It was also because I was so tired, and by the time everyone got up, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. The second uncle saw that it was still early, so he asked everyone to eat something first, and then pack up their things, and the second uncle and they were ready to go.

At this time, the fifth child asked the second uncle: "You will leave in a while, Laixi and I will pack up our things, and then go to Guifang Valley, and then go there directly when you come back, how about we gather there?" ”

"No, if you get to the Ghost Fang Valley, it's too close to the Purple Scale Toad King, and if you run into it, it will be too dangerous. You are not to be taken lightly here. Speaking of which, the second uncle just wanted to leave, but suddenly remembered something, turned around and said to the fifth child: "By the way, if you meet the Purple Scale Toad King, you can run if you can, don't fight with it, the Tiger Yang Whip can't deal with it at all, I still have to take the evil tooth with me, I can't keep it for you." After that, the second uncle took Hou Bin and the two of them to Wild Child's Ridge and set off.

And the evil spirits that the second uncle just mentioned are a pair of double hammers. If you want to talk about this pair, you have to mention Hou Bin's grandfather, Hou Bin's grandfather is named Hou Xuehai. It was at the end of the thirties of the last century, when Hou Xuehai had just gotten married, and the family conditions were very bad, so he relied on doing some physical work to earn a little money, and the income was very pitiful, and this job was not fixed. At that time, there were many such families.

It is said that one morning, Hou Xuehai was worried at home, he had not worked for two days, and there was not much left to eat at home, if he didn't think of a way, he was afraid that he would be hungry. After thinking about it for a while, I wanted to go out and see if I could find something to come back as a ration for these two days. Since Hou Xuehai didn't eat breakfast, he took a piece of sweet potato and went out.

He was reluctant to eat the sweet potato he brought, so he thought that if he couldn't find anything when he went out, he would bring this sweet potato back and leave it for his daughter-in-law to eat. At that time, the life of Hou Xuehai's family was particularly difficult.

Besides, Hou Xuehai had really good luck going out this time, and he didn't know where he got the wild vegetables and some other things, so he got a bunch of them, wrapped them up with his clothes, and walked home happily. As he was walking along a path in the wilderness, he spotted an old man lying on the side of the road, who looked no more than sixty years old.

So he went over and looked at the old man to see if he was still alive. In those days, it was common for people to starve to death, so it was normal to see a dead person on the side of the road once in a while. Hou Xuehai came to the old man's side, squatted down and saw that there was a wound on the old man's forehead that had not completely healed. Could it be that the old man was beaten to death? Thinking of this, Hou Xuehai tried to pat the old man's face with his hand. He took this shot, but he didn't expect the old man to really open his eyes, then looked at Hou Xuehai, and said weakly: "I'm thirsty, I'm hungry." ”

Hou Xuehai looked at it and knew that this old man was hungry, and if he didn't eat anymore, he probably wouldn't live long. Hou Xuehai began to struggle with this at this time, when he came out in the morning, he was still reluctant to eat the sweet potato he took, and he originally planned to stick to it until he got home, and then leave it for his daughter-in-law to eat and drink some wild vegetable soup by himself. But now when he meets this old man, if he is given food, his daughter-in-law will have nothing to eat, and if he leaves the old man alone, he can't bear it.

In the end, as soon as Hou Xuehai gritted his teeth, he took out the sweet potato and gave it to the old man to eat. After a while, the old man felt a little more energetic, and found some water and gave the old man a drink. Seeing that the old man had spirits, the two of them chatted. From the chat between the two people, I learned that this old man's surname is Ma, his name is Ma Shicheng, he is a ghost runner, and he is also a ghost leader. This ghost head refers to the person who leads the team in the ghost team, he is the most powerful person in this team, how to run this job, what everyone should do, he arranges it. For example, the second uncle is the ghost head.

It turned out that this Ma Shicheng had taken a group of people to run a ghost job and get some dirty goods. It wasn't until a few days ago that this yin goods were sold. Originally, it was time to divide the money, but when these people saw the money, they not only did not give the money to Ma Shicheng, but also gave him a severe beating, and finally the people even took the money and the guys who ran away from the ghosts. This Ma Shicheng was penniless, he couldn't find a place to go even if he wanted to eat, and finally fell hungry on the side of the road and was rescued by Hou Xuehai.

However, Ma Shicheng saw that Hou Xuehai had a very good heart, so he wanted to take him to run ghost work with him. But after chatting for a long time, this Hou Xuehai did not agree. One is because this Hou Xuehai can't understand what the old man is saying at all, he has never heard of such a line, and he has never heard of ghosts and ghosts, but he has never seen them, so he is suspicious of what Ma Shicheng said, thinking that it is not reliable at all. Again, even if what Ma Shicheng said was true, he couldn't leave his daughter-in-law at home alone, and then follow Ma Shicheng to run ghost work.

Although this Hou Xuehai did not agree to go to run ghosts with Ma Shicheng, Ma Shicheng's heart is not dead. He said to Hou Xuehai that he doesn't even have a place to stay now, you are a good person to the end, send the Buddha to the west, can you follow Hou Xuehai to his house for a few days, in this way, if you have nothing to do, talk to Hou Xuehai about running ghosts, after a long time, maybe he will agree.

Hou Xuehai also thought about it for a long time, and finally agreed to take Ma Shicheng home. But what Ma Shicheng didn't expect was that just a few days after he went to Hou Xuehai's house, something happened that made Hou Xuehai immediately change his mind and run away with him.

It is said that Hou Xuehai went out again that day to find something to make a living, just when he was walking on the road, he saw a group of people around a notice reading, and this Hou Xuehai did not know how to read, after inquiry, it turned out that the tomb of a landlord nearby was stolen, and this notice was a notice of reward.

It is said that this matter has nothing to do with Hou Xuehai, but because of this notice, he thought of a way to make money. If he can also find a tomb and steal something from it, it will be enough for the family to eat for a while, although this thing is a bit unauthentic, but those things are useless to leave for the dead, it is better to take them out for the living to solve the problem of food and clothing first. Thinking of this, he almost laughed out loud, so he ran out into the wilderness to find a grave.

As the saying goes, as long as the kung fu is deep, the iron pestle is sharpened into a needle. This Hou Xuehai searched for two days, and he really found a target. The place was on a hill not far from home, and a new grave was found. But this tomb is strange enough, the coffin in the tomb is half buried in the soil, and then half exposed outside, and the whole coffin looks like it is inserted diagonally in the grave. One of the reasons why Hou Xuehai chose this cemetery is because he thinks that this grave is easy to do and he can handle it himself. Another one he found that the coffin looked good, and the deceased's family must have been a rich family, and ordinary poor people could not afford such a coffin.

But it's still early, and it's definitely not possible to do this during the day, and you have to get it in the dead of night.

Hou Xuehai ate a hard meal that night, and he was usually reluctant to eat enough, but today is different, maybe he will make a fortune. After dinner, and after staying at home for a while, he took his shovel and went to the graveyard.

This day happened to be the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and the big moon was shining brightly in the sky. When he went, he was quite excited, but when he really got to the place, he was scared. On this big night, walking alone on this barren mountain, the wind was blowing, and from time to time there was a wolf howl, which made people panic when they heard it. However, in order to fill his stomach, he gritted his teeth and continued to walk forward.

When he arrived, he walked around the grave, but he didn't dare to do it, he thought it was good at home, and when he arrived, he dug it here, and then opened the coffin and took what it was worth. But when it really came to this, the surrounding environment, with a big dark red coffin in front of him, really made Hou Xuehai feel creepy.

After a fierce ideological struggle, he finally knelt on the ground and kowtowed while muttering: "I can't help it, I don't know if you are an old man or an old lady, I am also to fill my stomach, if I am developed in the future, I will definitely burn paper money for you......" After a while of muttering, his heart seemed to calm down a little, and he began to do it.

He dug and dug until midnight, when the whole coffin lid was revealed, and when he was about to open the coffin lid, he found that he had taken a shovel and nothing else. Hou Xuehai was so angry at this time, he blamed himself for being too anxious when he came out, and he was only thinking about taking those valuable things after the tomb robbery was successful, and then living a life where he could eat enough every day.

Hou Xuehai sat on the ground for a long time, and finally decided to go home to see what he could find, and came back to open the coffin lid.

But as soon as he stood up and wanted to leave, he heard a creak, and the coffin lid moved, which scared Hou Xuehai a lot, and he sweated all of a sudden. He stood there stunned for a long time, and found that there was no movement, so he boldly walked to the coffin, and found by the moonlight that the coffin had not been covered at all, and because the coffin was placed diagonally, the lid slipped down a little, revealing a crack.

At this time, Hou Xuehai was overjoyed in his heart and called God bless. Since it is uncovered, let's quickly open the coffin. Hou Xuehai exerted all his strength and pushed the coffin lid down. At this time, he muttered in his heart again, although he could often see dead people on the side of the road, but in this situation, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Hou Xuehai hesitated there for a while, gritted his teeth, and looked into the coffin, and found that there was a woman in her thirties lying inside, wearing a red dress, her mouth was sealed by something, her hands were tied with ropes, placed on her abdomen, and there was a rune paper on her forehead.