Chapter 18: Borrowing Treasures from the Cave
I hurriedly replied: "Uncle, you are too modest, it is your good calculation, I will follow you to run errands and do coolies." ”
Fu Taiping walked over and looked at me seriously: "No, I told you a long time ago, in our circle, there is no so-called talent, and smart people may not be able to go far." ”
Glancing at Zhu Feiyue on the side, Fu Taiping sneered: "If you want to be famous on this road, you rely on your character, your words, and your courage in the face of life and death." ”
"Some people are greedy for life and afraid of death, and it is obviously not suitable to eat this meal just by virtue of the so-called cleverness."
Although he did not name him, Zhu Feiyue also heard that Fu Taiping was talking about him, and his face was slightly embarrassed.
I looked out the window, a little nervous, and said, "I can't stay here long, in case my junior brother comes to the door......
Fu Taiping didn't panic at all, and slowly walked to the side of the kang and sat down: "Senior brother shouldn't be able to come." ”
Zhu Feiyue lowered his head and thought for a while, and asked, "What is going on between you and your junior brother?" Why does he want you to die so much? ”
Mourning Taiping sighed: "I have grievances with him over the years, one or two sentences are not clear, we have taken different paths, I became a Miao doctor to save people, Mourning is not interested in medical skills, but studies some crooked ways, such as raising ghosts, releasing Gu and other harmful things." ”
"Do you remember the ghost hand that stretched out of the paper umbrella when he was fighting with Mei Lianzhou?"
We nodded, the ghost hand was so eerie that it left a shadow on me.
"The white paper umbrella is a container used to raise a little ghost for mourning, that ghost hand is the little ghost he adopted, whoever touches that thing will die, but unfortunately, just a little ghost, can't deal with Mei Lianzhou."
Zhu Feiyue and I listened with a pale face, it turns out that someone really dares to raise a little ghost!
"Mei Lianzhou was caught by a ghost, why is it okay?" I'm more curious.
Mourning Taiping became a little shocked, and said: "Mei Lianzhou, this person, is really terrible, what happened to him can't be explained by common sense, this time the mourning cry is planted in his hands, even if he doesn't die, he will lose his skin." ”
After a night's rest, Fu Taiping's face turned a little ruddy: "It's safe here for the time being, and when it gets dark, we'll go to borrow the treasure, and the person lives not far from here." As long as the things can be obtained, the little girl will not need a jade card to continue her life in the future. ”
That's what we're here for.
"Do you have to go at night? Not now? "I just want to finish quickly and stay in the village, which makes me feel very bad.
Fu Taiping said: "The man did not see the guests during the day, so he could only go at night. ”
"You rest first, let's go out for a walk." Zhu Feiyue pulled me out, this time we came in a hurry, we didn't prepare any dry food, those packets of biscuits didn't work, we would have been hungry for a long time, we were going to go to the village to find something to eat.
Walking out of the small courtyard, the two of us walked around the village for a while and found the house where the lights were turned on last night.
Zhu Feiyue stepped forward and knocked on the door, and a man dressed as a peasant opened the door and looked at us with a wary face:
"What for?"
Zhu Feiyue took a step forward: "We are tourists, we just came here this morning, are you going to have dinner at home?" ”
There are many farmhouses in the rural areas of Northeast China, even if they are ordinary rural families, as long as tourists are willing to spend money, it is normal to entertain them for a meal.
The man was a little impatient and said, "It's going to be evening." ”
Saying that he was about to close the door, Zhu Feiyue hurriedly said: "You have ingredients to sell for me, I'll take them back and make them myself." ”
The man thought for a moment and said, "There are frozen chickens." ”
"How do you sell it?"
"200 each."
Zhu Feiyue and I emptied our pockets and only scraped together more than 80 yuan.
There is no signal in this place, don't think about swiping your mobile phone, the man saw that we couldn't make up the money, and said: "If you don't have money, it's cool." He slammed the door shut.
"Dog basket." Zhu Feiyue scolded, we didn't give up, and found a family again, this time it was an eldest sister who opened the door, and she was quite enthusiastic.
We explained our intentions, and the eldest sister shook her head and said: "There will be no dinner at this time, and there is no ready-made thing at home, tonight there are people in our village who have a happy event, you two will also go when the time comes, and eat openly." ”
I knocked on a few more houses, but they all said that there was nothing to eat, so we had to return dejectedly.
I didn't eat for a day, it didn't matter, I just wanted to borrow something from the man and get out of this place.
Finally staying up until dark, Fu Taiping stood up and took the two of us out.
We left the village all the way, walked many miles through the woods, and finally reached our destination.
A few dozen meters ahead, there is a small cave.
The cave is more than a man tall, and the inside is so dark that it is reminiscent of a bear hibernating den.
Fu Taiping didn't dare to go forward, so he stopped the two of us: "The person we are looking for is in this hole." He stared straight at me: "Li Zhiwen, you go in alone, we will wait for you outside." ”
"What? Didn't you say before you came, 'Do you know him?' ”
I suspect I misheard.
Fu Taiping explained in a low voice: "I don't know him, I only know that he lives here, and as for the strange treasure I am talking about, it is the bun on that person's head." ”
After doing it for a long time, the person was a woman, and Fu Taiping didn't know anyone at all.
I glanced at the gloomy cave, and my heart was in my throat, what kind of woman would live in a cave deep in the mountains and old forests?
Unthinkable.
I could see from Fu Taiping's expression that he was also very jealous of the women in the cave, and said to me in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, with me, I can't let you have an accident, and when you go in, you will say that you are a head shaver, if she asks who sent you, you will say Mei Lianzhou." ”
I finally understood why Fu Taiping asked me to accompany him to Jehu Mountain, that woman lived in a cave all the year round, and her hair must have grown like weeds, and I happened to be a shaver, so I would not arouse her suspicion, and then in the name of cutting her hair, I stole the hairpin while she was unprepared.
It seems that I have been deceived by the mourning Taiping again.
I looked at him angrily, "Can you have a word of truth in your mouth?" ”
Fu Taiping: "I'll tell you the truth now, Li Zhiwen, think about it, the jade plate left by my master can continue people's longevity, it is something that changes life against the sky!" How easy is it to find a treasure that can match it? Even if I knew that woman, she wouldn't have lent it to me. ”
"So I can only steal." I don't have a good airway.
"That woman can't tolerate outsiders in her eyes, so you can only steal it." Fu Taiping's face was ugly: "You must remember, when you go in, she will ask you for a few things, no matter what she wants, you can only give it in reverse, this is a rule that must be followed, otherwise she will be recognized." ”
"For example, if she asks you for gold, you give her a stone, and if she asks for a pot of soil, you bring her a pot of snow, which is probably what it means, anyway, you must not give it to ...... as she says."
I patted my pocket: "It's easy, I don't have any gold for her." ”
"Okay, then you can go. Remember what I say and you won't go wrong. ”
Zhu Feiyue didn't say anything, and after listening to the meeting, he stepped forward and stopped me:
"Wait. What kind of rule is this, why haven't I heard of it? ”
Zhu Feiyue looked at Fu Taiping suspiciously: "You tell us first, what is the origin of that woman, let's decide whether to go or not, don't be confused and sold by you, I don't know." ”
I sometimes do things recklessly, not as careful as Zhu Feiyue, for us, the origin of the mourning Taiping is still unknown, after this period of contact, I found that this person does not like to tell the truth, it is better to ask clearly.
Fu Taiping sighed: "It's better not to ask." ”
Zhu Feiyue was unforgiving: "Why? ”
"I'm afraid that Li Zhiwen will know, so he won't dare to go."
"Hurry up."
Faced with our persecution, Fu Taiping had no choice but to speak: "That woman is not a living person, but a ......."
I was so frightened that I quickly retreated: "Ghost? ”
Fu Taiping: "To be exact, she is a mountain spirit. ”
The so-called mountain spirits are zombie-like dead creatures.
After death, due to some reason, the soul cannot leave the body, and it is trapped in the corpse, and after a long time, the corpse is affected by resentment, coupled with the nourishment of the extreme yin environment, the corpse will be transformed.
There is a rare pattern in Feng Shui, which is specially used to raise zombies, called "Door Welcoming God". ”
But unlike zombies, the mountain spirit's body does not decay, and on the surface, this thing is not much different from a living person.
To put it bluntly, it is a corpse with a mind.
As for the degree of danger, it depends on the Tao's decision.
I don't need to ask to know that this mountain spirit in the cave can't be dealt with by Fu Taiping, otherwise why is it so troublesome, just go into the cave and grab it.
After listening to his introduction, the cold hairs all over my body stood up.
"Now you understand, why did she ask you for something, you had to give it the other way around, right? She is a dead corpse, belonging to yin, and she does not recognize the things in the yang world, which is called the reversal of yin and yang. ”
"If it weren't for being injured by Mei Lianzhou and letting my junior brother lose his left hand, I would have thought that I would have been able to meet this mountain spirit."
Looking at this posture, I can't break into the mountain spirit cave?
"I didn't want to say it, the two children wanted to ask, but there is nothing to be afraid of, this thing seems to be dangerous, as long as you do what I say, it is impossible to go wrong."
Seeing that my face was ugly, Fu Taiping sat cross-legged on the snow, rolled his eyelids and said: "Do our business, there will be many scary people in the future, what is this little scene?" If you really don't dare, it means that you are not suitable for this bowl of rice, so let's go home as soon as possible. ”
"Besides, the mountain spirit is not a little harmful, the hairpin is a treasure that keeps her body from rotting, you steal the hairpin, she also loses her body, the end must be scattered, you are equivalent to doing a good deed of virtue."
What happened to the mountain spirit has nothing to do with me, at this time, I only have Su Yao in my mind.
Thinking of Su Yao, my heart throbbed, in fact, I never imagined what kind of story I could have with a girl like her, but she was indeed like a person.
The thought of that person makes my eyes moist.
If I quit now, what will Su Yao do?
Gritting my teeth, I walked towards the cave, and Zhu Feiyue hurriedly stopped me: "Don't listen to his fools, Li Zhiwen, you think clearly, is it necessary to take such a risk for the sake of a woman?" ”
I patted him on the shoulder: "I know it." ”
Fu Taiping stopped me and handed me a stack of paper scissors: "You will use it later." ”