"Ho ho..."
It looked like someone was pulling an old bellows, or like a troll breathing heavily.
Following the sound, I saw the white shadow in the courtyard still fluttering. This was her activity time, but behind the white shadow, two huge figures could be vaguely seen climbing over the courtyard wall roughly and entering the courtyard. .
They were probably over a foot tall, but they made no sound when they walked. Only when they reached the brightest moonlight in the courtyard did they see their true appearance -
He has a green face, loose red hair, a red beard with curly hair, a big bloody mouth, upturned fangs, and jagged fangs in his mouth.
With a strong inverted triangle figure, there is no flat spot on his body, just lumps of tendon-like flesh. The hands are close to the knees. A single slap is probably as big as the cattail leaf fan used by the neighborhood woman to fan herself at night. The nails are as curved and sharp as hooks. A wave of the hand may string the person up and then lift her up.
When they arrived, even the white shadows in the courtyard were stunned for a moment.
These were definitely not humans, demons, ghosts, gods, or immortals. They were just two man-eating yakshas!
"There's a ghost."
The calico cat's back had already bowed, and the hair on its back was standing on end. It stared at the Yaksha in the courtyard, looking for something, and then turned to Song You in a low voice:
"Let's run."
"Need not."
Song You has already seen it——
There is no dark wind or fishy smell. Although this Yaksha does not move clumsily and slowly, it is not agile enough. He is not a real Yaksha.
This is a magic.
Looking at it again, although it has a ferocious face and a strong body, it always feels a little awkward.
Either it's not painted well, or it's cut improperly.
Paper Yaksha too!
This is a magic method passed down from Buddhism. You can draw a Yaksha on paper, cut it out and cast a spell to make it live and obey people's orders. At first, it was used to protect altars and temples. Later, it accidentally leaked out and was used by strange people in the world. It was often used to make money and kill people.
Although it is a paper Yaksha, its ferocity is not inferior to that of a real Yaksha. If the practitioner has some attainments in this way, it may even be worse——
Not only does he possess divine power, the hard parts of his body can be as hard as a rock, and the soft parts can be as strong as the bark of a tree trunk. He is also not afraid of death. Even if he encounters a person with low intelligence and ordinary martial arts skills, he must be careful when encountering him.
But it has a fatal weakness.
Song You put his hand on the calico cat's back, stroked it from its back to the tip of its tail, and whispered to it not to panic, then turned around and pushed the door open.
Hearing the movement, the two Yakshas immediately turned their heads, eyes like bells, staring in his direction.
Brush it!
The two yakshas opened their arms wide, and their huge bodies soared more than ten feet into the air. They jumped half the yard and rushed towards him.
"Fire started."
As soon as the voice hit the ground——
A loud shout!
A raging fire broke out in the courtyard.
The two yakshas were obviously as big as cows, but under the fierce fire, they were like hollow paper and greased with oil. They were instantly surrounded by the fire. After that, they were burned to pieces in just two or three times, leaving only A few pieces of yellow paper drifted down with black ash.
After all, it is made of paper, and the biggest fear is catching fire.
If the people in the world don't know this and use swords, chops and arrows to shoot, I'm afraid it will take a team of soldiers to solve it. If you were a Jianghu person, you would still need some martial arts skills. But if one sees that it is a paper yaksha and knows that it is afraid of fire, even an expert who has no magic power to exorcise demons and catch ghosts can easily destroy it.
All things are interdependent, and there is always a way to break them.
The beauty of it is indescribable.
In the blink of an eye, the fire was extinguished, and the night returned to what it should be, silent and clear.
Song You raised his hands and spread them out.
The corner of the last piece of yellow paper swayed with sparks, and it just fell into his hand, and the sparks were extinguished.
Song You stopped and turned around.
Sanhua Empress was sitting behind him, sitting neatly with her tail wrapped around her little feet. When she saw him turning around to go back to the house, she quickly got up and followed him.
"Canopy."
The oil lamp automatically lit up, illuminating the room.
Song You pulled out his chair and sat down at the table.
The calico cat also jumped on the table and stared at him.
"You are so awesome."
"Thank you, Sanhua Empress."
Song You looked at the corner paper carefully in front of the oil lamp.
This Yaksha is drawn and carved on a large piece of jute paper, which is also the paper used for drawing talismans. In the moonlight, one of Yaksha's eyes can be vaguely seen on the corner paper. If you get closer, you can still see the fine cinnabar lines and blood dot symbols on it.
This paper is a rare and good piece of paper——
Thick and tough, the texture is slightly red.
"Are all Taoist priests so powerful?"
"Not really."
"Then why are you so powerful?"
"How can you protect Empress Sanhua if you are not powerful?"
Song You answered casually while thinking deeply about the paper.
I had just arrived in Yidu City not long ago. I either went out to listen to books or cooked and practiced at home all day long. I never had any grudges with anyone. The only thing I can say I have done is to capture the escaped thief on Jinyang Road except for the fog ghost and for Luo Captou.
It can't be that some strange person with eccentric temperament heard that there is a Taoist practitioner living here, so he came here to visit and ask for advice in this way, right?
At this time, I heard Sanhua Empress’s delicate milky voice again:
"Where did that ghost come from?"
Song You didn't feel annoyed and answered patiently:
"Don't know yet."
"Why are you coming to beat us?"
"Don't know yet."
"I don't know yet..."
The calico cat stared at him and repeated his words.
"Anyway..."
It is rude to come and go without reciprocating.
Song You put away the piece of paper.
Since others have come to visit, it is reasonable and reasonable for me to have a return visit.
…
Early next morning.
Song You seemed to have forgotten what happened last night. He calmly cut some pickled cabbage and cooked himself a bowl of pickled cabbage noodles.
This is considered a luxurious breakfast these days, thanks to the twenty taels earned a few days ago.
Lady Sanhua eats the mice she catches.
After cooking the noodles and setting them aside, Song You found a broom and swept away the wind-blown ashes from last night.
At this time, I felt a little regretful. Although Empress Sanhua had developed her spiritual wisdom, her Taoism was not enough to transform her body. If it takes shape, even a child can be coaxed into doing chores like sweeping the floor and lighting fires, so that he can have some leisure.
After cleaning up, dinner begins.
The sauerkraut noodles are the big pot noodles made in my previous life. The soup is slightly thicker because of the thickening of the soup. All the flavors are in the soup, and with the thick soup hanging on the noodles, it is the most delicious.
Sour and scalding, appetizing and warming, one bite in the morning will make you feel comfortable from your throat to the tip of your heart.
After eating, he didn't wash the dishes. He just sat in the courtyard, listening to the resurrection of the city, watching the calico cat chasing the fallen leaves on the ground, letting the plum leaves fall on him, and the warm morning sunlight also fell on him through the plum branches. on the body.
Peel another orange for after-dinner fruit.
At this time, the mood is at this time, nothing happens to the little fairy.
It's just that Empress Sanhua didn't like the smell of oranges, and she was most afraid of the oil splashed when peeling oranges. She was spinning around at his feet, and suddenly shrank away, looking far away with an extremely confused look. Stare at him.
Song You didn't care and put each piece of it into his mouth.
It's sour, sweet, and hydrated.
It even made him squint his eyes.
It wasn't until he finished eating the oranges that he remembered that he had to take out the piece of paper from last night, looked at it again and again in the sky, and then let out a long sigh.
"Please Sanhua Empress, please look after the house."
When the calico cat heard this, her eyes staring at him suddenly shrank:
"where you go?"
"Go find someone."
"Who are you looking for?"
"The person who harmed us last night."
"Miss Sanhua is with you."
"That's fine."
"You wash your hands first."
"That's fine."
One person and one cat went out together.
After checking outside the house, he saw that the place where the two yaksha climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard last night had been messed up by hooks and claws. He couldn't help but feel a little troubled. According to the contract, he had to pay compensation to the owner of the house or pay for it before quitting the rent. Repaired.
Then I searched around again, and finally found a red pen mark outside the east courtyard wall, at the bottom next to the ground, and the magic power was still there.
Yes--
The yakshas are not very intelligent, so they are fine if they are close, but they will not know how to find their way if they are far away. If they are to harm others, they must mark them in advance.
The other party should have visited yesterday or the day before yesterday.
Song You looked at it, then turned and left.
I should go to that paper shop and ask.
Song You had an intuition——
You'll get the answer soon.
…
At the same time, Capt. Luo had just left for work.
After walking a few steps along the alley, passing by the small courtyard where Song You lived, he suddenly stopped and turned to look.
I saw only a few vertical scratches on the top of the wall, three fingers wide and one to two feet long, like wild beasts raging, but they were all concentrated on the upper part of the wall. A lot of tiles on the eaves above also fell off, leaving a gap, and 80% of the tiles on the ground were broken.
"this……"
Luo Captou couldn't help but bend down to pick up a piece and put it in front of his eyes to examine it carefully.
The tiles were very finely broken, only as big as a fingernail, and most of the tiles on the ground were like this, as if they had been crushed by something.
Is there something coming over the wall from here?
And it was done by climbing over the wall without any skills.
Luo Captou thought so for the first time.
But if this is true, then the person who climbed over the wall is definitely not a human being. Not only was it not a human being, it was probably something quite large, with claws as sharp as knives.
Luo Captou frowned, secretly frightened.
Such a monster, I wonder how Mr.
Then he hurried to the courtyard door and started knocking on the door, calling Mr.'s name, but there was no response.
He wanted to break the door, but he didn't dare to break the door. He felt that he should break the door, but he also felt that he shouldn't. For a moment, even a decisive person like him couldn't make up his mind.
It wasn't until he heard from the neighbors passing by that Mr. Luo had gone out about one stick of incense that he had gone out before, perhaps to buy groceries, that Luo Captou breathed a sigh of relief and waited at the door for about two more sticks of incense, waiting for work. It was too late, so I left.
