Nightmare Apostle

Just a second before he was about to turn around and escape, Cheng Cha hesitated. Although escaping now would ensure his own safety, Tong Han, who succeeded him, would have to start over and endure all the crises he had faced before. That would waste too much time. He must leave some clues for her.

Thinking of this mileage, Cha turned back and pulled off a piece of cloth from the hem of his clothes. He used soul-inducing incense to attract the attention of several old people. He squatted down and tied the cloth strip to the old man in Qingyi as quickly as possible. He was also the target tonight. On the village chief’s right leg.

After doing this, Cheng Cha grabbed the last small piece of the soul-inducing incense and ran away. Finally, just before the incense was about to burn out, Cheng Cha escaped back to his ancestral home.

Standing in front of the ancestral house, Cheng Cha breathed a sigh of relief and looked back. There were shadows in the mist. The whole village had completely changed after midnight.

In the room, Yang Xiao, Tonghan and others were waiting anxiously. This was the first time they went out to perform a task after the third watch. Suddenly, there was a sound of banging. Yang Xiao carefully distinguished it and confirmed that the sound was coming from the direction of the door of the ancestral house. Come.

Tong Han quickly put on his hood, put a coin between his lips, and with one clean movement, he raised the soul-inducing incense and strode out the door.

All the way to the gate of the ancestral house, the gate was open at the moment, and there was a figure standing outside the door. After approaching, he judged from the figure and clothes that it should be Cheng Cha. Tong Han noticed at a glance that the hem of Cheng Cha's clothes had been torn open, and it seemed that he had been I scratched something, but no blood was seen.

Tong Han knew the rules. She only walked to the threshold and then stopped without stepping out of the door of the ancestral home. When Cheng Cha outside the door saw her coming, he lowered his head, slowly raised his right leg, and turned to his side. Step forward and touch the ground twice with your toes.

Tong Han couldn't stand this scene, and felt that the other party wanted to tell him something, but Cheng Cha did not hesitate and walked quickly into the door of the ancestral home without saying a word, passing by Tong Han.

The moment Cheng Cha stepped into the threshold, Tong Han confirmed that he was real, because there was a semicircle of incense and ash outside the door, which just closed the door. A layer of white mist arose in the village. This mist was strange, and it was... The circle blocked the outside and did not drift into the ancestral home at all.

Tong Han can probably conclude that this circle of incense ash can block some dirty things from the door. At the same time, it also proves that Dujia Village is not peaceful after midnight.

When Cheng Cha returned to the small courtyard where he lived, he took off his hood, walked quickly to the door, and lowered his voice to remind: "I'm back. The village is full of ghosts. They are the murdered Du family villagers. I found the village chief. There’s no time to look for that thing anymore.”

Cheng Cha understood that the people inside could not believe his identity, so he did not force it, "You don't have to open the door for me. We can still communicate through the door. Chu Xi...Chu Xi, are you listening?"

"Listening." Yang Xiao's voice came from behind the door.

Cheng Cha recounted what he had seen and heard as quickly as possible, which was of great help to Yang Xiao in carrying out his mission soon.

"A ghost can restrict our movements by stepping on people's shadows?" This piece of information was extremely important, and Yang Xiao couldn't help but feel shocked.

"Yes, so you must be careful. Once the shadow is stepped on, not only will the body be restricted, but it will also attract the attention of the ghost village chief. This is the most dangerous." Recalling the previous thrilling scene, Cheng Cha couldn't help but feel fear, and almost , he almost said it was there.

"Have you seen the ghost monk?" Sui Chengguo's voice came from behind the door.

"No."

On the other side, Tong Han held up the soul-inducing incense and had already walked into the mist. What happened next was similar to Cheng Cha's. Tong Han, who was walking along the bluestone road, soon encountered those whose feet were not leaving the ground and their shoes were rubbing on the ground, like walking zombies. ghost villagers.

Each of these villagers lowered their heads and wandered aimlessly on the street. When Tong Han came a little closer, the ghost villagers were like sharks that smelled the smell of blood, slowly surrounding them. Fortunately, the speed was not very fast, so it was okay. cope.

The village chief Du was hiding among these villagers, and tonight's mission was to find him. Tong Han scanned the villagers one by one and wrote down the villagers who met her standards. Soon, she noticed a The most important thing about the old man in green clothes is that there is a gray rag strip of cloth tied to the old man's right calf. This strip of cloth is very abrupt against the background of the old man's decent clothes.

Cheng Cha's figure popped into Tong Han's mind. The tattered clothes on his body were gray and torn when they met not long ago.

This should be the clue Cheng Cha left for himself!

After figuring this out, Tong Han tried to get close to the old man in Tsing Yi and picked up a long stone on the side of the road.

After using the soul-inducing incense to lure the old man in Tsing Yi out of the group of villagers, he found the opportunity and lightly touched the old man's right leg with a stone.

"beep."

The feedback felt a little hard, and there was a very soft muffled sound. Tong Han knew that he had guessed correctly. The leg was made of wood, and the old man in Tsing Yi was the village chief of Dujia Village.

The target person has been found, and only one-third of the soul-inducing incense has been burned, so she still has plenty of time.

While Tong Han was alert to his surroundings, he looked for opportunities to search for the old man. Faced with the temptation of the soul-inducing incense, the old man was like a smoker. As long as there was soul-inducing incense to smoke, he would not even touch the old man's body with his hands. reaction.

But the price is not small, the soul-inducing incense burns much faster than before.

Soon, Tong Han felt something on the old man's wrist through his sleeves. With just a slight squeeze, Tong Han knew what it was. It was a bracelet.

Tong Han's spirits lifted. She carefully took off the bracelet, while being alert to the old man's reaction. Fortunately, the old man continued to smoke incense and was indifferent to her offense.

The bracelet felt heavy and the surface was a little greasy. Even though Tong Han didn't know much about these things, she could tell that the beads were worth a lot.

After rubbing the beads on the clothes a few times to wipe off the black unknown stains, Tong Han found that the surface of the beads was not smooth. There seemed to be words engraved on them.

Looking closer, several adjacent beads were engraved with one of the words "Mani Padme Hum" in gold, and even after so long, they did not fade.

It is the six-word mantra of Buddhism, also known as the "Six-word Great Bright Mantra"

This is a string of Buddhist beads.

At the same time, Tong Han also made a new discovery on one of the largest beads. This bead also had a word engraved on it: Department.

Tong Han frowned suddenly, because there was a circle of gold outside the word "Bu", which formed a circle, but was not completely closed, leaving a gap of about a quarter.

She had seen this mark more than once, on the gold bar given by the wife of the Du clan leader, on the stone of the east wall, it can be said that there are such marks everywhere in the village, but Tong Han never thought that

the word erased here was actually the word "Bu" of Bujia Village.

Thinking of what Yang Xiao said, he had seen the appearance of the original ancestral hall in the village in his dream, and there was also a strange circle pattern engraved on the stone platform under the ancestral hall.

Putting all this together, Tong Han felt a chill on his back and came to an astonishing conclusion. This is not Dujia Village, this is Handan Village!

And the villagers who were slaughtered in front of him were also villagers of Handan Village.

In order to verify her guess, Tong Han quickly walked back to the villagers and randomly found a few people. Almost everyone had Buddhist beads on them, regardless of gender, age or status. It can be seen that these people were very devout Buddhists in their lifetime. There was a "bu" character engraved on the Buddhist beads.

After confirming this, Tong Han planned to turn around and leave. After all, the soul-guiding incense was in her hand, and the nearby villagers were being attracted.

But the next second, Tong Han was stunned. Her lower body seemed to be restrained and she couldn't move at all.

No matter how she struggled, it was useless. What was even more desperate was that she was now near the ghost villagers of the brigade.

There was still soul-guiding incense in her hand. It wouldn't be long before she would be surrounded by the ghost villagers attracted. By then, the soul-guiding incense would burn out, which would be her death.

While her upper body was still movable, she kept looking around, trying to find out what went wrong. But it didn't matter if she didn't look. A figure appeared faintly in the mist not far away. The old man in green clothes, the village chief, actually came over with a stiff step. The most terrifying thing was that the village chief's turbid eyes were not looking at the soul-guiding incense at this moment, but staring at her.

With a snort in her heart, Tong Han was sure that the village chief had already set his sights on her. As long as she got close to her, she would be dead.

At the same time, more and more villagers walked out of the mist and gradually surrounded her. Wisps of white incense mist dispersed and were quickly inhaled into the villagers' nasal cavities. Many villagers even opened their mouths and greedily swallowed the incense mist. The soul-guiding incense burned faster and faster under the inhalation of many villagers.

Tong Han forced herself to calm down. She knew very well that the more anxious you are, the faster you will die. She concentrated her energy and swept her eyes around, not letting go of any suspicious things. She saw several old men in the crowd who were also well-dressed and looked 70% to 80% similar to the village chief.

One of them just happened to be standing behind her. Unlike the other villagers who were rushing to gather around and approach, the old man in brown clothes just stood there, motionless.

Relying on her intuition, Tong Han confirmed that the problem was with this person. As her sight moved down little by little, Tong Han was surprised to find that one of the feet of the old man in brown clothes was just stepping on her shadow, at the waist, and she just couldn't move below the waist.

The next second, Tong Han suddenly thought of Cheng Cha. Not long ago, Cheng Cha had made strange movements when facing her. She judged it was a hint, but she didn't know the specific content. Now she understood everything. What Cheng Cha wanted to tell her was to be careful that her shadow was stepped on by a ghost.

Now that the reason has been found, the next thing is simple. Tong Han put the soul-guiding incense under the nose of the old man in brown clothes and seduce him to leave his original position little by little.

As the old man took a step, the restrictions imposed on Tong Han were instantly lifted, and the village chief who had originally rushed towards her also returned to his original state and turned into a walking corpse.