The two ghosts were so frightened that their legs were numb, and they knelt directly on the ground. The old ghost didn't say anything, patted his ass and turned around and left.

Bell looked back at the stone pavilion in front of him. Countless corpses lay inside and out, most of them dead white-clothed soldiers. The bell was barely fully visible at the time, and the white-clothed soldiers were sent by the old ghost in a short moment.

Look at the three or five horizontal corpses between the stairs, as well as the seven or eight rows of blood under the bluestone slab, everywhere is filled with the smell of blood. When he looked back at the old ghost, his back went farther and farther away, slipping into the jungle.

The two ghosts hurriedly followed, and knelt in front of the bell again, looking embarrassed, holding their heads in their hands, crying and begging: "Sister, we didn't mean to, can we continue to follow you?" ”

The bell placed the white blade around the neck of one of them and swung the knife down. Then the blade turned around and stabbed at the other person, and the white knife went in and the red knife went out. After disposing of the two ghosts, Bell took the knife in one hand and chased after the woods in front of him.

After chasing all the way to the woods, he looked left and right and didn't find the figure of the old ghost, so he shouted left and right: "Old fox? Where have you gone? Wait a minute! ”

The pine trees here are crowded together, and the road is not easy to walk. The bell took two steps and couldn't stand it, went around a rock, looked forward again, and a voice came from behind, "What are you doing?" ”

When the bell looked back, he saw that the old ghost was sitting firmly on the rock, holding a flute in his hand, and his face was calm. The bell said, "Why are you walking so fast?" Don't wait for me? ”

"Waiting for you? What are you doing, you are not me, I saved you, and you still don't thank me. "The old ghost said.

Bell took a step closer and said, "You saved me, but where do you need to go now?" ”

"Where am I going to do your business? You girl has a lot of things to do, you won't pester me to get the key again, right? The old ghost snorted and said, "To tell you the truth, if I can't give it to you, it's still useful for me to keep it." ”

The bell smiled, took out another key from his waist, threw it at the old ghost's feet, and said, "There is another one, since you like the key so much, then I will give you my own." ”

The old ghost almost picked up the key and put it in his mouth. Turning around and pointing in the direction of the forest, he replied: "The corpse of the beggar, you have to burn her, or divide the body of the five horses, otherwise once you wake up, you will bring people over to find you trouble." ”

The bell said: "I'm not afraid of this, the question is where are you going?" This tone was aggravated again, and he seemed to be very concerned about the whereabouts of the old ghost.

The old ghost almost took out the gourd bottle, brought it to his mouth and drank several sips, and the smell of wine spread in all directions. The bell went up and said, "I'm going to take a sip too!" ”

"Haha, you can't drink, you can't drink, this is mandarin duck wine, only husband and wife can drink together, if others drink it, they will definitely die." The old ghost said, jumped off the rock and fell on the grass, threw the wine gourd to the bell, and continued, "What? You really want to taste it. ”

Bell took the bottle, and without the slightest hesitation, lifted the lid and poured the remaining half-bottle into his intestines. Halfway through the drink, he spit out his mouth and said, "How is it water?" ”

The old ghost pinched his beard and smiled: "Oh, you really dare to drink." I told you that it is mandarin duck wine, and the taste is naturally different, aren't you thirsty? ”

Bell threw the gourd aside, walked over to the woods, and replied with his back to him, "I went first and burned the beggar's body, and I almost forgot it in a hurry." ”

The old ghost picked up the wine gourd on the ground, and said to himself in a panic: "Oh, what a good wine, it's a pity to spill it like this!" As he spoke, he added the cap of the bottle with his mouth and his tongue.

After putting the gourd back, he followed. When he returned to the pavilion with the bell, he saw the body of the beggar lying on the ground, petrified to mud.

The bell walked up to the beggar and flipped her body open. It was as if a layer of white oil had been applied to her face, and the ice was about to hit her face.

The old ghost took out the torch, lit it, handed it to the bell, and said, "You can burn it, remember to burn it to ashes." ”

The bell hand took the torch and threw it at the beggar, who was burned. There was a green egg left on the body, which looked like an unripe watermelon.

Bell thought it was incredible and asked, "What is this?" ”

The old ghost almost stepped forward to take a look, and said with a smile: "Hey, isn't this just a bird's egg?" Out of the way, just crush it and throw it away. ”

"I mean, how could this beggar have such an egg in her body?" The bell replied.

"This old man is not clear, but with the old man here, you little girl can rest assured. I don't have any other skills, I'm very proficient in the way, even if this beggar comes back from the dead, I can kill her. ”

At the moment, this green egg does not look big in shape, and it can be pinched completely with your hands. The bell was still a little hot in his hand, really like a hot egg that had just popped out of the belly of a beast, and the cubs had not yet formed.

The old ghost went up again and patted her on the shoulder, and said, "Hey, get up, let's go down the mountain first to find a noodle restaurant to eat, it's cold and cold here, and you'll catch a cold if you stay." ”

With that, the old ghost took off his shirt and put it on the back of the bell on his own initiative.

The bell jumped up from the grass in shock, tore off the shirt on his back, looked back at the old fox in fear, and said, "What are you doing?" ”

"Putting you on an extra dress, aren't you cold at all?" The old ghost is bad.

"It's not cold, it's not cold, let's go!" Bell returned the clothes to him.

This time, a blue horse rushed out of the jungle, the same blue horse that had brought the bell before, and it was so fast that it rushed straight in front of the bell, and snorted.

The old ghost looked at the horse and said, "This is really a good horse, if I'm not mistaken, this horse's name should be Blaze, right?" Its mother's name is Frost, and she was born more than 3,000 years ago, so it's more than 4,000 years old, right? ”

"Born more than 3,000 years ago? How can it be more than 4,000 years old? The bell went up and patted the horse's buttocks, touching the horse's tail and replying.

"You don't understand this, the remaining more than a thousand years old is the horse's yang longevity, and its longevity has lived for more than three thousand years, looking at this horse, I think of when I was young."

The bell jumped on his horse, looked back at the old fox, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, come up quickly?" Aren't you going to find a noodle shop for a bite to eat? It just so happened that my own stomach was hungry too. ”

The old ghost almost nodded, climbed onto the blue horse's outstretched wings, and sat down. The whole horse flew up, and in a moment it flew out of the jungle into the bustling city of the past.

But the city suddenly saw that somehow changed, and a lot of changes have taken place. It turned out that there were still a lot of pedestrians walking around, and they hadn't seen a single person since they came out of the supermarket with those ghosts.

The horse flew into the air, stopped at a restaurant, and rubbed the horse's hooves. The bell jumped down, but the glass door of the restaurant in front of me was closed, with a lock in the middle, and it was very dark inside, and I didn't know if there was anyone inside.

The bell turned to look around the road, it was still eerily quiet, except for the street lamps that flickered faintly in the night.

This time, the old ghost also jumped off the horse, walked to the bell shoulder, glanced inside, and then asked: "Let's change it, it's gloomy here, I can't see anything clearly, I guess the shopkeeper is not there!" ”

The bell tapped his head lightly and replied, "Okay, let's go, let's go to another house." ”

As the words fell, both of them turned around and walked back towards the horse's wings.

In the noodle shop behind the two, a voice suddenly came, "It's all here, why do you want to leave?" Let's get something to eat. ”

At the sound of the voice, the two of them turned again, and their eyes were looking at the glass door at the same time. Seeing that the door frame was pushed open, an old woman came out of it, holding a cane and a leather ball in the other, and the first thing she said was: "You? Which one is Hades? ”

When the bell heard this, he was a little surprised, and he also walked up, came to the old woman, and said, "What? Hades? ”

"It's just a female beggar, who often comes here to eat these days, and brings a lot of soldiers with her, and she is very generous, and every time she gives either gems or gold." The old woman smiled bleakly.

The old ghost in the back almost knew the meaning of the words as soon as he heard it, and when he went up, he pulled the bell back, and at the same time said to his wife with a smile: "Hey, let's not eat, it's too late, or come tomorrow." ”

The old woman looked a little unhappy, but she still managed to squeeze out a smile on her face. threw down the crutches, walked to the glass door, stretched out his rough palm, pulled the bolt of the door, got into half of his body through the crack in the door, turned back to the two and waved at the two and smiled: "Come on, eat something and walk, it's too cold outside, don't freeze." ”

Bell was visibly agitated and was about to walk over. The old ghost pulled her back again, and whispered to her ear: "Don't go, it's dangerous inside!" After speaking, he turned back to the old woman and said with a smile: "Wife, let's not eat, you go back first!" ”

This sentence made the bell angry, turned around and shook him off, and said, "Why don't you eat it?" It's hard to find a noodle restaurant, you have to go by yourself, this girl is hungry. ”

The old woman followed and fanned the fire by the door, "Yes, it's so cold outside, you'll catch a cold, come on, there's a fire inside, there's soup to drink, and a warm bed to spend the night, how about it?" Come on! ”

In the eyes of the bell, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with the old woman, and she was about to go inside, but was stopped by the old ghost.

The old ghost almost frowned, and simply blocked his whole body in front of the bell, "What are you doing?" Didn't you notice something wrong with the old woman? ”

"What are you afraid of? I'm afraid of meeting ghosts, aren't we ghosts too? The bell didn't pay any attention to it, pushed him away and continued on his way.

The old woman, still with an abnormal smile on her face, opened one side of the door and kept waving.

The old ghost had no choice but to take out the hammer on his back, hold it tightly in his hand, and follow him into the noodle restaurant.

The bell walked into the threshold, and the old woman picked up half of the red candle from under the door, lit it with a lighter, and felt it inside.

The three of them walked from first to last, and halfway there, the noodle restaurant's dining room was lit by candles, and between the two tables was a motorcycle, which looked old and covered in dust.

The old woman walked up to the car and kicked it over. After the motorcycle fell to the ground, the tires came off and rolled under the table. The old woman said angrily: "This turtle grandson, he actually parked the car here, bullying me for being dizzy and blind." ”

This sentence stunned the bell behind him, and he didn't know what the old woman was talking about when she fell to the ground.

The old ghost followed closely, and the chain hammer in his hand tightened, thinking that if something happened to him, he immediately beckoned the hammer to the old woman's face.

The old woman pushed the cart aside and walked to the innermost table, where she stopped and sighed. He turned back to the bell and said, "Big girl, you can sit here, I'll go get you two bowls of noodles, wait, wait!" ”

The old woman kicked away the stool in front of her and walked into the kitchen behind the dining room, walking loosely, as if her whole body was about to fall apart.

Bell didn't care, but went to the stool in front of the table and sat down.

The old ghost stood in place, tensed every nerve, looked left and right at the ceiling, and said to the old woman with a crooked mouth, "Wait a minute, isn't there a light here?" It's so dark, how do you let us sit. ”

The bell was a little impatient, slapped the table and glared at the old ghost, and scolded: "Where did you come from so many words, we just came in to eat something, and you made you suspicious, aren't you powerful?" There really must be something wrong, your divine power that you have unleashed. ”

Despite what the bell said, the cowhide band on the old ghost's face still didn't relax.

The old woman looked back with a smile and said, "Oh, I almost forgot, the electric lights here have been broken for decades, and in a while, I'll send you some candles, wait, wait!" ”

The old ghost looked back, and the old woman went into the kitchen. The bell was a little sleepy at this time, his eyelids couldn't be opened, and his hands were lying on the table. Even though the table was dirty, as if it hadn't been wiped with a rag in a long time, the bell would be overwhelmed.

The old ghost glared at the bell with squinted eyes, and said, "I said what are you doing lately, let's leave now, this place is not the embodiment of a tomb." ”

"You've watched too much drama, if you want to go, you can go by yourself, anyway, I'm not leaving!" The bell was exhausted, she didn't care about the surrounding environment at all, since she arrived in the Yang Realm, she had never slept once, she hadn't even taken a nap, it seemed that she was tired to the limit, and she couldn't wait to fall asleep on the table immediately.

The old ghost had no choice but to sit down with the bell, put the hammer in his hand next to the stool, faced the bell, and said: "Let me tell you, you must not sleep this time, it is better for us to go out first, and find a place at will, which is better than here." ”

As soon as these words fell, the old woman inside walked out, holding two plates in her hands, and walked to the middle of the table, and the dark figure was not noticed by either of them. Until the old woman reached over to the table and placed the plate in the middle.

The two of them immediately came back to their senses, turned their heads to look at her in surprise at the same time, and said in unison: "Ah! ”

The old woman smiled and said, "Come, the noodles are gone, only the steamed buns are left, why don't you make do with it." By the way, do you want to stay in the hotel, we are not only a noodle restaurant, but also a hotel, there are rooms, and it is so cheap, you can look at it, give as much as you want. ”

The old ghost immediately picked up the hammer under the stool, took it in his hand, and threatened the old woman in a heavy tone: "You old thing, what tricks do you want to play, tell you, I'm a ghost, if you are not honest, I will take your soul away." ”

The bell was so angry that he slapped the table again and said fiercely, "What are you doing?" She is just an old grandmother, unarmed, and seeing that you scared others, she would not have been with you if she knew it. ”

The old woman smiled faintly and replied: "It's okay, it's okay, it's normal that you are afraid of life, this shop is like this, it's been open for decades, it's just like that, if you're happy, I'll go get you some wine." ”

After the bell smiled and thanked him, he turned around and stared at the steamed bun in front of the table, which smelled very bad. It feels like I've been taking it out for a few days and nights in a cupboard, and it's completely rancid, let alone eaten.

The bell took a steamed bun in his hand, and took another one to the old ghost, and said, "You smell it, what does it smell like?" ”

The old ghost almost didn't reach out to take it, because he had a hammer in his hand, but he said, "Don't smell it, don't eat it, you want to eat it yourself, you girl want me to worry about it." ”

After hearing this, the bell was a little angry, glanced at him, and said: "If you are reluctant, you can go, I am very tired now, I have been looking for a few days and I have not found anyone, I just want to sleep." ”

"Who are you looking for?" The old ghost asked.

Bell put the steamed bun in his hand back on the plate, put his head on the table, and said sleepily: "Don't say it, I'll go to bed first, if you want to go, you can go, but you saved my life, I won't forget this favor, I will return it to you." ”

As he spoke, the bell closed his eyes, and fell asleep in three or two seconds, no matter how much the old ghost screamed, he couldn't wake up.

The old ghost had no choice but to sit in front of her and keep staring at her, and from time to time he turned around the restaurant to observe, and when he observed, he always felt that there were many people around him, but he didn't find it.

At this time, the old woman suddenly walked out of the kitchen, with a bottle of wine in her left hand and a chicken in her right hand, and walked slowly behind the old ghost, and while she was not paying attention, she slowly said: "I said you old man, but really, the girl is asleep, you just carry her to the bed, why are you stupid." ”

The old ghost almost turned around, held a hammer and directly smashed a wooden stool around him, stared at half of the red face, and said thunderously: "You old woman don't give me long-windedness, if you don't want to become this stool, just put me in the most honest, otherwise the consequences will be like this stool." ”

The old woman's face was very calm, always with a smile on her face, she slowly walked to the old ghost's side, put the wine and food in her hand on the table, and took out a pair of wooden chopsticks from her sleeve, and after putting them on, she said, "Come, don't be so excited, old man, eat something, isn't it better to be full than anything?" ”

"Don't come with me, where did you get those chopsticks from? It's hidden in your sleeve, isn't it dirty? The old ghost almost stared at it.

"Hey, if you're dirty, how about I wash it for you? Seeing that your body is not clean, you can't just grab it with your hands. The old woman said, and said to the air next to her: "Girl, I feel that I am reading a book while reading, don't get in the way of my eyes." ”

"Who are you talking to?" The old ghost almost didn't see anyone left and right, and asked curiously.

"I'm talking to my daughter, she's right next to me." The old woman took out a rotten iron key from the pocket of her apron, threw it on the table, and put the red candle in her hand in the middle, and continued: "This is the room key, don't mind staying here after eating, you can give the money as soon as you want." ”

The old woman finished the sentence with a quick voice, turned around, and walked back to the kitchen, her pale hair faintly shining in the darkness.

The old ghost stared at her back for a long time, until it completely disappeared into the darkness, and then he relaxed. Then he looked at the bottle of wine on the table, and a roast chicken. Except for the steamed buns, which are stinky, there is still a faint fragrance left in the rest of the dishes.

The old ghost picked up a roast chicken, looked at the sleeping bell opposite, tore off a chicken leg, and asked, "Hey, girl, do you want to eat some?" The chicken leg seems to be still fresh. ”

But the bell had already fallen asleep in his dream, and he couldn't hear every word of the old ghost in front of him.

The old ghost sighed, stared at the chicken leg in his hand, and said, "If you don't eat it, then I'll eat it myself, and keep a chicken leg for you." ”

Talking to himself, he quickly stuffed the chicken leg into his mouth, gobbling it up, and in twenty or thirty seconds, he gnawed the whole chicken leg into a chicken bone, and wiped the skin of his mouth with a layer of butter.

After eating one chicken leg, the old ghost broke off the second chicken leg with his hand, took a bite, and chewed it. Chewing and chewing, he inadvertently heard the sound of eating from the table next to him.

The old ghost looked back in a hurry, and there was nothing to see in the dark dining room except for the table in front of him.

The old ghost picked up the half-burning red candle on the table and walked over to the table next to it. At the same time, don't forget to grab the hammer.

When approaching the table, a black figure with long hair and a small face was reflected on the wall, sitting under a stool in front of the table, reading with a book in one hand and a gnawed chicken leg in the other.

But when the old ghost looked down, there was no one at the table in front of him. I don't know where the figure on the wall came from.

The old ghost stared at the stool in front of him, and subconsciously asked, "Is there anyone?" ”

The sound of eating was still coming, and the old ghost's body trembled for a while, and his scalp was like being poured with a layer of chili water, itching and hurting.

The old ghost almost sent the candle forward again, and at this time, a hand grabbed his legs from under the table, and held it so tightly with great strength. The old ghost looked down and saw that it was a pair of white hands, very small and thin, like a child hidden under the table.

(To be continued)