Early the next morning, the four of us climbed up from the kang almost in unison. We were obviously in a very sleepy state, but we were thinking about my master in our hearts. No one could sleep peacefully. We took a bath from the deep well behind the house.

I took a basin of cold water and wiped my face with it, and then I managed to cheer up.

At this time, the villagers in the village were getting up one after another, and many people could be seen pushing carts and carrying sacks and other things down the mountain. It was the end of the year, and they were probably going to nearby cities to buy new year goods.

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The aunt was guarding outside the house with a small horse, crackling melon seeds, and looking at her hands that were red from the cold, she didn't know how long she had been guarding. Those who didn't know thought we were her prisoners.

When she saw us going out, the aunt immediately stood up, her frozen face was trembling with ribs, her smile was particularly ferocious, she looked like a grandma, she came up to us and asked if we wanted breakfast, shepherd's purse steamed buns,

A twenty…

"This old vampire..."

Zhang Xinya cursed in a low voice and ignored the other party.

I asked her where Huwa's home was.

The aunt didn't respond, her eyes drifted into the distance, and she kept muttering, "Why don't we have breakfast..."

have to!

This probably costs money again.

Zhang Xinya sighed helplessly, glanced at Brother Yaozi, gritted his teeth and spent a hundred yuan to buy five ridiculous buns. Then the aunt smiled happily and pointed out the specific location to us.

In fact, this village is just that big, with only a few houses. It's already dawn. If you really want to look for it, you can find it without this old vampire. But after all, we are not really here to travel, and there are probably some in the mountains.

A tomb that can keep a low profile should naturally keep a low profile and have less contact with unrelated villagers. Today's villagers are much smarter. In the era of information explosion, they are no longer as confused as before. I really can't treat people as fools. For this

People are very sensitive. How many tomb robbers have made the villagers guess a thing or two because of their careless words. In the end, they were singled out and imprisoned.

Not long after, we arrived at Hu Wa’s home.

This is a not too big farmyard, a large tile-roofed house, surrounded by a small yard surrounded by wooden fences, and raised a few big geese.

A middle-aged woman was sitting on the steps peeling potatoes. If nothing unexpected happened, she must be Hu Wa's wife.

"Hello?"

Zhang Xinya asked at the entrance of the hospital: "Is Hu Wa at home? We have something to do with him."

The woman on the steps raised her head, and at that moment, a trace of astonishment flashed across her face, probably because there were few new faces in the village this season.

However, not only was she stunned, we all also lost our minds for a moment after seeing her appearance.

How should I put it, weird!!

Yes, it’s weird!!

This woman looks very strange!

The hair on his head is withered, the pupils are very small, about the size of a soybean, the eyeballs are severely sunken, the upper face is drooping, and the lower face is slightly raised, showing an irregular distortion. It is the twelfth month of winter, but he is wearing a uniform.

She was wearing a thin singlet, and her hands holding the potatoes were trembling.

Such an appearance is definitely not good-looking, it can even be said to be very ferocious. If you saw her in the middle of the night, you would probably think you were seeing a ghost. However, her face is rosy, her skin is healthy and fair, and her complexion is very good.

, forming a strong contrast with her appearance, which is very impactful at first glance.

After a moment of looking at each other, the woman did not answer our question directly, but stood up, looked at us up and down, and then smiled and spoke, but her voice was hoarse, as if her vocal cords were suppressed:

"What are you looking for him for?!"

There was no need to communicate. Lao Bai, the best-looking and kindest scumbag, immediately stood up: "Sister, we are traveling friends who came here to play. I heard from a few friends that there are gods in this mountain, so I hurried there.

Come here, people say that Hu Wa has seen the gods, and we want to hear what he said about the gods."

"As a farmer, how can he say anything..."

The woman shook her head and smiled. For some reason, I felt like she breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: "It seems like you guys didn't just arrive. Are you staying at Mother Liu's house? You've been cheated of money by her a lot."

Bar?"

Well……

It seems that this mother Liu's cheating is really well known to the whole world...

Lao Bai scratched his head and smiled coquettishly: "It's not that bad, but we admit it. Our brothers traveled all over the country just to do new things. Liu Ma really told us a lot of interesting stories."

"Don't blame her either!"

The woman said: "Actually, Ma Liu was a little crazy. In her early years, she was not like this. She was also a warm-hearted person. She would rush to help any house that had something to do. But one year, her son and his wife went to the mountain to help salvage corpses.

, I don’t know why, but a strange disease appeared on that corpse. I went to the hospital and they said it was some kind of bacterial infection. It had gotten worse. The medical bills were exorbitant. Liu’s mother knelt on the roadside and begged for help.

, no one paid attention to her. You have also seen the situation in our village. Everyone couldn't raise a few dollars together. In the end, she just watched her husband and son die because she had no money for medical treatment.

After that, she became a little crazy. When she met everyone, she would say that good people are not rewarded and harm will last for thousands of years. These days, if you don't have a dark heart, you can't stand still. After she calmed down, it became like this.

She cheated money, and the money she got from the cheating was not spent by herself, but burned by her son and wife.

We also tried to persuade her, and she said that the world owed her husband and son. If they hadn't been blocking the mountain to retrieve the corpse, the corpse would have stunk, and everyone nearby would not be well. As a result, they got sick, except for the people in the village.

There is no one to help, just a bunch of heartless people, they will be tricked to death...

In fact, she just can’t stand stimulation, please forgive me..."

The faces of the few of us were stunned. We didn't expect that there was such a thing in the middle. For a while, we didn't hate each other so much, but felt that the other party was a little pitiful.

"I understand, of course I understand."

Lao Bai smiled and said: "But you haven't told us where Hu Wa is yet. We are here just for this fairy tale. We feel like cats are scratching our heads when we don't hear it..."

The woman shook her head, laughed helplessly, thought for a while, and said: "Huwa went to the mountains to collect firewood. He went out early in the morning. Counting the time, it's time to come back now. How about you go to the house?

Wait here?"

Of course we agreed. The woman took us into the house, let us sit on the kang, poured water for us, and let us rest. Then she got up and went out to do some work. It was obvious that she was also a warm and kind person.

woman.

As soon as the other party left, I took the lead in starting the conversation: "Don't you think she..."

"Strange?"

Brother Yaozi continued: "It feels like someone is clearly terminally ill, but somehow he took some miraculous medicine to survive?"

"Yes, yes, that's what it feels like!"

I hurriedly said: "I have never been able to think of how to describe her situation. This time it is appropriate."

"sick……"

Zhang Xinya murmured to herself, and suddenly said: "I also think something is wrong with her, but I have never thought about it. Since you mentioned being sick, don't you think she looks like she has a terminal illness?

Thyroid cancer!! And it’s late stage!!

I once had a classmate whose mother had this disease. I even went to the hospital with her to see her, and she looked very much like her!

For example, the pupils are constricted, the upper face is droopy, and the lower face and upper body are lower. This is the typical Horner syndrome. What is the full name of cervical sympathetic palsy syndrome?

There are also hoarseness of voice and trembling hands due to fear of heat, which are the most common manifestations of thyroid cancer.

If you look at her like that, it means that it has reached a certain level of seriousness. My classmate's mother was not sick before she died. She is so permeable. She should have died long ago, but her face is rosy, and she doesn't look like she has a serious disease!

"

After saying this, several of us fell silent.

I said last night that Hu Wa was brought back by a woman and was fine, but I always felt that something was wrong. Could it be that I was right?

Suddenly, Brother Yaozi looked at the window, frowned slightly, then relaxed after a moment, and said with a smile: "It's interesting, it seems that we have met a colleague!"

I followed his gaze and gradually saw some clues.

The window was right above the kang, and the kang fire was burning hot, and the glass was filled with moisture. Among the dense water droplets, there was a talisman imprinted on it, as if someone had drawn it with his finger.

Presumably, many people have done this, writing on rain-stained glass with their fingers.

The talismans on the glass give people exactly such a feeling.

However, this talisman was not written just now.

I immediately went up and touched the talisman. There was a slight bulge, but it was not obvious. The mark was basically completely transparent and integrated with the glass. I shrugged my nose and smelled it, and there was a faint smell of garlic.

"Ice Talisman?"

I looked at Brother Yaozi, and when he nodded, I spread my hands and said, "It seems that we have really met a colleague."

The ice talisman is a very advanced talisman. Ordinary talismans are written in cinnabar, but this kind of talisman uses a lot of materials.

"Qingwei Neidan Shu" says that this kind of stuff needs to be made from five raw materials: chicken throat, borneol, white tortoise shell, dog teeth, and tortoise shell. The proportions must not be wrong at all. After mixing them together, grind them into powder, and finally use

Rice water and garlic juice are mixed together to form something almost waxy. The written talisman cannot be seen at all, so it is called ice talisman. It is very powerful and is mainly used to ward off evil spirits and control the house. Not only ordinary Yin people dare not

If you get close, even evil spirits will retreat. Therefore, the ice talisman is also called a life-extending talisman. If there is a person in the family who has reached the end of his life but has not yet had his soul taken away, writing this kind of talisman can prevent evil spirits from coming to the door.

Of course, this can only be delayed for a while. If you escape for a long time, the subordinates will get angry and send out evil soldiers to injure the future, and then there will be no way to save the day.

This kind of talisman is not easy to make, and most of the materials are easy to find. The only thing that is rare is a white tortoise shell. This white tortoise shell is not a white tortoise shell, but is found on something called a turtle. The turtle has long been extinct.
To be continued...