The three of them followed the Shinto back to the city tower. When passing by the palace where Gong Laosan and his wife were imprisoned, He Siniang still wanted to see the couple's condition, but how could the grimace Taoist priest and Luo Laoqi care about such insignificant people? He didn't even find the underground palace gate here, so he still had time to deal with them? He Siniang refused in unison, and then pulled He Siniang towards the city wall.
After climbing up the city wall, the three of them came to the city tower they had searched. The hall was full of human figurines. If they wanted to have a place to rest, they had to move them away. The three of them did what they said and lifted them up. Sleeve began to move the figures around, clearing a two-foot-square space near the palace door. Then he found a thick wooden board to place it in the middle, used bundles of arrows in the palace as firewood, and lit a fire on the wooden board for warmth.
After everything was ready, the three of them sat around the fire. The sudden rain that night made all three of them feel cold. At this time, they were using the fire to dry their clothes. Luo Laoqi gave himself a wine bag hanging on his waist. They took it out, and this time neither the Grimace Taoist nor He Siniang refused. They each took two sips. Luo Laoqi’s wine was strong alcohol. After one sip, he felt his throat was burning, and the coldness all over his body immediately subsided. At seven or eight minutes, the Taoist priest with a grimace took a mouthful of dry food and said: "This wine is sometimes a good thing. A coward can drink it to strengthen his courage, a pretty wife can drink it on her face, and it can drive away the cold on a wet and rainy day. How can this be wine? , it’s simply happy water.”
"Hey Taoist priest, what you said is apt. Sajia is really happy after drinking it. How about you take another sip?"
"Don't drink anymore. You'll get sick if you take another sip of that wine." The Taoist Priest with a grimace said, turning to He Siniang and saying: "Siniang, if you and Lao Qi are sleepy, just take a nap for a while. It's still a while before dawn. Just sit down and keep an eye on me for the rest of the day."
"Then the Sa family will go to bed." Luo Laoqi was not polite at all, tightened the wine bag and lay down, but He Siniang shook her head and said: "I'm not sleepy, I was just a little cold, now I'll bake it The fire is much better, I'll keep it safe while the Taoist priest goes to sleep."
The grimace-faced Taoist priest nodded and did not refuse. Too many refusals would be pretentious. He said in his mouth, "Okay, Si Niang, be careful." Then he closed the temple door halfway and leaned against the temple wall next to the door. Rested.
The Taoist Priest with a grimace leaned against the wall of the temple and fell asleep not long after. He was a very light sleeper, and it was even more difficult for him to fall asleep in such an environment. Although he said he fell asleep, in fact, his whole state had been lingering between half asleep and half awake. I don't know how long it had been. Ghostface The Taoist priest suddenly heard someone's voice next to his ear, as if it was a woman calling something. The Taoist priest immediately woke up from his sleep with a grimace. His first reaction was that something had happened. He Siniang was greeting him. He quickly opened his eyes and looked over, but They found that there was no one on the opposite side of the fire. He Siniang was missing. Only Luo Laoqi was lying on the ground and snoring.
The ghost-faced Taoist priest's heart skipped a beat. He turned around and glanced outside the hall. He found that the night was dark and it was still early before dawn. That meant there was something else going on. He hurriedly called He Siniang in a low voice, but before waiting for He Siniang's response, The ethereal female voice came again, and this time the Taoist priest with a grimace heard it clearly. The female voice came from the hall where the three people lived, but the voice was erratic, as if it was on the left and on the right for a while, which was elusive.
The grimace Taoist priest heard that the female voice was definitely not He Siniang, so he immediately closed his mouth and listened carefully. Strangely enough, although the female voice came from inside the temple, it made people feel that the voice was very far away. The Taoist priest listened for a long time before he could clearly hear what the female voice was shouting. It seemed that she was repeating the word "husband" over and over again. The grimacing Taoist priest secretly wondered: Why is it that a woman is looking for a man? Gong Laosan's wife has run away. ?
After saying this, the Taoist Priest with a grimace felt that the female voice was very similar to Gong Laosan's third wife. The confusion in his heart suddenly subsided a bit. If that girl was really acting like a monster, he would have nailed her to death with a crossbow this time. Not at the top of the city.
The female voice in the hall suddenly became silent at this time. She seemed to have noticed that the grimace Taoist priest was already murderous. The grimace Taoist priest snorted, thinking that you are fucking brave enough and continued shouting. He thought about reaching out and holding on to the door frame to stand up, but He moved his hand to the side, but touched something cold. He quickly turned his head and looked over, and found that he was holding a foot in his hand. The foot was dirty, but he could still tell that it was a woman's foot, with a grimace on his face. The Taoist priest uttered an ouch, and quickly let go of his hand in fright, and then looked up along the foot - above his head, he saw a female corpse in plain clothes hanging, and after being fiddled with by his feet, it slowed down in mid-air. He slowly turned around, and when he came to the front, the Taoist priest's scalp suddenly exploded. The hanging ghost's face was very terrifying. Two streams of blood and tears were slowly flowing out of the white eyes. His mouth was half open, and his tongue was as long as a foot. Lala reached his chest, turned around and stared straight at the grim-faced Taoist priest, as if he was about to fly over in the next second.
The Taoist Ghostface's vision went dark, and he almost lost his breath. After taking a deep breath, he kicked and pulled back and stepped back. However, he accidentally bumped into the fire. This made the Taoist Ghostface so hot that he immediately howled and bared his teeth. At this moment, two crisp sounds suddenly came from his ears, and then the grimace Taoist priest felt his cheeks burning and hurting. At the same time, he felt that his eyes suddenly blurred, and when his eyes focused again, what came into view was the pile of quiet burning objects. Looking at the bonfire and He Siniang's beautiful face, He Siniang looked slightly anxious and kept calling: "Taoist Priest, wake up! Are you crazy?!"
The grim-faced Taoist came back to his senses, looked at He Siniang, and then quickly turned to look at the palace door. However, everything around the palace door was as usual, and there was no trace of the hanged ghost anywhere. He opened his mouth in vain, but did not say anything. He felt his heart was still beating fiercely. Seeing his appearance, He Siniang asked cautiously: "Is the Taoist Master dreaming?"
"Yes!" The grim-faced Taoist priest calmed down and said, "Grandma's is too lifelike. People like Pindao who don't believe in evil are in a trance. That dream is simply... like a dream given to a ghost who died in vain."
The Taoist priest with a grimace told He Siniang about the nightmare he had just had. He Siniang was also surprised after hearing this, and said curiously: "Gong Laosan said at that time that his wife suffered from soul-leaving syndrome after seeing a hanged ghost. , the Taoist priest also said that the voice of the female ghost was very similar to that of Gong Lao’s third daughter-in-law, could it really be the hanged ghost who was acting as a demon?”
"Who knows, poor Taoist has finally understood that there are all kinds of wonders in this world. Since I entered the Mushroom Gate, I have heard and seen many things that cannot be explained by common sense. As the saying goes, if you believe it, there will be it, if you don't believe it, there will be nothing. There is a mystery in it. It really can't be summed up in one word." After a pause, the Taoist priest continued with a grimace: "In Taoist theory, only the souls of the deceased who hold grudges or hold evil spirits will turn into ghosts. In the dream, the woman repeatedly called her husband, and finally He was hanged from the palace beam again. I think it was a sad story at the time. He was probably a man trapped in love, but this place is a mausoleum, so how could he stage the painful drama of searching for his husband?"
"Perhaps they are the Di people who entered the valley later. Wherever there are people, there will always be love and hatred. Marriages that are not approved of within the clan are also very common. Don't we hear too many stories about bitter men and women betraying their relatives?"
"Indeed, especially Gong Laosan's wife, after she suffered from soul-leaving syndrome, she used Exorcism to make Gong Laosan mentally confused, and then took her with her. She was probably an infatuated ghost who treated Gong Laosan as her own man. If you raise them, you are really pitiful for the poor people in the world. In this case, we lamas can let them go after they succeed. After all, we don’t know how to exorcise ghosts and summon souls, so the outcome will be up to them."
"Is it true?" He Siniang said happily after hearing this: "It's great that the Taoist priest can think so. Although they act despicably, they still have two lives. Even if we can't help, there is no need to harm him. Then Will we let them go when we come back after we're done?"
The Taoist priest with a grimace nodded, and then said: "The poor Taoist never wanted to take their lives from the beginning to the end. The reason why he didn't let them go was because the underground palace hadn't been found yet, so he let them go rashly to avoid any changes. Don't forget that. The woman is suffering from soul-leaving syndrome. What can she do? If the fish is gone, they can go wherever they like. It has nothing to do with Pindao, but..." The Taoist priest with a grimace changed the subject and stared at He. Si Niang's eyes turned, and she said: "Si Niang, you make Pindao feel a little strange."
