Ancient Corpse in the Mountain Village (Part 7)
Although the village is in the mountains, few people raise livestock. Yu Shu can only go to the chicken farm in town with Jiang Yu to slaughter the chickens and collect their blood.
Yu Shu drove for an hour before arriving at the destination. When he opened the car door, the smell of poultry excrement penetrated his nostrils.
Yu Shu looked at the mud on the car body, and thought about emptying the trunk later, so he looked at the car with pity, which was less than a year old. In order to avoid living the rough and unfortunate life that Jiang Yu said, he had to make a painful sacrifice despite being reluctant.
"It's not a big deal. It can be cleaned by washing. It's not a permanent damage." Jiang Yu said.
Yu Shu sighed silently: "It's not even a year old yet, I must be feeling bad."
Men have a special feeling for cars. They always want to take good care of them, fearing that the sun will fade the color and the rain will leave water stains. Especially when he is unemployed and laid off and lives on his savings, he has to pay back the car even though it is not worth much. How can he not feel distressed?
"It's no big deal. I'll put a talisman on your car when I get back. I guarantee it's clean without any odor." Jiang Yu patted Yu Shu's shoulder.
Yu Shu's eyes brightened visibly when he heard this: "Thank you so much for your help."
Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows: "It would be great if it really was that omnipotent."
Yu Shu froze for a moment and rolled his eyes: "Thank you so much."
The chicken farmer walked up to them carefully, holding a bucket of chicken blood that was almost overflowing in both hands. A young man followed behind him, pulling a cart full of chickens piled up like a small hill.
"Do you need help lifting them into the car? There are a lot of chickens. Is there enough space in your trunk?" The chicken farmer asked with a smile. As he walked towards the rear of the car, a few drops of chicken blood swayed out and caught a glimpse of the taillights.
But Yu Shu was very upset, his heart was in a knot, but he had to keep a decent smile on his face: "There is enough space." He took the bucket calmly and put it on the ground carefully, for fear of splashing more blood.
"I've already troubled you to help slaughter and bleed the fish. We can just put it in the car and do it ourselves. Thank you for your hard work." Yu Shu said politely.
Jiang Yu watched Yu Shu's interpersonal communication with great interest. He could just do the simple things himself, but why did he have to talk so much? However, judging from the smiles of the chicken farmer and the young man pulling the trailer, it seemed that he really benefited from it.
He suddenly remembered that the Taoist priest under his command said that he spoke too directly. If he could be more tactful in his words, he could raise the price of many business deals.
Yu Shu noticed the smile on Jiang Yu's face. He thought Jiang Yu was laughing and didn't take it seriously, so he rolled his eyes at Jiang Yu.
"Get in the car and go back."
"Oh." Jiang Yu got into the back seat just like when he came.
Yu Shu had no objection to Jiang Yu sitting in the back. Whether to sit in the passenger seat or the back seat depended on personal preference. However, the trunk of his SUV was connected to the back seat, and he could smell the strong smell of blood even in the driver's seat, let alone Jiang Yu.
"Isn't the smell of chicken blood unpleasant? My passenger seat isn't a cannibal." Yu Shu looked at Jiang Yu through the rearview mirror.
Jiang Yu touched his chin and said, "I can smell it from the front and back. It's the same."
Okay, I shouldn't have asked him out of kindness.
It was already dusk when I got home. The setting sun was like a huge chandelier, pouring down orange-red light, tinging the trees, houses and people with warm tones.
There was basically nothing to do after the burial. Jiang Yu and Yu Huan agreed that the work deadline was the day after the seventh day, but the actual progress would depend on the investigation. After all, he was only helping with the ritual to earn a little money, and his main purpose of this trip was to eliminate the resentment and evil spirits in the village.
Jiang Yu was lying on the folding bed, playing with his mobile phone while plugged in the charger. From time to time, the sounds of Triple kill and Quadra kill could be heard. He looked so relaxed and comfortable.
Although Yu Shu has been laid off and finds it difficult to enter the medical industry, he truly loves medicine and still reads medical literature on his tablet.
However, his condition was not good, and his thoughts kept drifting to cow's tears. He specially bought anti-inflammatory and antiseptic eye drops at the pharmacy in town, fearing that he would be infected by bacteria. So he read a page, marked the key points, but felt that the marked parts were not in his mind, so he read it several times and his efficiency was a bit low.
"If you can't see it, don't look at it. Wait until it's a little darker and cooler before setting off."
"It's normal to read the hard-to-understand parts several times to deepen your memory and consolidate it. Can you learn something just by looking at it once?" Yu Shu said stubbornly. He refused to admit that he couldn't concentrate.
Jiang Yu slid his finger across the screen quickly, and another voice announcement of a triple kill came.
Yu Shu sat down on the folding bed and curiously peeked in. Wow, 0-12-0! It looked like the opponent was showing off, and Jiang Yu's maneuvering had left the screen blank. He admired Jiang Yu's patience. He could persevere in such a difficult situation, ignoring his teammates' chatter. If it were him, he would have just surrendered.
This is probably the character developed through cultivation since childhood.
"Why, have you never seen a Taoist priest playing games?" Jiang Yu took advantage of the gray screen to look up at Yu Shu.
Yu Shu was indeed quite surprised. After all, most of the Taoists seen in film and television works lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and were not involved in worldly affairs. So he had a preconceived notion that Jiang Yu should be out of touch with modern society, not use electronic products much, and not entertain himself much.
But in the final analysis, it was because he had little exposure and experience, and was unable to apply the image created in art to reality.
Yu Shu nodded: "Well, I've never seen a Taoist priest in real life. Although you are the first one, you look quite modern. I'm surprised."
A clear but fleeting smile flashed across Jiang Yu's eyes. "That was just the director's imagination of the Taoist priest, but it wasn't entirely wrong."
What the film and television works say is not wrong. He had been practicing with his master before he was sixteen years old. Later, at the request of his master, he entered the world to hone himself. This village was discovered shortly after he entered the world, but he was unable to solve it at that time, so he remembered it for so long.
Yu Shu was a little confused but didn't care. What happened to Jiang Yu was Jiang Yu's business. Maybe they could become friends who liked each other's posts in the circle of friends later, but they were originally people with two different paths and only had some intersection during this period of time.
Around ten o'clock, Jiang Yu woke up Yu Shu, who had just fallen asleep, and dragged him out of the door.
The night sky outside was so dark that it seemed distorted. The stars were hidden behind the clouds. The moon's faint white light was exceptionally clear, and it reflected slightly on the solidified chicken blood.
Jiang Yu picked up his cell phone and took a picture of the ground. After recognizing the stone he had used as a mark during the day, he called Yu Shu to knock the sharpened and punched bamboo tube he had prepared onto the marked point.
The mud and sand on the surface rolled around when the wind blew, and it seemed easy to hammer the bamboo tube in, but the soil underneath was actually dry and hard, and it was still difficult even if one end was sharpened as an aid.
"The ground here is as hard as rock. No wonder those guys had to carry water to water the ground during the day." Yu Shu muttered softly, "Let's go get some water."
"If you pour water on it, the chicken blood will be diluted." Jiang Yu handed the phone to Yu Shu: "Hold it steady, I'll do it."
Yu Shu put down the stone in his hand, took the mobile phone and used it as a human stand, thinking to himself how much strength you can have. The pain you get if you fall on this ground is almost the same as if you fall on concrete.
Jiang Yu picked up a stone and knocked it hard. After a clean and sharp thud, the bamboo tube opened slightly, but it was already embedded in the ground almost a whole section.
Yu Shu's eyes widened, rubbing as if he were seeing things. Jiang Yu was about the same size as him, without any exaggerated muscles, but he had indeed hammered the bamboo tube straight in with a single blow of the stone. His lips moved, wanting to speak, but he was so lost in astonishment that he couldn't form any words. Only one thought remained in his mind: Jiang Yu's strength was so great that he could split a brick with his bare hands, right?!
Jiang Yu urged, raised his chin and looked in another direction, indicating Yu Shu to go to the next marked point to light it.
"Doesn't your hand hurt?" Yu Shu asked out of habit. He worked in the medical field and paid close attention to his physical condition. From a medical perspective, if he hadn't used the right technique, he would have injured his wrist and tendons.
Jiang Yu shook his head in denial.
Yu Shu narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiang Yu's wrist for two or three seconds before looking away.
"Move forward a little. See that gray-blue pebble that looks like a water droplet?" Yu Shu's lighting position was a little off, so Jiang Yu directed.
Yu Shu bent down but couldn't see the gray-blue teardrop-shaped stone Jiang Yu was talking about. Jiang Yu stretched out his long legs and pointed at the exact location on the ground, asking him to move the light source to the upper right. He was stunned for a moment, then saw a stone the size of a pinky fingernail. He was curious how Jiang Yu could remember the specific location of such a small stone.
Jiang Yu grabbed the stone and raised his arm. His biceps were bulging and his veins were protruding. It seemed as if this arm could tear a hole in the darkness. Under the cold light of the mobile phone, a surging sense of power was about to burst out.
With a flick of his hand, the stones fell, and the five bamboo tubes behind were nailed into the ground one by one smoothly.
Jiang Yu glanced at Yu Shu's light-colored clothes and snatched the bucket full of chicken blood. He didn't care whether his hands were stained with chicken blood or not. He held the edge of the bucket with one hand and supported the bottom of the bucket with the other hand, and slowly poured it into the bamboo tube.
The weather was hot, and the chicken blood, which had been left out for an afternoon, was no longer as fresh, but the fishy smell was still so strong. Yu Shu sniffed, and his occupational disease made him almost unconsciously judge that the chicken blood on the surface had already begun to rot.
Jiang Yu moved quickly. After finishing, he grabbed a handful of sand to absorb the blood on his hand, and reached into his pocket with his other clean hand, as if looking for something.
Yu Shu handed the phone back to Jiang Yu, then took his hand and examined it. His slightly drooping eyelashes fluttered gently in the night breeze, and his serious eyes were professional yet gentle. He felt the muscles and bones of Jiang Yu's wrist, but felt nothing. He applied a little more pressure and pinched the wrist bone.
Jiang Yu looked at Yu Shu's focused expression and felt the warmth coming from his wrist. He seemed to see a young doctor in a white coat examining him.
After Yu Shu checked and confirmed that Jiang Yu had used his strength skillfully and his wrist was not injured, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why are you so nervous? I will definitely pay attention to safety." Without the light from the mobile phone, Jiang Yu's expression became blurred in the night, but there was a hint of joy in his words, and his tone was a little lighter.
"Who knows you? You exert such a terrifying force. I'm glad you're okay."
Yu Shu looked at the six bamboo tubes that were almost hidden in the night, with complicated emotions. Could bamboo tubes and chicken blood alone be effective? He always felt that it was unreasonable to break the so-called evil spirit so easily.
Jiang Yu seemed to be in a good mood: "After the chicken blood has seeped into the soil, the bamboo tubes have been removed and the scene has been cleaned up, we can go back to sleep."
Yu Shu nodded.
"Hiss." Jiang Yu took his hand out of his pocket.
Yu Shu quickly came over and asked, "What's wrong with your hand?"
"Maybe I didn't pay attention and got a thorn stuck in the palm of my hand." Jiang Yu said seriously.
Yu Shu reached out to grab Jiang Yu's hand when he was pricked. It was like being exposed to static electricity. It didn't hurt much, but it was too sudden and scared him who was caught off guard.
Jiang Yu quickly grabbed Yu Shu's hand and pulled him to the bamboo tube.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" Yu Shu was still wondering what that static-like thing was when he was pulled away.
Jiang Yu pinched his fingers slightly, and he could feel the heat and a faint moist liquid on his fingers.
"Don't make a fuss, your blood is the most important thing." Jiang Yu's voice turned cold.
Indeed, simply relying on a little chicken blood can only suppress, that is, reduce the frequency of the descendants of those buried in the White Tiger Broken Waist Land encountering difficulties. If you want to solve it completely, an indispensable item is the blood of a person with pure Yin in his horoscope as the key to breaking the evil.
Those whose Bazi are pure Yin have pure Yin energy and spiritual energy, which has the function of diluting and refining evil spirits. However, the blood cannot be donated voluntarily. The blood donated unconsciously due to injury has the best and most foolproof effect.
That's why Jiang Yu pretended to have his hand injured so that Yu Shu could see it, and then took the opportunity to pierce his finger.
Yu Shu sighed and cursed, "Why didn't you tell me in advance?" He didn't know that his horoscope had a special pure Yin constitution, he just thought that because he was related to his grandfather, his blood was important.
"It's no use saying it."
As the last bamboo tube dripped with blood, Yu Shu's heart was filled with a strong sense of unreality. He really felt something different. The insects and ants crawling in his lungs disappeared, he no longer felt numbness in his breath and dizziness, and the invisible stone pressing on his head was nowhere to be found.
He took a deep breath and looked at Jiang Yu carefully, from head to toe.
This little boy in his early twenties has real skills.
The next day, Yu Shu and Jiang Yu both had very obvious bruises under their eyes, as if they had been punched hard twice.
Jiang Yu didn't want to get involved in other people's household affairs. After breakfast, he planned to go back and take a nap. He smiled at Yu Huan who was packing up.
"Did you two have insomnia last night?" Yu Huan was cleaning up the things that he had packed but had not had time to throw away.
Jiang Yu said, "That's about it. I'll go back to sleep for a while. Call me if you need anything." He said that and went upstairs without waiting for Huan to reply.
Yu Shu yawned and replied, "Are we throwing all of this away?"
Yu Huan nodded: "Well, it's useless for me to keep it. By the way, brother, do you really not want the money grandpa left you?"
"No, we agreed at that time that I don't want anything if you let me go." Yu Shu raised the corners of his mouth and smiled lightly, his dimples making him look younger and gentler.
Yu Shu didn't feel bad. Back then, he and his brother both wanted to leave the village and see the bigger, more prosperous city, but his grandfather wouldn't agree. After much persuasion, only one of them agreed. He had to pay the price for his choice. There were gains and losses. He had taken away his brother's chance to see the world, so he had to keep his promise. Even if the loan made his life even more difficult due to unemployment, it was no excuse for him to break his promise.
Yu Huan understood his brother's smile and said nothing more.
"What is this?" Yu Shu was attracted by the notebook that Yu Huan picked up casually. The leather cover was well maintained and almost unworn, but it was severely faded and had been there for many years.
"I don't know because I haven't opened it. Most of the things have been taken away by my uncles, aunts and cousins. There's no use keeping these left, so I plan to burn them." Yu Huan shook his head.
Yu Shu took the book and opened the cover. The musty smell almost made him vomit his breakfast. He quickly took the book away to dissipate the smell.
"Aunt Lian did take a pair of gold flower earrings and a gold bracelet. She said she would wear the gold earrings herself and leave the gold bracelet to her daughter-in-law. What a pity." Yu Huan muttered.
Yu Shu's body stiffened when he heard this, his heart beat heavily, and his pupils dilated and then contracted.
The first day he came back, he saw the eye-catching pair of golden flower earrings on Li Cailian's ears.
The cause of my grandfather's death was unclear. Aunt Lian died mysteriously a few days after taking my grandfather's belongings.
Yu Shu had a hunch that his grandfather had something to do with the resentment in the village.
But he didn't say it, he didn't dare to say it.
Yu Shu pretended to be nonchalant and replied to Yu Huan with a casual "hmm": "Let me help you clear out this pile of stuff. It's so huge."
"No need, the fever will be over soon. You have dark circles under your eyes, go back to sleep for a while." Yu Huan slapped Yu Shu's hand away.
Only when the smell of the book had almost dissipated did Yu Shu pick it up and open it again.
It was a photo album he had never seen before, and it had not been flipped through for a long time, so it was covered with dust.
The first few photos are of an underdeveloped village. In the black and white photos, you can still see that the walls of the houses are very rough, but when you flip through the photos, it suddenly becomes a new house with a separate courtyard. The village scenery is completely new and it is completely different from before. If it were not for some iconic geographical locations, it would be impossible to imagine that it is the same place.
Yu Shu pinched his nose to suppress the musty smell and continued to flip through the pages.
He turned to the fifth page and saw a very familiar figure.
The girl was wearing a student uniform from the 1980s and 1990s, with short hair and a pair of embroidered shoes.
It was the girl I met at the old house in the west village...
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