When the group of Lin family members gradually ran away, Tang Zhuo exhaled a long breath and jumped off the hibiscus. He raised his hand, and in an instant, the raging flames burning in the jungle obediently returned to his hand, clenched again, and extinguished all of them.
At this time, the commotion came from the secluded forest again, and a group of shadows jumped out from behind. Men and women, fat and thin, and a group of monsters as big as seven or eight-year-old children danced wildly with their thin legs and turned into human figures. It was the man in purple who was in the lead. He exaggeratedly showed his big white teeth when he smiled, and he raised his chest and said, "Boss! How did I act!" A slender girl said: "Isn't it? Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee heh ... cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..." The thin man said in an angry voice, "You idiot with eight legs and a brain! Fuck, I was about to put my ears off just now. Deaf! Killing pigs, you!"
The girl raised her eyebrows and slapped his face on her hips.
The worms were pinching and pinching, Tang Zhuo stood aside, trying to interject but couldn't find the time. At this moment, a burst of black air suddenly rushed into the sky.
Tang Zhuo immediately restrained his expression, and while putting on a cloak, he greeted the man in purple. The man in purple was named "Little Black", his face was radiant, he straightened his body in an instant, and hurriedly followed. The group of "people" also noisily turned back into a group of odd-shaped monsters, big and small, and they didn't know where to go.
Tang Zhuo chose this place, not without reason.
Huajian Town is a thousand-year-old town with many evil things. With the increasing population and the prosperity of the town, some low-level evil things no longer dare to approach the center of the town where the yang energy is so prosperous, and are forced to Move to sparsely populated places. This secluded forest is located in an extremely yin place, which is the easiest to breed and attract all kinds of evil things, so it is also a good place for exploration. As expected, at sunset, a group of corpses crooked through the secluded forest.
There were about 100 of those walking corpses, all of them seemed to be fresh corpses that had died not long ago.
The two waited for a while, and Tang Zhuo gave Xiao Hei a wink. Xiao Hei's figure flashed, and when he took a closer look, he had already flashed behind a tree a few meters away. As soon as he pulled the rope, a large net fell from the sky!
… But in the next instant, all those walking corpses emerged from the big net, and the formation was not disordered, and they continued to move forward.
Xiao Hei: "… "
Tang Zhuo: "..."
Xiao Hei grinned awkwardly, scratched his head, and said, "I'm sorry, boss, I accidentally made the seam too big!"
Tang Zhuo: "..."
The group of walking corpses staggered and continued to move forward, ignoring the various emergencies around them along the way: a rabbit that would never appear here rushes by, a lion is blocking the road and roaring, a lion flying from out of nowhere. The piles of stones made them "bang"...
The chickens were jumping over there, and Tang Zhuo and Xiao Hei were sweating profusely. Finally, Tang Zhuo couldn't bear it any longer, he suddenly pulled out his short knife and flew away to steal the last walking corpse silently. The walking corpse looked like he was in his twenties before he died, still a handsome young man, his eyes were lifted now, "uuuuu" screaming, and stubbornly dancing his limbs. Tang Zhuo forcibly pressed it to the ground, inspected it, and found that this walking corpse was as rigid as wood, which was precisely the manifestation of losing its soul.
Xiao Hei sat on the ground concentrating for a while, and black smoke began to spread all over his body. As soon as he opened his eyes, golden light flashed in his eyes, his soul crashed into the corpse in an instant, and his body disappeared!
The walking corpse trembled violently, and suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes gradually became clearer, and Tang Zhuo's shadow was reflected in his pupils. After being stunned for a moment, he shouted in panic: "Who are you??? Where am I??? How did I become like this???!!!"
Tang Zhuo said kindly: "This son, don't be nervous, in fact, you are already dead-"
The man was shocked and said: "What??? I'm dead???"
Tang Zhuo said: "Yes, you are dead."
He added: "You can recall your last memory, do you know how you died?"
"..." The man stood still as if struck by lightning, as if trying to recall his past, slowly crouched down and hugged his head and muttered: "I... I remember that I just finished drinking outside that day, I staggered and walked home by myself, and then, then, I seemed to suddenly feel a lot of pain in my head, not the kind of pain that someone hit, but just a very uncomfortable head, and then I fell down, and what happened after that was Can not remember… "
Tang Zhuo also squatted down and asked, "Did you see anyone?"
The man was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, it was very late that day, and there was no one on the road."
Tang Zhuo thought for a while and said, "Why did you go drinking alone in the middle of the night? Now there are ghosts and ghosts everywhere, you should know that it is very dangerous to go out alone after dark."
The man sighed and said slowly: "Yes, of course I know... Maybe it's just a fluke, or maybe I don't cherish my life so much... This little boy, I see your clothes, presumably too. A rich and noble person, but what happened later brought him down to this point. I used to be a person who didn’t like to trust others very much, but since I died, I vomited quickly and didn’t have so many worries.”
Tang Zhuo heard half of it, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he clenched his fists slightly. Nodding: "You said."
The man sighed, moved his lips, and said:
"My surname is Chen, I am a native of Huajian, my family is a local restaurant, and the family business has been passed down for four generations. Although I am not particularly wealthy, I am satisfied with food and clothing and warm clothes. Later, I married a wife and gave birth My son, life was smooth sailing, there were almost no big waves, but suddenly, that thing happened, and I lost everything overnight...
"It happened before the Spring Festival this year. One day, I went home early because of some business and opened the door, but I didn't see my parents. I searched and searched. Guess, where did I finally find it? -In the pot!" Speaking of which, his face seemed to be as pale as that day, but he was already dead, and his face would not change. "Their limbs have been disintegrated, giving off the smell of meat, and my wife, who was standing by with a spoon stirring in the pot! She saw me and showed a very strange smile, her eyes were I was stunned. At that moment I rushed out the door, the scene was horrible! My wife may be crazy!… But I immediately thought of my one-year-old son, but I found the cradle and found it inside There was nothing. I was so anxious that my whole body was trembling, and my clothes were soaked with sweat. When I turned around, I saw my wife standing at the door, bloody, with a kitchen knife in her hand. Her stomach was cut open. , which contained the body of a one-year-old baby! I was so scared, so disgusted, I thought my wife was crazy! She was going to kill me next! I burst into tears and grabbed the kitchen knife , chopped my wife... into puree..."
As he spoke tremblingly, he lowered his head and stared at his hands, and for a moment, one thought he was crying. Tang Zhuo held his breath.
"Later, everyone found out about it. They thought I was a victim of evil, and they all stayed away from me. The wine shop at home was no longer patronized and soon closed down. But I miss my parents and my wife. My son, I don't want to leave, and I've been living there all the time. I was energized and hoped to rely on my own hands to do other things and live a good life, but just two weeks ago I accidentally found out about all this. It was all because of a friend of mine who was jealous that I was clearly not as capable as him but lived a better life than him. The pain of losing overnight...
"It was also because I knew the truth that I couldn't bear the blow anymore. I knew it was dangerous to go out alone in the middle of the night, but I went out alone and drank unconscious. I thought to myself, if I encounter any monster on the road, I will That's great, I can't wait to die of old age, let me be killed right away!"
"Have you met any strange people during your lifetime?"
The man said: "Strange people? There shouldn't be any... Oh! I remember! Just a few days before I went out for a drink in the middle of the night, I met a middle-aged man in the yard when I got up early, because since that incident happened No one came to my house anymore, I thought it was a thief, so I shouted, and when I looked again, there was no one there."
Tang Zhuo wrote down silently, trying to splicing these pieces together little by little. He was about to say something, but the man said defensively: "After saying so much, it's up to me to ask you: who are you, why am I alive again, why am I here, you ask me these? What are you going to do?"
Tang Zhuo: "..."
The man said: "If you don't say it, I will leave."
Seeing that he really wanted to leave, Tang Zhuo quickly stood up and stopped him and said, "This son, I'm just a little passerby. I saw your corpse passing by and stopped me curiously, and driven by curiosity, I asked you some questions. I don't know how you got your soul back! Why don't you go first."
The man really stopped, looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "Really...?"
Tang Zhuo opened his eyes wide, looked at him very sincerely, nodded and said, "Well, it's true, absolutely true."
The man seemed to really believe him, sighed, walked back obediently, and asked, "That little son, I thank you first, Chen." Tang Zhuo nodded, but said to himself: No, no, you thousand Don't thank me, I'm so ashamed... The man said again: "That little son, I, Chen, will definitely remember your kindness, let's say goodbye-" Tang Zhuo quickly said: "No, no, don't, please don't. Come on, listen to me." The man asked suspiciously, "Could it be that you have something else to ask for, young master?"
Tang Zhuo said: "There is indeed something to ask for."
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On the way through the secluded forest, the two often encountered some low-level and timid wild ghosts on the road. When they saw them coming, they ducked behind the trees and watched silently. Usually gathered here is this kind of kid who can scare ordinary people and scream, but actually pose no threat at all. The two walked for about two sticks of incense, and Tang Zhuo suddenly asked, "Young Master, you have lost so many relatives, why do you still insist on living. If it was me, I couldn't do it at all."
The man was silent for a moment and said, "Because I'm afraid of meeting them in the underworld. They died because of me. I have a conscience."
He sighed and said again: "Besides, what if I die? I can't solve any problems. There is a saying, 'It's better to die than to live', there is hope in life, and nothing in death. , not even the right to recall the deceased."
Tang Zhuo looked at him.
The man smiled and said to Tang Zhuo: "Little Master, as I said before, I feel that you are a person with a story. You don't have to be sad and gloomy. If you are not happy, your wife will be sad when she finds out. "
Tang Zhuo smiled and seemed to think of something. He scratched his face in embarrassment and said, "I'm sorry, I don't have a wife..."
He was about to say something when the man suddenly pointed. Looking through the layers of dense leaves, you can see a big mansion in the distance, with carved beams and painted buildings, green tiles and flying scorpions, so imposing. Two words are written on the plaque: Huangfu.
The man frowned and said, "Strange, I've grown up here for so many years, and I've never heard of anyone with the surname Huang so prosperous? It's really a ghost." After speaking, he suddenly remembered that he was almost a "ghost", He coughed and scratched his head a little embarrassedly.
Tang Zhuo naturally understood.
Just ask, which ordinary people would build their mansion in such a desolate and desolate place? Even if you want to find wild interest, it is probably that the wild interest is not found, and the people in the house are already scared to death by the ghosts here. Some evil creatures like to build houses in sparsely populated and strange places. If there are passers-by staying there, they will go in chubby and come out with white bones. This type of house is generally naturally shielded from Xuanmen like him, that is, those monsters and ghosts who want to do their own cannibalism business with peace of mind and don't want to be disturbed by the mysterious guys, but they can't resist eating people and harming people. Some people from Xuanmen forcibly broke through the mystery and stepped forward to attack. This time, it appeared naturally in front of him because there was a corpse next to him, which saved his strength, and this was one of the reasons why Tang Zhuo came with the deceased man.
I saw two ghosts with dark circles in front of the gate, yawning and guarding the gate, with a big gong in their hands. Tang Zhuo didn't want to disturb the people in the mansion, so he led the man around and walked around silently from behind, jumping over the wall and falling into the mansion.
Although the Huang Mansion looked grand, it was empty inside. The two of them were hiding and exploring the mansion, but they did not encounter a few people or ghosts. Tang Zhuo had rarely done such sneaky things about breaking into a private house before. Even if he knew that this was a house of demons and ghosts, he was very nervous. Several times he subconsciously hid behind the man very shamelessly, and was repeatedly surrounded by a corpse. Relief that "it's alright no one or ghost is coming".
The deeper you go, the more ominous the air becomes, as if there is an invisible big hand pointing to a place.
The two quickened their pace, and the breath became stronger. Just as he was about to arrive, a string of silver bell-like coquettish voices suddenly came. Tang Zhuo secretly called "not good", dragged the man over, and hid in the corner.
There was also a strong aroma coming from the coquettish voice. Several women walked over with fragrant clothes and fluttering fans, and there were bloodstains on their mouths. When they looked closely, they were holding bloody broken hands!
Several women nibbled at their hands while laughing, as if they were tasting some delicious food, and gradually drifted away. The two of them felt hairy for a while, and they were about to leave again, but suddenly they saw another person walking slowly after the women left. His cheeks were so thin that the bones were bulging, his eyes were cloudy, his complexion was sallow, and his face was expressionless.
The man immediately opened his eyes wide and said incredulously: "This, this person, he is here too???"
Tang Zhuo subconsciously said, "Do you know me?"
The man looked at him, nodded, and said, "He is the person I said I met in the yard."
After the man also walked away, the two walked into the room surrounded by ominous atmosphere. As soon as the door was opened, a shrill and messy scream of evil energy almost burst the eardrums.
The screams came one after another and were numerous, as if they contained the most utter despair, the deepest hatred, and the most unsolvable viciousness in the world. On the endless wooden cabinets in the house, countless porcelain dolls with different expressions were bleeding from their eyes and shaking violently.
Extremely noisy.
Tang Zhuo forced his mind and burned several talismans one after another, and those screams were gradually suppressed unwillingly.
Just seeing this scene, he understood.
Presumably all the porcelain dolls in this house are loaded with souls.
The man also noticed that the moment he stepped into the room, there were faint sounds coming from the depths of the room from time to time. Tang Zhuo looked at him, followed the sound one after another, and finally stopped in front of a porcelain doll.
The porcelain doll trembled even more, as if it was very anxious to come out of it. The man said: "What's going on with this thing, why is it shaking so much? Could it be that it knows me?"
Tang Zhuo smiled and said, "Maybe it's true." The man carefully took the porcelain doll out of his hand, and was speechless for a while. Tang Zhuo said: "Young Master, you said that you lost your wife, son, father and mother, and you also knew that you were betrayed by your friends and could no longer bear the blow, and then died, right?"
The man said, "That's right."
Tang Zhuo said: "Presumably your soul was deliberately taken away."
The man was stunned: "I was captured by the soul? Who captured it? If I don't have the soul, how can I still..." Having said that, looking at Tang Zhuo as if he had realized something, he got stuck for a while. .
Tang Zhuo nodded and said: "If I'm not mistaken, the one who captured your soul should be a new monster in Jiangnan, called 'Soul Pointing Hand', with a level of 'Charm'. In fact, it is already in Jiangbei. , Jiangxi has done a lot of trouble, but it only appeared in Jiangnan. Because compared with other monsters directly destroying people's exterior, the loss of soul is not easy to be detected, and often even the person who has been targeted does not know how they are. Death, so it is generally mistaken for an accidental death. The soul-pointing hand will be attracted by people who are extremely sad, painful, and desperate. They will personally identify the person who has the soul and mark them in various ways. After the soul is clicked, the corpse will be It will walk in one direction on its own without being discovered by other living people, I think, if there is no accident, it will be in the direction of the Soul Hand."
Tang Zhuo said: "Young Master, you were extremely sad and desperate at the time, right? And before you died, you met a soul-hander. It must be it to determine that you are the next person to take away its soul."
The man was stunned for a while, then suddenly said with trembling: "If I, I met Soul Hand that day, isn't he the one we met just now..."
Just as the voice fell, a loud noise exploded. In an instant, smoke and dust rose, and the two doors bounced open from the outside, smashing deeply into the wall.
The two turned their heads. A figure appeared at the door at an unknown time. A pair of cloudy eyes were looking at them viciously.