A wealthy abandoned woman can't afford to hurt

Chapter 181 Surprise Night Encounter
"Go there and find some medicinal materials. Some medicinal materials are hard to find in the market now."

Su Lin knew that if she didn't give a reasonable explanation, Master Zheng would definitely be curious.As for the nagging skills of taxi drivers, Su Lin has seen it from Master Zhang.

Besides, by disclosing some of the purpose of my trip, maybe Master Zheng, as an experienced and well-informed taxi driver, can provide me with some clues!

"Oh, medicinal materials, there are many old forests in that area, and there are indeed many rare medicinal materials, which are rare in the market.

However, those old forests are gloomy, and ordinary people don't go there.

Besides, life is much better now than before, and the industry of herb pickers has disappeared.Otherwise, there were quite a lot of herb collectors in the Yuanjiang area in the past.With these herbal pickers, you can go to the market where they trade any medicinal materials you want, and you don't have to look for them yourself. "

"Oh? Then there is still such a medicinal material market?"

It seems that Master Zheng is indeed an enthusiastic person, Su Lin raised his head, and he immediately said everything he knew.

"Now there are still some unscaled and scattered transactions, but the scale is not as large as it was more than ten years ago.

Those who collect herbs can't do it when they are old. Who would like to suffer for the young people?They all went out to work. "

"Then there are still people engaged in the business of exorcising corpses you mentioned? Isn't it also very hard?"

Su Lin had heard all kinds of talk about driving corpses before, but she had nothing to do with it at the time, she just laughed it off and didn't pay attention to it.

It's just that I didn't expect that the Yuanjiang place where I'm going to go this time is actually popular to chase corpses. I don't know what taboos and rules there are, so I still have to take precautions.

"In western Hunan, there has been an industry of expelling corpses since ancient times. Exorcising corpses is a kind of Gu art of the Miao nationality and a part of Chu Wu culture. Gu can be divided into black witchcraft and white witchcraft, and corpse expelling belongs to white witchcraft.

The four most popular places are Yuanling, Luxi, Chenxi and Xupu.

Legend has it that these places are under the jurisdiction of the ghost country of the ancestors of the Miao people, and if they are far away, even the old chieftain can't drive those zombies away.

Most of these places are high mountains, with rugged roads, heavy miasma, and frequent prevalence of falciparum malaria. In the past, the living environment here was extremely bad, and it was very inconvenient for people to walk. If you want to carry a coffin to transport a corpse back to your hometown , that is even more troublesome.

Many people who work here to make a living entrust their relatives and friends to transport their corpses back to their hometown for burial before they die, so as not to be buried in this desolate mountain.In order to avoid carrying the coffin on bumpy roads in the mountains, this unique method of "carrying corpses" came into being.

The so-called exorcism is to let a series of corpses who died in other places follow behind the exorcist, let him lead the corpses through the desolate and rugged mountains, return to the plains, hand them over to the relatives in the village who come to pick them up, and bring them back to the countryside Buried. "

Master Zheng is about 50 years old and a local, so he has a very clear understanding of the ins and outs of expelling corpses, and explained all the taboos to Su Lin. Of course, when driving in this dark mountain, the right side is The mountain wall and the cliff on the left, listening to this kind of story, can't help but make people feel awe-inspiring.

Fortunately, Su Lin is a medical student. Although she is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, there are also anatomy classes in the course. She is no stranger to the structure of the human body. Much fear.

Seeing Su Lin's calm demeanor, Master Zheng felt relieved. However, he felt another curiosity about Su Lin in his heart.

With his more than ten years of experience in driving a taxi, he felt more and more that this woman was not simple.

First of all, she dared to go to Xiangxi by herself. Judging from her tone, she seemed to want to go to the old forest.In addition, ordinary outsiders will show hesitation when they hear the idea of ​​expelling corpses, and reconsider whether to continue to Yuanjiang.

However, Dr. Su didn't seem to care. According to Master Zheng, even if it rained with knives, Dr. Su would go to Yuanjiang without hesitation.

Su Lin remembered that after she arrived here, she hadn't reported her safety to her family, so she turned on her mobile phone and sent a text message to Su Bing, telling him that she had arrived safely.

After thinking about it for a while, she guessed that since she went straight to Yuanjiang this time, she would not be able to return to Yanjing in a short time, so she could only send another text message.

This text message was for Zhao Zhenye, and he apologized to Zhao Zhenye, explaining that he had important matters and couldn't go back to sign the divorce agreement in time, and that he would make another appointment with him when things were over.

Of course, Su Lin didn't expect that after receiving this text message, Zhao Zhenye felt mixed feelings, and she further decided in her heart that Su Lin no longer needed her own thoughts.

With a "squeak", Master Zheng stopped the car suddenly, Su Lin was shutting down the car, he almost hit his head on the back of the front seat.

"Excuse me, Dr. Su, there are two fellow villagers waving on the side of the road, do you want to give them a ride?"

Su Lin was concentrating on sending text messages just now, so of course she didn't look at the situation on the side of the road. At this moment, Master Zheng said, she raised her eyes and looked outside. Sure enough, there was an old man and a young man standing beside this rugged path. child.

Judging from the light reflected by the car lights, the old man is about 60 years old, with gray hair and beard, and wearing plain clothes, while the child is a little boy, looking a little dull, perhaps because children rarely see vehicles in the mountains, with two big eyes. Doesn't blink and doesn't turn.

There is no village in front of this place, and no shop in the back. If they are not allowed to get in the car, they may have to walk in the dark on this mountain road for a long time.

Of course, Su Lin would not reject Master Zheng's proposal, and said:
"It's okay, let them get in the car, I'll sit in the front, let them sit in the back!"

As Su Lin said, she got out of the car, and said to the grandparent and grandson on the side of the car:

"Master, kids, get in the car, we'll give you a ride."

The old man nodded and took the child by the hand to get into the car without saying a word.

"Xiangdang, where are you going?"

Master Zheng was driving the car and asked the old man behind him.

"Go to the cottage, we will live there!"

The old man didn't know if it was because of long-term smoking of dry tobacco, his voice was a bit rough.

After the grandparents and grandson got into the car, there was a damp musty smell in the carriage. Su Lin thought it was her own illusion, because there seemed to be an earthy smell in the musty smell.

However, when she saw Master Zheng put down the car window, Su Lin knew that not only she could smell this smell, but Master Zheng must have also smelled it, so she opened the window to let in air.

Because, when we came all the way just now, Master Zheng didn't even open the window.

"Where is Xiashanzhai?"

Master Zheng couldn't help asking again, he didn't seem to have this village in his memory, but there are countless Miao villages scattered around the Yuanjiang River, and he doesn't come here often, so it's impossible to know the details of each village. name.

"I'll talk to you when I get there."

The old man replied.

Master Zheng couldn't help cursing inwardly, it was just his kindness to give the grandparent and grandson a ride, and he couldn't bear to see the old and the young traveling in the dark at night.

But this old man is too rude, right?

After getting into the car, not only did he not say thank you, but his tone now seemed to be that he had hired the car, carefree.

However, when I think about these mountain people, nine out of ten have never traveled far, and their vision is so shallow. Maybe it is called simple nature, and they don't know how to speak those polite words.

Besides, I didn't let them get in the car at the beginning, I didn't want to get their gratitude. Thinking about it this way, Master Zheng felt relieved.

He focused all his energy on driving.

Suddenly, Su Lin noticed that Master Zheng slammed on the brakes and muttered:

"I will meet what I am afraid of!"

Su Lin looked in the direction of the headlights, and saw a row of people wearing big hats on the side of the narrow road near the mountain wall. They must have been walking, but suddenly there was silence Standing under the cliff, it seems to be avoiding vehicles.

The window of the car was open at this time, and when they passed by, Su Lin could hear a "jingle bell" coming in, and with the ringing of the bell, the person in front threw a bunch of yellow framed One of the papers even fell into the car window and landed on the old man in the back row.

This man was also holding a lantern in his hand, the flame was half-lit and flickering, with a towering back and a tucked back; it was full of paper money and scented wax.The whole scene presents an extremely strange and gloomy atmosphere.

Su Lin noticed that although the people in a row were of different heights, their bodies and gait all showed an indescribable sense of stagnation, as if they were puppets walking on strings.Moreover, each "person" has a piece of paper with talismans pasted on the front of his hat.

"This is……"

An idea flashed through Su Lin's mind, but before she could say it, the old man in the back row who had been silent all this time suddenly said:

"Get rid of the corpse!"

This voice is old and full of chilling penetrating power. Although the voice is not high, but because this is a turning point on a cliff, Master Zheng's car is not driving fast, so the voice seems to be disturbed by that The corpse exorcist at the head heard it. Although he was wearing a huge hat, he turned around and glanced here slightly.

In the middle of the night, meeting a group of corpses walking on the road, and being glared at by the corpse chaser, Su Lin really felt a little creepy.

"Well, it is. But don't worry, we're fine if we don't disturb them."

After driving the car away, Master Zheng left the group of walking corpses behind him, let out a long breath, and said:

"It's a good thing we didn't honk the horn, otherwise the sudden loud noise would startle them and cause them to fall to the ground, it would be a big trouble."

"It's been years since I saw a corpse!"

The old man suddenly interjected again.

Su Lin noticed that the child sitting in the back seat had straightened his back since he got in the car, as if an elementary school student was sitting upright in a classroom, but he kept silent.

"Here we are, master!" the old man suddenly said, "It's on the left side of the fork!"

Master Zheng was confused for a while, and he turned the steering wheel in the direction the old man said...

(End of this chapter)