Chapter 56: The Imprisoned Woman
Yan Niang was puzzled and asked, "Don't you like to eat delicious food?" ”
Xiang Qingwu chuckled, "But didn't you say that we are the chosen ones?" If you let Yan Lao know your thoughts, I don't know if he will be angry? ”
Yan Niang held her chin with her hand like a simple and harmless little girl and said with a sly smile, "I have already thought of a good way, even if he knows, he won't blame me, and I am the most powerful spirit." ”
When Lu Yan and Xu Lin heard this, they had already realized that something was wrong, Lu Yan looked at Yan Niang in surprise, his heart was full of doubts, but he also knew that he should not speak at this time.
Xu Lin's palm holding the Buddha beads became tighter and tighter, and he looked at Xiang Qingwu worriedly, and his always compassionate eyes were full of pity.
Xiang Qingwu seemed unmoved, still calmly discussing with Yan Niang, "Since you are the most powerful spirit, can you tell me what the Chosen One is used for?" ”
Yan Niang covered her mouth and suddenly laughed very girlishly, "Although we are not as smart as you outsiders, we are the best at imitating, and we are immortal, so you must not have bad intentions, since you are here, you will definitely not be able to escape, and don't try to trick me." ”
After saying that, Yan Niang's arm was withdrawn from Xiang Qingwu's palm like flowing water.
Looking at Yan Niang's back as she jumped away, Lu Yan said, "Grandma's, these guys are really calculating us, I'll just say that there is no free lunch in the world!" Grass! ”
If Bai Ke was still there at this time, he would definitely say a word to Lu Yan, "I don't know who said that even if you die, you have to be a full ghost." ”
Xiang Qingwu turned to look at the crowded village, and the villagers all began to prepare to counterattack Yan Village under Kong Yan's call, their faces were either smiling, or gloomy, or grinning, or silent. At first glance, there is nothing strange about it, people have a thousand faces, and they are all different.
But when she looked closely, she found that these faces, these expressions were so stiff and strange, obviously the enemy was present, but there were people who always had a cheerful smile, and she even saw someone pulling her mouth in front of her, trying to make the corners of her mouth that rose up be as sad as others.
Yan Niang said that they are the best at imitating, so have these villagers been just imitating all along?
"Where are you going?" Lu Yan saw Xiang Qingwu turn around to leave, and hurriedly chased after him.
Xiang Qingwu said, "There is something I need to confirm, you go back first." After saying that, Xiang Qingwu soon disappeared.
Lu Yan looked around at the names of the villages around him, and always felt that the eyes of those people were looking at him as if they were nothing, he couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body, and he couldn't stop standing still and hurriedly walked back.
Xu Lin looked in the direction of Xiang Qingwu, frowned and recited the Buddha number.
Xiang Qingwu found the thatched house where Yan Niang went before, and there was a low coughing sound in the house, fortunately, the person was still here. Xiang Qingwu was tiptoeing into the house, but suddenly heard a voice from inside.
"Let me go, please......" The woman's voice was hoarse and painful.
Xiang Qingwu felt strange, she obviously felt that there was only one person in the room, who was she talking to? Just when Xiang Qingwu was puzzled, a red light suddenly appeared in the hut, illuminating the dim hut.
A strange and terrible thought welled up in Xiang Qingwu's heart, she held her breath, tiptoed open the straw curtain to look inside, when she saw the palm candlestick placed on the wooden table slowly burning, she was almost sure of her guess, the red fire burned more and more on the wick of the candlestick, and in a blink of an eye, it changed to the size of a person's head, and finally it jumped up from the candlestick and turned into a ghost fire that all contractors were familiar with!
The fiery red ghost fire spun happily in the air a few times, and then an ordinary facial feature appeared in front of it, it swayed its body from side to side, and those flames slowly extended and stretched under its drive, and finally turned into human limbs, but unlike Yan Niang, this human figure obviously has not yet cultivated to the home, it can only barely conjure up limbs, but it can't make it have facial features and skin like its own head, like a monster full of flames, he stiffly drove his legs towards the corner.
The firelight illuminated the figure in the corner, a ragged woman, huddled in the corner, coughing from time to time.
"Let me go, please." The woman cried out with difficulty.
The ghost fire tugged at the woman's arm, and the woman screamed loudly, she was so scared, the fear that came out of the depths of her soul made her slap the ghost fire like a madman, she pushed the ghost fire away with all her strength, and crawled from the corner to the other side unkempt, her bare skin glowed red, it was a precursor to self-immolation because of extreme fear.
"Get out of here, don't touch me, don't touch me!" The woman screamed, trembling incessantly.
Onihuo looked at the woman's arms and thighs covetously, as if he was annoyed that he didn't have something exactly the same.
At the moment when the woman ran over, Xiang Qingwu had already seen the other party's appearance clearly, she was actually the Yan Niang who cooked for them, the Yan Niang who was cowering and didn't even dare to speak loudly.
If these villagers are not human, then this Yan Niang is likely to be the contractor who was imprisoned by them to deceive outsiders, and no one can believe that the villager who would make such a good dish is not human.
Thinking of what the little girl said, Xiang Qingwu already had a rough guess in her mind, but she still didn't understand why these ghost fires did this, what their purpose was, if it was just for the anger of the human race, then why didn't they eat them directly, or was it really to sacrifice them to the unicorn lord.
The most important thing is that a fire can imitate human beings, and even become human beings, which Xiang Qingwu never imagined, but now, these absurd and strange things are happening again and again on Shiiju Island.
Xiang Qingwu looked at the trembling woman, she didn't know what these ghost fires had done to her that caused her to be so afraid, maybe because she didn't know that these ghost fires fed on people's anger, and when she had no fear and anger, these ghost fires would have no deterrent effect on her. Maybe it's because there's a bigger secret in it that she can't know right now. In short, Xiang Qingwu should not startle the snake at this moment, the safest way is to go back and discuss with Kong Yan, as long as they can talk to this woman, they will know what the situation is here.
"Help me... Who's going to save me......" The woman's moans of pain came intermittently.
Xiang Qingwu turned around and quickly left the hut, she knew that this woman wouldn't last long.
When Xiang Qingwu returned to the residence, Kong Yan was discussing something with Lu Yan, and when he saw Xiang Qingwu coming back, Kong Yan immediately showed a smile on his face, "You're back." The tone is as intimate as treating his family members who have just come back from work. Not only that, but he also personally poured a glass of water and handed it to Xiang Qingwu, "I added some herbs to this water, which is good for your injury." ”
Xiang Qingwu frowned, she hated that others had nothing to do, so she immediately said coldly, "No need, I have something to tell you." ”
Kong Yan saw that Xiang Qingwu didn't appreciate it at all, and he didn't feel embarrassed, so he put the cup to his mouth with his backhand and took a sip, looking at the other party with soft eyes and nodding, "Well, you say." ”
Xiang Qingwu felt uncomfortable when she was looked at by the other party's eyes, and she glanced at Kong Yan with a little dissatisfaction, but Kong Yan's smile became softer and softer.
The goosebumps on Xiang Qingwu's arms rose, she turned around and sat opposite Kong Yan, her eyes took her eyes off him, and she told everything she had heard, especially about the woman in the thatched house.
When everyone finished listening to Xiang Qingwu's narration, everyone was silent, what is called going deep into the thief's den, it is their current situation.
"That woman shouldn't last long." After Xiang Qingwu finished speaking, he couldn't help but add another sentence.
Kong Yan pondered, and suddenly said to Lu Yan, "I still need your help in this matter." ”
Lu Yan looked at him puzzled, "What do you mean?" ”
It soon darkened, and as soon as it was dark, it was time for dinner.
As before, Yan Lao asked Yan Niang to cook a meal for everyone and send it over, but this time things obviously didn't go so well, as soon as he took a bite of the dish, Lu Yan immediately spit it out, and scolded, "What the hell is this, is it for people to eat?" ”
Yan Lao was terrified, "My lord? ”
Kong Yan sang with a white face and scolded, "If you want to eat, you will eat, didn't you eat it well before?" Why are you angry today. ”
Lu Yan crossed Erlang's legs like a hooligan with a face full of disgust, "Even the food delivered is so unpalatable, I think they did it on purpose, by the way, what about the Yan Niang who cooks rice, you let her come over, I suspect she just wants to harm us!" She's uneasy and kind! ”
Yan Lao didn't want things to change at this time, so he hurriedly asked people to find Yan Niang to make amends. Yan Niang also followed with anxiety, and before she could speak, the sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded outside, and someone shouted, "It's on fire, it's on fire." ”
Yan Lao's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly made amends and ran outside, it is not a trivial matter to catch fire, if these houses are burned, how will they live in the future.
When Yan Lao left, Kong Yan hurriedly stepped forward to help Yan Niang up, and it was cool to start, it was not as soft and boneless as Xiang Qingwu said, it seems that this Yan Niang is a real human being.
"Help me, please help me!" Yan Niang grabbed Kong Yan's arm violently, pleading with tears in her eyes, "I knew someone would come, I knew it." ”
Kong Yan hurriedly stopped Yan Niang's crying, shook his head at her, and motioned for her not to speak.
Yan Niang nodded in a trance, she desperately covered her mouth, and tears couldn't stop falling.
Xiang Qingwu suddenly jumped off the roof like a ghost, she threw the lighter in her hand to Xu Lin, and Xu Lin hurriedly took it, for fear that she would break the thing, it was his treasure for eating.
Kong Yan saw that Xiang Qingwu was back, and knew that everything was going well, so he handed over Yan Niang to her and advised, "I will arrange it here, you go and return quickly." ”
Xiang Qingwu nodded and said to Yan Niang, "Follow me." ”
Yan Niang looked at Kong Yan puzzled, compared to Xiang Qingwu, Kong Yan still looked like a normal person, only to see Kong Yan nodding at her, Yan Niang had to follow Xiang Qingwu out of the hole in the corner.
Looking at the familiar entrance of the cave, Xiang Qingwu glanced at Lu Yan with deep meaning, it was really him who killed Liu Fengshui of the Hong Gang in the first place, and even the hole he hit was exactly the same.