Chapter 6: Raising the Body
I don't know who shouted, and the crowd that was originally crying and fleeing stopped in the middle of the road, hesitated for a while, probably seeing that there was no movement here, and turned back timidly.
The leading old man in Mai came over and took a cautious look, and when he saw that there was nothing unusual, he was greatly relieved, and he thanked him a thousand times when he came up.
I listened to him and realized that these people were villagers from the nearby village of Pankou. This old man is their village chief. The surname is Wu.
As he was talking, he heard another exclamation from the villagers. In the blink of an eye, I saw that the sitting corpse that was fixed by the corpse charm moved.
Curious, I stepped forward and took a closer look.
This is a male corpse, quite young, only in his thirties, with a strong physique, obviously a strong man who is used to doing manual work in the mountains. His face was pale and blue, his lips were black, and there was a corpse suppression talisman pasted on his head, but the hand pressed on the edge of the coffin was slowly moving.
His nails were long, blackened, and looked like the claws of a wild beast.
I called the village elder and asked him what was going on with his nails. The old man's face was pale, and a pair of small eyes stared at the sitting corpse, his eyebrows trembled, and he was obviously extremely frightened, and said in a trembling voice: "Also...; …; I don't know what's going on. Before burial. They were all specially designed to trim his nails. ”
As soon as I heard it, I roughly understood. This is a sign of yin growth. Generally speaking, corpses grow in the shade, and they appear in the shade, such as the Yin Pool. Corpses and so on, even if a person dies, hair and nails will gradually grow. But in general, this rate of growth is extremely slow.
But listening to the village elder, it was less than three days after this person died, and the fact that his nails could grow like this can only mean that this person was killed by the yin qi entering his body, and this yin qi was extremely fierce and remained in his body.
The village elder's eyes rolled wildly, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Master, bolt...; …; Will the plug cheat the corpse again? ”
The plug he was talking about was obviously referring to the sitting corpse in the coffin. I was extremely curious about the cause of this man's death, and my fingers swept out, sealed a corpse behind him, and said, "It's okay, I can't cheat." Then he called some young men and told them to press them back and put the lid back on the coffin.
If you look closely, you can see the rest of the coffins, and there are seven bronze coins placed in a straight line on the coffin lid, and the copper coins are also stained with bloodstains, which are sealed on the coffin lid with a large-headed copper nail.
I couldn't help but be slightly surprised, stepped forward to take a closer look, and asked, "Is it the blood of the child?" ”
The village elder immediately nodded again and again: "The mage is really as wise as a torch, it is the blood of a child, and it is used to suppress evil spirits." ”
I'm too familiar with this formation, and when I used to follow my third uncle to the mourning hall, this was our usual trick. Staining the boy's eyebrows with bronze coins is what we call the charm in our line, and the seven charms are lined up, and the town is sealed with copper nails engraved with charms, which is the so-called seven-star seal.
I couldn't help but be curious for a while, so I asked the village elder who set up this formation.
I heard the old man say, "It's an old gentleman passing by." Fortunately, with his guidance, otherwise our village would have suffered. ”
I asked the old gentleman what he looked like. The village chief described it this way. It's a shriveled thin old man, and he looks quite shrewd.
As soon as I heard this, I couldn't help but be happy, and asked, "Is this old gentleman's surname Zheng?" ”
The village chief sighed and said, "How do you know?" He said. He patted his head again and said continuously, "The old man lost his words, the old man lost his words." Mages are all able to pinch and calculate, what's so strange about this! ”
I didn't pay attention to his nonsense, but I was quite happy in my heart, no wonder these formations looked so familiar, it turned out to be the handwriting of Lao Zheng Tou. This old thing pestered me to learn something, and it used it pretty well.
When asked where the old man was now, he saw that the village chief's face darkened. sighed and said, "Mr. Zheng...; …; In order to save our village, the result...; …; Ay. ”
I listened to him sigh and sigh, and my heart chuckled, and my scalp went numb. I thought that Lao Zheng Tou wouldn't be hanging. After a busy question, I learned that Lao Zheng Tou was now lying unconscious in their village, but he finally didn't breathe.
I breathed a sigh of relief. I heard the village chief say in a mournful voice: "Hey, the doctors all say...; …; Mr. Zheng...; …; Mr. Zheng is afraid that he will not survive tonight...; …; ”
As soon as I heard this, I couldn't help but curse secretly, grabbed the village chief's arm, and said, "Go back to the village!" "Let him lead the way and go straight to Pankou Village.
"That's...; …; Is this funeral still out? "The village chief ran out of breath.
"No, take it back." I shouted back and ordered a group of villagers to carry the coffin back.
The village is located in a fairly flat valley, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is a gap on one side. The group rushed in, and the night was dark at this time, and it was already early in the morning. It's just that the village is brightly lit. The lights are still on in every house. Obviously, these men in the village carried the coffin out for the funeral, and no one could sleep peacefully, waiting for them to come back.
"The biggest house over there." The village chief shouted. Along the way, he was almost carried by me, so he was not physically exhausted.
When we ran to the door, we saw several people, both men and women, standing and sitting in the room, and when they saw us enter, they all exclaimed. One of them shouted, "Village Chief, why are you back?" ”
I don't have time to bother with it. He put the village chief down and went straight to the bed. I saw Lao Zheng Tou lying on the bed, his eyes were closed, his face was blue and black, and the little old man, who was already shriveled and thin, looked thinner and thinner at this time, and seemed to be blown away by a light gust of wind.
There was also an old man in his sixties in front of the bed, with black and white hair, who was giving Lao Zheng the first pulse, while sighing repeatedly. The village chief stepped forward and grabbed the man's arm. shouted: "Old Chen, how is Mr. Zheng?" ”
That old Chen shook his head and sighed heavily. The village chief let out an "ah" and shouted, "What can I do?" ”
I didn't pay attention to the two of them, and let that old Chen borrow it. Stretched out his hand to probe the pulse of Lao Zheng Tou, the pulse was extremely weak, and his breath was not noticed. Immediately took the syringe and placed needles on him one after another, sealing the seven veins on his body.
Immediately afterwards, he slapped a "Wishing Incense Talisman" on his forehead, and then successively patted the "Evil Charm" and two "Living Talismans" on his heart and vest.
Then he withdrew his hand and stood aside. There was silence in the room, and after a while, a voice hesitated: "This little brother, you needle...; …; ”
When I looked back, it was the old Dr. Chen. "Hmm".
The old Chen hurriedly said: "Little brother, don't get me wrong, it's just that your stitching method is too peculiar, this technique...; …; I've never seen one. ”
I smiled, "It's something special. He turned to the village chief and said, "Bring a basin." ”
The village chief and the old man answered, and then shouted, "Go and get a basin!" ”
I heard one of the people in the room say yes. Ran out of the door, and after a while, rushed in and handed over a copper basin.
"Oh, basin." It's a young girl, "Where are you going to put it?" ”
"I'll do it." He took the basin and placed it in front of the bed. He reached out again to probe the pulse of Lao Zheng Tou, waited for a while, and then knotted his hand to restrain the evil finger and gently waved it on Lao Zheng Tou's yin farrow.
Seeing that Old Man Zheng's body trembled, I immediately grabbed his arm. Lift him up. The little old man spit out a mouthful of something as black as ink, and spit out a small half of the basin in a row, and suddenly there was a foul smell in the house, and the smell of sour rot was great.
I have been used to smelling all kinds of corpses since I was a child, so naturally it has no effect, but everyone in the room has changed their faces, and two young people even vomited "wow".
I glanced at it, but there was only the doctor named Lao Chen, and the girl who had just taken the copper basin. His face was as usual, and there was no big reaction.
At this time, the old Zheng Tou finally finished vomiting, and the girl immediately took a hot towel and wiped the little old man's mouth. He put the little old man back on the bed and said, "My life should be saved." ”
The old doctor Chen immediately rushed forward and checked the pulse of Lao Zhengtou, and after a while, he was happy. I didn't bother anymore, but pulled the village chief aside and asked what was going on. The old man opened his mouth to speak, but he heard a voice, and it turned out that the group of people behind him had returned with the coffin.