Chapter 20: Amnesia
[The book continues from the above, and the last book said that Mu Qingming found clues from the horsehair, which can be used to find the immortal Taoist who mutilated the leper monk. But Mo Han felt that it was not necessary to rush to eradicate it if it was found, and it could be controlled secretly first. And Miaole also took Jiaoyun and Longgu to Hongyu's house in the Yunjin Night Market, and when she entered the door, she saw a group of little ghosts who were pounding human bones into powder with copper mortars. Draw out the red jade and accept the egg that was laid at noon, ready to start making Gu. Miao Tian and Miao Bi searched for the evil spirit in the horse's mane and finally found some clues. But it's not an evil person who mutilates a leper monk, it's just an ordinary person. After a closer investigation, the two found that this person's memory was missing. 】
There was a cold in Hongyu's house, a kind of cold that made people feel cold down their spine.
The dwarf men and women in the main room on the first floor are not human. The restrained ghostly aura on their bodies, as well as the fact that they can't shine a shadow under the lights, have confirmed that they are just a group of ghosts.
And their cheeks were completely bloodless, like a layer of powder. However, this alone was not enough to make Long Gu and Jiaoyun's hearts jump in horror all of a sudden.
The point is that these ghosts don't have the slightest expression, just like puppets without emotion. And everyone has such a look, which is the weirdest.
Moreover, their eyes were full of cold light. In that kind of cold light, it was full of creepiness. In addition, their lips are as red as blood, and there is a faint purple-black ring around their eyes, which can really make people's hearts jump at first glance under the turquoise flames.
Only Miaole is already commonplace, turning a blind eye to these ghosts who are full of ghosts and have ugly and hideous faces.
During the day, when the yang energy is heavy, all the ghosts will take on some strange appearances, or lose their disguises, showing their appearance when they were dying.
It's a lot of fun to see such a situation, so naturally I turn a blind eye.
The ghosts in front of her were still using copper mortars to mechanically mash pieces of human bones into powder. That's the necessities needed to make Soul Eater Gu.
It seems that Ruby is indeed actively preparing.
"Welcome, people of the Mu family." Just when Kyaukyun and Long Gu didn't know which leg to take to keep up with Miaole in front of them, Hongyu stood on the stairs deep in the house, facing Miaole and them, and slowly walked down the stairs with a smile on her face.
Today, she changed into a snow-white top, but she was still wearing a red dress. Compared to the working ghosts under the stairs, the old ghost of Ruby is much better.
Even though the sun was shining outside the house, the yang energy was strong, and her appearance had not changed in the slightest when she was dressed elegantly. It's exactly the same as a person.
The wind is blowing at his feet, and the hem of his skirt is swaying in the wind.
It's really in response to the old saying that has been circulated in the world of Lock Dragon: people and ghosts are difficult to distinguish and difficult to deal with.
Such an old ghost will not change because of the little yang energy outside the house.
But at this time, if she wasn't wearing human skin, she wouldn't dare to go out half a step. But she is clothed in human skin, and she dares to bathe in the sun, no different from a human being.
"Hongyu, it's good that you can cooperate with us, but do you have such a backbone?" Miao Le, who didn't know how to make Gu, looked around, and the human bones that were gradually smashed by the copper pestle in the copper mortar showed a little disgust on his face, and there was a little more displeasure in his eyes.
Then, she raised her eyebrows, looked directly at Hongyu, who was already standing in front of her, and asked in a deep voice, "Did you kill again?" ”。
"I can do whatever I promised you, and I can go back on it at any time. But what I promised your young master will be done; Kill, hehe, it's so bad that you can figure it out. Although Hongyu was not angry or annoyed when she heard this, her face showed contempt, and she said coldly: "I have promised your young master to abandon evil and follow good, where can I still kill people?" ”。
"And what's going on with these bones?" Miao Le was stunned for a moment, and then looked around at the little ghosts who were constantly working, and his face gradually became confused.
"Gu making requires human bone and bone meal." Hongyu put away her contempt and said lightly: "In order to control Gu for you, for the reputation of your young master, I just didn't tell you about this." He robbed thirty-six lonely tombs outside the city to find these bones. Do you know how hard I work? You still suspect me of killing people for no reason! ”。
With that, Hongyu, whose face was full of displeasure, snorted angrily.
Miao Le was speechless for a moment. It was her preconceived idea of this, and she was wrong to blame Hongyu. Although digging graves is not a good thing, it is also lacking in virtue, but there is no way for Hongyu.
Thinking of this, Miaole apologized on her face, and hurriedly said sincerely: "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you." ”。
Hongyu didn't seem to be relieved by an apology, and after snorting angrily, she asked angrily, "What are you doing here?" ”。
The warmth and hospitality of the past have been completely lost.
"I've got eggs for you." Miao Le beckoned behind her, took the egg from Kyaukyun, and handed it to the red jade in front of her.
When Hongyu saw the egg, she also put away her displeasure, took it in her hand, and after taking it carefully, she shouted excitedly: "Yes, yes, this is the egg laid at noon." ”。
"I'm going to make a Gu now, the little scorpion Tie Hua has already sent it to me yesterday." Hongyu seemed to have forgotten Miaole's wrongdoing, and the joy on her face did not decrease but increased.
"My master also asked us to send you a few pills, which can replenish yin qi and cover your ghost qi." At the same time, Long Gu plucked up her courage, took out a palm-sized brocade cloth bag from her arms, stepped forward and handed it to Hongyu.
What was contained in it was the ghost clan tonic that Mu Qingming asked her to use the secret recipe of the ghost market yesterday.
It was also Mu Qingming's thank you gift that she asked her to specially configure for Hongyu.
"Well, your master is much better than your uncle." Hongyu didn't shirk it, and after taking the pill, she didn't forget to sarcastically say a word about Miaole, and she didn't forget to glare at Miaole......
South of the city, Guandu.
The sun shines on the land, bringing a lot of heat.
Miao Tian and Miao Bi searched for the evil spirit in the horse's mane, and finally had a clue after a few days in the city. Then he looked for a clue and went out of the city. Following the trails, I came to Guandu outside the city.
This ancient ferry port with 42 forts is also known as a long history, and it has existed here since the ancient Dian Kingdom.
In the late Qing Dynasty in the Tongzhi and Guangxu periods, the fort was rebuilt, and it was divided into 48 forts at the beginning, and then it was 42 forts. That's why the locals also call it Fort 42.
Miaotian and Miaobi looked for the imperceptible traces of evil on the ground, gnawed on the cakes and buns in their hands, walked for a long time in Guandu, turned around for a long time, and still did not stop.
They knew that these little bits of evil energy scattered on the ground would eventually guide them to the murderer.
"This guy still has a bit of a brain. He was obviously not in the city, but he committed crimes in the city, and he left a lot of messy clues, which made us wander around the city for days. As she said this, she stood still on the edge of a field and looked at the field in front of her, which was full of neatly planted buckwheat.
On a few buckwheat leaves not far in front of him, a little bit of yin and evil aura remained.
"Miaotian, why do I have a bad premonition?" Just as Miaotian was looking for that trace, continuing to move forward, entering the field and shuttling among the buckwheat, Miaobi, who followed up, said thoughtfully: "No, it's not that kind of dangerous premonition. I always feel that this Guandu is not a place for the murderer to hide. ”。
Miaotian's inadvertent words just now reminded Miaobi.
Along the way, after turning around in Guandu for a long time, the clues they saw were as messy as those in the city, like a deliberately planted ecstasy array, confusing them.
Saying this, Miaobi completely locked his brows, and his facial features were full of confusion and incomprehension.
"Don't say it, it's possible." Miaotian, who was walking in front of Miaobi, said while looking for the traces of the evil spirit: "But don't be discouraged; This guy knows that he didn't completely hide his whereabouts, so he did so many fake traces to confuse us. Then there must be one of them that can find the real traces of this guy. ”。
"Yes." Miaobi thought for a moment and then nodded and said, also cheering up.
The sun above their heads was a little scorching, and the sun made both of them ooze hot sweat on their foreheads. Especially Miaotian's sweaty feet are even more uncomfortable, and the toes in the cloth shoes are full of sweat and sticky.
But he still didn't stop, and continued to look for a bit of yin and evil qi to continue to move forward.
After a while, when they all finished eating the dry food in their hands, they also walked out of this large area of buckwheat field.
Miao Bi and Miao Tian stopped on the ridge together, and they both saw a little bit of evil spirit, extending from their feet to the weedy wasteland a few feet away in front of them, under the leafy old locust tree.
Under the tree, there were all kinds of rags. Chairs with missing legs, broken bowls, bedding for long worms, and cutting boards with missing corners, you name it. It's just a rag discarded by others.
A man in a tattered short coat and a straw hat that was about to fall apart was sitting in a pile of tatters, napping against the trunk of a locust tree.
No matter how difficult the world is, such scavengers are not uncommon.
But a little trace of yin and evil qi extends to this person's feet.
The brim of his hat on his head was drawn low, covering his face, which was difficult to see in the shade of the trees. I don't know if this person is old or young? But Miaotian and Miaobi both saw that under his tattered clothes, there was still a little evil spirit emanating.
It is exactly the same as the evil qi they found all the way.
In the minds of Miaobi and Miaotian, a thought popped up at the same time: "Isn't this the evil man?" ”。
At this thought, Miao Tian had already stepped forward and strode towards the scavenger he had never met before, and at the same time secretly prepared for battle.
But Miaobi stood in place, carefully looking at the scavenger who was still napping under the tree, completely unaware of Miaotian's scavenger.
Miaobi's eyebrows furrowed again.
Miao Tian walked faster and faster, sprinting towards the scavenger.
Five, four, and three, Miaotian is getting closer and closer to the scavengers.
And Miaotian's footsteps are getting faster and faster.
Just when he walked out another zhang in the blink of an eye, and there was still a distance of one zhang from the scavenger who was sleeping heavily, the Miao Bi behind him saw that there were no outsiders, and he flashed, and teleported behind Miaotian in a blink of an eye, and at the same time quickly reached out and grabbed Miaotian.
Miaotian, who was pulled, was stunned for a moment, and immediately turned his head, looking at the Miaobi that held him with confused eyes.
"He's not a murderer, he's just a ghost." Miaobi and Miaotian looked at each other and whispered.
"Huh?" Miao Tian was stunned, and frowned, and the confusion in his eyes increased instead of decreasing.
"There is a gap and a missing part of his memory, which has been deliberately washed away." Miaobi glanced at the scavenger who had not yet woken up, and then whispered to Miaotian, "If he is a murderer, there is no need to do more. ”。
Is what Miaobi says true? Will they be able to find the real murderer? Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.