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"Biting a turtle?" Bai Li looked down at the tortoise that was already lying on the ground, and said in his heart that it was no wonder that there was a wound in the abdomen of the tortoise, and it was estimated that the turtle shell was too hard, and the eighth master couldn't bite it, so he bit the belly directly.

"Yes, a few of us were stupid at the time, and we said that even if this eighth master is hungry, he won't eat that turtle raw. But the eighth master just glared at us with a strange expression, said what do you know, and bit the turtle regardless of it. It took a lot of effort and several bites before he saw a little blood. ”

"No, you're mistaken, the blood wasn't bitten out by the eighth master, the turtle was injured when it was dug up, and the eighth master bit it along the turtle's wound." The other person said weakly: "Fortunately, he only sucked a few mouthfuls of blood and put the turtle up." At that time, the eighth master was still fine. According to the past habits, if we found the stele, we should go back and hand it over to the shopkeeper, but the eighth master said that we are not in a hurry to go back, and we have to find someone, a deaf and dumb girl who can't hear her ears. ”

"So, you came to Huaxi Town?"

"No, no, we went to Guozhai first. Guozhai is not a cottage, but the name of a village, not far from Turtle Village. I heard from the people of Turtle Village that there was a girl who was born deaf in Guozhai, but when we searched for it, we learned that the girl was dead. ”

"The girl is dead? How did he die? ”

"He said he was killed by hitting a wall." The man replied: "I heard from the people in the village that it was the girl's family who found a family affair for her, and the girl was unwilling, but she couldn't resist her father. Disheartened, he crashed into the wall and died on the day he left the cabinet. If you want me to say, this father and mother are too ruthless, even if this girl is deaf, it is also their own daughter, and that girl is still very good-looking, how can they bear to marry such a beautiful daughter to an old bachelor who misbehaves. If I were this girl, I would have to die headfirst. ”

"How do you know that girl is pretty?" Bai Li asked.

"We've seen it." The man blurted out, "It's not that we want to dig that girl's grave, it's the eighth master, and it's the eighth master who asked us to dig it." The girl's family was also ruthless enough, saying that the girl had already promised someone and could not be buried in her ancestral grave. But the girl didn't worship the world with the old bachelor, and the old bachelor didn't want to accept it. The girl's family buried her in a wasteland, which was similar to a mass grave. When we dug her out, she was still dressed in the red dress she had been married into, and although there were wounds and blood stains on her head, it was not scary at all, as if she had fallen asleep. ”

"What did you do?" Bai Li continued to ask.

"I didn't ...... We didn't do anything, we just listened to the eighth master's arrangement to dig out the girl. We don't know why the eighth master did that, but we saw him take out the turtle and put it on the girl, and asked it if he knew it. At that time, we felt that something was wrong with the eighth master, as if we were stupid. Not to mention whether this eighth master understands turtle language, even if he does, it is impossible for this turtle dug up from the barren mountain to know the girl of Guo Zhai. ”

"And then? What happened? ”

"Nothing happened, of course it was impossible for the turtle to answer the eighth master's question, and the eighth master seemed to be quite disappointed, his face was dark and scary. Then he told us to bury the girl again. We deliberately chose a place, surrounded by small wildflowers, and buried the girl. Although we were thieves before, we were not good people, but we were not hard-hearted, and we were very careful when we buried the girl. ”

"After burying the girl, you came to Huaxi Town?"

"Pretty much."

"Yes, yes, no, no, what do you mean by almost?"

"We originally wanted to go to Liyang City, but we heard that something strange happened there. It is said that a doctor dug out the heart of someone else's girl in order to help his daughter treat her illness. The eighth master wanted to find out what kind of illness that man's daughter had, so he planned to take a few of us to Liyang. Later, for some reason, the eighth master suddenly changed his mind and brought us directly to Huaxi Town.

That is, on the way to Huaxi Town, we found that the eighth master became more and more weird, first of all, something similar to the turtle shell pattern grew on his body, and the skin on his back became very hard and hard. Then there is his eating habits, he has become less fond of cooked food, but prefers to eat raw, and often stares at a few of us in the middle of the night, as if he is staring at a few dishes.

We were afraid, but we didn't dare to run away, and we even pretended to be asleep at night. Don't hide it from the girl, we are all planning along the way, either to escape, or to kill the eighth master, and when I see the shopkeeper, I will tell him that the eighth master encountered an accident on the way to find the stone tablet. ”

"Did you do it?"

"I didn't ...... Before we could do it, we had planned to do it last night, but before we could take a few actions, the eighth master himself woke up first. It's also strange to say, the eighth master's usual alcohol consumption is not good, and besides, a few of us have deliberately moved our hands and feet in the wine and food, so it is no problem for him to sleep for an extra day and night. The eighth master woke up, and a few of us were scared half to death, thinking that the matter was revealed, and he was going to do something to us in advance, but he ran out.

We looked at each other, but didn't know what was going on, so we quietly followed. We saw that the eighth master sneaked into a house, and soon after he carried a girl out. Just when we thought that the eighth master was going to do something to the girl, he suddenly went crazy and became a very strange ...... that looked like him but not quite like him Monsters, yes, monsters. And then...... Then he bit the girl to death. We were so frightened that we fled back before the eighth master found out. After about two hours, the eighth master came back, with a very strong smell of blood. We fetched him water and prepared a change of clothes for him. He didn't say anything, and we didn't dare ask. And then it was dawn, and we saw you. ”

"And how did you disappear from the inn? I mean, how did you guys get out of the inn? ”

"I don't know, we really don't know, but when it suddenly got dark, there was a buzzing in our ears, and then it was like we heard a lot of people talking. When we woke up again, we found a few of us standing at the door of the government, our clothes wet. The eighth master was not there, and we were worried that we would run into the people from the yamen, and we didn't know what happened before, so we hurriedly ran back. ”

"If you lie, if you only appear at the door of the yamen, you will not be pale with fright. Say, what happened? Bai Li approached the man: "Oh, look at that turtle, are you familiar?" If you don't say it, I'll let it bite you and turn you into a monster like the Eighth Master. ”

The spinning turtle glanced at Bai Li indifferently, and said in his heart: "This spinning turtle is such a casual turtle!" ”