Chapter Twenty-Six: Counting is Counting

Old man Hu's expression was solemn, as if he was thinking about something, and then said: "According to my calculations, your relative in Hunan wants to wipe out your family and then take Sayuri away." In this case, he should not have gone far, and he is even monitoring your every move. Uncle Hong also nodded slightly, saying that it was very likely that he had used a psychic spell to sense the nearby Yin spirits before, and wanted to inquire about the whereabouts of that person from their mouths, but he didn't find anything.

Old man Hu continued: "He may not have dared to approach before, but he must have stayed near your house last night, even outside the courtyard of the house. "I was surprised when I heard it, last night was a rare family celebration, Chinese New Year's Eve dinner until the second half of the night, it is inevitable to relax my vigilance, it is not all under the surveillance of others, I shudder to think about it."

Old man Hu explained that no matter how this head-lowering technique is, it is also a barbarian technique, and the process of casting spells is very cumbersome, in addition to casting spells at close range, people also need to cast spells nearby to promote the effect by lowering their heads, which shows that on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, that person must be hiding nearby.

I asked, "So that way, he also knows about our surrender during the day?" Uncle Hong nodded and said that it seems to be true, so that we are always one step slower than him, too passive. Old man Hu smiled at this time: "So I said that you are not as good as me, you really don't disagree." We all looked at Old Man Hu with questioning eyes.

Old man Hu said proudly: "His current plan has been thoroughly understood by us, and his head-lowering technique has been cracked by the old man, his purpose has not been achieved, he can't pay the difference, so he will definitely be in a hurry, and sooner or later he will make another move." "I heard it and felt that Old Man Hu didn't say the same, who didn't know that the person would attack again if he didn't achieve his goal, but this open gun is easy to block, and the hidden arrow is difficult to prevent.

Uncle Hong nodded and said, "I understand, we can make a plan and let him think that he has succeeded, and then take Sayuri away, it's just ...... How can you fool him? ”

Old man Hu smiled and said that this is very simple, just find a little ghost to charm that person, let him think that he took Sayuri away, and then we followed behind, all the way to their Miao village in Hunan, but after that, things will be tricky, and if you don't get it right, you will have to fight a protracted war. Uncle Xingguo hurriedly asked why, and Uncle Hong explained that once the Gu cultivators chose a Gu girl, it was not so easy to give up, whether it was to do it or to use it, I am afraid it would take a lot of trouble.

Uncle Hong and Old Man Hu discussed it again, and finally decided that Old Man Hu's son, that is, the little boy in the sea soul shirt, would pretend to be Sayuri and be responsible for fascinating the uncle, and then Uncle Hong and Old Man Hu would follow him to Hunan all the way to make the next step. Uncle Hong has been injured so much recently, I'm really afraid that he won't be able to bear it, so I wanted to go with him, but Uncle Hong refused.

Uncle Hong said: "Although you are my apprentice, but you are a Han after all, the seedlings in Hunan are absolutely intolerable, and I am afraid that it will add fuel to the fire when the time comes." Besides, you can't leave. "I'm a little puzzled, Uncle Hong said that the Wutong God must be blessed and imprisoned every seven days, this matter will be handed over to me, and then I said that the Spring Festival is about to start, I still have to focus on my studies, and if someone takes advantage of the situation to sneak attack, I can also protect Uncle Xingguo's family.

Old man Hu smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have more experience than your master in running the rivers and lakes, and the techniques of our two families can complement each other, even if we want to fight a protracted war, I can find rescuers, you can just take care of yourself!" After speaking, he turned his head to look at Uncle Xingguo and his family, and asked them for Sayuri's birthday, hair, nails and other personal things.

That night, Old Man Hu went back to Shimenba Village, saying that he wanted to prepare some props for casting spells and pack some bags. According to his instructions before leaving, we can just stay normal now, but we must stay at Uncle Hong's house and not be left alone. In the evening of the next day, Old Man Hu quietly climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard, and went upstairs directly to stay with Uncle Hong.

Old man Hu brought a scarecrow, only the size of a palm, and handed it to Uncle Xingguo, asking him to put the scarecrow on the bed where Sayuri was sleeping, and then let Sayuri hide in my house. Sayuri slept in the same room with me, she didn't think it was anything, but I was almost 17 years old at this time, and I inevitably felt a little embarrassed, plus the misunderstanding with my aunt before, I felt unsteady, so I let Sayuri sleep in bed, and I was in the hall reading books and reviewing homework.

After two days, there was nothing unusual at all, and I even suspected that my uncle had retreated, but on the third night, my uncle appeared.

At night, I was sleeping on the table in the hall, and suddenly heard footsteps, I looked up, only to see Sayuri walking out of my room with her eyes closed, I hurriedly recited the mantra in my heart, and Uncle Hong upstairs immediately sensed it, and opened a small crack in the window to look down, Old Man Hu immediately jumped down from upstairs, but he landed without a sound, I screamed: This Old Man Hu is about the same age as Uncle Hong, but his skills are still so agile.

Old man Hu walked up to Sayuri and looked at it, and then scolded: "He's Nainai, this old fox is quite capable." Then he went straight into Uncle Xingguo's door and took out the scarecrow.

Old man Hu lightly tapped Sayuri's forehead with his sword finger, Sayuri fell to the ground as soon as her whole body was soft, and her aunt hurriedly went over to pick her up. Old man Hu then swiped at the scarecrow out of thin air for a while, then pointed to the door and said, "Go!" After burning the scarecrow, Uncle Hong came down with his burden and asked Old Man Hu how things were.

Old man Hu said: "He must have a way to manipulate Sayuri's body, but fortunately, he has been interrupted by me and directly released the little ghost to confuse him, it should be no problem." Uncle Hong nodded, then turned around and said to me: "I may not be able to come back for a while this time, you have to guard the altar for me and protect Sayuri." Upstairs I have a letter for you in my room, and you can look back. I nodded, and Uncle Xingguo also advised Uncle Hong to call the county seat home if there was anything, and if it didn't work, he would come back first.

Uncle Hong stroked Sayuri's bangs with his hand, and then looked at me again, at this time Old Man Hu began to urge: "If you don't set off, let him go away, it's not life and death, hurry up!" Uncle Hong hurriedly followed Old Man Hu out of the courtyard and disappeared into the night. I didn't expect Uncle Hong to die for a lifetime this time, and he also wasted his mana, but this is a later story.

The aunt went back to the house with Sayuri, according to what Old Man Hu said, if there is no accident, Sayuri will wake up naturally at dawn. Uncle Xingguo patted me on the shoulder and motioned for me to rest early. But where can I sleep, I hurriedly ran up to the second floor and rushed into Uncle Hong's room, and saw two envelopes at the head of the bed.

One of the envelopes reads: Read this letter first. I quickly opened it and read it, the letter was written about the things explained to me, the first one was to tell me not to forget the mantra, to memorize it well, and then let me take care of Sayuri more, pay attention to what is abnormal in her, and finally let me not forget to go to the cave altar every week to bless and imprison the five gods, and especially remind me of the methods and steps.

The last paragraph of the letter said that Uncle Hong marked the mantras left by the Vietnamese mage with transliteration as before, saying that if I am interested, I can take a look, but I must not use it, if I don't get home or don't learn how to crack it, it will kill people. In the end, Uncle Hong wrote, in fact, I can already be a teacher, whether it is mana or the type of mastery of the scriptures, I have reached the standard of a witch doctor, just because I am still young, Uncle Hong is afraid that I will go astray, so I have not been allowed to cast spells privately, if anyone has a request in the future, I should try to help them, but if the Yin spirit meets the level of the five gods, or don't act rashly.

The last line of the letter reads: Remember to study hard, go out in the future to see the world, there are mountains outside the mountains, people outside the people, be careful in everything. If I haven't gone home after half a year, I'll read another letter.

My tears almost blurred the handwriting on the letter, and Uncle Hong taught me a lot, whether it was witchcraft or being a man. Uncle Hong's letter was written like a suicide note, and it can be imagined that their trip to Hunan was extremely dangerous. I put both letters away and hid them in the pillowcase where I slept like a baby.

After a week, I didn't see Uncle Hong and Old Man Hu come back, and Uncle Xingguo's family of three also went to my aunt's house. On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, I went into the mountains alone. According to the methods and steps pointed out in Uncle Hong's letter, I blessed and imprisoned the small coffin with the Wutong God, and it took an hour to complete the whole process. Looking at the small coffin, I thought of Uncle Hong again, since my grandfather and uncle were gone, Uncle Hong has become my only relative, but now that he is gone, I am very worried about him.

But I can't be the same as before, since Uncle Hong has approved of me, I must not let him down. There are still a few days before the start of school, I remembered that when I went to find Old Man Hu before, the same table asked the card to mention to me, I decided to go to the card family to help see, like Uncle Hong said, in the future, whoever asks, I will try to help them.

I went out early the next morning, the last time I met Jean Ka in Hongyan Shangzhai is very close to his house, I still have some impressions, when the time to ask people should not be difficult to find. When I entered Hongyan Shangzhai Village, I came to the vicinity of Rangka's house, but I felt strange along the way, because the doors of every house in their village were hung with Chiyou masks, and I had never heard of such a New Year's custom in the Miao family.

Under a tree in the distance, a few men were smoking and chatting, I hurriedly stepped forward to ask for directions, but they all looked at me in unison, as if they were looking at some kind of monster, and one of the dark-skinned young men asked, "What are you doing at their house?" All of them are a scourge! ”