Chapter 17: The Hanging Corpse on the Beams of the House
I smiled and shook it back, "Good luck to me too." ”
At night I lay in bed, tossing and turning over and over the whole thing.
For the time being, the conclusion is that the three of Tengchong Chong are the same as what I want, and they can be trusted as friends for the time being.
Teng Jianmin is cunning and cunning, and his purpose is unknown, so he has to beware.
Besides, contrary to what I had assumed, I always thought it was a revenge from a ghost, or a curse.
But what I never expected was that it was related to the rise and fall of a country that had existed for a short period of two hundred years.
I began to wonder what my dad's identity was in this matter, whether he was a victim or an active participant.
Early the next morning, a few of us left on time.
With the previous experience in the mountains, everyone was equipped with flashlights, snake repellent water and other field necessities this time.
The atmosphere along the way was extraordinarily relaxed, with some talking and laughing.
Although Teng Chongchong is stubborn and stubborn, he is simple-minded and has no scruples when he speaks. Originally, the five of us had just met each other, but because of Tengchong's harmony, the atmosphere soon began to be harmonious.
After a long day of walking around the mountains, I finally saw the shadow of the eaves behind a forest.
Lao Meng was overjoyed, and said that he would go to rest his feet, saying that he could no longer walk.
When I saw people, I had the hope of finding a Taoist temple, and everyone's pace began to speed up.
Considering that there are many of us, we deliberately looked for a family that looked like a wealthy family.
Liao Kao went to knock on the door, and found that the door was hidden, and it was wide open with a light push.
An unpleasant smell wafted out of it, choking everyone to cover their mouths and noses.
Lao Meng looked at me with an expression of something wrong, and I rushed into the courtyard without saying a word.
We were both familiar with the smell, dead people, and it wasn't the smell of a corpse.
This courtyard is also built in the style of an old-fashioned house, with the front yard entering through the gate and the front hall passing through the courtyard.
I kicked open the door to the antechamber, and a terrible sight was exposed to us.
More than a dozen bodies hung from the beams of the house, apparently dead for more than a year. The moisture on the surface of the skin has been lost, but the flesh has not decayed, covering the bones like wax paper, and has become a dried corpse.
With the wind blowing in from outside the door, the dried corpse began to flutter slightly. The house smells so bad that it makes you dizzy and nauseous.
Sui He couldn't help but rush to the door at this time and vomited, Teng Chong was stunned, grabbed the sleeve of my clothes, and hid behind me tremblingly.
Even though I had just crawled out of the pile of dead people not long ago, I couldn't accept this kind of scene anyway.
Liao Kao was barely able to hold on at first, but later Lao Meng saw his discomfort and persuaded him, "If you want to vomit, you can vomit, it's not a shame, the first time I saw a dead person, I vomited so much that the stomach mucosa was sticking to my shoes." ”
Liao Kao finally didn't hold back, and ran to Suihe's side and spit out.
I sent Lao Meng to call someone, and then dragged Teng Chongchong out of the front hall and stood in the courtyard, and finally waited until Liao Kao and Sui He both calmed down, Lao Meng ran back to me panting and said, "No, there is no one." ”
"What do you mean?"
"The village is empty, there is no one."
At this moment, a gust of wind blew, and there was a crackling sound in the front hall.
I didn't pay attention to it, but Sui He looked inside over my shoulder, pointed to one of them, and said to me in a crying voice, "Xiao, Xiao Ding, that person's shoes seem to have fallen off." ”
I turned my head and saw that there was indeed a man with one foot bare and the other wearing shoes.
I wanted to take a closer look, but Teng Chongchong grabbed my arm, "Don't go, let's go quickly." ”
"It's okay, you guys are waiting for me here."
As soon as I stepped through the door, a corpse fell from the beam with a pop and fell right in front of me. The anti-joint fell to the ground, and the bones of the forearm protruded from the wrist.
I broke out in a cold sweat, and just as I was about to take another step inside, the hand suddenly grabbed my ankle and dragged me to the ground, and then, like a snake, wrapped around my hand and climbed up the pillar, pulling me up the beam.
I struggled violently, but I couldn't resist his strength.
The strange thing is that the old Meng, who was waiting outside, turned a blind eye to what was happening here, and was still tiptoeing to look into the house.
My side had been hoisted upside down on the beams, and they still didn't react at all.
"Help! It's a fart, save me! ”
I shouted that the corpse had tied me to the beam, and then it swam over me like a snake, and finally its face was against me, and two dry arms were slowly wrapped around my neck.
Just when I thought I was about to suffocate, suddenly a white light flashed, cutting off the two arms of the corpse that were wrapped around me.
A neat figure rolled over and jumped to the beam, and with a knife in his hand, he cut the rope that bound me, and I fell down so head-on.
After I landed, I saw the bone umbrella standing firmly on the ground, and I was pleasantly surprised to see the person who came, it turned out to be the aftermath of saying goodbye that day!
I didn't have a chance to say hello, and the dried corpses that had been hanging quietly upside down on the beams all began to swing at this moment, as if they were all about to break free from the beams.
Yu Nian jumped off the beam and threw the knife to me, "Take those people out of the courtyard." ”
"And what do you do?"
As soon as I finished speaking, Yu Nian summoned the bone umbrella on the ground and opened the umbrella with a wave of his fingertips. As soon as the bone umbrella was opened, a sharp light knife was formed, and two heads were harvested in an instant.
"Okay, count me." I got up and ran towards Lao Meng.
The strange thing is that after I walked into the courtyard, Lao Meng and the others seemed to be able to see me, and complained, "Why are you standing inside for a long time and not coming out, where did the knife come from." ”
I turned around and looked, and I really only saw the corpses hanging in the hall, and I couldn't see Yu Nian trapped in it at all.
Somewhere between the front yard and the hall seems to have a one-way barrier, and those inside can see the outside, but those outside can't see inside.
I didn't have time to explain, so I hurriedly took Lao Meng and them out.
After settling everyone, I quickly returned to the courtyard, and as soon as I pushed the door, I saw Yu Nian take the umbrella and come out of the front hall, and there was only a mess left behind the ground.
After many days, when she saw Yu Nian again, she seemed to have lightened a lot.
Strange to say, every time I saw her, I had a detached and cold face, but I felt as relieved as if I had seen a friend for many years.
"Do you think the two of us are destined, how can we meet everywhere we go."
Yu Nian looked at me lightly, "Is there a fate?" Then why do you want to spoil me every time we meet? I think there's a grudge. ”
I followed her out the door, "Where do you start, what did I do to you?" ”
Yu Nian glanced at the courtyard and said, "These things you just saw are called corpse bandits. are all people who committed great sins in life and did not accept them after death. On weekdays, he disguises himself as an ordinary corpse to attract people to approach. When someone approaches, they will arrest someone as a stand-in as soon as possible, and they will be reincarnated. ”
"What does that have to do with me, how can it be that I ruined your business."
"These are only half of the things in the house, I kept watch for three days, and I planned to collect them all after the other half came back, who knew that you couldn't wait to be a substitute for the dead." Yu Nian stared at me fixedly, a little embarrassed to see that I was really embarrassed.
"That means you still care about me, and you are reluctant to see me die." After all, Yu Nian had just saved my life again, so no matter what she said, I was still a gag with a hippie smile.
Lao Meng saw that Yu Nian was coming, and asked me with eyebrows, "What's the matter, are you two reconciled?" ”
I hurriedly coughed dryly, for fear that Yu Nian would hear what I was bragging.
Yu Nian was not interested in the topic of the two of us, and took his knife from my hand and raised his foot to leave.
When she first walked to Teng Chongchong's side, as if she was suddenly attracted by something, she grabbed Teng Chongchong's shoulder, and took out the nine-fold treasure letter from her backpack with her backhand.
Yu Nian's face sank instantly, and he asked sharply, "Where did you get this treasure letter?" ”