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At the end of 1939, just after the Spring Festival, a group of Japanese invaders entered the county town, and hundreds of them occupied the county town. The county town governed dozens of towns and hundreds of villages. When the villagers learned that the Japanese invaders had entered the city, they were like ants on a hot pot, and they were very anxious.
They all knew that the Japanese devils were evil and murderous. Many people secretly joined the revolutionary army to resist. Some villages were relocated as a whole.
This includes Hongxiang Village.
However, Hong Xiangcun did not go anywhere else. Instead, under the leadership of the person in charge at the time, he went into the mountains and forests to hide.
Later, when the Japanese devils were searching the mountains, the villagers discovered this cave, and then they moved around and hid inside the cave.
In the cave, they started a new life. Apart from going out hunting, they were self-sufficient and caught black fish in the underground river.
Over time, the villagers in Hongxiang Village lost contact with the outside world. But a few years later, in 1943, the villagers in the cave were infected with a disease one after another.
The disease was very serious at the time. First, people had difficulty breathing, then they began to vomit blood. After vomiting blood, their bodies became weak and many people died. Even those who recovered a little were still destroyed by the disease later.
There is a "Tianwu" in Hongxiang Village, which is what we call a witch.
She was an old woman. After the disease appeared, she began to spread the news in the stone cave of Hongxiang Village, saying that the disease was a "bad result" caused by evil spirits entering the body. At that time, most of the villagers of Hongxiang Village who didn't know what was going on believed the witch's words.
But even with Tian Wu's magic, people still died one after another, and the epidemic was uncontrollable and became more and more serious.
At first, the village chief was Nangong Yang's father, Nangong Zhenhua. After Nangong Zhenhua died, Nangong Yang took over the position of chief.
Nangong Yang had no way to change the status quo. After obtaining the consent of the villagers of Hongxiang Village, he decided to leave the cave alone and go outside to seek medical treatment. Later, Nangong Yang left.
Before leaving, Nangong Yang gave a red oil umbrella that was passed down from his family to his lover, who was also a female ghost.
The female ghost's name is Lu Sujie.
When she learned that Nangong Yang was leaving and heading out of the cave alone, she was also very worried. But there was no other way, she knew Nangong Yang's character, so she could only obey.
Later, Nangong Yang left the cave, but he never came back.
Since Nangong Yang left the cave, within two years, all the villagers in Hongxiang Village died, and there were almost no survivors. The last person left was the female ghost Lu Sujie.
At that time, Lv Sujie was holding a red oil umbrella and waiting for her lover Nangong Yang in the stone cave. But Nangong Yang never came back.
Later, Lu Sujie, who was becoming increasingly thin, began to cough up blood. A few days later, Lu Sujie passed away.
The ghost girl Lu Sujie also mentioned the stone pestle made of a pile of stones. She told me that the stone pestle was left by the celestial witch, and the cloth strips hanging on it were all torn from the bodies of people in each household. This is a custom of praying for blessings.
But even with their prayers, the villagers could not escape their fate. All the people who came after them died.
After an unknown amount of time, Lv Sujie found herself alive again. At the time, she didn't know she had become a ghost. Later, she stopped eating and drinking, and couldn't touch her body, so she knew she was dead.
However, she did not leave the cave because she was still hoping that her lover Nangong Yang would come back.
My master and I also
Everyone knows.
Looking at the sad female ghost with red umbrella, I didn't know what to say for a moment.
On the contrary, my master Zhang Chu looked calm and said to the female ghost: "Miss Lu, since you already know that you are dead, then don't wait in vain. It is not the 1990s anymore, it is already 2017. Even if your Nangong Yang is alive, I am afraid he is too old to be recognized."
The red umbrella ghost cried and sobbed, "But I don't want to give up waiting. I hope he can come back. He won't die. He will definitely live a healthy life."
My master Zhang Chu shook his head and said, "You are really an infatuated woman."
But the red umbrella ghost stared at me and my master Zhang Chu with a serious look, and said, "Two masters, I know you are both very powerful, and I am no match for you. But I hope you won't destroy anything here, including these corpses, which were buried in water by Tianwu before he died."
"If you destroy these corpses, you will violate the taboo."
Is it a taboo? I don't think there is any taboo.
I said, "Miss Lu, I am a Taoist priest who catches ghosts. I have already said it. I can tell you clearly that it was a mistake for that witch to soak these corpses in water. Although I don't know what method she used to prevent these corpses from being completely corroded over the years. But I know that the corpse is the root of the soul. Only when the root is broken can the soul go to the underworld to be reborn with peace of mind."
"That is to say, the witch not only bound the bodies of the villagers of Hongxiang Village, but also made their souls care about them. Even if their souls are reincarnated, they may still bless some of their thoughts in their previous lives. This is not good, and it is also unfair to them."
"They lived in such a turbulent era, and they all died because of some kind of epidemic. Now their souls have been reincarnated as humans or other things. Don't you want them to spend their reincarnation in peace? Do you still want them to feel that they still have some unresolved thoughts?"
"Therefore, only by burning these corpses can their souls in the afterlife be at peace and start their lives again."
The red umbrella ghost girl listened to what I said but didn't respond or nod.
Her eyes were fixed on the corpses. I couldn't guess what she was thinking.
I was a little thirsty and couldn't stand it any longer, so I asked, "Miss Lu, what do you think? Don't just stand there, you have to say something to me. Even though you are a ghost, I still want to hear what you have to say."
Unexpectedly, the red umbrella ghost Lv Sujie turned around and asked me: "If I don't agree with your opinion, can you not destroy these corpses?"
I thought about it and didn't know how to answer, so I looked at my master Zhang Chu.
My master Zhang Chu said very straightforwardly: "I'm sorry, we can't agree to your request. We will definitely destroy the corpses. On the one hand, it is to cut off the roots of their souls. On the other hand, it is also because the corpse worms in these corpses have already had an impact on the outside world. So the corpses must be destroyed."
Silence, the scene became quiet again.
The female ghost under the red umbrella floated there quietly, without saying a word.
Just as I was about to speak, my master made a silencing gesture to me, telling me not to make a sound.
After about five or six minutes, the red umbrella ghost finally spoke up and said, "Okay then! I'll allow you to destroy these corpses... But I also have a request."
The red umbrella ghost was bargaining with us, and I immediately thought of what the ghost might ask for.
I grinned and asked in a deep voice, "You don't want us to help you find
That Nangong Yang, right? "
Unexpectedly, the red umbrella ghost nodded and said, "Yes, Master, this is what I ask. As long as you agree to my request, I will not stop you from destroying these corpses."
I was a little dissatisfied and asked, "What if Nangong Yang is already dead? You won't ask us to help you find his soul, right?"
The red umbrella ghost stopped talking.
Who would have thought that my heartless master Zhang Chu would speak up at this time. He smiled and said, "Miss Lu, this is easy. We agree to your request. If you can't find that Nangong Yang, we will help you summon his soul. How do you think?"
I stared at my master with displeasure and whispered, "Master, what if Nangong Yang is already dead and reincarnated? Where can I go to summon his soul? Besides, summoning his soul requires a lot of things. All of Nangong Yang's relatives are dead. Not a hair is left. There is no birth date. How can I summon his soul?"
In fact, I had almost concluded in my heart that Nangong Yang was dead.
After all, Nangong Yang was already 22 years old in 1943, so if we count it now, he is already 96 years old. There may be many people over 96 years old in the country, but in terms of life expectancy, few people can live to such an old age.
But my master looked at me sideways and said, "That's it. Tianyi, don't say anything more."
I was so pissed off by my master Zhang Chu that my face turned pale with anger.
"Will you really help me?"
The red umbrella ghost girl Lu Sujie asked with some concern.
My master Zhang Chu said with a smile: "Don't worry, Miss Lu, we will help you."
Maybe my master’s attitude touched the Red Umbrella Ghost, she actually nodded and said, “Okay, then our agreement is reached, you can burn these corpses now.”
Although I was very reluctant in my heart, I still followed my master's advice.
I was thinking about how to help the female ghost find her lover Nangong Yang. Should we go directly to the police station to find her, or call back the spirit... ... Oh! It's quite troublesome.
But my master said to the female ghost shamelessly: "Miss Lu, wait a minute, I'm afraid you still need to help us. My disciple needs to carve a 'fire array' on the ground and wait for the fire array to be activated. Then you can recite your spells and guide the corpses into the array."
"This way, it will be easier to burn those rotten corpses!"
The red umbrella ghost nodded to show her agreement.
Seeing that I was still standing there, my master urged me, "Tianyi, hurry up and carve the fire formation, so that Miss Lu can help drive away those corpses later."
As he said this, my master Zhang Chu secretly winked at me a few times.
Then without thinking much, I ran to an open space and carved some runes on the ground.
The runes of the magic array are exactly the "fire magic array" that I learned from the Yin-Yang Soul Crossing Notes. The magic array can be activated by using talismans and 81 fire talismans.
Soon, I finished carving the fire-burning array. The carving materials were cinnabar mixed with chicken blood and incense burner ash.
Eighty-one fire talismans were placed in eighty-one directions respectively.
Then, I chanted the spell and activated a fire talisman at the same time.
Afterwards, the entire fire-burning magic circle was instantly filled with flames, and the orange-yellow flames formed a large circle with a diameter of five or six meters.
When my master Zhang Chu saw the fire formation start, he shouted to the red umbrella ghost above the stone house: "Miss Lu, start now. You can use the spell to guide the corpses into the formation now."
(to be continued)
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