At midnight, a copper ringtone came from the dark mountains, ding...ding...ding... the sound came from the deep mountains and forests, making it particularly terrifying and weird.

The air was cold in the middle of the night, and a figure slowly appeared under the moonlight. She was wearing a green cloth, a hat, a pair of grass-step shoes, and an oil lamp. She was tied to a unique copper bell on her waist. When the copper bell shook, it immediately made a crisp and pleasant sound, and it was so far away from the silent and deserted mountains...

It looks like a boy in his twenties, and he is also following a man wearing a hat and covering his face with a blue cloth. He walks slowly with his tiny steps. If you observe carefully, you will find that the person behind him is very strange walking, with stiff hands and feet, and slow movements.

"Yin people pass through the border, Yang people avoid it"

As the copper ringtone in the boy's hand rang, it added a bit of gloomy and mysterious to the dark night.

At this time, the sky was not bright, but there was already a faint fog rising in the mountains, and it felt hazy. Occasionally, you could hear a crow or two crows from the mountains and fields. The screaming made people feel cold. The young man's name was Zhou Qiao, a corpse-driver from a remote village in western Hunan.

Since ancient times, there have been legends about corpses driving, Miaojiang witchcraft, and the girl from the fallen flower cave have been circulating in western Hunan. They may have been seen in the early years, but now they have almost become extinct with the torrent of the times. Zhou Qiao may be the only remaining corpse driving maker in the world.

He has been dealing with corpses since he was a child. He lived with his grandfather in a charity hall not far from the village. It is located in the northeast corner of the village and covers a wide area. Because he has been with corpses all year round, the charity hall is also full of a strong stench of corpses. Some timids even at the door of the house.

He didn't dare to get close to him. The profession of corpse craftsman is very unlucky, and the people around him are not willing to deal with him. Since his grandfather left, Zhou Qiao has lived alone in the deserted charity hall;

This time, a foreigner came to Zhou Qiao to help his family "drive the body back to their hometown."

It turned out that his elders came to visit Xiangxi, but unfortunately encountered a landslide on the way. The man was buried alive. Even if he was rescued in time, he could not save his life. Because his hometown is near Jiangxi, the border of western Hunan, and the journey is long, it is extremely inconvenient to carry a coffin back to his hometown. Later, people mentioned that there were corpse-drivers in this place in western Hunan.

After several inquiries, I found Zhou Qiao last year. Zhou Qiao was originally in this business, and the other party gave a generous reward and was in a territory like western Hunan, so I promised to help "drive the corpse back to my hometown".

To drive corpses, the emphasis is on a series of complex processes such as resurrection of corpses, turning corpses into zombies, and making corpses into zombies into evil, so the requirements are quite high. Generally, corpses only accept complete or undamaged corpses, and each corpse must be at least more than 350 craftsmen.

The so-called 350 kilograms are not real numbers, but rather refers to the corpse being suppressed very heavily during its lifetime. A thick layer of fat formed on the surface of the corpse, making the corpse look heavy and clumsy.

Of course, if the corpse rots, the flesh on the corpse will quickly lose its elasticity, and the corpse is light and sensitive, so the corpse-driver does not need to deliberately find the complete corpse, as doing so will waste time.

The most important thing is that even if the corpse is carried to the charity village, it must be soaked with glutinous rice, cinnabar and other substances for three days and three nights when it is just parked, apply glutinous rice juice all over the body, apply cinnabar to every inch of the skin of the corpse, and then ignite the mugwort candle to exorcise evil spirits and seal its "three souls and seven spirits" with talismans, which is considered to be the result;

In addition, there are some customs, such as the corpse must be burned in the yard during the parking lot to prevent the corpse poison from being produced after the corpse is corrupted, and there are some taboos, Feng Shui problems, etc. In short, no one is allowed to enter during the parking lot, otherwise it is easy to cause corpse transformation.

Cause serious consequences;

Also, during the corpse's parking, you must not move your body without any movement, because the fat and blood on the corpse will absorb the surrounding nutrients and enhance the hardness of the body. If someone moves the corpse without movement, it will lead to corpse transformation. Although the probability of corpse transformation is not high, it will also cause trouble for yourself.

These customs, habits and rules are essential skills for corpse-drivers, and Zhou Qiao belongs to the more talented corpse-drivers;

His great-grandfather was a respected old man. He used to be the leader of the corpse-driver in the western Hunan region. His grandfather was also a very powerful corpse-driver. However, he fell into the root of his illness in his early years and went there less than 60 years.

Zhou Qiao learned to drive corpses with his grandfather since he was a child. Later, his grandfather passed away. He lived alone in the remote charity hall. The adults around him did not allow him to contact him to avoid being in trouble. Zhou Qiao had a very good memory, so he mastered various secret techniques of driving corpses in a short period of time. He had been walking through the mountains with his grandfather since he was a child, driving corpses back to his hometown.

Corpse drivers usually choose to walk on mountain roads that are rarely visited. One is to avoid scaring strangers, and the other is to prevent the corpse from inhaling too much anger from the Yang people and thus to get rid of evil;

The mountain roads in the mountains are winding, with grass and trees, intertwined branches and thorns everywhere. Once you step on the air, you may fall into a deep pit, break your neck, and fall into a snake's nest. However, in Zhou Qiao's eyes, all this is like walking in the garden, without any threat. The old man with a hat next to Zhou Qiao was like a marionette, following behind him dullly and boredly.

The sky was getting darker, and Zhou Qiao was a little tired after walking on the mountain road all night, so he found a big tree to avoid the sun to rest.

Take out a knife from the bag, cut off a few large leaves with "clang...clang" and lay them on the ground. Lay the body flat into the grass and cover it with leaves layer by layer.

The temperature is too high during the day, so the corpse should not be exposed to the sun too much. Moreover, walking in the mountains and forests during the day is very easy to encounter strangers, so Zhou Qiao never walked to drive away the corpse at night;

I took out the prepared dry food, ate a few pieces, and then took the kettle from my neck and drank a few mouthfuls of water. I checked that there was no sign of falling corpse-suppressing talisman on the forehead of the corpse, and then sat cross-legged under the shade of the big tree and closed my eyes to rest.

The sky became brighter and the sun gradually rose. It took a few hours before Zhou Qiao opened his eyes, and a "gurgling" sound came from his stomach. Zhou Qiao sighed. As expected, dry food was not enough to be hungry. No matter how much water was full, he still had to find a way to get some food;

Suddenly, I heard a sound of Xisuo coming from the top of my head. Zhou Qiao looked up and saw that it was a snake, spitting out a red letter and was slowly crawling towards him.

When Zhou Qiao saw that this was a non-toxic snake, what a good opportunity to add food, he quickly pulled out the dagger he carried with him and stabbed him at the snake;

"Hiss!" The dagger was inserted into the snake's belly. The snake struggled in pain, but was finally cleaned up by Zhou Qiao. Zhou Qiao picked up some dry branches everywhere and made them into a pile. He wrapped the snake on a wooden stick, lit the branches with matches, and roasted the snake. The snake was very long and the meat was delicious. Zhou Qiao sprinkled some salt on it and ate it with relish.

After solving the internal organs and cleaning up the residue on the ground, Zhou Qiao took out a copy of the ancestral "notes" and read it carefully.

This notes were handed down by his great-grandfather. It not only records the secret technique of corpse driving, but also the life experience of his great-grandfather, as well as methods to deal with various Miaojiang poisons, and some very obscure witchcraft, which are also mixed with some strange and strange stories from the people.

Zhou Qiao was very involved in watching...

A sound of footsteps came from not far away. Zhou Qiao was shocked and hurriedly closed his notes, put on a hat, and quietly lurked into the nearby grass.

Zhou Qiao in the wilderness was thinking about who was coming. Soon, three middle-aged men walked out next to him, one carrying a big bag on his back, and the other two were holding a shovel in their hands, which smelled like earthy. Zhou Qiao saw the three of them dressed up and knew that he had met a group of tomb robbers.

Zhou Qiao didn't want to meet those three people, so he didn't say anything. Such a native master specialized in searching for ancient tombs, stealing gold, silver, jewelry, antiques and jade, and was not ordinary people;

In this deep mountain forest, Zhou Qiao thought that it would be better to have less than anything else. He didn't want to provoke this group of native men, nor was he afraid of those three people. Although the tomb robbers were not ordinary people, the corpse-driven person was not a vegetarian. If he really wanted to do something, he had the confidence to deal with a few people, but he would not do anything if he could do it. After all, there was no deep hatred between them.

Zhou Qiao looked at the direction where the people left, and thought in his heart that if these people were going to rob the tomb now, they would probably encounter some minor trouble. The tomb robbers just now passed by him, but he held his breath and did not let him find out.

Tomb robbers are very taboo to meet corpse-drivers in front of tomb robbers. They will avoid them far away when they meet them. It is too unlucky!
Chapter completed!