The corpse catcher is usually two people.

If there is only one person, then this person is generally the grandmaster among the corpse chasers, or the master with the most fame, the highest status, and the most apprentices in a place, and it is said that this kind of corpse chaser spells are very superb.

A corpse chaser, no matter how many corpses there are, is driven by him alone.

No matter what the weather, you must wear a pair of straw sandals, a green cloth gown, a black belt around your waist, a green cloth hat on your head, a gong in your hand, and a bag of charms hidden in your waist bag.

He walked in front of the corpse, led the way in front of the corpse, and did not light the lantern when there was a little moonlight.

For he was leading the group of corpses forward while striking the small gong in his hand, shaking a dementor bell in his hand to keep the night walkers avoided, and to inform those who had dogs to lock up the dogs;

If it is completely dark, you want to play the lantern, so put the gong on your body, shake the soul bell with one hand, and hit the lantern with the other.

The two corpse chasers, in the dark of the moon, the front one lit the lantern, shook the soul bell, and the latter beat the small yin gong in his hand, and was responsible for shouting the password:

"Yin Shang - Yang Hui" This is to tell the living that the dead are on the way, and the living are asked to avoid it.

When there is moonlight, the previous corpse chaser omits the action of lighting lanterns, and the rest remains the same.

If it is easy to chase one corpse, if there are more than two, the corpse catcher will string the corpses one by one with straw ropes, one at a distance of seven or eight feet.

When walking in the dark, the corpse wore a tall blanket hat on its head, and several pieces of yellow paper with talismans on its forehead hung down its face.

On the way to drive the corpses, there is a "dead corpse inn", this mysterious "dead corpse inn", only the dead corpse and the corpse chaser live, and ordinary people do not live.

Its doors are open all year round. Because behind the two large doors is the place where the corpse rests.

The corpse chaser drove the corpse, arrived at the "corpse inn" before dawn, and quietly left at night. The corpses were all standing neatly against the wall behind the door panels.

When it was difficult to walk in heavy rain, I stopped in the store for a few days and nights.

Everyone heard the phrase "Yin Shang - Yang Hui", which means that the dead are on the road, please avoid the living and do not stand in front of the road.

Hearing that this is Xiangxi's corpse, everyone's hearts are tighter.

Then I heard the password:

"Straight, turn. ”

With the password, the footsteps outside have changed, but whenever the code word "straight" is said outside, this "fluttering" sound is even.

As soon as I heard the shout of "turn", the sound of "fluttering" outside slowed down for a beat before landing, as if it was turning, so I slowed down.

Everyone is afraid to look at it and can't help but look at it.

The sound of "fluttering and fluttering" is getting closer and closer, and it is getting more and more frightening.

Everyone heard "Yin Shang - Yang Hui - " and "Straight, Turn." With the password, the steps of walking outside are also changing, and the sound of walking sounds like a burst of tension in people's hearts.

Everyone is afraid to look at it and can't help but look at it.

The first to quietly raise his head and look out through the crack in the wall was Tan Buyan.

He plucked up the courage to take a look, and then poked Hua Duo next to him with his hand, Hua Duo squinted at him, and saw that he was pointing at the crack with his hand, and couldn't help but look out.

That's it, you poke me, I'll get you, and several people are holding their breath and looking out from the cracks.

The people who came over the temple got closer and closer, and they could see more clearly by the faint moonlight:

Walking in the front was a man dressed like a Taoist priest, wearing a green cloth robe, a black belt around his waist, a green cloth hat on his head, a soul bell in his hand, and a real look on his feet.

He walked in front of the corpse and led the way in front of the corpse, holding a lantern in his hand, but it was not lit.

Walking in the second, it looked like a walking corpse, with long fluffy hair on its head like untended weeds, clumps on the top of its head, and two or three buttons hanging from its chest.

The rest were scattered behind their heads, their gray-white faces even paler in the moonlight, and a one-foot-long yellow ghost paper talisman pasted on their chins.

Wearing a green coat on his body, his hands were wrapped in two white long sleeves and weakly put in front, and a white long sleeve about a foot five inches long under his fingers exceeded and fell in front.

As soon as the corpse moved or the wind blew, the wide long sleeves swung back and forth.

Walking at the end is also a person, he has a small yin gong in his hand, walked more than ten steps, and finally this person struck the small yin gong.

Between the first and the second, there is a distance of five or six steps, and between the second and the third is a distance of ten or so steps.

As soon as the driver saw the second walking corpse, he was so frightened that his eyes quickly closed, and his mouth opened so wide that he didn't go back for a long time.

Niu Yuqiao was a little more daring than the coachman, and insisted on looking down.

As soon as the three people walked through this crack, the four people in the temple could not see, because they happened to be blocked by the wall, and they could only judge the movements of the three people by listening to the sound.

Judging from the footsteps, the three men walked to the front and turned a corner, and heard a long sound of the dementor bell outside, and the sound of the broken gong rang again:

"Just stop here. ”

After speaking, the footsteps of the three people walked towards the position of the temple gate step by step, and the four of them thought that the three people had gone away when they heard the voice.

Now, as soon as I heard the sound of the bell and the sound of talking, the eyes of my heart that had just sunk rose to my throat again.

The little heart is pounding non-stop, and I can not only hear my own heart, but also feel that others can hear my heartbeat.

After a few more seconds, I heard the footsteps of three men stop outside the gate, and then I heard a slightly shrill voice like an owl in the night sky saying:

"It's good luck today, you can get something when you go out, this is a conspicuous place, maybe there are unlucky ghosts who will hit the door. ”

As soon as this voice came out, the four people inside all felt their scalps tingle.

"Daoist Hu, when you get to the door, stretch your face a little longer, look a little more scary, don't move without me, I want your dog's life if you move."

Do whatever I tell you to do, and if you hear it, go in quickly. "It's the sound of a broken gong speaking.

"Hmm. Then another voice replied helplessly and in an old voice.

Then I heard the door squeak and someone pushed it open, "Click, click" A somewhat dragging and heavy voice kicked the threshold and walked in.

At this time, layers of fine beads of sweat appeared on the foreheads of several people inside, and a lot of them were ready to make a move, as long as someone came in, it didn't matter if he was a human or a ghost, give him a blow to the head first.

Fortunately, the door creaked and closed again, probably not in place, and then someone seemed to be standing behind the door.

"Quick, Zhang Busan, there is the sound of horses' hooves on the opposite side, quickly light the lantern. ”

Said in a voice like an owl's call.

"Li Busi, what's the hurry? I heard it too, okay, I'll order it. ”

The sound of the broken gong replied. The four of them listened to the conversation.

There are three people outside, one is a Taoist priest surnamed Hu, one is called Zhang Busan with a broken gong voice, and the other is called Li Busi with an owl voice.

After a while, a little light could be seen outside the small door, and the shadow of the small door was dragged into a corner of the room where they were resting.

"Zhang Busan, quickly hang the lantern next to the sign, you and I are hiding on both sides of the mountain.

Hu Daoshi, someone is coming after a while, he is outside, you deliberately make a strange noise, stretch out the fake tongue, scare people, and then don't move, Zhang Busan and I know to clean up. ”

Li Busi's answer ended. Hua Bu and the others heard footsteps and ran in both directions, but they didn't hear anything again.

It is estimated that the two have been hiding by the retaining walls on both sides of the temple.

In this short period of suffocating time, only the wind was heard blowing through the four corners of the temple from time to time, making a whining sound that made people feel sad.

At the same time, the lantern also swayed in the wind, and when the lantern shook, the shadow of the small door also swayed, as if it was about to be pressed upside down.

After a few dozen seconds, the rhythmic sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and after another minute or so, the sound of two horses running could be heard.

After more than ten seconds, the sound of horses' hooves was gone, and everyone estimated that the two horsemen had stopped.

Sure enough, a male voice was heard:

"It's strange, there's a carriage here, there's a fire on it, there should be people with the fire, and I'm a little tired today, we might as well go up and take a look, it seems that the people in this carriage have also gone up there."

Although it was so late, the people above hadn't slept yet, probably entertaining the people in the carriage, and it seemed that we were lucky enough to be waiting for us. ”

Tan Buhui and Hua were a little familiar when they heard this voice, but they couldn't remember who it was for a while.

"It looks like a family, I'm really tired, okay, just go up and rest for a while before leaving. Maybe there's something to be gained, you know what I'm capable of. ”

It's a female voice, isn't it...... Could it be that the immortal Taoist Yang Santai and the thousand-armed Guanyin Yin Sanniang, Tan Buhuan and Hua were thinking a lot in their hearts.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded again, and after a few seconds, the sound of horses' hooves stopped outside the temple.

I heard the two of them jumping off their horses, and the sound of the two of them walking sounded again. After two or three seconds, the male voice said:

"Look, what kind of 'dead body inn' is this, is there anyone in the dead body inn?"

"Haven't you heard that there is a talk about chasing corpses here in Xiangxi? This should be a Taoist priest driving away corpses, don't go in and get the bad luck of the dead, get the bad luck of the dead, everything is not going well, let's go farther. ”

"You're a night owl, and you're afraid of the dead, aren't you?"

From the conversation between the two, Tan Buyu and Hua heard a lot of it, this should be the Thousand-Armed Guanyin couple.

But before that's decided, let's listen again and see what else they can do.

At this time, everyone heard the sound of the owl calling at night, which came from behind the gate opposite the small door, and it was obvious that the Taoist priest surnamed Hu was imitating the owl's call.

The man outside the gate said:

"What's the noise, it's scary, let's go, shall we?"

"It's an owl call, as if it came from inside the gate. ”

"Look, look. ”

"What's wrong?"

"It doesn't matter if your mother is a human or a ghost, eat me with a whip. As soon as the woman's voice fell, she only heard a "horn", followed by an "oops".

"Are you a human or a ghost? Get out of here! Don't you stick out your tongue? Stretch, why don't you stretch out?"