Chapter Twenty-Six: The Haunted Murderous House
Mr. Mu slowly straightened up, and there were people around him, but Mr. Mu was no longer willing to fight, even if he killed all the people here? If he didn't find the people behind him, how could he find Daddy Chen and those missing handles? Mr. Mu wanted to leave and no one could stop him, even if these people didn't want to die.
Looking at Mr. Mu's distant back, a figure dressed in black stood for a long time.
Returning to the private school, Mu Xiaohua saw Mr. Mu's expression, and her heart was shocked, even if the two fled all the way, even if they were surrounded by strong enemies, Mu Xiaohua had never seen Mr. Mu so flustered and angry.
After sitting for a long time, he grabbed the teapot on the table and drank it all, and Mr. Mu squeezed out a word from his mouth, "Go!"
Mu Xiaohua didn't ask where to go, and when she heard this word, Mu Xiaohua turned around and went to pack her things.
The brother and sister stood at the head of Chunni and Huzi's bed, and did not wake them up, but left a letter and fifty taels of silver.
Today is the 80th birthday of the old mother of the Qi family in Shanyang Town, and many poor families in Shanyang Town have been looking forward to this day for a long time. In previous years, whenever there was any major event or happy event in the Qi family, there would be a flowing water banquet for three days in a row, as long as the villagers passing by could eat and drink on the table, and no gift money would be charged. Therefore, if there is anything important in the Qi family, the news will be revealed early, and this time is no exception. On the seventh day of the eighth month, this day leaked out at the beginning of spring this year, many people have been looking forward to it for several months, and this day has finally arrived, but the expected flowing water seat did not appear, but the door of the Qi family was wide open on this day, and the hot aroma went straight to the nostrils.
Mr. Mu took his sister Mu Xiaohua to drive for three days, for three days, the brother and sister almost never got off the horse, not that the two did not want to get off the horse, but this road came many times in the mountains and mountains, there were not many villages and towns along the way, in recent months, the world has become more chaotic, but where there are some doors, most of them have gone to the east of the county, town shop to join relatives and friends, only really helpless still stick to the place. The brother and sister rushed all the way, but they couldn't find a place to stay, and finally saw a larger village and town, and both of them were a little happy in their hearts.
Shanyang Town is located in the east of the old Black Mountain, more than 200 miles to the south is the county seat of Yinguan, where corn is abundant, can be regarded as the granary of the entire Qingshan County. Five hundred miles to the west is the county seat of Anye, and the entire county seat of Anye is a huge smelting and casting workshop, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the arsenal of Qingshan County. In this 100,000 miles of mountains, the transportation of materials is not convenient, in addition to the waterway, this Shanyang town is the most convenient, there are two huge canyons around Shanyang Town, along the official road in the canyon almost do not need to turn over any tall mountains to reach Dingbian and Yushui two county seats, where it is not too far from Tianshui, Changping two passes, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a thoroughfare here.
Such an important territory, it stands to reason that it should be extremely prosperous, but today the brother and sister entered the town but felt a little depressed, although the depression, but there are still a lot of buying and selling shops, the two did not take much effort to find an inn to settle in.
Xiao Er is very diligent, since the beginning of the spring, the business in the store is not as good as a day, to the present, a day or two can not come a few waves of guests, if not this house is the boss's own, the store is also a family to help the foil, where can you still insist? Since it is their own business, of course, Xiao Er is attentive, around the front and back, serving tea and water, the brother and sister really experienced the feeling of God.
After washing and eating, even if Mr. Mu has practiced martial arts since he was a child and has not been saddled for three days, he is a little unbearable, not to mention that Mu Xiaohua is a girl's family.
Mr. Mu sat at the head of the bed, looking at his sister more and more beautifully.
"If I really get married that day, will you regret it?" Although Mu Xiaohua was extremely sleepy, she liked to ask him this sentence, so she liked to see him nod very seriously, and then look at herself affectionately. She loved that look, and every time it did, her heart melted, and she fell asleep in warm bliss. Today was no exception, and after a while, Mu Xiaohua was already snoring. Mr. Mu smiled, knowing that his sister was too tired, so he gently tucked the quilt for her, and Mr. Mu sat at the head of the bed and closed his eyes to breathe.
The two of them entered the town early in the morning, and when they opened their eyes again, the sunset had been reflected in the sky, the golden autumn season, the golden sunset, but unfortunately the golden wheat waves all over the mountains and fields in previous years were much less this year.
Mu Xiaohua woke up and was refreshed, so Mr. Mu took her out for a walk. This is an agreement between the two, no matter how difficult and hard the days are, both of them still hope to enjoy every bit of beauty in life as much as possible.
Walking along the streets and alleys, the weather in August is the most comfortable time of the year, warm sunshine, layers of green mountains, golden sunset, if the world is more peaceful, what a good life.
After drinking a bowl of mutton soup and eating two hot buns, the fatigue of this journey has been swept away.
"Hey, haven't you heard, the Qi family's mansion is haunted. A few men at a table next to him exchanged heads and ears, and although the sound was not loud, the two of them heard it very clearly.
Mu Xiaohua looked at her brother and smiled slightly, the country man is like this, his life is too monotonous and boring, so he has nothing to do and find some novel things to fill in some color in his ordinary life. When I was a child, didn't I often pester my father to tell me those bizarre stories before I fell asleep? Thinking of my father, Mu Xiaohua's mood was a little low, and I just left like that, and I don't know how my father is now, will the white god be angry with my father and brother because of this matter? Just thinking about it, a big hand reached over, gently grabbed Mu Xiaohua's hand, and looked at her brother's warm gaze, Mu Xiaohua smiled lightly, indicating that she was fine.
After settling the bill and leaving the store, Mu Xiaohua suddenly wanted to see the haunted house. Mr. Mu has no objection, as long as Mu Xiaohua likes it, Mr. Mu rarely opposes, although Mr. Mu knows that with the current situation of the two of them, they should live in peace and try to avoid those dangerous and strange places, but so what? Do you have to be careful in the future, living with your tail between your legs? Mr. Mu is not willing to live like that. Especially this time, something like Daddy Chen's happened, Mr. Mu knows more about what it means to be quiet and the wind does not stop, and if the matter is not solved from the root, things will always be things.
The Qi family's mansion is not difficult to find, there are not many mansions like the Qi family's mansion in Shanyang Town, and there are only this one with haunted rumors, and the brother and sister stood in front of the gate of the mansion without much effort. The tall torii is carved with various flowers, and there are wild beasts standing on the ridge of the eaves, and the vermilion gate is open, and you can directly see the snow-white wall at a glance. This house is not the same as the two imagined, that is, it is not weird, nor gloomy, no matter how you look at it, this is a normal home. It's just that the passers-by looked at the two of them a little strangely, and some people wanted to come forward to persuade them, but they seemed to be quite jealous of this house, and they hesitated and finally didn't come forward.
Mr. Mu stood in front of the door and sniffed gently, why is it so fragrant? Also, at this time, it is the time for each family to have dinner, and I don't know how much meat has been cooked in this yard, and the rich aroma of meat rushes straight into the nose, almost seducing people's gluttonous worms.
Mu Xiaohua stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door, but no one answered, and no one answered, and if she knocked harder, no one answered. Raising his leg and about to go inside, he suddenly heard someone behind him. The two looked back, and a young man in a soap coat was standing on the street waving at them. Dotted Library
"The two of you are strangers, right?" Mr. Mu looked at the young man, he was very familiar with this shirt, when he was in Dingbian County, he had also worn it, but what did he do when he was caught and called himself? Could it be related to this house? Thinking of this, Mr. Mu raised his hand and nodded, and Mu Xiaohua also came over to greet him.
"Are you two going to enter this house?" the young man nodded again when he saw the two, and his expression became serious, "I'm afraid that the two of you have just come to this Shanyang Town, and you don't know the situation, this house was originally the property of the Qi family, and yesterday was the 80th birthday of the old mother of the Qi family. You also smelled it just now, it's very fragrant, it's very gluttonous, isn't it?" The young man paused and saw that the two of them were listening carefully, and then he continued, "This year is not very peaceful, and the year is not good, and many poor people may not see any meat all year round, how can they stand it when they smell such a gluttonous aroma?" In addition, Master Qi is a famous good man in this Shanyang Town, and the big guy didn't think much about it, thinking that this year was just moving the flowing water seat from the street to the house, otherwise why would the door be wide open? Yesterday many people went into the house to make a tooth sacrifice. ”
Hearing this, things are still so warm, with such weather and warm autumn breeze, it seems that the years are quiet. But a look of fear gradually appeared on the face of the young catcher.
"Until yesterday evening, Aunt Zhang from Qianjie came to the town to report, saying that her son and daughter-in-law were going to Qi's house for dinner, but they still did not return until Shenshi. Seeing that the sun had sunk in the west, Aunt Zhang couldn't see anyone on the left and right, and finally panicked and went to Qi's house to look for it, but what she saw was exactly the same as yours, and the door was open like this, quietly, without a trace of human voice. Aunt Zhang didn't dare to go in, so she came to the town to report the case. When it was time to report, more and more people reported the case, and Wei Zhutou couldn't sit still, so he took his brothers to Qi's house to check. The young man stopped talking about this, as if he had been talking for a long time, and he was a little thirsty, and he seemed to be too frightened to slow down, so he untied a water bladder from his waist and poured a few sips.
Mr. Mu didn't interject, he knew that the young head catcher must have something to say. Sure enough, the young man took a sip of water, slowed down, and continued, "Wei Zhutou arrived here with the big guy, leaving me and Xu Da Fat to guard outside the door, firstly, to prevent any more unknown villagers from accidentally breaking in, and secondly, to be prepared for the unexpected, in case of any situation, it is good to have a response." Unexpectedly, Wei Tou and them went in like a stone sinking into the sea, and no one came out again. I waited with the fat man for two hours and still didn't see anyone, shouted outside the door for a long time and didn't see a response, discussed, and then the fat man went to the nearest Yinguan county to find someone to support, I am still watching here, in case Wei Tou they are fine, they can see people when they come out, right? But until now there is still no one in sight, I'm afraid something really happened. I saw that you were going in, so I came to stop you. ”
Mr. Mu didn't expect that he wanted to be surprised with his sister, but he never thought that such a big event would happen in this house. In this case, the brother and sister also dispelled the idea of going in to take a look, and turned around to leave, but they heard a miserable scream from the vermilion gate. The scream sounded terrible, as if someone was being subjected to some inhuman torture. The brother and sister couldn't help but stop when they heard the voice, and the young catcher on the side had changed his face, and at this moment, the young catcher seemed to forget the danger, and pulled out his waist knife and rushed towards the door.
Mr. Mu flashed and stopped in front of the catcher.
"What are you stopping me for?" That's Wei Tou's voice, don't you hear how miserable the voice is? Get out of the way!" the young man yelled at Mr. Mu with red eyes, if he didn't have reason, he was afraid that he would have already used the knife.
"How are you Wei Tou's skills compared to you? Even he is trapped in it, what can you do if you go in? Are you so uncaring for your own life? If you die, will your parents and brothers be sad? How will you let them live in the future?" Mr. Mu stared at the young man who was a fast catcher, and he had fought side by side with Chen Catcher, and he also understood the meaning of this kind of comradeship, he just didn't want this hot-blooded young man to die.
"So what? Is it just to watch them suffer such inhuman abuse? The Yin Pavilion is still two hundred miles away from here, not to mention the efficiency of the old men in the county, this mountain road alone will not be able to come and go for two or three days, and now I am the only one in the entire Shanyang Town, if I don't go, who else will go? Instead of letting me wait outside and suffer, it is better to go in and have a good fight. The young catcher listened to Mr. Mu's words, but still did not change his mind. Mr. Mu understood his feelings, and he was afraid that he would have made such a choice.
After all, young people are young people, a little reckless, but also hot-blooded. Mr. Mu still went in after all, and of course Mu Xiaohua was with him. Mr. Mu didn't let the young catcher go with him, firstly, if he was trapped in it, he would only go in vain, and secondly, if something happened, there was still someone who knew, whether it was useful or not, it was finally a hope.
The two men entered the door and turned the snow-white wall, but they didn't see it, the vermilion door closed silently. The young catcher's face changed drastically, he gritted his teeth, turned around and ran in the direction of the outside of the town.
In front of me is a patio, surrounded by two-story small buildings, when I first came in, there was still sunset in the sky, standing in the courtyard at this time, somehow the sky suddenly darkened, there were no stars, no moon, and no human voices.
Mr. Mu looked around, the small building was dark, it seemed to be uninhabited, and an arch on the side did not know where it led?
In the arch is a courtyard, the sky is still dark, but with Mr. Mu's eyesight, you can still see a rough idea, under the foot is a bluestone path, along the path forward is a nine-curved bridge, under the bridge is a pond, through the pond is the verandah, the verandah winds, around a rockery, and then backwards, is blocked by the rockery can not be seen.
Walking around, if someone sees the posture of the two, I am afraid that they will think that they are two couples dating late at night. Mr. Mu didn't see a trace of nervousness, Mu Xiaohua's mind seemed to be all on Mr. Mu, and the two of them relied on each other like this. Walked through the pond, walked through the verandah, bypassed the rockery, and nothing happened.
Behind the rockery is another arch, the vermilion arch is closed, and the weeds on both sides of the arch grow a little high, I wonder if it was ignored by the servants who cleaned the courtyard. A moonless night, the blood-colored portal, the overgrown weeds, it looks eerie wherever it is placed, let alone in this courtyard with all the haunted rumors?
Stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, he actually knocked on the door in such a strange place, such a move is really strange, and what is even stranger is that the door is actually open. I don't know how long it had been since the portal had been opened, and the dry grinding sound sounded harsh in the silence of the night.
As the vermilion portal slowly opened, the noisy sound broke into the ears of the two of them. In front of me is a spacious courtyard, with a high platform in the center, and a big opera is being sung, with drums and horns, and it is actually a war repertoire. Several servants painted eyebrows, dressed in armor, with handsome flags on their backs, and were fighting happily on the stage with knives, guns and sticks.
There were many spectators sitting in the audience, and when they saw the high level of interest, they burst into applause from the thunderous class. Everyone was attentive, even the young woman with the child in her arms, and the child with pigtails was no exception, as if the opera on the high stage had infinite magic, and no one paid attention to the arrival of Mr. Mu's siblings.
Walking to the nearest table, several crop men were shouting there, Mu Xiaohua's hands were a little cold, these men were applauding there, their mouths were wide open, their eyes were open, and they looked extremely excited, but the palms of their hands were dripping with blood, and every time they slapped it, blood was sprinkled down, but a few men seemed to have no idea at all, and they were still clapping hard.
Several men dressed as servants entered the field with several huge trays, and Mr. Mu smelled the rich aroma of meat again. The audience, who was still cheering just now, suddenly fell silent, stretched their necks one by one, staring at the trays, and Mr. Mu saw that the corners of their mouths were sparkling with saliva, as if there was some great food in the tray.
A servant walked up to Mr. Mu's table, took a large plate from the tray and put it on the table, Mu Xiaohua looked at the large plate on the table, couldn't bear it anymore, and vomited in one mouth.