Chapter 40: Old Ghosts Are Ghosts

Looking at the puddles of red and dazzling blood, my heart immediately panicked, the blood stains were very new, apparently left not long ago, I don't know what happened, but a very ominous premonition came up from the bottom of my heart. I made up my mind and looked carefully, and the bloodstains were constantly extending, until I walked far to the north, and I could see the blood in the stars, but after about half a mile, all the bloodstains were gone.

My first thought at that time was that the people of the Song family turned back to find trouble with the old ghost and Qiqi? But it's not right to think about it, the Song family doesn't have the courage or strength.

The bloodstains were cut off, and the only target I could pursue was gone, and there was no one on the endless river beach, and I was sweating anxiously, but I didn't know where to find the old ghost and Qiqi. I had to go north for a while, looking for more than an hour, and finding nothing. The foreboding feeling became stronger and stronger, as long as my mind was confused, and all the eyes in front of me were shaking the blood-stained figure of the old ghost, and the feeling was so bad that I couldn't help but speed up my pace and run as fast as I could.

I ran from the side of the melon field to the little wolf beach more than 30 miles away, the flood season came, how many miles on both sides of the Yellow River may not be inhabited, and then go forward, several old rivers in the past are all into the water, virtually cut off the land route, I went around into a small piece of mountain at the edge of the little wolf beach, just walked into the mountain at the same time, at a glance I saw two rare figures in the distance.

The distance was very far away, I couldn't see clearly, but at this time any clues were my goal, I threw off my arms and ran wildly, running closer, I was suddenly frightened, and my heart that was already hanging in my throat almost jumped out at once.

At least four or five people were lying on the ground, drenched in blood, and when I saw the old ghost, he was lying next to a puddle of stagnant water, and as I had had a hunch before, he was soaked in blood, and half of his body was drowning in the stagnant water, and he was holding the small bamboo pipe in his mouth, and he was chirping. The mottled depression was full of snakes, large and small, seventy or eighty, the largest one was as thick as a man's forearm, and two men I had never seen before were surrounded by snakes, and it seemed that they were also very badly injured, and struggled to pounce on the old ghost, but they were entangled by those snakes.

"Old ghost!" I immediately wanted to pounce, but with a flick of my mind, I immediately discerned the situation in front of me. I don't know who those two men are, but they are a potential crisis.

"Brother" Qiqi saw me the moment, took the small tube in his mouth, and pointed at the old ghost tremblingly: "Master him"

At that moment, my hunch may have finally been confirmed, and the old ghost lay motionless at the water's edge. What is his personality? Is it the kind of person who would rather die standing than lie down and live, and if there is still a breath left, can he be so motionless? My brain was blasting like it was about to explode, and I couldn't think about anything, so I pulled the whip off my waist and pulled it out.

This whip, I have practiced for a few years, and I feel that the old ghost is seriously injured if he does not die, and all the resentment in his body has become a force, and he is thrown out along the long whip. The two men who were entangled in a group of snakes were obviously not ordinary people, but they were seriously injured, and one of them was whipped slightly in the face, and his whole face was immediately swollen, and he couldn't even open his eyes.

I didn't show mercy, followed by another whip, and whipped the other person head-on. Seventy-seven chirped and blew the small pipe, seventy or eighty snakes slowly stopped attacking, I rushed over and carried the whip to split the head and cover the face is a jerk, until the two people only had the strength to twitch slightly, did not stop, but before I went to check the old ghost's injury, I saw five or six people hurriedly coming out from behind the hill over there, the distance was quite far, and I couldn't tell what the other party was. But when I saw these people appear, I had a vague feeling that they weren't good at stubble.

"Qiqi, don't move!" I immediately leaned down and lay down, there were five or six people on the other side, if the old ghost could still move, it would probably not be a problem, but I was the only one, even if I tried hard, I couldn't fight the other party. My mind spun quickly, and when I looked up, I saw a small arm-thick firecracker thrown at my feet, which had been filled with iron sand and gunpowder, and the mouth of the gunpowder was blocked with oiled paper, and no water had entered.

I lay motionless on the ground, slowly stretched out my hand, hooked the firecracker, and felt the match wrapped in oiled paper from a person next to me. I looked at the length of the fuse, trying to gauge the right moment. The five or six people who had turned over from the top of the hill were running very fast, and in the blink of an eye they were not far from us, and they clearly saw a few people lying here and there.

I don't have much contact with firecrackers, and I don't know if I can control them well, but I've been forced to this point, and I have to do it if I can't. I waited patiently until the other party was very close, and then slowly drew a match and lit the fuse of the firecracker. The fuse was very thick, and the smoke was billowing from the flames, and five or six men who had just rushed over noticed the sudden smoke, and were immediately startled, and I was afraid that they would not be able to overturn them with a single blow after they had dispersed, so I stood up suddenly with the fire gun.

Almost at the same time as I stood up, there was a muffled thud with the fire in my hand, and a large piece of iron sand shot out from the mouth of the gun with the light of the fire. At close range, this ancient earth-made weapon was astonishingly lethal, and the iron sand completely covered several people on the opposite side, and the screams were incessant, rolling and wailing on the ground. One of them, the bearded man, reacted relatively quickly, and when the fire bolt sounded, he dodged for a while, and his body was not injured, but he got into one leg with an unknown amount of iron sand. He looked at the few companions next to him who fell to the ground after being injured, gritted his teeth, turned around and dragged his injured leg to escape.

I don't know who he is, but I certainly can't let him escape, lest he go back and report and attract more people. I carried the firebolt I had just fired, went to the men who were rolling around with their faces covered, knocked them unconscious one by one, and then went after the fleeing beard. The beard is strong, dragging a wounded leg and running fast, I don't know if there are other people behind, so I don't dare to chase particularly fiercely, the two of them ran to the foot of the hill one after the other, the beard and hands and feet used to climb up, I followed behind, until I climbed to the top of the mountain, then caught up with each other. I took the heavy firearm in my hand, raised my hand and threw it over, and my bearded legs could not stand steadily, and I staggered on the top of the hill, and rolled down the hillside. When he rolled down the mountain, he couldn't move, I didn't dare to be careless, if this person cheated to death, I left with my front foot, and he followed his back foot to run away to report the news, then I took the old ghost who couldn't move and Qiqi, definitely can't run fast, and will be caught up.

I also walked down the hillside, but the slope was too steep, I was not careful, my feet slipped a little, and the whole person immediately couldn't take it back, and went down the slope, and my body and head were hit in the rolling I don't know how many times, but there was no room to even shout pain, as soon as I fell steadily, I turned over and grabbed a stone next to me, and smashed it twice on the head of the beard.

I breathed a sigh of relief and climbed over the hill again, but this time when I ran back, I saw that the old ghost had stood up at some point, and walked a few steps beside him.

Qiqi also got up from the puddle and stood in place, I ran to me and eagerly asked how the old ghost was, but he looked at me, his eyes were a little dull, and he didn't say a word. At that time, the Yellow River beach was still a little blocked, and I usually suffered some external injuries, and there was no bandage, so I used a thin cotton cloth with big eyes, cut it into long strips, boiled it in boiling water, and dried it for later use. The old ghost wrapped a wound on his neck with a cotton cloth and wrapped it back and forth many times.

"Let's go first." It wasn't until he was wrapped up that he said a word, turned around and walked towards the mountains in the distance of Little Wolf Beach, at that time maybe my mind was not clear, the old ghost's voice was a little muffled, not much the same as usual, but I didn't think so much, I felt that he was still alive, which was already a blessing in misfortune.

I helped Qiqi, and gave her medicine on the way, Qiqi's body was still very hot, and she was completely forced to hold it down, and she was soft and weak when she walked, so I carried her on my back and followed the old ghost all the way to the rugged mountain road. I wanted to know what was going on, but seeing how weak the old ghost looked, I didn't ask.

We walked a long way, and in the middle of the afternoon, we found a small cave with a back to the sun, and the old ghost probably couldn't hold on anymore, and without saying a word, he walked into the cave and immediately fell to the ground. When I looked at him, I felt that his body, which usually looked like a stove, was as cold as ice at the moment, without a little temperature.

"How are you?" I'm worried, he's getting older after all.

"It's okay, I'm tired" The old ghost closed his eyes, shook his head slightly, and began to talk nonsense as if he had a fever. I ran out to take a look, and it was very remote, and those people didn't know where we were, and even if they did, they wouldn't be able to find it for a while.

I thought of making a fire, trying to warm up the old ghost, but he always looked bad, talking about the past for a while, and scolding for a while not knowing who he was scolding. I had to take care of two patients at once, which was a heavy burden. Subconsciously, I looked back at Qiqi, who was hiding in the other corner of the cave, shivering.

I have no other way but to wait for the old ghost and Qiqi's condition to improve, and then take them out of here and go to another village to see if I can ask for some medicine.

"Brother." Just thinking about it, Qiqi said timidly in the corner of the cave: "Let's find some water." "

"Okay." I nodded, from yesterday to now, it has been a mess, and I haven't touched my teeth, and now when I calm down, I feel tired and hungry.

It was already slightly dark, so I walked out of the small cave and looked around, and it was estimated that it was difficult to find water in this place. At this time, Qiqi also quietly walked out of the cave and pulled me away.

"Huh? Qiqi, what's wrong? "I don't think she's looking right.

Qiqi didn't speak, and kept pulling me out more than ten meters away before stopping, she looked back at me, the corners of her mouth trembled, as if she wanted to cry, and as if she wanted to say something, in short, it looked very strange.

"Qiqi, what's the matter with you?" I touched her head, and the people on the river beach rarely take medicine, and it has an effect, and her forehead is not so hot.

"I'm afraid"

"Afraid of what?"

"Master" Qiqi Baisheng's face was instantly full of fear, and he said with a cry: "Master, he doesn't seem to be a human anymore, he is a ghost"