Chapter Ninety-Nine: Slaying the Demon Hanging Sword
Time: Spring is in the spring, more than 3 o'clock in the morning.
Location: Under a stone arch bridge near the new grave of Li Guofeng.
Weather: Cold, windy.
Xiaobai's sudden return, the broken jade pendant Jingmei gave me, made me anxious.
I wanted to enter the Shuanglong Cave with Lao Fei overnight, but unexpectedly, Xiaobai took us to Li Guofeng's new grave.
What is even more unexpected is that Li Guofeng's body under the grave was dug up, and all indications indicate that the person who dug up Li Guofeng's body was Yang Feng.
However, we have not found any trace of Li Guofeng's body and Yang Feng, but we have found two bodies in the deep water bay under the stone arch bridge, the bodies of Li Guofeng's parents.
Their deaths were exactly the same as when Li Guofeng was at the beginning, with a big hole in their stomachs, and the internal organs inside disappeared, as if they had been dug up by something.
The most bizarre thing is that when we tried to drag the bodies of the two of them out of the water to shore, their heads fell into the water together.
We didn't find out just now that the heads of the two had already been cut off, perhaps because when they were cut, the other party shot too fast and the blade was too sharp, so their heads did not fall immediately.
Looking at the smooth/slippery incisions on the necks of the two corpses soaked in water, I couldn't help but think of the scene when Lin Miao cut off the head of the red-haired monster with a scimitar in the underground burial lake before.
With this kind of knife technique and sharp blade, only Lin Miao and the sharp scimitar in his hand can do it in Heavenly Mountain.
Could it be that Lin Miao had been here before leaving?
But why did he cut off their heads?
The second master had said before that the internal organs were dug up and died, and the corpse was very resentful, and it was easy for the corpse to change.
To deal with such corpses, in addition to the green bamboo burial method, the corpses can also be completely burned, or their heads can be cut off, or willow nails can be used to pierce their hearts.
As I pondered, Xiaobai suddenly barked under the stone arch bridge, restless.
Xiaobai is quite spiritual, and when he heard its warning, Lao Fei and I immediately became vigilant, and I casually pulled out the whip to catch the mountain. Lao Fei picked up the shotgun, regardless of the thirty-seven twenty-one, and pulled the trigger under the stone arch bridge that was hidden by water and grass.
"Bang!"
The sound of gunfire echoed through the valley for a long time.
My heart tightened, and I looked carefully at the space under the stone arch bridge with a flashlight, and I couldn't see anything in the pitch black, except that I faintly heard the sound of gold and iron singing.
It's like the sound of chains colliding against each other.
I'm no stranger to this kind of sound, and when I first encountered the golden python chained in the water dungeon, I will never forget the sound of chains.
The stone arch bridge is covered by wild grass, and it is difficult to see what is inside.
How could there be the sound of chains clashing under the bridge?
At this time, Xiaobai lay on the ground with his front paws, staring at the gloomy stone arch bridge, and the dog barked even harder.
Lao Fei and I glanced at each other, one carrying a shotgun, the other carrying a mountain whip, one left and one right, climbing the long grass and shrubs on both sides of the ravine to bypass the deep water bay and touch under the stone bridge.
In the middle of the night, the surrounding mountains and forests were eerily silent.
The two of them touched the stone arch bridge almost at the same time, and then picked up the wild grass and looked under the bridge with a flashlight.
It was very cold under the bridge, and this kind of cold was not the cold of the natural temperature, like the coffin shop of Old Lady Yan, which was due to the strong yin qi.
The first thing we see with the beam of the flashlight is the two chains hanging under the bridge.
To be exact, it should be one, probably because of the erosion of time, the iron chain that originally connected the bridge at both ends was broken, and the sound we heard just now should be made by Lao Fei shooting just one of the iron chains.
Under the bridge is deep water, and there are some torn strips of clothing floating on the water, but other than that, nothing else is found to be abnormal.
Just as I was flashlighting to see if there was anything underneath the water, a hand came from behind on my shoulder.
"Old Fatty, what are you pulling me for......"
My first reaction was to think it was Lao Fei, but when I looked up, I saw that Lao Fei was at the other end under the stone bridge pier, and the hand on his shoulder was not him at all.
I tugged at the vines and bushes to turn around to see what it was, so I had to squeak and grab the whip and touch my shoulder with my free hand.
When I touched it, I found that the hand on my shoulder was extremely cold, and my heart beat faster.
At this time, the old fat glanced over from the opposite side with a flashlight, then groaned, picked up the shotgun and aimed it at my head.
Seeing him like this, I was even more frightened, and in a panic, I suddenly broke free of the hand on my shoulder and jumped into the water with a thud.
"Bang!"
"Damn, hell, it's a corpse!"
When I floated out of the water, I heard gunshots and the sound of the old fat cursing.
In fact, the water under the bridge was not too deep, only up to my waist, and as soon as I stood still, I immediately looked at the place where I had been.
When I saw it, I couldn't help but exclaim and curse.
Under the beam, I saw a person tied there by a rusty iron chain under the stone pier.
A corpse, to be exact.
Because he was wearing a shroud that I was very familiar with, it was the shroud that Li Guofeng was wearing when he was buried.
His face was facing me, and I could see that the muscles on his face had been eroded, his facial features were blurred, and at close range, he could even see that there were pupae wriggling/moving in the erosion.
It was only then that we could smell the disgusting rancid stench emanating from it.
I was standing in front of him just now, and I didn't have to think about it, the cold hand that suddenly rested on my shoulder must have been him.
Unexpectedly, after Li Guofeng's body was dug up, he was hidden here, and to our surprise. At this time, there was also a copper sword in his chest.
The bronze sword was sharp, piercing the heart of the corpse.
Hanging sword under the ancient bridge, slaying demons and eliminating demons, is this bronze sword the demon slashing sword suspended under the bridge by the people who built the bridge before?
Could it be that the heads of Li Guofeng's parents were cut off by this bronze sword?
Li Guofeng's corpse turned into a demon, the bronze sword has a spirit, and it automatically breaks free from the iron chain and kills the corpse?
If so, then where did Yang Feng, who dug up his body, go? Could it be that he has been killed by Li Guofeng, who has turned into a corpse?
Lao Fei crossed the water to my side, looked at the body of Li Guofeng who was bound by iron chains in front of him, and secretly smacked his tongue: "I didn't expect his body to be here." Judging by the situation, he was indeed a corpse, but before he could commit murder, he was killed by the demon sword. ”
I shook my head, frowned and said in a deep voice: "Not necessarily, I suspect that Li Chong and his wife were killed by him, and then their heads were cut off with a copper sword......"
"In this kind of place, don't you suspect that the person who inserted the bronze sword into Li Guofeng's corpse is Yang Feng's chick?"
"No one will come to this place except her."
"It's just that I don't understand, why did she have to get rid of him with her own hands when she dug up his body? Where is she now? What did Li Guofeng's parents go through before they died? ”
"We'll talk about that later."
The old fat said with a smile: "I thought that this guy's body was dug up, and it would become a big trouble for us, but now that it's okay, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief when we are punished by the Shiqiao Demon Slashing Sword." ”
"This sword...... But it's a good thing, much better than the peachwood sword I made myself. ”
As he spoke, he walked over to Li Guofeng's corpse, his eyes staring at the bronze sword stuck in his chest with a greedy gaze.
"Wait, this sword can't be moved."
I stopped Lao Fei, shook my head and said in a deep voice: "Take this sword away, I'm afraid something will happen." ”
"Don't worry, Brother Fat, I've been prepared. Recently, there has been no progress in cultivating the Dao Method, and I suspect that there is a lack of a sword to take advantage of. This sword must have been prepared for me by the ancestors, haha! ”
As he spoke, Lao Fei reached into his arms, took out a piece of yellow rune paper, pinched a handprint, and read in his mouth: "Killing demons and slaying demons, summoned by talismans, cannot be threatened." Punished and burned, the crime cannot be escaped, the true spirit is protected, the way is to suppress the demons, and the urgency is like the law, edict! ”
After reading it, he wiped a handful of saliva on the yellow talisman and put it on Li Guofeng's forehead, and was about to dial the copper sword inserted in the latter's chest.
I saw that he began to take the talisman and chanted the mantra quite a Taoist style, but when he wiped the saliva and pasted the talisman later, it was a little unbearable, and when he drew his sword, I immediately retreated far away, holding the mountain whip and waiting.
Seeing me like this, the old fat rolled his eyes and said, "What are you doing so far away?" Don't you believe in Lao Tzu's teachings? Don't worry, this kid is suppressed by my soul talisman and can't be a demon! ”
After speaking, he pulled out the bronze sword with a "poof".
"Click, click!"
Almost at the moment when the bronze sword was taken down by Lao Fei, Li Guofeng's body suddenly moved, and the iron chain that was originally tied to him was broken at once.
However, the moment he pounced, Lao Fei swung the copper sword in his hand faster.
I saw a cold light flash, and the corpses separated.
The headless corpse fell into the water with a thud, making a big splash.
The old fat took the bronze sword, like a frightened rabbit, jumped in the water, and rushed to the shore almost in the blink of an eye, and then climbed the stone bridge, and went up with a turnover, and the spirit / life did not look like a fat man.
Seeing this, I didn't bother to look at Li Guofeng's body, so I followed him and climbed the stone bridge.
On the bridge, Lao Fei saw me coming up and said proudly: "How about it, Lao Yan, I just said that the kid can't afford to turn up any wind and waves, see?" ”
I was speechless, looked under the bridge with a flashlight, and didn't find Li Guofeng's body floating, and took out my mobile phone to notify Li Guodong to go up the mountain to take care of the aftermath.
But after thinking about it for a while, I finally sent him a message.
After sending the message, Xiaobai also climbed up from under the ravine.
I saw that the sky had gradually begun to brighten, so I took the mountain whip on my back and rushed towards the green bamboo forest.
Misty white mist, misty red dust, green bamboo.
When the two of them and a dog came to the front of Shuanglong Cave, the sky was already completely bright.
In front of the deep Shuanglong Cave, the altar where Lu Ji led people to worship the mountain god Niangniang is still there, and the stone statue of Jingmei has long been shattered.
Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but think of the beginning when Lu Ji wore a Taoist robe, stood on the altar and burned incense and prayed. Jingmei was wrapped in red clothes, and walked out of the Shuanglong Cave, her lips opened lightly, and she said: "One daughter does not marry two husbands" I still can't forget.
If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?
At the beginning, I secretly vowed that I would treat her well for the rest of my life.
It's just that now, she doesn't know whether she lives or dies......
Just as I was losing my mind, there was a sound of footsteps coming from inside the cave, faintly at first, but finally becoming clearer and clearer.
Soon, in the afterglow of the early sun, a shadow in the Shuanglong Cave became closer and clearer under the nervous gaze of me and Lao Fei......