The brown, cold pupils seemed to be on fire when looking at him.
It was just a momentary change, and it disappeared under the sunlight soon—When Kou Dong looked over again, the beauty snake was still the pupil of an ordinary person, not surprising at all, if it wasn't for the blink of his eyes with Ye Yanzhi just now What he was waiting for without blinking was this moment, Kou Dong almost thought he was hallucinating.
The beauty snake is still singing. The place where his arms should have been born is smooth and clean. Although there is no sign of disability, there are no two arms that should have been protruding. After he sang this song in detail, the surrounding cheers and applause continued, clamoring for another song.
However, he refused to sing any more, and only smiled slightly in the cage: "Thank you, sirs, today I want to show you a new thing."
Kou Dong suddenly exchanged glances with the two people beside him, feeling a bad premonition in his heart.
After a while, a boy with a head twice the size of an ordinary person and a skinny body came out from behind the door, holding a piece of rope in his hand. Everyone in the room poked their heads and knew that this big-headed doll originally existed in the circus, and this one was not the most bizarre, so no one thought it was strange. What they waited with their hands clasped were all the things tied to the rope.
"Take it out!"
"Take it out!!"
The big-headed doll pulled the thing out from behind the door with a little force. The thing was covered with brown hair, whimpering, clawing at the crack of the door, unwilling to let go of its claws, until it was hit by the big-headed doll holding the rein, then it let out a cry of pain, and was dragged out.
It wasn't until he was lying on the ground that everyone saw clearly that it was a dog.
It's just that this dog is bigger than ordinary people, and the toes on the front feet are much longer than ordinary dogs, and it has a short tail.
It's just a dog, nothing out of the ordinary, and the viewer can't help feeling disappointed.
The big-headed baby seemed to have noticed something, and pulled the rope in his hand again, forcing the dog to look up. Only then did the spectators realize that the thing
If you look closely, you can see that the whole body is covered with hair, but it has a human-like face!
Eyes, eyebrows, nose... are all clear, if not for some hair covering the face, it is no different from ordinary people!
All the people present were shocked, and then clapped their hands in amazement. The beauty snake smiled, but she was not in a hurry, and said: "Next, let him sing a song for everyone..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw the dog crawling forward and heading in one direction. Someone in the crowd uttered a scream, staggered, and retreated tremblingly, as if they had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
"Ah! Don't come here... don't come here!"
She was flustered and almost fell, "Stay away from me... Get out!"
"..."
Only then did Kou Dong realize that Xiao Yu had also stood in the crowd at some point, probably attracted by the singing just now. Now he looked around and saw that there were quite a few beggars among these people, some with panicked faces and some with expressionless faces, as if he was used to seeing them.
A Xue frowned, but felt bad, "She retreated too obviously."
It's not that she must ask Xiao Yu to do something, after all, the scene in front of her is really horrifying, people are not people and dogs are not dogs, and others may not be able to avoid being afraid—
It's just that there is friendship in reality anyway, and the performance of avoiding it so much makes the little girl feel somewhat uncomfortable.
The little fat man who had been made into a singing dog suddenly stopped in his tracks, which seemed inconceivable.
He paused on the spot, then timidly waved his tail twice, and still struggled to crawl towards Xiao Yu.
… help me.
Tears were slowly streaming from his eyes.
help me…
Xiao Yu couldn't care less. She watched the monster with tangled hair approaching her, and there was still a strong stench all over her body, she just felt sick and couldn't care about anything else. No matter how righteous and awe-inspiring she said in front of Asue, she is just a spoiled girl, who has never been damaged by wind and rain, how could she have seen the current scene
When the wooden figure was drawn, the singing dog was only a vague concept; now, the monster was at her feet.
This is her lover
... How could this be her lover!
She screamed out loud, fearing that she would be caught by him, she got on her feet in extreme panic and kicked him several times with all her strength.
"Get out... get out!"
No one dared to stop them, they all spread aside, watching the dog suddenly attack a beggar for no reason. On the contrary, the big-headed baby sucked in his mouth, and with force on his hand, he pulled the singing dog back abruptly.
"Let you sing," he said with difficulty, "what are you doing so far?"
The singing dog struggled desperately, but couldn't break free from the strength in his hand after all, and fell heavily on the ground, as if his heart was ashamed. Kou Dong looked at him, feeling unbearable, and frowned.
Ye Yanzhi reminded him in a low voice: "Look at that snake."
… snake
Kou Dong shifted his gaze to the beauty snake in the cage. Looking at it, he suddenly shuddered, and the hairs on his back rose.
He is laughing.
The beauty snake smiled happily. He stared at Xiao Yu who was scrambling and stumbling away after getting rid of the dog with cold eyes, his red mouth grinned deeply, revealing the white teeth that were shining coldly inside.
Ye Yanzhi: "And that big-headed doll—"
Except for the singing dogs, they were all laughing. Their smiles were so deep, as if they had seen the most exciting drama in the world.
Kou Dong suddenly had a bad guess, he glanced at Ye Yanzhi.
The villain also understood his thoughts, and said softly: "She shouldn't survive tonight."
Xiao Yu has been completely targeted by the circus.
Next, the circus opens its doors and gets down to business. Many people who had just watched the wonderful scene took out their money and went in one by one. Someone at the door greeted them beamingly, bowing and saluting continuously, leading the guests in. The sound of bustling silk and bamboo can be faintly heard—if you don’t know what’s going on inside. Exactly what is on display, this scene is like any ordinary shop, but it is just a gathering of guests.
The three of Kou Dong didn't look any further, they were beggars now, and couldn't enter the circus, so they turned around and walked in the direction they came from.
It's just that scene just now made all three of them suspicious.
"...it doesn't make sense." Song Hong whispered, "If the circus can make so much money, why would he let us beg?"
Compared to the big and small rain of money that they saw just now, the money these dozens of them could get from the street was really very little. He also doesn't understand, since he has already made such a living, why bother with the beggar's share.
Can't it be a sudden conscience discovery, and the sea of bitterness is endless
A Xue shook her head and said, "You can't think too well of them. It's not difficult to explain. If they don't do it, it must be because it's too difficult."
Song Hong: "What do you mean?"
"It means that it is too difficult to successfully make such an exhibit," the little girl said in a calm voice, "You see that the children in that room are so afraid, you should know that they are not only afraid of being made into monsters."
She hit the point right away.
"—They should still be afraid of death."
Song Hong was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized. Looking at the posture in the morning, it is obvious that there are not many children who are forced to draw wooden figures. Every time someone enters the circus, the kidnappers will abduct some new ones from this place, and take them to the next place to continue begging and driving. Circus... Over the years, the circus should have a large number of people.
But when I saw it in the morning, there were only seven or eight people who came out of the circus in the yard, and I'm afraid there were only those seven or eight.
The rest of the people...
He shuddered a little.
"The rest are leftovers," said the little girl. "The probability of such a finished product is probably very low."
Kou Dong glanced at her, and found that the little girl was exceptionally able to dig out the evil in people's hearts.
Sitting on his shoulder, Ye Yanzhi agreed with him in a rare way, "She's very smart."
Even if you don't understand the reason, you can guess it by just relying on your intuition.
He lay next to Kou Dong's ear, and briefly talked about this passage, "There is a singing dog in Yuan Mei's "Zi Bu Yu", who said that he needs to use medicine to rot its skin to make it fall off, and then use dog hair to burn ashes and apply medicine. , take medicine internally to heal the sores, and the body will grow dog hair and the tail will protrude, just like a dog. This method will never live... If you kill a child infinitely, you will become a dog."
Kou Dong clenched his lips, feeling disgusted. A few minutes later, he thought about this passage carefully, and felt wrong again.
He lowered his voice and asked softly: "According to this method, wouldn't it take ten days and a half a month?"
The little man said: "Yes."
Kou Dong stopped abruptly, feeling a chill in his heart, "But he was just taken away this morning."
There are two possibilities. One is that in order to speed up the progress of the game, and to give them a bloody example at the front, the dungeon shortened the production time of each exhibit; another possibility is that the people in the circus...
Not human at all.
He thought again of the pair of brown eyes that slowly pulled into vertical pupils in front of him.
Transformation can only change the fur, but not the eyes of people.
Unless that's not a change at all, but...
Kou Dong had a strong intuition, he suddenly turned around and said, "I'll go back and have a look."
Song Hong was puzzled, and asked: "What's the matter? - Shall we go with you?"
Kou Dong waved his hand hastily, said "just take a look", and hurried back again. When he ran to the gate of the circus, almost all the people gathered in front of the gate had already entered. There were only three or two poor people who were still poking their heads, trying to get in, but they were blocked by the guards, so they had to let go angrily. The beauty snake and the big-headed doll just now disappeared, and Kou Dong suddenly stopped and took a breath.
The door was almost shut. He didn't have fifteen silver dollars in his hand, so it was impossible to get in.
He was thinking about whether he should lose his integrity and use this face to act cute and coquettish with the guard.
Just don't know what the consequences will be...
While thinking, a soft and slender hand suddenly protruded from the door.
How thin
Kou Dong has never seen such a hand, it seems that there is no flesh at all, only a thin layer of skin - it is barely supported on the jagged skeleton, and the protruding joints can almost be seen, one after another, long The ones are like chopsticks.
The pale hand came out and slowly clasped on the vermilion door. Immediately, an eye poked out from the crack in the door.
Brown-black, ordinary eyes.
As soon as Kou Dong raised his head, he met his gaze. Those eyes sized him up from behind the door, blinked again, and asked, "Are you also here to see the show?"
The voice seemed to be very unaccustomed to speaking, and the words always seemed to be muttering, with a slight nasal sound.
Kou Dong shook his head, and showed the other party his empty pockets.
"I have no money."
Brown and black eyes scanned him up and down, and then asked in another way, "Do you want to come to the show too?"
Slowly more appeared through the cracks in the door. That hand spread out towards Kou Dong, and the person inside looked at him.
"Come on," he said, "You can come even if you don't have money."
Kou Dong glanced at the guard next to him. Unexpectedly, the guard who drove out a few paupers just now didn't seem to have seen him, this little beggar, and was still standing by the door as usual, without any intention of stepping forward to stop him. He hesitated for a moment, and took a step towards the rich man.
The gate is magnificent and luxurious, painted red all over, and there are two protruding copper lions on it as door knockers. If it is not an insider, no one would know that such a deed is done here, and they will only think that this is a wealthy family.
The Zhumen gradually opened half way, and the hand protruding from inside firmly grabbed Kou Dong's wrist, dragging him in. After Kou Dong entered the door, he realized who was pulling him just now.
I've seen it before, it's the big-headed doll just now.
Looking closer, his head is even bigger and more conspicuous, almost square. The rest of his body was lonely and emaciated, and he couldn't even walk properly, looking extremely uncoordinated.
But with such a body, when he pulled the singing dog just now, it can be said to be very powerful.
The big-headed doll grabbed him and said, "Hurry up, the show will start soon."
He couldn't help but pull Kou Dong into the deep courtyard behind. Facing it is a large screen with twelve fans. At first glance, the patterns of flowers, birds, insects and fish are painted on it. If you look closely, you will find that those flowers, birds, insects and fish have a human face, smiling or angry, all kinds of strange things.
Going further inside, a simple wooden stage was built inside, with dozens of wooden chairs in front of it. Now the wooden chairs are full of people, and there are also people standing around them. Everyone is watching lively, with gongs and drums ringing in their ears, and there is a thin steel wire on top of their heads. Another big-headed doll is standing on the wire. one end, and walked crookedly towards the other end.
Their bodies are not very balanced, and every step they take is thrilling, swaying from side to side, as if they could fall down at any time. Kou Dong heard the screams of the audience, one louder than the other, obviously also worried about it.
Some people were very happy about this, whistled or deliberately made noises to scare him. Seeing his situation, Kou Dong felt that it was in danger, and asked in a low voice, "Isn't it dangerous for him to perform this?"
The big-headed doll who was pulling him looked up, and there was no wave on his face, as if it was commonplace.
"It's nothing." He said lightly, "It's just a big head, of course not - we have to have other skills."
Otherwise, even the circus would be uneasy.
He took Kou Dong to a corner, and he could still see the background from a distance. After the steel wire was finished, the man-bear strode onto the stage, holding a torch in his hand, and suddenly spewed out a ball of fire, the fire was huge, burning orange-red—
This is where the show officially begins.
Since then, the members of the circus have taken turns to play.
The mouse beauty dragged her long tail and crawled in the ring of fire; the vase beauty could only sit inside the vase, sticking her head out from the thin bottle neck, and sang ditties intermittently; Dressed in Tsing Yi, he sang a twitchy ditty with a thick voice, which made everyone laugh; the singing dog was led by people, walked in front of everyone, and taught people to hold them in their arms, just like holding an ordinary puppy. There are also two-headed, broken-armed, legless, and long-tailed people, who are either incomplete or grotesque, with wrinkled skin on their bodies and faces, and bowed tremblingly to everyone.
This scene is really rampant with ghosts and monsters, like a scene that would only appear in a night tour of a hundred ghosts. The sound of the suona is deafening, or the sound of the flute is lingering and lingering, one after another, one after another, all kinds of worlds come on stage one after another, laughing and cursing are all on this square inch stage. The louder the audience's voice, almost stupefied, they could only applaud loudly after being shocked by this unprecedented play.
… it is good
Kou Dong's hands and feet felt cold when he saw it. He watched the group of monsters with human faces but no longer human shapes try their best to please the audience, and listening to the resentful and mournful opera sounds, he seemed to have fallen into a deep pool, and it became difficult to breathe. He opened his mouth and panted desperately, in order to calm down from the scene in front of him and offset the surging resentment and hatred in his heart.
Ye Yanzhi hugged him quietly, as if to comfort him.
The big-headed doll beside him turned his head around. He looked at Kou Dong, slowly parted his lips, and said, "Do you think it's okay?"
Kou Dong struggled a bit, and finally shook his head.
"Not good," he whispered, "not good."
The big-headed doll's smile deepened.
"Is it not good?"
He stretched out his slender fingers and caressed Kou Dong's face, "But I think it's good. We're all together, isn't it good?"
Kou Dong vaguely felt that he was crazy, no normal person would think this was good!
He is not a villager who has been deceived, but a person who knows the inside story - since he knows the inside story, how can he think that such a strange thing is beautiful or strange
Perhaps the emotion on his face was too obvious, the big-headed baby opened his mouth, suddenly sighed lowly, and said, "What a pity..."
He stroked Kou Dong's cheek, his gaze was indescribably fascinated.
"If you came, we wouldn't make you like this. You're so beautiful, you should be whole..."
His mouth was wide open in a very pleasant smile.
"We put your ears on, we put your tail on—"
"From now on, you are one of us.—You will be an obedient rabbit with beautiful fur, okay?"
Kou Dong was forced to take a step back by the malice in these words.
His eyes drooped unconsciously, vaguely feeling that something was wrong, and only when he looked again did he realize that there was something missing on the ground. The ground is flat, without any trace, the missing...
What is missing is the shadow of the big-headed doll in front of him.
Kou Dong finally knew where the sense of disobedience came from.
From the very beginning, the members of this circus were dead—those who performed for him, those who talked to him, those who stood on the stage to attract guests...
They are all a group of evil spirits who harbor resentment and want to take revenge on this Taoyuan Town!
The author has something to say:
Ye Yanzhi: It's a ghost, what should I do
Kou Dong: (silently takes out Mao Gai and Ma Yuan)...