Volume 1 Huangquan December 25th Chapter: Silent at this time
Dai Luan bent over and only picked up half of the branches that had been thrown on the ground randomly, but her face was exposed from between her legs, facing the direction of the pillar. She looked surprised and looked as ugly as if she had eaten a fly. Mu
Wan also felt strange, and carefully looked in the direction she was looking, it seemed that it was just the tree scar.
"Nothing at all." She came closer and gradually tilted her head, "It's just a little hmm?"
Mu Wan's half-twisted neck froze, and his face looked ugly.
Shan Hai felt that he might have guessed correctly.
"Taoist Master Lin, look at this, look at this upside down, it looks like"
"Looks like a human face, doesn't it?"
"You, why are you also a monster?"
"To say it's a monster, we can only say it's a strange statue."
Shan Hai also walked over, facing the strange lines. He also tried to tilt his head. The pattern of the scars really looked like a hideous and terrifying face like a ghost - but it was upside down. If it weren't for Dai Luan,
I happened to find it and he almost didn't recognize it.
"It's the reverse pillar."
"There must be some bones down here." Dai Luan thought of the Qi family.
"No. In some places, inverted pillars are deliberately used to ward off evil spirits. But this is obviously because the carpenter was careless and reversed the end where it originally grew, and it became an inverted pillar. It is also one of the reasons for the family's reputation.
, it will grow a human face, and it will also tell dreams, just to tell the owner that it has been turned upside down. It’s just that”
"only?"
"It seems that there is some blame. Let's go back and elaborate."
The girls didn't understand why Shanhai was so cautious. After returning to the hut, he closed the door in broad daylight, found a brazier from under the bed, asked Mu Wan to light it and put it on the ground, and asked Dai Luan to fill it.
Bowl of water.
In the light of the fire, he carefully placed the branches on the water. The wood floated on the water and did not sink. However, they quickly turned in one direction, and the tips of the branches pointed at the place where the reverse pillar was.
"Why is it so complicated? Isn't it about inverse pillars? Let them find someone to perform sacrifices, or tear them down and rebuild them?"
Mu Wan felt that he was making a fuss. And he had prepared so many things, but he didn't know what he was going to do. Shanhai didn't say anything, and threw a talisman into the brazier. The fire turned green in an instant, and then recovered quickly. At this time, he
Then he opened his mouth.
"There shouldn't be such a big complaint against an inverted pillar. If the pillar was simply turned upside down, the growing branches would not spread to other pillars. This proves that its evil spirit has penetrated into the entire house. What's more,
, regarding the reverse pillar, there is only one saying that Naruto told me in his dream, and this is the first time I have seen long branches. I'm afraid it's not as simple as we thought. And, I don't know if you have noticed, the Kashiwatani family has no children. It is a house full of resentment.
, it is true that there will be no soul to be reincarnated.”
"You mean, there is a murder case in their family? Based on the information you asked me to inquire about, it does sound strange. But aren't the families of these larger clans quite chaotic? Why should we care so much?" Mu Wan didn't think so.
Duo said bluntly, "So it's a monster, right? If it's a monster, you can kill it. Get rid of it and leave. It's as simple as that."
"Good luck and thank you Fei Na." Dai Luan agreed.
"Is this what I taught you?" Shanhai asked sharply, but she stopped talking.
"I really don't understand, why do you care so much? It's true that I've traveled less in the world, and I'm not as good as you, but I'm more open-minded than you? No matter what you do with money, anyone who doesn't take money is considered a big deal.
Mercy, not to mention the aftermath.”
Shanhai ignored Mu Wan's angry words. He grabbed the branches in the bowl and threw them into the fire pot to test.
"Ah! Ah-ah"
Everyone shivered. The branches in the brazier suddenly made a strange roar, much noisier than before. The sound was like a person being burned, struggling in the fire, and making a harsh whine.
It's really scary.
Shan Hai subconsciously grabbed the water bowl on the table and poured it on it. The fire was extinguished. After it was extinguished, the screaming ember-like tail sound could still be heard.
"I think, if there really is such a so-called principal wife, where is it now? Thinking about the worst, maybe the person has disappeared and turned into a wood spirit. These strange phenomena are trying to tell others something."
"Go and ask them." Mu Wan finally relaxed.
At the dinner table, the family was full of joy and brought out the realgar wine in advance, saying that they wanted to get drunk before resting. After some miscellaneous chats and two glasses of wine, Shan Hai thought that it was time to stir up the topic. However,
He wasn't very good at chatting, and the old lady and his wife were so chatty, and they both drank too much, so it was quite difficult for him to interrupt.
"Excuse me for being rude, but there is something I want to ask. I haven't seen the young master or the eldest lady in the past two days. Is it because they are not at home, or..."
"Ah, uh"
The atmosphere suddenly became much quieter. Shanhai clearly noticed that Bai Gu's wife's expression changed. Her husband seemed to want to smooth things over, but didn't know what to say. On the contrary, the old lady may have drunk too much, but she didn't have any taboos.
"Hi, my daughter-in-law has been married for so many years and there is nothing wrong with her, but she just can't conceive a child. I don't know if it's because she's weak or something. She finally got a bulge the year before last. After taking care of her for more than half a year, she was taken care of by her one day.
The branch tripped over and the child was killed. It’s really scary. How could such a good child turn into a lump of wood?”
"mom!!"
Baigu's wife's face was as pale as ashes, and she yelled at her mother-in-law. The old lady had indeed drunk too much, and waved her hands, as if she thought she was interrupting her, and went on talking to herself. She could not tolerate her status as such.
Others' dictation.
"I'm sorry, my mother drank too much. At her age, she just drinks a little. When she drinks too much, she starts talking nonsense."
Young Master Baigu quickly stepped forward to explain. He hugged his wife tightly and comforted her like she was nurturing a small animal.
"What's going on, what's going on, don't let me tell you! You're really unlucky. If I had known, I would have let her stay as a queen."
"who is she?"
Mu Wan, who had not even drunk a single drop of wine, stood up, rattling the chair with her. The eldest young master quickly went to shake his mother's arm.
"Stop talking, really stop talking, just say less."
"So who is she? Is she the first wife?"
Shan Hai also stood up slowly, and his voice rose by one degree. The old lady was half awake from the wine, and suddenly realized that she had said the wrong thing. But the wine did not completely calm her down, she just said with some surprise:
"Ah, who? Who did I say? What did I say?"
Shan Hai and Mu Wan looked at each other. Then, he cleared his throat and said loudly and solemnly:
"I felt strange when I walked in. You were so certain that there was a ghost in the house, as if you knew where the ghost came from. Let me tell you straight: My wife has never had children because there is too much resentment in this house.
If you can't conceive. If you give birth to a tree, you are cursed by the wood spirit. Of course, I'm not sure whether this is the case.
It is really a wood spirit. I thought it was caused by the inverted pillar. You know, it is abnormal for the dead wood that is the pillar of the house to sprout branches. I guess no one of you has noticed the inverted pillar, but my apprentice is wandering around.
I saw it when I was there. There was a human face growing on the wood, so I knew it in my heart, but there was something wrong with the reverse pillar."
"What's the problem?"
At the dinner table, which had been quiet for a long time, Dai Luan, who was halfway through her meal, suddenly froze. She carefully interrupted the meal, still holding the bun in her hand, and looked sideways at her master. Although Mu Wan remained calm, she did not expect that Shan Hai would say
These words.
There was a problem with the inverse column? What was the problem? He didn't mention it at the time.
"Although the name of the reverse pillar is reverse, the fact that it has a human face is not false. It's just that the face should be upright. And the face on your pillar is indeed reverse - this only means one thing."
"It means it was already growing on the tree before it was cut down."
Dai Luan added stumblingly.
"So that's not an inverted pillar at all - it's a human-faced tree." Mu Wan understood and said in a very unhappy tone, "You're just telling us now?!"
There was a clanging sound outside the door, and someone threw pots and bowls on the floor. Mu Wan shouted who was it, and the door was slowly pushed open. What was revealed behind the door was the frightened face of the cook.
face.
"I, I, I will serve the food, serve the food, why was I so careless, I will make it again right now."
The cook ran away, not caring about the mess on the ground. As for the three people, they obviously understood what Shan Hai just meant. At this time, they were not drunk at all, and they all stared at him with pale faces, and the chopsticks in their hands were shaking.
The color of the mountains and seas did not change, and he continued:
"If you want us to help, yes. But you must make it clear what you are hiding. You must think carefully about whether there have been any wasted lives in this house. If you are unwilling to tell, then we will set off tonight.
"
"I wish you a smooth move?" Dai Luan coaxed inappropriately.
"Don't bother, let's say it, we must say it." The old lady panicked and suddenly ran out of ideas. She urged her daughter-in-law, "Tell me, tell me what happened back then, tell me!"
Baigu's wife became her husband's hot potato. He pushed her away from his arms in a panic, half pulling her to stand up. She stood at a loss like a fledgling that had left its nest, standing around on the dining table.
Watching. At this time, Shanhai sat down, turned sideways, and softly explained to Mu Wan:
"You have such a temper. If I told you right then, you would insist on leaving and stop helping them. If I didn't tell you now, how could you stay at the dinner tonight and listen to them talk about the cause and effect?
.”
"you"
Mu Wan was indeed angry, but after careful consideration, Shan Hai's words were right. He had figured out her temper, and Mu Wan had to swallow this breath, and stopped making any sound, just staring at the baby bird.
My little daughter-in-law asked for an explanation with her eyes.
