Chapter 90: The Ghost
The heavy rain is pouring, the dark clouds on Kuafu Mountain have no sign of receding, still running thunder and rolling, lightning is like a thunder snake swimming in it, it is already nine o'clock in the morning, the sun is blocked to death, no sunlight can be squeezed in, the rain in the courtyard of the Taoist temple has reached the height of the calf.
Ai Qing has disappeared from his body, and in the past hour, he gave Hou Yan a brief explanation of the situation of the white-faced man last night, and asked him to pay more attention to the actions of some ghosts, this person is now becoming more and more mysterious, and it has reached the point that Ai Qing is worried.
As for the matter of Huiripan, Hou Yan and Ai Qing watched the mural together, so what Ai Qing knew and analyzed, Hou Yan also knew everything, but he didn't have too good ideas, he was so lazy, if he didn't use his own brain, he would definitely not trouble himself.
"What's next for us?" the four sat in the center of the main hall.
Hou Yan didn't tell him and Ai Qing about the mural research, not because he was stingy, not because he didn't believe in the three people in front of him, but because he felt that there was no need for this at all, according to Ai Qing's words, he could complete this task better.
After a night of recuperation, the ghost's condition has almost improved, but now there is still no way to move freely, the arm that was bitten by the snake is still bloodshot, the toxins left behind have not been completely removed, the legs are weak, and it is difficult to walk.
If Ai Qing hadn't told Hou Yan about the ghost's disappearance last night, he might have really believed that the ghost had not fully recovered, so he didn't say anything at this time, and turned a blind eye to the ghost.
The dragon girl didn't know when she secretly changed a set of clothes, it was also a complete set of sportswear, and she couldn't guess how many things Lone Dragon helped her carry, she simply carried a human flesh suitcase with her, and it was free.
Seeing that a few people were silent, the dragon girl asked again, "We have arrived at the Taoist temple, what should we do next?"
The ghost stared at the palm of his hand with a dull gaze, and the lone dragon scratched the back of his head stupidly, he really didn't have any ideas at all, a typical simple mind.
"The main peak! We still have to go to the main peak, and the Hui Ri Pan must be there. Hou Yan said firmly.
"However, we can't find the main peak. ”
The dragon girl still remembers the cycle of death she experienced yesterday, and although she finally came out, she didn't want to do it again.
Hou Yan sighed, looked at the weather outside, it was true that even God didn't help them, such a heavy rain was really distressing, as long as they stepped out of the house, they would immediately become soup chickens.
"I know there is a place where there may be news of the main peak. The ghost said with his head bowed.
The dragon girl was slightly surprised and asked, "Do you know where?"
"Standing in the Eye of the Giant, straight east of it, there will be a passage that leads to the main peak. ”
Hou Yan stared at the ghost shadow and asked in a somewhat unkind tone, "How did you know this news?" I remember that you didn't seem to have left alone, right?"
He was testing the ghost, whether what the ghost said was true or not, but he had to ask him what the basis for this news was, and he would never think of the location of the main peak out of thin air.
Hearing Hou Yan's questioning, the ghost raised his head and glanced at him, his lips moved slightly, and he said a person, "Senior Ji!"
"Ji madman?" Hou Yan seemed to have been blasted from behind, his body jumped up from the ground, rushed to the front of the ghost, lifted his collar, pulled the ghost up stiffly, and shouted, "What did he say to you?"
"Monkey, calm down. The dragon girl and the lone dragon were dumbfounded, and they didn't understand why Hou Yan became so excited all of a sudden.
Hou Yan glanced at the two of them angrily and shouted, "It's okay with the two of you, let me ask you, what did Madman Ji say to you?"
The ghost shadow was expressionless, looked at the crazy Hou Yan coldly, and said, "He told me that if we find this Taoist temple, let me tell you what I just said." ”
Sharp as a blade, his gaze was fixed on the ghost's face, Hou Yan did not doubt that what the ghost said was false, because the word Giant's Eye was told to him by the madman Ji, and if the ghost could say it, it meant that the madman Ji had indeed communicated with him.
It's just that what Hou Yan doesn't understand is why there is also an intersection between the ghost shadow and the crazy Ji, and the white-faced man that Ai Qing said, what kind of relationship will there be between these three people, and inexplicable fear appeared in Hou Yan's heart.
Hou Yan, who was overemotional, had a little heavier power in his hand, and the collar of the ghost was pulled by him until it changed shape.
"Why did he just tell you?"
He said that if he had told you in advance, you would not have been able to find the Taoist temple. ”
Hou Yan's facial features were entangled together, his expression was a little hideous, and he gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence from his mouth: "Then where did you go last night?"
After hearing this question, the ghost's face finally changed, he looked at Hou Yan with wide eyes, his breathing became obviously a little unsteady, and his voice trembled and replied, "I, went to the toilet." ”
"Toilet, go out to the toilet in the rain, aren't you afraid of being killed by lightning?"
"Enough for you two!
The dragon girl couldn't stand it anymore, so she separated Hou Yan and the ghost shadow from the middle, separated the two with her own body, and motioned to the lone dragon to stop the emotional Hou Yan with her eyes.
Although the lone dragon has no brains, he follows the dragon girl all the year round, as long as the dragon girl gives him a look, he can realize it instantly.
Hou Yan still wanted to continue to confront the ghost, but his body was hugged by the lone dragon.
"Calm me down, the ghost is still a wounded. The dragon girl pulled the ghost out of Hou Yan's attack range and turned back to Hou Yan and shouted.
"The wounded, they're all fucking pretending, and they're better at fighting than anyone else!"
Hou Yan has subconsciously identified the ghost shadow as the mysterious white-faced man, mainly because there are too many intersections between them, almost every time the white-faced man appears, the ghost will disappear, otherwise he will not be at the scene, and it is difficult not to doubt.
"What do you mean? You mean the ghost is against the water? He has been with me for so many years, I know him, there must be a misunderstanding here. "The dragon girl chose to maintain the ghost at a critical time, and the reason for her first aid ghost was the same as yesterday, they have worked together for so many years, and it has long been more than a relationship between superiors and subordinates, but also a team.
Hou Yan saw that everything he did was useless, and he was still an outsider in the end, and he couldn't be fully recognized by the Dragon Girl and others.
"Okay, good, good! You're in this group, and I said it would be easier for me to do this task myself!"
Hou Yan suddenly had a sense of confidence possessed by Ai Qing, the words he said were full of momentum, and his expression was even more arrogant, he easily broke free from the shackles of the lone dragon, looked at the three people in front of him with his nostrils, and the fingers of his right hand tapped the dragon girl in front of him fiercely in the air.
After letting out a sneer, Hou Yan turned around and walked to the corner where he slept, put on his coat, lifted his backpack, and strode to the door of the main hall, without stopping, he stepped out of the threshold and walked out of the courtyard in the heavy rain.
When the dragon girl saw Hou Yan's departure, she panicked, the small team of the four of them had been advancing with Hou Yan as the core from the beginning, and now that Hou Yan had left suddenly, wouldn't it be that they were left with a half-understanding of the goal, and the task could not be carried out at all.
She put on her coat, and with yesterday's experience, she put on her backpack this time and said to Lone Dragon, "You take care of the ghost here." ”
"What about you?" Lone Dragon looked at the dragon girl's actions in surprise, which was too inconsistent with her character.
"Without him, our mission will definitely fail, I'll go with him, don't worry about me!" With that, the dragon girl also walked out of the main hall in the rain, leaving a lone dragon and a thoughtful ghost inside.
After the dragon girl walked out of the main hall, she found that Hou Yan had not left, but was standing in the middle of the courtyard, looking up at the sky, letting the storm ravage his body, not moving like a sculpture.
"What are you doing?" the dragon girl asked, approaching.
After Hou Yan was washed by the cold rain, his uneasy mood just now became calm, and his head was much clearer, he glanced at the dragon girl and said, "This Taoist temple is the Eye of the Giant, but I can't tell which side is the east now." ”
If it's a sunny day, you can tell by the direction of the sun's rise, but now it's not only the compass that doesn't work, but even the sky is cloudy.
The dragon girl learned from Hou Yan to look at the sky, but found nothing, and looked around again, her eyes fixed on the bell and drum towers on both sides of the door, and said to Hou Yan beside her: "I know the direction, I remember that the direction of the bell and drum tower in the Taoist temple is fixed." ”
"And then?" Hou Yan was attracted by the dragon girl's words.
"The east is the bell tower, and the west is the drum tower. The dragon girl pointed to the bell tower on the east side, although the doors on both sides were closed, she didn't need to open the door to verify which one was the bell tower, because the door was marked with letters.
"Are you sure?"
"Sure!"
Hou Yan received an accurate answer, standing in the middle of the courtyard, facing east, he was facing in the opposite direction to the direction in which Ai Qing was tracking the white-faced man, one was downhill and the other was uphill.
He put on his backpack, opened his umbrella and walked towards the outside of the temple, followed by the dragon girl behind him, and climbed under his umbrella.
"What are you doing with me?" asked Hou Yan.
"Don't you don't believe in ghosts, why do you want to go east?"
"I didn't say I didn't believe it, but I was just curious why Madman Ji told him the news alone. ”
Since some words were useless to say to the dragon girl, he simply didn't explain the reason too much, and he decided to go east not to believe in ghosts, but to believe in the words of the madman Ji, who had brought him too much incredible.
"I'll go with you. The dragon girl stuck to Hou Yan's side.
Hou Yan glanced at her with disgust, and said impatiently: "Didn't I say it, I don't want to bring a burden." ”
"I don't know who fell off the stone yesterday, or if I came to the Taoist temple with someone on my back?" The dragon girl pouted, looking at the ungrateful Hou Yan dissatisfiedly, forgetting that she had also been saved by him a few times, but it was all saved by Ai Qing, and it really had nothing to do with Hou Yan.
Hou Yan was speechless, not knowing how to answer, the dragon girl was a burden to Ai Qing, and it seemed to be a help to himself, was he really so weak?
An inferiority complex arises spontaneously, and he says to the dragon girl, "Keep up......"