who was caught by the iron abacus struggled desperately beside him, and complained straight in his mouth:

"Old Ghost Zhou, you are really blind, you brought the sect master's enemy!"