"The king of Hades decreed, and the soul of the three watches arrived; The river god ordered troops, and the fifth watch died. ”

I don't understand the meaning of Mr. Liu's words, but I know the king of Hades, and these two words represent death.

Coupled with the solemn look on his face, it made me feel bad in my heart.

"What do you mean?"

I didn't say much, but Mr. Liu naturally understood what I was asking.

He stared at the turtle shell, his hands did not stop trembling, and he said in a deep voice: "This turtle shell is the legendary 'River God Invitation Order', also called the River God Order. ”

"The river god asks for an order?"

I groaned and shook my head, making sure I had never heard the name.

"I've never heard of it."

Mr. Liu sneered: "Heh, don't say that you little baby, even if it's me, I've only seen it from the ancient books we used to dig up corpses, even if it's my master, I've never seen it." ”

Hearing this, I realized that this "turtle shell" really has a lot of origins.

But I had never heard of the token having a turtle shell, so I asked again: "The river god asks for a military order?" What does it do? ”

"Legend has it that those of us who grow up by the river are not under the control of the gods when they are alive, and they are not under the control of the king of Hades when they die, and life and death are all in the hands of the river gods in the river. As long as the order is given, it is to invite people into the river as soldiers, and how can living people enter the river as soldiers, to put it bluntly, it is to ask people to live, it is a life-urging, and it is impossible to refuse. ”

As soon as I left to sacrifice the corpse, the river god came again.

I really feel like I want to cry without tears, how unlucky I am, how I have caused so much trouble.

After a moment of silence, I asked with a fluke mentality: "Can you be sure, this is really the river god's military order, after all, you have never seen it." ”

Mr. Liu handed me the ancient books and turtle shells in his hand.

"You can compare it yourself, maybe it's really my old eyes that are wrong."

I took the ancient book and the turtle shell, and compared it looked, the pattern on the ancient book was a little unclear because of the age, but the general appearance was indeed the same as the turtle shell, and there was a line of words written underneath.

The river god points the soldiers, points to the five watches, the five watches rooster crows, and my soldiers arrive.

It's exactly the same thing as my mother.

At the bottom of this line of words, there are several lines of calligraphy calligraphy, which should have been added after someone, and it is written that Mr. Liu said just now.

The king of Hades decreed, the soul of the third watch arrived, the river god ordered the troops, and the fifth watch died.

I checked the difference between the details on the turtle shell and the estimated pattern, and stared at it carefully, some of the patterns on the ancient books were no longer clear, and it may be completely correct to see clearly.

On top of that, in the position of the bottom plate inside the turtle shell, a sentence was written.

This sentence is a traditional Chinese character, although I don't learn traditional Chinese characters in school, but I have also seen this kind of character, looking at its glyph can even guess the same as the Mongolian band.

It is written on a date, and I think it should be: the ninth day of the tenth month of the year of Heli Kun.

In rural areas, dates are generally divided into the Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar, that is, the lunar calendar and the solar calendar, and what this "river calendar" is, I don't know, what year is the "Kun year", I don't know, but the ninth day of October is almost here, and today is the fifth day of October.

The turtle shell painted on the book has a vague line of words on the bottom plate, but it looks different from the words on the bottom plate of the turtle shell that my mother gave me.

I pointed in surprise and shouted to Mr. Liu: "Look, look, the words on this bottom board are different, it's not a river god asking for a military order." ”

Mr. Liu's words made my heart sink into the bottomless abyss again.

"The date on the bottom plate is the date of the river god's invitation to soldiers, this river calendar Kun year is a special chronology, now no one has used it, there is a record on the second page of the ancient book in your hand, this year is the year of Kun, that is to say, the ninth day of October is the day when the river god invites you."

I turned the book to the front again, and the second page was no longer a picture, but a slowly piece of paper, with a lot of fonts, I couldn't recognize a few, but looking at Mr. Liu's state, it couldn't be a lie.

Just as I was panicking, there was a commotion outside.

"What about my grandson, call him out, and the old immortal surnamed Liu, let him hand over my grandson, otherwise, even if I make a fuss with Wenshuihe, I won't be done with him!"

"The surname is Liu, you get out of here, I will meet you, old woman!"

“……”

With such a pungent style, I can't find a second one in the whole town except for my grandmother.

Mr. Liu pushed open the door and shouted outside: "Sister-in-law, you are here, come in." ”

With this sentence, Mr. Liu's apprentice no longer stopped his grandmother and let her enter the house.

My grandmother rushed in and saw me sitting on the ground, looking like she was in a state of despair, thinking that I had been bullied, and rushed over to inquire.

"Ping, what's wrong with you? Did these water ghosts let you follow them again? ”

I shook my head.

Grandma was an anxious person, and she felt that I was being bullied, so she immediately pointed at Mr. Liu and scolded him.

"The surname is Liu, do you think that I can't help you, old woman, believe it or not, I will die with you?"

Mr. Liu's face was still ugly, and he didn't defend himself, but said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, just now Ping'an said that your daughter-in-law came back alive, have you seen it too?" ”

Grandma was stunned and nodded.

"Then you can't go wrong." Mr. Liu pointed to the ancient books and turtle shells I was holding in my hand, "Your daughter-in-law came back and sent something to your grandson, and the river god asked for a military order." ”

This river god's order to ask for troops is really rare, even if Mr. Liu and his master have not seen it, grandma is naturally unheard of.

"What river god asks for military orders, don't be pretentious."

Mr. Liu said: "I'm dying, and I can still play a little baby, it's really the river god asking for a military order, I have only seen this thing in the ancient books of the corpse digger, which is equivalent to the life talisman of the king of Hades." ”

"The date above is the ninth day of October, and there are four days to go. After four days, your grandson's life will be lost in the river and he will become a 'soldier' of the river god. ”

Grandma didn't go to school, she didn't know a few words, and she couldn't see a single reason in that ancient book.

She grabbed me, snatched the turtle shell and the ancient book, glanced at it, and scolded: "What a bad thing, I don't believe it, old woman!" ”

Throwing the ancient book aside, the turtle shell fell to the ground and hit him twice with his cane.

Many people think that the turtle shell is very hard, but in fact, this thing is a living thing after all, and the degree of hardness is limited, and it is simply unbearable to beat it with a solid wooden cane.

Grandma's crutches hit it with a dull metal thud, but it didn't leave the slightest damage.

Mr. Liu picked up the ancient books, put them away, and said to his grandmother: "Ping'an, baby, what did you do with the sacrificial corpse fished out?" Unexpectedly, the river god who has not appeared in the Wenshui River for hundreds of years has come to the world, and it was brought back by the safe mother, this is the mother's life, a big taboo! ”

"Don't worry about it!" Grandma is very strong.

"Sister-in-law, it's really about your grandson's life, you are such a grandson, aren't you afraid that the old Chen family will be wiped out!"

Mr. Liu's body trembled angrily, and his face turned red.

It can be seen that he really cares about me, doesn't want me to have an accident, and wants to discuss a solution with his grandmother.

But grandma just didn't appreciate it, she pulled me up from the ground and scolded: "Peace, go, go home with me, we are not afraid of any river god or river god!" ”

I got up from the ground and glanced at Mr. Liu, my eyes full of apologies.

"Mr. Liu, I'm really sorry, I know you're kind, and so is grandma..."

"That's it! What nonsense! Grandma scolded me and pushed me out, "Go, go back with me." ”

The two of us left Mr. Liu's house, and when we came out, my grandmother asked me again, "Where is your mother?" ”

"Jumped into the river again." I replied.

"Unfortunate girl, she was a madman when she was alive, she died if she died, and she even wanted to take my grandson's life, she should have been allowed to die back then!"

I can't listen to what my grandmother said, but she is a grandmother after all, and I can't say anything about the person who raised me.

After we left, Mr. Liu asked the apprentice to chase him out.

"Ping'an, you baby is a good boy, don't listen to your grandma, you come to me by yourself, I won't let you be a corpse digger, just find a way to help you solve this river god order..."

Under my grandmother's gaze, I was grateful to Mr. Liu, but I didn't even say a word of thanks.

We were halfway there, and Liu Qiang caught up and returned the turtle shell to me.

Grandma snatched it and scolded and wanted to throw it away, but she thought of something and took it back again.

"Let's go, let's take a look at Sun Blind."

When we arrived at Sun's house, this guy was already lying down and ready to sleep.

After hearing what happened to me, he frowned and couldn't tell what was going on.

"I do know a little bit about exorcism and evil spirits, but I can't talk to these ghosts and gods in the Yellow River, and I don't know the depth of this, but since Lao Liu Tou said so, the matter should be quite serious, we must find someone who understands."

Grandma asked, "Who can I find?" ”

"Qi drunkard."

Qi drunkard, a mysterious treasure-holding man, can even find a three-legged toad, and said that there is a difference between him and the corpse digger. He may indeed have known that the river god had asked for orders.

Grandma shook her head and said in a deep voice, "I don't want to look for him again." ”

"Why?"

Grandma didn't say why, and she didn't stay at Blind Sun's house for a long time, and then she took me home.

When she got home, she locked the gate, took two sticks of incense, wiped her hand on the blade of the knife, dripped blood on it, and then burned it in the yard.

The two of us knelt in front of the incense together, and waited for a while, but the smoke did not disperse, but slowly gathered into a ball, condensing in mid-air.

Grandma looked at the cigarette and said, "My grandson has received an order from the king of Hades to ask for divine order, and I also ask you to help." ”

In the smoke, there was a flickering sound.

"I can help him."

As soon as the voice came out, my heart trembled, it was the voice of my daughter-in-law in the mass grave.

"What do you need?" Grandma asked.

"I want to modify the previous marriage contract slightly, no longer I marry Chen Ping'an, but he marries me and becomes my person, that is, I respect him and humble him!"