Folklore: The baby starts the game, and the mother takes off her painted skin

Chapter 94 The curtain rises [asking for monthly tickets]

"Is he our clan leader?"

"Is that the crazy old man who disappeared?"

Liu Bai and Hu Wei answered Master Ma's question almost at the same time.

Just after they answered, both of them heard something wrong in each other's words and subconsciously looked at each other.

"The crazy old man is missing?!" Hu Wei didn't know about this yet, so he was very surprised after hearing it.

He had heard the story of the crazy old man since he was a child.

Basically every kid in this town is like this. When they are disobedient, their family members will use the crazy old man to scare them.

Something like a crazy old man is coming and if you don’t listen he will be sent to live with you.

But Liu Bai looked at him strangely, "What's wrong with your clan leader? You actually talked about him behind his back."

Someone is sucking blood, such a weird thing.

Hu Wei actually secretly thought that it was his clan leader who did it. How could this be possible if there was no trick involved?

"Yeah, what's wrong with you kid?!"

Master Ma also glared at Hu Wei and slapped him on the back of his head with quite a bit of force, causing him to stagger.

"At once……"

Hu Wei looked around and made sure that there was no one else around. Then he lowered his voice and said, "I feel that the clan leader has changed a lot since he became the mayor. I almost don't recognize him anymore."

Master Ma subconsciously felt that there was something weird about this matter, perhaps it was a ghost at work, and he couldn't help but move closer.

"How to say?"

But as soon as he asked, he felt that it was unlikely to be evil.

If even the mayor of Huangliang Town is possessed by evil spirits, then what is the point of supporting the land god?
Besides, the land lord would never let Hu do such a thing just to get his food during festivals.

"After he became the mayor, he changed completely. Before, whenever we went to him for something, he would agree without hesitation. But now, when we go to him again, he makes excuses and refuses to do anything."

"And he always orders me to do this and that. It's fine if I just help my own people."

"Yesterday, he asked me to go and exorcise the evil spirits for Zhoukou's family. Zhoukou had scolded my mother harshly a few years ago. I didn't want to go, so he said I was ignorant and that we were all neighbors, so what was wrong with helping out?"

In front of his master and fellow apprentice, Hu Wei became more and more angry as he spoke. At the end, he crossed his arms over his chest, turned his face away, and snorted coldly:
“I just think there’s something wrong with him.”

After hearing this, Master Ma grinned, patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "You will understand when you grow up."

Liu Bai also knew that Hu Qian was most likely sick.

This kind of disease is called official disease.

Although his position is not high, he always wants to maximize the little power he has... Liu Bai stopped thinking about this.

It has nothing to do with him anyway.

If it really comes to the point where connections are involved, Liu Bai feels that his mother would still support changing the mayor.

After Mr. Ma finished talking to Hu Wei, he looked down at Liu Bai and the smile on his face disappeared.

"It's probably him. He's sick, so he needs to suck blood. He needs to suck a lot to recover."

"I haven't seen him get sick in these years. I thought he was almost recovered, but I didn't expect that he would still get sick."

"What a crazy old man! How did he come to our Hujiaao?"

After Hu Wei finished speaking, he finally understood. If this was really a human, then it made sense.

Where people walk, there will definitely be no traces of evil.

In addition, the house demon is always focusing on evil spirits or other monsters, so it naturally ignores people.

So it is understandable that no trace of the crazy old man was found.

"Call the house demon over here and ask it to look around Hujiaao for any signs of human movement. Most of them are grass paths."

As Mr. Ma spoke, he took off the old pipe from his waist.

The bamboo pipe, which was originally brand new, had become patinaed after just a few days of being touched by him.

After Hu Wei left, Mr. Ma lit his pipe and took a deep puff.

Just as he exhaled the smoke, before Hu Wei came back, he saw Zhang Cang walking out from behind.

At this moment, Zhang Cang no longer had his usual playful and casual demeanor, and his expression looked a little heavy.

"I know where that crazy old man is. Come with me."

"Brother Zhang, do you know?" Master Ma was stunned.

"I know." Zhang Cang nodded, then turned to look at him and said seriously, "I can calculate it."

"That's true."

Mr. Ma didn't think much about it, mainly because it was useless to think too much.

"Then I'll trouble Brother Zhang to lead the way." Master Ma didn't say anything else but wait for Hu Wei.

Liu Bai followed them and walked towards the north of Hujiaao.

After leaving the village and passing a rice field, we entered the old woods.

As soon as he got here, Master Ma seemed to smell something. His nose twitched and he lowered his head to look around. "It's really the smell of that crazy old man."

"Can I still lie to you?"

Zhang Cang laughed and said, "Let's go."

After saying that, he did not go up the hillside, but went around the back of the mountain along the foot of the hill.

After Mr. Ma confirmed that the crazy old man was here, he perked up.

As usual, Liu Bai walked in the middle, just like he did the previous time when he was exorcising the evil spirit.

The place was getting further and further away, and in fact there was no road at all. It was all thanks to Zhang Cang who led the way. Liu Bai was short, and he looked left and right on the ground, and actually saw some bloodstains in the weeds.

The woods on both sides became dense, and even though Master Ma lit a fire, no one dared to cause trouble.

After walking forward for a while, a hole suddenly appeared on the right side of the mountain wall. It was pitch black and there was blood all over the hole.

At this point, Zhang Cang stopped.

Mr. Ma, holding a pipe in his mouth, took a few steps forward and went into the cave.

Soon, an old man's screaming voice was heard from inside.

A loud banging sound was heard, and the rest of the noise disappeared. Soon, Liu Bai saw Master Ma walking out, dragging an old man with messy white hair, cross-eyed eyes, and a mouth full of chicken feathers on one shoulder.

The old man had lifeless eyes and just stared blankly ahead. There was an obvious slap mark on his left cheek.

Apart from this, there was nothing unusual until Master Ma was about to throw him to the ground. Then he seemed to wake up, waving his hands and struggling desperately.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me."

"I'm really not from your place, I just came here to take a look."

His eyes were dull, but he kept waving his hands, as if looking for someone to help him.

Seeing that he was struggling, Master Ma pushed back with his right elbow. The crazy old man groaned and finally fell to the ground.

Zhang Cang put his hands behind his back and stared deeply at the crazy old man on the ground, as if muttering, "I didn't expect that someone from his lineage would come down."

"His lineage?" Master Ma took off his old pipe and asked, "Brother Zhang, do you mean that the crazy old man has a great background?"

Zhang Cang did not answer, but asked, "How many times has he had an attack?"

Mr. Ma thought for a moment, then said, "He had an attack when I first met him, when he was about thirty years old. He also had an attack when there was a drought, and then this time."

“This is the third time.”

Zhang Cang shook his head after hearing this, "If it happens for the third time, there's no hope."

"No hope?" Master Ma was stunned, as if he didn't dare to believe what Zhang Cang said.

Liu Bai listened to their conversation throughout without interrupting, just acting as a bystander.

Zhang Cang hummed, then squatted down and reached into his sleeve to pull out a piece of yellow talisman paper with a pattern outlined in cinnabar.

Liu Bai didn't understand, but he saw Zhang Cang slap the talisman paper on the crazy old man's chest, and the latter calmed down.

But soon, the talisman paper pasted on the crazy old man began to burn on its own.

"This……"

Master Ma thought something had happened and quickly turned to look at Zhang Cang.

"It's okay." Zhang Cang shook his head.

After the talisman paper burned out, the crazy old man who had been struggling violently like a madman gradually calmed down.

His originally dull cross-eyed eyes gradually regained some spirit, and when his vision was refocused, he shouted:

"Ma Laosan, why did you come here?"

Master Ma took a puff of his pipe and said, "I didn't find it, but Brother Zhang did."

The crazy old man also noticed Zhang Cang beside Master Ma. He grinned, revealing his toothless gums. Just as he was about to speak, Zhang Cang spoke first.

"It's not easy to get into the lineage of the God of Madness. You've gone mad three times in your dreams, and you're already terminally ill."

"This talisman paper of mine can only suppress your dream for a while. Wait until the effect of the talisman wears off."

Zhang Cang looked deeply at the shocked crazy old man in front of him and said in a deep voice: "You will die."

"You...who are you?"

The crazy old man looked at the man in front of him in disbelief, who could see through his background at a glance, and even his voice trembled.

The lineage of the madman... This was something his master repeatedly told him to keep secret when he became his apprentice.

And this is also his biggest secret.

Zhang Cang smiled and said, "I had tea with the crazy man in person."

"This..." The crazy old man still couldn't believe it.

"Okay, tell me what you saw. If you don't, your dream will be in vain."

Zhang Cang stood up and interrupted him, and his voice was stern, as if it contained a hint of unquestionable meaning.

After hearing this, the crazy old man looked a little embarrassed.

But in the end, he didn't know what he was thinking of. His eyes were filled with panic, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll tell you."

"What did you see?" Zhang Cang asked.

The crazy old man replied: "The future of the world."

Zhang Cang asked: "What about the future?"

The crazy old man replied: "Evil spirits are rampant, wreaking havoc on the world, leaving millions dead and starving people for thousands of miles."

After hearing this, Zhang Cang didn't ask any more questions, but his eyes revealed bitterness.

He himself had done divination countless times, and the conclusions he got were actually pretty similar to what the crazy old man said.

So, this world is really hopeless?

Zhang Cang put his hands behind his back and sighed to the sky.

The crazy old man said nothing more, then turned to look at Master Ma, his eyes equally bitter.

"Ma Lao San, I took a look around here...something big is going to happen here soon."

"If you want to go, then hurry up and leave. I'm afraid it will be too late."

When Liu Bai heard this, he instantly perked up.

The same thing happened to Mr. Ma. He bit his old pipe and asked, "What's the big deal? When?"

"I can't see anything clearly, I can only see time."

"What time?"

Master Ma asked.

The crazy old man replied: "In just two days...soon, soon."

As the crazy old man spoke, he finally looked at Liu Bai who followed him. With just one glance, his eyes widened, and his eyes seemed to be filled with endless panic and fear.

He raised his hand and was about to say something.

But he didn't even take a breath, his head tilted, and he died.

Zhang Cang sighed and said, "The effect of the talisman has worn off."

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(End of this chapter)