30. The remnants of the corpse officer

The fox drove the sheep out of the village and went all the way to the wilderness. Old man Shi followed closely behind, to see what it was, at first it was nothing, but later, the child was more and more afraid, the fox didn't know what to do, picked a secluded and barren place to go, as far as the eye could see, the black expanse was uninhabited, the trees and wolves were like ghosts, the beasts and birds were crying like ghosts and wolves, and the old man Shi's legs and stomachs were turning tendons, and he was sweating like rain, and he didn't know how he followed it. The fox walked for a while, and at last reached the den, and when he turned over and jumped off the sheep's back, and slapped the ram on the forehead with his paws, and the sheep immediately stopped, and stood like a carved clay sculpture of wood, as if it had lost consciousness. The fox was not in a hurry to return, but leaned down again, sniffing around, and the two thieves' eyes wandered as if they were looking for something. Old man Shi squatted in the grass, not even daring to come out, watching the fox's every move with bated breath. The fox searched around for a while, but in fact, he was also suspicious by nature and bluffing, and found nothing unusual, so he picked up a very dense clump of dead grass around him, revealing a cave the thickness of a wooden barrel, and turned to get in. Old man Shi saw it clearly, and was about to follow in, when suddenly he had an idea, and secretly said that it was not right, the fox had worked hard for half the night, for this sheep, why didn't he bring it in at this time? People often say that foxes are cunning and cunning, and they are the most able to play tricks, but they are afraid that they will not expose their nests lightly. Thanks to the suffering of Old Man Shi, he was young and old, and he barely settled down at the moment and watched the changes in the grass.

The fox entered the burrow, and after a while it came out again, and kept looking around, as if to observe the movement around it. Old man Shi secretly said that he was lucky, but fortunately he had an extra heart, otherwise he would have fallen into the way of this animal. The fox looked around, and saw that there was no movement, so he jumped on the back of the sheep again, and drove the sheep for about a mile, and then he repeated the old trick, several times, and tried four or five times, and then he lost his suspicions. The beast made sure that there was no one behind him, so he lowered his head and clung to the floating earth under him, until a few huge planks were exposed under the soil, and the fox turned around in front of and behind him, and somehow he got it, and the planks creaked and creaked, and they actually separated from the left and right, revealing an extremely deep and wide cave.

The fox opened the burrow, squeaked and screamed, and the goat walked in without looking back, as if he was being led, and the fox went around a few times before he boldly entered the burrow and never came out again.

Old man Shi waited for a while, then cautiously stepped forward, looked down tremblingly, and took a breath of cool air in his mouth, this cave is very wide, and it is not crowded when two people walk, and it is extremely deep, and a yin wind comes out of the cave from time to time, blowing people's hair straight trees. Not to mention children, the five big and three rough men don't dare to go in. Old man Shi has the heart to go back to deliver the letter, but at this time it is not close to home, and it will take a lot of time to go back and forth, and the cold wind is blowing in this cave, there must be other exits, and the fox is cunning by nature, once the sheep is taken away from other holes, he will have a hard time arguing. Now, in order to settle down, Old Man Shi had to let go, gritted his teeth, and turned around and entered the cave.

Entering the cave, the child felt that the cold wind was biting, but fortunately, although there was no sunlight here, it was dry, and there were no snakes, insects, rats and scorpions, and there was no fork in the road, so he would not get lost. After a while, the cave became wider and wider than a hall. Old man Shi didn't know what demons and monsters were hiding in front of him, so he didn't even dare to come out, so he slowly moved forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow. I don't know how long I walked, a bean light suddenly lit up in front of me, and my ears were chirping, as if someone was talking, but I listened carefully, and the voice was extremely shrill and hoarse, not like the movement of normal people...... Old man Shi's heart has risen to his throat, how can a normal person live here, it seems that this thing has either become a fine old fox, or some kind of crooked evil way.

Finally chased here, the old man Shi had to go forward even if he was afraid, but fortunately, not long after walking, the things in front of him suddenly opened up, and he saw a real thing in the cave. This can also be seen clearly, the child almost peed his pants. But seeing the jewels of the cave, like the palace, there is a stone bed in the cave, and there is a man and a woman lying on the bed, these two people can't see their age, but their faces are extremely thin, if there is no skin, they are two skeletons! The two of them had sallow faces, and they couldn't see any blood, and they looked like zombies under the dead lamp. What's even more terrifying is that both of them are half-cut, the old lady is better, the root of the thigh is still left, the old man doesn't even have a buttocks, and there are all white and dry bones below the navel. Old man Shi endured his fear, hid behind the earthen wall, and listened to what the two of them said while shaking.

The two are commensurate with husband and wife, and they are not locals when they listen to the accent. Old man Shi was scared in his heart, and the voices of the two monsters were extremely low and intermittent, and they only knew a little about it, but even so, the origin of the two of them also revealed a little. It turned out that these two people were originally people from the rivers and lakes who went south and north, and they were famous masters in the "corpse official" sect, the "corpse official" faction had been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and gradually gained momentum, and it was impossible to live, and in the Jiaqing period, they actually had the ambition to win the Central Plains, and the disciples colluded with the White Lotus Sect to overthrow the Qing court and make contributions. It's a pity that whether it's the White Lotus Sect or the "corpse official", after all, they are all crooked and heretical, and they can't make a big deal. was killed by the imperial court for a while, and almost all of them were destroyed. These two people escaped by luck and came to this place, still thieves, trying to make a comeback, but the timing was not secret, and they were found by the Sichuan Governor's whereabouts and urgently reported to Beijing. The capital sent the Qin Tianjian master to chase and kill, although the two are full of evil arts, but the Qin Tianjian also has many Taoist masters, the two sides fought for a while, although the husband and wife escaped their lives, but also destroyed the lower body of the opponent, fortunately, the two of them are not shallow, barely saved their lives, but since then they have not been able to act, they have become a complete waste, and they have to suck the blood of people and animals every day to ensure that they do not die. It was also a coincidence, that day the fire fox to the two old immortals looking for blood food, was meeting the old man Shi herding sheep, the fire fox took advantage of the child's defenselessness, stole one, the two evil desires to suck the blood of the sheep, unexpectedly unfinished, peeled off the sheepskin, called the fire fox mixed into the flock, followed the old man Shi back to the rich man's house, and ordered it to drive the sheep to the crypt in the middle of the night, and then return by himself at dawn, I don't want a teenager to be bold and careful, found their whereabouts, but fortunately the old man Shi saw the opportunity early, otherwise the flock of sheep was eaten by the two of them, turn around and turn around and bring disaster to the living of the rich man's house!

Old man Shi was terrified when he heard this, he didn't know what the court was and what rebellion was, he just wanted to eat at the rich man's house, save a few money, and go back to do some business. The child also understood that these two people were not good people, and that they should not stay here for a long time, and they had the heart to go back to deliver the letter, but they were afraid that if they left, they would make some noise so that they could hear it. After thinking about it, it was better to hide here first, wait for the two of them to fall asleep and then walk safely, and then stop moving around at the moment, waiting for the opportunity to escape.

The two eccentrics talked for a while, and then, perhaps tired, stopped talking. The old man with half his body took out a skeleton of Huang Chengcheng, and he didn't know what to knock on, there was an extremely harsh sound in the cave, and the old man Shi was almost dizzy and vomited blood on the spot, but fortunately, he was still a child at the time, and he suffered a lot, and his heart was quite firm, and nothing major happened. But the sheep could not stand it, and as soon as the ram heard the sound, he immediately struck his head against the wall, which was earthy, but it was harder than a stone, and after a few blows, his head broke and bled out, and when the sheep saw that he was bleeding, he no longer stumbled, but stumbled and sent it in front of them, and his eyes were blank, like walking corpses. The two waited for the sheep to come to them, and immediately became extremely hideous, scrambling to hold the sheep's head and suck violently. The poor sheep didn't know that he had been poisoned at this time, and was sucked into a dried corpse in the blink of an eye.

After sucking the blood of the sheep, the two summoned a giant snake and swallowed the sheep with its belt bones, giving only one sheep's head to the fox. The two men and the two beasts were already satisfied at this time, except for the fox who had to return to the sheepfold to continue stealing sheep, they all yawned and fell asleep.

Old man Shi saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and said secretly, if you don't leave at this time, when will it be!