The eldest lady, Xia Weiyin, immediately tried to block the news. However, there were spies arranged by other wealthy people within the Li family. How could they block it?
Soon someone from Qianli News Contacted her. She was from the Xia family. Her brother Xia Chuming had a good relationship when they were young. Xia Chuming was insinuating and asked her whether it was true that her uncle was trapped and whether she needed help from the Xia family.
Xia Weiyin knew that many people were watching every move of the Li family in Xinxiang Province, but she didn't expect that even her natal family was watching.
She responded diplomatically, but soon someone else contacted her through the Thousand Miles Message Talisman. She was a sister from the Zhang family in Xijing.
Xia Weiyin was extremely busy, but she also knew that the news could not be blocked.
She used the Thousand Miles Message Talisman to contact the Li family in Quanzhou.
The Quanzhou Li family is probably the last among the big families to know that Li Xiaozheng was petrified by the Ming Dynasty treasure ship."
She was quite helpless and thought to herself.
Gongzhou, Fei County, Xinglong Town.
Chen Shi did not take the wooden cart, but walked with the scholar in green to ask about the origin of the evil spirit.
It was the first time Ding Ding encountered such a thing as exorcism. He was very excited. He listened carefully and kept asking for details.
The compass that controlled the direction of the wooden cart was held in Gouzi's hand. Heiguo controlled the direction of the wooden cart and spread his legs to follow them.
The scholar in green clothes felt that something was wrong. He looked around and found nothing wrong, and continued: "This evil spirit is the godmother who became evil. It was originally the sacred tree in the village. For some reason, it turned into an evil element and began to act like a evil spirit."
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At first, my godmother gave us a dream in which she said she wanted to go to the theater.
Our village invited a theater troupe. On the night of the performance, my godmother said it didn’t look good, so she took off the troupe’s head.
Chen Shi and Ding Ding were shocked.
"Take the head off?"
Ding Ding quipped and asked, "How did you pick it?"
"It's just a branch wrapped around the neck, and it comes off with a gentle lift.
The scholar in Tsing Yi must have studied for several years, but failed to pass the exam. There are many such people in many places. He spoke with a certain literary grace and said, "I have a low level of cultivation, so I can't tell what kind of magic my godmother used.
I saw that the opera troupe was dead, but its head was still alive, its face was painted colorfully, and it was still the ugly face of the opera singer, hanging on the tree, clamoring to watch the opera.
Under the stage, the villagers were frightened and fled in all directions, and then some more heads were picked off.
Chen Shi and Ding Ding looked at each other and saw the horror in each other's eyes.
These twenty taels of silver are not so easy to earn.
It is rare for a godmother to become an evil spirit, but it does happen occasionally
When his grandfather was still alive, Chen Shi followed his grandfather and sold talismans to ward off evil spirits.
I experienced something similar, where the godmother of a village turned into an evil spirit and killed everyone in the village.
At that time, Chen Shi was sitting in a wooden cart, lying on the edge of the cart and looking out. Grandpa walked towards the godmother.
To this day, Chen Shi still clearly remembers the situation at that time
The old lady was dressed in black, hunched over, and the black air around her was like thick smoke rising into the sky. The surrounding earth was cracked, and the trees were dead. The village was quiet, with only a few skeletons worshiping the old lady in black.
At that time, Chen Shi didn't understand anything. When he saw his grandfather walking over and using a talisman to kill the old lady in black, he thought that the old lady in black was nothing more than that and just being evil.
But now that I think about it, the strength of the old lady in black is probably extraordinary. After people die, they turn into bones and skeletons. They think they are still alive, worship the old lady in black and collect incense.
This kind of strength has gone beyond the scope of ordinary evil spirits, and it is far beyond the scope of the ghost bride to approach the devil.
Of course, the area she controls is only the size of a village, far less than the hundred-mile territory of the devil.
Because the people in that village were already dead, my grandfather did this for free. When he came back, he told him that it was a waste of a talisman and he didn't charge any money.
Grandpa also said that this old lady was probably made from wood or snakes and insects, absorbing the moonlight all the year round. In the past, because some people worshiped her, the scent of incense contained extraordinary power, hidden divinity, and suppressed the mysterious power in the moonlight.
Nowadays, there are fewer people worshiping and it cannot be suppressed, so it becomes evil.
If it were replaced by ancient stone statues, buildings, treasures and the like,
Because it does not actively absorb moonlight, this situation rarely occurs.
"Have the number of people in your village decreased a lot recently?"
Chen Shi asked.
The scholar in Tsing Yi shook his head and said: "Our village is called Sanhe Village. Three villages were merged into one village. Instead of reducing the population, the population has increased a lot.
Now it's about the same size as a town.
Chen Shi frowned.
This situation in Erhe Village is usually due to the sharp decline in population, which causes the incense atmosphere to be unable to keep up, resulting in the godmother being unable to suppress Yuehua's mysterious power. However, in Sanhe Village, three villages merged, which obviously does not meet the incense atmosphere.
Conditions of sharp decrease in energy.
They came outside Sanhe Village. Heiguo came to the wooden cart, holding a compass in his mouth, with his two forelimbs on the ground, and sat obediently beside the cart.
The scholar in green clothes glanced at it strangely, then looked back, laughing at himself: "It's rare to see it, but it's strange."
Chen Shi looked at Sanhe Village and saw that the roads in this village were quite developed. A post road ran through the village and went straight through. It seems that there was a post station here back then, and the village was developed from the post station.
The post station in Xiniu Xinzhou was also built with the help of the godmother. Officials and family members who came and went stayed here overnight. Without the protection of the godmother, they would be invaded by evil spirits.
This village is already the size of a town, with hundreds of households and densely packed buildings, and a population of only one to two thousand.
Chen Shi looked far away and saw that the town was enveloped in green air, like a cloud formed by incense.
They walked into Sanhe Village, and Heiguo took out the compass and controlled the wooden cart. The wooden cart made a creaking sound, which was quite jarring in this quiet village.
"It's time to oil the car's wheels."
Chen Shi broke the silence and said.
He was startled by his own voice, which seemed particularly loud, hollow and echoing in this silent village.
Ding Ding was a little nervous. He took off the blue pipa bag from his back and held it in his arms. He looked around nervously, fearing that something would jump out and startle him.
Chen Shi looked to both sides, but saw that the doors of every house on both sides of the road were open. Some had a small incense burner in front of the threshold, with a few sticks of incense stuck in it. The fragrance curled up and merged into the air.
In the green atmosphere.
Those who did not have an incense burner at home would pile a handful of soil in front of the threshold with a few sticks of incense stuck in the soil.
Behind the threshold, there is often an old woman, kneeling on the ground with her hands clasped together, very pious.
There are also women, or they are accompanied by one or two children, kneeling upright with their hands clasped together.
Behind some thresholds are men or old men, kowtowing loudly, one after another.
The strange thing is that they all wear hats, regardless of gender or age.
The hat is black, very tall, and longer than the head.
They didn't speak, and their faces and clothes looked like they had lost their color and turned into black and white through the blue mist.
"Are these hats to prevent my godmother from picking off their heads?"
Ding Ding whispered.
"Squeaky.
Squeaky.
The wheels of the car were still making strange noises. Chen Shi was so frightened by the sound that he stopped the car and crouched down, lowering his head to check. He saw something passing under the car, but the speed was too fast and he didn't see it clearly.
The smoke here is so heavy that it's hard to see very far at night.
As the wooden cart moved forward, the creaking sound disappeared and was replaced by a creaking sound.
Chen Shi glanced down again, and saw something short in the blue incense smell approaching the wooden cart. When he saw him looking down, he ran away like flying.
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Black pot, please pay attention to your surroundings.
There's something not right about this smoke.
Chen Shi gave an order, took the compass from Black Pot's paw, and controlled the wooden cart himself.
Black Pot quickly resumed walking on all fours and looked around vigilantly.
They continued to move forward, gradually getting deeper into the center of Sanhe Village, when they saw a huge shadow gradually emerging from the blue smoke. It was a tall tree with branches like horned dragons and pythons, extending in all directions.
In front of the big tree, there was still firelight penetrating through the mist, but what caught their eyes was that the smoke from the fireworks was too strong, and they could only see the dim light dancing.
The sound of the trumpet and suona came, ticking, playing and singing, and there was singing, which was the tone of the opera.
As we got closer, the big tree gradually became clearer, but still a little unclear, and we heard someone cheering, and the cheers were like thunder.
There were also some voices shouting: "The young man can't sing well, get down, get down!"
Gradually, more and more people started to boo, shouting: "Xiao Sheng, go down, Xiao Sheng, go down!"
Chen Shi, Ding Ding and others walked closer and closer, and saw many people tall and short under the big tree, looking eagerly at the stage in front of them.
In front of the jujube tree, facing the direction of Chen Shi and the others, is a theater. Downstairs is a place where students, both clean and ugly, change their clothes and prepare to go on stage. Candles are lit, and the doors and windows are covered with cloth. Only a few scattered characters can be seen vaguely.
Light the fire. Occasionally, some light spots are blocked by people. It should be the characters inside who block the light.
Upstairs is the stage. On the stage, the characters are neatly dressed, some have several flags on their backs, some are dressed up in fancy clothes, clowns are jumping around, and under the curtains on both sides are the theater bands, trumpets and shengs.
Reeds, drums, gongs and cymbals, flutes, flutes, pipa, harps, harps, etc. are all available.
The person who was called off the stage was a freshman, wearing a black No. 1 Scholar's hat with a big red flower stuck on one side. He was a little overwhelmed by the shouting voices. He stood on the stage with a horrified expression. It looked like he was going to be arrested.
Scared to tears,
In the audience, more people were shouting for this young man to step down.
Chen Shi noticed that the spectators in the audience were a little strange.
The spectators in the front row are of normal height.
The first row is as tall as a child, the rear row is half a head higher than the front row, the third row is half a head higher than the second row, and the fourth row is half a head higher than the third row!
The rows of spectators get taller and taller as they go to the back. When they get to the back, the spectators there are already over ten feet tall!
Their bodies are slender, as if they are only taller and not wider. They have thin hands, thin legs, and thin bodies. Their necks are also very thin, and they carry a big head.
Ding Ding tightened the pipa in his arms, shrank his neck, and said in surprise: "There are so many people! Do people in the village like watching theater so much?"
As soon as she said this, the people who were cheering suddenly became silent and seemed to freeze in place.
Ding Ding was startled, but she saw that the spectators, whether in the front row or the back row, slowly turned their heads to look at her.
As they turned their heads, their bodies disappeared.
Those bodies seemed to be composed of the breath of incense. It was okay if their necks did not move. But as soon as they moved, the breath of incense dissipated, leaving only heads hanging in the air that turned back.
A pair of eyes fell on Ding Ding,
Above, leaves rustled.
Chen Shi looked carefully at this time and saw that these heads were all wearing high black hats, with a long stem connected to the back of the hat.
These heads, like jujube trees, hang neatly under the tree.
They looked at Ding Ding without saying a word.
The scholar in Tsing Yi looked horrified and quietly made a silent gesture to Ding Ding, indicating that she should not make any sound while watching the play.
The stage also gradually became quiet, and everyone stopped, standing on the stage feeling a little at a loss.
Chen Shi greeted the Dazao people and said, "We are from the theater troupe, so we have made a presumptuous noise and disturbed everyone.
On stage, keep singing and let us dress up!"
The troupe on the stage hurriedly played, played, and sang, and Dan Chou, who was still alive, also started dancing.
"Listening to Xue Liang's words, my arrogance melted away!
"Human feelings are not created by nature. Who can move them even a little bit?"
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I am not as good as her, she is as hungry as I am as coquettish
Under the stage, countless heads of people slowly turned their heads and continued to watch.
play.
Green smoke gathered under their necks again, gradually changing into the shape of their bodies, some tall and some short.
Ding Ding breathed a sigh of relief, and the scholar in Tsing Yi quickly led them down the stage.
Walk.
"puff!
The young student on the stage suddenly had a branch wrapped around his neck, his head was pulled out, flew in the air, and fell down the stage. He became one of the spectators, who kept cheering for the opera on the stage.
If other people with heads on their bodies made a fuss, he would also start shouting and yelling. As for his headless body, it would stagger and fall down.
Chen Shi controlled the wooden cart to drive to the stage of the theater. The door opened. Several girls inside looked around in fear. He quickly pulled them in and closed the door in a hurry.
One of the girls complained endlessly and said: "Why did you break in? The opera here is not good, and people will lose their heads. Several of our senior brothers have died, and the class leader also took off their heads. Who are you?"
From the troupe? Why are there only three of us? There is also a dog. Can a dog also sing?"
Chen Shi ignored them, stopped the wooden cart, swept all the rouge and gouache off the dressing table with a loud bang, and whispered: "The blame!"
Heiguo stepped forward and was stabbed by him. He took the black dog's blood. Chen Shi ground the cinnabar and wrote talismans on the dressing table. When the girls saw this, their eyes widened and they looked at him in surprise.
At this time, someone came down the stairs and said in a low voice: "It's time to go on stage! It's time to go on stage! Are you guys ready?"
The girls hurriedly put on their tiaras and started to go up. The group of policemen glanced at each other and said: "One Pipa is missing... You, you! Come up!"
Ding Ding was startled: "Me?"
"Yes, just you! Hurry up!
Ding Ding felt uneasy, opened the blue cloth bag, took out the pipa, and followed the girl to the stage.
"Hurry up and draw!"
She turned back to Chen Shi and said, - On the first day of August, please vote for me to be on the list!! Brothers, please give me your support!!!
Chapter completed!