Chapter Forty-Eight: Visitors to the Bamboo Forest in the Middle of the Night
This rapid scream, in the silent night, was particularly harsh, scaring me and Yu Bing couldn't help but stop the movements of their hands, threw the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and stood on the spot, not even daring to breathe. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
But before the scream could be heard, the monkey had already run into the house with a gust of wind, grabbed my arm, and said in a hurry and panic: "Yiyang, there are ghosts outside, there are ghosts......
At this time, I had already woken up from the fright, and saw that the monkey was frightened, so I stretched out my left hand, patted him lightly on the back, and pretended to be calm and asked: "Don't worry, don't worry, if you have something to say, tell us, what do you see?"
Outside, outside the courtyard, just now a person in red clothes floated over, just outside the courtyard, I saw her face, miserable white, so infiltrating. The monkey continued to answer in a hurried voice.
I glanced sideways at Tianhong and Yu Bing, who were standing on the spot, and then asked softly, "What should I do?"
Red clothes? Perhaps it was the little girl in red whom I saw this morning, and as I said this morning, her appearance was no accident, and now it seems that she is clearly coming for us. Tianhong whispered analysis.
What's the use of being afraid, if she has to pester us, we can't hide, and besides, this place, we are not familiar with the place, and there is nowhere to escape if we want to escape, so it is better to confront her head-on, and we can figure out the ins and outs of the matter! I suddenly said with great pois.
I agree with Yiyang's statement, whether he is a human or a ghost, we will meet her. Yu Bing said and took out a small green snake from his jacket pocket, clenched it tightly in his hand, and took the lead towards the door.
Seeing this, Tianhong also took out three yellow rune papers from the left pocket of his jacket, handed one to me and the monkey respectively, and said softly: "This is the wishing for the exorcism talisman, if the other party is a living person, let Sister Yubing use Gu poison to deal with it, if it is a dead person, then we will take the rune paper and stick it on her, and make sure that she is dissolved."
Well, got it. I hurriedly responded, took the kerosene lamp in my hand, and followed in the footsteps of Yu Bing and Tianhong.
The monkey had regained his composure by this time, so he let go of the hand that had been holding me before, and gently followed my footsteps, and from time to time vigilantly glanced around with the corner of his eye.
However, what is surprising is that when we walked out of the yard, we suddenly found that a bright moon was hanging high in the sky at some time, and the moonlight and shadow shone in the woods outside the yard, and the leaves looked silver and shining, which was very beautiful.
But outside the courtyard was surprisingly quiet at the moment, not to mention the figure of the man in red, and even the sound of insects seemed to have stopped.
Monkey, are you sure you read that right? There's nothing here! Yu Bing slowly turned around and asked suspiciously.
I'm sure I'm not mistaken, look at this moonlight, so bright, I'm not old enough to be dizzy, how can I be wrong. The monkey retorted angrily.
Don't make any noise, the monkey is really not mistaken, someone should have been here, you see that the grass by the woods has been trampled down, I suspect that someone may be playing a ghost! I stretched out my hand and pointed to the grass on the edge of the woods, calmly analyzing.
Who would that be? There shouldn't be anyone else here except the old woman who was crushed at the bottom of the well, right? The monkey asked in disbelief.
There is one more person that everyone seems to ignore! I replied thoughtfully.
Who is it, this barren mountain and wilderness, there is no village in front of the village, there is no store in the back, except for the four of us, who else can there be? The monkey continued to ask the question in his mind.
That middle-aged aunt hasn't been seen since she disappeared in the afternoon, and I suspect that the problem may be with her, maybe she is secretly playing tricks! Yu Bing said an astonishing word at this time.
She! The monkey and Tianhong shouted in unison.
That's right, I suspect it's her, her disappearance is very suspicious, and I dare to conclude that she left on her own, not by human abduction, just imagine, such a big living person, taken under the noses of the four of us, doesn't make sense at all, so there is only one explanation, and that is that she left the hut on her own! I whispered in a very affirmative tone.
But why did she leave? Tianhong also lowered his voice and asked me suspiciously. It is estimated that he was also worried about being hidden in the dark and listened.
Let's go back to the house and discuss. Yu Bing glanced at the three of us with a mysterious look, and turned around to go back to the house.
Naturally, I understood Yu Bing's intentions, she must have found something, so she was worried that the wall had ears, so she motioned for us to turn back into the house.
What's going on? I'm a little confused. The monkey muttered quietly as he walked, but seeing that the three of us were solemn, he did not dare to say anything more for a moment, but walked quickly back to the main hall of the room with us.
After entering the door, Bingyu looked out of the door by the moonlight, and after making sure that there was no one, he whispered to us: "Someone in the woods was peeking at us just now, and I can be sure that it is not the middle-aged aunt!"
Ah, someone peeking? It's so dark in the woods, how do you know? Tianhong asked blankly.
In my early years, I learned Gu poison from my master, and since I was a child, I have practiced the ability to smell incense and recognize people, so in my opinion, everyone has a different smell on their body, just like each medicinal herb will exude a different fragrance.
Just now outside the courtyard, I smelled a smell that was different from the four of us, and that smell was mixed with a cold dead air, which would only be emitted on the corpse, but I could be sure that the person who peeked at us in the forest was not a dead person, because the breath of a living person on her body was not completely covered by the dead air. Yu Bing said this with a little panicked expression.
Doesn't that coincide with Tianhong's words during the day? When he washed bacon during the day, wasn't the girl in red he saw also suspected of having the breath of death on her body? It dawned on me.
Yes, I doubt it too. But in this way, another question arises, what is the purpose of her doing this? Tianhong glanced at everyone and shrugged his shoulders and asked.
Whatever her reason, since she didn't come to provoke us, there is no need for us to take the lead in making trouble, and we will get up early tomorrow morning and leave, so that the well water will not interfere with the river water from now on. I said unusually calmly.
With static braking, this is probably the best way at the moment, alas, if grandma is here, there is no need to worry about these evil ways. Tianhong sighed discouragedly.
Okay, okay, don't sigh, with this idle effort, why don't you go and see the four unconscious children in the house, it's strange to say, it's almost a day, why haven't they fallen asleep yet?