Chapter 21: Country Night 2
Seeing the frightened look of the village chief's wife, I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, and said to Zhu'er: "You help her in to rest." ”
Zhu'er agreed and helped the village chief's wife into the house.
I said to Tang Jiang again, "Take me to the house where you live." ”
"Yes. Be careful, my lord, the ground is slippery. Tang Jiang said, holding a torch and walking in front to lead the way.
I took six brothers from the Dao Brother Guard, followed Tang Jiang cautiously, step by step, and walked for more than ten minutes, and finally came to the courtyard of the house I said. At this time, many villagers had gathered here, noisy and discussing, and chatting endlessly around the village head, Guo Xingye, with a look of fear on their faces.
"Village Chief, look, it must be a snow monster coming, maybe our whole village will be buried with these people!"
"It's said that our Yuanbao Village can't accept outsiders to come, it must be the snow monster who saw us and let outsiders in, and stopped a coffin at the entrance of the village, which made it angry!"
"You still say that they are immortals, I think they must be liars, but they will play some tricks!"
"For the sake of the whole village, let's drive them out!"
“……”
Guoxingye closed his lips tightly, his face was blue and white for a while, and he had no ability to resist the siege of the villagers.
The voices of the villagers gradually calmed down after seeing that I had brought my brother from the Dao Brother Guard, but the eyes that looked at me were very unfriendly.
The three brothers Guo Hongjin, Guo Hongwen, and Guo Hongyou walked up to me with torches and shouted in unison: "Master." ”
I nodded and said, "Take me to where they sleep." ”
The three brothers said yes, turned around and led me into the wing. In the innermost corner of the chamber was a stone water tank, and next to it there was an iron stove. Next to the iron stove, there is a long bench.
Tang Jiang pointed to the bench and said, "That's where I sleep." Then he pointed upstairs and said, "They sleep on it." ”
Walking up the wooden ladder and stepping on the wooden ceiling, he suddenly made a "creaking" sound.
Under the light of the torches, you can see very clearly. In the most wall-to-wall of the room, a row of dried straw was laid with sheets and quilts, which by this time were already in a mess.
Above the pile of straw, there was a big hole in the roof, the beams were broken, hanging upside down, and many tiles fell on the wooden floor.
It looked like a snow monster broke the roof and escaped through the hole with the people inside.
I peeked out of the hole, and it was dark on all sides, and I couldn't see anything.
"Do you know who sleeps here?" I looked at Tang Jiang and asked.
Tang Jiang thought for a while and said, "These six people include a gentleman who looks at feng shui, as well as his two apprentices, and three workers. Today, when they went to carry the coffin, these six people first went to wash their feet to see the terrain, and the address they had already selected was ready, and they were only waiting for tomorrow morning to dig a hole and bury it. ”
At this time, more than a dozen villagers also followed this upstairs, and after listening to Tang Jiang's words, they suddenly said one after another: "Have you seen it?" I said that outsiders can't go to wash their feet. ”
"That is, the people who have been there are either missing or crazy, they must have been eaten by the snow monster first, then sucked the blood, and then ate the person too!"
"God forbid, I hope they don't annoy the snow monsters and hate us too."
"Yes, yes, it doesn't matter if they die, don't hurt us and we'll be eaten by the snow monster! Mom, I'm only 50 years old, and I haven't lived long enough......"
“……”
I unconsciously clenched my hands and said to Tang Jiang in a deep voice: "They went to see Feng Shui, did you go?" ”
"Go." Tang Jiang said, "It was the seven of us who went at that time. ”
When those villagers heard this, they immediately avoided Tangjiang as if they were avoiding the plague, and looked at Tangjiang in fear one by one.
Tang Jiang was also very uneasy, and said, "That snow monster, it's ...... Its next target, will not ...... It can't be me, right? ”
The villagers said, "Who else but you?" If you can make it through tonight, we've got you covered! ”
At this time, I only heard the sound of "ah-", and a heart-rending scream in the courtyard outside, and the cry was full of fear.
We were all startled and jumped down from the building and ran out into the yard.
"What's going on? What happened? People shouted in panic.
"Someone is missing again!!" The leader of the workers, Wang Dajiao, shouted loudly, his feet shaking like chaff.
Tang Jiang rushed up with an arrow, grabbed the collar on Wang Da's chest, and shouted, "Who did you say was missing?" ”
Wang Dajiao's tears fell down and said, "Just now...... We were ...... just now Still looking for someone together, but ...... But now they ...... Now it's all gone! ”
Tang Jiang asked again, "How many people are missing?" ”
Wang Dajia said: "Four...... Four ......"
Tang Jiang let go of Wang Dajia. The king's feet trembled all over, and the people could barely stand on their feet, and they were shaking.
Those villagers suddenly panicked even more, and said one after another: "See, so many people are together, why did people disappear inexplicably?" ”
"Who else but the snow monster has such a skill?"
"So, this snow monster...... It...... It's ...... now Only...... Just around here? ”
The villagers looked around in fear, as if they were afraid that a hand would reach out in the darkness and suddenly take them away; Or worry that someone will unknowingly suck out the soul and blood, and then be eaten like an apple......
People unconsciously huddle tightly together, as if they can't stand the cold, huddled together to keep each other warm.
"Don't panic, everyone!" The village head, Guo Xingye, raised his hands and said loudly: "Go find some dry firewood and make a fire here." Don't get separated anymore, let's wait here until dawn. As long as it's dawn, it's all right! ”
At this time, the villagers were so scared that they had no master, and the words of the respected village chief made everyone calm down a little. Twenty or so people went together to find dry firewood, and in a short time a large pile was piled up in the middle of the courtyard.
The fire finally burned, and the "crackling" burned very violently, illuminating the whole courtyard.
The light gave people courage, and everyone finally felt a little more at ease, and looked at each other around the fire. The firelight reflected the shadows of the people on the walls, shaking constantly.
No one dared to speak, as if they thought that if they spoke, they would attract the attention of the snow monsters and capture them.
Zhu'er stood beside me, turned her head, her mouth moved, and finally she still didn't speak, as if she was also shocked by this strange atmosphere, and did not dare to speak.
I whispered, "What do you want to say?" ”
Zhu'er also whispered, "Master, what do you think...... Do you think it's really a snow monster? ”
I thought for a moment and said, "Do you believe that there really are snow monsters in this world?" ”
"Pearls don't know." Zhu'er groaned and said, "Since there are ghosts in this world, it is not strange that there are snow monsters, right?" But Zhu'er is now more than 1,700 years old, and she has never seen a snow monster, and she has never heard of it before. ”
"Are you afraid now?" I say.
"No...... Unafraid...... Unafraid! Pearls said, curling her neck and looking left and right.
I looked at Tang Jiang and the six brothers of the Sword Brother Guards again, and I saw that they were also nervous. These guys, who are strong in martial arts themselves, are the elite of the elite selected from thousands of years of masters, and they are also possessed by spirits, so whether the opponent is a human or a spirit, they should not be afraid. But now in the face of an unknown enemy, you will still be frightened after all. It can be seen that fear is originally the instinct of human beings, whether it is a human or a ghost. And the root source of fear is unknown.
The unknown is full of infinite possibilities. You can use your imagination to the fullest, and think whatever is terrible.
At this moment, there was a terrible and tragic howl in the distance.
My heart tightened, this cry was exactly the same as the cry just now.
Before the howl fell, long howls were heard in response from all directions.
These people seem to be surrounded by dense layers of hungry wolves, and the wolves seem to be rushing towards us from the sky, from the earth, from all directions.