Chapter Eighty-Four: Mutual Restraint
When I saw the cobbler being cut in two by the sword, I immediately stayed there. My heart was cold, and I knew that there was no way to save it this time.
Originally, my plan was very good, whether the cobbler succeeded or not, as long as he made a break with the sword soul on my behalf, then I could naturally survive in secret. As a result, he was recognized as soon as he came up. Now that he's been killed by the sword soul again, then I'm definitely in a catastrophe.
I sat in the small temple, leaning against the door, and thought sadly, "Do I have to hold this corpse tooth in my mouth for the rest of my life to avoid the sword soul?" It's better to be dumb than dead. ”
I'm thinking about it all the time. Suddenly, I heard a terrified cry outside: "Is it you?" ”
When I heard this cry from the soul of the sword, my heart moved: Is there something wrong?
I put my eyes on the crack in the door and peeked out. I was really stunned by what I saw outside.
The top half of the cobbler's body had cracked, but he was still standing firmly on the ground. And the two halves of the body are slowly closing, and it seems that they are going to clamp the sword soul inside.
The sword soul was pulling out hard, but he couldn't do it. I heard him cry out in a panic, "Why? ”
The cobbler said lightly: "I was born in this life to restrain the ferocity in you. It was true three hundred years ago, and it is true three hundred years later. ”
The sword soul shouted unwillingly: "Old Man Xue has been dead for hundreds of years. I don't have a master anymore, why are you trapping me anymore? ”
The cobbler's body had gradually closed, and he said lightly: "Old Man Xue has passed the knife to Zhao Mang, and he is your new master." ”
By the time the cobbler said this, his body had fully recovered. The murder knife was trapped inside his body and disappeared.
I opened the temple door, walked out cautiously, and asked, "Is it done?" ”
The cobbler turned around, smiled at me, and said, "Back then, Old Man Xue saved my family, and in order to repay the great kindness, I sacrificed my life to trap the murder knife. So that he can use this knife to kill the enemy. After the death of Old Man Xue, I have lived for so many years, and the more I feel bored, after meeting you, I feel that it is not as refreshing as I used to be happy on the battlefield. ”
I thought to myself, "Lao Tzu won't go to the battlefield." I guess you won't be able to revenge happily in the future. ”
Suddenly, I heard the cobbler snort and fell to the ground. I panicked and wanted to help him, but I didn't dare. At this time, I saw that something in his body seemed to be struggling, as if he was trying to escape from this human skin.
The cobbler rolled back and forth on the ground with a pained expression, and after a while, two smokes, one black and one red, came out of him.
I was not far from him at this time, and I could smell the smell of smoke, like blood, and like corpses. My head was dizzy, and I took two steps back unconsciously and sat down on the ground.
I heard the struggles, the moans, the yelling, the begging for mercy. The ghost cries wolf, which makes people feel creepy.
I lay on the ground and crawled into the small temple, but my body was so weak that I couldn't exert my strength at all, and I was anxious: "Oh no, those two cigarettes just now must be poisonous." ”
After a few minutes, the cobbler's voice was gone, as was the voice of the knife soul. I shook my head, and it seemed better than before. I stood up with my hands and feet weak. I glanced in the direction I had just looked.
The moon shone brightly. With corpse teeth in my mouth, I felt even brighter around me. I saw a black thing lying in the middle of the weeds.
I walked cautiously over to it. It turned out to be a knife, a knife wrapped in a black scabbard. Pit bilateral blood.
I hesitated for a moment, and then the devil sent a god to arrest it.
The handle of the knife is warm, as if it were alive. The scabbard is cold and refreshing to the touch.
I grabbed the hilt of my knife and waved it, and the big knife whined. But there is nothing else. The soul of the knife and the cobbler seem to have disappeared.
I carried my knife and returned to the small temple in confusion. Mr. Lu's voice sounded again: "How's it going?" ”
I'll tell you what I just saw.
Mr. Lu said with emotion: "Zhao Mang." This cobbler is the treasure you are looking for. He is the scabbard of this knife. ”
In fact, at this time, I have a mirror in my heart. But I still couldn't believe what I had just seen. I said, "A living scabbard? ”
Mr. Lu laughed: "Casting a knife with a soul, the knife can be alive, why can't the scabbard?" ”
I touched the cold scabbard, and my heart was excited: "This is made of human skin." ”
Mr. Lu's voice came out again: "In the future, don't draw your knife lightly." Unless you have the ability in the future, you can rely on your own strength to control the ferocity of this knife. Now the sword soul and the cobbler restrain each other, and no one dares to relax even a little, and you will not see them in the future. Don't be afraid. ”
I agreed, then took the hilt of the knife and said, "This knife is sealed by a scabbard. Can you still kill ghosts in the future? ”
Mr. Lu said: "His ferocity was basically restrained by the scabbard. But I can feel that there is still a lot of anger on the surface. You are now going to the mass grave with this knife, and I can guarantee that no imp will dare to beat your idea again. ”
When I heard this, my heart blossomed: "It's really a great calamity, and there will be blessings in the future." It seems that this murder knife is really going to become my treasure. ”
I was rejoicing when I suddenly felt a cold swishing around me, and I had goosebumps in the cold. I fumbled with the oil lamp and muttered, "Why is it so cold all of a sudden?" ”
It was only when the oil lamp came on that I found out. The big coffin where Mr. Lu was staying was coming out with cold air.
I asked in a panic, "Mr. Lu, what's the matter with you?" ”
Mr. Lu smiled bitterly: "Even if I stay in the coffin, I can't hold it anymore." The soul is getting more and more dispersed, and the yin qi can't be contained. ”
I anxiously asked, "What will happen if you can't hold it back?" ”
Mr. Lu was silent for a while, and then said, "The soul will be scattered." ”
When I heard this, I couldn't help but froze. Immediately afterward, I asked, "Is there any way to save you?" ”
Mr. Lu said, "You have to help me open the coffin first." I couldn't do anything in this coffin. ”
I walked up to the coffin and said, "How do you open it?" ”
Mr. Lu thought for a moment and said, "It's still a few hours before dawn. You go and prepare some paper money incense candles, the sooner the better. ”
I nodded in agreement, and then ran to the village as fast as I could, called the villagers up, and told them to help me prepare these things.
Twenty minutes later, a qiē was ready.
Mr. Lu said: "You walked outside the temple gate with your corpse teeth in your mouth. Then lie on the ground, lay your head flat, keep your eyes three feet off the ground, and tell me what you see. ”
I didn't know what he was going to do, but I still walked out as he said.
I lay on the ground and tilted my head to look. This glance made me break out in a cold sweat.
I saw a lot of feet, a lot of feet floating in mid-air. They were right in front of my eyes, floating back and forth.
I couldn't hold back. Then he closed his eyes and hurried back.
I nervously said, "I see a lot of feet, what's going on?" ”
Mr. Lu sighed and said, "What I expected was good. Zhao Mang, what you see is the feet of the little ghost. The ghost is three feet above the ground, floating in the world. ”
I nodded, and then I wondered, "That's not right." How can there be so many imps here? ”
Mr. Lu's voice was a little sad: "The tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs. I was badly wounded, and I fled all the way back, and these imps followed me. I am a Taoist priest, and when my soul is scattered, I will emit dozens of times more yin qi than ordinary people. These little ghosts are there to get these yin qi. I've been guarding me for more than ten days. ”
He was silent for a moment and said, "They won't let me get out of the coffin, we have to think of a way." Zhao Mang, you help me bribe and bribe them. I nodded in agreement.
I followed Mr. Lu's instructions and squatted outside the temple gate to burn paper. While burning, he muttered in his mouth: "Passing ghosts, don't disturb the people in the coffin." Passing ghosts, don't disturb the people inside the coffin. ”
As the night breeze blows, the ashes are scattering in all directions. I vaguely saw a few dark shadows, snatched the paper money, and then dispersed.
These little ghosts who got bribes really left.
However, I saw that there were more shadows hovering around the temple, and they would not leave. Obviously, the people inside the temple are more valuable than the paper money outside the temple.