Chapter 43: The Divergence of Men and Ghosts
Shen Ke took two steps back, frowned slightly, and retracted the jade bowl into his bag. Then he squatted down and looked at the human head in the soil carefully, and it looked like he should be a man, but his eyes didn't know who had gouged them out, and his eyes seemed hollow. The skin and muscles have become visibly decayed.
He took out his saber and touched his head, seeing that he didn't react, Shen Ke stopped caring about him, and looked around to find that he was in a deserted courtyard, with fallen leaves on the ground nearby, and most of the windows and doors of the houses in the distance had been corroded.
At this time, there was a low roar and rustle of wild beasts from the gate of the courtyard, and Shen Ke turned around and was slightly stunned.
A ragged man with pale skin walked in along the courtyard gate, but his joints were stiff and he couldn't lift his legs, and his speed was slightly slow. And the beast's roar came from his throat.
Shen Ke looked at this person calmly, or rather, zombies and zombies.
He didn't look at Shen Ke, and after walking in, he went straight to the head planted on the ground. Shen Ke gave him a place, he walked in front of the head, stretched out his hands and pressed on the heavenly spirit cover of the head, the nails were sharp and long, making Shen Ke inexplicably reminded of the big-mouthed female monster before.
It seems to be adjusting the force, and the movements are clumsy at first. Soon he seemed to have mastered the skill, and his fingernails were clasped and the skull of the human head on the ground was removed.
Shen Ke stretched his neck to look, there was nothing in the head.
The zombie looked disappointed and angry, threw its skull to the ground, turned and walked away.
Shen Ke finally couldn't help but smile, but at this moment, the zombie turned back to Shen Ke and said, "Laugh at you and scold the next door!"
"What's the situation? Is he human?"
Shen Ke was scolded by the zombies, but he was not angry. Thinking about it, it was even funnier, so I thought about it in place, and walked out of the courtyard gate to follow behind the zombie.
Outside the courtyard gate, the houses on the entire street seemed to be abandoned. The roads are dirt roads, and the houses are mostly straw, unlike a modern city.
The zombie walked very slowly, and I don't know what he was judging it from, but the route was clear, and after passing a few houses, he entered the yard again.
Shen Ke followed and walked in, and found that in the ground in the center of the courtyard, another human head appeared. There is not much rot in the muscles of this human head, and it can be vaguely seen that it is a good-looking woman. The zombie stepped forward and excitedly unscrewed the celestial spirit cover of the woman's head.
disappointed again, Shen Ke next to him was dazzled.
I saw that in this skull, there was a piece of paper with words written on it. Shen Ke stepped forward and picked it out with a saber to watch carefully.
The paper reads: Go to Nanhuai Town, meet the demons and fight with them, lose the enemy, and die, please send a certain bone to Lantian City, there will be heavy thanks.
"What kind of thing is this?The suicide note left by the dead man in his head?Or is it simply a message?" Shen Ke threw away the letter, and when he saw that the zombie had walked out of the courtyard gate, he chased after him and said, "Brother Ren..."
The zombie interrupted: "People and ghosts have different paths, don't talk to Lao Tzu." ”
Shen Ke was choked silent for a moment, "Brother Ren, what are you looking for?"
"Of course it's looking for brains, I'm hungry. The zombie said, realizing that he had reached the end of the street, and he couldn't help but yell and vent his emotions as if he had achieved nothing.
Shen Ke couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Ren, I also have brains, why do you turn a blind eye to me." ”
The zombie turned his head sharply and glared at Shen Ke with red eyes, "Your head is in the second courtyard on the left side of the street in front, there is nothing in it, and you still want to lie to me?
When Shen Ke heard this, he quickly ran to the second courtyard on the left according to what he said. Right in the center, "the skull of a human head has been lifted, and there is nothing inside."
"Impossible! This person is not me!" Shen Ke picked up the skull and put it on the human head, only to see a bald head with no half rotten skin, although he didn't know who had his eyes gouged out, but the details of his face were none other than him Shen Ke!
Shen Ke took two steps in place, just wanted to find the zombie to understand the situation, and as soon as he was discharged from the hospital, he knocked a person away because of too much strength.
At the same time, the dazzling sunlight couldn't help but make Shen Ke squint slightly.
"What the hell are you in a hurry to reincarnate?" The one who was knocked to the ground was a thin man, dressed in sackcloth, with his hair in a bun, and his two mustaches that looked like thieves.
Shen Ke looked up and saw people coming and going on the street, and the sound of hawking and juggling was noisy.
"Hey! What about Lao Tzu asking you? Fuck you, Lao Tzu just bought a new dress, you have to pay me money, otherwise we'll see you at the yamen, and I'll let you be a prisoner for the rest of your life!" The bearded man grabbed the corner of Shen Ke's clothes and refused to let go.
Shen Ke has no leisure to entangle with the eight-character beard, but now the situation is weird. couldn't help but say: "Brother, I didn't mean to do this." Do you think I'm a rich man?"
The eight-character beard looked Shen Ke up and down, and said without hesitation: "Like!"
Shen Ke looked down at his body when he heard this, his clothes and pants were all satin and bluewood, with auspicious clouds embroidered on his left chest, and there was a gold silk belt at the hem of his clothes, and a thumb-sized jade was inlaid in the center.
"Then tell me, a rich person like me would be afraid to go to the yamen with you?" Shen Ke was surprised in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "Even if you can make some money, do you have a life to spend?"
After thinking about it, he felt that what Shen Ke said was very reasonable. So after glaring at Shen Ke resentfully, he turned around and left.
Shen Ke stopped the mustache, "Brother Tai, slow down, your clothes are indeed soiled because of me." Why don't you ask you to eat and make amends? As he spoke, he took off the jade from his belt.
Bazihu rolled his eyes, and laughed: "Then it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”
He led the way to the pawn shop first, put the jade on top of three gold leaves, and then went to the largest restaurant in the street.
People come and go in the restaurant, and it is extremely noisy. The two found a no-man's corner, and Shen Ke threw a piece of gold leaf to the shopkeeper and said, "The best wine and food, I will reward you for the excess." ”
"Thank you, uncle!" The shopkeeper happily took the gold leaf, and it didn't take long for a whole table of wine and food to be served.
Bazihu was already hungry, got up and poured a glass of wine for Shen Ke first, and then said: "Thank you brother, your table of food can top my new clothes for a lifetime." ”
Shen Ke smiled and was about to ask what the eight-character nonsense was called, when suddenly there was a loud shout from the door.
"In broad daylight, a group of demons gather to make trouble, it's really lawless!"
With the loud shouting, the whole restaurant was silent, and the silence made the scalp tingle. Everyone stopped moving and looked at the door of the restaurant.
I saw a bright woman dressed in precious silk and a white cloak, staring at them with anger on her face.
Shen Ke felt that this woman was familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, and after thinking about it, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
This woman is clearly the woman who was planted in the ground with a message in her head!