Maybe she was really tired outside before. He Fei said it. Granny Chen, who seemed not to care about her identity as a young man, did not answer. Her tired face remained unchanged. She could only look up and down with a pair of eyes, carefully looking at her.
Get up in front of the young man.
The two sides were silent for a long time, looking at each other for a long time. It was not until He Fei became increasingly uncomfortable staring at him that Chen Po took the lead in taking action while looking away, pushing open the courtyard door, and then said to He Fei without looking back:
"Come in."
Mrs. Chen's direct invitation without any nonsense surprised He Fei, who had expected the other party to ask about something first. Surprise was an accident. Since the other party extended the invitation without asking, why did he have to explain more?
Following Mrs. Chen into the courtyard, the courtyard was unremarkable, a typical rural courtyard scene. Overall, it was not much different from Yang Village Chief’s house, but...
The moment he walked into the main hall of the main hall, He Fei's expression changed and he became surprised, and his eyes even used their gaze to scan the surrounding environment.
Looking closely, I saw a landscape ink painting hanging in front of the main room. There was no one in the painting. The content was a beautiful fairyland surrounded by clouds, mountains and mist. In front of the painting was a high-legged altar table, with a large number of porcelain statues of gods and goddesses enshrined on the table.
There are many kinds of gods, including
There are also some unfamiliar statues of Guanyin, God of Wealth or Buddha. Of course, these are not all in the hall. In addition to some whisks, willow branches and other items hanging on the walls on both sides, the most incomprehensible thing is that there are scattered on the ground.
A little rice…
In the main room, He Fei was looking around curiously, while Mrs. Chen didn't say anything as if she had expected the other party's reaction. She just sat on a stool and waited silently. After a while, she saw that the young man had finished observing.
After taking a sip from a cup of herbal tea in front of the table, she raised her hand and invited: "Please sit down."
"Uh, ah, hehe, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
As He Fei sat down politely, Chen Po, who was slightly relieved from fatigue, once again got straight to the point and proactively asked: "Mr. He Fei, I don't care about your true identity and I am not curious about your purpose in coming to the village. Since you came here specifically today,
Come to me, I think you should already know about 'that incident' from Village Chief Yang, right?"
Of course He Fei knew what 'that thing' specifically meant, otherwise he wouldn't have gone all the way to Granny Chen's house to find the other party. Seeing that the other party was so direct, he gave up his intention of being polite, nodded, and immediately said
He replied in the same direct tone: "Well, just as you guessed, Mrs. Chen, Village Chief Yang told us about Zhao Huanzhen as early as yesterday."
Seeing the young man nodding his head to admit, as expected, Mrs. Chen, who had been calm just now, immediately frowned, then stared at He Fei with doubtful eyes and continued to ask: "Since it is known that there is a plague in the village, why don't you grow up in Yang Village properly?
Why do you still dare to wander around the village alone while hiding or burning incense and worshiping Buddha like other villagers? Aren't you afraid of that female hawk? And..."
"Why are you looking for me?"
………
Here comes the topic.
Hearing the other party's question, He Fei was moved in his heart. He shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Mr. Chen, please stop joking. I was almost scared to death when you scared me at the door. You said I'm not afraid of locusts? How is this possible?"
Mrs. Chen did not speak, but still stared at He Fei suspiciously, because she knew that this young man named He Fei must have something more to say.
Sure enough, Chen Po guessed it right. He Fei did have something to say. He smiled wryly and saw that Chen Po was silent again. Knowing what she meant, he had no ink. He began to withdraw his wry smile and change his expression. While staring at the woman, he asked questions solemnly.
I came up with a new question that I had never conceived before but suddenly thought of after contacting Mrs. Chen:
"Po Chen, I once heard Village Chief Yang and Xiaoxia say that you are the most capable person in Jingtao Village. I am convinced of this, so before we get down to business, I hope you can explain some things to me.
Something ordinary people like me don’t understand.”
"What's the matter?" Seeing the young man's solemn expression, Chen Po suddenly became curious and asked subconsciously.
"螞!"
"I hope you can tell me as much detail as possible about the worm, because this is very likely to be the key to saving you, me, and even the entire Jingtao Village!"
………
The soul generally refers to the soul that is transformed after death. When the soul leaves the body, it often does not stay in the world for too long. After a while, it will dissipate on its own or enter the underworld in the legend.
As for whether he will be reincarnated as in folklore? I dare not say this because of insufficient evidence.
However, if we study the worm in detail, strictly speaking, there is a big difference between the worm and the soul.
Lobster is not only a kind of spirit, but also an ominous thing that brings harm to the world. Ordinary people call this harmful spirit locust. Those who practice Buddhism and Taoism or know some psychic and rice-seeking techniques are more accustomed to call it locust.
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There are many origins of tadpoles, and their birth methods can be roughly divided into two types. The first one is the most common, which refers to someone who had excessive hatred and resentment during his lifetime, and evolved from the gathering of grievances after his death. The second one is relatively rare.
Well, if someone's soul has been tortured for a long time after death, has suffered too much pain and cannot be relieved, then over time, the soul that cannot be relieved will gradually develop hostility in the pain, and eventually evolve into a wolf.
There are basically no kind people in worms, and there is no so-called human nature, and most of them have no consciousness, especially those worms born out of hatred. 'Their' behavior is completely dominated by hatred, anger and revenge.
The meaning of its existence is to harm people. In addition to taking the initiative to seek revenge on the people it hated in life, innocent people are often not spared when they are hit. In short, it can be understood that there is no need for a reason or a reason to harm people, just like
You can't reason with a madman who has lost his mind.
Of course, since it can cause harm to the human world, then the worm must have various weird abilities, and it relies on these abilities to harm people. In scientific terms, it can be called a supernatural ability. What is a supernatural ability?
?I think as a city person, you should know better than me, a rural person. It is inconvenient for an old woman with no education here to explain.
Because most nymphs are transformed from humans, generally speaking, nymphs still retain more or less their habits or preferences in life. In addition, after being transformed into nymphs, their appearance often shows the same appearance as when they were dead. For example, if a person
If a person dies due to a car accident and turns into a wolf after death, his external image will most likely be that of a tragic person who was missing arms and legs when he died. Although there are exceptions, at least most of them are like this.
In the same way, if someone is burned to death by fire, his body should be charred after he dies.
As for dealing with bugs...
Sorry, although I am called a goddess, in fact my ability to communicate with psychics is very low. Over the years, the only things I have come into contact with most are souls or a few wilderness ghosts. I have never had any contact with worms, especially vengeful worms.
The previous judgment that Zhao Huanzhen was Li Qi was based on what my master said during his lifetime.
To be honest, I am also from Jingtao Village after all. Although I am not born and raised like Village Chief Yang, I have lived in the village for most of my life. The old lady does not want to see all the villagers die. It is a pity that with my
My ability is pretty good at dealing with the low-powered Wilderness Soul Charm, but if I were to face the powerful Li Qi, I would be powerless.
Moreover, I personally did not expect that one day our Jingtao Village would be harmed by a scorpion.
Under He Fei's extremely urgent pleading, Mrs. Chen did not hide anything. She not only told the truth about her knowledge of Qi, but also expressed her personal helplessness. In the end, she even sighed like Village Chief Yang.
When I got up, I felt so sad.
After Chen Po said this, He Fei, who understood empathy and put himself in others' shoes, felt the same way. Yes, they were all fellow villagers who had lived together for decades. Who would want the whole village to die?
This is true, but unfortunately Nvqi doesn’t seem to think so. Nvqi’s target of revenge and killing is not just a few people, but everyone, and surprisingly all the villagers of Jingtao Village!
And this naturally includes He Fei, who is also currently in the village!
If we don't find a way to solve the incident quickly, not only the villagers of Jingtao Village will disappear in a few days, but we will not be spared either!
Ding!
The sudden chill brought He Fei back to reality from his emotion. Not only that, but through Chen Po's narration, He Fei also gained a better understanding of Qi.
It turns out that all my previous understandings were wrong!
Although 蝞物 is the same as the soul, it is not the same as the soul. To put it bluntly, it can be understood that 蝞物 is more advanced, more powerful, and extremely threatening than the soul, especially Li 螝, and Li 蝞 is a 蝞物
Although it is not clear whether there is anything more terrifying than Li Qi, it is undeniable that Li Qi has the highest reputation among all Li Qi.
As for how scary Li Qi is?
Take a look at Jingtao Village today. Take a look at this village that originally had more than 300 people but now only a hundred people are left. Look at the group of strange bloody people wandering outside the village. In addition, even Mrs. Chen
All knowledgeable people are full of fear of Li Qi. You can imagine how scary Li Qi is!
only……
After Granny Chen finished speaking, before the other party could change the subject, He Fei raised his eyebrows and suddenly raised his head, his eyes locked on Granny Chen, and immediately said in a more urgent tone than before: "Wait a minute! Granny Chen, I have another question to ask you."
In fact, Mrs. Chen did not expect that the other party would be so calm after hearing her explanation that would scare most people. Seeing that the young man became calm, she started to care about the young man's identity. She originally wanted to ask about the other party's past, but she didn't wait for her.
When he opened his mouth, the other party once again expressed that he had something to say. In addition, the young man looked anxious. It seemed that the next question he was about to ask was more important?
Yes, Mrs. Chen guessed correctly, He Fei did still have questions, and this second question was the question he really wanted to ask!
In other words, He Fei's doubts had arisen spontaneously from the moment he listened to Village Chief Yang's account of the strange changes in the village yesterday.
"Um?"
While Mrs. Chen was slightly dazed, He Fei said the question directly: "I heard from Village Chief Yang that you were the one who figured out that Zhao Huanzhen was dead, right?"
"Yes, through Xiaoxia's personal dream description, I specially made a divination for Zhao Huanzhen that day. Based on the divination, I found that this person had no trace of his life. He should have died, and his death was unfair, otherwise
It was impossible for the soul to cry to Xiaoxia, with whom she usually had the best relationship, in her dream, so I concluded that not only was Zhao Huanzhen dead, but she most likely died in an accident."
"After learning the results and after some discussion, Village Chief Yang and I mobilized the villagers to build a tomb for Zhao Huanzhen. This was not only to appease the souls of the dead, but also to prevent Xiaoxia from being disturbed by Zhao Huanzhen's soul.
"
Faced with the young man's probing inquiry, Mrs. Chen still answered truthfully, and also deliberately mentioned divination in her answer. However, He Fei did not care about the complicated and difficult divination and did not intend to understand it. What he really cared about was Mrs. Chen.
Do you admit that you have 'calculating' abilities?
The answer was yes. Seeing that Mrs. Chen personally admitted that she could indeed calculate whether Zhao Huanzhen was alive or dead through divination, the next moment, He Fei changed the topic and continued to ask: "Can you calculate through divination that Zhao Huanzhen is dead?"
, you can also find out the reason why Zhao Huanzhen turned into a scorpion, and even asserted that finding the female scorpion's body is the way to stop its harm to the village. If this is the case, then why can't you figure out where Zhao Huanzhen's body is?
?”
That's right, this is the key, and the reason why He Fei came to see Granny Chen alone today was precisely for this reason!
As for Granny Chen...
At this moment, listening to He Fei's urgent question full of doubts, the woman was very surprised and did not speak or answer. She just stood up and left her seat the moment she listened to the question, turned around and walked straight to the next room, leaving her last sentence in the process.
: "Follow me."
………
Following Granny Chen's instructions, He Fei followed her into the next room.
It's very dark inside.
The windows in the room were closed and the curtains were tightly drawn, making it airtight both to light and air. Except for a wooden table in the center, the surrounding area was basically empty.
He picked up the fire material and lit the candle on the table. It was only at this time that He Fei could fully see the things in the room with the help of candlelight.
It was almost the same as the previous observation. First of all, it was certain that this was indeed an empty room, but what really caught He Fei's attention was the central wooden table, an unusual wooden table.
Why is it described as extraordinary? The reason is that there are things carved on the wooden table. If you look closely, it is full of words and various symbols! They are densely packed almost all over the table!
(Huh? This is...)
Seeing this scene, He Fei was shocked. Apart from being shocked, he further discovered that many text symbols were distributed in circles in an extremely obvious circular manner. If that was all, what was even more puzzling was yet to come...
Although he knew most of these densely packed words, there was no coherence in the words. No matter which adjacent words were connected together, they could not form a paragraph of information. To put it bluntly, they were randomly distributed. As you can imagine, he could not even understand the meaning of the words.
, not to mention those obscure and strange symbols.
"This was left to me by my master when I was young. To be honest, I wasn't very good at studying. I only had a superficial understanding of it until my master passed away. I still haven't fully understood these characters and symbols."
Perhaps she saw something from He Fei's curious expression staring at the table. Granny Chen didn't hide anything. She didn't pretend to be mysterious or try to be fat, but made a straightforward statement, stating that she actually didn't fully understand it either.
All uses for this table.
Mrs. Chen told her truth without any lies, but He Fei became even more confused after hearing this. He was about to say something, but Mrs. Chen changed the subject and continued to add:
"Although I haven't figured out all the uses, the old lady can still calculate some things through this table."
Sure enough, upon hearing the twists and turns in the other person's words, He Fei, who knew what he was talking about, quickly turned his head and answered, "What do you mean?"
Mrs. Chen answered and used practical actions to prove to He Fei that what she said was true.
After making a silent gesture towards He Fei, Mrs. Chen, who was standing in front of the table, began to move and made a series of actions that ordinary people could not understand.
With a solemn expression, Mrs. Chen first took out a peach branch and a small carving knife from her pocket, and then used the carving knife to carve the words "Zhao Huanzhen" on the peach branch.
Seeing this, He Fei felt suspicious.
Of course, suspicion is suspicion, and He Fei is still convinced that Mrs. Chen will definitely give him an answer, the answer he wants.
Thinking of this, he suppressed his confusion for the time being, and He Fei stared closely at the opponent's hands to observe the movements in his hands.
After carving the name on the peach branch, Mrs. Chen didn't do much. She just threw the peach branch with Zhao Huanzhen's name on the table. At the same time, Mrs. Chen herself closed her eyes slightly and began to talk, whispering.
He was muttering something, but because his voice was too low and his speaking speed was too fast, after listening for a long time, He Fei didn't understand a single word. Even so...
But, next, a magical scene happened, causing He Fei's eyes to widen in an instant:
I don’t know why, as Mrs. Chen muttered something, gradually, the peach branch that had been thrown on the table earlier moved!
Cluck, cluck, cluck...
The peach branch began to tremble on its own without being touched by anyone. After a few seconds, the trembling became even more severe. It continued to make a clear trembling sound in the already quiet room, until the trembling frequency reached the extreme. The next moment, the trembling stopped abruptly.
, the sound stopped suddenly, and the peach tree branches that were shaking violently just stopped without any warning, and everything returned to the same state, as if the previous scene had never happened.
but……
It seems that everything is back to normal, but in fact things are far from over.
Suddenly, the peach tree branch that had been silent for a moment moved again, but this time it was no longer shaking, but rolling along the table.
As if being controlled by an invisible human hand, the peach branches began to roll on their own on the tabletop full of words, turning and moving slowly and seemingly purposefully.
Seeing this scene, He Fei fell into a daze, with only one pair of eyes still staring at the peach branches on the table!
In the field of vision, as the scrolling continued, after a while, the scrolling stopped, and the pointed end of the peach branch happened to stop on a certain text on the desktop, the specific text was 'Zhao'.
After a few seconds of silence, the peach branch resumed rolling, and not long after, it stopped again, this time the tip stayed on the word "ring".
Then, the tip of the transfer target rolls to the front of the word 'Zhen'.
Upon seeing this, He Fei, who had been staring for a long time, thought Taozhi would end there. However, just when he thought everything was over, an even more horrifying scene happened.
On the desktop, the peach branches continued to scroll, and finally pointed the tip at another word on the desktop...'Death'!
If you connect the successive words together, you can form a text message. The message is very simple and can be summarized in four words, that is:
Zhao Huanzhen is dead!
Almost at the same time, when the peach branch pointed to the word "death", the candle went out, and the flame of the candle that had been standing on the table for a long time went out inexplicably!
The room instantly fell into darkness.
"ah!"
The sudden change made He Fei couldn't help but exclaim. Fortunately, the darkness did not last too long. A few seconds later, when Mrs. Chen used a match to relight the candle, He Fei suddenly realized that the candlelight extinguished just now was not dangerous.
Rather, it belongs to the hexagram link and the final part of the divination.
The lighting of the candlelight again signified the complete end of the divination. At this moment, looking at the tabletop and looking at the peach branch that had stopped moving since it was pointed at the word 'death', He Fei finally woke up, understood, and completely believed that Granny Chen was serious.
He has the means of calculation, and the other party's means of calculation is the miraculous Peach Branch Divination just now.
Let's not talk about how He Fei secretly claimed to be strange. After finishing the divination calculation, Chen Po looked up at the young man and said in a deep voice: "Death is like a lamp going out. This is not just a saying, I have used it myself.
I have calculated many things and never missed them over the years."
He Fei quickly answered: "So that's it, could this be..."
He was about to say what he was thinking, but he was stopped by Mrs. Chen with a wave of his hand before he finished speaking. Then, regardless of how uncomfortable He Fei was who had to swallow the words, Mrs. Chen continued to move, reaching out to pinch the peach branches and raising the knife.
Continuing writing, two new words were added after Zhao Huanzhen’s name:
Place.
After carving the words, throw the peach branch back to the table again.
What happened next was exactly the same as before. The peach branch was thrown back to the table, and Mrs. Chen muttered in a low voice.
However……
This time, an incomprehensible scene happened, or a phenomenon that was contrary to the first divination happened:
While Granny Chen was talking, the peach branch rolled along the table again, but this time it rolled around aimlessly like a person lost in the fog, without stopping from beginning to end, and no longer stayed like before.
on a certain text.
The strange thing is that while the peach branches are rolling wildly, the flame of the candle in front of me is inexplicably not stable. Just like the peach branches on the table, the candle flame is also swaying left and right without wind.
It wasn't until the peach branches rolling and the candlelight swing reached their limit, until sweat oozed from Mrs. Chen's forehead, that even her body was trembling slightly for some reason, that Mrs. Chen, who seemed unable to hold on, was forced to stop, stop whispering and open her eyes.
, as expected, as the divination ended, the peach branch candles that were rolling and swaying randomly also stopped at the same time.
The room returned to silence.
The second divination came to an end, but what was very different from the easy success the first time was that this time, the divination failed.
The location of Zhao Huanzhen's body was not found, not even the direction!
Faced with this result, He Fei was stunned and froze on the spot.
As for Mrs. Chen, she raised her hand and wiped the sweat from her forehead. At the same time, she looked at He Fei with uncertain eyes. During her gaze, she said something:
"Young man, this is the answer the old woman will give you."
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