"The monster is in Madam's belly!"
The words came out.
Not to mention Mr. Hou himself, both Feng Chong and Bo Ziyu looked surprised and hurriedly looked over to take a look.
"Don't try to scare the enemy."
The Taoist priest quickly shouted in a low voice to stop.
"The monster has been alarmed, and the lady's life is in danger."
The waiter suddenly stopped turning his head, with a look of panic and disbelief.
"Didn't the Taoist just say that there are no monsters in the house?"
"We really didn't find the monster."
Li Changan's voice was very low.
"Householder, please look at Madam's posture."
The others were reminded and pretended to glance over casually, only to see Mrs. Hou walking towards the backyard with her big belly.
Hou Yuanwai was puzzled.
Ever since the miscarriage, my wife has been pretending to be pregnant in front of others.
"What's wrong?"
Li Changan explained: "My wife was troubled by her knot and pretended to be pregnant, but in fact she knew in her heart that she was pregnant with no child. Therefore, when I came to the door during the day, I would take the initiative to push others around, without worrying about being 'pregnant'. Body. Layman, look at your wife now..."
Everyone looked carefully.
I found that Mrs. Hou was holding her belly with both hands, taking every step carefully for fear of jolting the fetus that theoretically should not exist.
"This..." The disbelief in Hou Yuanwai's eyes gradually disappeared, and his face became more and more frightened. He grabbed the Taoist priest with his backhand, "What should we do?!"
Li Changan opened the officer's hand and followed Mrs. Qian's leaving profile with his eyes.
She lowered her head slightly and murmured, as if she was talking to the fetus in her belly. Under the dim red light, there is a maternal glow and indescribable weirdness.
"wait."
…………
In a small room, one light is as bright as a bean.
Mrs. Hou was holding a bowl of warm water with black scum floating on it.
Resistance written on his face.
It is said that this is the talisman water left by Taoist Feng to express his apology. It comes from the authentic Taoism and has a miraculous effect of calming the mind.
She didn't want to drink it at all.
But after looking at the maid waiting eagerly at the table, in order to get rid of this annoying guy as soon as possible, she held her nose and drank it all in one gulp.
He was impatient and sent the maid away with her bowl.
Soon, she was alone in the small living room again... No, she rolled up her clothes, revealing her highly bulging belly. There was a faint red under her pale skin, as if she was pregnant with a ball of fireworks. .
She stroked it gently with her hands and murmured lightly in her mouth.
"Son, you are finally back with your mother again."
There was movement under the skin, as if in response.
So she smiled even more heartily, but on this occasion of "reunion", a deep and unconscious sleepiness suddenly came to her mind.
The effect of this calming talisman water comes on so quickly?
She didn't have time to get over her suspicions and stumbled back to the bed.
before falling into a deep sleep.
There seemed to be a harsh metal knocking sound in my ears.
…
I don’t know how much time has passed.
Under the gradually dimming and swaying oil lamp light.
Mrs. Hou's belly was like a burst balloon, "deflating" little by little.
Er.
A strange, writhing shadow was cast on the bed curtains.
…………
The night fog has receded.
The waning moon hung above the clouds, illuminating the courtyard with still cold air.
It was quiet all around.
Suddenly.
"Crunch."
With a subtle but harsh sound, the door slowly opened a crack.
A small shadow came out of the door.
The moonlight fell in time, revealing that the little shadow turned out to be a baby. With a chubby body and short arms and legs, he is babbling and looking left and right as he climbs down the stone steps. He looks a bit innocent and cute.
Of course, the premise is that you have to ignore its red skin and a pair of black eye sockets!
The strange baby climbed down the stone steps and reached the moonlit courtyard. His innocent posture suddenly changed, like a frightened beast, standing on tiptoes and raising his head to be wary of the surroundings.
The light in the yard is dappled, and the sounds in the darkness are thin and subtle.
You can hear the night wind whistling, you can hear the shuttle in the leaves, and you can hear... the gradually heavier breathing.
Anyone?
ambush!
The strange baby turned around and ran away, with a speed that was inconsistent with his body shape, and headed straight for the door that had not been closed.
It was obvious that he was going to repeat his old tricks and use Mrs. Hou's life as a shield.
"Daozhang Feng?!"
"Can't run away!"
The words trailed off.
A cloth scroll suddenly opened on the lintel of the bedroom door, and in an instant, a curtain with runes drawn in cinnabar firmly covered the door.
The strange baby was caught off guard and bumped into it. However, the runes on the cloth suddenly emitted light, and in an instant it became like an iron wall. The strange baby was completely ejected and fell into the courtyard.
Also at this time.
A rapid incantation sounded in the darkness.
"Suppress demons and demons, show me!"
Followed.
"Whoosh."
Like the sound of turning the pages of a book, a yellow talisman suddenly appeared on the empty bluestone floor of the courtyard, followed by the second, third, and fourth... Within a moment, hundreds of yellow talismans appeared. , forming a Tai Chi Bagua pattern, enclosing the strange baby in it.
Immediately afterwards.
The cinnabar on all the charms shimmered.
These rays of light gathered together, pressing the strange baby in the formation, unable to move. At the same time, they also reflected Li Changan, Feng Chong and Bo Ziyu who appeared from the hiding place in the corner.
…………
"This monster... tsk tsk."
Bo Ziyu held the knife and looked around the strange baby who could not move, making judgments and comments.
"It's much easier to deal with than those two fish monsters."
Li Changan nodded slightly.
Based on the magical powers displayed by those three ghosts, it is said that they have practiced Taoism for at least a hundred years. I wonder how the "demon epidemic" was achieved?
But it’s hard to say much right now, so I just turned around and asked:
"Fellow Daoist Feng, how long can your formation last?"
"Don't worry."
Feng Chong smiled.
"Any monster that enters my formation must be allowed to be rubbed by me. It is determined not to break free."
The full words just fell into my ears.
Not cold.
The monster suddenly stood up, its dark eye sockets pointed directly at the three of them.
Li Changan muttered a little.
"Fellow Taoist, what is this?"
Turning his head to look, he found that Feng Chong had a confused and surprised look on his face. It wasn't until he met Li Changan's probing eyes that he suddenly came back to his senses. His face immediately turned red, and he muttered "impossible" while raising his hands. The magic formula changes one after another.
But instead of being suppressed again, the strange baby started to act suddenly.
Li Changan immediately drew his sword to protect the two of them, but found that the strange baby did not come up to kill him, or took the opportunity to escape. He only danced weirdly on the spot, like a drunkard going crazy, or like a puppet played by a naughty boy.
What is this for?
The Taoist priest was confused.
Then he saw fine drops of blood gradually oozing out from the strange baby's body, splattering with blood mist as it danced wildly.
Bo Ziyu is blessed to the soul.
"Watch out. It has that worm in its belly too!"
Yes.
Is the strange baby's current appearance similar to that of Zhou Huai before his death?
Without thinking, Li Changan waved his hand and threw out a bit of light, which penetrated the strange baby's navel, revealing a short needle.
It's the soul-fixing needle.
However, the previously invincible Determining Needle has now lost its magical effect. The strange baby was still dancing wildly, splashing blood drops like rain, messing up the talisman array.
The Taoist priest was not surprised.
After all, it was the strange baby that was hit by the soul-fixing needle, not the bug in its belly.
But fortunately, the body of the parasitic demonic insect is large enough.
Li Changan's eyes flashed, and he rushed forward in a few steps, stepped on the strange baby's belly, and pressed the short needle deeply into the navel.
The strange baby's twitching stopped immediately.
Li Changan looked down and saw the blood drops on the strange baby's body slowly soaking back into its body, saw a red light flashing in its empty eye sockets, and saw its cheeks suddenly bulging...
"vomit."
A large stream of dark red mud spurted out from its mouth.
Not close yet.
The Taoist priest can smell the strange fishy sweetness in it.
poisonous? !
Li Changan pulled away without thinking.
The strange baby also quickly escaped from the Taoist sword.
"Fellow Daoist Feng?"
"know!"
Feng Chong promised loudly, with a bit of embarrassment in his tone.
He twisted the formula with his hands and recited it urgently.
"Chasing the demon, chase the demon, Ji!"
Immediately.
The yellow symbols scattered on the ground all flew up with the curse, twisted into a spiritual rope in the air, and shot towards the back of the strange baby's head.
The strange baby escapes quickly, and the spirit cord chases it even faster!
Looking at the shy and angry look on Feng Chong's eyes, the spiritual cord reaching behind him is probably not just a simple matter of binding, but must be worn through the pipa and passed through the Dantian, and it must be tied tightly from the inside out.
However.
"Don't kill my child!"
A figure suddenly jumped out of the room and protected the strange baby in his arms.
"Damn you stupid woman!"
The sudden change made Feng Chong unable to help but curse.
Mrs. Hou, who was supposed to be asleep after drinking the talisman water, woke up for some reason and ran out to disrupt the situation at this critical moment.
Although Taoist Feng said he was careless for a moment, he would not commit random crimes.
Quickly replace the method.
"boom."
However, the spiritual cord formed by the yellow talisman suddenly collapsed and turned into pieces of paper.
For a moment, they were like falling flowers floating in the court.
In the distance, Feng Chong suffered backlash and turned pale for a moment; Bo Ziyu was out of reach and shouted loudly; Li Changan strode closer with a sword. But Mrs. Hou didn't pay attention to the three of them. She just hugged the strange baby and gently pressed her cheek against the strange baby's forehead.
"My son, my son..."
pity.
People have the feeling of licking a calf, how can a demon have the feeling of admiration?
The strange baby suddenly melted in Mrs. Hou's arms, turning into a puddle of mud and getting into her clothes.
Bo Ziyu's eyes were tearing up.
"Mrs. Hou, that's a monster, not your child!"
But how could she listen? She only murmured softly: "Okay! My dear, come back to your mother's womb."
If the monster succeeds, wouldn't the situation return to the previous one? The three of them waiting in the middle of the night became a joke.
Although Li Changan rushed towards him, he was still a step slower.
At this time.
"Stab it."
There was a sharp sound like an iron cone scratching across a steel plate.
The mud in Mrs. Hou's arms suddenly trembled violently, rolled out of her clothes, and turned into a baby again.
At the same time, a long sword reached the general, thrust it into Madam Hou's arms, separated the man from the monster, and then lifted the strange baby out.
Mrs. Hou did not avoid the sharp edge and reached out to hug her, but Li Changan slashed her at the back of her neck with a knife, grabbed her by the collar and threw her away.
There is no need for the Taoist priest to remind you.
Feng Chong had already seized the opportunity and put his hands together.
"town!"
Several intact talismans hidden among the yellow paper scraps turned into arrowheads and shot down!
…
The dust has settled.
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously.
Bo Ziyu, who was paddling throughout the whole process, was no longer as confident as he was at the beginning. He just stared at the strange baby wrapped in talisman paper and asked curiously:
"What kind of monster is this? It's too cunning."
"Mud Demon."
Feng Chong explained.
"There is a record in my teacher's school: There is a mud monster on the seaside. It looks like a baby, about two feet tall, and its whole body is red. Whenever it throws wet mud into people, they often get sick. It is afraid of gold and iron, and will retreat when it hears the sound."
After dropping the bag of books, Feng Chong still frowned, not because of the monster at his feet, but... He leaned over and looked at the needle hole in Nibao's navel, then looked in the direction where the sound of gold and iron had just sounded, and finally His gaze fell directly on Li Changan's face, full of exploration and deep meaning.
Fortunately, Taoist priests are thick-skinned.
"Now that the monster has been subdued, we should find a suitable place to hold the seal, and at the same time try to cure the monster epidemic. Where is the Yamen?"
Li Changan looked at Bo Ziyu, but Bo Ziyu simply shook his head.
"Don't say that the prison has been destroyed. Even if it is still there, there is no hope."
He thought about it carefully and smiled bitterly.
"I'm afraid there is no suitable place in the entire Xiaoshui City."
Indeed.
After all, it is to imprison monsters. If you are not careful, it may affect the neighbors. The city is crowded with people and is really not suitable for housing monsters.
"Maybe……"
Feng Chong suddenly spoke with hesitation.
"There's a place for that."
