【089】Ship-shaped shadow
Early in the morning, Zhong Kui stood tall in the mountain breeze and looked into the distance, staring at the rudimentary boat-shaped village in his sight. The neighboring villages surrounded by the morning mist have an unobstructed view and give people a hazy and strange feeling. The night quietly retreats as if it had completed a mission, and the whiteness of the fish belly on the eastern horizon will come, even if the sun has a moment of shyness. It will also sweep into the dark corners of Menling Village with ten thousand rays of light.
Xiao Ming quietly accompanied the master without saying a word. He didn't know why Master suddenly came to Yaxing, early in the morning to this forgotten and frightened corner of Menling Village.
The faint haze slowly dissipated with the help of the wind. Zhong Kui looked back at the east, and the white of the fish belly in the distance gradually released the unique dawn of the morning. Rendered by the dawn, the surrounding clouds change to a pale pink, as if people have drunk a little wine and their faces are flushed.
The pale pink clouds slowly became bright and deep, and countless soft rays of light were reflected under the layered clouds. The light slowly became tough from weak, and finally Zhong Kui and the two of them felt a warm feeling on their backs.
At the moment when Zhong Kui stared sideways at the rising sun, Xiao Ming beside him suddenly shouted: "Master, look at ......" He hurriedly turned around and looked in the direction of Xiao Ming's finger, in the center of the naturally formed boat shape of the village, in a huge circular black circle, there was a dark shadow that resembled a human shape moving slowly.
"What is this?" Xiao Ming was surprised.
"Shhhh Don't make a sound. ”
Zhong Kui closed his eyes in the wind, letting the wind blow his clothes and shake. Be mindful, concentrate and carefully hold your breath, precipitating all the sounds that come from the surroundings. Feel quietly and listen carefully...... The spirits of all things are whispering, and the wind brings new information...... Suddenly, a wail came to my ears. The wailing sound comes from the boat-shaped village, Menling Village! These wails turned out to be the ghosts of the village who had not been able to rest for a long time. Why can't they rest in peace?
Just as he continued to feel and listen intently! An extremely cold wind swept over the world. It made him tense and shuddered. At the same time, Xiao Ming, who was standing beside Zhong Kui, also felt deeply, when the cold wind hit, he only felt that his skin hurt as if it had been scraped by a sharp blade.
"Not good!" Zhong Kui was shocked and suddenly opened his eyes. The essence of light burst out, looking at the rushing stream, the creepy super evil aura. Forced by his gaze, the power of the evil qi plummeted, and under the attention of his gaze, it changed into a casual soft wind drifting away. When I looked closely at the boat-shaped village, the unusual darkness was long gone.
Yes! Zhong Kui seemed to understand why those who entered the village of Menling were threatened with bad luck. That is, these ghosts who cannot rest in peace, are controlled by an invisible, untouchable evil force.
If you want to free the villagers who are controlled by the evil forces, you must find the root cause of their control. What is the black circle, the human figure in the black circle? Zhong Kui was silent and walked ahead with heavy steps. Xiao Ming's vigorous jogging sound sounded from behind again, he was very curious, but he was afraid of Master's mood at the moment.
The two returned to Zhong Kui Temple one after the other. There was already a person waiting at the door, and the two looked at it and it turned out to be Diao Juan.
Yesterday, when Zhong Kui came back, he went to look for her. I want to tell her about her brother, and let her go and get her brother's ashes back, so that he can return to his roots.
Before Zhong Kui and Xiao Ming spoke.
Diao Juan looked sad, stared at the two of them with tears in her eyes and said, "My mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and time is running out. Mr. Zhong, can you see my brother? ”
Zhong Kui nodded heavily and said, "You are a strong woman, and you will not be easily defeated by the coldness and ruthlessness of reality......"
At first glance, I heard the other party's words, and it was not the right way. Diao Juan seemed to feel something, her tears couldn't be contained, she rolled down her face like a pearl, her eyes were miserable, her eyes flashed with determination, and she stared at Zhong Kui and said, "It's okay, Mr. Zhong said it directly." ”
"Your brother is a drug addict and has a huge debt. Drug addiction attacked, went to provoke evil forces, and was severely beaten. Unwilling to be humiliated, he brutally killed the leader of the evil forces by means of revenge, in order to escape, he also returned to Qingshui Town, but did not return to the county seat, but lurked there for a while. Back in City A, he had a drug addiction attack and committed suicide under a broken bridge hole. Zhong Kui knew that lying was not good, but in the face of such a kind and good woman, he had to use lying to alleviate her grief.
Diao Juan's expression darkened. Word by word: "This is all his own sin, and he can't live!" …… Woo woo...... "She finally broke out, crying with forbearance, crying bitterly, which made the two big men sigh too. For a while, she seemed a little at a loss, and she didn't know how to comfort her.
Zhong Kui looked at Xiao Ming. motioned for him to comfort Diao Juan.
Xiao Ming's face was embarrassed, and he hesitated to look at Diao Juan, whose shoulder blades kept twitching. Walking a few steps slowly, he said, "Take care!" ”
"My mother wants to see my brother one last time, what should I do? What to do? Diao Juan sobbed and kept repeating.
Xiao Ming glanced back at Zhong Kui and wanted him to say something.
Zhong Kui looked at Xiao Ming and looked at Diao Juan. Na Na said: "Does your mother know about Xiao Ming?" Or could he go and comfort her? ”
"No, Master, I can't." Xiao Ming excused himself.
Diao Juan raised her red and swollen eyes and said, "I also begged him, but he didn't go." I lied to my mom that when I woke up, I couldn't move and couldn't go to the hospital to see her. ”
When Zhong Kui heard Diao Juan say this, his face sank and said, "Xiao Ming, this is your fault." Saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, although your appearance can't play a role in bringing the dead back to life, at least you can make Diao Juan's mother go with peace of mind, which can be regarded as a good deed, a great achievement! ”
"This ...... I...... Master, you know, I'm stupid and can't say anything. Knowing that I am not Diao Juan's father, I want me to face her mother who is dying, I ......"
"Go, go right away." Zhong Kui said angrily: "It's a shame that you are still meditating and learning Zen teachings, and you don't even have a clear understanding of this, aren't you wasting your time in vain?" ”
Xiao Ming was ashamed, lowered his head, and whispered, "Okay, go!" Here it goes. ”
Diao Juan is very grateful to Zhong Kui. And told him that after 100 years of his mother's death, she would bring back her brother's ashes. They were buried together in their home, on the hillside behind.
The five little ghosts grinned and welcomed Zhong Kui into the temple. Naturally, it was a lot of courtesy, but he couldn't be happier. The shadow of Menling Village is like a big mountain. He was a little out of breath.
If the shadow is the evil force of the cult, then Jiang Rong's other friends are also in this catastrophe. It's just that the time has not yet come, and once the time is up, I don't know what kind of horror scene they will face, and they will be ruthlessly deprived of their souls and lives.