Zhou An lowered his head and looked at Li Kui's shadow on the ground. It turned out that the alley was dark and there was no shadow to be seen.
Li Kui raised his lips and turned around to leave.
Just when Li Kui was about to leave his sight, Zhou An's eyes were hesitant and he gritted his teeth and chased after him.
This time, the maze-like village seemed to have become simpler, and I no longer got lost.
All the way to the village ancestral hall.
More than fifty people were here eagerly awaiting Li Kui's return, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Zhou An followed Li Kui step by step, his eyes vigilant and pretending to be fierce to guard against these villagers. After what happened just now, he already knew in his heart that these people should all be ghosts!
"My benefactor, please."
The old man's gray eyebrows were raised, his expression full of expectation.
Li Kui nodded slightly, turned his palm over, and a tiger head jade pendant filled with black energy appeared in his hand. He closed his five fingers and clenched it into powder, and blew it gently.
But the wind howled, and the powder in the sky suddenly turned into many people's faces, getting into the brows of every villager. After a while, they saw an unspeakable anger on their faces.
What is imprisoned in the jade pendant is the soul of the villagers.
the other side.
Zhou An, who witnessed the whole process, his right hand holding the dagger trembled slightly.
Suddenly.
"child."
A gentle female voice sounded from behind.
Zhou An stiffened and did not look back.
Probably not by calling him.
But the footsteps are getting closer and closer.
"Hurry up and apologize to me."
'It's that ghost just now!'
A woman in plain clothes led the naughty child to Zhou An, and spanked the child skillfully. Her tone was a bit harsh: "Why are you standing there? You don't need to apologize if you scare someone?"
Hearing this, the boy looked into Zhou An's eyes and said with some embarrassment:
"Sorry, I scared you just now."
Zhou An looked at this scene blankly, and for some reason, the fear in his heart was much less.
The woman smiled tenderly, looked at Zhou An's emaciated body, her eyes became more loving, and said softly: "Good boy, you must live a good life with your benefactor."
As he spoke, he stroked Zhou Zhou'an's head.
At this moment, Zhou An's tense and stiff body miraculously relaxed.
in a trance,
My mother's shadow seemed to overlap with the woman in front of me.
At this moment, Zhou An thought in his heart: It would be great if his father and little sister could appear in front of him again like this.
at the same time.
Li Kui looked around and saw that all the villagers were here, and said loudly: "Now that we are all here, let's get started!"
"good!"
"Sorry to trouble my benefactor."
The villagers looked at each other with happy smiles on their faces.
This time I was truly free.
Still the same.
Li Kui took out the Yinlu Commander card and opened the door to the underworld.
Immediately, a deep black hole as high as a person's height appeared in front of everyone.
"Goodbye, my benefactor."
The villagers bowed and bowed.
Li Kui smiled slightly and said warmly: "Don't be afraid, I have already said hello in advance, so feel free to go."
Not long after, more than fifty people stepped into the black hole one after another and disappeared.
Then there were only two people and one dog left in the huge village.
"Okay, solved."
Li Kui tilted his head and said to Xiao Hei: "I'll leave it to you next."
"no problem!"
Xiao Hei agreed and started to prepare for the activity.
Immediately, Li Kui sat on the stone mill beside him, and Shi Shiran lit a cigarette. He looked at Zhou An, who was only as high as his thigh, and waved: "Come and sit."
Zhou An pursed his lips and sat next to Li Kui a little cautiously.
Green smoke curled up.
"Hungry, hungry, he..."
(What happened to them?)
Zhou An asked stumblingly.
"them,
"They are the same poor people in this world as you."
Li Kui took a deep breath of cigarette.
The words just fell.
Suddenly, a thick scarlet mist arose in the surroundings, coming from all directions like a wave. The source was Xiao Hei's big canine kiss, which began to swallow up the resentment in the ghosts.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Zhou An's heart slowly relaxed, and he looked at the brave black dog with some surprise.
Li Kui held his cigarette holder in his mouth and asked:
"Do you know how to do something for the tiger?"
Zhou An nodded.
His mother had told him this story before, saying that people who are eaten by tigers will turn into ghosts and lead the way for tigers to eat others.
"These villagers were killed by the tiger demon, which took away their important things, making these people unable to reincarnate. They were tortured day and night, and were killed in an endless cycle.
"Their grievances are getting deeper and deeper,
"And the tiger demon will come down the mountain regularly to collect his trophies."
Li Kui spoke to Zhou An in popular vernacular.
Along with the words, scenes seemed to flash through the scarlet mist.
Some are old people whose heads were bitten off by horrible monsters;
Some women were dragged out of their houses by grinning soldiers;
Some men desperately resisted and were beaten to death with swords and guns;
It was here that Li Kui entered the ghost world and found that all the villagers had turned into ghosts. The strong resentment even formed the ghost world. This was the reason why Zhou An could not find Li Kui.
Later, Li Kui accepted the villagers' request for help and went to kill the tiger demon!
at the same time.
Looking at these pictures, Zhou An lowered his head unbearably, and the trace of hatred in the depths of his pupils became even deeper.
his hate,
It is hatred of the world,
I hate God,
I hate those warlords and demons,
I hate injustice!
Li Kui observed Zhou An, raised his lips, and blew out a puff of smoke.
After a while, the thin dog swallowed up all the resentment and burped with satisfaction.
It is a ghost, and ordinary people cannot avoid these grievances, but for it, as long as it is tempered with violent flames, it is an excellent tonic.
At this moment, as the ghosts disappeared, the village revealed its true appearance.
The ruins are broken and there are traces of fire everywhere. The ancestral hall is collapsed and broken. Not far in front of you are dozens of corpses, which are the remains of the villagers.
"Do you want to help them?"
Li Kui flicked the cigarette butt away, stood up and asked Zhou An with a smile.
The latter nodded heavily!
"Okay, let's speed up, have lunch here in a while, and continue on our way!"
One big and one small took shovels and started digging a hole.
…
…
Qingliang Town.
Located on the border of Tiannan Prefecture, it is under the jurisdiction of a warlord named Zhou. Unlike other places, this warlord is not cruel, but a man who truly does practical things and considers the people.
Therefore, this small town rarely looks a bit lively and lively in the past.
In the vegetable market.
"Sweet potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes."
"Cai Choi, fresh cabbage, come and see."
The vendors shouted vigorously.
There were only a few pedestrians coming and going, and most of them were short of money. After all, the world was in a recession.
"A few masters, a few masters, come and see how fresh my cabbage is."
The hawker with a shrewd look on his face saw a few monks coming over. He quickly got up from the stool, picked up a cabbage, placed it in front of them, and said with a smile: "Masters, take a look."
It's just that the cabbage is said to be fresh, but in fact it's in average quality, or even bad. But these days, this place is really rare.
Unexpected.
Among the three, the oldest monk looked at it twice and shook his head in refusal. Then he looked around a few times and saw a pork shop not far away. His eyes lit up and he walked quickly over.
The other two followed closely behind.
"Hey, hey, where are you going, master?"
The vendor blinked, confused.
Immediately, the smile on his face suddenly froze, but he saw those monks stopping in front of the pork shop, apparently wanting to buy pork!