Chapter 42: Forbearance
"This Dongying doll is made of leather, and it is not an ordinary leather." Zhang Ling said thoughtfully as he stared at the puppet.
Zhou Yi was whetted by Zhang Ling, Zhou Yi knew that Zhang Ling would not do it for no reason, first he didn't let him touch the puppet and said it was for his good, and then he said that the material of the puppet was a problem, which made Zhou Yi itch for a while, eager to know the material of the puppet.
Zhang Ling stretched out a hand, stroked the air around the doll and said, "This doll should be sewn from human skin." ”
Because Zhang Ling's tone of voice was too flat, so that Zhou Yi also ignored the key points in his words, and it was not until he muttered it in his mouth a few times that he suddenly reacted to the meaning of human skin.
"Human skin? Brother, are you sure this is a human skin? Zhou Yi looked at the white and translucent appearance of the puppet, and not only swallowed a mouthful of spit.
Although he knew that Zhang Ling would not do it in an unprovoked way, since he said so, he must have a certain degree of certainty, but Zhou Yi still found it difficult to accept, so he wanted to confirm it again, after all, if Zhang Ling hadn't stopped it in time just now, then his own hand would have ......
"Senior brother, have you forgotten the seven sons of Taoism, have you forgotten the appearance of the seven skins left in the end of the seven of them?" Zhang Ling replied indifferently.
As soon as Zhang Ling mentioned this, Zhou Yi seemed to remember something, and then felt a surge in his stomach, and immediately covered his mouth, as if something was about to rush out of his mouth.
Although Zhou Yi has followed his father since he was a child and has seen many big scenes, he still shuddered a little when he thought of the seemingly delicate doll opposite, but it was sewn from human skin, and he still felt uncomfortable.
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yi asked weakly, "Senior brother, do you think this skin was made when a person was alive, or did he ....... it after he died?"
Zhang Ling did not hesitate, and before Zhou Yi finished speaking, Zhang Ling immediately said: "It seems that it should be peeled off directly from the body when the person is alive, and looking at the complete lines of this skin, there is no trace of stitching, it should be peeled from the back, such delicate skin will not be a man, it should be a woman." ”
Looking at Zhang Ling's casual appearance, if he hadn't grown up with Zhang Ling since childhood, Zhou Yi would almost wonder if Zhang Ling had a special habit of human skin.
Zhang Ling didn't care about Zhou Yi's gradually changing face, but looked at the puppet and continued: "And this puppet has places that even I can't see clearly, and there seems to be something in the puppet's body, although I can't see it, I feel very powerful." ”
This is an important reason why Zhang Ling prevented Zhou Yi from touching the doll, even Zhang Ling himself couldn't get it, and he didn't plan to let Zhou Yi take risks.
But after all, the puppet had to have an explanation, so Zhang Ling bit the tip of his tongue, spit out a mouthful of blood into the palm of his right hand, and dipped his left index finger a little, and then wrote a spell on the inside of the wrist of each of his two arms.
He drew a talisman on his eyebrows to prevent him from being hit by the unjust soul, and a small wisp was left in his palm in case he needed it.
Then, Zhang Ling stretched out a hand with a solemn expression and grabbed it towards the puppet, just when Zhang Ling's fingers were only a palm wide from the puppet, Zhou Yi suddenly interrupted Zhang Ling's movements.
Very sensible, he said to Zhang Ling: "Senior brother, don't, I think you should forget it, look at you like you are like a big enemy, to be honest, I am a little vain, you said that if you really have something, I can't save you, I can only stare and be in a hurry, if I am recruited, you at least have a way, so this matter is still according to the old rules, let me come, you are guarding next to you." ”
Zhang Ling didn't want Zhou Yi to take risks, but what Zhou Yi said was also reasonable, but if there was an accident, he could save it according to what he had learned, but if something happened to him, Zhou Yi's set of learning would not work.
Zhou Yi didn't procrastinate, rolled up his sleeves and was about to go up, but Zhang Ling grabbed him, and used the only wisp of tongue blood left in his palm to draw a few spiritual runes on Zhou Yi's arms and eyebrows in the same way before he reluctantly let go of Zhou Yi.
Don't look at what Zhou Yi said just now, he didn't take a breath in the air, but when it came to the end, he was still a little panicked.
I saw Zhou Yi's hand trembling towards the puppet, although he was extremely reluctant, his hand finally touched the puppet.
It's just that the result was not as bad as Zhang Ling and Zhou Yi imagined, Zhou Yi touched the puppet without a doubt, but it didn't show any abnormality, Zhou Yi was suddenly stupid, and thought, 'This is unreasonable, why didn't there be any reaction at all?' Didn't I touch the wrong place? ’
Immediately, Zhou Yi stretched out his index finger again and poked the puppet everywhere one after another, without any change.
And when Zhang Ling saw this scene, the monk who was also the second zhang was puzzled, and he didn't know what was wrong, but the puppet would sit there so quietly and obediently, which was obviously not in line with the consistent urine of Dongying people.
When Zhang Ling was still thinking about it, Zhou Yi saw that the doll was fine, but he couldn't bear the doubts in his heart, grabbed the doll from the soil, and began to fiddle up and down to check the doll.
Zhang Ling wanted to stop Zhou Yi's behavior, but when he saw that the puppet had indeed not changed, he immediately put his mind at ease, bent down, and carefully observed the pit where the puppet was located, hoping that there would be new discoveries.
Just now, the puppet was still hidden in the soil, and the clothes on the body were not clear, Zhou Yi always thought that the puppet would be dressed in a kimono according to tradition, but when he took it out, he found that the puppet was indeed wearing a ninja suit.
At the same time, there is a Toei knife on the right side of the doll, a rib gap on the left, and a red spell mark left by the Onmyoji on the back of the clothes.
Just as Zhou Yi was carefully observing those spell marks, the puppet's head began to turn slowly, twisting a full hundred and eighty degrees, before turning from the front to the back, a pair of eyes that became extremely scarlet stared at Zhou Yi, who was looking at the spell.
The puppet's hand was not at ease, and it was slowly touching the knife on the right side.
During this period, Zhou Yi seemed to be tired of looking down, raised his head, and saw the puppet's twisted neck, but for a while, Zhou Yi did not react, just twisted his neck, and continued to observe the spell behind him.
Zhou Yi's head was only down for a few seconds, and he suddenly thought of something, raised his head suddenly, and just met the eyes that were staring at him, and then he screamed.
As soon as he heard Zhou Yi's exclamation, Zhang Ling hurriedly got up from the ground and flashed towards Zhou Yi's side, and the puppet in Zhou Yi's hand also made a decision immediately, immediately pulled out the knife on his belt, and stabbed Zhou Yi's wrist without saying a word.
Although Zhou Yi was not slow to react, as soon as he saw that something was wrong, he immediately threw the puppet in his hand towards the ground, but the puppet's knife still slipped to Zhou Yi's wrist somewhat.
I have to say that the knife in the puppet's hand is really sharp, just a slight stroke, Zhou Yi's wrist oozing out a little red beads, if Zhou Yi is only half a beat slower, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as shedding a little blood.
Originally, Zhang Ling saw Zhou Yi throw the puppet out in time, and his tense heart relaxed, but who knows, at the moment when Zhou Yi's hand was scratched by the puppet, a heart-rending cry suddenly came out of Zhou Yi's mouth.