Volume 2 Dusty Memories Chapter 23 The Ghost of the Night
"When will you go, King?" The Golden Helmet General followed the king into a main room and asked on his knees.
"Tomorrow, in..."
Before he could finish that sentence, my grandfather was woken up by the shouting, and he only felt dizzy. The dream was too real, like a replay, so that Grandpa didn't know whether to believe it or not. But the voice of waking up grandfather did not stop, but became louder and louder.
"Dad, save me." I saw that at this time, Liu'er had been tied into a zongzi by the rattan on the tree, leaving only one mouth to speak.
In the blink of an eye, a vine scurried like a long snake on the root of Liu'er's neck, and it tightened suddenly. Liu'er's mouth is big, but she can't make a sound anymore. Grandpa Tai was shocked, and hurriedly touched his neck, but fortunately there was nothing. But Liu Er was not so lucky, she was out of breath for a while, and her face turned from red to pork liver color. In this way, it won't be long before this willow will suffocate to death.
But the man was now deaf, and was asleep by the fire, and could not hear a sound at all. Liu Er's hands and feet have been tied to death, and she can't break free at all, so she can only be at the mercy of rattan. After the rattan tied Liu Er into a ball, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, leaving a little empty air for Liu Er to breathe. Grandpa Tai only felt a burst of hair in his heart, is this thing a plant or an animal, why does he feel that this thing has the same thoughts as a human?
Looking at Liu Er's original pig liver-colored face turned slightly white, it seems that Liu Er has gone through a struggle after discovering it, and now she has lost her strength.
Grandpa Tai was so cautious that he panicked when he saw it from the sidelines, for fear that the vine would also find him, so he hurriedly looked around. Where are the vines around here, where do those vines dare to approach when Grandpa Tai stabbed down before? Seeing that there were no weird vines around, Grandpa Tai's heart was a little more steady.
But Miss Liu'er's situation was not so optimistic, and the vine saw that Liu'er did not struggle anymore, and actually dragged it slowly towards the trunk of the tree where it was. At this time, there was a vertical opening in the center of the trunk, which was large enough to swallow a person, and the appearance of one by one was clearly trying to swallow Liu'er. That terrifying appearance can't help but make people think of the cannibal tree, but this cannibal tree has more helpers.
"This thing eats people?" Grandpa muttered as he jumped off the canopy. But all around this is a few people hugging the thick and thin trees, surrounding the grandfather. Grandpa Tai could only be cautiously guarded, and his heart was even more complicated. Although he only has a one-sided relationship with Liu Er, he always feels that this woman has a good heart, and she has also helped herself say a few good words. Now that I let myself see her die, I'm afraid I can't bear it, but I just rush out like this, maybe I can't save the adult but catch myself.
While Grandpa Tai weighed the pros and cons, the rattan pulled Liu Er closer and closer. Liu Er was already desperate, she had hoped that the man could save his life, but now it seems that the man slept too dead and didn't notice it.
The voice clearly came from the mouth of the cannibal tree, waiting for Liu Er to come and feed his stomach.
"Roar..."The roar rang out from the trunks of the trees in all directions, and the quiet night was shattered to pieces at once, like the unwilling roar of thousands of wild beasts.
The rattan lifted the willow high, and the canopy began to shake, as if to show off to the cannibal trees. Liu Er was put into her mouth little by little, calling the heavens and the earth ineffective, and finally she could only close her eyes in despair.
When my grandfather saw Liu'er's appearance, his heart ached. A beautiful woman dies in front of her like this, and it's really a bit unman to sit idly by.
"Death is death, you can't be so cowardly." As soon as Grandpa Tai gritted his teeth, he pressed the gold-inlaid black knife on his waist and was about to rush out.
"Something is wrong!" At the moment when he stepped out of the shadow of the tree, Grandpa Tai took another step and slowly retreated into the shadow of the tree.
Sure enough, things went wrong, and the man lying by the fire was already standing at some point. There was no expression of consternation on his face, as if he had already anticipated the scene in front of him, and just coldly watched the cannibal tree's every move.
The man-eating tree was so careful that if one reacted the slightest, it would go into hiding. But at this time, all the attention of the cannibal tree was on Liu'er, where to pay attention to the man's actions.
The mouth of the blood basin has been opened to a huge size, and as soon as the rattan is loosened, the willow will fall into the mouth. At this moment, my grandfather saw it clearly, and there were serrations of about ten centimeters near the opening. If this person falls into it, he will inevitably be ground into flesh foam.
But the man wouldn't give the cannibal tree this chance, and between the lightning and flint, the man pulled out the fallen willow with one hand and inserted it into the giant mouth with the other.
"Roar..."There was a bone-piercing roar from the huge mouth, which was clearly suffering greatly.
The cannibal trees around them shook their crowns and seemed to tremble in fear.
"Squeak..." there was a tearing sound from the mouth, and a huge heart was pulled out by the man.
The man-eating tree began to shake violently, eventually emitting a puff of black smoke. When the black smoke cleared, all that appeared in front of me was a dead tree, not a single leaf in the crown, only a human head. The man's head and eyes were closed, and blood was left from his mouth and nose, and the original fruit on the tree had turned into human eyes.
"This..."Grandpa Tai didn't finish speaking, he only felt that his stomach was turning over the river and the sea, and he hid aside and vomited. In the end, he vomited into his stomach and only bitter gall water, and when he thought about the fruit he had eaten before, he even vomited out the bitter gall water.
"Hold your hand out." The man said expressionlessly.
Liu Er didn't speak, and slowly stretched out her arm. The little face turned pale for a while, obviously undecided, but the look in his eyes was a little weird.
"If you don't be bait, you won't be able to lure this ghost Dianbai." The man's attitude towards Liu Er was clearly dissatisfied, and he viciously grabbed Liu Er's arm.
Because of the rattan entanglement on Liu Er's hands, many places have become purple and red, and the pain caused Liu Er to frown again and again. The man didn't care about this, his finger was inserted into the heart, and a large bowl of green blood was released. Grandpa Tai could smell the fishy smell from afar, and muttered in his heart: You won't force Liu'er to drink this thing, right?
This time, my grandfather guessed wrong, and I saw the man's fingertips tapping the green blood in the bowl, and then pressing it on Liu'er's forearm. Soon a rune appeared on Liu'er's forearm, and the man then drew another one on his forearm.
"What's the use of that?" Liu Er frowned, clearly disliking the smell of green blood.
"What's the use? The ghost lays the cypress, cannibalism does not spit out bones, and human eyes turn into fruit. It's a long-lasting fruit, but no one wants to eat it. And the bark of the ghost cypress is indestructible, even the dark iron weapon can't help it, and the only weakness is in that opening. Take the heart from the mouth, draw the body and skin, and then you can drive away the harassment of the ghost Dianbai. We don't have that much energy to deal with this kind of thing, and we can sleep now. After the man explained a little, he stopped paying attention to Liu'er and began to fall asleep on the spot.
"Is there such a strange tree in this world?" Grandpa Tai pouted, and then calculated: "However, this fruit can prolong life, do I want it?" ”
Then Grandpa looked down at the pool of vomit, and a difficult choice was placed in front of him: should he prolong his life, or should he prolong his life?
In the end, Grandpa still didn't have the courage, after all, it was not a normal person to swallow those rotten things back.
"Forget it, that man must be, I can't believe it." Grandpa Tai comforted himself, but he was very distressed when he looked at the puddle of things.
Being in the midst of thousands of ghost trees, it is uncomfortable for anyone to change their hearts, but Grandpa Tai grinned and disappeared into the night.
"You can't hear this ghost screaming here, right? Do it! Grandpa Tai looked at it and picked the largest and tallest ghost cypress.
"You live the longest, leave the opportunity to young people, and go on the road with peace of mind."
Dark Iron can't break through the bark of the Onidian cypress, but it can be done with a gold-inlaid black knife. A knife easily cut open the trunk of the ghost cypress, and Grandpa Tai swallowed his saliva and put his hand inside.
"What is this? Why is it so long, and it looks like a pig's large intestine. Grandpa pulled out a long object, looked at it twice, and stuffed it in: "I don't want this, I'll give it back to you." ”
"This seems to be liver, right? I don't need that. ”
"It's like a pig's lung, alas, it's not."
"Not yet! How did that man touch his heart, why can't I touch it? ”
That ghost Dianbai can be regarded as unlucky, and it took out the heart of the ghost Dianbai after a toss by grandfather. After a burst of black smoke, the ghost cypress also turned into a dead tree, but there seemed to be something more in the canopy. Grandpa took a closer look, and it turned out to be two lines of tears, and the naughty boy actually grinned and said sorry again and again.