Chapter 44: Mountain Ghost Festival (3)
He Jianjun and He Xiaoyi are both surnamed He, and they are so close to He Xiaoyi, the relationship between the two must not be simple, and the facts have proved that my guess is good, He Jianjun turned out to be He Xiaoyi's father.
When I mentioned He Xiaoyi, I immediately thought of the little girl who had a little bad brain but a full sense of justice, and recalled all the things I experienced with her at the beginning, and I couldn't help but feel a little regretful for my later actions to put her behind.
I heard earlier that He Xiaoyi's identity is not simple, her father seems to be a senior officer in a military region, so after He Xiaoyi disappeared, the search and rescue efforts were very large, but unfortunately there has been no result.
I read both letters and was very surprised because the contents of both letters are very relevant to me.
First of all, He Xiaoyi's father's letter, the letter roughly said that he was introduced by the third uncle, He Xiaoyi's father, I heard that He Xiaoyi had very close contact with me before he disappeared, and wanted to ask me to help find it, even if it was to provide some clues.
That's probably what it means, but I was surprised that he was introduced by the third uncle, but I couldn't do anything about the request in his letter.
If you just help find it in the nearby mountains, it will naturally be no problem, but the nearby mountains and forests have already been searched countless times by the search and rescue team, even a fly, it should be discovered, unless He Xiaoyi enters a more dangerous place, such as Yeling, then I really can't do anything.
As for providing clues, it is even more impossible, He Xiaoyi entered the mountain after me, and then we were lucky enough to pick up a small life, and we didn't know the news until we returned to the village, where did the clues come from?
Here is the general content of He Jianjun's letter, as for the letter of the archaeological expert Han Shouyi, it is more interesting.
He claimed to be a professor of a mysterious unit of the state, specializing in archaeological research at the level of civilization eras, and he heard from some special sources about the remains of prehistoric civilization that we had entered under Fengyang, and he was very interested in it and wanted to meet me.
What happened in Fengyang has long been officially blocked, and the third uncle has warned me before, saying that the incident has been listed as top secret, and I should not talk about it everywhere, otherwise it will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble, and even the photos I gave to the newspaper have been ordered to be destroyed.
Such a top-secret matter, this Professor Han was able to learn about it, and even inquired about the address of my client, and found it all the way, which is enough to show that this person is not simple.
Professor Han left his contact information and work address in the letter, imploring me to take the time to meet him after reading the letter, and left this sentence at the end of the article that surprised me very much:
Little friend, I sincerely invite you to meet you, and I promise that you will get a great secret that is relevant to you!
After reading it, I handed the letter to the Taoist priest and asked him what he thought.
After reading it, the Taoist priest also showed a look of surprise on his face, "The huge secret is also related to you, hey, it's so mysterious, it seems that this guy is really looking forward to meeting you!" ”
I said, "Hey, do you think his last words are true?" Secrets related to me, could he be referring to curses? ”
"Cut, who knows, but this could also be someone deliberately creating a mystery and then leading you to meet him, maybe the other party doesn't know anything."
I nodded, it was possible, but if it was true, and the secret was still very important to me, wouldn't I miss it in vain if I didn't go?
Thinking about it, I suddenly shook my head self-deprecatingly, and said in my heart that it doesn't matter if it's true or not, anyway, I can't go anywhere now, let's talk about it then, since the other party has found this place so openly, the possibility of this matter being a conspiracy is very small, and it is not impossible to meet him.
After thinking about this, I put away the letter, sat at Erhu's house for a while, and then got up and left.
Almost all the people in the village are busy with the Yamagi Festival, and since this year's Yamagi Festival is the most solemn, in order to ensure sufficient reception capacity, the village has rearranged all the houses according to the plan to ensure that each household can receive two or three tourists.
In addition, under the leadership of Erhu, the young and middle-aged people in the village began to be busy more than a month ago, using bamboo to build a large temporary bamboo house at the entrance of the village, which can accommodate at least three or four hundred people, and live alone.
Looking at the busy figures of the villagers, the Taoist priest and I were full of emotion, and after walking around the village, we returned home.
The doctor is still studying the Medicine King Codex, and his obsession is no less than that of a treasure hunter who has discovered a treasure. We didn't disturb him, and after going into the house to take a look at Lin Qiao'er, we returned to the small courtyard and chatted about some trivial matters while basking in the sun.
The afternoon passed like this, and it wasn't until the sun set in the west that the fourth uncle and grandmother rushed back.
For the next four days, it was calm, the evil siege similar to the first night did not happen again, the village was safe, and the mandrill that the fourth uncle met in the mountains never reappeared.
After many years, they still remember me, the kobold military advisor of the year, and even planned to ask me to help them figure out how to make more money at this mountain ghost festival, so that they can marry the girl they like after the mountain ghost festival.
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Four days of compact and joyful time passed in a flash, and the mountain ghost festival finally began.
Early in the morning, perhaps the word "morning" alone was no longer enough to show the sincerity of the villagers, because just after 4 o'clock in the morning, firecrackers were already ringing in every household.
As for me, it was even earlier, because my grandmother had told me that just after the first hour, I had to get up and burn incense and recite sutras.
Naturally, I didn't dare to be careless, so I went to bed early, and as soon as the hour passed, I immediately got up.
This time, my grandmother said that the incense chanting had nothing to do with the witch boy, and she asked me to kneel in front of the incense table in the hall and recite a scripture called the Thunder Xiao Demon Heart Sutra in front of a statue of the fierce Thunder King that I had just invited yesterday.
Lin Qiao'er, who was still unconscious, was carried to the side of the futon where I knelt and worshipped, and the Taoist priest and the doctor each held a strange magic weapon shaped like an iron thorn but decorated with white bones on the handle, and lined up on both sides of the statue of King Lei. They wore a crown made of animal bones on their heads, and their faces were smeared with three unknown juices, black, white, and blue, like the protectors of the gods in front of the gods, and they were also fierce, standing motionless in front of me.
This is the arrangement made by my grandmother, who told us yesterday that the day of the Mountain Ghost Festival was a special day when the great, yin and yang coexisted. Lazy people listen to books
On this day, all demons and monsters can run rampant outside without fear of the sun, but on the contrary, this day is the time when the yang energy is the strongest, and it can be used to solve the problems of me and Lin Qiaoer in one fell swoop.
As for the witch boy who has become vicious, as early as yesterday when the sun was just setting, he asked his grandmother to use the Hell Tree Crystal to absorb the evil qi on his body, and at this time he has returned to normal.
Due to some special reasons, Grandma, Sister Bailing, Yang Mengqing and the fourth uncle were not present, and there was no light in the hall, only the three oil lamps on the incense table shook and jumped from time to time, emitting an uncertain light, which set off the already terrifying atmosphere in the hall even more gloomy.
When I finished reciting the Thunder Demon Heart Sutra, the oil lamp on the incense table jumped suddenly, becoming extremely faint, and at the same time, the closed door behind me opened by itself with a bang.
My heart jumped suddenly, although my grandmother told me what to do, she didn't tell me what was going to happen, so the moment the door suddenly opened, the cold sweat on my head couldn't help but rise, and I subconsciously looked back.
The door was indeed open, but there was nothing behind it, and it was pitch black outside, without a glimmer of light.
Maybe it was the relationship between the Taoist priest and the doctor, but I was just startled by the sudden opening of the door at first, and I wasn't particularly scared after that.
I turned around, but I was surprised to find that the light of the three oil lamps on the incense table had somehow turned a faint green.
What's even more strange is that under the light of the faint green fire, I found that my body was bubbling out, especially the place where the curse of my right arm originated, where the black gas was even more exaggerated, almost gushing out.
I was shocked by this discovery, but I soon realized what was going on, because I also saw the black qi on Lin Qiao'er, but the black qi on her body was condensed and not dispersed, and it was all concentrated on her head.
After seeing this scene, I immediately understood the role of green light. Normally, I wouldn't be able to see the aura of doom on my body, but under this green light, those breaths are extremely clear, and this is probably the effect of the green light.
The reason why Lin Qiao'er became like this was because a powerful evil spirit occupied her body when her consciousness was blank, and she was infected by the evil qi, so she became what she is now.
Therefore, in order for her to wake up, the evil qi in her body must be expelled.
If it was just an ordinary evil qi entering the body, even a Taoist priest could solve it, but Lin Qiao'er's state when she was infected by evil qi was very special.
Even if ordinary people lose consciousness and fall into a coma, the three souls are closed, but Lin Qiao'er has suffered a great blow because of excessive overdraft of energy and mental strength, so her unconsciousness at that time was a state of full opening of three souls and completely defenseless, and those evil qi were not infiltrated by her body, but the soul in charge of thinking and consciousness.
In this way, it was almost impossible to save her, but coincidentally, the curse on my body also broke out, and I was possessed by a ghost, so my grandmother came up with a solution.
That is to use the characteristics of absorbing yin and evil things after the curse erupts, so that the curse can absorb the evil energy in Lin Qiao'er's soul.
This is a risky move, because no one can predict what will happen to the curse after absorbing the evil energy, once the curse overpowers the ghost, the balance that was maintained before will be immediately broken, and this is when the Thunder King statue is needed to suppress it.
After the light of the oil lamp turned green, the fierce doctor and Taoist priest suddenly stepped forward, brandished the iron thorn in their hands and jerked at the air behind me, and let out a loud shout.
At this time, I suddenly noticed a change in the curse black vine on my body, and at the same time I heard the ghost's somewhat mournful cry.
I didn't understand what was going on, so I could only wait motionlessly, while the Taoist priests continued to wave the iron thorns, continuously whipping the air behind me, and just as they were whipping to the ninth time, a bright lightning bolt suddenly ripped out from the place where the iron thorns were beaten, and it was fleeting.
At the same time, the light of the oil lamp turned from green to blue, and countless black vines came out from above my head, silently plunging into the condensed black gas on Lin Qiaoer's head.
The black qi that had gathered but not dispersed suddenly seemed to have exploded into a nest, and fled frantically in all directions, but unfortunately the black vine had already branched out countless rhizomes, surrounding all the directions of the black qi escaping.
The speed at which the black vine devoured was very fast, and in just a few breaths, all the black qi was swept away.
After the black qi disappeared, three white clouds of light appeared above Lin Qiao'er's head, and the black vine didn't seem to be devoured, but actually stretched out the stem and stabbed towards the three white lights.
I was immediately shocked, my grandmother said that after the evil qi dissipates, Lin Qiao'er's life soul will become very weak, and it is very likely that the three souls will leave the body, and now these three white lights are obviously Lin Qiao'er's three souls, how can I let the black vine swallow them?
I immediately wanted to stop it, but it was too late, and the Taoist priest and the doctor were even farther away, so I couldn't catch up either.
As soon as I thought of the consequences of the three souls being devoured, my mind went blank for a while, and my heart was half cold. But at this moment, a figure suddenly flashed from my blank consciousness, and when I reacted, I found that all the cursed black vines were curled upside down and shrunk, constantly trembling, as if they were in great pain.
Before I could figure out what was going on, the Taoist priest on the side was quick to move, took out a yellow talisman and pressed the three white lights back into Lin Qiao'er's body.
Seeing this situation, I, the doctor and the Taoist priest breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and at this point, it means that Lin Qiao'er is fine, and in the future, she only needs to rest and recuperate, and she will be able to recover as before.
Things went more smoothly than we imagined, and what Grandma feared didn't happen, and Cursed Black Vine remained in a state of stalemate with Oni.
As for the problems on my body, I have to wait until the mountain ghost festival begins, and use the mountain ghost prayer and the power of the witch boy to resolve it, and I am not in a hurry at this time.
Grandma was also quite surprised by what happened just now, and the Taoist priest said that it may be that the ghost devoured the evil spirit on the first night, which was originally stronger than the curse, and now the curse has devoured the evil qi, and the two are just equal again.
The rest of the people agreed, but I didn't feel that the reason why it went so well this time was probably related to the mysterious figure that suddenly flashed into my consciousness at that time.
More importantly, I always felt that the figure was very familiar, and I must have seen it somewhere, not so long ago. However, no matter how I recall, I still have no clue.
I didn't say it, not even my grandmother, because I had a strong premonition that this person was very important to me.