Chapter 255: Night Corpse
Rustling .....
The shadows of the trees in the courtyard swayed on the paper windows, the sound of the wind outside the house squeezed into the doorway, the oil lamps were dim and brightly extinguished, and the guys separated by a curtain clattered their teeth softly, and their eyes stared at the female corpse parked on the funeral bed without blinking.
The shopkeeper looked at it for a while, his eyes were sour, his eyelids drooped, and his sleepiness hit, and he only heard the light sound of the clatter in the hazy way, and the sleepy guy woke up with a spirit, and quickly wiped his eyes.
On the other side of the blurred curtain, the oil lamp swayed, and the corpse on the funeral bed sat upright under a white cloth.
'I'..... It's mine.... Mother's ......'
Seeing the dead mother-in-law of the shopkeeper sit up, uncover the paper quilt on her body, put down her stiff legs, and between movements, the white cloth covering her face slips off, revealing a pale golden face, her eyes are gray and godless, her mouth and nose are crooked, and the tip of her blue tongue is on her lips, shaking and slowly walking across the curtain.
Mutter~
The guy swallowed a mouthful of saliva, closed his eyes, covered his head under the covers, and curled up.
'Early Knowledge..... I won't earn the shopkeeper's more than a dozen .....
After a while, there seemed to be no movement in the house, the man quietly picked up a gap in the quilt, and in the dim light, he saw a figure wearing shroud pants walking back and forth, and at a certain moment, as if he felt someone peeking, he turned around and faced him suddenly.
The guy shouted "ah--", lifted the quilt and saw a pale golden, lifeless corpse standing by the bed, and immediately turned off the bed in fright, and ran to open the door.
"Shopkeeper, your mother-in-law got upβ"
A frightened scream resounded in the backyard, and I heard the candles blown out in the room in the attic that was still lit, and the doors and windows slammed in succession.
'Your mother's .......'
The guy scolded in his heart, and the footsteps of the female corpse came from the hall behind him, and he didn't dare to stop, so he rushed to the side door of the backyard and ran straight out, feeling that the female corpse was behind, and he didn't dare to turn back, and ran out of the alley like crazy.
Bang bang bang!
Stumbling, the guy slammed on the doors of other houses in the vicinity as he ran, almost crying out in fright.
"Who opened the door and let me in......"
The night breeze blew through the long street, and in the direction where the panicked figures were running, there was still a light in the crack of the door of the room under an attic.
"...... alas, the old man looked at it in the past, it was really the corpse of the old wife, you said that people are dead, how can you still get up and kill your own relatives, not only my family, there are more than ten families in the town and my family is in the same situation, who is dead in the house now, the family stopped the body, left overnight, went to hide outside for two days and then came back, but other nearby neighbors can't go, it's not dark, every household immediately closed the door and closed the window, didn't dare to go out, for fear that the corpse would run in, and deliberately raised the threshold, after all, the corpse was stiff and the knees couldn't bendγ β
The dog barked at night, the oil lamp burned on the quiet table, and when he heard the old man tell about the strange things in the town, Lu Liangsheng thought about it carefully, he was not afraid of the demons and evil approaching, but he felt a little strange, it stands to reason that the corpse transformation pays attention to the conditions, either the yin qi is extremely heavy, or there are other external causes.
Moreover, as long as this party has just died, the corpse will rise on the night, which is a little too strange.
"Uncle, is there a land temple in this town?"
"No ....."
Speaking of this, the old man paused, suddenly remembered something, and looked at the scholar in front of him.
"There were many years ago, when the old man was also in his forties, it seemed to have rained heavily, lightning and thunder, and then I heard that the land temple at the entrance of the town collapsed, at that time, there was a shortage of soldiers, and no one cared about it, and I forgot it, and I forgot it, and the son thought it was because of the land temple?"
Lu Liangsheng suddenly faintly heard the sound of the street outside in his ears, his face remained silent, and he smiled: "Maybe." β
"Alas, the Land Temple should indeed be repaired, by the way, the son and the Taoist Master rushed overnight, I'm afraid they haven't eaten yet, right?"
The old man got up from the bench, took the oil lamp, lit a handful of straw and passed it to the stove, and broke a few branches to build a fire.
"If you don't dislike it, the old man will cook a meal for the two of you, anyway, I'm the only one in the family, and there is still rice and grain left. β
When he turned his head, only the scholar was still sitting there, bowing his hand to him and thanking him, while the Taoist on the side didn't know when to leave.
"Where's the Daoist?"
Lu Liangsheng smiled and pointed to the backyard: "He went to the thatched house to go to the toilet, and he will be back later." β
On the street outside the house, the Taoist who was said to go to the thatched house was running down the street with a yellow cloth bag, and the fog was filled, and a faint figure cried and knocked on the door, coming towards him.
Stumbled and turned around while running, and when he turned around, he happened to see Sun Yingxian in a Taoist robe, and the whole person cried out with excitement "Wow!"
"Dao Chief, help!"
Ran over, threw himself directly at the feet of the Taoist, hugged his ankle, and lay on the ground to point to the mist-shrouded street behind him.
"The corpse of my mother-in-law has changed. β
"I've been chasing after me, I'm so scared!"
Doe?
Sun Yingxian looked serious, shook the guy on the ground and rolled over with a hook of his foot, took out a few talismans from the yellow cloth bag on his waist and sandwiched them between his fingers, and turned his head to look at the guy on the ground.
"What is the age of the corpse, let it ..... But it's terrifying?"
The guy didn't react, and his words were trembling: "Scared..... Can scare people to death. β
In an instant, a few talismans sandwiched between the Taoist's fingers were suddenly put into their pockets, and the red line and a small sword were wiped out again, ignoring the guy, through the mist, a figure swayed and ran, and with a finger, it shone directly.
The red rope strangled the neck of the female corpse, Sun Yingxian's arm quickly circled, the small sword stabbed the back of the opponent's head, the dark red blood stains slipped down the edge for a moment, the female corpse's arms stretched out, swept backwards, the Taoist shrank down, pinched the red line and quickly raised his hand to press the corpse's forehead, like one end of the line seemed to be glued to it.
The Taoist stepped back quickly, stretched the red thread, and the black spread along the woman's forehead over the red rope, and the corpse froze in place and remained motionless.
"It's done. β
Sun Yingxian rolled up the blackened rope, took out a talisman and wrapped it, and then lit it and threw it on the side of the street to burn.
Pushing the corpse to the ground, one jumped up and stepped on the roof of the house next to him, stepped on the tiles and went to the alley when he came, kicked the courtyard wall under his feet, fell back into the courtyard lightly, patted his robe and walked into the room, and picked his chin at the scholar over there, making a reassuring gesture.
Soon after dinner, there was a shout outside, and the old man ran out to look, and then shook his head and came in, probably the female body had been found.
Thinking that there were still two guests there, he didn't say much, so as not to frighten the two, so he took out two futons and walked up to the attic.
"My wife and children have passed away, and no one has lived upstairs for a long time, so don't dislike them. β
"Don't dislike it, I have lived in the wilderness. β
"That's good, that's good. β
Maybe he has been lonely for too long, and the town is depressed, the old man made the bed quilt, and chatted with Lu Liangsheng and the Taoist people a lot, and chatted for a while, and then the old man went down to wash and sleep with the oil lamp.
Call.....
The night breeze was blowing, there were still some voices on the street outside, the branches outside the window lattice were gently swaying on the paper window, the Taoist moved the bookshelf up, poured the bed, and fell asleep under the quilt for a while, occasionally whispering softly.
'Jingqiu..... Small Fiber ..... Hey, hey.....'
Lu Liangsheng glanced at him, shook his head, brushed the sleeves of his robe, showing that a light of tea rose warm, took two copies of "Atlas of Mountains and Seas" and sat under the window lattice by candlelight to read carefully for a while, and soon, he still took out the "Zhide" annotated by his teacher and read it lightly.
"Self-cultivation is the first thing to do...... There are people who are virtuous, there are people who have soil, there are people who have wealth, there are wealth that are useful, and those who are virtuous are also virtuous, and those who are virtuous are good words and good deeds........"
The tea is hot, the sound of reading is heard from the window lattice, and in the alleyway below, a small black shadow winds and climbs, and the fine scales shrink and climb up the tree, and fall along the shaking treetops to the brightly lit window lattice.
Hiss~~~
Hiss β
The snake roared, Lu Liangsheng raised his face, a small green snake coiled in the window, and when he saw the scholar noticing him, his tail wagged around.
"You came here to ask for fate? β
The candle flame was bright, and the little snake coiled quietly, listening to the scholar's clear voice, swallowing the snake's letter.