Chapter 41: Night Detective
Tonight is a good day, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, the autumn grass is withered and yellow, with the sound of the breeze, the autumn insects squeak and squeak and struggle, as if unwilling to leave in summer. Lin Qi walked out of the house, and was blown by the night breeze in his face, and he was called happy in his heart, and he could only fantasize about fighting the sword at night in the book, and now his dream has come true, and he is indispensable to be a little proud.
Smug, Lin Qi still cautiously touched the new house, the small dilapidated house is only a dozen zhang away from the new house, not very far, the ground is also cleaned up, and some hardy flowers and plants are planted, it is very beautiful, Lin Qi has never seen it, let alone name, swaying in the autumn wind, Lin Qi walked along the road, and suddenly felt wrong.
Such a short distance, Lin Qi arrived in a few steps, but after walking for a while, it seemed to be farther away, Lin Qi stopped, took a deep breath, looked up, the soil was very moist and there was a burst of damp aroma, there were many small stones paved with irregular paths between flowers and trees, at first I thought it was decoration, but now I think it's wrong.
Flowers and plants are not planted in rows, but planted at random, very irregular, but if you really want to see something, with Lin Qi's current ability, it is impossible, so he can only touch and continue to move forward, he carefully walked forward slowly on the paved path, and the new house does not look very far. But after walking a distance, he found that he seemed to be a lot farther away from the house, Lin Qi looked again, and saw that there were trails in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, but he didn't know which one to go to. After walking for a while, it seems to be back to the same place.
"The one who entered the mother's door is evil." Lin Qi scolded secretly, looked at the direction, and continued to approach the direction of the door along the path, the path under his feet always unconsciously branched off, but after walking for a long time, he found that he had returned to the original place. Lin Qi was taken aback, and a thought rose in his heart, ghost hitting the wall? Looking up and scanning around, there was nothing, but he opened his eyes, and if there was a ghost hitting the wall, he wouldn't be invisible.
The path in front of him is in all directions, interspersed with vertical and horizontal in the middle, it looks like a spider web, and an enthusiastic night detective turned into this bird, Lin Qi was a little frustrated, and couldn't help but wave the talisman knife in his hand, and slashed towards the flowers and plants in front of him, doing so to vent the depression in his heart, but there was a thought, where the talisman knife passed, those flowers and plants, actually chirped like a spirit...... It is similar to the sound of a bird's call, and it is constantly swaying, like a dodge talisman knife.
The cobweb-like path in front of him turned out to be simpler, and it was no longer as cumbersome as before, Lin Qi saw that the talisman knife worked, his spirit perked up, and he secretly guessed that he was dazzled, and it must be these flowers and plants that are doing the trick. With this idea, I looked more closely, and I saw that these flowers were blood-red, a bit like narcissus, and the flowers were flowers born from the top of an empty stem, which was very demonic.
But he didn't know that this flower was a flower of the underworld, and it was called the flower of the other side. The flower of the other side is a flower that grows on the banks of the Santu River. And most of the places where it grows are in the field paths, river trails and cemeteries, so it is also called the dead man's flower. As soon as autumn arrives, it blooms with flowers that are so colorful that they are close to red and black, and the whole flower looks shocking red, like fire, like blood, and like a flower.
Legend has it that the flowers on the other side are the flowers that bloom on the road of the Yellow Springs, where there are a large number of flowers blooming, from a distance it looks like a carpet paved with blood, and because of its red fire, it is called the "road of fire", and people follow the guidance of this flower to the hell of the netherworld. The flower on the other side is the only scenery on the Huangquan Road.
Of course, this flower is not a rare flower, it is common on the grave, but it has its own strange features, if it is watered with human blood, in the spell, it is still easy to fan personally, Lin Qi does not understand this, and he is also dizzy, fortunately, there is a talisman knife, a few knives are swung out, and the flowers on the other side have avoided it, and they no longer dare to provoke him.
Out of the flower array, it was under the new house, Lin Qi tiptoed over, the cat's waist was under the window, stood up a little carefully, reached out and touched the window paper, it is the best Dongshan window paper, this paper is quite thick, and it is not a problem to block the wind and rain, but it is bitter Lin Qi, so thick, no matter how much spit can not poke a hole.
At this time, there was the sound of Guan Pozi chanting mantras in the room, and there was a faint sound of the wind, which aroused Lin Qi's curiosity, and he was anxious like a cat scratching, he couldn't bear it, his fingers dipped in the spit and soaked the window paper a little bit, this paper is really thick, Lin Qi tossed a stick of incense for a while, and his mouth was dry before he moistened the window paper.
The light in the room leaked through the hole, and Lin Qi couldn't hold it anymore, standing up and looking inside. I saw Guan Pozi set up a small formation, five pieces of fine jade on the ground, arranged in five directions, cyan jade in the east, white jade in the west, red jade in the south, black jade in the north, topaz in the middle, four little ghosts for the tiger standing in the corners of the four directions, with their backs to Guan Pozi.
There is a painting hanging on the strong in front of him, the painting is an old man, wearing a red official uniform, with a hideous face, a sword in his hand, and a little ghost kneeling below, the same as Zhong Kui, but there is a difference when you look closely, Zhong Kui is a heavenly master who catches ghosts, with a scruffy beard, very old, but full of anger, the old man on the painting has a white skin, and he doesn't even have a beard, revealing such an evil surname.
Below the painting is an incense case, with three plates of offerings, the three good incense sticks have been burned to half, and the white smoke is condensed but not dispersed in the sky, what makes Lin Qi feel even more strange is that in the roof of this house, seven small holes have been chiseled, and under each small hole, a bronze mirror is hung obliquely with a red rope, which will reflect the starlight through the small hole in the roof to the copper mirror, and the bronze mirror is reflected down, shining on the four people in the center of the formation.
The four people are Guan Pozi, Xiao Liuzi, Mrs. Feng and the little young master of the Feng family, all sitting cross-legged on the ground, Guan Pozi next to Mrs. Feng, and Xiao Liuzi next to the little young master of the Feng family, all with their eyes closed and not moving, like four stiff corpses. Only the eerie voice of the mother-in-law echoed in the room, she recited the spell too fast, and Lin Qi couldn't hear it clearly, but she felt extremely awkward and gloomy.
The starlight shone on the four people, emitting a cold light, Lin Qi looked strange at first, but after watching it, the four of them didn't move, just about the mother-in-law chanting the spell, they felt a little bored, and they were about to leave, when suddenly Mrs. Feng and the little young master of the Feng family trembled slightly like a convulsion.
Then a faint phantom appeared from the two of them, this phantom was exactly the same as Mrs. Feng's little Liuzi, and then the two phantoms seemed to be attracted by Guan Pozi and Xiao Liuzi, floating lightly on the two people, sinking little by little, hiding in the bodies of the two, disappearing, Guan Pozi and Xiao Liuzi fused the two phantoms, and their bodies trembled slightly like convulsions.
Lin Qi was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had seen it wrong, so he hurriedly rubbed his eyes and looked carefully, this time after a while, Mrs. Feng and the little young master of the Feng family trembled again, and two phantoms floated out of their bodies, slowly moving to Guan Pozi and Xiao Liuzi, and blending into the bodies of the two little by little.
This time, Lin Qi saw it really, and felt that the virtual image was very thin, as if it had been cut into pieces, and then it was eaten by Guan Pozi and Xiao Liuzi a little bit, I don't know why Lin Qi just had a feeling that Guan Pozi and Xiao Liuzi were eating Mrs. Feng and the little young master of the Feng family.
What makes Lin Qi feel even more incredible is that every time the phantom blends into the bodies of Mrs. Guan and Xiao Liuzi, Lin Qi feels that Mrs. Guan is younger and Mrs. Feng is a little haggard, and the two are more and more similar.
Lin Qi secretly thought: No wonder I saw Mrs. Feng looking listless before, it was really a ghost made by this demon woman, if it went on like this, it wouldn't take two or three days, and I really couldn't tell who was who. But he didn't know what kind of demon method Guan Pozi made, he only felt weird and terrifying, remembering that the master let him live in this backyard, it was not unreasonable, if he wasn't bold and careful, how could he discover Guan Pozi's secret?
Thinking of this, Lin Qi felt a little proud, observed the placement of the whole house, secretly remembered it in his heart, and was looking carefully, and heard the sound of the three bangs patrolling the street, the third watch arrived, and as soon as the third watch arrived, the starlight dimmed, and the position of the hole in the roof was staggered, and the three incense sticks were also burned to the head.
Oh...... Guan Pozi screamed like a cramp, her body trembled, she shivered a few times, and slowly opened her eyes, Lin Qi secretly said that it was not good, this demon woman woke up. I didn't dare to stay any longer, retreated carefully, and returned to the hut along the way I came, and when I returned to the house, my heart was pounding! Jumping, I feel that this night scout is really fresh and exciting.
Lin Qi didn't even catch his breath in a few breaths, and his ears could hear the tapping outside...... Footsteps sounded, and through the crack in the door, Xiao Liuzi carried the small blue lantern in front of him, followed by Mrs. Feng and the little young master of the Feng family, and finally Mrs. Guan Pozi pressed the formation, and the group passed through the courtyard, obviously sending Mrs. Feng and the little young master back.
Lin Qi secretly called it a fluke, if it was a short time at night, I was afraid that Guan Pozi would see it. But I wondered in my heart, this Mrs. Feng and the little young master of the Feng family were snatched by Mrs. Guan, could it be that no one in the Feng Mansion knew? Even if the subordinates don't know, doesn't Feng Tisi know?
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