We lay in the furrows of the field, waiting for the five dead ghosts to get lucky, and then followed the direction they appeared. Now we could turn on the flashlight, and soon found a winding dirt line in the snow. Following this line, we chased to a ravine. The edge of the ravine was full of mud. It seemed that the soil in the sedan had been poured into the ravine.
Damn it, what are they trying to do? Taking soil from over there and filling the ditch over here, are they going to build a house here? That's too big a project. Besides, this is close to the barren hills and there are no people. Building a house here is crazy, isn't it
Shen Bing and Wang Zijun were so tired that they sat on the ground, rubbing their feet. To be honest, after walking in the muddy snow for half the night, I was too tired to walk anymore. I wanted to notify Su Yao to drive over to pick us up. But there was no mobile phone and no road, so the car couldn't drive in. Forget it, I rested for a while and walked back again.
It was already four in the morning when we got back to the car. Before we said anything, Lu Fei pointed to the small temple in the north with a surprised look on his face and said, "A little after one o'clock, there were constant flashes in the temple, which attracted many trucks to stop and watch. Later, a few brave drivers discussed going over to take a look, but were driven away by Su Yao, who was afraid that the five ghosts would come back and scare these people again."
Su Yao also frowned and said, "it seems that there is really something wrong with that small temple."
I looked up and thought about it. It was a little after one o'clock. It seemed that Lao Qian was arguing with the five ghosts. Why was the small temple flashing? What was the coincidence? They all asked me what I thought of. I lowered my head and said, "Don't put so much hope on me, okay? I feel a lot of pressure."
Shen Bing chuckled: "He's not under a lot of pressure, he just can't think of anything at all. Please don't make things difficult for our country bumpkin."
"Your country bumpkin is sometimes quite cute." Su Yao smiled, covering her mouth.
Uh, I have become the bumpkin of Shen Bing's family. Am I getting the upper hand or am I being abused
It was obviously inappropriate to go to the small temple now. We had been walking for most of the night and had exhausted most of our energy. If there was an evil spirit in the temple, we might not be able to deal with it. Besides, this was a temple, so there couldn't be any evil spirits. I explained to them that it was the God of Land who sneezed, and I also adapted a ghost story that my father had told me to fool them.
You said that they all looked quite smart, but they actually believed my nonsense. So no one paid attention to the small temple anymore and drove back to the county town.
We agreed on the way that I would accompany Lu Fei back to Shijiazi Temple in the morning, first to help his elder brother with his coffin, and second to ask Lao Qian what the hell was going on with the five ghosts. Although I made up a lie that this small temple was the result of the God of Land sneezing, I still asked Su Yao to check which village built this small temple and when it was built, to see if there were any old people who knew more stories about this small temple.
Wang Zijun asked me: "You two are going to Shijiazi Temple, what about us?"
"Sleep, or draw a talisman."
“I have drawn a lot…”
"If you really can't sit still, why don't you go dig up this grave and see what's underneath. I think there's something weird in there." I teased him casually.
Wang Zijun hung his head and said, "Then I'd better go to sleep. What if I dig someone's grave and get squashed into a dwarf eggplant?"
His words immediately made all of us open our mouths, not even daring to laugh. This monkey kid unintentionally implicated the image of Su Yao's husband, so who among us dared to speak up
Su Yao seemed to realize who he was referring to. She kept silent and looked gloomy. The atmosphere was quite depressing all the way back to the hotel. After entering the room, we all called out to Wang Zijun. This monkey boy yelled that he wanted to take a bath and ran away quickly.
At eight o'clock in the morning, Lu Fei woke me up. He seemed to have not slept all night, and his eyes were red. Maybe he was sad again because he thought of his dead elder brother. They were different from other brothers because their parents died early. The elder brother played the role of parents and raised him since he was ten years old. The brotherly relationship was very deep.
We didn't eat anything, and went outside to take a taxi to Shijiazi Temple. After two days, the ice and snow on the road had basically melted away, and it was broad daylight, so the driver dared to run this business.
Su Yao did not break her promise. She hired a professional vigil to help with the funeral. When we entered the house, the coffin was ready, painted, and ready for burial. At the call of Lao Qian, the neighbors in the village also gathered at their house to help with the funeral.
Generally, the coffin is done in the afternoon, but the folk custom changes every three miles, and the neighboring villages are different. Shijiazi Temple burial is done after lunch, and it is still early now. Lu Fei complained to the villagers that his eldest brother died and went out without returning, so he was quickly asked to put on mourning clothes and go to the spirit shed to keep vigil. I saw Lao Qian sitting outside the spirit shed, directing everyone to work.
The old man didn't look very good, his face was a little pale, it was obvious that he was injured in the fight with the five ghosts last night. So I walked over and sat down on an empty bench. When Lao Qian saw me, he seemed to see through my thoughts and walked away. He looked busy, but it was all fake, as if he was avoiding me.
I thought that he probably didn't notice us peeking behind the tree last night, but the old man was very wary of me, which meant he knew I had visited the grave and wanted to get the truth from him, so he didn't want to give me a chance to speak. What secrets were there that the old man didn't want his beloved apprentice to know, and he didn't want any outsiders to know
The old man didn't give me a chance, and I couldn't follow him around, so I could only stand in the yard like a fool, because I didn't know anyone and had nothing to do, so I could only stand there like a fool. You said that the fool didn't know who took the name, so he was just a fool, and he was still a fool!
After waiting for a while, Lao Qian told people to cook, but he slipped out the door. I saw the opportunity, so I followed him out, walked behind him and whispered: "Master Qian, your hand of Purgatory Fire was very handsome last night!"
Old Qian shuddered, turned around and stared at me, and asked in surprise: "How do you know I used the Purgatory True Fire last night?"
Hehe, it's my turn to keep you in suspense. Didn't you just keep me in suspense? Now I can't tell you straight out. I waved to him, walked to a place where there was no one, and whispered to him, "If you had sealed the Nine-Character Mantra on the Yin Mu Tong Gui Pillar last night and used the Purgatory True Fire, none of the five dead ghosts would have escaped." I still didn't tell him how I knew that, you'll be so anxious!
Old Qian sighed and said, "The heir of ghost affairs is really powerful. Nothing can escape your discerning eyes. Alas, I have used the Nine-Character Mantra many times in a row during this period. I can't use it again, otherwise I will end up like Lu Fei. But you guessed wrong, old nephew. The Nine-Character Mantra can seal the Yin Mu Tong Ghost Stake, but it can't seal the Underworld Seal. Last time, I only killed one, and the other four borrowed the sedan chair to escape."
Oh, so that’s what happened. There was one dead ghost missing that time, and it was indeed killed by Lao Qian.
"Master Qian, can you tell me what the Five Ghosts are trying to do?" I asked.