Rent Affair

Chapter 23 Continuation of Life (3)

Chen Chang'an alternated day and night, and at dusk he set up a formation, placed Yuwan in the formation, and released the seven souls and seven souls that had been assembled earlier, and the souls broke free from the bondage in an instant, gushing out and floating on the beams of the house, fluttering endlessly. host.Chen Changan sat cross-legged, eyes slightly closed, silently chanting a mantra, his eyes widened suddenly, and with a loud shout, the seven souls and seven souls that had been wandering for a long time rushed towards Yuwan's body like before.

Chen Changan saw that the method of continuing life had been accomplished, and he only needed to wait for Yuwan to wake up. He couldn't help being overjoyed, and his face showed joy. Suddenly, Yuwan's body shook violently, and bursts of black smoke rose by itself.Seeing this, Chen Chang'an's expression froze, knowing that something was wrong, he got up and walked over.

Before approaching, fourteen souls and fourteen souls suddenly emerged from Yuwan's body, and these fourteen souls and fourteen souls turned into a dark streamer, and the streamer was like a sharp sword in the white flashes. Shining with a cold light, it stabbed at Chen Changan.Chen Changan was worried about the safety of Yuwan, and if he didn't pay attention, the stream of light was less than half a step away. Chen Chang'an turned sideways, but he couldn't dodge.

This stream of light pierced through Chen Changan's back, and immediately turned into a ball of flames, with tongues of flame splashing everywhere, covering him in a raging fire, but although the fire was burning fiercely, it was not blazing hot, like thousands of ants all over the place. It was unbearable.Chen Chang'an saw that these fourteen souls and fourteen souls had evil spirits, if they were allowed to behave mischievously again, their lives would be in danger.

Chen Changan stood still, circulated the true energy of his body to circulate the veins all over his body, blood energy surged up, and a layer of golden light protection gradually appeared around his body, the golden light shot at first, the more dazzling the light, the flame that the flowing light turned into became weaker and weaker , until the burning fire was extinguished into a ball of flames, Chen Changan saw that the itching had faded away, he breathed a sigh of relief, and stretched out his hand to catch the ball of flames.

However, the flame seemed to be frightened, and it went straight into Chen Changan's chest, excruciating pain. Chen Changan wanted to use his true energy to force the flame out of his body, but the burning pain made him unable to mention it. Gathering up his strength, he gritted his teeth to suppress the intensifying pain, and walked towards Yuwan, but as soon as he got closer, a rare redness appeared in his eyes, and the body of Yuwan in front of him was already burned by the cloud of black air Turned into a bone, the pretty face is no longer seen.

Chen Changan shouted and roared, the sound shook the heavens and the earth, and resounded through the sky, like the howling of a wild beast, it was utterly pathetic.

"My senior brother is so indifferent now, it is also caused by Yuwan's death!" Xiaoying sighed and said with emotion, "The method of extending life can extend the life of others, but it is easy to hurt yourself. You still want to continue for Xiaoyue?" life?"

I knew in my heart that Xiaoying was afraid that the method of life extension would hurt me. After all, Chen Changan was a living example, but his infatuation with Yuwan prompted him to use the method of life extension again, otherwise it would not have caused him to suffer. The pain of burning heart.I just want Xiaoyue to live another year or two, and whether she can break her fate depends on her luck.

I nodded and said, "You don't have to worry about me, I will definitely continue the life of this child Xiaoyue."

Seeing that I was determined, Xiaoying didn't try to persuade me, she covered her hands, looked up at the sun, and said, "It's getting late, we have to prepare the seven souls and seven souls before the sun goes down tomorrow!"

It is not hard to find the seven souls and seven souls of people who have just died. After all, in Datianchao, eating lean meat, drinking melamine milk, and inhaling PM2.5 smog, it is not too many to die a day. The population of Qingniu Village is small, so we have to go to the village to find them.

Xiaoying and I didn't dare to waste any more time, and set out on the road.

The closest to Qingniu Village is Dahe Township. Qingniu Village is not under the jurisdiction of Dahe Township in terms of administrative division. The distance is relatively short, so we rushed there. There is an ancient canal flowing through the north and south of Dahe Township. Now the canal has been diverted, and the ruins The rivers in Dahe Township have dried up, and the economy of Dahe Township has also been falling. .

On the bus from Qingniu Village to Dahe Township, there were only me and Xiaoying. The driver of this bus was not very old, in his early thirties, with an unshaven beard, and was wearing a black camouflage uniform with oily stains. Showing surprise, he asked doubtfully, "You two are going to Dahe Township?"

It is a little unnecessary for the bus driver to ask this question. Where else can I go if I get on this bus and don't go to Dahe Township?

I nodded, and the bus driver didn't ask any more questions, and said to himself, "There are still people going to Dahe Township at this moment, and the sun is also coming out from the west."

The voice was very soft, and I didn't bother to talk, and sat with Xiaoying by the window.

Dahe Township is only an hour away from Qingniu Village, and last night we spent half the night in the burrow in Fangniugang, we both squinted our eyes and took a nap.

The bus stopped at the entrance of the township, and the driver woke us up, shouting, "Dahe Township is here!"

As soon as Xiaoying and I got off the bus, the driver started the car in a hurry, as if fleeing, and the bus disappeared after only one sentence.

"This bus driver is a bit weird!" Xiaoying frowned slightly, and said in a puzzled voice.

I also find it strange that this bus doesn't go into the village, and as soon as it puts people down, it drives away quickly, as if it owes someone money. The two went to the countryside.

As soon as I entered Dahe Township, I felt a sense of gloom. Every house was closed, wreaths were placed in front of the door, the wind blew past, and paper money was flying. It had been possible for a long time to see a coffin shed, and I couldn't help feeling suspicious.

Xiaoying looked around, and said vigilantly, "Dahe Township is surrounded by yin, it seems that there are evil spirits at work, we better be careful."

I responded and became alert, not daring to take it lightly.The two of us walked in the countryside for a long time, and when we reached the entrance of an alley, we heard faint cries coming from a room. We hurried into the alley, looked for the cries, and arrived at the door of the house. I knocked on the door a few times and called softly, "Is anyone there?"

The crying in the room stopped abruptly, and I knocked on the door a few more times, but there was no answer in the room.I was puzzled, there was still crying just a second ago, why did it stop when I knocked on the door?

Just as I raised my hand to knock a few more times, Xiaoying stopped me and said, "It seems that the people inside are scared, let's look for it again!"

I had no choice but to nod my head and walked towards the entrance of the alley with Xiaoying. I just took two steps when I heard a "squeak" behind me. Look out through the gap.

Xiaoying noticed this, her figure was like the wind, and in the flash of flint, she had come to the door, covering the crack with her foot. Seeing this, the people in the room were terrified, trying to close the door with all their strength, but Xiaoying Blocked by his foot, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't close it tightly, and begged, "I beg you! Let me go! My sons are dead, no more people can die!"

"Uncle, we are here to save you, don't be afraid!" Xiaoying replied, comforting the frightened man.

"Really?" The man in the room hesitated when he heard it.

Xiaoying nodded, the man timidly opened the door, poked his head out to look at the entrance of the alley, saw only the two of us, he quickly waved his hands to let the two of us enter the room quickly, and locked the door again.

This man was only in his forties. He worked in the farmland all year round. He was exposed to the wind and sun, making him look a little older. His skin was dark and wrinkled. There was a big cigarette pouch pinned to his waist, and his teeth were burnt yellow.Entering the room, a smell of burning paper hits the face, choking and dazzling.

"Uncle, why are there wreaths at the door of every household in Dahe Township?" I asked hurriedly.

The man filled some tobacco and lit it, took a sip, and looked back at the black-and-white photo hanging on the wall. The boy in this photo was not very old, with delicate features and bright eyes, but at such an age It's a pity to think about it.The man looked at it for a long time, then sighed, "Our village is terribly poor. The new village leaders are very superstitious, saying that Feng Shui is not good. The whole family works hard!"

"There's nothing wrong with this kind of work. It's better to pay some subsidies every day than to work in the fields!" As he spoke, the look in the man's eyes became more serious, and his voice choked up, " Unexpectedly, within two days of this work, a sarcophagus was dug out from the ruins of the ancient canal. The village leaders said that the sarcophagus was a cultural relic, and they had to clamor for someone to dig it out, but it took a day and a night to dig it out. The sarcophagus has not been dug out yet, and the villagers are terrified, saying that the sarcophagus is bad luck, but in the early morning of the fourth day, people who worked on the ancient canal died one after another!"

died?I thought to myself, the sudden death of so many people must have something to do with the sarcophagus dug out of the ancient canal, but the village leaders have to take care of the dead people, and they can’t let them go, I asked hurriedly.

"What are the leaders of the village in charge of? They don't let us keep quiet, so every family closes their houses and burns paper in the house. Even the corpses of the family members are locked in the morgue of the village hospital, and we are not allowed to go to the morgue." Look!" The man knocked the pot under the eyes in his hand, "the word 'official' is two words, so it makes sense, but here..." As he spoke, the man burst into tears.

It seems that if you want to collect the soul of the person who just died, you have to settle this matter. I turned my head and saw Xiaoying biting her lip, showing embarrassment. I pulled Xiaoying and took two steps aside, and asked in a low voice. , "Have you ever heard of such a thing?"

Xiaoying nodded slightly, and murmured, "Such strange things often happen by the Yellow River, but it's not like this..."

Seeing Xiaoying didn't know what to do, I also muttered in my heart, I couldn't decide to ignore this matter.

The man cried for a while, and called us, "Didn't you come to help us? I just want to see my poor son. I don't want any money!"

Seeing this man getting old and bereaved, I felt pity, and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I'll help you find a solution for this matter!"

"Thank you so much!" the man said, holding my hand tightly.

Xiaoying and I didn't stay long, we went out and asked the man to show us the way, and went straight to the ruins of the ancient canal. On the way, Xiaoying scolded me, saying that I still couldn't figure out what was going on with the sarcophagus, so I agreed Man, if this can't be settled, what can we do?
At that time, I really didn't think much about it, but I saw that the man was pitiful, so I agreed without thinking too much. After Jing Xiaoying said this, I also retreated in my heart, but when I wanted to save Xiaoyue, I had to bite Teeth, bite the bullet and move forward.

After walking for about ten minutes, I arrived at the ancient canal. I saw that the ancient canal had been cordoned off, and the village sent people to guard the river bank. It is so huge that the bottom sinks deep into the river bed, how much is sunken and how much is exposed is unknown. The surface of the sarcophagus is covered with mud and mottled, and some carved patterns can be vaguely seen, but the whole picture cannot be seen under the cover of mud.

(End of this chapter)