Thinking back to the contact with the second uncle these days, I vaguely feel that the second uncle has some chills. Because it's hot now, although we were aware of it, we didn't suspect it. After all, on a hot day like this, some people just feel very cool, especially girls.

Now that Erniang is in this situation, the doubts in my heart are gradually rising again.

Erniang was silent for a while, then suddenly turned her head to look at me, and asked me with a serious face, what happened when I went out with my second uncle to do things in the past few days. Thinking of the humiliation of the second uncle in the lion's tooth dam that day, I felt inexplicably sour, and I couldn't help but tell the second mother truthfully. I did decide not to tell outsiders about this before, but Erniang is not an outsider, she is the wife of the second uncle, of course she has the right to know this.

When Erniang heard me say that the second uncle was humiliated in the Lion's Tooth Dam, tears welled up in her eyes, and she couldn't help crying. The little sister heard the movement and hurriedly came into the house to ask, and the second mother hurriedly accepted the cry, broke into tears and smiled and said to the little sister that she was fine. The little sister looked at us suspiciously, then pouted in frustration, and went out again, and I followed her out.

The second uncle invited a doctor to diagnose Erniang, saying that Erniang was suffering from the cold, prescribed medicine, and instructed us to take care of it and not let Erniang get cold water. After the doctor left, the second uncle sat alone outside the house for a while, and then walked into the house, and after thinking about it, he told us that he may have attracted the yin qi of the dead when he was doing things, which caused chills on his body, and made Erniang catch a cold and fever, so he decided to sleep separately from Erniang for the time being, and set up a bunk next to the flue-cured tobacco room.

The second uncle's words were very serious, and we didn't think much about it before we believed his words. If the second uncle is really stained with yin qi, then all the previous abnormalities can be completely explained. However, when she heard the second uncle say that she wanted to sleep separately from herself, Erniang was silent for a while. Erniang and her second uncle have been married for more than ten years, and they have never slept separately at home, even if they quarrel. The second uncle saw the worry and sadness in Erniang's eyes, and hurriedly comforted her and said that although he had Yin Qi on his body, he would be fine, as long as he drank some talisman water every day, he believed that he would soon be able to return to normal.

At home, it is the second uncle who makes the decision on major matters, hearing what the second uncle said, the second mother finally nodded, she asked the second uncle not to go outside to set up a bunk, she will sleep with her little sister in the future, and leave the room to the second uncle to sleep. The second uncle didn't say anything, and nodded silently.

In the afternoon, the second uncle took two drawn charms from the house, burned them in a porcelain bowl to ashes, flushed them with water, and drank them in a black half bowl. I, Erniang, and Xiaomei stood next to me and watched worriedly, only to see that after the second uncle drank the Fu water, he held his mouth tightly, his face was red and white, and his forehead was sweating, as if he was very uncomfortable.

"Dad, are you alright?" Xiaomei couldn't help but ask, her eyes full of worry.

The second uncle shook his head quietly, turned his head to the side suddenly, and sprayed the talisman on the ground with a whoosh, coughing non-stop. We were startled and hurriedly patted him on the back and asked him if he was okay.

The second uncle coughed a few times, looked up at us with a gloomy face, squeezed out a smile and said, "I think it's much better, this talisman water is really useful." ”

Seeing that his expression did not seem to be fake, we finally relieved our hearts.

In the evening, my second uncle and I sat in the courtyard, and found that he always looked in the direction of the back mountain, intentionally or unintentionally, his brows twitched, and his eyes showed a trace of doubt, and he couldn't help but ask him what he was looking at.

"It's fine." The second uncle turned his head and smiled at me.

After being silent for a while, the second uncle suddenly looked at me and asked, "Xiao Yu, do you want to learn Taoism?" ”

"Taoism?" I was stunned for a moment.

The second uncle turned his head, looked ahead, and said to himself: "You have been very smart since you were a child, and you must be very perceptive when you learn Taoism." ”

Speaking of which, when I was a child, I asked my second uncle to teach me the art of catching ghosts, but at that time, my second uncle told me that catching ghosts and exorcising evil spirits was a side way, and asked me to concentrate on studying. Now the second uncle suddenly asked me if I wanted to learn Taoism, I didn't know what his intentions were, but after only a slight hesitation, I nodded affirmatively and said, "Second uncle, of course I am willing to learn Taoism." ”

The second uncle was noncommittal, and suddenly sighed lightly: "You are the only boy in our family, and the second uncle can only pass on the Taoist technique to you, and it is best if you are willing to learn it." ”

There was a faint sadness in the second uncle's tone, as if he had confessed his last words, my heart was inexplicably sour, my eyes were filled with tears, and I said softly: "Second uncle, you...... Are you okay. ”

"What's wrong with you kid?" The second uncle looked at me strangely, "Of course the second uncle is fine, not only is it fine, but the second uncle will get better and better......"

As he spoke, his voice sounded like a long sigh, sounding very strange.

I looked at him in a daze, speechless.

The second uncle took out the ancient thread-bound book that he had been cherishing and didn't show to others, and handed it to me, and said softly: "This book was dug from the grave by the second uncle when he was young to help people move the ancestral grave, and there are some Taoist techniques on it, and now the second uncle has officially passed it on to you." ”

I took the thread-bound book and found that there were a few ancient characters written on the greasy and yellowed cover: Nine Imperial Divine Strategies.

When I opened the inside, I found that the characters inside were all in traditional Chinese, arranged vertically from right to left, and there were some strange patterns with clumsy lines, and a faint mysterious and majestic atmosphere came to my face.

I have never heard of this book called Nine Imperial Divine Strategies, and when I saw that the content in it was extraordinary, I was inexplicably in awe, and I put it away with great importance. The second uncle told me not to lose the book, and I seriously agreed to him. In fact, I don't need to say much about it, this book is like a family heirloom for me, it is of great significance, and I can't lose it.

At noon the next day, we had just eaten, and suddenly Uncle Huang in the village hurriedly ran to our house and begged for help from the second uncle. Before, our family had some festivals with Uncle Huang's family because the cattle ate the crops. My little sister and I also had a fight with Uncle Huang's grandson Huang Laosan, so now that we see Uncle Huang, we don't have a good face, and we don't want the second uncle to agree to help their family.

The second uncle did not immediately agree to Uncle Huang, but looked solemn and patiently asked Uncle Huang what happened. Uncle Huang told us the matter with a sigh of sorrow. It turned out that Uncle Huang's grandson Huang Laosan went to the back mountain this morning, and when he came back, he was like crazy, shouting "There are ghosts, there are ghosts" in his mouth, and he also beat people indiscriminately. Uncle Huang was angry and grabbed him and tied him to the door of the bullpen, and Huang Laosan suddenly rolled his eyes and foamed at the mouth. This time, Uncle Huang was frightened, and hurriedly came to the second uncle with a cheeky face.

After listening to what happened, the second uncle was silent and did not promise that Uncle Huang would help.

Uncle Huang thought of their previous festival with our family, and immediately understood the intention of the second uncle, and suddenly screamed and wanted to kneel down for the second uncle. The second uncle's face changed, and he hurriedly reached out to support him, didn't let him kneel, and said lightly: "Take me to see." ”

Although we were very disgusted with Uncle Huang's family, but seeing that Uncle Huang was angry in a low voice, there was nothing to say, and out of curiosity, my little sister and I also followed the second uncle to Huang's house.

When we saw Huang Laosan, we were shocked. I saw that Huang Laosan had been untied from the door of the cattle pen and placed flat on the pig-killing board in the yard, his eyes were round, his face was blue, his mouth was foaming at the mouth, and there was a gurgling sound in his throat.

Seeing this, the second uncle's face changed, his hand trembled slightly, and he took out a charm, suddenly shouted, slapped the charm on Huang Laosan's forehead, and then flexed and stretched his fingers to pinch the mantra, and recited the spell.

After a while, Huang Laosan suddenly sat up straight, because he had a charm on his forehead, hanging on his face, he looked like a zombie, and he looked terrifying.

"Taishang Dao Venerable, Emperor of the Five Directions, Heavenly Spirit Spirit, Earth Spirit Spirit, anxious as a law!"

The second uncle's face turned red and he snorted, and pressed his finger on Huang Laosan's forehead.

Huang Laosan's whole body seemed to be overpowered, trembling for a while, and then suddenly there was an "oh" in his throat, he opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of black and fishy things, and then his body fell on the pig-killing board with a bang, his chest rose and fell violently, panting.

"Nie Tianshi, this ......" Uncle Huang was startled when he saw his grandson like this, and hurriedly looked at the second uncle anxiously.

The second uncle slowly exhaled a breath from his mouth and said softly, "He's fine." ”

At this moment, Huang Laosan suddenly woke up like a nightmare, Uncle Huang screamed, then cried with joy, and bowed to the second uncle to thank him. Huang Laosan took off the charm on his forehead and looked at his grandfather with a blank expression. Uncle Huang pulled him over and asked him to kneel down to thank the second uncle. Huang Laosan realized that it was the second uncle who saved him, so he didn't hesitate, and pounced on the second uncle and knelt down.

The second uncle waved his hand lightly and asked Huang Laosan to stand up and speak.

"Third child, what did you see in the back mountain?" The second uncle stared at Huang Laosan with a quiet gaze and asked.

Huang Laosan was a little stunned, suddenly remembered something, his face changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "There are ghosts in the mountains, there are ghosts ......"

"Speak well!" The second uncle let out a deep sigh and pressed his shoulder.

Huang Laosan came to his senses a little, and after relieving himself, he told us that there was a black hole under the dog head slope in the back mountain, and there were ghosts in it. The second uncle immediately asked Huang Laosan to take everyone to see it, and my little sister and I also went to see it. Walking through the shady stone road up the mountain, we came to the dog head slope in the shade of the mountain, and when we saw the situation above, we couldn't help but gasp.

The reason why the dog head slope is named is because the hill on the slope looks like a huge dog head, this is the mountain that belongs to our Yunlong Dam, everyone knows it, and my little sister and I often come here to graze cattle in the past. Perhaps it was the rainstorm a few nights ago that caused the landslide of Goutoupo to collapse, and now a black hole has collapsed on it, which is deep and secluded, constantly emitting bursts of damp and rotting coolness, which makes people shudder.

"There...... There are ghosts ......" Huang Laosan pointed to the black hole above, his heart palpitated, and said in a trembling voice.

I also felt incredible that the mountain collapsed and a hole collapsed, and I was even more frightened when I looked at the dark appearance of the hole, as if it led to the gate of the Netherworld Hell.

Everyone stood in the woods below the cave and looked at each other for a moment, then looked at the old village chief and asked him to make a decision. The old village chief sighed, but looked at the second uncle and said, "Wenshan, you are a Taoist master and understand the five elements of feng shui, so take an idea." ”

I found that since the second uncle came to this dogtou slope, he has been frowning, his face is solemn, and a trace of doubt flashes in his eyes. After listening to the old village chief's words, he coughed lightly, looked at the old village chief, and said in a serious tone: "Fifth Uncle Chen, this cave is a fierce place, the yin qi gathers, it is very dangerous, and no one must be allowed to go in." ”

The second uncle has a lot of prestige in the village, and what he says is also very weighty. Hearing him say this, the villagers couldn't help but gasp.

"Wenshan, will this fierce place endanger our village?" The old village chief asked worriedly.

The second uncle's face was solemn, he shook his head slightly, and said, "Wait a minute, I will seal this place with some evil charms, it should be fine." ”