After taking a shower and simply changing my clothes in the morning, I left the Xiyuan apartment.
Originally, Ma Qiang wanted to go with me to see Su Su, but He Man insisted on buying a skirt, so she dragged Ma Qiang away. In fact, I know He Man is worried that I will encounter those unclean things when I take Ma Qiang with me.
I thought to myself that with He Man here, it would be impossible for Ma Qiang to join the ghost-catching Taoist profession. Fortunately, I had requisitioned Ma Qiang's car, which saved me a lot of trouble. I still had a lot of ghost pills on me, so I had to find a chance to sell all the ghost pills and buy a car.
You may not have seen a Taoist priest driving a car to catch ghosts, but you will see it in the future.
The car was driving fast on the road. I called Aunt Huang a while ago and told her that I was going to see Susu. On the phone, Aunt Huang asked me if I had any way to save Susu. I said no.
I could feel Aunt Huang's loss on the phone.
Aunt Huang lives in Jiangbin City, in Songling Community, Jian'an Xinqiao, Shibei, which has been introduced before.
The car soon arrived at Songling Community.
As soon as I parked the car, I saw Aunt Huang standing downstairs waiting for me. After not seeing her for a few days, Aunt Huang seemed to have lost a lot of weight, and her face looked a little dark yellow, as if she was malnourished.
Seeing me getting out of the car, Aunt Huang hurried over.
"Tianyi, I haven't seen you for a while, are you okay?"
I nodded to Aunt Huang and said, "Aunt, I'm sorry to have worried you. I've been busy with some things these days, and I just came back to see Susu. How is Susu?"
Aunt Huang sighed and her voice sounded very weak.
"She is still the same. Ever since you gave her the Snow Condensate Pearl, her body has remained the same as when she died. It's just that her body is a little cold!"
Aunt Huang said nothing more, her eyes looking sad.
I followed her upstairs.
Soon, we entered Susu's home.
Without changing my shoes, I went straight to Susu's bedroom.
When I opened the bedroom door, Susu's pale face came into my sight. She lay motionless on the bed, covered with a thin blanket. She closed her eyes, as if she was asleep. But Aunt Huang and I both knew that Susu was dead, and her heart had been dug out by something.
I sat down gently on the edge of the bed and reached out to touch Susu's cheek.
Aunt Huang was probably still feeling sad, and she kept wiping away tears from her eyes. Her eyelids were a little dark and swollen, which was caused by not sleeping well and crying frequently.
Su Su's face was cold, and her hands were very cold. Fortunately, the Snow Condensation Beads really worked, and her skin showed no signs of decay or wrinkling.
I took back my right hand, looked up at Aunt Huang and said, "Aunt, I went to the underworld these days and stayed there for quite a while. I met a lot of people and also found out some information about Su Su's death."
After hearing what I said, Aunt Huang quickly wiped the tears from her face and asked me anxiously, "Tianyi, what did you find out? Can you tell me about it?"
I nodded, and then said to Aunt Huang: "Aunt, let's go to the living room and talk."
"good!"
Then Aunt Huang and I moved to the living room.
Sitting on the sofa, I looked at Aunt Huang who was in a low mood and said in a deep voice: "Aunt, Su Su's matter is not that simple. I met a master in the underworld. He used the 'birth date and eight characters' you gave me before to do some divination, but he couldn't figure out who killed Su Su and took her away.
The heart of the world.
"But even so, I still got some clues. That is, the person who harmed Su Su was not a human nor a ghost, but most likely a monster!... So aunt, I hope you can tell me what happened to Su Su and some things that happened in your family in the past."
"Also, I already know that Su Su has a Xuan Yin body!"
After hearing what I said, Aunt Huang's face was full of confusion.
She asked me puzzledly, "Tianyi, what is the Xuanyin body?"
Aunt Huang didn't even know about the Xuanyin body. Could it be that her Taoist husband Huang Wenjun didn't tell her about Su Su?
I explained, "Aunt Huang, the so-called Xuanyin body belongs to a kind of Yin-cold body constitution, but the body functions of women with this constitution will be persecuted by the Yin-cold air, and they can only live for three years at most. But Susu has lived for more than 20 years, I think there must be some problems in between."
"That's why I asked you about Susu's Xuanyin constitution and your family. I think Susu's constitution must have been controlled in some way. Otherwise, she wouldn't have lived so long."
Aunt Huang understood what I said, her expression seemed a little gloomy, and she frowned in thought.
I lowered my voice and asked, "Auntie, have you thought of anything? If it's about SuSu, or if you find anything strange, you can tell me. Maybe we can find some clues from it."
Aunt Huang slowly raised her head, faced me, and said, "Tianyi, Auntie did just remember something. This happened more than 20 years ago. Thinking about it now, I still find it very strange. So I don't know whether I should tell you or not."
“Weird? ... Auntie, I hope you can tell me. No matter how weird it is, it’s a thing of the past.”
"So Auntie, you should just tell us. After all, we are helping Susu. Maybe, as long as we find Susu's heart, she may still be able to be saved."
Aunt Huang bit her lip and nodded, "Okay, then I'll tell you what happened back then."
Then Aunt Huang told me what happened more than 20 years ago.
More than 20 years ago, Aunt Huang's husband Huang Wenjun was still alive. They were still very young at that time, and Huang Wenjun was not a ghost-catching Taoist priest at that time. Their family did not move to Jiangbin City, but lived in a village near Jiangbin City.
At that time, Aunt Huang and Huang Wenjun had just been married for two years and she was already pregnant.
One day, Huang Wenjun heard from the villagers that there were quite a few pheasants on Yuanbao Mountain, which was more than ten kilometers away from their village. So Huang Wenjun decided to go up the mountain and shoot a pheasant to nourish his pregnant wife Aunt Huang. The economic situation at that time was not good, especially in the countryside.
But after entering the mountain, Huang Wenjun not only did not find any pheasants, but was bitten badly by flying insects and mosquitoes in the dense forest at night. Huang Wenjun was a little frustrated and planned to go back.
And somehow, he lost the way he came here. In addition, it was the middle of the night, so he couldn't find the way back.
He only had a hatchet and a bow and arrow, but no torches or tinderboxes. This made Huang Wenjun anxious. He knew he couldn't get out of Yuanbao Mountain for the time being, so he could only spend the night in the woods, and then find a way home after dawn.
But it was late at night, and in the deep mountains and old forests, so people were inevitably scared. Moreover, Yuanbao Mountain was not like other mountains. This was deep in the mountains and old forests. There were many hunters here on weekdays, but few villagers.
There are also wild animals, insects, snakes and the like in the mountains.
, and they would leave before nightfall, but Huang Wenjun was trapped in the deep mountains and forests.
For his own safety, Huang Wenjun decided to start a fire first to drive away the beasts with light. Fortunately, after wasting a lot of effort, Huang Wenjun finally started a fire.
Huang Wenjun lay down next to the fire. Although he was a little hungry, he fell asleep after a while.
But in the second half of the night, it started to rain in the dense forest. The blazing firewood was completely extinguished. Huang Wenjun, who was sleeping soundly, was drenched by the rain and woke up.
But the firewood had gone out, and he couldn't see anything in the darkness around him.
But just standing there like this wasn't a solution, so Huang Wenjun planned to find a tree or a cave to take shelter from the rain. But before he had walked a few steps, he realized something was wrong.
He found that there were pairs of green eyes behind him.
Those green eyes stared at him cunningly.
In an instant, Huang Wenjun's hair stood up. Although he was not a hunter, he still judged that the things behind him were wolves.
So in order to get rid of the wolves, or wolf pack, that were following him, he began to run for his life.
It was raining and the ground was slippery. Huang Wenjun didn't know how many times he fell on the ground, but he could only run away desperately. Otherwise, he might become a piece of meat in the mouth of the wild wolf.
After an unknown amount of time, a little light appeared ahead. When Huang Wenjun saw the light, he rushed over desperately, just like a drowning man encountering a floating island.
Finally, he ran to the light source. It was a cave with a narrow entrance, but he still squeezed through it. What he didn't know was that the wolves stopped more than ten meters away from the cave entrance.
After howling a few times, the pack of wild wolves ran away quickly and did not chase Huang Wenjun anymore.
After Huang Wenjun entered the cave, he gasped heavily.
The fire was only twenty or thirty meters away, illuminating that area extremely clearly.
When Huang Wenjun looked up, he actually saw a small building built inside the cave. At that time, Huang Wenjun was still wondering how there could be an attic inside such a narrow cave entrance. And there were actually four people sitting around a stone table under the small building.
There were four women, three young women with black hair, and an old woman with an old face and dim eyes. What was strange was that they were wearing ancient women's clothes, and the colors were very bright.
Before Huang Wenjun could think about it, the old woman spoke first.
"Stranger, why did you come to our place in the middle of the night? Aren't you afraid?"
The four women all stared at Huang Wenjun.
Huang Wenjun looked embarrassed. He was only in his twenties at that time.
His clothes had been torn in many places during his escape, exposing his skin. There was a lot of grass foam on his hair, and there were a lot of mud spots on his body and face.
Huang Wenjun looked around and when he didn't find anything wrong, he walked towards the small building.
When he got in front of the four women, Huang Wenjun was stunned.
He found that except for the old woman, the other three women were very beautiful and had attractive figures. Their skirts were thin and light, and Huang Wenjun could see the thighs and plump breasts of the three young women.
"Stranger, why don't you answer me?"
The old woman seemed a little angry, and there was a hint of displeasure in her tone.
The other three young and beautiful women sat on the stone benches, covering their mouths with their sleeves and giggling.
(to be continued)
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