In the middle of the night, a copper bell sounded in the dark mountains. Bite... Bite...... The voice came from the deep mountains and old forests, and it looked particularly terrifying and weird.

In the middle of the night, the air was cold, and a figure slowly appeared under the illumination of the moonlight, wearing a green cloth and gezu clothes, wearing a hat, stepping on a pair of straw walking shoes, carrying an oil lamp, and pinning a unique copper bell around his waist, and the copper bell immediately made a crisp and pleasant sound when it shook and spread far away in the silent and uninhabited mountains......

It looks like a young man in his twenties, followed by a man with the same hat and a green cloth covering his face, walking slowly with small steps, if you look closely, you will find that the person behind him walks very strangely, his hands and feet are stiff, and his movements are slow.

"Yin people transit, Yang people avoid"

As the copper bell rang in the boy's hand, it added a bit of gloomy mystery to the dark night.

At this time, the sky is not yet transparent, but there is already a faint fog rising in the mountains, a hazy feeling, occasionally you can hear one or two crows calling from the mountains, the call of the person is cold in the heart, the young name is Zhou Qiao is a corpse chaser in a remote village in Xiangxi.

Since ancient times, there have been legends of chasing corpses, Miaojiang witches, and falling flower cave girls, which may still be seen in the early years, but now they have almost become extinct with the torrent of the times, and Zhou Qiao may be the only remaining corpse chaser in the world.

He has been dealing with dead corpses since he was a child, and his grandfather lives in a righteous hall not far from the village, located in the northeast corner of the village, covering a wide area.

didn't dare to approach, the profession of corpse chaser was very unlucky, and the people around him were not very willing to deal with him, since his grandfather went, Zhou Qiao lived alone in that deserted righteous hall;

This time, a foreigner came to seek Zhou Qiao to help his family "drive the body back to their hometown".

It turned out that his parents came to Xiangxi to travel, on the way unfortunately encountered a landslide, people were buried alive inside, even if they rescued in time did not save their lives, because their hometown is near the border of Xiangxi Jiangxi, the road is far away, it is extremely inconvenient to carry the coffin back to the hometown, and then I heard people mention the existence of corpse chasers in this place in Xiangxi.

After several inquiries, I found Zhou Qiao, Zhou Qiao was originally doing this business, plus the other party gave a good reward, and it was in a territory like Xiangxi, so he promised to help "drive the corpse back to his hometown",

Driving out corpses, paying attention to a series of complex processes such as borrowing corpses to return souls, corpses to become zombies, and deceitful corpses into murders, etc., so the requirements are also quite high, under normal circumstances, corpse chasers only accept corpses that are complete or undamaged, and each corpse must at least exceed 350 craftsmen.

The so-called three hundred and fifty catties is not a real number, but refers to the fact that the corpse was extremely heavily pressed before death, and a thick layer of fat was formed on the surface of the corpse, making the corpse look heavy and clumsy.

Of course, if the corpse is decomposed, the flesh on the corpse will quickly lose its elasticity, and the corpse will be light and sensitive, so the corpse chaser does not need to look for the corpse intact, which will waste time.

The most important thing is that even if the corpse is carried to Yizhuang, it must be soaked in glutinous rice, cinnabar and other materials for three days and three nights when it is just parked, the glutinous rice juice is wiped all over the body, and the cinnabar is smeared on every inch of the corpse's skin, and then the moxa candle is lit to ward off evil spirits, and the "three souls and seven spirits" are sealed with talismans, which is considered to be a great success;

In addition, there are some customs and habits, for example, during the parking period of the corpse, the moxa candle must be burned in the yard to prevent the corpse from decomposing and producing corpse poison, and there are some taboos, feng shui problems, etc., in a word, during the parking of the corpse, no one is allowed to enter, otherwise it is easy to cause corpse change,

causing serious consequences;

There is also the period when the corpse is parked, it is not allowed to touch its body, because the fat and blood on the corpse will absorb the nutrients around it, enhance the hardness of the body, if someone tampers the corpse, it will lead to the corpse, although the probability of the corpse is not large, but it will also bring trouble to yourself.

These customs, habits, and rules are essential skills for corpse chasers, and Zhou Qiao belongs to the more talented category of corpse chasers;

His great-grandfather was a respected old man, who once served as the leader of the corpse chasers in Xiangxi, and his grandfather was also a very powerful corpse chaser, but he fell ill in the early years and went before he was sixty.

Zhou Qiao followed his grandfather to learn to drive away corpses since he was a child, and later his grandfather died, he lived alone in that remote righteous hall, and the adults around him were not allowed to contact him so as not to be contaminated with bad luck, Zhou Qiao's memory is excellent, so he mastered all kinds of secret techniques to drive corpses in a short period of time, and he traveled through the mountains with his grandfather since he was a child, and returned to his hometown for people.

Corpse chasers generally choose to take inaccessible mountain roads, firstly to avoid scaring the living, and secondly, to prevent corpses from inhaling the anger of too many people and thus going bad;

The mountain road is tortuous, the grass and trees are thick, the branches are intertwined, and the thorns are everywhere, once you step on the air, you may fall into a deep pit, break your neck, and fall into the snake's nest, and all this is like a leisurely walk in Zhou Qiao's eyes, without threat, and the old man with a hat next to Zhou Qiao is like a marionette, dull and boring to follow behind.

The day was about to get brighter, and Zhou Qiao was a little tired after walking all night on the mountain road, so he found a place to rest under a big tree sheltered from the sun.

Take out a knife from your bag and "bang...... "Clang" cut off a few large leaves, spread them on the ground, lay the body flat in the grass, and covered it with layers of leaves.

The temperature is too high during the day, and the corpse should not be exposed to the sun too much, and it is very easy to meet the living when walking in the mountains and forests during the day, so Zhou Qiao never walks at night to drive away the corpse;

took out the prepared dry food, ate a few pieces, took the kettle from his neck and poured a few mouthfuls of water, checked the corpse charm on the forehead of the corpse for no signs of falling, and then sat cross-legged under the shade of a big tree and closed his eyes to rest,

The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and the sun is gradually rising, I don't know how many hours it took for Zhou Qiao to open his eyes, and there was a "cooing" sound from his stomach, Zhou Qiao sighed, sure enough, the dry food is not hungry, the water is full, and he still has to find a way to get something to eat;

Suddenly~ I heard a sound from the top of my head, Zhou Qiao looked up, He, it was a snake, spitting out red letters and slowly crawling towards him,

Zhou Qiao saw that this was a non-venomous snake, what a good opportunity to add food, and quickly pulled out the dagger he carried with him and stabbed at the snake;

"Shhh The dagger was inserted into the belly of the snake, the snake struggled in pain, and was finally cleaned up by Zhou Qiao, Zhou Qiao picked up some dry branches and made them into a pile, and wrapped the snake around a wooden stick, lit the branch with a match, and put the snake on it to roast, the snake body is very long, the meat is delicious, Zhou Qiao sprinkled some salt on it, and ate it with relish,

After solving the internal organs, cleaning up the residue on the ground, Zhou Qiao took out an ancestral "notebook" and read it carefully.

This notebook was handed down by his great-grandfather, which not only recorded the secret art of driving out corpses, but also the experience of his great-grandfather's life, as well as the methods of dealing with various Miao Jiang Gu poisons, and some very jerky and obscure witchcraft, which was also mixed with some folk anecdotes.

Zhou Qiaozheng was very devoted......

A sound of footsteps came from not far away, Zhou Qiao was shocked, hurriedly closed his notebook, put on a hat, and quietly lurked in the nearby grass.

Zhou Qiao in the barren mountains and mountains thought about who was coming, and after a while, three middle-aged men walked out next to him, one carrying a big bag on his back, and the other two were holding a shovel in their hands, a fishy smell, Zhou Qiao saw that these three people were dressed up and knew that he had encountered a group of tomb robbers.

Zhou Qiao didn't want to meet the three of them, so he didn't make a sound, this kind of native master specializes in looking for ancient tombs, stealing gold, silver, jewelry, and antique jade, and he is not an idle person;

In this deep mountain and old forest, Zhou Qiao thought that more things were better than less, he didn't want to provoke this group of local masters, nor was he afraid of the three people, although the tomb robbers were not idle people, but he was not a vegetarian who drove corpses, he really wanted to do it, he had the confidence to clean up a few people, but he could not do it or not, after all, there was no deep hatred between them.

Zhou Qiao looked at the direction in which a few people left, and thought in his heart that if these people went to rob the tomb now, they would encounter a little trouble, and the group of tomb robbers just now passed by him, but he held his breath and didn't let him find out.

Tomb robbers are very taboo to meet corpse chasers before robbing tombs, and they will avoid it far away, which is too unlucky!