"Hey, it should be the house in front, the time is just right!"
A young man carrying a cloth bag was walking along the river embankment. He looked up at the sun in the sky and put the map in his hand back into the cloth bag with a smile.
This young man was Sun Nong. He spent one day and one night without taking a break, and finally saw the dilapidated house that the owner mentioned.
"Not to mention I'm really tired. I have to sleep with him for a whole day and a night after I go back this time."
Sun Nong muttered to himself and walked towards the broken house under the trees by the river. The broken house was built with stones and covered with a layer of reed poles and soil. It should have been the place where the boatman temporarily rested to hide from the rain earlier.
Sun Nong wanted to laugh when he saw the wooden door full of holes in the house. There was not much difference between whether it had a door or not. The door was blocked by a branch. It seemed that the surviving person had put it up to block some small people.
animals.
When I walked into the door of the broken house, swarms of flies flew out of the house, as if I had encountered something scary.
Sun Nong smiled and patted the insect repellent hanging around his neck. He bent down and threw aside the branch blocking the door.
On the floor of the house, six pale male corpses were lying on several wooden boards.
Sun Nong squatted down, sniffed his nose, then grabbed the arm of a male corpse and shook it.
"Fortunately, there is no stiffness, no smell, and a complete body."
Sun Nong checked the six corpses one by one and found that five corpses had bulging bellies. He frowned and sighed.
"More than I thought, it's a bit troublesome."
He took off the cloth bag on his shoulders and put it aside. He took out a box of cinnabar and a writing brush from the bag, and took out a small bowl. He put the cinnabar into the bottom bowl, poured some water from the kettle, and then poured it into the bottom bowl.
He took out a small bottle from the cloth bag, poured a few drops of black liquid into the bowl, stirred evenly with a brush, and set it aside.
Sun Nong squatted on the ground, stretched out one leg in a bow shape, lifted up a corpse next to him, turned it over so that his belly was facing his knees. He pressed several places on the back of the corpse with his palms, and violently
One shot.
With a "wow" sound, a puddle of muddy water came out of the corpse's mouth. Sun Nong immediately turned the corpse around, stretched out his left hand, and dragged the corpse's chin with his palm. He pinched the sides of the cheeks tightly with his thumb and little finger to keep the corpse still.
With the mouth closed, the three front fingers were pressed against the corpse's Adam's apple and thrust inward.
The eyes of the corpse sitting on the ground suddenly opened. Sun Nong curled his lips when he saw this.
"Why are your eyes so wide? I'm not afraid."
While he was talking, his hand didn't stop. He picked up the brush that was put aside, dipped it in the liquid mixed with cinnabar, and drew a strange symbol on his eyeballs.
After finishing the painting, the corpse was laid down on the ground. Two peach wood plugs were used to plug the nostrils of the corpse, and a talisman was drawn around the peach wood plugs with a liquid mixed with cinnabar.
In the same way, I plugged my ears and drew a talisman.
"Can't see, smell, or hear, ha!"
Sun Nong muttered as he unbuttoned the top of the male corpse. From his neck to his navel, he drew a complex rune in one stroke.
Then he took out a bundle of thin red thread from the bag, passed it through the back of the man's body, and tied seven knots around his hands, chest, and limbs.
Finally, after buttoning up the clothes of the male corpse, Sun Nong held the male corpse's face and counted the numbers in his mouth: "Five, four, three, two, one, ha!"
The male corpse followed Sun Nong and after counting down the five numbers, his staring eyes suddenly closed.
"Okay! Next! Just lie down for a while by yourself. Someone else will be with you soon!"
Sun Nong dealt with the other five male corpses in the same way. After taking care of them, he looked at the sky and saw that there was still some time before dark.
He took out six black hoods from the cloth bag and covered the heads of the six male corpses.
He took off the soul-inducing bell pinned to his waist and shook it. As the bell rang, the six male corpses that were originally lying motionless on the ground began to twitch uncontrollably, as if someone had been electrocuted.
"Well, perfect! Get up!"
Sun Nong made complicated gestures and shook the soul-inducing bell according to a special rhythm. Five of the six male corpses seemed to be pushed straight up from the back. The other, a fatter male corpse, was lying on the ground.
He kept twitching, his body floated up for a while and then fell down again.
Sun Nong sighed when he saw this. His skills were still a bit weak. If it were his father and uncle who were a little fatter, they could make him float.
Sun Nong kicked the man's corpse and said, "Who asked you to eat so much? Who asked you to eat so much?" He grabbed the thin red rope on the chest of the man's body and picked it up.
After the six male corpses stood upright, Sun Nong put two wooden boards on the ground together, lay on them without any taboo, and put the cloth bag under his head.
"I will take you home after sunset. If you go out now, the sun will make you stink."
After lying down, Sun Nong looked at the six people standing in front of him. He felt a little weird. Although he had no inhibitions, he still felt uncomfortable with six male corpses staring at him while he was sleeping.
Sun Nong shook the soul-inducing bell again and led the six male corpses to the door of the broken house. They stood facing the outside of the house and their backs to him.
"I'm sleeping, you guys keep watch for me. If a fly comes in, watch me get up and take care of you!"
After Sun Nong woke up, the sun had just set. He rubbed his eyes and still felt a little sleepy. He was so anxious to hurry up that he sighed helplessly and could only wait for dawn before going to sleep.
He stood up, grabbed the cloth bag and put it on his shoulders, walked out of the shabby house, and came to the edge of the Yangtze River a few dozen meters away. He squatted down and washed his face with river water. He sat casually on a stone slab and took out a steamed bun and a bag of meat.
Dry.
After eating, Sun Nong took out a map. This map was different from other maps. It was a map specially designed for corpse exterminators. It was drawn on a piece of cloth. It is said that it was compiled from the experiences of countless predecessors.
What he wants to look at is the road marked with thin lines on it. This road is remote and far away from human settlements. It can avoid crowds to the maximum extent. Firstly, it avoids scaring living people. Secondly, it reduces trouble. Thirdly, it does not need to be seen.
It's bad luck. This is why corpse chasers travel at night and hide and sleep during the day.
Sun Nong looked at the map and recalled the road he took in his mind. He kept simulating the road conditions in this section of Sichuan. After leaving Sichuan and entering the Tujia and Miao people, he could find the road with his eyes closed.
Seeing that the sun had completely set and it was almost time to leave, Sun Nong returned to the shabby house and tidied up. He tied the thin red ropes on the chests of the six male corpses to a one-foot-long bamboo pole engraved with runes.
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Sun Nong held the short bamboo pole with runes in one hand and the soul-inducing bell in the other. He shouted in his mouth.
"Yin people go on the road, Yang people avoid it!"
Sun Nong shook the soul-inducing bell and took a big step forward. The six male corpses behind him also jumped forward a big step.