The art of seeking death was to be carried out in the compound of the Gongzhong in Chenjia Village.

Chen Hongde took cinnabar mud and wrote the deceased's birthday on the clay puppet, and the blood-red handwriting shocked me.

Zeng Zi'e took two talismans and went to the compound of Gongzhong with us.

When he went out, Chen Hansheng also whispered to Chen Hongde to hand over the clay puppet to Zeng Zi'e, and then go elsewhere to get a few things.

After Chen Hongde took it, I found out that they were two paper dolls, no, they can't be considered dolls, they should be monsters.

One is a human bull's head, and the other is a human body with a horse face, which looks hideous and terrifying.

When Chen Hongde saw that I was frightened, he wanted to intimidate me even more, and ran to me with this paper-tied monster in his arms, smiling and shouting, "Hehe...... Little things, look! This is the bull head and horse face from hell, the ten ghost kings, specially to hook the soul and ask for their lives! Oh! ”

Although the cow head and horse face are made of paper, the people who made them are obviously exquisite, and the two paper monsters are extremely realistic, especially the eyes, the blood red and blood red of the painting, as soon as Chen Hongde got closer, I was scared and screamed "wow", but fortunately, Zeng Zi'e couldn't stand it, and came up and kicked Chen Hongde a few times, and Chen Hongde was born.

Chen Hansheng and Chen Hongde put aside the cow's head and horse noodles first, asked him to bring some firearms, and then instructed him: "Listen to me later, I let you light them, and you will light them." ”

"Medium! Leave it to me, no problem! Chen Hongde was in high spirits.

The so-called Gongzhong compound is actually a specially built house in Chenjia Village, which is specially used to receive guests.

When we went, there were some stewards of Chenjia Village in the courtyard, and when they saw Chen Hansheng, they were all respectful, calling them patriarchs, and they didn't ask us what we were doing, but they just stood aside and didn't get in the way, but when they needed to do something, they immediately came up to help.

There is a large area of open space in the courtyard, before the clearing, the left, the right respectively stand three human-shaped stone statues, all of them are the appearance of the ancients, the current first to describe the Kuiwei, the long beard is floating, the eyes seem to be different from ordinary people, I see a few dignified and solemn characters carved on the stone seat: "Ancestor Chen Yi Shan Gong".

The second stone statue on the left seems to be a monk, bald, dressed in linen, and there is also handwriting engraved on the stone seat, but it is "the first teacher of Mai Taoist", but the third stone statue on the right is a Taoist priest, with a long beard tied in a bun, draped in a Taoist robe, and the handwriting on the stone seat is "Ancestor Chen Tuan".

Later, I learned that Chen Yishan is the ancestor of the Mai Chen family, and also the world's first Mai god, he studied the heavens and people, gathered the mystical methods of the major masters throughout the ages, and wrote the next strange book, that is, the "Yishan Gonglu", which opened the Mai Chen family to dominate the Chinese folk physiognomy world for more than 1,000 years, and his mentor is Chen Tuan ancestor, although Chen Tuan ancestor is a Taoist, but he is Chen Yishan's uncle, and the Mai Taoist is the master of Chen Tuan's ancestor.

In the open space surrounded by three stone statues, there are various patterns made of colored stones, and it is only later that I slowly understand what those patterns are, among which is a black and white "Taiji Diagram", and there are "Congenital Square Circle Diagram", "Bagua Transformation Diagram", "River Diagram", "Luo Shu" and so on, all of which are Taoist strange diagrams that Chen Tuan ancestor and Chen Yishan studied each other, and were regarded as the benchmark by the Xuanmen art circles, and have been passed down for more than 1,000 years and have been studied intensively.

Zeng Zi'e placed five flags and flags among the three stone statues in the courtyard of Gongzhong, which were white, blue, black, red and yellow, and stood fluttering in the west, east, north, south and middle of the city.

Chen Hansheng placed a long case under the yellow flag in the center, in the long case is the tablet of Yishan Gong, under the tablet is an incense burner, the incense burner burns eight yellow incense, the smoke curls, the fragrance is pervasive, Zeng Zi'e and Chen Hongde, who are standing on the side, are dignified, not only silent, but also dare not speak out.

I have met Zeng Zi'e a few times, and she has always been more serious, but Chen Hongde has always been giggling and debauched, but here he has changed his appearance, which makes me secretly surprised.

Under the long case, there was a futon twisted from corn leaves, Chen Hansheng was wearing a dark blue linen clothes, his big back was meticulously combed, and he went to the back with all his roots! With a gleam in his eyes, he put his hands on his forehead, first bowed deeply to the three stone statues, and then bowed deeply to the tablet enshrined on the long table, and then threw himself to the ground and made a big salute.

My father and mother didn't dare to speak, and I didn't know whether I was shocked or frightened, I was just curious to watch, and I was thinking it was interesting, Zeng Zi'e suddenly walked up to me and said to me, "Child, go and sit on the futon." ”

I was stunned, but I saw that Chen Hansheng had already gotten up from the futon, standing on the side, staring at me, waiting for a vacant position, obviously asking me to pass.

I walked over, sat down on the futon, and then looked at Chen Hansheng with blank eyes, waiting for his next command.

Chen Hansheng just smiled, and before he could speak, Zeng Zi'e said: "Child, it's not such a way to sit, you have to sit with your eyes closed." ”

"Close your eyes", I know, that is, close your eyes, but what does "sitting" mean?

I looked at Zeng Zi'e blankly, and then at Chen Hansheng, at a loss.

Chen Hansheng smiled at Zeng Zi'e and said, "He is such a young child, does he know what it means to sit down?" You also told him how to sit directly, and you just told him how to sit? ”

"I don't think about it." Zeng Zi'e also smiled and said: "Come, good boy, grandma tells you how to sit, you straighten up towards this long case, put your left foot on your right leg, put your right foot on your left leg, and put your two hands on top of each other, this is sitting." Got it, wouldn't it? ”

"Got it, I will!"

Put my left foot on my right leg and my right foot on my left leg, what would it not do, I sat down at once, and looked at the crowd with some pride.

"Don't move, don't talk." Zeng Zi'e commanded.

I was about to say "yes", but Chen Hansheng shook his hand, and as if he was juggling, an extra white paper talisman suddenly stuck to my neck, startling me.

But I didn't move, and I didn't speak, because Zeng Zi'e had already explained, and Chen Hansheng was also looking at me with his eyes, and the information revealed in his eyes was not to let me move, let me sit in peace.

The charm was attached to my neck, and it was a little cold at first, then it was cold, and the coldness spread from my neck to my whole body, like eating ice, and it was both comfortable and scary in this still hot weather. Because that coolness is an eerie coolness, not a cool coolness.

Before I could understand the coolness, Chen Hansheng turned around, and there was already one more thing in my hand, heavy and a little rough.

I didn't dare to look down, I just used my peripheral vision to aim, and this sight was gone!

Because the extra thing that suddenly came out of my hand was none other than that clay puppet!

The clay puppet that Zeng Zi'e brought back, the clay puppet made from the ashes and mud of the child who was burned to death!

I'm scared to death!

Those resentful eyes appeared in front of me again in an instant.

I couldn't help but tremble, but Chen Hansheng gently touched my head and said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, grandpa is here." ”

His hand was very warm, and when he touched me, the warmth poured down from his forehead and instantly spread all over his body, not only diluting the eerie coolness of the white charm before, but also calming my frightened heart a lot.

I stopped trembling.

The clay puppet in my hand is sitting in my palm with its back to me, and there is also a white charm on its neck, which is printed with a twisted and strange pattern, which makes me dizzy to see, but there are eight words in the middle, and I can barely recognize it.

These two white charms, one large and one small, should have been taken from the head of a bamboo road in Maoshan as Chen Hansheng said.

Maoshan Yizhu is also a character I only knew later, the master of the Three Mountains Fu Gong, a generation of life masters, and the Chen family has a deep relationship.

"Hongde, burn the cow's head and horse noodles!"

I was reading those words, Chen Hansheng shouted, and said: "Wu Yong, close your eyes, don't open them!" Otherwise, there is no life and death! ”

I trembled and quickly closed my eyes, not daring to open them.

The moment I closed my eyes, a wind swept up from the ground, and my ears were filled with the chaotic sound of "whirring" and "rustling", as if something was constantly hitting my face.

An eerie cold air slowly approached and enveloped me!