The Witch of Xiangxi

Chapter 204 Spices
The smell from the sachet was very familiar.

There is a memory that is like a weight that sinks to the bottom of the water and tries to float but is covered in mud.

Seeing the blankness in Xia Xiangxi's eyes, the ghost old woman said, "This is something you gave me in your previous life, maybe you remember it?"

Xia Xiangxi heard that the ghost old woman also mentioned her past life, and her doubts were like being put into a gourd, which made her wish to split the gourd to see what happened.

The ghost old woman continued: "This spice was your favorite in the previous life. It is made with 72 kinds of petals and the finest sandalwood. You said that many people or things can forget negligence, but the smell of this spice will never be forgotten." .”

Xia Xiangxi was still at a loss, but she knew that the smell of this spice was the same as the smell that came out of grandpa's old pagoda tree box when she opened it!Some answers, half-light and half-dark, seem to be like the candlelight on the other side of the window paper, as long as the thin layer of window paper is pierced, the candlelight will come through, but she is afraid and timid, not knowing whether to pierce it .

The ghost old woman sighed and said, "It's like the cinnabar order. It was originally yours, but when you got it back, you forgot what it should be."

Xia Xiangxi took a breath, but she was not as surprised as before.At this moment, she also understood the identity of this ghost old woman.

The old ghost woman's answer confirmed that Xia Xiangxi's guess was correct, she was the ghost mother-in-law Xia Xiangxi and Shi Wei were looking for.

The ghost mother-in-law opened a delicately carved sandalwood box and handed the box to Xia Xiangxi.

The ghost mother-in-law said: "This box, you can open it after you leave here! The things inside are already used by me, an old ghost, and would be useless if you were a living person. The Nuwa Temple of the Nuwa clan, where There is a living spring, and the dead things will become living things after being soaked in the spring water! Remember 'the mountain is high and the moon is small, and the truth is clear.'”

"The mountain is high and the moon is small, and the water falls and the rocks come out." This is a famous sentence in Su Shi's "Ode to the Red Cliff", which means that the moon rises to the top of the mountain and becomes smaller, and the tide falls, and the rocks at the bottom of the water are exposed.Xia Xiangxi already understood what the ghost mother-in-law meant when she said this.

Fortune-tellers will always be a little bit "still holding the pipa and half covering their faces", telling you most of the things you may encounter in the future, but they are as vague as possible, and the words are not clear.This is the usual style of fortune tellers. If you really ask, he will tell you "the secret must not be revealed." It seems to be pretending to be mysterious, but in fact the fortune teller also has difficulties.

Just like the sentence in Ouyang Xiu's "Drunkard Pavilion", "The wild hair is fragrant and fragrant, the beautiful trees are beautiful and shady, the wind and frost are noble and clean, and the water falls and the stone emerges, the four seasons in the mountains!", everything in this world must be Following the laws of the four seasons, even if people can cultivate flower buds that can bloom in winter, the flowers cannot withstand the wind and frost. You are just a coincidence, and you have not changed the orderly laws of the world!
When it was dark, Shi Wei had already woken up. Seeing her lying in a spacious big house, she could not distinguish between reality and fantasy like a dream.He said to himself: "Didn't I spend the night with Xiangxi in the cave? Why did I run into the big house in the blink of an eye? This must be a dream!" After speaking, he fell back to sleep.

Seeing Shi Wei's delicate and cute appearance, Xia Xiangxi couldn't help laughing.Shi Wei heard Xia Xiangxi's laughter and opened her eyes again. She blinked at Xia Xiangxi and said, "Damn girl, you actually made fun of me in my dream? See how I can deal with you? I won't wake up." , Trapping you in my dream forever!"

Xia Xiangxi laughed even louder, and was about to tell Shi Wei the truth when she heard someone knocking on the door.If the ghost mother-in-law met a formidable enemy, her face was ugly and frightening, she hurriedly took out some of the spices in the sachet, and asked Xia Xiangxi and Shi Wei to rub it on the arteries of the wrists and earlobes like perfume.It was only later that Xia Xiangxi learned about the use of the spice. This special spice can confuse the sense of smell of ghosts and zombies, making them unable to smell the breath of living people.

The ghost mother-in-law signaled Xia Xiangxi and Shi Wei to keep quiet, and then shouted outside, "Who? Knocking so loudly?"

"Ghost mother-in-law, it's me! Your neighbor!" The voice outside spoke half-yin and half-yang, with an eunuch-like tone.

The ghost mother-in-law replied: "What's the matter? Just tell me directly! The old ghost woman sprained her ankle from walking on the mountain road today, and she can't move smoothly, so she can't go out and open the door!"

The half-yin and half-yang voice continued: "I just came here to have a look after hearing that the ghost mother-in-law was injured!"

The ghost mother-in-law replied: "Then thank you old neighbor. I heard that your voice is not very good. It is different from the past. You must be unwell. Hurry up and go back to rest! When the old ghost woman is better, I will see you again!"

The half-yin and half-yang voice answered "Yes", and then the sound of footsteps seemed to go away.

The ghost mother-in-law didn't dare to be careless at all, leaning her ear against the door, listening carefully to the sounds outside.

Not long after, another female ghost's voice came, also trying to trick the ghost mother-in-law into opening the door, but the ghost mother-in-law also dismissed her.

At the fifth time, the knock on the door was not the same as before, just like hail hitting the door, and the people talking outside became fierce and rough, threatening the ghost mother-in-law to open the door quickly, or they would rush in.

The ghost mother-in-law simply ignored.

Xia Xiangxi and Shi Wei looked at each other in blank dismay, and Shi Wei had almost come to her senses at this moment, she didn't understand who was knocking on the door, but she could smell the strong evil spirit outside.

The knocking on the door didn't stop all night.Xia Xiangxi knew that those five ghosts were supposed to catch her, and found that she and Shi Wei were no longer in the cave, so she found the ghost mother-in-law and came here.She was afraid of hurting the ghost mother-in-law, so she thought about going out and fighting those ghosts.The ghost mother-in-law grabbed her and wouldn't let her go out.

After tossing all night, the sound of the ghost knocking on the door gradually disappeared.The ghost mother-in-law breathed a sigh of relief and said, "They're gone, it should be dawn! Get out of here quickly!"

The ghost mother-in-law was worried that after she and Shi Wei left, the five ghosts would come back and make things difficult for her. If I file a complaint with the King of Hell, they won't be able to eat it."

Shi Wei started to wonder when she heard what the ghost mother-in-law said about freezing to death, and asked Xia Xiangxi what happened?Xia Xiangxi told her after she said it.

Xia Xiangxi took the sandalwood box given to her by the ghost mother-in-law, and walked out of the ghost mother-in-law's grave together with Shi Wei.Only then did Shi Wei realize that she and Xia Xiangxi crawled out of the grave, which gave her a big jump.

Only then did Xia Xiangxi tell Shi Wei the whole story in a simple and concise manner. Shi Wei was dripping with cold sweat, and she was afraid after thinking about it. These are not the main points.

Xia Xiangxi opened the sandalwood box, and saw a bronze mirror and a token inside. The token was similar to the cinnabar order, the only difference was that the token felt icy to the touch, and Like a piece of cold iron.

"This is Yinmingjing and Mingling!" Xia Xiangxi told this to Shi Wei, and Shi Wei said that she could no longer be surprised, what could be more terrifying than a living person who can crawl out of a grave.She has been entangled in lying in the coffin of the ghost mother-in-law, and has been asking Xia Xiangxi to smell her body quickly to see if she smells like a dead person!Muttering that the ghost mother-in-law has been dead for decades, the coffin must be smelly of corpses or rotten meat, smelly bones, dirty her, she has to find a place with water quickly, and get rid of the sneaky smell on her body Cleaned up.

Xia Xiangxi just laughed, is she timid and afraid?

Shi Wei blushed, but she held her face tightly and said, what living person would be willing to smell like a dead person?
Xia Xiangxi said: "Do you still want to go to the Coffin Village? The smell of death makes it easy for us to pass. If the fifth lady finds out, we will be out of luck again. You don't expect to come out of the tiger's den Let's fall into the wolf's mouth again!"

Shi Wei stopped being entangled, put her nose on the clothes and sniffed vigorously, and then spit out a mouthful of yellow phlegm with a "wow".He grinned and said, "This is too disgusting!"

Xia Xiangxi made a silent gesture and said, "Don't forget, that fifth lady has a good ear!"

But Shi Wei said that this is not within the boundaries of the fifth lady, taking advantage of the moment to scold the fifth lady, saying that the old woman has harmed her grandfather, and now she is going to avenge her by framing her, sooner or later that old woman will not be well die!
On the contrary, Xia Xiangxi thought it was nothing, that Fifth Lady was just doing it for her duty.The secret of that ancient tomb cannot be known by outsiders. If they two outsiders know about it, they will naturally be suspected of being silenced.

Xia Xiangxi and Shi Wei specially chose the time, and only passed Coffin Village at noon.Even if those living zombies find out the cause of their illness, they will not be able to get rid of the illness that has entangled them for a while. When the yang energy is at its peak, they will definitely not dare to come out.

In addition, Xia Xiangxi remembered that the ghost mother-in-law asked them to wipe the spices in the sachet when the five ghosts knocked on the door. She didn't know the use of the spices, but vaguely felt that the spices must have some covering effect. To be on the safe side, she and Shi Wei applied the spices separately again.

Strange to say, the spice was the ghost mother-in-law's burial. After decades of underground sneakiness, it still smells amazing. With just a little spice, she and Shi Wei's whole body is already filled with fragrance, which is better than the most expensive perfume. All great.

Xia Xiangxi really wanted to study the ingredients of that spice.Girls are not resistant to perfumes and cosmetics, let alone such unique fragrances.

When Xia Xiangxi and Shi Wei passed Coffin Village smoothly and returned to Xiaomiao Village, Xia Xiangxi asked Ma Po to help him find out what kind of petals are the spices made of?Ma Po seems to know this kind of spice, even if she knows that Xia Xiangxi told about the specialness of that spice, she pretends to be surprised on her face, but her eyes are very calm.

Xia Xiangxi became suspicious. At this moment, he heard his grandfather talking to He Xuan outside.

The two walked in while exchanging greetings.He Xuan smelled the spice, and suddenly said, "It's such a familiar smell..."

Xia Xiangxi's face turned pale all of a sudden.

(End of this chapter)