Bai Yi looked at the old man, his dress was by no means an ordinary villager, just a modified Zhongshan suit on his body was not a villager's dress, and a pair of leather shoes on his feet, although it was a little dirty, but it could be seen that the handiwork was excellent, Bai Yi blurted out: "You are not from Miao Village, right?" “

"Yes. The old man suddenly looked heavy: "I just came to look for someone, I didn't expect that she had passed away......"

"Is the leader of Miao Village a surname?" Bai Yi's heart moved, and he asked.

"yes, how do you know?"

Bai Yi was relieved: "That's fine, we can go over together." When the Seven Evils heard this, they immediately went over and put the old man on his back: "Let me come." “

This is good, the threesome becomes a foursome, but fortunately although the old man is incapacitated, but the road remembers very firmly, the old man turned out to be a retired folklore professor from Beijing, called He Fangwen, "Folklore professor?" Tang Sancheng was puzzled again: "Professor, I know, what is a folklore professor?" “

"Before I retired, I studied the village self-government organization and ritual behavior, the study of village folklore, the study of songs, the study of stories, etc., and I was most interested in the folk culture of Miaojiang, I came here 45 years ago, and now it is my second time. Professor He sighed: "My time is running out, and if I don't come again, I'm afraid I will never have a chance." “

"Professor, who are you worshipping?" Tang Sancheng didn't have any delicate thoughts, and asked the question directly, but fortunately, the professor didn't mind: "I worship my lover." “

"Lover?" Bai Yi stopped: "Is she from the village?" “

"Yes, she is a witch girl, her name is Fu Min, Fu Min, I will never forget this name for the rest of my life." Professor He's face showed a different brilliance, as if he was completely immersed in good memories.

Bai Yi's feet seemed to be firmly stuck to the ground, and he couldn't even take half a step, Fu Min, they were both in the same village, and they were both Gu girls, could there be any connection between the two of them?

"Professor!" Bai Yi asked anxiously, "Do you know a girl named Fu Yu?" “

Professor He sighed: "Oh, how do you know Fu Yu, Fu Min really has a niece, who is called Fu Yu, but I haven't seen it either, and I only knew it when I saw Fu Min this time." （）“

Bai Yi's head banged, the world is really unpredictable, this kind of coincidence is really bizarre.

"Fifty years ago, I came here to study the unique witchcraft of the Miao people, and the reason why I chose this place is because I heard that the Gu girls in this Miao village are very clever in their Gu arts, they can use Gu magic to heal patients, and they can also be used to curse people, I came here and met Fu Min, who was the most skilled in Gu art at that time."

Although Professor He is nearly 80 years old, he is still passionate when he mentions this past, as if he has instantly become 20 years younger: "There are three kinds of witchcraft in the Miao people, witchcraft, corpse chasers and witches, each of which is incredible. “

"Professor, can you give us a rough explanation?" Bai Yi asked while secretly admiring in his heart, the Seven Evils carried an old man on his back, and he could still walk quickly on the mountain road, without panting, and his body did not shake at all.

"I'll talk about Wu Wu first, Wu Wu can make the Miao people walk barefoot on the fire, go up the knife mountain, and even stab the belly with a steel gun, there is also a kind of sacrifice, you must use blood, nail a sharp steel knife to your head, and then dance the sacrificial dance with the steel knife on your head, and then drive away the corpse, I think you must have heard more or less. （）“

Bai Yi nodded: "That's right, I did hear about it, I heard that there are still corpse chasers in Xiangxi." “

"Yes, in fact, strictly speaking, Gu is divided into black witchcraft and white witchcraft, and chasing corpses belongs to white witchcraft." As soon as the professor talked about his profession, his spirit improved a lot: "Legend has it that thousands of years ago, the ancestor of the Miao people, Apu Chiyou, led his troops to fight against the enemy by the Yellow River, until the corpses were all over the field, and Apu Chiyou could not bear to leave the brothers who died in battle, so after reciting mantras and praying to the gods, he shouted loudly to those corpses: 'Brothers who died, this is not the place where Er'er died, and it is really sad to die in vain. The parents in their hometown are looking forward to it, and their wives and young sons are looking forward to returning to their hometowns. Don't hesitate. Haste as a law, up! The corpses that had been lying on the ground all stood up at once, and walked south in an orderly manner behind the "Fu Jie" of Apu Chi You Gaoqing, which is the origin of the recorded expulsion of the corpses. “

Bai Yi was not interested in chasing out corpses, and what he wanted to inquire about most was Wu Gu: "Professor He, what do you think about Wu Gu?" “

"I have been in the village for nearly a year, I have seen the method of making witch Gu by allergic children, of course, this is just one of them, she puts spiders, scorpions, toads, poisonous snakes, centipedes and other poisonous insects in a container, sealed for ten days, the one that survives after opening is the most poisonous, it is the first choice of Gu, and then after breeding, it is finally Gu." Professor He sighed inexplicably: "It's amazing. “

"But Fu Yu said that Gu doesn't only use poisonous insects as a medium, and a highly skilled Gu master can use any medium as a Gu." Bai Yi said.

Professor He looked at Bai Yi with a smile: "You're right, poisonous insects are just a kind of Gu, but, young man, it seems that we are both fallen people at the end of the world." “

"What do you mean?"

"I have nothing to do with Fu Min, and you and Fu Yu will definitely not be able to escape." Professor He's words made Bai Yi's face white: "Professor He, what you said seems to have something to say, can you make it clear?" “

"Back then, I had a long-term relationship with Fu Min, but her father beat the mandarin ducks, even Fu Min was unwilling to leave Miao Village with me, as for you, you care so much about Fu Yu, presumably the relationship with her is not simple, right? But when you come back here today, you naturally didn't succeed in the first place. “

Bai Yi's heart was as heavy as pressing a big stone: "Professor He, we are really fellow believers, Fu Yu's father did exactly the same thing as Fu Min's father." “

"Sure enough." Professor He asked Bai Yi, "Do you know why?" “

Professor He suddenly had a different brilliance in his eyes, and he looked at Bai Yi like a hook in his eyes: "You just said that Fu Yu's father and Fu Min's father did the same thing, are you and Fu Yu a couple?" “

Bai Yi's forehead was sweating, blaming this Professor He for being too kind, and he was also very sincere to them, plus he was upset just now, so he actually leaked his mouth! Although Professor He in front of him is old, he is very knowledgeable, how could he not think of the loopholes in it? His mind worked quickly: "Of course it's impossible, Fu Yu's age should be my elder, in fact, I also came to find Fu Yu for my father, so I and the professor can also be called fellow practitioners." “

"Your father and Fu Yu ......," the professor wanted to follow. At this moment, Tang Sancheng pointed to the front and said, "Bai Yi, I see, that is Miao Village, right?" “

"That's right, it's here." Professor He said: "I want to go back and apply some herbs first, you don't know, there are homemade herbs in Miao Village, which are very effective." “

Miao village compared to 30 years ago, not much change, but that face has been completely unfamiliar, seeing Professor He back, there are several elderly villagers greeted over, speaking fluent Chinese, it seems that in the past 30 years, the language of the villagers has improved more and more.

"Professor He, did you go to Sister Min's grave?"

"yes." Professor He patted the Seven Evils on the back: "Let me down, young man." “

The Seven Evils put Professor He down, found a bluestone, and asked him to sit on it, one of the villagers saw Professor He's red and swollen instep, and immediately trotted all the way back, brought a herbal medicine bag, took out the herbs inside and applied it to Professor He's instep, and said with emotion: "You came back in time, otherwise you wouldn't be able to see Sister Min for the last time." “

(Education 123 Literature Network)