Chapter 33: Can the Curse Change Your Life?
In recent years, there has been too much deforestation and deforestation, and many birds and beasts have moved here, looking like a paradise on earth. In addition, it is very close to Hanwu City, and the congested city residents like to travel by car without leisure, so it has the development value of tourism.
Officially, logging from the mountains is no longer allowed, and generally only forest rangers cut it to create a firebreak. From maintaining the environment to planning tourism, the economic outlook of the town has gradually changed.
In the early years, the older generation relied on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water, and the wood and stone taken from the mountains were marked by animal faces. It is said that the things of the old man of the mountain god cannot be taken indiscriminately, and if the feng shui is broken, he will be punished, and everyone will be unlucky if something really happens.
If you can't use it one day, you will follow these things back to your roots, and you will also witness the changes of the generation of the people of Dashan. Nowadays, these things are becoming less and less, and when people use modern tools that are fast, convenient, and inexpensive, many traditional customs will be slowly forgotten.
"The supermarket vegetable field is too convenient, and now there are a lot fewer people going up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, and no one has paid for the mountain temple to repair it for many years, so it should have collapsed long ago, right? It's a pity, in the past, several villages came together, and it was very fun to hold a temple fair, but I haven't seen it for so many years. ”
"I heard that now that the environment has been restored, there are feces and footprints of tigers on the mountain, so don't wander around when you are idle. The tiger's footprints are very large, and one paw and a slap can take people away, just avoid each other, if you don't look for it, it will generally not provoke you. ”
The uncle who sells sweet potatoes sighed, seeing that school was about to end in the afternoon, and the student dolls who rubbed their hands came to buy sweet potatoes. Xu Yunge no longer hinders people from doing business and continues to look for other targets.
"The mountain temple is a product of the beliefs of the older generation, from its origin, development, grandeur to decline, it is different from place to place, and I have seen some of it since I was a child. The mountain temple is broken, will there be anything suppressed and escaped? ”
"Unlike her sister's disappearance, Dou Xinwei encountered ghosts 2 times in a row last night but was not killed, the first time was because of the big black that he didn't succeed, and the second time could it be because there were too many beast-faced totems in the house, which had a certain deterrent effect, and ordinary ghosts didn't dare to go in?"
Xu Yunge frowned, he vaguely remembered what the pregnant woman said, the classification of titles such as ghost slave, ghost servant, and ghost pawn. He is currently the lowest-level ghost slave, and if he hits an over-level demon, I'm afraid he won't be able to run.
"There is something wrong with this town, it seems normal in the daytime, maybe there will be some special changes at night." Xu Yunge took the comb with him, and continued to go to the old man who knew about it to ask about the mountain temple back then, and most of the answers he got were about the same.
However, there was an old man who found that Xu Yunge had a very different temper when he asked, and he had a kind of confidence in his speech, which was completely different from the tone of other neighbors telling local stories.
"People back then were superstitious, as long as they could bless and be effective, they were basically worshipping gods and ghosts, and if they didn't do well, they buried hidden dangers. When I was young, I worked in the mountain temple for a while, and I dreamed of a big beast with a flower face at night, saying that I was destined for it, and as long as I helped it do things, it could bless me to give birth to a son and make a lot of money. ”
"Don't laugh, life was difficult back then, and more than a dozen villages suffered in a disaster year, and superstition was superstition, but since the mountain temple was built, at least no one starved to death in the following years. I don't know if I'm a Taoist priest or a monk, anyway, it's in the temple, and there are no special requirements for the local faith. ”
Xu Yunge heard it strangely, local beliefs such as mountain temples do not require Buddhist and Taoist education, and second, they do not need high-end diplomas. Third, the conditions were not so good back then, and many things were built spontaneously by residents.
But good luck has nothing to do with gods and demons. As long as the incense and worship have an effect, no one really worships the sacred, as long as it is not an enemy of the country.
After that, the old man lifted his trousers again, revealing a pair of sick legs that were as thin as dry wood: "You see, many years ago I was a strong young man, until a few years ago my family was demolished, my family wanted to move out, the next day I got up and was half disabled, I couldn't walk steadily, these two years have been better." ”
"My dad said that the mountain god didn't want me to go! I have been very lucky since I was a child, and I owe too much to pay back. Think about it carefully, it's time to repay the debt, if you owe the money to the bank, you will be caught back when you go abroad, and if you owe the debt of the mountain god, where else can you run. ”
Xu Yunge was slightly surprised, if there were ghosts in this world, maybe there were gods, but what those gods were thinking was not something that ordinary people could know.
"Why don't you go to the hospital when your leg is sick like this?"
"I can't go, I can't go, my leg hurts to death as soon as I leave Taiping Town, and it's much better to go to the mountains every day. I am born as a man of the mountains, and when I die, I am a ghost of the mountains, and I will not leave. ”
Xu Yunge felt that the old man's statement was a little weird, so he asked if he could borrow the sick leg to take a look.
"Just look at it, my children have traveled north and south to heal me, and how many doctors have come are the same. I'm old, and I don't pursue the ability of young people to run around, just live a safe life at home. ”
Xu Yunge touched the sick leg, and the texture of the bones, blood vessels, and epithelia was very real, but it did not prompt any curse, so he could only give up.
"Hehe, you kid is a foreigner, come to us to ask what the mountain god is doing? Could it be that the rice bucket of the Culture and Tourism Bureau couldn't think of a good idea or a good project, and sent someone to ask us for guilt? ”
"I know that you people only care about your own tourism and development, and you don't allow others to go up the mountain to build temples. If you get into trouble, you don't have the ability to do it, so you can think of Grandpa Mountain God? ”
Grandpa Mountain God? Xu Yunge didn't see any mountain gods when he went up the mountain, but he had seen female ghosts. just erased the name of the strange things of the Dou family, asked the old man, and immediately startled the old man.
"Oh no, this thing is wandering around town, it's here to arrest people! Taiping Town and these mountains are all its territory, you who are engaged in tourism, messing around on other people's territory, this time something happened! ”
Xu Yunge wanted to ask something, but he felt that this old man was chattering, and the old man who sold sweet potatoes listened to a few words, patted his trouser leg and smiled: "Hey! What do you listen to the old turtle say, he has been worse than a day since he fell ill, dizzy, and is about to go down to play mahjong with his father. ”
"If you are really interested in the mountain temple, I can tell you where it is, but I haven't been there for many years, and things in the mountains are breaking down quickly in the wind and rain, and it is estimated that they have already collapsed indecently. It's inconvenient for me to push the cart in this stall, so you can only go by yourself. ”
"Hehe, why don't you buy two sweet potatoes for Grandpa Mountain God to bring?"
Xu Yunge was a little speechless, this old man is quite good at business. I bought 5 sweet potatoes and carried them with newspapers and bags, and when I met Lao Li, they could also send a few at will.
It's really not good, let it be a supper, anyway, I can't sleep well at night, just close my eyes and recuperate.
"Assuming that Hu Xiaoyu and Wang Baozhi are the problems caused by making a wish, then what is the curse on Professor Tang? If it is a wish, at least the wish should be fulfilled, or at least provide a positive effect, and whoever will go if it doesn't work. ”
"Curse is the root of all terrifying power, there is no curse, remnant thoughts, remnant souls and the like, ordinary conditions are not visible at all, and only burning some nether treasures will appear, let alone harming people everywhere."
"Curses are power that can be seen and touched, and it doesn't appear out of nowhere. Ask yourself, even if I hated my aunt's family so much at the beginning, and my mind was full of all kinds of thoughts and resentments of revenge, I didn't automatically generate any power, nor did I receive any curse, and there must be something wrong with the source. ”
The only thing to be thankful for is that after a preliminary investigation, there are already loopholes in this incident.
The fact that the other cursed people did not do it seamlessly means that Xu Yunge still has a chance to benefit from solving the case. Instead of going to the devil to make a deal and create a more troublesome runaway situation.
"For at least two years, those people must have made many deals with demons in order to maintain a life of luxury and freedom. If you can know the weaknesses and negatives of the other party's curse, you don't have to work so hard. How do you get to the ghost market, is there no other way than to hit the ghost? ”
Xu Yunge took a bite of a sweet potato, and the local TV station in Hanwu City did not report related disappearances. It's just that the murder dispute between Hanwu University and the Hu family has become a topic of conversation and discussion for people recently, and it has been mixed with advertisements for e-sports and technology companies.
It's dark again.
Taiping Town was silent, Xu Yunge sat in the living room of the Dou family, trying to connect the clues at hand.
It's a pity that there is a lack of key information, Xu Yunge can't justify himself no matter how he pieces it together, and he doesn't know the specific relationship between these people and things, so he gradually becomes a little irritable.
It wasn't until a faint baby cry came that Xu Yunge became calm again.
"I seem to have heard this voice somewhere......"
"The little thing that left the pregnant woman came to me?" Xu Yunge opened his eyes, his figure gradually disappeared, and the red and black mist burst out from the bone marrow of his fingertips.
The curse itself is called ruin, and it imparts a terrifying and destructive nature to painful, heavy, and oppressed emotions. But it is also inexplicably full of impulses to attack, and I can't help but tear apart the illusion.
The illusion is shattered, and only the truth remains. Painful reincarnation, more and more sober.
No matter what kind of demons and monsters you are, a blow of annihilation can bypass the defense mechanism and attack the body, Xu Yunge is not very afraid of weak enemies, but has some expectations.
The reincarnation stone is a good thing, and it is definitely not a loss to get a few more pieces, and if there is a problem with the curse, there is a chance to turn it around, instead of waiting to be cursed to death.
The baby's cry was getting closer and closer, Xu Yunge was cold, but the pain in his hands burned violently.
It's a pity that Xu Yunge didn't wait for the baby to attack, the cry turned around, but floated away into the distance.
"It's seducing me? Maybe killing monsters will drop reincarnation stones, and the prop description seems to be able to get it this way. Ha, God give me too, if you don't come, I'm worried that I have nothing to do at night. ”
If you don't try to reserve more resources now, the curse will be out of control.
Xu Yunge has nothing to be afraid of, I'm afraid that he won't pull out this case. Immediately left Dou's house with a rolling pin, took out the Netherworld Treasure, and chased all the way to the cry.
Leaving the town and walking up the mountain, Xu Yunge heard an obvious movement of gongs and drums, and looked at the mountain. In the blur, a noisy and extraordinary ancient temple of golden light shimmered on the mountain.
The closer we got, the sound of gongs and drums getting weaker and weaker, and the festive drums fade away.
However, it turned into a hazy wail, and a demonic wind like a crane.
A group of pale figures danced in front of the ruins of the mountain temple.
One of them was a woman in red, dressed in gorgeous clothes, jasper and golden hairpins, with good skin, like a fairy who came out of a landscape ink painting. It's just that his face is covered with a white cloth, and there is a spurting trace of bright red blood on the cloth, like a woman with no facial features, and a pair of murderous red lips on her face.
Just jumping and dancing, there were fewer and fewer white-clothed women dancing with them, and the woman in the middle gradually turned around, and the buffalo-like bruised long tongue licked the cloth, and the red color was a little brighter.
"Ah, the taste of Netherworld Treasure, it's been so long, what it's like to be alive......"
"This guest officer, how well did the slave dance? If you are happy to see it, I wonder if you are willing to give a reward? ”
"Well, forget it...... Want to enter the ghost market? ”