Chapter 9: Grotesque Events
After the master and apprentice had dinner, Grandma Sun asked Xiaobao to bow three times in front of the portrait of the ancestor first, in order to be able to leave the teacher smoothly tonight.
Xiaobao also knew that Grandma Sun was going to take him to the mass grave tonight, and when she thought about it, she was still a little excited.
So Xiaobao did as he was told, but when he got up, he suddenly noticed a strange thing.
Because the old Taoist priest in the portrait actually smiled at him.
At that time, Xiaobao thought that he had seen it wrong, and rubbed his eyes, only to find that the ancestor on the portrait was still so majestic.
In this way, Xiaobao was even more confused, and found Grandma Sun in a panic and told her the strange thing just now.
Grandma Sun was secretly surprised after hearing this, and led Xiaobao back to the portrait, and began to mutter.
Anyway, Xiaobao didn't understand, and he felt hairy in his heart, and there was a little bit of a scary illusion.
But when Granny Sun stopped speaking, a pale yellow glimmer visible to the naked eye rushed into the piece of jade pendant that Xiaobao was wearing at an extremely fast speed.
Xiaobao was still stunned, and Grandma Sun hurriedly asked him to kneel down and kowtow to Master Zu, saying that it was Master Zu who appeared just now and gave Xiaobao the mana to protect himself.
Xiaobao, who suddenly realized, hurriedly knelt down with a pious 'poof' and kowtowed vigorously to the portrait of the grandfather.
After that, Granny Sun found a yellow robe to wear on her body, holding a peachwood sword in her left hand and a gossip mirror in her right hand, and a string of copper bells hanging on her waist.
The transformed grandmother-in-law, this dress is very solemn and majestic.
Xiaobao couldn't help but secretly exclaim surprise: Why don't you usually see your mother-in-law dressed like this?? And how a pity is it to wear such a majestic dress at night, and others can't see it?
Although I was a little suspicious in my heart, when I remembered that I was angry with Grandma Sun in the morning, I was too embarrassed to ask.
Fortunately, the moonlight was bright tonight, which made it convenient for the master and apprentice to walk on the mountain trail.
Xiaobao followed behind Grandma Sun and looked around from time to time, except for the sound of frogs and insects, there was nothing unusual in her ears.
Not long after, the two were already standing fifty meters away from the mass grave.
Grandma Sun motioned for Xiaobao to stop first, and then groped out two small incense burners and porcelain bowls from the pockets on both sides of the robe, and placed them on the left and right.
Seven incense sticks are inserted in the incense burner, and half a bowl of rice is placed in each porcelain bowl, the incense is lit, and the spirit talisman is stuffed into the bowl.
Xiaobao was looking at it, but the porcelain bowl suddenly exploded, the rune paper and raw rice were scattered all over the ground, the incense burner suddenly toppled over, and the residual incense soil ash raised a cloud of smoke.
Rao is Xiaobao was bold enough, and when he was caught off guard, he still scared him into a strange scream, and hurriedly hid behind Grandma Sun.
Secretly looking at the mess and sweating profusely, obviously frightened.
Grandma Sun was also very surprised by this, stepped forward to take a closer look, and couldn't help muttering: "How can this be!" A few days ago, the evil spirit here was not so powerful, but now it has risen sharply, strange! ”
Grandma Sun was sighing, and suddenly a gust of cold wind blew without warning, which made her look shocked, and she hurriedly asked Xiaobao if she smelled anything.
Xiaobao's attention was all on the porcelain bowl and incense burner just now, and when he heard Grandma Sun ask, he sniffed the smell around him carefully, and said without thinking: "It's so fragrant!" It's like the smell of boiled meat. ”
Granny Sun nodded, feeling that this place was even more suspicious, but Xiaobao didn't know at all, and continued to ask: "Mother-in-law, you said that at night, who would cook meat and eat it here in the mass grave?" ”
As soon as the words came out, Xiaobao suddenly thought of Fan Blind, because he was the only one who lived in the mass grave, so it was natural that he was the only one who cooked meat here.
However, if you are in the mood to feast on a pile of grave bags, this blind man can be regarded as a fierce man.
Granny Sun didn't seem to care much about this matter, and she didn't answer Xiaobao's question, but led Xiaobao to insert peachwood swords and rune paper along the way.
Finally, a red thread was used to connect these peach wood swords, and after finishing these, Granny Sun asked: "Did you remember the order just now?" ”
Because he was attracted by the smell of meat just now, Xiaobao really didn't pay attention to the order that Granny Sun had arranged just now, scratched the back of her head, and smiled awkwardly: "Remember..... Remember? ”
"Humph! I think you remember the smell of meat just now, right? ”
Granny Sun stretched out her hand and patted Xiaobao's head gently, without delving into the matter, she took out three spirit talismans from her pocket and handed them to him, saying that they would be used in a while, and they must not be lost.
was pierced by Granny Sun's careful thoughts, Xiaobao's face turned red, took the talisman paper and put it away, concentrated on not daring to think about other trivial matters, and hurriedly followed her obediently and walked forward.
In front of the mass grave, there was a knee-high bush of weeds, which rattled when the wind blew.
When Xiaobao shuttled through it, he still felt a panic, and Grandma Sun seemed to see through his thoughts, telling him not to be afraid, saying that evil does not prevail over good, and he also had the jade pendant of magic given by the ancestor to reduce evil.
I don't know if it's a psychological effect, after Grandma Sun said this, Xiaobao only felt that his body was hot, and his eyes were a lot firmer.
Walking to the end of the weed, the master and apprentice soon saw a faint fire rising in the mass grave in front of them, and a simple stove was set up next to it, on which a large iron pot was placed.
Looking at the wisps of cooking smoke wafting around, Xiaobao was even more sure that it was Fan Blind who was cooking meat here to eat.
As soon as he thought of boiling meat, Xiaobao suddenly forgot the purpose of coming here, and was about to walk out of the grass with his steps, but was pulled by Grandma Sun: "Don't be reckless!" Let's see what's there? ”
Following the left direction of Granny Sun's finger, Xiaobao noticed the strange situation there and saw the picture in front of him clearly, Xiaobao only felt that his scalp was numb, and he almost screamed, but fortunately, Grandma Sun covered his mouth in time: "Don't scream, you will miss a big thing!" ”
Xiao Bao nodded desperately, and his forehead was still covered with fine beads of sweat.
For he clearly saw that there were about a hundred yellow-skinned {weasels}, and the righteous men stood up, and turned their backs to them and looked motionless at the abandoned graves.
Although I can't figure out what they are doing, Xiaobao, who has lived in the countryside since he was a child, knows how powerful this yellow-skinned {weasel} is.
If you encounter one, it is already a headache, not to mention the hundreds of them gathered in a ghost place like a mass grave, which makes people feel creepy and frightened to think about it.
This rare scene, not only Xiaobao felt weird and inexplicable, but even Grandma Sun, who has always been calm, couldn't help but mutter: "Where did so many yellow skins come from?" How do they come together? ”
Xiaobao looked at Granny Sun with blank eyes and quietly asked her what she should do.
Grandma Sun looked ahead, only said one sentence: wait and see, and then fell silent.
Xiaobao wanted to ask again, but after thinking about it, he held back the words back into his stomach, and observed the situation in front with Grandma Sun.