"Why Ren Qiu? Ren Qiu was Ren Chun's most beloved younger brother, and it was perfect for him to dig. He insisted that his sister was not a murderer, and she was young and energetic, so it was easy for him to dig. Grave... to prove that his sister's body is in the grave. And Ren Chun will not attack his close relatives... If she does? This is also impossible. But there is no number on Ren Qiu's head. He is not The npc we need to protect."
"If Ren Chun's body is indeed in the grave, wouldn't that be great? We can take this opportunity to kill her. If she loses her mind, attack Ren Qiu...?"
"It's better to kill him alone than to kill everyone. And I am confident that I can guarantee Ren Qiu's safety."
The shovel in the young man's hand hit the soil one after another. The rain was about to come, and the originally sunny sky gradually turned cloudy. Everyone gathered in a circle, quietly watching his actions.
Finally, the shovel touched something solid. However, the young man's expression did not become relaxed because of this, he trembling lips, wiped away a bit of dust on the coffin cover—
The other hand grabbed his arm.
"Stop digging." Chu Tianshu said in a low voice.
The boy stopped for a long time, and after a long time, he smiled and shook his head at Chu Tianshu.
"No." He said firmly, "I've already decided."
"...Even if you dig out your sister, it won't change anything. Those people will still say that the murderer who killed all the villagers was your sister." Chu Tianshu firmly grasped his hand, "Even if you prove Your sister is not the murderer, and her innocence is proven—what about you?"
"I… ?"
"You will think about this scene all your life, thinking about the scene where you personally lifted the lid of sister's coffin and brought out her body." Chu Tianshu stared at him closely, "If you must do something …then let me do it.”
"why?"
"Because my task is to protect you, these npcs. Whether it's body or soul." Chu Tianshu smiled, "Who said that only npcs with numbers on their heads need the protection of players? And... if you let If you go to uncover the coffin yourself, I will never dare to go to your house and rub your kitchen utensils for the rest of my life."
Seeing the two talking in the distance, and Zhang Minge who had already drawn the Demon-Breaking Bow in the distance, he felt his eyelids twitch.
'... Lin Huai has been entangled with the unstable factor, and everything that follows should be smooth, but I didn't expect this Chu Tianshu...' He gritted his teeth, 'It's a pity that there is only one talisman...not to say Well, let the driver entangle him? Why did he follow and ran out together? '
However, at this moment, he saw sharply that the coffin lid behind the two of them began to tremble, as if something was about to break through the ground!
"Get out of the way!" he yelled.
Shrieking at the same time as him was Cheng Xin and other onlookers. A pale claw pierced through the coffin lid and stretched out, followed by a terrifying female ghost!
She was wearing a dirty white dress with bloodstains on her clothes, her skin was swollen, and her joints were twisted weirdly. When she saw the backs of the two people in front of the grave, she screamed strangely, and rushed towards one of them with endless hatred!
At that moment, everyone saw that her target was not Chu Tianshu—
It was her own brother, Ren Qiu!
"careful!"
Chu Tianshu yelled, Ren Qiu turned around blankly, completely unaware of what happened at this time. And the extremely terrifying female ghost, after Ren Qiu turned her head, met his eyes and was stunned for a while.
It was at that moment that Zhang Mingo found an opportunity. He raised his hand to shoot the arrow, and in one go, the arrow with the crimson flame flew out from the bowstring, pointing directly at Ren Qiu and Ren Chun!
That was the strongest arrow that Zhang Mingo could shoot with the purple prop "Bow of Breaking Demons"!
Bows and arrows shot towards the cemetery with overwhelming sharp murderous aura. It should have passed through Ren Qiu and then shot into Ren Chun's body. However, just as it was about to shoot into Ren Qiu's body, another person rushed over and grabbed the arrow body alive.
However, this could not completely stop the power of the bow and arrow, it still moved forward and pierced into Chu Tianshu's body. The corner of Chu Tianshu's mouth was fishy and sweet, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Then, he turned to Ren Qiu and shouted, "Run!"
"You're crazy!" Cheng Xin exclaimed, "You fucking... blocked an arrow from an npc?"
There was unbearable commotion in the crowd. Ren Qiu sat paralyzed on the ground, and after taking a deep look at Chu Tianshu, the terrifying female ghost turned around without looking back and ran to the depths of the woods.
"Damn..." Zhang Minge narrowed his eyes and continued to draw the bow. Just as he was about to shoot the second arrow, a cold left hand firmly grabbed his wrist.
He turned his head and saw Lin Huai with a gloomy face. Taking advantage of this gap, the female ghost disappeared without a trace.
"How did you break free..."
He didn't hear Lin Huai's answer. The latter just gave him a cold look, and with just that look, he felt that he had fallen into an endless hell.
Lin Huai walked past him without saying a word, and then he walked through the shouting crowd. After recovering from the fear, they all began to denounce Chu Tianshu's behavior of blocking arrows. Chu Tianshu sat on the ground with an arrow in his abdomen, and his clothes were stained with blood.
He raised his head with some difficulty, saw Lin Huai's figure, and smiled wryly: "You are here."
"Can you still stand up?" Lin Huai asked him.
"It seems to be okay..." Chu Tianshu supported the mahogany tablet on the ground and stood up, "I'm just a little dizzy... I need to find a place to swallow a bottle of red medicine."
"Okay." Lin Huai didn't even look at the clamoring villagers on the left and right. His right hand was in his trouser pocket, and he stretched out his left hand to pull Chu Tianshu up: "Let's go—do you want to go with us?"
He looked at Ren Qiu beside him.
Ren Qiu stared blankly at the two, with an expression on his face that didn't know whether he wanted to cry or laugh. After a long time, Lin Huai said, "Forget it, I can't take care of you now."
After speaking, he carried Chu Tianshu on his shoulders and disappeared into the bushes.
"Ah... ah..." Ren Qiu covered his head, as if he saw something extremely terrifying, he kept shaking his body. After a while, he yelled, covered his head, and stumbled away.
The original hunting plan ended in farce, and Zhang Mingo punched the ground hard. Cheng Xin, the driver and Yan Chuchu walked towards him and looked at him silently.
It took a long time for Zhang Minge to regain his composure: "There is no other way, now go find Du Xiaoran and Gu Bei, and then go to Wang's house to gather. No matter what, we must protect the safety of these people!"
Lin Huai carried Chu Tianshu on his shoulders, and the two of them walked for a long time before finding a patch of grass where they could temporarily settle down. The rain from the sky began to fall, Chu Tianshu clutched his abdomen, fell into the grass, gritted his teeth, and pulled out the arrow from his body.
This brief moment made him drink three bottles of blood-enriching medicine, and then he took out another bottle of medicine and threw it into Lin Huai's arms: "Here, yours."
"mine?"
"Is your hand injured? Since just now, I have watched you hide your right hand in your trouser pocket." Chu Tianshu said.
Lin Huai took the red medicine and drank it silently. In his trouser pocket was his twisted right hand to get out of the amulet. After realizing that the amulet had failed, he returned to his normal shape and pulled out his right hand. After seeing the arrow wound on Chu Tianshu's body, he asked, "What should I do next?"
"Next?" Chu Tianshu was still applying medicine to the wound, "The next step, of course, is to find a place to sleep..."
"I mean mission."
"Task?"
While the two were chatting, rain had already fallen from the sky overwhelmingly. Chu Tianshu raised his head and saw the dark red temple in the distance, so he said, "Let's go to the temple to shelter from the rain."
Lin Huai was noncommittal.
The old temple was hidden in the woods. They climbed up the hillside in three steps and two steps. Just as they were about to open the temple door, they heard a young boy's eager voice from behind: "Don't move!"
Lin Huai turned her head and saw a boy in a blue shirt standing in the vast rain holding an umbrella. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the two stop their hands.
"Ying Xia? Why are you here?"
"...I've been looking for you for a long time." Ying Xia said, "I've heard what happened today, come on, come back with me, I won't betray you."
Lin Huai looked at him quietly and didn't speak. So he said eagerly: "Anyway, you guys... alas, the village has exploded."
"Why do you help us?" Lin Huai asked, "We let go of the ghosts in the village."
"Because..." Ying Xia was silent for a while, "Because you are different from them."
With the two of them, he quietly walked into an old house. The old house can be called clean, everything is readily available. Ying Xia said, "This is my mother's former residence."
"your mother?"
"She abandoned me and left me here." Ying Xia replied coldly.
"How long have you known Ren Qiu?" Lin Huai asked him.
"Six years." Ying Xia said.
As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked at the distant rain outside the window.
"You guys rest here first." He said, "I'll come see you tomorrow."
On the second day, news of the death of the fourth person came. Before Ying Xia came back, Lin Huai slipped out the door alone.
Chu Tian's wounds were not healed yet, so he stayed in the room to rest. Lin Huai walked on the road, enjoying the sideways or fearful eyes of passers-by. He walked all the way out of the village, and after a while, he came to a small hillside.
On the hillside is the small dark red temple that is shaded by the trees.
For some reason, that small temple gave Lin Huai a very uncomfortable feeling. He closed his eyes, gently pushed open the temple door, and walked in.
There was a vague smell of blood in the air, but no one was there. Lin Huai looked into the hall, and saw a statue of a god sitting in a shadow. The statue was too high, and the part above the neck was sunk in deep darkness, making it difficult to see clearly.
He looked up at the statue for a while, and suddenly, a strong urge made him want to kneel down and speak his wish.
However, just as he was about to step forward, there was a rustling sound behind him.
He turned his head to look outside the temple gate, only to see Yan Chuchu was looking at him outside the gate, and ran out in panic when he saw him coming.
Lin Huai squinted his eyes. Just as he was about to follow, he kicked something.
— a severed arm with a watch on it.
When Ying Xia came to the old house again, it was already dusk. However, to his surprise, there was no one in the old house.
He frowned, but saw a note on the table.
"At nine thirty in the evening, see you at Ren Qiu's house."
A bad premonition came to his mind. He put down the food, turned around, and ran straight to Ren Qiu's house.
It was already ten o'clock in the evening when he arrived at Ren Qiu's house. Ren Qiu didn't expect the arrival of this group of people at all, and was still happily receiving the two of them, holding their hands and saying words of thanks.
Ying Xia looked at the scene in front of her, and her heart tightened.