Twilight Boundary

Just go and go, the two people who were at war with each other just now immediately got together and walked towards the direction of Juehu Village.

Some of them were familiar with each other, so they got together and greeted each other cordially: "Old cousin, you are here too. I was thinking of going to your village in the afternoon to wish you a happy New Year..."

"I was called here on my way to your house to see my aunt. You see, I still have the brown sugar with me."

"..."

Hu Ma walked in front and listened to some of the conversations behind her, which seemed fresh and absurd.

It was also a credit to the second master that he stood up and prevented the two sides from fighting, otherwise the cousins ​​might not know whose family would be mourned.

Along the way, I saw people who had brought their guys to support them. But seeing that they had already made peace, they all put their guys away and said hello to each other. The more people there were, the stronger the momentum became, and they strode forward. As I walked, I didn’t know how many things were flying in the forest.

But the group was chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere was good at first, but as they got closer, they all fell silent.

Not long after, after descending a hillside, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew, and everyone suddenly felt cold and fell silent.

Old Yangpi lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of disturbing something, and whispered: "We're here."

He didn't need to remind him, Hu Ma had already raised his eyes and saw luxuriant grass in front of him, deep woods and dangerous rocks, and several withered yellow houses could be seen in the distance.

There must be a village there, but no one has been there for too long. The nearby farmland and paths have long been abandoned. A path trampled by the ancestors is almost invisible. There is no sound of insects around, and it is so quiet. panic.

He didn't dare to enter the village, so he slowly looked around and saw several stone tablets erected around the village.

They are all square blue stones with lots of names engraved on them.

The second master came over and said to Hu Ma in a low voice: "These stone tablets were carved by your mother-in-law when she found the stonemasons nearby. There are one stone tablets erected around Juehu Village, with the names of the dead people in the village engraved on them. .”

"Your mother-in-law said at the beginning that as long as there is a name on the monument, the things inside will not come out and harm people."

Hu Ma silently listened to the second master telling her these things, and remembered them all in her heart.

The method used by the mother-in-law was very clever. However, all the people in this village were dead at the beginning, so she relied on people from other villages to remember who was in the village and their names, and then engraved them on it.

But no matter how good the memories of people from other villages are, they will always leave things behind, so in this village, lonely ghosts will come out to cause trouble from time to time.

Mang Village suffered greatly because it was the closest to Juehu Village, but it also produced a capable person.

The old sheepskin man who came to make trouble was originally just a sheepherder in the village, but because Mang Village was haunted by ghosts from time to time, and ghosts like the mother-in-law were not from their own village after all, they couldn't arrive in time, so He also thought about handling it himself.

Over time, I dealt with it more and more, and accumulated more and more skills, and became a great man in the village.

At this time, no one from the villages on both sides dared to approach, they just looked at Hu Ma from a distance.

Even if I was just standing outside the village, I felt a little nervous inside. I always felt like there were strange eyes looking out of the village.

"The method my mother-in-law used is so clever."

"These four stone tablets are just the largest part of the project. I don't know how many ways have been used to appease them!"

The more Hu Ma looked at it, the more surprised she became.

Being able to seal off the evil spirits in an entire village without causing any big trouble for so many years shows how clever the mother-in-law is.

However, I learned the skills of a watcher, and I didn’t understand the methods of a ghost walker, so of course I couldn’t understand them.

But as he walked around slightly outside the village, his heart moved slightly.

"Sifang gate stone?"

The more he looked at the square stone tablets, the more familiar they seemed, but he was very sure that he had never seen them before.

Until a flash of inspiration came to my mind, and I suddenly thought of the method mentioned in the Hu family's New Year's Book of the Qingyuan Dynasty that my mother-in-law left for me.

He memorized the New Year's Book in his mind, but he just couldn't understand it. However, he later followed Sister Wu He and learned some basic theories, and he was trying to digest the vast and profound teachings in the book bit by bit.

Now these four stone tablets are one of them. Hu Ma originally couldn't imagine what these four gate stones looked like just from reading the book. But now that he saw the stone tablet, he remembered it.

"If there are four gate stones erected outside the village, then inside the village, doesn't it have to be something that can reduce resentment?"

The idea gradually became clearer.

The Sifang Gate Stone is only a part of the Dharma Gate. If it is true as stated in the Zhensui Book, this most critical thing should be in the village and used in conjunction with the Sifang Gate Stone to resolve the grievances in the village.

Moreover, it should be an extremely powerful thing that can be called a "magic weapon".

Hu Ma was slightly moved, but not in a hurry. She first observed carefully to understand the degree of Yin Qi in the village. After silently calculating it in her mind, she gradually became somewhat sure.

Then he stopped and said to the second master, "I have to go in and take a look!"

"ah?"

Not only the second master, but also the old Yangpi uncle who was following him were startled.

"Don't be impulsive..."

They hurriedly asked: "This is a deserted village. In broad daylight, something will happen if you get close to it, let alone go in?"

"It's not like we weren't introduced in the early years. Once we got in, we couldn't even think about getting out. Outsiders didn't even dare to go in and look for it."

"It's good if you can come over and take a look. I didn't expect you to solve it now..."

"..."

"I know."

Hu Ma nodded, how could he not see the horror of this village?

I also knew in my heart that it was too early to solve the troubles in this village by myself, but at least I had to go in and take a look at the things inside. Only in this way could I find the corresponding method in the town year book in a targeted manner.

Besides, according to what the Zhensui book says, as long as he doesn't touch the stone tablet, there will be no problem in getting out safely.

"Is there a rope? Find a long one."

But Hu Ma also knew the danger and did not dare to be careless. She turned to the others and asked.

If you enter the village by yourself, you should be able to get out if something goes wrong, but you have to be careful, so let someone find a rope and tie it around your waist. If something goes wrong, you can point it outside the village. People, pull themselves out.

"have."

There were many people following, and they had all kinds of gadgets on them. Sure enough, someone gathered some ropes and tied them together.

Hu tied one end of the mahjong rope around his waist and made an agreement with the second master that if he pulled the rope three times, he would pull him out. Only then did he cheer up and increase the firepower in his body.

To be safe, two and a half pillars of life incense were now inserted into the incense burner. Zhou Datong also asked Zhou Datong to take his mahogany sword and insert it into his waist. Then he slowly walked towards the village.

A gloomy wind suddenly blew in her face, and Hu Ma felt that most of the anger in her body was blown away.

Approaching this village in broad daylight is scarier than encountering a ghost in the middle of the night.

If someone is below the level of Yizhu Daoxing, the fire in his body will be blown out directly by this blow.

But as the flax path went deeper, the fire rose and soon started burning again.

Just like that, he crossed the stone monument step by step and entered the village. In this village that had not seen the light of day for many years, the low thatched houses, the paths covered with weeds, and the stone rollers entangled with vines were in tatters. The spinning wheels covered with cobwebs came into view one by one.

The air seemed to have become thicker, and some noises that seemed both real and illusory could be vaguely heard in the ears.

"Squeak..."

Suddenly, he stopped.

In a dark thatched hut in front of me, I saw a woman, a simple but elegant woman, carrying a clay basin and cooing, as if she was going to feed the chickens.

Hu Ma stood still, and the woman also saw Hu Ma and turned her head to look over.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew past in front of his eyes. Hu Ma took a closer look and saw that there was no human figure there at all. There was only a half-open wooden door, which was swaying back and forth by the wind. There were broken earthen pots thrown next to the door, and several people in front of the house. Pile of dried chicken bones.

"As expected of a ghost village, it's so evil..."

Huma exhaled lowly, tried not to think about it, and continued to move forward.

Staying in this evil place, I can't waste too much time.

Otherwise, the Yin Qi will become stronger and stronger, and no matter how high your Taoism is, it may be completely wiped out, which will be troublesome.

Before coming in, he had already looked at the locations of the four stone tablets. He knew that if the object of turning resentment really existed, it must be in the middle of the four stone tablets. He didn't need to do anything else, just take a look at it. , you can come back.

But as he quickened his pace, the surroundings seemed to become even more lively.

In the peripheral vision where he was not looking directly, various shadows were strange and strange, swinging back and forth.

He wanted to make a quick decision, go inside and take a look before coming out, so he ignored the strange noises around him.

But he didn't expect that the further he walked inside, the heavier his body became, as if he was carrying hundreds of kilograms of weight. His legs were weak and he was panting, as if he was carrying a mountain on his back.

Feeling slightly hesitant, he slowly walked towards a stone trough on the side of the road.

This seems to have been a drinking trough for donkeys. There are a few weeds in it, and the accumulated rain over the years is like a withered yellow mirror.

Hu Ma stretched out her head to look, her heart was startled and she almost stopped beating.

Through the blurry reflection in the water, he suddenly saw that there were seven or eight dark shadows stacked on his shoulders and back, and his face could not be seen clearly.

Unknowingly, even his back was pressed into an arch shape.

"You don't kowtow during the Chinese New Year, but you jump on people's backs?"

I was actually panicking, but I forced myself not to panic, and even said a witty remark to myself.

Of course, I couldn’t care less about which one was scarier: ghosts crawling on shoulders or ghosts kowtowing.

As he spoke, he took out the mahogany sword from his waist, took it in his hand, secretly poured the fire into the wooden sword.

The mahogany sword suddenly exuded a burning aura, and the black shadow on the shoulder was frightened and dispersed with a bang.

Hu Ma suddenly felt lighter, straightened her waist, and strode forward with the mahogany sword in hand.

The gray light in front of his eyes suddenly disappeared, and he saw a stone box wrapped with an iron chain placed on top of a large millstone in the middle of the village ahead.

"Is that the thing left by my mother-in-law to resolve resentment?"

He opened his eyes wide, taking in the size, length, and pattern of the thing, and then pulled away and walked away.