Chapter 11: The Imp Lies in Motion
Not bad!
I was met by the desperate eyes of the old hunter.
He was right in front of the wooden house, staring straight at us, revealing the bloody face of Chen Sheng with the head of the 'scarecrow' rags.
"Sheng Er...... How could it be Sheng'er...... Why is this happening...... Why is this happening......"
The old hunter muttered in distraction, and the despair in those eyes gradually turned into a bottomless abyss.
Until he fell to his knees in front of the door of the hut, he turned his shotgun upside down and aimed it at his chin......
"Don't!"
Almost at the same time, Shen Li and I rushed towards the door of the cabin, however, we were slow again.
The old hunter leaned against the door of the hut, shaking his head in a trance, muttering, "I shouldn't have trusted their ......," and then pulled the trigger.
After the roar, it was the color of blood that bloomed in the darkness again, and my heart trembled, and Shen Li slowed down, gritting my teeth and going to the door of the wooden house.
The old hunter, of course, was dead, and the shotgun bullet pierced through his jaw and spilled red and white through the door of the hut.
My stomach churned, and I couldn't help but turn around and retch, but Shen Li seemed to have found something, squatted down expressionlessly, and took out something from the old hunter's pocket.
I forced myself to retch, and when I looked, I saw that what Shen Li took out of the old hunter's pocket was actually a book.
The book is worn, it is a style of twine nailing, it should be very old, and the cover is gray, with the scribbled words "Little Ghost Corpse Technique".
"Imp ambush technique?"
I frowned and looked at Shen Li, of course I felt strange.
Shen Li glanced at the old hunter who had fallen at the door of the wooden house, who had died.
"If I'm not mistaken, this ancient book is what this old hunter brought out of the mountains."
"There are books in the mountains?"
"There are people in the mountains."
Shen Li turned back and turned to look at the vast mountains outside the house, the darkness in the distance under the moonlight.
"When we went up the mountain a few years ago, the residents at the bottom of the mountain complained to us that there was a treacherous old man in the depths of this barren mountain.
The old Taoist was originally an orthodox disciple of Taoism, but later because of his vicious nature, he was expelled from the school, and since then, he has been in this barren mountain to help gangsters make a living and profit from it.
This ancient book should have been obtained by the old hunter who went to find the old way. ”
After speaking, Shen Li opened the ancient book, of course, I also followed her to read it, only to find that the "Little Ghost Corpse Technique" recorded in this ancient book is an extremely yin kneeling technique.
The effect of this spell is to instruct the little ghosts to 'please' go home if they can't find or lose their whereabouts of the corpses, or even ghosts.
"Remember, the imp and the target must be related by blood, and their hearts and souls must be close to each other, so that they can have a thread as a lead.
After the deed is completed, the little ghost withdraws from the urn, and he can see the light of day again and restore his ......"
After reading the last paragraph of this ancient book, I almost understood what it was all about.
First of all, the old hunter's wife and second son disappeared in the mountains, and the old hunter took risks in grief, and went into the mountains to find the old Tao who was expelled from the division, and got the ancient book of "Little Ghost Corpse Technique" from the old way.
Then, because it is recorded in the book that the imp must be related to the target, and it is also recorded that the imp can recover itself, so the old hunter ghost is obsessed, kills his youngest son, and becomes a ghost!
This old hunter wants to use the youngest son who is made into a little ghost to find his wife and second son, and then release the little ghost so that he can restore the little son himself and reunite with him.
And all this was seen by his eldest son Chen Sheng, so the eldest son Chen Sheng called the police on the day the old hunter killed the younger son, and this led to the case of the old hunter killing the younger son by mistake.
The old hunter used manslaughter to deceive Shen Li and others who came to handle the case, Chen Sheng was full of grief, but because of his weak character, he didn't dare to mess around again, and he only wanted to leave the old hunter.
And the day when Chen Sheng's wish came true was the day I had a car accident, because because of my car accident, the 'people' who were stealing the day at that time passed through the tunnel construction passage and came to the mountain wooden house for rectification.
Chen Sheng, who was in the wooden house at the time, got a hush money for this, and left the old hunter with the hush money, but he never thought that 'those people' would arrest him back today in order to destroy his mouth......
"Wait!"
I frowned and looked at Shen Li.
"Shen Li, I still don't understand, why it was Chen Sheng who knew about it, but 'those people' wanted to return here after arresting Chen Sheng, and let the old hunter kill Chen Sheng with his own hands in such a troublesome way?
'Those people' are only related to Chen Sheng, and they just want to kill them, why don't they kill Chen Sheng directly after arresting them? ”
didn't answer, Shen Li ignored me, because at this time, she was leaning sideways, staring straight at the mountains in front of the wooden house, the direction where Chen Sheng was killed by the old hunter.
I was stunned for a moment, and I also looked at it, but it was the first time I looked at the past, and my whole heart trembled.
Because I saw that under the faint moonlight, the 'scarecrow' who had just been hit by the old hunter and fell down actually stood up again......
Not bad!
The 'scarecrow' is standing again! And the whole straw body has been separated from Chen Sheng!
Yes! Next to the 'scarecrow' who stood up was Chen Sheng who was lying on the ground and lifeless, that is to say, the 'scarecrow' who stood up at this time was completely an empty shell, and there was no one in it!
But nobody, this 'scarecrow', how the fuck did he stand up?
Could it be that this 'scarecrow' really has a ghost?
My eyes widened, and once again I felt the same chill in my heart as when I went up to the attic and saw the curtain that covered the altar.
At this moment, Shen Li reacted, picked up the shotgun that the old hunter had dropped on the ground and loaded it.
However, before Shen Li could take aim, the scarecrow in the middle of the mountains and wilderness actually jumped up and down, heading towards the other side of the mountains, in the direction of the depths of the barren mountains, and its speed was several times faster than when Chen Sheng was hiding inside.
It's like there's really life......
"Stop!"
The loud shout came from Shen Li, who was beside me, and she was not shocked by the strange scene in front of her, raised her shotgun, and chased after the scarecrow who jumped towards the barren mountain.
As soon as I stomped my foot, I endured the horror and followed Shen Li, no, the scarecrow was much faster than us, until we chased to Chen Sheng's corpse, the scarecrow had already climbed over the barren mountain and disappeared from our sight.
We could only give up the chase and stop next to Chen Sheng's corpse, look at each other, and look at each other.
"Shen Li, this ......"
"There's only one possibility."
Without waiting for me to ask, Shen Li took over decisively.
"There's a man hidden in that scarecrow."
"But that scarecrow is not big, how can you pretend to be someone else after pretending to be Chen Sheng?"
I frowned, and Shen Li shook his head.
"I don't know, but that's the only ......"
Before the words fell, Shen Li's expression was stunned, and his eyes looked at Chen Sheng's corpse lying on the ground beside us.
I sighed in my heart, and when I looked at the same, I only found that the limbs of Chen Sheng's body lying on the ground were ...... He was wrapped in twine......
Grass!
This Chen Sheng is tied up in a scarecrow!
But if this Chen Sheng was tied up in a scarecrow, then how could he manipulate the scarecrow to get close to the wooden house?
Could it be that there are really others among the scarecrows? Or, that scarecrow can really act independently, is it it, holding Chen Sheng hostage, and stepping onto the Huangquan Road where the old hunter was killed?
Shen ...... Shen Li. ”
I feel a little hairy in my heart.
"Since you said that there is an old way in this deep mountain, and the old hunter's ancient book was obtained from that old way, then is it possible that this scarecrow is the same as "Little Ghost Corpse Technique", a spell?"
After I finished speaking, I thought that Shen Li would be disdainful, but as if Shen Li thought of something, his eyes widened, and he turned to the wooden house where the old hunter's corpse was.
I was stunned, of course I didn't know what Shen Li thought, but I still followed her, until I bypassed the corpse of the old hunter at the door of the wooden house with her, and rushed into the wooden house one after another.
And just as we rushed into the hut, I suddenly heard that in the attic of the hut, there was ...... There was movement!
Grass!
In the attic of this wooden house, there are no windows, and it is impossible for anyone to sneak in, so the source of this movement ......
For a moment, I couldn't help but think of the crying I heard faintly when I first went up to the attic.
Could it be the corpse child in the urn, raised by the old hunter as a little ghost......
After a moment of cranky thinking, I had already followed Shen Li and climbed the wooden ladder into the attic, and this time, I climbed the wooden ladder to the attic, and I realized that something was wrong.
Because at this time, in this attic, which has no windows, there is actually a hazy moonlight......
Not bad! In this attic, which has no windows, the moonlight is shining through!
Holding back his fright, he took a closer look, and saw that the source of the moonlight was the wall of the barren mountain in this attic.
Yes! In this attic, the wall in the direction of the barren mountain was actually punched out of a big hole at this time, and the night wind was pouring from outside the hole, blowing the whole black curtain that divided the attic space, and kept shaking.
"Sure enough!"
Shen Li gritted his teeth and said fiercely, and after a few steps towards the curtain, I followed her closely, only to tremble in my heart after drilling through the curtain.
For I saw that the altar behind the curtain was empty, and the great urn containing the body of the old hunter's youngest son was missing......