Master also ignored me anymore, and crushed a bowl of glutinous rice into minced pieces, and then I didn't know what to add, and stirred it in the bowl, during which I clearly saw Master cut a small hole in the middle of his left hand, squeezed out three drops of blood into the bowl, and continued to stir. I watched Master's actions in amazement, and then looked at the bowl in his hand, as well as the black and red glutinous rice powder in the bowl, and suddenly swallowed in fright: "Master, will you let me eat it?" That's disgusting, I don't eat that! ”

"What do you want?!" Master glared at me when he heard this, continued to stir, and then continued, "If you eat it, it doesn't hurt to eat it." ”

"Hey, hey! I knew Master wouldn't let me eat this. I comforted myself and grinned, "By the way, where did the old man go?" Didn't you just ask him to find another piece of hemp rope? He doesn't have it in the house, so he has to go outside to find it? Now in the middle of the night, where is there hemp rope outside? ”

As he was talking, he saw the old man staggering into the door, but in his hand, he wrapped something in a cloth, came to the master, put the small package directly on the ground, and did not say what was inside, but sighed: "I have never dared to touch this thing for most of my life......

"Thank you for the help of the elderly, the elderly can rest assured, as long as the hand is not in direct contact, it is okay." Master smiled and nodded.

Hearing what Master said, I was even more curious, but soon, Master put down the bowl and didn't open the package, but took out a blank rune paper from his arms, pinched it with the thumb and index finger of his right hand, and his face was solemn.

But it's just a hemp rope, why is the old man still making a fuss, and the master is so excited that he burns it with rune paper.

"Master, why is it so troublesome to burn a hemp rope?" I asked curiously.

"You know what! This is the rope used by the hanged man. Master glared at me again, and I was immediately trembling with fright, no wonder...... No wonder the old man was also unlucky, it turned out that it was used for hanging...... But how could Master use such a thing? It's scary!

"In Jiazi Village in front, people have long since died, there are all kinds of ways to die, and there are not a few who hang themselves, so this kind of thing may be a rare thing in other places, but here in us, it is not rare at all, and you can find a few at will." The old man watched the hanging hemp rope turn into ashes little by little, and then tore apart the conversation box and began to speak.

After the master watched the whole hemp rope turn into ashes, he picked up the bowl again, bent down and pinched a pinch of hemp rope ashes with his hand, put it into the bowl, and continued to stir, stirred for a while, and pinched a pinch again, and there were five pinches of ashes before and after, and I was dumbfounded, what the hell is Master going to do with that thing?

After stirring for a long time, Master stopped and walked straight to me, and I hurriedly opened my eyes wide and asked, "Master...... Master, what are you doing here? ”

"What so much nonsense! As a teacher, you are dispensing medicine to cure the strangulation marks on your neck, apply the contents of the bowl to it, and tomorrow the sun will shine and it will be fine. Master said, motioning for me to stretch my neck to show him, and then said, "There may be a little pain in the process, but you can endure it and it will pass." ”

"Oh......" I nodded inexplicably, but as soon as the powder in Master's hand touched the strangulation marks on my neck, I suddenly felt a sharp pain that was heart-rending and spread all over my body in an instant, my eyes widened, my hands tightly grasped the edge of the barrel, and stared directly at Master, and wiped it down with Master's second blow, I couldn't bear it anymore, and screamed loudly: "Ah! Master, this is more painful than cutting my flesh with a knife! You still say a little bit of pain! ”

"Have you ever been cut with a knife?" Master gave me an angry look, and then said, "If you haven't been cut with a knife, how do you know that this is more painful than cutting meat?" Besides, what is such a little pain, you are also a man, how can you be as impatient as a little girl?! ”

I was angrily reprimanded by the master, and at the same time I was smeared with powder by the master, only to feel a stream of scorching black gas coming out of my neck, and it smelled so foul that I immediately held my breath, if I smelled it for a while, I was afraid that I would retch.

The upper and lower teeth were almost bitten and bleeding, and the master was still slowly applying the powder, I fainted once, and soon was awakened by the master's pinching, and there were all kinds of severe pain in the upper body, and soon, there was a lack of sweat on my body, but fortunately, I am now sitting in the hot water bucket, and a trace of heat drilled into my body along the sweat pores, if not, I am afraid that I will not be killed by pain, but also have to collapse and die.

I don't know how long it took, but Master finally smeared the powder in the bowl clean, and the stench and black gas on my neck gradually faded, and at the same time, I no longer had the strength to hold on, so I fell asleep on the edge of the barrel.

In the early morning, a ray of sunlight shone on my body, suddenly felt warm and peaceful, I seemed to have come back from the ghost gate, just one night, I simply experienced a test of death and life, and now I finally picked up my life.

Master was right, under the sun, the neck felt warm and itchy, touched it with my hands, and the powder naturally fell off, and in exchange, it was smooth skin, and I was surprised to touch it back and forth, and the strangulation marks on my neck, and the blister-like thing, were completely gone, and my neck was intact, this, this is simply amazing.

I stretched, crawled out of the barrel, got dressed, and heard the sound of shavings coming from the shop, if it weren't for that, I thought it was a dream last night, and now I know that the old man is working, which means that everything that happened last night is real.

On the stone mill in the courtyard, Master is sitting on it at the moment meditating, thinking about Master's busy figure last night, it was all to save me that I was so tired, I couldn't bear to disturb Master's meditation, but I walked into the shop bored, and saw the old man on the coffin board shavings, the old man saw that I was standing in front of him like no one else, smiled and put down the planer in his hand, and said, "It's okay, I've already made breakfast and put it on the table, you go and eat." ”

"Thank you, old man." I happily thanked the old man, and you are not welcome, speaking of the three days of hunger at both ends, it is really a bit of a feeling of hunger and cold, lift the lid and see, steamed buns, fried pumpkin shreds, and a small pot of rice porridge, tsk, it is so tempting, after a while I ate half of it, and left a good meal for the master, before leaving the table and coming to the old man's side.

"Old man, did my master tell you what we encountered last night? That's just too dangerous, I'm afraid you won't believe it! "I bragged to the old man for the rest of my life.

"Huh! I've lived most of my life, and I've seen a lot of rare things, but what you have encountered, I really haven't seen it, Master chatted with me for a while last night, and I also know your general situation, in fact, it's probably your fault......" The old man said with a smile.

"Well, old man, why is this to blame me again? I helped my master to lure the ghost to get rid of him, but he was almost strangled to death by the ghost, I didn't even complain, and I blamed me! I pouted.

"If you want me to say this old man, you kid is also a big man, and you can't run away when you see a ghost? Still waiting for someone to pinch you, you are really you! Hehe! The old man laughed heartily.

"I want to run...... Hey? That's right! I suddenly realized an important question, and immediately said, "According to common sense, I don't have the eyes of heaven, how can I see ghosts?" But I saw that female ghost last night! This, this doesn't make sense! ”

"What doesn't make sense? Hehe, your master told me about your situation, there are three yang fires in each human body, one on both shoulders and one on the top of your head, your master said that the fire on your head was extinguished last night, but as for how it was extinguished, I don't know, the lack of one of the three yang fires in the human body will be unlucky, and you just happened to catch up, once the yang fire is extinguished, it means that the yang energy in your body is gradually declining, and the yin energy is gradually flourishing, and it is not uncommon to see ghosts. As he spoke, the old man picked up the planer again and continued to plane the wood.

I was stunned, and hurriedly recalled all the causes and consequences of what happened last night, but as for how I extinguished one of the three fires on my body, I don't know myself.

"Did anything happen to you before you met that female ghost?" At this time, Master suddenly walked in, looked at me with a serious face, and asked.

"Well, it's nothing, it's just going around in the woods, yes!" I suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly continued: "I remember seeing a very bright place in the woods, so I ran over, and when I got there, I saw a few graves, and I accidentally fell and kowtowed......"

"Kowtow to a nameless head, or plant a heel in that kind of wilderness cemetery, no wonder the yang fire was extinguished, be cautious in the future, don't be so reckless!" The master spoke earnestly, and after understanding the reason for the matter, he sat down to eat with peace of mind.

After listening to Master's words, I hurriedly touched the top of my head and asked, "Master, is the yang fire above my head still there?" ”

"Nonsense! If not, it's strange that you can still get up now, once the yin in your body is removed, and the sun shines again, the yang fire above your head will naturally ignite again. After eating, the master said: "It's just that the female ghost under the old willow tree, it is also very strange to be a teacher, neither a lonely ghost, nor a wild ghost, it seems to have something to do with the Jiazi Village in front of you, old man, you have lived in this place for so many years, you must know something, right?" ”

As he spoke, the master shifted his gaze to the old man, and the old man's hand that was shaving, suddenly stopped, and his face was even more embarrassing.