Volume 1 Huangquan December, Chapter 57: White Mouth and White Tongue
It was late at night and everyone had taken a rest.
Two little girls were squeezed into a small bed. There was an iron plate hanging from the ceiling, with a short candle standing in it. There were large and small grids on the three walls next to it, and many candles were placed on it.
They are small gadgets, but they all seem to be made by myself out of some bamboo, leaves, or wood to pass the time.
Yuting told her one by one their origins and how to play with them. Many of them were very strange, and even Aluan had never seen them. Aluan also told her some things he had encountered along the way, which she had never heard of before.
Very novel.
When she said she was tired, Dai Luan lay back and fell on the pillow. She suddenly called out and hit something hard on the back of her head. Yu Ting quickly helped her up and rubbed her head. Then, she took out a pillow from the side of the pillow.
A small wooden box. Ah Luan stretched out her head and asked what it was. She hesitated a little and slowly opened it. Inside was a small apricot-colored horn, which did not look like wood.
Dai Luan stared at it for a long time, feeling that there seemed to be a faint shimmer around it, and she couldn't tell what color it was. Before she could see clearly, Yu Ting suddenly closed the lid.
"This is a whistle made of small ram's horns." Yuting closed the lid and stuffed it into the corner of the bed. "It's a birthday gift from Master Zhang. So..."
"It's okay, it's okay! I'm afraid I'll get it dirty for you... Just put it away. But, that Master Zhang of yours is so awesome. I thought those young masters and young ladies can't do anything."
"Yes, he is amazing. He looks good, sings well, and is good at everything else."
Yuting sat up, blew out the hanging candle, and slowly lay down.
The woodshed was a little dirty, and even if they cleaned it for a long time, it was still hard to avoid the bugs hidden in the firewood. So the girl from Yuting went around their mattress, sprinkled a circle of powdered medicine, and lit it on fire. There was a faint aroma in the house.
, like green bamboo washed by the rain, not choking at all. In this way, insects crawling on the ground and flying in the sky cannot harass them. Mu Wan was sleeping on a put together chair outside the bedroom, and a circle of medicinal powder was sprinkled on the ground.
.If you smell this smell too much, you will easily feel sleepy.
But Shi Wuqi was still awake.
There is a lot of water in Qingli Lake, especially in autumn, so there should be extremely noisy insects. But it is very quiet here, as if all the insects have fallen asleep. The quieter it is, the slightest movement will seem noisy.
, Shanhai's even breathing was also very clear. He patted it twice with his backhand, and fell into a deep sleep. He was probably tired from working before.
Shi Wuqi heard a slight sound, like someone's footsteps. Someone was walking next door. He didn't listen carefully and didn't pay attention to whether Qi was walking. But other than that, within a radius of ten feet, he only heard
Counting the heartbeats of five people including myself - and the flock of sheep behind the woodshed. There were two kinds of footsteps, one of which was very slow, a little draggy, like wandering. Not only was there no heartbeat, but there was no breathing either. It was simply
It was like another Qi girl walking around. The other one, just like an ordinary person, still had a young heartbeat.
He was not sure about the source of the last two sounds, so he sat up and tried to hear them clearly. But as soon as he sat up, the sounds became weaker.
Shi Wuqi suddenly realized that the sound came from below.
Since it used to be a warehouse, having a cellar is nothing new. But Miss Yuting said that she lives alone, what could this thing walking underground be? Could it be that something unclean has sneaked in, or is it hidden underneath?
A grave, a fake corpse?
He himself thought it was nonsense. He didn't know when this "thing" became active. It was also possible that when his companions were all awake, they were too busy and covered up the footsteps.
He was worried, so he sat up, put on the long clothes covering himself, and quietly walked out of the firewood shed door. Standing outside, Miss Qi opened the door quietly. He walked in quietly and saw Mu Wan sleeping deeply.
, not daring to say anything. He turned his attention to the room where the two little girls were sleeping. The door was ajar.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside the door. He turned around and saw that Yuting was walking into the house.
"Oh, you scared me." She lowered her voice, "Why is Mr. Shi here?"
"...I'm here to see Qi. It's so late, isn't Miss Yuting going to bed?"
In the darkness, he stared closely at her face. Against the moonlight outside the room, her expression was blurry.
"Hey, I ate too much fruit and had to wake up all night."
Before walking out of the door again, Shi Wuqi suddenly turned around and said to Yuting who was about to go back to the house:
"Do you have a cellar here? Also, what is that in your hand?"
Yu Ting's footsteps froze at the door, and she unconsciously tightened her grip on the thing hidden in her hand. She turned around, glanced at the sleeping Mu Wan, and then at A Qi beside him. Then, she suddenly opened the bedroom
The door closed again and we returned to the main door.
Shi Wuqi seemed to understand what she meant, and he greeted Ah Qi and gently exited the house.
The two came to the empty yard.
"I'm afraid you might have seen some clues." Shi Wuqi said to her with a smile.
"Well. This girl Qi is not a stranger, but a walking corpse."
"How can you tell?"
"It's not obvious." Yuting shook his head, "Originally I was just suspicious. But in order to let you have a good sleep, I added some soothing things to the anti-insect powder. When I came out at night, I saw Miss Qi standing upright.
She was guarding her there, her eyes were so big, and she ignored me no matter how much I waved. I just thought she might be a corpse."
"What if it's some kind of puppet? You haven't thought about it."
"I boldly touched her face and arms. They all had the same feeling as a living person - just colder."
They stopped talking. The two of them stood outside, the moonlight was very weak, and their faces could not be illuminated clearly. Yuting raised his head and looked at the moon, and suddenly whispered:
"I'm so envious."
"...What are you envious of?"
She opened her hand to Shi Wuqi, and inside was a delicate little ram's horn whistle.
"Is this... why is there a spell on it?" Shi Wuqi moved his gaze up to her face suspiciously. She was just an ordinary sheep herder, so she shouldn't be that capable.
"It was originally an ordinary flute, but a nobleman gave it magic power. Now it can move corpses...but it can only move the original owner of the flute."
After saying that, she immediately clenched her hands and dropped them to her side.
She said again: "Now it's your turn to tell me who you are."
Yuting suddenly became serious. Compared with her lively appearance before, she was completely different. She was a very smart girl, and she probably judged from his previous behavior that he was the one who controlled Qi.
"Me. I am a businessman, and I naturally value integrity. Since you told me, I will also answer your question - have you ever heard of the name of the Lord of Bones?"
Yuting was not surprised at all.
"I guessed it was you."
"Huh? You know me. That's why I'm curious."
Yuting shook his head: "To be precise, I don't know you, but I know you. The noble man told me."
"Reciprocity is a courtesy. You should tell me who your noble man is, right? I can't tell you, but I know him."
"I don't know," she said truthfully, "he is the most famous corpse exterminator in the local area... You should have heard that many people in Qinglize have such a skill. He didn't tell me much, he just taught me this
I even told you that you can control hundreds of corpses, so you are called the Lord of Hundreds of Bones."
"I'm really becoming more and more curious about the noble person you talk about. Exorcism is not a forbidden skill, but it is not easily spread. It is not easy to get you a small object. What price can you offer alone?
"
"...Maybe he was moved by the fact that I traveled thousands of miles to find him and come to beg him."
Shi Wuqi had long understood that she might not be alone on this journey. And the owner of this whistle must be the third young master of the Zhang family whom she mentioned to them before going to bed.
"You walked from north to south alone, carrying a rotten corpse, and you really suffered a lot. But from what you said, it wouldn't be difficult for your noble man to repair it. But you want to
What? If you let him move, will it be gone? I think you are a very smart girl, and this is not the only thing you spend a lot of time on."
Yuting turned around and took two steps. Although she was not big, at this moment, she looked like a worried woman.
"Let's do this..." He sighed, "If you don't mind, please take me to meet your young master first."
She looked at Miss Qi again. Ah Qi was expressionless and stood behind him blankly. She really looked like a stiff puppet at the moment. Even so, she could still confirm that the corpse master's skills were far superior to those of Bai Skeleton Master.
At this little spell, she nodded slightly, turned and left. Shi Wuqi followed her around the wooden house and came to the sheepfold.
The sheep were all asleep, and their horses were tied to the shed posts to rest. Yuting took the lamp he took out from the house, opened the wooden cover under the earth, and walked towards the cellar.
"You just said forbidden techniques," she said as she walked down. "Crushing corpses is not a forbidden technique, and dragging corpses is not a forbidden technique. So, does the technique of bringing a walking corpse back to life be considered a forbidden technique?"
The Bai Skeleton Master following her frowned.
"I guessed that your ambitions are not small. I advise you to give up this idea. The reversal of life and death violates the principle of yin and yang. Underworld will definitely not let you go in December."
Yama, the demon, will definitely not let you go.
"I don't care." She suddenly stopped, turned around, and raised her voice, "I can run, I will take him with me, and we can go anywhere, escape to the ends of the earth, to a place where the Six Paths of Impermanence cannot be found."
Even the six realms of impermanence are clearly known. I'm afraid the noble person she talks about is really not simple.
He looked at her and felt that this wish was ridiculously simple. The six realms are impermanent - you are outside reincarnation and walk among the six realms. Escape? Where can you escape? Not only do you have nowhere to hide in the three realms and six realms, you can escape even if you are reincarnated.
But their discernment.
But Shi Wuqi looked at her, looking at her reflected in the candlelight, and suddenly felt reluctant to break this candlelight-like wish, this moon-like wish.
It's so close, but it's nothing. If you try to touch it, you'll be burned.
