Chapter 23: The Hungry Ghost
It is no exaggeration to say that all those people appeared out of thin air.
I had only looked over there a few seconds ago, and there was no half of a figure at all, but this suddenly appeared...... You don't have to think about it to know they're ghosts!
If you look closely, you can see that these people have more or less wounds on their bodies, and they are all scars that resemble those left by the bite of wild beasts.
"Sister Chen, Master Zheng, you two come here......" I didn't dare to be careless, I carefully pulled out the coffin nail and held it in my hand as a weapon: "Don't stand too scattered, hurry up!" ”
Hearing this, Chen Qiuyan didn't hesitate, only Old Man Zheng hesitated, as if he didn't know why I did this.
"Ghosts?" Old man Zheng asked me tentatively, "Did you see it?" ”
I nodded and said I saw it, and it wasn't just one or two..... It's a bunch!
After a rough count, the injustices standing in the forest, to say the least, there were fifteen or sixteen, men, women, and children, and everyone was dressed very similarly, like from the village.
"How far is it from Mao'er Village?" I couldn't help but ask.
Old man Zheng walked up to me in a few steps and whispered, "It's quite far, I still have to walk a day's mountain road." ”
"Which direction?" I asked again.
Old man Zheng didn't squeak, raised his hand, and pointed to the forest, saying that that there is the entrance, and you can enter the mountain by walking inside, and Mao'er Village is there.
"These ghosts I see..... Could it be that they are all from Mao'er Village? I asked with a frown, and seeing that those wrongs had not taken a step out, I took this opportunity to tell Old Man Zheng about their characteristics.
"What about looks??" Old man Zheng hurriedly asked, "Are there any characteristics?" ”
I didn't speak, I glanced at it, I just thought it was a bit difficult to describe, most of them are public faces, and it's a bit ...... to find some features Ay?!
"Master Zheng, there is a man with no ears on the left side, no wounds, it seems to have grown ......." I carefully observed the injustice and said to Old Man Zheng: "There is a sarcoma on it!" ”
After listening to my description, Old Man Zheng's eyes were about to pop out, as if he was in a dream, and his face was incredulous.
"How old is he??" Old man Zheng asked me.
I looked at it and said that I was about fifty years old, and my hair was white on both sides and quite black on top.
"That'...... That's Zheng Ban'er!! ”
Old man Zheng almost shouted, his body kept trembling, as if he was frightened: "They are all dead?!" All turned into ghosts?! ”
"As it stands...... .......I nodded, "There are no living people, all are unjust, and there is not a single one who can breathe." ”
At this moment, Qibao strode towards me, his expression a little panicked: "Are those two children still following me?!" ”
"I didn't follow, I ran away." I said, "When the gang came out, the children ran over as if they had no intention of harming you." ”
"What do they want?" Chen Qiuyan asked me cautiously, as if she was afraid, she couldn't help but tug at the corner of my clothes, and her voice was trembling: "Do you want to attack us?" ”
"Probably not." I whispered, "They're just looking at us, they don't mean to come, and ......"
Speaking of which, I suddenly made a surprise discovery.
Those injustices seemed to be observing us, but their eyes were not on us, but staring at the hot pot next to Chen Qiuyan.
Wronged to see hot pot? What does this mean? You can't be hungry, right?
"And what?" Qibao hurriedly asked me, "Shall we withdraw or fight?" ”
"Don't worry, take a look first." As I spoke, I crouched down and took out the rice I had prepared and put it in three porcelain bowls.
After that, I asked Chen Qiuyan to find the chopsticks and distributed them to me and Qibao Changlong Elephant in turn.
"Want to eat?" Qibao took the dishes and chopsticks, and his expression was very puzzled: "Eat in front of these unjust people?" Are you hungry and stupid? ”
"Don't talk nonsense, follow me." As I spoke, I took out a stick of incense from my duffel bag and led them to the ridge ten meters away from the woods.
Chang Longxiang didn't say anything, Qibao looked a little scared, and when he walked to the forest, his eyes kept rolling, as if he was afraid that he would attack us unjustly.
Standing on the kanzi, I asked for a lighter from Qibao, lit the incense, and then inserted it into the ground.
"Let's squat and knock on the rice bowl, take chopsticks and knock together, don't stop if I don't say stop."
"Okay." Qibao nodded busily, not daring to ask more.
When I knocked on the edge of the rice bowl with my chopsticks, Qibao and the others followed, and the originally silent forest mouth was now full of banging bowls.
At first, those injustices didn't react, but just looked away from the hot pot and turned to us.
It was only after we knocked for about half a minute that the injustices reacted further.
"Here we are...... They came over....... "I gritted my teeth and continued to bang on my rice bowl.
Although Qibao and they can't see the injustice, they can also feel that the atmosphere is not right, and the situation of the yin wind blowing in their faces is enough to show that I didn't lie to them.
"What are we doing knocking on the bowl?" Shippo couldn't help but ask me.
"These ghosts seem to have starved to death, or they were starved to death....... "I explained in a low voice," I whispered, "and they were staring at our hot pot from the beginning...... It's like that standard starving ghost! ”
"Does it have anything to do with knocking on the bowl?" Qibao asked me in a daze.
"Knocking on a bowl at night can attract ghosts, especially a bowl with food, which attracts all hungry ghosts."
As I spoke, I watched intently as those injustices came step by step, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on my forehead.
"I knocked on the bowl to confirm my guess...... It's also to send them away......"
By the time I had finished saying this, the staggering gang had stopped less than a meter away from us.
All the injustices didn't look at us, just stared at the porcelain bowl filled with white rice, and saliva flowed uncontrollably.
"Put the bowl down." I told the Shippo and them, and after putting down the bowl, I pulled the incense out of the ground and kept beating the ashes that burned on it.
Of the three bowls of rice, I didn't drop a single bowl, I only sprinkled all the incense ashes and neatly covered the bowl.
When I stood up with Qibao and retreated four or five meters away, the injustice standing at the front couldn't help it, like a hungry dog pounced on food, and directly grabbed the meal with his hands and started eating.
The rest of the injustices did not hesitate any longer, and followed closely behind and began to grab food.
"Are they eating? It's a big move! Shippo muttered.
"Can you see?" I was stunned.
Shippo said that he couldn't see the ghosts, but he could see the three porcelain bowls shaking.
"When they're done eating, we won't have to worry about them attacking us." I said.
At this time, Chang Longxiang suddenly patted me and said in surprise: "Brother, I seem to be able to see ghosts too!" ”
"Can you see those starving ghosts?!"
To be honest, I was really surprised at the time, Chang Long seemed to be able to see ghosts...... It should be yin and yang eyes, right?! Why didn't we find out??
"You can't see the starving ghosts! But I can see the ghost in that tree! Chang Longxiang said excitedly.
As soon as the words fell, he was afraid that we would not find them, so he deliberately raised his hand and pointed it out to us.
On a large tree not far from us, near the canopy, there was a man hanging.
The man was like a monkey, holding a branch with one hand, and hung there looking at us with ease, with a green glow in both eyes.
From this man's eyes...... It's not a living person, it must be wronged!
"Dog's day! Awesome! Shippo exclaimed without warning, pointed at the man and said, "I can see hell too!" ”
Hearing Qibao's words, I was slightly stunned.
"Isn't it a ghost?"
Qibao said excitedly: "It appeared silently! None of us found out! There is still light in the eyes! This isn't a ghost, what else could it be?! ”
"It's not a ghost."
As I spoke, I involuntarily lifted my heart up, and my expression was a little nervous.
"Either it's a solid injustice, or it's ..... It's a living person! ”
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