It looked like someone was pulling an old bellows, or like a giant monster breathing heavily.
Following the sound, I saw the white shadow in the courtyard still fluttering. This was her activity time, but behind the white shadow, two huge figures could be vaguely seen, roughly climbing over the wall and entering the courtyard.
.
They were probably more than ten feet tall, but they made no sound when walking. Only when they reached the brightest moonlight in the courtyard did they see their true appearance -
He has a green face, disheveled red hair, a red beard with curly hair, a big bloody mouth, upturned fangs, and jagged canines in his mouth.
He has a strong inverted triangular figure, with no flat spot on his body, but lumps of tendon-like flesh. His hands are close to his knees, and a single slap is probably as big as a cattail leaf fan used by a neighborhood woman to fan herself at night, and her nails look like
The hook is also curved and sharp. If you wave your hand, you might string someone up and then lift them up.
When he arrived, even the white shadows in the courtyard were stunned for a moment.
These are definitely not humans, demons or ghosts, gods or immortals, they are just two man-eating yakshas!
"There's a ghost."
The calico cat's back had already bowed, and the hair on its back was standing on end. It stared at the Yaksha in the courtyard as if he was looking for something, and then turned around and whispered to Song Youyou:
"Let's run."
"Need not."
Early the next morning.
Song You didn't care and put each piece of it into his mouth.
…
Song You seemed to have forgotten what happened last night, and calmly cut some pickled cabbage and cooked himself a bowl of pickled cabbage noodles.
What's coming over the wall from here?
The calico cat stared at him and repeated his words.
This Yaksha is drawn and carved on a large piece of jute paper, which is also the paper used to draw talismans. Through the moonlight, one of the Yaksha's eyes on this corner of the paper can be vaguely seen. If you get closer, you can still see the fine cinnabar lines and blood dot symbols on it.
After eating, he didn't wash the dishes. He just sat in the courtyard, listening to the resurrection of the city, watching the calico cat chasing the fallen leaves on the ground, letting the plum leaves fall on him, and the warm morning sunlight also fell on him through the plum branches.
on the body.
Song You looked at it, turned around and left.
A loud shout!
A raging fire broke out in the courtyard.
The beauty of it is indescribable.
"Are all Taoist priests so powerful?"
There is no dark wind or fishy smell. Although this Yaksha does not move clumsily and slowly, it is not agile enough either. It is not a real Yaksha.
Hearing this, the calico cat stared at him and his eyes suddenly shrank:
"where you go?"
"Thank you, Sanhua Empress."
Sanhua Empress was sitting behind him, sitting neatly with her tail wrapped around her little feet. When she saw him turning around to go back to the house, she quickly got up and followed him.
As soon as the voice hit the ground——
But if this is true, then the person who climbed over the wall is definitely not a human. Not only is it not a human, but it is probably a rather large thing with sharp claws like knives.
The calico cat also jumped on the table and stared at him.
"How can you protect Empress Sanhua if you are not powerful?"
"That's fine."
Song You had an intuition——
Yes--
Looking at it again, although it has a ferocious face and a strong body, it still feels a little awkward.
After cooking the noodles and setting them aside, Song You found a broom and swept away the wind-blown ashes from last night.
"Don't know yet."
Song You answered casually while thinking deeply about the paper.
Luo Captou thought this for the first time.
I just came to Yidu City not long ago. I either go out to listen to books or cook at home to practice. I have never made any grudges with anyone. The only thing I can say I have done is to eliminate the fog ghosts on Jinyang Road and to set up a plan for Luo Captou to catch the fugitive.
Thief of land.
At the same time, Capt. Luo had just left for work.
"That's fine."
Song You pulled out his chair and sat down at the table.
This paper is a rare and good piece of paper——
And it was done by climbing over the wall without any skills.
After all, it is made of paper, and the biggest fear is fire.
Song You didn't feel annoyed and answered patiently:
It's sour and sweet, with plenty of moisture.
"Canopy."
One person and one cat went out together.
The other party should have visited yesterday or the day before yesterday.
After walking a few steps along the alley, I passed by the small courtyard where Song You lived. I suddenly stopped and turned around to look.
It wasn't until he finished eating the oranges that he remembered that he had to take out the piece of paper from last night, looked at it again and again in the sky, and then let out a long sigh.
Either it's not painted well, or it's cut improperly.
It's sour and scalding, appetizing and warming. One bite in the morning will make you feel comfortable from the throat to the tip of the heart.
This is considered a luxurious breakfast these days, thanks to the twenty taels of income from the previous few days.
After checking outside the house, he saw that the place where the two yaksha climbed over the wall and entered the yard last night had been messed up by hooks and claws. He couldn't help but feel a little troubled. According to the contract, he had to pay compensation to the owner of the house or pay for it before quitting the rent.
Repaired.
But it has a fatal weakness.
"Don't know yet."
"Why are you coming to beat us?"
The pickled cabbage noodles are the big pot noodles made in my previous life. The soup is a little thicker, so it is slightly thicker. All the flavors are in the soup, and with the thick soup, it hangs on the noodles. The most delicious
Delicious.
Luo Captou frowned, secretly frightened.
In the blink of an eye, the fire was extinguished, and the night returned to what it should be, with silence and clear light filling the ground.
"this……"
"I don't know yet..."
Song You put away the piece of paper.
The oil lamp automatically lit up, illuminating the room with shadows.
"You wash your hands first."
"Who are you looking for?"
Song You raised his hands and spread them out.
I should go to that paper shop and ask.
It was that Empress Sanhua didn't like the smell of oranges, and she was most afraid of the oil splashed out when peeling them. She was spinning around at his feet, then shrank away, looking far away with an extremely confused look.
Stare at him.
Since others have come to visit, it is reasonable and reasonable for me to have a return visit.
You'll get the answer yourself soon.
Brush it!
The two yakshas opened their arms wide, and their huge bodies soared more than ten feet into the air, leaping half the yard, and both rushed towards him.
"Go find someone."
Peel another orange and use it as after-dinner fruit.
Not only is he endowed with divine power, the hard parts of his body can be as hard as a rock, and the soft parts can be as strong as the bark of a tree trunk. He is also not afraid of death. Even if he encounters a person with low intelligence and ordinary martial arts skills, he must be careful when he encounters him.
Song You stopped and turned around.
At this time, it was a bit regretful that although the Sanhua Empress had developed spiritual intelligence, her Taoism was not enough to transform. If it transformed, even a child could be coaxed into doing chores such as sweeping the floor and lighting fires, and he would get some
Relaxed.
Paper Yaksha too!
"Fire started."
This is a magic method passed down from Buddhism. You can draw a yaksha on paper and cast it to make it live and obey orders. It was first used to protect altars and temples. Later, it was accidentally leaked and was practiced by strange people in the world. It is often used in
Seeking wealth and killing.
Thick and tough, with a slightly red texture.
At this time, the mood is at this time, nothing happens to the little god.
"You are so awesome."
"Please Sanhua Empress, please look after the house."
I saw a few vertical scratches on the top of the wall, three fingers wide and one to two feet long, like wild beasts raging, but they were all concentrated on the upper part of the wall. A lot of tiles on the eaves above also fell off, some
There was a gap, and 80% of the tiles on the ground were broken.
All things are interdependent, and there is always a way to break them.
Song You has already seen it——
Luo Captou couldn't help but bend down to pick up a piece and put it in front of his eyes to examine it carefully.
…
Although it is a paper Yaksha, its ferocity is not inferior to that of a real Yaksha. If the practitioner has some attainments in this way, it may even be worse than it——
"Not really."
Then I searched around again, and finally found a red pen mark outside the east courtyard wall, at the bottom close to the ground, and the magic power was still there.
This is a magic spell.
It is also impolite to come and go without reciprocating.
Song You put his hand on the calico cat's back, stroked it from its back to the tip of its tail, and whispered to it not to panic, then turned around and pushed the door open.
It can't be that some strange person with eccentric temperament heard that there is a Taoist practitioner living here, so he came here to visit and ask for advice in this way, right?
The yakshas are not very intelligent, so they are fine if they are close, but they will not know how to find their way if they are far away. If they are to harm others, they must mark them in advance.
If the world doesn't know this, it would take a team of soldiers to kill it with knives and arrows. It would also take some martial arts to deal with it. But if you see that it is a paper yaksha and know that it is afraid of fire, even if
Even though he is an expert at exorcising demons and catching ghosts without any magic power, he can easily destroy them.
The tiles were very finely broken, only as big as a fingernail, and most of the tiles on the ground were like this, as if they had been crushed by something.
After cleaning up, dinner begins.
Hearing the movement, the two Yakshas immediately turned their heads, eyes like bells, staring in his direction.
The two yakshas were obviously as big as cows, but under the fierce fire, they were like hollow paper coated with oil. They were instantly surrounded by the fire, and then burned to pieces in just two or three times, leaving only
A few pieces of yellow paper drifted down with black ash.
"Then why are you so powerful?"
The corner of the last piece of yellow paper swayed with sparks, and it just fell into his hand, and the sparks were extinguished.
Song You looked at the corner paper carefully in front of the oil lamp.
The Sanhua Empress ate the mice she caught.
"The person who harmed us last night."
It even made him squint his eyes.
"Empress Sanhua is with you."
"Anyway..."
At this time, I heard Sanhua Empress’s delicate milky voice again:
"Where did that ghost come from?"
Such a monster, I wonder how Mr.
Then he hurried to the courtyard door and started knocking on the door, calling Mr.'s name, but there was no response.
He wanted to break the door, but he didn't dare to break it. He felt that he should break the door, but he also felt that he shouldn't. For a moment, even a decisive person like him couldn't make up his mind.
It wasn't until he heard from the neighbors who passed by that Mr. Luo went out about one stick of incense that he had gone out before, perhaps to buy groceries. Luo Captou breathed a sigh of relief and waited at the door for another two sticks of incense, waiting for work.
It was too late, so I left.
Today is the Lantern Festival. I’m going to my sister’s house for dinner. I’m asking for leave. I won’t do it tonight. I bow. I also wish everyone a happy Lantern Festival.