The matter of the marriage girl ghost is over for the time being, but the Mosuo tribe can no longer stay, and the next morning when it was just dawn, I was woken up by the fat man, shouting for me to pack my luggage.

It was still a little cold early in the morning, and I got out of the tent with my eyes dazed. The stockade was already a lively scene, and Daba stood at the door of the stockade and saw Cui Fatzi walking over, so he opened his mouth and said a few words.

I yawned, I couldn't understand what Daba was saying anyway, so I didn't listen and turned my head to look at the villagers around me. To my surprise, the attitude of these villagers, who had been quite enthusiastic about me a few days ago, drinking and dancing, was turning a 180-degree turn towards me today.

The eyes of each one were rather indifferent, the women with their children avoided me at a distance, and the men and the old men had gloomy faces. It's like I'm a pathogen and they're afraid to avoid it.

I felt that something was wrong in my heart, and when Cui Fat came over, I couldn't help but ask, "Fat man, what's wrong with these villagers?" See how I look like I've seen a monster? ”

Cui Fatzi seemed to understand a little, touched the magic stick on my waist, and said in a low voice: "This stick on your waist is a magic weapon used by Daba to subdue ghosts, and Daba locked the female ghost in this magic stick, in other words, at this moment, this magic stick is equivalent to a female ghost, and it is strange that others are not afraid of carrying a female ghost with you." ”

I suddenly woke up and heard Cui Fatzi mention the female ghost, and the fear that had been diluted a lot came to my heart at this time. At that time, I lowered my head and thought, I don't know what to do with this magic stick yet. According to my temper, it's impossible to throw the magic stick away, and God knows if the female ghost in here will come out. I was confused for a while, but I was thinking about waiting to go back to Shanghai and go to the Buddhist temple to see if there was a way to eliminate this karma.

While I was thinking about something, Cui Fatzi followed up and said, "The villagers in the village are going to the town to catch the market in a while, and they can take us for a while." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to two tractors in the distance, behind which were two huge iron shelves with wheels strapped underneath. At that time, there were only ox carts and tractors in the countryside, and if you could see a car, you would be excited for a long time.

"Before leaving, Daba said that he could give us a divination. The divination of the Daba religion is still relatively effective, and there are not many opportunities to experience it. Several researchers were interested. Come and see ......."

After Cui Fatzi finished speaking, he went to greet the big guy, and I walked over to Daba, but I saw Daba wearing his wide-brimmed hat sitting at the gate smoking a cigarette, with his one-meter-long knife hanging from his waist, but holding a few pieces of wood in his right hand. He saw me from afar, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he nodded to me slightly, but did not speak.

After ten minutes or so, the big guys packed up, put their luggage on the tractor, and then gathered together. Daba stood up, held the wood chip in his hand and closed his eyes, and muttered words in his mouth, and the fat man quietly walked up to me, lowered his head and said, "Daba is chanting a mantra." This is called wood chip divination, and all the wood chips he holds in his hand are cast. There are old and new wood chips, and each piece of wood is cut a new side. After a while, the wood chips are thrown out. If the new side is facing up, it is a good omen, and if it is not, it is a bad omen. ”

I nodded knowingly, it seemed to me that divination or something was. Can you really predict my future? But ever since I saw this Daba subduing the female ghost, I have been convinced of his abilities. Therefore, I also have some special expectations for this divination.

After chanting the mantra for a long time, Daba suddenly stood still, then threw the pieces of wood out of his hand, and I immediately stood up from the ground and stared at the ground in the distance.

However, the results of the divination surprised both me and the fat man!

Daba had seventeen pieces of wood in common, and all of them fell to the ground at this moment, but to the surprise of all of us, none of them were new to the outside, that is, the result of this divination was a bad omen of bad omens!

The fat man's face was pulled down with a "swish", he and I and a few other researchers were pale, everyone had experienced last night's female ghost, everyone saw Daba's methods, the divination results were so dangerous, no one thought of it but no one dared not believe it!

"No......"

I whispered. Unable to help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, Daba stepped forward and picked up the wood chips on the ground one by one. The fat man hurriedly stepped forward to negotiate, and I saw from a distance that Daba's head was shaking like a rattle, and his expression was very serious.

The fat man talked to Daba for a while before he came back, and when he saw me, he said, "Daba said that something must have happened on the way back to divination with wooden chips, and I begged him to do another divination." He said that he could help us use animal bones for divination in a while, and that would be more accurate. ”

"Bones?"

I didn't know anything about Daba, and the fat man didn't have time to explain it to me, so he hurried away. We waited by the tractor for nearly an hour, and the divination was changed to Daba's house.

Daba's house looks no different from ordinary Mosuo people from the outside, but the interior is very different, with sun and moon flags hanging on the walls, and a lot of things such as horns, sheep's heads, and bells on the table. Cui Fatzi didn't let me into the house, so I could only stand at the door and look in, and I could vaguely see a lot of wooden sticks in the corner of the wall similar to the magic stick on my waist.

After a while, several villagers walked out with a large offering plate, and Daba changed his clothes and looked more formal. In one hand he held a large piece of animal bone, and in the other he held a mass that looked like velvet grass. Walking to the front of the large offering plate, he first put the animal bones on the table, then bowed a few times to the four directions, and then began to recite the incantation in his mouth. Cui Fatzi retreated next to me at this time, without him, an expert in translation and Dabaism, my heart was really dark about the situation in front of me.

"Fatty, what are you doing here?"

I asked curiously.

"Daba worships God." The fat man whispered.

The time passed quickly as we waited anxiously, and then I saw Daba press the flannel in his hand to the surface of the bone, and set the flannel on fire while chanting words in his mouth, and the fluff burned quickly, but the black smoke that came out was not too thick. It burned out in a matter of seconds, and then the wind blew and the ashes dissipated. Cui Fat Man pulled me up, and Daba also stared at the ignited part of the beast bone at this moment.

"The bones must be shoulder blades, and when they are dried, the gaps on them fade, and the Daba religion believes that these gaps can guide some mysterious power. When the velvet is lit and a spell is added, this power is activated, and the gap is extended. If the gap facing upwards is longer and more, it means that it is a good omen. If there are more gaps facing downward, it means a bad omen. Heaven and God above, earth and ghosts below. I say that, you get the idea, right? ”

The fat man explained simply, I nodded again and again, at this moment Daba had straightened up, I had to take a look, but I saw that there were indeed cracks in the black burned place, but most of them were aimed at the bottom, and the cracks were long and obvious!

"Holy shit."

The fat man and I cursed almost at the same time, the wood chip divination is a bad omen, and the bone divination is also a bad omen. Doesn't this mean that going back this time is dangerous, and you may die for life?

"Fat man, can you believe this divination?"

At that time, I saw very few wind and waves, and the matter of the female ghost made me convinced of Daba's ability, and I was even more panicked when I saw the divination results at this time. The fat man also frowned, and talked to Daba for a while. When he returned, the fat man had ten palm-sized cloth bags in his hands.

"The amulet that Daba gave, he said that with the amulet he might be able to keep him safe. It's not cheap, though, so I left the pair of sunglasses. ”

The fat man's sunglasses were brought from Europe by his own uncle, and he was so angry at the time that this guy wore them and we were beautiful for a while. I also cherish it in my heart, but I didn't expect to exchange these sunglasses for ten talismans today.

"Count what we owe you, when you go back to Shanghai, I'll find a way to get you another pair."

I took the amulet from him and put it in my arms, and half an hour later, with trepidation, everyone got on a tractor and left the stockade. As I was leaving, I looked back at the Mosuo village, which was surrounded by clouds and mist, but it was like a wonderful fairyland, unstained with dust.