Climbing back to the slope from the bottom of the ditch, I found a dead tree on the hill and cut off a large branch with a wood knife. I don't know what kind of tree it is, but the texture of the branches is quite light, and I'm quite satisfied.

Chen Hui and the three of them also came over at this time, Chen Hui was puzzled and asked me what I was going to do, I said to him expressionlessly, "Be a soul-possessed wooden man and catch water ghosts from the bottom of the pool." ”

Soul Possession Wood Man,Mentioned a few times in the last generation 1,At that time, we had another one at home.,It's one of the few things that survived the Cultural Revolution.,It's an old thing.,But,I don't have it in my hand at this time.,I can only practice a simple one according to the cat and the tiger by myself.。

Carrying the branches back to their village, we knocked on the door of the grandmother's house again, and the grandmother saw that it was us again, first stunned, and then muttered at us, I couldn't understand, and turned my head to look at Chen Hui next to me.

At this time, Chen Hui still didn't agree with me looking for trouble with the water ghost, to be honest, since the stupid cow fell into the water, his mood swings are also very big, and now he is afraid that something will happen to me and Qiang Shun, but Chen Hui still patiently translated for me: "This mother-in-law asked if we were hungry again, and they still had some food at home." ”

I was stunned when I heard this, didn't this old woman take my previous words seriously at all? I said to my grandmother, "Grandma, we are not hungry, we just want to catch the water ghost and avenge your son and daughter-in-law. ”

When the old grandmother heard this, she looked at a few of us, and muttered a few words, and Chen Hui said, "She asked you if you can really catch the water ghost?" ”

I immediately showed a wry smile, feeling that this old lady didn't trust us at all, it is estimated that what I said before seemed to her, it was just a few nonsense words, I quickly said: "Grandma, if you are willing to help, we can catch the water ghost!" When the old grandmother heard this, she immediately showed a look of disbelief, and looked at a few of us, I quickly straightened my face, looking very solemn, and the old woman immediately let the door out of the way and invited us into the house.

After entering the house, the grandmother poured us a bowl of water each, I took the opportunity to look into the house, the house is very simple, there are few furniture, but I remember that when I came to ask for food, there was an old grandfather and a young man at home, so I asked casually, "Grandma, why are you alone in the house, what about the others?" ”

The old grandmother muttered back, and Chen Hui explained: "Her youngest son and his wife went to work in the mountains, and the youngest grandson fell asleep in the back room. ”

Immediately, the old grandmother muttered a few more words at me, and Chen Hui said, "She asked what you need her help with?" ”

I said, "All you have to do is find us some silk threads, an ink fountain, and a palm-sized mirror." ”

The old grandmother shook her head when she heard this, and muttered a few words in a low voice, Chen Hui said: "They only have some old wool in their house, and they don't have ink fountains and small mirrors at home." ”

I immediately frowned, and said to the old grandmother, "Then you give me the old wool, something else...... I'll figure it out for myself. As I spoke, I turned my head to look at Qiang Shun, who seemed to notice something, and his face suddenly froze, "What do you think I'm doing?" ”

"What ...... you don't do"

The old grandmother took out the old wool for us, I took the wool, carried the branches, and came to a place outside their village where no one was, Chen Hui and the three of them were with me at this time, I looked around, this is a small dirt slope, the vegetation is not dense, except for a few of us, there is no one else.

At this time, the time was about two o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was shining, and the time was not bad. I took out the firewood knife and cut the branches into eight long sections, four long sections, about 30 centimeters, three medium lengths, about 15 centimeters, and one shortest section, about 10 centimeters.

What am I going to do here, tie the wooden man, first take out the two longest sections, and then take out a medium and long section, the two longest sections are tied side by side on the top of the middle length, tied into a cross, this cross, is equivalent to the head, shoulders and body of the wooden man, and then, take out the shortest, tied under the cross, this, is equal to the crotch of the wooden man, after tied, it is an upside-down "work" word, however, there is a head exposed on the inverted word work.

Then take the two middle and long sections, which are tied to the two ends of the "shoulder", which is equivalent to two arms, and the last two longest ones, tied to the two ends of the "crotch", which is equivalent to the two thighs of the wooden man.

Head, body, arms, thighs, the wooden man is finished, and then, I asked Chen Hui for three incense sticks, and I lit them in the south, inserted them into the soil, and the wooden man faced the sun, put it on the incense head, and smoked the wooden man from head to toe three times with the smoke from the incense.

After smoking, I took out the fishbone needle from my body and beckoned Qiang Shun to come over, and after Qiang Shun came over, he looked at the fishbone needle with his eyes, and asked me vigilantly, "Huang He, what do you want to do?" ”

I held the wooden figure in one hand and the fishbone needle in the other, and said, "Don't do anything, prick a few drops of your blood for use." ”

"What?" Qiang Shun suddenly pursed his mouth, "Why don't you prick your own?" ”

I said, "My blood won't work, prick it out will have the opposite effect." ”

"What, what's the opposite effect, your blood can't work, my blood can't do it?"

I said, "My physique is yang, and the yang energy in my blood is also heavy, which is not suitable, your physique is yin, and ghosts like you like this, and if you smear your blood on the wooden man, the water ghosts will also like it." ”

"You want to use me to lure the water ghost out?"

"Not with you, just with a few drops of your blood."

"Don't say a few drops, not a single drop, don't let me entangle the water ghost when the time comes." Qiang Shun said as he retreated back, but unexpectedly, he bumped into Zhou Hua behind him, Qiang Shun glanced back, seemed to have found a life-saving straw, and grabbed Zhou Hua, "You stab him, he is also yin." ”

Zhou Hua suddenly shouted: "I, I don't belong to yin. ”

Qiang Shun shouted: "Who said that you are not yin, I said that you are yin, you are yin, come here!" ”

Qiang Shun grabbed Zhou Hua and pulled me to me, Zhou Hua looked at me nervously and asked, "Huang He, what are you going to do?" ”

I said to him, "Don't do anything, just smear the blood of a living person on the wooden figure, and the water ghost in the water will think that someone has fallen into the water, and he will come and drag the wooden man into the water, and when he drags the wooden man, we will pull the wooden man to the shore and we can catch it." ”

Zhou Hua was at a loss when he heard this, and asked, "Is this method okay?" ”

I said: "This is the method that my ancestors used to fish for water ghosts, it will definitely work, it mainly depends on whether I can do it as a wooden man, don't be afraid, I only need a few drops of blood." ”

"Then, why did the wooden man smear his blood?" Zhou Hua asked again.

I glanced at him, "Don't you understand, smearing blood is to let the wooden man stain the yang energy of the living, the blood on my body can ward off evil spirits, not only can the trobacilla not attract him, but will scare him away, otherwise, I don't need your blood." ”

"Isn't that better with a woman's blood?" As soon as Zhou Hua said this, I was stunned, he seemed to know a little bit about this matter, at this moment, Qiang Shun grabbed Zhou Hua's right hand and said to me: "Don't delay time, hurry up." "Qiang Shun wishes this scapegoat would have been shot for him.

I picked up the fishbone needle and was about to prick Zhou Hua's hand, Zhou Hua quickly clenched his hand into a fist, and when Qiang Shun saw this, he immediately threatened: "If you let it be pierced, if you don't let it pierce, I will burn your crutches, believe it or not!" ”

Zhou Hua suddenly turned his face bitter, and begged me: "Yellow River, you lighten it, I'm afraid of pain." ”

"Come on, it doesn't hurt!" Qiang Shun picked up Zhou Hua's middle finger and handed it to my eyes, I gently sent the fishbone needle to Zhou Hua's middle finger, and before I could prick it, Zhou Hua suddenly screamed like a pig, and at the same time, the finger blood "swooped" out without warning, and actually sprayed a blood line on the belly of the finger.

I was stunned for a moment, I haven't pricked it yet, this, this blood is bubbling...... Qiang Shun suddenly laughed, "Zhou Hua, you have a lot of blood on your body, and you can have fountains on your fingers, which means that you should be stabbed!" ”

At this time, Zhou Hua seemed to be in pain, and struggled hard, but he pricked a needle hole in his finger, is it so exaggerated?

I hurriedly beckoned Qiang Shun and hugged him, and the blood was all spurted on the ground and wasted. Although Zhou Hua is a few years older than us, his body and size are not as good as Qiang Shun, Qiang Shun hugged his two arms, no matter how he struggled, he just didn't let go. I quickly put away the fishbone needle and grabbed his right wrist.

I saw that on Zhou Hua's middle finger and belly, the blood was spraying out like a red line, and it felt incredible to look at it, the tip of the fishbone needle had just touched his flesh, why did it become like this?

At this time, I didn't think much about it, pinched Zhou Hua's middle finger, and put the wooden man underneath, originally I only needed to use finger blood to put the wooden man's head, body, arms, and legs, and each point on it, this is good, I sprayed the wooden figure like spray paint, and "sprayed" it all over, and finally beckoned Qiang Shun, "Okay, let him go." ”

As soon as Qiang Shun let go, Zhou Hua grabbed his fingers and fell to the ground and wailed, Qiang Shun looked at him, pouted and said, "Why are you so good at pretending, does it hurt so much?" ”

Chen Hui, who had not spoken, frowned at this time and asked me: "Huanghe, how did you tie him?" ”

I immediately looked innocent and said, "I'll just prick myself the way I normally do, and I haven't done anything yet." ”

"How could that be?"

"How do I know?"

Chen Hui hurriedly squatted beside Zhou Hua, who was rolling and wailing, at this time, Zhou Hua's hands were full of blood, which looked very scary, but Qiang Shun and I couldn't accept this, so we pierced a small needle hole in the belly of our fingers, can it be so exaggerated? But the facts are in front of you, and you can't believe it.

Chen Hui grabbed Zhou Hua's middle finger, put it in his own mouth, snorted a few times in his mouth, and squirted out a mouthful of blood with a "poof", took it out and looked at Zhou Hua's finger again, the blood was no longer spraying.

I was suddenly surprised and asked Chen Hui, "Dao Chief, how did you stop the bleeding?" ”

Chen Hui helped Zhou Hua up from the ground, Zhou Hua stopped calling at this time, it seemed that it didn't hurt anymore, but the back of his face was all wet with sweat, and he looked dead and alive, Chen Hui glanced at me and replied: "Stop the bleeding with blood, this is the method that Master taught me." ”

"What do you mean by stopping bleeding with blood?"

Chen Hui replied: "Use the blood on the tip of my tongue to press his wound and recite the mantra to stop the bleeding." ”

"And this way? Never heard of it. ”

Chen Hui was obviously not very happy, "There are many more that you haven't heard of." ”