Mingyue in the moonlight suddenly trembled slightly, her nose sniffed continuously, her face slowly turned to the big tree, and then moved over, and at the same time called softly: "Come out." ” When the people under the tree saw that the hiding was revealed, they came out of the shadows.
This is a young man, about twenty-five or sixteen years old, dressed in a homespun black coat, with a black head, carrying a small bamboo basket on his back, thick eyebrows and protruding nose, his eyes are bright, and the huge black cat in his arms has two copper bell-like eyes staring vigilantly at the bright moon.
"Girl, who are you and where are you from," the man asked, in a Hunan accent.
Mingyue just smiled lightly at him and said, "I'm hungry." ” The young man hurriedly took out a newspaper bag from the basket behind him, and when he opened it, it was a shiny cooked chicken, he handed the chicken over, Mingyue grabbed it, pulled off a chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it.
Looking at the girl's gobbling up, the young man thought that this girl must be hungry, and what a pitiful thing it was.
Suddenly, a chicken has been eaten by Mingyue, and there are not even chicken bones left.
"Who are you, why are you here late at night, and so hungry?"
asked the young man with concern.
Mingyue said: "I stayed in this farmer's house, and I came out to find something to eat." ” The man smiled and said, "I am the owner of this farmer, and I came back from a foreign country late at night. ” Mingyue giggled and said, "This name is so strange." ” The remnant looked at Mingyue stupidly, and said in his heart, for many years, he has traveled all over Xiangxi, and he has never seen such a handsome girl, and even the voice and laughter are so good, she is like a fairy.
The remnant blushed and said: "I can't walk since I was a child, and I didn't walk steadily until I was eight years old, so my mother called me the remnant." ” The moon is like a silver plate, hanging in the sky, and the remnants are hurrying back, but they don't want to go back to the room at the moment, and they are just willing to spend more time alone with the girl.
"Girl, what's your name?"
asked the remnant cautiously.
Mingyue replied, "Mingyue." ” It's really the moon in the sky, the remnant thought.
"Will you stay longer?"
asked the remnant.
"I'm going to hurry early tomorrow morning and go to Wuling Tianmen Mountain."
Mingyue said.
"It's far away, what are you going to do?"
asked the remnant.
Mingyue smiled and said, "Look for Xiangxi Laosuo." ” When the remnant heard this, he was taken aback, and said: "Xiangxi Lao Su is Apu Laosi, he has lived in seclusion in the Guigu Cave many years ago, and no one has seen him for many years, and the hardships on the way to Tianmen Mountain are not something that Miss Mingyue can bear." ” When Mingyue heard this, a trace of melancholy came to her, and her face became melancholy.
The remnant couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and suddenly his blood surged, and he said loudly: "If the girl wants to go, the remnant is willing to lead the way." ” "Meow," the big cat in Wanyue's arms roared angrily.
"The remnant is back."
The figure of an old woman appeared at the door of the thatched hut.
"Mother, it's the remnant who is back."
The remnant child agreed, and walked back to the courtyard with Mingyue.
The old woman was taken aback when she saw this beautiful girl beside the remnant, and asked, "Who is this girl?"
The remnant smiled and said, "Mother, isn't Mingyue a guest staying at our house?"
The old woman looked at Mingyue in surprise, and said even more strangely: "There are only two men from Jiangxi who will spend the night tonight." ” The remnant turned his head to look at Mingyue, staring at her with questioning eyes, the big black cat in his arms stared at Mingyue fiercely, and suddenly jumped out of Remnant's arms, and two sharp front paws caught Mingyue's towering breast peak Mingyue was suddenly frightened.
The remnant was shocked and shouted urgently: "Black pupils, stop" but it was too late.
At this moment, the towering twin peaks of the bright moon suddenly deflated, his face distorted rapidly, and in front of him was an ugly and obscene man in his fifties, and the time had come.
The corpse cat's black pupils fluttered into the air, standing on the ground in front of the house, panting, and staring at it with its eyes.
The remnant and the mother were all shocked, and the mother and son looked at each other and couldn't make a sound.
"He's a clear master."
Han Sheng walked out of the house and said, the sound of talking outside woke him up.
Back in the house, the old woman lit the oil lamp, and Han Sheng began to explain what had happened.
It turned out that this was the case, and the remnants finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother Remnant, is this big black cat the kind of corpse cat that my mother-in-law said," Han Sheng asked.
The remnant nodded and said, "I've been in the business of driving corpses and sending happy gods with my father since I was ten years old, but now there is very little business.
In our Xiangxi folk since ancient times, there has been a tradition of driving corpses, and those who learn this line must have two conditions: one is bold, the other is good health, and they must look ugly.
I have not been bold since I was a child, my body is weak, and my appearance is much more beautiful than ordinary people, so I do not meet the conditions of a corpse chaser.
Speaking of this, the remnant stole a sneaky glance.
Seeing that there was no reaction, the remnant continued: "Because my father is a corpse chaser, I did this business even though I didn't meet the conditions.
At the beginning of the art, you must first look at the sun in the sky, then rotate, and then stop suddenly, you must immediately distinguish between east and west, north and south, if you can't tell the difference, it means that you can't tell the direction when driving the corpse at night.
In addition, the corpse is not a living person after all, and when it encounters a steep slope, the corpse cannot climb up by itself, and the corpse chaser has to carry it on the high slope one by one, so the physical strength must also be good.
In order to exercise my courage, my father put a paulownia leaf on a mound deep in the mountains, and let me go and retrieve it alone in the dark night, saying that in this way I had the courage to be a corpse chaser. ” "Then how do you hurry," Han Sheng asked with great interest.
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"Our corpse chaser's house, like that of ordinary peasants, is generally indistinguishable.
It was only when we received the business of chasing the corpses that we dressed ourselves up and went to chase the corpses.
Although it is to drive the corpse, but the word "corpse" is usually taboo, and insiders invite us to drive the corpse, all of which are to say please go to the feet.
We use a special piece of yellow paper to write the deceased's name, date of birth, date of death, gender, etc. on this yellow paper, and then draw a talisman, paste it on this yellow paper, and finally hide this yellow paper on ourselves.
No matter what the weather, you must wear a pair of straw sandals, a green cloth gown, a black belt around your waist, a green cloth hat on your head, and a bag of charms hidden in your waist bag.
This kind of talisman is different from the Taoist talisman, it is to draw some hieroglyphs on yellow paper with a red pen, and when encountering an unexpected situation on the way, this kind of talisman will be hung on a tree or door facing west, and sometimes it is also burned ash and water swallowed, depending on the situation.
Remnant explained.
Han Sheng interjected: "The dead will really go" The remnant smiled and said, "Of course the dead corpse itself will not leave, you have to use your strength to urge it." ” "What kind of work" Han Sheng asked.
"There are a total of 36 kinds of exercises, the first is the standing exercise, which first allows the dead body to stand up, the second is the walking exercise, that is, the corpse can stop and walk freely, and the third is the turning exercise, which means that the corpse must be able to turn when walking.
In addition, there are also downhill skills, bridge crossing skills, dumb dog skills, and so on.
The dumb dog skill is very useful, so that the dogs along the way do not bark when they see the corpse, because the dead body is most afraid of the dog barking, and when the dog barks, the dead body will be shocked.
Especially when a dog comes to bite, the dead body has no ability to resist and will be bitten to the ground.
The last kind of skill is the soul resurrection skill, the better the soul return skill, the more souls of the dead corpse will be returned, and it will be very easy to catch up the corpse.
This kind of soul rejuvenation gong is actually sprinkled on the mouth, nose and body of a special herb of our Xiangxi region. ” A clear hearing smacked his tongue, showing admiration to the remnant.
The heart of the remnant child was warm, as if he had seen Mingyue's handsome face and admiring expression through a clear and ugly body.
He continued, as if he was specifically explaining for Mingyue: "Our kind of business can only work in Xiangxi.
Because only Xiangxi has a corpse inn, and only Xiangxi people know how to avoid it when they hear the sound of the corpse chaser's small gong, and will take the initiative to lock up the dog at home, otherwise, as soon as the dog comes out, the dead body will be bitten to pieces.
There are roads outside the villages in Xiangxi, and they will not pass through the village, and the dead bodies will definitely not be able to enter the village. ” "The dead body still needs to stay in the guest house," Han Sheng asked with interest.
"Of course, this kind of inn only lives in dead bodies and corpse chasers, and ordinary people do not live in it.
The doors of the inn were open all year round, because behind the two large doors was where the corpses rested.
The corpse chaser drove the corpse, arrived at the inn before dawn, and quietly left at night, during the day, the corpses were standing neatly against the wall behind the door panel, and when it was difficult to walk on a rainy day, it was possible to stop in the store for a few days and nights.
The remnant said with great interest, glancing at it from time to time.
"What is the corpse cat for?"
asked Han Sheng.
The remnant said a little embarrassed: "This is the secret of our corpse chaser, and it is not allowed to be passed on." ” Han Sheng nodded, and stopped asking.
"Does Mingyue come out every night?"
asked the remnant at the right time.
Han Sheng said with a heavy heart: "Yes, but I'm afraid there is not much time left for Mingyue." ” "Then I'll take you to Tianmen Mountain early tomorrow morning, it's a few days away."
The remnant's anxious look was palpable
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