Northeast of the Republic of China, Xing'an Mountains, Baixian Wei.

At the end of the sunset, the endless Xing'an Mountains sink into the night, and the treetops swell, startling the crows.

At this time, the sea of forests was churning and undulating, and a black-maned fierce horse stepped out of the green gauze tent.

The carriage rumbled, frightened the beasts into hibernation, the whining wind howled like a ghost, and in the wild roads of the deserted village, there seemed to be hundreds of black shadows lurking and chasing after them.

Yue Guanchao shouldered the shotgun scimitar, grabbed the reins of the carriage with both hands, and ran forward with his second uncle and cousin.

"Vomit ~ cough cough cough ~ "

He was hurrying when the sound of vomiting in the carriage intensified, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and the old hunter Yue Qingshan poked his head out of it.

The old man was wearing a gray and green coat, his legs and feet were tightly gripping the door, and he said in an anxious tone: "His eldest brother, give me the cowhide rope, this stinky boy is crazy again." ”

Yue Guanchao looked back, his brother Yue Ercang's eyes were bloodshot, like a fried wild dog, grinning and biting at the second uncle, if it weren't for this old man's skill, he would have been bitten through the throat and would have died.

He untied the cowhide rope around his waist with his backhand, and Yue Qingshan hurriedly tied Yue Erpao with five flowers, and when it was firmly tied, he breathed a sigh of relief and snorted angrily:

"This little calf, the urine is yellow all day long, I don't know how much trouble I have caused when I hit the mother's womb, and this time I don't know where the pimple has caused dirty things, and I have hysteria for several days, and I can't see that it's going to be done, we have to hurry up."

Yue Guanchao looked back at his cousin, full of questions: "Second uncle, I still feel weak in my heart, the mother-in-law Ma you said can really cure the second artillery?" ”

Yue Qingshan nodded heavily, as if he was confident: "I was pounced on by a wild wolf when I was young, and I almost fell that pair of eyeballs in the belly of the wild wolf, it was Mrs. Ma who saved me, she has been curing diseases and saving people with the old fairy since she was a child, and there are real things on her body, whoever has a headache, brain fever, poisoning and Gu, she can be cured, if I am an old friend, there is no way, then the life of the second cannon will be explained." ”

The uncle and nephew had reached the end of the mountain road in a blink of an eye while talking, and Yue Guanchao saw the candle flame reflected in the lake in front of him, the reeds seemed to have cooking smoke floating out, and the aroma of medicinal herbs was blowing in the wind.

He knew that Bai Xianwei, who was in front of Ma Poma, kicked the horse's belly violently and ran along the embankment into the island in the middle of the lake.

When the carriage stopped, Yue Guanchao jumped out of the car with his second uncle, crawled to the end of the causeway, and anxiously knocked on the copper button door in the front yard...... Bang bang! ”

Squeak.

The door opens.

The kind-looking old lady poked her head out of the door, she saw clearly that it was her old friend Yue Qingshan, and hurriedly pushed the other half of the door open: "Brother Qingshan, why are you here at this time."

Yue Qingshan lowered his eyelids, and seemed a little embarrassed: "Sister, I have something to ask you, and I don't know if you want to help?" ”

Mrs. Ma waved her hand: "It's been so many years, what are you doing with this vain head, I see that there is an evil spirit in you, what happened?" ”

Yue Guanchao wiped a handful of hot sweat and panted to explain his intention:

"Granny Ma, my brother heard at the temple fair that there was a ground cage (digging a pit trap to lure wild beasts) near the Silver Camel Village, and he used to join in the fun and came back like this, and for several days he talked crazy and ate dirty things, and he also liked to eat raw rice, I want you to take a look at the disease, and people are tied up in the carriage."

After hearing this, Mrs. Ma's eyes circled around the two and stared at the carriage behind her, she seemed to sense Yue Erpao's abnormality, and nodded at the two: "Hurry up and bring this child in." ”

Yue Guanchao ran into the carriage and carried his cousin out, and he stood in the distance and looked at Granny Ma's house.

An old willow tree with a crooked neck hangs down the rattan, just covers the lintel, the lanterns on both sides are pasted with lifelike hedgehogs full of embroidery, the word "white" in the seal script is clearly visible, there are a hundred grass stone carvings next to the roots of the tree, which have been broken and cracked, and are planted obliquely into the soil, faintly engraved with the folklore of the old lady Bai curing diseases and administering medicine.

As the lantern was lit, the wind in the forest stopped abruptly, and the terrifying black shadows were all dispersed, and he didn't care to figure out what was going on, and carried his cousin Yue Ercang into the threshold.

Just now, he only cared about begging people, and he didn't have time to see the situation in the courtyard, and when he stepped into the courtyard, he felt the evil of the medicine hall.

The gray and blue gravel is smeared with herb clippings, built into a one-person-high circular wall, the corners of the wall are twisted with dead vines, the corners are full of weeds, and several gray tile old houses separate the front and back yards.

Looking carefully, the dustpans in front of the house were neatly stacked to dry the medicine, many of which he had never seen at all, and he only faintly smelled a strange fragrance of the herbs, exactly the same as the one he smelled in the mountain road.

Behind the house, a rain shelter was erected, a few strands of hemp vine were tied to the bamboo beams of the scaffolding, more than a dozen drying ropes were pulled, most of the ribbons were floating under the rope knots, and the half-human high flower cloth paper was tied, all of them were blushing clearly, and their smart eyes were like living people!

The paper puppet is obviously a dead thing but it is noisy and abnormal, occasionally the wind blows, and the paper puppet is like a fairy girl floating in the air, as if there are countless people coming and going in the courtyard, and I don't know what it is.

He approached the second uncle and muttered casually: "Second uncle, don't you think Granny Ma's yard is very evil." ”

"You're right, the place where the living live is the most particular about feng shui and vitality, this courtyard wall is edgeless, there is no shelter around, and three sides are connected by the water embankment, which is completely opposite to the feng shui of the yang house, and the living should not live for a long time."

Somehow, Yue Guanchao heard that living people are not suitable for living for a long time, and he got goosebumps on his body:

"Then according to you, this is the Yin House... Or Ming Lou! ”

After finishing speaking, Yue Qingshan glanced at his nephew meaningfully: "We can't figure it out... But that's the only way to get some things along. ”

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