Chapter 57: The Lake of Blood
I couldn't help but glance at this fat man, anyway, I still have a little knowledge.
"Then let's go to the West Chamber first." I looked around for a while, and I always felt that there was a shadow floating in the room, as if someone was prying in the shadows.
"Huang Shoucai, what else do you know? I don't believe that you merchants of the underworld are capable of this. Kirin said.
Huang Shoucai suddenly panicked, grabbed the map, "My lord, don't wronged me, where can I get anything?" This map has taken me a lot of thought, and when I see that adults need it, I don't take it out immediately? ”
Qilin didn't say anything more, with him staring, I am not afraid of Huang Shoucai for the time being.
Huang Shoucai's map is actually very simple, the Zhang family's ghost house is mostly broken and ruined, and the vitality is not obvious, if it is an ordinary house, it will be overgrown with weeds after three or five years of desertion, but the ghost house does not say weeds, even the dead grass is not seen, and it is bare.
"The Zhang family was brilliant for a while, and it is rumored that the old man of the Zhang family was a lucky man who made a fortune outside, and the Zhang family was established here, which is a legend of ten miles and eight townships." Ermao said.
"Does the Zhang family have this origin?" I was surprised.
"My grandfather told me that when I was a kid I thought he was bragging, and now it seems..."
"It's true, according to the verifiable history, the Zhang family is such a background." The fat yellow man laughed.
"And the tragedy of the year was also strange."
"Strange? What's the oddity? Didn't it mean that Zhang's house was looted by bandits and bandits, and then set on fire? Ermao said, "That's what everyone said. ”
"This is just the appearance of things, do you know where the old man of the Zhang family made his fortune?" Huang Shoucai sold it.
I listened to the conversation between the two of them, and outsiders only knew that the old man of the Zhang family had made a fortune, but they didn't know where that wealth came from.
Actually, the story should be like this. There is such a frustrated teenager, depressed, and he doesn't want to stay in the township. So he packed his bags and left, thinking that the outside world was even more cruel, so he had no choice but to fall into the grass and become a companion with a group of bandits. Huang Shoucai said slowly.
"Are you saying that the old man of the Zhang family was born as a bandit? Then why was it destroyed by bandits in the end? I said in a low voice.
"Uneven distribution of spoils?" Ermao Road.
"It's not just that simple, because the gang of thieves accidentally robbed a treasure, and the old man of the Zhang family ran away with the treasure and hid back to his homeland, and in the end he couldn't escape the fate of being wiped out." Huang Shoucai said this and stopped.
At this time, we were passing by a cloister that had survived the fire of that year, and even the paintings on it were relatively well preserved, except for some scorched marks.
"Baba, we have arrived in the court, this is already a place where yin qi gathers, and ghosts will haunt."
I nodded solemnly, because I was a halfway monk, I didn't have many basic means, and I still needed to rely on the unicorn a lot. Ermao heard that there would be ghosts, so he shrank behind me.
Huang Shoucai is still carrying an abacus on his back, his eyes are rolling all the time, I don't know if he is thinking about things or if he has this habit.
"The three sons came from afar, but they missed the distance!"
Suddenly, a shadow appeared not far away, holding a small lantern in my hand, and my steps stopped suddenly. The woman dressed as a maid in front of her was a ghost, her body was petite, and her appearance was sweet enough.
Judging by the degree of condensation of yin qi on her body, it is also at the level of a powerful ghost, which is even worse than Xia Zigui.
"Don't be afraid, the three of you are instructed by my young lady to come to receive me, you can call me a little pity."
"Little mercy? Your young lady? Who is your young lady? "I was vigilant, and I had already begun to pinch the talisman in my hand, as long as this little ghost acted rashly, I would make a brazen move.
Could it be that my amulet is no longer working in the haunted house? Why can she see at a glance that we are living?
"That boy is holding a shoe embroidered by my young lady? If so, I'm not looking for the wrong person? Little Mercy smiled.
Ermao exclaimed, pinching the package in his hand, "Embroidered shoes!" Enlightened, it's her! It's her! She's still there. ”
"Yes, my young lady has been waiting, all the time." Xiao Lian's expression was a little dim, and the lantern swayed slightly.
"Stomp, stomp! Stomp, stomp! One after another, the sound of neat and rhythmic footsteps came.
Xiao Lian's face changed greatly, "The patrol is here, hurry up and follow me, otherwise you won't be able to leave." ”
"Baba, a large number of ghosts, follow her first!" Kirin urged.
I glanced back at Huang Shoucai, who was cowering.
"Adults will go wherever they say!"
"Hurry up, or it's too late!" Xiao Lian was even more anxious.
The voice was getting closer, and I could already faintly see shadows moving. I gritted my teeth and said, "Follow her first!" ”
Xiao Lian couldn't wait to turn around and float in the air, "You follow me, the nursing home will patrol every day, if you are discovered, you will definitely die." The corpses of those people were all sucked dry by the courtyard and died. ”
A few of us couldn't help but speed up a bit, and it wasn't a good idea to run around the haunted house like headless flies.
"Is your young lady really the owner of this pair of mandarin duck cloth shoes?" Ermao has been trained in society for so many years, of course he is not stupid, and he does not suspect that it is fake.
"This is what my young lady did for Zhou Bazhu's conscienceless, I really don't know what is good about him, and in the end he lost my young lady, it's really hateful." Xiao Lian said indignantly.
Ermao just smiled, Zhou Bazhu is Grandpa Zhou's name, and my grandfather said it before.
"Don't worry about me having any bad intentions towards you, or you would have called the nursing home a long time ago." Little pity pouted, dissatisfied with our suspicions.
I looked at Ermao and nodded, from all indications, this little mercy really has no ill will towards us.
"Stomp, stomp! Stomp, stomp! ”
The voice appeared again, and Ermao's face turned white. With a wave of his hand, a door opened, "Get in!" ”
We had no choice but to plunge into it, it was a broken house, we squatted nervously on the ground, and as a last resort, who wanted to clash with these murderous guys?
"You, have you seen anyone come in?" There was a dull, chilling sound outside.
Xiao Lian was neither humble nor arrogant, "Chen Huyuan, I'm just running an errand for my young lady to see what is going on with the head of the family." No one was seen. ”
"If you see the living, you have to notify them in time, we haven't drunk blood for a long time, endless years... That's all there is to it... Truly..."
After a while, Xiao Pian said, "Come out!" They're gone. ”
"Are they the nurses?"
"Yes, they are the nurses, especially the head of the nursery surnamed Chen, who is only half a step away from the ghost king." Xiao Lian's face was wavering, "Let's go!" lest they turn back, and though they were driven away in the name of a young lady, they obeyed only the orders of the head of the house. ”
I secretly took out Huang Shoucai's map and took a look, and then quietly asked Xiao Lian where we were, but she didn't make any mistakes at all, she was leading us to the west chamber, and the tight string was relaxed by half a minute.
"Whew! Call! Call! ”
The further you go inside, the louder the whistling sound becomes, and there is no turning back when you come in, so you can only follow Xiao Lian hard.
"Help... Help us..."
"Put... Let us out... Help me... Yes! ”
"You executioners, I won't let you go..."
As soon as he walked around a corner, a terrible voice came, and at this moment, it seemed that his eyes were blinded by blood, inducing people to fall into endless killing.
"It's... What are they? Is it a ghost? Ermao trembled, the scene in front of him was beyond human cognition.
On top of a blood-colored lake, hundreds of souls struggled in the lake, revealing the tragic appearance before death, and the terrible cry, as if they were in the abyss, enduring endless suffering.
"Resentful spirits, these are all trespassers killed by the guardians, their souls are imprisoned here for eternity, unable to enter reincarnation, unable to reincarnate." Xiao Lian silently, "It's easy to get into, but it's hard to get out, I've been wandering here for more than sixty years. Sixty years are like one day..."
"Let's go! You guys go! The living step into... Surely death... Yes! ”
A resentful spirit actually struggled out of the lake, and unlike the rest of the resentful spirits, he was intact and wearing a yellow robe, if it weren't for the illusory lower body, I would have believed it if it was a human being.
"What do you mean?" I stepped forward to ask for clarification.
But the resentful spirit had just flown out of the lake, and the blood-colored lake began to ripple violently, and a large whirlpool appeared on the surface of the lake, and those resentful spirits who cried and shouted all sank and rose in the whirlpool, and the cry was a little louder.
"Calling people... Calling people... No... By him... Gotcha..."
The sound stopped abruptly, a big hand reached out from the lake, and dragged it down, all the resentful spirits seemed to be swallowed by the lake at this time, the lake was quiet, and my mind was uncertain, what did he want to say?
"Childe, let's go! The sound here will alarm the nursing home and even the old man... It wouldn't be good if it was discovered..."Xiao Lian said of the old man, her whole body trembled, and she felt extremely frightened.
I suppressed the doubts in my heart, looked back at the strange lake, and found that Huang Shoucai was also looking at the lake, but he quickly turned around and smiled at me.
"This is Miss's boudoir, Miss is waiting for you inside, I won't go in." Xiao Ren stood in the doorway and stepped aside.
"Great, things are going unexpectedly!" Ermao was overjoyed at this time, maybe Xiao Lian's actions on the road had won his trust.
Surprisingly smooth, who's to say it wasn't? Except for being almost found by the nursing home on the road and seeing a strange lake, the road is smooth.
The door opened automatically, and the lamp inside was lit, and there was no sign of the flames in the room, and inside was a delicate dresser and a large bed.
And inside the bed curtain, you can vaguely see a figure, a woman with her hair in a bun.
"Who are you Eight Pillars?" The woman's voice is tactful, her words are clear, and she seems to have a charm hidden in it, giving people the feeling of bathing in the spring breeze. It seems that at this moment, people can forget the fact that the woman in front of them is a ghost.
"It's my grandfather, my own grandfather." Ermao said excitedly, hurriedly took out the pair of embroidered shoes, and kept murmuring, "It's saved, it's finally saved." ”
The woman's head slowly turned, and she sighed softly, "Are these shoes still there?" What about the Eight Pillars? He... Are you okay? ”
"My grandfather has died!" Ermao said in a low voice, "Grandpa has always felt indebted to you, even if he died, he didn't live in peace, and he was in regret all his life." ”
"Passed away? It's been 60 years before you know it! He's in his eighties! The woman in the tent groaned softly.
"Grandpa has always wanted your understanding, so I brought these cloth shoes." Ermao Road.
"It's really hard for him, why should I ever blame him? Come over here and let me take a good look. ”
I hesitated, but Ermao said, "This is what my grandfather owes her, and I should pay these debts, I believe... She won't do anything to me. ”
I had no choice but to let go, but I don't know why, I was always a little uneasy in my heart, but I didn't know where that uneasiness came from.
I shook my right hand and took out a blue talisman in case I needed it. Here, people are the masters, and we are guests. If the host family does not have good intentions, as a guest, I am afraid that it will not be able to stand in the right place.
Ermao also walked to the red tent, the bed curtain was slowly lifting, and there was a beautiful woman sitting inside, with a pale face and red lips like fire.
"Child, you are the child of the Eight Pillars." Her hand went towards Ermao, who didn't dodge or dodge, just holding the blood-stained mandarin duck shoes, getting closer and closer.
"Ning Yuan! No! ”
Just when the hand was about to touch Ermao, the door suddenly opened, and a woman in a flowing skirt rushed in, full of anxiety.
I was completely stunned, this woman looked exactly like the woman on the bed!
"Hey! Sister, why are you suffering? It was too late, and her hand was already lightly stuck on Ermao's neck.
As soon as I wanted to make a move, the female ghost blew at Ermao, "If you don't want him to die, be honest, otherwise if I go down with this claw, his life will be gone!" ”
All right! She won, and if she holds Ermao, it is equivalent to holding my life.
"Second Miss, I couldn't stop the eldest Miss..."Xiao Lian, who led us the way, hung her head and stood at the door. It dawned on me that she had gained our trust to pave the way for this moment.
"It's out of the way, you can take him down without alarming the old ghost, you've done a good job."
The moment Ermao was stuck by her neck, the blood-stained cloth shoes had fallen to the ground. He struggled constantly, but he couldn't escape the ghost's claws.
"Ning Yuan, why are you doing this? Let him go! The woman who came in shouted.
"Put? My good sister, Ning Ya, I did all this for you! Look at what that negative man did back then, he actually ignored you, and even the corpse never came to pay respects, you looked at him like this, and then look at what he did? Ning Yuan said fiercely, "Do you remember these cloth shoes?" He deserves these cloth shoes? ”
"Huh... Hohoo ho! Ermao made an uncomfortable sound in his throat.
"If you dare to do anything to him, I'm not done with you!" I was furious.