Chapter 8 Chapter Seven

Strange to say, since the birth of the ghost cub, the two corpses walked much more briskly than before, as if they were happy to have a baby. We have been brooding about the old woman's statement about ghost babies and monsters, and we always wanted to realize it sooner, but we didn't expect that this ghost thing's supernatural powers came so early, and on the fifth day after its birth, it made an astonishing move that left us speechless. Before we knew it, we finally walked out of Jinglua Gorge. There was still a hill in front of us, but the terrain was relatively flat. We could see a few scattered families. There were few pedestrians on the road. The smoke from cooking was rising in the distance, and the sound of chickens and dogs was faint. can be heard.

Tian Gudao rang the gong and shouted the lingo for driving corpses.The sound of the gong dissipated, and the sound of barking dogs in the distance disappeared at once. After a short pause, the sound of dogs barked again, but the barking sounds seemed to have lost the previous confidence and wildness. After walking for two hours, after passing a bend, we saw a majestic and steep peak suddenly appearing in the distance, with overlapping layers. This is Liulong Mountain. It turns out that we have never walked out of the endless Wuling Mountains. Just out of Jinglua Gorge, and then into Liulong Mountain.

Tian Gudao lost confidence in this endless rugged mountain road. Walking among these boundless mountains is boring, lonely and difficult, and it is really not a job that ordinary people can do.However, I have a different idea from Tian Gudao, and I am full of gratitude for this endless mountain.If there were no such wild and remote mountains, there would be no need for the business of exorcising corpses, and without the special business of exorcising corpses, where would I go to accumulate money for the imperial examinations? In my hometown in the mountainous area of ​​western Hunan, the mountain people have always adhered to the ancient saying that leaves fall and return to their roots.After a fox dies, it still has to turn its head toward the cave where it was born, how much less a human being!A wanderer who dies in a different place must be buried in the tomb of his ancestors according to his own wishes, and filial sons and grandsons must return home after the funeral, and relatives and friends who know each other are also obliged to support this matter.

And these places are barren, with many high mountains, heavy miasma in the mountains, falciparum malaria is often prevalent, and the living environment is extremely bad. Except for the local Miao people, outsiders rarely go there.If you want to transport the dead body of your relatives back to your hometown on the rugged mountain road thousands or hundreds of miles away, you can imagine the difficulty. The method is economical, simple and safe. Of course, there are also geographical restrictions on using the "Chenzhou Talisman" to drive corpses. You can only go to Lizhou in the north, not Dongting Lake, you can only go to Jingzhou in the east, you can only go to Fuzhou and Wuzhou in the west, and you can go to Yunnan and Guizhou in the southwest. .Because these places are under the jurisdiction of the ghost country of the ancestors of the Miao people, no matter how far away they are, they will be out of bounds, and no matter how skilled the morticians are, they cannot drive away those corpses.

Chasing corpses is also unpalatable, and I am not afraid of anything else. The most worrying thing is that accidents and dangerous situations will happen to the corpse.The birth of the ghost cub this time surprised us.When we were about to enter the mountain, I re-examined the condition of the two dead bodies on Wada Road.Even though it was autumn, we were still worried about the decay of the corpse. Before lifting the corpse, we had already recited the "Sealing Curse", applied cinnabar on the corpse, and sprayed spiritual water.But this spiritual water can only be used for seven days. After seven days, you have to recite the mantra and apply the sand.

If the corpse rots and becomes stinky, not only will it not be able to pay the funeral home, but it will also affect the reputation of my Liu family's dead body sect.Once the corpse decomposes, it will be difficult to walk if it is light, and the corpse will change if it is severe. The ghost cub watched from the side as we sealed the corpse without crying. I found that the hair on the top of this guy’s head had doubled in length and wrapped around the small bald spot on his head in a circular shape, making him look like a little old man. posture. With everything in order, we headed towards Liulong Mountain.

The endless sea of ​​bamboo in Liulong Mountain has green waves in the wind, and mist rises between the undulating green waves. At the foot of the mountain is the brocade-like Jinjiang River.The Jinjiang River is a tributary of the Yuanshui River, and the water of the Jinjiang River circles for a while in the mountains before rushing to the Yuanshui River. Walking closer, the bamboo forest is filled with the faint fragrance of bamboo, the path in the forest, the stream gurgling, the bamboo leaves rustling, and the sunlight falling from the gaps in the leaves.Streams, canyons, cliffs, mountain streams, one step at a time, there are scenery everywhere.If you are not in a hurry to get rid of the corpse, this is a good place to study and recuperate.There are Miao, Tujia, Dong, Gelao, Manchu and other ethnic groups living here. They carved out passages from the cliffs leading to the outside of the mountain, like jade belts winding around the mountain, connecting the mountain with the outside.

Although the vast bamboo sea in front of us is beautiful, it makes me and Tian Gudao feel uneasy. Because the bamboo branches are very cloudy, they are places where dirt and evil people and practices are hidden, not to mention a sea of ​​bamboo, which is more likely to attract unclean things.We decided to break the rule of day and night, and take advantage of the bright moonlight. During the pause, I came to a place called Julongxi. Scolding Longxi has some origins. In the past, there were six yellow dragons on Liulong Mountain, and they invited the three blue dragons in the Jinjiang River to come to a cave to gather together. When Jiulong came to the cave, he saw this fairyland-like cave in Penglai, and his selfish desires suddenly arose. They all wanted to take the cave as their own and competed endlessly.When the rooster crows and the dawn breaks, no one can return to their original residence. They have to perch on a huge colorful pillar deep in the cave, and can no longer escape.There is a small stream at the foot of the mountain. Because the Kowloons are fighting for the cave, people can't find peace, so they keep cursing the dragon, so it is named "cursing the dragon stream".

With the green bamboos all over the mountain and the strange name called Longxi, I and Tian Gudao feel that this place is a bit evil, so we should be extra cautious. Before you know it, go up the Hualong River, turn over Guanyin Mountain, and at the mountainside, a huge karst cave comes into view, which is Jiulong Cave.At this time, the white belly was exposed in the east, and we were a little tired and sleepy after walking all night. Tian Gudao still had to carry ghosts and demons on his back, and his words were full of complaints.We decided to park the body in Kowloon Cave and take a nap in the cave ourselves.

Tian Gudao put the ghost boy on the stone slab in the cave, and said that he went out to drink the stream water, and I let him go. The ghost boy was full of energy and didn't feel sleepy at all. Starting from Duke Zhou, maybe he was too sleepy, so he fell asleep immediately. After an unknown amount of time, I was suddenly awakened by the sound of arguing outside the cave. My eyes were sleepy, and I poked my head out looking for the sound, only to see Tian Gudao arguing with a young nun. The nun was wearing a gray robe, and under the wide robe, Miaoman's figure could be seen faintly, especially the two tall and straight peaks on her upper body, and her beautiful and charming face was covered with two blush. , really shameless..."

Tian Gudao looked innocent. After listening for a while, I finally figured out the ins and outs of the matter. It turned out that Tian Gudao saw the morning sun was rising, and today was two days again, so he took off his pants on a rock outside the cave to "dry the bird" to replenish the sun according to the folk prescription given by his master.At this time, the nun was going down the mountain to carry water, passing by here, and met Tian Gudao's strange behavior, thinking that he was deliberately revealing his things to tease her. "You frivolous man, you know this is a quiet place of Buddhism, why did you take out that thing and play with it, you must be deliberately embarrassing me." Seeing that Tian Gudao's face was flushed and he was confused, the nun refused to let go. "Master, I really didn't do it on purpose, and I don't know there are people here..." Tian Gudao was anxious, and quickly defended himself. "Damn ghost, return my innocence. I'm still a girl with yellow flowers." The nun said angrily. After hearing the nun's words, Tian Gudao couldn't help covering the huge thing under his crotch: "I really didn't mean it, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." The nun glanced at her out of the corner of her eye, but was still relentless in her pursuit: "You still said it wasn't intentional, so why are you still so tall and straight now?" I was listening to the conversation between the two, and I couldn't help feeling hot.My goodness, that nun is not to blame, she is simply seducing and teasing naked!Such a coquettish and stunning woman escaped into Buddhism and accompanied the ancient Qingdeng Buddha, which is really blasphemy. I immediately sent them a couplet in my heart: a pair of sluts, two dogs and men! "Miaoci, what are you arguing about?" An old nun suddenly appeared at some point and asked the little nun.That tone should be the master of the little nun, or the teacher in the nunnery. When the little nun saw the old nun, the coquettish look she had just now calmed down, and she quickly changed into an aggrieved and crying face, and her original charming face suddenly changed: "Master, this frivolous man wants to moles the apprentice, you have to decide for me! " The old nun said: "Amitabha, sin, sin!" He wanted to question Tian Gudao Xingshi. I hurried out to explain and excuse Tian Gudao.I don't want to cause extra complications and affect the itinerary of expelling the corpse. The old nun knew that we were resting morticians here, so he didn't say much, and said: "If you ask me with your voice, if you see me with your color, you are walking in evil ways and cannot see the Tathagata." The nun went up the mountain. Tian Gudao was stunned, perhaps he didn't understand the old nun's Buddhist language. We looked up and found that from the side of Jiulong Cave, there are stone steps connecting the top of the mountain. There is a small nunnery on the top of the mountain. The stone steps and the nunnery are hidden in the green forest. If you don’t pay attention , it is difficult to detect at all. "Grandpa Tian, ​​please post that bird thing in the future, first observe the surrounding environment, choose a remote place and show it off, okay!" After the nunnery master and apprentice left, I was furious and blamed Tian Gudao for not Should be so careless.Tian Gudao looked very innocent, and said aggrievedly: "Who would have thought that there is a nunnery in this place where the birds don't shit!" What made me angry was that Tian Gudao then changed to a remote corner and wanted to show off his bird thing again, saying that it hadn't been half an hour yet.I was fuming with anger at him. He argued: "Of course you don't care, anyway, it's not your thing. The master said to guarantee the time, otherwise it won't work." Tian Gudao's dedication and dedication made me dumbfounded. As soon as I raised my leg, I kicked him on the buttocks and kicked him into the cave. While Tian Gudao and I were pushing and shoving, the ghost cub who had been calm all of a sudden became restless and let out a cry of "Wow... wow". Tian Gudao and I were startled and stopped the quarrel. While I was watching with bated breath, Tian Gudao stepped sideways and disappeared immediately.I didn't bother to talk to him, and reminded him to pay attention to drying birds in secluded places, so as not to cause trouble again. I looked back and found that the ghost cub had grown up a lot suddenly, and looked like a two-year-old child. After that, he regained his composure. When he grinned at me, I found a new row of teeth growing in his mouth .The teeth are very strange, the two big canine teeth in front of the door are very dazzling, sharp and straight, like two mighty generals.The eyelashes on the two big eyes have also grown a lot.Those eyes are ridiculous when they flicker, and they have the effect of being handsome and covering all ugliness. I secretly speculated that this ghost cub grows up a lot as soon as he yells "Wow...Wow..." Is it similar to "Having a long fever"?In western Hunan, villagers believe that children with typhoid fever and high fever do not need to see a doctor, because every time they have a high fever, their bodies will grow taller, which is called "long fever". Anyway, I don't want to fall asleep anymore, so I just play with the ghost cub, that little guy is lively and cute besides being a bit ugly with a bald head.It's a pity that I'm a scholar, and I don't have any experience in feeding babies.Holding the boy in his arms, he fed him spring water and dry food. He fumbled around and moved clumsily, and finally let him crawl and play freely on the ground. After calming down, I began to look carefully at Jiulong Cave.I found that the cave is vast and magnificent. It is divided into upper and lower floors.There are holes in each hall, and the halls in the cave are connected. The huge cave hall we are in is ten feet high, and a deep cave leads to nowhere. Stone flowers, stone mantles, stone birds and stone animals can be seen everywhere, lifelike.A shaft-like heavenly hall on the side connects the inside and outside of the cave. A beam of sunlight shines into the cave, and the stone milk is crystal clear.There are dozens of stalactite pillars as high as ten people, and nine of them have weird shapes. There are milky white protrusions on the stone pillars of various colors and go up to the top of the pillars, like a nine-dragon winding pillars.There is not enough sunlight in the cave, except for the hall, the other places are gloomy and gloomy. Walking a little deeper, you will feel the coldness pressing down your spine. Seeing this situation, I moved the two dead bodies to the heavenly hall, so as not to cause the souls to wander due to excessive Yin Qi. Suddenly, the ghost cub uttered "Wow...Wow..." again, and I ignored him. At this time, Dongwaitian Ancient Road shouted: "Brother, come help me." I ran out of the cave, and saw Tian Gudao fighting fiercely with a big black kite. The beast's iron claws were like pincers, clamping Tian Gudao's arm tightly. Staring at Tian Gudao's thigh, the curved steel mouth kept attacking. Tian Gudao tried his best to protect the root of life, his hands were already dripping with blood, seeing this situation, I was also confused, I didn't know where to help, Tian Gudao wailed, and seemed to be losing strength... At a critical moment, I saw the ghost cub behind me leap up from the ground with a "chuss" and pluck a yellow feather from the tail of the black iris with one hand. With a scream, the beast turned around and flew away... I helped Tian Gudao into the cave and bandaged him briefly.Tian Gudao was exhausted, like a mourner who had just been defeated, crying endlessly. It turned out that he was drying birds in a remote place outside the cave, when suddenly a beast descended from the sky and attacked him. I blamed Tian Gudao and said: "Your thing is really a curse, even the black kite is not pleasing to the eye, it's better to chop it up early to save worry, so as not to continue to cause trouble." Tian Gudao said nothing.That being the case, we had no choice but to recuperate in the cave and wait for Tian Gudao to recover. Before we could calm down, thousands of black bats shot out from the cave and rushed towards us. Before we could react, they pounced on us.This is a group of vampire flying foxes, with wings spread up to four feet, snouts like foxes, outer ears protruding forward, and claws at the end of their thumbs flapping and scratching on our bodies.Probably smelling the bloody smell of Tian Gudao's wound, hundreds of bats flew towards him, covering his body firmly, forming a huge black outer sac, competing to suck the blood from the wound.Tian Gudao howled like a pig, and I tried my best to push the bats away from my head, only to see another group of bats had already surrounded the two corpses and trampled on them.The bamboo hat and Chenzhou talisman on the dead body were messed up. I couldn't speak well, so I was going to meditate and recite the foreign body spell. Ghost Cub Yao also saw this scene, and saw his expression of grief and indignation, his eyes glared, his mouth opened violently, a burst of luck, the veins on his neck swelled, and his dantian seemed to be moving, "Wow... oh... yell... "There was a strange roar, the sound was like the roar of a lion, the cry of an ape, and the anger of a human being.After a while, the sound stopped abruptly, and the vampire bats in the cave fell to the ground one after another, covering the ground like a black rain. If you look closely, you can see that the corners of each bat's mouth are bleeding, as if its internal organs have been shattered to death, and its appearance is horrible. This cave is gloomy and cold, and it is a place of right and wrong, so it cannot be stayed for a long time.We're going to pack up the dead bodies and get back on the road. Tian Gudao was full of scars, and he started to practice together with me. Unexpectedly, the spell had no effect this time, and the two dead bodies did not move at all! Tian Gudao scolded Soaring Lady for a while, and we began to reflect on whether we reversed the procedure and pronounced the wrong spell... At this time, the ghost cub uttered "Wow...Wow" again.As soon as I heard this sound, I felt terrified, because every time this sound was accompanied by changes. I looked back, and as expected, I found a giant python swimming out of the dark place in the cave. The python was as long as ten shoulder poles, with brown and white patterns all over its body. Its bottom is yellowish-white, it opens its bloody mouth wide, and the green tongue sticks out in its mouth. It travels extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it comes from a place ten feet away. I met Tian Gudao, pulled the ghost cub, and ran out of the cave. The giant python swam to the entrance of the cave with a "chuss", as if it wanted to block the entrance of the cave.Almost at the same time, another eight giant pythons with different stripes swam out of the cave from different directions. The situation was urgent. It was too late to recite the incantation, and we became their prey after the incantation was finished.With no time to think about it, I pulled out the wolf flute cinnabar pen on my back, waved it around, and created a way out. Tian Gudao was behind me, with the ghost cub on his back, and fled. Seeing that we had come out of the cave, the giant python didn't chase after us, instead, it ran towards the two corpses. The ghost cub was horrified when he saw this, as if they were his relatives, and he had the obligation to protect them.So he jumped off Tian Gudao's back and jumped in front of the two corpses.When the group of pythons saw someone coming to provoke them, their expressions became irritable, and they surrounded the ghost cubs and the two dead bodies together. Tian Gudao and I groaned inwardly, thinking that this kid might have lost his life. However, the ghost cub quickly shook off the veil on his body, went into battle naked, a bubble of piss shot out from his crotch, shot on the snake, and a puff of burnt smoke rose where the piss landed.When the snake saw it, it didn't dare to attack rashly, so they confronted each other like this... Tian Gudao and I were thinking about going forward to solve the problem. The ghost cub opened his mouth and yelled twice, pointing his fingers towards the top of the cave, as if implying something, Tian Gudao and I didn't know what to do.Afterwards, I sorted out my mind a little bit, and I felt that today's weirdness came very strangely. Reminiscent of the incident between Tian Gudao and the nun, I felt that the old nun's words were tricky.The ghost cub is pointing at the roof of the cave, does it imply that our old nun is causing trouble? I asked Tian Gudao to guard the entrance of the cave, and ran to the nunnery on the top of the mountain by myself. In a short time, I arrived in the nunnery, but I saw the old nun was wearing cassock and performing rituals. There were some strange branches and paper on the altar in front of the Bodhisattva Products, leaves, the branch looks like a horned dragon, like a basilisk, the paper pattern looks like a centipede, like a bat, and the old nun keeps chanting mantras... Seeing me coming in, the old nun was a little surprised and stopped casting spells suddenly.I saw the reason at a glance, it turned out that this old nun was plotting against us.Since Tian Gu said that she suffered first, I did not blame her, but treated her with courtesy and sincerely apologized to her.After talking for a while, the old nun saw that I was well-educated and didn't blame her, so he took off his robe and put away the law, saying: "Sin, sin." So I thanked the old nun and went back to Jiulong Cave. The giant python and bat just now were gone. No, the ground is full of branches and leaves, and the cave returns to normal. Tian Gudao and I tidied up the situation, hurriedly drove the corpse out of the cave, and wanted to move forward. At this time, the old nun led a group of nuns down the mountain and stopped us.I thought this old nun repented and wanted to cast a spell, but she took out a piece of bone and threaded it with a rope. It was probably an amulet, and hung it around the ghost boy's neck. Her eyes were full of kindness, and she gently stroked the ghost boy. The bald head, and then told us: "This day's bone fragment is a treasure, and it must not be lost, otherwise there will be disasters!" "Then what animal's bone is this bone piece made of? What's so magical about it?" Tian Gudao asked curiously. "You will know when the time comes!" The old nun replied. I was also very curious, and looked at the bone fragment on the ghost cub's neck.I saw that the bone piece was ivory white in color, shaped like a crescent moon, and also looked like a key piece.I approached the ghost cub, held the bone piece in my palm, and found that there was a mystery on the bone piece, with a line of "142857" engraved on it. Is this the so-called Tianma?When I asked the reason, the old nun said straightforwardly: "Don't say it, don't say it." The more the old nun said that, the more curious I became. When parting, the old nun took out another slingshot and handed it to the ghost boy: "This slingshot is made of sandalwood, and the drawstring is old beef tendon. It is very strong. I will make you a doll. You can play with it to relieve boredom..." Ghost Cub Yao took this thing, very happy, pulling the slingshot from time to time, jumping up and down, laughing.I saw that I picked up a small stone from the ground, pulled it hard, and actually bounced the stone to a tree in the distance, hitting the leaves and making a rustling sound. At this time, I discovered that the ghost cub not only grew up much taller, but also could walk by itself. We bid farewell to a group of nuns, but we had no intention of seeing the young nun carrying water looking at Tian Gudao with spring in his eyes.I secretly called out "Harmful Spirit", and while waving my hands, I urged Tian Gudao to move forward quickly...