Let’s talk about Xiaojiu, when he said goodbye to Chu Qing and Grandma Duan on Yusun Peak, he was also eager to walk all the way, for fear that Chu Qing would walk ahead of him, so he came to Lao Zhao Xiaojiang Village early.

I stood there and looked around and saw the green rice fields. There were two buffaloes in the field that seemed to have seen strangers. They slowly raised their heads and looked over, shaking their tails, constantly chewing in their mouths, and eating grass leisurely. There were several farmers wearing straw hats in the field. A breeze blew, and a green wave was raised in the rice fields. The farmers also stopped the farm work in their hands, stood up straight, closed their eyes slightly and breathed deeply, enjoying the coolness given by nature at this moment. A little further away, there were green trees and fields, with dozens of thatched huts and green tiles dotted among them.

Xiao Jiu was instantly intoxicated by this peaceful pastoral scenery. He stood with his hands behind his back, closed his eyes, opened his arms, and used every inch of his skin to feel the cool breeze. Suddenly, a sound of blowing and beating came from his ears, which seemed extremely harsh in this quiet pastoral. Looking at the sound, he saw a group of people walking out of the village, rushing and rushing, and gongs and drums were very lively. Xiao Jiu was happy. He thought about who was getting married, but when he saw that the group was walking towards the cemetery beside him, he was puzzled, and looked up at the distance. Seeing that Qing'er was still missing, he was driven by curiosity, so he followed the crowd.

The pedestrian walked not far away and stopped. Xiaojiu approached the crowd and squeezed in to see that everyone surrounded a mud grave, stopped blowing and beating, and then walked out of two young men, wearing mourning clothes, hanging their heads, and kneeling in front of the grave in silence.

"Ah, it turns out that I came to the grave to pay tribute." Xiaojiu felt bored when she thought of this, so she wanted to leave.

At this time, another year old man walked up, stood up straight, bowed to the grave a few times before turning around and whispering: "Now, there are brothers from my village who are brothers who are not mistakenly entering the cemetery at night, which disturbed the Hua family (note: the local name for women who died early). Now, he specially offered a substitute boy to exchange for the detained soul." After saying that, he waved his hand and ordered people to carry a pair of paper boys, about the size of an adult, with all their clothes and hats, and his face was even more slight and bright in color and meticulous in workmanship.

Everyone found a proper place and stood him in front of the tomb. The old man walked up again, asked about the birth dates and horoscopes of the two brothers Cao, turned around and wrote them on the paper man with a cinnabar pen. Then everyone blew and beat again and turned around the tomb.

When Xiaojiu heard the elder say this, he immediately realized that the two people kneeling in front of the grave were villagers from Xiaojiang Village, Lao Zhao. He was caught by a female ghost because he was walking by the cemetery at night. It seemed that the people were making a pair of paper men according to local customs to exchange their souls for the female ghost.

Xiaojiu's chivalrous heart suddenly arose. He immediately stopped his steps, turned around and concentrated his mind to activate his magic power, wielded his eyes, and checked the entire grave, but found no abnormality. On the other hand, the two brothers Cao who were kneeling in front of the grave were just pale and weak, and there was no sign of ghosts. He thought in his heart whether to come forward to tell me.

At this time, the elder ordered the man to carry some dry firewood, gathered into two piles, and placed the paper man on it, which seemed to be burned. After everything was done, the elder walked to the two brothers Cao and took out a silver needle from his arms, which was about three inches long. The silver light shone in the sun. The old man saw the position, pierced the two eyebrows of the two men, took a few drops of blood, and then pointed it to the middle of the paper man's eyebrows. Then he ordered the two brothers Cao to come forward, hold the fire stick and lit the fire. I don't know if it was because of nervousness or the fire stick being tide, but the two trembled their hands, but they didn't lit it several times.

It was quiet all over the place. Under the attention of everyone, the two brothers Cao were so anxious that they were sweating profusely. After a while, their clothes were wet. The more they felt guilty, the less they were. They were so anxious that they were about to cry.

Everyone also held their breath, silent, and all their eyes were focused on the two fire notes. The elder saw that the two of them were really unable to lit them, so he winked. Several men came out of the crowd. With the help of these men, the fire finally ignited. The faint and tiny flames swayed under the firewood. In a moment of disdain, they ignited more firewood around them, and the flames finally grew stronger.

Under the red fire, seeing that the paper man was about to burn him and his wish began, the two brothers of the Cao family and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

But suddenly a strong wind blew from the grave, and a loud noise. In the blink of an eye, the two piles of firewood were blown out. When everyone was shocked, sand and stones flew in front of them, and their eyes were hard to open. Everyone was blown to the point of being tilted, standing unsteadily, and panic. The timid ones ran away. In addition to the brave ones, there were also a few who were weak and unable to move their legs.

In a moment, the sudden strong wind blew, and the vision became clear again. When everyone looked at each other, they were all covered in dust and looked at each other. Under the protection of the two strong men beside them, the elder who presided over the ceremony barely stabilized his position, wiped his face, blinked, looked at the clear sky, looked at the two brothers of the Cao family, and sighed: "It seems that the Hua family does not want to do this exchange, and they still have to take the lives of your brothers."

As soon as this said, the two Cao brothers, who were already scared and lost their minds, felt as if half a bucket of ice and snow were poured out, and their whole body was cold. They had to kneel down and bow to the elder again, kowtow to the elder like a chicken pecking at rice, and shouted: "Uncle, help me, help me."

The elder looked at the two brothers of Cao, turned around and looked at the tomb, thought for a moment before slowly saying: "I have never failed to do this Yin marriage. Could it be that you two have other hidden information and have not told the truth?"

As soon as this said, the Cao brothers dodged their eyes, lowered their heads deeply, and stopped talking.

Seeing this, the elder understood eighty or ninety-nine times, his face darkened, and he said seriously: "If you two dare to hide the truth at this time, I think that even if the Daluo Jinxian came here, I can't save you. Forget it, let's go back to the village, so you can do it yourself." After saying that, he was about to leave. Seeing this, everyone abandoned the two brothers of Cao and followed the elders to leave.

How could the Cao brothers let go? Climb up and hug the elder's thighs tightly, like a person who fell into the water grabbed a life-saving straw, and kept crying and shouting: "Uncle, don't leave me alone."

The elder looked down at the Cao brothers, pondered for a long time, and shouted angrily: "Isn't it true to be a real person!"

The two Cao brothers who were crying and begging, shouted loudly on their heads, as if they were thundering in the air, and they were so scared that they were all trembling. Then they looked at each other and one of them said, "Brother, I think it's true. It's better than losing your life."

The older man heard this, "ah" and then told the whole story. It turned out that the two brothers were idle on weekdays. That day and night, because of their greed for beauty, they had a whim. They ran out to the Zhuiyun Pavilion to participate in the "Xiaoxiao Girl" throwing lottery ticket despite their mother's illness. Unexpectedly, when they walked to the village head, they were knocked out and dragged into the cemetery in a daze. They had a spring dream in the cemetery. When they woke up in the morning, they found a pair of paper men in their arms. They were immediately scared to death. They thought they had met a female ghost, but they happened to be discovered by the neighbors who had woken up early. In order to escape the charge of unfilial piety, they made up lies and said that they were fascinated by the female ghost and were lost from their homes.

After hearing the two brothers Cao, the elder squinted his eyes, nodded slightly, and said with a gentle expression: "In this way, this is God's punishment for you and the two of you."

When the villagers heard that the two of them were actually in bed despite their mother's illness, they ran to look for flowers and willows. They were angry and had no pity. They surrounded them and punched them together, and beat them hard, which made the two brothers Cao cry and shout for their parents and beg for mercy.

The elder stood aside, and saw that the temperature was almost over, he started to drink to stop everyone. The two brothers of Cao covered their swollen faces and cheeks, took the opportunity to beg, and swear to the sky in public that they would never dare to look for flowers and ask the willows in this life. They would definitely listen carefully to their parents and be filial to their parents, so that everyone could stop.

Later, the elder stroked his beard, raised his hand and pointed at the two brothers of Cao, and shouted angrily: "From now on, it depends on how you two are. If you violate your oath, the whole country will definitely punish you strictly without any debts."

The two brothers of Cao knelt down on the ground again and agreed repeatedly, but were still in shock. They pointed to the tomb in a timid voice and asked in a trembling voice: "Uncle, this female ghost has let us two brothers go."

Hearing this, a smile flashed across his face. He understood in his heart that the two brothers of Cao were still scared of the paper man in the cemetery after the spring dream that night. Ordinary people must be terrified when encountering such a thing, and it is understandable that they said, "The Hua family has already negotiated with me. After returning to the village, as long as you two are forgiven by your parents and will be filial to your parents from now on, she will no longer pursue you, otherwise she will definitely seek life from you."

When the Cao brothers heard this, they felt relieved and burst into tears. Then they were taken by everyone and stood up and went back to the village to ask their parents for forgiveness.

Seeing that everyone had walked a distance, the elder stayed alone at the end of the team, stood in front of the grave, smiled and looked up at the sky, looked at the sky, bowed lightly, "I thank you for your guidance." After that, he stepped forward to chase everyone.

Looking at the people who gradually disappeared from the village head, Xiaojiu was left stunned, confused for a moment, looking at the sky, then looking at the tomb mound, standing there for a while, but a light fell from the sky and landing in front of him.

The light flashed, and suddenly I saw a young scholar wearing a Confucian scarf, a blue cloth shirt, a handsome and elegant face, standing with a smile on his face.

Xiaojiu was surprised, but saw the scholar pouting and saying unwillingly: "Hmph, I originally wanted to tease you, but I didn't want to be disturbed by the two brothers of Cao."

When Xiaojiu heard this, he looked carefully and realized that the person he was Chu Qing, and he changed into a scholarly outfit.

Before Xiaojiu could answer, Chu Qing's face turned and said again: "But it's quite fun, scare them. In the future, these two people will definitely not do anything wrong." Although Chu Qing was dressed up at this time, the anger and joy in Xiaojiu's eyes showed her handsomeness and intoxicating.
Chapter completed!