The ghost hooked

On the second day, when a few people drove to the hidden village in a carriage, Xue Xiujie still regretted it, why did he say it was raining!Why is the weather here so fickle that it rains when it says it rains!

As a few people walking with the eminent monks of Baima Temple, because of a sudden rain, they had to embark on the road to the hidden world mountain village.

The mountain village is to the south of Yuanfa Temple, not far from Yuanfa Temple, but it takes half a day for everyone to reach the village.

The village is in the mountains, and everyone needs to go up the official road for a while, and then turn to the narrow mountain road.It was on this section of the road that three scholars disappeared.

After walking on the official road for more than half an hour, I saw a person in front of me.

The man was wearing a square scarf and carrying a bookcase on his back. He should be a scholar.

Wuying who was riding on the white horse frowned, exerted a little force on his legs, Feixue quickened his pace, and within a few breaths he caught up with the man.

When I got closer, I saw that the man was not tall, dressed in common clothes and a square scarf, he was obviously a scholar.

Wuying reined in his horse, but before he could speak, the scholar saw Feixue, looked left and right around Feixue, and said: "A good horse, a good horse, with long white hair around its neck, could it be the legendary Zhao Yeyu?" Lion?" As he said that, the scholar wanted to reach out to touch the horse's mane, obviously he liked horses very much.

Feixue was very intelligent, snorted, shook her head, and avoided his touch.

Wuying said: "It has a bad temper, don't want to hurt you."

The scholar shook his head regretfully, and said: "It is said in the book that Zhaoyeyu lion has a docile personality when it grows up, and you are a mare, so you should be very docile according to theory. Sure enough, you can't believe everything in the book."

After finishing speaking, he bowed to Wuying and said, "I'm in the Qinhuai River, a wandering scholar."

Wuying cupped his fists and said: "Wuying, the road ahead is not smooth, you should go back!"

"Oh? I don't know what brothertai is talking about? It's about the missing scholar?" Qin Huai asked.

"Exactly." Wuying said.

While the two were talking, the carriage behind also caught up, Xiao Bao stuck his head out of the window and said, "Hey, why is there someone here?"

Xue Xiujie also raised the curtain, saw the two people in front, and asked, "Why is there a scholar here?"

Qin Huai quickly introduced himself to several people, Xue Xiujie said: "You scholar, hurry back, there are already several scholars missing here."

Qin Huai smiled and said: "Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. I am a scholar who has traveled all over the world, so I naturally have to see all kinds of things in the world. How can I stop walking because of danger."

Hearing the sound, the little white dog walked to the car door and barked at Qin Huai.It turned out to be you!You are a bad person! "Wow woof!"

Qin Huai looked at Zhang San and said, "Is this a dog? The legs are really short."

You have short legs!Not only do you have short legs, but you are also short! "Wow woof!"

Seeing that the little white dog was so excited, Xiao Bao quickly comforted him: "Your legs are not short, not short at all, it's because his legs are too long."

The little white dog who felt he had been insulted: "..." It didn't care about Qin Huai anymore, it just bit the corner of Xiaobao's clothes and tore it.

Xue Xiujie looked at the extremely irritable little white dog, and concluded: "Animals can give an early warning, and the front is not peaceful, you should go back quickly!"

Qin Huai asked back: "Where are you going?"

Enlightenment said: "We are going to the village in the mountains."

Hearing his voice but not seeing him, Qin Huai moved closer to the car and said in surprise, "Hey? It turned out to be a monk with a bald head. You can all go, and I can naturally. Why don't you take me with you to save money?" I still have a lot to go.”

The weather here is like this. One moment the sky is blue and white clouds, and the next moment there are dark clouds drifting in from nowhere, covering the sun and blowing the wind. It doesn't take long for raindrops to fall.

Several people were trying to persuade Qin Huai to go back when it started to rain.

The mountain road is not easy to walk, if you go downhill, it will be even more dangerous. The water vapor blows in along the opened curtain, and enlightened: "Take Qin Huai and go together, we must not delay."

Qin Huai put the bookcase on the back of the carriage, got into the carriage deftly, and the carriage started to move slowly again.

This carriage was left behind when the elder princess and the son-in-law went to the White Horse Temple. It was made of exquisite materials and of high quality, and the space was very spacious. Even if four people sat there, it would not feel crowded.

Qin Huai said: "This carriage is really nice, and the horses outside are also nice, I must have met a nobleman!"

This was exactly what Xue Xiujie said. Xue Xiujie quickly opened the fan, slapped it twice, and said, "I didn't expect you to be quite discerning, a scholar."

The weather in May is like a baby's face. It was sunny for a while, and tears were shed for a while. Accompanied by drizzle, the carriage drove to the mountain road.

A carload of people got off their horses, Wuying rode a horse in front to explore the way, Xue Wen and Xue Wu led the carriage in the middle, the other four people and a dog followed behind, and of course there was a ghost.

Wu Wu holds a red umbrella, under the umbrella are him and Xiaobao, and the noble Zhang San in Xiaobao's arms, and the coward who is floating.Although Wu Wu looked ahead, he tilted the umbrella to Xiao Bao's side, exposing half of his body.

Xue Xiujie opened the fan to cover his head, and complained: "This is a terrible weather, so I will do it as soon as I say it. I don't know if the Dragon King is throwing a temper tantrum."

Qin Huai raised his feet to look at his fan, and said, "Fortunately, there are no inscriptions on your fan, otherwise it wouldn't be raining, and it's time to put ink on it."

Fortunately, there were no people or cars encountered along the way, and the crowd walked for nearly two hours, and finally arrived at the hermit village——Yunlai.

Yunlai is located in a mountain depression, with mountains on both sides. The mountains are not high, but there are mostly sandstones on them. At this time, some dwarf trees can be seen, and the rising trend is not good.

The village is full of thatched houses, irregularly arranged, and in many places, several families are crowded together, and the houses in the distance are far apart, about fifty or sixty families.

The soil here is different from the black soil in the north. It is yellow at first glance, and the soil is mixed with sand. It is not a good land for growing crops.There is not even a field in the visible place. If the people in the village don't need to eat rice, they have planted their crops elsewhere.

Everyone stood at the stone tablet at the entrance of the village, looking at the village in front of them with a heavy heart.

Although the rain stopped now and the sun showed half of its face, it seemed that the low hills blocked the light, and the village looked gloomy and lifeless.

There is not a single poultry or livestock in the village, nor are there any children who come out to play, and there are no villagers doing farm work.

Just when a few people were worried about where to go in and where to find the chief, a figure came from not far away, and it was only when he got close that he could clearly see that it was a thin and small boy.

The young man was carrying a basket and holding a small bundle of firewood. Seeing so many people, he stood a few feet away, frowned slightly, tightened his fingers, and stared nervously at the crowd.

The adults didn't dare to speak, for fear that they would scare away the only person they saw. Xiaobao looked up at Wu, saw him nodding, and walked a few steps forward with Zhang San in his arms, saying: " My name is Xiaobao." He waved Zhang San's front paw and said, "This is Zhang San. What's your name?"

Seeing that the young man didn't speak, Xiao Bao thought for a while and said, "Have you ever played house? Let's play together!"

juvenile:"……"

Xue Xiujie stared at the back of Xiaobao's head resentfully from behind, took two steps forward, and said with a smile on his face: "We are here to find the head of the village, can you tell us which household the head of the village is? "

The young man glanced over the crowd, landed on Wu Wu, and asked, "Are you here to catch ghosts?"

Wu Wu nodded and said, "White Horse Temple Wu Wu."

"There is nothing to take in the village, what are you doing here?" the boy asked.

The implication is that the people who came to hunt ghosts before should not have left empty-handed. Not only did they not do anything, but they also consciously took "rewards".

In other words, the boy thought they were here to take advantage of the fire.

"We're not here to fetch things," Xiaobao said.

"Regardless of whether we can catch ghosts or not, we will pay for our board and lodging here," Xue Xiujie said as he took out some copper coins from his purse.

The matter of the copper plate still starts from Nancun. During the few days in Nancun, the board and lodging were not good, and it cost several taels of silver instead.

Although Xue Xiujie didn't care about the few taels of silver, he had learned the truth of not revealing his wealth. Later, he specially exchanged some copper coins and took it with him, so that he could pay for it conveniently when staying in the village.

Although the young man was poor, he was not a man who had eyes for money, he glanced at the copper plate, pointed at a place casually, and said: "The head of the village is there, he is in poor health and resting in bed, you can go in and find him! "

After finishing speaking, he stopped talking to everyone and went straight into the village.

After knocking on the door and entering the house, and seeing the head of the village, everyone knew what the young man meant by the bad words.

The head of Yunlai Village is over 50 years old. He is lying on the bed, covered with a thin quilt, and looks a little creepy.

He should be very handsome, but now he seems to have suddenly lost weight. The skin on his face is very loose. When he is lying down, the skin is piled up on his neck, making him uncomfortable.

Seeing the person coming, the chief didn't get up, even the hands under the quilt didn't move, he just turned his head to look at the crowd and asked, "Who is it?"

After everyone introduced themselves, they explained their intentions.

The head of the village looked at several people one by one, and finally his eyes fell on the scholar, with confusion in his eyes.

Presumably he knew about the scholar's disappearance, so he was surprised to see that Qin Huai was fine.

The head of the village said: "You have been here several times before, and I have said everything that needs to be said. One day a month ago, all the livestock and poultry in the village died overnight. At first, the villagers thought it was a plague. All the corpses were burned.

"It was also from that day that the villagers gradually felt unwell. There was no pain, and it didn't look like a disease. They just felt weak all over, and they tossed and turned like a fire at night, unable to sleep.

"I thought it was just one or two people, but later I found out that all the adults except the children had the same symptoms, so I went to the county to ask someone to see it. The county government knew about the situation and sent someone to see it twice. But the doctors couldn't see why.

"Later, some monks and Taoist priests came to the village, saying that the village was cursed by evil spirits, and came to help catch the ghosts, but those people came to live here for two days, saying that they had exorcised the ghosts, so they asked for some money and ran away without giving any money. Then he carried some food and left.

Having said that, he looked at a few people, and said with a mournful face: "There is really nothing left in the village, and every household can't even remove the pot."

The author has something to say: a new case, _(:зゝ∠)_I am a very diligent bunny.