Chapter 12: The Giant Vortex
Du He sat at the top of the mansion, his dark and sharp eyes patrolling back and forth in the dark, and beside him were Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing.
Du He smiled in a low voice: "It's God who helps me!" ”
It was almost early spring, the climate was cloudy and sunny, but this night was a bright moon in the sky, and the surrounding scenery was shrouded in moonlight, like a thin layer of sand. He's on a high place, and he can see it all in full view, and anyone can't escape his eyes if anyone does something wrong.
Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing looked around nervously, and their hearts were spontaneously empty.
As soon as Du He said about catching ghosts this morning, their faces turned white on the spot, and they wanted to retreat, but they didn't dare to disobey Du He's order, so they could only come hard.
They were deeply favored by the Du family, and Du He personally taught martial arts, even for him to be born and die, there is no second word, but the words of ghosts and gods are not as good as living things, ethereal, no one can see the true face, mysterious and weird, which makes them afraid.
But seeing that Du He was like a nighthawk, looking around, he didn't put the ghosts in his heart at all, and he was a little impressed in his heart, and his fear was a little less.
Du He sat from early morning to dawn, and he didn't encounter any suspicious characters at all, so he couldn't help but shoot his eyes at Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing.
Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing also looked at each other, not knowing why.
Huangfu Haohua was stunned: "The day before yesterday, the day before yesterday obviously appeared, how could it not be?" ”
Ba Yuxing was also afraid that Du He would think they were lying, so he hurriedly explained: "Childe, we are not lying, really, if you don't believe it, my old Ba is willing to die!" "He is not as clever as Huangfu Haohua, he is the kind of character who is simple to the bottom, and this brute strength is together, and he directly smashed his head with his pair of hammers. He himself is that kind of person with extraordinary divine power, and if this smash hits, the head must bloom.
Du He stretched out his hand and pushed the hammer away with the power of Tai Chi, and he was speechless for this kid.
I also doubted my own vision, how did I choose such a character to be the captain in the first place. But thinking of the speed at which his martial arts were improving, he was also relieved.
Fools have foolish blessings, this is the best verification of Ba Yuxing. Since he only has one tendon in his head, he does everything wholeheartedly. Learn martial arts, have nothing else in his heart, and can easily achieve the realm of the old monk, so the progress of martial arts is particularly rapid, and in the two teams of the moon and incense that he selected, his martial arts progress is the fastest, and the kung fu is also the best.
Therefore, Du He often thought that if he could give Ba Yuxing's wit to Huangfu Haohua, this person would be perfect.
"What nonsense!" Du He said angrily: "Who is worthy of dying so easily." ”
Ba Yuxing lowered his head, with an expression of knowing that he was wrong.
"Not next time! As a punishment, he copied the 'Xiang Yu Benji' in the "Historical Records" to me ten times! "For a thick-skinned character like him, it is better to punish him for plagiarizing than to scold him, so that he can really mean the wrong thing.
Sure enough, hearing Du He say this, Ba Yuxing's face immediately collapsed.
"I just want to ask what was wrong with the day when the ghosts appeared in a row and last night!" Du He didn't believe that they would expect that they would keep vigil in person, and that there must be an irresistible element in this in the future.
This irresistible factor will surely be the key to catching ghosts.
"Black!" Huangfu Haohua suddenly said a word, "The night before yesterday, it was drizzling, there was no moon, I couldn't see my fingers, it was very dark!" Last night, however, there were stars in the sky, and I was able to see everything around me. ”
"That is, on a moonlit night, their methods will be seen through?" Du He whispered to himself, and then asked Huangfu Haohua to ask if the day before yesterday was a moonless night.
The answer is obvious.
Huangfu Haohua said: "I asked, they said that there was some moon the day before yesterday, but the dark clouds were very thick, and I couldn't see my fingers...... Could it be that he said ......" He was alert, analyzed Du He's actions, and had already vaguely guessed a thing or two.
Du He smiled mysteriously: "Yes or no, I won't know until the night!" ”
After three days, I finally waited for the moonless night!
Du He is still on the roof with Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing to inspect the surroundings.
Due to the hazy night, the visibility of the surroundings is extremely low, even with the advantage of Du He's eyes, he can't see the surrounding scenery clearly, and can only vaguely see everything in the mansion.
As the minutes ticked by, he peered around like a leopard.
Suddenly, the wind rose, and then a strange sound sounded.
Whew...... Whew...... The wind howled like a ghost.
In the night sky, a thick green light appeared in the backyard of the mansion, floating in the air, with fire but no flame, like the rumored ghost fire.
"Appeared, appeared!" Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing shouted in unison, their eyes revealing a trace of fear, and their voices trembled a little.
Du He couldn't help but be shocked in his heart: "How is this possible!" ”
This scene is completely contrary to scientific principles, and the green and faint firelight is floating in the air with the wind, just like what Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing said.
There was a look of shock in his eyes, and before he knew it, the green glow disappeared in the air, as if it hadn't appeared.
The wind blew again, and strange sounds rang out, and the green light appeared again, and it floated in the air like a ghostly fire.
This time, Du He was mentally prepared, but there was no superfluous surprise, some were just strange, very strange! According to science, light travels much faster than sound.
But he heard strange noises first, and then saw the green flames.
Although the current situation was somewhat unexpected to him, he still endured the shock and analyzed it all.
What exactly is that strange sound?
Du He closed his eyes, making Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing close their mouths, and their whole hearts became empty and clear, and there were no more distractions. No longer bewildered by the strange phenomena in front of me, my ears felt the joy of every insect in the grass, the difference between the wind peeking through the cracks in the stones and the leaves of the trees.
The wind is blowing again!
A crisp sound of "boom" clearly reached his ears, and he opened his eyes, and sure enough, he saw the ghost fire that had disappeared reappeared, and a black shadow crossed the sky, and the whirring sound also rose.
"I see!" Du He suddenly understood, although he didn't know how the ghost fire appeared, but he was sure that it was not a ghost, but man-made.
When the wind rose, the strange sound was the sound of the bowstring vibrating, and the black shadow he saw when he opened his eyes was an arrow feather, and someone was secretly shooting something here not far away, all this phenomenon was caused by that thing, although he still did not know the reason, but the sound of the bowstring and the traces of arrow feathers were enough to confirm that his guess was correct.
Because the wind was strong, and the strange green flames took over, the insignificant sound of the bowstring vibrating and the flickering of arrows in the night instinctively made them ignore it, even the same was true of Duhe at the beginning.
The "Ghost Fire" is gone!
Du He pulled out the coiling dragon sword, cut off a piece of glazed tiles on the house, and held it in his hand as a hidden weapon, waiting for the arrival of the next "ghost fire".
The wind whistled, the bowstrings sounded, the black shadow reappeared, and the "ghost fire" appeared.
At this moment, Du He completely ignored the ghost fire and shot the glazed tile towards the sharp arrow.
The speed of the arrow is extremely fast, in a flash, Du He's glazed tiles are also extremely fast, but not as fast as the sharp arrow, but Du He has calculated the speed in advance, and the aiming place is the only way for the sharp arrow. As the arrow feathers flew by, the glazed tiles hit the tip of the arrow feathers, making a crisp sound.
"Do it!" With a low snort, Duhe jumped off the roof, ignoring the arrow feather he had shot down, and rushed straight in the direction from which the arrow had come from.
He was extremely fast, and before Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing could react, others had already jumped over the wall and came to the street.
The streets are empty!
Du He held the dragon sword in his hand and shouted: "Come out, don't hide." I know you're nearby, you can't escape. "Depending on the direction from which the arrow came, the street he was on was the only place to shoot.
If you come quickly, the other party will definitely not have time to escape, and you must be hiding somewhere.
At this time, Huangfu Haohua and Ba Yuxing rushed over, and behind them were more than a dozen members of the team who stepped on the moon and left incense.
"Search!" Du He gave the order, but still looked around vigilantly.
A muffled sound of "uh......" clearly reached Du He's ears, and the place where the sound came from was the big banyan tree next to his right hand.
"Here!" Du He swung his sword upward, but just as he stabbed it, a man rolled off the banyan tree and fell to the ground like a dead man.
A dead man, to be exact.
Because he had an arrow feather stuck in the heart of his chest, and the arrow feather pierced his heart directly. If the heart is pierced, no one will inevitably die.
Du He came to his side, and saw that he was in his thirties, and that he was holding the tail of an arrow piercing his heart in his left hand, presumably because he knew that he would die, and he was afraid that he would fall into his own hands and be tortured to extract a confession, so he committed suicide with an arrow.
The muffled snort that Du He heard was the pain caused by the arrow feather piercing into his body.
"Childe? What is that? Huangfu Haohua suddenly pointed to the banyan tree and said loudly.
Du Ho looked up and saw that in addition to the quiver, there were three bones hanging from the tree, which were the bones of a dead man.
With a knowing smile, Duhe removed the bone, cut off a section, and threw it away.
In the exclamation of everyone, the green ghost fire appeared on the street in an instant, and when the breeze blew, the ghost fire fluttered, but it quickly dissipated.
"This is the secret of the so-called ghost fire!" Du He said in a dull voice, but his face was serious.
Looking at the corpse on the ground, he vaguely felt the existence of a mysterious force, and he had an illusion: because of this Pei Mansion, he had approached a giant whirlpool.
If you get out in time at this moment, you may be able to avoid falling into the depths, but if you insist on occupying Pei's Mansion, you will fall deeper and deeper, and it will be difficult to extricate yourself!
(To be continued)