Qingyan looked at the old lady with some surprise, "Madam, is it going to rain heavily? Is this the formation you mentioned?"
The old lady nodded, "On the first day of every sacrificial day, the formation is activated. From the outside, there is nothing, but in the village it is either pouring rain or thick black fog, or it can sweep people up into the sky. Strong wind.
At first, everyone just thought it was because the weather was bad, because God was not beautiful, and there were no good days during the festival. Later, someone went out to buy things and was delayed and did not come back. Three days later, when he came back and told us what he had seen outside, we realized that we were isolated. .
Later, the villagers who didn't know what was going on went to the village chief and after questioning, they found out the reason. So what if you know, no one can leave the village. "
Qingyan looked confused, "Why is this? Can't you take your family to live somewhere else?"
The old lady shook her head and said with a sad face: "No, no one who went out has survived for more than a year. This is the result of many villagers' experiments. My old man and eldest son are..."
She paused and then continued with some choking: "Thirteen years ago, my eldest daughter was just fifteen years old. She was the most outstanding in the whole village. I originally wanted to arrange a marriage for her in advance, so that we could Escaped the second year's sacrifice.
But there were no men of the right age in the village chief's family, and other families in the village did not dare to steal women from their ancestors for fear of being punished by being demoted. We thought about it, and finally the father and son took Yu'er and left the village.
Unexpectedly, news of their deaths came within a month! He was killed by bandits. When we went to identify the body, the body was not complete..."
She was trembling and couldn't continue.
Qingyan patted her hand and consoled her: "People cannot be resurrected. Please forgive me. By the way, when I came from Qingfeng Town yesterday, I encountered the bandits from Hutou Village being arrested by officers and soldiers. I heard that they were from the past. The remnants of the bandits here are merged together, and maybe your enemies are among them, and now they are getting retribution."
The old lady said with a confused look on her face: "What bandits from Hutou Village? My son went to Qingfeng Town yesterday, otherwise he wouldn't have met you. Why didn't you hear about him?"
"Yes, girl, I just went to Qingfeng Town yesterday to sell prey, and I didn't hear anything about the bandits from Hutou Village?"
Yin Keqin quickly walked in from outside, patted the dust on his body and said.
Qingyan was stunned, no? Her eyes flickered, and she said with some uncertainty: "Then do you know that the officers and soldiers destroyed the nearby bandit's stronghold?"
The two shook their heads, looking confused.
Qingyan had a bad guess. Could it be that she had traveled to another time? For example, more than ten years ago?
The problem now is that she doesn't know how many years she and Chou Chou were together before, so she can't determine how many years later or how many years ago it is now.
You can also ask, Qingyan said to them: "Auntie, Brother Yin, do you know which dynasty, generation and year we are in now?"
The old lady looked at her confused, not knowing why she asked.
Yin Keqin replied directly: "I don't know exactly which dynasty or generation it is now. Our place is relatively isolated, with few people coming, and few talking about national affairs.
However, when I went to town to sell game two years ago, I sold it to a trader. After chatting with him for a few words, he said that the Central Plains would soon be pacified. The Khitans were beaten out and a new people were established in Bianzhou. The dynasty was called... By the way, it was called the Song Dynasty! "
Qingyan opened her eyes wide, "Song Dynasty!?"
Yin Keqin gave her a strange look and didn't understand why she was so surprised. Normally, she came from Youzhou and should have seen more than them on the road. But now it seems that she doesn't know as much as he does?
Of course, as a woman, it is normal to not understand these things. Just like his mother, she never cares about these things and only focuses on her own affairs.
Qingyan took a deep breath and asked again: "Brother Yin, do you know how old it is now?"
Yin Keqin nodded, "Because dynasties change so quickly outside, our village starts counting from the Tang Dynasty. From the first year to now, it is three hundred and twenty-nine years."
Qingyan calculated in her mind that the Tang Dynasty started in 618, plus 329, that would be 947. Oops, according to official history, the Jin Dynasty should have disappeared after this year, and there were two more dynasties after that. Now Yin Keqin said that the Song Dynasty was established two years ago...
She had felt before that this time and space was different from the official history. Although most of the place names and some famous figures were there, there were still differences in many places.
Sure enough, the dynasties have changed. The Khitans were dared to go out in advance, and the Song Dynasty was established in advance. I wonder how many differences there are?
But now is not the time to worry about this. She is not out of trouble yet, so she should take care of herself first.
Regardless of the time, there is no way to compare now with the time when she and Chou Chou came, and there is no place to ask.
Another problem is that according to the old lady, her husband and daughter died thirteen years ago, and the next year is the time for the sacrifice, so now should be the time for the triennial sacrifice.
But when she and Chou Chou were at Mi's Restaurant in the county town, she clearly heard those people say that the time for the sacrifice was more than a year earlier, so the time was very confusing now, and she had no way of determining what the situation was.
But one thing is certain, this ancestor is not a good person.
I don’t know if it’s a century-old ghost or a spirit. And according to them, the so-called ancestor should have great supernatural powers. Even if she doesn’t go out, if the other party is really that powerful, what they say now, the other party should It’s only right that you can hear it in your ears.
After all, people who escaped from the village could be killed. Although they all died in accidents, the accidents were too coincidental, and they all occurred within a year after leaving the village.
If there weren't other masterminds in this village deliberately doing this, then there was something wrong with the so-called ancestor.
Although Qingyan was a little uneasy after knowing this, she didn't have too much fear. She didn't know whether it was because she felt that Chou Chou would come to save her sooner or later, or because she felt that she could escape with her own abilities. Anyway, she didn't have that kind of fear of dying.
In fact, since she was a child, she had vaguely felt that she was very lucky. She had never encountered any danger, and she could always turn misfortunes into good fortune.
Also, Xiangxiang said that her parents' souls were different from ordinary people and very powerful. They were probably the reincarnation of some strange beast, so they were destined to Xiangxiang and could enter and exit its space at will.
Even their children have also benefited from it. Not only can they enter and exit its space, but their souls are also much stronger than ordinary people.
Qingyan felt that even if she couldn't deal with the so-called ancestor, there was still no problem in saving her life.
This is an intuition. There is no way to explain why she has this intuition. Anyway, she just feels that the other party will not threaten her life safety.
At this time, it was already pouring rain outside, coupled with the howling wind, the sound was scary.
It was completely dark inside the room, and Yin Keqin had already lit the oil lamp. The light was very dim, and it felt like it was late at night.
The doors and windows had been closed by them a long time ago. The strange thing is that the strong wind before did not blow sand into the house. The same was true for the rain. There was no sound of slapping on the doors, windows or walls, as if it was specifically to scare people. It makes people afraid to go out.
It gives people the feeling that as long as they enter the house, they are safe. No matter whether it is windy or rainy outside, it will not affect the inside of the house, except for the light, of course.
In fact, there is something strange here, that is, there was a strong wind before, and now it is raining heavily, but there was no lightning or thunder from beginning to end.
Although she couldn't explain anything through this, Qingyan felt that she had some confidence because she remembered her father saying that all evil things such as ghosts are afraid of thunder and lightning.
So she thought it might be because of this that even if they were just creating environments and formations, they would try their best to avoid the existence of things that conflicted with them.
Therefore, it is even more certain that this so-called ancestor should be an evil thing.
However, it is a pity that even if she knows what kind of evil thing the other party is, she has no way to subdue him. After all, she has not learned any methods of suppressing evil and exorcising ghosts, and now she only has the strength she has at her disposal.
Hey... I wish she still had her satchel. In addition to holding the little leopard, there are also two spiritual stones, one large and one small, in the middle. They are good things to ward off evil spirits...
etc! What if there is?
Qingyan turned to the mother and son sitting across the table and asked tentatively: "Auntie, Brother Yin, when you saw me, did you see a coarse cloth crossbody bag on me?"
Yin Keqin shook his head blankly, while the old lady looked outside as if she didn't hear what she said.
Qingyan asked again in a louder voice, and the old lady turned to look at her. She tilted her head and thought about it for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I saw something hard in your satchel yesterday. It was uncomfortable to sleep with it on your body, so I took it off for you and hung it on the shelf next to the bed."
Qingyan was overjoyed. She said thank you and hurriedly ran into the bedroom next to her. She fumbled to light the oil lamp and looked directly at the bed frame.
Sure enough, on the bed frame against the wall, I saw something like a rag hanging there, which was her satchel.
Because the light was not good and the color was gray, it almost blended in with the bed and the wall, so she didn't notice it before.
She ran over and touched it, and she breathed a heavy sigh of relief. She had thought that Little Leopard and Chou Chou hadn't followed them, and the bag shouldn't be there either.
Now that she saw the satchel and touched the contents inside, she immediately felt a sense of security.
He reached out and took off the bag from the bed frame, then reached inside and touched it again to make sure that he had touched it correctly. He couldn't help but have a smile on his face.
He lay on the bed with his satchel, shook off the quilt and covered himself, and then took out a small cloth bag from the satchel.
This was the spiritual stone she had put in her bag before. She didn't dare to take out the big piece, for fear that the light would be too bright to attract attention, so she took out the small piece first.
After opening the wrapping fabric, I found that the light was much brighter than before. It felt like I saw it in the Xiangxiang space.
The spiritual stone she saw at that time should be in a state of sufficient spiritual energy. Could it be that the spiritual stone followed her through time and space to other time points, so the spiritual energy inside was also full?
Qingyan was a little surprised and a little unsure. Anyway, having aura is a good thing.
Although she didn't know any spells, she remembered that Chou Chou said that the spiritual energy in the spirit stone was incompatible with the evil energy, just like it would be out of place in its space.
If it wasn't a strange beast, and although it was fond of violent and dark energy, it had never done any evil, and it was not an evil beast. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to use the spiritual energy in the spiritual stone to restore energy and travel back, and it might even be absorbed by the spiritual energy inside. hurt.
With this thing, Qingyan felt that she had a little bit of protection. If the other party was something evil, she felt that this should be able to restrain him.
No matter what, I feel somewhat confident.
Qingyan got up from the bed, put her bag on her back and walked out.
The mother and son didn't say anything when they saw her like this. They thought it was something valuable in the satchel. She was worried and just took it with her.
They are not the kind of people who covet other people's things, so they have not touched Qingyan's bag before.
If there is a chance, they also hope that Qingyan can leave the village. They have no chance, but they don't want others to be in the same quagmire as them.
For a moment, the atmosphere between the three of them was very low, and they sat at the table in silence without knowing what to say.
The old lady and Yin Keqin thought of their lost relatives and felt sad, while Qingyan was still using her brains to try to come up with some solution.
And I tried hard to recall how the Taoist priests I saw on TV used to exorcise evil spirits and catch ghosts. Although it may not necessarily work, why not give it a try.
After thinking about it for a long time, I remembered a sentence: Taishang Laojun's urgent formula is like a law, but it feels completely useless.
Time passed little by little, and I don’t know when the rain outside stopped and the sky cleared up.
Although there is no sun, it is very bright, as if tempting people to go out and take a look.
Qingyan looked at the two of them, "Can you go out now?"
Of course, she would not go out. After all, the old lady said that the sacrifice lasted for three days. The first day was to choose the sacrifice, and the second day was for the clan leader, that is, the village chief, to take the respected clan elders to the altar. There was cleaning and the sacrifices were offered on the third day.
As for where the altar is and how to offer sacrifices, other villagers don't know. Although they are descendants of the Yin clan, they are not direct descendants.
The direct branch is from the clan leader's lineage, so they are not even qualified to offer sacrifices.
Even though they were not qualified to offer sacrifices, the sacrifices were all chosen from among them. There had never been any sacrifices from the clan leader's lineage, regardless of whether they were men or women.
I guess this is the privilege given to them by the so-called ancestors.
