Chapter 44: Fire
Seeing that the doctor was safe and sound, I relaxed a little and stepped forward and asked, "How is it, have you found anything?" ”
The doctor shook his head, his expression was very helpless, "The top is sealed, you can't reach the second and first floors, and the third floor is very empty, with an unobstructed view, there is nothing in it, and there are no other doors and windows, but I found this thing." ”
As he spoke, he took out a 'human' cut out of white paper from his pocket, this humanoid paper-cut was very strange, the rest of the body was outlined, even the body parts were drawn with a pen, and the hair was drawn on the head, except for the face, which was nothing, blank.
After seeing this faceless humanoid paper-cut, my face was white, dog's day, that's how it felt, this was the feeling when I was stared at by the faceless man just now, damn it, I still think I was a monster, I didn't expect it to be a paper-cutter.
Seeing that my expression was different, the doctor immediately added, "This thing is right next to the window, and there is a pile of burnt ashes next to it." ”
The doctor's words made me even more convinced of what I thought, if it were someone else, it might be difficult to believe that the terrifying faceless monster just now was such a humanoid paper cut, but I am different, I have witnessed the magic of paper people more than once before.
The first time I saw a paper figure that could move was in the place where Aji Village first lived, outside the hanging corpse forest, I was almost scared to death at that time, and then I saw the magic of the corpse mover, I realized that the paper figure was released by him. Later, in my hometown, I learned from the Taoist priest that the third uncle used paper puppets to deceive the Heavenly Witch Cultists and infiltrated the village to inquire about the situation. Later, we escaped from Yeling with nine deaths, and at that time, the fog locked the village, and the Taoist priest also used similar means to prick out the leaves of the cow to explore the way, which opened my eyes.
So now that I tell me that the faceling I just saw is this white paper, I don't doubt it at all, and the ashes that the doctor said about the paper man must be the traces of the burning of the spirit talisman that controls the paper man.
I told the two of them my guess, and although they were shocked, they still believed it, after all, even zombies appeared in the ancient town, what else could not happen?
But if that's the case, the question is, who is behind the attack on us? What is the purpose of his attack on us? Could it be that in addition to those abnormal townspeople, there are other people hiding in the shadows in the ancient town?
The doctor stared at the somewhat frustrating paper figure in his hand, then looked at me with a frown and asked, "What happened to you just now?" ”
Speaking of this, I immediately remembered the despair of watching the two of them walk away, but I had nothing to do, and then I was afraid to tell me what had just happened to me, and after listening, the doctor suddenly stared at my neck, stared at me, and then pulled my collar.
I knew he must have discovered something, and he didn't resist, he flipped for a moment, his face getting more and more solemn. At this time, Luo Yi leaned over from behind the doctor to see the situation, and after only one look, she pointed at my neck and exclaimed: "Ah! You, your neck, your neck ......"
Looking at her expression, I knew that there must be a situation, and hurriedly asked, "My neck?" What's wrong with my neck? ”
Luo Yi still looked surprised, his eyes were wide open, but he couldn't speak, and I felt anxious in my heart. The doctor pulled out his phone, took a picture and handed it to me, "See for yourself!" ”
At this time, I was already extremely nervous, and although I was prepared, I was still surprised when I saw the photo. In the photo, there are two black handprints on my neck, on both sides of my neck, and it looks like someone has choked me from behind.
I suddenly gasped, and couldn't help but reach out and touch my neck, my skin was still as smooth as usual, and I couldn't touch anything, but I felt a creep in my heart. Immeasurable your uncle, no wonder I couldn't shout just now, it turned out that I was choked by the neck, damn it, what the hell did this thing do?
The doctor quickly swept the eaves in front of and behind us and on our heads, and whispered to urge us to go quickly, the goosebumps on my body have not completely subsided, and I naturally dare not stay at this time, it is inevitable that the situation just now will occur again, this time Luo Yi took my hand, once I happened again, she could immediately notice.
In this way, the three of them shuttled all the way and stopped after drilling a fork in the road.
The doctor's sense of direction is very good, and his brain is very strong, how many steps he has taken along the way, the distance of each step and the deviation on the way he silently calculated in his heart, when we stopped, he told us very confidently that the inn was nearby, and the error would not exceed twenty meters.
Luo Yi didn't know anything about doctors, so he naturally didn't believe it, pouting and saying that doctors brag, how could there be such a powerful person in this world?
The doctor and I didn't bother to explain, and started looking around. It didn't take long for us to hear Loy's exclamation, "Ah! Found it, oh my God, it's really nearby, you, you...... Genius! ”
I turned around and saw that Luo Yi was staring at the doctor with a look of adoration, and immediately rolled her eyes and asked her, "You found it?" ”
"Found it, it's over there, that's the one that's smoking."
"What, smoking?" I felt that my mind was a little overwhelmed, and I looked in the direction she was pointing, and suddenly I saw black smoke rising from the green tiles on the roof of a wooden building.
The faces of me and the doctor changed at the same time, and our hearts said that something must have happened to the inn.
Thinking about it, I hurriedly picked up Luo Yi, who was still in a daze, and followed the doctor to run in the direction of the smoke, in fact, the inn was next to us, but most of the buildings in this vicinity were the same, especially the style of the top of the building, which looked similar from the ground, and we were not familiar with the terrain, so we didn't find it at the first time.
Less than two minutes after Roy discovered the inn, we had rushed outside the inn, and when we looked at the situation upstairs, our faces were immediately difficult to look at.
The place where the smoke came out was close to the direction of the town, that is, the far left of the inn, and judging from the smoke coming out of the window, the place where the fire caught fire was the third floor, and the leftmost room on the third floor, wasn't that Uncle Chen's room?
The doctor and I looked at each other, and we both saw something unusual in each other's eyes. Although I doubted, but this is not the time to think about this, Uncle Chen's room is located on the third floor by the backyard side, the opposite side of the street is a room dedicated to placing sundries, not a guest room, and no one lives, although we can't see the situation in the building at the moment, but judging from the smoke from the roof, the fire is not big.
The fire must be put out quickly!
The three of them immediately rushed into the inn, the doctor rushed upstairs to save people, and Luo Yi and I went straight to the backyard to fetch water to put out the fire.
There is no running water in the ancient town, and most of the daily water is directly drilled from wells, so each household has its own well, and the river water flowing next to the main street can also be used directly when necessary. This is convenient, but for an ancient town built entirely of wood, the damage caused by a fire can be fatal.
If the fire is detected early, it can be extinguished, but once it burns, even if it burns down, the damage caused is immeasurable. Because of the close proximity of these wooden buildings, a fire in one house, even if there is no wind, will ignite the neighboring family, and it will soon become a huge disaster that will sweep through the town. And because there are no fire protection measures in the ancient town, water needs to be drawn from the well or the river, and the possibility of extinguishing the fire is basically zero.
When I rushed to the third floor with two wooden barrels full of water, I happened to see the doctor rushing out of Uncle Chen's room carrying the unconscious Xiao Li, and Uncle Chen had been moved into the corridor by him.
After seeing me, the doctor didn't say a word, took the bucket in my hand and rushed in, at this time Luo Yi also struggled to climb up with a wooden bucket, I took the bucket in her hand, asked her to help drag the person over, and I carried the water into the room full of smoke.
The smoke was very heavy, but fortunately the fire in the room was not very big, and the wooden floor and furniture were barely burned, except for the bedding and other things on the bed.
I saw Uncle Chen's cloth bag hanging at the head of the bed at a glance, and I didn't know if it was a brain pump or something, so I rushed into the fire without thinking about it, took off the rag bag that was about to be burned, and protected it in my arms.
The doctor was startled by my actions, and just as I was about to rush back, the bed frame that had already been ignited fell down on me with a raging flame, and I was stunned. At the last moment, the doctor suddenly rushed into the fire, grabbed me and shook me hard, I only felt a huge force in my hand, and the whole person was thrown out, and the burning bed frame fell down the moment I flew out, crushing the doctor underneath.
At this time, although I was flying in the air, I still witnessed this scene with my own eyes, and the moment I saw the doctor surrounded by flames, my brain buzzed, and I suddenly felt that the sky was spinning, as if the sky had fallen, and an irrepressible grief and indignation erupted in my heart.
"Doctor......" I shouted hoarsely, and then my body slammed into the wall, and the rest of the sound was completely knocked back.
I got up from the ground like crazy, threw the culprit in my arms that caused the doctor's accident, and rushed over desperately.
"Don't go, danger ......"
Loy stopped me, and my mind went completely blank at this point, and there was only one thought left: to save the doctor. So he pushed Luo Yi away, and just after a few steps forward, the flames that drowned the doctor suddenly moved.