On the day He Shiqi was born, a strange thing happened: all the dogs in the village barked and ran to Old He's house to watch He Shiqi's birth. From then on, wherever He Shiqi went, the dogs followed him, and sometimes they would catch rabbits from the mountains and send them to He Shiqi as a gift.
Therefore, He Shiqi knew all the dogs in the village. They were all brothers he had played with since childhood.
He Shiqi immediately went to Wangcai. Wangcai looked at him with sobs and licked his hand with his tongue, as if saying goodbye to him: Brother, I'm leaving first. From now on, I will let the black dog Lai Fu catch rabbits for you.
He Shiqi scratched his head in confusion: "Acai, why are you crying? Haven't you eaten? Go and eat quickly." As He Shiqi said this, he untied the rope of Wangcai.
The whole village was watching Fairy Li setting up the altar, and no one noticed He Shiqi releasing the dog.
When Wangcai saw that the rope was untied, he ran through the dog hole without looking back.
He Shiqi still smiled and waved: "Go and eat quickly, don't be hungry." After that, he turned around and continued to look for Lian Youyou, but saw that Lian Youyou had squeezed to the front and was approaching Liu Qiang's body.
"Offer incense..." Li Xiangu stretched out her hand, and the attendant handed over three half-meter-high incense sticks. Li Xiangu held the incense sticks and bowed, then inserted them into the huge incense burner, then raised her hands to the sky and began to chant: "En~~~Ah~~~~~~~"
The villagers who were watching immediately became nervous and watched intently without blinking. Even when Lian Youyou was almost close to the corpse, no one noticed.
"Heaven and earth, please help me—ah~~~~Earth and earth, please help me~~~~Ah~~~~" Fairy Li chanted and danced at the same time. Her incantation was unclear, so people thought she was chanting a incantation, but in fact she might be chanting about what to eat that day.
Li Xiangu jumped around, then suddenly stopped, staring straight ahead with her snow-white eyes, and exclaimed, "What are you doing?!"
Everyone then looked in the direction of Li Xiangu's hand and saw Lian Youyou reaching out to touch the corpse. Everyone looked horrified and exclaimed in shock. Someone actually likes to touch corpses, what a pervert!
Lian Youyou's hand paused in mid-air, and she stared at Li Xiangu, black eyes against white eyes. Suddenly, Lian Youyou smiled at Li Xiangu, but a hint of coldness appeared in her black eyes.
Immediately, Li Xiangu felt an inexplicable fear, and this fear swept through her body at Lian Youyou's smile. Her white eyes widened in fear, and she felt that Lian Youyou seemed to be able to see through her completely, to see through all her tricks, and to make it impossible for her to continue to gain a foothold in the world of charlatans!
"Whose girl is this? What's the matter with her?"
"Take it away! You are hindering the fairy from performing the ritual here!"
Everyone was terrified, not because Lian Youyou dared to touch the corpse, but because they were afraid of angering the fairy.
Sure enough, the fairy lady was furious: "Where did this stupid girl come from to make trouble here and anger the gods!"
I don't know who made this rule, but whenever the fairy chants a spell, it means that the spirit has begun to possess the body. Which fairy has so much free time that he is willing to possess the body of a menopausal virgin
Liu Qiang's nephews immediately rushed forward angrily and tried to drag Lian Youyou away.
"What are you doing——" He Shiqi suddenly roared and rushed out, protecting Lian Youyou, "No one of you is allowed to touch my master! Go away! Go away!"
Everyone was stunned. Isn't this the fool He Shiqi
"Hey! Isn't this the idiot from the next village?!"
"Yes! It's him. He's famously handsome, but unfortunately he's a fool."
"This idiot is actually protecting that little girl. Is he a fool?"
"That's just a silly girl~~" said a man from South Village who came to watch the fun, immediately attracting the attention of everyone around him.
The people of South Village began to speak.
"The girl Ah Qi carried down the mountain yesterday was a silly girl. The He family wanted to keep her as Ah Qi's wife."
"Oh~~~~~" Everyone nodded suddenly, but they didn't see the old couple He hiding behind them trembling in fear. They didn't dare to let their son marry a witch.
“She, she is not Sha Gu.” Lin Yuniang said tremblingly. Everyone heard her words and looked at her. She pointed fearfully at Lian Youyou in the yard and said, “She, she, she might be... is..." Lin Yuniang trembled and did not dare to say that Lian Youyou was a monster. She shrank behind her old man and glanced at Lian Youyou fearfully.
What is this? The villagers were puzzled. Was Ah Qin's mother also stupid today? Why was she speaking incoherently
Lian Youyou was behind He Shiqi, touching her chin with her right hand, still staring at the corpse. Her expression made people feel creepy. How could a normal person stare at a corpse
"Hey! Where's the black dog? Why is the black dog gone?" Finally someone noticed that the black dog was missing, and all of a sudden, the yard was in turmoil. The black dog was the most important thing in the ritual, and losing the black dog was like losing the medicine to make people panic.
"Look for it quickly!"
"How can we exorcise evil spirits without the black dog?"
"Everyone, hurry up and catch another one! If this evil spirit can't get away, our whole village will suffer!"
Amid the chaos of people coming and going, only Lian Youyou stood steadily. She stretched out her hand and with a "swish", she lifted the white cloth covering Liu Qiang's body!
It’s such a hot summer!
The corpse would have already smelled bad if left for a day!
Why do we cover the body with a cloth? In addition to showing respect for the deceased and preventing the body from scaring people, another purpose is to suppress the stench of the corpse.
Lian Youyou's lifting of the lid was like opening the roof of a latrine, and the indescribable sour and stinky smell instantly filled the entire yard. Immediately, all the people who were frantically looking for the black dog in the yard stopped, and the villagers outside the gate of the courtyard quickly covered their noses.
But even so, it did not deter everyone from their enthusiasm for watching the fun. They covered their noses and endured the stench and continued. How boring is this mountain
"Ah—you crazy woman—Aqiang—" Liu Qiang's mother screamed and rushed towards Lian Youyou, "You crazy woman—crazy woman—"
"What are you doing!" He Shiqi stood in front of Liu Qiang's mother and yelled, "You are the crazy woman - stay away from my master -" He Shiqi's ferocious roar scared all the Liu family members.
Throughout the ages, ordinary people have had an inexplicable fear of fools.
"Stop making noise." Just as everyone was standing there in a daze, Lian Youyou suddenly raised her hand, but her eyes were still fixed on Liu Qiang's corpse, which was already rotten and had water on its skin. "I just want to see how he died, hush—" Lian Youyou raised her index finger and walked around the yard.
Everyone stared at her blankly. It should be said that they were frightened by her words. What? This crazy woman wanted to see how Liu Qiang died
The next moment, Lian Youyou placed her hand on Liu Qiang's face, which had turned cold and black. (To be continued)