Chapter 265 Hanging the dead! The funeral procession on the mountain
There were dozens of people in the team. Lao Yutou and I stood in the middle of the team, following closely step by step. During this period, I found that all the people had their heads lowered with expressionless faces and their arms crossed on their chests.
In front of us, we put each other's sleeves into each other's sleeves. Seeing that they were all doing this, Lao Yutou and I could only imitate.
Baijie Street was not wide, and it was crowded with people at this time. No wonder the whole funeral team was so quiet. Except for the "thumping" of footsteps, no other sound could be heard. It gave people the feeling of being alone.
Like an army of dead people...
After walking not far, I suddenly felt something was wrong, so I secretly patted Lao Yutou on the shoulder who was walking in front. Lao Yutou slowed down and walked back to me, looking at me suspiciously.
"What's wrong?"
"Don't you find that we are a little incompatible?"
"They are all wearing the same mourning clothes, and they all have their heads lowered. What's wrong with them?" Old Yu asked.
"Didn't you notice that we are the only two people in the entire team who don't wear braids?"
Lao Yu was stunned, glanced around, and his expression suddenly became tense. Just as he was about to say something, a harsh gong sounded suddenly from the front of the team, followed by a hoarse voice,
"The Patriarch of Pu'an, the Great Dharma King, has sent a thunderbolt to mourn. Five hundred dragons will stand on their heads. Who dares to resist?"
"Bang..."
A series of words came into my ears, and I frowned. This is a funeral formula commonly used by mages during mourning. Are so many people going to mourn? If this is really the case, then who is the deceased?
Who can afford such a complicated and high-standard ritual?
I quickly calmed down and continued listening...
"The soul of a dead soul has three souls in his body. One soul goes to heaven to achieve early success. The other soul is in the tomb to protect his children and grandchildren. The other soul travels to the west and practices humanity in the morning. Penglai is not far away. Please ascend to the sky on the cloud road!"
After hearing the last word, my brows furrowed even more tightly. It seems that the leading mage is probably a slut with poor academic skills, but the situation is unclear at the moment, so let's take a look first before talking about it.
Amidst the sound of gongs and the shouts of the Master, the long funeral procession passed through the white street of the town and went all the way up the mountain. The mountains were covered with dense forests, but there was also a trodden path at the foot. It looked like there were often people there.
Walk through here.
After a while, the speed of the team slowly slowed down. I looked forward and vaguely saw something appearing at the front of the team, but because it was too far away and the sky was dark, I couldn't see it clearly.
At this time, the leading mage suddenly shouted,
"The blessed land has arrived, the auspicious time has arrived, everyone, please kneel down!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone present knelt down. Seeing this, Lao Yutou and I had no choice but to lower our heads and kneel on the ground reluctantly...
I looked sideways slightly and saw the Master holding a copper basin in his hand. He walked up to each person one by one, cut his finger, and dripped all the blood of everyone into the copper basin. My heart sank, thinking what kind of thing this was.
Witchcraft.
It didn't take long for the Master to walk up to Lao Yutou and me. Because I lowered my head, I couldn't see his face, but I could only see his lower body...
He was wearing a worn gray Taoist robe and wearing cloud-leaf shoes. He must be a wandering Taoist priest. He stood in front of us for a while and said suspiciously:
"Huh? Why don't you two wear ponytails?"
I slowly raised my head and saw that he was holding a copper basin in one hand and a peach wood sword in the other hand. He had a long beard on his face and his gray hair was tied into a bun on the top of his head. He seemed to have some fairy spirit.
appearance.
I thought about it and said with a smile:
"Reply to the Taoist priest, we just came to the town today, so... we don't understand the rules yet..."
"snort!"
The old Taoist priest made a cold sound, flicked his sleeves, and scolded:
"Nonsense! You will definitely anger that thing. Just wait here. I will come back to you later!"
After saying that, he ignored us and went on to collect blood from others. Lao Yutou and I looked at each other, but neither of us spoke.
A few minutes later, the old Taoist priest came to us again and said coldly:
"You two come with me."
Lao Yutou and I hurriedly got up and followed the funeral procession to the front. Only then did I realize that the thing we saw before was a dilapidated wooden house. I could clearly feel a strong Yin Qi and Corpse Qi coming from
came from the cabin.
Before I could take a closer look, the old Taoist priest greeted us and pushed the door open. As soon as I entered, I smelled a strong stench, and then I was stunned...
There was a kerosene lamp burning in the room. Under the dim light, I could only see two people hanging from the beam in the middle of the wooden house!
The two people are a man and a woman. The man is wearing white mourning clothes, and the woman is wearing red wedding clothes. There is a black iron chain on the beam. The iron chain locks their wrists tightly, which can be clearly seen.
There were purple bruises on their wrists.
Moreover, they were all barefoot, and their feet were also chained by a heavy iron chain. A huge hammer was tied to the bottom of the chain, which seemed to weigh dozens of kilograms. They were dragging the two bodies like that.
.
Their heads drooped relatively naturally, and their faces could not be seen. What was even more strange was that both of them had ponytails on their heads, and the two ponytails were tied together...
Surrounding the two corpses are two large wooden beds. There are two rows of people neatly placed on the two beds. To be precise, they are two rows of dead people with livid faces. One row is wearing white mourning clothes, and the other row is wearing red wedding clothes.
Clothes…
The whole room is full of horror and depression...
Even though I'm used to seeing all kinds of weird scenes, I couldn't help but gasp when I saw this scene. This was the first time I saw such a layout. I turned to look at Lao Yu and found that he was also there.
His face was shocked, and he couldn't react for a moment.
"Have you seen enough? Kneel down if you have seen enough!"
The old Taoist priest on the side suddenly spoke, his voice was very sinister.
I turned around and stared at him,
"Kneel down? Are you kidding?!"
The old Taoist priest's expression changed, he pointed a finger at the two corpses hanging from the beams and roared:
"I think you are really tired of living, baby! You know they..."
Before he could finish speaking, I slapped his fingers away.
"I think it's you who is so alive. How dare you point at such a corpse?!"
After being reminded like this, the old Taoist priest obviously thought of something and hurriedly withdrew his hand and started muttering something like this...
"Xiaoyu...did you see any clues?" Lao Yutou asked.
I circled the body twice and muttered:
"Roof beams belong to wood, and iron chains belong to gold. If I guess correctly, the male corpse's birth date belongs to water, and the female corpse's birth date belongs to fire..."
After saying that, I looked back at the old Taoist priest and found that he was also looking at me, his eyes full of surprise.
"You...how do you know the five elements of their birth dates?"
Without waiting for my answer, Old Yutou asked again:
"What about the soil..."
I took a deep breath and walked under the corpses, gently turning the two corpses...