"Where's the man?" The man at the head asked.

"A few Taoist masters, those two people, one old and one young, are locked in the house!" The man replied immediately.

Then, the people of the Ma family came to the house, asked the man to take the key, and opened the door. These people, all with gossip and forbidden steps on their waists, are all scattered Taoist priests. At that time, there were many people from the Ma family who went to the old grave, but most of them were not impressed, and these people were even more face-to-face.

The eight-character beard at the head of the group signaled to the scattered Taoist priests behind him and said, "Go, tie up these two people!" ”

A few scattered Taoist priests came over, Niu Rhubarb and I looked at each other and smiled, I slapped one over, and Niu Rhubarb took his cigarette pouch and pot and smashed it on the head of the scattered Taoist priest at the head, directly smashed him, and lay on the ground with his head and screamed. These people are all minions, and they don't seem to have any Taoist skills.

Niu Da Huang and I divided the scattered Taoist priests by dividing them by two, and tied them up with their own ropes. They were originally very arrogant, but Niu Rhubarb took out a small porcelain bottle and let them smell it, and they all poured it down.

After it was finished, the family outside was stunned, and the woman was frightened when she saw it, and said, "Oh no, we offended the Ma family, and in the future, I'm afraid we won't have to live!" ”

The man also sighed and said, "Even if we don't offend the Ma family, what way do we have to live?" These two gentlemen, I think they are very capable, and they will definitely help us! the child, don't you know, our Tong'er was not only beaten, he was poisoned by the corpse, just now this master gave the pill, which can save our child! ”

"Really?" The woman asked in surprise, and then, in the next second, the emotion fell again, she said: "Alas, what's the use of saving, in this Baiqiao Town, the Ma family covers the sky with one hand, how can there be a way to live!" ”

At this time, Niu Rhubarb went over and said, "It is indeed not suitable to stay here for a long time, otherwise in this way, your family will escape from Baiqiao Town overnight." Wouldn't it be better to go outside and make a living than to sit and wait for death in Baiqiao Town? ”

However, the woman shook her head, and she said: "Those who can't escape, the Ma family's Taoism is profound, and the entire town, except for his Ma family's cronies, has all been painted with shadows." With that shadow map, no matter where we run, we will be found and will be caught by the Ma family. ”

"The people of Baiqiao Town, if they abscond and are caught, they will be sunk into the White River."

"What is a shadow map?" I asked.

"That is a kind of Taoism in the Maoshan faction, the lower three Maoshan Taoist sects, called the Maoshan Shadow Diagram, its essence is to leave people behind, so that people are not free." Niu Rhubarb said. This kind of technique, unless you get that soul back, will always be under the control of the Ma family.

"Alas, we have tied up the people of the Ma family, and if we are found later, we will definitely be sunk into the White River." The man said this, looking at Niu Da Huang, as if waiting for his solution.

Niu Rhubarb thought for a moment and said, "No matter what, you can't stay in this place." I don't know, do you have any other place to stay? ”

"This ...... We are poor people, just these few humble houses, how can we ......"

Before the man could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a sentence from the woman.

"Otherwise, let's go to the old mansion of the Bai family in Hexi, the Ma family shouldn't think of that place for a while." The woman said this, but the expression on her face was also doubtful and worried.

"No, it's haunted, you forgot." The man's voice is very low, and it is still taboo to say this kind of thing directly.

"But there's nowhere else we're going!" The woman frowned and said.

Niu Rhubarb asked, where is this old Bai family's house?

The man said that the place had been abandoned for a long time, and it was the old mansion of the Bai family, and their family was surnamed Bai. The male is called Bai Akun, the child is called Bai Tong, and the female is Bai Akun's wife, also surnamed Bai and called Bai Cui. The old mansion of the Bai family is actually the old mansion of their Bai family.

It's just that the old mansion is very haunted and has been killed, and because of this, all the people of the Bai family have moved out to live, and no one dares to live in that place.

Hearing Bai Akun say this, Niu Da Huang smiled and said: "This is okay, the two of us are also scattered Taoist priests, and we know some ways to catch ghosts, wait a minute, I will ask you for a few town house talismans, and it should not be a problem to live there temporarily." In addition, the old mansion is haunted, no one approaches that place, and the Ma family will not find that place for a while. ”

However, Bai Akun still sighed and said, "If the Taoist priest can solve the problem of the haunting of the old house, our Bai family will not move to Hedong to live!" ”

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"In the past, the family invited Taoist priests, but after going to the Bai family's old house, they were either crazy or stupid, and the Ma family also had scattered Taoist priests, who went to see it and died directly in the Bai family's old house. Moreover, don't hide it from the two gentlemen, our Bai family used to be a secular Taoist family. There are also scattered Taoist priests in the Bai family, but no one can suppress the things in the old mansion! As soon as Bai Akun mentioned this, his voice couldn't help but be very low, as if he was afraid that someone would hear it.

"That's right, let's hide in the Bai family's old house, and the Ma family doesn't dare to go, just to ensure your safety." Niu Rhubarb said.

Bai Cui next to him also pulled Bai Akun's clothes and asked Bai Akun to agree to our suggestion.

These people from the Ma family who came to arrest us were tied up by us, and if they don't go back for so long, the Ma family will definitely be suspicious, and if the Ma family sends someone again, I'm afraid their family won't be able to leave.

"Well, that's all there is to it!" Bai Akun said.

Then, Bai Akun's family immediately cleaned up briefly, and we went to the Bai family's old house together.

To tell the truth, Bai Akun said that the Bai family's old mansion was haunted, and I was interested, and I always felt that there was some secret hidden behind the haunting of the Bai family's old house.

In this Baiqiao Town, there are many people living east of the White River, but there are very few people living west of the White River. Most of them have some residents along the river, and when we went to Hexi, it was evening, and the lights on both sides of the White River were brilliant. However, after crossing the White River and heading west, although there are many ancient streets there, there are no lights, and there are no people.

Shuttling through this ancient street, on the last street, there is a high gatehouse, a large mansion, very pompous. Bai Akun had the key, but he didn't dare to go over and open the door, so he gave me the key.

I didn't shy away from it, so I went straight to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, it was really a gust of yin wind washing the face, which made people have goosebumps, and the yin qi in this place is really heavy enough. It seems that what Bai Akun said that this place is haunted should be true.

Niu Da Huang and I were naturally not afraid of this, and walked away, but Bai Akun's family, as soon as they entered the old house, they immediately hid behind me and Niu Da Huang, Bai Akun whispered: "Alas, this place is really not for people." ”

Bai Cui said: "No matter what happens, it's better than dying in the hands of the Ma family!" I would rather be strangled to death by a ghost than die at the hands of the Ma family! ”

"What nonsense!" Bai Akun glared at Bai Cui.

I stopped Tong'er, he was too scared to speak, trembling, I told him, let him not worry, he must be fine.

Bai Akun's family, in the Bai family, belongs to a foreign clan, although they have been living in the Bai family's house before, they basically help the Bai family to do some chores. For example, cleaning the ancestral hall and repairing a flower garden or something, so their house is in the backyard, relatively close to the ancestral hall.

Although the wind was gusting in the courtyard, we did not encounter anything unclean, all the way to the backyard, to the place where Bai Akun used to live.

Bai Akun opened the door and entered the house and lit a candle.

The candlelight dispersed, but it made their hearts settle down a little.

Niu Rhubarb and I asked some basic information about their Bai family, firstly, as an understanding, maybe there are clues we need, and secondly, it is also to chat, to ease up their family and strengthen their courage.

I learned from Bai Akun that their Bai family, in the Qing Dynasty, was the most powerful Daomen family in Baiqiao Town. But later, after the Ma family came to Baiqiao Town, the two families had some conflicts. Later, several elders of the Bai family died one after another, and the power of the Bai family gradually declined in Baiqiao Town.

Some of the Taoist techniques in the inner door of the Bai family were also mostly lost, and more than ten years ago, as soon as the haunted matter of the Bai family's old house came out, it could not be solved, and the Bai family almost completely disappeared in Baiqiao Town.

I asked, where have all the Bai family gone?

Bai Akun sighed and said, "The sick and the sick are dying, and no one wants to guard this haunted old mansion anymore." On February 2 every year, some members of the Bai family may come to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors. However, in the past two years, there have been fewer and fewer people who come here to worship their ancestors, and no one wants to come to this unfortunate place. ”

Then, when I asked about the legend of the nine white bridges in Baiqiao Town, Bai Akun said that they were all stories made up by the Ma family later, and they were all fake. In fact, the nine white bridges were built by the ancestors of the Bai clan, and they were a town evil bureau. However, he didn't know exactly what was going on.

After chatting for a while, the time was not early, Bai Akun arranged a room for me and Niu Da Huang, and they cleaned up another room by themselves and rested separately.

Niu Rhubarb has a yellow charm given by Li Daochang, so he gave it to a family of three, one for each person, one for them, one to let them rest at ease, and second, if there is really a sneaky chatter, it can also temporarily keep them safe.

At night, after lying down.

This whole day, I was in a hurry, and I was looking for clues in Baiqiao Town, and at this point at eleven o'clock at night, people were very sleepy, and their upper and lower eyelids were fighting.

After chatting for a few words, I heard Niu Rhubarb snoring and fighting.

I rolled over and got ready to fall asleep.

But at this moment, I suddenly felt that someone was staring at me, and this feeling was so obvious that for a moment I got goosebumps all over my body.

I looked back and saw a shadow passing by outside the window.