From Jiu Shu's world

Chapter 213 The Red String on the Ankle

The old man took Henry Zhang and two into the village. For some reason, the villager suddenly stopped what he was doing, and looked straight at Henry Zhang and Huang Fu. There were not many expressions on their faces, and they couldn’t tell what it was Such an attitude, even a child is normal.

The old man walking in front shouted to the villagers: "Okay, let's do our own thing. It's the salesman who came. Come back tomorrow if you want to buy something. Don't look at it like this." "

The old man shouted, and the townspeople gradually went about their business again.The old man laughed and said, "I'm sorry, country people have never seen the world."

Henry Zhang replied: "Where is it, we came suddenly."

"Suddenly. Quite suddenly, but it's about time."

Henry Zhang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked, "Oh, does the old man know that someone will come?"

The old man smiled and said: "Haha, salesman, it's been a long time and I've changed it again, you're right, young man."

Henry Zhang nodded without answering, looked at the road ahead, and asked, "Old man, where are we going?"

The old man said: "Since you want to stay overnight, you can go to my home, the old man. I happen to be alone, and there is another room available, which I will lend you."

Henry Zhangdao: "Then thank you, old man."

The old man walked in front and took Henry Zhang to the end of the village. When passing by the center of the village, Henry Zhang’s eyes were attracted by a square blue brick platform. There was a wall behind this platform, and there was an open space in front of it. It's a simple stage.

Henry Zhang asked: "Old man, there is still a stage in your village?"

Huang Fu also interjected at this moment: "That's right, I haven't seen you since I was here last time."

The old man glanced at the stage, and then said: "This stage was originally built to invite the opera troupe to sing during the New Years and festivals, but we didn't expect that we are too remote and others don't come, so we have to sing by ourselves during the New Years and festivals." gone."

"So it is."

Henry Zhang said something, and then followed the old man to continue walking, to an earthen embryo house at the end of the village, about 300 meters away from the stage, the old man pushed open the wooden door, and then took the two of them away went in.

Although the earth embryo room has only one floor, it is quite wide inside. It is not an exaggeration to say that the entrance is the living room or the kitchen. There is a small table, a small stove, and a door on the left and right sides. room.

The old man took Henry Zhang and Huang Fu to the house on the right, opened the door and went in, pointed to the bed, and said: "Here, this is it, you guys, let's make do with it for the night, clean up first , I'll pour you some tea."

The old man turned back and went out. Listening to the noise outside, it seemed that he was preparing tea for the two in the living room. Huang Fu put the burden on his shoulders and began to tidy up the quilt on the bed. Henry Zhang is his employer. Naturally, Henry Zhang couldn’t do it himself.

Henry Zhang was sitting at the table in this room, and suddenly released the three ghost beetles in his hands, and began to crawl out quietly to investigate the situation.

The old man came back quickly, bringing three small bowls and a black iron pot. He poured two bowls of tea, handed one to Henry Zhang, and the other to Huang Fu.

Huang Fu took the tea, thanked him, and gulped it down, but Henry Zhang touched the old man's hand when he was picking up the bowl, and suddenly felt a little cold. When he looked down, his thin hand turned white slightly, It looks a little sick.

Henry Zhang said: "The old man's hands are a little cold."

The old man put down the tea bowl, put his hand back, and said calmly, "It's always like this when you're old, your blood is gone."

After answering this sentence, the old man reminded: "By the way, I live opposite this room. If you need anything, just call me."

Henry Zhang said: "Old man, I just have one thing I want to ask you."

"Oh, what did you say?"

The old man settled down, looking straight at Henry Zhang.

Henry Zhang’s expression remained unchanged, and he said: “Before I came to see Taohua, I heard people say that Xiaotaoshan is not clean, I don’t know if this is true?”

After listening to Henry Zhang’s words, the old man pointedly said: “Not clean? Maybe, otherwise why have so many people been fascinated?”

He sighed as he spoke, and said, "Little offspring, don't be curious, as long as you don't rush around at night, you'll be fine."

As he spoke, his tone gradually became a little stiff, as if he was giving a warning.

But after saying this, his tone softened a lot, and said: "Okay, it's getting dark soon, I should go too, you two, take a good rest, tomorrow's business will be booming and prosperous."

The old man was about to walk out of the room, but at this time Henry Zhang said: "Old man, wait!"

A sudden wait made the old man's body stiff, he turned his head, his face was slightly displeased, and he asked, "What's wrong?"

Henry Zhang suddenly smiled and said: "After chatting for so long, I still don't know what the old man is called?"

Hearing this, the old man's expression softened, he thought for a while and sighed, and replied, "My name? I can't remember it, my surname is Jia, so you can call me the old man."

After he said that, he walked out of the door, and when he passed the threshold, he raised his heels slightly, and Henry Zhang saw a red and white color in his eyes, which looked like a red rope, and his eyes could not help but shiver slightly.

Old man Jia went out and closed the door, leaving only Henry Zhang and Huang Fu in the room.

Henry Zhang took out a few exorcism talismans and handed them to Huang Fu, and then said, "Brother Huang, you keep one, and the other ones are pasted on the windows and door panels."

Huang Fu took the exorcism talisman, his face changed slightly, and then he remembered Henry Zhang's original intention of bringing him here.I couldn't help being a little nervous, and asked: "Mr. Zhang Zhang, I see that this village is quite normal. It doesn't look like there are dirty things. If there are them, how can they not be afraid at all?"

Henry Zhang smiled coldly and said, "Normal? Have you ever seen tens of hundreds of people in the village with normal expressions, children who don't cry, laugh or make trouble, just like puppets?"

Henry Zhang’s words aroused Huang Fu’s memories, and the eyes of those villagers just now seemed to have some problems, which made his back slightly hairy.

"More than that, did you see the red rope on the old man's feet just now?"

"Red string?"

Huang Fu was a little puzzled, and asked, "It's not common for men to wear red strings, but we also have them."

Henry Zhang said: "What about the red rope as big as a finger?"

"This"

Henry Zhangdao: "That's not called a red rope, it's called a soul-binding rope, and it's also called a soul-locking rope. The red rope is dyed with the blood of animals, and when weaving it, a strand of dead hair is mixed in, and a strand of it is hanged Extraordinary rope lines. Although this thing is not common, but the effect is very tight, it is a magic weapon that can hold the soul in the body."

"soul and soul"

Huang Fu's face suddenly turned pale, and he said, "You said that old man is... a ghost?"

Henry Zhang shook his head at this meeting, and said: "I don't know, but there must be something attached to this old man, but I don't know what it is, and what it's selling."

Henry Zhang looked at the old man, and he saw something was wrong at a glance, the breath was weird, and there was something else mixed in the breath of a stranger, which was obviously a problem.

But Henry Zhang didn't know his details, nor what happened in this village, so it was really difficult to do it.Moreover, the old man's attitude is very weird, and he seems to have seen that Henry Zhang is not simple, but it has something to do with Henry Zhang's words, and it is mysterious to play a riddle.

Henry Zhang is not in a hurry, since the old man delivered it to his door, let’s see what good things will happen tonight.

(End of this chapter)