Chapter Ninety-Four: Gatehouse Tengu
Before the soldiers could get closer, the bottom of the coffin was "swaying and swaying!" The sound was like a tractor, and the plane of the lid was moving back and forth, as if a dead man was pushing it with his hand. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Everyone was dumbfounded, their tongues were stiff, standing in place and unable to advance or retreat, their hearts seemed to be panicking.
"Ouch!" The old man bleated, raised his leg and pulled out the official boots under his feet, and smashed them on the heads of those soldiers one by one, and at the same time scolded angrily: "Give it to me!" Don't grind. ”
One of the soldiers trembled involuntarily with his feet, and the cowhide bands on his face were about to stretch out. The rest of the soldiers had no choice but to split their heads in front of the coffin, and when they saw that the coffin was shaking louder and louder, they retreated with their heads and tails just a few steps forward.
In an instant, the lid of the coffin exploded, and the top flew to the top of the beam like an inflatable bomb, and the whole coffin suddenly stood still.
The soldiers also stopped, each turning their heads and glaring at each other. You look at me, I look at you, he looks at him, all waiting for a bold man to rush up to find out. But no one dared to take a step forward.
The old man was even more angry in his heart, one bare foot rubbed to the ground, and the other bright and leisurely official boot collapsed on the board, staggered, and limped over.
As soon as he passed, he stretched out his hand and slapped the soldier's head, gritting his teeth and scolding: "Give me some breath!" It's a shame that you're still a necromancy, a coffin has scared your souls away. ”
After the old man taught the soldiers a lesson, he walked to the corner of the coffin, stretched out his neck and carefully looked at the situation in the coffin box. But there was nothing in it except a yellow sleeping satin and a dream pillow. But in the middle of the pillow was a golden bell.
The old ghost immediately greeted him from behind, got into the crowd, and said in a panic as he ran: "Father-in-law, I'm really sorry, Master Zhang is actually not inside." ”
The old man quickly turned around in anger, and at the same time the soldiers also turned around, countless pairs of anger staring at the old ghost's face.
The old man stretched out his hand and said angrily: "Hmph! How dare you deceive our family? Take them all for me! ”
At the sound of the order, the soldiers rushed up with halberds in their hands, and surrounded the old ghost, the little boy and several others, and a pair of sharp spearheads were placed on their necks.
The little boy suddenly spoke, "Father-in-law, you listen to our explanation." The dwarf also looked left and right at the soldiers besieging the perimeter, and did not dare to say a word.
The old man shook his head and stepped forward, pulled a cat face, and said, "What about you Lord Zhang?" and if you do not call him out, you will all die. ”
The little boy's face was not flustered at all, he always liked to pretend to be a little adult, and continued to flicker with a smile: "Father-in-law, Master Zhang is sleeping in the side room, why don't we go to him together." ”
My husband said fairly: "Okay, then I believe you once." ”
My husband was about to walk out of the lobby when the sound of a string of bells came from outside the door, followed by the screams of a group of people. Just listening to the voice, it is not difficult to guess that there are people on their backs outside, and the situation is one-sided.
Several soldiers in the hall were also at a loss for what to do, twisting their necks with each other and pushing towards the door. The little boy immediately yelled, "Oh no! Not good! The Adversary is coming. ”
The old man rolled his eyes in surprise and looked left and right, and said to himself, "What devil?" Where's the Adversary? ”
At this moment, there was another scream outside the door, and the sound was even more heartbreaking, like a pot of ants cooking in oil, miserable and tragic, and the sound spread to all corners of the hall one after another.
At this time, the old husband also realized that something was wrong, as if his own people were in trouble, and after a while, he suddenly opened his eyes wide, and opened his mouth anxiously and shouted: "Quick! Let me go out and see, who's out there? ”
Several armor-clad necromancers in the hall immediately turned their guns and rushed out facing the outside. The little boy followed behind the necromancy, and hurried up to meet them.
The old man said to the old ghost, "Quick, you can get me out too!" Go out and see what's going on. ”
After the old ghost answered, he also led the dwarf out of the hall. When my husband saw that everyone had gone out, and there was still a screaming sound outside, he was even more frightened, and ran to the coffin in a panic and hid with his head in his arms.
The little boy followed until he reached the gate, and found that the dozen or so carriages in front of him had turned over facing the sky, and the fierce yellow horses were running around in the streets and alleys. And on the ground lay countless corpses of soldiers, all covered with strings of bells, bleeding from all over the body, and their faces were miserable.
The necromantic army that rushed out looked up at the layers of eaves, their legs trembling back and forth, their halberds pointing east and west, and their lips trembling, "What person?" Who? Several soldiers shouted in all directions at the same time, but no one responded.
The old ghost who rushed out of the hall saw that every corpse on the ground was covered with messy golden bells, so he asked the little boy, "What is the situation?" The boy replied, "The devil must have done it, and she came again." The old ghost asked again, "What female devil?" Where is she now? What is sacred? The little boy said, "The devil was born of the earth, grew from a tree, was neither human, nor ghost, nor god, nor demon, and loved to drink the blood of the boy, and would hide in the coffin and sleep soundly every evening at ten o'clock." The old ghost was shocked: "How do you know so much? The little boy said, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes yesterday, I wouldn't have believed it." ”
The old ghost squinted and looked up and down at the scattered corpses, and suddenly he found that each corpse had a golden bell hanging from the center of their heads, and the difference in position was almost the same. Not only that, but the death is also exaggerated, with squinted eyelids, crooked nostrils, and open lips on each dead face, with a bead of blood flowing down from the pupil to the chin.
"It seems that this demon is not trying to harm living beings, it just wants to drink a cup of blood every day to survive." The old ghost almost closed his eyes, and as he spoke, he pinched his fingers and counted.
The little boy asked, "How do you know?" The old ghost said: "I have studied fortune-telling divination since I was a child, as long as I pinch my fingers, I can know astronomy, geography, yin and yang world, everything." ”
At this time, the old man suddenly slipped out of the gate, looked around in a panic, and said urgently, "What's wrong?" What's wrong? Did something happen? ”
The old ghost stepped forward and bowed and said, "Father-in-law! It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, for fear that the devil is watching us in the dark, so I will hurry back to the barracks and make plans for the future. ”
The old man looked back at the corpses on the ground, pointed to the ground and panicked, "Why are they all dead?" ”
The old ghost said: "You have also seen the situation, let's go back quickly, don't stay here." ”
The old man looked very reluctant, and said with a deep sigh: "Impossible, our family still has important business, a few lives are nothing, today our family will believe what you say, bury some corpses in a while, I will tell the truth about this matter to the Hades, and let her send some people to investigate." ”
The old ghost said, "Lord Hades, she? ”
My husband said fairly: "She's fine, our family has to leave now, and we have to go to other places to collect taxes, I don't have time to stay here, you can go back and have a good rest." ”
After the old man finished speaking, he waved to the soldiers, and then turned and walked to a carriage. The soldiers followed closely and drove their horses to the gate of the town.
As soon as the carriage began to drive out of the street, the horse suddenly stopped moving, and no matter how much the soldiers on the carriage whipped it, they refused to move forward even half a step.
The old ghost was surprised when he saw it, so he ran over, looked up and said, "Why don't you leave?" Did something happen? ”
The old man got out of the carriage, pointed to the soldier in front of him and said, "Hurry up, why don't you drive?" ”
The soldier was also a little angry when he heard this, and struck the horse's ass with the whip in his hand, but the horse refused to move forward. Instead, he lifted his hind legs and kicked the soldier under the wagon.
Then the horse looked like a bison and rushed straight ahead. The carriage followed suit. My husband was very panicked when he saw it, and he blew his tongue and said, "Quick! Stop it. ”
But the horse did not stop, but ran faster. Fortunately, the old ghost followed in time, jumped on the horse's back, and controlled the horse.
At this time, the old man also breathed a sigh of relief, touched his chest and said, "Ouch, thank you seniors for rescuing, what's going on with this horse?" ”
The old ghost jumped off the horse and ran to the horse's head, only to find that the horse also had a golden bell hanging on its face, and one on either side of its ear, which did not make any sound, and was stained with blood.
The old ghost reached out and took the bell down, held it in his hand, looked down, and said, "It's not good! My father-in-law should leave tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave today. ”
As soon as the old ghost finished speaking, a hard boulder fell from the top of the city gate, "Bang! It smashed on the canopy of the carriage, and the whole carriage was crushed to the ground, and the old man was not crushed anywhere, but escaped by luck, and quickly jumped off the carriage.
The old ghost suddenly exclaimed: "Oh no, we can't get out this time, the female demon must be near us, we must find a way to get rid of her, otherwise we will be trapped in it." ”
After the old man got up, his anger was about to rush to Tianlinggai, and he was so angry that his eyes were about to fry, and as soon as he went up, he grabbed the collar of the old ghost, and scolded angrily: "You old thing, to tell you the truth, are you a ghost?" You sinister villain, our family has mistaken you. ”
The old ghost said with an innocent face: "How could it be, father-in-law, you misunderstood, how could it be that I made the ghost, could it be that I could play tricks on myself?" ”
The old man pushed him away, pointed at his body angrily and said angrily: "You still say it's not you, it's obviously you, it's you!" Come on, drag this old thing out of here and cut it down. ”
But no one behind him responded, and the old man subconsciously looked back, only to find that the soldiers who followed him before had already been crushed beyond recognition by the big stones thrown down from the city gate. I saw a few severed palms and bloody calves showing out from under the stones.
The old man was shocked for a moment, there were no soldiers around him, and he was powerless, and he seemed to feel a little scared in his heart, so he hurriedly turned around and turned his face around, and said to the old ghost with a smile: "Hehe! We just joked on you, so you can say whatever you want. ”
The old ghost was not too angry, always pinched his long beard, walked calmly, and said seriously: "Father-in-law doesn't have to worry, as long as you listen to the old man, you can make sure that nothing goes wrong, and we will go back to the camp first and make plans tomorrow." ”
The old man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said slowly: "This is very good! Very good! ”
At the same time, the little boy also ran quickly to the city gate, and climbed along the gatehouse to the top of the city, his body was as agile as a mouse, and he came and went without a trace, climbed up and down, and then shrank forward, and in the blink of an eye flashed to the top of the gatehouse.
The little boy stood on the stone wall, stretched out his neck, and cried out loudly: "The murderer has been found, the murderer has been found, come up and see." ”
When the old man heard this, he quickly raised his head and said, "Where is the murderer?" ”
I saw the little boy reach out and pick up a big yellow dog and put it on the eaves of the gatehouse. The dog kept saying, "Woohoo!" The dog barked. At the same time, the boy also said: "The murderer is a dog, according to my analysis, this dog must be hungry, climbed to the gatehouse to look for food, but did not find anything to eat, so he had to turn back, but on the way back, his limbs tripped over a small stone, the small stone was connected to the big stone, and the big stone hung on the gatehouse, and then a series of tragedies happened." ”
The old man was angry, pointed at the dog and scolded: "What kind of stone do you put in the city gate, this dog is too hateful, you must kill it to prevent future troubles." After the old man finished speaking, he pulled out the golden sword at his waist and climbed up the stone stairs under the city with a twist.
The old ghost was almost startled, hurriedly went up to intercept him, and said with a panicked expression: "No! Cannot! The husband is angry, this dog is a tengu, and he can't be killed at will. Once the dog's blood spurts out, the catastrophe will not be long in coming! ”
The old man almost overthrew the old ghost to the ground again, gritted his teeth and glared angrily, "Ouch! What we said is not good, is it? Dare to talk back to me, do you know that our family is a celebrity under the hands of Hades, and you don't want to live, do you? ”
But the dog on the gatehouse suddenly swooped down the stone wall to the bottom of the city, and flew up and down in the air like a hen jumping over the wall, and soon jumped to the other end of the horn.
The old man's neck slowly shook off from left to right, his face exploded, the heat in his nose gushed down, and he shook his head and slashed up, "Sure enough, it's a demon dog, and it will be cut under the door today!" ”
The big yellow dog ran fast on all four legs, flashing left and right. There is no shadow in front of him, and no body in the back. The river is like a rushing mickling mouse in the streets and alleys. The little golden tail flicked around and pounced, and disappeared into the street.
When my husband saw this, he was even more furious, his red eyes were like a flame in winter, and he held the sunshine wall sword high with both hands. Why is it called the Sunlight Wall Sword, because this sword can reflect the sunlight on the wall.
Having said this, the old man split his head and covered his face, so he pulled his legs and shoulders and rushed over with a bang towards the dead end in front of him. As soon as he came to the mouth of the alley, he immediately stopped his speeding footsteps, his calves shook, his gray nose curled, and his whole face was stretched like a twist in a blink of an eye.
I saw that in the narrow path, I don't know where a bunch of wild dogs suddenly appeared densely packed together, their tongues were sticking out, their tails were cocked to their ears, and countless pairs of fiery red and countless dog eyes were locked on the old man's body.
The old man stood in place with his legs already stiffened, his tongue moved in his mouth, he swallowed his saliva, the Yin Tang was already black, the side of his chin had already turned green, his heart began to beat faster, and cold sweat kept flowing wildly.
In this moment of indifference, the mad wild dogs pounced fiercely at the old man as if they were crazy.
The old man was suddenly frightened, his face was no longer formed, and he couldn't tell where the southeast and northwest were in his mind, and he didn't care what the terrain was on the left and right, so he just turned around and ran along the fork in the road in front of him!
The old man walked through one street after another, over a string of alleys, the soles of his shoes like slippery oil, and his body like a cat jumping over a wall. Running all the way down, he lost his soul and kept shouting: "Someone! Come and save our family! ”
Soon he ran into a cul-de-sac alley with three high walls and an exit, and there was no way out in front of him, followed by a bunch of ferocious wild dogs, and in desperation he had to lean against the wall and slide to the ground.
What was originally a luxurious new dress has now become a dirty rag. The old man looked at the wild dogs that surrounded him, and shouted from the bottom of his heart in despair: "Old thing! Come to our house. ”
At this moment, three or five more pedestrians rushed into the alley, and these were the same people sent by the old ghost, and when they came, they immediately shouted loudly at the group of wild dogs.
When the wild dogs heard this, they quickly got up and stood in a row, and suddenly countless dogs turned into a white transparent shape, and as soon as their bodies were closed, a dozen dogs turned into one dog in an instant.
The little boy walked up, touched the back of the dog's head, and said with a grin, "Rhubarb, let's stop playing, let's go home quickly." ”
The dog's name was Rhubarb, and he had been bolted to the entrance of the hall, often barking in the middle of the night. This time, Rhubarb wagged his tail, stuck out his tongue, turned around and ran out of the alley.
The old ghost took a look, also stepped forward, looked at the father-in-law in the corner, and said, "I'm really sorry, this dog is too wild, if there is anything offended, punish us." ”
The old man slowly got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, wiped the sweat on his head, and said, "Hey, it's okay, in fact, I was just teasing it just now, I didn't expect it to be so afraid of life, okay, since that's the case, let's go back." ”
The old ghost said: "No, we can't go back to the barracks now, if it was okay just now, and now the devil has come out again, just before, she ate the blood of a boy and ran to another place." ”
My husband said fairly: "Since this is the case, then we must quickly find a way to get rid of the devil, otherwise I am afraid that more people will die." ”
The old ghost said: "The old man has a way to get rid of her, but there are some risks, maybe he can't succeed, maybe he can succeed, if he succeeds, he will be able to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, if he doesn't succeed, he will be burned." ”
My husband said fairly: "What method can you say, anyway, all the soldiers brought by our family this time have died, and now we can only rely on you." ”
At this time, the little boy took out a steamed bun from his pocket, stuffed it into his old man's hand, and said: "This steamed bun fell from that demon tree, and as long as you feed the demon to drink blood, it will give us a lot of steamed buns, and it is more and more day by day, inexhaustible, inexhaustible." ”
The old man looked down at the steamed bun in his hand, then smiled casually, and replied: "Our family, I don't want to take care of so many things, even if the devil has great skills, it doesn't matter to the Hades." You should know that this time the Hades sent our family with only one mission, and that is to collect taxes, and this town has not been taxed for several years. ”
The old ghost shook his head and said, "Hey, at this time, my father-in-law is still thinking about collecting taxes, you should have seen it before, there is not a single ghost in this town, where can we collect taxes?" ”
The old man smiled and said, "I can't take care of this, isn't that all your business?" I will tell the truth about the actual situation, and there are so many soldiers who have died, don't you need to spend money? Hades won't pay an extra penny for all this. ”
The old ghost didn't speak, just sighed, turned around and left.
The little boy came up and continued to persuade: "Father-in-law, we have to get rid of that demon first, and we will find a way to deal with money later." ”
My husband said fairly: "Hey, you all make your own decisions!" Don't bother me with anything, so many soldiers died in your town this time, and the Hades will be angry when he finds out. ”
The little boy nodded, took out the second steamed bun from his pocket, handed it to the old man, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law, are you hungry?" Grab a bit. ”
The old man smiled and said: "Ouch, I can't see that you little Mao'er still knows how to respect the old and love the young, and your vision is not bad, knowing that I am a person sent by the Hades, there must be a lot of benefits for following me, but your eyes must be polished brighter, don't ask me about everything." ”
The little boy said: "That's a certainty, you are a father-in-law, of course, unlike us ordinary people, the clothes you wear have a unique momentum." ”
(To be continued)