Niu Shi was awakened by the strong smell of blood.
Recovering from a trance.
In front of him was a wooden table. The lights on the table were as bright as eggs, illuminating the dim surroundings.
There was a ram tied to the table, which had just been disemboweled. The red heart, black liver, cyan intestines, and white fascia were all opened, and slowly moved with the ram's weak breathing.
What is this place? Why am I here?
He vaguely remembered that he had a small drink as usual, and after venting his remaining energy on the newly purchased concubine, he fell asleep on his soft bed stuffed with cotton wool.
But what happens now? Was I kidnapped?
His eyes gradually adapted to the darkness.
He saw a man sitting opposite the wooden table.
He thought about that person day and night, always wishing to eat his flesh and sleep on his bones.
Qu Dingchun! How shameless a dog thief is!
He was about to stand up and scold him: "How can Qu Lang be so unfaithful to his words? Didn't he say that he was willing to admit defeat?" Why did you tie me up to this point again and ruin the peace between the two families?
But when he wanted to open his mouth, he found that he could not speak; when he wanted to get up, he could not move his body.
Not only that, he couldn't control his whole body, not even a finger.
It was as if he was still in a dream, with only his eyes, ears and nose waking up.
terrible.
He still doesn't understand.
Possessed!
The talismans I asked for all over the house turned out to be useless? !
He was angry and flustered.
suddenly.
"So hungry."
he heard himself say.
He was not hungry at all. For dinner tonight, he drank a whole glass of Western wine, two steamed white flour cakes mixed with honey, and a large bowl of lamb stewed softly with southern spices.
But this does not stop "himself" from digging out the sheep's eyeballs alive with his fingers, and then swallowing them into his mouth along with the tear ducts.
The eyeballs were chewed between the teeth with a disgusting touch, a strange fishy smell filled the nasal cavity, and the smelly juice was swallowed down the esophagus.
He wanted to vomit, but he heard himself saying:
"tasty."
Immediately afterwards, he and Qu Dingchun stood up at the same time.
Only then did he see clearly the panic in the other person's eyes and the dull look on his face.
Oh~ He suddenly realized that Qu Dingchun was also possessed by the evil spirit.
Then the two of them buried their heads into the ram's chest.
Like two pigs fighting for food in a stone trough, they gulped down the smelly sheep blood and tore at the hard bones, sinewy internal organs, flexible muscles and soft fat with their teeth.
…
eat!
Eat big!
Eat greedily!
Eat like crazy!
No picking, no cleaning, no chewing.
Everything that the teeth could find was swallowed into the abdomen, stretching the stomach pouch, squeezing it into the esophagus, and stuffing it into the throat.
When Niu Shi was shocked and wondered whether he was going to die of gastrotomy.
He finally heard himself let out a long sigh.
"I'm full."
The body belongs to him again.
He suddenly lost control and fell to his knees, vomiting out pieces of flesh and blood from his mouth and nose.
suddenly.
"Uushi!"
Niushi shivered, and slowly raised his head while trembling.
But I saw three terrifying faces emerging from the darkness. Their mouths were open, and their tongues had rotted to the point where only the root of the tongue remained.
His voice was cold and cold, as if insects were crawling all over his body.
"Niu Shi, you promised to take care of my brother's funeral, but you broke your promise and allowed our bodies to be humiliated!"
"Qu Dingchun, you are vicious and vicious. You don't follow the moral principles of the world, and you use evil magic to harm our souls."
The voice became more and more shrill.
"Hateful! Hateful! Deserve to kill! Deserve to kill!"
"Are you my three nephews?"
Niu Shi finally recognized the identity of the evil spirit seeking revenge on him and hurriedly knelt down. Although his abdomen was pulled and the pain was excruciating, he still held back and begged for mercy.
"I, Niu Shi, can't help you! This fact is not my intention. It is Naqu Dingchun who has evil intentions, and I have no choice. If I can spare my uncle's life today, I will enshrine his soul in the temple in the future, and burn incense every day." "Thank you, if you disobey me, I will definitely die badly."
The evil ghost in the darkness sneered sadly.
Niu Shi kowtowed vigorously:
"When there was a disaster in my hometown, I, Niu Shi, asked people to send food back to my hometown. I don't know how many villagers lived. Can you take this small kindness into consideration..."
Still sneering in the darkness.
Niu Shi was helpless and turned to look for Qu Dingchun: "Qu Da, leader of Qu Gang, please say a word when you arrive!"
Qu Dingchun also collapsed on the ground, his abdomen was so distended that he couldn't move. He wiped the dirt on his face and sneered at the ghost: "When you join our line of work, you usually do a lot of bad things, but you want to have a good ending when you die. , what are you daydreaming about?!"
As he spoke, he spat into the darkness.
"If you want to kill or scrape, vomit, please do as you wish."
Qu Dingchun's strong words are more effective than Niu Shi's hundreds of pleading words.
The three ghosts stopped laughing fiercely and dived back into the darkness, whispering for a while.
Show your face again.
"One of you is indeed kind, and the other is reasonable. But if you let me go, it will not quell the hatred in my brother's heart. Why don't you two compete here? The winner will spare your life, and the loser will stay. , vent your hatred for my brother!"
Qu Dingchun dismissed it, Niu Shi just begged.
The three ghosts calmly spit out a box and opened it to reveal the contents.
"You two have been fighting for this thing for many days, so how about adding it to your luck today."
Niu Shi couldn't help but stop pleading and was stunned: "Why is it in your hands?"
Qu Dingchun was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Is this true?!"
Li Gui said bitterly: "We are not you, Qu Dingchun, so unethical."
Niu Shi was shocked: "How can Qu Da believe lies?"
Li Gui: "We are not like you Niu Shi. We can't keep our word."
Qu Dingchun said nothing, climbed up on the table with difficulty, and stared at Niu Shi fiercely: "How to compare?"
"of course-"
The three ghosts suddenly approached the table, and the dancing dim light reflected three faces, one was joking, one was ferocious, and the other was miserable.
"-Douchun!"
…………
The sheep carcass on the table has been removed and replaced by a brazier.
The charcoal fire in the basin was blazing, and several iron bars were burning red.
Qu Dingchun placed a sea bowl in front of him.
He glanced at Niu Shi, whose face was uncertain, and grinned.
"The whole table of mutton fell into my two stomachs. Isn't it a pity that the three of us could only taste it but not be full?"
"In my haste, I couldn't find another sheep. But..."
boom! Qu Dingchun stood up suddenly and put one thigh on the table.
“What’s the difference between mutton and this meat?!”
After that, he pulled open his pants, picked up a short knife and put it on the outside of his thigh buttocks.
He took a deep breath and then blushed.
Shengsheng cut off a piece as big as a palm.
Throw into a bowl.
Then he picked up the red iron bar and pressed it on the wound.
Zira~
The burnt aroma overflows.
The iron bars were thrown back into the brazier, and the charcoal fire burned more vigorously as it ate the blood.
Qu Dingchun was already dripping with cold sweat.
The devil laughed secretly.
He didn't stop there.
"It's just a piece of cake, you can't satisfy your hunger."
He put down his legs, picked up the hem of his clothes, and grabbed a ball at his waist.
"This place is soft and waxy, the most plump."
When I cut again, the knife was a little dull, so I had to slowly cut it with the edge.
Blood flowed freely, he gritted his teeth, cut off a fist-sized piece, and threw it into the bowl as well.
By the time an iron bar was applied to the wound, blood was already bleeding from the bite.
In the darkness, the ghosts cheered.
He still didn't give up.
"The fatness of the loin meat is not as firm and elastic as the shoulder meat."
He pulled off his sleeves, turned pale, and stabbed the tip of the knife into his shoulder blade.
…
Time flies by like drops of blood.
The charcoal fire in the basin was still bright, but the bowl had long been eaten up.
Niu Shi and Qu Dingchun were lying on the table, their lips turning white from blood loss, and the severe pain making them weak.
Qu Dingchun was fierce, and Niu Shi was equally vicious. He kept pleading, but he didn't hesitate to draw the sword. Wherever Qu Dingchun cuts, he will cut it; no matter how deep Qu Dingchun cuts, he will cut it as deeply!
The two of them chased each other so hard that they were all covered in bruises, and in the end, they didn't have the strength to burn the wounds anymore.
The blood continued to flow, forming a pool of blood under the table.
Weird laughter sounded in the darkness.
The smile was full of hatred.
"It's such a pity that neither of you can win. Since no one can take away the prize, it's better to just burn it."
A skinny hand reached out from the darkness, making a gesture of throwing the wooden box into the brazier.
"stop!"
Qu Dingchun stopped hoarsely.
Niu Shi listened and mumbled a few times, but didn't say anything in the end.
From the very beginning, he kept begging ghosts for mercy, and kept hurling insults and provocations at Qu Dingchun. But now, he has neither the strength nor the inclination to speak out.
He already understood, how could Li Gui's words be trusted? How can the resentment of Li Gui be quelled? The three brothers were just playing tricks on them.
Qu Dingchun must have understood it and made the final plan.
He is different from himself, Uishi thought, he is a local.
Qu Dingchun squeezed out the last of his strength and put his neck on the empty bowl. He panted violently for a while, then regained his strength and put the knife across his neck.
"With good meat, how can we not have good wine? Please don't break your promise, you three, and drink to the full."
Then he had to slit his throat.
Three ghost faces laughed in the turbid candlelight, chewing in their mouths, and already greedy for fresh "wine" in their eyes.
boom.
It wasn't blood splattering, but the door was suddenly kicked open.
The light from outside shone in, illuminating the twisted, ugly and miserable figures of the three brothers.
Huang Wei, who broke through the door, looked at the field in surprise.
Then he quickly retreated.
"Taoist Master, here!"
The words trailed off.
Countless birds fluttered their wings and rushed in.
…………
"The sky has no eyes! The sky has no eyes! Niu Shi, you unconscionable bastard! Qu Dingchun, you deadbeat! And you, you bull nose! You all will not die well!"
Brother Li Gui was suppressed by Huang Fu, but he still cursed endlessly.
The "bastards" and "bastards" they called them were sitting in the corner, roughly treating their wounds. Each of them got a wood spirit talisman to warm up their injuries.
And "Niubi" was squatting in front of them, groping his chin, his eyes full of inquiry.
The state of the souls of the three brothers is very strange. The long torture not only caused them to accumulate huge resentment, but also caused their minds to almost collapse, and their souls and bodies became inhuman. If you were to leave it outside, you would probably lose your soul, but in Qiantang, you can barely stay together.
He was considering whether to capture it and study it carefully.
Brother Li Gui finally accepted the reality and tried to reason: "Those two people are not good people. It is natural for my brother to take revenge. Why do you, a Taoist priest, meddle in other people's business?"
"I don't want to meddle in other people's business." Li Changan sighed in a non-trivial tone, "But that cow benefactor is my employer. Today I bury a dead person, and tomorrow my employer will die mysteriously, and I won't be able to do business anymore. "
"Business?" The cow stone cat in the corner summoned some energy and called out quickly, "Are you a funeral manager? That's great! Master, quickly get rid of the evil spirits. I can give you more money."
The three fierce ghosts roared when they heard this and wanted to swallow the cow stone alive. Unfortunately, they were restrained by the yellow talisman and had to fight on the spot.
"More money won't help." Li Changan glanced at him coldly, "No matter what happened to these three people in front of them, they became evil ghosts after death. They didn't kill innocent people. How can they kill them at will?"
This doesn't work, that doesn't work either, so what should I do?
The Li Gui brothers just continued to express their resentment, while Qu Dingchun was thoughtful and Niu Shi rolled his eyes.
"Our lives were all saved by the mage. Whatever the mage wants to do, just do it."
Niu Shizhi was very responsible, and Qu Dingchun did not object, but Brother Li Gui seemed to be blinded by resentment, and gradually he could only roar and roar. Li Changan had to throw a few more Pure Heart Talismans to bring them back to some sense.
Then he pulled a stool over and Damajinda sat down.
"We are all asking for food in Qiantang. There is a saying that 'it is better to resolve enemies than to make enemies'. Why don't we let Pindao be a 'peacemaker' and resolve this enmity for everyone?"
Regardless of the reactions from the three parties.
"The three of you have become evil ghosts and are irreversible. It is better for Niu Qu and the others to find a temple with a lot of incense and enshrine your souls. When you have accumulated enough blessings and dissipated your grievances, then they will fund it for you." How about a good pregnancy for the three brothers?"
Recovering reason does not mean eliminating hatred.
Li Gui sneered: "Should I say no?!"
Li Changan was helpless.
Do they really think that Pindao is here to seek their opinions?
"Qian Tang doesn't have access to the underworld, so he can't save the souls of wronged people, so he can only ask three souls to fly away."
…………
What else can Brother Li Gui do? I had no choice but to agree.
The Taoist priests put away their souls.
Plop.
A box falls.
Li Changan picked it up: "This is..."
Qu Dingchun's expression suddenly became excited and he struggled to get up. Behind him, Uishi stretched out his leg to knock him down, then staggered over.
"Oops! Thank you, Taoist Priest. That's exactly what was stolen from my house."
Li Changan turned around.
Niu Shi missed the target and fell to pieces.
The Taoist opened the box.
"I heard that you two fought fiercely for a certain treasure, and many people died and a lot of money was lost. Is this it?"
He took out a stack of papers from the box. They were all land deeds and had the same name on them - Zhengzhao Temple.
The square where Dong Wazi is located is also called Zhengzhaofang.
Huangwei came up curiously and looked through it.
According to him, Zhengzhao Temple is one of the sixty-four temples. It is a descendant temple. Unfortunately, the current presiding officer is an unworthy descendant. He divided the whole temple into four parts to pay off debts, built hook railings on the mountain gate, and built a quiet room. It was built as a warehouse, and the side hall became a fire worship temple... The land deeds were also divided into many parts and scattered in Qiantang.
I didn't even think about collecting it here.
Li Changan clicked his tongue, everyone said that the sixty-four temples were noble, and each monastery was named after the temple. He did not expect such a strange thing to happen. But after thinking about it, it's not surprising. After all, there is Xianyi'an Zhuyu in front of me.
"What do you two urban foxes and rats want from this Buddhist temple? If you want merit, you might as well do less evil things on weekdays."
Qu Dingchun got up in disgrace and did not come to fight for it, but said disdainfully:
"Why should a good man who begs for food at the knife's edge need to worship a monk? It's the ghost king who asks for it."
Niu Shi also stood up and echoed: "On the Eighth Ghost King's birthday in August, he and I each received a 'thousand gold post', and the messenger made it clear that the ghost king only wants Zhengzhao Temple."
The longevity ticket received by ghosts such as Li Changan is called "Ten Thousand Dollars Ticket", but how can a mere ten taels of silver meet the face of the Ghost King? The so-called "ten thousand money stickers" are just spread out by the messengers from Cave City to add joy to the birthday banquet.
The winner can just hand over 10,000 yuan to the wizard who worships the Ghost King in time, and that will end the matter, but he will not really be able to attend the Ghost King's birthday banquet.
But there is another kind of longevity sticker called "thousand gold sticker". Only those who get this sticker can truly be listed as guests. But as the name suggests, a birthday gift worth thousands of gold must be given.
It is said that over the years, many people have had their families broken up and their families killed due to the "thousand gold post".
"Is that why you fight so hard for it?"
Qu Dingchun looked bleak: "Because of it, 30% of my brothers died and most of them were disabled."
Niu Shi looked sad: "For it, I spent half my life savings, and I also took on new debts."
Li Changan frowned and said nothing.
Qu Dingchun asked again: "Master, do you think I am shamelessly clinging to the Cave City?"
Don't wait for the Taoist priest to answer.
"Oh, those gossips never thought that Dongwazi's huge wealth would fall into the hands of a local poor man like me, Qu Dayijie, a foreign refugee leader? Isn't it because the previous manager offended me? In the cave city, all the doors disappeared without a trace overnight.”
Say it.
He stood up and left Xiaosuo.
He lost the last fight, but he didn't win this time.
He has completely lost the land title to Niu Shi.
