The Witch of Xiangxi

Chapter 12 Grandpa is sick
Xia Xiangxi desperately ran down the stilted building, thinking about saving her grandfather with her unafraid of death.Picking up the mahogany sword that Ma Po threw on the ground, Xia Xiangxi stabbed at Huanhuan.

Huanhuan thought about repeating the old trick, Xia Xiangxi cut off her tongue directly, and when the mahogany sword touched Huanhuan's long tongue, he forcibly chopped off Huanhuan's long tongue, and grandpa fell from mid-air in an instant. It fell to the ground violently.

The tongue was chopped off, Huanhuan is a ghost who knows the pain, and the body trapped in the net keeps rolling and twisting, and has no time to deal with Xia Xiangxi.Xia Xiangxi hurriedly took advantage of this opportunity to pierce through his grandfather's long tongue, which was still twisted like a broken snake, with a mahogany sword.On Grandpa's bruised face, his mouth was only opened wide, and he gasped suddenly.It's just that he was strangled for too long, leaving a strangle mark on Grandpa's neck.

Grandpa was finally able to speak, and the first thing he said was to ask Xia Xiangxi to pierce the ring with a mahogany sword.Xia Xiangxi also knew that the most important thing was to deal with Huanhuan's ghost as soon as possible. When he picked up the mahogany sword and looked for Huanhuan, Huanhuan was already gone.And even Ma Po disappeared.

Grandpa scolded sadly, "You useless old woman, why can't you even keep yourself safe?" Then he sighed and blamed himself, saying that the older you get, the more useless you will become. The bastard can also be cleaned up, and now he is thrown upside down in the hands of this little devil, Huanhuan, and all the old face of his life is lost.

Xia Xiangxi could also understand that Grandpa got angry when he saw Ma Po being taken away by Huanhuan.She can't do anything to help, but she can always persuade grandpa with a few sensible words.So he said, "People have stumbled and horses have stumbled. Who doesn't have time to be distracted? Grandpa was careless for a while, and couldn't bear Huanhuan's cunning, so she succeeded. Let's find a way to rescue Ma Po. It's time to clean up that bastard Huanhuan!"

Only then did Grandpa put away his fiery temper a little bit, and said that it was dawn, and guessing that Huanhuan would not be able to take Ma Po far away, he called He Xuan and asked him to find his comrades in arms and unite together The people in the village went to find Ma Po together.

After searching for more than two hours, I found Mapo wrapped in white silky mucus like rice dumplings in the mountain depression.Miao Min said that the layer of mucus was more like a silkworm cocoon.Xia Xiangxi is a northerner who has never seen a silkworm cocoon before. Hearing what Miao Min said, he felt like it.

The cocoon-like thing could not be cut with a knife. Grandpa said that the knives in the world were not good, so he asked Xia Xiangxi to burn the mahogany sword, so that the mahogany sword became something that ghosts could use in the underworld.At night, Grandpa actually took out the mahogany sword that had been burnt to ashes by Xia Xiangxi from the ash basin, and only then did he use the mahogany sword to cut off the sticky threads wrapped around Ma Po's body.

Ma Po was rescued, but she never woke up.Xia Xiangxi thought that Ma Po was "going west", and she burst into tears with a sad "Bada, Bata".Grandpa said it would be fine, because Ma Po was frozen or starved, and she would be fine after a short rest.

Sure enough, with the help of a woman, Xia Xiangxi washed Ma Po's body, wrapped her body in a warm quilt, and fed hot soup, and Ma Po slowly woke up.

Grandpa kept talking carelessly. He didn't expect that both he and Ma Po would fall into Huanhuan's hands. If he didn't subdue Huanhuan, his old face would be slapped several times. .

No matter how much Xia Xiangxi tried to persuade him, it was useless. Grandpa still couldn't let go of this resentment.It wasn't until later that I said my throat was sore, so I kept my mouth shut for the time being.

At night, grandpa used Luo Geng (the feng shui compass necessary for Mr. Feng Shui) to figure out the hiding place of Huanhuan, but he couldn't figure it out.He also tried to figure it out, but he couldn't find any clues either.

Xia Xiangxi didn't find anything else, except that the strangle marks on Grandpa's neck that had been lingering would become deeper when grandpa said his throat hurt, and become shallower when grandpa said it didn't hurt.These grandpas themselves are not aware of it.

In addition, the silver bell on the eaves of the stilted building was always ringing uninterruptedly. Grandpa checked several times and said that he did not find the shadow of Huanhuan.Xia Xiangxi felt that Huanhuan was playing psychological tactics with them, just to keep them in constant fear, and be scared to death by herself first!
Grandpa's sore throat never got better, and Ma Po used her homemade herbs to apply externally and take internally for grandpa, but she didn't care much about it.Xia Xiangxi persuaded his grandfather several times to take him to the hospital outside the mountain to have a look. He shook his hands and said, "The hospital always smells like death, as if you can't get out after entering it. I don't want to go in like that." place!"

Xia Xiangxi had no other choice, and in the end He Xuan offered to go outside the mountain to help grandpa prescribe some medicine for sore throat and trauma.Xia Xiangxi was so grateful that he continued to say a lot of words of thanks to He Xuan, but He Xuan said that he was rescued by his grandfather and Xia Xiangxi, too.
He Xuan just went out of the mountain for a run.The medicines I brought back were externally applied and taken internally. Grandpa still didn’t see any effect after taking them. Some of the pain-relieving medicines had some narcotic ingredients. Grandpa soon became so sleepy that his eyelids drooped, but he fell asleep peacefully.

Only then did Xia Xiangxi feel relieved, and she began to think about how to help grandpa catch Huanhuan.Suddenly remembering that Qi Hao's ghost was still sealed in the urn, Xia Xiangxi had a flash of inspiration, and immediately thought that it is difficult for people to find ghosts, because this is two intersecting worlds, but it should be much easier for ghosts to find ghosts !
So Xia Xiangxi went to the incense table where Qi Hao's ashes were placed, took off the yellow amulet on the urn, and called Qi Hao's name to let him out.

It was midnight at this time, when ghosts like to be active, so when Xia Xiangxi called, Qi Hao also appeared.

When Qi Hao came out of the columbarium, he complained that the new house was too small, and he had just lived in it himself, how could it accommodate two people?Xia Xiangxi opened her mouth wide and didn't close it for a long time. After a while, she said happily: "You have changed your mind? Then you have to find Huanhuan quickly, and everything will stop. When I understand your affairs, I will Tell grandpa to help you get a new spacious new house!"

Qi Hao immediately changed his face and said, "Who said we were together with Huanhuan? I mean us!"

Xia Xiangxi was so cold that he was covered in cold water, his tongue was tied up in fright, and he stared wide-eyed and asked Qi Hao, "Which one are you talking about? Don't talk nonsense, people and ghosts go their own way, don't joke like that!"

Qi Hao's face was even uglier, but his appearance was so good-looking, at this moment Xia Xiangxi could only say that his ghostly appearance could really scare people to death.

"We are already husband and wife, you are the one who is joking!" Qi Hao roared angrily.

That's right, Huanhuan's ghost hasn't been cleared yet, yet another one disturbs the matter!However, Grandpa was ill, and Ma Po's vitality was also depleted. Xia Xiangxi didn't want them to worry about Qi Hao, so he rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "It's not a husband and wife, you just have to be patient." Wait for two days, wait for Grandpa to get better, and then hold a wedding for us again, that will make sense!"

Only then did Qi Hao's complexion improve, he also laughed, and said: "Then there's no need to bother, we're already husband and wife, and it's enough to love each other, everything else is empty!" The closer Xia Xiangxi got, the more terrified Xia Xiangxi stepped back. Qi Hao saw that Xia Xiangxi was probably telling lies, so he was annoyed again. He walked behind Xia Xiangxi in a flash, and said, "You still hide, Where else can you hide?
When Xia Xiangxi saw that he couldn't dodge, he became anxious, remembering what his grandfather said, that gods and ghosts are afraid of evil people, so he immediately changed his face, and rushed to Qi Hao's ashes altar in three steps at a time, and picked up the altar , He held it up high and shouted at Qi Hao, no matter how much he dared to have any unreasonable thoughts, he smashed the ashes and scattered his ashes all over the mountain, leaving him to be a lonely ghost with nowhere to rest.He also scolded Qi Hao as a wolf, obviously it was his grandfather who rescued him and ascended to heaven, not only did he not show gratitude, but he was also so disgusting, if he had known that he was like this, he would have deserved to be tortured by Huanhuan that day, and it would be no good for him to be a man or a ghost live!
Qi Hao calmed down all of a sudden, his face was gray and gray.Grandpa coughed twice from the side room, Qi Hao's eyes suddenly lit up again, and he said to Xia Xiangxi: "There are still black hearts in the world who don't show affection, not to mention ghosts are ruthless people! Grandpa has been kind to me." , I will be a cow and a horse in the next life. But you and I are two different things. It is you who took the initiative to marry me in the dark. When you want to use me, you will move forward. When you don’t need me, let me back. Cheap thing? If you agree to be a ghost couple with me, I will tell you where Huanhuan is hiding? If you don’t wait seven days, you can just wait for grandpa to wear sackcloth and mourning!” Wisps of smoke went back to the urn.

Xia Xiangxi first saw that Qi Hao finally returned to the columbarium, and immediately pasted back the yellow talisman that had been removed, not daring to let Qi Hao come out again.But when she thought about Qi Hao's words, she began to fidget, thinking that Qi Hao's words were probably threatening her.But people are usually like this. Many times, they would rather believe in what they have than believe in what they don't have.

Xia Xiangxi was thinking left and right, and couldn't help it anymore. He took off the yellow talisman again, and called Qi Hao to come out. Not even the shadow of a ghost.

Xia Xiangxi had no choice but to pace anxiously in the room. Suddenly seeing the light in Ma Po's room was on, she hurried over and knocked on Ma Po's window outside. After Ma Po invited her in, she put everything in order. Fifty-ten said.

Ma Po comforted Xia Xiangxi in her not so fluent Mandarin, don't worry, she will help grandpa see the fragrance.Watching incense is to light a stick of incense for the praying person, and then look at the burning incense head. It is said that those who understand can see some past or future things from it.Xia Xiangxi is no stranger to this, and his grandfather used this method when he helped the villagers.

In front of the incense table, Ma Po took out three sticks of incense, but they couldn't light up when she lit them with matches. Xia Xiangxi went to find a lighter, but the result was the same, the incense just wouldn't light.Obviously, I can see that the incense head is roasted by the fire, but when I take it away, I can't see the flame head.

Xia Xiangxi didn't give up, saying that the incense must have been damp, so it couldn't be lit.But Ma Po frowned tightly, her face was as ugly as Qingshuang.

(End of this chapter)