Lin Shanhai shook off Aluan's hand without any explanation, rushed forward and snatched away a servant's lantern, and chased him into the house alone.
When did you get too careless and let things from the outside come in? Or, in addition to the little ghosts outside, there are indeed monsters such as the Shadow Girl in the house.
Everyone was in the yard and there was no one in the house. He ran wildly chasing the trace of the shadow. He watched the shadow quietly pass by the door and sneak along the wall quickly.
Not Shadow Girl... Shadow Girl will not leave the paper door. It was something else, something else... something more terrifying.
Thinking of this, beads of sweat appeared on Shan Hai's forehead.
The courtyard was still noisy. Aluan's eyes could see that the babies were lying on the corridor, trying very hard to follow Shanhai in. She wasn't sure what to do, whether she should go in and help him. But he pushed her away so resolutely at that time. What was going on in that room...
Aluan suddenly noticed that the souls of those babies suddenly stopped making trouble. As if they heard some call, they left here one after another and went around to the other end of the yard. Aluan followed closely, and after turning a corner, she saw the last child crawling into the house.
The nearest plate of salt, which was originally white, turned into a coke-like black color, and its weight was much less, as if it had collapsed.
Something bad is going on - there are powerful ghosts here.
Not caring much anymore, Aluan tightened his grip on the peach wood sword at his waist and walked in.
The shadow moved so fast that Master Lin couldn't keep following him. When he reached a fork in the road, he took out his compass. As if there was some strong magnetic force, the compass needle pointed out the shadow's position. He chased all the way, but saw a little boy at the end of the corridor, his head lowered, beckoning him to come over.
It was the murdered Young Master Qi.
But the pointer led him upstairs, and Shanhai didn't know what to do. It suddenly occurred to him that the second floor of the main room was the room where Mrs. Qi was.
When he hesitated, a woman's scream came from upstairs. Lin Shanhai couldn't help but ran upstairs.
Madame's room was tightly closed. The mysterious human figure is reflected on the door, shadowy. There was a strong wind in the sealed room, and furniture and utensils were bumping around. He seemed to feel that the whole house was shaking due to some invisible force, and there was a creaking sound between the doors and windows, as if they were about to fall apart.
Shan Hai was not sure what was going on inside. He tried hard to open the door, but found that it was in vain. Having no other choice, he took out a black talisman from his sleeve and prepared to use his spiritual power to forcefully blow the door open.
The deeper the fire pit, the more people want to jump in, probably people like Lin Shanhai.
At this time, he felt something tugging at the hem of his clothes. He turned around, and those little devils were pulling at him one by one, as if trying to dissuade him from going in.
When he turned sideways, he found that Master Qi's ghost had also appeared on the second floor at some point. The young master kept waving to him, as if he wanted to say something to him.
Shan Hai was convinced that the salt barrier had been destroyed. But he didn't know who did it. He only knew that these ghosts driven by his blood seemed to have something they wanted to tell him eagerly.
He looked anxiously at the door and then at the young master. Finally, he stuck the charm on the crack of the door and ran downstairs chasing the young master's ghost. After walking out of the house, the ghost pointed at a certain vermilion pillar and stood there without moving. When Shanhai ran past, the young master disappeared.
Pillar?
Like thunder on the ground, Taoist Master Lin remembered Guanshi Qi's words.
"This house has been in the past..."
At that time, there seemed to be some bad habits.
He did not dare to neglect, and immediately called the steward and servants, and led the guys to dig along the pillar. Even Dahei seemed to have sensed something and was digging hard at the edge.
Mr. Qi had long heard that the noise was not normal, so he insisted on rushing into the house, but Shanhai asked several people to stop him. Even though the master looked so weak, even three or four strong servants couldn't hold him down if he tried hard. It is impossible to say that Master Lin is not anxious. The sick lady was trapped alone in the house, and everyone was terrified. Fortunately, they all trusted him. Although they were muttering in their hearts, they followed his instructions with their hands.
At first, he himself was a little unsure, but when he saw the compass spinning wildly in this direction as if out of control, he was convinced of his knowledge.
Human pillar ghost.
A long time ago, due to some difficulties during construction or building a house, the project could not continue. At this time, due to lack of relevant knowledge, people will simply attribute this phenomenon to some local ghosts and ghosts, so they use the method of human pillar sacrifice.
That's a very cruel habit. A living person is tied to a pillar or placed in a coffin, built on the base, filled with soil, and covered with a building. Living people are suffocated to death, and their souls are trapped in the house, unable to become Buddhas.
It's not a fusangshen, but... such a terrifying ghost. The past few years have been going smoothly, but because Granny Qi, that is, Mrs. Li Qin, has been brutally killing those babies and calling them stillborns. In addition, a teenage boy was also innocently killed recently, which greatly aggravated the negative atmosphere in the house. Even though No matter how active the people above are, they can't suppress it.
While I was thinking this, someone suddenly said loudly that something was exposed.
When he looked there again, the pit was already very deep. He took a deep breath and poked his head inside, and sure enough, a section of human skull was revealed.
"Keep digging!" he said almost tremblingly.
The complete body is taken out and arranged, and then through a series of complex rituals or chanting, the deceased can be saved.
But there was no time. The simplest way is to just take out its skull, stick a written talisman on it, and then use a mahogany sword to cut off the talisman, causing the skull to crack in response, so that the ghost of the deceased will disappear in an instant.
...peach wood sword.
"...A Luan! A Luan! Dai Luan is there! Has anyone seen my disciple!"
He looked left and right, asking around in a panic. Some people said that they saw her walking into the house and did not know where she was now.
Lin Shanhai panicked. The last time he was so nervous was when he fell off a cliff as a child and worried that he would not be able to look back alive. His legs felt weak, as if he was dragging two pieces of cotton as he rushed into the house, almost rolling to the second floor. When he ran to the lady's door, the black charm he had posted previously was gone.
Shanhai opened the door with a swish.
A puff of black smoke spurted out, roaring towards the face of the mountains and seas. The biting cold wind seemed to peel off a layer of skin. He raised his arms and covered his face with his clothes. When he could open his eyes, the sight in front of him made him speechless.
In this black mist, he seemed to be in another space that did not belong to the human world. Ah Luan is here, her expression is extremely indifferent. Although she has nothing to say, at this moment, she gives people an eerie feeling of silence.
He knew that Aluan had been weak since childhood and could easily be possessed by unclean things.
However, when she saw Taoist Master Lin, she bowed respectfully.
Shanhai slowly took out the Bahuang Mirror and pointed the mirror at her. Turning his face sideways, he saw in the mirror a slim woman standing where Aluan was.
She is a very graceful beauty.
With long brown hair and flowing clothes, she looks like a fairy descending to earth.
But he has no face.
The lady on the hospital bed beside her showed a gentle and calm smile. Those held in her arms and those lying beside her were all babies in swaddling clothes. That's exactly what a mother should be.
A Luan - no, it should be said that it was the woman who handed over the peach wood sword and a charm. He recognized the black talisman as his own, but strange patterns were written in blood on the back. It was superimposed with the lines on the front. He took it and recognized it after a lot of effort. It was a kind of sealing talisman.
"You...no, could it be that you are..."
The black fog dissipated in an instant, and everything around him returned to its original appearance. The furniture and utensils are all displayed in their original positions untouched. The children beside Mrs. Qi were also gone. She just fell asleep quietly with a happy smile on her face.
A Luan suddenly lost consciousness and collapsed in front of him. He rushed forward to help her up and found that her palm had been scratched at some point and was covered with black blood.
Then the master who dared to come rushed into the house, fell on Mrs. Qi's bed and cried bitterly.
Everything is settled.
When Aluan opened his eyes, it was already noon. You can hear the sounds of birds playing in the courtyard, and occasionally one or two white butterflies fly by the door.
She raised her left hand, with clean gauze wrapped around her palm. He touched his neck and saw that the safety lock was still hidden between the coat and lining.
Seeing that she was awake, an unfamiliar little maid happily rushed out of the yard to report that she was safe.
The house was very lively today, and many people came to the Qi family's yard. I heard that the evil ghost was solved, so naturally many people came to join in the fun. Taoist priest Lin had to deal with a lot of greetings. It wasn't until the little maid called him that he ran back to the yard without saying hello.
"That woman is the family god transformed into this house. Because after the wife suffered a blow and became weak, the Qi family no longer had the energy and confidence to worship her, and her spiritual power was also weakened a little, unable to maintain a pure state. So at night When it is deep, through the candlelight, its shadow will be projected onto the doors, windows and walls.”
"I know." Ah Luan took out the mahogany sword and inspected it carefully, "Where is Xiao He?"
"... took the young master's body and returned to his hometown. A few days later, the master came to apologize in person. By the way, the madam has also woken up, but her legs and feet are not good, so she needs to move around more. And, Qi... Li Qin Shi was also taken to the Yamen..."
Aluan drank the potion beside the bed in one gulp and put on her shoes. When Shanhai said these words, she checked her medicine box. Finally, she picked it up, turned around and walked out the door.
"You are indeed fine. It would be great if that were the case..."
"You talk a lot, so hurry up and leave. Later, when the news spreads, the streets will be empty. Not to mention the city gate, we can't leave even at the entrance of the alley."
What Dai Luan can't cope with in this world is not the underworld, nor this bright world.
In the streets and alleys, everywhere, there are people everywhere, looking up but not looking down.
It is only this hidden and tucked-away human heart that you have no way of knowing, but you have nowhere to escape.
