After going upstairs and putting all the talismans that had been drawn and stored at home into his bag, Gu Zhisang went downstairs again.
Zheng Ruyu was standing by the tree and talking to his superior on the phone. When he saw her coming down, he glanced at her backpack and said:
"Miss Gu, please wait a moment. A special car has been sent to pick you up and will take you to the airport soon. We are already arranging a temporary ticket for you."
"Don't bother. It's too slow."
Gu Zhisang shook his head and said, "Tell me what the disappearance of people is first."
Zheng Ruyu was stunned for a moment, and said, "It's like this. The people of that generation in the southwest of Hunan Province are quite special. The person in charge of the branch of the Spirit Group there is a colleague of the Miao ethnic group, who is a descendant of the ancient village."
Hunan Province has been a very mysterious region since ancient times.
The methods and techniques of the Taoist scholars in that area were completely opposite to the yang, righteousness and strength advocated by orthodox Buddhism and Taoism. They mostly made use of yin energy and raised poisonous insects.
The most famous of these are "corpse driving" and "poisoning".
More than a hundred years ago, the Taoist masters who came out of Hunan Province were very ostracized. People thought they were not decent people but evil.
Because of this, the relationship between the hermit scholars in Hunan Province and the Xuanmen is not good, and they have never accepted the discipline of the Xuanmen. They are one of the few factions in Xia Kingdom that dare to confront the Xuanmen.
After the country established the spiritual group, it had friendly exchanges with the Xuanmen faction in Hunan Province and jointly controlled the local area. The head of the branch was also a famous "Great Witch" of the Wujiang lineage, and had a good relationship with Zheng Ruyu.
Zheng Ruyu: "Around 3 o'clock this afternoon, the first missing person report was made in a city on the edge of Hunan Province. According to eyewitnesses, the two girls who were abducted looked to be only 15 or 16 years old. They were probably two students who were out shopping on holiday. Suddenly, a dark figure rushed out from the alley and abducted the two people. It happened so fast and so suddenly that no one could take a picture of the figure."
"According to eyewitnesses, the creature looked like a very strong adult male. At first glance, it seemed to be covered in hair and it was unknown whether it was wearing any clothes. After receiving the report, the local police did not think it was a special incident but a common kidnapping case. They checked the surrounding surveillance and mobilized police forces to carry out the arrest."
"Who would have thought that just over an hour later, another street robbery broke out in the neighboring city. The kidnapped person was a six-year-old boy. This time, many people saw something that looked like a monster and moved at an inhuman speed, which caused some panic..."
By this time, the local police department had already noticed that something was wrong.
Because of the prevalence of local customs, they were more or less aware of the existence of the special department, so they reported the two cases to the Hunan Provincial Spiritual Group.
The person in charge of the branch is a descendant of the Miao people. Among the older generation he knows, there are "corpse raisers" and "corpse drivers". After checking the surveillance footage, he discovered that the thing that broke into the city was actually a zombie of a fairly high level!
It's the hairy zombie that the Spirit Team just issued a wanted notice for.
She immediately contacted the headquarters, and the spiritual team then determined the exact location of the Feng Shui master.
As of just now, a total of 4 women and 6 men have been missing around Hunan Province.
The females were almost all between twelve and sixteen years old, while the males were between five and eight years old.
Among the missing people, there was a young girl who was abducted from the vicinity of the ancient village. She was the descendant of the "witch" in the village and was abducted by a hairy zombie while she was collecting herbs on the top of the mountain. Also appearing at the edge of the ancient village was the missing Feng Shui master.
He injured the "great witch" beside the girl and fled into the mountains with the hairy zombie.
According to the "great wizard" who escaped death, the Feng Shui master was carrying a black coffin more than one meter high on his back, which did not look like the size of an adult coffin.
Moreover, the hairy zombie beside him was clearly a corpse that had not been refined, but for some reason it was very obedient to the Feng Shui master's words.
Hearing this, Gu Zhisang frowned, and she nodded and said, "I understand the situation. I'll go over now."
Zheng Ruyu was just wondering how she was going to get through when her eyes widened and she was so shocked by the scene in front of her that she was speechless.
Gu Zhisang stomped the ground under her feet with a calm face, and the aura around her changed instantly. The next second, a tall and dark ghost gate rose from the ground and appeared behind her out of thin air.
The negative energy of the underworld overflowed from the ghost gate, causing the surrounding temperature to drop instantly, making Gu Zhisang look like a Shura in the underworld.
Zheng Ruyu stammered: "This, this is... the ghost gate?!"
Gu Zhisang nodded, walked closer to the ghost gate, and seeing that she was still in a daze, he asked in confusion: "Why don't you come over? It will be faster this way."
Zheng Ruyu: ...
"No, I have to stay in Rongcheng and can't leave. I originally arranged for a few team members to go with you, and planned to let you meet at the airport."
Of course she knew it was so fast, this was the legendary ghost gate!!
The Ghost Gate is the medium connecting the Yin and Yang worlds.
It can appear in any corner, and generally only the underworld's evil spirits have the ability to open the ghost gate at will.
There are also Xuanmen masters with sharp spiritual perception and pure yin attributes who are chosen to be the Ghost Gate, but opening the Ghost Gate consumes their energy, and secondly, only souls can travel through the Ghost Gate.
Zheng Ruyu had never heard of anyone who could summon the ghost gate with a wave of his hand and enter with a physical body.
Who on earth is this Gu Zhisang? !
After Gu Zhisang found out the location where Mao Jiang last appeared, he waved his hand to Zheng Ruyu and said:
"No need for companions, I'll go ahead. If you have any questions, please call me."
As she spoke, she plunged into the ghost gate, allowing the dark energy in the gate to swallow her.
Zheng Ruyu was still in shock and unable to recover until the ghost gate disappeared and the surroundings returned to peace.
She called her superior and told him what had just happened. The person on the other end of the phone was obviously a little shocked, and after a while he said:
"This Gu Zhisang is not simple. Don't make enemies with her. You must pull her into the spirit group."
——
At the intersection of Huangquan Road, a bull with a steel fork on his shoulder was chewing on the Yinsha grass beside the Sanzu River. He was bored and watching the ghosts moving slowly forward on Huangquan Road, sighing roughly.
The little ghost at the side flattered: "Why are you sighing, sir? If there is anything that makes you uncomfortable, let me share your worries."
"Go farther away and don't interfere with my supervision."
The bull stared with impatience.
There are no contestants to follow and no shows to watch. How can a little ghost help it solve this problem?
Although the technical ghosts in the King of Hell's Palace are quite efficient and have introduced some skits from the mortal world into the underworld, the response has been mediocre.
Most of the ghosts are counting the days with their fingers, waiting for the release of the new episode of "Spiritual Affairs".
Niu Tou took out the new Tiandi brand mobile phone that the little ghost had just presented to him, and sighed again. The new show would not start until one day later, and he couldn't wait to see Sangsang.
After turning off the screen, Niu Tou raised his eyes and saw a familiar figure appear at the Huangquan intersection.
Bullhead:? ! !
"Sang...Gu Zhisang?"
Hearing his name, Gu Zhisang Niutou glanced at Niutou and nodded to it, "Master Yincha, I have something to ask for help from the underworld."
After saying this, she flashed and disappeared at the Huangquan intersection.
Niutou, who was eager to talk to his favorite contestant, disappeared before he could even start talking. He could not help but beat his chest and stamp his feet, feeling even more depressed.
Soon the news that Gu Zhisang appeared in Huangquan and borrowed a road from the underworld spread throughout the underworld. Even though many ghosts knew that she was gone, they still swarmed to the Huangquan intersection, trying to see if they could ambush her.
…
In western Hunan Province, at the foot of a mountain
Faint ripples appeared in the empty air, and a spooky ghost door suddenly appeared.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Zhisang, the new top figure in the underworld, walked out.
She held a compass in her hand and looked around after stepping out of the ghost gate. She frowned slightly as she looked at the mountains not far away.
This is Fubai Mountain in western Hunan Province. Most of the people living at the foot of the mountain and halfway up the mountain are Miao people. According to the news received by the Spirit Group, the last place where the Feng Shui master and the Mao Jiang appeared was here. The descendants of the "witch" who abducted the ancient Miao village have fled into the mountains again.
Because there were no objects related to the two, nor anything that carried their scent, it was difficult for Gu Zhisang to accurately locate their position in the mountains.
Fortunately, the Ling Group officially notified the head of the Hunan branch in advance. Ten minutes later, a young Miao woman wearing Miao clothes and silver ornaments on her head and neck met Gu Zhisang.
She had a slightly round face, cute features, plump cheeks, and not very fair skin with a healthy blush.
She was wearing flat embroidered cloth shoes, but she was half a head taller than Gu Zhisang, probably over 1.75 meters tall.
The first time she saw Gu Zhisang, she was amazed, then stepped forward and shook her hand, saying, "Ms. Gu Zhisang? Thank you for coming to help us with the case."
"My name is Ge Liao Chan. You can call me Chan Nu like everyone else in the tribe."
Ge Liao is one of the twelve major surnames of the Miao nationality. Nowadays, there are not many Miao people who still retain this ancient surname, and only the Wujiang lineage has passed it down from generation to generation.
After a brief greeting, Ge Liaochan handed her a headscarf embroidered with patterns and said:
"The missing little 'witch' is my distant descendant. This is the headscarf she used to wear. I brought it to you. I hope it will be of some use in finding her."
After Gu Zhisang took it, she carefully felt the scent on the headscarf. After searching, she found a strand of hair. After twisting it up, she said:
"It's much easier to find with this."
She pinched a cluster of spiritual fire and set her hair on fire, and a faint smell of burning egg white emanated.
指腹摩擦着燃烧后的发丝黑灰，顾之桑抬头看向前方高耸的伏白山道：“人还在山里，我进去看看。”
仡辽蝉忙道：“要不我跟你一起去吧？那贼人身边有毛僵，我怕你一个人对付不过来，况且我也不放心让你独自涉险。你放心我常年跋山涉水，体力很好脚程也快，不会拖你后腿的！”
自从听说族里小辈被捉，她就又怒又心焦。
但她所擅长的是养蛊，对寻人搜索一事一窍不通。
那可恶的贼人又用不知什么手法，掩盖了自己和其他人身上的气味，普通的警署犬类在这种特殊事件上也派不上用场。
顾之桑本想拒绝，她不习惯和他人同行；
但仡辽蝉一个比她还高、年龄或许要长些的女孩子，极其自来熟地软言哀求，一双黑汪汪的眼睛直直盯着自己。
到嘴的拒绝就变成了‘随便你’。
仡辽蝉露出笑脸：“好耶！我怎么称呼你？桑桑？之桑？”
“桑桑你是用这个罗盘定位那贼人的位置的吗？说实话你们中原那边的玄师用的法器都太难懂了，要不是我养的蛊里没有擅长定位的，我早就杀进山里把那贼匪抓了！竟然敢动我们寨子里的人，还抓了那么多老百姓……”
仡辽蝉比顾之桑想得还能聊，两人速度很快，一路从伏白山的脚下到了半山腰。
期间她们还碰到了一些苗寨的汉子妇女，个个面色严肃，都是在山间寻找失踪族人的。
看到仡辽蝉和她身边的顾之桑，用苗家话招呼着：
“蝉女，你带外人回来了？”
“阿姆你回去吧，这个妹妹是来帮忙找嗒哒的。”仡辽蝉回道。
顾之桑将那失踪‘巫女’的发末撒了一点在罗盘指针上，随着指针微微漂移，她也跟着转变方向。
当走到某一处松竹林时，她忽然停住了脚步。
掌心中的罗盘指针已经不动了。
感受着林间的风和气流，顾之桑的眸中浮现出凝色。
她不动声色按住了身后仡辽蝉的手臂，压低了声音：“能自保么？”
仡辽蝉神情一肃，娃娃脸看着颇有气势，“不仅能自保，宰人也可以，是有什么发现么？”
“就在这里。”顾之桑语气笃定，“头发的主人气息到此便停止了，我能感觉到她还活着，但是……”
她黝黑的瞳仁中沁着冷意，“空气中有血腥气味，虽然那人用风水阵势掩盖了气味和四周的实景，但瞒不过我的感官。他和那只毛僵应该在就在阵法之内，我现在破阵，你小心被偷袭。”
听到有血腥味，仡辽蝉瞳孔微缩，不免带了怒意。
要知道那贼人可是掳走了十个人质！
就怕他们已经出了什么好歹……
得知逃窜的风水师和毛僵就在周围，仡辽蝉浑身戒备，看着四周风过叶动，都觉得像是随时扑上来的毛僵。
她眼角的余光看到某棵树上的挂着的点点红痕，忽然顿住，仔细观察后发现，那确实是一段绑在枝叶尖尖头的红绳缎！
仡辽蝉的神情逐渐变得严肃起来，声音咬牙切齿，“桑桑，你说那混蛋要在这个地方搞事情？”
顾之桑：“怎么了？”
“我突然想起来再往前不远处，有一片的废弃的石林，这里是附近村寨里的‘蛊婆’和‘巫师’才知道的地方，非常隐蔽，并且对苗家有特殊意义。”
“你看到右边那棵树的斜上方了吗，我才发现那枝头上面系了一段红绳。”
顾之桑顺着仡辽蝉说的方向瞧了几眼，果然在沙沙作响的林荫间看到了影影绰绰的红痕，“那是什么？”
“那是‘寄胎绳’，是苗家特有的一种术数。”
'寄胎术’顾名思义，和胎儿有关。
在苗疆寨子里，新妇怀孕后一般也不能不干活，只在家中家中躺着养胎，但山林间碎石多、容易滑坡，一旦摔跤或是被家畜冲撞就很容易流产。
为此寨子里的经验丰富的老‘蛊婆’们，会用祖宗传下来的‘寄胎术’给孕妇保胎。
仡辽蝉说：“我见过我师父给别人寄胎，用的就是这种红绳。”
她记忆中，来找师父寄胎的苗女是个很腼腆的乡亲，当时才怀孕一个多月。
师父为此做法烧香，将提前剪好的桃符和麻线一并烧成灰，放在碗中冲了一碗符水，让那个怀孕的苗女喝了下去。
而后她将一段红绳剪成两半，一半用来包裹药袋，药袋里面要装桃叶、符箓之类的戴在孕妇身上，除了洗澡不能离身。
另一半红绳就作为寄胎的媒介，绑在寄存的物体上。
在苗寨，一般肚子里的胎儿到四五十时就可以寄胎了。
'蛊婆’会先用手掌在孕妇的腹部反复揉搓，这是在把胎儿的魂胎抽出来，再寄托在一个比较稳固的物体上，用红绳绑上，如石柱、房屋或是大树上。
胎象稳固的孕妇寄胎一次就成，若是不稳固的、身体弱的孕妇，每隔两三个月还要去找‘蛊婆’安胎一次，直到胎儿在腹中成长到8个月时，再去找寄胎的‘蛊婆’取回魂胎，把养成的孩子放回孕妇的肚子里；
不然胎儿就算足月，也不会生下来、或生出一个死胎。
仡辽蝉看着叶尖的红绳抿唇道：“像那个寄胎，一定是孕妇家中的人没有礼遇‘蛊婆’、不恭敬，又或是找的‘蛊婆’心不善故意使坏，你看红绳寄胎的位置是在枝头，一点都不稳固。”
“如果有风刮过带动枝头上的红绳飘**，孕妇肚子里的孩子也会不安稳，让孕妇日夜抽痛，长此以往反而容易流胎！”
“但这只是个例，我看到这寄胎绳忽然想起来我师父当年给人寄胎的时候，就是把绳缎系在不远处的石林中的，她说那里的山气好对胎儿好，凡是做法寄胎的‘蛊婆’首选地就是这里！”
“你说那个贼人，他把毛僵引来这附近能安好心吗？！”
顾之桑冷笑一声，“自然不可能，你退后两步，我即刻破阵。”
说着，她掏出一盒黑白棋子，两指并夹向固定的方位抛去。
那一枚枚棋子竟像飞镖似得旋出很远，明明落在的空地上，却像是打中了屏障一般，让周围的空气都泛起涟漪。
看到这一幕的仡辽蝉从怀中掏出一个金色小盅，指尖快速而有律动地轻轻敲击着金盅外壳，像是在唤醒某种生物。“果然有阵法！”
当抛出第三枚棋子时，四周的竹林已经隐隐开始变换了；
这是最表层的障眼法已经被顾之桑破开。
她的脚步开始挪动，一边将棋子打在破阵点，一边走步。
仡辽蝉只能看到她每一步都走得很有韵律，落脚时周围的空气都会颤上一颤，却不知其中凶险！
能在高家寥寥几笔便布下双重凶阵的风水师，又怎是等闲之辈？
他在林中布下的阵法中内含《奇门遁甲》术，并且术数极精、十分复杂，是以‘天地人神’四大盘交错变换布下的阵法。
《奇门遁甲》的‘人盘’□□有八门：休生伤杜景死惊开。
那风水师以‘天盘’的天冲星、天芮星为幌子，又以‘地盘’八卦变化逆转门数，让生变为死，好变为坏，若是寻常的玄师一旦进入此阵，就会被表面上的生门所迷惑，直接踏入死门中被活活绞杀！
他本人对自己的布阵水平也是极其自信，在暗处看着顾之桑踏入阵法后，脸上露出了扭曲自得的笑容。
仿佛他已经看到了顾之桑踏入死门、命丧黄泉的模样。
布袍男人摸着身后的漆黑棺椁，面露慈色，“吾儿，父亲马上就能给你报仇了。你若是能吃了那个女人，一定能进阶至‘不化骨’……”
然而他话还没说完，神情便骤变，猛地弹跳起身往旁边狼狈滚去。
一枚漆黑棋子带着锐气，擦着他的脸颊‘砰’地砸入他刚刚在的地面，因为躲得太过狼狈，男人连棺椁都没来得及拿。
那黑棺直接被气流震得门板裂开，一具小小的已经腐败得不成人形的尸体从中滚了出来。
□□黑紫溃烂，胸口有一个巨大空洞。
顾之桑不知什么时候破了阵，此时径直看向风水师的方向居高临下，唇角挂着一抹冷笑，“吃了我？不化骨？”
“你这白日梦倒是挺敢做的？”
“吾儿！”风水师目眦欲裂，看着棺椁中掉出的尸骨哀叫一声。
同时他心中的不甘和震惊无以言语。
这个女人！
她怎么可能破开自己的死生大阵？！
顾之桑葱白的指尖弹了下肩头的落叶，腮如覆雪，“你不会以为全天下的玄师精通《奇门遁甲》的只有你吧，生休死伤颠倒而已，班门弄斧之术处处是破绽，还给你自信起来了。”
她面无表情、甚至有些蔑视的语气，是跟着直播间黑粉学的‘不会吧不会吧……’文学。
如今看那风水师面容狰狞、气得呼吸都不顺的模样，应该效果不错。
Gu Zhisang's gaze fell on the corpse of the child that was so rotten that it could no longer be seen as a human. He then looked at the surrounding formations and environment. The corners of his lips were still curved, but his gaze and tone were extremely cold.
"So you went to so much trouble to steal so many things and capture so many innocent children as sacrifices in order to 'resurrect' your son."
After the sleight of hand of "Qi Men Dun Jia" disappeared, the scene two hundred meters away was exposed exactly as it was.
Ge Liaochan's pupils shrank, and his voice trembled: "Tada!"
In front of the vaguely visible stone forest not far away, there was an extremely sinister scene.
A large square hole was dug out on the open ground, which was estimated to be two meters long and wide. The hairy zombie was lying quietly in the pit, with a white jade finger bone half embedded in its chest.
There are six racks standing on all four sides of the pit.
Six boys aged 5 to 8 were tied to a rack, their hands and legs were tied with ropes and their mouths were sealed with tape.
There was a small round pit under their feet. Six thin tunnels were dug along the pit to connect to the big pit where the hairy zombie was lying. There was an opening for each child's arm or ankle.
The gurgling blood will overflow from the wound, drip into the hole beneath the body, and then flow into the big pit along the small tunnel.
In addition, the surrounding area was covered with strange and evil runes painted with cinnabar.
This is a very vicious blood sacrifice formation. The six little boys who were used as substitute sacrifices were similar in gender and age to the Feng Shui master's son when he was alive.
Because of the pressure of the ropes, their wounds would not be able to clot and would slowly bleed until all the blood in their bodies was drained and flowed into the hairy zombies.
Fortunately, Gu Zhisang came through the underworld, and he found him and broke the formation at an extraordinary speed. At this time, the Feng Shui master had just finished drawing the formation, and the children had only been injured for a few minutes.
Their faces were pale and their eyes were filled with tears of fear and pain.
If any other Xuan Master came, it would take a long time just to break the formation. By the time it was broken, several young and weak children would have bled to death, and the blood sacrifice of the hairy zombie would have been completed.
With the sacrifice of six boys, the hairy zombies that were already on the verge of advancement can become flying zombies in one fell swoop!
In addition to the boy who was sacrificed alive, there were four girls who were tied up and lying motionless next to the hairy zombie. One of the girls had fainted due to fright.
As soon as the flying zombie, which had sucked enough blood, opened its eyes, the first things it would bite to death would be the four girls. Then its ferocity would increase drastically!
The only girl in the pit who was still calm was wearing Miao clothing. She was the missing "witch" Ge Mi Dada.
When she heard the sound of Ge Liao Chan, her eyes lit up and she raised her head and tried to look outside the pit.
Gu Zhisang narrowed his eyes, "You are worse than a pig or a dog. It's not enough to use your own son as a substitute to ward off evil. You also want to refine his corpse into a vicious creature to bring disaster to the world on your behalf."
"If your son, who should have been reincarnated long ago, saw you in the underworld, he would probably come back to the world of the living and kill you with his own hands!"
The Feng Shui master was exposed for his false kindness and became furious, "Bitch! I'm going to kill you!"
He made a hand gesture and muttered something, then suddenly shouted, "Zombies, tear them apart for me!"
As the voice fell, the hairy zombie that had been lying quietly in the pit suddenly opened its eyes wide, and used all four limbs to jump up from the pit. Under the horrified gazes of several boys and girls, it roared and pounced towards Gu Zhisang and Ge Liaochan.
Ge Liaochan held the golden cup in both hands, and his fingertips moved faster.
There were bursts of buzzing sounds coming from the cup. She pressed the top of the cup to open the lid. A golden-red poisonous insect with wings as thin as a cicada's wing flew out of the cup. It was as big as a human palm.
The rhythm of her fingertips playing the golden cup was like a call, "Go!"
After a sound, the golden-red poisonous insect went straight to the hairy zombie.
Gu Zhisang's eyes swept across the half-submerged jade finger bones in the hairy zombie's chest and its wide-open mouth and tongue. When she saw a hint of dark red, she finally understood the purpose of this Feng Shui master stealing the master's relics from Huicheng Temple.
She hurriedly said, "Don't! There's a flesh relic under the tongue of that hairy zombie!"
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I will update 7k first, and there will be 2 more updates tomorrow during the day~ I will update enough to reach 10,000