Onmyoji's Secret

Chapter 23 Divination
"what!"

I yelled in shock, and was almost scared out of my wits at this moment. My left foot, which was grasped by the hairy arm, was numb and I couldn't move at all.

I felt a strong force coming from that hairy hand, and my body was suddenly pulled down to the ground by it, dragging me into the river.

I yelled and struggled hard. I grabbed the stones on the river bank with both hands, and even dug my fingers into the mud, trying to prevent myself from being dragged down the river by the monster.

I had a hunch in my heart that once I was dragged into the river by this monster, I would really be doomed. The fear at this moment even surpassed the feeling when the white boa pounced on me on the back mountain.

Although I kept struggling, it was of no use at all. I could feel that my body was being dragged into the dirty river little by little.

Those egg-sized red eyes seemed to have a kind of magical power. When I stared at them, I felt my head start to dizzy, and the starry night sky kept spinning and turning upside down in my eyes.

At this critical moment of life and death, I heard a shout from not far away: "Nonsense! Stop!"

I was immediately refreshed, and my originally confused head became sober in an instant. This is Mu Yueting's voice. She is my senior sister, and she has come to save me!

The instinct to survive overwhelmed everything. At this moment, the monster dragged my lower body into the river. I kicked my feet, yelled, and grabbed a huge stone on the river bank with both hands. I grabbed it desperately. Hold it and don't let it go.

It was too late and then too soon, just when I was about to lose my hold, Mu Yueting finally arrived, she stretched out her hand and threw out a cloud of golden powder, and sprinkled it on me.I closed my eyes, and the golden powder fell on my face. I didn't feel anything strange, but then I heard a scream behind me, and I felt the hairy arm holding my left foot loosen. , I hurriedly got up from the water and ran back like desperately.

Mu Yueting screamed coquettishly, and jumped up from the ground, the whisk in her hand was glowing white, and rushed towards the monster in the river. The monster seemed to recognize Mu Yueting's strength, and it roared fiercely in the river With a bang, it leaped into the water with a plop, and soon disappeared.

I sat on the ground, shivering, and my whole body was wet by the river water. I was still terrified when I recalled what happened just now. I never thought that I would encounter such a monster by the river, especially the red pair. The piercing eyes are really scary.

Mu Yueting came over, she glanced at me, didn't speak, stretched out a hand to support me, and walked towards the wooden house beside me.At this moment, my legs are limp, and half of my body is leaning on Mu Yueting's shoulders. Although she is only a few years older than me, there is a different sense of security when I am by her side.

At this time, my master and the old man Li also came out of the wooden house. He saw me, hurried over, hugged me and walked into the house.

The master seemed a little annoyed, he said to old man Li: "Is this what you said?"

Old man Li chuckled, the whites of his cloudy eyes looked a little scary under the starlight, he said: "The little guy is safe and sound, the old man said not to run around tonight, but this little guy doesn't listen to persuasion, beware of being caught by the river." Pull down the water ghost in it to be a stand-in."

The blind old man leaned towards me while talking, I was a little terrified when I heard it, and hid in the arms of the master, not daring to show my head.

"Okay, you old guy, why are you scaring my apprentice?"

Master carried me into the house, and then said that he would change my wet clothes and pants. I refused, and went to the next hut to change into clean clothes to calm down the panic I had just felt.

When I made it, I saw Master and Mu Yueting quietly sitting aside, watching old man Li divination.

I saw that old man Li had buckled three simple copper coins in his hands. He closed his palms and muttered something, and then put the copper coins in his hand into the hexagram plate on the table. The hexagram plate was densely engraved with The fine print, I feel my eyes are dazzled just by looking at it.

Old man Li repeated putting the copper coins into the hexagram plate six times in a row, and then kept saying some complicated spells in his mouth, and kept doing strange movements with his hands, looking like he was talking.

Later I learned that old man Li made this called Liuyao Bagua prediction, which originated in the Western Han Dynasty. At first, 55 roots of yarrow were used for calculation. It was not until the Song Dynasty that "replacing yarrow with money" came into being.The predictor puts three copper coins in his hands, clases his hands tightly, thinks about the things he wants to predict, integrates the measured information into the copper coins, shakes them with palms together, puts them into the hexagram tray, and throws them six times to form a hexagram.With hexagrams and Yao, and after the change.Combining the lines of the Book of Changes and the stems and branches of the day, month, and day of the hexagram test, the desired result can be deduced.

Seeing that old man Li had finished divination, my master hurriedly asked: "Old man, how is this matter? In the whole area of ​​Chengdu, you are second to none in terms of divination skills."

Old man Li didn't answer my master's words, but stared at me with a pair of eyes full of whites. The wrinkles on his face were piled up together, which made my hair stand on end.

Damn it!Why does this blind old man like to stare at me when he has nothing to do? It's so scary!And he is blind, can he still see people?I moved back, not daring to approach Old Man Li.

"quack."

Old man Li let out a strange laugh, and then said leisurely, "The people who committed suicide by throwing themselves into the Funan River recently, the water ghost monkeys in the river, and the zombies that appeared in Chengdu, all the root causes have to be found in Dujiangyan."

"really."

I saw Master frowned, and then asked Old Man Li, "Is it something under Dujiangyan?"

Old Man Li laughed strangely and said, "Old guy, I advise you not to get involved in this matter, and enjoy your happiness on Qingcheng Mountain at ease. It's not worth losing your life for some things."

The master frowned immediately, and said, "Hmph, those things have all gone to Mount Qingcheng, how can I not care about them. Old man Li, you just need to tell me what is under the Dujiangyan. Last time I went there, I always felt out of my mind look."

Old man Li opened his mouth, revealing a few yellow dies inside, he said: "This matter, don't say it! Don't say it!"

"Old man Li, you are not being straightforward about this matter. We have been friends for so many years, what else can we say!" Master was immediately unhappy when he heard what old man Li said, and asked him scoldingly.

"Old guy, you are also a cultivator, so you should know that the secrets of heaven should not be leaked. If my old man told you today, I am afraid that I will die tragically in this room tomorrow." Although old man Li was talking to my master again, he kept staring at me. I watched, and I got goosebumps all over my body.

"Is this so serious?" Master stopped smiling when he heard old man Li say so seriously.At this time, he also noticed that old man Li had been staring at me, and he couldn't help saying: "Old man, why are you staring at my apprentice! Although he is a bit special, you don't have to do this."

Old man Li slowly turned his head to Master, with some hesitation on his face. After a long time, he seemed to have made a big decision, and said in a low voice: "Your apprentice is not simple, maybe the matter in Dujiangyan has something to do with him. related."

"how is this possible!"

The master stood up from the stool and said: "I also know something about this doll. Although I don't know how the Chen family allowed this doll to have such great luck, it can't be related to Dujiangyan. Then Chen The family has planned for more than 300 years, but this Dujiangyan was built by Li Bingxiu in the Qin Dynasty, how could the two be related!"

Old man Li looked at him with a smile on his face when he heard Master's questioning, and didn't speak.I, who was standing aside, looked very puzzled, and I couldn't understand what they were saying.

Master just looked at old man Li like this. After a while, Master's face suddenly changed, and he said in a surprised voice, "Yes! It's that bronze mask. That thing is definitely not something that ordinary people can have!"

"Tsing Yi Ancient Qiang, Bronze Mask, or Sanxingdui?" Master whispered to himself, with a trace of confusion on his face, as if he couldn't figure it out for a while.

After a while, Master woke up from his thoughts. He nodded to Old Man Li, took us to say goodbye to him and left.When I stepped out of the wooden house, I felt much happier. What I was most afraid of was that I would stay at Old Man Li’s house tonight. Thinking of the cloudy eyes on his face, I was a little scared.

When we left, old man Li stood at the door as if he was going to see us off. The moment I turned around, I saw a look of worry on his old face.

Master took us to stay in a big hotel in CD City. When the three of us were walking on the road, we attracted many people's attention. The little doll, this combination is really weird.

Later, when I asked Master why he didn’t wear Taoist robes, Master smiled and said that our lineage is not an orthodox Taoist school. It seems that our ancestors have passed on other traditions, so we don’t stick to clothing.And when I asked Mu Yueting why she was always wearing Taoist robes, she said coldly, "I like it."

I was so choked that I couldn't speak.

When the sun illuminated the earth the next day, I saw Master sitting beside the bed with a livid face.The master said that he had a bad premonition last night, so he rushed to find old man Li alone in the morning, only to find that old man Li was dead.

Old man Li's haggard face was extremely ferocious, his eyes full of whites were gouged out, and two cloudy eyeballs were hanging out.The mouth was wide open, and the tongue inside was broken at the root, as if someone forcibly tore it off.

And on his neck, there are two handprints, black handprints.

(End of this chapter)