The Pheasant Essence is going to be a big monster

The lettuce is overgrown, and the bright moon frightens the birds.

In the deep mountains, Ye Ke broke the silence and ran in a hurry.

There were two people who came, one of them dragged his feet, his left and right were heavy, he seemed to be seriously injured, the other supported him, and looked back from time to time.It was pitch black behind the two of them, and they couldn't see anything, but there seemed to be some dark object chasing after them, silently but ready to go.

The two hurriedly turned around a few big trees, and suddenly opened up in front of their eyes. Under the silver-white moonlight, a dilapidated ruin was illuminated. The faded yellow walls were mottled, and the words "Namo Amitabha" were written in large characters. They didn't know what it was The temple at that time was left alone after being dilapidated.

"Master Dao, you are bleeding too much, we might as well hide for a while." Ji Xiaocai looked down as she said, but saw Gu Tailai's cold moon-like eyes tightly closed at the moment, his face was like gold paper, and his head was full of sweat , touched his back vest again, it was already wet, I don't know how long it has been since he passed out.Anxious in his heart, he immediately dragged Gu Tailai to the temple with all his strength.

After entering the temple, I found that it was really a small temple. There were two entrances in total. Half of the screen wall at the front door had collapsed, revealing the main hall with broken bricks and tiles behind. place.The censer fell to the ground, and the Buddha statue was already covered with cobweb dust. Looking at it in the moonlight, it looked a bit permeable!

Ji Xiaocai hurriedly helped Gu Tailai to sit under the desk and chair, and spread out his demon formation at the door, and just hit flint to check Gu Tailai's wound.But seeing that the chest of Gu Tailai's Taoist robe was torn open, revealing a piece of blood dripping, the place that was injured by the female ghost just now was darkened, and the poison of the corpse entered his body.

Ji Xiaocai felt very distressed when she saw it, wiped the cold sweat off Gu Tailai's forehead with her sleeve, and used her demon power to remove the poison from the corpse.He had only practiced his skills here for a while, and he could already hear the slight sound coming from the demon formation at the door. Ji Xiaocai pretended not to care, but secretly put out a hand, and when the wind came from behind her head, she turned her head decisively. With one palm, the thousand-year-old ghost was being sent flying several feet away.

Ji Xiaocai helped Gu Tailai to lie down under the desk, cast an enchantment to protect him, then muttered something, drew out his flying snow sword, posed a killing style, and slammed at the female ghost Coldly said: "This place today is where your soul is scattered. No one has ever hurt my wife, Ji Xiaocai, and she is still alive!"

"Crack!" Ji Xiaocai got slapped on the chin, covered her face and cried out in pain, "You, you, you, why are you fighting unruly!"

"Who doesn't obey the rules?" The cold voice pulled his face this time.

"It's you, ouch, you are a female ghost, men and women can't kiss each other, you can't talk about me..."

"Let go, Xiaosheng has...a wife!"

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

Ji Xiaocai opened her eyes in pain, and saw Gu Tailai's cold black face.

He shouted in surprise: "Master Taoist, are you awake?" He didn't finish his sentence, because he was ripped off, and the last two words were slurred.

"You should wake up!" Gu Tailai pulled a few more times before letting go of Ji Xiaocai's cheeky hand, and walked to the front.

Ji Xiaocai heard Gu Tailai thanking someone, the sounds of insects and birds, the snorting of animals, and the smell of hay and donkey manure in her ears, and finally she slowly remembered where she was now.

It turned out to be a dream...

Ji Xiaocai felt a little frustrated.

Gu Tailai walked back and called him: "Ji Xiaocai, come down soon!"

Only then did Ji Xiaocai say "Oh", and hurriedly jumped off the donkey cart with her bundle in her arms, patted the grass seeds and dust on her body, and bowed to the old man who gave them a ride for free: "Thank you, old man, for seeing me off."

The old man smiled and raised his whip, and the donkey whined, and pulled the old cart away.

Ji Xiaocai watched the old man disappear into the twilight, and then remembered to look around.

They were standing at the edge of a woodland.

It was only noon when we left, but it was already evening at this time, half of the sky was dyed red by the rosy clouds, and the sun was dazzling behind the clouds. The whole sky was covered by large swaths of purple, golden red, and blue, which was simply beautiful. You can't take your eyes off it.Ji Xiaocai couldn't help opening her eyes wide, and looked at the sun stupidly, the color like flames had always been his most yearning and favorite.

Gu Tailai walked for a while and found that Ji Xiaocai didn't follow, so he turned back to lead him helplessly, and saw Ji Xiaocai staring at the sky in a daze, the sun had already set, but he still didn't realize it, looking at the night sky where the stars began to twinkle , almost drooling.

Gu Tailai couldn't help shaking his head: "It's getting more and more stupid." He took Ji Xiaocai's hand and dragged him forward.

Another day will be the [-]th day of July, which is the day when people worship their ancestors. Taoism calls it "the day of forgiveness of sins by local officials". Souls and wild ghosts, begging for good weather, peace and prosperity for the country and the people.It was originally a great opportunity to make money, but it is a pity that Gu Tailai did not accept the errand of doing business, and because he still has some money, he might as well find a small town to see if there is any job of subjugating demons and killing demons, and hang out at random day.

Ji Xiaocai felt that there was something hidden in Gu Tailai's words, but she couldn't figure it out, so she just followed him in the car in a daze, couldn't help but dozed off on the way, and when she woke up, she got out of the car and saw that she was in some kind of mountain.

Gu Tailai dragged him through the forest, he seemed to be able to see at night, he didn't light up the lamp, Ji Xiaocai was a demon in the first place, so he didn't care.

The two walked in the forest for a while, and gradually saw that the front opened up. When they went out, they found a small valley. There was a small village at the bottom of the valley. From the beginning to the end of the village, there were about ten families. Looking at the harmonious shadow, I heard a few dogs barking and chickens barking occasionally.

Gu Tailai had inquired from the old man who drove the car in advance, and he knew that there was a Zhangjia Village here, and the people in the village lived on hunting and were hospitable and simple.The old man who drove the carriage had a distant relative who also lived here, and he sent a letter in advance, when Gu Tailai and Ji Xiaocai went down to the bottom of the valley, he saw someone waiting at the entrance of the village, and waved enthusiastically when he saw them.

It was a young man with a solid figure and thick arms. He looked like a good chicken and wild boar catcher, so Ji Xiaocai couldn't help but lose his legs when he saw him, and he could stand upright by relying on Gu Tailai.He claimed to be Zhang Yuan, the son of the village head, and he came here specially to wait for Gu Tailai and the two of them, and he enthusiastically came to pick up the burden in Ji Xiaocai's hand as he spoke.

Ji Xiaocai was very afraid of him, but she still remembered to take good care of the "full possessions" in her hands, and refused to let go. Seeing that he refused to let him go, Zhang Yuan didn't insist, and led the two of them in with a smile.

When a few people passed by an open space in the village, they saw the Shigutai and the Dharma altar that had been tied up. They thought that the village had invited Taoist priests to perform ceremonies tomorrow.

When Zhang Yuan saw Gu Tailai's clothes, he said embarrassedly: "I knew that a Taoist priest would come, so I didn't ask someone to invite other people to come. This would be very embarrassing to Father Wang." .”

Gu Tailai shook his head: "I don't do things."

Zhang Yuan gave a strange "Huh" sound: "The Taoist priest doesn't do things, so what do he do on weekdays? Do you look at Fengshui?"

Gu Tai said: "I only subdue demons and eliminate demons."

As soon as he said this, Zhang Yuan's face changed slightly, and he said soon after, "Where are there so many demons and ghosts in the world?"

Gu Tailai leaned over and said, "Yes, that's why I'm poor."

Zhang Yuan laughed "haha" and said, "Master Daoist, you are so interesting!"

Gu Tailai only looked at him and didn't laugh along with him.

A few people walked to a big house in the village. They said it was a big house, but it was more luxurious than the surrounding houses. It was incomparable with the big families in the affluent south of the Yangtze River. Zhang Yuan opened the courtyard door and invited Gu Tai Lai and Ji Xiaocai went in, but at this moment someone came out just as they bumped into the room.Zhang Yuan rushed up to greet him and said, "Father, I have invited guests."

Ji Xiaocai saw three people standing at the door of the house, an old man, a middle-aged man, and a man with a long face, slender eyebrows and eyes, looking quite eerie, a Taoist priest.

The Taoist was stunned when he saw Gu Tailai and Ji Xiaocai, and looked them back and forth several times with his narrow eyes.His eyes were slender, and his eyes were wet and cold when he looked at people. When Ji Xiaocai looked at him, she felt as if a snake or insect had crawled over her face, and her whole body was covered with goosebumps.Gu Tailai took a step forward, keeping Ji Xiaocai behind him, and he felt better.

The Taoist looked at Gu Tailai, snorted coldly and said, "Mr. Zhang, what do you mean?"

It was the old man who was called, and hurried up to explain: "These two are Zhang Shun's guests, they just came to the village for a short stay, and have nothing to do with tomorrow's sacrifice."

The middle-aged man also hurriedly echoed: "Yes, yes, yes, they are my wife's distant relatives. They just came to the village for a short stay. Of course, we have to trouble Taoist Priest Yuan Zhen for the sacrifice."

The Taoist looked at Gu Tailai again, and then said arrogantly: "Anyway, the conditions we just said are indispensable, otherwise, you can ask him to handle tomorrow's affairs." After finishing speaking, he did not look at the village head and Zhang Shun and Zhang Shun walked away on their own with embarrassment on their faces. When passing by Gu Tailai, they deliberately slowed down their pace and cast a sharp glance, which seemed to be a little bit of contempt for each other.

Village head Zhang waited until the Taoist priest had gone far before he dared to come up to meet Gu Tailai, and he was a little afraid of the former in his attitude.When they entered the room, they only told Zhang Yuan to treat the guests well, and then brought Zhang Shun into the back room. Both of them were in a hurry, as if they had something urgent to discuss.

Both Gu Tailai and Ji Xiaocai ran for a long time, their stomachs were growling with hunger, and they only thought about food.Since the people in this family village make a living from hunting, what they cook are rare wild game.The daughter-in-law of the Zhang family brought four dishes, a dish of fried wild pork with shredded bamboo shoots, a dish of black tiger palm mushroom and pheasant chicken soup, a dish of braised venison jerky in sauce, and a wild vegetable cake. Crispy, it feels a little salty when you first eat it, but it feels very fresh when you finish the aftertaste.

Ji Xiaocai just ate the cake, and didn't even dare to look at the pheasant soup. Zhang's daughter-in-law was so hospitable, she specially served him a big bowl, and put it in front of him. only chicken legs.

Gu Tai came to see Ji Xiaocai sitting across from her with her head shrunk, with a look of wanting to cry but not daring to cry, she really wanted to pinch his face, and she finally endured it.

Zhang Yuan is an acquaintance, he gets excited as soon as he chats, and he goes to the inner room to bring out the jar of wine, saying that it is a good home-brewed wine, called "Drunk Dead Donkey", the name is rustic, and he knows it is strong when he hears it. liquor.

Gu Tailai also drank in the past, but because he was poor, he was usually quite restrained. Ji Xiaocai had never seen him drunk, and did not know how much he drank.Zhang Yuan brought out the altar of wine, put it on the table, and said that he wanted to compare wine with Gu Tailai, if he didn't get drunk, he would never return!His daughter-in-law smiled and said, "I have something to do early in the morning, so don't waste your time with drinking." As she spoke, she put a stack of sea bowls on the table, showing that she was quite confident in her husband's drinking capacity.

The statue of Gu Tailai also became interested, he lined up the sea bowls on the table, and said to Ji Xiaocai, "You come too."

Ji Xiaocai said "ah", "I'm not very good at drinking."

Zhang Yuan patted the table next to him and laughed, "Master Gu, why are you so delicate, you look like a girl!"

Ji Xiaocai got angry on the spot. After thinking and thinking, she slapped down the table loudly and said, "Xiaosheng is an upright man. In the future, he will marry...marry..." Looking at Gu Tailai, he really didn't have the courage to say it , I had to swallow it and say, "Anyway, I'll compare with you!"

After such a fuss, it was not closed until midnight.

Zhang Yuan was [-]% drunk, Gu Tailai was not much different from usual except for his blushing, as for Ji Xiaocai, he was completely drunk, but fortunately he didn't make noise when he was drunk, he just sat aside, blushing , looked at Gu Tailai with two bright eyes, and secretly smirked while watching - well, Gu Tailai felt that Ji Xiaocai's behavior was actually quite intrusive.

Zhang Yuan's daughter-in-law carried a lantern and sent Gu Tailai and the others to the guest room.

The guest room is on the west side of the big house, not far away, but Ji Xiaocai's legs are so weak that she can't walk at all, Gu Tailai has no choice but to carry him on his back.Ji Xiaocai lay on Gu Tailai's shoulder but was dishonest. She rubbed back and forth, even played with Gu Tailai's hair with her hands, and braided a few locks of his hair, thinking that others didn't know, so she was so happy that she hiccupped while drinking. sniggering.

The daughter-in-law of the Zhang family looked at it and almost died of laughter, and said, "Master Daoist, you two have such a good relationship!"

Gu Tailai was stunned for a moment, with a wry smile on his lips.

Leading them to the front of the guest room, the daughter-in-law of Zhang's family was worried about Zhang Yuan, so she went back first, and told them that the mattresses in the house had been laid, but before leaving, she suddenly added: "Master Dao, we are here in the mountains at night. Some wild animals often come down the mountain to look for food, usually they are not in the way, but they will make trouble when they see strangers, so if you hear something, you'd better not look at it, and don't go out, lest you will be in danger."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Gu Tailai to answer, he left in a hurry, as if someone was chasing after him.Seeing the lantern disappearing in the night, Gu Tailai narrowed his eyes slightly.

At this moment, Ji Xiaocai started to make a fuss, and said inarticulately: "Drink, drink again, Xiaosheng will become a big monster in the future...don't be afraid to drink...come again!" Twirling on Gu Tailai's back like a twisted hip, Gu Tailai Before Lai could react, he already let out an "oops" and fell backwards, almost knocking Gu Tailai down, and kept giggling.

Gu Tailai was so angry that he slapped Ji Xiaocai on the bottom, hugged him horizontally, threw him on the bed in the room, and fetched water to wipe his face.

Under the moonlight, Ji Xiaocai's face was flushed, and wherever Gu Tailai rubbed him, he twisted wherever he went, humming quite comfortably, Gu Tailai looked at him, and couldn't help stretching out his hand to pinch his face.

Ji Xiaocai didn't know if she was awake or not, she frowned and said, "Don't move..."

Gu Tailai thought it was fun, so he went to pinch the other side.Ji Xiaocai simply stretched out her hand and waved it like chasing flies, and said in her mouth, "Xiaosheng is a big monster, I will eat you if I touch you!" Then she said, "I'm not afraid to scare you to death, Xiaosheng will marry...marry..." After all, I couldn't say it completely, and fell into a deep sleep with my arms around the quilt.

Gu Tailai pulled up the quilt for him, rubbed his hair, looked at him for a while, and then went to wash up.

Ji Xiaocai woke up thirsty in the middle of the night, and the moonlight was shining brightly on the window.He stumbled up and went to pour water on the table, but the teapot was dry.Alcohol burns his heart. At this time, he only thinks that it is better to drink water no matter what. It is not good to disturb the master's house. He vaguely remembered that there was a well in the courtyard of the Zhang family, so he opened the door to find water.

The bright moon hangs high, illuminating the surroundings clearly, like lighting thousands of night pearls.

Ji Xiaocai was still a little bit drunk, and walked slowly in Zhang's house, often looking up, she found a pillar in front of her, and almost got her nose bruised and her face swollen.He walked in such a disorderly manner, the more he walked, the more he didn't know where he was going. When he found out, he had already left the Zhang family's door.

In the middle of the night, Zhangjiacun fell into a deep sleep.The houses were all dark and silent.Ji Xiaocai suddenly had a very bad feeling.

The mountains and fields are full of aura, which is very kind to monsters, especially on the night of the full moon, which is the best time to absorb the moonlight, but Ji Xiaocai feels inexplicably cold at this time, and her whole body seems to be yelling that there is danger .Her heart was still hot and her mouth was dry, but Ji Xiaocai felt that she should turn back as soon as possible.

He tried hard to think about where he was now, and took a few steps towards the direction of the Zhang family he remembered, but he obviously misremembered. As he walked, he came to the empty space in the village where Shigutai and the altar were built. on the ground.Those high platforms built with huge wooden pillars and colored silk, as well as the incense burners placed on the platforms, looked inexplicably familiar under the moonlight. Ji Xiaocai tried hard to think, but still couldn't remember where she had seen them before. those things.

In the silence of everything, he suddenly caught something in his ears.The voice was vague and indeterminate, sometimes light and sometimes loud, sometimes far and sometimes near, as if someone was walking in the village, and his clothes were dragging on the ground and making a sound, rustling.Ji Xiaocai listened intently for a while, and the voice stopped, followed by a gentle knock on the door.

"Tu Tuk Tuk—" Knock three times, take a break, knock three more times, repeat this three times, and then rustle again, go to another door, knock on the door again, and then leave.

The houses in Zhangjia Village are arranged in a "Zigzag" shape, and the Shigu Terrace and the Dharma Altar are at the corner formed by the "Zhi" character. As he got closer and closer, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. It was the most tense moment when he suddenly felt a warm feeling behind his back, and he was pulled into his arms, and he almost jumped up.

"What are you doing out here in the middle of the night!" Gu Tailai asked.

Ji Xiaocai relaxed instantly, and asked, "Daoist, did you hear anything?"

Gu Tailai listened carefully: "No."

Ji Xiaocai let out a "huh" and pricked up her ears to listen, but the sound really disappeared.

Ji Xiaocai looked suspiciously at the direction where the voice originally came from. The end of the word "Zhi" is the corner where it meets Na. He stood at the end of the line and looked over, but couldn't see anything.

Gu Tailai asked him, "Why, what did you hear?"

Ji Xiaocai said, "Someone walked around, knocked on the door, and walked around again."

"Oh?" Gu Tailai seemed to be interested, so he said, "Then how about taking a look?" Without waiting for Ji Xiaocai's answer, he let go of Ji Xiaocai's waist and walked forward.At this moment, Ji Xiaocai realized how ambiguous Gu Tailai's posture was when she touched her just now, even though it was unintentional, her cheeks flushed, her heart seemed even hotter, and she hurriedly chased Gu Tailai away.

Under the moonlight, the two walked back and forth for a while, and then they arrived at the corner. The house standing at the corner was much larger than the surrounding ones. They didn't pay attention when they entered the village. They would look past it. Just found out.Although the house is big, it doesn't look like an ordinary house. It has a high roof but no chimney. It looks more like a warehouse.

Seemingly thinking of something, Gu Tailai looked back and asked, "Ji Xiaocai, have you noticed the layout of the houses in this village?"

Ji Xiaocai said, "Well, it's a zigzag."

Gu Tailai rubbed his chin and said, "Every corner of this zigzag, there is a larger house, which looks like a warehouse. The place we walked over just now has a Shigutai and altar. It’s the Zhang family’s ancestral hall, but I don’t know what it is at that point.”

Ji Xiaocai thought about it, and it was indeed the case. She felt a little strange, but she couldn't say why.

Gu Tailai turned the corner, and Ji Xiaocai quickly followed.The road out of the village is right in front of you, and there are two tall pillars standing at the entrance of the village not far away. I don't know if they are flagpoles or something else. They are bare and look very abrupt.

Gu Tailai stared at the flagpole for a while, then walked a few steps quickly, staring at the ground, Ji Xiaocai also followed his gaze, and saw a three-finger-wide mark on the road paved with broken bricks, which seemed to be a water mark , looming on the road, extending from the entrance of the village all the way.

The two of them chased the trace, and the trace turned in a zigzag shape, and every turning point must be in front of a house.Ji Xiaocai recalled the direction of the voice she heard before, no wonder it was far and near at times, and thought of the three knocks on the door under the moonlit night, she couldn't help but tremble slightly in her heart, guessing who it was, who came back late at night under the bright moon, but You can't get in if you knock on the door, you can only wander around repeatedly.

The two walked forward to the entrance of the village, but the water mark was broken here, seemingly out of nowhere.Ji Xiaocai looked into the vast night in the distance, trying to find the figure of the person who knocked at the door late at night, but the mountains were deep and the forest was high, so she couldn't see anything clearly.

Gu Tailai knelt down, dipped his hand in the mark, put it on his nose and sniffed it, and said, "Wine."

"Wine?" Ji Xiaocai also imitated Gu Tailai, dipped the trace with her hand and put it on the tip of her nose to smell it. It really smelled like a faint smell of wine. , Smelling a faint fragrance in the nose.

Gu Tailai followed the water mark and turned back, and at the door of every house, he saw a shallow puddle of water. The water mark turned all the way forward, and arrived at the big house where Gu Tailai and the others had just stood. The place to step disappeared.

Nowhere to come, nowhere to go.

"Could it be..."

Gu Tailai said, "It has nothing to do with us, mind your own business, go back to sleep."

Ji Xiaocai was just about to catch up, but couldn't move after a few steps, looked down, and saw a human hand stretched out from nowhere under the moonlight, grabbing his clothes tightly, and then looked up along the hand, facing A grinning face covered in blood and sweat.

With a cry of "ah", Ji Xiaocai pulled out the demon sword and slashed at that person...

Gu Tailai sat at the table, looking at the man who was buried in eating wild vegetable cakes with an unkind expression.Ji Xiaocai poured water on the side and said, "Eat slowly, you will choke."

This person was picked up by Ji Xiaocai from near the warehouse in the village just now. He is young and plain-looking. It seems that all the facial features are more ordinary than ordinary people. Even if they are combined together, they can't impress people. He has a shaved head. He tied a headband, and carried a grocer's grocery basket on his back, which contained many messy things, such as needlework and rouge, vegetables, fruits and vegetables, pens, inks, paper and inkstones, and some tinfoil incense candles and the like.

The man finished eating all the wild vegetable cakes in Ji Xiaocai's collection, and drank up the fresh water in the teapot. Then he patted his stomach and hiccupped. Thank you for saving my life!"

Ji Xiaocai grew up so old and hadn't been called a young hero yet. She found this quack-sounding title both novel and interesting, and she also followed his example. She cupped her fists to thank her, but Gu Tailai glanced at her and retracted angrily. .

Gu Tailai said coldly: "No need to thank you, leave early after eating, we are just borrowing."

Ji Xiaocai almost beheaded the young peddler just now, although Gu Tailai was naturally indifferent to others, and what he said was true, he felt a little embarrassed at this meeting, and quickly persuaded him: "It's still a few hours before dawn, you stay here Rest and wait until dawn before leaving.”

Gu Tailai raised his eyebrows: "Ji Xiaocai!"

Ji Xiaocai quickly flattered him and said, "Master Daoist, just stay for a few hours, I almost beheaded him just now, I'm really sorry."

Gu Tai came to see Ji Xiaocai, and said, "It's up to you." He lay down on the bed beside him, and didn't ask any more questions.

Ji Xiaocai explained to Jiang Yun again: "The Taoist priest is a good man, really, he just looks fierce."

Jiang Yun waved his hands boldly and said, "It doesn't get in the way, it doesn't get in the way."

Ji Xiaocai asked some more about how Jiang Yun came here.It turned out that Jiang Yun was a miscellaneous loan man who wandered around all the year round. He heard that there was a business to do in this mountain. He came from Miliu Town in the front. I entered the village after rolling down the mountain.When Ji Xiaocai saw him just now, he was hungry and in pain. He thought he was going to die, but if he saw someone, he would just hold on to him, and he would eat and drink enough, and after wrapping up the wound, he realized that it was actually just an injury. Just some skin trauma.

Ji Xiaocai suddenly remembered and asked, "Do you have wine in this basket? It's all spilled at the entrance of the village."

Jiang Yun said: "I didn't bring any wine, it was sold out in the previous town."

Ji Xiaocai felt a little strange. She thought Jiang Yun brought in the wine marks at the entrance of the village, but now she didn't look like it. She asked again, "When you first entered the village, did you knock on the doors of a few people for help?"

Jiang Yun said: "I can't remember clearly, maybe I did or maybe I didn't. I fell so badly that I didn't know anything. I saw you when I woke up."

In this way, it is even more wrong.

Ji Xiaocai couldn't figure it out, so she simply stopped thinking about it.

Jiang Yun spread straw mats and quilts on the ground, and Ji Xiaocai blew out the candles, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

At dawn, Ji Xiaocai was woken up by the noise from the outside room.When he woke up, he found that Gu Tailai had already got up, put on his clothes, and opened the window to look out. Jiang Yun was still sleeping soundly and deeply on the ground, snoring slightly.

Ji Xiaocai also leaned over to take a look. Looking out from their guest room, it was a backyard leading to the main house. Several people came and went in the yard, including Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan's wife, and Zhang Shun and some unknown villagers. Zhang Peng came out of the main house in a hurry, and several people went up to meet him, whispering something in their ears.While Zhang Peng was listening, his complexion became ugly. After finishing speaking, several people looked at Gu Tailai and the others in unison. Zhang Shun seemed to be asking Zhang Peng for instructions. The man followed him out of the house.

Zhang Yuan's daughter-in-law was the last one left. She stood in the yard for a while, collected some dried meat, and went to cook.

Gu Tailai put down the window sash and said to Ji Xiaocai, "Pack up your things, let's go."

Ji Xiaocai didn't understand why Gu Tailai suddenly said that he wanted to leave, but she packed her bags neatly.He really trusts Gu Tailai, and he only remembers that he will marry Gu Tailai in the future. Although his skills are not that great now, he also feels that as long as he treats Gu Tailai well, he will always remember it in his heart, so he is getting more and more "24" filial piety".

When I went out, I thought of Jiang Yunlai.Gu Tai said that he would leave naturally when he woke up, Ji Xiaocai was worried, and pushed Jiang Yun and said that we are leaving, will you go?Jiang Yun was still in a drowsy sleep, and vaguely said that he would stay for business.Ji Xiaocai left a note on the table for Zhang's family, and followed Gu Tailai to sneak out of the village regardless of whether others could understand it or not.

The village chief's house is actually at the beginning of the zigzag. Ji Xiaocai walked in the opposite direction last night. Now that the two of them wanted to leave secretly, they deliberately avoided the crowd.Coincidentally, at this time, the villagers seem to have gathered around the altar of the ancestral hall. Gu Tailai and Ji Xiaocai walked out of Zhang Peng's house without meeting anyone.

Ji Xiaocai heard the noise in front of her, she couldn't help but glanced, then looked again, she always felt that something was wrong, after thinking about it, she realized that the Shigutai and Fa who were standing tall were seen last night. The altar is gone.A group of noisy people were talking about something, Ji Xiaocai pricked up her ears to listen, and vaguely heard a few words such as "unlucky" and "sacrifice".

Gu Tailai gave him a hand and said, "Let's go." He deliberately turned his back on the group of people and walked out from the back of Zhang's house.Ji Xiaocai quickly put on her burden and chased after her.

The back of the Zhang family's house was leaning against the mountain wall. It seemed that there was no way to go, but the two of them couldn't help it.After walking for a while, a small path appeared between the trees ahead, which seemed to be deliberately opened up by someone.

Gu Tailai also saw it, and frowned slightly.Both of them are not familiar with the terrain here, so they couldn't judge where this trail leads to.But there are trees everywhere, so I walked down the path first, and after walking for a while, my eyes gradually opened up, and then a clearing appeared.

Ji Xiaocai couldn't help but let out a "Huh".The sun shines through the gaps in the trees, and it is shining on a ruin with yellow walls and blue tiles. On half of the remnant wall, there are big characters "Namo Amitabha Buddha" engraved on it.

Gu Tailai asked him, "What's wrong?"

Ji Xiaocai said: "I dreamed about it when I came here." Then she told the dream exactly, saying that she was chased and killed by a thousand-year-old ghost, how Gu Tailai was injured, and how the two escaped into this temple. He pretended to be a hero and said that no one could bully his wife.

When Gu Tailai heard this, his face turned ugly, and he said to Ji Xiaocai, "Go another way." The two of them went into the forest, walked for a while, and unexpectedly saw the temple from another direction, and walked in another direction. Not long after, I saw that temple again, with blue sky and white sun, it was like a ghost hitting a wall.

Gu Tai pulled out a piece of talisman paper from his arms, and read a few words in his mouth, but saw a blue flame burst out from the talisman paper, and it was burnt to ashes in an instant.He took out another piece of yellow paper, folded a paper crane, dotted cinnabar on the forehead of the paper crane, and threw it into the air. The paper crane flapped its wings and took two steps before landing.

Gu Tailai's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, he took out three copper coins for divination and threw them into the air, all the coins landed in his hands and he stood still, refusing to give a clear indication.

No matter how slow Ji Xiaocai was, she could still react at this time, it turned out to be a sign of great danger!

Originally, it was noon and the sky was clear, but thick snow rolled up at some point, covering the sky, and the forest was extremely dark.Gu Tailai didn't care much, and said to Ji Xiaocai: "Follow me closely." He drew out the dagger at his waist, and the dagger shot coldly, which made people feel a little relieved.

The two walked in the fourth direction, but this time they didn't see the temple again, because they walked back to the edge of the valley at the entrance of Zhangjiacun.Gu Tailai finally said solemnly, "If we can't stop this matter, I'm afraid we won't be able to get out."

Long strings of paper money are now tied to the two bare tall pillars at the entrance of Zhangjia Village, hanging all the way to the ground, swaying with the wind, as if calling for something, the Shigu Terrace in the village was erected again, many torches were lit in the open space, and the crowd Noisy.Ji Xiaocai's eyes were sharp, and she was very surprised when she saw the spirit tablet standing on the high platform and Jiang Yun who was tied up beside her, and asked, "Daozhang, what is this for?"

After Gu Tailai pulled Ji Xiaocai to hang it aside, he said in a low voice, "Sacrifice." Then he said, "There is probably something in this village."

Ji Xiaocai was stunned: "I didn't notice it at all."

Gu Tai said: "The people in the mountains rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and they often worship the mountain gods. Sometimes they are the real masters, and sometimes they may be monsters or even evil spirits who occupy the mountains as kings. Most of them are big guys. Maybe because they have entered his sphere of influence, So it is not easy to detect. Zhang Yuan wears a sachet around his neck, his wife also has it, and Zhang Shun also has it on his body. The things inside are probably used to avoid disasters.

The arrangement of the houses in Zhangjia Village is very strange. It seems to prevent something from entering the village. The footsteps you heard last night are probably that thing coming down the mountain to beg for sacrifices. I don’t know what it bumped into. The altars have collapsed. "

Gu Tailai said in a low voice, "I was careless this time, I'm afraid there were some ingredients added to the jar of wine last night, we made a mistake in coming to this village."

Ji Xiaocai asked, "How can we get out?"

Gu Tai said: "When the [-]th day of the seventh month comes, it's time to send ghosts to make a way out. Yuan Zhen has a very hostile spirit, and you should feel it too. He has probably been presiding over the sacrifices for this village. If you didn't expect Wrong, that sacrifice is a sacrifice of a living person, and if the sacrifice is accepted, the life of the village will be opened. I thought the sacrifice was the two of us, so that Jiang Xue would not be able to break in, since Jiang Yun was chosen, so we just need to wait here until the end of the sacrifice, and we can leave as soon as the [-]th of July arrives.”

Gu Tai looked at the dark sky: "It should be enough to wait another seven or eight hours."

Ji Xiaocai was still looking down there.

Gu Tailai knew what he was thinking, and asked, "You want to save Jiang Yun?"

Ji Xiaocai was very inferior, and said in a low voice, "Every time I get into trouble, if I let Jiang Yun go away last night..."

Gu Tailai said, "If he is chosen, he can't leave even if he wants to." Looking at Ji Xiaocai, he said, "Go and save him."

Ji Xiaocai said: "Well, Daoist, you stay here, I will go alone."

Gu Tailai simply pulled Ji Xiaocai's face and said: "You are such a stupid stupid chicken, you have become a mess in the past, who will wash and cook for me in the future to make money and make me have fun?"

Ji Xiaocai said "ah", thinking about it, Gu Tai said it as if he was praising him, so she was very happy.

Gu Tailai patted his head: "Don't you want to be a big monster, come on."

Taking advantage of the dark sky, the two walked around the valley mouth to the vicinity of Shigutai.

Yuan Zhen was arranging the Dharma altar, and there was a lot of noise around, and Jiang Yun was left alone in a corner.I don't know what Yuanzhen's cultivation level is, but Gu Tailai didn't use escapism, so as not to attract his attention due to the backlash of the magic breath, he just slipped along the roof of the ancestral hall with Ji Xiaocai, and threw a stone at Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun immediately raised his head, his eyes were red, and when he saw Gu Tailai, he was very surprised and said, "Daoist, save me!"

Gu Tailai's face was paralyzed, and he asked him seriously: "Are you rich?"

Ji Xiaocai let out a "huh", Jiang Yun was also taken aback, and said, "Yes, yes, but I'm not here now."

Gu Tai said, "Then what's on you?"

Jiang Yun said, "There is...a piece of fine jade handed down from one's ancestors."

Gu Tailai said concisely: "Okay, you give me that piece of jade, and I will save you."