Chapter 39: Get Out
Zhou Hongxian followed Qianniang around and around, and finally came to a hidden wooden house.
The wooden house was filled with a green glow from the window, Zhou Hong subconsciously stopped, and Qianniang glanced back at her: "Fox lady, Cui Yu is in this house, do you dare to come in with me?" β
"Nothing dare!" Zhou Hongxian stretched his neck, but immediately retracted it again: "What's going on with the light in this room?" β
"You won't know when you come in!" Qianniang didn't pay much attention to Zhou Hongxian, and pushed the door directly into the house.
Zhou Hongxian scratched her ears and cheeks for a while, but she still raised her heels and went in, but as soon as she entered the room, her eyes suddenly widened a lot.
I saw that the length and width of this room were only a few meters, and the area was equivalent to the living room of an ordinary family in later generations, but the roof beams were full of rows of dense lanterns. Each of these lanterns emitted a different light, some were pale, some were dim, and most of them were turquoise, which was very similar to the ghost fire that Zhou Hongxian had seen before, and when they came together, they formed a green and gloomy and miserable hue.
"What are these lanterns for?"
Qianniang's voice was empty and faint: "These are all human skin lanterns, and they are also the cages used by the old ghost of Songpo to imprison the ghost slaves, fox lady, do you want to take a closer look?" β
Zhou Hongxian swallowed his saliva, and his voice trembled slightly: "Don't worry about these irrelevant things, I just want to know where Siniang is!" β
"Follow me!" Qianniang gently moved to the center of the row of lanterns, and stopped in front of a lantern that emitted a milky white light, Zhou Hongxian looked at her cautiously, secretly vigilant in his heart. But I saw Qianniang take off the lampshade with her hand, and grab the lantern directly with her other hand, and for a moment she seemed to grasp the wick in it, and the lantern suddenly dimmed, and the milky white light was transmitted between her fingers.
Zhou Hongxian opened his mouth to look at this scene, but Qianniang had already walked up to her and spread her palms towards her. Zhou Hongxian opened his eyes wide, and saw a little person with the size of a thumb lying in Qianniang's palm, the little person's eyes were closed, his expression seemed to be asleep, and his whole body exuded a soft white light, and carefully identifying her facial features, isn't it Cui Yu?
Zhou Hongxian was suddenly pleasantly surprised, she carefully stretched out her hands to take the villain from Qianniang's hand, she knew that this was Cui Yu's soul was reduced by the technique, so she opened her mouth and blew lightly on the villain in her palm, only to see the villain immediately turn into a white light floating in the air, and after a while, it condensed again into a normal-sized human shape, and then the white light dissipated, and Cui Yu's outline gradually solidified.
"Siniang!" Seeing Cui Yu crumbling, Zhou Hongxian hurriedly stepped forward to support her.
Cui Yu opened her eyes, her expression was a little confused, and when she saw Zhou Hongxian clearly, she couldn't help but be surprised: "Sister Zhou? β
"That's right, it's me!" Zhou Hongxian looked excited.
Cui Yu's eyes gradually filled with tears, and she began to cry: "Sister Zhou, I'm already dead, woo woo, that evil ghost said that I was dead, and he wanted to arrest me as a concubine!" β
Zhou Hongxian immediately hugged her and comforted: "Siniang, don't scare yourself!" You're not dead yet, I'm here to save you! β
"Sister!" Cui Yu raised her eyes to look at Zhou Hongxian, and even more crying pear blossoms brought rain, Zhou Hongxian's body temperature made her feel warm, and she drilled deeper into her arms, but she suddenly looked at Zhou Hongxian with hazy teary eyes: "No, sister, why are you here?" This is the lair of demons and monsters! β
Zhou Hongxian's expression froze, and she was embarrassed for a while, and she said: "Siniang, don't be afraid if I say something, in fact, I am not a human, but a fox demon!" β
Seeing Cui Yu's face full of disbelief, she had no choice but to burrow her tail out of the group swing and shake it, lowering her head, her expression like a child who had done something wrong: "Take a look." β
Cui Yu looked at the bright red fox tail and opened her mouth wide.
Zhou Hongxian was afraid that Cui Yu would misunderstand, and said: "But Siniang, don't worry, I'm definitely not the same as that evil ghost and rat demon!" β
Cui Yu was dumbfounded, and at this time, Qianniang walked behind her, gently stroked her back, and said in a cold tone: "Siniang, it turns out that you still don't know that your sister is a monster?" β
Cui Yu shook her head in a daze, Zhou Hong was very surprised when she saw Qianniang's move: "Qianniang, you?" β
Qianniang smiled faintly at Zhou Hongxian: "Fox lady, do you still suspect that I am going to play some tricks on you?" β
This time it was Zhou Hongxian's turn to be silent.
The smile on Qianniang's face gradually converged, and her expression became a little bleak: "Fox lady, do you want to hear my story?" β
Zhou Hongxian nodded silently, and Qianniang's voice sounded very ethereal: "My surname is Liu Mingqian, and I am the wife of Xie Qiao, the staff member of Cui County, Husu County. At the beginning, Xie Lang and I had been married for two years, and the husband and wife were very affectionate, and I thought that I could live this life happily. Unexpectedly, in the spring of six years ago, I went out of the city to enjoy the peach blossoms, and when I came back, it was late, and a strange wind suddenly broke out of the flat ground on the street, sweeping me away from the carriage. When I woke up, I found myself in the Songpa Forest, and in front of me was the old ghost of Songpa and Yu Erlang, in my fear, they killed me and buried me on the spot, and I was controlled by the old ghost and reduced to his ghost slave. β
Zhou Hongxian was already a little stunned when he heard this: "So, you and Siniang have known each other for a long time?" β
"That's right, I've known Siniang for a long time. At that time, Mrs. Lu was very good to me because of Xie Lang's relationship, and often invited me to my home as a guest, when Siniang was still a seven or eight-year-old girl, and her appearance was very different from now. However, her current appearance is very much like her third sister Cui Hao, so when she was caught by the old ghost of Songpa, I recognized her at a sight. β
Cui Yu also opened her mouth at this time: "I do look a little similar to my third sister, when I was caught by the evil ghost yesterday, I didn't recognize Sister Qianniang, or Qianniang told me this, I knew that she was the wife of Brother Ziping, and fortunately she took more care of me, otherwise I don't know how much I would be frightened!" β
Zhou Hongxian couldn't help but sigh that everything was unpredictable, and she also sympathized with Qianniang: "Qianniang, according to what you say, how do I feel that the old ghost of Songpo has premeditated to harm you?" β
Qianniang's smile was a little bleak: "You're right, fox lady!" The old ghost of Songpa was a foreign monk before his death, and he was arrested and reported by the people of Husu County for using illusion to defile a woman from a good family and kill him for money, and it was Cui County Ling and Xie Lang who convicted him and beheaded him. Because Cui County Ling and Xie Lang are from the yamen, they have a bad spirit, and the old ghost of Songpo can't easily approach them, so he has no choice but to kill me to take revenge on Xie Lang. Fortunately, he didn't know that Siniang was the daughter of Cui Xianling, otherwise he would never have waited until today to attack Siniang! β
Zhou Hongxian's expression was a little solemn, and Qianniang said again: "Fox lady, it's not easy for you to take Siniang out of here, but I can help you, just ask you to promise me a condition!" β
"Please!"
Qian Niang burst into tears: "After you rescue Siniang, please find a way to find Xie Lang, he probably doesn't know that I have died in Songpo Forest." Please tell him my current situation, let him pick a noon to come to Songpo Forest to dig out my bones, I have been defiled by the old ghost of Songpo, I dare not ask to enter the ancestral grave of the Xie family, only ask him to choose a place to rebury me, only in this way, I can get rid of the control of the old ghost of Songpo! β
"Sister Qianniang, you are so bitter!" When Cui Yu heard this, she couldn't help but hold Qianniang's sleeve and cry.
Zhou Hongxian looked at Qianniang's pale and cold face, and felt a little sad in his heart, so he said: "Qianniang, please rest assured, I will definitely bring the words!" If your husband dares to dislike you, then I'll β I'll do it myself. β
Qianniang wiped her tears and said, "So I will thank the fox lady first!" Next, let's discuss how to deal with the old ghost of Songpa! β
In the attic, Qianniang took Zhou Hongxian's hand and returned.
Seeing the situation, the old ghost of Songpa couldn't help laughing and said: "The two ladies went out for a while, why did they come back like this?" β
Qianniang smiled faintly: "Ah Lang, we women are like this, just now I talked with the fox lady very happily, and I feel like sisters to each other!" β
Yu Erlang clapped his hands and smiled: "It's really wonderful for the two ladies to stand together, how do you say it?" It's like two flowers juxtaposedβjuxtaposedβ" Yu Erlang pinched his beard, a little worried.
"Lotus." I don't know who whispered a reminder.
"Yes, and the lotus, and the lotus!" Yu Erlang smiled so much that his three beards were straight.
Qianniang glanced at Zhou Hongxian, and then returned to the side of the old ghost in Songpa, as soon as she sat down, the old ghost in Songpo immediately took her into his arms, and his hands began to be restless.
Qianniang glanced at Zhou Hongxian's direction, her eyes revealed a trace of shame, but with a smile on her face, she raised her hand and poured a full glass of wine for the old ghost in Songpo: "Ah Lang, slave feed you this cup!" β
The old ghost of Songpa laughed: "Good, good! Then he drank the wine that Qianniang handed to his mouth.
Zhou Hongxian also returned to her seat, she looked at the shame and forbearance revealed in Qianniang's eyes, and couldn't help but feel pity, and a woman's low cry suddenly sounded in her arms: "Sister, I can't stand it anymore, Sister Qianniang is too humiliated!" β
Zhou Hong hurriedly replied in a low voice: "Siniang, don't make a sound, be careful to show your feet!" β
"Fox lady, who are you talking to?" Yu Erlang's face came over from nowhere, startling Zhou Hongxian, and Cui Yu in Zhou Hongxian's arms suddenly stopped making any sound.
"I'm talking to myself." Zhou Hongxian's palms broke out in a slight cold sweat.
"I can't imagine that you still have this habit, lady!" Yu Erlang smiled faintly, looked down at the wine glass in front of Zhou Hongxian, and pushed it closer in the direction of Zhou Hongxian: "Lady, look at your glass is still full, how about I toast you?" β
Zhou Hong now wanted to hide her panic, so she raised the wine glass, she wanted to repeat the old trick to put the wine into the Qiankun bag, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Yu Erlang staring at herself with an inexplicable gaze and laughing, suddenly, she remembered that the wine glass was empty before she went out.
"Ah, Erlang, your wine glass is dirty!" Zhou Hongxian couldn't help but fuss.
"Ah, where?"
Without waiting for Yu Erlang to take a closer look, Zhou Hongxian took the wine glass from his hand, pointed to one place and said with a smile: "What about this!" The mouth of the cup is a little dusty, I'll wipe it for you! With that, she gently wiped it with her fingers around the mouth of the cup, Yu Erlang stared at her slender jade hand in a daze, and felt that her movements were slightly dazzling.
"Okay, wipe it clean! Come on, Jiro, let's clink glasses! Zhou Hongxian's smile was very sweet.
"The lady is really considerate!" Yu Erlang was slightly intoxicated, and drank the wine in the cup with a smile, he still felt unhappy, and touched a few glasses with Zhou Hongxian, and finally he asked with concern: "Lady, you have drunk several cups in a row, do you feel that it is inappropriate?" β
"There's nothing wrong with it, but Erlang, you're a little drunk!"
Yu Erlang secretly wondered in his heart, he found a way to come to the old ghost in Songpo, he was not taboo Qianniang, and asked directly: "Big brother, why is your corpse oil ineffective, why is the fox lady still not complimenting?" β
Qianniang's eyes were stunned, and she couldn't help but glance at Zhou Hongxian, but saw Zhou Hongxian smile at her.
The old ghost of Songpo said disapprerovingly: "The fox lady is different from the ghost slave, she is a demon after all, and she has a little Taoism, how can it take effect so quickly for her?" β
Yu Erlang was a little impatient: "Big brother, when will it take effect?" β
"Second brother, it's almost over, look at you in a hurry, your face is as red as a monkey's ass!" The old ghost of Songpa was drinking the wine handed over by Qianniang, and at the same time teasing Yu Erlang, suddenly he felt that something was wrong, and said in surprise: "Second brother, didn't you drink that glass of wine yourself?" β
"Big brother, what are you talking about, little brother doesn't understand too much! But the little brother does feel a little hot and unbearable! β
"Look at your face!" The old ghost of Songpo thought for a moment, and suddenly turned his head to look at Zhou Hongxian, he saw Zhou Hongxian's face as usual, and he couldn't help but be furious: "What a means, fox lady!" How did you calculate my second brother? β
Zhou Hongxian had an ignorant expression: "Why is the old ghost angry?" β
"Fox lady, fox lady, I really underestimate you! Sure enough, there is no fox who is not cunning, I don't think you are here today to meet friends at all, right? Say, "What is the purpose of your visit?" At this time, countless black-brown laser patterns suddenly appeared on the originally handsome face of the old ghost in Songpo, and the whole face suddenly became hideous, and it looked very terrifying.
Zhou Hongxian looked at him like this, fear rose in his heart, but he insisted on refusing to show his stuffing: "Old ghost, have you misunderstood?" β
The old ghost of Songpo's face was already blue and black, and his face was like a dead man, and he showed a cruel sneer: "Misunderstanding? I'd rather be wrong than let anyone suspicious! β
"The old ghost is angry, this is really a misunderstanding!" Zhou Hong was still making the last trace of resistance, but Cui Yu's exclamation suddenly sounded in her arms, obviously frightened by the half-human and half-ghost appearance of the old ghost in Songpo.
This scream also made Zhou Hongxian's face change drastically, and the old ghost of Songpa was stunned for a moment, and then He He sneered: "You really have another purpose!" With that, he smashed the wine glass in his hand, and the scene in the attic suddenly changed, and the lights around him were extinguished in an instant, and the attic suddenly fell from golden splendor to gloomy darkness, and the tables, chairs, cups, plates, and various objects in the attic all swirled with a protruding tornado, and crackled in the air.
Zhou Hongxian was shocked in her heart, she intended to escape, but found that she was surrounded by a tornado and had nowhere to escape. Her eyes couldn't help but look at Qianniang, but she found that Qianniang was standing behind the old ghost in Songpo, with a frightened expression in her bleak expression.
"Old ghost, you have something to say! Let's sit down and have a good talk! β
However, the old ghost of Songpa was unmoved, and let out a terrible scream from his mouth.
However, just when Zhou Hongxian felt that he was going to suffer, another vision was born, and he saw that the tornado stopped suddenly, and all kinds of objects also fell to the ground, but he saw the tall figure of the old ghost in Songpo standing in the center of the attic, but he was motionless, which made Zhou Hongxian feel stunned.
"Fox lady, do you remember what I told you? Don't do it now, wait when! Qianniang suddenly shouted.
Zhou Hongxian had a stirring in his mind, and immediately remembered what Qianniang said when she discussed countermeasures with her before: "Fox lady, Yu Erlang is not to be afraid, he has always been timid, and the first thing he thinks about in case of trouble is to flee for his life." Although the old ghost of Songpa is higher, he has a major weakness, that is, his head is not born with him, and his head will occasionally repel each other, so that his face will be stiff, he will lose all abilities in a short time, and he is more likely to have seizures if he drinks too much. At that point, if you can take his head, he'll be a headless fly, and it'll be easy for you to leave! β
Zhou Hongxian was reminded by Qianniang, where did she dare to hesitate, she instantly flashed to the old ghost in Songpo, jumped on his shoulders in one step, and pulled up with her arms holding his head, "pop", like a dead wood breaking, the entire head of the old ghost in Songpo was uprooted by her.
Zhou Hong couldn't help but glance at the head after landing on the ground, but was frightened by its disgusting appearance, she didn't do anything, raised a kick, and kicked the head out of the window like a ball.
The old ghost of Songpo lost his head, but his body moved again, but as Qianniang said, he was like a fly without a head, stumbling and not knowing the direction at all.
Zhou Hong now found that many of the maids in the attic had disappeared, and even Yu Erlang had disappeared, leaving Qianniang alone.
"Qianniang, how can I get rid of this old ghost in Songpo?"
When Qianniang heard this, she shook her head gloomily: "Fox lady, you don't have to think about it, as long as you can't destroy his bones, you will never be able to get rid of him, and his bones have long been hidden by Yu Erlang!" β
"Wouldn't that leave him to his own devices?"
"But what can we do? Fox lady, it's time to be a child soon, please leave quickly, don't delay sending Siniang's soul back to the body! Also, please remember what you promised me, remember, remember! Qianniang said bleak words in her mouth, and her figure gradually faded.
Zhou Hong now glanced back at the attic of the old ghost in Songpo in the dark night, and soon turned into a breeze and rushed to Husu County.