The Witch of Xiangxi

Chapter 21
Xia Xiangxi turned his head away, and sure enough, he saw two ghost messengers chasing them with a soul-restraining rope and a soul-calling banner.

Xia Xiangxi suddenly died of anxiety.Among the three of them, grandpa knows how to practice alchemy, but grandpa can't even protect himself, so how can he have the ability to compete with the two ghosts?She and He Xuan didn't know alchemy, and the ghost sent to deal with the two of them was as simple as an adult beating a child.

In desperation, Xia Xiangxi had no other options, she called He Xuan to stop.He Xuan refused to stop at first, and asked Xia Xiangxi what he was waiting for if he didn't run quickly?
Xia Xiangxi yelled again, and He Xuan had no choice but to stop.Xia Xiangxi immediately took off the yellow talisman on his chest and put it on Grandpa's chest.She hoped that her grandpa would be able to escape the ghost's eyes by posting this yellow talisman.

When Grandpa saw Xia Xiangxi doing this, he became anxious all of a sudden, and his voice trembled with excitement. He said that he was buried up to his neck in the loess. Xia Xiangxi's flower bud hasn't bloomed yet, so thank you!
Xia Xiangxi ignored his grandfather and told He Xuan to run quickly with his grandfather on his back.He Xuan didn't listen to her, and took off the yellow talisman on his chest, and was about to stick it on Xia Xiangxi's body, but Xia Xiangxi scolded sharply, "Do you want all three of us to die here? You were arrested Can I run with my grandfather on my back?"

It was difficult for He Xuan to make a decision for a while. His eyes looking at Xia Xiangxi were like the eyes when he lost his beloved baby, which made Xia Xiangxi's heart ache.Seeing that the ghost messenger was approaching, Xia Xiangxi gritted his teeth and shoved He Xuan, and shouted: "If you can't protect Grandpa, I will hate you forever!"

He Xuan's body trembled, his eyes suddenly became determined, he hugged Xia Xiangxi suddenly, whispered something in her ear, then carried his grandfather on his back and ran away quickly.

There was a "bang" in Xia Xiangxi's heart, and He Xuan's hug to her and the words he said... made her feel as if she had been shocked by an electric current, an indescribable feeling.His body was numb and crispy, with a soft feeling after being washed by intense excitement.

Turning her head to look at He Xuan and grandpa who had gone away, Xia Xiangxi showed a gratified smile, and then she gritted her teeth and faced the two ghost messengers who had already run over.

The two ghost messengers rushed to Xia Xiangxi with vicious faces, and locked Xia Xiangxi with a soul chain without saying anything.Xia Xiangxi resigned himself to being caught by them, and was about to be taken away by two ghost guards, when a white rooster suddenly appeared and flew towards the two ghost guards.Chickens can't fly very high, but they were flying up to the shoulders of the ghosts, just enough for their chicken claws to grab one of the ghosts.These were all sudden situations, and the two ghost guards didn't react, and one of them was caught by the rooster, making a terrifying ghost cry.

Xia Xiangxi recognized the rooster and knew its details, but she was not thankful that it came to save her. Instead, she shouted to it, "You are not their match, leave me alone, run away!"

But the rooster refused to listen, flew up from the ground again, and grabbed another ghost.This time it didn't succeed, and the ghost guard had been on guard for a long time, and hit it with the soul arresting rope in his hand, the flapping wings suddenly stopped moving, and the whole chicken body fell vertically to the ground.

The ghost guard threw off the soul restraining rope again, and hit the chicken again. After the rooster landed, even the normal chicken's struggling and flapping movements disappeared.Xia Xiangxi couldn't help screaming, seeing the rooster slowly turning into a wisp of green smoke, the soles of his feet began to feel weak, and he was so sad that he didn't look good.

The ghost guard saw that the rooster had been wiped out, so he ignored it, and wanted to lock Xia Xiangxi again, and set foot on Huangquan Road again.

Unexpectedly, there was a red wooden stick behind the ghost messenger, and it was thrown towards the ghost messenger. A ghost servant was caught off guard, hit the back of the neck by the wooden stick, fell to the ground and never got up again.Another ghost reacted cleverly, picked up the soul restraining rope and smashed it at the wooden stick. After hitting the wooden stick, some red water-like liquid dripped from the wooden stick, like blood. shocking.The wooden stick rolled up like a snake, and it just wrapped around the ghost messenger's neck. The more it rolled, the tighter it strangled the ghost messenger's neck. "It fell to the ground with a sound, and it didn't take long before it turned into a cloud of smoke and drifted away.

Xia Xiangxi was frightened by this sudden accident, and when she came back to her senses, she didn't see anyone around, or should I say any ghosts.All I saw was a long tree root that came out of nowhere.

She didn't manage properly, and heard someone calling her name in an ugly voice. She was vigilant, and she heard from her grandfather that she should not just agree to someone calling her name at night. Maybe he was hooked by those ghosts and lost his life.In addition, when I was a child, I also read Baicaoyuan, where it was written that there was a snake spirit that could call people's names.

That ugly tune was like a divine comedy, she still called her name over and over again, the small, rustling voice penetrated into her ears, making her ears itch like bugs, she couldn't bear the sound When calling her name again, she involuntarily agreed, and then her body fluttered like the wind, as if a suction cup sucked her body into a whirlpool.Xia Xiangxi felt like a straw floating on the water, being deeply sucked in by the rapidly spinning whirlpool.

After that, Xia Xiangxi didn't know anything.When she woke up, she was lying in the shadow of the peach tree that made her and He Xuan step into the underworld.The moon thinned into a line is as thin as a hole cut by a sharp razor in the sky.Illuminated clouds pass by like torrents around it.

And He Xuan was lying next to her, lying on the ground with his arms stretched forward, as if he was still trying to crawl forward before he fell into a coma.

Thinking that since He Xuan is already here, grandpa should be fine too!Xia Xiangxi sighed inwardly, she was finally safe, and then passed out in a daze again.

After that, Xia Xiangxi didn't remember very clearly the experience of her and He Xuan's stepping into the underworld.Looking back, I feel like I am half dreaming and half awake, and I am not sure if it is real or a hallucination.

It was Ma Po who talked about Qi Hao, and Xia Xiangxi remembered something with muddy memories.I remembered that Qi Hao turned into a big rooster and tried to save her when she was locked away by ghost guards.

Ma Po said that thanks to Grandpa who used a method to calm down Qi Hao's soul earlier, Qi Hao had disappeared last night.It's just that I'm not very optimistic at the moment, the soul essence and soul essence in Qi Hao's ghost are broken, and it's doomed that he will never be reincarnated forever. If he doesn't do anything else, Qi Hao will become a puff of smoke after three days .

Xia Xiangxi was very sad when she heard that Qi Hao had come to such a miserable end in order to save her, and begged her grandpa and mother-in-law to help Qi Hao.

Grandpa is a person who values ​​friendship at all, Xia Xiangxi doesn't need to ask for these things, but he has to take care of them.

Grandpa thought for a while before saying to Ma Po: "Go to that box and take out that jade cup! This is the only way!"

Ma Po nodded and said, "I've thought about it a long time ago, just because I was afraid you wouldn't like it. Since you agreed, I'll go and open that locust wood box!" After speaking, she went up to the third floor of the sling.

Only then did Xia Xiangxi know that the old pagoda tree box that grandpa had locked up for more than 20 years was originally placed in this stilted building in Mapo.It was also the first time I knew the contents of the pagoda tree box.

After a while, Ma Po took out a fist-sized exquisite jade, and looked at the shape of a three-legged tripod with a cover.Xia Xiangxi is a layman to jade, so he thinks that it should be a high-quality colorless jadeite, with a texture as transparent as glass, which is too beautiful to behold.She immediately sighed in her heart, no wonder grandpa locked the pagoda wood box tightly, it turned out that there was a priceless treasure hidden in it!

Grandpa drove Xia Xiangxi out of the house and closed the door tightly.When Grandpa let her in, he pointed to the jade cup on the altar and said, "From now on, it's yours." Xia Xiangxi was just following Grandpa's orders at the moment, and she did whatever Grandpa said.At this time, she still didn't know that Grandpa and Ma Po had already collected Qi Hao's incomplete soul into the jade cup, and she didn't know that the jade cup had another big secret.

Xia Xiangxi had the opportunity to express his gratitude to Ma Po after Qi Hao's matter was settled.Because she felt that it was Ma Po who saved her last night.

But Ma Po said that she wanted to save her, but she couldn't do it, and she only cared about helping the soul of grandpa who had escaped from the underworld.

Xia Xiangxi immediately didn't understand, if Ma Po didn't save her, who else could it be?

When Grandpa heard Xia Xiangxi talk about it, he was silent all the time.Only at this time did he say with a worried face: "Don't ask any more, I know what saved you!"

Xia Xiangxi asked again, but Grandpa stopped answering.

That night, Grandpa took Xia Xiangxi to the peach tree that could open the gate of the underworld again.When I went, I brought delicious food and a jug of wine.That jug of wine is a self-brewed wine that Ma Po has treasured for many years.On weekdays, when grandpa was addicted to alcohol, he always had to say all kinds of good things to soften Ma Po's ears, and let her carefully pour a small wine cup for grandpa.As soon as the grandfather raised his neck, he drank it into his stomach, smacking and smacking, shouting good wine, and begging Ma Po to fill the second wine cup. face, slowly and carefully sealed the mouth of the wine jar.

Therefore, Xia Xiangxi didn't understand why Ma Po was willing to dedicate a whole jar of wine this time.

The wind in the mountains at night was very heavy, blowing with a whistling sound like the wheezing of an asthmatic patient.

Perhaps because of his grandfather's company, Xia Xiangxi didn't get lost under the peach tree this time like last night with He Xuan.

Grandpa devoutly placed food and wine under the peach tree, as well as chopsticks.Then he muttered something in his mouth, and bowed respectfully to the peach tree.Xia Xiangxi didn't understand why grandpa respected this peach tree so much.Seeing how her grandfather looks like this, she also wants to learn how to behave. Although she doesn't know what to thank, it is always right to follow her grandfather.Unexpectedly, when Grandpa saw that she wanted to pray, he grabbed her and said to her, "What are you praying for?"

Xia Xiangxi was stunned for a moment, and she didn't know what grandpa was thinking, if she was not allowed to worship, she would also be spared.

Grandpa said again: "Anyone can worship, but you alone cannot. This is the rule!"

It's fine if grandpa doesn't say that, but once he said that, Xia Xiangxi was in a fog and couldn't get out.How exactly did grandpa say this, and what rules are there in worshiping trees?
After dawn, Grandpa asked Xia Xiangxi to come to Taoshu to collect the dishes placed here last night.

Those meals were all covered with dust by the wind, which was terrible.However, this meal can't be thrown away casually. When Xia Xiangxi came, his grandfather specially asked him to bury these meals under the tree.Xia Xiangxi did as her grandfather said, digging up the soil next to the peach tree with a shovel, and smelled a tangy aroma of wine. When she finished burying the food and leveling the soil, she found the wine jar The mouth was still tightly sealed, but the wine jar was already empty when it was lifted, and the sound of a drop of water could not be heard even after shaking it.

Xia Xiangxi's heart was shocked, thinking of the smell of alcohol when he opened the ground under the tree just now, and recalling what Grandpa said that he knew who saved her, he vaguely seemed to understand something!

(End of this chapter)