Chapter 9: The Laughter of Night Owls

The master was obviously a little panicked, and hurriedly asked their uncle and nephew to carry people out, and at this time, the incense in front of the coffin suddenly spread around, and the plastic paper underneath was lit, and it was slowly extinguished by the moisture.

The master told me to go quickly, and at the same time took out the box, put it on my eyes and wiped it, got up and jumped on the coffin, pressed it against the red coffin, and I shouted, "Master, isn't there ringworm in the coffin?" ”

The master shouted at me, "Run out." ”

At this time, the coffin was getting louder and louder, and the contents seemed to be eager to rush out. I was so frightened that I ran out.

I saw that there was no paper burning at the entrance of the cave, so I ran to the rice field to get the burning paper to burn, Zhang Lei had already run outside, still thinking about his hands, I hadn't returned to the entrance of the cave, my cousin and my little cousin carried Zhang Jian out, and saw that the hole did not burn paper, and Zhang Lei was still looking at the palm of his hand, scolding angrily, while putting Zhang Jian at the door, and continued to carry people inside.

At this time, Zhang Lei reacted and ran into the cave to help.

After a while, Zhang Lei and his little cousin carried people out, I had already lit the burning paper, they carried people across the fire, and then lifted Zhang Jian up and stepped over the fire once.

At this time, the cousin was in front and the master was behind, carrying the last man out, and as soon as he stepped over the fire, the master fell to the ground. The cousin hurriedly helped the master up, but saw that the clothes on the master's back were torn by the scratch marks.

The master beckoned to his cousin, and now he hurried back to call for someone, and carried some cement, and he must seal this hole with cement before it gets dark, otherwise there will be endless trouble at night, and then call those who are tigers, dragons, and oxen, and these three young and strong people, shout as much as possible, and tell them that they may have to spend the night on the mountain at night, and they will bring flashlights, and they will buy boys and girls who burn paper and paper ties.

Then he asked his eldest cousin Zhang Lei to finish shouting, don't come over in the afternoon, go cut down the peach tree, and smear the oil slurry of the peach tree on the wound on the palm, and the hand will not be able to do heavy work in the future.

When the two brothers had heard this, their cousin told them to hurry up, and they ran away in a hurry.

The master endured the pain, got up, looked at the three people who were still unconscious, and said to his cousin: "When I came, I estimated that their souls would be lost, and we had to help them shout their souls at night. ”

Uncle Cousin helped the master, sighed and said, "Daoist Chen, I'm really sorry, you are so old, and you have to suffer this crime." ”

The master smiled: "Aren't we old guys just paving the way for the next generation." Then the master said to me, "When the people who deliver the cement come back, you go back with you, don't go back to Daoist Bay, go back to your own house for the night." I shook my head and said, "I'm also a Taoist priest now, I'm not afraid." The master smiled: "A Taoist priest who cries his nose every day." ”

At this time, the master looked at the ashes of the burning paper at the entrance of the cave, and there were still some unburned shredded paper in it, and the master picked it with a wooden stick and said, "This one inside is very angry." ”

The master asked me to go to the rice field again to see the burning paper in front of me, I ran to the rice field, and saw that the burning paper was all burned clean, only the piece that I had stepped on was still there, so I picked it up, ran back, handed it to the master, and then told him.

The master smiled: "Fortunately, the people who live here appreciate it, although this piece is not because you didn't burn it, I guess I won't be too angry." ”

My cousin said that he went to the mountains to find some prickly grass and wiped it behind the master's back, and then he got up and went to the mountains.

The master sat on the ground, looked at the sun, and said to me, "If the master is gone one day, you won't be a Taoist." ”

I was a little sad and said, "The master is not so easy to die, what can't the master do." ”

The master smiled: "The master is also a human being, and he will be born, old, sick and die, I will smoke so many coffin ringworms, it is estimated that I will have a hard time in the future, and I don't know how many years I can survive." ”

I asked the master, "Isn't there a solution?" ”

The master said, "Maybe, I have to look up the book." I saw the charm on the coffin just now, and it should have been drawn by someone from our faction. ”

"You're saying that it may have been done by the ancestors."

"Possibly."

"Then let's go back and find those codexes, they have also encountered ringworm in the coffin, there must be a solution."

"Yes, you can say that, but you also have to think that the ancestors and their ancestors have nothing to settle down, and we estimate that it will be difficult to deal with tonight."

"The master must have a way, by the way, master, why did the ancestor build a house in Taoist Bay, it doesn't feel good there."

"You feel it too? It's actually not good there, there are mountains on both sides, and your back is still against the mountain, what do you think it looks like? ”

"Like a tomb."

"Yes, like a tomb for the dead. I don't know why your grandfather and they live here, and if the bronze sword is not there, there will be no one living there at night. ”

The master then said, "If only you could find your grandfather's codex, I guess everything will be understood." ”

I couldn't help but ask again, "Master, have you seen Master Zu?" ”

The master said: "When I came to Daoist Bay, your grandfather was still alive at that time, and he was very old at that time, and he had met a few times. ”

"Didn't you say that he had the Heavenly Eye, what does the Heavenly Eye look like? Isn't it the same as Erlang God? ”

The master laughed and said: "Tianyan is just a saying, the eyes look not much different from ordinary people, I didn't dare to look at it carefully at that time anyway, and I can't remember." ”

The master continued: "Anyway, I heard from your master that when the ancestor excludes the demon, he doesn't need to wipe the willow leaves or anything. ”

As he was talking, my cousin also picked herbs and came back to help the master wipe them on his back.

At this time, another voice came from the cave.

Like the sound of grinding teeth.

Uncle Cousin asked the master in horror: "Daoist Chen, in this broad daylight, that thing will not be able to come out." ”

The master did not answer, but stared at the entrance of the cave, and a laugh like a night owl came from inside.

The master hurriedly took out the box, took out three leaves, handed them to us, let us wipe them on our eyes, and then said to me: "Song Hao, you hurry back now, this thing is stable and trying to find a way to come out." ”

When my cousin heard this, he said to the master, "No, let's run first, let's leave these three people alone." ”

The master shook his head and said, "We can't leave it alone, if we leave, the three of them will definitely die." Let's carry these three men to the rice field first. Then he saw that I was not moving and said, "Run." ”

I shook my head and said, "I'm a Taoist priest, I'm not afraid." "Actually, at that time, I was very scared and wanted to run immediately, but at that time, I was young, people were very simple, and our rural master was the father who taught the skills, if I really ran away, if they died, I would regret it for the rest of my life. And Daoist Zhang's fortune teller didn't say that I had a short life, so I guess I can't die.

Suddenly there was the laughter of night owls outside, and we hurried back to see an owl on the locust tree next to the house, looking at us and laughing.

The master shook his head helplessly, and said to hurry up, the master stood up, but the injury on his back made him unable to straighten his waist, and his cousin looked at it and said, "Daoist Chen, I should carry it with the little Taoist, you watch it first." ”

Then my cousin dragged Zhang Jian's shoulders and asked me to lift my feet, but I was still weak at that time and couldn't lift it at all, so my cousin asked me to drag Zhang Jian's clothes with him to the rice field.

When I dragged it to the rice field, I felt that the sun was not so strong, and it was still noon, and my cousin said, "Oh no, it's foggy." ”

I saw that my eyes were a little cloudy, and I thought it was because of the dust that was dragged on the ground, but at this time more and more owls flew over and landed on the locust tree next to me, and my cousin said hurry up, and then I hurried back with him to drag the second person.

By the time we dragged two of us to the paddy field and were about to drag a third man, the locust trees on both sides were already full of owls, standing in a row along the trunks, their bodies not moving, but their heads moving in our direction, staring at us all the time.

We came to the cave, at this time the fog is getting thicker and thicker, the master is ready to drag the last person away, but the pain makes him stop step by step, my cousin saw it, hurriedly took over, I glanced at the hole, and saw that the dark place seemed to be a dark shadow staring at us, and the hole also heard the laughter of the owl from time to time, the master saw me looking at the hole, covered my eyes with his hand, and said don't look at the hole over there, the things inside will feel that you are provoking it. So my cousin and I both turned around and dragged the last person with this pull.

At this time, I saw owls in the trees, all tilting their heads and smiling at us.