Chapter 12: The Curse

The snow on the corrugated courtyard is gradually melting, and now it is the time for cold dew.

Luo Xiaoxiao stretched out her hand to take off the rune paper on the eaves, and the red striped paper with a slightly white curled edge hung coldly under the steps.

β€œ... Strange, this is rune paper? ”

I've seen this kind of thing when I went to the temple before, and it's only found in the temple. But what did the second uncle do in the inn?

Luo Xiaoxiao was just about to go to find her sister, but here Luo Qinghe screamed and pounced-

"Ahh I don't drink! ”

She was hit by Luo Qinghe's sudden backlash and staggered a few steps, stabilized her figure, and looked up, the second uncle walked slowly towards them with two bowls of steaming water.

She glanced at Luo Qinghe behind her, and then looked at the undoubted second uncle in front of her.

"Sister, what are you drinking?"

"Xiaoxiao, ignore her!" Luo Yunsheng straightened his face and hummed a few words from his nose, "Come, my little niece drink." ”

She hurriedly took the water from the second uncle.

No, if you look closely, it seems to be a bowl of ginger tea?

She glanced at Luo Qinghe, who was still hiding behind her, and thanked the second uncle with a helpless smile: "Thank you, second uncle!" ”

She knew that one of Luo Qinghe's most hated was ginger tea, and she had a fever that year, and she refused to take a sip. Luo's father was busy with work, and the doctor left after prescribing the medicine, and the Luo family was the only one left with her anxious, but there was nothing she could do.

In the end, she still took a lot of effort to pour ginger tea into her mouth little by little.

Luo Xiaoxiao took the bowl and drank it in one gulp.

It's so unpleasant. She held back a chill and used a radical tactic against Luo Qinghe behind her: "My heroic sister doesn't even dare to drink ginger tea." ”

"Less of this! Useless! ”

"Really, like a child, I want to persuade you to drink ginger tea." Luo Xiaoxiao winked at the second uncle, and pretended to return the bowl, "Don't be ashamed." ”

"It's time for us to leave right away, if we don't drink, we won't drink!"

Luo Qinghe poked out half of his head from behind her, his face was like a bitter gourd crumpled, he took the ginger tea slowly, and drank it all reluctantly.

Poured the boiled ginger tea, and with the spicy soup that burned her throat, her face was also smoked with a layer of smoke.

The stomach is warm.

Luo Qinghe was speechless for a while, it was hard to drink, and the warmth that gushed out of his body after drinking it was not fake.

Luo Yunsheng, who was sitting under the porch on the side, nodded with his cane: "Okay, I've already said hello to Uncle Chen and other old friends, you guys, it's time to go." ”

When Luo Qinghe heard this, he looked at the second uncle's stiff back, and his eyes were slightly red.

Parting is always sad, but each separation means another reunion.

Despite all the reluctance, she still has to face her own journey.

"Second uncle, take care." Luo Qinghe said in a sullen voice, "Wait for me to come to see you next time." ”

Luo Yunsheng deliberately turned around, looked at the ice picks under the eaves, looked at the stone table in the courtyard, and looked at the dwarf pines in the courtyard, but he didn't look at her: "Well, let's go." ”

He also has a lot of reluctance. The niece, whom she hadn't seen for many years, was only with him for a few days, and then she was about to leave him again. This Bright Moon Inn is even more deserted.

He slowly moved his gaze to the rune paper on the eaves... No, his face changed, and someone tore off the rune paper.

After the old rune paper was torn off, the paper marks that remained on the window edge did not disappear.

He asked slowly, "He He, Xiaoxiao, have any of you seen the talisman paper on the ying?" ”

Luo Qinghe looked at the second uncle with a blank face, what is that?

He knew it in his heart, and when he looked at Luo Xiaoxiao again, he said with a bit of reproach: "Xiaoxiao, the things posted by the second uncle, don't move around." ”

Luo Xiaoxiao said: "Second uncle, I see that the paper is dirty and old, and it seems to be crumbling, and it can be blown away when the wind blows." I couldn't help but take it off..."

"What? You say it... Faltering? ”

No, that's what he put on yesterday.

Unless...

Luo Qinghe found the second uncle's solemn face, and he was even more puzzled: "Second uncle, do you have anything to say about the rune paper?" ”

Luo Yunsheng suppressed his emotions, walked to the inner room as usual, took out a stack of golden plum blossom notes, and said to them in a harmonious voice: "It's almost the New Year, this is what the second uncle uses to pray for blessings." Pick it casually, it's unlucky. ”

Luo Qinghe glanced at the note, and the word "Fu" on it was clear and vivid.

He glued a little paste to the back of the paper and re-applied it to its original place.

Luo Xiaoxiao was a little skeptical, the color of this paper didn't seem to be quite the same as the color she had just torn off. But when I think about it, maybe it's because the color of the paper is slightly different depending on the batch.

Luo Yunsheng looked at the two nieces in front of him, his eyes revealed infinite reluctance, and there was a sense of pity and pity for Luo Qinghe.

"Let's go, the car is coming."

In the corner that no one saw, the wind blew, and the rune paper that had been tightly glued to the eaves just now fell to the ground again.

*

"Sister, do you feel that the second uncle looks at you more... Oops, I don't know how to say it. ”

Luo Qinghe knocked on his sister's brain: "What are you talking about!" The second uncle treats us equally. ”

As soon as Luo Xiaoxiaofu got into the car, she fell into her arms, stretched out her arms and hugged her tightly, and said nonchalantly: "But, I just think that there is something wrong with the way the second uncle looks at you..."

She muttered for a long time, and a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind: "Oh! It's like watching a person who is about to die! ”

Luo Qinghe's face was strange, and he reached out to tickle her fiercely: "What are you talking about!" I'm so good here! Don't curse your sister! ”

Luo Xiaoxiao hid in Tibet, and in the end, she couldn't dodge and could only beg for mercy one after another.

"Okay, haha, I was wrong, sister."

"But!" Luo Xiaoxiao patted her head, "Sister, you forgot to ask the second uncle about that strange book." ”

"yes..."

When I think of that strange book with my name written on it, I can't help but panic.

"It's okay, when we get to the ancestral house, just find a chance to ask when we report the safety of the second uncle."

*

Unknown miscellaneous trees and thorns stood strangely on the mountainside on both sides of the road, and the wind blew, and a few remnant leaves fell, swirling and swaying in the air, adding to the gloom.

Pei Jiangzhi frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "Xu Yun, did you really see it clearly?" ”

He knew that Xu Yun would not make such an international joke for no reason. Although Xu Yun has never ventured far away since he was a child, he loves to read all kinds of miscellaneous books, covering a wide range of fields.

There is a golden house in the book, and the ancients did not deceive him.

Xu Yun clenched his seat belt, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and forced himself to calm down: "After we swapped places before, I noticed that something was wrong when I sat in the passenger seat. ”

"You try to shake them off, and you probably don't see it." He winced, "I looked in the rearview mirror and saw that there was no one in the driver's seat of the first Buick. ”

"At first I thought I was wrong, after all, the thick fog is layered and confuses people's vision, but."

Xu Yun paused and continued, "I was ready to take pictures of them at the 'S' turn, and this time, I carefully identified the photos, and as I expected, the car was still empty. ”

The milky white mist of the mountains and valleys was so deep, so thick.

Pei Jiangzhi's scalp was numb: "Don't scare buddy... Damn it! ”

He licked his dry lips: "The ghost is also coming to kill me?" Do I have such a hate for me? ”

"Next time, it won't be a ghost hitting the wall, right?" He chuckled casually.

In the past, I heard a lot of supernatural events, what ghosts hit the wall, ghosts pressed the bed, but I have never experienced it personally. To be honest, he wasn't afraid, and he was even quite interested, but he was a little too confused.

This ghost, did he invite it too much, or did someone do it on purpose?

Obviously, he is more inclined to the latter in his heart.

This is interesting, isn't it just to go to Rongcheng to see the mines? Ahem, I'm done, by the way... It seems that the rumors are true! In the mountains of the city, there should be great secrets.

Even the Yin soldiers were sent, and the other party was really a big deal!

Who is trying to stop him? Is it a branch, or...

There was a strong interest in his eyes, so he had to go to Rongcheng this time.

The sun crossed the horizon, erasing the last rays of light from heaven and earth.

In the middle of the night, the mountains are silent and gloomy, and a crescent moon hangs alone in the night sky. A few distant lone stars, occasionally flashing a cold glow, flickering and flickering.

The temperature in the air plummets.

Xu Yun wrapped his padded jacket tightly and tilted his head against the glass window that let in a cool breeze.

"Boss, are you afraid?"

Pei Jiangzhi moved his gaze from the road in front to Xu Yun, and raised his hand to turn on the air conditioner in the car: "Afraid? ”

He sneered: "Since I was a child, who have you been afraid of?" ”

"Xu Yun, speaking of which, coming out with me this time has wronged you. Look at this, it's a yin soldier and a drag racerβ€”"

"Boss, I'm not afraid."

Xu Yun looked firmly at Pei Jiangzhi, who was concentrating on driving: "I originally had the idea of coming out with the boss to get acquainted, not to mention, I believe that the boss will protect me." ”

Pei Jiangzhi hooked his lips, revealing two shallow pear vortices.

He smiled, and was about to speak, when he was suddenly interrupted by Xu Yun's yelling.

"Boss, be carefulβ€”"

Suddenly, the mountain road that was flat just now and you could see the end suddenly appeared a turbulent S-shaped bend!

"!" Pei Jiangzhi's complexion changed suddenly, and his heart rose to his throat.

He reacted quickly, held the direction hard, and slammed on the brakes one after another. But the sparks were about to step out of their feet, and the car still rushed forward at its original speed, and the speed did not decrease, and even intensified.

Worst!

"Xu Yun, the brakes are out of order!"

*

Pei Jiang suddenly felt that the sky was spinning, and he rolled straight to the bottom of the valley with the people and the car, just like the two Buicks that he threw down before.

When I woke up again, it was quiet.

He rubbed the back of his head in severe pain, and found himself "lying" in an eerie positionβ€”his legs crossed and hanging upside down on the branches of the cliff, and out of nowhere, the vine man that appeared out of nowhere wrapped around his waist, and his small body was leaned against the protruding stone platform.

If he moved any further, he would have fallen to his death.

A cold sweat broke out, and he couldn't care about the sharp pain all over his body, and shouted: "Xu Yunβ€”"

For a long time, no one responded.

His heart thumped, and he cautiously tried to get up, but it was pitch black all around, except for the whistling of the cold wind and hunting.

Pei Jiangzhi was unwilling, he lost his trust, and he failed to protect Xu Yun.

"Xuyun, where are youβ€”" With a hint of hope, he shouted again in the gloomy and secluded valley.

Before the words fell, an echo came from the ethereal bottom of the valley: "Boss-"