Chapter 5 Moving Stones
The three of them looked up at Yu Yang's expression, and couldn't help but turn pale for a while.
Yuyang trembled and knocked his upper and lower teeth, and stammered: "This child...... The boy is blinking ...... Wink......"
Du Ruo was so frightened that his whole body stiffened again, his upper body didn't move, he only glanced at Mu Yu with his eyes, and said tremblingly: "Xiao Zhaohua, you ...... Didn't you say...... The second half of the sentence ...... said nothing.
Mu Yu's face was bloodless, and he was obviously frightened. A look of disbelief appeared on her face, and she slowly turned her head to look at the boy at the table.
Outside the temple, torrential rain poured down, and lightning bolts illuminated the small space inside the temple from time to time. The bodhisattva in the center of the temple has compassionate eyebrows, and the original gentle smile on the corner of his mouth looks extremely strange at this time.
The faces of the two boys were bright and dark, and their already lifelike expressions were flashed by lightning, and they looked even more alive.
Du Heng stood up boldly and tiptoed to the boy's side, as if he was afraid that his footsteps would disturb something.
Although she has only been with Mu Yu for a few days, the broad knowledge that Mu Yu has shown along the way has made Du Heng have great admiration and trust for her. As long as Mu Yu said that there were Yin soldiers guarding this place, and other ghosts would not dare to come, Du Heng felt that this must be the case.
But the yin qi in the valley and the strange atmosphere in the temple still made Du Heng dare not be careless. He slowly leaned over to the boy and examined it carefully.
The pair stood solemnly, their hands folded in front of their chests, looking very reverent. A piece that was rubbed out of the background color by the imperial sun, under the electric light that lit up from time to time, glowed with a bright green light. The shadows of the trees projected from outside the temple swayed on the boy's face, and with the sound of the shrill wind in the valley, the boy seemed to dance.
Du Heng looked at the shadow of the tree on the boy's face, and suddenly understood something.
"You stupid, you don't see clearly and talk nonsense to scare people," Du Heng slapped the back of Yu Yang's head, "What blinking, it's clearly the shadow of the tree outside, you're dazzled by ghosts, right?" ”
Yuyang rubbed the back of his head, looking aggrieved.
Du Ruo squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully, and found that it seemed to be the case, and his heart was relieved of most of it, and he said: "This stupid melon is really a stone, and he can't talk with a brain." ”
Yuyang looked at the crowd, and then at the boy, his face was still confused, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to continue to pick up the futon on the ground and use it to make a fire.
The fire ignited in a short time, and the small temple was immediately warm. Although the futon is not large, it is very strong and resistant to burning.
Mu Yu had already fallen asleep against the offering table, and the Du family brothers and sisters also sat cross-legged on the futon and closed their eyes to rest, leaving only Yuyang to keep vigil.
Yuyang dismantled the few remaining futons in the temple and added cattails to the fire from time to time. He stared at the raging flames, and suddenly felt that the boy at the offering table was still quietly winking at him.
He froze in fright, slowly leaned out, pulled a handful of cattails over his head, and blocked his view.
The next morning, the sky was clear and sunny.
Du Heng stood at the door and stretched, turned his neck, took out the apple and nibbled it again.
Yu Yang watched from the side, Du Heng handed him the half-bitten apple, and he found another one.
A few people walked out of the small temple and out of the valley.
After walking for a short time, I saw a small city built on a hill in the distance. When I got closer, I saw three big characters written on the city gate, "Hegu City".
Yuyang complained: "I knew there was a city here, so we wouldn't have been so embarrassed yesterday......" Before he finished speaking, he received another slap on the back of the head.
"Stupid! Yesterday, if a few of us had entered the city, the nocturnal wanderer would have to take the whole city. Du Heng scolded and walked towards the city gate.
Yu Yang shrunk his neck and looked at Du Heng with a resentful expression.
The town is not large, but half of it is built on a hill, and the whole city looks as if it has reached the bottom of the mountain and climbed up the mountain.
The four of them walked for a day and a night without eating, and their stomachs couldn't help but ringing one after another.
It's too early now, and most of the restaurants on the street haven't opened yet. Occasionally, one or two men with flat shoulders hurried by, as if preparing for the day's business.
Suddenly, Yuyang stopped, twitched his nose, and sniffed.
Du Heng was vigilant for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Nocturnal wandering girl? Didn't it just come out at night? ”
Du Ruo's eyebrows furrowed, and his hand unconsciously moved to the hilt of the sword.
Unexpectedly, Yuyang suddenly looked excited and shouted towards the alley on the right.
"Noodles!"
As he spoke, he turned around and ran over, but he didn't run two steps and turned back, took Du Heng's hand and continued to run wildly.
Mu Yu was stunned.
Du Ruo took his hand off the hilt of the sword and said, "This stupid melon still has a conscience, every time even if there is a great good thing to attract him to the past, he will not forget his mission to guard Du Heng." ”
Mu Yu lowered his head and smiled.
"Little Flower, are you hungry? It's a mortal yours who can hold on with us for so long. Let's go, eat noodles and go. ”
The two men followed.
In the alley, the noodle stall is steaming, and the white noodles like dragon's whiskers are swimming in the pot like a dragon playing in the water. The saliva of Yuyang standing on the side was about to fall to the ground.
Du Heng helped his forehead, pulled Yuyang to sit on the seat of the noodle stall, just Du Ruo and Mu Yu also came, the four of them sat in a circle, and after a while, the steaming noodles were served.
Yuyang was not afraid of being hot, snoring, and stuffing noodles and soup into his mouth.
Du Heng knocked on the table and said dissatisfiedly: "I said can you pay attention, eat so loudly, starving to death?" ”
Yu Yang buried his head in the bowl, raised his eyes to look at Du Heng with a disgusted expression, moved the bowl to the side, and continued to stuff the noodles, his voice was much quieter.
The four of them were eating, and suddenly there was a commotion at the end of the alley.
"You old horseman, you dare not listen to my words, don't you want to open this store?!"
"Qi Ye spares his life! It's not that the villain doesn't listen to Qi Ye's orders, it's just that the villain really doesn't dare to go! ”
"Don't dare? What are you afraid of in broad daylight? I'll give you another half a day, I'll inspect the goods at noon, if you don't do it for me, hum, believe it or not, I'll even throw you out of Hegu City with a store! ”
Du Ruo's heart was on fire, and he put down the dishes and chopsticks and was about to stand up, but he was held down by Du Heng.
Du Heng shook his head and said, "We have important tasks on this trip, and it is inconvenient to meddle in mortal affairs. ”
Du Ruo pulled out his hand vigorously, exhaled a rough breath, and sat back fiercely.
The owner of the noodle stall on the side sighed faintly and said, "Alas, the tree is very popular, and this old stonemason is so good at craftsmanship that he has caused such trouble." ”
When Du Ruo heard this, he said, "How do you say this?" ”
The owner of the noodle stall said: "This Qi family is an immortal gate in our Hegu City. On weekdays, if there is any strange thing in anyone's house, they will help solve it. At the beginning, everyone thought that it was a good thing that Hegu had Xianmen stationed and could ensure peace on the side. But after a long time, the Qi family relied on their own ability and began to support them, and everyone in the city who had craftsmanship had to make good things for them. ”
Du Ruo said: "Hmph, bullying. ”
The owner of the noodle stall said, "Who's to say it's not? But who dares to disobey him! The Qi family is making all this mess all day long, and no one can do anything about putting those unclean things in anyone's house. ”
Mu Yu couldn't help but interject: "May I ask the old man, what does the Qi family want the old stonemason to do?" ”
"Hey, the Qi family just wants him to carve a stone fence. According to the old stonemason's craftsmanship, it is not difficult to carve a stone fence, but ......," the noodle stall owner suddenly lowered his voice, "but they had to let the old stonemason use the two boys in the small temple in the valley as stones." ”
When the four of them heard this, their faces suddenly changed color.
The noodle stall owner saw that several people looked different, so he put down the chopsticks in his hand to cook noodles, pulled a stool and sat next to a few people.
"I see that a few guest officials are extraordinary, they must not be ordinary people, they must be like the Qi family, they know some Taoism." The noodle stall owner came closer, "I wonder if a few people have ever been through that valley when they came, but have they ever entered that temple?" ”
Du Heng smiled: "What, have you entered?" ”
The noodle stall owner hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, I don't dare to go." I've heard that inside that valley is haunted. A few days ago, Sister-in-law Chen and her man went into the valley to collect firewood, and they didn't come back for three days. Sister-in-law Chen was anxious, so I brought a few sturdy young men to look for it. As a result, before she entered the valley, she saw her man squatting at the mouth of the valley. When a man comes, he doesn't speak, his face is pale, and whoever touches him is like letting the fire burn. Alas, such a good person, scared crazy. ”
Du Hengxin said, those two statues of boys are indeed high-grade stones, and those surnamed Qi are also considered to know the goods.
"Then why don't the Qi family go and move the boy statue out and work for the old stonemason?" Du Heng said.
The noodle stall owner gave a thumbs up and said, "This son is on point, presumably, those ghosts' Taoism is higher than his Qi family, and they can't handle it themselves." The old stonemason had offended the Qi family over a trivial matter before, and they just wanted to find an excuse to take revenge. ”
Du Ruo couldn't hold back anymore when he heard this, so he stood up and walked quickly to the end of the alley.
Seeing this, Du Heng threw down the silver and chased after him.
The old stonemason was sitting on the front steps, rubbing his head and pulling his hair with his hands, and a pair of feet appeared before they met, and he raised his head. I saw Du Ruo standing with his shoulders crossed, elegant and handsome, heroic and cool. Between the eyebrows, there was a fiery red bluegrass mark, red as burning.
When did the old stonemason see a person with such a appearance, he was so shocked that he almost knelt down and kowtowed, but was helped up by Du Heng with one hand.
The old stonemason raised his head and saw that the four people in front of him were all handsome and graceful, like heavenly beings, and he couldn't help but shed tears in his eyes.
"A few immortals! Save the villain! As he spoke, he was about to bow down again, but his chin was held up by Du Ruo's raised toes.
"Okay, okay, don't worship," Du Ruo retracted his toes, "He is a bully, and we will take care of this for you." Isn't it just a few dog legs, and you'll be honest after a beating. "I'm leaving.
The old stonemason hurriedly got up and grabbed Du Ruo's skirt and said, "Fairy Gu is not busy, even if you kill them, you can't solve the villain's urgent need!" ”
Du Hengqi said: "Why is this? ”
The old stonemason pointed his hand to the door of the shop and said, "The one surnamed Qi just now seems to have done some kind of trick in the villain's shop, saying that after an hour, if the two boys have not entered the villain's door, the villain's shop will have to fly out of the city with all the bricks and tiles." If you beat them to death, who will solve this method......"
When Mu Yu heard this, he took a few steps closer to the door of the store, touched the door frame, and nodded back to Du Heng.
It seems that this old man is right, if this curse is not solved on time, I am afraid that this store will really fly to the sky.
Du Heng touched his chin, smiled evilly on his face, grabbed Yuyang's shoulder with one hand, and said, "Yuyang, go, go back to the small temple and help me move those two boys over?" ”
Yu Yang's face changed color, his head shook like a rattle, and he said, "What? Let me move those two ghost boys? I'm not going! Don't go! ”
Du Heng hugged Yuyang's shoulders and tightened his hands, and said, "Oh, good, don't be afraid, we'll all go with you." Why, you don't even listen to me? ”
When he said the last sentence, Du Heng's hand squeezed Yu Yang's shoulder hard, almost crushing that shoulder.
Yu Yang's shoulder hurt, and when he saw that he didn't have to discuss, he had to nod his head stubbornly.
The four of them returned to the small temple.
The valley was silent, with the occasional breeze blowing, pulling the shadows of the trees to be mottled and reflected on the faces of the two boys in the temple.
Yuyang looked at the boy's eyes and was so frightened that he quickly turned his face away. Du Heng didn't care, strode into the temple, symbolically wiped the dust on the boy's body with his sleeve, and stretched out his hand to make a "please" action.
It was the first time that Du Heng was so polite to Yuyang, but Yuyang was not happy at all at the moment.
He cried and said, "Childe, I just want to carry it, I can't lift two by myself......"
Du Ruo almost laughed out loud on the side.
Du Heng's face darkened, as if he had just realized this matter, and he secretly said that it was not good, and he played tricks on others instead.
Mu Yu approached the boy and wiped the face of a boy with his hand. With this touch, the jade-colored bottom was revealed, and the boy's face was beautiful and flawless.
She frowned, and her pretty face showed a look of bewilderment.
Du Heng was about to ask, but when he turned around and saw that the sun was about to climb overhead, he didn't have time to speak, so he picked up a boy and motioned for everyone to leave quickly.
Seeing that Du Heng was one step ahead of him, Yuyang couldn't help but feel a little frightened, and hurriedly picked up another boy and chased after him.
The four people and two stone statues walked through Hegu City, attracting a burst of side eyes. The two statues of the boy are the same height as the people, and they are real jade materials, not to mention hundreds of kilograms. But these two handsome young men dressed in black, carrying the stone statue, did not blush, did not breathe, and walked like flying.
Everywhere I passed, there were voices of surprise one after another.
As soon as the two stone statues entered the door of the old stonemason's shop, Du Heng felt that the shop seemed to be much cooler suddenly, and he knew that the curse must have been lifted.
The old stonemason led the four men into the backyard and lay down the two statues of the boy side by side and placed them on the ground.
Du Ruo kicked the stone statue and said, "Old stonemason, please." ”
The old stonemason nodded, picked up the hammer and chisel, touched the boy's body, and smashed it hard.
I only heard a crisp sound of "Zheng", and the old stonemason was so shocked that he sat on the ground with his buttocks, and his tools were shaken off his hands. But the stone statue did not move, and there was not even a white spot left on its face.
Du Ruodaqi dragged the old stonemason aside, pulled Su Hua out of his back, and the cold white sword light instantly illuminated the small courtyard.
The old stonemason's eyes were as wide as brass bells, he had never seen such a divine soldier in his life, and his jaw was about to fall off.
"Hmph, you can't do anything with the axe and chisel, look at my Suhua sword!"
Du Ruo raised his sword and fell, only to hear a loud "bang", Suhua's sword was shocked and buzzed, but the boy was still lying on the ground with no traces on his body.
Several people were shocked, and Du Ruo was even more shocked and speechless for a while.
Even the fairy sword Suhua can't move a bit, what is the origin of these two boy statues?
Mu Yu's brows furrowed even more, she couldn't stop looking at the ringing Suhua sword, and then looked at the statue of the boy lying on the ground, her eyes suddenly widened, and she gasped.
Du Heng noticed the change in Mu Yu, and was about to ask, but Mu Yu rushed to Du Ruo's side in a flash, and his hand swiped lightly on Su Hua's blade, and he was drenched in blood.
Several people were startled again, and before they could react to what Mu Yu was going to do, they saw that she rushed to the two boys with another lunge, and a bloody palm was aimed at the chest of the boy statue, and slapped it fiercely.