Hundred Ghosts

The man is dead, so it doesn't matter if they take it seriously or not. After lunch, he and He Huai packed up some leftovers in the back kitchen and went to the place agreed with the black cats to give them the food.

After the black cat glanced at them, it yelled at the back, and a dozen little wild cats jumped out immediately.

A group of kittens "meow meow" begging for food looked so cute that Lin Zi couldn't help but want to reach out and pet them.

But even though there was food, Lin Zi felt empty.

He Huai rubbed his hands obscenely behind Lin Zi's back, and took his hand while he wasn't paying attention.

It's warm and soft, and it's really comfortable to hold.

Lin Zi glanced at He Huai inexplicably, wondering why he suddenly held her hand?

But he didn't let go.

In the evening Lin Zi gave them another meal, because it was late and it was getting dark when they couldn't wait for the leftovers to be brought over.

"I'm sorry you guys... I'm late." Lin Zi dumped the leftovers on the ground, and the stray cats didn't listen to his explanation, they just ate hard and didn't listen to Lin Zi's ramblings.

As long as there is food, it doesn't matter so much.

But suddenly the cats raised their heads vigilantly, and Lin Zi followed their gazes.

An unknown ghost wandered over from a distance. The ghost was ugly, with a very thin body, but the bones were covered with skin, and it was frighteningly thin.

When the ghost saw the food on the ground, its eyes lit up, and it rushed forward to eat a couple of bites, but for some reason, the food rotted badly the moment it rushed over.

It looked up to the sky and howled a few times sadly, and finally left helplessly.

Lin Zi heaved a sigh of relief, this guy finally left.

This ghost is a non-eating ghost. It was transformed from a villain who was insidious and cunning in his lifetime, who often sowed discord and wronged good people. The word "no food" does not mean that they cannot eat, but that they have nothing to eat.

For example, when they find clean water, they dry it up as soon as they drink it.After finally finding some food, it was as rotten as it was just before it reached their mouths... It seemed that they were dissatisfied with it, and they cried and ran in the wilderness every day.

This thing is a scourge, harming people during life, and spoiling a lot of food after death.

On the way back, He Huai said, "Tomorrow the old man will be buried in the ground. After burying him, let's continue walking?"

"Of course, it's impossible for us to eat and drink at his house for a lifetime." Lin Zi couldn't laugh or cry, "What's wrong? You think I'll settle down here?"

"It's not like..." He Huai muttered, "I'm afraid of being recognized."

"That's right." Thinking about it, Lin Zi thought the same way. If he wanted to escape, he would naturally have to "escape", and he would be recognized sooner or later.

Early in the morning of the second day, the old man was going to be buried, Lin Zi and He Huai had their last breakfast and left quietly.

In fact, the two of them don't know where to go, but it's the beginning of spring now, and there are tender green everywhere at a glance, even if there is no good scenery, looking at the little sprouts is still eye-catching.

The two walked along the mountain path, and He Huai helped him catch some pheasants or rabbits for food. Although it was a bit difficult to swallow, he would not die of hunger.

After walking for two or three days, Lin Zi gathered some firewood to make a fire, and He Huai went to look for prey. Not only did he catch rabbits and pheasants, but he also brought back a wolf.

Lin Zi didn't know what to say for a while, "Where did this... wolf come from? You are really good at it, dare to catch wolves?"

He Huai couldn't laugh or cry, "Look carefully, it's a dog!"

Lin Zi stepped forward, this guy had round eyes, his tail was between his buttocks, it seemed that if it wasn't inconvenient, it would still want to shake it a couple of times.

Where there are dogs, there are people.

"What are you doing stealing / someone's dog from someone's house? Return it soon."

He Huai rolled his eyes angrily, and showed him the dog's hind feet, "Look carefully!"

Its left hind foot was dripping with blood, as if it had been pinched by something.

He Huai heard the barking of a dog while chasing the rabbit, and followed the sound to chase after it.This silly dog ​​seemed to have stepped on a hunter's trap, and was caught screaming.

He Huai helped it pull the trap away, and carried it over—and brought over the prey he caught casually.

In front of the dog, two despicable humans roasted and ate its prey!

The wolfhound glared at them angrily.

Lin Zi burped, and threw the rest of the meat to the wolf dog.

The wolfhound happily ate the meat, wagging its tail.

Seeing that it was eating happily, Lin Zi said to He Huai, "This dog should be a hunting dog, right?"

"That's right? It killed its prey, but it didn't eat it by itself. It should be reserved for its owner."

"Then we should return it to its owner." Lin Zi said, "Maybe its owner is a hunter. It is a hunting dog. The hunting dog is extremely important to the hunter. Its owner should be dying of anxiety at this time!"

"Okay, okay." He Huai thought that maybe he could get a bowl of rice from Orion's house. Eating tasteless barbecue these days is like eating hot food.

They took the dog to the place where He Huai picked it up just now. I don't know if its owner is a hunter, but there must be many hunters nearby, because there are so many traps here, Lin Zi stepped on it several times, Fortunately, He Huai reacted very quickly and gave him a hand.

The two of them waited on the spot for an entire afternoon, and when it was getting dark, they finally heard an anxious voice, "Rhubarb—where are you—why haven't you come home—"

As soon as the hound heard the voice of its master, the whole dog became agitated, stood up forcibly and called out to the master with a "Wow, woof, woof".

"Oh, what are you in a hurry for? Wait for your master to come over." He Huai patted the dog's head.

"Rhubarb—is that you—call out twice—"

"Wang Wang Wang..."

He Huai pretended to sigh, "Look, what a touching scene where the master dog meets..."

"Don't talk too much..." Lin Zi laughed, "The owner will come later to see how you explain it to him!"

Its owner quickly found it. He was a young guy with a strong build and dark skin. It was still very cold at night, but he only wore a coat.

"Rhubarb——I found you!" The boy was both surprised and happy, but when he saw Lin Zi and He Huai, his face suddenly changed, "Who are you dating?"

"That...I..." Lin Zi gently pushed He Huai with his elbow.

He Huai said, "Your dog stepped on a trap, we rescued it and waited for you to come back here."

It was concise and clear, and omitted the fact that the two of them stole his prey.

"Then thank you all..." The young man was skeptical, but Rhubarb was fine except for his hind legs.

He hugged Rhubarb as easily as He Huai, "Rhubarb is fine, you can still hunt with me after a few days of recuperation... right..."

He looked at Lin Zi and He Huai, "It's the middle of the night in the wilderness, why are you here?"

"That...we..." Before Lin Zi could figure out how to make it up, He Huai just opened his mouth to lie.

"We are travelers, and we accidentally lost our way here."

The young man was bold and easy to deceive, so he said immediately, "In that case, why don't you go to my house."

"what?"

"I will enter the city in a few days, and then I will bring you to the city. After entering the city, you should know how to get out, right?"

Lin Zi and He Huai looked at each other.

Lin Zi thought that when he entered the city, you would see our faces and the reward under the reward order... I'm afraid you won't think so.

But when the time comes, I will find another reason to leave early, that is, to eat and sleep outside all day long, not to mention eating delicious food, ordinary Chinese cabbage will do.

They followed Orion to his house for a few days.

Orion also lives alone, and their village is more remote than the last village they went to. There are a few families living here and there, and there are more lonely graves around than people.

Orion said, "Last year, the snow was too heavy. We were trapped on the mountain, and we couldn't even go out... My family is fine. I have a lot of meat. Several families starved to death in the snow."

Lin Zi looked around, "With all due respect, your Fengshui...is not very good here."

Surrounded by mountains but no water, some places can't see the sun all day long, living here for a long time is easy to get sick, and the dead can't live in peace.

"That's something that can't be helped. Let me tell you, a Taoist priest said the same thing before. At that time, all those who were able to move away. Look at the remaining people in our village. I have ten fingers. It's clear!"

"Then why didn't you move away?" Lin Zi was quite curious.

"I would like to, but I don't know anything other than hunting. If I go elsewhere, I can only starve to death." He smiled wryly, "I... want money but no money, status and no status, and I don't look very good , I won’t even be able to marry a daughter-in-law in the future! Sigh, I’d better live alone. One day I feel like I’m going to die, so I’ll run to lie down in a small ravine, and wait for the next heavy rain, and the mud and rocks on the mountain will wash down—let God wash me away. Buried!"

"Don't be too pessimistic." Lin Zi persuaded him, "Marriage depends on fate. You should pay more attention to it. There will always be a girl who will fall in love with you."

"It's not a matter of girls or not... Hey, let's not talk about this, let me bandage the rhubarb first, and you can look around for yourself."

Lin Zi didn't want to stay outside in the middle of the night. In the past few days, he could hear wolves howling every night. The last time he was less than three feet away from him, the green wolf eyes were staring at him fiercely in the darkness... Fortunately, He Huai was by his side—it seemed to be very afraid of He Huai, and when it saw him, it turned around and left in despair.

The young Orion took out the oil lamp and lit it, applied herbal medicine on Rhubarb's leg and tied it with a bandage. Rhubarb was very obedient and let him play/handle without saying a word.

After Orion bandaged Rhubarb's injured leg, he went out again with his sickle.

Lin Zi couldn't help but lamented how hardworking he was, "It's so late, why are you still going out? There are too many wild beasts at night, why don't you go out tomorrow?"

"Where do you want to go? I'll go out and cut some grass."

"Ok?"

"Come with me and have a look."

Lin Zi followed him to the back room, where the Orion actually kept a lot of small prey in the back room, more than a dozen rabbits, pheasants, wild goats, deer, and separated them with partitions.