husband from hell

Chapter 72
I was startled by that voice, I immediately retracted my hand, raised my head, and saw that the person who spoke was none other than Luo Weilan.

He was panting and running towards me, with sweat glistening on his white and smooth forehead, as if he was in a hurry: "You didn't touch the water, did you?"

I raised my hand and said embarrassingly, "I'm sorry, I didn't know there was such a thing here. Fortunately, you notified me in time, so I didn't encounter it."

"That's good..." Luo Weilan breathed a sigh of relief, scratched the back of her head shyly, and said with a smile, "Isn't it scaring you? Actually, it's not for any other reason, but you are a foreigner. It is a kind of offense to the ancestors to step into the water here, and they will definitely recite their words, so when I saw it when I turned around, I was shocked and didn't care about anything else."

"You're too polite." Because of Luo Weilan's well-bred and polite attitude, I immediately had a good impression of him, so I said, "It's because I'm not sensible, so I didn't ask in advance. I don't know, What kind of taboo is this?"

Luo Weilan pointed to the frog and said: "The water in this place is called Tianshui by our locals. It was specially taken at this time. When collecting bones, it was used to wash away the bones buried in the soil by our ancestors, because there is no you in it. So... you know, the ancestor of the ghost raiser is also a ghost raiser, so it's easy for people to be unlucky and get a lesson."

I understood right away, my back felt chilly, and I couldn't help feeling a little scared, so I hurriedly said: "Thank you so much, otherwise, I would..."

But after thinking about it, anyone who sees me will know that I am covered by dark clouds and I am reciting characters. No matter how unlucky, how unlucky can it be?

Luo Weilan rubbed her hands and said, "I didn't expect you to come anyway, I might as well have made it clear earlier."

"I know what's going on here." Cheng Ke was walking over at this moment, stood in front of me calmly, and said, "I didn't take her seriously just now, thank you for reminding me."

Luo Weilan nodded and asked with a smile: "It can be seen that you are also ghost raising masters, but the technique of yin and yang to control ghosts is not our school in Xichuan. Are you from Tanshen Town or Biluomen?"

This Luo Weilan knows quite a lot. Before I answered, he had already seen the longevity sachet on my waist, and he hurriedly said: "Ah, I should have known that it was from Tanshen Town. I know about Tanshen Town. The three families here are the Yang family, the Wei family and the Liu family, but I have never heard of Lu's surname, so I didn't remember it for a while."

This person is really mysterious, why does he seem to know everything?

At this moment, a dark cloud drifted over, Luo Weilan saw it, said sorry, and hurried to take care of his pannier.

Cheng Ke's eyes followed Luo Weilan, and Taohua narrowed his eyes: "This person is quite interesting."

"I think it's a bit mysterious." I said, "He seems to know everything. He has been to Yuning and lives in the same community as us."

Cheng Ke nodded and said, "No matter what, you must be on guard against others."

"That's right." I interjected, "But I think he's very talkative and friendly, and he knows a lot. Why don't we ask him about Xi Chuan later?"

Cheng Ke was noncommittal, just raised my hand to look at it, and frowned: "Really didn't touch a drop?"

I shook my head: "When he called me, I hadn't stretched out my hand yet..."

No, the back of the hand was faintly visible, as if it was cold for a while, could it be splashed by the water droplets inside?

I looked at the back of my hand, a little unsure.

Cheng Ke looked at me and said calmly, "It's okay, everything is up to me."

I pulled out a smile and nodded heavily: "By the way, have you remembered anything since you got here?"

Cheng Ke shook his head and said, "It's just a very familiar feeling. I should have been here before."

"Maybe, you are a local, and you are here to dry the bones of your ancestors!" I walked inside, and the ground of this place is very flat. It can be seen that these local ghost raisers should have been drying here all the time. A bone is a specific place.

Those ghost raisers spread out the bones from the back basket and arranged them in the shape of a human being. I used to learn painting, and I know a little about art and anatomy. It can be seen that every corpse can be placed very completely.

And those corpses were hazy, as if shrouded in black air.

Suddenly I remembered the woman who was carrying the paper figurine last night. Is she also a ghost raiser?But she didn't see her eating in the front hall, nor did she come to dry her own bones.

"Stay away from here." Cheng Ke pulled me back: "The corpse of the ghost keeper is too dark, you can't stop it, and you will get sick easily."

I nodded quickly, shrank back, looked in all directions, and suddenly found a big banyan tree.

I don’t know how many years that big banyan tree is. It takes about a dozen people to embrace it. It is green and green, and there are many colorful knots hanging on it.

I remembered what the little girl in the cafe said about the legend about the lover’s knot in this place, so I walked past it involuntarily: “It turns out that the place where the Shigu Festival is held is the same place as the lover’s knot.”

Cheng Ke followed, and on the thick and thin branches and leaves of the banyan tree, there was a very delicate knot hanging, which looked very pleasing.

Cheng Ke touched the branches of the banyan tree, eyes full of nostalgia.

I felt a prick in my heart. Did he and Calamus also tie a lover's knot on this big tree before and took a photo of their lover?

It's obviously useless to think about this kind of thing.

I dug around my body for a long time, but couldn't find anything to tie a knot in. Finally, I remembered that there was a ribbon on my head for tying my hair, and I untied it easily. on the branch.

It doesn't matter, about my memories, I can make them myself.

Unexpectedly, just as I was thinking about reaching out to that branch, another strap suddenly hung straight down, right next to my ear, and made a "chi chi..." sound. !
I blinked my eyes, and then I realized, what kind of ribbon is that, it's a snake!
Cheng Ke had seen it a long time ago, and with just a flash of his slender hand, he threw the snake out fiercely. I knew how strong Cheng Ke was, so I hurriedly turned my head, only to see that the snake's head had been smashed into pieces. Regiment, Yin Yin is bleeding!

At the same time, I heard a "click", maybe I turned my head a little anxiously, and my neck was twisted!
"oops……"

"Lu Qiao?" Cheng Ke frowned and looked at me, his cold hand touched my neck, and I quickly shrank back: "It's okay, it's okay, just sleep... I don't know if this fortune is going bad. When can I pass..."

Cheng Ke smiled slightly, a little ambiguously, and whispered in my ear: "Whenever you accept me and achieve the real Yin-Yang technique of controlling ghosts, it will be over."

My face burned, and I changed the subject abruptly and said, "This...it doesn't matter...but, you killed the snake here, is it okay?"

"Are you afraid that this snake will turn into a snake spirit and seek revenge on me?" Cheng Ke's thin lips curled up, "It's not that easy."

"But, in this kind of place, everything seems to be particular..." I was also discouraged, and picked up the ribbon again to tie it on my head, but Cheng Ke took it from my hand and stretched out his hand. It was tied to the branch of the banyan tree, and the knotting was surprisingly familiar: "I seem to have learned this method specially for tying knots here."

The lover's knot is the same as the lover's mountain. It is a delicate heart shape. It can only be wound around the heart shape. Cheng Ke looked at the knot and was a little absent-minded.

I couldn't look up at him, so I had to protect my neck and get down from the big banyan tree. This kind of pain is not a disease, but it can be fatal when it feels uncomfortable. It's a bit like a stiff neck...

Ah, by the way, didn't I just bump into that frog pool by accident just now, and those ancestors who bathed in it wanted to trouble me?
oh my god...

At this time, the sun shone down very warmly, and the ghost raisers danced and performed a movement like doing radio gymnastics. After finishing the work around the white bones, they all squatted down, He put one hand on his heart and muttered something.

"This is the ceremony of asking for the protection of the ancestors." Cheng Ke walked down from the root of the big banyan tree, and said solemnly: "I have heard these curses before, and I have a vague impression. When I came last time, there were many ghost raisers here. .”

Are there only a few of the ghost raisers around here?

My head felt bad, and I said, "It's very quiet."

"Let's go back." Cheng Ke touched my neck and said, "I know a kind of herb that can heal, and it will be fine soon after applying it."

"But..." I hesitated: "It feels like a waste of time."

"Even if I have been here, I really can't remember it." Cheng Ke looked around and said, "I also completely forgot, who did I accompany, or did I come here to dry my bones."

"Let's inquire about it. Since this is a century-old custom, maybe people here know it too." I greeted those ghost-raisers and asked if anyone knew the ghost-raiser named Xichuan Cheng. Will also come to this place for Shigu Festival.

The three fox-faced female ghost raisers didn't like us very much, but they didn't dare to provoke Cheng Ke, so they had to reluctantly answer that they didn't know. The two big men were a little wary of us and said they had never heard of it. Even Luo Weilan thought about it, and said apologetically: "I have no other advantages, but I have a good memory, but I am very familiar with the family of ghost raisers nearby, and I really can't remember it. There was a family named Cheng here." ghost raiser."

I didn't find out... It can be seen that the business of raising ghosts should be less and less, and there are only a few people here on such a big day.

"It doesn't matter," I looked at Cheng Ke: "Since there are some clues, they can always be found."

Cheng Ke was noncommittal and said, "Let's let nature take its course."

If he really can't find it, it won't be long before he has forgotten even Calamus?
I couldn't tell whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, so I clutched my neck and went down the mountain.

Luo Weilan seemed quite hospitable: "Don't you want to watch the rest of the ceremony?"

"I can't watch it anymore," I said apologetically, "I'm bothering you today."

"It's okay." Luo Weilan's smile was extraordinarily bright under the sun: "Is your neck twisted? I'll order some homemade prescriptions. When I go back, I'll help you take a look."

I wanted to nod my thanks, but my neck felt a sharp pain again, and the ghost raisers next to me pointed and whispered, which meant that I was mocking me for touching the water under the five-legged frog, and I deserved it.

Cheng Ke's face was a bit grim, I pretended I didn't hear anything, fearing that Cheng Ke would cause trouble, so I hurriedly said goodbye to Luo Weiran, and dragged Cheng Ke down.

When Cheng Ke took me down the mountain, I thought of the five-legged frog, and said casually: "Tell me, is there any allusion to that frog? Why is it five-legged?"

"That's not a frog, it's a toad," Cheng Ke replied, "I have a slight impression that it is a very rare thing called a five-legged toad, which is highly poisonous and spiritual. According to legend, the people of Xichuan are I learned this blood-raising ghost art from this five-legged toad, so it has always been revered as the ancestor of Xichuan's ghost-raising art, and it is their holy object. As long as it is a place where a ceremony is held, there will be this five-race toad Come sit down."

"I learned it from Toad..." I thought for a while, "It's really like the story of Shan Hai Jing that my father told me when I was young."

Cheng Ke smiled slightly: "There are many legends like this in Xichuan. They respect toads very much. For example, it doesn't matter if a snake fell to death today. If it was a toad, they will be besieged and attacked."

It turns out that this is also a taboo, I said I will remember it, and I will never provoke things casually again.

"With me here, it doesn't matter what you touch and the consequences." Cheng Ke replied flatly, "I'll just help you block it."

Besides my dad, this is the first man who is willing to spoil me like this, right?Leaning on Cheng Ke's back, I thought, that's it, I hope nothing will change.

After going down the mountain and back to Huiren Hotel, the fat steamed bun stood behind the counter and stared at the outside in a daze.

I casually asked: "Boss, how many years have you been in this hotel?"

Fat Mantou didn't object to the title "Boss". Obviously, he is indeed the owner of this place. He twirled his stubby fingers and said, "It's been about two hundred years."

"It's been so long, hasn't it been renovated?" I continued to ask.

"It's fine, there's no need to renovate it. This hotel is blessed by the toad gods of the five clans," Fat Mantou said, "Nothing will go wrong."

Cheng Ke said in a low voice: "It is a custom in Xichuan that before building a new house, a living creature must be put on one corner of the house so that the house can be built. The more spiritual the living creature is, the longer the life of the house will be."

"So that's how it is..." I stared at this quaint house, thinking to myself, could it be that the five-legged toad god is really suppressed here?
"Then," I continued to ask, "is this inn passed down from generation to generation? I wonder how long you have been here?"

The fat mantou said dryly: "I own the hotel, and the owner has never changed."

If it was really the original owner, I'm afraid he would be more than 200 years old, but the appearance of Fat Mantou is only in his 40s.

Follow Cheng Ke through the flower path and go back to the room.Cheng Ke settled me down and said, "Go to sleep, I'll find some medicinal herbs and rub it on you."

"Eh?" I widened my eyes, "Where did you find it?"

"Of course I have my way." Cheng Ke put down the curtain and said, "Lie down well, don't open the door if there is any sound, I will come in by myself."

I nodded and watched Cheng Ke's back disappear at the door. I haven't exercised for a long time. I climbed the mountain today, and I was sleepy for a while, and I closed my eyes heavily.

"Wow... wow..." The dream was sinking, but I heard the cry of a child from the corridor, louder than louder, which forced me to wake up.

New arrivals with children at the inn?I got up from the bed in a daze, and opened the door to go out to have a look. When my hand touched the door, I suddenly remembered that Cheng Ke told me that no matter what happened, please do not open the door.

After hesitating for a moment, I withdrew my hand. After all, this place is unusual, and I am a person with no skills, so it would be a waste of help.

But the baby's voice, just shouting so loudly, I couldn't help fidgeting, didn't anyone else hear it?Where are the baby's parents?
The immature voice slowly became hoarse, as if he had no strength, the struggling voice was really uncomfortable, and suddenly, the voice stopped.

I stood up all of a sudden, and I knew that even if I had no common sense, how could it be possible for a child to stop crying?unless……

"Dangdangdang..." In the sudden silence, my door suddenly rang again!
I was taken aback, but before I could speak, Luo Weilan's voice came from outside: "Lu Qiao? I'm Luo Weilan, I agreed to help you look at the sprain on my neck, isn't it convenient now?"

How did it happen to be this time?I hesitated, it's true that I'm an acquaintance, but... But I have to listen to Cheng Ke's words.

"Thank you, I found the herbs." At this moment, Cheng Ke's voice sounded from outside at the right time, the door opened, and Cheng Ke said as he walked in, "I won't trouble you."

"Then how can it be troublesome!" Luo Weilan said enthusiastically: "When you are away from home, those who can help you will naturally do so."

While speaking, he followed Cheng Ke in.

Cheng Ke was expressionless, noncommittal, and Taohua's big eyes were a little dark. He took out a small bowl, which contained a ball of pureed medicinal herbs.

When Luo Weilan saw the herb, she was a little dazed: "This is our Luo family's recipe, cinnabar snake flower lotus. Except for our family, no one knows about it. How could you..."

Cheng Ke turned his head and saw that Luo Weilan had the same herb mud in his hand!
I was refreshed. Could it be that Cheng Ke has something to do with Luo Weilan's family?
But Cheng Ke didn't show any difference at all, he just said indifferently: "It just so happens, it's a kind of medicinal herb after all, and no one will know its medicinal properties."

"But... the snake flower lotus is poisonous, and only cinnabar can counteract it. It is indeed a secret recipe passed down by our family..." Luo Weilan looked a little puzzled: "Do you know someone from our Luo family?"

"There are no ones who are familiar with that level..." I thought for a while and said, "Actually, we don't know many ghost raisers."

"So that's how it is," Luo Weilan showed a puzzled expression, "But this is too coincidental..."

And I had already started to be suspicious, but Cheng Ke was standing still, so I naturally didn't want to talk too much. I remembered the child crying at the door just now, so I asked casually: "Before you came here just now, were you in the corridor?" Have you ever seen a child in there?"

"No?" Luo Weilan said, "I was in the room just now and didn't hear it. What's the matter?"

Cheng Ke also shook his head.

Strange, could it be that I slept for too long and had auditory hallucinations?
So I had no choice but to answer: "It seems that I heard a child crying, maybe I heard it wrong."

"This time Huiren Inn doesn't have many guests." Luo Weilan said, "I didn't notice that there were children with me."

At this moment, Cheng Ke had already smeared the green herbal mud on my neck. It was cold and icy cold, which immediately refreshed me, and chatted with Luo Weilan: "Your family has been They all live in Xichuan, right?"

Luo Weilan nodded, with a bit of pride, "Natives from Xichuan, our Luo family still has a bit of reputation in Xichuan, but it's just that we have been running a little bit frequently to Yuning for a while."

I remembered that he said he bought a house in the same community as me, so I followed the conversation and asked, "Is going to Yuning a job?"

"Oh, it's a family matter." Luo Weilan pulled out the chair familiarly, sat opposite me, sighed, and said, "Because my cousin went to Xuanyin to raise ghosts a while ago. I just cut off the news with my family. Our family was very anxious, so I sent me to Yuning to look for him, but I couldn't find him. You are a ghost raiser, and you should have heard that many ghost raisers in Yuning were arrested. When people are killed, people can't help thinking about it, these years, it's really..."

Of course I know about this matter, I also saw the list of missing persons in Li Minglang's cousin!Desperate to see if you can help, quickly asked: "I don't know what your cousin's name is..."

"My cousin's name is Luo Bai." Luo Weilan said, "He's not too tall, he's 37 this year."

Luo Bai!I just remembered, isn't Ah Jiu one of Luo Bai's subordinates?After Ah Jiu hid, he still haunted that beauty salon quietly!
"We don't know this person." Cheng Ke said lightly: "I'm really sorry, if I get news about him in Yuning in the future, I will tell you as soon as possible."

Luo Weilan originally mentioned it in passing, without any hope, and was not disappointed, and said casually: "Then, thank you in advance, I hope my brother will have a good life."

"Where is Ye Kui Lang from?" Suddenly a very irritable voice rang out, and thumped our door heavily: "Is this your child?"

Cheng Ke opened the door, and at the door was one of the three fox-faced sisters. The middle-aged woman had big curly hair and raised thin eyebrows. It seemed that she was planning to quarrel with Cheng Ke, but for some reason, when she saw Cheng Ke, That arrogance was only three points short: "You...are you bringing your children here?"

Cheng Ke calmly shook his head.

"Then did you hear the voice of the crying man at night?" The fox-faced middle-aged woman looked unwilling: "I called the cat yesterday, but now I cry at the night, do you want to let people rest?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Weilan hurriedly asked, "Lu Qiao, you just said that you also heard the cry of the child? Yekuilang is here in Xichuan, which means a noisy child."

Luo Weilan said it, and I replied: "Yes, I heard it too, but after Cheng Ke came back, he stopped all of a sudden, a bit, very unnaturally, like it stopped abruptly."

"I don't know if it's clipped or not." The middle-aged woman with a fox face said angrily: "This crappy place, what a name... I'll talk to the boss, I can't just stay in the store like this! If so, I have to leave money!"

As he said that, he followed the hydrangea path and went all the way to the front hall.

Child... I just remembered, the paper child that I saw last night, carried on that woman's body...

By the way, that woman hasn't shown her face even once since she stopped at the store!

I looked at Cheng Ke, only to find that Cheng Ke was staring at the door, as if looking at something.

I also followed Cheng Ke's gaze, but saw something that shouldn't be there.

(End of this chapter)