Chapter 299: Retreat
Tonight, this rainy night, is not destined to be peaceful.
It's like this rain.
It's calm when you don't come.
It was urgent and violent.
Just when Jin An and Zhao Ping, who were still in the coffin, went over, suddenly, there was a loud movement in the night.
Boom!
It's like the sound of a heavy object stomping on the ground.
The old Taoist priest saw the legs of the stool where the coffin was placed and shook, and thought that the dead man in the coffin was going to cheat the corpse, and exclaimed, the little brother is not good, Zhao Pingfa doesn't eat our set, and the fuck is going to cheat the corpse tonight!
After the old Taoist priest hurriedly roared and shouted, he grabbed a stack of yellow talismans on the Yellow Cloth Dharma table and lit them, and then threw them into the clay bowl with Sanyang wine, and the yellow talismans mixed with Sanyang wine turned into talisman water, and the old Taoist priest drank a sip of talisman water and sprayed it into the coffin.
Boy.
The old Taoist priest has a lot of water.
Even this Zhao Pingfa is really unlucky today, he will not be safe in the next burial, he frequently encounters unlucky things, and he will be wronged by the old Taoist priest at night and spew a mouthful of saliva.
"Old Dao, it's not that Zhao Ping has cheated the corpse, it's outside, and the movement is coming from outside the Taoist temple. Jin An glanced at the old Taoist priest speechlessly, and looked at the corpse of Zhao Pingfa who was sprayed by the old Taoist priest in the coffin with sympathy.
"This movement is transmitted to the Taoist temple, and there can be such a big movement, the ground is shaking, this movement is definitely not small. ”
"Something big must have happened somewhere in the city. ”
Jin An put down the paper money in his hand.
It was easy to jump on the roof and look into the distance, but in the rainy night, it was dark and dark, and all around were the hazy outlines of buildings under the rain curtain, and further away, only pitch black remained.
However, this sudden movement, as well as the shaking of the ground, woke up some people who were not yet asleep, and saw that the lights and candles of each house were constantly lit up sporadically on a rainy night.
Suddenly.
Jin An was shocked, and on a rainy night, many torches suddenly lit up in one place, surrounding a place.
Looking at the situation, it was like an ambush for a long time.
When he saw clearly what place that direction was, Jin An's eyes rose with great interest, if he remembered correctly, wasn't that place the direction of the stone ox left by the corpse immortal predecessor in the world?
Shout!
Just as Jin An was thinking, a ringing arrow shot into the sky, and then exploded in the air, like a round of daytime sunrise lighting up the night sky, which was unusually eye-catching.
This arrow was like a signal, and the sound of a large number of troops marching quickly began to be heard in the city.
Under the black rain curtain, the city gate was wide open, and strings of fires were as bright as fire dragons, illuminating the night, and they were rapidly gathering from outside the city to the city in one direction.
Look in that direction.
It was the stone ox that went to the square where the arrows were located.
Jin An's expression moved.
To be able to act so blatantly in the city and to be able to easily mobilize such a man and horse, you don't need to think about it, only the imperial army and the captains stationed in the barracks outside the city have such great ability.
"Old Dao, Du Wei seems to have a big operation tonight, you and the sword cutting stay in the Taoist temple to guard Zhao Pingfa's corpse, lest this Zhao Pingfa's corpse have any accidents, I'll go over and see what the situation is." ”
Jin An held the mentality of watching the excitement, his body flashed quickly in the dark night, and he went away quickly, and in just a few blinks of an eye, the person disappeared into the thick darkness.
As you get closer to the square, you hear louder movements.
It seems that there was a butcher who saw the stone ox come back to life during the day, and the ordinary officials of the yamen did not pay attention to it, but it attracted enough attention from the captain.
Du Wei sent people to hide near the stone cow in the square, and he urgently mobilized the army to rush to the stone cow in the square in a premeditated manner, which clearly went to the stone cow left in the world by the corpse of the immortal predecessors.
Because Jin An took a shortcut and made a quick leap from the roof, he rushed to the square one step ahead of the garrison outside the city.
Whoa, whoa, whoa—
The rain washed the ground, and a large pool of blood flowed on the ground, ticking and ticking, scarlet blood mixed with rain dripping, and on the tall and mighty, majestic and desolate, two-person high stone ox pointed horns, the chest cavity penetrated a dead man with his back facing up.
It was a half-hundred-year-old man dressed in ordinary people's sackcloth, the old man was already dead, and his face was terrified, as if he had seen some extremely terrifying scene before his death, which frightened him into fear, and his eyes widened without blinking.
His death was tragic, his chest cavity was pierced, his heart and lungs were torn apart by stone horns, his head and limbs drooped weakly, the air and blood in his alveoli flowed backwards down his limp-sagging head, and foamy blood poured out from his mouth and nose, staining his sackcloth and the stagnant water on the ground.
On the ground at the feet of the corpse, a large stack of yellow rune paper, more than a dozen coffin nails, a Dao mirror, and a golden iron rod were sprinkled.
Boy.
Jin An took a closer look at the golden iron rod, this thing is actually a magic stick made of pure gold, gold can suppress evil spirits, since ancient times, there is a tradition of worshipping the golden Buddha in the temple to ward off evil spirits.
Such a big golden magic stick, not one or two catties, Jin An dared to take off his head and let the square stone cow step on it.
Jin An pondered, this demon descending stick should be the same as the golden coffin of Headless Village, it was a gold-plated evil suppression magic weapon outside.
After all, who really wants to run around every day with so much gold, why would a cultivator pin his head to the waistband of his trousers, and deal with some stinking corpses, sinks, and filth all day long?
With so much gold, he bought a few sets of big houses in the big city for retirement, bought more than a dozen shops, bought more than 1,000 fertile fields, and finally married a wife with ten rooms and twenty rooms.
Obviously.
The old man in front of him, who was dressed ordinarily and deliberately didn't want to attract attention, was a talented man hidden in the people.
As for why this person appeared in the square at night?
You don't have to guess to know it all.
It must have come for the stone ox.
Jin An felt that there should be a butcher passing by the stone cow in the square during the day, and when he saw the news that the stone cow came to life, he didn't know who leaked it, which attracted the prying eyes of people with hearts.
Even the lieutenant saw some clues and sent people to ambush nearby, it is impossible for others to be very stupid and not see the clues of this stone ox.
Merely......
Looking at the dead corpse hanging upside down on the horns of the cow, this scene is somewhat intriguing.
Did they kill it?
Still is... Has the stone ox really come back to life? Has the stone ox gone from a dead thing of stone to a living creature of spirits?
If it's the latter......
Thinking of the movement of heavy objects stepping on the ground that he had heard in the Taoist temple before, Jin An couldn't help frowning.
With the passage of the Cave Heaven Blessed Land about to be born, all kinds of moths have begun to catch up with each other.
......
......
At this time, the square was very lively.
Jin An saw dozens of iron cavalry guards holding torches, surrounding the stone ox, his eyes swept over these people, and he also noticed the captain.
And beside the captain, there are also two familiar backs.
It's the funny pair of crying brothers.
The younger brother wears a long pointed hat with the words "Catching you" written on it, and holds a mourning stick.
The elder brother wears a long pointed hat with the words "You're here" written on it, and holds a soul-beating stick.
Being able to see this pair of crying brothers here, Jin An was not surprised at all, this time so many folk exorcists responded to the call of Lord Yin and went down to the Yin Yi River to pacify the Dragon King, and they were originally going to be added to the official and enter the imperial court to become an official.
Some people like to be chic and free, and uninhibited.
There are also people who are tired of running around, so they like to be officials, and they want to change their fate and leave a fruitful blessing for future generations.
There are also people who aspire to be rich and rich.
Horses of courses.
It's like Jin An's trip to the Yinyi Jiangping Dragon King this time, he went to that group of antique dealers, and he had no interest in being a sesame petty official.
"This pair of crying brothers does have some skills, and they are not bad-hearted, and it is also a good future to follow the captain who treats his subordinates as brothers and sisters and loves soldiers like sons. ”
Jin An sincerely blessed the mourning brother to follow the good general Du Wei, and have a bright future and become a big official.
Not.
rushed to the old Taoist priest and saved the weeping brothers many times.
In the future, he mixed in Fucheng, and he could be regarded as a privileged person in the court, so thinking about it, Jin An was immediately happy, and asked the old Taoist priest to show the brothers their faces and how their official fortunes were another day.
Tick –
Tick –
The blood on the corpse was still dripping.
The blood on the ground continued to grow.
As the blood in the body dries up, the blood flow slowly slows down, coagulates, and becomes a slow drip.
Square.
Du Wei refused the umbrella and robe handed by his subordinates, he was drenched in the rain, standing in front of the stone ox with his hands, like Jin An hiding in the distance, looking at the stone ox in front of him with a solemn expression.
The stone cow is still the stone cow.
The posture has not changed.
It's like he hasn't moved for more than ten years, and he has maintained the same posture for more than ten years-
The head of the ox is slightly low, the thick horns are slightly inclined to the sky, and the front hooves are raised, as if the body is carrying something, as heavy as a thousand jun, the momentum is both majestic and vicissitudes, sad and lonely.
The stone ox was carved to life by a stonemason, and the texture of each tendon muscle is clearly visible.
Vivid.
Intriguing.
Du Wei was drenched in the rain, and his face was expressionless, and the two people in front of him, Gao Shiniu, looked at each other... It is said that the eyes are the psychological world, and the eyes can see through a person, as if he wants to see through the stone cow in front of him.
But it's a dead thing that doesn't move.
It never moved.
In fact, the dead man hanging on the horn in front of him was not killed by the captain, he didn't even see how this person died, and his subordinates who were ambushed nearby didn't see how this person died.
He sat in the rear, closed his eyes and recuperated himself, and when he heard a great movement in the night, and got up to the window, he saw a dead man hanging from the horns.
When I asked the other men who were lying in ambush by the window, none of them could tell how the man died.
So many pairs of eyes.
No one saw how the man walked into the square, how he approached the stone ox, and how he died on the horns.
Everything was too sudden.
It's so bizarre.
It is far beyond the understanding of ordinary people to understand the weirdness and grotesqueness.
"Brother, why did General Du Wei stand motionless, staring at a dead thing in the rain?" At this time, the crying brother who had a lot of questions quietly asked the eldest brother beside him.
The crying elder brother glared at his younger brother: "We are already people with official status, how many times have we told you, we must speak with culture and connotation, and we can't talk nonsense anymore." What do you mean that General Du Wei is staring dryly, and he is uneducated in his speech!"
"Haven't you heard the phrase that readers often say, 'Look at the mountain is not a mountain, see the water is not water, the mountain is not high, there are fairies, there is a spirit, and if the water is not deep, there is a dragon'. ”
"Do you think General Duwei is appreciating the rain? Wrong, in fact, General Duwei is looking at the stone ox. Do you think General Duwei is looking at the stone ox? Again, it is very wrong, General Duwei is not looking at the stone ox, but the scattered cultivator who failed to solve the immortal more than ten years ago. ”
"Why do you think this stone cow is so famous? It is not the stone cow that is famous, but the immortal hidden behind the stone cow. ”
“?”
In the rain, Du Wei, who was drenched in the rain and stared at Shi Niu, whose eyes were a little astringent, suddenly jumped with green tendons on his head.
Other Iron Guards Around: "......"
The younger brother of the mourner didn't notice the strange atmosphere of the other people around him, he looked at his eldest brother with bright eyes, and said excitedly: "Brother, I understand what you mean, you want to tell me that if we cry at this stone cow, we can cry out of the immortal who is an immortal!"
Under the bleak rainy night.
Bursts of miserable and miserable mourning began to sound.
Crying at night made the people around panic, unable to sleep at night, the man was so frightened that he hugged his mother-in-law to warm the bed, and the man who did not have a mother-in-law held his urine, and his body became colder and colder.
Pedal Pedal –
Armor collides.
Torches lit up the night sky like a long dragon, and a group of disciplined troops finally drove from outside the city to the square, and surrounded the square with murderous energy, and the weapons were unsheathed, waiting for the surroundings under the dark night.
Then there were soldiers who led the team, dismounted and came to the general of the commander, because of the distance, Jin An did not hear the content of the conversation between the commander and him, and not long after, the soldier walked away and came back, and found a ladder to climb up the stone ox to move the body.
It's just that the corpse is hanging dead on the horns, the chest bones and horns are firmly stuck, and in the end, it is still the powerful iron cavalry guard, and several people practice to carry the dead man hanging on the horns.
At this time, Jin An stared at the direction of the stone cow in the square, he was very curious, would this stone cow come alive and hurt people's lives?
Just when Jin An'an was paying attention to the direction of the stone cow in the square, suddenly!
Jin An seemed to notice something, his eyes turned solemnly, black, under the cold rainy night, on another roof two or three feet away from him, I don't know when there was a quiet addition of a scholar.
The scholar appeared silently.
It's like it came out of nowhere.
The scholar was weak, with a yellow face and thin muscles, at first Jin An thought that this person was yin, but this person was not afraid of the yang energy on his body, and Jin An sensed the yang energy that only living people had in the scholar.
But there is something wrong with this scholar.
The muscles on his face, the muscles on his body, are losing weight at a speed that is visible to the naked eye, and the three yang fires on his body are rapidly weakening, and Jin An took a closer look before he noticed that there was a wriggling thing on the back of this scholar.
It's a human face that has been peeled off!
Jin An's eyes lit up, but it was too late for him to save the scholar, who didn't have much yang energy, and the last bit of yang energy had been sucked up by the wriggling human face behind him, and his body was paralyzed and died without the support of yang energy.
Just when the scholar died, the wriggling human face came to the scholar's face, and the human face replaced the scholar's facial features.
The scholar was ghosted.
Get back on your feet.