Chapter 7: The Demon of the Willows
The fog gradually thickened, Zhang Renshan looked at San'er who was contemplating, and he couldn't say anything, so he was bored and lazy to play with the weeds beside him, thinking about what had happened since he came out of the yard, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't understand it, and he just wanted to have a headache, and he didn't know what to do. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
San'er was also very anxious on the side, thinking that he should go back, but Zhang Renshan might not be able to do it, and now there is this strange fog that makes things even more confusing.
In this way, both men fell into silence, each thinking about it. After a while, Zhang Renshan was really worried and raised his foot to kick away a stone under his feet, only to hear a "poof" and fell into the water. Zhang Renshan was about to kick the second piece unexpectedly, but San'er grabbed him and asked strangely, "Where did you kick the stone just now?" ā
Zhang Renshan was obviously stopped by this question, so he had to ask: "Where did this stone kick?" How do I know if there's something wrong with that stone? ā
San'er saw that Zhang Renshan didn't understand the meaning of the words, so he had to explain: "I was thinking about things just now, and I didn't care when I saw you kicking a stone into the river, but when I heard the sound of the stone, I felt a little strange."
Zhang Renshan really didn't understand this time, and hurriedly asked, "What stone?" What was that? What the hell is going on? ā
"When we got here, the water in the river was almost dry, wasn't it? But the sound of the stone you just fell into the river......" San'er looked at Zhang Renshan suspiciously.
Zhang Renshan suddenly realized that he thought in his heart: "That's right! This doesn't sound right! Is the river rising? Immediately discussed with San'er and decided to go down to the river to have a look, San'er nodded and felt that he should be sure. As he spoke, the sudden fog had reached an unbelievable concentration, and he could use his hands to stir the mist, and the clothes on the two people had already been soaked with water vapor in the fog, and they reached out and shook their hands in the fog violently.
"This fog is a little too big! I've never seen such a big fog when I've grown so big," Zhang Renshan couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the water droplets on his hands.
"Don't care about this fog for now, let's see what the water of this stream is going on" San'er wiped the water on his face, held the lamp and groped for the riverbank, Zhang Renshan followed behind San'er.
The lamp in San'er's hand is already in a state of almost exhaustion, and the candle inside is about to burn to the root, San'er doesn't say it, but his heart is already very anxious, if he loses the light source in this dark night, it will be really troublesome, not to mention that there is such a big fog that is even more difficult to discern the direction.
When he came to the shore, San'er looked down and saw that sure enough, the water in the river rose again.
"The river is rising again! I'll just say that this river must not be stopped! Zhang Renshan was about to bend down and wash his face with river water, but was stopped by San'er and said, "No, there is something wrong with this river."
Zhang Renshan looked at San'er and then at the river, and felt that there was nothing wrong, and then asked, "What's wrong?" I look pretty normal! ā
San'er immediately explained: "Have you forgotten the big willow tree that fell in the stream?" That tree had cut off the whole stream, and it was impossible for the water to rise so fast."
Zhang Renshan thought of the weird crooked-necked willow and then said, "Hmm! That's right! That strange tree is still lying in the river! It stands to reason that the river should not have risen so fast, could it be that the willow tree was washed away? ā
"It's unlikely, even if it was washed away, we should have known, not to mention that we have lived by the stream for so long, you and I don't know what the water of this stream is like! It is impossible to wash away such a large tree trunk," San'er carefully analyzed.
Zhang Renshan also felt reasonable, he had never seen this stream and river water that could exceed people's knees since he was a child, even if it rained for a few days, this stream and river water could reach people's waists, and he had never seen how big it was.
"And where did this water come from? Could it still fall from the sky? Zhang Renshan looked at the surface of the water, and it was extremely calm, and there were no waves at all.
"Looks like we've got a broken stump, and we're going to find out," San'er said. Zhang Renshan nodded and said, "Hmm! Then go check it out! This strange thing is really endless! Tonight, Lao Tzu broke the casserole and asked if he had to figure out what was going on."
After speaking, the two of them went to the broken stump one after the other to grope for where, compared to the broken stump that could be easily found before, but now it is very difficult, the most important thing is the problem of this fog, the line of sight is blocked, and it is impossible to see what is in front of it, so you can only take one step at a time. Stop-and-go San'er and Zhang Renshan found the right direction from the thick fog, looking for a few barren grasses that had been trampled down by Zhang Renshan before, and the two of them finally touched the location of the broken stump, and the two of them were dumbfounded as soon as they arrived.
"What the fuck this is!" Zhang Renshan was taken aback when he looked at everything in front of him. San'er also felt unbelievable and said, "This ...... How did the tree grow back? ā
Just look at the crooked neck willow that has been broken in two, but now it grows on the bank of the river in good shape, Zhang Renshan and San'er are stupid there, staring at each other with big eyes, I really don't know what to say.
After a long time, Zhang Renshan spoke: "San'er, this tree was ...... before Broken, right? ā
"Hmmm! Truly...... It's really broken" San'er couldn't believe his eyes, but the facts were in front of him, and the tree had grown back.
Zhang Renshan rubbed his eyes vigorously, he couldn't believe that all this was true, "Why would this broken tree grow back on its own, unless...... This tree has become a spirit! Zhang Renshan muttered in his heart.
San'er carefully looked at the crooked-necked willow in front of him, and always felt that something was wrong but couldn't say it, so he stood in place and looked at the willow leaves on the canopy and was stunned. Zhang Renshan circled around the tree on the side, he thought in his heart that this tree was a monster that had become a spirit, and the previous things were all done by this old tree that had become a spirit, it first pretended to break itself and make a noise to attract attention, and then ate the prey that was attracted, and then waited for the arrival of the next unlucky ghost in its original state, it must be like this, Zhang Renshan explained his thoughts to San'er one by one.
San'er looked at Zhang Renshan and shook his head, "What...... Isn't that so? There must be something wrong with this tree. Zhang Renshan saw that San'er disagreed with his opinion and continued.
"There's definitely something wrong with this tree, but it's hard to say if it's harmful, I always thought there was something wrong with this tree, so I took a closer look, guess what I saw?" San'er deliberately sold a pass to Zhang Renshan.
"Oops! Don't tease me, okay, if you see something, just say it! When has this been, still want to play with me! Zhang Renshan said.
"Take a closer look at the canopy of this tree," San'er said, pointing to the dense wicker overhead.
Zhang Renshan glanced up, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong, the wicker swayed left and right with the wind. I was about to turn around and ask a question, but suddenly I felt that something was wrong, and I looked up again, and then I suddenly realized and said casually: "Damn, I'll just say that this tree is an old monster who has become a spirit!" But this monster's IQ is really speechless."
San'er smiled and said, "You also noticed! There is no breeze at all in this thick fog, and the wicker on this willow tree is unexpectedly windless! ā
Zhang Renshan nodded and looked at the wicker that was still swinging on it, and he didn't get angry, and snatched the lamp in San'er's hand and prepared to burn the old demon tree.
San'er hurriedly stopped Zhang Renshan and said, "Don't! The tree can't be burned yet."
"Why can't it be burned, this demon tree killed Li Fang, and I'm afraid that Li Tong was also poisoned by it, you get out of the way! Grandpa, I'm going to kill the harm and burn this ghost thing for the people of Tianxingdao today! As he spoke, Zhang Renshan took the candle out of the lamp and prepared to light the fire. Xian'er, don't do it yet, this matter has to be discussed in the long run......" San'er's words were not finished, only a muffled sound was heard from the trunk of the tree, and the whole trunk cracked from the middle as if opening a bloody mouth, and a "crunch" sound came from it.
The suddenness of the incident made the two of them defenseless, Zhang Renshan was so frightened by this sudden sound that he rushed back two or three meters violently, and cursed in his mouth: "Damn, I know that San'er has become a fine tree, and eighty percent of the eight lambs are going to eat the two of us."
San'er's side was also dumbfounded by this change, and when he heard Zhang Renshan say this, he immediately changed his mind and shouted at Zhang Renshan: "Xian'er, do it quickly!" While this old demon tree is not so powerful, let's finish it first."
Zhang Renshan nodded yes, and then threw the candle in his hand to the "blood basin mouth", only to see the candle with a faint firelight towards the willow tree, but that Cheng Xiang actually threw it crookedly, the candle wiped the trunk straight towards the river and flew over, San'er secretly said that it was not good, and he wanted to grab it, but where was the time, only to hear the "tom" sound of the candle fell into the river.
For a moment, darkness shrouded everything, and Zhang Renshan sighed secretly: "Bitter! Why is my life so weak! It seems that today will not be able to escape this catastrophe" Just as he thought of this, he saw that the trunk of the tree that had been wiped by the candle just now, there was a "crackling" sound, and there were flames rushing out.
In a short time, the whole willow tree was burning, and the people who were roasted by the heat wave just wanted to hide in the water, and even the water in the river on the side of the willow tree near the surface of the water was roasted by the heat. Zhang Renshan and San'er dodged from a distance, but the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and even the green grass next to them was ignited, and there was a tendency to burn the company camp.
San'er glanced at the direction of the willow tree, turned around and hurriedly pulled Zhang Renshan to run in the direction of the yard, now he can only go back to the yard first, after all, the last lighting tool in his hand is gone, and once the fire spreads, he can only jump into the river by the river overgrown with grass, and the ghost knows if there are any strange things in the river.
Halfway through the run, San'er was careless, tripped over a stone, and the whole person almost didn't have a dog to eat, thanks to Zhang Renshan grabbed San'er's arm from behind, so he didn't let him fall. But the thing in San'er's arms flew out, only to hear a crisp sound on the ground, "dang".
"What?" Zhang Renshan asked suspiciously.
"It's the bronze mirror" San'er hurriedly bent down to look for it, and Zhang Renshan also searched on the ground with the light from the burning willow tree behind him.
Suddenly, from a barren grass, a golden light shot out to the sky, at first it was just a pillar of light, and then it became more and more dazzling, and the pillar of light became bigger and bigger, and the person who was directly illuminated closed his eyes and did not dare to look directly.
After a long time, Zhang Renshan slowly opened his eyes, only to feel that his eyes were a little glazed, and after a while, he looked at it and sighed: "What's the situation?" ā