Chapter 12: The Crying of the Dead in the Depths
Wanhe Village, Wanzhou Territory, late at night, the moon shadow was in the sky, Zhao Laosan, the watchman, walked to the entrance of the village after the third watch, and was about to go into the house to rest for a while to see the time, and suddenly heard that there was a crying outside the village. If you listen closely, it's still a female voice. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhao Laosan was a little cautious and panicked, do you think, can you not panic when you suddenly hear such cries in the middle of the night? But Zhao Laosan has a characteristic, strong curiosity, although he often hears the old people say that when he hears crying in the middle of the night, he is either sneaky or demonic. But Zhao Laosan didn't believe that, he had to go and see what was going on.
He walked out of the house with a lantern, walked to the entrance of the village, looked for the cry to a small wood, the cry became clearer and clearer, walking, relying on the faint light of the lantern, he saw a big girl squatting under a tree crying, Zhao Laosan asked tentatively: "Hey, the girl over there, what's wrong with you?"
The girl heard Zhao Laosan's voice, raised her head, looked in the direction of Zhao Laosan, and choked up her voice: "I'm lost..."
When the girl raised her head, she didn't stunned Zhao Laosan, she had lived for nearly thirty years, and she had never seen such a beautiful girl, this girl, so beautiful, with bright eyes, didn't make Zhao Laosan beautiful, she couldn't even hear what the girl said clearly, and stammered: "Ah? Fascinating... Lost? What's that, what's your name? Where do you live? I'll take you around. ”
The girl nodded, stood up and said, "My name is Tang Xiang, and my aunt lives in a small wooden house near here.
Zhao Laosan thought for a while, the cabin? There seems to be a small wooden house nearby, not far behind the mass grave, but I haven't heard of anyone living there. For a while, although Zhao Laosan thought that something was a little wrong, he was fascinated by the girl, and he didn't care what was wrong, and asked if it was the place he was thinking, and the girl nodded, but she didn't like herself.
led the way, but Tang Xiang said: "No, this brother, my foot is a little twisted... You... Can you carry me? ”
Zhao Laosan nodded vigorously, as if he was afraid that the girl would regret it: "Can you can!!"
Zhao Laosan has been a watchman for generations, and now Zhao Laosan is nearly thirty years old, he has never slept this night, and it is difficult to please his daughter-in-law when the time and rest are different.
Carried to the mass grave, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and he couldn't see his five fingers, Zhao Laosan's lantern was originally taken by Tang Xiang, who was carrying it, and suddenly a strange wind blew out the lantern, the black wind was slow, and it was cool and cool at night, but Zhao Laosan was not scared: "Oh, oops, how did it go out, girl, etc... What about the girl? ”
Zhao Laosan realized that behind his back, there was already a burst of lightness, and he didn't even find out when the girl got off his back, he felt cold when he thought about it, and he shivered and looked back, there was nothing. At this time, the girl's voice came from behind me: "What do you look back about?"
This sudden sound didn't scare Zhao Laosan, but he still turned around, this time, Zhao Laosan was so frightened that his blood was cold...
The next day, Zhao Laoer, who was doing business in the city, came back, and when he jumped over the mass grave, he sat on the ground with a frightened sound, and broke out in a cold sweat, he found Zhao Laosan's body on a grave on the side of the road, shriveled and yellow, and the blood all over his body seemed to be sucked dry, and the most terrible thing was that there was a big hole in his heart, and the heart inside was gone, and what was even more shocking was that there was also a hole in his brain, and there was still a little brainball left in it that seemed to be uneaten.
My younger brother died suddenly and tragically, and he died so miserably, what should I do? What is land protection? It is the local protector, similar to the village head, that is, the uncle and aunt of the current neighborhood committee.
Di Bao Lao Rong came over with someone, and when he looked at the corpse, he was also startled, he couldn't control this matter, so report to the official.
Briefly speaking, the official envoy came with a chain hanging a steel knife and a meteor step, wearing a big hat and wearing green, either a servant or a soldier. The leader is Song Datou, the chief catcher of Wushan County, who is shrewd and spicy, and when he walked into the corpse, he was not frightened. It's not that he's bold, it's because he's seen this type of corpse.
looked down at the corpse, and said something: "Tsk, there have been eight cases this month, and the modus operandi is the same, and the appearance of this corpse after death is the same." Excluding sneaky things, I am afraid that my master will not be able to manage this case. Come on, report it to the prefect. ”
Ordinary small cases can still be handled here, but now it's not as simple as a small case, it's only a few days this month? In less than five days, there were eight cases, which were serial murders, and because the body was too cruel after the death of the deceased, it was listed as a big case, so it had to be reported to the Wanzhou prefect.
Lin Ping, the prefect of Wanzhou, soon received a report from Wushan County, and he also had a headache, how to say it, because he also received the same case from Yunyang County, Liangping County, etc. last month, and he also sent someone to follow him, but he could only find the deceased and similar modus operandi, but the murderer had no clues, and he didn't even know what the tools of the crime were.
The coroner said that the chest was opened by a sharp weapon, and it is difficult to analyze what kind of sharp weapon it was, but from the wound, it resembles a claw, but it is not quite like it. The hole in the head is similar to a claw, but it is like being struck by a shield. And there are no clues related to it at the scene and around the scene, which makes the case deadlocked, and it also makes the people of Wanzhou fall into a panic, and fall into a panic that is suspected to be a monster.
The people of Wanzhou have already spread the word, saying that they have provoked the gods and suffered the punishment of God, so they sent goblins to the earth to make trouble. Lin Ping himself can't pay attention to it, he can't suppress the gossip of the people, the more it spreads, the more exaggerated it becomes, and he really can't help it, what should I do? Report it to Dali Temple.
On the night of the same date, the moon was dark and the wind was high, the dark clouds covered the top, the Chang'an Military Division's Mansion, a black shadow rushed in, and fell on the window of the wing room of the rest of the year, at this time, it was the fourth watch day, but the wing room of the rest of the year was still lit up, and under the swaying light of the breeze, a shadow could be seen reflected on the window, and it seemed to be walking with a pen. After a long time, he stopped moving, as if he was saying to himself: "Come in."
The black shadow jumped in from the small window that Yu Nian had specially opened, and knelt down on one knee beside Yu Nian, Yu Nian didn't pay attention to it, but picked up what he had just painted and looked at it under the lamp, what did he paint? Under the lamplight, on the slightly yellowed rice paper, a lifelike old Wang Ba hung on it, with the inscription "Wen Min Lao Wang Ba"
Although Yu Nian seems to be not doing his job, he doesn't need to get up in the middle of the night to smear Wen Min himself, others don't know, there is still a little pen and ink behind this rice paper, "Wanzhou bizarre heartless corpse, it must be the day of the reappearance of the blood demon"
After feeling a little satisfied, Yu Nian spoke: "Say it."
The man in black nodded, and said slowly: "Your Excellency asked you to go to the imperial study of the palace immediately, I heard that Your Majesty asked you to see you."
Yu Nian asked, "Okay?"
The man in black nodded, "Hmm."
Yu Nian: "Okay, wait for me to take a shower, change my clothes, dress up carefully, and then I can go!" Well, you stand down first, I'm going to take off my clothes. ”
The man in black retreated, although he didn't really take a shower for the rest of the year, he really changed his clothes, but most of his clothes were the same, wearing snow-white inside, and black robes outside. Picking up a peculiar fan on the table, he walked to the palace with a light car.
At first, no one stopped him, the Imperial Forest Army hid far away when he saw Yu Nian, Yu Nian himself knew the road, ignored them and continued to walk, but when he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, he was stopped, and after the Qianqing Palace, he went to the emperor's imperial study, but he was stopped here, who dared to stop Yu Nian? The emperor's personal guards, four of the Baolong clan, are codenamed the fourth, seventh, eighth, and ninth.
The fourth child here is the largest, so he is responsible for speaking, he knows Yu Nian, and he is very familiar, because Yu Nian used to be the emperor's companion in the palace before, and lived in the palace. Why stop Yu Nian? This is ordered by the old emperor, no matter who enters the Qianqing Palace, all sharp weapons will be searched, and Yu Nian is the most dangerous guy, although he probably won't harm the emperor, but on the one hand, it is the death rule established by the emperor, and on the other hand, it is because Yu Nian's hidden weapons are really outrageous.
A few polite words with Yu Nian, Yu Nian didn't embarrass them, nodded in agreement, and let them search it. The four guys began to search, and the seventh searched and searched, glanced at Yu Nian with some embarrassment, and then turned back to the fourth brother and said: "Fourth brother, Lord Yu's black coat is made of silk, and it is stuffed with silver needles......"
The fourth child looked at Yu Nian embarrassedly, and Yu Nian said happily: "Cheng, I'll take it off."
Immediately after that, Lao Qi searched again, and turned back: "Fourth brother, Lord Yu is hanging inside... It's all poisoned powder, old vinegar, and chili oil......"
This time Yu Nian was shirtless.
The eighth is responsible for searching for pants and shoes, good guy, the dark power pants are stuffed with hidden weapons, and the shoes are a huge hidden weapon at all, God knows what this guy thinks.
This time, Yu Nian took off his outer pants, leaving only white leggings.
Lao Jiu was responsible for searching his head, and this guy actually had a lot of silver needles stuffed in his hair.
This time, Yu Nian took off the crown of his hair, put his hair in a cloak and scattered, and then trembled and said: "This last pair of leggings, okay lord..."
The fourth child was also speechless, didn't you do it, knowing that you had to search your body when you entered the imperial study, and you also hung hidden weapons everywhere. Waving his hand to signal Yu Nian to go in, he really can't stand it and doesn't want to search it, wait for fear that this guy has stuffed a hidden weapon somewhere, and he doesn't dare to reach out to take it, dirty.
It is said that for more than one year, he shivered with his head and his shoulders, walked into the Qianqing Palace, and when he arrived at the door of the imperial study, he first scared the old eunuch who was waiting there, and thought it was a palace ghost, and he was scared for another day when he walked in, Mom, this is not a ghost, this is the King of Black Yama! Feelings are more terrible than ghosts in these years.