Chapter 36: The Soul Suppression Curse
The stone steps are very long, the further down you go, the darker and damper it becomes, looking down through the faint light of the fire fold, I saw Liu Da'an slowly climbing up under the stone steps, Shen Xiuwen asked, "Fatty, are you okay?" ”
Liu Da'an's complaining voice came: "If you roll down from above, you say it will be fine!" ”
Shen Xiuwen heard the sound and said with a smile: "Seeing that you are full of energy, then it will be fine." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
Liu Daan snorted and complained: "Why are you so unlucky today, I have been tricked every time!" ”
Miao Haoran smiled and continued: "If you want me to say, you are lucky, if it weren't for you, how would we find out that this is 'another village with bright willows and flowers'." ”
Saying that, the two of them had already walked the stone steps and stood beside Liu Da'an. Liu Da'an glared at them angrily and walked forward without saying a word.
Shen Xiuwen hurriedly stopped him: "Fat man, wait." ”
"What?"
Liu Daan glanced back at him impatiently.
Shen Xiuwen said: "This dark room is not much different from the one above, and there is a strong wind here, so we should be careful." ”
As soon as Liu Da'an heard this, he didn't leave there, and waited for Shen Xiuwen and Miao Haoran to come over and follow behind them with a smile on his face.
Miao Haoran walked in the front, suddenly stopped, and said to Shen Xiuwen: "There is an oil lamp in the stone wall. ”
Shen Xiuwen strode over and lit the oil lamp with a fire fold, and the firelight danced slightly, reflecting in this stone room.
The stone room is not big, but there is an oil lamp every ten steps, Shen Xiuwen lit the oil lamp one by one, and burned with a little firelight, only then did he notice that a circular altar was built with white jade in the center of the stone room, and a coffin was placed in the middle of the altar, and a copper pillar was placed on the left and right sides of the coffin. The bronze pillars were carved with patterns and inscriptions that he had never seen before.
Miao Haoran carefully studied the inscriptions and patterns on the bronze pillar, his brows furrowed more and more, Shen Xiuwen noticed the change in his expression, and asked, "What's wrong?" Is there a problem with this copper pillar? ”
Miao Haoran was stunned for a moment when he heard this, turned his head and glanced at him lightly, before he said: "This is ancient witchcraft - soul suppression spell, once the soul is cursed by this forbidden spell will be imprisoned in the enchantment condensed by these four copper pillars, it is no different from being imprisoned, unless the spell fails, otherwise the soul under the curse cannot be reincarnated." ”
"Who is so vicious as to cast such a spell?" Liu Da'an walked over and turned his eyes on the copper pillar.
Miao Haoran nodded indifferently, "I don't even let go of the dead, I am really ruthless." ”
Shen Xiuwen was staring at each other, clenching his hands tightly, and only after a while did he squeeze out a sentence from between his teeth: "How can I make the spell invalid?" ”
Miao Haoran was surprised by the hatred in his tone, turned his head to stare at him and asked, "Are you okay?" ”
"I'm fine." Shen Xiuwen slowly let go of his hands and calmed his mind, "Tell me, how can I make the spell invalid?" ”
Miao Haoran glanced at him, turned around and walked to the coffin, and said, "It's very simple, open the lid of the coffin or destroy a copper pillar, but it's ......."
"But what?" Shen Xiuwen frowned and asked.
"This Soul Suppression Spell is no longer valid, so you don't have to worry." As he spoke, Miao Haoran looked at him meaningfully.
Shen Xiuwen was stunned, avoided his inquiring gaze, walked to the coffin, and said, "What do you mean when you say that the Soul Suppression Spell is invalid?" ”
Miao Haoran raised his finger and pointed to the place where the coffin opened and closed, and said leisurely: "This coffin has been opened." ”
Shen Xiuwen's eyes narrowed, and sure enough, he saw that the opening and closing of the coffin had traces of being pried open, so it seemed that the enchantment of the soul suppression spell had become invalid.
Miao Haoran's gaze swept over lightly, landed on Shen Xiuwen's thoughtful face, and asked with a smile: "Xiucai, do you know something?" ”
Shen Xiuwen raised his eyes to look at him, and then was silent for a while before telling them about the strange dream last night, but he didn't mention that Menghan and Yin Rou looked the same.
"Sure enough, this ruined temple is equipped with the four copper pillars, which are used to suppress the soul of the second lady of the Liu family." Miao Haoran said faintly.
Liu Da'an was a little confused: "But what's going on with this broken temple?" It's not the same as in the dream. ”
Miao Haoran raised his eyebrows and said, "Who knows, maybe someone thinks this small temple is too gloomy and terrifying, so they worship Buddha statues instead." ”
Liu Da'an felt that there was some truth, thought about it again, turned his head to Shen Xiuwen and said, "Do you say that the young master of the Zhang family has any concerns to give you his dream?" ”
Shen Xiuwen was noncommittal, "That dream is too real, it's like re-experiencing what happened, I don't think it's like a dream, it's like ...... I can't tell, it's a strange feeling. ”
Miao Haoran was silent when he heard this. Liu Da'an suddenly approached him and smiled mysteriously: "I can't see it, you are quite capable of selling dead money, and you even know ancient witchcraft, I really underestimated you before." ”
When Miao Haoran heard this, his eyes flickered slightly, and then he said more mysteriously than Liu Da'an: "I have a great ability to sell dead money, to say that in the martial arts, there are few who are better than me, believe it or not?" With that, he straightened his back, took graceful steps, and walked back.
Liu Daan was stunned for a moment and hurriedly followed.
Miao Laosan's background, Shen Xiuwen is still quite clear, like him, who inherits the mantle and does the business of the dead, he has a certain understanding of some evil and crooked spells, forbidden arts, etc., otherwise how can he fool those rich dignitaries?
Shen Xiuwen saw that both of them had gone up the stone steps, and he also walked up. Touch the mechanism, close the staggered passage of the second stone room, and leave the empty stone room on the first floor.
As soon as he walked out, he saw that Yan Dongming and Yin Rou had returned, and when he saw the three of them suddenly appear from behind the Buddha statue, Yin Rou asked in surprise: "You guys, where have you been?" ”
Shen Xiuwen stepped forward and said, "There's a stone room down there, let's go down and find out." ”
"What's down there?" Yin Rou glanced behind the Buddha statue with some fear.
Shen Xiuwen said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's empty, it should be the cellar used to store goods in the temple before." ”
Yin Rou breathed a sigh of relief, and then handed over the burden that Yan Dongming was carrying in her hand, with a bright smile on her face, "Well, this is a steamed bun bought from the foot of the mountain, eat it while it's hot." ”
Shen Xiuwen looked at the smile on her face, was slightly stunned, reached out to take the burden, and couldn't help but feel grateful, "You bought this from the mountain?" ”
Yin Rou bent a pair of beautiful eyes, shook her head and said, "How can I walk so far, my cousin went down the mountain to buy it, and Ling'er and I bask in the sun on the mountain in front." ”
Hearing her say this, Shen Xiuwen looked at the sky outside, the wind and rain had stopped all night, the sun hung high in the sky, the blue sky was like a wash, blue and cloudless, it was a good day to go green.
Shen Xiuwen retracted his gaze, fell on Yan Dongming's face, and arched his hand: "Thank you." ”
"You're welcome." Yan Dongming replied.
Shen Xiuwen opened the bag and took out a steamed bun, and gave the rest to the fat man and Miao Laosan, after a while, Shen Xiuwen asked, "Where did that little girl in your family go?" ”
Yin Rou was standing at the gate of the broken temple looking into the distance, and when she heard his question, she turned around, "You said that Ling'er's girl, she went down the mountain to call someone to pick me up and my cousin down the mountain." ”
Shen Xiuwen let out an "oh", and asked seemingly casually: "By the way, you are all from the capital, do you know that there is a big family surnamed Liu?" ”
"A big family surnamed Liu?" Yin Rou frowned lightly and thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "As far as I know, there is no big family in the capital with the surname Liu. ”
Shen Xiuwen listened to her while carefully observing her expression and felt that she was not lying. After thinking about it, he asked, "What about before?" As long as the family surnamed Liu is fine. ”
Yin Rou walked over slowly, looked at him with some confusion and said, "Does Shen Gongzi have anything to do with this family?" ”
Shen Xiuwen said with a smile: "What's the matter, just a friend of mine, he is a classmate of a distant relative of this family, ask me to inquire, and when I have time to go to the future." ”
Yin Rou nodded slightly, and said softly: "So that's the case, but in my impression, I really don't know the family surnamed Liu." ”
Shen Xiuwen was a little disappointed, sighed and said, "It's okay, I'll inquire when I go to the capital." ”