It seems that in a short time, in the blink of an eye, I saw the big Zhuangzi on the hillside, vermilion, tall and big door, slightly mottled wall, and there were two lanterns hanging outside the door.

The door is open.

There was a wave of heat and aroma wafting from it, and the fragrance was fragrant and tempting.

The red dust outside was fine, there was no shortage of food along the way, and the other pedestrians began to swallow saliva desperately.

The old man, who always provoked trouble, didn't look like a loyal person, drooled, and said loudly: "It's so fragrant, what kind of food is this?" ”

"I killed a few pigs today, the master's family is charitable, and the little ones have also shared some, if you don't dislike it, why don't you try it too?"

The family is still quite kind.

"That's embarrassing, it's already very disturbing, too troublesome, too troublesome......"

Many pedestrians are not very embarrassed, although they also swallow saliva secretly, but it is just to go to other people's homes to avoid the rain, and they have to eat and drink, which is not appropriate.

The family smiled all over his face: "What's this, it's all a small taste of the countryside, and it's not a delicacy, everyone is welcome, our host is very hospitable." ”

Very hospitable indeed.

Obviously a stranger, the host actually came out of the house, it was a white and chubby squire, kind eyebrows, and took the initiative to greet everyone: "Although it is late, but the wind is cold and the dew is heavy, eat some hot food, it will help you sleep, everyone is welcome, don't be polite." ”

So, the group was a little impatient, and the old man first jumped over unceremoniously, carrying a large bowl of meat, and asked the family to fish for him a large bowl of meat.

Xiao Wei glanced at it and sneered: "How old you are, you are not afraid of eating a bad stomach, too, this kind of person is a thief when he is old and does not die, and he is a hundred when he dies." ”

The old man knew very well what it meant to bully the soft and be afraid of the hard, and when he met Xiao Wei, he was short-tempered at first glance, and he didn't understand the most old and young gangsters, he wilted at the time, drooped his head and turned his head to stuff meat into his mouth, without saying a word.

The host's house is open to entertain guests, and the yard is supported by a shed, which is lively and lively, and the guests who pass by have many simply not go to the house, and are looking for a place to sit in the courtyard to enjoy the night rain.

The fat man looked really hospitable, looking for someone to drink with a wine glass, and after a while, he greeted everyone: "We have a small opera troupe in the garden, I don't know who is interested in taking a look together." ”

It was quiet all around, and there were seven or eight lanterns, not only not bright, but a little dim.

However, as soon as he greeted him, everyone looked at the sight, and there were shadows on the verandah not far away, all of them with slender postures, and the silhouettes were also very interesting.

A few people moved immediately, and their eyebrows fluttered.

Luo Niang helped her young lady, but she didn't stay in the courtyard for a long time, the host prepared a guest room, Xiao Yan took someone in to clean up, she stood in front of the door, raised her eyes and looked into the distance, the prince also came over, and said in a low voice: "Everyone is hungry." ”

A group of guards smelled the smell of meat, and there was some drooling, but they just obeyed the rules, and the prince didn't speak, so naturally he wouldn't eat, but just poured a stomach of tea one by one.

Hongchen smiled, "To be on the safe side, everyone should be at ease." ”

"But what's wrong?" The crown prince lowered his eyebrows.

He used to move around a lot, and he wasn't one of those noble sons who were trapped in the capital, but this time when he went out, there was a sense of evil everywhere, which made people feel uneasy.

Hongchen pondered for a moment: "I just feel that the breath here is very turbid, and there is nothing else, but something is wrong with that person." ”

The prince looked at it carefully and nodded: "The clothes, shoes and hats are not ill-fitting, but the buttons are wrong, the hem is full of mud spots, and the shoes are also mud. ”

"Also, there are too few people in the garden."

Hongchen sighed, "Although they say that there is a small opera troupe over there, and it looks like a person, but what about the maidservant, the maid, and the two family members who brought us here, they are also nowhere to be seen at this time, which is a little strange." In short, everyone be careful tonight and don't sleep to death. ”

The prince's face unconsciously brought out a little apprehension, and Hongchen smiled: "I think it's more comfortable to sleep in the wilderness than to live in someone's house, let's just stay, and if you don't live here, leave as soon as possible, the other party will be unfavorable to us, or you can't avoid it, why bother?" No matter what kind of ghosts we meet, be careful, don't worry. ”

After saying that, he turned around and went into the house.

The prince had no choice but to order people to strengthen their vigilance.

"I live next to the county lord, you patrol carefully, and you are vigilant."

A master has the confidence of a master, a mortal man like him, he doesn't think that as a prince, he is really a dragon boy, all evils do not invade, get closer to the county lord's mother, in case of an accident, it is easy to get out.

Hongchen returned to the house and immediately fell asleep.

When it was almost dawn, she woke up suddenly, and with a wave of her hand, a light smoke in the room dissipated, and she immediately sat up and pushed Luo Niang and Xiao Yan up.

Luo Niang and Xiao Yan are both a little dizzy.

"Shh

Hongchen slowly descended to the ground and pushed open a crack in the window.

Xiao Yan also leaned over to take a look, and saw several people sitting on the bench outside, including the annoying old man he met yesterday, a young couple, and two middle-aged men.

The member of this family is also standing outside, but he is not as kind as yesterday, but looks sharp-beaked and monkey-cheeked.

"These smells are not good, and the people who ate small last night had stomach troubles, but they are not comfortable."

"Master, go back to the few fresh ones in the house, leave us some."

It was the couple who spoke, obviously they were guests last night, but now listening to the voice, it makes people hairy.

The cold sweat on Xiao Yan's forehead immediately fell.

Hongchen frowned slightly: "Careless." ”

Ay!

Luo Niang also felt very bad: "...... The old man sat in the rain gently, don't you...... Miss, ...... under that skin?"

"I'm not a human anymore, I'm afraid I caught the road last night, but I was careless and didn't even notice."

Hongchen sighed, she smelled the strange smell like maggots on the body of the member at the beginning, but the whole yard was like this smell, she only thought that it was contaminated in this place, in order not to make herself uncomfortable, she deliberately plugged her nose, and didn't even think much about it.

"Well, Xiao Yan, take out all the oil lamps we got from the queen last time, as well as the oil lamps we got from the queen and the king liar, as well as the incense candles that were offered in front of the Buddha, you and Luo Niang share a point, maybe you can use it in a while."

The clerk outside the door snorted: "Okay, yours are indispensable, a few in this room are all delicacies, keep them and eat them slowly, don't gobble up things, go, bring a few out there." ”

With a wave of his hand, the two middle-aged men pushed the door one by one into the guest room, and after a short time, they dragged several people to the courtyard.

One of them is Xiao Wei, and the other is the old lady who is taken care of by Xiao Wei.

There are a few more, all of them passers-by yesterday.

The staff walked around them, pointing, as if to pick which one to start first, just when he nodded, as if chosen, the old lady jumped up, stretched out her hand to roll up Xiao Wei, and ran away.

Don't look at an old lady, this speed is like flying, and she rushed to the gate of the courtyard in a few steps.

The outsider was also stunned, and then laughed, "Do you still want to run?" ”

It was originally the place of the gate, I don't know when it became a high wall, the old lady still wanted to climb up, but she couldn't jump up after jumping twice, and in the blink of an eye, she let the two middle-aged men drag their arms back.

The old lady's face changed greatly, and she said loudly: "Don't eat this child, this child is so thin, he doesn't like to take a bath, it's all smelly." Eat me, eat me. ”

The staff raised his eyebrows: "You are not small, but unfortunately you are too old, I am afraid of teeth, not as tender as that kid, and chewy." ”

At this time, a bunch of people in the opposite guest room were still in the courtyard, and many of them were the guards brought by the prince, moaning at this time, and gradually waking up, their faces were confused.

The guards were more vigilant, and when they found that something was wrong, they were sore, and they couldn't lift their strength, and they were shocked.

As soon as one of the girls opened her eyes, she saw someone with a bloody mouth, scared her throat, trembling, and was closing her eyes and waiting for death, only to hear a whoosh in her ears, her body was light, and she couldn't help but open her eyes to see that the 'person' who was pressing her had fallen to the ground, her body twisted, and she was clucking and twisting for a long time, which was an impossible action for a human being, and finally sat up, her neck was still crooked, and her eyes were rolling, all white: "Who hit me?" ”

Next to his head was a candlestick.

The courtyard was quiet.

Outside the staff turned their heads, they saw Hongchen standing at the door with Luo Niang and Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan was wiping the prince's face.

The prince was originally in a daze, so he let Xiao Yan wipe it, sober up, looked around, and said after a while: "I knew that something would definitely happen." ”

He couldn't help but think at this moment, it turned out that he was also a death-loving person, he knew that something was wrong, but he still had to come over, the county lord was a master of art and bold, he wouldn't dare to do this in the future.

The staff outside was obviously a little surprised, looked at Hongchen in disbelief, then looked at the prince, and took a few steps back.

The guests who stayed overnight were all confused, and at this moment they were groggy, and found themselves lying in the muddy yard, covered in mud and water, and had no strength in their bodies, so they couldn't help but shout: "What's the matter! ”

"What are you doing! What is it! ”

At first glance, when I saw the familiar fellow traveler, the muscles on my face trembled, and my eyes rolled wildly, and I was startled.

The staff was secretly on guard not to speak.

Hongchen looked him up and down a few times, then turned back to the prince and said: "I used to read, and I read that there are mountain spirits and ghosts who like to eat people, and they eat people and put on human skins to continue to deceive other passers-by, just as a legend, but I didn't expect it to be true?" ”

"Hmph, it turned out to be a spirit master!"

The staff smiled coldly, "I haven't eaten a spirit master for two years, and now I want to get one to taste it, and it's more fragrant and tender than others." ”

As soon as he squinted his eyes and opened his mouth, a large cloud of snow-white silk flew towards the red dust.

Dense, glowing with a faint blue light, obviously poisonous, and with a mist of air.

The prince was taken aback.

Luo Niang and Xiao Yan's faces changed.

They used to encounter all kinds of demons and monsters, but those things, naturally afraid of their own young lady, knelt far away first, few dared to do it, and even if they did, they couldn't see what was going on.

At the moment, not only did he not take Miss seriously, but he wanted to eat Miss, but he even said that he would do it.

Hongchen also frowned, took out a few talismans and threw them out, those white silk movements stiffened a little, but the charms broke one by one, and the outsider on the opposite side sneered with his mouth open: "That's all there is to it?" ”

This guy's mouth is full of stench.

Hongchen shook his head: "Dirty." Xiao Yan, what about the oil lamp you prepared? ”

"Yes, here."

"Throw it all out."

Xiao Yan and Luo Niang, one command and one action, raised their hands and threw them together, they have all practiced archery, and the pitching pot is also very accurate, this time it is still very accurate, seven or eight oil lamps, candlesticks thrown out, it is said that there should be no big movement, but as soon as it touches the white silk, it bursts open, and a large group of fire rises to the sky.

"Whew!"

The man screamed as he went outside, his face full of fear.

One by one, the others shed a layer of skin, and their whole bodies collapsed to the ground, convulsing non-stop, and gradually stopped moving.

Hongchen still has the heart to lecture with the prince and his two girls.

"The so-called fire breaks all evils, usually all kinds of evil things are afraid of fire, of course, the general fire is a little worse, like this in front of the Buddha worshipped, are particularly effective, you usually walk at night, it is better to bring some, in case you encounter evil things, don't panic, this thing does not need a method, directly burn them, the most simple."

Luo Niang and the others are okay, they usually accompany Miss when they go out, and they are not too afraid.

The prince hurriedly wrote it down.

At this moment, his guards came softly, still confused, looking at the mess.

After a while, the fire gradually extinguished, the screams were gone, Hongchen glanced at it, and saw spiders, poisonous insects, and a bunch of rats, the corpse of a weasel, and was speechless: "No wonder I didn't notice something wrong at first." ”

At first, I always thought that there was something evil, but I didn't expect that it was all these messy things that became spirits.

"It's so strange, there are so many!"

Luo Niang was taken aback.

They are not the ones who don't understand anything, they know very well that it is very difficult for animals to become monsters at the moment, or what their young lady said, it takes chance, and moreover, the animals they meet have opened their minds, and most of them are very good, like this kind of cannibalism...... It's really only seen in legends.

After a few words, the guards began to clean up the battlefield.

The prince also relieved himself, the courtyard was still the same as last night, no one cleaned up, and the firewood was not extinguished.

The stew in the pot was stewed all night, and it was still fragrant, and the prince leaned over to take a look, a little regretful: "It's a pity that this good meat." ”

Hongchen smiled: "If you want to eat, you can eat a few pieces, but if you eat something like human eyes, human fingers, etc., don't be disgusting." ”

Prince: "......" (To be continued.) )