Chapter Twenty-Three: On the Mountain Beam
Hearing this, my grandfather glanced at Xiao Laodao and asked in disbelief, "Brother Xiao, can you see clearly that it is a monk?" ”
My grandfather has practiced darts in the past, and before practicing darts, the first thing to practice is his eyes, and he pays attention to his quick hands and eyes.
Xiao Laodao said: "How can I see clearly from such a distance, but you can see the way the man ran up, obviously wearing a monk's robe." ”
Hearing Xiao Laodao say this, my grandfather took a closer look at the figure, this person was indeed wearing a robe, and he was running and dragging his feet, which was very unfriendly, but at this time, it could already be seen that he was a man.
My grandfather said, "What if this man is wearing a robe?" "In the Qing Dynasty at that time, the robe was a symbol of dignity, ordinary people could not afford to wear it, the second was unqualified, and the third was inconvenient to wear it to work.
Xiao Laodao said: "Who will come to this barren mountain in the middle of the night in a robe, there are many temples on the mountain, it must be a monk in which temple......" Saying, Xiao Laodao actually smiled, "Maybe this is a big monk who is greedy for red dust, and wants to run down the mountain in the middle of the night to return to the vulgar ......"
Before Xiao Laodao's joke fell, my grandfather's face suddenly changed, and the grandfather hurriedly asked Xiao Laodao: "Brother Xiao, have you seen it, a white shadow appeared behind this person!" ”
"White Shadow?" Xiao Laodao straightened his neck and looked at the mountain beam, "No, why didn't I see anything." ”
My grandfather said: "I didn't have it just now, but now I have, Brother Xiao, can't you really see it, it's behind that person, it seems that it is chasing that person." ”
Xiao Laodao glanced at my grandfather in amazement, "I really can't see it, Brother Liu, you won't see the hell again, right?" ”
My grandfather smiled helplessly, "Maybe it's really hell again, the more I look at this white shadow, the more I look like the mother of a wolf child." ”
When Xiao Laodao heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Is it really that female ghost, do you see it clearly?" ”
My grandfather nodded, "I can see clearly, although I can't see the person running in front of me clearly, I really see this female ghost!" ”
Xiao Laodao smiled, "That relationship is good, there is nowhere to find it when you step on the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it, aren't we just here to find her." ”
At this time, the person in front was still running wildly, and the female ghost in the back was in hot pursuit, and neither one nor the ghost paid attention to the ditch here.
My grandfather and Xiao Laodao quietly stood up from the grass nest, Xiao Laodao lowered his voice and asked my grandfather, "Brother, are you sure that the female ghost is chasing the big monk in front?" ”
My grandfather didn't say anything, nodded slightly, Xiao Laodao suddenly smiled again, "Then let's not worry, there is a way for the praying mantis to catch cicadas and yellow finches, let's follow first and see the situation." The two men walked out of the ditch and chased after one person and one ghost from the side of the mountain beam.
After chasing out for a distance, suddenly, the person in front of him screamed "ah", my grandfather and Xiao Laodao looked forward, the person was actually gone, followed by a burst of miserable laughter, which sounded creepy in the middle of the night.
My grandfather stopped, but Xiao Laodao had to continue to walk forward, my grandfather grabbed him, Xiao Laodao glanced at my grandfather blankly, "What's wrong brother?" ”
My grandfather asked rhetorically, "Didn't you hear the laughter?" ”
"What laughter?" Xiao Laodao was still at a loss, "No, wow." ”
My grandfather said: "It's the laughter of the female ghost, after the person in front of me disappeared, the female ghost stood there, looking up to the sky and laughing. ”
Xiao Laodao waved his hand, "I can't see the female ghost, let alone hear the laughter, but the great monk suddenly disappeared, according to my speculation, he should have stumbled and fallen off the cliff." ”
The female ghost quickly suppressed her laughter, turned around and walked back, and my grandfather hurriedly pulled Xiao Laodao, "Hide, the female ghost is coming towards us." ”
The two cats entered the grass nest next to them, and Xiao Laodao whispered to my grandfather: "It's useless for us to hide now, in addition to the eyes, the ghost can also detect us from the smell and the yang energy on our body, now we might as well strike first, rush over and catch her." ”
"Okay, but ...... How to catch it? My grandfather asked.
"What?" Xiao Laodao showed a stunned expression, "Brother Liu, you are the heir of exorcism and ghost catching, you ask me how to catch it?" ”
My grandfather showed a look of embarrassment, and said: "I, I know these things, but I have never caught them, after I finished studying, my father wanted to take me out with me, but I ......"
"Okay, okay, don't talk about it." Xiao Laodao bared his teeth, "Anyway, I have been a Taoist priest for a few years, and I know some doorways, otherwise, I will drag her from the front, you go around behind her, spit on your hands, pat her shoulders from behind the female ghost, and after the shot, close your hands, and you must not let go again." ”
"Good!" The master agreed, got up and was about to leave, Xiao Laodao grabbed him again, "Don't worry, I can't see the female ghost, tell me, where is she now?" ”
My grandfather glanced at the female ghost and said, "I'm returning the same way, I'm not walking fast, I'm leaving us...... There are still about thirty steps to go. ”
Xiao Laodao nodded, "Okay, I understand, you can go." ”
My grandfather got up, went down to the slope of the mountain beam, and began to circle behind the female ghost from the side of the slope, not far away, and suddenly, I heard Xiao Laodao behind him and shouted: "Bah! Where is the demon, dare to come here to spread wild, and see how powerful the poor road is! ”
As soon as my grandfather heard it, he immediately understood, Xiao Laodao was attracting the attention of the female ghost at this time, and hurriedly quickened his pace, and walked out not far, the grandfather estimated that the distance was almost there, and climbed back to the mountain beam from the slope, and when he looked at it, he saw that the female ghost was about ten steps away from himself At this time, Xiao Laodao was in front of the female ghost, about seven or eight steps away in front of the female ghost, Xiao Laodao picked up a branch from nowhere at this time, and seemed to treat the branch as a peachwood sword, where he was very happy to brush and dance.
The female ghost had already stopped, and seemed to be watching Xiao Lao Daowu playing treasure there, and my grandfather spit a few mouthfuls on his hand, and crept towards the female ghost.
When I was about to get in front of the female ghost, the female ghost seemed to have eyes behind her, and suddenly turned around, and a pair of blood-red eyes stared at my grandfather, my grandfather was caught off guard and gasped.
"It's you again!" The female ghost howled angrily, turned around and pounced on my grandfather, my grandfather raised his hands and patted the female ghost's shoulders, however, the female ghost seemed to know that my grandfather's hands were different, twisted her body, dodged my grandfather's hands, and turned to the side of my grandfather.
This kick was originally a kick in the crotch, but when the kick was halfway, my grandfather didn't kick it again, because the female ghost was naked, and he was embarrassed to kick, but the female ghost was not embarrassed to him, raised her hand and grabbed my grandfather's neck, my grandfather couldn't dodge, and felt a cold wind blowing in his neck, but it didn't hurt or itch, and when he reached out and touched it, his neck was swollen in a circle.
The female ghost withdrew her hand and grabbed my grandfather's face again, my grandfather hurriedly dodged sideways, and at the same time, pushed out with one hand, "brushed" the ground, and pushed the palm on the female ghost's shoulder, and the female ghost suddenly exclaimed, and her whole body flew out.
My grandfather was stunned for a moment, because he slapped it out, and he didn't feel anything, it looked like it hit the female ghost's shoulder, but it felt like it was hit in the air, and there was no sense of impact.
The female ghost fell between my grandfather and Xiao Laodao, Xiao Laodao was still there at this time playing with the branches in his hand, the female ghost quickly stood up from the ground and rushed towards Xiao Laodao, my grandfather suddenly shouted: "Brother Xiao be careful!" ”
When Xiao Laodao heard this, he hurriedly retracted his posture and looked at his side vigilantly, the female ghost came to him in an instant, but did not attack him, and swept past him, obviously trying to escape, Xiao Laodao looked dazed, and my grandfather hurriedly shouted again: "Stop her!" ”
However, the master regretted it after shouting, because Xiao Laodao couldn't see the female ghost at all, and Xiao Laodao looked at his side vigilantly, still at a loss.
Seeing this, my grandfather chased after him, and at this moment, a cry for help came from behind my grandfather, "Above...... Is it anyone? Help, help me......"
My grandfather paused, didn't stop at his feet, looked back, there was no one behind him, thought he had heard it wrong, and continued to chase forward, after running to Xiao Laodao, he just wanted to beckon Xiao Laodao to chase with him, and the cry for help came again, "The people above...... Help, help me......"
My grandfather and Xiao Laodao looked at each other, and before my grandfather could speak, Xiao Laodao said quickly: "It seems that someone is shouting for help!" ”
My grandfather suddenly stopped and asked, "Did you hear that too?" ”
Xiao Laodao raised his hand and pointed, "It seems to have come from the place where the great monk disappeared." ”
"Help, help me......" the voice came again.
My grandfather and Xiao Laodao looked at each other again, this time it was right, both of them heard it really clearly, Xiao Laodao said: "Listening to the voice, this person seems to be injured, brother, don't worry about the female ghost first, it's important to save people." ”
The two of them searched for the sound and came to the edge of a cliff, this is the place where the person disappeared before, the edge of the cliff is covered with wild grass, and the black light is blind and you can't really see that it is a cliff.
Two people grabbed the weeds on the edge of the cliff and looked down, and saw that the cliff was pitch black, and the cold wind was blowing upward, and the bottom was not visible, but there was a small platform two zhang high below, and this person was quite lucky, he didn't fall to the bottom of the cliff, and fell on the small platform, but it was easy for people to fall down, and it was more difficult to come up than to climb to the sky.
Xiao Laodao looked at it and asked the man, "Who are you, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?" ”
The man below said with difficulty: "I was originally a monk in the ancient temple, but last night, there was a landslide, and our temple was gone......"
When my grandfather heard this, he glanced at Xiao Laodao, he was really a monk, or a monk from the ancient tomb before, and neither of them said a word, but my grandfather listened to the voice of this monk, and he was a little familiar.
The monk continued: "Two donors, you do well, save me, and I will pray for the two of you in front of the Buddha in the future." ”
When my grandfather heard this, he immediately sighed softly, lowered his voice and said to Xiao Laodao: "Brother Xiao, it is because of us that the monks in the ancient temple have fallen to such a point, you are watching here, and I will go back to get the rope." ”
After the master finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, but Xiao Laodao grabbed him, "Don't worry, brother." Xiao Laodao said: "He is a good monk, why should the female ghost have trouble with him, I am afraid that there is another hidden situation here, and it is not too late to save him when he asks clearly." ”