Five-legged Toad_Chapter 79: Wormwood Dumplings
Luo Weilan was a little embarrassed and replied, "Where is there any family that is a ghost keeper who is not interested in immortality?" In the legend, with immortality, you can get the ability to reverse reincarnation and control life and death like Wei Changsheng, of course, it is just a legend, after all, only Wei Changsheng himself really knows the secret of immortality in the world now. ”
"I see...... "Everyone knows that immortality is an important thing, so they start to look for it, but they don't even know what immortality is, is this ridiculous?"
I thought about it, and then said, "Then, Luo Chengke's disappearance is also related to Wei Changsheng. ”
"The people in the clan don't know," Luo Weilan lowered his voice and said: "Wei Changsheng was originally a person from your Tanshen Town, and it was because of the power of immortality that he founded the mysterious Biluomen, among the ghost cultivators, he was against the sky, a cult-like existence, and everyone wanted to get immortality from him, but at this time, Changsheng disappeared from Biluomen." ”
"I've heard of it too." I continued, "So, many people, like the people from Biluomen and our Immortal Walkers in Tanshen Town, came to look for the lost Immortals, wanting to try their luck? ”
"Sort of." Luo Weilan said: "However, putting aside immortality, just say that our ancestor named Luo Chengke is not an ordinary person......"
Speaking of this, he hesitated a little and said cautiously: "I said to you, believe it or not, it's your business." ”
My heart suddenly became nervous, this was the first time I could know about Cheng Ke so closely! suppressed the violent heartbeat, a little expectant, and a little panicked and asked, "What kind of person is he?" ”
For Cheng Ke, I have had a lot of speculations, perhaps, he is an infatuated person, has been waiting for calamus, maybe, he is a very persistent person, always for what promise to stay in place?
In short, Cheng Ke's attitude towards calamus can be seen that he will definitely not be a heartless person!
Luo Weilan lowered her voice and said, "Luo Chengke, is a person who likes to kill, has bloody hands, and is ambitious. ”
I furrowed my brows, half-opened my mouth, and the words entered my ears as if two needles had been pierced, how uncomfortable to hear: "What did you say?" ”
"Looking at your attitude towards him, I also know that the relationship between the two of you is different, maybe, you have your knowledge of him." Luo Weilan swallowed his saliva and said: "I'm just telling the truth, he can say that it is our Luo family, a rebel who is rare in a hundred years, and he didn't even hesitate to ...... in order to raise ghosts."
"How's the wound?" Cheng Ke was impartial, he turned his head sideways, his voice was clear, but it was a little cool.
Luo Weilan gave a "confidential" look and said, "It's okay, it's probably nothing, I hope there won't be a scar." ”
I took my hand back, Cheng Ke's eyes were a little tired, took my hand, thanked Luo Weilan, and took me back.
I turned my head to look at Luo Weilan, Luo Weilan's eyes were also quite complicated, a smile pulled out of the corner of my mouth, and I was also very cautious when I looked at Cheng Ke's appearance.
Cheng Ke led me back to the house, didn't say much, and only looked at me for a while: "Ah Jiu's matter ......"
"I don't mind!" I hurriedly said, "You just want to save that body, not for Ah Jiu, right?" I know, I've always known. ”
Cheng Ke pursed his lips and took me in his arms: "Why, you keep believing me?" ”
My heart jumped, and I pulled out a smile: "Even if you lie to me, it means that you care about me, if you don't do it perfunctory, it's ......"
"I won't." Cheng Ke's arm was a little harder: "You know. ”
This embrace is still so cold, and I suddenly hope that my body temperature can make him warm.
He was alone, in that small ancestral hall, how many springs and autumns had passed? Wind, frost, rain and snow, flowers bloom and fall, he is just one person.
I still remember that he touched my face for the first time and said with a little loneliness: "It's warm, it's so good." ”
It's great to have me with him until he finds what he's looking for.
It's just wonderful.
"Lu Qiao, if, before you found me, you found that I was not the kind of person you thought I was," Cheng Ke paused: "What should I do?" ”
"What else can I do?" I leaned against his heartless chest and muttered, "As long as I'm you, I'll be fine." ”
Who doesn't have a side that no one knows!
I can see that Cheng Ke is hesitating in the life experience that is about to be unveiled, he should, there are a lot of memories that he can't remember, but should not be very happy.
The cat ancient god said that Cheng Ke had made an appointment with him before, if he forgot everything, please cat ancient god, don't tell him.
But who can stand that kind of unknown? Or the kind of unknown to yourself.
"What kind of person do you think, Luo Weilan?" Cheng Ke suddenly asked.
I looked up at his good-looking face: "What person?" Warm, cheerful, and seems to be very sincere. ”
Cheng Ke raised his eyebrows, as if he was not very happy.
I got up from his arms: "What's wrong? ”
"Nothing." Cheng Ke pressed me on his chest again: "Memory, do you want to start looking for it from the Luo family?" ”
"The Luo family is always an opportunity." I looked at him cautiously: "I have a lot in common with you, don't I?" ”
Cheng Ke today, why is it a little inexplicable?
"Say, what do they all have in common?" Cheng Ke looked at me, his eyes seemed to be condensed with wind and snow: "If I don't look like you and Calamus, I don't look like that Luo Weilan at all." ”
"It doesn't have to look like it." I thought about it for a moment, and then said, "Aren't those curses of yours exactly the same as his?" And Liuxian Suo or something...... It can't be said to be all a coincidence. ”
Speaking of this, I slowly panicked in my heart, if Cheng Ke is really the same as Luo Weilan said, he is a person with bloody hands and a thirst for killing, then even if he returns to the Luo family, then ......
The rain outside only stopped for a short moment, and then continued to fall, and the sound of the rain was carried by the sound ......of toads cooing.
"Then wait until the rain stops." Cheng Ke's chin gently rubbed against the top of my head: "Let's go and find it." ”
I nodded, leaning a little tighter against him, "Maybe, not as bad as we thought." ”
"Bad?" Cheng Ke lowered his head: "What do you think is bad?" ”
"Uh......" I seemed to say that I had slipped out, so I had to bite the bullet and say, "I was just thinking, you and calamus may be ......"
"I won't, in vain, you are the person I am waiting for." Cheng Ke said: "Although I forgot it, there will always be a reason. ”
"I know." Thinking of the haunting Ah Jiu and the ubiquitous calamus, I felt awkward for no reason, and began to regret inexplicably, regretting that there was no me back then.
"I'm sorry......" Cheng Ke held my injured hand and suddenly said, "It's because I ......"
"I just want to stand side by side with you." I also held Cheng Ke's hand and replied with a smile: "It's not like I can only stand behind you forever." ”
Cheng Ke smiled slightly: "Okay." ”
His smile was finally no longer like glacial meltwater, but like a warm sun.
"Knock knock knock......" There was a sudden sound of gongs beating outside, and I couldn't help but stand up again: "Is there anything wrong with the shopkeeper?" ”
I pushed open the pane, but saw that it was not the shopkeeper who was beating the gong, but a man dressed in black.
The man was dressed in black, wearing a cloth hat of the same color on his head, and a hemp rope around his waist, and his figure was very majestic, and he could see that his muscles were strong, and he was also very tall, and he was a majestic appearance, that is, he had a flat face like a baked cake, with small eyes that were not very coordinated, a big nose, and a pockmarked cheek.
"The kind of person who chases corpses must be ugly in order to be able to suppress the yin qi." Cheng Ke's eyes turned over and said, "It seems that he is a veteran among corpse chasers." ”
"So you have to be ugly?" I said, "It's kind of a face-reading job." ”
"It's not just about the face, it's about the sense of direction." Although Cheng Ke doesn't have any memories of his past, the memories of these yin and yang techniques are still catchy: "Before apprenticeship, you must rotate under the scorching sun at noon, and when the rotation is completed, you can still recognize the east, west, north and south, which can be regarded as a talent - because this line of work has to be rushed at night, if it is cloudy and there are no stars to guide the route, it is very likely to get lost in the barren mountains and mountains." ”
"I can't think of doing this business, so much exquisiteness?"
"If you can do a good job in this business, it is the real God who appreciates the food." Cheng Ke said: "Like the ghost cultivator, the eight characters must be hard enough, otherwise they won't be able to suppress the corpse." ”
Yes, there must be some kind of big genus that you need.
At this time, the big man was vigorously beating a small gong, and the beating technique was also very surprising, sometimes short and long, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, as if there was a fixed point.
And with the sound of the gong, the thin and thin man's headless body under the mulberry tree suddenly slowly squirmed!
I've heard of the magic of chasing corpses for a long time, but it's the first time I've seen it, and my eyes are naturally wide.
But seeing that the dead corpse first slowly moved his hands and feet, and then, instead of bending his arms and legs to support his body like ordinary people, it was like a stiff board, bouncing straight up from the ground, and his whole body was up and down, without even a single bend!
By the way, after a person dies, the corpse will have muscle rigidity, and there is no way to bend it at all.
And the incantation in the mouth of the corpse chaser was recited, which was different from Li Minglang and the fourth aunt's clear words, and others could understand the literal meaning, the incantation in the mouth of the corpse chaser was finely fragmented, with a thick Xichuan accent, which made people not understand what it was at all, but the corpse could understand it, but instead of running to the corpse chaser, he turned around and jumped straight near the big mulberry tree!
"It's called a corpse search." Cheng Ke said: "The corpse will use the yin qi similar to itself to bring back its mutilated limbs. ”
It turns out that the corpse chaser really has this ability, no wonder the Hu family sisters were thinking about it just now, and wanted to ask the corpse chaser if they could find their sister's head!
The corpse first ran tentatively towards the mulberry tree, and under its feet, there were a lot of toads, but now there were no outsiders in the porch, and no one stopped them.
The mulberry tree was split by thunder yesterday, and there were fallen leaves all over the ground, and today's fat steamed bun should also be because of the heavy rain, and there was no time to clean it up, and the dead branches and leaves fell and soaked in the water in the rain, which was very miserable.
And the headless corpse trampled on the pile of things, shrugging one after another, and was about to jump up the tree!
Of course, he couldn't go up.
At this time, the corpse catcher put down the gong, went out in person, and went to the bottom of the mulberry tree, using his hands and feet together, and climbed up very vigorously.
Cheng Ke ...... "I can't help but get nervous, this corpse chaser went up to the left of the mulberry tree, could he be like a thin man, and was pounced on by that toad monster and injured?"
Cheng Ke just shook his head and said: "He has been doing this business for so long, he can naturally distinguish between danger and safety, not to mention, that thing is now injured by the Red Blood Curse, and he must have hid to recuperate. ”
Sure enough, the corpse chaser rubbed himself up like an ape, jumped up, and a thick arm reached into the hole in the tree, dug hard, and a human head was taken out by the corpse chaser!
Then, the corpse chaser threw the head down, and the thin man's body took the head and rested it on his neck again!
This series of movements is extremely neat, without dragging mud and water at all, which is simply breathtaking!
The slender man got the head, and then he froze, and the corpse chaser glanced at us, and probably saw that we were not ordinary people, and there was no trouble, so he ignored us, opened his mouth and shouted to the inside of the room: "Madoka, come out, take the needle and thread!" ”
This corpse chaser is not only ugly, but also hoarse and ugly, it is estimated that this is also one of the professional qualities of the corpse chaser.
I saw that the curtain of the door in the side room was lifted, revealing the face of a little girl, that is, in her early twenties, originally a flower-like age, but it is a bit regrettable that this little girl, compared to the corpse chaser, is also as ugly as ever, with valgus nostrils, collapsed forehead, and heavy red cheeks, it should also be a reserve force for a corpse chaser.
The girl, who was called Madoru, held in her hand a ball full of steel wire, and took out a finger-long pin, threaded the needle, and straightened the steel wire, and tied it, and then respectfully handed it into the hand of the corpse chaser.
The corpse chaser also took it, and while chanting words in his mouth, his hands also flew up and down, sewing the neck of the thin man into an airtight and impermeable one, and he couldn't see it, and the stubby and cracked fingers were also very dexterous, and he couldn't help but admire.
"Alright." Withdrawing his hand, the corpse chaser threw the wire to Madoka and said, "Take it back." ”
He paced to the front hall where the fat steamed bun was.
Xiao Yuan turned his head while holding the steel wire, and his mouth was like a corpse chaser, chanting a vague incantation, and sure enough, the body of the thin man was also moving on its own, just like just now!
Cheng Ke looked at Xiao Yuan, as if he was very interested, and at the same time, Xiao Yuan just turned his head and saw Cheng Ke, and he was a little stunned, and the whole person was panicked!
It didn't matter if he was panicked, the spell in his mouth was also broken, and the body of the thin man was about to fall down towards Xiaoyuan at once!
I hurriedly pulled Cheng Ke and asked him to help, Cheng Ke was a little impatient, but he was still fast, I didn't see how he passed, he had already held the corpse, except for treating me a little softer, he always treated others with a cold look: "Look at the road." ”
Xiao Yuan's dark face suddenly turned red, a pair of small eyes also inexplicably shining, and the two thick lips touched, hesitating, as if they wanted to say something.
Cheng Ke didn't look like he wanted to talk, he just came back.
Xiao Yuan was even more ashamed when he saw Cheng Ke's attitude, and the whole person was even more nervous and didn't know where to put it, and secretly glanced at Cheng Ke, as if he didn't know what to say, so he had to drive the corpse back to the door first.
I noticed that behind their slightly open door, there were many people in black clothes standing side by side, all like paper figures, their faces stiff and lifeless, and I knew in my heart that it must be the corpse they needed to drive away.
Cheng Ke glanced at it and said: "It seems that they have to delay here for a few more days, this rain is not like it will stop soon, and the corpses will be outside, and the most taboo thing is that it will rain on a cloudy day." ”
"What's the matter?" I asked casually: "That's what you said before, I'm afraid that I won't be able to see the stars at night, so I won't be able to guide that direction?" ”
"This is one thing," Cheng Ke looked at the thick dark clouds in the sky, and said: "Also because, the most taboo thing to drive out the corpse is thunder and lightning, after thunder and lightning, it is likely to bring evil energy, and thus the corpse will change, although each corpse must be hung with a spirit talisman, but it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will go wrong, so when it comes to this time, the corpse must wait until the weather is clear before they will hurry." ”
The thought of living in the same inn with a group of corpses made me feel a little awkward, but as long as Cheng Ke was by his side, there was nothing to fear.
Cheng Ke seemed to have seen through my mind and asked, "Are you afraid?" ”
I hurriedly shook my head: "If you are by my side, I will not be afraid of anything." ”
Cheng Ke's good-looking eyebrows and eyes were slightly moved, and his thin lips hooked: "Okay, let's live here until the rain stops, and when the clouds disperse, I will accompany you to see the stars again." ”
I nodded and smiled, "That's good." ”
At this moment, the girl named Xiaoyuan came timidly again and said, "Just now...... Thank you so much for this big brother, I ...... I don't have anything to repay, this refreshment is made by me, if you don't dislike it, eat a little. ”
I hurriedly said, "You are so polite, it's just a gesture......" and let the little girl into the house.
Cheng Ke still had an expressionless face and didn't say anything.
Xiao Yuan held a white linen bag in his hand, rested it on the table, and opened it, and inside were four round balls, which were all a very beautiful blue color, like four pieces of fine jade.
"This is the Wormwood Nest." Madoka said: "Resist the wind evil, clear heat and detoxify the ......"
It is estimated that the corpse chaser has to touch the evil spirit of the corpse all year round, and this kind of thing is needed to resist it, I remember, during the Dragon Boat Festival, there are always sales on the street.
After thanking him, he talked to the little girl: "Your name is Madoka, right?" Are you a member of the corpse chaser's family? ”
Xiaoyuan shook his head, and said a little shyly: "I picked it up by the master, and when I was a child, I was probably lost by adults because I was too ugly...... said that I was a good seedling to drive out corpses, and intended to let me inherit the mantle. ”
Even if she said these somewhat sentimental words, Madoka's attitude was still quite generous, and she didn't complain at all, but always seemed to be afraid of causing trouble to others, a timid look.
I replied, "Your master is really a good person. ”
Madoka was still shy and nodded heavily: "He's a good person." ”
As she spoke, she saw a hairpin on the table.
The hairpin was in the shape of a plastic flower that was no longer ordinary, but Madoka didn't seem to have seen it, and her eyes showed love.
I picked it up and said, "You sent Wowotuan, my sister doesn't have anything to give in return, this thing is for you to wear and play, right?" ”
Madoka looked a little flattered, but it was obviously still a child of this age who must have a love for beauty, so she couldn't excuse herself, so she brought it with her, and secretly looked at the reflection on the table.
Inexplicably, it's a bit distressing.
"Madoka! Madoka! At this time, the corpse chaser was coming out of the front hall, shouting at the top of his voice, Xiao Yuan quickly went out when he heard the sound, and said goodbye to us shyly.
It's probably rare for a little girl to see such a good-looking person, right? Thinking of this, as a person close to Cheng Ke, I couldn't help but feel a little proud.
Turning around and looking at that Qingtuanzi, I also wanted to take it over and taste it, but Cheng Ke shook his head and said, "Don't eat this kind of thing...... Unknown people, who knows what is in it. ”
I was stunned for a moment: "Unknown origin? ”
Cheng Ke nodded, and the peach blossom eyes were a little heavy: "What they are rushing is the corpse of the ghost cultivator, and you don't seem to see that their bodies are not your own." ”
My eyes widened: "It's the same trick that Ah Jiu usually uses?" ”