Chapter 14: Compassion
"Be careful!"
Almost instinctively, I rushed over and slammed into the yin-yang pile, but it was like hitting a hard concrete pillar, and I felt a sharp pain in my shoulder.
Although the yin-yang pile was not knocked down by me, its movements slowed down slightly, and when the second attack was launched, the old man had already turned around and arrived, raising his leg and kicking the yin-yang pile back into the pool of blood.
The old man's body is like a withered body, but it seems to contain great power, and every time he can easily fly a yin and yang pile, after some hand-to-hand combat, several yin and yang piles are finally beaten back to the blood nest.
"Master, I've found you!" The little fat man said happily.
The old man was so tired and panting that he was covered in blood, and he didn't know if it was his or the blood in the pool, and the whole person was bloody from head to toe, which looked a little terrifying.
"Master, why did you run into the blood nest......" The little fat man was about to ask, but was interrupted by the old man raising his hand.
The old man looked solemn, as if he was very nervous, looked at me and said, "Zhang Zhanning, you remember my words, no matter what you encounter in the future, remember, you must have a compassionate heart, you must remember, compassion!" ”
I heard this strange thing, how could it be related to compassion at this juncture, and before I could wonder, the old man looked at the little fat man again, "Shi Shi, come over for a while." ”
The little fat man walked over with a puzzled face, and I saw the old man whispering a few words to him, I didn't know what he was talking about, but I saw the little fat man show a surprised look, and turned his head to look at me.
Then he looked at Zhang Ya again, I saw that Zhang Ya seemed to be a little afraid of her, and took a few steps back, the old man frowned slightly, as if he had made some decision, pointed at Zhang Ya and scolded sharply: "I'll spare you today, but you can do it yourself in the future, and after you finish your own business, you can go wherever you want, otherwise someone will clean you up!" ”
I didn't understand why the old man had such an attitude towards Zhang Ya, but before I could ask more, the pool of blood suddenly tumbled again, this time even more violent, and countless animal hearts fluttered and beat with the big bubbles at the mouth of the bowl, dense, like insect eggs.
"Let's go!" The old man shouted.
Immediately, with a bang, the blood nest exploded, and a large group of yin and yang piles suddenly let out a terrible roar and poured up from the learning pool.
There were more of them this time than there had been, and I could clearly feel that the yin-yang piles seemed to be getting even crazier this time.
There were faces I knew and some I didn't recognize, and one of the leaders swooped down on me and was repelled by the old man's palm.
"Shi thing, hurry up and get him out of here! Remember what I just said! The old man shouted.
"Master......"
"Let's go!"
The little fat man cried, and finally seemed to have made up his mind, dragging Zhang Ya and me to run back.
When I ran, I turned my head to take a look, and the old man who watched the house got closer and closer to the blood nest, and several yin and yang piles also jumped down densely......
After running for a long time, I suddenly heard a loud bang, and the smell of blood and the extreme yin qi when entering the mountain retreated, and I felt that the original breath had returned to all around.
Only then did the little fat man let go of us, stopped and turned around, looked at the direction from which the voice came from in a daze, his face was calm, he couldn't see any expression, and muttered: "Master, my name is Shi Nanbei, not East and West......"
After saying that, I saw a tear glistening in the corner of his eye.
On the way, we didn't say a word, no one spoke, and although the little fat man was expressionless, I knew that he must be sad.
Although this guy is lazy and lazy on weekdays, he rushed to the rescue after knowing that his master was in danger, and he can know that he is not a cold-blooded and ruthless person, and he has a deep relationship with his master.
"You know, Master has always been very good to me."
The little fat man suddenly whispered, as if to say to us, and as if to say to himself, "A long, long time ago, I wanted to harm my master, but the master saved me instead, taught me spells, taught me knowledge, and taught me to eat......"
I listened to the words of the little fat man, and felt a little incoherent, he looked about the same age as me, but he used the word for a long, long time, and his master taught him to eat, proving that he was still very young at that time, but how could he harm his master?
It's just that from his words, I can hear his endless sadness.
I sighed and went up and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't be too upset, old man...... The Taoist chief also did this to save more people, if you have nowhere to go in the future, just stay in my house, and I will let the little mute get you something to eat every day. ”
When I said this, I was actually quite sad in my heart, I thought of my second uncle and aunt, this kind of bereavement, others really can't understand.
"What's it like to have a full stomach?" The little fat man suddenly asked an inexplicable question.
I was stunned, not knowing how to answer or why he was asking this question.
"Wouldn't you feel happy to have a full stomach?" The little fat man then asked.
I thought the little fat man was hungry again, so I smiled and said that I would go home later and let the little dumb man make a big table of dishes to make sure he was full.
The little fat man smiled wryly and shook his head.
I looked at Zhang Ya, she probably hadn't spoken for a long time, she looked worried, I asked her to go back with me later, and then I found a way to send her home.
She shook her head and said, "Thank you, Brother Zhanning, but I won't go, I'll leave by myself later, and my family will miss me very much after being away from home for so long." ”
For Zhang Ya, I really don't know what it's like in my heart, on the one hand, I feel indebted to her, if it wasn't for the second uncle who bought her, she wouldn't have fallen back to this point.
But I also feel that there are many secrets in her that I don't know, and I have always felt very strange since I met her in the mountains.
And the old man's attitude towards her just now seemed to know some of Zhang Ya's secrets.
But I think no matter what secrets Zhang Ya has, there should be no malice, if that's the case, since the old man sees through it, he will definitely not let her go.
Along the way, I was thinking about a lot of strange things that happened during this time, many of the yin and yang piles that came out of the blood nest just now, many of which I could recognize as the families killed in our village, but I didn't see the face of the second uncle.
The bodies of the second uncle and the second aunt were completely gone when they disappeared, unlike other victims, who still left the head of the woman and the body of the man.
This shows that the bodies of the second uncle and aunt may not have been made into yin and yang piles, but if this is the case, where will their corpses go?
I thought about it all the way, and it wasn't until the sky was bright that I realized that I had reached the foot of the mountain, and the little fat man was still walking beside me with a sad look.
"Go back and eat something first, and find a way to send Zhang Ya out of the village later."
As I spoke, I looked back, only to find that Zhang Ya was gone!
"Where did Zhang Ya go?" I asked, a little nervously.
The little fat man glanced behind him and shook his head expressionlessly, he was like this, as if he didn't care about anything except eating and drinking his master.
I was about to go back to find Zhang Ya, but I was stopped by the little fat man, he shook his head and said, "Don't go back, she is more familiar with the forest than you, she is inexplicably gone, she definitely doesn't want to go back with you, and slipped away halfway." ”
"But she's a girl......"
"She can survive alone for several days in a mountain with yin and yang piles, don't you think it's superfluous to worry?"
After the little fat man said this, I came to my senses and asked, "Zhang Ya looks weird, do you see anything?" ”
The little fat man shook his head and didn't speak, and continued to walk forward, I sighed, and followed.
When I entered the village, I didn't forget to look back and find that the mist covering the mountain had dissipated, and the mountain had returned to its original state.
At this time, when the day was just dawning, and the people of the village had not yet come out, I saw an animal tied to the door of each house, and the animals were alive and had not been disemboweled.
"It seems that the yin and yang pile has been broken by your master, and this is finally over!"
I let out a long breath of depression that I had been holding for days, feeling relieved, and everything was finally over.
Although there are many mysteries that have not been solved, I don't think there is any need for that, everything that should be over is over, and I can just live a down-to-earth life as a little mute in the future.
Thinking of the little mute, I couldn't help but quicken my pace.
But something strange happened, from the foot of the back mountain to our house, it was only more than half an hour at most, but I felt that I had walked for a long, long time, and still did not see the door of my house.
The house is still a familiar house, the road is still a familiar road, but I just can't find the door of my house.
The little fat man walked next to me, yawning again, I dragged him, "Shi thing, take a look, what's going on." ”
"I am north and south, not east and west!" The little fat man was very taboo that others would call him by the wrong name, rubbed his eyes, looked around, his face suddenly changed, and he dragged me back.
"Don't talk, go back the way you came!"
I don't know what's going on, but looking at the serious look of the little fat man, I know that it's definitely not a good thing. Just behind him, the atmosphere didn't dare to gasp.
When he returned to the foot of the mountain again, the little fat man let out a long breath and looked puzzled, "How can there be ghosts hitting the wall?" ”
"What, the ghost hits the wall?" As soon as I heard this word, I trembled in my heart, just thought that the matter was over, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing again, and asked anxiously: "What can I do then!" ”
The little fat man frowned and said, "It's nothing if the ghost hits the wall, it's just ......"
He didn't continue, "Forget it, let's go back and have a look." ”
On the way, the little fat man told me that the ghost hitting the wall is a low-level trick, and it is very simple to solve, just go back the same way.
But don't keep walking, or stay where you are, some ghosts hit the wall for a long time, and you have to trap people inside.
When I returned to the village again, this time I could see clearly, the cattle at the door of every house were still all disemboweled, and the living animals I saw just now were just an illusion of ghosts hitting the wall!
The heart I had just let go of suddenly hung up again, could it be that the little fat man's master didn't break the yin and yang pile at all?
When I walked to the door of my house, I was just about to go inside, when I suddenly found that I did not see any animals at the door, nor did I find any traces, that is, the little mute had not been outside the door at all last night.
Thinking of the deaths of those families before, my brain suddenly buzzed, and I slammed on the door: "Little dumb! Little dumb! ”