Chapter Seventy-Seven: They Are Not Human
The first section of entering Lao Yeling is a line car, one in the morning and one in the evening, and it is the kind of battered minibus. Our group of three was ready to stop, just in time to catch the line car at half past nine, this car was not many people, we simply sat at the end, all the way to see.
Unlike my heavy heart, Ji Ling seemed to be particularly happy, pointing out the scenery outside the window and telling us her stories from time to time.
Her family lives in Bamianpo in Lao Yeling, which is the farthest village in the mountains, and it is also our destination today.
At the age of twelve, she entered the Qiyun Temple to practice, and she could only go home once during the New Year's holidays, although there was no one else at home, an empty house, two plum trees, and no one picked the autumn fruits hanging on the branches, she could always see the dried fruits all over the ground when she went back.
But even so, she said she would like to go back because she could feel that she had a place to belong.
She said that she was very happy today, and that when someone accompanied her home, her home would not be so deserted.
I saw that this little girl was squeaking endlessly, so I simply took the opportunity to talk to her about her master Xiangyun.
"You're your master's close disciple?"
She shook her head: "Master has a lot of disciples, and although I am the youngest now, there should be more in the future." ”
When she said this, she showed a hint of a child's fear of losing her favor, but when she turned her head, she smiled again: "My master is good, good to the believers, and better for us disciples. Other masters beat and scolded, but my master never scolded us, and even made shoes for us himself. ”
"Well, this pair I'm wearing, what do you think?"
She dangled her feet and showed us the finely made mille-feuille shoes on her feet.
But it happened that the car hit the stone, and when it jolted, it suddenly swayed her towards me.
Without waiting for me to help, the poplar tree grabbed her slender waist on the side and pulled her back.
I don't know what Yang Shu is thinking at this moment, the hand on someone's waist still doesn't let go.
Although Ji Ling was generous, but this was on the online car, so many people looked at it, her face suddenly turned slightly red, and she twisted her waist: "Quickly let go." You rude men, you are so violent when you pull someone, it hurts! ”
Yang Shu let go of his hand in embarrassment, scratched his head and smirked: "I'll tap next time." ”
"Wow, are you still cursing me for falling next time?"
"No, no, I didn't mean that."
I rolled my eyes and turned my head, no longer looking at the two children scattering dog food, but turned my head to see that an old man with a hunting knife in the car in front of me was turning his head to look at us, although his face was expressionless, but the look in his eyes made people palpitate for no reason.
I'm in the Holy Realm, even I feel palpitations, I'm afraid there's something wrong here.
This man was on the same bus as us, I remember it very well.
"What are you looking at, brother?"
The man looked at me and asked, showing a smile: "It's nothing, I just think they are a good match, golden boy and girl." ”
Now there are many people on the Internet who are hyping this topic, in the Northeast, when you are asked, "What do you see", how to answer, in order to get satisfactory results, now I will tell you.
This person's answer is a very standard and good answer, because it can turn on peaceful mode.
Of course, if you want to try the battle mode, you can also answer "look at you".
But before answering like this, I advise you to do a good job of protection, especially for hair grabbing, flirting with feet, big cushion cannons and so on.
I'm the one who is ready to make a move, but at this time the move is useless, although this person is smiling a little weirdly, but no matter how ugly it is, isn't it a laugh, I retracted my gaze and looked out the window.
To be honest, the deep mountains and snow valleys that are particularly interesting in Ji Ling's eyes are just bare and dead silence in my eyes.
I don't see where the beauty is.
It was already more than one o'clock in the afternoon when the car arrived at Bamianpo, and the bumps along the way and the disgusting smell on the car were alleviated at the moment of getting off the car, and Yang Shu and I carried two large mountaineering bags full of tools, followed Ji Ling, who was jumping and jumping, through the small village of more than 20 families, and arrived at the dilapidated courtyard of her house.
The small courtyard is surrounded by dry branches into a barrier wall, and the broken wooden door is pasted with a door god that has long been broken and faded, Ji Ling took a lot of effort to open the rusty lock, and there are indeed two plum trees planted in the courtyard, but at the moment there are only bare branches, and there is an old eagle's nest on it.
The house is an adobe house made of yellow mud and grass, with a thatched roof, but fortunately there are two glass shelves and windows.
The house was cleaned up very clean, although it was full of dust, but after Ji Ling roughly cleaned it, it was barely able to live in, she made a fire for us to make Ka Lu soup, and said with a smile: "Don't dislike it, you will stay overnight, tomorrow we will get up early and go into the mountain, it will be almost dark, and it will be difficult to find a way in." ”
"After eating later, I'll take you to find Grandma An, she knows the matter of the toad cellar best, I was still young when I left, although I know the way, but I really don't know what it's like inside, but you don't worry, she must know."
I smiled and asked, "You always say Grandma An all the way, you Grandma An is really a shaman?" ”
Shamanism originates from the ancient totem worship and nature worship, there are many branches, the shamans in the northeast almost all belong to the Manchu shaman and the Mongolian shaman, the shaman was the most prosperous in the pre-Qing Dynasty, and now Aixin Jueluo is declining, although the shaman is there, but it is no longer the grand occasion of the year, but even so, people who really understand shamanic witchcraft will not nest in this ravine.
But when I came to the old shaman's house and saw the totem pole erected at the door, I immediately put away my playfulness, and this totem pole exudes the spirituality of eagles, deer, tigers and trees, which is the signature of a true shaman.
Is there really a shaman living in seclusion here?
The shaman's house is not much different from Ji Ling's house, except that it is relatively well repaired, but the window is covered with a thick cotton cloth, and it looks like there is something photophobic inside.
Ji Ling didn't knock on the door, he went up and opened the door of the house and called someone: "Grandma An, I'm back, you see, I brought you a guest......"
An old woman's voice came from inside the house: "Ling'er, come in." ”
The voice was old and hoarse, coming from the dim room, and if it wasn't for the inside story, I am afraid that ordinary people would not dare to enter.
When I entered the house, I saw a kang table on the kang, and red candles were lit on the table, and the candlelight reflected the face of a wrinkled, bloated old woman, her eyes were rolled, I don't know if she was completely blind or something wrong, but her gray hair was braided and hung down on her shoulders, and her body was completely covered by a fat dress with dark red bells and whistles that looked like a costume.
Before I could say hello, the old woman suddenly turned her head to look at us!
A pair of white eyes widened, as if they had seen something frightening, and they looked particularly terrifying in the candlelight.
"Get out! Get out! ”
She yelled at us unceremoniously.
Yang Shu and I looked at each other, but Ji Ling hurriedly said, "Grandma An, what are you doing, they are the guests I invited!" ”
"Poor child, what blinded your wise eyes and brought you back from the vastness of the beast......
She spat out such a sentence, half chanting, half telling, which made our brothers very embarrassed.
Beast?
I have no intention of commenting on this comment.
Ji Ling grabbed the old woman's arm and shook it: "Grandma, I haven't seen you for a year, and I just saw you, why did you drive me away?" ”
"Grandma is not driving you, she is driving them, they are not people!"
I can bear what I said before, after all, the other party is also a senior of the Xuanmen, but this is clearly scolding.
Ji Ling was also annoyed and said: "They are my friends, I brought them to see you, if you don't see them, you won't see them, then I'll leave too!" ”
She turned around and pulled the poplar tree out, but the An Shaman shouted anxiously: "Ling'er, you can't go, Ling'er, ......"
Ji Ling just took retreat as advance, and when he heard this, he immediately turned his head and posted it with a smile: "Hehe, I know that grandma loves me." ”
As he spoke, he turned his head and smiled at the two of us: "You guys sit down too, grandma agrees to talk to us." ”
The poplar was as well-behaved as a Labrador who had heard his master's order, and immediately sat down on the stool against the wall, almost sticking out his tongue and snorting twice. I had no choice but to sit down, and I wondered which one this anshaman was singing.
An Saman sighed, stretched out his trembling hand and stroked Ji Ling's hair: "Ling'er, grandma is old, and I don't know how many days there are to live, when you come back this time, can you stay with grandma for a few more days?" ”
"Yes, I miss you too."
Ansa looked happy: "Really? ”
"But I'm going to send them into the mountain first, and when they come back, I'll stay with you for a few more days, even if my master knows, he won't blame me!"
Anshaman didn't say anything more, but the look of disappointment on his face was undisguised.
"Grandma, don't be like this, it's not like I'm not coming back."
An Saman interrupted Ji Ling's words: "Into the mountain? Are you going into the mountains? ”
I took over the conversation: "Yes, we are going to break into the toad cellar, and I hope that our seniors can guide us through the maze." ”
"You're going to chase those ronins?"
Ronin is on our side, and it is the collective name of the older generation for Japanese hooligans.
It seems that this time it is really the right one, this An Shaman should know something.
"Exactly!"
"You can't go, you can't go, none of you are allowed to go!"
Ji Ling blurted out, "Why?" ”
I smiled and stood up: "I heard that the shaman has the insight of a goshawk, but I don't know, what exactly did you foresee?" ”
As I said this, I slowly let go of my breath.
Ansaman turned pale and remained silent.
After a while, she pointed to the cabinet on the kang head: "Ling'er, bring my god hat and drape." ”
Ji Ling was overjoyed, and simply agreed, turned his head and said to us: "Grandma wants to ask for an oracle for us!" ”
The box was opened, and on the top was a certain eagle feather double antler blood-colored god hat, the eagle feathers were backwards, the antlers were facing the sky, a black gauze covered the eyes, several streamers hung down all around, and the bearskin and deer skin accounted for half of each, and it was very agile to sway.
Anshaman put on this hat, and the aura on his body became like an unfathomable dragon pool, which made people feel awe.
I looked at the antlers on my hat with more forks than I could count, and I felt a little embarrassed.
Fifteen pronged double antlers, the highest level of the river god sect shaman!
I am a small holy realm, and I dare to let go of my breath in front of others, isn't this an axe from the class?