The three sticks of incense in the incense burner quickly burned to the bottom at a speed visible to the naked eye. It felt like something was blowing the incense head next to it.
What I saw was surprising. I didn't know what was going on, but I didn't dare to be distracted. I quickly closed my injured eyes to feel the position of the soul.
"The soul of Mu Ling appears on my altar quickly!"
I shouted again...
A few minutes later, I slowly opened my eyes. The incense in the incense burner had burned out, and the clothes and charms in the soul-fixing circle had also turned into ashes...
"How's it going?!" Lao Yutou asked impatiently.
After a long time, I shook my head blankly,
"Not found..."
"What do you mean not found?"
"I can't explain clearly. I always feel like there is a strange aura in the village, like a miasma that fills the whole village. My soul-searching technique can't get out at all..."
Lao Yutou was stunned for a moment, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"This is not the worst news. Come on, let's go out and take a look."
I looked back at Yan Shiting, who was restless, and warned:
"Shi Ting, just wait for me at home. Mother-in-law is here, so everything will be fine. I'll be back as soon as I go."
"Yeah... Got it."
When I came out of my house and came to the deserted village road, I took out a talisman and threw it into the air. When the talisman fell, a faint blue-black circle appeared on the edge...
I frowned and murmured:
"Sure enough, even the air is filled with a faint evil spirit. What on earth is going on?"
If the villagers live under the influence of this evil spirit for a long time, the consequences will be disastrous.
Just when I was wondering, I suddenly heard a "bang, bang, bang, bang" sound coming from the path in front of me, which seemed very harsh in this quiet night.
I was confused, so I walked over after hearing the sound. Through the moonlight, I saw a rickety figure squatting in front of a house from a distance, knocking on the iron basin...
"Bang...bang..."
While knocking, he kept mumbling something, his voice was very hoarse, like an old woman.
In order to hear clearly, I walked carefully against the wall, raised my ears and listened carefully...
"Don't come when you are supposed to leave, don't leave when you are supposed to come. The third son of the Liu family is a shadowy figure, and his soul has returned to bliss..."
I frowned when I heard this, "The third son of the Liu family? Isn't that Liu Sanbo?"
Moreover, this sentence is only said when someone dies here. In the past, Aunt Liu would do this kind of thing. Now that Aunt Liu is gone, Liu Sanbo's family doesn't know where to find a goddess...
Is it possible that they already know that Liu Sanbo is dead?
When we entered the village, Yan Shiting and I met Liu Sanbo. At that time, I thought he was a bit weird, so I sprinkled cinnabar on the end of the cigarette and used the smoke to attract Liu Sanbo to me. Later, when Liu Sanbo approached,
The cigarette butt turned completely black, which meant that he had a strong aura of death on his body.
In other words, the Liu Sanbo I was chatting with at that time was a dead man!
But later Liu Laoguai said that Liu Sanbo had disappeared three or four days ago, which was a bit strange. Could it be that the missing Liu Sanbo became a dead man and came back on his own?!
I shook my head and stopped thinking. I looked again and saw that the goddess had stopped knocking on the basin after she finished chanting. She slowly stood up, opened the courtyard door behind her, and shouted hoarsely into the door,
"When the coffin is lifted without falling to the ground, the immortal can rest in peace..."
After saying that, she knocked on the iron basin again, turned around and walked towards the end of the village road...
At the same time, a heartbreaking cry suddenly sounded in the yard,
"You Liu San'er, how could you bear to leave us and leave alone... Wuwu..."
Amidst the cries, an old woman wearing white mourning clothes staggered out. It was Liu Sanbo's daughter-in-law, the third aunt!
Immediately afterwards, a coffin was carried out from the yard. I took a closer look and saw that the coffin bearer standing at the front turned out to be Liu Laoguai!
It seems that he did not go home directly after coming out of our house, but came to Liu Sanbo's house. But I can't understand why he immediately came to Liu Sanbo's house to organize his funeral when he just learned from me that Liu Sanbo was back.
Son?
Is that really Liu Sanbo in the coffin? I can't understand it more and more.
The funeral procession was not large, there were only six or seven people in twos and threes. After the group came out of the yard, they followed the goddess and left.
"Your third aunt is so sincere. Not only did she cry sadly, she even cried so loudly that the whole village couldn't hear her, right?"
Lao Yu leaned his head close to my ear and said.
"You don't understand. This is our custom here. During the funeral, relatives must cry as loudly as they want, in order to help the deceased find his way home."
Lao Yutou did not continue this topic, but said in a weird tone:
"Look! What is that?!"
Hearing his excited tone, I hurriedly turned around to look, but saw nothing. However, I slowly realized something and was about to open my eyes, but Lao Yu scolded me:
"Don't show your braids, use cow's tears!"
After he reminded me, I realized what I was doing, so I hurriedly took out a small bottle of cow's tears from my backpack and squeezed it into my eyes. I calmed down a little, then raised my head to look, but when I looked up, I saw a strange scene.
I saw a person lying on the top of the coffin!
No! He's not lying down, he looks like he's sitting cross-legged. But if you look closely, he doesn't look like he's sitting either. This man's body is swaying with the bumps of the coffin, and his movements are very weird...
"Why is the man on the coffin moving so strangely?"
I couldn't help but mutter.
"Don't you see it?" Old Yu's voice was a little gloomy.
"What do you see?" I turned around and stared at him.
"The person on the coffin only has the upper body, not the lower body!"
I was shocked when I heard this, and quickly followed a few steps forward. I squinted my eyes for a long time, and the hairs on my body suddenly stood up.
Sure enough, as Old Yutou said, the person on the coffin lid only had his upper body. No wonder I thought he was sitting cross-legged before. Although his back was turned to me, I could still tell from his back that it was Liu Sanbo!
I suddenly thought of the group of halflings who entered the village. Could it be that Liu Sanbo was one of them? If so, where were the other halflings hidden?
"Don't be stunned, hurry up and take a look!" Lao Yutou urged.
I hurriedly quickened my pace to follow, but after walking a few steps, I discovered that Liu Sanbo was only half-length on the coffin lid. His body did not move, but his head slowly turned around on his shoulder...