Early the next morning, I managed to get in touch with Granny Gu, originally wanting to ask her about the whereabouts of the Netherworld Tongbao, but she asked me to go to Xiangxi for an interview on the grounds that it was inconvenient to say something on the phone.

I didn't want to waste time, so I immediately packed my luggage and headed for Xiangxi.

This time, in addition to Li Huaishan, Huang Yuzhong, and Sun Luyuan, Qingyazi, Lao Jiang, and Lao Wen also decided to go with me.

Counting me, a group of seven people, a car will definitely not fit, it just so happens that the business that Huang Yuzhong got last time has not been returned, so we simply drove two cars on the road together, I and Qingyazi, Lao Jiang, Lao Wen one car, the rest of the people one car.

Even for our profession, the secret realm of Xiangxi is also a very mysterious place. Of course, I'm talking about the secret land of the mountains, and the noisy urban and rural areas are no longer included.

Most of these so-called secret realms are places where "witches" are entrenched.

The word witch is not particularly easy to explain, and the witch in it can be understood as a sorcerer, witch, and warlock, and nuó, that is, dancing and dancing, can be understood as a dance danced during sacrifices or spells.

Some people simply understand Wu Wu as a dancing god, which is extremely inaccurate, the dancing god is just a ritual, and Wu Wu is a general term for a type of culture, and it is also an ancient inheritance that has lasted for thousands of years.

Like the legendary four monsters of Xiangxi, chasing corpses, releasing Gu, Chenzhou Fu, and falling cave girl, except for the cave girl, I don't particularly know about it, the first three belong to the category of witches.

The reason why Lao Jiang and Lao Wen were allowed to go together this time was because the inheritance of the two of them originated from Wu Wu, one was a descendant of the Gu Girl of Miaojiang, and the other was a student of the corpse chaser in Xiangxi, and the two of them had a much deeper understanding of the local area than the others.

The ancient mother-in-law set the appointment place in Yuanling, and the famous Chenzhou Fu originated there.

But she only said that she would meet in Yuanling, but did not say the specific place of meeting.

After the car drove into the territory of Yuanling, Granny Gu called again, asking me to go out of the city first, and then walk along the west bank of Youshui in the northwest direction, and someone would pick me up halfway.

I haven't been to Yuanling for two years, I don't know what the place is like now, I just remember that when I went in 09, there was no road near the west bank of Youshui, and in desperation, I could only drive the car onto the village road, while walking, trying to look outside.

Granny Gu only said that someone answered me, but she didn't say what kind of person it was, and she didn't even say whether the other party was a man or a woman.

It's a nuisance.

I remember very well that when I drove into a place called "Songjiapo", I saw a very small car repair stall, that is, a tricycle parked on the side of the road, the car was hung with the word "car repair" painted with red paint, and there was a very simple wooden sign next to the car that read "bicycle maintenance".

The car repair stall seems to have no problem, but the key is that if the stall owner shouts out, then the problem is big: "Repair car bearings!" ”

Obviously it's a bicycle repair, what tools do you use to repair the bearings of the car? Besides, I didn't see any other vehicles on this road except for our two cars.

The person who shouted was a sturdy middle-aged man, this person's face was very strange, his cheeks were very wide, his whole face was almost square, his nose was wide and his mouth was big, he had a pair of hanging horn eyes, and his eyes were also a little ruthless, giving people a feeling of being confused. Although the clothes on his body were a little old, they were still clean, except for the ten fingers, and the inside of the nails were all black, as if they had just been covered with black mud.

I was about to drive past him when he suddenly howled and I immediately slowed down and stopped.

Li Huaishan followed too close behind, and as soon as I slowed down, he also slammed on the brakes, thanks to the businessman's braking was not bad, otherwise the two cars would have to collide.

I rolled down the window and raised my chin at the man in front of the car repair booth: "Waiting for someone here?" ”

The man glanced at me and nodded: "Granny Gu asked me to come, are you a fool?" ”

His face was not kind, but his tone of voice was quite polite.

I nodded at him, and he walked straight over, pulled the door and got into the car.

Lao Wen seemed to be worried in his heart, but he didn't stop him.

As soon as the man got in the car, Lao Jiang also asked him: "Is it really Granny Gu who asked you to come?" ”

"Well," said the man, "she asked me to take you to her." My mother-in-law is old and has poor legs, so she can't pick you up in person. ”

Lao Jiang was still not at ease, and asked a few more questions, but he didn't ask any flaws.

In fact, her and Lao Wen's worries were completely superfluous, this person was sent by Granny Gu, and there would be no fake. Because since just now, Qing Yazi didn't say a word, and there was no worried look on his face, you must know that this guy may be able to penetrate people's hearts, the man doesn't have much cultivation on his body, if he is not his own person, Qing Yazi would have seen through him a long time ago.

I restarted the car, and the man leaned over, pressed his face against the driver's back, and helped me show the way.

During this period, he also briefly introduced himself, his name is Wei Zheng, a native of Guizhou, at the age of thirteen he followed the ancient mother-in-law to learn art, and now it has been twenty years, and after the age of fifty, he will take over the position of Lao Si from his grandfather.

Listening to Wei Zheng, Gu Po had a total of more than 20 apprentices, and he ranked tenth among all the disciples.

When I introduced myself, Wei Zheng was very enthusiastic, but when he showed me the way, he became cold, which made me feel strange.

After leaving Songjiapo, we walked a fairly smooth road, and then entered the mountain, and it took most of the day to come to a small mountain village surrounded by mountains.

This way down, but I was really dizzy, I didn't remember the road at all, and it was estimated that when I went back, I could only let Li Huaishan lead the way in front.

"The car can't enter the village, let's get down and go, take your luggage." Wei Zheng patted me on the shoulder and said lightly.

I looked along the entrance of the village and found that the village road was very spacious, and it was no problem for two cars to walk side by side, and the road condition was also very good. ”

"This is the rule of the village, not to mention a car, even an ox cart and a horse-drawn cart, and you can't walk on the village road, otherwise something will happen." As he spoke, he opened the door and got out of the car.

I was just about to go down, when I heard Lao Wen say: "This road should have been dedicated to Xishen in the past, and this kind of road can also be walked by living people and animals, but only by car." ”

Driving away corpses is also called sending joy to the gods.

Lao Wen raised his hand, pointed to an old building on the side of the village road and said, "That building is the inn for dead bodies, when the corpse chasers pass through here, if they are tired, they will take the god of joy to stay together." ”

I took a closer look at the old building and found that it was the wall facing the village road with its back to the main road, and there was no door, and there were no other houses near the old building, only an old mill and a cage house for flue-cured tobacco.

When I got out of the car, I waved to Li Huaishan and them, and let them have good luggage when they got off the car.

Li Huaishan and the others looked confused, and came down to ask me why I didn't enter the village, so I combined the words of Wei Zheng and Lao Wen and explained them to them.

After we packed our luggage, Wei Zheng pointed to the entrance of the village in front of us and said to me, "You are a distinguished guest, you are first." ”

At that time, I was still thinking that he said that I was a distinguished guest, probably because I had saved the life of my ancient mother-in-law in Hainan, and it was not until later that I understood that the word "distinguished guest" actually had another deep meaning.

Walking on the village road, you can see the whole village, like many old villages I have seen in the past, this old village in front of me is also built on the hillside.

In the center of the stockade there are only a few low-rise buildings or bungalows, but on both sides of the area are all three-story wooden buildings, and at the foot of the hill on both sides, you can see two neat rows of five-story buildings next to each other.

The inside is concave and the outside is convex, and there are handrails on both sides. The whole village looks like a Taishi chair leaning against the mountain.

Generally, only the people who build the cemetery will make Feng Shui look like this.

What's even more strange is that the slope of the mountain where the village is located is located on the shady side of the mountain, the sun can't shine, and the humidity in the mountain is relatively heavy.

It really doesn't look like a place for the living.

When I passed by the mill and the cage house, I saw that these two buildings looked like they were built in modern times, so I paid special attention to the smell on them, and sure enough, they were from the Republic of China.

The inn of the dead corpses standing on the side of the road is two or three hundred years old.

At that time, I didn't think too much about it, until I entered the village, I found that the buildings here are also of all ages, but all the buildings in the Republic of China are basically brick and tile structures, the old houses a hundred years ago, and those new houses that have just been built for no more than ten years, are all small bamboo and wood buildings.

I asked Wei Zheng: "Why are there so many buildings in this place during the Republic of China?" And it's all brick and tile. ”

I heard Wei Zheng say: "During the Republic of China, the locals used to build a town here, and some people lived here, but then something happened, and the town was deserted." It wasn't until 50 years ago that people from Jiuli and Eighteen Mountains came over to build some buildings, and the current stockade was formed. ”

I nodded: "This village is at least three hundred years old, right?" ”

Wei Zheng's eyes lit up: "You can even see this kind of thing?" ”

I smiled and didn't say anything.

At this time, Lao Wen muttered to himself on the side: "Is there no one living in this place, why don't you see anyone." ”

Wei Zheng nodded and said, "It's true that there aren't many people recently, but at the beginning of every year, a large number of Gu masters gather here. This place is considered a stronghold of our Jiuli and Eighteen Mountains, and when no one comes, only my mother-in-law and a few of our brothers and sisters guard it. ”

(End of chapter)