Chapter 9: Stone Carving
The situation outside, let me climb to the top of the second floor with the help of a ladder as soon as possible, and then pull the ladder up to the top of the building, and then lie on the edge of the roof to continue to pay attention below.
The indiscriminate killing proceeded without resistance, the smell of blood in the air continued to be thick, and the screams of the victims were overwhelming.
On the streets, apart from the beggars sleeping on the streets, there are only the perpetrators.
Those whose doors have been broken and those who are being broken have no chance to escape, and those who have not been killed and awakened have not had the courage to open the doors and flee.
The beggars who slept on the streets trembled and were forced to retreat towards the middle of the street, begging and trying to knock on a certain shop to hide, but to no avail.
In the process of retreating, the beggars could not avoid it, and some people collapsed to the ground due to fright, and lost the ability to retreat, so they could only cry out to their companions in the hope of pulling him, but it was useless.
The killers are not in a hurry to catch up with the beggars who sleep on the streets, and they can be said to have left no chickens and dogs in their path, not even the swaddling babies.
The shops along the street were two-story bungalows with no backyards, and a small number of people who had not yet been killed and woke up had taken refuge on the roofs of their houses, just like me.
The killers continued to fail to check the roof, and only those who had taken refuge on the roof in advance were spared.
Despite the commotion of the killing, there was eerily silence beyond the street, and there was no killer in sight.
In such an environment, I was at a loss and anxious, and at the same time, I was gradually so excited that my hand holding the dagger trembled slightly, and I even wanted to join the killing team.
I tried to restrain my excitement, but I couldn't help it, greedily breathing in the smell of fresh blood in the air.
It wasn't until a sudden thunder suddenly sounded in the sky that I finally calmed down after shivering.
Thunder fell, and torrential rain poured.
The baby baby who was hiding on the roof of the building opposite me was awakened by the thunder and opened his mouth to cry.
Even though the baby's mouth and nose were quickly covered by the mother, and despite the loud thunder and rain, the baby's cry still attracted the attention of the killers who had almost advanced to the underworld shop.
Seeing that the killer was raising his head and following the prestige to the roof of the building opposite me, I hurriedly got up from the roof and jumped from the back wall of the building before the slayer could reach the roof and never let go of the roof.
I jumped from the second floor, and although I didn't get crippled, I broke my feet and couldn't walk.
In desperation, I noticed that the courtyard door of the mason shop, which was closest to the back wall, was not closed, so I chose to crawl into the courtyard gate of the mason shop as fast as I could.
I was able to hide, and there were already killers on the roof of the shop.
After looking around from the top of the building, the killers jumped to the left and right rooftops in two groups and began to slaughter the people hiding on the rooftops on the left and right sides.
I secretly breathed a sigh of relief and withdrew my gaze, and only then did I have the time to take a look at the courtyard I was in.
The stones in the courtyard were piled up more than outside the door, and the high and low almost circled the courtyard, only to make a small gap at the porch, allowing only one person to pass.
Most of the stones in the precincts are carved to ward off evil spirits and beasts.
There is a single-horned Tianlu on the top of the head that looks like a deer and a horse, there is a lion and tiger to ward off evil spirits, and there is a peach pluck with a thick mane and no horns, etc.
Each stone carving is exquisite and lifelike, the big one is about one person high, the small one can also be over the waist, or the eyes are lowered or level, the eyes are half-closed or round, all looking in the direction of the gate.
At the feet of these stone beasts or on the top of their backs, where there are gaps, there are small stone sculptures such as whirling turtles and tengus.
In short, it is full of filling, almost breathless.
I looked down at the yard and retracted my gaze, gritted my teeth and sat up from the ground, and began to massage my ankles skillfully to relieve the pain.
The beatings made me skillful.
When I was chased and beaten before, I didn't lack the opportunity to break my foot, and no one cared about it after I broke my foot, so I could only grope for my own recovery and try to promote recovery.
Over time, I became naturally proficient.
While I was massaging my ankles, I inadvertently made a new discovery about the stone carvings in the courtyard.
Between the bluffing stone sculptures of fierce beasts, there are still some thumb-sized stones standing here and there.
At first glance, it looks like peeling rubble, but it is actually a small stone monument.
The stele is carved extraordinarily finely, there is a smart and hideous beast face on the forehead of the stele, the ears, horns, nose and mouth are all finely crafted, and even the eyeballs have not forgotten to point the pupils.
On the stele under the stele of the beast's face, there are three words of stone dare carved with a small seal of the fly's head.
Shi dare to be dang?
New discoveries have raised hope in my heart.
Shi Kangdang, also known as Taishan Shi Kangdang, also known as Shi Da Commander, is often used in the door house or at the intersection of streets and alleys to drive away evil spirits.
Ordinary people will only put a piece next to the door of a house such as the door of death or the heavy yin, and the stonemason shop is usually carved by someone, but the courtyard can be said to be stuffed with a circle.
The owner of this yard should be a capable person.
I then looked at the situation in the courtyard as a whole, and there were about twenty or so stones of different sizes, sealing seven of the eight directions, leaving only one opening, that is, the one that led to the gap between the gate and the porch.
This is, where did it come from and where did it mean that no one is welcome to disturb you?
In fact, is this a formation?
The pouring rain gradually stopped at this time, and there was no longer any movement of breaking down houses and killing in the streets.
The whole village and town, except for the sound of rain, there is only dead silence.
Where did the killers go?
Do you want to come to the boundary outside the street?
Beyond the street, there is always an eerie silence, are the people long dead, including, the owner of the stonemason?
I could think about it again, and the gargoyle beast automatically moved out of the way to the main house.
The moment the road got out of the way, a whimpering cry of terror came from inside the main house.
I then saw the old man surnamed Gu again, he walked out of the main house with an umbrella and walked straight towards me unhurriedly, still wearing black cloth shoes with a black purple robe and horse coat, his cheeks were full of abnormal blood, as if he had been coated with two pieces of unwiped rouge.
His eyes were still ghostly, and his pale skin was faintly blue.
It was a short man who let out a frightened cry, he shrunk into a ball, trembling and looking at the back of the old man surnamed Gu, his eyes full of horror.
Goodbye to the old man surnamed Gu, I couldn't help grinning.
It turns out that he has already found this place.
Now that I have escaped to the stonemason's shop, I have undoubtedly fallen into a trap.
Or maybe he didn't show up because he calculated that I would throw myself into the net?
If this is the case, the killing in the street is naturally related to him, or even his handiwork.
If the killing in the streets had nothing to do with him, it would have been better to die together, at least, I wouldn't have to run away from his control.