Chapter 21: The Fairy Lady
In folklore, a person who explores the past and present lives of others through the eight characters of a person's birth date is called a fairy mother.
They have their own fields, and most of them are entrenched in rural areas. When something strange happens to people in the countryside, sometimes they have to turn to the fairy lady for help.
As for whether it works or not, that's another question.
As the saying goes, if a person cannot see the essence of things, then he will never know the truth.
The man looked at us, wiped away tears with his hands, and a whimpering voice rang out, "It's pathetic...... It's crying......"
We were all confused by what he said, and we didn't know what he meant. We looked at each other to suggest if the other knew, but they both shook their heads. I was about to ask a question, but I saw his body move under his feet.
"Be careful, back!" After Jiang Yu finished speaking, he took out the pistol he got from Liu Lifeng, aimed at the man's back and fired a shot, just hitting one of the legs.
The man was startled and ran towards us. I looked at him vigilantly, and Ji Wuchi motioned with his eyes not to act rashly for the time being, and to see the situation.
Suddenly, I saw the guy's head in the rearview mirror of a car!
"Its head is there!" I reminded Jiang Yu, and he nodded, and immediately chased after the monster. Even if the guy was injured, his speed didn't affect at all, and he fled quickly.
"Its purpose is the body, and if it doesn't return to the body on time, it will die within a moment." I suddenly remembered about this guy's fatal weakness, so I quickly walked to this body, and the body was pierced by Jiang Yu with a bullet, but there was no blood. But he was still struggling and trembling.
"Chen Qi, there is no other way?" Ji Wuqi stopped me, I knew what he meant. I frowned, looking at this body, I seemed to forget that she was also a human being, the girl named Fangfang.
"I don't know, what I know now is that if we don't get rid of it, there will be many more people who will have to die, and that may include my mother...... There could be you, too. I sighed and continued,
"Ji Wuqi, you should know that as a corpse chaser, you have already seen how many dead corpses, haven't you? It's time to look down on life and death, isn't it? I didn't look back at Ji Wuqi's expression, but stared at her on the ground tightly.
But obviously Ji Wuqi didn't think so.
"It's because I'm a corpse chaser that I've seen countless corpses that I know the preciousness of life, right?" Ji Wuqi's voice suddenly became excited, maybe it was at this moment that I realized that as a Maoshan corpse chaser, he was inadequate.
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
"That guy ran away, but it should still be nearby, is there any way to get rid of it?" Jiang Yu trotted towards us from a distance, saw the atmosphere of the two of us frozen, and looked at the body on the ground, "You know the way?" β
"Well, it's just these days to see the corpse." I turned around and didn't look at Ji Wuqi, but at Jiang Yu.
"Corpses?" Jiang Yu looked at me uncertainly, opened his mouth but still closed it.
"What Chen Qi means is that if you don't let your head return to your body, this thing will definitely not live for two days, and the same people will do the same" Ji Wuqi paused, focusing on the last half of the sentence.
"So that means Fang Fang has to die?" Jiang Yu made it clear that the public and the individual must choose one or the other.
"She's not Fangfang anymore, that guy has become a sperm, if you don't know the root cause, you can't ......" I didn't finish my sentence, and the man who had been ignored by us suddenly spoke, "As long as you know the root cause, right?" β
We all looked at him. Those eyes, flickering with fireworks different from the earth, bright, clear and clean.
"You...... Who the hell is it? I froze and looked at him.
"Hexagram divination, one of the eight ghost arts, divination asked, solving doubts and checking the truth of right and wrong. My name is Rye, and I have a lot of advice. He smiled and looked at us calmly.
The Eight Ghost Techniques were once passed down in the world, but now they have disappeared, and when they hear about it again, they only mention it from Li Lian's mouth.
Exorcise evil spirits and go to the source of the yin, and do not abandon the ghost art of exploring the door and ghosts. Several techniques, complementing each other, eventually come down to the eight gates.
It's hard for me to imagine that a weak man is one of the eight ghost arts.
He sat quietly at the front of the hospital bed, his emaciated face, his hair as dry as firewood, and although his lips were not the slightest blood, his eyes were surprisingly clean and bright.
"You said you could save Fangfang, right?" Liu Lifeng looked at the man and asked slowly. I have to say that this man feels very familiar to him, like an old man he hasn't seen for many years.
"When did I say I could be saved?" Rye shrugged his shoulders and said with an innocent expression.
"What do you mean?" I looked at this man, I was uncomfortable, he gave me an inexplicable irritability, so I asked unfriendly.
I helped my forehead, and I don't know what's going on lately, but any person who comes out makes me feel uneasy.
Rye seemed to see through what I was thinking, "You're upset? Are you afraid of me? "It seems to be different from the impression of just meeting, if it is different, the impression of just meeting is stopped at the level of grievance and pity, and now it seems to be a different person, becoming deep and indifferent.
There is an invisible courage in conversation.
"Hey! Don't say something that you don't have, Uncle Ben will ask you, save or not? Ji Wuqi looked at him and looked like a scoundrel.
"It's a very difficult question, save it, I can't help it...... Besides, are you begging me? His eyes swept over Ji Wuqi's face and smiled faintly.
"You ......" Ji Wuqi was choked. Seeing his appearance, the man's words suddenly changed, "But...... I knew someone could save me. As for whether it can be saved, I don......'t know if it can be saved."
Ji Wuqi was simply led by his nose, but I was in no mood to mock him now.
"Do you know who can save it?" Liu Lifeng asked again.
"As I said before, hexagram divination is discerning reason. I investigate things, calculate this thing, and untie the bell to tie the bell. It's all in Luoqiao Village. Rye put away his smile and lightly looked at Li Lian on the hospital bed.
At dawn, between the events of last night, I volunteered to go to this village with Zhuang Qin. Of course, I haven't completed the mission with Zhuang Qin yet. But when it comes to the village, I still have a shadow in my heart.
After a bumpy ride, I finally arrived in the village. It was only about two o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was hanging high in the sky, and the blazing flames were scorching the earth fiercely.
As soon as I got out of the car, I felt as if I was walking in the Sahara Desert, and the heat and irritability swept over me. The water all over my body is losing like crazy.
I looked at Zhuang Qin, she was wearing a short shirt and shorts, her figure was slim, and she was full of grace. Especially the pair of long legs, tsk, fair and smooth, delicate skin seems to be bathed in the sun, looking pleasing to the eye.
When I think of the first time I saw her, my impression of her only stayed at the words arrogant and violent. I forgot that she also has the charm of a mature woman.
"The north road has been investigated, and Lu Xiuying's home is just south of the village." Zhuang Qin wiped his sweat, looked at the village and said.
"Lu Xiuying? Of course not, we're looking for a fairy woman. Ask her about Lu Xiuying. β
According to what the man said, Luoqiao Village is not famous for anything else, but the local fairy lady is very famous. However, as far as I know, although the legend of this fairy lady is effective, there are still people who believe that she is transformed by the spirit of the mountain, and it is a thing that specializes in demagogic people's hearts, so it should not be easily believed. Especially if you build a house in the deep mountains and old forests.
But most of the places where the fairy lady lives are remote places. What does it matter?
In the distance, I saw a house, a mud house, with an old couplet on both sides of the door, and the color had faded.
Outside the house there was a plum tree planted next to the dam, and under the tree was an old yellow dog that was tethered. The dog stuck out his tongue to cool off under the tree, and when he saw an outsider coming, he immediately barked viciously. If it weren't for the rope, I'm afraid I would have pounced.
"This is the abode of the fairy lady?" Zhuang Qin glanced at his surroundings and was slightly surprised.
"What's the problem?"
"I thought I was like a wizard, surrounded by strange plants and some strange things."
"Miss Zhuang, this is the countryside, and the fairy mothers are very simple people, what are you thinking about?" I sneered.
It wasn't long before the door opened.
An old woman with gray hair poked out her head, "You are ......"
"You've always been a fairy woman, aren't you?" I looked at the old woman, her eyebrows were kind, and there was an amiable look between her eyebrows. Immediately, a sense of intimacy arose.
She was silent for a moment and invited us into the house.
The furniture was rudimentary, with a stove, a closet cupboard, a table, a few stools, and an old-fashioned television, and nothing left.
We also made our purpose clear to her.
Her name is Luo Haihui, and her ancestors have been fairy mothers for generations, but in her generation, they have declined. The conversation was mixed with nostalgia for the past.
"The little girl in your mouth, look at her birthday with me." After she finished speaking, I handed her the note I had prepared.
She reached out and took it, put on her reading glasses, and held the note in her rough hand, "Let me calculate for a moment." β
After saying that, she closed her eyes, and it took a long time for her mouth to open them.
"How?" Before she could speak, Zhuang Qin asked impatiently.
"Lu Xiuying's sins, her granddaughter repaid. The reincarnation of cause and effect has long been a calamity. β
According to Luo Haihui, because Lu Xiuying is a head lowering master, there are not a few people who look for her to lower her head. Lowering her head is a trick to harm people, so instead of accumulating good fortune, she is a debt.
Those unjustly killed souls were buried under the ground by her, and they cultivated into monsters over time. Especially the flying head barbarian, this thing is vicious, cruel and blood-devouring, and because of the resentment and resentment, it has become a harmful thing.
It was attached to the girl, but it was actually to take revenge on Lu Xiuying.
There is only one way to crack it.
Following what Luo Haihui said, Zhuang Qin and I took advantage of the fact that it was not dark and came to Lu Xiuying's house. The villagers were busy, and no one noticed.
Zhuang Qin and I slipped into her house like thieves, which was dilapidated and uninhabited with cobwebs.
Coming to the back room of the house, in the corner we began to dig with a shovel, which had to be done before dark.
Finally, I saw that the huge box was revealed, and it was getting dark. A cold wind blew in, and the empty room seemed quiet.
"I remember one thing, you say, where is that guy going to go at night?" I took the box out and asked casually.
"That guy seems shrewd." Zhuang Qin frowned and glanced at the door.
As we talked, there was a rustling sound outside the door, like a four-limbed animal crawling quickly on the ground.
"It's not good, your uncle!" I cursed, and this guy actually followed.
Before we could react, a huge object pounced. It was Fangfang, she had a few heads, and when she pounced, I subconsciously blocked it with my right hand, and my arm was bitten hard by it, and my blood flowed down immediately.
After this guy tasted blood, he seemed to be even more excited. It was happy, but I was going to die of pain.
There were three pairs of eyes on her head, and Zhuang Qin couldn't find a good time to start if she wanted to. I had known that I had brought the gun with me.
In the panic, I touched the shovel on the side, and I hit it with a hammer with my backhand, and at the moment I still don't care who you are, I struggled to get up. It wasn't so good, and I shoveled it down and hit it on the forehead, which was where they were weakest.
Zhuang Qin took advantage of the moment and also took out a hammer and knocked it down, the first time it was okay, but the second time it was smart and caught the shovel with his hand.
This strength is indeed great, and it directly threw Zhuang Qin out.
It turned its head and looked at me viciously.
I took a few steps back and clutched my injured arm. There was a sudden light outside the door, and the guy noticed it, and to my surprise, it didn't continue to attack me, but turned out the door.
At this moment, a villager was checking outside with a flashlight, and he heard a sound coming from the empty house, and he wanted to come and see.
As a result, before he could step through the door, a black shadow rushed towards him, and the black shadow disappeared in an instant, and when he looked at the villager again, his headless body fell straight and straight backwards, and blood flowed all over the ground.
We followed out and looked at the corpse, "Oh no, this guy has killed the villagers at will!" Zhuang Qin walked out, she was not so good, her knee was broken on the ground when she was thrown out just now.
But in her eyes, it didn't seem like a big deal.
"At least it's coming, and there's no danger on their side."
"Quick, let's go find Luo Haihui! Take the box! Looking in the direction of the guy's departure, a bad premonition came to mind.
This box is the magic weapon to subdue that guy, and it was also prepared by Xiuying just in case, it seems that she had expected such a day.
As for the villagers, we have no time to take care of them, and the most important thing now is to ensure the lives of others.
We took the box and rushed to Luo Haihui's residence.
The blood stains scattered at the door startled me suddenly, as if my idea had come true.
"Monster! Come out! You have the ability to rush at me! I yelled angrily at the door, and the door opened, but it wasn't that guy, but Luo Haihui.
Her expression was full of confusion as she looked at our menacing two.
I looked down, and now she was holding a bloody knife in one hand and a fat rooster in the other, and there were chicken feathers on the knife.
"You ...... this"
I stood there awkwardly, "Ahem...... Well, you're always killing chickens...... I thought ......" Zhuang Qin poked me with his elbow, and I shut my mouth.
Then she saw my bleeding arm, "Oh, what's going on?" Kid, you're hurt, come in, grandma will bandage you. β
When I heard this, my heart was hot, and I followed him into the house.
Busy for a while, she ran around, stitching up wounds, applying medicine, bandaging, etc., and did it very seriously, while Zhuang Qin was on the side.
Grandma Luo's eyes are not good, and the stitching is all Zhuang Qin is busy working, and it took half a day to complete. When asked about just now, she just smiled kindly and said that she hadn't had guests at home for many years, and she was going to kill a chicken and open meat. Time was pressing, but grandma was so gracious that she finally compromised.
"Chen Qi, why is the red mark on your hand still there?" Zhuang Qin packed up the gauze and asked casually.
"How do I know!" I glanced at the red mark on my right hand, which had appeared with Mr. Wu and had always been there.
"Don't say it, there is even such a thing as a flying head man, then it is impossible to have a flying hand man, countless pairs of ghost hands, hands full of teeth, and hands that specialize in eating people."
I looked at Zhuang Qin speechlessly, and when I saw what she said seriously, I couldn't help but reply, "I hope you're just joking...... Otherwise, your slender hands will be the first to suffer. β
She pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes narrowed into slits, and she looked at me with a hint of anger, "yes, they were all bitten, and I didn't forget to tease them." β
"Miss Zhuang, no one can tease you, not to mention that it was my hand that was bitten, not my mouth." Seeing her raise her fist, I shut my mouth in recognition.
Grandma Luo also happened to come out of the inner room, holding a crumpled notebook in her hand, wearing reading glasses, putting the notebook on the table, turning on the light, and in the dim light, I looked at the pattern content on the book. I hesitated for a while.
It's about how to receive and pay this monster. But the premise is to introduce it, and the so-called introduction is a corpse that has just died, pressing the box, and putting medicinal herbs in it.
The monster smelled, and as long as it approached the box and pushed the corpse away, the contents of the box were its nemesis.
However, as for why the corpse is caused, it is not detailed above, which is to warn us not to open it easily.
"But where to find the body? Gravedigging? Zhuang Qin smashed his fist into my head, "Forget it, the one at the door just now!" β
I suddenly came to my senses.
We had eaten, and when the night was getting darker and no one was looking, we slipped to the door of the house again, and the body was still there.
We both wrapped him up in a cloth and moved him out of the village. Looking at this old brother, my heart was full of guilt, if it weren't for us, how could he end up like this.
When everything is ready, we just have to wait.
I squatted on the edge of the haystack here, looking at the wound that Grandma Luo had bandaged me, and my heart was tickling. I don't know why she gave me a very affectionate feeling, something I had never felt before.
"Chen Qi, pay attention, you're out of your mind......" Zhuang Qin's words pulled my thoughts back. I grinned and understood.
Will this guy really come, though?
When I looked at my watch, it was past nine o'clock, and I was a little sleepy, especially in such a quiet night. I'm so useless, how can I fall asleep with a beautiful woman! I admonished myself and turned to look at Zhuang Qin, she was bright, forget it, she was a violent woman.
I stumbled upon the grass moving, "It's coming!" I blurted out.
Following my line of sight, something flew out of the grass. It's a dog, old yellow dog! Grandma Luo's dog, isn't it leashed, how could he run here.
I was trying to get up and drive it away, but Zhuang Qin's head was killed by a headbeat.
"What's wrong with you?"
Seeing her shush, I instantly understood. Sure enough, the dog sniffed on the ground, and a black shadow next to it flashed quickly, and almost in a few seconds, there was a pool of blood left on the ground, and it didn't even have time to bark.
It's that monster, I didn't expect it to reach the point where even the livestock won't let go.
Now it was just a head, with a long tail trailing behind it, and we held our breath as it slowly approached the box.
It sniffed in front of the corpse, and just as we were about to succeed, it suddenly turned its gaze to our location.
Almost instantly, it didn't move the box, but instead rushed in our direction.
"Damn! How not. β
Zhuang Qin and I rolled separately to both sides, but this guy followed me, thinking of the injury on his arm, which was cracked again because of the violent pulling just now.
Could it be that it remembers the smell of my blood? A thought crossed my mind.
Zhuang Qin followed, grabbed its tail, and took out a dagger from its back waist and slashed it.
The tail fell off, but as if there was still life, Zhuang Qin's hand tightened suddenly. The dagger fell, and the tail wrapped around her neck again, strangled tightly.
Zhuang Qin himself is already too busy to take care of himself, not to mention that I still have this monster with the tail cut off by the knife on my side.
"Uncle, it's not like you haven't dropped your tail! It's so fierce! "As I ran, I shouted to the rear, but how can I win the flight.
Seeing that it was about to bite me, my eyes were on the box, and now I couldn't care so much, I ran to the box, stopped my foot in time, and according to inertia it passed me directly, but soon it spun back.
I push the corpse away, no matter what the danger, I must kill you today!
I opened the box, and a bunch of red stuff poured out in an instant. With wings, it looks like an ant and a flying insect.
When the monster saw the worm, it wanted to turn around and run away, but the worm had wings and climbed up. Sucking the flesh of this monster like a flame, it is shocking.
And it flew towards me.
I finally understood the role of this corpse, this insect I know, "fire ant bug"
At this moment, a familiar figure ran out and threw himself into the pile of fire ants. Grandma Luo turned her head and showed that kind smile, without even saying a word, she was instantly surrounded by these little monsters, and gradually turned into a pile of white bones, but those things were still gnawing, and this terrifying scene was even ten thousand times more than before.
I just froze where I was. I didn't expect Grandma Luo to do this, we just met, didn't we? As for me, to bear this pain.
Fire ants bite the skin little by little, and it is a heart-piercing pain.
"Chen Qi! Are you okay? Zhuang Qin threw away the tail in his hand and walked slowly towards me, but his eyes were looking at Grandma Luo.
"Fire ant insects love the flesh and blood of living people, and they are more terrifying than flying heads, but the only good thing is that once they are full, they will fall, and the fireworks of the painting will fall and dissipate, and nothing will be left." As in front of me, those things spread out in the air, and the paintings were dotted with stars. Others look beautiful, but in my eyes, those flesh and blood are all over the body.
I vomited. I vomited everything I ate today, and my eyes were wet all the time.
In Luoqiao Village, the fairy lady is lonely. Grandma Luo pointed to the dog under the tree and said when we were leaving, "Lao Huang has been with me for many years, from Xiao Huang to Lao Huang, I am really happy that you are here, I thought that everyone except Lao Huang had forgotten me." β
It all seems to be over.
As for Fang Fang, the family of the villager who died found a girl who had fainted last night.
The family happened to have no daughters, and they all said that it was a blessing from God. I think that's the best place for Fangfang.
We helped Grandma Luo close the door and buried her clothes under the plum tree to say goodbye to her.
Fairy mother-in-law, choose immortal residence, think of the past, sigh for the present.
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"Little girl, why don't you just call Lin Mei?" The woman smiled and looked at the girl on the bed and said slowly.
"This kid's whereabouts are unknown, why don't you go to the fairy lady and ask?" The villager on the side spoke.
"You are old and confused, how can there be a fairy lady ...... now" The middle-aged woman said cautiously, looking at the girl with a loving look in her eyes.