my God

After a month of busy work, Song Yan finally piled up the pile of firewood so high that he no longer had to go out to cut firewood every day.

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, after breakfast, Song Yan planned to go down the mountain to buy some meat and make dumplings, but as soon as he reached the mountainside, he bumped into a villager who came to the mountain temple.

The villagers were looking for Daoist Yang, but seeing that Song Yan was wearing the same Taoist robe, they grabbed him and asked him.Song Yan told him that Daoist Yang had gone on a long journey, and asked him what happened.

It turned out that the villager's daughter went missing yesterday, and the whole family searched for it for a long time, and finally found it in the evening. As a result, the child started to have a fever in the middle of the night.The family worked all night, and at dawn the child's fever finally subsided, but he still fell asleep in a daze, unable to wake up no matter how much he screamed.

"I saw the doctor at the village health center." The villager's surname is Zhao, and he briefly explained the matter. "He said that the child's body temperature is normal, there is no inflammation, and it should be fine after a short sleep. But we are worried because... "

"Because of what?" Seeing his hesitation, Song Yan asked.

"When we found my daughter, she was sleeping on a big rock near Xiaoerpo..." Brother Zhao continued with some fear, "Do you know Xiaoerpo?"

Song Yan shook his head. He had been living in the city before, and he had lived on the mountain for less than half a year. He didn't know much about the nearby villages and mountains.

"In the early years, if any child died, they would be buried on that hillside. After a long time, it was called Xiaoerpo." It was already cold and windy, but Brother Li flinched when he said this, "To put it bluntly, it is dedicated to burying children. mass graves..."

Song Yan didn't know the specific situation, so he said: "How about I go back with you and have a look. Although I am not as good as my master, I still know simple medical skills and spells."

"Then the Taoist priest will be troublesome!" Brother Li didn't want to take the trip in vain, so he hurriedly led the way.

It snowed several times in a row, and the snow on the mountain road was very thick. Song Yan followed the villagers surnamed Li down the mountain.After descending the mountain, they walked towards a nearby village. After walking for more than 20 miles, both of them were sweating, and it was noon when they arrived at Li's house.

The sister-in-law of the Li family saw that the Taoist priest on the mountain had been invited back, so she hurriedly arranged for lunch.

Song Yan followed Brother Li directly to the back room to check on the child.

The little girl is only six years old this year and has just entered elementary school. After the winter vacation, she has been playing at home. During the day, she often goes to the neighbor's house to play with other children.

When I found her yesterday, she was still awake for a while, but she looked a little sleepy, and fell asleep again after dinner, and she still hasn't woken up until now.

Song Yan took her pulse, and watched her complexion and eyebrows.

The soul fire is dim, and the black air between the brows is lingering, it is indeed the state of losing the soul.

Song Yan considered his wording, and said, "Brother Li, you can take me to Xiaoerpo later."

The Li couple were all shocked, and asked cautiously: "Is it really there... those things are causing trouble?"

"It's not necessarily a mischief, it may also be that the child is too playful and refuses to come back. It's hard to say now." Song Yan didn't dare to say anything until he figured it out.

After the three of them had lunch, Mrs. Li stayed at home to look after the children, while Brother Li took Song Yan to Xiaoerpo.

Xiao'erpo is located on the far side of the back of the village. There are no trees here, and there are bare cliffs on the top of the mountain. There are only weeds on the slope. Now it has been covered by heavy snow, leaving only some yellow grass stalks exposed on the snow. And there is not a single grave bag. If you don't understand, you can't imagine buying many corpses here.

Song Yan took a closer look, and there were no footprints on the slope, no matter whether it was human or bird or beast, no one walked up the hillside.

"Where did you find the child?" Song Yan asked.

"This way!" Brother Li pointed to a short flat rock nearby, "The child fell asleep lying on it at the time."

Song Yan walked over, squatted beside the boulder, and felt it carefully.

There is a faint trace of Yin Qi remaining.

"Let's go, let's talk when we go back." Song Yan decided to leave here first.

After returning to Brother Li's house, Song Yan made a list for him and asked him to buy according to the items on the list.

After night fell, Song Yan asked Brother Li to take his dog elsewhere, and then he went to Xiaoerpo with the things he had prepared.

Although there is no moon, there is snow everywhere, and the surrounding scenery is faintly visible. In addition, Song Yan has opened his eyes, and his night vision ability is much better than that of ordinary people.

After he walked up Xiaoerpo, he took out a few stacks of burning paper that he had prepared, lit it with a lighter and started burning.Then he took out another big bag of candies, scattered a few on the ground, and then peeled one and put it in his mouth. While eating, he deliberately made noises, and the fragrance of toffee spread faintly.

The surrounding area was originally silent, but after a while, there was a rustling sound, and then the sound became louder and louder, turning into the whispers of many children.

Many small figures appeared one after another around, surrounding Song Yan in the middle.

Song Yan scattered the candy in the bag around, and with the uneaten toffee in his mouth, he said vaguely: "It's almost Chinese New Year, I happened to pass by here and bought some toffee for you, eat it quickly!"

Those little figures hesitated, but after seeing one of them bent down to pick up the candy, the rest followed suit, and soon the little figures began to peel off the candy wrapper and eat the candy.

Song Yan turned over the pile of burning paper with a stick, and said: "This is paper money for you to burn, take it all!"

This time I finally had the courage to come closer.It was a little girl with shofar braids and a red bellyband, with candy in her mouth, who ran over and squatted by the pile of papers to smell the ashes.

Song Yan smiled at her, took out another handful of incense sticks, opened the package, lit one end, and inserted the whole stick into the snow.Now more children gathered around, stretching out their heads to smell the incense.They looked intoxicated, as if they had eaten the most delicious food in the world.

Song Yan took a closer look at these children, but there was no Li family daughter Xiao Miaomiao.

He looked around, and found that there were two figures who had never approached, and were always standing at the bottom of the slope, looking at this place silently.

Song Yan stood up and waved to them, saying, "Come here quickly, or it will be gone in a while!"

One of them moved, but was grabbed by the other.

Song Yan took out another handful of incense from his pocket, lighted it and left most of it for the children around here, took a few and walked towards the two shadows.

"Are you timid and afraid?" Song Yan asked with a smile, and took out a few more candies from his pocket, "Don't be afraid, I'll bring it to you, and you can eat here!"

After slowly approaching the two shadows, Song Yan squatted down and handed over the incense and sugar in a safe and harmless posture.

The slightly taller shadow took the incense, and the shorter one immediately peeled off a candy and put it in his mouth.

Song Yan finally saw what they looked like, they were two children, a boy and a girl.

"Are you afraid they will bully you?" Song Yan asked with concern, "Don't be afraid, I'm here! Come on, let's go over there to warm up, I still have paper money to burn!"

Song Yan tried to reach out to pull the two children, the short little girl immediately took his hand, but the tall little boy didn't hold it, just kept holding the little girl's hand tightly.So Song Yan led the little girl, and the little girl led the little boy, and the three of them walked back to the pile of papers together.

Song Yan burned the paper money and said, "I'll burn more money for you. When the Chinese New Year comes, you can buy new clothes, new shoes and delicious food!"

The children were very happy, and there were giggles and laughter on the hillside.

After the paper money was burned out, the incense sticks were burned out, and the candies were all eaten up, Song Yan stood up and said, "It's almost time, I have to go, you all should leave too!"

The children had a good impression of him, and they all dispersed obediently at this time.

Song Yan looked at the tall and short figure beside him and said, "Let's go, you should go home too!"

Before he finished speaking, he took the little girl's hand and walked down the slope. The little boy was obviously displeased, but he didn't say much, he just held the little girl's hand tightly and followed closely.

"I left two pieces of candy for you!" Song Yan suddenly threw a piece of candy at the little boy.

When the little boy hurriedly picked up the candy, he subconsciously let go of the little girl's hand.Song Yan immediately picked up the little girl, and in order to prevent the little boy from being suspicious, he hurriedly gave another candy to the little girl, teasing: "Here, the last one is for you!"

The little girl obviously loves candy, so she happily took the candy and started to eat it.

Song Yan hugged the little girl and continued to walk slowly towards where they were standing just now. While pretending not to see the vicious expression of the little boy next to him, he asked the little girl, "What's your name?"

The little girl was obviously taken aback, and her eyes became dazed.

"Is it called Xiao Miaomiao?" Song Yan asked again.

The little girl's eyes cleared instantly, and she nodded.

The little boy on the side was already angry because he couldn't reach the little girl's hand. Now when the little girl remembered who he was, he became furious and rushed towards Song Yan.

Song Yan had been prepared for a long time, and should have started to draw amulets on his legs when he burned the paper money.At this time, seeing the little boy with a ferocious face rushing towards him, he raised his leg and kicked the little boy down, then he immediately ran out with the little girl in his arms.

Evil ghosts have their own territory, and they will be trapped in their own territory and cannot go out. Song Yan just needs to hold the little girl and run out of Xiaoerpo's range to be safe.

Although Song Yan was fast at this time, he had just run down the slope when he heard the sound of shouting behind him.He had to hold the little girl in one hand, turned around and patted the girl out with the other.

His palm collided with the little ghost's sharp claws, and there was a burning pain, but the little ghost didn't make it, and was beaten back again and again by the spell in Song Yan's palm.

Song Yan ran the little girl to the mountain road, and then ran desperately along the mountain road.

The whistling sound behind them chased them a few steps, but soon the sound became smaller and smaller, and they were left behind.

Song Yan didn't stop until he reached the entrance of the village and was out of Xiao'erpo's range, and took a deep breath.He put the little girl down, took her by the hand and continued walking towards the village.

But after walking for a while, Song Yan suddenly found that he couldn't find the location of the little girl's house!No, his memory will not be wrong, this should be... a ghost hit the wall!

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I wrote half a chapter yesterday, and it’s Kawen, and I’ll make up for it today~