Qin Yiheng said this to me really a little confused, I hurriedly asked him where Yuan Zhen went, but he took a puff of cigarette and told me to prepare, we must leave for that place as soon as possible.

When I saw that he did not answer the question, I asked again, but he shook his head and said that he had never been to that place, and he could not tell what it was, but told me to rest early and recuperate, and I had to go to bed and lie down.

In bed, I began to think that these things that I have experienced recently seem to be getting stranger and stranger, taking Qin Yiheng as an example, I always feel that he seems to know something, but he refuses to tell me.

Although I was very curious, he refused to say, and I couldn't get an answer when I asked deeply. Who knew that early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Qin Yiheng pulled me up and told me to hurry up and prepare things today.

This is not the first time that such a situation has happened, although I am very sleepy, I can still sit up with strong spirits, simply wash my face, eat something more, and finally sober up, so I followed Qin Yiheng out to prepare the necessary items. Unexpectedly, he pulled me to an insurance company first and put a large amount of life insurance on both of us. Seeing him make such a big move, I was a little panicked, could it be that the place I went to this time was extremely dangerous? Although the previous house was sinister and caused us some trouble, they finally came over without danger, and although Qin Yiheng couldn't guarantee my safety 100%, at least he was completely fine with self-preservation.

When I thought about it, I was afraid of my destination, and before I could leave, I was so nervous that I couldn't do it. Qin Yiheng couldn't see anything on his face, but he rarely spoke on the road. I've been with him for so long, and I know a little bit about him, and I feel like he's worried right now, but he doesn't show it.

After buying insurance, we went to the outdoor store to buy a full set of travel gear and went our separate ways. He went to prepare some magic essentials, while I went to the supermarket to buy a lot of compressed dry food and canned food, and finally the two of them gathered, filled the things with two large hiking bags, and took a taxi and went straight to the airport.

Qin Yiheng had booked a ticket in advance, but the time of departure was at night. I saw that it was still early, so I tried to talk to him to see if I could find out something he was hiding from me, but he just reminded me that it was better to recharge more energy with this time, because the journey after that was not very easy, so I had to shut up.

Qin Yiheng was right. As soon as we got off the plane, we got on the train, and then we took the small bus that goes back and forth between the city and the countryside, and it was two days before we got off the bus.

Along the way, Qin Yiheng rarely spoke, and I was really bored, so I could only play mobile games all the time. But I didn't expect the section of the road after getting off the bus to be even more perverted. Qin Yiheng said that he could still meet some tractors in his plan, which could pull us in, but he didn't expect to be just in time for the farming. We didn't find a car to catch along the way, and we walked for a long time before we reached a village.

The village is very remote, with only a few families in total, but the surrounding fields are not small, and there are endless crops as far as the eye can see. Qin Yiheng took out some money, and we temporarily settled in a fellow villager's house. The family's surname was Ma, and the family was not prosperous, just an old couple and a son who was said to work in the city. Usually it is rare to see outsiders in such a village, so Lao Ma is quite curious about the two of us, and keeps asking this and that place to talk. Qin Yiheng was able to deal with a few words at first, but then he was annoyed by the question, so he simply lay down and pretended to sleep. I really liked to talk to the old horse, so I took it with me and asked about the situation in the village. Lao Ma said that although the crops in their village are good, because they are relatively remote, and because the village has few people and refuses to build roads for them, life is still relatively tight. I said that it was a big deal for the village to raise funds to build the road by itself, which could be regarded as a long-term investment once and for all. But Lao Ma told me mysteriously that they had thought about this trick, and the people in the village agreed, but the road just couldn't be repaired.

I was confused by this question, and it was strange that I could know the Tao as an outsider. Unexpectedly, before Lao Ma could say it, Qin Yiheng interjected first, is it because you are next to the ghost gate here? Whoever moves the soil will die, except for the crops. The old horse looked stunned, and I was also stunned. Qin Yiheng sat up and continued, this commonly known ghost gate, that is, the pass of the underworld, is said to be open on Halloween, and the little ghosts in the underworld will come out for a walk to visit relatives and friends. However, there are different theories about the specific place where the ghost gate is closed, but this is also a very normal thing, because the ghost gate pass is not actually a pass in the legend, to put it bluntly, it is a yin hole in feng shui. What does it mean? It is because of the rotation of feng shui in the world, where there are good and bad, there must be bad, in short, it is a garbage station of evil qi. There are too many such places, in fact, we have already excluded these places from the planning of the ancient city when it was built, so even if there are similar places in the city, it is nothing compared to them. There are many of these kinds of, people live around it, although there is no intuitive feeling, but it is inevitable to be affected by it, which is why many places in the report have good potential, but few people have developed them, and the places that have been developed have never been popular.

Qin Yiheng's speech speed was very fast, but I could also hear a general idea. What he meant was that there was probably such a cave next to this village, so I didn't understand his intention of bringing me here.

The old horse seemed to understand something, and nodded hurriedly, but he didn't say much, but said that it was not too early, and he went to prepare dinner for us, and went out of the house.

As soon as the old horse left, I asked Qin Yiheng, did he bring me here to find the yin hole? He shook his head and told me that we were going to an ancestral hall this time. I frowned when I heard this, and he still took me to see the house after a long time, could it be that there is their family's ancestral hall here, and he brought me here to worship my ancestors? This ancestral hall must everyone know what the Tao means, it is a place to worship ancestors, in fact, it is similar to the function of the temple Taoist temple, only one is to worship God, and the other is to worship the ancestors of their own family. Many famous families will have such a place, which can be enshrined to bless the prosperity and health of the family; Second, it can be regarded as a symbol of a family. Although many families have the custom of worshiping their ancestors, few have the ability to build ancestral halls.

So I asked Qin Yiheng what this ancestral hall was like, but he still shook his head as usual, just telling me that if nothing else, I would be able to know the Tao tonight.

At dinner, Lao Ma made us a few peasant dishes, which were also more delicious. After eating my stomach, Qin Yiheng told me to pack my things, and we left as soon as possible. So, I followed him along the path outside the village with his bag on his back, and the moonlight that night was surprisingly bright, and the visibility was very high, which also saved the flashlight. After walking for twenty or thirty minutes, Qin Yiheng suddenly stopped, turned around and called me, and pointed to a short distance to show me. It was only when he pointed that I saw that the path ahead had branched in two, and one of the roads had winding into a wood.

Qin Yiheng said, the eight achievements over there are yes, remind me to be careful. After that, he gave me a wooden skewer and told me to follow him and prick my palm with a skewer if I felt something wrong with my body.

I was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked him if we had met something. Qin Yiheng pouted and asked me if I hadn't noticed that the old horse had red ropes tied to the ankles of both feet. I just remembered it, but I really didn't pay attention.

Qin Yiheng went on to say that the two ropes are not red ropes in a simple sense, the usual red ropes are evil spirits and are relatively thin, while the thick red ropes used in Chinese knots are rarely willing to be carried on their bodies. And the old horse's feet are not only very thick, but also tied in such a strange position. If he was not mistaken, the red rope was full of the hair of a child who had died under the age of age, and the red rope was just wrapped around the outside. This kind of rope is called foot binding, which is a kind of magic, usually used to tie livestock, for fear that the livestock will be hooked by greedy imps at night, but it is extremely rare to use it on people. It's not that they can't build roads in their village, but that people who are bound by their feet will never be able to leave the village. If he guessed correctly, I'm afraid that the old horse would not be alive for a long time.

After listening to his words, my cold sweat immediately fell. Not a living person? The implication is that the old horse is a dead man? But how can a dead man be so lifelike? I thought about it for a while, it is true that many places have the custom of tying thick red ropes on the ankles before the corpse is buried, but it is to tie the legs together to prevent it from defrauding the corpse, so we often see zombies in film and television dramas with their legs together, jumping forward one by one, in fact, most of the reason is not because the corpse is stiff, but because the legs have long been trapped by the red rope and cannot take a step. However, then again, it was also in the era of burial, and cremation has long been practiced, although many places in the countryside do still maintain the custom of burial, but in the end, even if the old horse is a zombie, it is not so fucking vivid, right?

Qin Yiheng shook his head and said, this is a different thing from zombies, because China's territory is really vast, so the customs are not the same everywhere, but most regions will have the habit of keeping the soul, that is, people are not buried directly after death, but light the soul lamp, and the mortuary will be stopped for three or seven days. In fact, this is also very simple, from a metaphysical point of view, it is to let the soul of the deceased not be in a hurry to disperse, you can take another look at the nostalgic family, so as to avoid the occurrence of nostalgia after death and troublesome family. And the reason why we have to send someone to guard the corpse is also because we are afraid that we will accidentally let the spiritual things touch the corpse and cause real corpse fraud. From a scientific point of view, this can actually verify whether the deceased faked his death, so as not to kill the deceased by a hasty burial. This happens from time to time in many areas where this custom is not available, that is, after the person dies, he is buried in a hurry, and the result is a fake death, and he is suffocated to death in a coffin. There are also some coincidences that when they hear movement in the new grave, they think it is a corpse, but in fact, it is very likely that the deceased woke up and kept hitting the coffin board. And the old horse is the complete opposite of those. To say that he is not a living person is to say that most of the things in his body now are not his own soul, in short, he was put on his body by something, and then someone used magic to help him stabilize his body.

In such an environment, listening to him talk about such a large number of things, although his voice is very soft, but I am still a little scared to hear it. If that's the case, if the old horse just put something in the meal, the two of us will be here tonight.

Qin Yiheng was quite optimistic, and said that the food should be fine, because Lao Ma also ate together at that time, so we should go to the ancestral hall as soon as possible for now. With that, he took the lead and turned into the path. Before, I had vaguely seen the roof of this building from the direction he pointed, and I felt that it should be a big building, but I didn't expect that when I walked in the woods for ten minutes and actually walked in front of this house, I was still surprised.

This mansion is so majestic, although it is not comparable to the scale of the palace, but it must be one of the best among the ancestral halls. This family must be a wealthy family, otherwise no one would have built such a thing with such a large amount of money.

Qin Yiheng didn't take me forward immediately, but told me to hide in the bushes on the side and take a look. I took a thorough look at the house by the moonlight, and the building was very tall, but I couldn't be sure if it was a multi-storey building, because many single-storey buildings would be built like this in order to be elegant. The roof is the same black tile, but it may also be blue, after all, the distance is far away and it is night, and the color will definitely be different.

These are similar to most ancestral halls, the only strange thing is that the color of the wall is not ordinary gray or white, but very mottled, one white and one yellow, looking a little nondescript.

I was a little strange, and hurriedly asked Qin Yiheng, usually, in order to show solemnity, most of such ancestral halls are not painted with white or gray to paint the exterior walls? Why is this house so strange?

Qin Yiheng was also very puzzled, but he couldn't say why, he just took me to watch for a while, and when he saw that there was no movement in the house, he asked me to follow him and quietly touch it.