Chapter Ninety-Nine: A Strip of Cloth
On the shore of West Lake, the street where Bohol Hall is located.
It's been more than half a month, but it's still like a ghost street at night, except for the white paper money and black ashes.
People are terrified of this street, and they don't know if it's a psychological effect, or maybe it's because there are so many people dying here. At night, this street is much colder than the others. It's already summer, but I can't hear the slightest insect chirping here, and when I sleep, I have to cover the quilt, otherwise I will be frozen awake in the middle of the night.
Devil May Cry and the Great Black Horse roam the streets like ghosts, they have been to this street several times, and more than a few youkai have been caught or killed. However, the owner of the constant loud noise was never found.
This job, only five taels of silver, has been busy for a few days, and there is no shadow at all, so it should be a loss. But the one who was caught or killed by the Devil Cry was a monster, and the subsidy he received had already earned him more than 20 taels, and every time he came, it would cost a few taels, and it seemed that he had earned it again.
The big black horse followed closely behind Ghost Cry, listless. I have eaten salted fish for several days in a row, but I haven't eaten it all yet, and I can't lift my spirits when I think of the salted fish that I have to eat for a long time. There's nothing the devil can do about it. He was also tired of eating salted fish, so he no longer ate salted fish, and handed it all over to the big black horse, and he could only express helplessness about the tragic situation of the big black horse, and then gnawed on the stewed fragrant bones.
As a result, the big dark horse is even more invigorated.
Ghost Cry stuffed a handful of peanuts into the big black horse's mouth, and said, "Okay, cheer up, in the morning, I'll buy you Yang Ji meat buns." β
All of a sudden, the big black horse lifted his spirits, although in his taste, buns are not as delicious as pure meat, so what's the matter, it's better than salted fish. Looking at the big black horse who regained his spirits and strode behind him, Ghost Cry smiled, it was too naΓ―ve, he didn't say how much to buy, even if he only bought one, he would be considered to have bought it.
After walking around the long street and eating a stomach full of ashes, they went to Bohol Hall to take refuge in the night, and a strange wind blew at night. Now that the people of Baohetang have gone to the empty building, and no one has repaired it, the entire front hall is only left with broken walls, which looks very miserable.
One man and one horse rested for a while, and suddenly, a voice came into the ghost crying mind: "My lord, there is something in the half-step hole in the left corner." β
This voice came from the iron armor of the unjust soul worn by Ghost Cry.
The Devil Weep Lord's spirits perked up, and he jumped up at once, raising his hand and reaching into what was obviously a rat hole, but he grabbed a void.
"My lord, it ran to the backyard. β
When the ghost cried, he quickly slammed open the back door and rushed into the courtyard. I saw a long strip of something flash and burrow into the grass, it seems, is it a snake?
Ghost Cry was unsure, and quickly chased after him.
"My lord, it's running away. β
Ghost Cry stopped and frowned, could it be that the thing that is making noises everywhere these days is a snake spirit?
But this thing doesn't seem to be harmful, and snake spirits are very dangerous, so they don't look like snake spirits. Monsters that can endanger themselves, the bell will warn, but this thing sneaks up on the side, but the bell doesn't react at all.
There are only two possibilities for this to happen. The first possibility is that the other party is too weak to attract the attention of the bell. The second is too strong, and there is some way to fool the bell. Devil May Cry is more inclined to the first type, which comes from his inferences and feelings.
The big black horse came late, and looked at the ghost crying suspiciously, not understanding why the ghost cried and ran away. The ghost cried and patted the big black horse on the head, and at this moment, the bell rang.
There's something!
Ghost Cry immediately rushed out of the Bohol Hall, and then saw a black shadow galloping away, the sound of horses' hooves sounded behind him, Ghost Cry grabbed the reins of the big black horse running from behind, turned over and got on the horse's back.
The big black horse galloped and quickly caught up with the black shadow, but it was a short man in a night suit.
"The Heavenly Master's Mansion is doing business, and the people in front of you are stationing!"
The man in black in front of him in a night suit not only did not stop, but ran faster.
A warning, seeing that the other party didn't listen, the ghost cried and pinched the horse's belly. As a well-trained war horse, the black horse immediately understood the meaning of ghost crying. Don't look at the big dark horse skinny, but now, it is never an exaggeration to call him a thousand miles horse, and the speed is fast.
The man in black in the night suit sped up, and instead of pulling away, the distance was closer.
Seeing this, he simply turned around sharply and shot out with a dozen darts. The big black horse stopped suddenly, and the ghost flew out of the big black horse's back with a cry, and pulled out the long knife. As soon as he landed, his legs kicked, and he lowered his body like a sharp arrow, and he did not dodge in the face of oncoming darts.
All of a sudden, all the darts shot at Devil Cry, and then all of them were inserted into the robe, which was blocked by the iron armor of the unjust soul inside. At the same time, Ghost Cry also took out a throwing knife and raised his hand to shoot it.
The knife was fast and ruthless, and it directly pierced the thigh of the man in black in front of him and nailed it to the bones of the thigh. This time, it hurts my heart.
The man in black in front let out a "squeak" and threw out the package that he had been carrying in his arms. Ghost Cry saw clearly what was in the package, and was suddenly shocked, and he didn't care about the man in black, so he hurriedly rushed out, picked up the package with a knife, and then took the package with a light arm. Looking down, in the package, a smooth and tender little face was sleeping soundly, breathing steadily.
Ghost Cry breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned to chase the man in black, the man in black was shot through the thigh, and he couldn't run fast at all, and Ghost Cry caught up with him in two steps.
With a "poof", yellow smoke filled the air, and a pungent smell came to the face. Ghost Cry hurriedly withdrew and flew back, exiting the range of yellow smoke, looking down at the baby in his arms, and breathing a sigh of relief.
The man in black jumped on one foot and fled into the dark alley, and suddenly, he seemed to step on something, and at the bottom of his feet, a slender shadow writhed and coiled around the feet of the man in black, and then a huge black shadow rushed from the oblique thorn. There was a muffled "bang", and the man in black was knocked into the sky.
The black shadow that rushed out of the oblique thorn was the big black horse, and he turned around sharply, raised his hind hooves, and kicked the black shadow in mid-air.
The black shadow squeaked again, and fell heavily to the ground, and the black face towel flew out and fluttered in the air, revealing a hairy face and a pointed nose.
Devil Cry took advantage of the moonlight tonight to see clearly: "Mouse, no, weasel!"
The big black horse did not stop, turned around again, neighed, with tears streaming down his face, stepped on the body of the man in black, and then spat and stretched out his tongue and shook his head and tail and galloped away.
Ghost Cry stuck the long knife in his hand into the ground, took out a flying knife and shot it. The body of the man in black was trembling by the force of the flying knife, and the slender shadow wrapped around the feet of the man in black was alarmed, and he raised his head all of a sudden.
At this moment, Ghost Cry saw clearly, it was a long strip of cloth. Looking at its style, it should be...... Waistband?
This thing gave him the impression that it was in the Boholdo, the thing he thought was a snake.
He stepped forward and grabbed the thing, which was dusty and covered in ash. All at once, it wrapped itself around Oniwai's hand, and then bit Oniwai like a snake. As a result, he didn't have a mouth, he couldn't bite at all, and he couldn't even bite painfully, so he could only leave a futile head on the ghost crying clothes.
All around, there was a pungent stench, and the eyes really couldn't stand it, and the ghost cried and shed tears and quickly retreated, his eyes were hot, and he couldn't see things clearly, and it took two or three seconds to ease up. Look at the baby in my arms, he is still asleep and has not been woken up by the smell.
Now, the devil cries with two hands, one holding the baby and the other tugging at the snake-like strip of cloth.
The big black horse stretched out his tongue and walked back slowly, spitting vigorously as he walked, his eyes were already wet with tears, and he looked miserable.
The Devil Crying Baby was placed in the saddle and secured with a rope. Only then did he have the time to pick up the strip of cloth that was writhing wildly in his other hand, find a bag and stuff it in, then tie the mouth of the bag tightly, and let it swing wildly in the bag.
After doing all this, the stench dissipated a lot, and the ghost cried and walked up, picking up the corpse with a knife, and sure enough, it was a weasel.
Ghost Cry looked back at the street, by the way, which house did this guy run from just now?