"Ah--" Xie Wanhua could no longer bear the horror of the approaching ghost, and she held her head and screamed desperately.
I shouted angrily, "Hold on, don't move!"
Seven out of ten people who died at the hands of ghosts died of fright. When people encounter ghosts, most of them are so scared that they run away. When people are frightened to the point of not knowing where to go, they are not far from death. If they step on empty air, they may fall to their death.
Xie Wanhua is standing on the stairs now. If she is frightened and falls down the stairs with her head tilted back, the back of her head will definitely be severely injured. In addition, there is a ghost nearby demanding her life. When her soul comes out of her body, Xie Wanhua will definitely die.
At this moment, I could pull Xie Wanhua back if I let go of my hand, but just when I wanted to let go, the door of Lao Du's house suddenly opened a crack, and someone stretched out a finger from the crack, with the blackened fingertip pointing at Lao Du.
Old Du, who was being held down by me, shuddered suddenly and his skin turned cold.
The coldness coming from my palm startled me. I felt as if I was holding down a struggling dead person, and if I wasn't careful, he might suddenly attack and hurt someone.
Just as I was holding down Lao Du with both hands, there was a slight knock on the door of Grandma Liu's house behind me. Before I could figure out what was going on, I heard Grandma Liu whispering softly, "Tongtong, come out and eat some meat! Grandma made some meat, come here..."
Oh no! I turned around suddenly and saw that the door of Liu's house was half open. The old lady stuck her head out of the door, holding a bloody bowl, and shouted with white eyes, "Tongtong, come here and eat meat." However, what was sticking out from under her head was obviously a man's hand.
My first reaction was “the old lady’s head fell off”. It seemed that someone was hiding at the door with a talking head, waiting for me to turn around.
Three directions, three ghosts blocked all of our ways, forcing me to the point where I dared not act rashly. However, the foot hanging from the stairs slowly rose up and reached towards Xie Wanhua's jaw with the tip of the shoe.
Although Xie Wanhua is a psychologist, who can guarantee that her ability to withstand fear is also better than that of ordinary people? If Xie Wanhua is frightened and panics, she will be the first person to die.
Just as the ghost's toes were slowly approaching Xie Wanhua, Lao Du, who was being held down by me, raised his arms and grabbed my arms.
The bone-chilling cold energy also burst out from the door behind me. At that moment, I actually felt someone holding a sharp knife approaching me from behind...
At the critical moment, there was a sudden loud bang from the door in the middle of the corridor. The iron security door opened and a figure flashed out from the door and rushed past me. After blocking the ghost that attacked Xie Wanhua with one palm, he hugged Xie Wanhua with both hands and went down the stairs.
It was not until the two of them landed on the ground together that the man shouted, "Watch out behind you!"
At this moment, I also felt murderous intent rising behind me. In a panic, I grabbed Lao Du with both hands and threw him down the stairs. I took a step forward and rushed to the door of Lao Du's house, stepping on the fire that was still on the ground.
Before I got close to the gate, I grabbed a handful of ghost-killing money from my pocket and threw it behind me.
I used the ghost coins purely to buy time to escape, but I didn't expect that soon after the coins left my hand, I heard a ghost cry behind me. The negative energy that was just surging forward retreated like a tide in an instant, and the door in front of me slammed shut as if someone had pulled it from the inside, blocking me out.
Lao Du's unit has three households on one floor. Lao Du and his wife live opposite each other. The household in the middle facing the stairs has been ambushed. There are only two places where ghosts can appear.
I either have to break into the Du family or break into the Liu family.
While I was thinking for a moment, I raised my hand and pasted three talismans on the Du family's door, then flew into the Liu family's house.
As soon as I stepped into the room, I smelled a strong smell of blood. When I turned on the light, the first thing I saw was the dead body of the old lady lying in the living room. Her head had been cut off alive, and the old lady's nephew was nowhere to be found.
I habitually glanced towards the kitchen, and when I looked back, I saw that the old lady's body was half raised from the ground, with one hand supporting the ground and the other hand holding the door frame, and she was hunching her body as if she was trying to stand up.
When I reached for the ghost-fighting money at my waist, I suddenly saw a figure hiding at the door in the mirror facing the door.
The man hid behind the open door with his body turned sideways, one hand raised high above his head, holding a sharp knife in his hand, pointing it at my neck.
Just as I was looking at that person in the mirror, he suddenly stabbed me in the neck with a knife.
I saw the flash of a knife behind me and took a step forward instinctively. The moment the blade behind me passed by my spine, I had already taken my second step.
Before I could stand firm, the corpse suddenly pulled out a fruit knife from behind and stabbed me in the chest.
I suddenly turned sideways, and the blade coming from the front ripped off the buttons on my chest and passed through my body. However, I reached out and grabbed the corpse's arm and pushed her towards the door.
At this time, the person chasing him from behind was already very close, and even if he wanted to turn around, it was too late.
In just a moment, he unexpectedly collided with the old lady's body, and the knives in both of their hands stabbed into each other's bodies mercilessly.
After two dull sounds of the sharp knife entering the body, the two fell to the ground together. When I looked down, I found that the person who came out of the door was the old lady's nephew.
However, before he hid behind the door, the man should have been dead, with the fatal wound on his neck.
At this time, Lao Du, who was thrown out by me, also rushed in from the gate: "Xiao Wu, how are you?"
I first cast my eyes on the bald man behind Lao Du who was supporting Xie Wanhua. He was probably in his thirties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Even with a bald head, he was still worthy of the word "handsome and elegant".
I didn't have time to exchange pleasantries with him. I just nodded to him and said, "The ghost is not gone. Don't move. Lao Du, take a look at the body first and think about how to explain it to the police. I'll go to the house and take a look."
When I turned around and went back into the house, I heard Lao Du say, "There's blood in the second bedroom, on the window..."
Only then did I see that there was indeed a pool of blood beside the bed in the second bedroom, but Lao Du was already standing at the window: "This man must have had his throat cut when he pushed the window. But this is the eighth floor!"
"Don't move!" I walked to the window, pushed Lao Du away, slowly opened the window and looked out.
As soon as I stuck my head out of the window, I saw a dark shadow sticking to the bottom of the window.
The moment my eyes met with the other person's, a cold light flashed in his hand, and he slashed towards my throat. I raised my head sharply, and the cold blade instantly cut my jaw. Before blood could drip from the wound, I felt my collar being grabbed by someone and pulled down suddenly.
I quickly pressed down on the windowsill with both hands and tried to retreat, but the knife in the other person's hand stabbed at my neck again...
At a critical moment, the window next to me was suddenly broken, and someone reached out from the flying glass and grabbed the stabbing blade in mid-air. The sharp tip of the knife only pierced my skin a little, and was forcibly pulled away by the person next to me.
I also shook out the green fly darts wrapped around my wrist. As ten green fly darts flew towards my palm, I pinched the holes of several green fly darts with my five fingers at the same time, combining the hidden weapons into a main line, and cut towards the opponent's neck like a blade.
After the blade of the Green Fly Dart swept across the opponent's neck, pale green phosphorous fire suddenly burst out. Just a moment later, the figure sticking to the window exploded into phosphorous fire all over the sky.
However, the man's clothes lost their support and fell to the ground below amid the flying flames.
It was not until then that I saw clearly that the person who smashed the window and held the other party's dagger was the bald man who saved Xie Wanhua.
I was in a hurry to check the scene just now, so I didn't say hello to the other party. Now if I just smile and pass it by, it would be unkind. "Thank you for your help. I am Mr. Wu Zhao from the Northeast. What is this friend's name?"
"My Buddhist name is Xunhua." The other person stood with one hand in front of him and nodded slightly like a monk.
But I don't think Xunhua is a monk, at least I don't see the temperament of a practitioner in him, but rather a playful person. Especially his Buddhist name, "Xunhua", doesn't seem to be the Buddhist name of a monk, right
I couldn't help but ask, "Master, are you here to exorcise evil spirits and slay ghosts?"
The monk nodded and said, "Eight years ago, when my uncle performed a ritual to liberate the souls of the dead here, he was unable to dispel the resentment of the dead. He specifically told the donors here that if there are any more ghosts causing trouble, they can come to him to resolve it."
"My uncle passed away two years ago. Before he passed away, he specially arranged for me to pray for the deceased's soul. It was not until a few days ago that another donor came to the door and I rushed here to pray for the deceased's soul."
This Xunhua was definitely not a monk. Although he pretended to be a monk, his way of speaking was extremely awkward, as if he was deliberately pretending to be a high-ranking monk. In particular, he did not refer to himself in the way a monk should, which made people feel that he was too formal, or too deliberate.
If Xunhua is not a real monk, his purpose of coming to the Du family is worth pondering.
But if Xunhua Monk is our enemy, why did he come to our rescue at the critical moment? If he hadn't helped us just now, we would have to pay a certain price.
Was the monk Xunhua deliberately waiting for us to show up, or did he meet us by coincidence? (To be continued)