Chapter 8 The fourth quarter

When it comes to fame, Xu Qiuyuan is quite smug, not to mention other things, he is indeed famous for exorcising corpses alone, especially when he subdued into fine zombies in his early years, he became famous even more.Moreover, after chasing corpses for so many years, he has never lost his hand, so many powerful and wealthy families would rather spend more money to invite him to go than spend less money and have no guarantee. "Then when are we going to pick up the goods?" Although Nong Fan has been learning for a year, he only learns the two exercises of Tianguanmen, Quantianmen Kungfu, and he has only learned a little about walking dead, and he only knows how to draw. Just a few symbols.However, he was still full of curiosity about the first time he chased the corpse.

"Master has seen the auspicious time with the three of them. Today, I have enough food and sleep. I will leave at the second watch (9:00pm to 11:00pm)." Xu Qiuyuan asked the waiter to order food while talking. The excited Nong Fan had already forgotten the eerie horror of chasing corpses, maybe it was because of Xu Qiuyuan's presence, or maybe he was already close to Zhu Zhechi.In short, he was full of anticipation for tonight. At night, the small village is cold and windy, and every household has turned off their lights to rest.The watchman rubbed his hands and let out a sigh of relief, and beat the gong twice. It was now the second watch.

As soon as the master and apprentice heard the sound of the gong, they got up at the same time to prepare for the work. After everything was ready, the master and apprentice walked out of the inn in the dark. After walking a few steps, a person suddenly jumped out from the side and stopped the master and apprentice.Nong Fan was startled, thinking that he had encountered a strong man, he couldn't help but fell back and sat down.Xu Qiuprinciple made a swift move, grabbing the collar of the visitor's front chest, and pushed it along. "Ouch." Xu Qiuyuan's throw made the visitor feel dizzy, his whole body was about to fall apart.

"Say, what are you doing sneakily in the middle of the night?" Xu Qiuyuan asked sharply. "Oh, it's really... really unlucky for me today, I came to find Master Nongfan." The visitor rubbed his butt and stood up unsteadily. Hearing that the visitor was looking for him, Nong Fan took a closer look curiously, and saw that the visitor's face was swollen like a pig's head, he wondered, "Do I know you?" "Master Nong, I... the younger one is the peddler who sells jewelry at the street today. I was wrong during the day and should not blackmail you. To show my sincerity, I will give you this necklace for free." He took out a small box and stuffed it into Nongfan's hand.

Before Nong Fan could react, the hawker had already left in a hurry. "Xiao Fan, what's going on? That peddler seems to be very afraid of you, what did you do to him?" Xu Qiuyuan asked sharply. Tianguan Sect has always strictly prohibited its disciples from bullying the weak, looking at the wound on the peddler's face, Xu Qiuyuan thought it was Nong Fan who beat him like this. As soon as Nong Fan yelled that he was wronged, he hurriedly told the whole story of the day.Of course, he didn't dare to say that he was scared away. After hearing this, Xu Qiuyuan pondered: "That's strange. This kind of profit-seeking person will not come to apologize in conscience. Looking at the wound on his face, someone must have threatened him secretly."

"My disciple doesn't know anything. It's so strange. Who beat him like this? How did he know my name is Nong Fan?" Seeing the wound on the peddler's face, Nong Fan suddenly had a bad feeling . "Forget it, it's getting late, let's go." Xu Qiuyuan didn't bother to care about such trifles, it would be bad if he missed the auspicious time. When the master and apprentice rushed to the yizhuang in Maozi Village, dozens of people standing outside the yizhuang immediately greeted them. The first person who came over was a burly man with a hunchback and a hunchback, with a mustache on his face and a fierce look on his face.He came to Xu Qiuyuan, looked Xu Qiuyuan up and down, and then said: "I said, Master, although my brother's second brother is done playing this time, the eldest brother can't treat him badly. When the second child is alive, he often talks. It is said that he will be buried in his hometown after death, so master must be careful when taking him away, and must send the second child safely."

"Don't worry, I have already received the deposit, and I promise to send the second master back to his hometown intact." Xu Qiuyuan was very displeased with the bandit leader's rudeness, and he was not polite when speaking. Standing behind the bandit leader was a fat middle-aged man, presumably the rich man. After the bandit leader finished speaking and walked away, he stepped forward to salute Xu Qiuyuan and said, "Master, my dead brother has been with Xu Qiuyuan since he was a child." I depend on each other for life, even though we are separated by Yin and Yang, but as the eldest brother, I hope he can be buried in his hometown after death, and this time, I hope Master will take good care of him all the way."

Xu Qiuyuan replied: "Don't worry. The poor will deliver it safely." The last one who came over was a sad-faced woman with reddish eyes and a sad expression.She bowed to Xu Qiuyuan with a hoarse voice: "Master, our family usually relies on the deceased husband to earn a little money, and there is nothing left behind after death. Not only do you not think that the salary is small, but you are willing to take the deceased husband on a trip. I really don't know." How should I thank Master, I kneel down to you, Master." As she spoke, the woman knelt down on the ground.

Seeing this, Xu Qiuyuan quickly stretched out his hand to help him up: "There is no need to be too polite, this trip just happens to be on the way, and the poor road will definitely deliver it properly." "Master, can I take a step to speak?" The woman suddenly said seriously. "Oh, yes." Xu Qiuyuan nodded in agreement, and then shouted at the other two families, "You two families write the date of birth, date of death, name, and gender of your deceased relatives on yellow paper and give them to my disciple. He will tell you what to do." When Nong Fan heard Xu Qiuyuan calling him by name, he was taken aback for a moment, then saluted and said yes, he had just learned how to do the family members of the walking dead, and Nong Fan, who was surrounded by two relatives for questioning as soon as he approached, was very proud , I thought that I could be so showy.

"Master, do you know what happened to Maozilin, the only way from Maozi Village to Ziya Village?" When she came to an empty space, the woman asked in a low voice. "Oh? Please advise." Xu Qiuyuan knew something was wrong when he saw the woman's mysterious appearance. The woman suddenly looked around vigilantly, then lowered her voice by three minutes, and said: "I heard that the world is upside down in the depths of the forest, and there are demon cats." "Oh, how do you say that?" Xu Qiuyuan had been to Maozi Lin a few months ago, and he had never heard of any "demon cats" at that time. Not long after that, a demon cat appeared suddenly. Suspect.

"I don't know very well, but two months ago, people in the village have disappeared one after another. When everyone was panicking, someone found in the forest that those people had turned into 'mummy' with only skin and bones left. The flesh and blood were sucked by the demon cat. Later, a Taoist priest came to the village, and the village head asked him to go and see, but after waiting for a long time, the Taoist priest did not come back, so the village head organized a group of young people to check in the forest. I found him in the depths, but what made everyone feel weird was that the Taoist priest died of starvation, and there was a wild fruit tree full of fruits not far from him. Later, someone found on his Taoist robe that "the world is upside down." , Three-tailed Li Mao' these words in blood. Now everyone passes through the woods in groups, if you are left alone, it must be very bad luck." Xu Qiuyuan laughed out loud after hearing this, and the woman looked at him with a puzzled face.Xu Qiuyuan said with a smile: "Pindao is never afraid of any monsters and goblins. Madam, don't worry, you are waiting for the poor in Ziya Village, and the poor will be delivered on time." In fact, there is another quick route from Maozi Village to Ziya Village, which is to go over the mountain, but Xu Qiuyuan brought a few corpses with him, and if he went over the mountain, it would take a lot of time.And it is very hard to carry corpses over mountains.The woman wanted to be ahead of Xu Qiuyuan, and Ziya Village could be reached by crossing the mountain, so Xu Qiuyuan told her to wait at ease. Besides, Nong Fan is so busy that he is dizzy now, not talking about the rich family, but just talking about this group of bandits. , but the group was arguing upside down.After a long time of trouble, it turned out that no one remembered the birth date and death date of the second head. "You guys, hurry up and let me go back and check." The leader here was furious, furious at several of his subordinates. "Ah, master, I remembered, it's..." one of his subordinates suddenly interjected. "What? Say it quickly," the leader roared. "I, I, I... I forgot again..." The subordinates were so frightened by the leader, and they forgot what they just remembered. "What are you making trouble for? Drag me down and fight." The leader said angrily. As soon as the subordinates heard it, they immediately cried and begged for mercy, and the scene was very noisy.The relatives of the rich people here have already written the yellow paper, and they waited for Nong Fan to give the details. After waiting for a long time, they saw that Nong Fan had been messing around with that group of rough people.Seeing that the auspicious time was approaching, several bold relatives came forward to ask questions one after another, and the leader on one side immediately scolded: "What are you doing, get out, it's not your turn yet." People immediately scolded back, and the scene suddenly became chaotic. Nong Fan was helpless, this leader was the one who made the mess from the beginning to the end, and he had the nerve to talk about others. When Xu Qiuyuan came over, the people on both sides barely made a move.Xu Qiuyuan saw Nongfan being surrounded in the middle and being tossed around by people on both sides, his face was as sad as a bitter melon.After a slight smile, he raised his voice and shouted, "Shut up, all of you." Hearing Xu Qiuyuan's shout, the people on both sides immediately fell silent.Nong Fan heaved a sigh of relief, and sighed inwardly that Xu Qiu was still majestic. "Come one by one, the ones that are written come first. Xiaofan, tell them what to do later. Come in and help me when you're done." After speaking, he walked into the Yizhuang with the woman and the rich man. For the sake of convenience, Xu Qiuyuan ordered the three families to carry the birthday tree pretending to be the dead to Yi Zhuang from the beginning, and the corpse was held in Yi Zhuang. Relatives can watch the deceased come out of the coffin from the sidelines, and then the relatives will pay respects and leave the venue.However, relatives are not allowed to watch the corpse lifting process. After lifting the corpse, when the mortician takes the corpse out and sets off, the relatives must cry and see off the nine hundred and ninety-nine steps.Afterwards, the relatives could not turn back and had to take a detour to go home.When you get home, you have to take off your shoes and tap them at the door before entering the house.Except for the same faction, every corpse exorcist has his own set of methods, so relatives need to follow the exorcist's instructions. Xu Qiuyuan led the woman and the rich man to the coffin of the deceased, and asked the woman, "How many relatives from Mrs. Zhang and Baoshan came to see him off?" When the woman heard this, she looked embarrassed: "The Zhang family has no relatives, so the wife of the Zhang family came to see them off." Xu Qiuyuan nodded, and turned to ask the rich man, "How many relatives from Shen Zunyun have come to see you off?" The rich man looked proud and said, "Fifty-six relatives of the Shen family came to see them off." "Since there is only one relative of the Zhang family to see him off, let's deal with it first. I don't know if Master Shen should do it?" Xu Qiuyuan said lightly. The rich man put away his complacency and looked embarrassed, the auspicious time is coming soon, with so many relatives in his family, the auspicious time will be over by the time the show is over, and now he has to let others take the lead, he is very unhappy.Xu Qiuyuan glanced at him, knowing what the rich man was thinking, and he said: "You have too many relatives, and there are others waiting behind you. How about this, I think it's enough for a few of the closest relatives to walk around , other people kneel outside. What do you think? Master Shen." The rich man has no choice but Xu Qiuyuan is the only one who dares to leave Maozilin. I have never worried about whether he will die in it with the remains of his relatives, but the people who introduced Xu Qiuyuan to him said This man is capable and trustworthy.Thinking of this, the rich man replied helplessly: "All follow Master's orders." Going out is to carry the deceased out of the birthday tree and put it on the birthday bed, and then the closest relatives of the deceased wash, comb the hair and feed the deceased, and then all the relatives line up according to their seniority to pay respects to the remains of the deceased. Continue to walk around and pay your respects again.The whole process has to go three times.When leaving the venue, the master will chant sutras, that is to say, words that the deceased can leave with peace of mind or praise the deceased. There was only one woman, and it was over quickly, and then it was the rich man's turn, and it took a moment for a dozen people to walk away. As soon as they finished walking, the bandit leader and Nong Fan came in.Nong Fan bowed to Xu Qiuyuan and said, "Master, they have remembered the horoscope and date of death of the deceased. My disciples have also instructed them what to do." Xu Qiuyuan nodded, looked at the yellow paper and asked the leader, "How many relatives of Mazi Lin from the Lin family came to see them off?" Upon hearing this, the leader replied, "No relatives, just a bunch of brothers." Xu Qiuyuan frowned and asked, "How many people are in a gang?" "How much? Well, maybe twenty-five if not thirty." Xu Qiuyuan looked at Nong Fan, and Nong Fan immediately said: "The disciples have counted them, and they are nineteen." "Nineteen people? They must have gone to have some fun. I said why I always feel that the number of people seems to be reduced by half. It turns out that they slipped out without telling me. Let me see if I go back and pick your skin." The leader's voice was not only loud but also vulgar, Xu Qiuyuan was angry in his heart when he heard it.But he didn't bother to talk nonsense with the leader, so he told Nong Fan, "Xiao Fan, go outside and bring some people who are best friends with Lin Mazi to walk around." Nong Fan knew that Xu Qiuyuan was angry, and he had nothing to do with the leader.He nodded and said, "Disciple understands." Unexpectedly, the second head of the family had a good relationship. When Nong Fan went out and said something, more than a dozen people immediately followed.After the scene was over, Xu Qiuyuan yelled, "The family members stay away." After the family members went out, Nong Fan immediately closed the door of the Yizhuang, because outsiders could not see the embalming of the corpse and the soul-drawing.It was the first time for even Nong Fan to see how to lift a corpse. Xu Qiuyuan took out a small bottle from his bosom, then asked Nong Fan to fetch an empty bowl, and then poured some red powder from the small bottle.When Nong Fan saw it, he was curious and asked, "Master, what is this?" "This is a medicinal powder called Tunfufeng. Isn't there a lot of blue grass planted in the backyard of Luyezhuang? This is made of that kind of grass." Xu Qiuyuan was a little surprised, he thought Zhang Xiaoluo had told Nongfan, Unexpectedly, he didn't know it yet. In fact, Zhang Xiaoluo told Nong Fan, but this kid didn't take it seriously and forgot. Then Xu Qiuyuan took out a small gourd from the bundle, and poured a brown potion into the bowl.When mixed with the Devouring Wind, the color becomes gray.Nongfan knows what to make the gourd potion. Usually he often sees Zhang Xiaoluo making this kind of medicine. Zhang Xiaoluo said that it is made from cinnabar, gelatin, clay powder, lime powder, Gastrodia elata, honey, wild chrysanthemum and many other medicinal materials. I didn't know what it was for at first, but later I found out that it was used for antisepsis. Xu Qiuyuan handed the potion to Nong Fan and instructed: "Each corpse has three mouthfuls." Nong Fan nodded and took it, and asked while feeding the corpse potion, "Master, isn't the rot-swallowing wind blue? Why is the medicinal powder just now red?" Xu Qiuyuan put away the small bottle and explained: "Master Tunfufeng doesn't talk big words. Maybe only the Luyezhuang in the world today grows some. It is said that this is a strange herb in ancient Yunnan, and it is the ancestor of the founder of the sect. It was brought from Yunnan, but Tunfufeng is very difficult to grow. It is bright blue at first, and then turns red when it withers. This kind of grass will wither every three years, and it will take three years to grow again. " The Corruption Swallowing Wind looks like a rush grass, which can be ground into powder after withering to prevent corpses from decaying. The potion is auxiliary, and the Rot Swallowing Wind is the main one. After feeding the potion, the next thing is to lure the soul into the corpse. People have three souls and seven souls, and the three souls refer to the soul of heaven, the soul of earth, and the soul of fate.The soul of heaven is yang, the soul of earth is yin, and the soul of life is yin and yang.The three souls refer to the control over people's thoughts, actions, and lives.And the soul of the earth is the control of actions.It is the earth soul that leads the soul into the corpse. The two masters and apprentices set up the altar, kowtowed to the sky three times, and followed the formal practice.