The weird thing moved quickly and soon arrived in front of a temple, got in and attached itself to the stone statue inside. Zhu Yuanyu's blue light did not enter the stone statue and disappeared.
The next morning, the sun came out and the weather was clear.
Zhu Yuanyu walked out of the door and saw Gao Daniu looking worried. He couldn't help but ask: "Brother Gao, I think you seem to have something on your mind? If you don't mind, you can tell me."
Gao Daniu fed the mule with the fodder in his hand, shook his head and said: "It's nothing, I was just thinking about my uncle's family..."
Zhu Yuanyu understood, probably he and Aunt Gao would go there today to help with the funeral arrangements.
"When will the funeral be held?"
"This afternoon."
Zhu Yuanyu was a little surprised and said: "So soon?" When people die, most people will decide to suspend the funeral for a few days according to the situation, and some will even suspend the funeral. He really didn't expect that Gao Daniu's uncle died last night and would be buried the next day. Now, don’t we need to wait for Qi Ren to come back? Would it be too hasty?
After stroking the horse's head, Gao Daniu looked a little heavy and glanced at Zhu Yuanyu before saying: "My uncle... is also suffering from a strange disease... the people in the town are afraid, and my cousin also... We can only bury it as soon as possible..." What he didn't say was that his cousins and cousins originally wanted to carry out cremation, but it was his mother's strong opposition and the disapproval of some elders in the clan that made it unsuccessful. To be honest, the behavior of his cousins really chilled him, but he couldn't blame them entirely. If you contract this strange disease, you can only wait to die... Even his wife is...
Seeing that Gao Daniu suddenly became very depressed, Zhu Yuanyu knew that he might be thinking of his wife who also suffered from a strange disease. Unfortunately, he could not tell him yet. He had to find out the source of the turbidity and eradicate it.
Thinking of the weird thing last night, Zhu Yuanyu felt that he should go and take a look, maybe he would find some clues.
"Brother Gao, we may need to stay in the town for a few more days, and we will have to disturb you and Aunt Gao for a while." Zhu Yuanyu took out the prepared purse and smiled slightly: "This is for our accommodation and food for a few days. If you accept the payment, I will feel better..."
Gao Daniu waved his hand and said angrily: "You are treating me and your Aunt Gao as outsiders! Take it back! I can't accept it!" After that, he turned and left.
Zhu Yuanyu looked at Gao Daniu's back, smiled helplessly, and had no choice but to put it down quietly when he left.
"Master, my subordinates have inquired. There is nothing different about the town recently. It's just that the abandoned temple in the suburbs was rebuilt more than half a month ago. People suffering from strange diseases seem to have gone there to worship."
Qi Ao, who went out to inquire about the situation, came back, walked to Zhu Yuanyu and whispered.
The horse snorted at him, and Qi Ao touched it gently. The horse rubbed it and looked very affectionate.
Zhu Yuanyu took back his money bag, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the afternoon sun. The sunlight forced him to squint his eyes. After a long time, he slowly said: "Zhuangzhuang, you and Cuier stay here to take care of Danwa. Qi Ao and I will go out." One trip.”
Gao Daniu and Gao Auntie went out early in the morning. Danwa was still sick and was not suitable to go to such a scene, so he still entrusted it to Zhu Yuanyu and the others.
Li Zhuangzhuang nodded, with a "wrap it all over me" look on his face, but Danwa asked in a soft voice: "Brother, where are you going? Can't you take Danwa with you?"
"Be obedient Danwa, and I'll let Maotou stay and play with you."
"...Oh" Danwa lowered his head and glanced at Maotou, but Maotou was pointing his butt at him. He was a little depressed.
Zhu Yuanyu bent down and patted Mao Tou on the head, and gave a few instructions before going out.
The two of them walked along the road. It was probably because the sun was still high in the sky and it was not dusk yet, so although there were few people on the road, they could still see some pedestrians. The further they walked towards the temple, the more people there were.
People coming and going all have two faces. When they go, they look sad and worried, but when they come back, they look happy and satisfied.
Zhu Yuanyu looked at several of them, and they all showed signs of turbidity on their faces. It seemed that there must be something wrong with the temple.
Qi Ao had been paying attention to Zhu Yuanyu's expression. Seeing his sudden change in expression, his heart tightened and he lowered his voice and said, "Master, do they have a problem?"
Zhu Yuanyu nodded, with a faint murderous intent in his voice, and said indifferently: "The source of the strange disease in the town may be the temple we are going to. If no one notices and removes the source as soon as possible, I believe that in less than half a month, this town will be wiped out. It will become a lifeless cemetery.”
Qi Ao was taken aback and wanted to stop Zhu Yuanyu from going to the dangerous temple he mentioned, but he couldn't find a reason, so he could only be more vigilant and secretly guarded.
As a subordinate, it is impossible for him to go against his master's wishes, even if it is likely to cause serious impact or harm to his master; besides, Zhu Yuanyu has always been a stickler for words when it comes to major matters, especially when it comes to saving people, so Qi Ao will always be honest when he encounters someone. When there is danger, he can protect Zhu Yuanyu from all harm at any time.
Before Zhu Yuanyu and the others reached the temple, they passed by a cemetery first, with paper money stretching along the way.
Someone is crying.
Qi Ao had good eyesight and spotted the tall cow in the crowd.
Zhu Yuanyu also saw it at this time.
A man dressed as a Taoist priest was doing Dharma and muttering something.
The coffin has not yet been laid, it seems that the time has not come yet.
The ones kneeling in front of them, wearing sackcloth and mourning, must be the cousins Gao Daniu mentioned. They have an impatient expression on their faces, and there is no trace of sadness on their faces.
He is really unfilial.
Zhu Yuanyu glanced around and was about to leave when he saw the crowd over there seemed to be in commotion. He took a closer look and found that a cat had unexpectedly jumped onto the coffin lid without anyone noticing and stood there. Suddenly, there was an indescribable weird feeling at the scene.
"Oh my God! Get it off!"
The words woke up the dreamer, and people started to move and chased the cat away.
The cat had no intention of staying away. When someone drove her away fiercely, it screamed as if it was frightened and ran away.
Zhu Yuanyu felt something was wrong.
He remembered hearing the old man say before that after death, animals such as cats should not be allowed close to the deceased, especially not to be crawled by them, otherwise corpse transformation would easily occur.
It’s just that he hasn’t seen it with his own eyes, so he doesn’t know if it’s true.
The crowd calmed down for a while and then returned to normal. The Taoist priest made a gesture and the coffin was lifted. It seemed that he was about to be officially buried.
Four strong coffin bearers slowly lowered the coffin into the dug grave. Then the Taoist priest made another gesture, and the relatives, led by Gao Daniu's cousin, began to circle around the grave.
After three rounds, they stopped and began to kneel down to toast one by one, pouring the wine in the wine glass in front of the grave.
Finally, prepare to fill the grave.
When someone shoveled a handful of soil to cover the coffin, the coffin, which should not have been moved, suddenly shook and made a neither light nor heavy impact sound.
The shovelman's hand froze immediately, and he didn't realize that there was an imperceptible tremor in his voice.
"Coffin, coffin is good, it seems to have moved!"
He was not the only one who saw the coffin moving.
"I saw it too!"
"what happened?"
"...Isn't he dead?"
Someone immediately retorted: "Nonsense! How could he not be dead until last night!"
"What's going on? The coffin moved!"
The person who retorted was Gao Daniu's cousin. He suppressed the fear in his heart and shouted loudly: "I must have seen it wrong!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the coffin began to shake violently, as if the person lying inside wanted to break out of the coffin. There was even a sharp object scratching against the wooden boards of the coffin, making a harsh "squeaking" sound.
Gao Daniu's cousin and sister-in-law stepped back with a look of horror on their faces. Everyone also sensed that something was wrong and took the initiative to hide away.
At this time, the Taoist priest said calmly: "Don't panic, everyone! There are poor Taoists here who dare not act recklessly!" However, the sweat on his forehead had already given him away.
Gao Daniu's cousin and sister-in-law affirmed the Taoist priest as if grasping a life-saving straw, and urged: "Master, please think of a solution quickly! I leave everything to you!"
Then the couple looked frightened and frightened, staring at the coffin with fierce eyes.
Qi Ao had a sullen face, moved slightly forward to block Zhu Yuanyu and made a defensive move.
Zhu Yuanyu grabbed Qi Ao's hand and shook his head.
At this time, the sky suddenly darkened, and a large thick cloud layer completely blocked the sun. The strong wind blew up and rolled up all the paper money on the ground.
The coffin made a louder noise.
"Could it be that the body was exhumed?"
"Is it the cat from before?"
…
There were several mutterings in Gao Daniu's ears. He looked back and saw Zhu Yuanyu and Qi Ao instead of noticing the speaker.
He jogged over.
"Brother Zhu, why are you here? Forget it, I won't say more, the situation seems to be a bit wrong, you should go back quickly!"
Zhu Yuanyu had no intention of leaving. He glanced around and said in a low voice to Gao Daniu: "Brother Gao, listen to me, I'm afraid this is a corpse transformation!"
No matter what the reason for Gao Daniu's surprised expression was, he continued: "You have to calm him down before he breaks out of the coffin, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with him when he comes out - you use these talismans to stick to the edge of the coffin Sew!”
After saying that, he handed Gao Daniu seven talismans - these were the sealing talismans he drew in order to catch that weird thing, which could just be used to seal the coffin's abnormal movements first.
Gao Daniu took it dubiously and wanted to say something, but he held it back because Zhu Yuanyu's expression was very serious at this time.
He nodded, ran towards the grave, and then bravely approached the coffin.
The Taoist priest not far away spotted the talisman in Gao Daniu's hand with his sharp eyes. He recalled that he had never given him the talisman, so an unknown fire burned in his heart.
The Taoist priest even forgot about his fear. He was afraid that his job would be taken away. He rushed towards Gao Daniu and shouted: "What do you want to do! Stop it!"
Even Gao Daniu's cousins stared at him with angry faces and cursed: "Gao Daniu! What are you going to do!"
In particular, my cousin shouted the loudest and excitedly. He had disliked Gao Daniu for a long time. He had been against him since he was a child relying on his father's love. This time he even dared to do something small at his father's funeral. It was so unexpected. Lawless bastard!
Gao Daniu was stunned, and looked back blankly at the Taoist priest and his cousin who were running towards him quickly.
The Taoist priest wanted to snatch the talisman from Gao Daniu's hand and tear it into pieces. Unexpectedly, a sudden change occurred at this time.
The coffin lid was broken and pieces flew out, and the corpse inside stood up straight, with a ferocious look on its face.
Zhu Yuanyu couldn't help but cursed, "Idiot!"
