Chapter 8: The Woman Under the Streetlight
The master was silent for a moment, and then said, "After I leave, you must not go out, this street is not stable."
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The master's bed is very comfortable to lie on. An inexplicable heart rippled in my heart, and soon I fell asleep. I don't know how long I slept, but I was awakened by a woman's scream. I looked up at the master's old wall clock, and it was already 2 o'clock in the morning.
I laughed and muttered in a low voice, "It's all at this point in time, why are there still people hanging outside?" I guess it's a young man who drank too much and went crazy with alcohol." Thinking of this, I lay down again.
"Ah, help! Help..". The voice was getting closer and closer to my master's shop with a cacophony. Well? Someone shouted for help, and it was still a woman. I hurriedly got dressed and ran to the door.
I was about to open the door, when I suddenly remembered what the master said when he went out: Don't go out, this street is not lively. I involuntarily took two steps back. Or should I call the police? But when the police came, they couldn't tell if the woman's innocence was guaranteed. I subconsciously thought it was a hooligan.
When I hesitated, the "help" outside the door was more miserable than the other. An image flashed through my mind: a beautiful woman stripped naked, her eyes teary, her face full of despair rushing at a few gangsters, constantly begging for mercy. A few thugs were smiling, taking off their clothes and slowly approaching the woman.
I "snapped" and slapped myself, "Luo Tianyang, you are still not human." You can do things that are not saved when you die, do you have the right conscience? ”。 After hesitating for a moment, I gritted my teeth, touched the shovel behind the door, opened the door and rushed out: "Damn, fight!" People die and birds rise to the sky, and they will not die for thousands of years".
I ran out of the door. I saw a woman in a messy blouse, sitting under a street lamp not far away, clasping her hands on her knees, burying her head and crying "......". Her long hair covered her cheeks, and when it was blown by the wind, it made people look extremely desolate.
The shovel in my hand fell to the ground with a "clang". I... I'm still late... At this moment, I want to slap myself again. With a heavy heart, he walked towards the woman step by step. The woman didn't seem to care that anyone was approaching her. Walking up to her, I took off my coat and wrapped it around her upper body. Guiltily lowered his head and whispered, "I'm sorry, I could have come over sooner......".
When the woman heard me, she stopped sobbing and said to me without looking up, "Can you carry me home?" ”。 The voice was a little hoarse. My heart ached suddenly, and I brushed her hair with pity, which was cold and cold, just like my heart at this time.
I turned around, half-crouched down in front of her, and said, "Come on, I'll take you home!" ”。
There was a murmuring sound behind her, and it was she sorting out her clothes. After a while, I felt my shoulders sink and she climbed onto my back. I got up and dragged her thighs with both hands, and the woman was so thin that it looked like there was only a layer of skin on the outside of the bones. And the wind blows all over my body, and I feel a little cold.
I said, "Little sister, where do you live?" "Go through this alley and you'll be at my house just a corner," she said.
I was halfway down the alley with her on my back when I suddenly heard a voice from behind me, "Uh... Belch.. Uh.." The strange scream, as if the sound of the two gears constantly meshing when the machine is turning, is unusually sharp and piercing.
I hurriedly turned my head to look behind me, and the sound disappeared again. I couldn't help muttering in my heart: "Huh... It's strange why this voice is missing again."
I took two more steps forward. "Uh... Belch.. Uh.." The voice came from behind him again. I quickly turned my head, huh? Or nothing. I wondered, I could still hear it just now, why I turned my head and the voice disappeared again.
So I asked the woman in the back, "Did you hear anything just now?" ”。
The woman said, "I hear you."
When I heard this, I quickly turned my head to look at her. Supporting her with both hands, he also changed to one hand to cross her two slender jade legs. Fortunately, she is not heavy, otherwise I may not be able to support her with one arm.
Her hair covered her cheeks, and I couldn't see what she looked like. However, judging by her voice and figure alone, she is at least a beauty-level figure.
The woman continued, "This is your footsteps!" ”。
"Ahh When I was talking to a woman just now, I kept an eye on it and quietly took out my phone from my coat pocket. Xindao: Since I can't see where the sound is coming from when I turn my head, I should be able to see it when I turn on the phone camera. After all, the street lights on this street are on, and you can see it clearly with a mobile phone camera.
As I walked, I came from behind again, "Uh... Belch.. Uh.." sounds.
I slowly turned on the camera and sneaked a picture behind me. The street behind it was empty, and there wasn't even a rabbit. "Alas, it seems that I am too careful, maybe during this time, I was made a little mentally depressed by the warlock who hooked my soul. ", I sighed in my heart.
The phone shook in his hand. My eyes casually caught a glimpse of half a person's face, which flashed across the screen of my phone. As I walked forward, I slowly pointed the camera of my phone at the face of the woman behind me, and I was also a little curious about how beautiful this woman could be.
When I saw the screen of my phone, I was startled. I saw that the woman on my back was full of wrinkles, the bridge of her nose was collapsing, her mouth was almost to the root of her ears, and she was screaming "uh... Belch.. Uh.." The strange laugh in my heart struck.
Suddenly, the woman behind her let out a miserable laugh, "Truly...... Boy, am I good-looking? ”。
I let go of my hand on her calf, took a few steps forward, then turned around angrily and yelled at her, "Me. I have no grievances with you, why do you keep pestering me! ”。
"Boom... Why is it pestering you? Because you owe me a soul. Truly...".
I rushed towards her frantically: "Damn, Lao Tzu fought ...... with you." Since you can't hide from it, you have to bite off a piece of skin on your body when you die.
At this moment, a sharp sword suddenly flew from a distance and ran towards the female corpse. The female corpse rolled on a donkey and dodged. Then a person came from a distance, "Demon, the old man has been waiting for you for a long time!" ”。
When I saw it, I was overjoyed. Hurriedly shouted: "Master!! ”。
The female corpse looked at the master with jealousy: "Who are you?" How dare you spoil my good deeds! ”。
"It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that you kill my apprentice. Hum... The old man will never agree! ”。
The female corpse Yin laughed: "Hmph, then it depends on whether you have the ability to do it." The female corpse stretched out her wizened chicken claws and grabbed them at the master.
The master retreated again and again, and the flying knife and sword in his hand kept throwing at the female corpse. "Jingle bell", after the sword landed, it instantly turned into a pile of paper.
I was shocked, I couldn't close my mouth, "This... Does this piece of paper still have such power?" I looked at the master with little stars in my eyes, and the master's hand was too handsome. Swords flying, is this filming a TV series?
Suddenly, the master shouted: "Demon! Try the power of my Bagua Array! ”。 Eight paper-shaped figures suddenly flew out of the master's hand, surrounding the female corpse from different angles.
"The wind is advancing and retreating, and the water is turbulent. Gen Mountain is not out of it, Kunde is boundless". As soon as the master finished reading the mantra, he saw that the eight-palm-sized paper figure instantly grew to more than three feet tall. Spinning around the female corpse at great speed, the female corpse kept circling in circles. Suddenly, the eight paper figures instantly dispersed, interspersed with different angles towards the female corpse.
The female corpse suddenly jumped like thunder in anger, and shouted loudly: "Boom....... Boy, you're in luck today." After the female corpse finished speaking, she rolled into the corner and disappeared in an instant.
I ran to the master, "Master, how did you know I was here?" ”。
The master twisted his beard and smiled: "Actually, I didn't leave."
"Ah, didn't you say you went out on errands?" , I was puzzled.
The master said, "Judging from the condition of your body, I expect that the person who hooked your soul will come to you in the next two days. That's why I hid and waited for him to come."
After I heard it, I secretly praised: ginger is still old and spicy. The master is really a human being, almost a demon. "I was tricked out of the door by the female corpse just now, and you didn't stop me. You're really using me as bait," I muttered dissatisfied.
The master scolded with a smile: "Boy, the wind knows the strength of the grass." I also want to see how your conduct is. If you are not good at it, I will pass on to you the art of paper binding at most, and as for the magic, ......."
The master paused, and then said, "I have no relationship with you from now on...".
When I heard this, I couldn't help but slander in my heart: Don't look at this old man who laughs all day long, people are chicken thieves.
"Are you satisfied?" , I looked at the master with bright eyes, and my heart itched when he scratched the flying knife and sword in one hand just now.
The master looked at me hotly, then leaned his right hand behind his back, and snorted coldly: "Hmph... So-so...".
"Cut, I'm obviously very satisfied, can I still fake that look just now?" , I was secretly happy in my heart.
When we got back to the paper shop, it was almost 5 a.m., and the master and I were completely sleepy, so we chatted.
"Master, you just trapped the female corpse, why did you let her run away? My two souls are still in her hands. ”。
"Hehe, boy, do you really think that you can subdue her with this gossip array alone? After a while, I'm afraid my spiritual power will be exhausted, and if the female corpse comes to her senses by then, hehe, the two of us will really be finished. The essence of our paper door technique lies in the fact that the power is not a little weaker than that of the people in the mountain magic vein. You won't look at my flying knives and swords, and treat me as an immortal. Hehe... I'll tell you the truth, those things are okay against ordinary ghosts, and if you encounter something a little higher than the Tao, you can't stop it, you can walk as far as you want."
"Huh? Master, then we papermakers don't have a particularly good person? ”。
The master sighed and said, "Alas... Yes, there is, but the lineage has long been lost during the Song Dynasty (note: this Song is not the other Song), don't say it! ”。
I also regretted it when I heard it. From ancient times to the present, how many non-cultural heritage sites have slowly disappeared in the long river of history. Otherwise, these things are not good and quintessential enough. It's just that people nowadays are too free and easy and self-conscious, and no one will, in order to inherit a craft, and sacrifice themselves. People's hearts are not ancient...
Thinking of this, I secretly made up my mind that I must pass on the craft of paper binding to repay my master's life-saving grace......