Chapter IX: Seeking Help
This night, Lin Laoshi and Li tried their best, but the baby still had a mouthful of water, and she couldn't eat a mouthful of milk, her screams were sharp and thin, like crying and like moaning in pain, her whole body was covered with black hair, and she occasionally opened her eyes, revealing a gap, and she was full of helplessness, Li held the child and cried non-stop, Lin Laoshi panted, his eyes were red, he turned around and ran out of the house, stood in the yard and clenched his fists and shouted: "Mother, what ability is coming at me, what kind of ability is it to bully a doll......"
The mountain village was silent, Lin Laoshi shouted like crazy, and suddenly provoked several families to turn on the lights, and the dog barked non-stop, Lin Laoshi was stunned for a moment, for fear that others would know that his baby was a monster, and he felt full of grievances, squatting on the ground and crying, crying sadly, and hearing Li's shout from the house: "His father, his father, look, what's wrong with our doll?" ”
Lin was startled, and hurriedly turned back to the house, and saw the doll in his mother's arms, panting for breath and making a "snort...... Snoring ......" sounded like a bellows, and his eyes were all open, but his eyes were blank, and his small face was bruised, and under the cover of black hair, he no longer had a personal appearance.
"His father, at this time, don't worry so much, just do what Li Langzhong said. If you don't go to this baby, you won't be able to save it......" Li hugged the child in his arms tightly and cried heartbreakingly.
Lin honestly snorted, and took out a small cloth bag from the kang hole, which contained two taels of broken silver, which was left by the black fox at the beginning, in addition to the spent, there was so much left, I thought that I could rely on these two taels of silver to make up for my mother-in-law's body, but now I can't care so much.
When he went out of the house and put on a short axe, Lin Laoshi was still not at ease, so he woke up his neighbor Zhang and his son, and asked him to help take care of the point, and then he slipped a broken lantern and ran to Zihe Village overnight.
There are no stars and no moon along the way, the sky is gloomy, and there is a posture of wind and rain coming, Lin honestly feels that since the baby was born, this day has not been sunny, like a little girl who is angry, holding back and not crying, but always gloomy face. Huaishu Village to Guizihe Village is also ten miles away, although the mountain road is difficult, but with Lin Laoshi's foot strength, it took half an hour to arrive, but today Lin Laoshi felt that his steps were heavy, and he walked for almost an hour to reach the village.
Kidnapping River Village Lin Laoshi has also been here a few times, all of them are to help idle, dozens of small villages, do not need to find someone to lead the way, directly towards the abandoned City God Temple at the end of the village, the people in the mountain village are already sparse, the small temple is not in front of the village and there is no store, standing alone in a place more than a mile away from the village.
Although Lin Laoshi knew the place where the small temple was located, it was the first time he came, the moonlight passed through the clouds, and he saw that under the darkness, there was such a dilapidated and unlooked small temple on the flat place halfway up the mountainside, surrounded by dead trees and barren grass, undulating mounds among the grasses, craggy stone monuments, and countless tombs stretching out, and it was impossible to see the end at a glance.
The ghost fire flickered in the graveyard, and occasionally there was a swaying sound in the grass, and I don't know what wild thing came out to look for food, and occasionally the wind blew, and suddenly there was a whining...... A strange sound like a ghost crying, and the faint green ghost fire often popped up, fluttered and disappeared, and then floated and appeared.
This place is close to the mountains and rivers, it is a treasure land of feng shui, of course, the people in the village regard it as a treasure land of feng shui, the big families are not looking down, and there is no owner here, so several villages near it are buried here, buried from generation to generation, it has become a huge grave circle, the middle of the grave circle is the city god temple, I don't know which dynasty and which generation left, it has long been in disrepair and has long lost the appearance of the temple, and it has become a broken house that leaks everywhere.
Lin Laoshi has always been timid and afraid of things, seeing that the broken temple was in such a place, he secretly complained in his heart, but when he thought of the baby who was still suffering from the crime at home, he also let go, and walked forward with a deep foot and a shallow foot, while hurriedly bending over the surroundings: "Fellow villagers, fathers and elders, villains passing by, don't dare to make a mistake, don't be surprised, don't blame ...... if you are disturbed."
After chattering for a long time, he arrived at the door of the small temple safely, Lin stood still, and wanted to come forward and knock on the door, but the temple was broken and there was not even a door, he didn't dare to rush in, stood outside the door and whispered, "Is there anyone?" Is there anyone in the house? ……”
shouted a few times and no one answered him, Lin was honestly anxious, probed his head to look into the small temple, and saw that the small temple was dilapidated and there was only one room left, which was dedicated to a majestic statue of the god, and there were three plates of tribute on the table, and an everlasting lamp was lit, the lamp was dim and dim, shaking, as if a fart could collapse, the house was leaking everywhere, and occasionally the wind poured in, but the everlasting lamp was stubborn and could not be extinguished.
There are four black coffins under the offering table, not a good wood, it is the cheapest thin-skin coffin, behind each coffin stands a pair of paper figures of boys and girls, lifelike, wearing clothes, much better than his craftsmanship, seeing the paper figures, Lin Laoshi couldn't help but look at them twice, and when he saw it clearly, he screamed in fright, and sat on the ground.
These paper figures turned out to be exactly the same as the two paper figures he saw last night, Lin Laoshi was afraid and confused, and he didn't see Lao Wang in this temple, he stood up tremblingly and wanted to turn away, but as soon as he turned around, he heard the coffin behind him creaking, crunching...... Teeth-like sound.
Lin Laoshi's legs were weak, and he couldn't take a step, when a cold voice came from behind him: "Who are you?" What are you doing? As soon as this voice sounded, he heard a crisp click, Lin Laoshi was shocked and frightened, and couldn't help but turn around, and saw that a coffin board in the middle was pushed aside, and he sat up from the black coffin in a daze.
This man was also dressed in black clothes, his face was pale, without a trace of blood, his eyes were dark, gloomy and lifeless, his hair and beard were half white, and his old face was full of furrows, and he looked like he was sixty or seventy years old.
Lin Laoshi was so shocked that he still said something, and he grabbed and fought with a mouthful of teeth, and when the man saw that he didn't speak, his brows furrowed, and he asked gloomily: "Why don't you answer when you ask you." The tone was cold, but it didn't seem to have any malice.
Lin honestly thought of the mother-in-law and the baby at home, strengthened his courage, and said, "I ...... I'm here to find Wang Eighteen, who can walk in the shadows. ”
"What are you looking for from me?" The man's voice was still cold and ugly, but Lin Laoshi was startled, and looked at it through the dim light of the ever-bright lamp, the eyebrows and eyes were not Lao Wang, could they be that? But he never thought that the person in front of him who was like the living dead was Lao Wang, he had seen Lao Wang a few years ago, although Lao Wang was also gloomy at that time, but he was still a little lively, Cang Lao was old, and he was in his forties, so he thought that he had only been seen for a few years, and he could age like this?
Lao Wang sat up from the coffin, and when he saw Lin Laoshi looking at him stupidly and not speaking, he snorted coldly and asked, "What are you looking for me?" ”
Lin Laoshi was startled, and then remembered the purpose of his coming, knelt down with a puff, and kowtowed to Lao Wang: "Brother Wang, I am Lin Laoshi from Huaishu Village, yesterday my mother-in-law gave birth to a baby for me, but the baby's whole body was covered with black hair, and I couldn't drink a sip of water, you are a capable person, please save my baby, I will repay you as a cow and a horse in this life......"
Lin Laoshi usually can't beat a fart with three sticks, these words are said smoothly, and they are all thoughts in his heart, words from the bottom of his heart, while speaking, he took out the two taels of scattered silver he brought and put it on the ground, the old king looked at the silver on the ground, the corners of his mouth grinned, and his face was full of mockery, but under the dim light, his pale face suddenly had an expression, and it looked even more gloomy.
Lin Laoshi kowtowed like pounding garlic, but Lao Wang still didn't react, and only Lin Laoshi banged in the entire small temple...... The sound of constantly kowtowing, after a long time, Lao Wang's cold eyes could be regarded as a little emotional, and he said in a gloomy voice: "You get up, I'll hear what's going on." ”
Lin Laoshi didn't know what he meant, and thought that he was going to ask himself what happened, so he wanted to tell Lao Wang about the cause and effect, but he saw Lao Wang suddenly speak, muttering something he didn't understand, it sounded like a monk chanting scriptures, but it didn't look like it, the speed of gurgling was very fast, with Lao Wang's chatter, a gust of wind suddenly blew outside the house, and then a small cloud of dark green ghost fire flew to Lao Wang's ear.
Lao Wang's voice stopped abruptly, his eyes rolled and he didn't move, the whole person seemed to be dead in the past, this scene was extremely weird, so scared that Lin Laoshi didn't even feel a cough, just stared at it.
After a half-pillar of incense, Lao Wang's body suddenly shook and vomited! gasped, just like a dead man returning to the sun, his eyes suddenly brightened, and the ghost fire disappeared, Lin Honest didn't know what to do, and looked at Lao Wang in a daze.
Lao Wang's eyes slowly turned, staring at Lin Laoshi who was kneeling on the ground, and said in a cold tone: "That black fox is a man of the way, I can't control your affairs, you can go." After speaking, he slowly lay down in the coffin, and the coffin board creaked...... The coffin was to be closed.
Lin Laoshi was still wondering if he hadn't said it yet, how did this old king know about the black fox? But then I heard his words, and I was so panicked that I had no idea, and I began to kowtow again, and said incoherently: "You save my baby, I will be a cow and a horse for you in this life and the next life...... As long as you save my baby, you can take my life...... Please, have mercy on me......"
No matter how Lin Laoshi pleaded, Lao Wang was unmoved, seeing that the coffin board was about to be closed in a creaking sound, Lin Laoshi was forced to be helpless, and suddenly remembered that this Lao Wang was a lonely widow, and he didn't have a son and a half daughter, and suddenly shouted: "As long as you save my baby, let him recognize you as a father!" ”
Lin Laoshi's words were extremely poignant, the creaking sound suddenly stopped, and Lao Wang's cold voice came from the coffin: "Really? ”
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