Pingyang District.
On the stairs of the old-fashioned Tongzi Building, Su Ran was standing on the steps panting with her hands on her hips. Looking at Xu Zhian running fast in front of her, she couldn't help but sigh that the young man's physical strength was really good.
Half an hour ago, Xu Zhian received a phone call and hurried out. After asking, she found out that Wu Guizhi from next door had called her, saying that something serious had happened and asked her to go back quickly.
Su Ran could probably guess what happened. It was probably due to the consequences of the blood transfusion last night. She happened to want to join in the fun and see what the situation was like, so she thought it would be faster to drive her than to take a taxi. You pulled Xu Zhian and got into the car.
At first, Xu Zhian thought it was a bit troublesome for Su Ran, but Su Ran said that there might be some troubles that they couldn't solve, and when he happened to be able to help, Xu Zhian agreed hesitantly.
But as soon as Su Ran climbed up the stairs, she began to regret it.
Last time I came with Zhang Ziqing and the others, I easily climbed to the roof. I even forgot that Xu Zhi'an's house was actually on the damn seventh floor, and this old-fashioned tube building didn't even have an elevator. Now I climbed to the fourth floor by myself. They were all exhausted. It turns out that beautiful women are not suitable for physical labor.
"Sister Ranran, are you tired?"
Because Wu Guizhi's tone sounded anxious on the phone, Xu Zhi'an was also a little anxious for a while, wondering if something happened at home again.
She has been climbing this staircase for seven or eight years, so naturally she doesn't feel tired, but she just ignores that Su Ran has always been a spoiled young lady. The longest staircase she has walked is the third floor of the teaching building, but Jiang Large teaching buildings usually have elevators, but this tube building is indeed a bit difficult for her.
"It's okay, it's okay, you go up first, I will follow in a moment." Su Ran waved his hand.
"Ah, okay." Xu Zhi'an nodded, but didn't say much this time. After all, it was indeed urgent.
By the time Su Ran finally climbed to Xu Zhi'an's door on the seventh floor, Xu Zhi'an must have just come out of his home, stood at Aunt Wu's door and knocked on Wu Guizhi's door.
Wait until Wu Guizhi
After opening the door, Su Ran and Xu Zhian were shocked for a moment.
In Wu Guizhi's room, the walls, floor, and various furniture were now covered with blood that was flowing down. It looked like it had just been sprinkled.
As the door opened, a pungent fishy smell hit her face. Su Ran quickly took out a wet towel and covered her nose and mouth, then stepped back.
Wu Guizhi and the former Director Lu stood behind the door together. Both of them were covered in blood like the furniture in the room.
Wu Guizhi's hair was disheveled and her face was full of panic, but her tears couldn't stop flowing down, and her whole body was trembling.
Taoist Master Lu, who usually had a calm demeanor, looked very embarrassed today. The already tattered Taoist robe on his body was scratched in several places, and the peach wood sword in his hand was also broken into two pieces. Su Ran squinted and looked at those few places. There was still blood seeping out from the scratched area. In addition, after opening the door, Daochang Lu kept breathing heavily. He looked even more tired than Su Ran who had just struggled to go upstairs. It looked like he had been through a big battle. .
"Aunt Wu, Director Lu, what happened?"
Seeing the embarrassment of the two people and the scene at Wu Guizhi's home, Xu Zhian suddenly felt a bad premonition in his heart, "By the way, my brother was not at home when I just came home. Where did he go?"
"Xiao Xu, what kind of cat was the cat you bought last time? Is it a black cat?" Wu Guizhi saw Xu Zhian and took Xu Zhian's hand and asked.
"That's right, it's a black cat." Xu Zhian was a little confused as to why Aunt Wu suddenly asked this.
"Are you sure it is a pure black cat? It is not dyed black intentionally by the shop owners?" Wu Guizhi asked.
Xu Zhi'an thought for a while and shook his head, "Probably not. Even if it is dyed, it should be white or yellow, which is easier to sell. Who would dye a cat black without any trouble?"
At this point, Xu Zhian suddenly reacted, "Aunt Wu, Director Lu, is it because the black cat blood didn't work and something happened to my brother?"
As soon as Xu Zhian finished asking, Wu Guizhi sat down on the ground and started crying.
Xu Zhian looked at Daozhang Lu on the side again.
Director Lu looked at Wu Guizhi who was sitting on the ground crying, then looked at Xu Zhian, and sighed heavily, "Your brother was taken away by that rat spirit."
"How could this happen?" Xu Zhian said in disbelief: "Didn't I listen to your arrangement yesterday and spread the black cat's blood all over the room? Didn't you say that the mouse couldn't get in?"
"The rat spirit did not come in. Your brother was taken away by the rat spirit in this room."
"This room?" Xu Zhian was stunned for a moment, looked at Wu Guizhi's room, and said with a trembling voice: "This...is this blood my brother's?"
Director Lu shook his head and said in a low voice, "He is Ms. Wu's son."
"Quanquan?" Xu Zhi'an was stunned for a moment and quickly asked: "What's wrong with Quanquan? Why is there so much blood?"
Su Ran looked at the amount of bleeding in the room. With this scale, it was estimated that he would probably not survive.
"It's retribution. God must be punishing me because he can't stand it anymore." Wu Guizhi sat on the ground and murmured.
"Aunt Wu, what are you talking about? What retribution?" Xu Zhi'an didn't know why, but he still wanted to help Wu Guizhi up from the ground first.
Wu Guizhi did not accept Xu Zhian's support, but pushed Xu Zhian's hand away, and sat lonely on the ground without saying a word.
"Aunt Wu, you..."
"Let me tell you." Lu Daochang sighed deeply, glanced at Wu Guizhi, who was sitting motionless on the ground, and then looked at Xu Zhian, "Ms. Wu actually has her own reasons. I hope you won't blame her after knowing the truth. she."
Xu Zhi'an nodded, "Tell me, Director Lu, Aunt Wu has always been very good to our family. No matter what happens, I will not blame her."
After Lu Daozhang prepared his tone for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Yesterday, before you found Pindao to open an altar for your brother and expel the rat spirit, the rat spirit found Ms. Wu first, because he knew that Ms. Wu and you are the same. The neighbor is very close, so he threatened Ms. Wu. After I cast the spell, he asked Ms. Wu to replace your black cat blood with other blood, so that after I leave, he can come back and occupy your brother's body again. .
Ms. Wu was unwilling at the time. After all, her family had a good relationship with you and your brother and sister, but the rat spirit told Ms. Wu that if she didn't comply, Sun Quan would be killed.
And if Ms. Wu is willing to help him, he will cast a spell to make Sun Quan's legs heal after this incident is over, so that he can walk again in the future.
In fact, if it was just the benefit of letting Sun Quan walk, Ms. Wu would not agree to the mouse spirit's request.
But if she doesn't do it, the rat spirit will take Sun Quan's life. This is what she is really worried about. After all, Ms. Wu is not young now, and she is just a child.
A mother can give everything she has for her son.
So the rat spirit used this to threaten Ms. Wu, and Ms. Wu was naturally afraid.
Last night, Ms. Wu said she would kill the black cat for you, but she actually killed the black cat and hid it herself, and then used a pot of chicken blood she had prepared long ago to deceive you as black cat blood.
Chicken blood can easily attract evil spirits, including rat spirits.
After the blood transfusion was successfully completed, Ms. Wu simply killed the black cat and sprinkled the black cat's blood into her home in order to fear that the rat spirit would come to find her again.
I thought nothing would happen if I did this, but for some reason, when it got dark today and your brother had nothing to do in the room, the rat spirit appeared at Ms. Wu’s house and took possession of the grandson. whole body.
Ms. Wu had no choice but to call me quickly. When I came over, I saw that Sun Quan did not look like your brother before, and he still maintained his human appearance.
But the more this explains the situation, the worse it becomes. His transformation has improved to a higher level, indicating that last night did not break his muscles and bones, and it even seems that his magic is stronger today.
There was no other way, so I had to start the forum again and prepare to fight this rat spirit.
But just as I expected, this rat spirit's skill was greatly improved compared to yesterday. Even though I had recovered today, I was still defeated by the rat spirit.
After the rat spirit won, he used Sun Quan's body to tell Ms. Wu that Ms. Wu didn't listen to him and didn't follow his instructions to change the blood. Today, Ms. Wu will know the consequences of disobedience.
After saying that, the rat spirit stabbed Sun Quan more than a dozen times in front of me and Ms. Wu. The knife hit the vital part, and also punctured the main artery, and the blood spurted out. In just ten minutes, all the blood in Sun Quan's body was drained.
Your brother may have heard the commotion here, so he ran over from your room to see what was going on. As a result, he bumped into the rat spirit who was about to leave. The rat spirit was worried that your brother was hiding in the room and he couldn't get in. , never thought that your brother would run out on his own now, so he took your brother away with him when he left. "
After finishing speaking, Taoist Master Lu couldn't help but feel a little sad, "It's all because of poor talent and poor academic skills. He can't even fight a mouse spirit. Now Ms. Wu's son died tragically, and your brother's whereabouts are unknown, alas!"
Daochang Lu had finished what he said. It was not a very long speech, but the amount of information contained in it was so great that Xu Zhian couldn't accept it for a while.
Aunt Wu actually lied to herself? Secretly replaced the black cat blood with chicken blood?
Were they all killed by rat spirits?
Ah Xing was also taken away?
Looking at Wu Guizhi who was sitting on the ground in a daze, Xu Zhian asked: "Aunt Wu, is this all true?"
Hearing Xu Zhi'an's question, Wu Guizhi smiled miserably, "Xiao Xu, this is all retribution. I deserve the retribution for doing bad things. I deserve the destruction of my family and my family."
Although Wu Guizhi did not directly answer Xu Zhian's question, her words were considered an admission.
"Why, why are you doing this, Aunt Wu? You can tell me. Let's find a way together. We can raise more money and ask Director Lu to hunt down that rat spirit until he subdues him." Xu Zhian didn't dare. Looking at Wu Guizhi with belief, she said with a trembling voice: "Why, you are the elder that Asing and I respect the most. When we were young, we relied on your help to grow up to this point. I never thought about what you would do. Things that hurt us.”
"Chasing, what are you chasing for?" Wu Guizhi said in a hoarse voice: "You have also seen that today, Director Lu had a head-on fight with the rat spirit, but he still couldn't defeat the rat spirit. He couldn't protect us. For the sake of safety, I You can only listen to the rat spirit."
After hearing Wu Guizhi's words, Director Lu also lowered his head in guilt.
"Then why, after changing the blood, the mouse spirit still can't enter our room, but Aunt Wu's family who was painted with the black cat's blood can?" Xu Zhian still has the last glimmer of hope left. She hopes that it is Aunt Wu's conscience at the last moment. I found that I still didn’t do that.
Taoist Lu shook his head, "I don't know anything about this either.
If Ms. Wu is right, then she must have exchanged chicken blood and black cat blood. Although I am not good at learning, I am sure that if it is real black cat blood, the mouse essence will definitely not be able to get in, so we They all doubted whether the black cat was real. "
Looking at Wu Guizhi who was still slumped on the ground in a daze, Xu Zhian said softly: "I bought this black cat from a vegetable vendor on Wutong Street.
When I saw it, it was indeed pure black. I confirmed it with the vegetable vendor. He said that the cat was black when it was born. As for whether he was telling the truth, I don't know. knew. "
Daochang Lu was silent for a while, shook his head, and laughed at himself: "The mouse spirit in the room smeared with black cat's blood can come and go freely, but the mouse spirit in the room smeared with chicken blood dare not enter. It seems that Pindao is really not good at academics." , don’t even know what this situation is about.”
Su Ran, who had been watching the show, heard the old Taoist priest's words and tried not to laugh. Of course you don't know. This blood was replaced by Qin Shoumo that night. This woman's family still uses chicken blood. .
You must not have the intention of harming others. Although it is excusable, aren't you dragging others down by doing so?
However, Su Ran only asked Qin Shoumo to exchange the blood back at that time, but he did not expect that the consequences would be so serious now.
During the day, he asked Xu Zhian to take Sun Quan to the planetarium to see the stars with an astronomical telescope, and arranged for him to go to Jiangning City Hospital to receive the best treatment. Unexpectedly, at night, such a child had been brutally killed by a rat spirit.
"Aunt Wu, did you... didn't do the blood transfusion later, or made a mistake?" Xu Zhian looked at Wu Guizhi and asked.
Wu Guizhi shook his head, "It can't be wrong. The chicken blood was given to you first, and the black cat blood was killed after I came back."
Seeing what Wu Guizhi said, Xu Zhi'an's last hope was shattered. She couldn't help but take two steps back. She was about to fall backwards when her legs went weak. Fortunately, Su Ran stepped forward to hold her up. she.
"Sister Ranran." Turning his head and seeing Su Ran, Xu Zhi'an couldn't bear it anymore. His emotions collapsed in an instant, and he lay in Su Ran's arms and cried loudly.
Aunt Wu, who had taken care of her brother and sister for seven or eight years, and who in her heart was almost on the same level as her deceased mother, never expected that she would do things that were sorry for herself and her brother.
But before that, Aunt Wu was very kind to herself and her brother. This gap made Xu Zhian not sure how to deal with this situation.
If he were alone, his brain would definitely be blank and he would have no ability to think. Fortunately, Su Ran is still with him.
"Do you know where that rat spirit took An An's brother?" Su Ran was not interested in these emotional disputes, so he might as well focus on the key points first.
But before Director Lu could answer, Su Ran waved his hand and said, "Forget it, there's no need to ask you, I'll find it myself. But what's the conflict between that rat spirit and Xu Zhixing, why do they have to kill them all like this?"
"That mouse spirit is one of the most talented creatures in this area. Other animals may have practiced for thousands of years before they have a chance to become immortals, but that mouse spirit has only been able to overcome disasters and become immortals after practicing for five or six hundred years. .
Animals' tribulations are different from those of humans. There will not be any strange phenomena from heaven and earth such as thunder falling from the sky. They should just need to wait for an opportunity.
When the rat spirit was waiting for his tribulation, Xu Zhixing happened to pass by that area. I don't know what he did, ruining the mouse spirit's opportunity to overcome the tribulation and missed the opportunity to become an immortal.
If you are a human being, you can wait for the next opportunity after missing one opportunity. The worst thing is that you will waste hundreds of years of practice in the middle. However, no matter how talented an animal is, there is only one chance to overcome the disaster in its life. Once If you miss it, you will never have another chance.
So Xu Zhixing ruined his opportunity to overcome the calamity. Naturally, he hated Xu Zhixing very much and quickly came here to take revenge on Xu Zhixing.
The last time I fell in love with Xu Zhixing, I drove him away last night. However, I didn’t expect that this rat spirit’s power would greatly increase after only one day. Yesterday we were able to fight back and forth, but today I have no power to fight back. . "Daozhang Lu explained.
Su Ran frowned, "It seems that even if he doesn't go to heaven, he still has magic power. If he goes to heaven, he will be stepped on by others. He might as well be the boss of this place in the human world."
Lu Daochang shook his head, "There is still a big difference. If he stays in the human world, he will never be able to transform into a human form, and his lifespan can only be a little longer than the normal lifespan of his kind.
But once he succeeds in ascending to immortality, in addition to being able to transform into a human form, he can also have an immortal lifespan when he goes to the God Realm.
So Xu Zhixing ruined his tribulation, which completely changed his life for him. From now on, he can only wait for the end of his life in the world. Even the best talents are wasted. "
"No wonder." Su Ran muttered, "But it's not a big problem. A good living person can be beaten to death by a rat spirit."
"Sister Ranran, you and your boss are so rich, do you know anyone with profound knowledge who can help us? I'm afraid that my brother..." Xu Zhian just said a few words, but couldn't bear it. He burst into tears.
Seeing Sun Quan's blood in the room was enough to see how cruel the rat spirit's methods were. Sun Quan was just killed by the rat spirit in anger. His younger brother was the real target of the rat spirit. Stay with that rat spirit for a long time. For just one minute together, my brother might have suffered some inhuman torture.
"It's okay, it's okay. Let's go find your brother now." Su Ran patted Xu Zhi'an on the back gently, "Why are you looking for an expert? It's enough to have my sister here."
Xu Zhi'an was stunned, "Sister Ranran, that's a rat spirit who has been practicing for hundreds of years. I know you are very powerful and nothing can trouble you, but this is too dangerous. I don't think we can do it alone. How about asking someone for help?"
"Yes, girl, this rat spirit has been practicing for five hundred years. He was interrupted when he was about to attain enlightenment. Now is the time when he is extremely violent. If you go to him rashly, you may also suffer from his murderous hands. When the time comes, the person doesn't save you but gets you in instead, and that's not worth the loss." Director Lu also quickly reminded.
"Why are you so timid even at your age? No wonder you haven't made much progress." Su Ran rolled her eyes at Taoist Master Lu, then looked at Xu Zhi'an and said confidently: "When did my sister lie to you? Don't worry about it. , just follow my sister, let’s go find that one now..."
Before Su Ran finished speaking, there was no need to continue, because at the end of the corridor in the distance, a familiar figure appeared.
"Axing!"
Although the light in the Tongzi Tower was not very good and the figure was standing in the darkness at the end of the corridor, Xu Zhian recognized it at a glance as his brother Xu Zhixing.
His younger brother was standing in front of him now, which meant that he was safe now. Suddenly, a burst of joy rushed into Xu Zhian's heart, and he hurriedly ran in the direction of his younger brother.
But as soon as Xu Zhi'an took a step, Su Ran pulled him back.
"Sister Ranran?" Xu Zhian looked at Su Ran with some confusion.
Su Ran squinted her eyes and looked at Xu Zhixing at the end of the corridor with a serious face, "He is not your brother."
Xu Zhi'an was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Xu Zhixing again, only to find that Xu Zhixing's familiar face now had an extremely strange smile.
