After the master shouted for a while, the thick fog miasma really began to dissipate, and after a while, the surroundings were much clearer, and when he looked up at the sky, a curved crescent moon was unusually clear.

Everyone's hearts suddenly brightened, and they all let out a long breath. At this time, Xiao Laodao beckoned everyone, "Let's go, go back to the cave and have a look." ”

The master was puzzled and asked, "What are you doing in the cave?" ”

Xiao Laodao said with a straight face: "Find the corpses of those headless ghosts." ”

The master was very surprised when he heard this, and the others seemed to be surprised, Xiao Laodao was afraid to avoid this kind of thing every time, why was he so positive this time?

However, Xiao Laodao didn't explain to everyone, and returned the same way with a torch, everyone looked at each other blankly, and the timid person who always asked for food asked my grandfather, "Brother Liu, do we really want to go back again?" ”

The grandfather glanced helplessly at the old man, although the grandfather saw what Xiao Laodao was going to do, but he couldn't guess what medicine he was in the gourd, the grandfather said: "It's okay, you don't have to be afraid of me." The old man didn't say anything more, and nodded trustingly.

Soon, everyone followed Xiao Laodao back to the mouth of the cave, at this time, the cave was still stinking, Xiao Laodao held a torch to shine in the cave, and then instructed the master to "go find some dry firewood." ”

When everyone heard this, they were all puzzled, but they didn't ask much, they quickly dispersed, and after a while, they found a pile of firewood, and Xiao Laodao immediately ordered everyone: "Bingshou, the ninth and eleventh of the first month, the three of you follow me into the cave, you don't need to bring anything else, bring all these firewood and the five grains and water in the baggage; Lan'er, old brother, monkey, you wait outside, it's better to stay away from the entrance of the cave, no matter what happens later, don't go into the cave. ”

When the entertainer girl heard this, she asked suspiciously, "Daochang Xiao, what are you going to do in the cave?" ”

Xiao Laodao smiled: "Don't do anything, just look for the corpse." ”

The three of them took out all the wine in the baggage, Xiao Shiyi held the wine, and the grandfather and Xiao Chujiu held Chai He, and followed Xiao Laodao into the cave.

Came to the bottom of the cave, there was no change inside, the stone coffin cover was still lying on the ground, but when everyone walked to the stone coffin, looked inside, they all gasped, and saw that the stone coffin was densely packed with human heads, and the bottom had become a white bone skeleton, and some of the top were rotten for more than half, and the stench was unbearable and shocking.

"This is the mound of ten thousand heads!" After that, Xiao Laodao wrinkled his nose and ordered Xiao Shiyi, "Quickly give me the five grains and water." ”

In Xiao Shiyi's arms, holding the two jars, Xiao Shiyi hurriedly handed the jar to Xiao Laodao, Xiao Laodao pulled out the jar lid and spilled the wine into the stone coffin. ”

Xiao Laodao had already emptied the wine in the jar at this time, stuffed the empty jar to Xiao Shiyi, and said, "What if you don't burn it, otherwise you will follow us." With that, he took the torch from the side and threw it into the stone coffin, and suddenly, blue flames rose in the stone coffin.

Xiao Laodao immediately greeted my grandfather and Xiao Chujiu, "Don't be stunned by the two of you, hurry up and add firewood to it, don't add it all, little by little, burn it slowly!" ”

Xiao Chujiu was very obedient, put the firewood in his arms next to the stone coffin, and added it one by one, and the master said to Xiao Laodao: "Brother Xiao, let's do this for fear that it will be inappropriate, and it will anger them!" ”

Xiao Laodao said calmly: "Don't worry, brother, your brother and I have encountered this situation in the past, and that's what we did." ”

The master was still worried, and bent down to put the Chai He in his arms next to the stone coffin, but he didn't add Chai He to it, and asked Xiao Lao Dao, "Brother Xiao, do you have yellow paper at hand?" ”

Xiao Laodao asked rhetorically: "What do you want yellow paper for?" ”

The master didn't answer directly: "Quickly find me some." ”

Xiao Laodao said: "The yellow paper is all outside." Then he instructed Xiao Shiyi, "Go outside and bring the yellow paper." Xiao Shiyi quickly put down the jar and ran towards the outside of the cave.

At this time, the master took out the Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword from his waist, gritted his teeth, and cut a cut on his finger, and blood came out.

Seeing this, Xiao Laodao showed a puzzled expression, "Brother, what are you doing here?" ”

The master replied: "These heads are full of resentment, if you burn them with fire, the resentment will rush out, and I will seal them all in the stone coffin." As he spoke, the master used his finger blood to write the word "seal" on the four corners of the stone coffin, which is one of the five major characters of our family's ancestral "seal" character, which is generally used to seal the soul and trap the ghost.

The master had just finished writing, Xiao Shiyi trotted and brought the yellow paper, the master took the yellow paper, took out four sheets from it, recited a few words of mantra silently, and slapped the four pieces of yellow paper on the four "seal" words.

At this time, black smoke billowed from the stone coffin, but the black smoke only flowed in the stone coffin, but it could not come out of the stone coffin, as if a transparent glass lid was buckled on the stone coffin. Although the black smoke could not come out, it did not affect Xiao Chujiu to add firewood to it, let alone the burning of the flames.

Xiao Laodao looked at it and was surprised, "Brother, I didn't expect you to do this." ”

The master said: "This is a helpless move, but, why are there only human heads in this stone coffin, where are their corpses gone?" ”

The master asked, paused for a while, Xiao Laodao said slowly: "In ancient times, the two armies fought, after killing the enemy, cut off the head and tie it around the waist, after the battle, the number of heads on each person's waist was rewarded, and after counting, these heads were buried in a certain place, and then there was a 'Ten Thousand Head Mound' with only a head and no body." ”

Hearing this, the master asked, "Could it be that these are all people who were killed on the battlefield?" ”

Xiao Laodao shook his head, "There are big and small in these heads, and some of them are already dry bones, and some are still rotting, which means that they were not put in together, in my opinion, there is only one possibility......"

"What is possible?"

Xiao Laodao hesitated for a moment and said: "It is said that there are often fierce barbarians in the depths of Shu who make a living by hunting, but in addition to birds and animals, they also often feed on living people. ”

"What? Cannibalism? When the master heard this, he was a little difficult to accept.

Xiao Laodao nodded lightly, "These people drink blood, are wild and untransformed, often take a dozen or twenty people as a team, obey the orders of the chief of the army, or respect the priest, the human heads in this cave may be a ritual of their sacrifice, as for the flesh of these heads, I am afraid that they have been eaten......

When the master heard this, he walked back to the stone coffin, raised his hand and tore off the yellow paper at the four corners, and wiped off the word "seal" on it with his sleeve.

Xiao Laodao was shocked when he saw this, "Brother, what are you doing!" ”

Xiao Laodao's voice fell, the black smoke in the stone coffin rose into the sky, and in an instant, the entire roof of the cave was shrouded in black smoke, and the master raised his head and shouted at the black smoke: "There is revenge, there is revenge, there is revenge, let's disperse to take revenge!" ”

However, the black smoke condensed on the top of the cave and did not leave, Xiao Laodao suddenly shouted: "Brother, you have caused us trouble, if they dare to seek revenge from those barbarians, don't they go to take revenge early!" ”

The master turned his head and glanced at Xiao Laodao, and said, "They can't take revenge, because they were trapped in the stone coffin, and they followed us after we opened the stone coffin." As he spoke, the master pointed to the stone coffin on the ground, "Look at what's on it." ”

Xiao Laodao heard this, looked down at the stone coffin cover, at this time the stone coffin cover, face down, rushed up, was lifted from the stone coffin by the grandfather several people, and saw that there were many strange symbols engraved on it, and in the groove of the symbol, some red traces could be faintly seen, which was inadvertently glimpsed when the master was writing the word "seal" just now.

Xiao Laodao squatted down with a torch and looked at it carefully, but he didn't seem to understand it, and asked, "What is engraved on this?" ”

Tai Ye said: "It's like an ancient witchcraft, these runes should be used to seal the soul, and the red traces inside should be human blood, I heard my father say that the earliest witchcraft, when sacrificing to the sky, used not three animal offerings, but human heads, there may really be a barbarian tribe nearby, and there is a custom of using human heads to sacrifice to the sky." ”

At this time, wisps of black smoke from the top of the cave drifted towards the outside of the cave, Xiao Laodao looked at the black smoke, stood up from the ground, and asked Xiao Shiyi: "Eleven, are these black smokes those heads before?" ”

Xiao Shiyi nodded suddenly, and Xiao Laodao asked again, "Did they say anything?" ”

Xiao Shiyi gestured and said: I didn't say anything, I still have to say to find the body.

Tai Ye said: "Their corpses are separated, their souls are incomplete, only obsessions are left, like this kind of ghost, unless you find the body, it will be difficult to reincarnate again." The master immediately beckoned Xiao Chujiu, "Brother Chujiu, quickly extinguish the fire, otherwise they won't be able to stay in the yang world to avenge themselves." ”

When Xiao Chujiu heard this, he glanced at Xiao Laodao, but Xiao Laodao said: "Instead of letting them stay and suffer, it is better to send them directly to the underworld." ”

The master said: "A ghost without a body, the soul is incomplete, and when you go to the underworld, there is no one to take it in, and you will suffer even more." ”

Xiao Laodao waved his hand at Xiao Chujiu, and then, Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi started together, first took out the firewood in the stone coffin, and then smashed the fire with a wooden stick.

Xiao Laodao said to my grandfather: "Brother, why do I think that this matter is not over yet, it has just begun." Xiao Laodao was obviously physically and mentally exhausted, and he didn't want to touch these things anymore.

The master said: "Let's get out of here first, no matter what happens, let's just not make a move." ”

Xiao Laodao smiled bitterly and sighed: "I'm afraid it's ...... again It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided......"