The strange story of Huai'an Inn

One of the busiest theater buildings in Tianliang City suddenly disappeared in the blue sky and broad daylight, leaving only a deep bowl-shaped pit on the ground.

In the past two days, the streets and alleys have been talking about this strange case. It is said that about a hundred people who watched the theater, performed the opera and worked in the theater evaporated out of thin air.Teams of officers and soldiers rushed to surround the deep pit, preventing the gathered people from approaching.

But even the government was helpless, and couldn't find any clues.The only thing they could find was some strange yellow slime sticking to the exposed dirt at the bottom of the pit, something that looked like snot or slug secretions.

Then, one day later, those who disappeared from the theater returned home one after another.Some had minor bruises and bruises, but all had absolutely no recollection of what had happened over the past two days.

Except for three people...

Chong Liu was carrying a vegetable basket, standing in front of the steps of another closed theater building, squinting at the plays posted outside the theater building.

In the last scene, Huang Yi Ji was sung.

The performance time is the same day as that of the Taihe Theater, but it is only sung in the evening and evening.

During the time they were trapped by Zhuang Cheng, Huang Yi Ji had been staged in three other theaters in the city.The poster notice was posted about two days before the performance, when Chongliu and the shopkeeper were still trapped in the dream of the locust tree.

After the performance of Huang Yi Ji, the three theaters closed their doors at the same time, and all the troupes that performed this play also closed their doors to thank their guests.

As for when the troupes rehearsed... Chong Liu went to several troupes to collect information.Of course, those troupes who sang The Story of Yellow Clothes could not be seen, so he had to inquire about it from other troupes in Liyuan.

In one of the troupes temporarily staying at the Chenghuang Temple in the west of the city, there was a young man who sang martial arts, who was acquainted with the old man who sang Huang Yi Ji that day.He told Chong Liu that the old student had mentioned to him three days before the performance that he had got a new playbook, and that the performance would be performed in three days, and complained that it was too late to memorize the words.

But later Wu Sheng went to Lao Sheng to go out for a drink, and the old student's state was not quite right, and he was always in a trance.When asked how the rehearsal of the new play was going, the old student said that there is no need to rehearse, as long as he reads the playbook once, he will know how to act.

At that time, Wu Sheng thought that Lao Sheng was bragging, but Lao Sheng recited a series of jokes seriously.What about "Beyond Jue Ling, there is an emperor with yellow clothes, who can swallow thousands of spirits and annihilate all things."

Judging from what Chong Liuda heard, these troupes had never rehearsed The Story of Yellow Clothes, and all the actors just read the script once before starting the performance.

The other three Luzhou monks also disappeared after the three performances of Huang Yi Ji.

It is difficult to trace how many people have watched the complete story of Huang Yi.At present, the Qingming sect has sent people to various bookmaking workshops to watch to prevent the circulation of playbooks with Huang Yiji.At the same time, in the eight directions around Tianliang City, several real people with the highest cultivation bases of the Qingming Sect opened the altar to form a huge blood-sealed gossip formation.It's just that the filth has not erupted yet, so the formation can only be prepared and cannot be activated.

Now that the "plague" has spread, all they can do is wait anxiously for the impact to emerge.

There was something oppressive about to move in the air.Many people also felt physically anxious that the storm was about to come, and people could be heard complaining of chest tightness, dizziness, insomnia or nightmares everywhere in the streets and alleys.

Animals reacted more sharply. There were suddenly many chickens, dogs, mules and horses running out of the house on the street, and countless stray cats.There were also several large-scale migrations of ant colonies, and there was a strange scene where the ground was covered in whirring black.In the morning, I heard less birdsong, and I couldn't even see the crows.

The animals are running away.

Master Qi Yao, head of the Qingming sect, has gone to the prefectural government to explain the situation, asking them to consider evacuating the entire city.However, it was unanimously opposed by the prefect and prefect.There will be disasters without solid evidence, and it is difficult for the yamen to make such a big disturbance based on their speculation to disturb the hearts of the people.

Chong Liu watched a flock of crows fly away in the sky, frowning anxiously.Today is over, and there are only three days left...

How about letting Zhu Yi leave the city first?

Just as he was thinking about finding an excuse to let Zhu Yi leave, he suddenly heard a scream coming from the nearby Banqiao Lane.Chong Liuyi turned his head, only to see a group of people yelling in horror and running away, knocking him down to the ground.When he looked up, he saw a thin man covered in blood with a machete in his hand, rushing straight to an elderly rich lady who fell down while running away, grabbed her by the hair, and cut her throat .

On the ground behind him lay the bloody and bloody corpses of two people.

The man's face was soaked in blood, but his eyes were exceptionally bright, filled with endless malice and madness.

"Die! You rich people should die! Not a single good thing!" He yelled, kicking the corpse of a member in satin clothes who had been hacked to death by him on the ground.Then he continued to rush towards another well-dressed young man.

The young man was so frightened that he yelled that Chong Liu was terrified.He hurriedly got up from the ground and ran for his life, but before he could take two steps, the young man grabbed his arm, "Help! Help!"

Chong Liuxin thought, big brother, can I save you with my body, but when he turned his head, the extreme rich-hating man who indiscriminately slashed at people was already close at hand, and rushed towards them with a knife in his hand.

The young man was still hiding behind him, Chong Liu looked at the thin and tall man's vicious, dehumanized eyes, and realized that at this time, no soft method can persuade a lunatic, if he dies, he will be himself die.

When the first knife came down, Chong Liu pulled the young man to avoid it, but when the second knife came down, Chong Liu didn't roll on the ground in time, and was severely scratched on the arm.But when his life was dying, Chong Liu didn't even feel the pain, and just continued to roll on the floor in embarrassment, his mind went blank.

He had to live...to live was his only thought.

He fumbled wildly with his hands, caught a stone and threw it at the lunatic.The stone really hit the opponent's forehead, and blood flowed down.The other party was stunned for a moment, but did not fall down.

This made him even more furious, and he even completely forgot that his original target was the rich man.

And the rich young man had already taken advantage of the lunatic's attention to be attracted by Chong Liu, and disappeared without a trace.

The nearby streets were all gone except him, the madman, and three corpses.

Chong Liuxin thought, is it really going to end this time?He watched the lunatic raise the machete, his eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that this would be his end.

But at that moment, when the lunatic's gaze met Chong Liu's raised eyes, he suddenly froze.

He looked at Chong Liu and froze in place, the expression on his face changed dramatically from the initial ferocity to panic.

It was as if he had seen something terrifying and beyond common sense.

He let go, the machete fell to the ground with a bang, and then he collapsed in front of Chong Liu, shivering and curled up, hugging his head.

"I was wrong... I was wrong... I was wrong..."

Chong Liu was completely confused, what's going on?

But the opportunity was not lost, he immediately got up from the ground and ran wildly. After running out of a street, he saw the officers and soldiers coming.He quickly pointed out the man to the officers and soldiers, and followed several arresters tremblingly, watching them arrest the crazy man who showed no resistance.

The catcher comforted Chong Liu and asked him if he needed bandages.It was only at this moment that Chong Liu felt the pain in his arm.He looked at his wound dully, and said, "No need...I want to go home..."

"Oh, fine. Then tell me where you live. At that time, the court may need to summon you as a witness."

The policeman recorded Chong Liu's address and sighed, "I don't know what happened today, everyone is crazy."

Chong Liu's mind, which was overly frightened by the rest of his life after the catastrophe, turned slightly at this moment, "Everyone?"

"Yeah, there were a few people in the east of the city who quarreled, and in the end, they all picked up guys and beat them to death, and even a lot of onlookers were seriously injured. There was also a new daughter-in-law in Fang's alley. His newborn son was smothered to death, and then he himself committed suicide. On Pomegranate Street, there were two rich boys who almost killed him because of a fight over a showgirl. There was also a famous filial son on Zhalan Street who strangled his parents to death... ...hey, they're all crazy."

Chong Liu listened, his ears buzzing.

it has started……

Madness began to spread, and all resentment, dissatisfaction, pain, and fear would be infinitely magnified...

"Six children!!!"

The sudden familiar voice pulled Chong Liu's rigid mind out of the fog.He turned around immediately, but saw the shopkeeper and Zhu Yi running towards him in a hurry.

The shopkeeper's hair was disheveled, his face was pale, and he looked panic-stricken, which Chong Liu had never seen before.

"Master!"

Originally, I didn't feel anything because of numbness, but I don't know why I started to feel afraid that my legs would go weak when I saw my boss.Fortunately, the shopkeeper arrived in front of him in time and caught him, so that he would not collapse on the ground in front of everyone.

"Liu'er! Why are you running around!! You want to scare me to death?!" Zhu Helan's eyes first fell on the wound on Chong Liu's arm, but what he said was almost out of breath.It's just that behind the reprimanding tone, there is a panic that is forced to be calm.

Chong Liu was trembling all over, and let the shopkeeper pull him to sit on the threshold of a nearby shop to check the injury on his arm.Zhu Helan turned to Zhu Yi and said, "Go to that hotel over there and order wine and bandages."

"Okay!" Zhu Yi hurried away.

Chong Liu suddenly grabbed Zhu Helan's wrist tightly, and immediately drew Zhu Helan's attention back.

"Boss... I almost lost sight of you..." he said in a daze.

Staring at him, Zhu Helan suddenly raised his hand, wiped the ashes on Chong Liu's cheeks, and then wrapped his palms around his side neck and cheeks. The gentle force and soothing heat made Chong Liu's nose a little sore.

Zhu Helan took a deep breath, as if she wanted to stabilize her equally bewildered emotions, "I heard that something happened outside, so I came out to look for you...Fortunately, you are fine..."

At that time, he was discussing with Daoist Qi Yao and Song Mingzi how to set up formations to divert the air to evacuate the foul air, when suddenly he heard Zhu Yi tell him that the street was in chaos.He looked around for Chong Liu but couldn't find it. The moment Xiao Shun said that Chong Liu went out to inquire about news, Zhu Helan felt his heart stop beating for several beats.

At that time, the feeling of fear that the hairs all over the body stood on end, and the hands and feet were numb due to possible horrible guesses, has not appeared for a long, long time.

At this time, in front of him, Chong Liu was alive.Although injured, but not serious...

Zhu Helan suddenly had an impulse.

He stretched out his arms, carefully encircling Chong Liu's uninjured side of his body, and pulled Chong Liu into his arms.

Guan Chongliu was stunned. This was the first time the shopkeeper really took the initiative to...hug him.

His head rested on the shopkeeper's shoulder, and his brain, which had been slightly turned around, stopped turning again.The whole person is a little fluttering and has no sense of reality.The body no longer trembled.

And Zhu Helan felt that he was focusing on Liu's living body temperature, took a deep breath, and finally confirmed that Chong Liu was fine, and he relaxed.

This hug lasted for a short moment, and the shopkeeper let go of Chong Liu.

Chongliu looked at the shopkeeper with a sense of loss and slightly distanced himself.

"In the future, you must run outside without telling me."

"But I used to inquire about the news like this? This time I caught up..."

"The past is the past, and the future is the future." The shopkeeper looked at him solemnly, "In the future, no matter where you go, I need to be clear about it."