Chapter 9: Opportunities

Luo Youdao has a very high rank in Heihua Village, no children and no daughters, after hanging himself, how to deal with the aftermath, the people in the village have to discuss together, and this gong is to call everyone to discuss together.

Luo Dajin shook his head: "Uncle Youdao is an elder, and I am a junior." At best, I'll let him suffer, but I'm not going to kill him. He hanged himself. ”

Luo Youdao's poisonous snake Gu and vicious dog failed one after another, and he also vomited blood several times, and his body bones were not good. But as the saying goes, it's better to die than to live, why would he think about suicide?

I sighed softly, the wound was still aching, I thought for a while, and then asked, "His black dog is not an ordinary dog, why did he die at my hands?" Ten golden-tailed scorpions came out of its belly, what's going on? ”

Knock knock, knock knock, and the sound of the gong was remembered outside.

Luo Dajin took out the small yin gong from his clothes and put it next to my bed: "I'll talk about it later, I'll leave the yin gong by your side, beware of something unclean coming to hurt you." I'll go to Uncle Youdao's house to see if I can help with it, remember, I'll talk about it when I come back. ”

There is a crescent moon on the small yin gong, and it also carries Luo Dajin's body temperature, the strange thing is that I stay at home, why should Luo Dajin worry about unclean things coming to the door?

I asked: Why give it to me? How does this work?

Luo Dajin said: "Knock on the front three times to drive the little ghost away, knock twice on the back, make a muffled sound, and you can summon the ancestors of the Black Flower Village." This yin gong was originally left by a profound corpse chaser in Heihuazhai more than a hundred years ago. It's very spiritual, and it is for you to beware of Uncle Dao. ”

I was surprised in my heart, Luo Youdao is really ghostly, and if he dies, he may become a ghost haunting me, so he took the yin gong and carefully placed it on the side of the bed. Luo Dajin instructed two words, changed into a pair of clean shoes, and then left.

The shoes he had changed were covered in mud and weeds, and it seemed that he had walked a long way during the day.

I picked up the small yin gong, looked at it carefully, and suddenly remembered that when I went to the ancestral hall last night, Luo Dajin knocked all the way, it seems that the purpose is to drive away the lonely souls and wild ghosts in the village, and bring the ghosts of the ancestors of Heihuazhai to the ancestral hall.

He said that this thing was used by a corpse catcher a hundred years ago, so what kind of profession is a corpse catcher? I've only heard of plasterers, carpenters, but I've never heard of corpse chasers. This corpse should mean corpse, if a person is dead, how can he rush to move? It's weird.

I couldn't figure out why, so I simply didn't think about it, the lights in the room were bright, and the yin gong was placed on the pillow. I don't feel scared in my heart, even if Luo Youdao becomes a powerful ghost, there is nothing to be afraid of. His poisonous snake Gu and vicious dog have been defeated and turned into a powerful ghost without a body, and I, Xiao Kang, am afraid that he will not succeed.

The night was getting darker, and the wind was blowing outside, and the branches of the trees were swaying. The sound of firecrackers sounded on the west side of the stockade, and occasionally the sound of suona and gongs could be heard, and the light of the fire could be seen.

I got out of bed and moved to the window, where a bonfire was lit on the west side of the stockade.

After watching it for a while, my feelings became complicated.

It stands to reason that I hate Luo Youdao to death, and I should be very happy that he hanged himself, but the strange thing is that I can't be happy. Luo Youdao's hair is gray, drooping and old, he has no grievances with me.

The reason why he will kill me is because Luo Dajin raised me as a Gu person, and he was worried that Luo Dajin would break the taboo of raising Gu, so he would assassinate me again and again.

He is guilty, but not the real culprit. The real villain is Luo Dajin. It can be said that if it weren't for Luo Dajin raising me as a Gu person, Luo Youdao wouldn't have looked at me at all.

Thinking about the reason, I don't hate Luo Youdao so much. I sat until dawn and nothing unusual happened. Luo Dajin did not come back either. After dawn, I was sure that the ghosts did not dare to move, so I went to bed.

After sleeping until the afternoon, the whole person slept very well, and went out of the room, and the prepared meal was placed on the table in the living room. It seems that Luo Dajin came back halfway and cooked food for me.

I was hungry, and it was not convenient for my hands to hurt, so I barely held the chopsticks and ate them one bite at a time. For three days in a row, I was recuperating at home. Luo Dajin also went home occasionally, occasionally slept for a few hours in the middle, and someone asked him to go out to do things.

On the evening of the third day, Luo Dajin returned home, looking a little tired, and specially called me to him, saying, "Luo Jiu, there will be a funeral tomorrow for Uncle Dao, and there will be some people from other villages coming over, don't talk to strangers." Otherwise, Abba will be angry. ”

Three days after the mortuary, the funeral will be held, and the time will be tomorrow.

Luo Youdao was a famous Gu master when he was young, although he had no children and no daughters, there were children and nephews in the village, and there were many acquaintances outside, and there would definitely be friends who would come to attend his funeral.

My mind is alive, outsiders enter the Black Flower Village, maybe there will be kind-hearted people among them, who can help me spread the news and hand it over to my parents.

In order to prevent this from happening, Luo Dajin warned in advance. I nodded pretendedly: "Everything is up to you, I will do whatever you tell me to do." I'm not going to talk to anyone. Otherwise, I'll stay tomorrow and not go out. "There will be no fewer people tomorrow, Luo Dajin only has a pair of eyes, how can he see it?

Luo Dajin nodded with satisfaction: "Uncle Youdao is a very senior in the village, you are my son, you must go over to kowtow before the funeral, how can you hide at home and not go out, so how can the people in the village look at me!" ”

I thought for a while, and then said, "Then when it's time to kowtow, you can call me over again." When I'm done kowtowing, I'll come back and do nothing. That's all right, don't punish me, don't cause worms in my stomach. ”

Luo Dajin got up and walked under the eaves, used an iron hook to take down the bundle of tobacco hanging under the eaves, and put it on the table: "Luo Jiu, I said before that I would give the dumb man two catties of tobacco, you send it to him early tomorrow morning, and then let him take care of it for me for a day." ”

Where is this for me to send cigarettes over, it is clearly to let the dumb spy on me. I have no objection, the mute likes to giggle, he seems to be a person who is not very awake, and there will definitely be a chance.

I said, "Okay, I'll deliver the tobacco early tomorrow morning, and then I'll follow him every step of the way." You're tired, get some rest. "Luo Dajin has been working hard for the past few days, and he is indeed tired, seeing that I am obedient, he didn't say much threatening words, and went to sleep after washing his feet.

I slept in the next room, and when I heard Luo Dajin snoring slightly, I quietly got up and chose something in the room where I could write, paper and pen. I've decided that I'm not allowed to talk to outsiders, so I'm going to write a note and get the word out.

But this time, there was no paper and pen in the room, and it was almost impossible to write. I was so depressed that I didn't dare to make much of a noise, and I sat on my bed in a state of impatience.

Suddenly, he saw that the bandage on his hand was covered with a white cloth, and his heart moved, so he untied the strap on his left hand, tore a small piece with his teeth, and then uncovered the scabbed wound, and wrote a letter with blood.

I found a wooden stick the size of a match, dipped it in blood, thought for a while, and only wrote the most critical information: Xiaokang Heihuazhai Xiangxi. Taken together, it means that I am in a place called Heihuazhai in Xiangxi, and my Abba will know where I am when I see it.

Fortunately, my parents taught me to read and write at a very young age, and I can write these seven words. After writing, I first bandaged the wound so that the band could not be seen from the outside, and rolled up the small pieces of cloth.

But where I hid it stumped again, hidden in the soles of my shoes, it was difficult to come out when the time came, put it in my pocket, and when the time came, I stared at me dumbly, and I might not have a chance.

Be sure to hide in a safe place, and when you hand it over to a good Samaritan, no one will suspect it. I searched my stomach and finally my eyes fell on the rattle on the pillow that couldn't make a sound.

There's a way! I carefully made a tiny hole in the side of the rattle, rolled up the small piece of cloth, and slowly tucked it in. The cloth is light and stuffed into the rattle, so even if it shakes, it won't make a sound.

Besides, I'm just a kid with a rattle, and dumb people won't doubt it.