Chapter 5 Restitution for Life
The stone bridge that stretched to the endless distance seemed to have a strange attraction, which made it difficult for Xue Chuan to look away at the first sight of it, and he felt a trance in his heart, and a desire to follow the colorful lights on the stone bridge to the endless and distant unknown.
However, at this moment, the mysterious woman's cold voice sounded behind Xue Chuan, making him tremble and come back to his senses:
"If you think you've lived enough, you can keep watching. ”
Xue Chuan grinned, hurriedly fluttered the river, and let himself turn away, no longer staring at the magnificent and terrifying stone bridge.
Looking around, the floating corpses that had been trying to drag him into the river all turned into sporadic green brilliance, and they all merged on the stone bridge behind Xue Chuan, floating on the bridge, spreading into the distant darkness.
Countless corpses turned into white bones one after another and slowly sank into the river.
"Is that the legendary Nai He Bridge?" Xue Chuan didn't dare to look back, so he had to turn his head slightly and asked.
The mysterious woman stared at the stone bridge: "That's right, the legendary bridge to extradite the souls of the dead transcends life and death and the existence of ancient and modern times, and leads the lonely souls of the yang world to the ...... of the netherworld."
"But if a living being in the yang world sees it at an incorrect time, whether or not the yang life is not over, it will be hooked away from the three souls and seven spirits and go to the realm of the yin dead and the living..."
The figure of the mysterious woman suddenly appeared in front of Xue Chuan, who didn't even react.
The mysterious woman raised her eyebrows: "It means that if it weren't for me, you would have gone to line up for soup by now." ”
Xue Chuan laughed when he heard this, as for what the mysterious woman said about drinking soup, Xue Chuan, who was familiar with all kinds of myths, was naturally very clear.
After crossing the Nai He Bridge and drinking Meng Po soup, there was no hope in the past life, and he only looked forward to the next life.
"Have you forgotten anything, though?" the mysterious woman suddenly nodded in the other direction.
Xue Chuan also reacted, and before he could look in the direction indicated by the mysterious woman, a heavy chain with blood and rust suddenly pierced his chest!
"Hmm!" The pain in his chest was not ordinary, and Xue Chuan only felt an irresistible force coming from the source of the iron chain, and it was actually pulling him out of the river and dragging him towards the source of the iron chain!
"Bang!" With a muffled sound, Xue Chuan smashed on several cold corpses, and even splashed a little corpse water on those corpses that were still struggling.
"Uh!" Xue Chuan lay on his back on those corpses, endured the heart-rending pain in his chest, brushed away the water stains on his face with his hands, and barely opened his eyes, but what came into his eyes was a pair of eyes full of death and resentment!
Xue Chuan's heart trembled immediately, and he quickly closed his eyes, not daring to look at the evil eyes of the barefoot girl again.
"Etc.. Wait! I... Hmm... I can... I can do it for you... Will that last man... The reincarnation of... Bring your.. Whew... Front, please... Please give me one time.. Chance....!"
Xue Chuan almost exhausted his last strength before he struggled to say this paragraph.
The silence that followed, for Xue Chuan, was a desperate judgment before death.
"If you break your promise, you will be worth your life!" As a hoarse and low voice sounded, the iron chain that had penetrated Xue Chuan's chest was slowly withdrawn, and Xue Chuan was tied up and thrown onto the previous boat.
Xue Chuan still didn't dare to open his eyes, struggled to get up, knelt on the boat, kowtowed a few times in the direction of the barefoot girl, and said with difficulty: "I will definitely keep my promise!"
When Xue Chuan opened his eyes, he was surprised to find that the wound on his chest no longer existed, and his body also gushed out a little strength. He raised his head, the barefoot girl and the mysterious woman were gone, and the thick fog on the river gradually dispersed a road, and on the other side of the road, the lights of Chailu Village could be vaguely seen.
At this time, the mysterious woman's voice sounded again, but it was much more ethereal: "She can't go ashore, but you can't leave the village either, don't be lucky." ”
Xue Chuan nodded seriously, took a deep breath, and slowly shook the oars.
......
When Liu Feng woke up, he only felt dizzy and wanted to shake his head to drive away this uncomfortable feeling, but found that he could not move.
"What is it?" Liu Feng frowned, tried to move, and found that his limbs were bound to a rudimentary stretcher.
This stretcher is out of that layer of cloth, but it looks like a bamboo raft, for some reason, maybe because of the weirdness of the Lujiang River, Liu Feng felt a little bad the moment he saw this bamboo raft stretcher.
"Ahem. ”
Not far away, the familiar coughing sound came, Liu Feng's ears moved slightly, and he immediately turned his head, and sure enough, he saw the village chief of Chailu Village who was half of his body hidden in the shadows under the lights.
"Village Chief Li, are you...?" Liu Feng felt the pain in the back of his head, coupled with the scattered splicing of memories before the coma, he was also aware of the strangeness of the situation.
The old village chief slowly paced to Liu Feng's side, took a deep breath of cigarette, and spit the thick gray smoke on Liu Feng's face, causing the latter to cough violently.
The old village chief brought a chair from nowhere, sat next to Liu Feng leisurely, and said:
"She's been chasing me for so many years, and she hasn't been able to take my life, thanks to you self-righteous fools. ”
Listening to the vicissitudes of the old village chief's vicissitudes but with sarcastic words, Liu Feng thought for a while but was confused: "What do you mean?"
The village chief of Chailu Village knocked on the bamboo stick of the stretcher, patted Liu Feng's shoulder by the way, sneered, and said:
"You charlatans who walk the streets and alleys should be ready to meet the 'main master' for a long time, right?
As soon as Liu Feng's eyes opened, there was a burst of overturning in his head!
This old man actually knew their identities for a long time?!
"Of course I know what you guys are. The smile of the village chief of Chailu Village became colder and colder, and he saw him stand up and begin to pace around Liu Feng.
"After so many years, anyone who has a little ability can see the danger and dare not mix it in the slightest, and only you people who are stunned will feel that there is an opportunity. ”
Liu Feng's eyes rolled a few times, and he also figured out some of the causes and effects, and a cold sweat couldn't help but burst out.
"Hehe, six people die every five years, and among these six people, you liars who pretend to be gods and tricks have filled a lot of vacancies, and most of the guys before you have sunk to the bottom of the river. ”
The village chief of Chailu Village suddenly stopped. The flickering lights reflected his evil smile, which made Liu Feng's heart tremble.
"Plus your brother who went to death in a small boat, it should be enough. ”
The village chief of Chailu Village clapped his hands, and several young men came out of the four places, lifted the bamboo raft shelf neatly, and carried Liu Feng towards the door of the gloomy room.
"Wait a minute! There's something to discuss!First - woo!" A large ball of linen cloth was rudely stuffed into Liu Feng's mouth, so that he could only stare at his eyes in horror, whimpering but unable to say a word.
The village chief of Chailu Village was the last person to walk out of the warehouse, and before closing the door of the warehouse, he glanced inside, showed that chilling smile, and said to himself: "Hehe, what can you do if you become a ghost?
"Bang!"
The door of the storehouse was closed, and the village chief and the four or so young figures also disappeared into the night.
Not long after, in another shadow outside the warehouse, a person slowly walked out, it was the man surnamed Zhang next to the old village chief.
I saw that his face was cloudy, and I didn't know what was thinking in my heart. After a long time, he walked in the direction where the village chief and the others disappeared.
The people of Chailu Village are basically gathered together, and dozens of torches also reflect the darkness of the river a little, but they still can't drive away the fear that lingers in people's hearts.
Liu Fengzheng was carried by several people and slowly pushed into the river, leaving only half of it on the shore, waiting for the village chief's final order.
Looking at the ups and downs of the river, the face of the village chief of Chailu Village was also faintly tinged with some fear. He took another puff of his cigarette and waved his hand: "Push it down." ”
When those young men heard this, they all worked hard together, and they wanted to push the bamboo raft carrying Liu Feng into the river.
At this moment, there was a sound of water flowing in the river not far away, which made the village chief of Chailu Village frown, and stopped him in a loud voice: "Slow down!
The people standing by the river looked at each other, wondering what was going on.
Village Chief Li settled down, looked carefully, and saw clearly what was not far away, only to see that the page of the boat was slowly approaching the shore in an unhurried attitude.
On the boat, Xue Chuan, who was in a white shirt, was sitting on his side, slowly shaking the oars.
Village Chief Li's pupils shrank, his heart was shocked, and he said secretly: "How can he be safe and sound?"
Facing this young man who suddenly became mysterious, Village Chief Li couldn't find out the truth and reality, so he could only wait for it to change.
When the boat docked, Xue Chuan put down the oars, stood up, shook his clothes, and walked off the boat.
When Xue Chuan saw Liu Feng, who was tied up like a dumpling, and noticed the ecstasy in the latter's eyes, he also raised his eyebrows, looked at the village chief of Chailu Village, and arched his hand: "Village Chief Li, I don't know what happened to my companion to be treated like this by you?"
In his heart, Xue Chuan sneered. He had long understood the cause and effect, and he naturally knew very well that this vicious old man actually just wanted to use them as a substitute for the dead.
Village Chief Li pondered for a moment and said, "When your companion was communicating with a few other people in the corner earlier, he actually said that you were a liar who walked the rivers and lakes, so the villagers were resentful and angry, so they made this impulsive move. ”
Village Chief Li's words sounded reasonable, but instead pointed the finger at the origin of Xue Chuan and others, completely covering up the true purpose.
However, Xue Chuan is not a fool, in the face of this situation, Xue Chuan made a look of panic, hurriedly walked to the side of Village Chief Li, and said again and again: "How is this possible? It must be my brother's confused head that is just talking nonsense!"
Seeing Xue Chuan's reaction, Village Chief Li was also a little relieved, so he looked at Liu Feng and said, "Since it is nonsense, presumably Master Xue is also a capable master, so I don't know the disaster of water ghosts in the river....?"
Xue Chuan hurriedly laughed: "Naturally, it has been solved, and now there is still one small step left to achieve great consummation." ”
Village Chief Li was shocked that Xue Chuan had actually said that he had solved the water ghost evil, and he was also a little distracted, so he didn't notice Xue Chuan's abnormal expression, and asked instead, "What steps?"
"It's very simple," Xue Chuan stepped out suddenly, his right hand directly choked Village Chief Li's neck, and his left hand punched Village Chief Li in the abdomen, so painful that the old man snorted directly, and then fell to his knees with a soft body.
Xue Chuan then sneered: "It's just that I have to pay for your life!"