Chapter 11: The Hanged Female Ghost
Walking on the brightly lit streets, but without her own warmth, Jiang Xingyue seemed to have lost her soul: "I really can't imagine that the director will betray everyone." Zhuang Meng's lips were hooked from the cherry blossoms, crisp as silver bells: "Don't you understand?" This world is not black and white, it is colorful, everyone has a different face, such as me, dignitaries, rich businessmen, I will greet with a smile, as for worthless people, I don't want to look at it, so ah, the reality is cruel, no one should believe it except yourself. ”
Jiang Xingyue insisted on the truth: "No, most people can insist on their kindness, this world is not as dark as you think." Zhuang Mengli lit a cigarette and let it burn on his delicate fingertips, smoking is not good for the body, but in the hands of women, it is a deadly weapon, charming, infatuated, sexy, and lazy temperament are all at once, with irresistible attraction: "I am smooth sailing in the social circle, relying not on a bit of posture, but on speculating on people's hearts, desires, are endless, one point is burned, like this cigarette, and kindness, just to cover up this unbearable." ”
Behind him, the cool breeze was blowing, and the forest was in the bones, as if this was the true face of the world, the colorful cold world, a group of black-clothed people with loaded guns surrounded them, Zhuang Mengli didn't take them in his eyes at all, gently snuffed out the cigarette, and extinguished the spark with high heels: "Look, what did I just say." ”
The eldest brother who took the lead threatened: "Zhuang Mengli, you have nowhere to escape, obediently suffer death, we will drain all the blood on your body and give it to the boss to enjoy." Zhuang Mengli stretched his waist, still elegant in his contempt: "It's another person who wants to live in bliss, and the corpse king essence pill on Mr. Wang's body was also made by you, so that you can lure me to show up, right?" ”
"Anyway, it's all dying, let you die to understand, yes, the corpse king essence pill is what we get, Ren Wang is smart, and he wouldn't have thought that in the wine he drinks, there will be a essence pill, this essence pill is a jade liquid for you zombies, so you were lured by the aroma and killed Mr. Wang, so that our Mr. Li can not only get rid of business opponents with your hands, but also obtain the magical blood of zombies, isn't it very clever?" The leading brother became more and more fluttering, and he couldn't find the direction.
The other party made the plan and the plan, and the case was already clear, Jiang Xingyue secretly thought: "What a poisonous plan to kill two birds with one stone, it seems that Zhuang Mengli is not the mastermind in this case." Thinking that she was not guilty, she couldn't help but be surprised and happy, but immediately calmed down: "Cheer up, as a law enforcer, how can you be controlled by feelings, you must remember that the law is not favoritism." ”
Zhuang Mengli clasped his hands in front of his chest, looked away, and dismissed: "Boredom trick." This sentence deeply hit the self-esteem of the leading brother, and he only listened to his order: "Brothers, go on, whoever kills this girl first, the boss will be rewarded." "The people in black are like hearing the horn, and they are all taking the lead.
"Whoosh" soft whip rolled up, like a red apricot out of the wall, hissing and breaking the wind, people who couldn't dodge, were whipped heavily, and the skin of the beaten flesh was opened, strangely, they did not beg for mercy, but were even more angry, tearing off the fragmented clothes, revealing a chest stained with blue blood, Zhuang Mengli thought of the blue-blooded wolf in the forest: "This blue blood is artificially caused, maybe it is related to Takeda Yixiong, but he is long gone." "Their bodies began to change violently, their muscles began to tear and reorganize, becoming more muscular and burly than before, and finally turning into roaring beasts.
"It's a pity, there is cold poison on the whip, this is the taste, let's experience it." Zhuang Mengli smiled dangerously, but his inadvertent words revealed murderous intent, and several beasts wiped the blood from the corners of their mouths, and found that it had condensed into frost, and suddenly felt that the cold air entered the body, and the cold couldn't help shivering, and finally the body like a mountain fell to the ground with a bang, and the ground splashed some debris.
More beasts followed, Zhuang Mengli was about to whip back, but felt that the qi and blood in his body were surging, it turned out that the damage that was burned by the demon rope just now had not yet recovered, at this time, she was affected by the internal breath, and her whole body was weak, and she generated a purple light curtain in a hurry to block the fierce attack, but with the bite of the beast, the light shield began to appear cracks in the broken glass, and the situation became precarious.
"Ziwei Heavenly Fire, Cover the Evil Spirit" Hu Zonghui came out of nowhere, and the raging fire was accompanied by the mantra, forming a wall of fire, blocking the attack of the beasts, and taking the opportunity to pull them away, Zhuang Mengli broke free from him: "Why save me, this demon." ”
Hu Zonghui explained: "Now that monsters are rampant, and you are seriously injured, please follow me back to the Taoist temple to avoid the limelight for a while." ”
"Since ancient times, Maoshan and zombies have been incompatible, and at this time, extending an olive branch must not be good." Zhuang Mengli was full of suspicion, Hu Zonghui knew that she was suspicious, and he didn't hold back: "If I wanted to kill you, I didn't need to save you just now, so why wait until now." Jiang Xingyue echoed: "Yes, if you stay here, you will definitely die, and if you go with him, you may have a few more chances of life." Weighing the stakes, Zhuang Mengli reluctantly agreed: "Okay, I'll go with you." ”
Maoshan Jiuxiao Palace, standing high on the lonely peak of the delirium, very few people have set foot in it for many years, so it has left a lot of popular legends, don't look at the bare piece outside, this Taoist view is located in the flowers and trees, look at it from afar, the eaves are subtile, antique, small and chic, not like the magnificent Fangcai, Zhuang Mengli looked around, looked at the courtyard trimmed neatly: "The pine and green bamboo here, the small bridge and stream are well arranged, presumably the master is extremely exquisite. ”
"That's nature, and these flowers and plants are arranged, and there is also a hidden way to shake the world, which cannot be cracked unless this door is invisible, listening to the girl's tone, it seems that I know a little bit about it." Hu Zonghui expected her to be smug, Zhuang Mengli talked and laughed: "The West Ze hexagram, and the mountains and rocks belong to the soil, so together, the native gold is no better, and although there is a water in the south, but the pond is Mingtang, so there is no hindrance, as for the flowers and plants, the Tsubaki tree is a thousand years old for the autumn, can prolong the year, the plum blossoms bloom in frost, the meaning is high, as for the magnolia, add some fairy energy, this is just my humble opinion, I hope the Taoist will not laugh." ”
Hu Zonghui's face was red, and he smiled awkwardly: "What you said is very good, but it's not all right, but as an outsider, it's already good." "The trail winds and quiets, the flowers along the way, purple and red, blooming in the wind, like a sandwich road to welcome visitors, bathed in the idle spring light, feeling that the time is particularly rushed, and the good scenery has not seen enough, so it arrived in front of the Taoist temple.
The hall is painted and cultivated, the fairy sound lingers, the green smoke rises in the incense ding, a crane hair and childish face, the old Taoist priest with kind eyebrows and kind eyes sits under the statue of Sanqing, and preaches the Dharma to the disciples who sit down: "If you want to multiply things to play the heart, you must first understand the avenue, so that you can go to the good like water, benefit all things without fighting, go down to the hundred rivers, and the realm of profundity because of tolerance." ”
"No matter what avenue, you have to collect money for a demon, hypocrisy." Zhuang Mengli muttered in a low voice, the man's ears were very sharp, he waved the dust, motioned to the disciple to retreat, and walked over slowly: "This is wrong, we are not immortals, we also have to eat, if we want to eat, then we need the operation of funds, Miss Zhuang also understands the feeling of hunger." ”
"It's you." Zhuang Mengli remembered the old man, in 1941, a great famine broke out in the country, he was hungry and cold, although he had been transformed, he still needed blood to maintain his life, but he was starving everywhere, and there was not even a shadow of a living person, a little Taoist priest saw that she was pitiful, so he fed him with his own blood, and she asked him: "Why are you so generous?" He told her the story of Sapoda cutting meat and feeding it to the eagle, and he didn't expect that time had passed, and this little Taoist priest had become the head of Maoshan Mountain.
This person is Ling Xiao, the Taoist name Xuan Mingzi, he looked Zhuang Mengli up and down, her eyes are still as clear as autumn water, like a thousand years of Xuan Bing, but there is more color in her eyes, this is not strange, the same scenery, after nearly a hundred years, it is inevitable that you will not be sad, and you can't help but sigh: "After so many years, you still haven't changed at all, just dyed with more wind and dust." ”
Zhuang Mengli looked at his gray hair and old age, only to feel that time passed like a white horse, and suddenly: "Experience doesn't lie, little Taoist, I didn't expect you to grow so big, it's just that I don't know how to repay the grace of blood back then." Xuan Mingzi waved his hand: "This is what I should do, by the way, Miss Zhuang, I have something to say to you alone." Taking her into the inner room, Jiang Xingyue and Hu Zonghui looked at each other, unexpectedly that they knew each other.
Xuan Mingzi covered the door, made sure that no one eavesdropped, poured a cup of tea and handed it to her: "This matter is related to the future of the zombie clan, so we can't leak the news, in fact, the Hades King Yu Che did not kill the female lu back then, but only sealed her soul in five artifacts, and we have one artifact left in Maoshan, as long as we find the remaining four artifacts, we can lift the seal and resurrect the female luke." As he spoke, he handed her a mirror: "This is the Heavenly Realm, and a wisp of the female soul is sealed here." ”
Zhuang Mengli took the mirror, and saw that the mirror was not only exquisitely carved, but also the outline of the person in the mirror was blurred, it was a beautiful woman with an empty face, obviously not himself, and hurriedly asked: "How can Mengli be virtuous, why did the Taoist tell me this?" Xuan Mingzi replied: "Poor Dao has taken it as his responsibility to protect the common people in the world, and now the zombies and the underworld have a deep grudge, affecting many innocent lives, so in order to stop this catastrophe, Poor Dao must tell Miss Zhuang frankly that you are a zombie, and you are kind-hearted, and you are a person who can be trusted." ”
"The situation is urgent, and the elders must be notified quickly." She put Tongtian Realm into her pocket and wanted to move, but she felt that her limbs were weak and she was paralyzed on the ground, and Xuan Mingzi helped her to her seat: "Miss Zhuang has been running around for days, so let's rest first and then hurry." Zhuang Mengli also felt tired, so he should accept it.
This Taoist temple bell chime during the day, the green smoke is endless, at night on the autumn rain and mist, the crow shrine drum, and the raindrops of bamboo tops, more desolate, Jiang Xingyue heard the movement outside the house, then tiptoe to check, the sound came from the side hall, there are a few big locks on the door, he looked over the wall, saw the moss in the garden into spots, vines and roses, and there are white stones, or like ghosts, or like fierce beasts, obviously in disrepair, see a few Taoist priests roasting the chin of the child's corpse, with a porcelain bowl to catch the corpse oil, Jiang Xingyue suddenly got goosebumps, I wanted to stay away from the land of right and wrong, but I stepped on the empty rubble and fell to the ground.
The child corpses with long tongues jumped and attacked, Jiang Xingyue sat on the haystack, so frightened that she ran away and forgot, Zhuang Meng left to send charcoal in the snow, she moved like a butterfly through the flowers, the purple electricity and green frost were staggered, and a row of children's corpse heads had been cut off, Xuan Mingzi hurried over, and apologized: "I'm sorry, I frightened you, these lonely souls have been in the shadow for a long time, and their bodies are hungry and thirsty, so the disciples will give some magic food, so that they can go through the transformation of spells and ascend to the fairy world." ”
The Taoist priest who raised ghosts was also far-fetched: "Yes, after we ignited, the lonely soul has three ways and five hardships, and it is all wet, and I ask you to learn from it." He gestured, recited a mantra of the deceased, sent the deceased to life, Jiang Xingyue only felt that he had misunderstood the good person, but Zhuang Mengli knew in his heart that this was the evil art of folk sacrifice to refine children and ghosts, although he didn't mention it, his impression of Xuan Mingzi had been reduced by half.