Chapter 6: The Promise Before Death
"Hey! What are you inking, but I won't wait for you! β
Jia Ren leaned against the wall with his hands in his pockets, and shouted to Yang Fan and them with an impatient look, but there seemed to be a little more gentleness in his voice...
"Hey! Here it is, brother. β
"Boy, in what tone do you use to talk to your brother Fan, can you bear it?"
The two figures packed up their mood and ran over, but what they didn't notice was the slight sound of high heels stepping on the stairs from the stairs behind them that should have disappeared...
At the same time, the brother and sister duo and Fa Ming, who were on the real third floor, fell into a haze.
In the end, they chose to light the candle as they were told, and as the light of the fire rose, it dispelled the darkness around them, giving them a sense of security at last.
But as the bell reverberate, the sound of high heels hitting the ground came from the staircase at the end of the staircase, which stood out in the silent room.
"Pro... Linxue... Did you bring high heels? β
Mo Yuan asked stupidly, but his expression was unusually serious and he looked out through the cat's eyes.
"Brother, don't be funny, I never wear high heels, and you don't know."
Mo Linxue looked at Mo Yuan sticking to the door and looking at the back outside, but she replied indifferently, as long as she was with her brother, it didn't matter where she was, no matter how dangerous she was, no matter how dangerous it was, her brother would protect her.
"Amitabha, is it more appropriate for the two donors to be quieter now? If you wake up again..."
As soon as the words fell, the door on the opposite side shook violently, as if someone was pounding rapidly, trying to get out of it.
Mo Yuan turned around and glared at the monk fiercely with Mo Linxue, not seeing him show any profound Buddhism to take them away from here, but the crow's mouth did feel it.
Seeing the two of them, Fa Ming touched his bald head and smiled innocently.
"That's... It's just a coincidence, it just so happens that the poor monk means that it won't be good if the sound is too loud to attract the owner of the high heels... Uh..."
Before the words were finished, the voice that should have continued to walk up stopped abruptly, as if the owner of the voice felt something, and after a short pause, he walked in the direction of Mo Yuan and them.
Mo Yuan and Mo Linxue's eyes became more and more subtle, and Fa Ming was uncomfortable being stared at, and after thinking for a while, he felt that he needed to struggle again.
"Well, the poor monk thinks..."
As soon as he said the beginning, Mo Yuan covered his mouth and stared at him fiercely.
"Monk, if you keep talking, I'm afraid none of us will be happy, so shut up for me!"
Fa Ming blinked twice to show that he understood, and Mo Yuan carefully let go of him.
Footsteps outside the door approached.
Da, da, da...
Step by step, as if stepping on everyone's heartstrings, Mo Yuan tried not to let himself make any sound, slowly approached the cat's eyes, and looked out of the door through the cat's eyes.
I saw a woman dressed in white walking this way, her long hair covering her face so that she couldn't see it clearly, and when the woman walked to the door of the room where Mo Yuan was located, she stopped abruptly.
Mo Yuan's heart suddenly lifted as the woman's footsteps stopped, damn it, it's not good to stop here, could it be that he found something...
Thinking in his heart, Mo Yuan involuntarily turned his head and glanced at Fa Ming resentfully, Fa Ming was trembling by this look, thinking in his heart Amitabha, the poor monk is a monk, and the little donor should not go astray.
Mo Yuan didn't know what Fa Ming was thinking, and he wasn't in the mood to think about these things, because when he put his eyes on the cat's eye again and looked out, he found that there was also a bloodshot pupil dilated on the opposite side of the cat's eye, and eyes full of resentment were staring at him!
A fierce resentment flowed from her eyes, as if her owner had endured too much undeserved pain, and this pain forced her to resent all living creatures, and tore them apart and devoured them in order to temporarily alleviate the pain.
Mo Yuan's whole person stood in place like petrified, his body couldn't help but tremble slightly, biting his lip tightly and leaning on the pain to keep himself awake so as not to be led into the abyss of fear by that resentful look.
But as time passed bit by bit, Mo Yuan gradually discovered that something was wrong, the eyes didn't see Mo Yuan, his eyes seemed to pass through his whole person, turning his eyes to scan the room, Mo Yuan just took a breath and suddenly remembered that behind him wasn't his sister and Fa Ming? What if she saw them?
Mo Yuan didn't know the answer to this question, maybe he knew, but he didn't want to admit it, so the owner of the eye didn't seem to find anything, and slowly left the cat's eye as a blind eye to them, Mo Yuan took this opportunity to barely see the woman's face clearly.
But... Is this really a human face!?
The right eye that made him tremble just now was relatively normal compared to other facial features, and the woman's left eye was hollow, not referring to the eyes, but... The position of her left eye is a black hole that does not have the eyeball that it should have, but for some reason there is a lack of black blood flowing out of it, slowly flowing down her face, and the position of her nose is a shocking scar, which was actually slashed from her face, and the woman's mouth was stitched together by needle and thread, and the torn skin of the mouth when she wanted to make a sound was still hanging on the line, a blur of flesh and blood...
This... Is this a human or a ghost? Who did such cruel things to her? Mo Yuan couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.
I saw the woman turn around and walk to the opposite room, looked inside through the cat's eyes, and seemed to have found something, and let out a piercing sound that could barely be regarded as laughter, Mo Yuan could vaguely catch this sound, which made blood flow from the corners of the woman's mouth.
Immediately, in the next second, Mo Yuan's pupils shrank suddenly, and he saw that the "woman" body gradually passed through the door and entered it.
After a few seconds, a man's panicked voice suddenly came from the room.
"Who are you? How did you get in! β
"Ahh It's you! You're back after all! β
"Nope! Don't come here! You can't do that to me! By the way, Lingling, you should at least think about Lingling, no! Don't come here... Yes!!! β
A terrible scream broke the silence of the night.
"Brother..."
Mo Yuan turned around violently, covering Mo Linxue's small mouth to prevent her from making a sound, and stopped Fa Ming who wanted to ask with his eyes.
The screams came from the opposite room incessantly, and it was hard to imagine what kind of inhuman torture the owner of the voice was doing to make such a sound.
After signaling his sister to keep silent and getting a response, Mo Yuan put his eyes back on the cat's eye, trying to find some clues through the cat's eye.
Recalling the man's unilateral words before, Mo Yuan had some guesses in his heart.
I'm afraid that the man in the house has a lot to do with the female ghost, and it is more likely that it is a husband and wife, but if it is a husband and wife, why would she attack her original husband?
Mo Yuan was thinking, and suddenly the terrifying face of the female ghost flashed through his mind, could it be...
If this speculation is true, I'm afraid that this man is not the culprit who caused the death of the female ghost, and it is probably inseparable.
The screams next door gradually weakened, it seemed that the man might not last long, Mo Yuan was silent in his heart for a few seconds, in this case, I am afraid that even if he wants to save people, he will not be able to do it, really rush over and fight hard with the female ghost? That's adding food to other people, what's more, it seems that this man is not a good thing, and Mo Yuan has no desire to save him at all.
But then again, is it true that tonight's danger comes from this female ghost? But it seems that he and the others are protected by candles, and the female ghost can't find them at all, so wouldn't it be very simple to survive tonight until dawn?
Wait, I always feel as if I have neglected something important, Mo Yuan subconsciously raised his head and scanned the room, Mo Linxue, Fa Ming, a few tables, burning candles...
Candle?
Mo Yuan felt his heart skip a beat, yes, candles! If the key to protecting them from female ghosts is a burning candle, how long can a candle burn? Even if he can survive a night of fever?
Glancing at the candles on the table, which were already burning nearly half, Mo Yuan's brows couldn't help but tighten.
What to do? Opposite is the scene where the female ghost is committing the murder, and I don't know when it will end, and even if it's over, it's still a question of whether it will leave, and the only candle that can be seen as a life-saving charm now doesn't seem to be burning for long.
Yes!!!
Suddenly there was a scream, and the movement in the opposite room came to an abrupt end, Mo Yuan hurriedly looked out through the cat's eye, only to see that the original white clothes on the female ghost seemed to be stained with a trace of blood looming on the clothes, when the female ghost's eyes swept over Mo Yuan's peeping cat's eye, Mo Yuan seemed to be in an ice cellar, and was shocked by the madness and killing intent in the female ghost's eyes.
Probably because the candle had not yet burned out, the female ghost did not notice anything unusual, and walked towards the stairs step by step, as if to find the source of the sound.
Da, da, da
As the sound of the high heels colliding with the wooden floor faded away, Mo Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Brother, what's wrong? The scream just now seemed to be very similar to Yang Fan's voice. β
may have heard the sound of high heels disappearing at the top of the stairs, Mo Linxue finally couldn't help it and asked.
Mo Yuan didn't blame his sister anymore, but instead called Fa Ming over and lowered his voice to briefly describe the situation just now.
Β·Β·Β·
"That's pretty much it, what do you think? Although the candle can keep us safe for a while, there will be a time when it will burn out, and then I am afraid that we will not be much better than the fate of the man opposite. β
Mo Yuan was also a little undecided, after all, there were still too few clues that could be used now, and he couldn't think of the key to breaking this situation.
"The poor monk thinks that we might as well take advantage of the time when the female ghost is gone, and go to the opposite room to have a look, maybe we can find something."
Fa Ming said indifferently, if it weren't for seeing the Buddha beads in his hand that were getting faster and faster, Mo Yuan would almost believe that this monk was still unfazed.
was thinking about the feasibility of the monk's proposal, when he was suddenly interrupted by a coquettish shout.
"No, it's too dangerous, what if that thing comes back suddenly? Listen to my brother's description, it's a female ghost, eh, which of you has a manager who deals with female ghosts? What if someone can come back instantly? There were no candles in that room. β
Seeing Mo Linxue's worried face, Mo Yuan finally made up his mind.
"Okay, monk, let's go take a look, Linxue, you can watch here, so you can leave us a way back."
"You..."
Mo Linxue's eyes were red, why didn't his brother know to be afraid? What does it mean to let her watch, but is she afraid that she will have an accident, when will this stupid brother know that he is not afraid that he will have an accident?
Touching Mo Linxue's head, Mo Yuan comforted him in a coaxing tone.
"Lin Xue is watching here obediently, don't worry, my brother will be back soon."
"Okay, Fa Ming let's go, the longer it drags on, the bigger the variables, let's go early and return as soon as possible."
After Mo Yuan finished speaking, he opened the door and walked out of the room next door with Fa Ming.
Mo Linxue watched their figures gradually enter the opposite room, biting her lip tightly but didn't say anything, since her brother had decided to go and see, naturally the sooner she went, the better, after all, the earlier you go, the sooner you return, if you are still willful, the longer the time drags on, the greater the danger and variables.
Although the truth was understood, looking at the room around with only faint candlelight, Mo Linxue sat on the ground tightly holding the diary she had picked up, tears sliding down her cheeks and dripping onto the diary.
Mo Linxue didn't notice that there was a faint figure behind him that was slowly condensing...
Mo Yuan and Fa Ming cautiously entered the room, as soon as they entered it, what caught their eyes was the tortured inhuman body on the bed, Mo Yuan covered his mouth to prevent himself from spitting out, and spit out in this kind of place to leave traces Isn't it a chance for the female ghost to follow the vine, but Fa Ming on the side looks much better, closing his eyes, moving the Buddha beads in his hand, and chanting some scriptures on his mouth.
Mo Yuan forced himself not to look at the "thing" on the bed, looking for possible clues around the room, and did not pay attention to Fa Ming who did not move and chanted the scriptures, this place is so big, the difference between a person looking for two people is not very big, not to mention that a person can still have an impression that he will not miss some details that should not be missed, or you think that Fa Ming has found it, and Fa Ming thinks that you have found it but missed it.
As time passed, the cold sweat on Mo Yuan's forehead continued to increase in number, and he hadn't found any useful clues until now, could it be that this room was just a murder scene? Now he is so worried that he doesn't even dare to turn his head, for fear that a female ghost will stand behind him and stare at him coldly. ββ
"Ahem..."
There was a coughing sound behind him, and Mo Yuan scolded in a low voice without looking back.
"Monk, cough cough! Don't bring that thing over then! β
"Amitabha, the benefactor, not a poor monk."
"Come less, it's just the two of us here, if it's not you, can you still be a ghost..."
The words stopped abruptly, and the quiet pin drop could be heard all around.
"Ahem..."
Mo Yuan turned his body mechanically, the monk Fa Ming stood aside with an innocent face, looked at the door, fortunately, there was no figure of the female ghost, Fa Ming seemed to understand what Mo Yuan was thinking, and gave Mo Yuan a look and asked him to look on the bed, Mo Yuan saw that the human-like thing seemed to be still slightly undulating.
He's not dead yet?
The thought crossed his mind, and the next second he was interrupted by the coughing sound of the mass of things.
"Little... Young man... Ahem..."
The voice came out intermittently, Mo Yuan couldn't hear it at all if he didn't listen carefully, how could this weak voice have half the brilliance of the hoarse scream just now, but after looking at his miserable state, Mo Yuan was also relieved, it was good to be tortured like this and still alive.
"Little... Man, too... Ahem... Come here..."
Mo Yuan hurriedly leaned over, it seemed that this man seemed to have some last words to explain, anyway, he had also found this room, he might as well listen to what he said, Mo Yuan didn't have much expectations in his heart of holding a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and he didn't know how much he could say when he looked like this.
I saw that the man trembled and raised his hand with five fingers turned into white bones, and some flesh and blood residues could still be seen on it, as if it had been gnawed but not clean.
Mo Yuan suddenly felt his stomach churning, but the man obviously didn't care so much, he tried his best to take out the bloodstained notebook from under his body and handed it to Mo Yuan tremblingly.
"Take... Hold... InsideΒ·Β·Β· There is cough cough... Take care of it for me... Ahem..."
Mo Yuan Daxi hurriedly took the notebook, wiped the blood stains on it to prevent it from penetrating into the book, and asked without raising his head
"What's in there? What else can I help look after? β
After receiving no response for a long time, Mo Yuan looked up and saw that the hand that was originally raised in mid-air had fallen to the side of the bed at this moment, and the ups and downs that were still faintly visible just now had completely disappeared.
"Amitabha, donor, go well."
Fa Ming pronounced a Buddha horn and woke up Mo Yuan, who was standing on the spot.
"He's gone?"
Mo Yuan looked at the man in front of him, no, it should be said that it was a male corpse now, and he had mixed feelings in his heart.
"Donor, death is great, if we don't have anything else, it's better not to disturb people's rest."
Mo Yuan was stunned for a moment, and almost didn't react, didn't this monk just see that things were almost done and wanted to run away quickly? Do you want to say it so high-sounding? But I didn't think much about it, it's good to have a notebook, so it's better to go back to a safe house first and see if you can find a clue to break the game.
"I say, Fa Ming."
Mo Yuan looked at Fa Ming, who was opening the door, and said lightly.
"You've been reciting the Death Mantra since you entered the door, right? I've seen monks do things before, but it seems to be a little different from yours. β
Fa Ming's hand to open the door stiffened slightly, and he didn't go to Mo Yuan's words, but just opened the door and walked out with a faint word of Buddha name.
Mo Yuan also smiled, didn't make much calculations, and quickly followed the figure of Fa Ming's departure, and when he gently closed the door, he glanced back at the male corpse, and Mo Yuan, who had an understanding, said in his heart
"If I'm not mistaken, the little girl you said I asked me to help take care of is the little girl I saw downstairs, and I will help you take care of it within the scope of my ability, so you can go with confidence."