XXVIII. The past

The "corpse official" faction behaves strangely, does a lot of evil, and is despised by the people of the rivers and lakes, but since the end of the Ming Dynasty, it has stood in the rivers and lakes for hundreds of years, relying on a few treasures in the door. One is the "human head chime", that is, the human head forged in bronze, the shape is somewhat like a wooden fish, and the leg bones of the people who died unjustly and with great benevolence and righteousness can make a ghostly howl-like sound, sharp and piercing abnormal, people will be in a trance when they hear it, and if it is a dark night, they can not even distinguish the south, south, west, and north. The second is "ecstasy", similar to the common sweat medicine used by people in the rivers and lakes, but it is much more powerful, taking advantage of people to be unprepared for the wind, once inhaled a little, it will give birth to many absurd and bizarre strange phenomena out of thin air, making people deeply trapped in it, difficult to distinguish the truth from the false. In addition, there are two living creatures, one is the white-eyed blood pit that was killed by Niu Erzhu and Ma Wu, this thing is born a different species, and has been domesticated and trained by the "corpse officials" of the past dynasties, and there are already some supernatural Taoism, which are specially used to absorb human blood, slowly suck up the blood of the unconscious person, and spit out the venom in the mouth into the wound of the person, and use it to prevent the corpse from decomposing with poison, and use it as a living corpse for the "corpse officer" to drive. The last thing is even more powerful, it is a hundreds of years old fire fox, this fox has long been psychic, is a rare living treasure in the Daomen, accustomed to using blinding methods to confuse passers-by, leading the victim to a secluded place, by the "corpse officer" waiting for the opportunity to inflict harm. All the "corpse officials" make living corpses, are the best for the living, the dead people's breath has dried up, and the puppets made are a little stiff, so the corpse officials act, first lurking in the rare traces of lonely people, once someone passes, the first by the fire fox to appear, the future people are fascinated, leading to the place where you can rest assured to cast spells, and then use the leg bones to hit the "human head chime", so that he is fascinated, or occasionally sprinkle some "ecstasy". The so-called illusion is born from the heart, the person who came was trapped for a long time, and there was no one who was not afraid, and was teased by the "ecstasy" for a while, and immediately fell into the boundless sea of suffering, and the timid even scared to death on the spot. The "corpse officials" practiced viciously, and no matter how strong the heroes were, they were secretly manipulated by him a few times, and they were unable to fly, except that the "human head chime" sounded three times, and they suddenly fell unconscious and let others do what they wanted. At this time, the "corpse officer" carried him into the secret room, calculated the hour, and ordered the white-eyed pit to slowly suck the blood of this person at midnight, as long as the three days passed, this person would be completely dead. At this time, then hit the "human head chime", the dead body will move a few times with the sound, and the living corpse will be practiced for seven days in a row, and then hear the chime again, and then move freely, just like a living person, but it is always controlled by people, and there is no wisdom at all. For hundreds of years, although the evil law of the corpse official has changed slightly, it has never deviated from its origin, and those who are skilled and can even control the content of their fantasies at will are unguardable. Today, Niu Erzhu and the three of them were trapped here, and there was no chance of life, but it happened that the old man's fire fox had already been killed, and the old man had lost a right-hand man, and most of his skills were naturally lost. There were three people trapped, so the old man secretly captured the three rats, and sent a living corpse to pretend to be, in order to confuse the public and make them suspicious of each other, so that they could do it in secret. Who knew that Niu Erzhu was better than a ghost, and after a few times, he actually saw some flaws, and with the help of a martial arts girl with superb martial arts, he actually missed again and again! After repeatedly hitting the wall, the old man was impatient and acted carelessly, so he fell for the trick of Da Shao and was broken by him!

The old man was forced out of his whereabouts by the two, and he was seriously injured, and the anesthetic at the wound on his chest gradually attacked, and he knew that it was difficult to escape, and he also saw that Niu Erzhu was not simple, although he was a living person, he had a great yin qi on his body, and his origin must be extraordinary, otherwise he would not be able to break his illusion. The matter has come to this point, and the old man doesn't want to hide it, so he tells Li Fu and himself about the back and forth.

The old man's original surname was Shi, and he was a person of the generation in Chengdu, Sichuan. Speaking of which, this person's life is miserable, he lost his father and mother at the age of eleven or twelve, leaving only a child to die alone. At that time, everyone was poor, and the neighbors in the local area had the heart of a poor orphan, but their own family couldn't eat enough, how could they have spare food to support him as an outsider? Old man Shi went from east to west, mourning door to door during the day, begging for a bite or two of food with white eyes, and went back to sleep in his broken house as soon as it was dark. It's okay if it's a day or two, but I can't stand it for a long time. Not to mention anything else, although the climate in Sichuan is mild, the winter is sometimes cold and biting, and Old Man Shi's hometown is in the mountains, so it is even colder, and if this child is left alone, he will freeze to death sooner or later. The neighbor had that kind-hearted man, so he wanted to arrange a place for him to live in, so that he could survive the winter. There is also something to do, there is a rich man in their village, who is bitter and mean, and his family has thousands of acres of fertile land, so that the slaves call the maids, and they are more generous than the local tyrants in the town. But this person has a problem, that is, he picks the door, always thinks that he doesn't have enough money, and wants to take advantage of it everywhere. This man has a lot of land at home, and he can't grow it himself, but he doesn't want to hire long-term laborers, and he is afraid of spending money, so he always finds some homeless people and beggars who have no way to carry the work for him, and he only cares about food and does not pay for it. The neighbor thought of him, and led the child to visit his house, begging him to give the child a way to live for the sake of the villagers.

When the rich man heard this, he was happy, where can he find this good thing? Although the child is small, he can do a lot of odd jobs in the corners, give him some cold food leftovers every day, and use it as a dog, and in a few years he will be able to give himself a lot of work and do a lot of work. The rich man agreed, and the old man stayed at his house, and he was finally able to deal with the stuttering, and there was a grass hut to shelter from the wind and rain. Even so, this meal was not so delicious, and the rich man called the child like a dog, and he had to get up before dawn to work, carry water and sweep the floor, and take care of the child, and there was no time to spare all day long. The child was already malnourished, tired from work, skinny and skinny, and had no energy to speak.

finally survived the remnant of winter, and in the blink of an eye, spring blossomed, and the child had a new job. The rich man had a flock of sheep, several dozens, and he was entrusted with the herding of the sheep. Don't say it, although this work is hard, the child still loves to do it, as long as the sheep are driven into the field, no one cares, and the child's heart can be scattered to play. Second, there are inevitably some wild fruits and vegetables in the mountains, and if you pull them casually, you can deal with a full water and be less hungry. Since Old Man Shi started this work, he has been happy every day, and he has become much more lively.

After a few days of good life, this kid should be unlucky again, if this person's luck is low, you can't hide even if you want to. On this day, the child drove the sheep to the mountain, let them go for a full day, and hurried home as soon as it was dark. If you want to blame him for his carelessness, the sheep today are different from usual, a little frightened, dead and alive can't get together, and they screamed for a while at noon, the cry was miserable, and it seemed that something strange had been encountered. Old man Shi didn't think much about it, he went home and counted, not only was there no less, but there was one more, the child was so beautiful in his heart, and he said that he would definitely be able to give one more piece of cake to eat when he went home. Sure enough, the rich man saw an extra sheep, and he didn't think about anything else, thinking that it was someone else's sheep, and he ran to the group.

The child was happy and tired, so he went back to the house and slept beautifully. This sleep is called a fragrant, and he didn't wake up in the middle of the night when there was movement in the sheepfold. The next day, as soon as the sky was light, the rich man kicked the door open, and without saying a word, he was beaten severely. The child slept so sweetly that he didn't know what was going on, and almost beat the old thing half to death. When they heard the movement in other houses, they were afraid that the rich man would really beat people to death, so they came to persuade them, and when they inquired afterwards, they learned that the sheep had been lost, and not only was the extra sheep gone, but also abducted a sheep from his own house. Everyone persuaded him to die, and the rich man of the land gave up, and before leaving, he put aside a cruel sentence, if he loses the sheep again today, he will be beaten to death!

Old man Shi was beaten so badly that he could barely stand up, but he still had to herd sheep for the old thing, and he didn't give half of the rancid nest every morning. The child had no choice but to drive the sheep to the mountain, and hid alone and touched his tears for a while. Today, he didn't dare to be careless, and he watched the sheep eat grass and drink water in a daze, and his eyes didn't even roll. Before going home, the child has passed a few times, yes. I drove the sheep into the fold and counted them, and it was still right. Old man Shi, I finally put some peace of mind, so I dared to go back to the house to sleep. Old man Shi can't sleep today, he was just beaten in the morning, and his body hurts. When I slept in a daze until midnight, I heard movement in the sheepfold outside, and the door of the sheepfold opened and closed, as if something had entered. Old man Shi had the heart to get up and take a look, but he was only ten years old at that time, and he was timid, and he didn't hear the sheep cry, thinking that the rich man went to count the sheep in the middle of the night, so he didn't squeak. Having said that, my heart is always unsteady, and I can't sleep. As soon as the sky was bright, the old man Shi got up, and counted by the faint morning light, the child grinned, and the sheep was missing another one!