Chapter Thirty-Eight: Revisiting the Ghost Forest
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My cat leaned down and leaned over to the window to listen, only to hear the movement near, and near...... Until a shadow passed by my door.
Now is the time!
The spirit and condensation are forced to the extreme, I suddenly raised my foot and kicked open the door, there was a sneaky black shadow outside the door, I turned around when I heard the sound, where did I allow him to react, he drew his sword and slashed with all his might, but the black shadow was not good at the same time, and he was about to run away from dodging, but I had already prepared, a sweeping leg in the middle of the black shadow's ankle, rushed up at the moment he fell to the ground, and he didn't allow him to get up and sat on his waist, lightning-like clasped his throat, and drank coldly, "If you move again, I'll kill you!" ”
Suppressed and threatened by me, the black shadow also recognized each other and quieted down.
I snorted coldly, brushed off his black veil, and scolded, "The murder in Taiping Town, I'm afraid it's just thanks to Your Excellency, how much did you harm this beast that is inferior to you......" However, as soon as I lowered my head and saw the man's face clearly, my words were intercepted, and I was shocked beyond measure.
Lin, Hao?
How could it be him!?
Lin Hao also stared at me in disbelief, the two of us looked at each other for a long time, and no one could speak.
I struggled to find my thoughts, and after a while, I came back to my senses and said with difficulty, "You...... How did it end up here? ”
"Can you get up first?"
As soon as I lowered my head, I realized that I was still sitting on someone's body, so skin close to each other was really ambiguously tight, my face was red, and I hurriedly agreed, and stood up on my own.
"What are you doing in the middle of the night?" Lin Hao didn't answer, but asked me, I thought for a moment, and felt that although I didn't have much contact with him, I should be trustworthy, so I whispered and said, "Ming people don't say secret words, tell you the truth, I think that Bao Le...... There is a problem. Seeing that he looked at me seriously, he cleared his throat and added, "You think, since he is the person sent by Penglai to pick us up, his skills should not be too bad, but that Bao Le never shows his kung fu, what is he afraid of?" Also, did you see him help when we were investigating the case? There are a lot of alarmists, and I asked the little guy, the reason why the shopkeeper is suspicious of us is because someone saw that it was the Penglai disciple who killed people, don't you think there is anything strange about this? ”
Lin Hao looked at me and shook his head.
"You, don't you doubt him?"
The young man's calm voice was not half emotional, "It's not suspicion, it's him." ”
"What!" I confirmed what I was thinking, and I almost jumped with excitement, "How do you know?" ”
Lin Hao slowly raised his hand and wrapped an extremely thin silver thread around the little finger of his right hand.
"This is Hanging Silk. Just when Bao Le went out, I wrapped myself around him. You and I will follow first, and then I'll talk to you on the way. ”
It dawned on me, and I followed him down the stairs step by step, leaving the inn without a sound.
At night, Taiping Town slept in a terrible silence, the liquor stores were closed, the long street was empty, the wind blew the roadside flags and soot paper rolls, the lonely moon was in the sky, and the cold color paved the way.
Lin Hao spoke as he walked.
"I was suspicious of him early on, but I was suffering from lack of evidence, and now after you say that it is true-that Bao Le is not the person who answered us at all! Originally, the dossier given to me by the master, but I was negligent, the person who answered us had a portrait, and Bao Le was by no means the same person, but when Jiang Xiaocheng and I visited around, the news I learned was that the Apostle of Penglai was the murderer of Taiping Town! ”
"Ah, this, what's going on?"
"It's a good trick to steal the day." Lin Hao sneered for the first time, "Penglai has strict rules, how can this scum come out?" It's clear that someone framed it! I think it was the apostles of Penglai who discovered the whereabouts of the murderer, but they were outnumbered, and at this moment they were either exterminated or imprisoned, and then those who did it pretended to be Penglai's people to do evil everywhere, and poured this dirty water on us, one to wash ourselves, and the other is that we investigate the case, and we will also be suspected! ”
"But how do you know...... What about Bao Le? "I was drenched in cold sweat by Lin Hao's words, and the people behind the scenes were so scheming, leading us to step by step!
"A human skin was found in his room, and besides, I put a little tracking ecstasy incense on him, and when he came out in the middle of the night, there must be something tricky."
I frowned sideways, looking at Lin Hao under the moonlight, he was just the same age as me, but his thinking was as meticulous as an adult, and his indifferent face did not have the childishness of a teenager, but was replaced by a calm composure like stagnant water.
I suddenly wondered about his background.
Tracing all the way to the edge of the junction between Taiping Town and the dense forest, the woods in front of them are extremely dark and weird, the leaves are loud, the trunks of the trees cover the sky and the sun, and the path under the feet is chaotic, leading to the depths of darkness.
Lin Hao saw my hesitant look, put his hands on his chest and said lightly, "Either you go back, I'll go alone." ”
This seemed to be a concern, but it provoked me, "No! I am with you, and I want you to know what it means to be a woman who does not let her eyebrows go! ”
He lit the fire and walked ahead, and replied slowly, "You don't have to let it, I just knew it very clearly." ”
I was choked by him, and I hated and secretly compared a chopping gesture.
"Get down!" Lin Hao, who had been walking in front, suddenly broke off his drink, then turned around and pressed me down, I didn't know what was going on, so I didn't know what to do, so I had to do it, "What?" ”
I was startled and subconsciously looked up, only to see countless bats flying over us like the sky, screaming one after another.
"Ah, Lin Hao," I looked at the bat swarm, and the whole person was suddenly startled, and I couldn't help but shout, "Look, those animals...... Under the claws! ”
These bats are not like the size I saw in the Nianjiazhai Mountain, I don't know how long, the length between the opening and closing of the wings can reach my arm, the fine fluff screams are poignant and high-pitched, like the cold bird, and what is even more creepy is that the bat is caught under the weak body of a child!
Lin Hao handed me the fire fold, and the hanging silk was quickly untied, "Don't be shocked, we can only divide into two ways now, I'll chase the bloody bat, see where they omit the child, you look for Baole." Remember not to fight them to the death, and be wise to protect yourself. ”
I wrapped the silk around my wrist, "Then you have to be careful!" ”
He nodded his head and chased after him directly, because the bat was afraid of fire, so he could not use a torch, and could only grope his way forward in the dense jungle, and I watched his figure disappear, so I lit the torch and followed the direction connected by the hanging silk, and walked forward cautiously step by step.
The woods thinned and the road came to an end.
A ruined temple, standing among the trees, precarious.
I felt my pupils shrink suddenly, and I couldn't help but take two steps back.
The unfamiliar scenery involved deeply buried memories, Shura's laughter and endless blood curtains intersected in my mind, and I shuddered and slowly closed my eyes.
Do you want to go in? Do I dare?
Now it's not what it used to be, so what's there to fear!
While cheering himself up, he carefully pushed the temple door and walked along the dilapidated wall. I suddenly felt something under my feet, and I couldn't help but wonder, and I struck the torch and leaned over to look.
What he stepped on was half of the man's left arm.
The rest of the body ...... Should it be buried in the ground?
Like a cardiac arrest, my eyes widened, and I subconsciously wanted to scream, but I forced it back.
Yes, I don't know how many child corpses are buried in the ground...... As early as when I came in, I felt gloomy, so it turned out that it involved memories, and it was really weird.
I trembled and clenched my sword in my hand, forcing a throbbing throb in my chest to subside. I don't dare to think about how many children in Taiping Town, unjustly killed souls are imprisoned in it, and how many dead eyes are buried in the ground, day and night. The upside-down bats on the eaves spread their wings from time to time and chirp sharply......
It was easy to walk through the backyard to the main gate of the temple where the sacrifice was held, and when I arrived at the courtyard at the back, there were candles lit in the house, and the figures were swaying on the window paper.
"This time, I still have to thank Bao for his strategy, otherwise we really don't know how to end it......" The voice of a woman greeted her in the back room, accompanied by three or two coquettish laughter.
“…… It's just a little trick of the golden cicada shelling. But Du Ruo, you are really eager for success and profit this time, and you have made such a big fuss! It's also thanks to me that I prepared sooner or later, otherwise for the birth of Lord Blood Demon, I didn't help, but instead added to the chaos......"
Sure enough, it was Bao Le, his voice at the moment was not like the previous cowering, but commanding, like a leader.
"Worship you and rest assured, we have our own way of doing things." Another male voice echoed, and then the conversation changed, "But I heard that Penglai was alarmed this time, and someone was sent down, and the adults have seen it?" ”
"Is the offering responsible for answering, why haven't you seen it, your brain! But Lord Worship, why don't you take care of those troubles, we don't have to hide it, with your old cultivation, are you still afraid of anything? ”
In the inner room, there was a sudden silence, Bao Le did not speak, but the woman panicked, and apologized repeatedly, "The subordinate lost his word...... Subordinates gaffe...... You shouldn't have asked. ”
Bao Le seemed to take a deep breath and said slowly, "Originally, for the birth of the Blood Demon Lord, we only had to tie up ninety-nine eighty-one boys and girls for sacrifice, but because of the Penglai apostle, I killed a female doll in the inn in order to absorb the essence, but I am afraid that this matter will make a big deal and alarm the high-level of Penglai...... Do you know what the sword of one of the people who came this time was? ”
In the midst of all the speculation, Bao Le opened his mouth word by word.
"Red Cultivation Long Wind Sword!"
I was startled, and subconsciously hugged Master's sword, and leaned down three points.
A hoarse male voice looked incredulous, "That sword...... Isn't it admired by Xiaoyaozi among the three righteous people in the world? Burned the original body of Xiao Wuji? ”
Xiaoyaozi? Who is that?
"Definitely. Xiaoyaozi has already retired to Peach Blossom Island in the South China Sea, if this sword is not mistaken, it should be in the hands of Li Xiuyuan, the head of Penglai, I only said that I provoked this evil star, this person's cultivation is ...... between the six protectors of the law."
"How's that for good? ”
At this moment, I listened intently to the discussion of the secrets of the Three Realms and the Six Realms with them, and there was a sudden silence in the room, but I did not come back to my senses.
Bao Le's strange smile sounded abruptly after the silence, "What should I do...... Isn't there already a baby who doesn't know whether to live or die, and it's sent to the door? ”
He spoke