Chapter 64: The Dead Man's Inn

The master looked at me and said, "I'll give him a hand."

I looked at the master with some surprise, so the master directly threw him a few streets, and I asked again: "Then why do you still say that Lu Tangjun is a ruthless character."

"Because there are countless strange things on his body, it is rumored that his most powerful thing is not Gu magic, but witchcraft, and it is very likely that it has been handed down by the Jiuli tribe."

"Oh~". I let out a long snort and asked, "Is there any difference between Gu magic and witchcraft, witchcraft?" Witchcraft is not what you said last time, the Great Witch of the Ancients."

The master nodded and said: "There is still a difference between Gu art and witchcraft, don't look at him literally, but there are many doorways inside, Gu magic is generally known to Gu worms, Gu poison is within the family, but witchcraft is different, although it is ranked with Gu art, but witchcraft is more difficult to master than Gu art, and there are many methods, so most people will name witchcraft and Gu art as well, and even think that witchcraft is Gu art, and Gu art is witchcraft, which is why there is later witchcraft."

I nodded, keeping what the master said firmly in mind, feeling that I had learned another lesson, and then the master said: "Let's go, if it is really from Lutang County, then I really have to visit the ancient village of Miaojiang."

Then the master walked forward, we continued to walk through the dense forest bushes that were difficult to walk, the weather was originally quite clear, but after we walked for a while, it gradually got dark, faintly looked like it was going to rain, the master looked up at the sky and said: "The weather is not right, find a place to hide first, by the way think about how to go next."

I said yes, quickened my pace and walked in the bushes, seeing that we were walking farther and farther, and the sky was getting darker and darker, I suddenly felt a drop of water fall on my face, I touched the droplet, and said, "Master, it's raining."

The master nodded, we continued walking, after a while, the rain in the sky became heavier and heavier, slapping in the forest full of trees, making a crisp sound, the master and I braved the rain, at this time it was more and more difficult to walk in the bushes, I looked forward, and suddenly saw a room not far away, I pointed to the house and shouted to the master: "Master!!" There's a house in front."

The master squinted, put his hand on his head, and responded: "Hurry up, where to hide for a while".

I nodded, and ran with the master, and when we stood behind the eaves under the door of the house, I patted my body and hair, and the master put his hands on his waist and gasped and shouted, "If it rains, it will rain, and this is really timely."

I stood aside and patted the rain on my body, just nodded, did not answer the master, the master glanced behind at this time, but was stunned, patted my shoulder, I turned my head to look at the master suspiciously, but saw the master's hand, pointed to the plaque on the house and said: "Boy, we have broken into other people's territory."

I was even more puzzled, looked at the direction that the master pointed, there were four words written on the plaque, all of which were already blurred, and I took a closer look to barely see these four words "Dead Man's Inn", I was startled, looked at the master and asked: "Dead Man's Inn"?

The master nodded, and I asked again, "Master, what is the Dead Man's Inn."

The master glanced at the dead man's inn that was not closed, and said: "As the name suggests, it is for the dead, but it is not similar to Yizhuang, which is used for mortuary, and the dead man's inn is for the dead."

Speaking of this, the master looked at me again and said, "You kid will definitely ask how the dead man can live in a house, right?"

I was stunned, I was really guessed by the master, I smiled, and the master said: "The dead man's inn is specifically for the corpse chaser to stop, in other words, it is for the dead to live, we are here by mistake, and I don't know if there are any feet inside."

I looked at the couplets on both sides of the door, and wrote "The dead soul returns to the host's house, and the living soul strays into the glazed flower."

I looked at this couplet strangely, pointed to it and asked, "Master, what is a glass flower?"

The master glanced at it and said: "This is the jargon of chasing corpses, the glass flower is the glass cup, the people who come here are not people in the circle, or ordinary people, so generally there are foot walkers staying, they will put a glass cup in the gate, the glass cup is placed in the incense ash, the incense ash is inserted with several incense, if it is a person in the circle, the incense will be pulled up and inserted on the table, to show that the person who comes here is a person in the circle, not an ordinary person, and there is a kind of hanging two white lanterns in front of the door, One of the lamps must be blown out before entering, first, to inform the wandering souls of the dead that have entered and ask them to avoid it, and second, to inform the footwalkers that there are companions here, and to ask to stay in the house."

I nodded, stared inside the door for a long time, and the master patted me on the head and said, "What are you looking at, let's go, go in, visit the one inside."

I was stunned for a moment and asked, "Didn't you just know if there was anyone inside, why did you say that you visited again?"

The master smiled slightly and said, "Because.... I feel it".

After speaking, the master stepped into the dead man's inn, and I followed on my hind feet, but as soon as I entered, a strong wind blew around, blowing the two white lanterns at the door and swaying from side to side.

Braving the pouring rain, we ran to the gatehouse in the courtyard, and the master pointed to one of the lanterns, then arched his hand and said, "I don't know who is inside, can you let me wait in the house and rest for a while."

After a while, there was no sound inside, the master frowned slightly, and repeated the previous words, and finally reacted, only to hear a gloomy voice from inside: "Daoyou here, I naturally welcome it, but Daoyou have forgotten the rules of the Dao, or what."

The master was stunned for a moment, and said: "The sky lantern has been lit, there is no need to be on it, insist on the point, the poor will come to the door, Taoist friends, you must have heard of the ideal of only three things."

At this point, the door opened from the outside to the inside to both sides, the master smiled slightly, and walked in with me, it was very dim inside, only a flickering white candle was placed on the table, and next to the table sat a corpse chaser wearing a green cloth robe and a straw hat, the master went in and stood up straight, and said: "Fellow Daoist, the emperor is bright and yellow, why don't you burn a bamboo fire to warm up."

The corpse chaser smiled and said: "There are many reasons, it is inconvenient to disclose, if you feel cold, you can also carry the bamboo frame to burn."

The master nodded, took a few bundles of firewood from the side, and threw them in the middle, I smoothed the firewood, the master snapped his fingers, and with a bang, a fire broke out on the pyre, and I obviously saw the corpse chaser's eyes slightly startled, but soon disappeared.

The three of us sat together, but we heard the master ask, "Fellow Daoist, where are you going, and where are you going?"

The corpse chaser smiled slightly, lowered his head and said, "Walk on the right foot, go to Lingshan." ”

The master nodded, and then said: "The road to Lingshan is thrilling, and if you don't pass through this place, why would Daoist friends stay here."

"Hehe, we are walking on the yin feet, stepping on the yin road, and sending the yin people, why not send a few more roads, so that the descendants of the deceased will have a bright future and a bright future." The corpse catcher kept a smile on his face and spoke.

I sat on the sidelines, listening to the conversation between the master and the corpse chaser, it was in a fog, and then I heard the master say: "Taoist friends seem to send yin, but in fact they give blessings, and I admire them"!

The corpse chaser bowed his hand to the master slightly, but his head was never raised, and he was always covered by a straw hat.

"But it doesn't hurt to say". The corpse chaser said, staring at the firewood.

The master nodded and continued: "Daoist friends passed through this place and stayed for a few days."

The corpse chaser compared a number of five, and the master was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "Why did you stay for five days so long?"

The corpse chaser smiled again and said: "I count the full moon nights in recent days, and the heavy rain today, and one of the souls is afraid of changes, in order to prevent accidents on the road, so stay here for a few more days, why do you ask."

The master hurriedly said, "I would like to ask Daoist friends if they have ever seen a woman in a gray robe and hunched back passing by here, or if they have stayed within a radius of several miles."

The master finally led the topic to the right point, the corpse chaser was stunned for a moment, and suddenly approached the master and stared at him with his eyes, this time I finally saw the face of the corpse chaser clearly, it looked very strange, there was a long scar on the face, and people couldn't help but tremble when they saw it, and the master was not afraid, and he also looked at the corpse chaser, only to hear the corpse chaser say gloomily: "The woman in the gray robe and hunched back"?

The master nodded, and the corpse chaser sat up straight again, looked at the firewood and said, "I've seen one, but I don't know if it's the person you said."

The master hurriedly asked, "Daoyou, where did that person go, I think you should know her identity, right?"

The corpse chaser raised his head again, looked at the master and said, "It's just a little Gu woman"!

"Then you know where she has gone and where she has been." The master asked.

"Hmph, of course I know, but why should I tell you?" The corpse chaser snorted and spoke.

The master gradually sank his face and said, "She hurt people, is this reason enough?"

The corpse chaser looked up at the master three times, and the master and he looked at each other like this, and after a long while, the corpse chaser spoke: "Miaojiang Ancient Village, Qi Fang."

The master frowned and whispered, "Sure enough, it's from Miaojiang Ancient Village!"

After speaking, the master said to the corpse chaser: "Qi Fang is this person's name"?

The corpse chaser nodded, did not speak, the master sighed, looked at the pouring rain outside the window, seemed to be thinking about something, after a while, the corpse chaser said: "You can't afford to mess with this woman, Daoyou, I advise you to give up".