Huang Dayong was in an almost insane state. Even though the person was already dead, the knife in his hand kept falling.
His eyes were bloodshot, with red bloodshot veins like earthworms densely covering his eyeballs.
I struggled to keep my eyelids open and shouted, "She's dead, she's dead..."
But Huang Dayong's sharp knife did not stop.
I finally closed my eyes weakly.
My master told me what happened next when I woke up.
After I fell unconscious, my master rushed over and pulled Huang Dayong away.
After Yan Li died, her puppet pregnant woman burned up and turned into ashes. Her natal insect, Gan Gu, shrank instantly and died.
Huang Dayong sat on the ground, panting, tears rolling down like beads from a broken string.
He kept muttering: "Ni Xiu, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
But the woman named Ni Xiu, who was lying in the house with a completely black face, Huang Dayong's wife, was already dead.
My master came to me in a panic, and used a lighter to burn the baby puppet that flew out of the pregnant puppet's belly into ashes. He then poured the puppet's ashes and the bowl of blood collected from Yan Li into my mouth.
Afterwards, the blood color in my head that affected my nerves slowly disappeared, and my breathing became steady.
When I woke up, it was around ten o'clock the next morning.
The young man Xiao Nan brought a bowl of chicken soup and Yuquan fed it to me.
My master stood aside and told me everything that happened last night.
Huang Dayong had been taken away by Li Dongbin, the director of the county police station. Li Dongbin, who knew the general situation from my master, did not take me and my master to the police station because he knew Li Dongbin. He only took a statement.
The sunlight outside the window is very soft, and the warmth falls on my face.
White clouds float in the air, changing into strange shapes from time to time.
Green trees form a sea of forests, and birds are chirping in the trees.
I didn't expect that it would be so troublesome to deal with Yan Li alone. I don't know what to do when I meet the Miao girl Ana.
My master's eyes were still fixed on the window, and I knew that his hatred for Ana would not diminish.
I regained my strength, sat up from the bamboo chair, and asked softly, "Master, how is it? Is that Ana back?"
My master turned around, his eyes were kind, just like my father, and said, "Not yet. I have been watching here for a long time, but there is no movement over there. When you were asleep, I went to the stone house, but there was no one inside."
"Also, there are indeed a lot of human skulls hanging in the stone house. Director Li has also checked it out before and has found evidence that the Miao girl Ana has harmed people. Now the police also have people in the village, and their purpose is to catch Ana. I don't know if she will show up."
After listening to my master's words, I suddenly felt that it might be my own rash behavior that alerted the enemy.
I turned to my master and said apologetically, "Master, I'm sorry. I was too impulsive at that time. Now that Yan Li is dead, I'm afraid that Ana has already known what happened in the village and will not show up easily."
My master Zhang Chu said gently, "It's okay. I can't blame you for going to save people under the circumstances. Besides, Yan Li has killed many people, and the police have found evidence. She deserved to die."
I nodded and said nothing more.
The day passed peacefully, and once I had recovered, I walked out of the house.
Xiaonan and Yuquan accompanied me to stroll around the Tianqi Miao Village. I also met the hospitable Miao people who invited me to be their guest. I drank rice wine and ate cakes, and my mood became cheerful.
Come.
It was not until after seven o'clock in the evening that Yuquan, Xiaonan and I returned to Xiaonan's home, but my master told me that the Miao girl Ana was still nowhere to be seen.
Judging from my master’s furious expression, he will not let Ana go.
Sometimes hatred can make people irritable. My master ate a little in the morning, and didn't eat anything at noon or in the evening, only drinking a little water.
"Master, take a rest for a while. I'll help you keep an eye on it. You didn't get enough rest last night."
But my master refused and said, "No, Tianyi, I understand your feelings, but that Ana is a thorn in my heart. If I don't remove it, I will not be able to sleep or eat well."
I nodded and lay down on the bamboo bed.
Yuquan was lying next to me, already asleep, and at this moment he was probably enjoying the delicious food he had during the day, and couldn't bear to leave. Otherwise, his saliva wouldn't have flowed for so long.
Before I knew it, I fell asleep.
Someone moved next to him. It was Yuquan.
I felt very light, and when Yuquan got up, I already noticed it.
I opened my eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yuquan smiled awkwardly and said, "I drank too much rice wine during the day, and now I want to go to the toilet."
After that, Yuquan went down from the bamboo tent, opened the door and walked out.
But, just moments after I closed my eyes, a call suddenly came from outside.
It was Yuquan's voice.
Immediately, I shuddered and sat up from my bed.
My master Zhang Chu exclaimed: "Not good, Yuquan is in danger."
Then, I picked up the cloth bag hanging beside the bed, took the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword, and rushed out of the house with my master Zhang Chu.
The starlight outside was dim, and the night was like a person's shadow, following closely and being everywhere.
Following the direction where the sound came from, my master and I rushed over.
I found one of Yuquan's shoes by a tree near the bamboo house. Yuquan was gone, but his puddle of urine was still steaming and wet on the rotten leaves.
My master frowned and said, "It's Ana, it must be that woman. Her apprentice died, and she came to take revenge on us."
I didn't know how to respond, so I lowered my head and looked for traces left on the ground.
Don’t mention it, the traces were very obvious and I found them easily.
"Master, let's follow the traces quickly, maybe we can save Yuquan." I said with a worried look on my face.
My master Zhang Chu said sharply, "Okay, let's chase after them."
Xiao Nan's house is next to a forest, which extends deep into the woods.
It's not easy to find someone at this time of night.
The dense woods stood there, shrouded in the darkness, like a group of faceless people surrounding us.
After searching for a long time following the traces, Yuquan was still not found.
The clothes on my master and I were torn in many places, and there were bloody streaks on my palms and arms.
"Tianyi, you look out of breath, take a rest first." My master said.
I shook my head and said, "Not yet, it's more important to find Yuquan."
But after searching for another ten minutes, the traces disappeared.
Just when we thought there was no hope of finding Yuquan, we heard calls from afar.
"Is there anyone here? Help! Help..."
It’s Yuquan.
From the sound we can tell that we are not far away.
My master and I hurried over, and after more than twenty minutes, we finally reached the source of the sound.
There was a pool of dark water over there, and water splashed down from the cliff above the pool, making a "splashing" sound. The air was contaminated by the water and became humid, smelling of water vapor.
I looked and found
There was a dark shadow in an open space.
The dark shadow was leaning against a large rock, and the sound came from there.
My master shone a flashlight and discovered that the person on the stone was Yuquan.
Yuquan's hands and feet were tied up, and his clothes were stripped off except for a pair of shorts. He was thrown on the rocks like a fat pig waiting to be put into a pot. The wind blew and the temperature was a bit cold. Yuquan shivered constantly.
I was about to rush over, but my master turned off the flashlight, grabbed me and said, "It could be a trick!"
I understand what my master meant. He was afraid that Ana had kidnapped Yuquan to deliberately attract us.
I didn't hesitate, broke free from my master's hand, and said to him: "Master, I must go and save Yuquan. He is my friend, who has always followed me and trusts me. I don't want him to leave me like my girlfriend Susu. So I must go and save him."
I was so impulsive that I rushed over there without paying attention to my master's attempt to stop me.
My master shook his head helplessly, turned on the flashlight, and followed me.
"Yuquan, don't worry, I'm here to save you!"
I shouted from a distance.
Yuquan cried in her voice: "Brother Yang, you are finally here. I thought I would be thrown here to feed the tigers. Amitabha, I am not Tang Monk, but I was caught here."
I don't know what he is thinking, but I admire his attitude.
I looked around vigilantly, and when I found no danger, I approached Yuquan.
My master shone the flashlight on Yuquan's face. Yuquan was safe and sound, but his beige little ** made me laugh.
Seeing me staring at him, Yuquan blushed and said awkwardly, "Brother Yang, don't look at me like that. It makes me feel creepy."
I pretended to cough twice and asked Yuquan: "Do you know who brought you here?"
Yuquan thought about it, shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just went to the toilet, and then I was knocked unconscious. When I woke up, I was here."
My master Zhang Chu took out a knife and wanted to help Yuquan cut the rope on his body.
Just as my master had just cut the rope on Yuquan, a sound suddenly came from the dense woods in the distance.
"You two are the ones who are looking for me and killed my apprentice Yan Li?"
Following the sound, a dark figure slowly walked out from behind a tree.
My master said in a deep voice: "It's the Miao girl Ana, she's here!"
I knew how cruel and cold-blooded Ana was, and I was so nervous that cold sweat broke out on my palms.
Immediately, the light from the flashlight in my master's hand shone over there.
Ana's body appeared before our eyes.
This woman named Ana was very old, with wrinkles on her face like old tree bark. Her eyes were cold and looked like a poisonous snake.
She is not tall and a little skinny, like a stick.
Perhaps she had seen my master Zhang Chu, Ana frowned slightly and said softly, "It's you!"
My master took over and said coldly, "It's me, Ana. You killed my senior brother and the woman named Yao Nianzhu. You deserve retribution."
After hearing what my master said, Miao girl Ana remained expressionless and said solemnly, "You have always wanted to kill me. Over the years, we have fought twice. This is the third time. You managed to escape the first two times. This time, I will kill you."
As she spoke, Miao girl Ana's eyes fell on Yuquan and me again: "As for you two, you will also have to be buried with my dead apprentice."
(to be continued)
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