Chapter 11: Hatred

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After the one-eyed old man had invited the ten of us into the house, he looked out with the green glowing green eyes of the remaining lanterns before carefully closing the door.

The facilities in the small bungalow were very simple, there were only four chairs in the room, Zhang Hefang asked me and Bu Jin to sit down, he and the one-eyed old man sat on the other two chairs, and the rest of the people stood beside us in the same water. I saw that Professor Li Zhongkai was quite old, and that he was out of breath after walking all night, so I gave him my seat, but he didn't say anything, and sat down after being polite.

The one-eyed old man turned the kerosene lamp very dim, and he didn't speak first, but waited for Zhang Hefang to speak first.

Zhang Hefang said: "Uncle Chen, there haven't been any problems recently, right?" ”

The one-eyed old man's eyes were blazing, and the sound he made sounded as if he had a mouthful of thick phlegm in his throat, which sounded strangely disgusting. "Not yet," he said, "but strange things have happened a lot. ”

When Zhang Hefang heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said, "Strange thing? ”

The one-eyed old man didn't rush to tell Zhang Hefang what happened first, but asked Zhang Hefang instead: "You tell me honestly, is the old ghost back?" ”

As soon as we heard this, all ten of us present chuckled in our hearts. According to Zhang Hefang, if he hadn't just paid a careful eye and looked at the face of the person sitting in the military jeep, he probably wouldn't have known that the old ghost had returned to the mainland from Hong Kong.

Zhang Hefang said: "Uncle Chen, why do you ask like this? ”

The one-eyed old man shook his head impatiently and said, "Just tell me if he's back." ”

The one-eyed old man's attitude towards Zhang Hefang was not polite, which also caused me to speculate about his identity and status.

Zhang Hefang had no choice but to say: "Yes, I didn't know it for a long time." ”

I found that when the one-eyed old man heard this, his hands that were originally placed on the wooden table were clenched tightly, as if as soon as he heard the name "old ghost", he thought of some painful memories.

Zhang Hefang said at this time: "Uncle Chen, I have already told you all the situation, so how do you know the news that the old ghost has returned?" Could it be that you have ever left the village these days? ”

When the one-eyed old man heard this, he snorted coldly and said, "Of course not, I know what my mission is, and I won't leave here easily, you can rest assured of this." ”

Zhang Hefang said again: "So, what is the strange thing you said?" ”

The one-eyed old man's eyes glanced upward, then he stood up, walked to the window, carefully closed the window, and after turning around and sitting down, he said in a very weak voice: "The old ghost seems to have succeeded in the spell of the 'Yin Soldier Ghost Array'. ”

As soon as he heard this, the faces of the people in Nanwu present were as pale as earth, and Zhang Hefang even asked, "How do you know?" ”

The one-eyed old man then recalled to us all kinds of strange things that had happened in the depths of the mountains in the village in the past few days.

It turns out that the so-called strange thing refers to "Yin soldiers borrowing the way", but, to be precise, it is not "Yin soldiers borrowing the way", but in form, there are many similarities.

About a week ago, people in the originally quiet village suddenly kept talking about ghosts, and, unlike ordinary mountain village ghosts, these villagers who hit ghosts without exception said that what they saw was not a ghost, nor a few ghosts, but a group of ghosts, to be precise, a group of lonely ghosts on the march.

Of course, this news also happened from another village dozens of miles away, and, according to the descriptions of those villagers, the number of this group of ghosts is unusually large, and it is not like the legendary Yin soldiers borrowing the way are all carriages or ancient soldiers, these lonely ghosts and wild ghosts are almost from all dynasties, there are Ming and Qing dynasties, there are the Republic of China, and more modern, they are all without exception, with a faint demonic light, and these lonely ghosts and wild ghosts seem to have passed through a place, and the team will be much larger. One thing is certain, and that is that these demons are all heading in one direction – the West.

This news may have been a little surprising to Zhang Hefang and others, but for me, the news brought to me by the one-eyed old man made me shudder somewhat, and I had an indescribable feeling in my heart. Because the scene depicted by the one-eyed old man is so familiar to me.

I remember it was on my train from Shenyang to Wuhan. That's right, it was that night that Gao Peng and I (he had already returned to the Northeast under Zhang Hefang's arrangement, and I don't think I would have any more contact with him in my lifetime), Bu Jin, the sharpshooter Shu Jingcheng who was with Fan Jiyun, and the female researcher Xiao Wanhui all witnessed that ghost incident. At that time, we had a feeling that these lonely ghosts seemed to have some common purpose, and they were always moving in the same direction.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on my forehead, and said in my heart, could it be that that a group of lonely souls and wild ghosts actually traveled all the way to the west from the mass graves in Hubei, and without passing through a deserted grave, the team would grow a little stronger, and finally came to Sichuan?

What is this? A long march of 20,000 miles to the underworld?

After Zhang Hefang and the others heard the news, they all looked serious, except for that Bao Ye, he was relatively normal, although I didn't know how powerful the old ghost's "Yin Soldier Ghost Array" was, but the atmosphere of everyone present still unconsciously infected me, I don't know whether this Bao Ye is bold or simply nervous.

Bao Ye said: "There is no catastrophe, and it is indeed a bit abnormal that there are so many lonely souls and wild ghosts. ”

The fat old python seemed to be very taboo about the name old ghost from the beginning, and when he heard the news at this moment, he couldn't help but say excitedly: "Abnormal? It's just fucking incredible. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Bang with the old ghost?" Damn, it looks like it's graduation season this year. ”

I found that people who eat on the tip of a knife are very taboo about saying the word "death", and they often ridicule death, but they are reluctant to mention it directly. They are always willing to replace the word death with words such as "hanging", "homecoming", "graduated", etc.

However, since it happened, it is not much use to say more. What our group needs most now is rest.

The one-eyed old man moved away from our table, it turned out that there was a secret door under the table, it seemed to be the basement, and the ten of us went down in turn, although the furnishings inside were also very simple, but sleeping was not a problem, but the most important thing was that as soon as a few of us came in, we found ten large military backpacks in the basement, which was the equipment of our ten people, and I thought that we would take these equipment on the road early tomorrow morning.

It can be said that we have completely reversed the normal biological clock, at this time, the sun may have just come out, and we have to rest in the dark basement, but they don't care about it, they seem to have become accustomed to such a schedule after years of work.

I couldn't sleep for a while, so I turned around and asked Bao Ye beside me: "Bao Ye, I just saw that one-eyed old man was a little excited when he heard the old ghost's reaction, does he have any enmity with the old ghost?" ”

Bao Ye glared at me, quickly covered my mouth, and said in a very low voice: "You whisper to me, the old man's ears are pointed." ”

I nodded silently, and Bao Ye continued: "That old man Chen has a big enmity with the old ghost, you can see his one-eyed dragon's face, the eye that was gouged out is directly related to the old ghost." ”

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