As the smoke rose from the iron drill, a flame erupted from the black metal.

I rubbed my eyes, it felt incredible, but I could see clearly, there was indeed a flame on it.

I whispered to Baizhou, and he tilted his head and said to me, "It is a special wax that can be flammable for up to two to five days, and is often used to worship spiritual objects or attract spiritual energy, making it more likely to invite spirits to the body." ”

"In the land of Bashu, the climate is uncertain all year round, and it can be said that there are ten miles of different days, so there is a kind of oil produced in the mountains, and it can be used to make wax for a long time."

"But in response to the advent of this oil, people usually use it for spirituality, and I remember seeing the use of these candles here before. If you look closely at the candles, there are incantations engraved on them, and those incantations represent the purpose of the ritual. ”

Listening to what he said, I really saw a layer of black text faintly wrapped on the candlestick, but I didn't even understand Baizhou, so I naturally couldn't understand it.

But look at the time, the time is almost up, and as all the candles have been lit, four puffs of smoke disperse and spread into the sunlight.

At this moment, someone came carrying a few things, and I followed the eyes of the crowd and saw that the first few people came carrying a heavy bronze table in their hands.

The entire table is covered with a layer of delicate carvings, and there is a bell-like statue on the left and right sides.

Along these carvings, I looked at the table and found that there was a very neatly engraved picture on it, which showed the layout of the sun, moon and stars, and beyond the sun and moon, there were mountains and rivers, and finally in the corners of the table, were the figures, flowers, birds, and trees.

Just by looking at the fine patterns, you can see that this thing is some years old, but there is no damage on it, which means that the thing is well preserved, and the hardness of the material is also very high.

When those people put this bronze table beside me, I was still intently looking at the lines on it, only to see that the table was exquisitely carved, and even the outlines of the young figures on it were vividly depicted, and the various expressions on the faces were also clearly visible.

I really don't know what kind of methods people used at that time to portray those little things so soberly.

I was fascinated by it, and I was awakened by a heavy noise, and when I suddenly reacted, I saw that someone had brought another copper stove.

When the four elders stood in front of the furnace, they folded their hands and took out the yellow incense from the side, bowed respectfully to the entrance of the village three times, and then inserted the incense into the furnace.

After the ceremony was finished, a group of people walked in the distance, and from here, they were all wearing blue robes and robes, and each carrying a brocade box in their hands.

As soon as he saw someone coming, someone rushed up to greet him, and when he saw the Taoist chief walking in front, he saluted and said, "It's reasonable!" I don't know if the Fire Dao people are here now? ”

The man returned the salute, "My master is right behind, don't worry, sir, with my master in the rat demon, it will be difficult to escape!" ”

Hearing that the other party was so confident, everyone was very happy, and hurriedly welcomed everyone closer, and the Taoist who took the lead was the open-door disciple of the Fire Flame Daoist, and he first wanted to ask about the cause of this rat plague.

Everyone greeted me for a while, and I learned that this Taoist chief's surname was Yin, but his real name didn't say much.

The chief of Yin Dao first asked about the first family that had an accident, and before the rat plague, there were a large number of dead cats in the village.

When someone found out, people also found some granular powder in the liquid spit out of these cat corpses, I don't know what it was, but after all, it was just a few dead cats, and no one cared.

But who knows, with the increase in the number of dead cats, the frequency of rats is also increasing, although the rats cross the street and everyone shouts and beats, but if there are more, it will be a disaster.

According to the villagers, every time they intersect at night, they will hear the sound of mice, but when they get up to check, they find nothing, and when they get up early the next morning, they find a corpse lying in the house.

When everyone gathered, they found that the corpse actually came from the ancestral hall in the village, and there were many marks of rat bites on the corpse.

The corpse was killed three days ago, because the murderer has not been found, so the corpse was temporarily parked in the ancestral hall, but it was known that there was a rat plague in the ancestral hall.

Saying this, everyone hurried to the ancestral hall, but as soon as they opened the coffin, they saw a coffin full of mice.

Looking at this, the person who opened the coffin was startled, and retreated slowly, and a few mice still crawled up on his body, and when he was bitten down, the man fell unconscious.

Afterwards, someone found more rats in the ancestral hall, and those rats seemed to use the ancestral hall as a nest, and they all hid in the coffin in groups, but the corpses inside were all missing.

Although there are not many inhabitants in the village, there have never been so many rats, and these rats are still gnawing on the corpses, and the teeth are also highly poisonous, which is almost like a sperm.

Before, everyone was thinking about how powerful the mice were, and cats, as their natural enemies, naturally became people's first choice.

I could get a lot of cats from the city, and within a few days of putting them in, I found that those cats were all mouse's tooth marks, and they died not long after.

Seeing that the cat failed to subdue the rats, some people paid attention to buy rat poison, sprinkled it in the ancestral hall, and then arranged a mouse trap outside the ancestral hall.

It was a good idea, and a few rats did die at first, but before everyone could throw the dead rats' corpses out, they were eaten alive by another wave of rats.

It was a sensational thing, and the villagers were stunned when they saw a group of rats eating the corpses of their own kind, but no one dared to go up and catch them.

The rat poison in the ancestral hall was eaten clean, but after one wave of rats died, another wave of rats ate their corpses.

Although the number of rats is decreasing, their virulence is constantly spreading, because they start to run out of the ancestral hall, start eating human corpses, and after eating, they start to bite live people.

These rats are so active that people are helpless, and finally they have to report to the elders and ask someone to kill the rat demon.

After listening to the villager's explanation, Yin Daochang nodded, "I'm afraid this is the reincarnation of the starving ghost among the five ghosts, and he has taken off the rat fetus!" Gluttony is endless, and if it is not eradicated as soon as possible, it will affect more people in the future. ”

At this point, I suddenly heard a bell ringing urgently, but although the sound was urgent, it was very short, and it only rang three times before it stopped abruptly.

In response, there was a long-bearded old man, who walked slowly towards us with his hands twisted.

"Fire Clange?!" Baizhou said a word to the man, and saw that the other party had already walked over, and saw Baizhou in the crowd at a glance, but then he looked away and said to an elder surnamed Song, "Elder Song, it's been a long time!" ”

This Elder Song seemed to have known him for a long time, and when he saw him coming, he didn't say much, just asked him to come in and hurry up to help cast the spell.

Seeing that he was so flustered, the Fire Daoist first comforted him a few words, and then listened to the eldest apprentice whisper a few words in his ear, and finally nodded and said, "This matter is not difficult, but I still have a few questions that need to be determined!" ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the crowd again, "Who knows the birth and death time of the first corpse to be bitten by a rat in the ancestral hall." ”

An old man in charge of guarding the ancestral hall stepped forward and answered for an hour, but when he heard this person's birthday, the Fire Daoist frowned.

"Born in the Year of the Rat, Dead in the Year of the Dog, and it is also a day of life and death together!" The Fire Daoist shook his head, as if he was embarrassed.

But when he turned around again, with a wave of the sleeves of his robe, the apprentice beside him hurriedly handed over the brush and presented the yellow talisman, only to see him walking towards the offering table while drawing the talisman with the brush.

When he walked to the table, he happened to collect the pen and ink, and the disciples around him also opened the brocade box in their hands in an orderly manner, and took out a bundle of incense candles from it.

On either side of the table, two stone bowls are placed, with a pot of water in between, and a bamboo bowl on the top and bottom.

After the Fire Daoist put down the brush, the eldest apprentice Yin Daochang had already filled the two empty bowls, and then was pushed in front of him by the Fire Daoist.

Then I saw him reciting a mantra silently, and he put his hands on both sides of the rune paper with the fingers of his sword, and then pointed the ring fingers of both hands in the two stone bowls.

Then, taking a deep breath, he suddenly blew out this breath as his ring finger pointed at the rune paper, and then the rune paper actually burned in the wind.

The leaping talisman was divided by his hands, leaping between the sword fingers of his hands, and then he quickly concluded his fingerprints, but there was a ripple in the stone bowl.

I don't know what everyone has discovered, but if I hadn't looked into the stone bowl, I'd have thought that this person was playing tricks on the fire and doing some tricks on the fire, so I would have come over and dance the gods.

But at that time, I took a look at it, but I was surprised to find that the shadow reflected in the stone bowl, the face of the fire man, but a strange face appeared in the water, the face painting was brightly colored, and the three whiskers on the cheeks flew up, which was clearly a cat face.

At this time, the other party suddenly shouted, and then flicked his hands, threw the talisman fire in his hand into the stone bowl, and then the face disappeared.

But then he picked up the two stone bowls and asked Elder Song to lead the way and go to the ancestral hall to meet the rat spirit for a while.

When I entered the village with the people of the Fire Guard, I felt a strange feeling, because there was a lifeless air around me, and I pulled my suitcase, and I seemed to hear a strange cry.

I think it may be my mental effect, to calm down, to calm down, there are so many people in front of me, and it's still daylight, what's so scary.

After everyone walked to the village, they turned a few more corners before they came to the main road, and walked along this street, and not far away they found that there were blood stains on the ground, but the traces were very small, and it seemed that the rats had left them.

Following the bloodstains, we finally arrived at the ancestral hall, but at this time, the door of the ancestral hall was closed, and a sound of rustling came from inside.