Lieshan

As autumn approaches, there is already a bit of bleakness in the air, and the yellow leaves in the mountains are scattered, and it is getting cooler.

Chu Xun lightly twirled his beard and came back humming a Nuo opera, only to find that his precious grandson was rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the study room, with a pile of ancient books spread out on the table.Strange to say, the four idlers of the Chu family let go of their Marxism at some point, and suddenly became very interested in the skills passed down in their families, and they actually learned the skills from home honestly, which made the old man Chu feel very relieved.

Although it seemed a bit late, but Chu Min was actually willing to stay at home at ease, which was enough to make the old man wake up laughing at night from a dream.

"Cough cough."

"Grandpa." Chu Min raised his head to greet the old man, and continued flipping through the books in the bamboo and rattan box.

Fortunately, someone came to the Vatican that day, and they were able to escape safely. After that, he and Mao Xian returned to the country immediately, and parted ways with the two broom stars.After returning to China, there was no strange news about the Kong family, as if nothing had happened.

However, it doesn't seem to be a glorious thing for the heir of the dignified Tianshui Kong family to go to other countries to become terrorists or something, so it is natural to keep it a secret.

Aside from the trivial matters of other people’s homes, what he saw and heard in the Vatican made Chu Min realize that the world seemed less materialistic than he thought, so when he came back, he grabbed Mr. Chu and asked him if the Chu family was real. Some of them will also do some weird things.

Of course, Mr. Chu was so furious that he jumped up and down. After all these years of persuasion, he almost boasted of his own skills. This brat just didn't learn, and said that he was dementia.Now that he asked this kind of question again, Chu Xun naturally felt that this little bastard was going to say something disobedient again.

However, what I didn't expect was that this time, Chu Min actually proposed to his grandfather to study hard to understand the things he mentioned before.

Chu Xun was happy or not, and by the way he mocked the prodigal son for turning his back on money.

"Hmm..." Chu Xun twirled his gray beard slowly, "What are you looking for? Have you met someone you don't understand?"

"Grandpa, what is our Chu family most famous for?"

"Do you still need to ask? The technique of expelling corpses and five miles of fog, those are the skills passed down from Chi You's battle against Emperor Yan and Huang." The old man replied quite complacently.

"Oh, that's it." Chu Min looked at the old man with a smile, "Then why didn't you mention anything about everything you taught me and the book you gave me?"

"Beginners should learn step by step." The old man felt a little guilty.

"Oh?"

"Hey, it's not that I don't teach you, let's lay a solid foundation first, and then..."

"Could it be lost?" Chu Min shook his head pretending to be regretful, "Then why don't I learn it, anyway, I can't learn the most powerful ones, these bits and pieces are meaningless."

Chu Xun choked, stared for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly: "Stinky boy... Forget it, I will teach you after all, you come with me. But there is one sentence, teach you to teach you, you can't use it indiscriminately, Otherwise, if something happens, I can't save you, old man."

"Don't use it indiscriminately, don't use it indiscriminately." Chu Min immediately pinched Grandpa's shoulder flatteringly.

The old man snorted, took him to the basement where he was last time, took out a bunch of keys and opened one of the closed iron doors.

Inside the door is a not-so-big room. There are a row of humanoid creatures standing against the wall. These people are connected to each other by straw ropes. They are covered with wide black shrouds. They wear a tall felt hat on their heads and their foreheads There were a few pieces of yellow paper with talismans on it, and all the talisman papers were quietly hanging on the face, looking very strange.

"The so-called life and death have a destiny, and wealth and honor are in the sky. Driving a corpse to do things is harmful to morality, so you can't do it at will. Once the corpse rises, it will obey your orders, but if the corpse is damaged, you will also suffer backlash."

"Originally the job of exorcising corpses in Xiangxi was to transport the dead back to their hometown for some relatives, but now this demand has become less and less, and only our aristocratic families still have the method of exorcising corpses."

"The art of expelling corpses requires the deceased to have resentment before he was alive, or to die unwillingly before his wish is fulfilled, so that he can be expelled with the technique." Chu Xun paced and said, "There are three kinds of corpses that cannot be expelled. Anyone who dies due to illness should be thrown into the river and hanged." Those who died voluntarily, and those who lost their limbs due to thunder and fire, these three cannot be chased away."

The old man pointed to one of the corpses as if explaining human anatomy and began to explain.

"Place cinnabar in the seven places of the deceased's forehead, back, chest, heart, left and right hands, and soles of the feet. Each place is pressed with a talisman, and then tied tightly with five-color cloth strips. This is the place for the seven souls. Then fill the mouth, ears and nose with cinnabar, this is where the three souls are."

Chu Min stepped forward and took a closer look. This man was about 30 years old. His face was pale and purple. When he got close, he could smell a strong fragrance, probably some kind of antiseptic material.The man's body was indeed covered with spells, and the seven orifices were also filled with stuffing.

Chu Xun reached out and took the sword on the table. The sword looked old, but it didn't have any rust.

The old man threw up a talisman, and with a flick of his wrist, the tip of the sword pierced through the talisman paper.This may seem simple, but in fact it will take years of skill.A sword may easily pierce wood, but it is difficult to pierce light and soft paper in the air. Therefore, swiping a sword to break a hair has been the standard for measuring a good sword and swordsmanship since ancient times.

The pierced talisman burst into flames with a "huh", and Chu Xun pointed it at the dead dead body standing silently and said: "Your fate is not God's will today, and your pity is heartbroken. My parents in my hometown Yilu Hope, my beautiful wife and young son look forward to your return to your hometown. Erpoer's soul does not need to wander. Be as urgent as a law, get up!"

The dead body shuddered, the talisman paper on his face moved without any wind, and slowly raised his hands, looking extremely strange.

Chu Xun lightly shook the bell on his hand, and the crisp sound echoed. The corpse turned his head stiffly and walked towards the driver. Every time the old man took a step back, he took a step forward.

Such a scene like a Hong Kong zombie movie made Chu Minyi swallow twice, and the hairs all over his body were covered with chills.

"Then these dead bodies..." Chu Min looked at his grandfather in horror, "Where did they come from?"

Could it be that his family is still doing some murder and robbery? ?

"These are the unnamed corpses I collected in the early years." Chu Xun saw his expression and knew that he had no good intentions. "Because of the war, many dead people were not claimed, so I drove them back."

"It is said that in the first battle of Zhuolu, Jiuli was defeated and the tribe was separated. Chi You and Lao Si drove the corpses and brought the dead tribe back to their hometown. Driven from the Yellow River Basin to the southwestern area. And the technique of driving corpses and the Wuli fog is the Jiuli witchcraft that has been handed down from the beginning." Chu martyr continued to explain.

"By the way, Grandpa," Chu Min suddenly remembered something, "Speaking of these legends, Lie Shan clan, you understand."

"Huh?" Chu's hand twirling his beard suddenly stopped, and then he returned to normal, "Yandi Shennong, whose surname is Jiang, is named Lieshan; Huangdi Xuanyuan, whose surname is Ji, is named Youxiong. This is not well known. ?”

"Is there any descendant?"

"Haha, you silly boy, of course you have."

"what?!"

"We're not all descendants of Yanhuang, hahaha."

"..." Chu Min was speechless, so he had to ask again, "Then have you ever seen a pattern, a sheep's head in the middle of a hexagram..."

"Where did you see it!" Chu Xun suddenly turned around and asked.

Chu Min didn't expect his reaction to be so big, so he was taken aback, so he replied half-truthfully, "I saw it on a foreigner when I was traveling in Europe before, and I think that person is unusual."

Mr. Chu squinted his eyes at his grandson for a while, and said in a deep voice, "This group of people is not to be messed with. If you see them in the future, stay away from them and tell me immediately."

"You know?" Chu Min was extremely surprised. He didn't expect the old man of his family to know foreigners.

"These people were active in the country from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the founding of the People's Republic of China, and they have nothing to do with you. You just need to stay away from them." Chu Xun obviously didn't want to say more.

"By the way, next month I'm going out to run some errands, so don't hold back at home. You can't master the art of exorcising corpses now, so you should study it yourself first." Chu martyrdom put the sword back on the shelf, He took out a book from the drawer and handed it to Chu Min, and pushed him out of the room, "Find some time to go out with the Chen family boy, that brat has begged me several times."

"Please?" Chu Min was puzzled.

"His father wanted to pass on the patriarch to him to take care of himself for the elderly. The kid came to beg me to pay him so as to delay this matter. Whenever you find a reason to take him away from Chenxi, just say that I let him go." Chu Xun patted his grandson's shoulder meaningfully, "You should also cherish your free time."

"What do you mean...don't you...Grandpa? Grandpa!" Chu Min suddenly felt that something was wrong, but Mr. Chu hummed a ditty and left without looking back.