White Bone Monkey King

There were several middle-aged couples crying loudly at the entrance of the village, holding unconscious children in their arms.

I stood and listened for a while. It turned out that there were three families in the village whose children had not returned home before nightfall. The adults went out to look for them and saw three children lying unconscious at a fork in the road outside the village. Their bodies were sweating all the time and they screamed no matter what. Unable to wake him up, the anxious adults carried the child back to the village.

Some villagers said that maybe the child was playful and looked for a place to fall asleep when he was tired. He accidentally suffered from heatstroke, so his body became cold and he fell into a coma.

The villagers held torches and accompanied several adults to find the village chief's only doctor. As a result, the doctor tried his best to wake up the three unconscious children.

Some villagers who were onlookers asked whether the children were playful and had caused something dirty. Several peasant women burst into tears and asked their men to go find the corpse stitcher.

Two Taoist priests, Jin An and the old Taoist priest, were standing outside the doctor's house, but the villagers did not ask for help from the two men and continued to go to the corpse stitcher's house to ask for the corpse stitcher.

Perhaps in the eyes of these villagers, they subconsciously believe that corpse stitchers from the same village and clan are more trustworthy.

Xicai Village is not big, and there are only a few neighbors, so they quickly hired a corpse stitcher.

The corpse stitcher carrying a small medicine box was surprised when he saw Jin An and the old Taoist priest were there. After nodding and saying hello, he entered the house to treat the child.

Also coming with the corpse stitcher were Uncle Wang, Master Xu and others.

After examining the child's body, the corpse maker said: "It's okay. It's just that the evil spirit entered the body and the Yang fire was weak. In addition, the frightened soul has not yet recovered, so it fell into a coma. Please take some soju and give the child a full body massage." Massage a few times, then use glutinous rice water to massage the child a few times, and the child will wake up soon."

In order to allay parents' doubts, the corpse maker patiently explained that wine can promote blood circulation, induce sweating, relieve depression and disperse qi, and has miraculous effects on evil spirits entering the body. Glutinous rice is a Yang Qi grain, which has the effect of replenishing Qi, removing toxins and driving away dampness and cold. The combination of the two can promote blood circulation, disperse qi, and strengthen yang and replenish qi. People have three yang fires. If the three yang fires are strong, they will be immune to all diseases and strong.

Several parents of the children hurriedly followed the instructions.

Sure enough, the three children woke up quickly. As soon as they woke up, they looked pale and cried loudly.

The corpse stitcher said: "Don't be nervous, let the children cry. When people cry, it means that the Yang soul that was frightened and lost is back."

This shows professionalism.

The charlatan will only make people drink talisman water of unknown origin, while the corpse stitcher treats evil diseases through medical skills and pharmacology.

After seeing the corpse-sewer's ability to ward off evil spirits, Uncle Wang, Mr. Xu and others couldn't help but look at the corpse-sewer with respect. They all regarded the corpse-sewist as an outsider who was anonymous and did not seek fame.

"I didn't expect that Master Cai is not only good at sewing corpses, he is also proficient in exorcism and warding off evil spirits. Xu's eyes were opened today and he is deeply impressed." Mr. Xu said with clasped fists in admiration.

The corpse stitcher said modestly: "I'm not as powerful as Mr. Xu said, but these kids are lucky enough that the evil spirit doesn't penetrate deeply into their bodies, and they happen to know some cure methods. If the evil spirit enters the body a little more, I will be helpless." When the time comes, we will have to ask Taoist priests Jin An and Chen to rescue the children."

"Taoist priests Jin An and Chen came from Zhengyiyi. Zhengyiyi's best skill is drawing talismans and killing demons."

If you have never seen a corpse stitcher dig up graves, steal corpses, and sew the corpses of criminals wanted by the court, you will most likely be deceived by the humble face of the corpse stitcher.

After the children had finished crying, vented their inner fears, and stabilized their minds, the adults began to ask what happened.

Through the intermittent narration of several children, everyone quickly learned what happened.

Several children met during the day to dig some mountain fungi in the mountains. They found that there were a lot of mountain fungi in one area. The three of them were so focused on digging for mountain fungi that they didn't notice that they had gone deep into the mountains.

Suddenly, Da Mao stepped on the grass and fell down the hillside. The children woke up and quickly found a place to go down the hillside to rescue people.

Fortunately, there were thick bushes in the mountains, and apart from some scratches on the skin, the three children were not seriously injured. After such a scare, the three children decided to go home.

As a result, they couldn't get out of the mountain. The more anxious they became, the more they couldn't get out. The three of them got lost in the mountain.

Only then did they notice that the location they were in was on the shady side of the mountain, covered by old trees and unable to see the sun all day long. Their bodies felt slightly chilly. They wanted to rely on the position of the sun to determine their direction but could not see the sun.

The three of them were so frightened that they cried loudly and began to complain to each other. As for the fungi in their arms, they had long since disappeared.

After crying for a while, the three friends supported each other and continued to look for a way out of the mountain. I don’t know how long they walked, but they still didn’t get out of the mountain. Instead, the sky became darker and darker, and they began to gradually lose sight of the surrounding environment.

Just when the three of them were scared to cry again and kept calling for their parents, they heard the lively sounds of opera singers. After being lost in the mountains for a day, they finally heard the voices of people. They all thought they had finally found the way out of the mountains and immediately ran away excitedly. past.

In fact, they did not find a way out of the mountain, but found a village built deep in the mountains and old forests.

There is a temple in the village. A theatrical troupe has been set up in front of the temple and is singing a big opera. Many villagers are sitting in front of the stage watching the opera.

The children in the mountain village had never seen such a lively scene before. They were all attracted to the stage and sat in a corner to watch the show intently. Just as the three of them were watching in ecstasy, Da Mao, who had scratched his skin due to stepping in the air, felt a heartbreaking pain from the wound. It was the sweat that stimulated the wound, which brought Da Mao back to his senses.

At this time, Da Mao finally noticed something strange about this village. The villagers who were watching the theater were too quiet, and their bodies were sitting stiffly and upright, motionless.

Da Mao secretly looked up and turned pale with fright. The villagers' faces were gray and expressionless, and they didn't look like living people at first glance.

Da Mao was so frightened that he woke up his companions and quietly left the village. After walking out of the village, Da Mao breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to look back at the village behind him. Suddenly, an anxious voice came from his ears, anxiously reproaching Da Mao for why they came to the old village. .

Damao was surprised to find that the person calling him was his grandma who had been missing for several years. Her grandma went into the mountains to collect medicine and disappeared a few years ago. The adults also went into the mountains several times to look for her, but they could never find her.

Without thinking, Da Mao hugged his grandma and burst into tears. When grandma was still there, she was the person who loved him the most. Now that he saw her again, he cried out all his fears, grievances and longings.

Grandma is still so kind and hasn't changed at all. She keeps comforting the three lost children and then leads them out of the mountain.

Halfway through the walk, grandma suddenly said that she had left something in the mountains. She pointed out the way to the children and asked them to keep their heads on the road. No matter what they heard or saw along the way, they should not look back. She would soon follow. Come up, and after saying that, he hurried back to the mountain.

The three children walked along the path pointed by the old man, and as expected they walked out of the mountain. It was already dark by this time.

Seeing that the old man did not come out, the three of them forgot what the old man said and looked back at the dark mountains behind them.

Then I can't remember what happened next.

When he woke up he was already in the village.

After listening to the children's description, the faces of the villagers in Xicai Village changed collectively: "Have you really seen the old village?"

"Da Mao, your grandma really showed up in the old village?"

Jin An, the old Taoist priest and other people from outside the village looked curiously at the reactions of the villagers of Xicai Village. What happened to the old village? Why did the villagers of Xicai Village become so nervous when they talked about the old village?

Old village? Could it be that Xicai Village was moved once?

At this time, all the villagers in Xicai Village looked horrified, their eyes were frightened, and they were afraid. Although these villagers deliberately avoided people from other villages and spoke in low voices, Jin An still heard the words that the seal was broken.

Everyone has their own secrets. These Xicai villagers are unwilling to tell them, and it is inconvenient for people from other villages to inquire.

As the children woke up, everyone dispersed, but tonight there seemed to be an invisible deep haze hanging over Xicai Village, and fear and uneasiness could be seen on the faces of the villagers.

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After everyone followed the corpse stitcher back to their residence, it didn't take long for them to turn off the lights and rest. Xicai Village, where the lights were turned off, was completely silent, dark and quiet.

Just after midnight, Xicai Village was awakened by noise again in the second half of the night, and there was a faster knock on the door of the body-sewer's house.

Everyone in the room was woken up.

When I opened the door, I saw the parents of Da Mao's three children. Their eyes were red and they were crying anxiously, saying that their children were lost and Da Mao was missing.

"He must have been seduced by the old village!"

"Please Mr. Cai, please help us find Da Mao. We only have Da Mao in our family. If Da Mao is gone, I, the mother, will not be able to live anymore!"

The mother-in-law sat on the ground in grief and cried loudly. The adults from the other two families also cried loudly, begging the corpse stitcher to save their children.

The corpse stitcher looked embarrassed and did not agree immediately. Instead, he went to help several family members get up.

But the corpse stitcher refused, and the three families refused to get up. They sat on the ground and cried loudly, begging the corpse stitcher to save the three children.

"You guys also know that the matter in Houcun is not trivial. This matter needs to be discussed carefully." The corpse stitcher was embarrassed.

The parents of the three families saw Jin An and the old Taoist priest coming out and knelt down to ask for help.

Jin An and the old Taoist priest frowned and helped the villagers up, then looked at the corpse stitcher and asked what was going on in the old village?

The corpse stitcher hesitated again and again, then sighed and said, "The old village is the ancestral home of Xicai Village, but it is also an unknown place. Many strange things happened in those years, and the ancestors had no choice but to move out of the village."

"Old man, I have a heartfelt request. I hope to ask Taoist priests Jin An and Chen to help me and accompany me into the mountains to find the three lost children."

The old Taoist priest did not speak, but turned to look at Jin An. He always relied on Jin An when making major decisions.

Jin An looked at the grief-stricken parents of the children who were crying, then looked at the corpse stitcher Cai Xu, and nodded in agreement.

The corpse stitcher was overjoyed: "Great, it's important to save people. I'll go into the house and take the guy who's eating, and we'll go into the mountains overnight to look for the children!"