Record of Yin and Yang

The three masters and apprentices didn't travel together for a long time, and they separated when they left Jingling County. According to the previous agreement, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi went east, and Fang Beiming went south alone.

The route that Gu Jiu and the others took happened to pass through the village where Lan Yue had an accident that year.

After they captured Lanyue and sent them away, they didn't care about the follow-up of this village. Now when they passed by here, they only saw a dilapidated, desolate, uninhabited village.Gu Jiu and the others inquired about it, only to find out that the people in this village, Tebi, was an old man in the village, and they gradually contracted a strange disease.A horrible worm grew in the body of these people. This worm first ate the five internal organs of the parasitized person, and then the flesh and blood. These people watched their flesh and blood being eaten away bit by bit every day, and the bones of their limbs slowly exposed. In the end, he was gnawed until there was only one skeleton left, and he died of pain.

Because at that time, it was said that once bitten and scratched by people with this disease, they would also be infected, which gradually caused panic in the nearby villages, and then alarmed the government. The government sent people to isolate the people in this village, causing conflicts , There are also officers and soldiers who were scratched and bitten by sick people. The strange thing is that these officers and soldiers who were bitten were fine.

Gu Jiu knew that this kind of bug was the resentful ghost bug that was put in when Qiu Rong's face was cut by Lan Yue. With this kind of bug, if there is a wound on the body, it will not heal, and the crack will become bigger and bigger until it spreads The whole body will not stop until death, only when it turns into a white bone can it be regarded as liberation.This kind of bug is condensed from the resentment of the deceased, and it will consciously parasitize only those who are resented by the deceased, so people who have nothing to do with Lanyue will be fine even if they are scratched.

When Qiu Rong bit the old village head, Lao Zhang Village must have been infected too, and the old village head was not a good person, when he found that the wound on his face was getting bigger and bigger, it was inevitable that he would not take revenge on the society thoughts.It's all inseparable from Lanyue's death that year, so why is he the only one who suffers? I'm not going to make it easy, and you don't have to think about it, if everyone dies together.

In a village of hundreds of people, less than 50 escaped in the end.

Gu Jiu and Shao Yi were not surprised that such a situation would happen in this village.

The two checked in the village and saw that there was only a little resentment here. After cleaning up a little, they continued to walk eastward.

In the afternoon of this day, there were dark clouds rolling in the sky, and occasionally there was the sound of rolling thunder. Before it rained, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi entered the first city they left.

The two entered the inn where they were staying, and the raindrops fell together with the wind, thunder and lightning.

Because they were used to sleeping together, and to save money, the two of them only needed one room, and after they settled down, they went downstairs to eat.There are quite a few people coming in to hide from the rain at this moment, and as soon as there are too many people, there will be more gossips, and someone will talk about a strange incident in Dongcheng.

"The Taoist priest invited by the Zou family yesterday was scared away by that ghost again."

"You mean the Zou family in Dongcheng?"

"There has been a lot of trouble in the city recently about this matter. No one knows about it. The second master Zou died miserably, and the night he died was like this, with lightning and thunder."

"It is said that Uncle Zou came back to take revenge. He had a heart disease since he was a child, and Second Master Zou bullied him a lot. After his death, he turned into a ghost to dig out Second Master Zou's heart."

"I heard that in Uncle Zou's house, there was whimpering and crying at night, and there was a figure floating by the window. The servants of the Zou family said that it was Uncle Zou who always liked to sit there and read."

"I met Uncle Zou once. Although he is weak, he looks like a gentle and gentle gentleman, not like someone who would murder his own brother."

"Knowing people, knowing the face, but not knowing the heart..."

Gu Jiu, who had been listening quietly by the side, said to Shao Yi, "Brother, shall we go and have a look?"

Shao Yi looked at the sky outside, and said, "We'll wait until we find the lightning strike tree tomorrow."

Lightning strike wood is a tree that does not die after being struck by lightning during normal growth.Thunder is the yang in the yin, it can ward off evil spirits, and it can be used as a magic weapon to resist and kill the yin.Lightning trees only exist during thunderstorms, and only in summer, so it is difficult to find trees that have been struck by lightning but survived.Although it is possible to buy it, it is expensive and not very cost-effective, so in the past few years, every summer, after the thunderstorm, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi would go to the mountains and forests to look for lightning strike wood.

It rained most of the night, and the rain had just stopped when I got up early the next day.The weather was still a bit cloudy, so Gu Jiu went to the waiter at the inn and asked where the mountain was closer, then set off with Shao Yi in his arms.

The road out of the city was difficult, Gu Jiu's shoes were wet, his feet were soaked in icy water, his lips turned white from the cold.Shao Yi walked in front of him for a while, turned his head impatiently, and stretched out his hand to Gu Jiu.

Gu Jiu chuckled and stuffed his hand into Shao Yi's hand, then held it, and the two walked up the mountain hand in hand.

With Gu Jiu’s physique, Shao Yi actually refused him to follow him up the mountain, but the range of finding the lightning tree is too large, and it is not ideal to rely on Shao Yi alone to find it. If Gu Jiu feels cold, he will be cold for a while, and he is used to being cold. Yes, not so delicate.

Climbing the mountain after the rain is a physical effort, the younger brother quickly jumped out of Gu Jiu's arms and ran along with four thin legs.

After arriving on the mountain, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi temporarily separated, and the two searched in different directions.It took nearly a day for Gu Jiu and Shao Yi to find two pieces of lightning strike wood respectively.Not very big, because most of the trees that were struck by lightning died at that time, and there were not many parts that really had vitality. Both wooden nails and wooden swords are fine, and they are all good magic weapons.

Gu Jiu deftly stuffed his cold and white paws into Shao Yi's hands, and when he couldn't see his younger brother from left and right, he called out a few times: "Little brother, we're going back."

After waiting on the spot for a while, I heard my younger brother meowing twice, and then quickly appeared in Gu Jiu's field of vision.

"They're all little dirty cats." Gu Jiu said, looking at his younger brother who was running and screaming.The grass and trees in the mountain forest were still wet, and my younger brother wandered around somewhere, and his fur was soaked by the water, and his body shrunk a bit, turning into a wet, muddy little boy.

Shao Yi teased his younger brother who was leaning up with his foot in disgust, and the younger brother raised his paw and patted his foot angrily.

The little brother was too dirty, Gu Jiu didn't hold it, let it follow them by itself.

The little brother turned his head three times a step, and after running for a while, he stopped and looked behind him, meowing a few times, and looking at Gu Jiu from time to time.

"Is there anything behind?" Gu Jiu turned around strangely, and saw a cloud of mist flashing behind a big tree.

Shao Yi also looked back for a while, and said, "Maybe I met Shan Mei again."

Shanmei, a huge ghost in folklore.When Gu Jiu was a child in the ruined temple, he was almost seduced by a mountain charm, and that mountain charm had become a thing of the past.

In the past, when the younger brother followed them up the mountain, when he was playing alone, he met the newly born mountain charm.This kind of mountain charm has not yet formed a climate, it is very ignorant and weak, and a black cat like Xiaomiao who can communicate yin and yang can catch it with one paw.However, such mountain charms are often very curious about the outside world, as long as they are not born with malicious intent, they can still play with the little brother.

Gu Jiu stared at the younger brother in a daze, "Your new friend sent you down the mountain?" He turned his head and waved at the big tree, "Go back, younger brother has us."

The little brother walked back a few steps, raised his head and yelled a few times, then he stopped hesitating and followed Gu Jiu's feet down the mountain without turning his head back.

Back at the inn, Shao Yi was dealing with the lightning strike wood, and Gu Jiu gave the younger brother a good scrubbing of the mud from his body and the crevices of his paws. After washing, the younger brother jumped onto the window and licked its fur painstakingly.

Afterwards, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi went downstairs to have dinner, inevitably listening to gossip again.They left early in the morning, so they didn't know that the Zou family died again last night.

The one who died this time was Erye Zou, his own sister, Wuniang Zou, who had only been married for less than half a year. She was found dead on the bed by the servants of her husband's family in the morning. She was scratched to pieces from head to toe. bed.Mother-in-law Zou Wu's house didn't even dare to park her body, so she was carried directly to Zou's house, for fear of attracting ghosts and hurting her family.

Three people in the Zou family died in a row in a month. Except for Uncle Zou, the first family member of the Zou family, the two children of the second room of the Zou family died cleanly. It was rumored that the next ones to die would be the master and old lady of the second room.

Gu Jiu held the chopsticks, "This ghost looks very fierce."

But how many vengeful ghosts are not vicious, at least Gu Jiu has not met one so far, it seems that he will go to Zou's house as soon as possible tomorrow.

Dongcheng is a gathering place for wealthy businessmen, and the Zou family is one of the more prominent wealthy households. Because of the successive funerals in the family, and the death conditions are so miserable, the house that used to be always lively is now empty. Move your feet here, and those who come and go in and out recently are all capable warlocks from all walks of life.

When Gu Jiu and Shao Yi came to the gate of Zou's house, it happened that several carriages had just stopped at the gate, and several Taoist priests from different places got off the carriages and looked at each other, either arrogantly or modestly, and the servants of Zou's family ushered in the door .

Gu Jiu stepped forward and told a servant that they were also Taoist priests, so they came to visit after hearing about the Zou family.

The servant saw that they were really young, and the person who spoke was still holding an unknown black cat, so he couldn't help but look up and down suspiciously, then asked them to wait a moment, and he went in to tell the owner.

After a while, the servants came back and said that the master invited them in.

Gu Jiu and Shao Yi were led to a spacious hall, there were already no less than ten people sitting in it, there were men and women among them, the only thing in common was that they were not too young.

Therefore, as soon as Gu Jiu and the two entered, more than a dozen eyes fell on them at the same time. Some looked at them with disapproval, some looked down upon them, and some couldn't see what they were thinking.

Gu Jiu and Shao Yi's faces remained unchanged, they didn't speak, they just bowed their hands to their colleagues in the hall, and then sat aside.

The Zou family invited a lot of people this time, Gu Jiu and the others were the only ones who came uninvited, the people in the hall waited for a while, and after another five or six people came in, the Patriarch of the Zou family came late.