Shen An stepped forward to support An Ruyi and said, "Aunt An, don't worry, speak slowly." ”

An Ruyi covered her chest, desperately gasped for a while, and then said: "I took a nap with Yu'er for a while, and when I woke up, I found that the sun was about to set, and Yu'er was not by my side." I went out of the house to look for the shepherd, but he was also missing. ”

Wei Feihua was surprised at Shen An and said, "Could it be Zhao-"

Shen An interrupted Wei Feihua, and then comforted An Ruyi: "Aunt An, don't worry, I'll go find Yu'er." ”

"Nope." An Ruyi said anxiously: "You better go back and call more people." Elder Su, Daoist Zhu, and Daoist Mu were all gone. I don't think that's right, I can't just let you take risks. ”

Wei Feihua puffed up his chest and said: "It is the duty of a monk to eliminate demons and defend the way, how can you be greedy for life and afraid of death, afraid of danger?" ”

"However, there are only the two of you left...... An Ruyi said anxiously.

Shen An chuckled, his tone was relaxed, like a spring breeze: "I said before, it only takes three days to solve this matter?" ”

An Ruyi nodded silently, and Shen An continued: "Now that God helps me, I was worried that the clue was no longer able to go to it, but now it took the initiative to find it." ”

There is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no door to hell for you to throw yourself into. Since you took the initiative to provoke this seat, don't blame this seat for being ruthless.

An Ruyi was moved by Shen An's words, but she still felt uneasy. Wei Feihua couldn't bear to say, "Senior Brother Shen, I'll stay and take care of Aunt An." ”

"No, you follow me." Shen An said: "For now, it is safer for you to be with me, and the monsters will not attack the people in the village for the time being." ”

"Senior Brother Shen, why did you say that?" Wei Feihua couldn't help but ask.

Shen An glanced towards the miasma forest and said, "Food is in front, you naturally don't look down on coarse tea and light rice." ”

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The two of them came to the small grass hut behind the mountain again. The sun had set, and the dark red sky had dyed the loess an unsettling orange. The small back of the girl kneeling in front of the grave reveals the loneliness of the grass house.

Hearing someone approaching, Zhao Hu stood up vigilantly. She also wore the small vest given to her by Wei Feihua. It's obviously a small coat, but it's wide and open when worn on her, which sets off her thin body.

Zhao Hu frowned and stared at the two, still without saying a word.

"Don't be afraid, we just want to come over and ask you something." Wei Feihua spoke. She only knew that Li Zhu was killed by Zhao Hu, but she didn't know what she had to do with the disappearance, so she could only turn her gaze to Shen An and wait for his instructions.

Shen An said: "I already know that you killed that person five days ago. ”

Zhao Hu's body trembled, took a few steps back, bared her teeth and claws, her throat gurgled, and under the reflection of the setting sun, her eyes seemed to shine with golden light, shining brightly.

- like a frightened young beast defending itself.

Shen An was not threatened at all: "I know the reason why you killed him, because you wanted to protect Yu'er's child, so you woke up." ”

Zhao Hu frowned, as if he couldn't understand what Shen An said.

"It seems that you don't know who you really are. Your power comes from the Demon Realm, you are not a mortal person, and although I don't know why you ended up here, someone must teach you the knowledge - you must learn how to control your power. ”

Shen An said indifferently: "I will teach you how to use power, in exchange, I want you to take me to find the missing person." ”

Zhao Hu's eyes widened, and Wei Feihua was also incredulous—how did Shen An know how to teach the people of the demon clan to control their own strength?

In Shen An's previous life, he was able to exterminate the ghost clan and level the demon realm, that is, when the power of the seal weakened and the demon clan attacked on a large scale, he relied on his knowledge of the mortal realm to take refuge in the demon clan and sit on the position of military advisor, and began his journey to unify the three domains.

His best friend, his former best friend, Zhu Ji, is a member of the demon clan.

Teaching the son of a little demon clan how to control his power and how to blend in with mortals couldn't be easier for Shen An.

"I know you didn't do those things, because you don't have the power. I have no intention of hurting you, I just want to get my friends back. ”

"Why do you think I know a youkai doing this?" Zhao Hu finally spoke, with a hint of hoarseness in the crisp homonym.

"You don't need to know it. Its strength comes from hatred, fear, and despair. Shen An's voice was cold and ruthless: "And in this village, you are afraid that you are the most desperate one." ”

Zhao Hu lowered his head: "You can't beat that monster." You are good people, and I don't want you to be taken away as well. ”

Shen An frowned, Wei Feihua just forgot it, where did Zhao Hu see that he was a good person?

Ignoring these inconsequential matters, Shen An continued: "But Yu'er was also arrested, he is a good boy, he tried to protect you, right?" ”

Zhao Hu's face began to show an anxious expression, Shen An knew that she had been shaken, but she was still hesitating.

"Xiaoyu is a good person, and Aunt An is also a good person...... However, there are too many bad people in this world, really too many......"

Zhao Hu's voice was full of grievances and grievances, revealing the contradictions and entanglements in her heart: "If a good person is released, many, many evil people will come out, I ...... I ......"

Shen An promised in an unquestionable tone: "Take me to find the culprit, I won't let the wicked come out, I will help you take revenge." ”

Wei Feihua looked at Shen An in surprise - was he serious?

For those who cultivate the truth, the most taboo is the theory of revenge and retribution, the reincarnation of cause and effect, and the retribution of grievances, all of which are the most taboo things at the time of the catastrophe. If you want to attain enlightenment and ascend to immortality, you must let go of love and hatred. Even if there is a deep hatred in the sea of blood, someone will persuade you to let go of your grudge, how can someone use the resentment of others to bind their fate?

Wei Feihua comforted herself: What Senior Brother Shen said was just an expedient measure, and then he would definitely persuade Zhao Hu to rein in the precipice and turn back.

Zhao Hu was also dumbfounded, stunned for a long time, and asked, "Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning in the crossing?" ”

"You know a lot." Shen An sneered, "But it's not something you need to worry about. ”

After hesitating for a long time, Zhao Hu said: "I don't want you to help me take revenge, I can do it myself!" She bit her lower lip and made up her mind, "I can take you to them, but you have to swear that you can't let anyone other than your friends go!" ”

"I swear." Shen An nodded, and swore according to Zhao Hu's request.

Zhao Hu kowtowed to the tombstone a few more times, then turned to Shen An, sat cross-legged on the loess, and motioned for Shen An to sit down together.

Wei Feihua wanted to sit down, but was stopped by Shen An.

"The place we are going to is not accessible to the physical body for the time being. You stay, give us the Dharma Protector. Shen An said: "Remember! No matter how sleepy you are, don't fall asleep! That youkai may be through guò dream control zhì your physical body, so, never fall asleep! ”

Listening to Shen An's repeated warnings, Wei Feihua nodded firmly.

The three of them were ready, and Zhao Hu clasped his palms together. Shen An followed suit, closed his eyes and relaxed his consciousness, emptied his mind, and waited for Zhao Hu's guidance.

In the darkness, he felt his body float in the air.

Immediately, he felt someone take his hand.

"Don't open your eyes now, you open them when I tell you to."

Shen An nodded, obediently following the direction of the little hand leading him.

After walking for a while, the tip of my nose began to smell a fishy smell, and if I carefully discerned it, it was the smell of sulfur and blood, which was nostalgic and familiar.

Only the volcanic rocks of the Demon Realm could hear the stench of despair like hell.

"What are you laughing at?"

Zhao Hu's voice came, and Shen An realized that he actually laughed out loud, so he said, "Didn't you say that there are still wicked people here?" Are not the wicked very well suited to this very wicked place? ”

Zhao Hu muttered, "Weird." After a pause, he said: "When the others came, they were scared to death, but you were as indifferent as if you were going back to your hometown." ”

Because hell is the home of this seat.

Shen An changed the topic and said, "You said other people, have you ever brought other people here?" ”

Zhao Hu didn't speak, and Shen An couldn't see her expression, so he said, "If you don't want to say it, forget it." ”

"When I was younger, I used to dream about this place." Zhao Hu suddenly spoke, "I don't like it here, it stinks and smells weird." It's not like outside, there are rabbits catching, dogs barking, chickens crowing, and a lot of fun and delicious things. ”

The girl's voice was filled with nostalgia and affection, and Shen An did not speak, but listened quietly.

"After that, I met my grandfather, and after I met him, I stopped dreaming about it. It's a bit of a pity, but it's okay because I have a grandfather, so I don't need it here. ”

Zhao Hu paused for a long time, Shen An heard her sniffing, and after a while, she spoke again: "Later, grandpa died, and there was no more delicious and fun things." The people in the village don't like me, and I don't want them to like me. Anyway, I have my grandfather's tombstone, and when I'm lonely, I talk to my grandfather's tombstone, as if my grandfather never left me, so even if I'm alone, I can be very happy. ”

"But then ......"

The voice stopped again, and the slight sniffing nose brought an irrepressible whimper.

"Later...... I'm being bullied and I need a place...... A place where you can cry...... I don't dare to cry in front of them, because if I cry in front of them, they will beat me......"

Zhao Hu's voice began to sob, and Shen An wanted to persuade her not to continue, but in the end, he decided to let her vent.

Zhao Hu snorted a few times and continued: "The people in the village say that I am a fox spirit and say that I am ...... I deserve it, I don't understand, just because I was raised by a fox, do I deserve to be treated like this? I don't understand, why are they doing this to me? I'm ...... I didn't do anything wrong, but why did they do this to me? ”

"Yes, you didn't do anything wrong."

Shen An's voice did not rise and fall in the slightest, not like comfort, but like judgment.

Zhao Hu didn't mind his coldness, she had never said these words to anyone, for some reason, she felt that those words could be told to the person in front of her, as if the person in front of her could understand all her grief, or, she just hoped too much that someone would understand her grief.

"One night, another group of them came over...... I was in so much pain, my whole body ached, I wanted to die, but I was afraid of dying, and I would never have the chance to meet something fun and delicious again. Grandpa said that there are always unhappy things in the world, but as long as you live, you can always meet happy things, so no matter what happens, you must live well. I want to live, but I'm in pain. At a time when I didn't know how to ease that pain, I suddenly came back here. It's still so smelly, so disgusting, but no one here is going to hurt me, and what happens outside has nothing to do with me. ”

Speaking the last sentence, Zhao Hu's voice suddenly burst into laughter, as innocent as a real little girl happily recounting the interesting things she encountered.

"You don't know how happy I was at the time, this must be what my grandfather meant when he said, 'As long as you live, you can meet happy things'. I can't help but dance here. Then I suddenly heard someone screaming, I followed the sound and I saw him......"

Zhao Hu took a deep breath, spit out a long breath, and continued: "I saw a monster with a mask, his whole body was pitch black as if it was burned, he was naked, and the mask on his face was particularly hideous and terrifying. I wanted to run away, but my scared feet didn't have the strength. I saw the people who had bullied me being grabbed by the monster like chickens, clinging to a red-hot copper pillar, pressing them against them over and over again, and there they were screaming in pain. I was so scared, I was so scared that the monster was going to grab me and eat me, and then I woke up. ”

"When I woke up, I found myself still in the hut, but the wicked people who had abused me were gone. I reminisced about that dream, and I felt scared and happy, afraid that the evil ghost was really scary and scary, and happy that no one would bully me again. ”

Zhao Hu sniffed and continued: "Later, I began to dream frequently, and I would return to this place every time. I saw those who had bullied me being caught in this place, sometimes thrown into volcanic rock, sometimes slashed by a thousand knives. Every time a person comes in, a person disappears from the village. ”

Is this the truth about the disappearance of the villagers? Shen An frowned and thought: Does Su Wuwu know these things?

Zhao Hu was silent for a while, as if she was really thinking about how to express her feelings, and after a while, she spoke again, this time, her tone was full of fear and excitement: "I've been wondering, is that monster a rakshasa?" Grandpa said that it was the jailer of hell, who punished the bad guys, and those people had bullied me, so I was pressed to this place. But then, more and more people came in, and those who hadn't bullied me were pressed in. Later, many people came to me and asked where the people in my village had gone...... I'm so scared, I don't dare to say it...... I'm so afraid that youkai isn't a jailer who punishes the wicked, and I'm so afraid I'm afraid I'll be thrown into the volcano by him and subjected to those cruel punishments. ”

"But you're even more afraid that if they are released, you'll go back to the days of being bullied."

There was no judgment in Shen An's tone, as calm as stating the facts. Zhao Hu didn't refute, but said after a moment of silence: "I want the wicked to be punished, but I don't want to see Xiao Anzi hurt, Aunt An and Xiao Anzi are both good people." ”

The force of traction suddenly stopped, and Shen An also stopped.

It seems that it has arrived.

"You can open your eyes."

Shen An opened his eyes, he and Zhao Hu were standing in front of a boulder, the scorching temperature around them was uncomfortable, but they were familiar and kind to Shen An. He took a few steps forward, hid behind the boulder with Zhao Hu, and looked under the stone pile, and the turbid scene floating in front of him reminded him of those hell disguised diagrams he saw in the grotto of the Demon Domain—

- Sinners who were subjected to cruel criminal punishments were hung upside down on iron pillars. The bones of the five horses and the amputated bones are scrambled for food by vultures, and the bloodstains are smeared on the warm-colored rock walls, giving birth to a deep despair and endless reincarnation in the light of the setting sun.

Suspended in the air was an unsinkable sun, blurring and corroding the sharp pinnacles into a blood-stained scarlet.

And the mottled iron cast by the flames, the tough but hideous iron cast, is engraved with the image of the Buddha with compassion, which is the portrait in the Western tantric diagram, Tara, Vajra and monks in different forms-

- At this moment, it is like a terrifying god, showing the bad deeds of the wicked.

A happy smile appeared on the corner of Shen An's lips-

- Long time no see, hell.