Chapter 8: The Lost Farmstead
The name "Bao Aozi" sounds really unremarkable, and it is not as good as the small mountain village called the wolf cub's nest that we are going to, which is memorable. But because we were in a ghost town, I had to remember an allusion to hearsay on the train. The person at that time told us that there are many ghost stories in Xichuan, and the most famous one is a place called Bao Aozi in the ghost town of Yandu.
There, this kind of thing is a matter of course, and it is not an exaggeration to say that if you don't encounter it when you go out, you will feel strange.
It was such a mysterious place, and when I was planning, no one mentioned it, and I couldn't help but be a little surprised, and I looked around carefully, and found that on both sides of the road, that is, some sparse woods, the lanes were winding, turning back and turning, and I was dizzy.
Yang Cao sat in front of us, and he saw in the rearview mirror that the bodies of me and Zamao Xiaodao were stiff, and he comforted us, saying two, don't be surprised, there are still ten miles to that village, don't be nervous. Besides, in the car in front, there are also Hu Wenfei and their two elder-level figures from Qingcheng Mountain, the sky is falling, and there are tall people, so we can't worry about it.
I laughed, Yang this guy, and he's also a slippery character.
The two elders of Qingcheng he said are a monk, the monk is dressed in sackcloth, his name is Xiuyun (note: male), the Taoist is clothed with hair, white beard on his lips, and his name is Wang Zhengyi. It's all an old bone, I can't tell the age, maybe it's more than fifty, maybe it's old, anyway, it's floating left and right. Because Hong Anzhong took people to Wuli Pai, these two stayed in our team, they were the masters of the town, and their momentum was like an abyss, which made people feel that they were invincible at a glance, and they were panicked.
Our convoy has a group of four cars and seventeen people, in addition to me, Zamao Xiaodao, Yang Cao, Bai Lutan and Huang Pengfei, as well as the second elder of Qingcheng, there are also Li Yuan and three other people, these are all cultivators who have entered the doorway, in addition, there are four retired soldiers who have changed jobs as drivers and two guides from the local religious bureau. With this strength, it is too much to use to explore the road, and it is a bit like killing chickens with a knife.
However, it is better to be cautious when dealing with the Ghost Mask Robe Brotherhood, and no one has raised objections.
So along the way, Yang Cao hummed a little song with his head on the pillow of his hands, looking very relaxed.
Of course, if the other party does not have many people, we can actually rush to the top directly; If the strength makes us all feel tricky, there is nothing to do, a phone call to the command center, several military vehicles and fully armed military comrades will immediately pounce in less than an hour.
Hearing the ease in Yang Cao's mouth, Miscellaneous Xiaodao and I reluctantly let go of the worries in our hearts and looked towards the dark road outside. After more than ten minutes, I saw that at the end of the forest, there was a small silver river, jumping into view, and the black and oppressive woods on both sides of the road gradually became much more open, making people feel no boredom at the beginning.
Just as I was perking up, I suddenly heard a car horn in front of me, and before I could react, the car we were riding in suddenly braked suddenly, and the big guys crashed into the front.
Knock, close contact with the back chair, hit my head painfully.
The driver said a few words through the headset, then turned around and told us that there had been a car accident ahead of us - the car at the top of the head, as if it had hit a person. Hearing this, I subconsciously looked at my watch, the time was frozen at half past eleven at night, this big night, who would be in this ghostly place, burying their heads in the road, and still under the bright headlights, hit our car?
Is this the rhythm of being touched?
I poked my head out to see that the car that hit the head was sitting Huang Pengfei and Bai Lutan, and the two of them were getting out of the car to search, as if they were looking for the person who was knocked off. I opened the car door and wanted to get out, but a hand stretched out next to me and grabbed me tightly, and I turned around, only to see the miscellaneous hair Xiaodao shaking his head silently, opening his mouth to lip-sync, saying that there was a ghost.
My backbone straightened all of a sudden, looking ahead, I saw that there was no trace of starlight in the sky above my head, I wanted a cauldron that was buckled up, the fog lingered around, it was very strange, there was no swishing cool breeze before, the visual range was extremely poor, with my vision after being transformed by the golden silkworm Gu, capturing the head car more than ten meters away, it was blurred tightly.
Miscellaneous Xiaodao picked up the red copper compass, cast a Sutra Opening Xuanyun Mantra, and drew a standard arc on the top of the Tianchi, only to see the pointer turning drippingly, like the circle of a slot machine. After more than ten seconds, the pointer stopped, he stretched out his hand, followed the pointer, his eyes widened, and said Little poison, what do you see over there?
Before I could take a closer look, the miscellaneous hairy trail gasped, saying that it was a yin-yang mirror, it was a bad mistake, they actually had a layout so far away, it seems that we are going to pounce on it this time.
My heart also jumped, this so-called yin-yang mirror, said very mysterious, in fact, in many rural areas in the southwest provinces, it is common to see, that is, the small round mirror hanging on the lintel. This kind of mirror or a few dollars is not more expensive than ten yuan, and some chicken blood is drenched on it, which means to keep the family safe. However, for those who are truly Taoist, the yin-yang mirror painted with runes can be used as a primitive monitor.
There are many masters of the action team, we can see this little trick, and naturally some people can know, I heard the faint Buddha name "Amitabha" at the edge of my ear, and suddenly the sky exploded, thunder bursts, mixed with a crisp sound, the glass mirror has been shattered.
The red copper compass pointer in Xiaodao's hand finally stopped, he raised his head, and said go.
We all got out of the car and walked to the front. A bunch of people had already gathered around, and I looked over to see Huang Pengfei squatting on the ground, examining a black figure. It just so happened that someone was holding a high-power flashlight to shine here, and when I saw it, it was a humanoid monster with a length of one meter, with hands and feet, a huge head, and the skin was blue-white, with moss spots, smooth and naked, wet, as if it had just crawled out of the ditch.
Huang Pengfei flipped this thing over, and Bai Lutan in front of him screamed in fright, I squinted and looked at it, and I couldn't help but feel cold in my heart.
It turned out to be an orangutan or ape-like creature with high eyebrows and deep eyes, a pink nose, slightly larger ears, and a bitter ghost with a sad face. This thing was naked, there were not many hairs at all, and the brain was full of blood, especially near the ears, which flowed into a few small rivers.
The point is, the blood is not bright red, but slightly blue.
Huang Pengfei looked at the completion, stood up and saluted Wang Zhengyi, who led the team on this trip, and said respectfully: "Elder Wang, this thing is dead - just now it suddenly rushed out of the ditch over there, and after being knocked away, it was still trying to get up, and then thanks to Master Xiuyun's Buddhist lion roar, this thing was shocked to death." ”
Huang Pengfei don't look arrogant to us, but treat the elders, but he is a famous family of everyone's demeanor, the Xiuyun monk who was held comfortably waved his hand, and said, oh, Xiao Huang, I am not a lion's roar, but a lotus lecture bell, which is the opening Buddha sound when Maitreya Buddha Tushitian preached, if it were not for my shock, the news of our trip must have leaked out.
This monk likes to boast, and others suddenly have a wave of sycophants, which makes this Buddha with a belly full of oil laugh, like Maitreya.
Yang Cao ran over and took the mirror that was broken into several pieces to take a look, only to see that it was indeed drawn with the blood of some kind of animal, drawing runes like flower-style characters, Wang Zheng saw it, clapped his hands and said Okay, if there is no mistake, that Baili evil slaughter Cao Li must be in this wolf cub den, Ha Luha, we are luckier than Lao Hong, and we are going to come out on top.
He said confidently, which fully reflects the background of the Southwest Bureau's strength among the best in all regions.
Wu Linyi squatted on the ground and studied for a while, then stood up and told us that this is an endangered strange creature, called hairless ape, semi-aquatic animals, and the number of surviving in the whole world is estimated to be no more than double digits, but he didn't expect it to appear here strangely, it is really strange. He instructed the driver to bring a large plastic bag, pack it carefully, and prepare it to take back for scientific research.
Cao Yanjun had some blood on his hands, some itching, scratched his waist, and then ran to a nearby ditch to wash.
With all this in mind, we continued on our way, knowing that the enemy was ahead, and this time the speed was much faster, and the engines of the four cars roared dullly and drove forward. However, we drove on the highway for almost 20 minutes, and we still did not see any villages or houses. It's a little strange in this way, it stands to reason that ten miles of land should have arrived a long time ago?
Several drivers discussed on the walkie-talkie for a while, and one of the local guides brought it up, saying, Damn, did you hit the wall again?
Everyone, it's impossible, our group of people are all mixed with this bowl of rice, if there is a ghost hitting the wall, everyone can know.
Several drivers were having a headache, and suddenly saw a farm at the end of the road, there was a string of red lanterns in front of the door, not electric lights, it was estimated that there was some ointment or something, fluttering in the wind, in the mist, it seemed a little cold. When I got closer, I saw that there was a rotten wooden plaque hanging at the gate of the farm courtyard made of earthen walls, on which were written in traditional Chinese characters with the words "Lifting the door and returning righteousness".
The driver who drove us suddenly made a big turn and pulled over to the side of the road.
We were all stunned, staring at the driver, only to see the sweat of the driver, who was born in the military, and then his cheeks trembled, and his teeth rang. We were all frightened by his expression and asked Master Tian, what's going on?
Master Tian turned his head, his eyes were a little white, wiped the sweat on the tip of his nose, and said Leaders, we are probably in big trouble this time.