Hundred Ghosts

"I'm exhausted, little brother, are you okay?"

"Well……"

The woodcutter fell to the ground and groaned in pain.

Lin Zi panicked and quickly checked his situation, "Brother? How are you doing?"

He lifted up his trouser legs, and his left calf was already bruised, which looked very bad.

This was obviously poisoned, Lin Zi was terrified, there is no cure for Dao Laogui's poison, unless the poisoned part is cut off!

"Brother... Let me tell you, now...you must cut off your left calf, otherwise the toxin will quickly spread throughout your body, and after a day, you will not even be able to save your life!"

He hugged his legs, and was stunned for a moment when he heard this. Tears mixed with the rain, "...what should I do now? The whole family relies on me to chop firewood for a living. What can I do to support my mother-in-law without legs?"

"Don't think so," Lin Zi said, "Your mother-in-law is still waiting for you at home, she asked me to find you back."

"Mother-in-law?"

"Yes, if you are alive, there is always some hope. If you die, how sad your mother-in-law will be."

"I don't want to either..." He sobbed, "What should I do now? What should I do?"

"Don't think so much, cut off the leg first, I'll take you back to see your mother-in-law, don't let her worry anymore anyway."

"Ah."

He handed the chopping knife to Lin Zi, turned his head and gritted his teeth, not looking at his legs.

Lin Zi was holding the knife, his hands trembling a little. If it was a ghost in front of him, he could unload the opponent hundreds of dollars—but he is a human being, just like himself, who can hurt, bleed, cry, and even scream. will die.

He dared not move.

"Close your eyes, don't be afraid." Lin Zi was more frightened than he was, his lower lip was bitten by himself and bleeding, and his heart slammed, the machete slashed off his leg.

The rain mixed with blood dripped all over the ground, the smell of blood rushed straight to the nose and mouth, the machete fell to the ground, Lin Zi's legs went limp, and he sat on the ground, as if something was churning in his stomach.

"Ah—" the little brother hugged his leg and screamed, the heart-piercing pain almost made him faint.

"Don't move around." Afraid that he would hurt himself while rolling, Lin Zi hurriedly held him down, took off his clothes and tore off the cloth strips to wrap around his wounds. Fortunately, he passed out very quickly, and he couldn't bear it any longer. less bitter.

But Lin Zi was suffering, so he had no choice but to pull himself together, and walked back step by step with him in his arms. His whole body was on Lin Zi's body. A strong woodcutter would naturally not be light. Lin Zi really relied on one breath. After holding on, after walking for a while, his lips were pale and he was dripping with cold sweat, but he couldn't just rest there, he had to be taken back quickly, and then find a doctor for him, otherwise he would either die of pain or lose too much blood.

I don't know how long he walked, but he finally arrived at the entrance of the village. Two young men saw them and recognized the little brother who was holding him down. After a few breaths, he fell to the ground in darkness.

The two people walking in front didn't realize that he wasn't following, and when they got to the door, they realized that there was one less person, and ran back in a panic to carry Lin Zi over.

Lin Zi, who was a little out of shape, became much lighter.

Lin Zi woke up quickly, he could feel that he had a fever, because his mind was in chaos and his throat seemed to be swallowed with fire.

There is only one bed in the mother-in-law's house, and the person lying on it is not me, nor the woodcutter brother, but... the mother-in-law herself.

Her eyes were closed tightly, her complexion was pale, her chest heaved violently, her throat seemed to have a mouthful of phlegm, and every breath she took was "snoring".

Lin Zi slightly opened his eyes wide.

This is clearly a sign of death.

"what happened?"

The young man whispered, "When I came in, my mother-in-law was lying on the ground, and she looked like this... I am afraid...I am afraid that my mother-in-law will not be able to hold on."

Lin Zi was also sad in his heart, "Life is a matter of life and death, there's nothing I can do about it... What about my little brother?"

"You mean brother Huan? You can't let him lie on the floor. I took him to my house... What happened to his leg? Why was it amputated!" He cried while talking, "It's gone Leg, what should Brother Huan do?"

Lin Zi pulled his sleeve and said, "Go outside first, don't say it in front of mother-in-law."

Lin Zi recounted the encounter between the two on the mountain, his eyes widened, and he shook his head repeatedly, "Impossible?"

"What did I lie to you? Believe it or not, it's just... what about Brother Huan? He lost a leg, and mother-in-law is like this again... Sigh."

"My mother-in-law is getting old. It will be a matter of time. We will definitely persuade him. We just hope that he will not do stupid things."

"Yeah." Lin Zi sighed, "By the way, have you invited a doctor yet?"

He is also sick now and needs a doctor to see him.

"Not yet. I just settled Brother Huan. My brother went to my parents to ask for money to hire a doctor. Why hasn't he come out for so long?"

A leg injury is not a trivial matter. The doctor’s medicine must cost several ounces. It’s fine to take care of it. It’s really embarrassing to take it out all at once. What’s more, he lost a leg and it’s hard for him to support himself. Isn't Qian just kidding, "Let your brother come back, don't make things difficult for your brother, I have some money in my hand, I'll go get the doctor."

At this time, he thought of He Huai, it's too bad!He ran away by himself, and He Huai didn't find him when he came back, I'm afraid he was going to die in a hurry!

"Just tell me how to get there. I'm going to find my... friend, he's quite rich."

"Then I'll take you directly."

"it is good."

He walked with Lin Zi for more than an hour to the outside of the city. Lin Zi stood at the gate of the city with a little panic. I don't know how long the reward order between the two of them had been posted. The soldiers guarding the city gate saw it the most. What should I do with myself, a "dead person"?

He had to lower his head and walked into the city gate, but luckily the guard let him go after one glance at him.

He was drenched all over, and his appearance and figure were much out of shape compared to before, so he couldn't be recognized clearly.

Following the little brother to the pharmacy, the old doctor felt that the journey was a bit far away, and wanted a tael of silver for the consultation. Lin Zi touched the purse, grabbed a handful of broken silver and gave it to him, telling him to follow him quickly. As the fever got worse, I couldn't entangle him any longer.

Taking the doctor to the gate of the city, the little brother carried the medicine box for the doctor, and he held the umbrella for the doctor, wishing he could fly over with the old man.

When passing by the noodle stall, the boss suddenly called him, "Hey, son, wait!"

"what happened?"

"Someone came to look for you today and asked me several times."

Knowing that it was He Huai, Lin Zi asked, "Do you know where he went the last time?"

"Just now, he has been turning around today, and he should come over in a while."

After a while... But the little brother was too hurt, he couldn't wait any longer.

"Please tell him, Mister, let him go...err..." Lin Zi took out a piece of talisman paper, and quickly folded a paper crane, "Just give him this paper crane."

"Row!"

That handful of broken silver was very useful, and the doctor quickly applied hemostatic medicine to the little brother and bandaged the injured leg.

He also glanced at his mother-in-law, shook his head and withdrew, "There is no way back."

Lin Zi said, "I'm bothering the doctor. It's raining heavily at the moment. Please wait for a while, and take the doctor back when the rain subsides."

"Okay." He grabbed Lin Zi's hand and touched his forehead, "Wait, you have a fever, why are you still wearing wet clothes?"

Lin Zi rubbed his forehead, "It's okay, I'll ask the doctor to take a look after these things are done."

"Okay, I don't bring so much medicine here, that's all I can do for now."

Brother Huan is still lying down, and her mother-in-law is still alive, what should I do? If he is not allowed to see her for the last time, he will probably be left with regrets for the rest of his life. If he sees...he is so hurt, how can he see her? ?

It's better to run for him by yourself.

Lin Zi had no choice but to borrow an umbrella and ran to the small hut.

The room was already dark, but it was raining today, and it was going to be dark soon, and there was no light in the room. Fortunately, they thought about this problem when they came and gave him a kerosene lamp.

Lin Zi groped into the room, and suddenly realized something was wrong. He lit a candle, and found a ghost squatting beside her mother-in-law's bed, sucking the last trace of her life!

That ghost is a gas-eating ghost. Anyone who is weak or seriously ill should be taken care of by his side, otherwise this kind of ghost will take the opportunity to enter and suck its breath, and the person will die.

presumptuous!

Lin Zi was furious, and slapped the fire directly on it. The gas eater screamed and left through the window.

The mother-in-law's breath was already negligible, and even though she was sucked and angry by the ghost, she hadn't swallowed her last breath.

It's like... what are you waiting for.

Lin Zi squatted in front of her bed and said softly, "Grandmother, hurry up, as agreed, Brother Huan has already been brought back by me."

Her breathing suddenly became heavier.

"Grandma, I know you really want to see Brother Huan for the best, but... Brother Huan is injured, so he can't come for the time being, can you be considerate of him?"

A drop of turbid tears flowed down her withered face, Lin Zi looked very sad, "Grandmother, you can go at ease, brother Huan is fine, if you let him see you like this, he will feel so sorry Ah... you go first, Brother Huan is fine, he will have a wife in the future!"

After seeing so many life and death partings, he knows what the old man looks forward to most.

Sure enough, the mother-in-law loosened her fingers and lost her breath.

Lin Zi pulled up the thin quilt to cover her face.

After waiting for a while, the mother-in-law's soul came out of her body, Lin Zi said softly, "Grandma, let's go, before the ghost of the ghost comes, let's go and see Brother Huanhuan."

She turned her head and saw the corpse, a flash of astonishment flashed across her face, then she nodded without asking any further questions, "Let's go."

Lin Zi held up the umbrella and let her walk under it, catching the rain on half of his shoulder, and soon arrived at Brother Huan's resting place.

Seeing Brother Huan's leg, she jumped on it anxiously, with an indescribable sadness on her face. In fact, it would be better if she cried, but ghosts have no tears.

Lin Zi sat on the bed and waited, her eyes never left Brother Huan, her eyes were sad and gentle, until midnight, Lin Zi estimated the time, saw the white clothes drifting past the door, and said softly, "Grandma, it's almost time ,time to go."

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