unscrupulous spirit catcher

Chapter 115

After that, evil things happened in Saoyudu. The construction of the post station was extremely unsatisfactory. The beams and pillars could not stand upright. A coffin was dug out. Finally, an expert was hired to repair the station.

Twenty postmen lived in the house, but they all died violently without even surviving the night.

After that, the inn was completely abandoned, and even the official road was no longer used, and it has now become a dense forest.

Taoist Master Zihua hugged his Taoist robe: "If you go to this place, it is no different from committing suicide. It turns out that this place has another name, called Ghost Crossing. At night, those evil spirits come out to cause trouble. Later, they changed their paths according to the official road. It’s only now that no one knows about it here.”

After hearing this, the two disciples started to get scared even before they reached the place. They trembled three times with each step. Their courage was not suitable for deception.

The group of people walked for a full hour, and took the wrong path twice during the process, almost getting lost together.

As the sun set, the Taoist Master vaguely recognized the place, and then ran away with his two disciples without stopping for a moment.

Song Yu looked at this wilderness and couldn't imagine that this place had once been an official road.

Gu Beiqi looked around, walked a little further east, and called Song Yu to have a look.

There was a stone tablet covered by vines. After pulling down the vines and sweeping away the dead branches and leaves, part of the stone tablet was revealed.

This stone tablet is mostly damaged, and the gaps are filled with roots of vines. The characters engraved on it are also in dilapidated condition, and only the three largest characters can be recognized.

Sweep the fish crossing.

Even the color of these three words has become very dim, and the original red paint is mottled and peeled off, leaving only a groove.

After passing this stone monument and heading east, that's where they want to go.

Suddenly, a bird call of "croak" sounded in the middle of the tree branches, followed by countless sounds of flapping wings, the branches were shaken and rattled, and a large group of dark crows rushed out, swarming in groups, and landed on the tree. Around the stone monument.

The crows made miserable cries and kept digging for food on the ground.

The crows that die in the wild can be eaten. I wonder if these crows are digging for carrion here, and a fishy smell is also found in the soil, which makes people shudder.

Song Yu and Gu Beiqi were almost surrounded by crows.

Before the two could speak, there was a sound of staggering footsteps behind them, walking very slowly and heavily.

The crow did not fly away in fright. It seemed that it was used to the presence of people in this place.

What appeared in front of them this time was a seventy-year-old woman, stooped and limping, holding a cane in one hand and a basket in the other hand. Inside were three incense candles and a large stack of candles. paper money.

She kept her head down as she walked, and stopped when she reached Song Yu, but she didn't look at them more, but put down the basket to pick up dead branches.

Gu Beiqi lowered his voice and said in Song Yu's ear: "This person looks very strange. Very few people know this place. She seems to come here often. Let's go directly."

Song Yu pulled him back: "Live people, you can ask."

If this was a dead person, she wouldn't ask. No matter what a living person said, she would have to ask a few questions.

Anyone who can come to this place to burn paper must know something.

She stepped forward and helped the old lady pick up a handful of sand leaves.

The old lady still didn't raise her head, lit the fire, and began to burn the paper money one by one.

Song Yu squatted down: "Old man, you have to draw a circle on the burning paper, and leave a gap in the northwest corner. If you burn it like this, it will be taken away by lonely ghosts."

The old lady looked at her blankly: "It's just for lonely ghosts. It's better to die, but you will suffer the consequences while alive."

Her words were garbled and her voice was hoarse, giving off the smell of dying.

"Don't go in. Once you go in, you can't get out. Don't go in."

She seemed to be advising Song Yu, and she seemed to be admonishing those who did not show up, her voice was particularly uncomfortable.

After saying that, she ignored Song Yu and burned the paper money silently. After a while, she waited for the wind to blow, swirling over the paper money, scattering the ashes everywhere.

At the end, she stood up shakily, murmured a few words of "eat well and drink well", and left.

Before leaving, she stared at Song Yu again with cloudy eyes: "Don't go in, there are ghosts inside that eat people."

Song Yu thought to himself that I don't have two ounces of meat and I don't even have a bite to chew, so I'm not afraid.

The old lady walked away slowly, and when she disappeared, the paper money on the ground was completely burned. The crows were still crows in groups, and as the sky darkened, it became more and more permeable.

Song Yu and Gu Beiqi crossed the stone monument and headed east cautiously. Soon they discovered what the crow was eating.

It is human carrion.

The corpse was probably buried in front of the stone monument, but no one cared about the place behind the stone monument. A dark group of crows stood on the unattended corpse, feasting on it.

On this dark and deserted official road, the corpses just lay there confidently, as if they were the masters of this place.

Although only three or four bodies were exposed, it was still very uncomfortable, as if these were just appetizers and the main course was yet to come.

Under the grass and trees, traces of the official road slowly appeared. The official road was fifty paces wide, with a golden cone hidden in the roadbed. Use this as a mark to find the inn.

The further we walked, the easier it became, but the chill became heavier. Occasionally, a gust of wind would blow, and people would unconsciously stand on end.

Then they saw a red rope blocking the official road. There was no grass around the red rope, which made it look even more strange.

Song Yu took a step forward and touched it, knowing that it had been invaded by cinnabar, with an evil aura.

The red rope that was supposed to hold a charm had been blown away by the rain and wind, leaving only seven copper coins.

Under these seven copper coins, there are altar trees used in Taoist temples.

The wooden altar is engraved with the four characters "All Gods Xian Ting", which summons the gods to send generals, and seven different kinds of talismans are also engraved on the top.

A very large ritual must have been held here, otherwise seven pieces of altar wood would not have been used at the same time. Generally speaking, only one piece is used on each altar to deter evil spirits and to show respect to those who keep the law. The gods such as Six Ding Liujia and Daily Merit Cao on the altar show their divine power.

Song Yu touched the stack of talismans on his body and felt reassured. Since the method could suppress the evil spirits inside, these must be enough.

Gu Beiqi was very worried, not only about the unknown situation inside, but also about Wanlan Sect and Old Phoenix.

He patted Song Yu on the shoulder: "Act according to the opportunity, and if it doesn't work, run away."

Song Yu grinned: "It's all here."

Even though I'm here, I still feel like I'm losing out if I don't do something.

She stepped over the red rope with one foot, and suddenly a group of black shadows rushed towards her quickly.

Gu Beiqi secretly said something bad and stretched out his hand to stop it. Song Yu also grabbed a charm and pasted it without even looking at it.

With a "pop" sound, the black shadow fell to the ground and let out a cry of grievance.

Song Yu heard the sound of wanting to be beaten so familiarly that when he lowered his head, he saw that it was Li Bi's favorite colored chicken.

How come here?
She grabbed the colorful chicken by its neck and lifted it up. She probably knew why it ran away.

This guy is almost bald, and it goes without saying that the big white cat was playing around and scratched him bald.

(End of this chapter)