That night, I didn't sleep all night, not that this bridal mound left a deep impression on me, but I couldn't figure out why this trip to Yaowang Mountain came about.

Walking alone in the courtyard, looking at the dark sky, a crescent moon emits a faint silver light, and there is no cloud and mist to obstruct it, which is rare to see in the past.

In the distance, the houses on the hill are scattered, and all the lights have been extinguished. The roof tiles reflected the silvery moonlight, and the sky turned blue in this light.

"I know you haven't slept yet." Huai Rujin walked out of the house, and our group spent the night in a villager's house, all in the same courtyard. The lights in her room had been turned off, but they suddenly came out, apparently prepared, as if they had been waiting for me.

"It's such a coincidence, you haven't slept yet."

"I know I can't figure it out, so I'm here to talk to you."

"Oh?" I glanced at her and asked, "Miss Huai has something to say, why don't you just say it?" ”

"You don't really think I'm going to test your abilities with this?"

"That won't be."

"Remember the last time I sent you?"

"This is natural, I thought you would go straight to that tomb, but I didn't expect to turn around and come to Yaowang Mountain."

"In your experience, how sure are we that we will enter that tomb and get out?"

"There is a Gu Master, even if there is a ghost country below, it will be served." I said, "However, I guess there seems to be something in Miss Huai's words?" ”

Huai Rujin's eyes when she looked at me were much gentler than she was to others, so even if my tone was a little direct, she didn't care, and said: "I went back this time to consult the seniors in the family, and I heard my uncle say that the Yi people who have lived in the Yunhe Gorge for generations migrated from Yaowang Mountain, so this is actually their ancestral land. ”

"Really?" I pondered for a while and said, "So, Miss Huai is back here and plans to continue to eat the line in the Cloud River Valley?" ”

"It's convenient to deal with smart people." Huai Rujin smiled, "So, my father set this place as the first stop of our trip, even if we can't find many useful clues here, at least we can find some hidden secrets." ”

"Having said that, but I think it's a bit of a waste of time for us to do this, this village has been settled for hundreds of years, and the villagers here are obviously not Yi people, even if you have the heart to investigate, there won't be too many valuable clues."

"yes." Huai Rujin sighed, "It's up to people to make things happen." ”

"It's no wonder that you have long seen that you are ignoring that bride mound, but in fact, you don't have much hope for yourself."

"That's exactly what my dad meant."

"It seems that you are obedient to Mr. Huai."

"Dad is the head of the family, and I have no reason to refuse his words."

"Then what is Miss Huai going to do next?"

"The tomb in the mail is also in Panlong, according to the person who took the photo, the tomb was also found in a Yi village, when they fought and escaped after nine deaths, since then, there have been several groups of people trying to find the tomb, but in the end there is no news."

"So where is this man now? Why don't you just come to him? ”

"He's dead."

"Dead?" I paused, "It's a pity, how can you find it with just a photo?" He didn't provide any other clues? ”

"Even this photo took us a lot of trouble to get it, and the email I sent you at the beginning was a scanned copy that my uncle bought from an American antique dealer at a high price, but I didn't expect it to be a fake."

"And how did you get that one later?"

"The photograph has always been treasured by the antique dealer, and few people have been able to see it with their own eyes, and the one in the email was taken by a friend of his, and it was blurry, but it was extremely precious, and it was the only clue we have to know about the tomb at the moment."

"The American antique dealer would have been so angry that he would vomit blood if he had learned that his friend was digging into his corner." I'm kidding.

The next day, the morning light was faint, and we left Yaowang Mountain.

According to Huai Rujin, their people found a clue in a place fifty miles away from Lipanlong County. Yu Fatzi was dragged out of the quilt by me, and ended up falling asleep in the car.

"I said fatty, why can you sleep so well, it's good that Gu Ye is not in this car, otherwise he will scold you to death."

"That weird old man, you say?" Yu Fatzi squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "If it weren't for the fat man, I respected the old and loved the young, and I would have beaten him to death." ”

When the car reached the halfway point of the mountain, the car in front of it stopped, and ran back to report to Huai Rujin that there had been a landslide on the side of the hill a few days ago, and the falling gravel cut off the road.

"Brother Li Rui, after seeing this time, we have to go there on foot." Sissi said.

"That's all there is to it."

"Imp." At this time, the ghost marquis came over with a knife, knocked on the car window, and said: "There is no way, I can only walk up the mountain, so that I will take the knife and they will explore the road in front, you will go with Miss Huai and them, we will take care of the front and back, this place will collapse at any time, and it cannot be gathered together, so it is too dangerous." ”

"Wouldn't it be too dangerous for you to go, or should I go?"

"Hey, I've counted, it's not your turn to be in the limelight for this kind of thing." The ghost marquis refused.

"Okay, okay, then you have to be careful."

At this time, Huai Rujin also walked over, and the ghost marquis said hello to her and led the four descendants to climb up directly from the gravel pile. Huai Rujin admired the ghost lord quite a lot, and even nodded to him to thank him, I smiled and said, "Miss Huai still admires Gu Ye?"

"Lingnan's No. 1 Gu, who dares to be disrespectful? You dare to make a mistake in front of him, anyway, I don't dare! ”

"Master Gu wants us to follow them, saying that there will be no accidents."

"It's still thoughtful Gu Ye." Huai Rujin gave the men behind him a look, and they stood up on their own, climbing up in batches, it seemed that these people were well-trained, not like tomb robbers, but like mercenaries. However, everyone calls her Miss, and it is estimated that she is still a person from the Huai family.

I climbed on the gravel pile for nearly an hour, and I barely climbed over a small hill, and the fat man Yu panted and scolded his mother there again, "I didn't eat breakfast, so I came here to climb the mountain, this is to exhaust the fat man!" ”

"Here, take a sip of water." I handed him a bottle of water, "It's time for you to get fatter." ”

"Get out!"

"Hey, Sissi is back." I saw Sissi running down the mountain road on one side and asked, "Sister Sissi, why did you come back alone?" What about Gu Ye? ”

"Master Gu asked me to urge you, saying that you are walking too slowly." When Sissi spoke, her expression was a little exaggerated, as if she was frightened by something.

"Don't worry." I asked, "What's wrong with you?" Why so much sweat? ”

Sissi did look nervous, gasped and said, "I...... When I came back, I saw the grass ghost woman! ”

"Grass Ghost Woman?"

"yes, it's scary." Sissi said nervously, "My mother often said that the grass ghost woman specializes in harming girls, and I was terrified when I saw her. ”

"Wait, don't be afraid." I reassured, "What the hell is going on, you speak slowly." ”

"Yes, little sister, my fat brother is here, and the grass ghost woman doesn't dare to bully you."

Sissi looked at me with big fluttering eyes, and said, "That old witch has an eagle's hooked nose and a long chin, like two hooks almost together. Greasy hair is half white and half black. Tightly wrapped in a heavy black cloak all day. ”

"It's ugly enough." Yu Fatzi said with a smile.

"Fatty, shut up."

She grinned at me, and I saw that she had only a few teeth in her mouth that were too yellow to be yellow, and she was crumbling. She squinted slightly, her cheeks were sunken and wrinkled, she was like a mummy, disgusting to death! ”

Gu is commonly known as the "grass ghost" in Xiangxi, and according to legend, it is only attached to women, which is not shallow. And those so-called women who can play Gu are called "grass ghost women".

Therefore, the "grass ghost woman" is also called the "Gu woman". Gu Po's eyes are like cinnabar, and there are red, green, green and yellow stripes on her belly, abdomen, arms and backs. According to legend, in the homes of these Gu women, there are no cobwebs and ant nests, and white worms are not allowed to live around them. There are snake Gu, frog Gu, ant Gu, caterpillar Gu, sparrow Gu, turtle Gu and other categories. Gu multiplied a lot on people with Gu, and if they couldn't find anything to eat, they would attack the Gu master and ask for food, and the Gu master would feel uncomfortable, so he would let the Gu out and harm others.

Every morning, the grass ghost woman would place a basin of water in the middle of the hall and spit the Gu worms into the basin when no one was around. Legend has it that Gu Po can do this in the mountains, ask for rain in the clouds, and put a cloak to fly in the sky.

"It's really weird, how dangerous it is here, what is the grass ghost woman doing here?" I thought.

"Forget it, you better leave quickly, Master Gu is in a hurry."

"Yes, yes, let's go."

Huai Rujin followed from behind and asked me what happened, but she was quite interested in the grass ghost woman, and said: "Generally speaking, Gu art is only passed down among women, if there are three women in Gu women, one of them must practice Gu. There are also passed on to other women in the village, if a woman goes to Gu Po's house to learn female red, and is photographed by Gu Po, she may secretly cast spells, if you want to treat, you have to turn to Gu Po, Gu Po will learn Gu art as an exchange condition, if you don't learn, you will not be cured. Because everything is done in secret, the rituals and incantations that are taught are unknown to outsiders. ”

"I didn't think you knew that."

"I also heard from some elders in the family and knew some fur."

"However, there is one thing I don't know if you have noticed, this grass ghost woman is owned by the Miao people, we are here to find Yi Village, are we looking for the wrong place?" I reminded.

Almost the entire Miao nationality believes in Gu, but the severity is different from place to place. My words were in the same sentence, and Huai Rujin was also a little overwhelmed, and said suspiciously: "The news shouldn't be wrong, but ......"