"Have you been to the Seven Tribulations?" I frowned and looked at Jiang Shen.

He shook his head and typed a line on his phone: "I saw it on the road map of the Seven Troubles River, and this kind of thing is drawn at the bottom right of the drawing." ”

Could it be that this strange thing came out of the Seven Troubles River?

"It's a dummy." Uncle Niu walked up to the thing, picked up his finger, looked at it for a long time, and said, "This is iron." ”

I crouched down to take a closer look, and it was really a fake.

The skeleton of this thing looks like it has been burned out of earth, the long claws on its hands are made of iron, and a face is lifelike in ink.

came out at night, and I really couldn't tell that he was fake.

"Uncle Niu, he moves like a human?" I was surprised.

Uncle Niu pinched his iron fingers and looked, "Have you ever seen a paper tie man?" ”

"I have seen that in the past, when there was a funeral in our village, the family members had to carry two paper figures in front of them, one was to guide the way, and the other was to burn them in front of the grave, so that the dead could have a companion below." I say.

He picked up all the ten iron fingers of that thing and said, "You are not a real paper-binding person, the real paper-binding person locks the lonely soul to the paper figure through the soul locking charm, and if the cultivation is advanced, the paper person can also walk and jump." ”

"You're saying someone burned this skeleton out of earth and locked their souls on it." I said suddenly.

He nodded, "To be able to make such a dummy, not only is it troublesome, but you also have to have great skills, anyway, with my ability, I can't make it." ”

"Isn't that a very powerful person preventing us from going to the Seven Tribulations?" I was worried: "If he sends a dummy, we will both be unable to do it, and if he comes in person, we will not die." ”

Uncle Niu disagreed with my words, "If he really doesn't want us to go to the Seven Troubles River, he won't send someone to kill you in the store, I guess the person who controls the dummy wants to force us to go to the Seven Troubles River, and he doesn't want to take away the longevity of the matter to be exposed." ”

I sighed twice, "This man thinks so beautifully." ”

Uncle Niu also sneered: "Who said it wasn't, I didn't want to take care of this life-winning dojo, but now I have to break this dojo, am I really a bad thing?" ”

It seems that Uncle Niu is ruthless.

"Mr. Jiang, do you still choose to die?" Uncle Niu asked Jiang Shen.

Jiang Shen nodded without hesitation, "Alive, more tormented." ”

"Okay, you lie down in the grave." Uncle Niu took out incense candles and offerings from his bag, asked me to stand outside the cemetery with my arms, and then held the talisman paper in one hand and the triple plate in the other, and waited until Jiang Shen lay down in the grave, and then began to walk in the cemetery.

When Uncle Niu walked to the northeast, he suddenly stomped his feet, put away the rune paper, and inserted the peach wood sword into the ground, "Congcong, quickly put the offerings in place, the incense candles are lit." ”

I hurriedly did as he said and lit incense.

He put away the compass, walked quickly to the incense candle, bit his finger, and drew a blood talisman on the palm of his hand, "I sincerely ask the black god of the north to quickly appear to punish the demons." ”

When the words fell, the color of the blood talisman in Uncle Niu's palm turned black rapidly, the corners of his mouth kept twitching, and his face was still the same face, but it became more and more hideous when he looked at it.

He let out a loud shout, and pointed at the peachwood sword in the void, and at the same time took out a piece of rune paper and threw it forward.

The rune paper burned a fireball with a bang, and a gust of wind blew in the graveyard, blowing Uncle Niu's clothes to the sound of hunting.

I couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"Broken!" As soon as Uncle Niu's words fell, he heard a bang, and the peachwood sword was actually split in half, and at the same time, the fireball made of the rune paper fell to the ground, and it was extinguished in the blink of an eye.

Uncle Niu shook a few times before he stabilized his body, bent over and held his knees to pant.

I hurriedly went over to help him, "Uncle, is it broken?" ”

"It's broken." He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "As I expected, the person who arranged the dojo is very powerful, if it is replaced by an ordinary Taoist priest, there is really no way to take this dojo." ”

After speaking, Uncle Niu walked to the edge of Jiang Shen's grave.

I followed and found that Jiang Shen was no longer breathing.

Uncle Niu said: "This dojo is broken, and he can't survive." ”

I looked at Jiang Shen, and I always had a very strange feeling in my heart, something didn't seem right.

"That's not right." I patted my forehead and said suddenly: "Uncle, Jiang Shen survived an accident in three years, but Zhao Hua and An An have only recently had accidents. ”

Uncle Niu glanced at me, frowned and said, "Didn't you listen to Jiang Shen, his father found Zhang Wang three years ago to engrave the requiem rune in the coffin, and Zhang Wang had already done it at that time, which means that as early as three years ago, he had already begun to take his life and continue his life, but we don't know." ”

I thought about it carefully, Jiang Shen really said that.

I couldn't help but pat my eyebrows, I was so careless, why didn't I think of it at the time.

"Uncle, do you think it will be said that Jiang Shen's father asked Zhang Wang to give him Jiang Shen's soul?" I hesitated.

Uncle Niu looked at me appreciatively and said, "It seems that you are not stupid yet." ”

I snorted at him, "Jiang Shen's father wants his son to live, but now we let him die, his father won't come to beat us, right?" Let's pack up and run. ”

"What are you running, clean up, we still have to carry Jiang Shen back, don't you want to know the people behind Zhang Wang?" Uncle Niu said, jumped off the grave, and carried Jiang Shen out of the pit.

I reacted that I had to meet Jiang Shen's parents.

On the way back, Uncle Niu said worriedly: "Congcong, you have to remember that everything is not in a hurry." ”

I pursed my lips, can I not be in a hurry?

The jar contained my mother's head.

"Coming out of the county, you're in a hurry to figure everything out, find out who controls the dummy, find the roadmap of the Seven Troubles, and determine your mother's situation." Uncle Niu said softly: "But you must know that your father and I are also doing these things, and we have been doing them for five years, but there is still no news." ”

He patted me on the shoulder with his free hand and comforted me again: "Going to the Seven Tribulations is only the first step, you will experience more in the future, you have to remember to stay sane in everything." ”

I sighed and said in a muffled voice, "I know, thank you, Uncle Niu." ”

Uncle Niu smiled, began to gossip with me, and talked all the way, and when I came to Jiang Shen's house again, I was already a lot more relaxed.

Jiang Shen's parents had already returned, and Uncle Niu put Jiang Shen on the ground in the main house, and Jiang Shen's mother cried and pounced, beating the ground and crying: "You child, why can't you think about it so much, what's wrong with being alive." ”

Jiang Shen's father sat still, took a hard puff of cigarette, and was choked and coughed up tears.

I looked around the room, but I didn't find Jiang Shen's photo, taking advantage of Jiang Shen's parents not paying attention, I secretly walked to the door of the inner room, opened the door curtain and looked inside, there were desks and computers in the room, and there was a stack of folders on the desktop, this should be Jiang Shen's room.

However, there is still no photo of Jiang Shen.

I quietly returned to Uncle Niu, and after waiting for Jiang Shen's parents to calm down, I couldn't help but ask them, "Why don't you have a photo of Jiang Shen at home?" ”

Jiang Shen's mother choked up and said: "After waking up from the burn, Xiao Shen said that he was uncomfortable when he saw the previous photos, and he was burned, and he didn't even leave us a negative." ”

No wonder I couldn't find a single photo.

Uncle Niu looked at Jiang Shen's father and asked, "Why is your house built like this?" ”

Jiang Shen's father glanced at Uncle Niu and didn't speak.

"Mr. Jiang, if you don't cooperate with me, the matter of Jiang Shen's resurrection will spread tomorrow." Uncle Niu sneered and said, "Anyway, the Jiang family also has a head and a face, if this spreads, your family's business will be ......."

The threats are silent.

Jiang Shen's father looked at Uncle Niu fiercely.

I said, "Mr. Jiang, Zhang Wang is dead, the police found a child who was dismembered in his yard, and now the matter has become a big problem." ”

"How come there are still children with dismembered bodies?" Jiang Shen's father was surprised.

Uncle Niu smiled and said: "Soul Restoration Evil Technique, once he dies in his life, Jiang Shen comes back to life, naturally someone wants to die for him." ”

Jiang Shen's father shrank his eyes, deflated like a ball, leaning on the back of the chair and not speaking.

Jiang Shen's mother said anxiously: "We didn't know that this was going to be the case at first, Zhang Wang said that he could bring Xiao Shen back to life, so we believed it, and when we knew that this was going to be exchanged for human life, Xiao Shen had already come back to life, we just wanted Xiao Shen to live, and we didn't want to harm anyone." ”

Uncle Niu looked sneering, "Come to life? He might as well be dead after the past three years. ”

Jiang Shen's parents were stunned, and the two glanced at each other, their faces full of guilt.

"I have no education with the old man, and I can't manage Xiaoshen's company, and if something happens to him, the company will be someone else's." Jiang Shen's mother whispered: "We worked hard to raise him, can't we enjoy happiness when we come?" ”

My back chilled when I listened, no wonder Jiang Shen chose to die without hesitation.

"Okay, I don't have time to listen to this, you just need to tell me why the house was built underground, and how Zhang Wang found you." Uncle Niu said with a cold face.

Jiang Shen's father spit out a cigarette and said, "If we say it, the Jiang family will return to the soul......"

"I'm rotten in my stomach and I'll never tell anyone." Uncle Niu said.

Jiang Shen's father's tense expression relaxed a little, and said: "It was Zhang Wang who took the initiative to find me, Xiao Shen's body was only pulled home from the hospital that day, and he came to the door and said that he could help Xiao Shen come back to life, as for this house, I wanted to build it myself, we moved from other places, and we all built houses like this in my hometown." ”

I said coldly: "Zhang Wang told you that you can come back to life, and you believe it?" "Such a thing that goes against the laws of nature.

"The left and right people are dead, and the worst result is that they can't survive, what's not to believe?" Jiang Shen's father looked at me.

I was speechless.

"Let's bury Jiang Shen well." Uncle Niu got up and walked out.

I followed and whispered, "This is leaving?" ”

He nodded, and only after leaving Jiang Shen's house did he say: "Originally, I thought this courtyard was special, maybe there was something special, but as soon as he said it, I remembered that he called it Dikeng Courtyard, and there are indeed such courtyards in Henan, Shanxi and other places, as for the people behind Zhang Wang......"

He tugged at the corners of his mouth, his eyes getting cold, "If the two of them really knew something, that person wouldn't let them live." ”

When I think about it, it's true.

"Let's go back to the hotel first." Uncle Niu said.

I grabbed him, "Don't want a roadmap?" ”

He took out his mobile phone and shook it, "Jiang Shen had already sent the map photo before jumping off the grave. ”

"What about the paper ones?" I asked curiously.

Uncle Niu said in a respectful tone: "The original is in the hands of the sixth master, let's go back to the hotel to sleep first, and tomorrow at two o'clock in the afternoon, the sixth master will send someone to send us the things we used to go to the Seven Troubles River." ”

I twisted my eyebrows, even more confused, "Since the sixth master has a map, why don't you find someone to go over by yourself?" ”

He pointed to himself, "Aren't I the person the sixth master is looking for?" ”

"Huh?" I was completely confused.

"Your father and I both follow the sixth master, under normal circumstances, we deal with things, the sixth master provides us with necessities and consideration, and what we get will be given to the sixth master."

"So, you and my dad both work for the sixth master?" I concluded.

He smiled and said, "That's understandable. ”

I leaned over to Uncle Niu and asked with a smile, "What does the sixth master want this time?" ”

The smile on his face faded, and he said abruptly: "The sixth master wants to know the news of your father, your father is very capable and capable, and the sixth master has always admired him." ”

Speaking of my dad, I began to feel uncomfortable again, and I didn't have the heart to speak.

I went back to the city hotel with Uncle Niu to sleep, and when I left the hotel at about two o'clock in the afternoon, Uncle Niu had a big black bag on his back.

Uncle Niu said that it was sent by the sixth master.

Uncle Niu showed me the road map, and there was a small red dot in the southwest Hengduan Mountain Range, with the words "Seven Troubles" written on it.

"How can you find such a big place?" I said worriedly.

He pulled out another map, this map was very detailed, starting from a place called Pingwu and ending at the Seven Troubles River in the northwest of the Hengduan Mountains, the entire route was marked in great detail.

"Don't worry about it, I'm sure I'll be able to take you to the Seven Triamities." He laughs.

I scratched my head and said a little embarrassed, "This is not the first time I've been out of the house, and I'm nervous." ”

With the financial support of the sixth master, this time I flew directly to Yunnan with Uncle Niu, rented a car there, and drove there overnight.

I thought I could drive directly to it, but who knew that at one o'clock in the morning, Uncle Niu stopped the car and said, "There is no road ahead, we have to walk over." ”

I was so sleepy that I rubbed my face when I heard the words, and looked forward with all my spirits, the mountains in front of me were stretching, the vegetation was lush, not to mention the road driven by the car, there was not even a road for people to walk.

Uncle Niu took out a camouflage cloth from the trunk to cover the car, and led the way in front of him with a flashlight, I hurriedly followed, "Uncle, so far away, let's just walk over on two legs?" ”

"Yes." He said.

I sighed and resigned myself to following.

After walking for more than an hour, seeing that I couldn't stand it, Uncle Niu found a vacant lot, "It will be dawn in a while, you rest against the tree." ”

I was so sleepy that I couldn't open my eyes, so I quickly sat down, yawned and said, "Uncle, why do you rest for one night and go into the mountains tomorrow morning?" ”

"It's better to go to the River of Seven Tribulations sooner rather than later." He said.

I nodded haphazardly, tightened my coat, and fell asleep against the tree in a few moments.

I was sleeping soundly, and suddenly someone patted me on the shoulder, I was so frightened that I quickly stood up and found that Uncle Niu was not there.

I clutched my backpack and looked over my shoulder, where there were slight burn marks on my clothes.

"Uncle Niu?" I screamed tentatively.

"Hey......" suddenly answered from the right rear.

I instinctively turned around, only to feel that it was dark in front of me, and then there was a sudden coldness on both shoulders, like a few pounds of ice pressed on, and the cool air went straight into the cracks of the bones.

I fumbled against the tree behind me and pulled open my backpack with shaking hands.

When I moved my arm slightly, I hissed and inhaled in pain, and when I unzipped it, I was already in a cold sweat.

Touching Yu Hao's finger bones, I paused, and still took out the talisman and anti-wolf spray from the mezzanine.

Just as he was about to spray, his right hand was caught, and he heard Uncle Niu say, "Don't move, it's me." ”

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly a flash of fire flashed in front of me, and I was able to see what was around me clearly.

"Uncle, what happened just now?" I asked blankly.

He said: "That thing left a mark on your shoulder, causing your shoulders to be unstable, and it was directly extinguished just now, thanks to my timely return, that thing was knocked away." ”

My face turned pale, "The dummy is chasing after me again?" ”

Uncle Niu shook his head and whispered, "He has been following the two of us." ”

As he spoke, he took out two pieces of rune paper from his bag, patted them on my left and right shoulders respectively, and read them quickly for a while, the coolness on my shoulders slowly disappeared, and I was able to move.

I lifted my clothes and looked at them, and the five finger prints on my shoulders were still there.

Uncle Niu said, "If you sleep again, I'll guard it for you." ”

"Okay." I sat down again and asked him, "Uncle, what did you do just now?" ”

He replied: "I just went to the front to see the road, and about 500 meters ahead, there is a vacant land that has been shoveled out by hand, it seems that before the two of us, there have been people entering the mountain, but I am not sure if it is going to the Seven Troubles River." “

I still could sleep, I stood up and was about to leave, but Uncle Niu pressed me to the ground and said, "Squint again, otherwise you won't be able to stand it for a day." ”

I sat down and squinted against the tree again.

When it was almost dawn, Uncle Niu asked me to wait in place while he went ahead to take a look.

"He can't be trusted." Yu Hao suddenly appeared, squatted beside me, and reached out to unbutton me.

I grabbed him, frowned, and asked, "Who?" ”

He raised his eyes to look at me, "Niu Chongtian, just now he extinguished the yang fire on your shoulders to test you." ”

I pursed my lips and bowed my head without speaking.

He took my hand away and said softly, "Good, let me see the injury on my shoulder." ”

My clothes were lifted, the cool breeze was blowing through my skin, and I couldn't help but shrink my shoulders.

He put his hands on my left and right shoulders, and in a moment there was a faint warmth, relieving the pain between my bones.

"Actually, you have this kind of doubt in your heart." Yu Hao bowed his head and whispered in my ear, "So you didn't take out my finger bones in the end." ”

I bit my lip and couldn't refute it.

At that time, I really wanted to call him out with my finger bones, but when I turned my head, I felt that something was wrong.

Last time, the dummy wanted to kill me, and he came directly with my mother's head, but just now he patted me on the shoulder to wake me up, and then extinguished the fire, the means were too gentle, not to mention, and the process was a lot more troublesome.

"Why did Uncle Niu test me?" I asked, puzzled.

Yu Hao said meaningfully: "Although he doesn't know my existence, I have always been a yin person, and after being by your side for a long time, he will always notice that something is wrong." ”

He closed my clothes, his expression was gentle, very bewildering: "Niu Chongtian has good skills, and he is also smart, I will stay away from you in the next few days, and at a critical moment, you will stand on my finger bones on the ground and drop a drop of blood, and I will definitely come to help you." ”

Seeing that I whispered, he patted me on the head affectionately and left with a smile.

I looked at his back in a daze, and it took a long time before I woke up like a dream, leaning against the tree weakly, when did I become so familiar with him?

Uncle Niu can't be trusted, and he may not be reliable.

I sighed, blaming that face, what a sin.

After another ten minutes, Uncle Niu came back sweating profusely and urged me: "Hurry up and pack up my things, I walked forward a little further, and found a lot of footprints, and those people are going to the Seven Tribulations River nine times out of ten." ”

Uncle Niu and I set off in a hurry, walked for five or six minutes, and sure enough, we passed by a flattened field, and there were still traces of tents on the ground.

After walking forward for a while, I also saw the footprints that Uncle Niu said.

The two of us walked along the road map for a day, and we really saw traces of people walking on the road, and we also saw a few bags of pressed biscuits.

But I didn't catch up with them until it got dark.

In the end, I couldn't lift my legs for two days, so Uncle Niu tried to save trouble, directly set up a tent on the open space shoveled out by those people, and cooked hot soup in a small pot of alcohol.

I took a sip of the soup and went into the tent, and when I took off my shoes, I saw several blisters on the soles of my feet.

I was just about to lie down, when I heard Uncle Niu say outside: "After walking for a day, I guess your feet must be blistered, there is a small river not far from the east, you go to wash it, and come back to pick up some medicine." ”

"Okay." I got up and said apologetically as I walked out, "Uncle, it's all my uselessness and I'm dragging you down." ”

I can see that if I don't take it, Uncle Niu will be able to walk over in two days, and now take me, let alone three days.

Uncle Niu waved his hand and said, "What are you talking about?" ”

I took a deep look at him, turned my head and walked towards the river, to be honest, I couldn't understand Uncle Niu.

He was so good to me, but I also knew that he was hiding a lot from me, and he was also guarding against me, which is why he was tempted last night.

Uncle Niu said that the river is half a meter wide and crystal clear, so I sat by the river, dipped the towel and carefully wiped the soles of my feet.

After a few wipes, I noticed the surface of the river, and I froze violently.

The once clear water of the river turned red.

I ran back with a roll, "Uncle, the water is red, the water is red." ”

Uncle Niu rushed over, looked at the river, and asked me to wait where I was, he walked to the river, picked up a handful of water, smelled it, turned his head and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just that there is blood in the water." ”

I gasped, it's all bloody, it's not a big deal?

"Uncle, you ......" I had just taken two steps forward when I saw a man with a bloody face and a stick flowing down the river.

Seeing me and Uncle Niu, the man sat in the water, covered his eyes, and shouted in panic: "I didn't see it, I didn't see anything." ”

Seeing that it was a living person, I finally let go of my heart.

Uncle Niu said kindly: "What's wrong with you?" ”

The man looked at us through the gap between his arms before taking them away, "Are you alive?" ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but step forward.

"Of course." Uncle Niu said.

The man crawled out of the water, hugged Uncle Niu's thigh and said, "Don't go up, there are ghosts above, there are ghosts above!" ”

Uncle Niu squatted down and asked him, "What the hell?" ”

The man's eyes were confused, and his mouth was full of ghosts, Uncle Niu stretched out his hand to help him, but before he touched him, he blew his eyes and fainted.

His hand drooped to the ground, and a stone plaque fell out, and I picked it up and looked at it, and it was written in traditional Chinese characters: Seven difficult rivers, difficult to enter and difficult to exit.