Chapter Twenty-Three: A Brief Encounter
The sins created by the elders are borne by the children, and the life of this old madman is also bitter!
I sighed, stepped forward with the fat man, and carried the old madman into the room with a light hand.
The old madman's house was in a dilapidated state, the tiles above his head were broken, and half of the walls in the house had collapsed in half. The mattress smelled of dampness.
Helping the old madman up on the bed, I sat on the edge of the bed and gasped for air.
At this moment, my spiritual sense felt a cold and familiar aura in the dark room.
"Something!" Subconsciously, I opened my hand and blasted towards the place where the spiritual sense sensed, and as soon as I made a move, it was Yin Mountain's entry talisman Yin Feng Edict.
After a silent hand-to-hand fight, the shadow in front of him flashed, and with a whoosh, it disappeared into the air, never to be found again. At this time, I watched the palm of my hand involuntarily froze.
The thing I just fought was supposed to be a ghost, not a person. The weapon in his hand should be a knife, but why is this knife wound ......
"Fatty, come and see!" I pulled the fat man who was standing in front of me.
"What's wrong, is the injury serious?" The fat man looked back and couldn't help but be taken aback
"It's not ......" looked at the knife wound in my hand, and the fat man swallowed
"Yes, that's right!" I nodded fiercely: "This knife wound is exactly the same as that of several brothers in the troupe, and even the injury gives me a hot and numbing wound." ”
The fat man and I were surprisingly quiet, if there was no accident, what just appeared should have a deep connection with the drama troupe's hurtful incident.
"Look everywhere!" The fat man didn't dare to hesitate, and after drawing the flower in his hand, he immediately searched the room.
Both of us were nervous, but at the same time, we gathered all our spirits and did not dare to let go of every detail in the house. If you can really find the unjust soul that just appeared, maybe you can find out the reason for the accident on the stage.
So, I also drew the words in my hand, and looked for the ghost that had just appeared in the house with the fat man.
However, after searching for more than half an hour, I did not find any trace of him in the house, not even a trace of strange smell. At this moment, the fat man who was in the other room actually shouted at me
"Haisheng, come and take a look."
I thought he had spotted the ghost's tracks, so I quickened my pace and ran over. Unexpectedly, the fat man was just holding a moldy book in his hand, and he was looking at it intently.
"You're not good at looking for ghosts, what are you doing with this thing!" I asked curiously
The fat man pulled me over and showed me the yellowed book. I leaned over and stared at the book for a long time, but found that it seemed to be just a martial arts secret book, and other than that, there was nothing strange.
"What the hell do you want to say, you know that I rarely practice martial arts."
The fat man frowned and said, this book should be the cultivation method of folding plum knife.
I don't know what a plum knife or a plum knife is, but I just know that if I can't find the ghost, this matter can't be solved, and the play can't go on. So, I turned around and prepared to go outside.
But the fat man took my hand again and pulled me back.
"Don't go yet, I have something to say!" The fat man frowned and asked me, "Have you noticed a strange phenomenon, the knife wounds on the bodies of our opera brothers are all from deep to shallow." If it is an ordinary person with a knife, the knife cuts straight down, and in terms of strength, it should be from shallow to deep. And the wounded brothers of our troupe, their wounds are reversed. ”
When the fat man said that, I paid attention to the situation! I looked at the palm of my hand, and it seemed that my own injuries were the same, and if I were to follow common sense, the wound of the knife into the flesh must have been from shallow to deep. Unless it is a backhand knife, it will not cause such an injury.
"Yes, that's right, it's a backhand knife" The fat man nodded heavily and explained to me: "During the Republic of China, there was such a sect that was famous for its backhand knife. The name of this backhand knife is the Orimei knife. And before the decline of this sect, the head of the sect seems to be surnamed Yuan......"
I was taken aback, pointed to the book in the fat man's hand, stared at him and asked, "You mean, this ......?"
"That's right, I suspect that the original family is the last inheritance of the Orimei knife. And the one who possessed and slashed his brothers on the stage was the person from the original family, maybe it was the father of the old madman, the deserter on the battlefield, the original government! The fat man closed the book and speculated
"Are you so sure?" I'm a little skeptical
"It's just intuition! But I think there must be something hidden in this, do you remember, just before the old madman fell asleep, he was crying and shouting something? "The fat man guided me carefully
"Just ......" the fat man reminded me, and I suddenly remembered. Just now the old madman seemed to be saying, "Father, go in peace, don't hurt anyone anymore." ”
After I said this, the fat man nodded heavily: "Yes, that's what I said." Think about it, if his father's soul had rested, how could he have said such a thing! ”
"Moreover, when the troupe was acting, the old madman was under the stage, and he must have seen something! The ghost that appeared just now was most likely his father who came back to see him? ”
I finally understood the fat man's speculation now, and when I followed the route of the fat man's speculation in a loop, I found that what the fat man said was simply very probable.
Suddenly, the fat man and I both ran out of the hall.
I looked at the old madman who was drunk on the bed, but I still couldn't bear it! In the case of the old madman, there was no other way to wake him up unless he was woken up with water. It's just, in the face of such an old man who is over the age of six, do we really do it!
While we were hesitating, the old madman woke up with a aching forehead.
The fat man and I were overjoyed, and we couldn't help but take the initiative to come over.
"Old man, wake up!" Under our constant shaking, the old man finally woke up.
But when he woke up, he was immediately startled by us, hugging the moldy quilt, cowering in the corner of the bed, muttering in fear "Don't hit me, don't hit me" and the like.
"Don't be afraid, old man, we are not bad people, we just want to ask you about your father...... I just leaned over and asked him softly. Who knew that as soon as the word "father" came out, the old madman bit me on the shoulder, just like last night on the stage, and refused to let go.
Immediately, the old madman kicked me in the lower abdomen with great speed, kicking me away so hard.
", my dad is not a deserter, you are, my dad is not a deserter." The old madman roared with red eyes and madness
The fat man hurriedly waved his hand and comforted: "Old man, don't get excited, your father is not a deserter, definitely not a deserter." He said as he leaned over to the old madman.
But the old madman who was on guard didn't let him get close, as long as the fat man walked a certain distance, either he would throw something at the fat man, or kick the fat man with his foot, and he was very vigilant.
After a long stalemate, the mentally exhausted old madman actually fell asleep.
"What now?" The fat man looked at the old madman who had fallen asleep and shrugged helplessly.
I rubbed my aching belly, patted the fat man on the shoulder, and said, "It's not a way to go on like this." I think so, you go back first, find the dwarf ghost, and by the way, dig out the willow sign under the stage. I'll stay here for the night to see if I can ask some questions, and I'll see if his father's ghost will come back. ”
The fat man nodded and said, "That's fine, I'll go back and deal with my uncle and them first, and by the way, I will think of an excuse to delay for a few days." You stay here, be careful, and I'll be right over when I'm done with the stage." ”
"Okay, without further ado, you can go quickly!"
The fat man turned and ran out of the house, and I found a random stool in the room and sat down. Although the old madman has not woken up, I dare not be careless. After opening the spiritual eye, while sitting cross-legged and cultivating, he was also in this room and felt carefully. As long as there is a stir in the house, it will definitely not escape my spiritual sense