Chapter 12: The Walking Dead (Part II)

There is a section in the "Ten Thousand Demon Spectrum" about the walking corpse. The so-called walking corpse is a person who has died, possessed by corpse insects, and can still move. The corpse insect is an extremely tiny demon worm, which is not recognizable to the naked eye at all, and the corpse worm can only parasitize on the corpse of the just dead, harmless to ordinary people, and few people know about it.

Jiang Chen hurriedly picked up a wooden stick and threw it at the walking corpse, which was hit by a stick on the head, but it only shook it, and it was fine. However, Jiang Wu took the opportunity to withdraw the iron sword and protect it in front of him.

The walking corpse seemed to be enraged, she let out a hoarse low roar, and reached out to grab Jiang Chen fiercely.

Jiang Chen was startled and hurriedly retreated to dodge. At this time, a sudden gust of demonic wind rolled up, and a black satin flew out of the sleeve of the black ant banshee Moshu, wrapping the walking corpse in a circle.

The walking corpse suddenly couldn't move, and under the struggle, she fell to the ground with a "bang".

"Didn't you say you wouldn't help?" Jiang Chen let out a long sigh of relief.

"I'm not helping you, I'm helping this kid. He often fed my children and grandchildren with steamed bread crumbs. Mursh said. The white-haired child has no playmates, so he can only watch the black ants play in the yard.

Jiang Wu was about to clean up the walking corpse, but the white hair pounced on the walking corpse, crying: "Don't beat my mother!"

"Is he your mother?" Jiang Wu was stunned for a moment and put away the iron sword.

He picked up his white hair, gently stroked his forehead, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, we are not bad people. Tell us, when did your mother become like this, and did your mother have a serious illness recently?"

Jiang Wu's smile was very gentle and intimate, and Bai Hai'er didn't seem to be so scared. With tears in his eyes, he nodded again and again, and said, "It was half a month ago." One day, my mother suddenly lay motionless on the ground and fell asleep, unable to wake up. I tried to move her to the bed, but I couldn't. My mother's body was getting colder and colder, so I brought a quilt and covered her. I waited for two days, and my mother finally woke up. I said I was hungry, so she steamed steamed buns for me. My mother has been like this since she woke up, she can't speak, and she doesn't sleep at night, just watches me sleep. ”

Although the walking corpse can move, it is not so flexible after all, and cannot speak normally like a living person, and can only let out a low whining sound.

"So that's the case!" Jiang Chen suddenly said. Obviously, the mother and son depend on each other, the mother died suddenly half a month ago, the child did not know, still standing by the mother's body, thinking that the mother was just asleep.

"Isn't the walking corpse inhumane, how can they continue to take care of children?" Jiang Wu asked Jiang Chen in a whisper.

Jiang Chen said: "Ordinary walking corpses are indeed inhumane, they can't speak, they have no thoughts and feelings, they are just a moving piece of flesh and bones. But before her death, this walking corpse was a mother who loved her son, and she still wanted to take care of her children until she died, worried that she would have no one to take care of her children after her death. Probably because her obsession was too deep, she still retained part of her obsession after being possessed by corpse insects and becoming a walking corpse, and instinctively continued to take care of her children. ”

However, she is still a walking corpse in nature, and the corpse qi and demonic aura emitted from her body have a great impact on the child. This is why the child's hair turns gray. In the long run, this child's body will also deteriorate, and I am afraid that he will eventually become a walking corpse. ”

Bai Fa'er didn't know what Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu were whispering, he felt that these big brothers were not bad people, so he pulled the corner of Jiang Wu's clothes and cried and said, "Big brother, please, save my mother!"

Jiang Chen shook his head and said, "Your mother's illness, we really can't cure it!"

As Taoist heroes, they can at most remove the corpse worms, but they can't bring them back to life, and the white-haired mother has already died, so they are powerless to return to the sky.

When the white-haired child heard this, he cried even more fiercely. When the walking corpse saw the child crying, he struggled to stretch out his arms, wiped away his tears, took him into his arms, and gently stroked his hair—this is probably a mother's instinct.

Jiang Chen felt sorry in his heart, he was always giggling and not serious on weekdays, but at this time, there were tears in the corners of his eyes.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world! This mother still has an obsession to take care of her children after her death, and she can't rest assured; when Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu's parents said goodbye without saying goodbye, will they have nothing to worry about?

If they really have a last resort to leave, they will definitely be prepared before leaving, so that the brothers will not be left alone. However, their parents did not make any preparations, showed no signs of leaving, and even prepared breakfast as usual on the day of farewell. In this way, the parents did not deliberately leave them.

The two brothers miss their parents very much, and they must miss them very much at this time.

Jiang Chen thought of this, and his heart was very emotional. He looked at Jiang Wu, and so did Jiang Wu. is also the loss of the care of his parents when he was young, and the experience of this white-haired child is easy to resonate with them.

Jiang Wu stretched out his hand and gently put it on Bai Hai'er's shoulder, and said softly, "Don't worry, we will cure your mother." ”

Jiang Chen sighed lightly, every time Jiang Wu made this move, he wanted to take other people's affairs on his shoulders.

"What are you going to do?" Jiang Chen asked.

Jiang Wu shook his head: "I don't know! But, brother, you are so smart, there must be a way, right?"

Facing Jiang Wu's expectant gaze, Jiang Chen sighed again, his younger brother was too kind, but in the end, it was difficult for him to stand idly by.

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment, and Mo Shu suddenly said, "Let me take care of him." ”

"No!" Jiang Chen shook his head.

"Why?" Mo Shu was a little angry: "Is it because I am a demon and he is a human that I can't take care of him?" I thought you two brothers were different from everyone else!"

"It's not like that. Jiang Chen hurriedly explained: "It's not because of your identity, but because you're too withdrawn, and you never come into contact with other people." Do you want him to grow up to be like you, living alone?"

Murshu was silent. After a while, she sighed and said quietly, "He is indeed not suitable to live with me. He should grow up slowly under the pampering of his parents, like any other child. Then he will also have his own children, and pass on the love he has enjoyed to his children. ”

Mo Shu is not suitable for adopting a white-haired child, and Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu are also not suitable - they themselves are only teenagers, although they grew up prematurely because of the departure of their parents, but they do not have the mind and commitment to be parents.

"Do you want the landlord aunt to adopt him?" Jiang Wu suggested: "But even if Aunt Li agrees, she has been widowed for many years, and she will not be able to give the child a complete family." ”

Jiang Chen shook his head: "Aunt Li has never expressed the idea of adopting a child, if she wants to adopt, I am afraid she has already taken action." ”

Jiang Wu sighed: "Fate is impermanent! There are droughts in some places, floods in others, and some parents can't ask for their children, but some children have no parents to take care of them. Everyone has their own difficulties, even if they may not be worth mentioning in the eyes of others. ”

The so-called speaker has no intention of listening, Jiang Chen heard this, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly changed the topic and asked Jiang Wu: "By the way, the middle-aged couple who came to the Taoist hall yesterday to ask for a child, do you still remember their names?"

They are the Wang family who live in a dyeing shop in the north of the town, and they also left their birthdays. Jiang Wu nodded: "Why did you suddenly ask about this......?"

"That's good!" Jiang Chen smiled slightly: "I have an idea of the best of both worlds! However, this needs to be used with the help of your Dao method to be seamless!"

Jiang Wu nodded, he roughly guessed Jiang Chen's intentions.

Jiang Chen leaned over to Bai Hai'er and asked, "What's your name?"

"Lin Lu. Bai Fa'er said: "My mother calls me Xiao Lu'er." ”

Jiang Chen said: "Xiao Lu'er, your mother is seriously ill, and we have a way to save her." It's just that after being cured, your mother will forget the previous things and her appearance will change, would you like to?"