The years of reselling the haunted house

Of course, it is also possible that she has already stored a sufficient amount of tobacco leaves, which is why she arranged this way.

And when I stood in front of the chickpeas that were still standing in the field, I found that the chickpeas that remained in the field were also high and low, with distinct layers.

I have some doubts, does Grandma Yan want to rely on these chickpea to resist the menacing evil way?This is a bit like a child's play house.

Granny Yan has been arranging all this solemnly, making the atmosphere extremely depressing, and I dare not ask too many questions.

I checked the time and it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon.Although we haven't eaten all the time, due to the situation and the urgency of time, we don't have time to fill our stomachs.

And Granny Yan kept setting things up in Happy Valley. If I could help a little with the physical work at the beginning, then I was completely reduced to a spectator.Because I don't understand what Granny Yan is doing, so I can't get involved at all.

Granny Yan herself was methodical. First, according to the eight directions of the gossip, she set up several bundles of cut down millet along the periphery of the valley.These chickpeas were half-buried with soil.

Those chickpeas were still unharvested, and the fruits that resembled sorghum spikes were gathered together, looking like clusters of fiery torches.

I was really curious, so I asked Granny Yan what are the sorghum ears used for?

Granny Yan told me that these standing chickpeas can serve as beacon towers.

I know that beacon towers are used to transmit messages, so the ones set up by Granny Yan should be used as a warning before the other party arrives.

Later, Granny Yan prepared several bags of shredded tobacco and tobacco leaves for herself. I think those shredded tobaccos are all finished products after processing.I guess she will use different smoking control techniques according to the different shredded tobacco.

As for Granny Yan, I just met her not long ago, and I only know that she has a miraculous smoking control technique, but I have almost zero knowledge of this smoking control technique.

But I know very well that Granny Yan has become famous in Taoism with only one pipe stick, and she has won the title of Old Hanyan. Presumably, she must have some magical skills that I don't know about.I'm also very curious, wondering how Granny Yan will use the mysterious smoking control technique in such a fierce fight.

Chapter 1286

If there are a hundred kinds of Taoism in the world, among them, the smoking control technique is definitely outstanding and unique.Because before this, I had never even heard of such a Taoism.

When Grandma Yan got everything ready, I thought the preparations were over.

Unexpectedly, Grandma Yan didn't give up, but asked me to take a shovel and other tools, follow her, and start measuring from the front of the thatched cottage.

Granny Yan walked back and forth in front of the thatched cottage a few times, using this method to determine the final position.Finally, he stood still in one place and motioned for me to dig down there.

I thought to myself, could it be that Granny Yan buried her treasure in the ground?Seeing that Xiaoyao Valley is not safe, you want to take your baby and leave?

I was thinking wildly, not daring to neglect my hands, and it took a lot of effort to dig a hole below.Finally, under the guidance of Grandma Yan, I carefully dug out something inside.

When the thing came out, I found that it was actually a bronze tripod.

It took me a long time to pry the tripod out from the ground.

The tripod was much smaller than a normal tripod, about the size of a square stool. When it was just dug out, it was covered with mud. Granny Yan wiped the mud off the tripod slowly with a cotton cloth. The true face was revealed.

Judging from the shape, the tripod is a round tripod, but the strange thing is that it actually has five legs.

Our common tripods and round tripods are all three-legged, so there is a saying of three-legged tripod.Fang Ding has four legs. In ancient times, it was used as a cooking utensil for cooking meat, so if there are too many legs underneath, it is inconvenient to use.

But the tripod that Grandma Yan dug out has five legs, this is the first time I have seen such a tripod.

And on this tripod, along the five tripod feet, different patterns are engraved.Look carefully, the five patterns are actually five different animals.

The five animals are dragon, cicada, carp, phoenix and golden toad.

Those patterns are unique in shape and exquisite in carving. Although the animal's body is somewhat abstract, it is still lifelike and vivid.

This five-legged tripod, apart from other factors, should be a rare collection in terms of its modeling and casting art alone.

I knelt down, observed carefully, and asked firmly, "Grandma Yan, does this tripod look hundreds of years old?"

But Granny Yan shook her head and said, "You're wrong, it hasn't happened in decades, only 20 years."

"Two... 20 years? How is this possible?"

I was astonished, and observed again, and felt that what Granny Yan said was wrong.I have seen some ancient relics, among other things, the bronze mirror on my body. Although I don’t understand the professional terms to describe ancient relics, I can see that the back of the bronze mirror is obviously visible. It shows the long time and the vicissitudes of history.

And the tripod in front of me is even more primitive than the bronze mirror. Even if it is not the hundreds of years I said, it should be at least a hundred years old.

But obviously, Granny Yan knows the origin of the five-legged tripod better than I do.Seeing that I was interested, she explained to me: "Strictly speaking, this is not a tripod, but a furnace. Its full name is Five Elements and Five Beasts' Furnace."

"Five elements and five beasts, arrest the smoke stove?"

Granny Yan nodded: "Yes. The origin of this thing has a lot of history. I saw the record of this kind of stove in the books left by the master. There are many Taoist techniques around this kind of stove. It can be cast. I looked carefully at the time, and I really wanted to have such a furnace. At that time, the master had not left, so I asked the master, and the master told me that this kind of furnace handed down by the ancestors is no longer available. If you want, you can I had to recast it, and he also gave me an address of an ancient casting furnace. So when I went out of the valley that time, I drew a pattern and found the place. Thank God, the old master is still there. But I want to It takes a lot of money to build such a stove, and I have no hair on me. When I was at a loss, the old master saw my design, and suddenly took out the Five Elements and Five Beasts Stove Stove."

I asked curiously: "He also knows the Five Elements and Five Beasts Furnace? How could he have built it in advance?"

Granny Yan said: "I also had this question at the time, but I found out that it was a few years ago, the master had been there, and specially asked the old master to build this kind of furnace, and told him that one day, someone Bring the pattern to make this thing, and then let the old master give me this furnace. It turns out that the master, an old man, has already made arrangements. So when I returned to the valley, I brought this furnace back."

I nodded: "Then you took this stove back, why didn't you use it, and buried it instead?"

Granny Yan explained: "The five-element and five-beast trap smoke stove, the more ancient the better, that is to say, the older and older, the more effective it will be. I use a secret method to use it underground. The gas from the ground is used to feed the furnace. I will not take it out of the ground until it is necessary."

Granny Yan didn't explain in detail how to use the secret method to raise the Five Elements and Five Beasts Stove, but just mentioned it in one sentence.

I didn't ask in depth, because I know that this kind of secret technique involving unique techniques is generally kept strictly confidential.Although Granny Yan and I are of the same clan, Daoist Shimen didn't teach me any Taoism, so in this regard, Granny Yan doesn't need to tell me too much.

But I know very well in my heart that since this so-called secret furnace is buried underground, making full use of the earth's energy is an indispensable link.I think the sense of simplicity shown on the stove should also be related to the conservation of earth atmosphere.

And after Granny Yan's introduction, when I looked at the Five Elements and Five Beasts Stove, I felt something unusual.

Seeing the smoke burner in front of me is a little different from seeing other incense burners.Those incense burners are mostly placed in temples and temples for burning incense, so they seem to have a sense of stability and security.But the one in front of me became weirder the more I looked at it, and after looking at it for a long time, my body felt a little chilly.

The above five kinds of beast bodies, although the name of this furnace is called Five Elements and Five Beasts, the cicadas, golden toads and carp in it are not a kind of beast, but can only be called a kind of animal.

The patterns of the five animals also became more and more strange. They were eager to try, as if they were about to break free from the shackles of the furnace body and run outside.

So in my heart, I have a different interpretation of the secret method of raising a stove that Granny Yan said.

I feel that the secret method she mentioned must not escape the word corpse aura.

Chapter 1287 Dragon Cicada Carp Phoenix Toad

Because of the balance of yin and yang in Xiaoyao Valley, she maintains it by introducing corpse energy.And the reason why we were able to track it down here was because Uncle San used probes to search for the corpse's aura.So I think that Granny Yan just said that the furnace is raised with earth gas, which is not entirely appropriate.This strange-looking furnace should have been raised with corpse energy.

Using corpse qi to maintain the balance of yin and yang, and using corpse qi to raise the stove, this doesn't sound so orthodox, but it makes you unable to say anything.Even if you don't use the corpse gas left in the ground by these corpses, it still exists.Just like everything in the world, there are also many bad things, but if you can make good use of these bad things to good things, it can be regarded as a merit, and this should belong to the category of dialectics.

I was thinking wildly here, but Grandma Yan didn't care, and asked me to help her move the Five Elements and Five Beasts Stove to the center of the venue.

I noticed that this place should be the center of the gossip that Grandma Yan surrounded with the chickpeas.

Apparently she wanted to use the Bagua diagram and the Five Elements and Five Beasts Stove to make some articles to fight against evil ways and enemy attacks.

Although Granny Yan didn't explain too much about the Five Elements and Five Beasts Furnace, from my understanding, I can see the clues.

The theory of the five elements has existed since ancient times.In Taoism, the five elements are involved in many places.

Gold, wood, water, fire and earth, representing the five elements, also endow this copper furnace with more meaning.The five beasts correspond to the five elements one by one.

It's like not long ago, in the gossip that the third uncle was in Huangnigou Village, every direction has the principle of zodiac protection.

On this furnace of five elements and five beasts, the dragon, cicada, carp, phoenix and toad all have their own meanings.The guardian beast of the five elements of gold is the dragon, which is said to be the five-clawed golden dragon. The ancient emperor was the real dragon emperor, and the representative color is golden yellow. Gold and dragons have always been inseparable.The guardian beast of the Five Elements Wood is the cicada, which clings to the paper of the tree and feeds on the sap.The ancients even said that jade cicadas were contained in the corpse to ward off evil spirits.The guardian of the five elements of water is the carp, and the carp leaps over the dragon gate and transforms into a dragon, which has great spirituality.The guardian of the five elements of fire is the phoenix, and the phoenix is ​​reborn from the fire. The saying of the fire phoenix has also existed since ancient times.The guardian of the five elements of soil is the golden toad, which contains soil and turns into gold. It is also an auspicious animal in ancient times.

Although the Five Elements and Five Beasts Smoke Stove is made in modern times, its style and function are more used in ancient times.Every time I see this kind of ancient artifacts with unique shapes and profound meanings, I will admire the wisdom of the ancients. With 5000 years of historical and cultural precipitation, how many unknown and breathtaking things will there be?

We put the stove in place, and Grandma Yan lit three more incense sticks in front of the stove, and the cigarette smoke rose up and lingered around the stove, as if being infected by the smoke.

I know that the incense in Granny Yan's hands is different from the Buddhist and Taoist incense we usually use. This incense should be a special kind, and the smoke that rises is thicker and heavier.I also gradually understood that the smoke in the tobacco control technique is not obtained only by the performer smoking the bong.The application of this tobacco control technique should be very wide. The smoke in the dry tobacco and the smoke from the incense can be well used by the smoked mother-in-law.

After being tainted by the smoke, the furnace was hidden in the smoke, making the furnace of five elements and five beasts even more mysterious.

After finishing all this, Granny Yan suddenly said: "Li Yang, go and see if your third uncle is back?"

I was taken aback, I didn't hear any movement, but I believed in Granny Yan's perception, and hurried to the valley passage where my third uncle left. Someone ran in from outside.Pang Dahai was still carrying a big bag, and he was wheezing from exhaustion.

I was a little puzzled, because according to my estimate, the third uncle would take two hours at the fastest to go back and forth.Counting it now, they were about half an hour ahead of schedule.

So I went up to greet him, and after saying hello, I asked, "Third Uncle, why are you so fast?"

The third uncle waved his hand: "Don't mention it. When I was about to reach the residential building, I just caught up with him and was about to go up the mountain. We met him. I took the things and rushed over directly. Granny Yan's civet cat took us to copy it. Way to go."

"Going up the mountain?" I was taken aback: "What are you doing going up the mountain?"

Pang Dahai waved his hand: "Of course I was looking for you when I went up the mountain. After you've been there for so long, I can't sit still anymore. I'm afraid that something will happen to you."

"What about Miss Xu? Are you done with your business?"

Fat Dahai cried, and said, "Don't mention it, boss, you can scold me. It's my inability to bring sister Xu back..."

"Ah? Something happened to Miss Xu?" I was taken aback when I heard that. This was what I was most afraid of.Although we came here because of the curse of sister Xu's family, we only found out after arriving that it was not that simple.Sister Xu is not from the Taoist sect, we shouldn't let her go out to do errands, and we are even more afraid that something will happen to her.

Pang Dahai waved his hand: "No, no, boss, don't worry, listen to me slowly."

Pang Dahai was about to tell me in detail how they went to Niubiancao, but the third uncle waved his hand: "Okay, we'll talk about this later. Xu Ruoxi is fine, we have to settle the matter before we study her." matters. Eldest nephew, is everything here arranged?"

I heard that Xu Ruoxi was fine, so I felt relieved, so I took Third Uncle and Pang Dahai to see Grandma Yan and introduced her.

Granny Yan nodded: "Very well, I'm sorry to bother you all, and I am very relieved to have your help."

Seeing Granny Yan's strange dress, Fat Dahai was also curious.

After all, in modern society, it is also extremely new to see people dressed as court ladies in Qing Dynasty costumes.

But I believe that on the way, the third uncle should have told Pang Dahai about the situation here, so he was just curious and didn't ask any more questions.

Now that the four of us are standing here, all the manpower used to defend against powerful enemies is alive.It's just that when I looked at these four people, I didn't know anything about it.

Granny Yan knew that the third uncle possessed Taoism, and it was not superficial.So she took us to the place where the Five Elements and Five Beasts Stove was placed, and said: "This is the center of our Xiaoyao Valley, which is the location of Wuji soil in the center of the Five Elements."

The third uncle also knows the five elements quite well. Standing there, he first looked around, then looked at the stove for a while, and he was full of praise, and said: "It seems that Granny Yan has already taken precautions. This Xiaoyaogu seems to be simple. , but I think it is a hidden mystery."

Granny Yan said: "This is the result of Master's painstaking efforts back then. I just improved in some aspects later on."

Chapter 1288 Arhat Gray

From their words, it seems that they have a well-thought-out plan for the layout of Happy Valley.But Fatty and I still can't see through the mystery of Happy Valley.It does look like an ordinary valley, is it really what they say?Just relying on the four of us, can we resist the attack from the ghost market?

The advantage of Xiaoyao Valley is that it can be independent of yin and yang, and become a mysterious place where people don't know anyone.So even if my third uncle and I found this place through civet cats, it was a kind of opportunistic trick.When the third uncle went around and tried to find it again, he found that Xiaoyao Valley had miraculously disappeared again.

This should also be one of the means that Granny Yan relies on to protect herself, but now it is said that the other party's evil way has discovered this place and will launch an attack soon. This Xiaoyao Valley is no longer mysterious, and it is likely to be completely exposed to the other party. under surveillance.How long this Happy Valley can last, I am also anxious.

The third uncle looked around, called me over, and asked, "Nephew, you can win all battles by knowing yourself and the enemy. Although I entered a ghost market once, I was trapped in a ghost prison most of the time. So only you know the ghosts in the ghost market best." In terms of the situation, tell me, what power can the ghost collection rely on, that is to say, what will the other party use to attack Xiaoyao Valley?"

I nodded, thought for a while and said: "Actually, what I see is only the surface, and the secrets of the ghost market cannot be fully revealed. But what I can see should be two kinds of power. One is the hell flamingo, and It is the spy bird in the ghost collection. I have seen the power of this hell flamingo with my own eyes. A few birds can tear a soul to pieces. If you fight in groups, the fighting power will be stronger. There is also a so-called ghost soldier. But I haven't seen ghost soldiers, I just heard that if a stranger pretends to be a ghost and enters the ghost market, once the identity is revealed, the ghost soldiers will be recruited. I don't know how many ghost soldiers there are, and how powerful they are."

Fat Dahai asked: "Is this ghost soldier a ghost soldier?"

The third uncle shook his head: "Ghost soldiers are ghost soldiers, and yin soldiers are yin soldiers. The two are different. To put it simply, ghost soldiers are privately raised, while yin soldiers are official. In terms of combat effectiveness, ghost soldiers are also slightly stronger than yin soldiers." Inferior. But this also depends on the quality of the usual training. I think if the evil way has long been planning to find and break through Xiaoyao Valley, then the combat effectiveness of this ghost soldier should not be underestimated. This time we have to take out twelve I have enough strength to stick to Xiaoyao Valley."

I nodded: "The ghost market is just that big. I went in and walked around, but I didn't see a single ghost soldier. I guess there won't be too many. Don't worry too much, everyone."

The third uncle said: "Don't take it lightly. I think these protections of Granny Yan are not safe enough. Let's build another line of defense. You two copy guys, follow me."

With that said, the third uncle asked Pang Dahai and me to each carry a set of shovel picks, and followed him to start digging along the periphery of the Xiaoyao Valley.

According to his instructions, we dug a shallow ditch less than [-] centimeters long. This shallow ditch completely circled Xiaoyao Valley, which was equivalent to enclosing Xiaoyao Valley inside.

Although the soil is not difficult to dig, and the ditch is not deep, the battle line is long enough, and the entire Xiaoyao Valley is estimated to have an area of ​​thousands of square meters.We dug the shallow ditch for several hours, and when the work was basically completed, it was almost dark.

Pang Dahai and I were as tired as dogs, out of breath. After digging the last shovel, we were so tired that we lay down on the ground.

Fat Dahai said wheezingly: "Uncle, I understand now. You didn't come to me to defend against the enemy, but to be a coolie."

The third uncle glared: "Stop talking nonsense, don't you always say that you won't be given a chance? Don't you always say that you are unlucky and always bullied by little ghosts? This time I will give you a chance. Get off the chain for me, and I won't take you with me in the future."

Fat Dahai hurriedly said: "Don't be uncle, I'm not lazy."

I waved my hand, knowing that Uncle San said that, but I didn't understand what he meant about this shallow ditch, so I asked, "Uncle San, are you digging a trench? Even if you dig a trench, you have to dig it." Make it deeper, just this small ditch, I guess ants can't stop it, so what's the use of digging?"

The third uncle chuckled: "Don't be afraid if the ants can't be blocked, as long as they can block the others. Just watch it, you boy, now listen to my instructions, the fat man will take out the things you carried."

When Pang Dahai came, he was carrying a big bag, which should have been brought by third uncle when he went back this time.

Pang Haihai opened the bag, and I found that there were two big bags of incense ash inside.

"Incense ash? I have it here too..." Granny Yan glanced at it and said.

The third uncle waved his hand: "This is not an ordinary incense ash. I brought it specially this time. I had a hunch that it might come in handy. I didn't expect my hunch to be accurate. You two, carry this incense ash on your back. Come with me."

With his hands behind his back, the third uncle held the compass in front of him while measuring the shallow ditch we had just dug with his steps. Every time we set a point, he asked us to bury a handful of incense ash at that point.

Soon, the entire circle of incense ash was buried.The shallow ditch was also covered with a layer of floating soil.

The third uncle told me that the incense ash buried in this circle is called arhat ash, and the method of burying it in this circle is called the ash burying line.

After we finished this, it was completely dark.

If the time Granny Yan said is accurate, the opponent may attack tonight.But when I looked at the so-called defense line we set up, it was really like a joke.

Not to mention anything else, I don't know if those hell flamingos can fly away from the ghost market. If they can really fly out, we have no good way to deal with these flamingos alone.