Chapter 2 Moonlit Night Clothes
On the third day of the third month of March, the Shangsi Festival.
Cangzhou's literati loved this festival the most, and the young literati liked to go out and chant poetry with their friends of the same age, after all, it was the beginning of Vientiane, and the words in their pen should naturally be more vivid. On the other end, people gathered in piles of people, carrying incense sticks and the like in their hands.
Today is a day to worship ancestors and gods.
Looking at it this way, today is no different from the usual Shangsi Festival, the only difference is that there is a young guest sitting in a wine shop not far away, wearing a black soft armor, which looks really valuable, and with the sword in his left hand, it should be the son of that family who came out to play.
Xiao Er on the side looked carefully, and saw that the boy's right arm was propped up on the table, and the wine bowl in his hand was stuffed into his mouth, but the beef in front of him did not move a single chopstick. It's still neatly laid out on the plate.
Xiao Er felt a little strange, he couldn't resist his curiosity and was ready to step forward to ask what the situation was, but at this time, the young man moved, he stood up and threw a few taels of silver to Xiao Er, and then pointed to the table, "Pack." β
Wang Yu led the beef out of the city gate all the way, and continued to walk southwest for a few miles, at this time it was already sunset, and the place he wanted to go had already arrived.
This is a small alley overgrown with withered yellow and decadent weeds, and it is said to be a small alley because Wang Yu knows that it used to be an alley, and now he can't see what this alley looks like. It was only through the clumps of dead grass that the collapsed walls could be seen. The only weird thing is that there is a lot of paper money here, and the paper money is gently rolled up and dropped by the wind. And several graves have been dug up, and the coffins inside are empty.
He sprinkled all the beef in his hand on the ground, and then lightly jumped onto a branch, quietly watching everything that was happening at his moment, half a pillar of incense in less time, Wang Yu suddenly felt that the whole tree was trembling, only to see a black shadow had rushed towards the pile of beef, Wang Yu didn't think about it, the sword in his hand suddenly came out of the sheath, turned into a silver light nailed to the black shadow. The black shadow suddenly let out a roar, and the black gas that enveloped the surroundings dissipated, and its true image was gradually revealed by the moonlight, which was a six-zhang black python the thickness of a human head!
Wang Yu flew up, and kept using his palm power to slap at the giant snake, the giant snake roared, and its tail was thrown at Wang Yu, Wang Yu had long expected that this beast would not be so easily subdued, so he dodged sideways, took out a talisman from his sleeve, and pasted it on the python's body, and suddenly, the python screamed and a burst of gray smoke rose around it.
Because he has studied with Taoism since he was a child, he knows that this is a kind of corpse qi, and this python will have such a big corpse qi only after eating all the corpses around it. And Wang Yu's talisman seal was drawn using magic, which could naturally remove the corpse qi.
Wang Yu fell to the ground, held his breath, and swept away the corpse qi with a wave of his hand. But he froze, because there was only his silver sword in front of him, and suddenly there was a chill in his heart, and he kicked him behind him violently, only to hear a 'click', and one of the fangs in the serpent's mouth was kicked off, and black and smelly blood flowed from it.
Seeing that the sneak attack was unsuccessful, the giant snake threw out its tail suddenly, Wang Yu dodged with a low head, turned over to the side of the sword and pulled out the sword, he knelt on one knee and supported his body with the sword, because the kick that had just kicked on the giant snake's teeth had already transmitted a part of the corpse qi to his feet through his boots, and now he only felt that his body was numb and he couldn't use his strength.
The giant snake seemed to know people's will, knowing that Wang Yu's current situation seemed to be squeezing out a person's smile, and was not in a hurry to attack, it circled with its own body and surrounded Wang Yu, because it only likes to eat dead things, such as Wang Yu, a living person, it will not eat it no matter what, it must wait for Wang Yu to die before eating.
Wang Yu smiled slightly, this was exactly the result he wanted. There were words in his mouth, and several sharp sword lights suddenly flashed out from under his feet, and the giant snake cut it into several pieces without defense, and the black blood mixed with the fishy smell came to his nose, Wang Yu took out a bottle of anti-poison pill from the placket of his clothes and put it in his mouth. Then he slowly walked to the head of the giant snake that had been cut into several pieces, smashed the head with one foot, and finally found a red bead in a pile of meat puree, Wang Yu took a piece of cloth and wrapped it, and then his feet ran away little by little, at this moment, the flute sounded, and a white dress with dark green eyes looked a little weird in the whole night.
Li An really didn't understand what the old man called him here for, this time was the time when the hundred ghosts walked at night, although he was not afraid of ghosts, and even sometimes he even delusionally wanted to see a beautiful ghost lady and drink together or something. But this weather is really not suitable for drinking, so even if the ghost is sleeping on this rainy day like a person at this moment.
Thinking like this, he had come to the destination that the old man had let him come toβa righteous village.
Li An always felt that his body was wet, and there was no place on his body that was comfortable, as if he had been coated with a layer of viscous liquid, and he came here for only one purpose, to practice courage. The old man lay on the soft couch today and said a word every time he ate a bite of beef jerky, and when he finished speaking, he had already finished eating the beef jerky, and then explained the meaning of the words, specifically: carry a corpse back, and then throw the corpse out again tomorrow.
This is also the first time that Li Dagongzi has belittled himself like this, not to mention carrying the corpse, and even cleaning his bedroom, this matter has not been handled by himself. It took a lot of effort to finally put a corpse in a sack, and it was ready to rush home, but at this time, suddenly a rush of footsteps sounded, and when he landed, Li Dagongzi panicked, if others saw the son of the county commander stealing the corpse, the next day would naturally become an interesting thing that people in the streets and alleys passed on by word of mouth.
He threw the body into the coffin and hid on the beams, and at this time the Yemen opened, and several big men strode in with swords in hand, led by a dark-faced, tall and terrifying figure, and the tallest minions in the back were only up to his chest.
One of his subordinates looked at him with his head raised and said, "Boss, did you say he really came back today?"
He said: "What he said will not be broken." β
This must be a gang of robbers in the neighborhood trading here, otherwise how could they be so sneaky?
Although Li An came to a conclusion, he didn't have the slightest way, with his current strength, not to mention seven or eight robbers, even if he pulled out one of them casually, he couldn't beat him with one arm, since he was sent to death, it was better to directly pretend to be dead on it, one was really dead, the other was faked, which was more important? A fool can also consider it clearly.
One of the robbers suddenly said, "Boss, I think someone has been here." β
Then one of the robbers almost said, "Someone? I think you were stupid by the so-called roasted winged sword technique a few days ago." β
"What did you say?" As soon as the man who had spoken earlier heard his companion laugh at him like this, his face immediately changed, and he was eager to immediately slash the provocateur. He swore to cut the bastard as soon as he said another word.
"I said that some people are scared and scared all day long, like a wreck. β
"You ......" He wanted to speak, but was stopped by the big man who led him, the big man smiled slightly, and said, "Someone has indeed come." β
Hearing this, Li An's head trembled, and his heart said, "It's not good!"
But when he heard the next sentence, his heart was already relaxed, and the bandit leader patted a coffin and said, "Pretending to be dead is a skillful job, so with one palm, the coffin immediately fell apart and turned into sawdust." But the momentum of the bandit leader's palm was inexhaustible, and he still rushed down.
Li An could see clearly on the beam of the house, wasn't the body lying in the coffin the body he was about to steal?
slapped it with a palm, the corpse did not react, and the bandit frowned, could it be that he was wrong?
Suddenly, a chill hit from outside the door, Li An couldn't help but shrink his neck, and cursed a thief in his heart. But he immediately apologized to God, because it was March, and although it was not very warm, the cold wind was indeed very strange.
I only heard a cold voice coming from outside, "Wild Wolf Gang, a total of thirty-six people have been killed, including four county commanders, and three of the four grades of the imperial court, and today this is your resting place." β
The bandit leader and everyone looked at each other, and it was already a thing that couldn't be hung on their faces that their own boss could fail, but someone broke into here directly and uninvited, and no one among them had found out.
This person's strength is naturally not low.
This is the first thought in the hearts of those robbers, they are all warriors, warriors have ears far higher than ordinary people, but they can't hear anything before this person comes in, it is enough to see that this person's cultivation is very high.
The leader of the bandits took a step forward, only to see who the person was coming, only to see that the person who came was dressed in white, wearing an ice sculpture mask, with his hands behind his back, and his body was extremely thin, and he looked like a direct punch to fly the goods. But there was a suffocating chill emanating from his body, and this chill was like the feeling of being naked in the ice and snow.
"Your Excellency?"
The bandit leader didn't dare to act rashly, because he didn't know whether this person was friend or foe at the moment, so he asked tentatively.
The man didn't bother to answer, and went directly around the bandit leader and walked towards the pile of coffins. Finally, he stopped in front of a coffin, and then bowed respectfully, "Master, the apprentice is late, so I will clean up all these people." β
Li An's head was shocked, wasn't this the corpse that the bandit leader slapped down with his palm just now? That is, the corpse he wanted to steal in the sack.
The bandit leader immediately sensed that something was wrong, but he didn't know why his feet couldn't move anymore.
It's like it's stuck to the ground.
The next moment, the white clothes arrived in front of the bandit leader, and Li An was shocked to see it, because he didn't blink from beginning to end, but the white clothes appeared in front of the bandit leader, didn't walk, didn't jump, and didn't even move.
Originally, the size of the man in white was very short compared to the bandit leader, but I don't know if there was an illusion or what the reason was, Li An felt that the white dress was actually bigger, and the relative bandit leader was getting shorter and shorter, but there was no change in the surrounding scenery.
Suddenly, the bandit leader burst into tears. Weeping, heartbreaking, wagging tail and begging for mercy, these words are so apt for him at this moment. He said, "Please let me go...... I'm eighty years old......"
But before he finished speaking, he had already turned into an ice sculpture, and Li An saw that at that moment just now, the man in white only made one movement.
Extremely simple movements.
His white hand lightly touched the bandit leader's head.
The other robbers were already trembling with fright, thinking that it would be their turn next, but the man in white ignored it, he looked up at the beams of the house, and said a word that made Li Anxin jump to stop.
"Come down, I know you're up there. β