Guanqingzhai

Hu Yue shook his fan, and suddenly he stopped and said, "By the way, Mrs. Lin's husband...is he a carpenter?"

Wang Er nodded and said: "Yes, he is a carpenter. But he drinks too much and gambles, and his craftsmanship is not so good, otherwise the family would not be so difficult. The second sister-in-law alone takes the children to support the family."

Hu Yue said: "A child..."

Wang Er nodded and said, "There is a boy, about four or five years old. Lin Er's sister-in-law loves him very much, and his baby name is Ai'er."

Hu Yue raised the corner of her mouth and said, "Ai'er... That's right... Second Brother Wang, don't go to Mrs. Lin's house for now. Let's go to Jinshui Bridge in the evening. Today is the new moon. If you are lucky, you may still see you." The monster you mentioned. So Brother Wang, you go back first, and if you can, go to see Xiuzhu first, and ask her something about Mrs. Lin, especially about his child."

Wang Er said with a look of disbelief: "You...how can you laugh so easily when you talk about such a murderous monster? Don't you think this thing is scary at all?"

Hu Yue was taken aback by what he said. He touched his face and said, "I..."

When Wang Er realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, he immediately got up and waved his hand towards Hu Yue: "Mr. Hu has a slip of the tongue, so I will take my leave first."

Hu Yue stood up and returned the salute, but after Wang Er left, Hu Yue sat in the empty room and said to himself: "Maybe I'm a monster too..."

At night, Hu Yue pushed the door out, but she didn't expect that Chu Jue was standing at the door, as if she wanted to push the door.

Hu Yue looked at him and said with a smile: "It seems that the things have been obtained."

Chu Jue's expression was not so relaxed.He shook his head and said, "It took a lot of effort." But he turned to a smile, with a trace of evil spirit showing at the corner of his mouth, "But it's really worth it."

Hu Yue didn't answer the words, nor did he continue joking. Under the moonlight, the two looked at each other.Finally Hu Yue said: "Let's go. Now that we know the truth, we can only solve this matter. Otherwise, Xiuzhu will have to die unjustly."

Chu Jue said, "I just hope we all guessed wrong."

Arriving at the edge of the Jinshui Bridge, there are more colorful lights around than yesterday, it seems that the Holy Majesty must be here in the near future.There are high mountain sheds in the distance (colored mountains built with wood and pine branches and decorated with flowers and colored cloth, which were mostly seen in the Northern Song Dynasty), but there are still not many lights, and it is just a huge black shadow from a distance.

In the middle of the bridge, Wang Er was already waiting for the arrival of the two with a lantern.Hu Yue went forward, looked around and said, "It's still early, Second Brother Wang, let's put out the lights first."

Wang Er worried: "If that monster comes out, how can we deal with it?"

Hu Yue laughed and said, "If you turn on the light now, the monster will definitely not appear."

Wang Er had no choice but to do so. In the dark, the three of them could only hear the sound of running water. In the quiet night, occasionally some wind blew, and they waited like this for an unknown amount of time.But there was still no movement.

Just when the three of them thought that there would be no harvest tonight, suddenly there was a sound like a wooden fish knocking from a distance. It was very slow, but gradually became clearer, and the clearer the knocking sound, the faster it was.

"I want to eat... I want to eat... I want to eat..."

There was a murmur like a beast in that voice.

Wang Er was so frightened that he wanted to run away, but Hu Yue grabbed him and said in a low voice, "Don't move!"

But Wang Er was too nervous, Hu Yue didn't have time to stop, suddenly he felt the sound of the wooden fish stop suddenly, and then the panting sounds like wild animals came from all around.

Wang Er couldn't move at all, and he was so frightened that he was shaking like chaff.

Chu Jue decisively snatched the lantern in Wang's second hand, and Hu Yue also understood it, and lit the candle with a thought.

In the ray of candlelight, I heard a strange cry, and for a moment, a ghostly face was reflected in the candlelight. The face was very small, but the teeth were exposed, and the face was extremely hideous.His face was covered with green hair, and his nose was sunken down.There is only one black hole.

Seeing such a face, Wang Er screamed in fright, and couldn't control his legs, and ran to the other end of the bridge.

Before Hu Yue could stop him, Wang Er had already rushed out and disappeared into the darkness.

Hu Yue didn't move immediately, he looked around and said, "Brother Chu, don't worry, it's not the time yet."

Chu Jue just hummed, and the two of them remained motionless as if petrified.Then the wooden fish sounded again.

"I want to eat...I want to eat...so hungry..."

Still with such a beast-like voice, the lantern in Chu Jue's hand was extinguished at some point.It was dark again all around.

It's just that at some point, the moon that was originally covered by thick clouds actually revealed a corner at this time.

In the blue-gray light cast by the faint moonlight, between Hu Yue and Chu Jue, there was a beast-like monster squatting on the edge of the bridge pillar. A baby was unconscious at the monster's feet. The monster was holding the child with one hand. in one arm and in the other holding a piece of wood.He kept tapping the wood with his teeth, and that's how the weird wooden fish sound came from.And the child who passed out was dragged by a monster like a clay baby, and that monster was so powerful, it was as if the child was really just a rag doll and had no weight.

As soon as the monster clawed hard, the child's arm kept bleeding.The child could only hum weakly.

Hu Yue shouted loudly at this time: "This is the time, brother Chu!"

Almost at the same time that Hu Yue made a sound, Chu Jue rushed up. In a split second, he had already rushed in front of the monster. The monster looked up at Chu Jue, but did not retreat at all. He dragged the child He rushed towards Chu Jue.

Chu Jue turned sideways, and a green ruler appeared in his hand. When the monster saw this ruler, it opened its mouth wide.He kept backing away, and he threw the dying child aside like a rag, holding the log in his hand and kept shrinking into the corner.

Just as Chu Jue and Hu Yue were slowly approaching the monster, neither of them expected that the unconscious child would suddenly open his eyes, baring his fangs and biting Chu Jue's hand.

In the blink of an eye, Hu Yue rushed over, and the child jumped directly on Hu Yue's body. Hu Yue could only hold his chin with one hand, preventing him from biting down.But that child's strength was several times greater than that of an ordinary adult, almost making it impossible for Hu Yue to break free.

The two people, one big and one small, rolled to the side. Chu Jue made a decisive decision, and directly took a ruler and slapped the monster. The monster didn't make any movement, but the child who was fighting with Hu Yue screamed.

Chu Jue concentrated, the child seemed to understand something, threw off Hu Yue, and rushed directly to Chu Jue.Hu Yue grabbed the child and shouted at Chu Jue: "Hurry up, get rid of that monster! I can still hold on here!"

Chu Jue naturally hit with a raised hand. The monster was very flexible, but it couldn't get away from Chu Jue's side no matter what.It looked like simply beating that monster, but Hu Yue understood that as long as Chu Jue was inattentive, the monster would disappear.At that time, there is no way to catch him, so he used the Kuixing Kicking Step, which is actually very ancient, but there are only a few simple movements that have been passed down to the present, for those wizards to use for exorcising.At this time, Chu Jue's pace was the most complete, so the monster couldn't leave three feet away from Chu Jue's body.

Gradually the monster's movements became slower and slower, and the child became weaker and weaker. At this time, Hu Yue only needed to hold the child's arm to restrain him.

Until the last monster became motionless, like a wooden sculpture.

Chu Jue breathed out and said, "Okay... finally restrained."

Hu Yue grabbed the child's acupuncture points to prevent him from breaking free, and pulled him to the side of the monster, which seemed lifeless.

On the other hand, if the child hadn't shown his fangs, he would have red lips and white teeth, as cute as a Wuxi clay doll from a New Year painting.But as long as the fangs are exposed, it makes people tremble with fear.

Chu Jue looked at the child, and then threw the strange ruler across in front of him, and the child trembled and wanted to back away.

Hu Yue looked at him coldly and said, "Does the evildoer still want to be presumptuous?"

The child looked at the two, his eyes were full of fright and hostility, but it was not the eyes of a child, but the expression of a trapped beast. At this time, Wang Er, who had been hiding at the other end of the bridge, saw that it was quiet here. And Chu Jue lit the lantern again, then ran towards them, looked at the motionless monster, and then at the child who was suppressed by Hu Yue and couldn't move.He couldn't help being taken aback, and shouted in horror, "How could it be Ai'er!"

Hu Yue said: "That's right, he has been attacking the child all the time, and the reason is that Ai'er is already dead, and his body is possessed by this ghost."

Wang Er opened his eyes wide, he was completely confused: "Bao Gui? So... what is he? Is Bau Gui this child, or that monster?"

The ruler in Chu Jue’s hand was still horizontal, afraid of any accidents, he stopped Wang Er from approaching the monster, and said: “The original entity of the ghost is indeed this monster, but its soul has entered Ai’er’s body, so Ai’er The son became the host of the ghost, and the body of this monster can be used by it. But..."

Wang Er asked, "But what?"

Chu Jue said: "It is true that ghosts mainly suck human blood and energy, but..."

Before Chu Jue finished speaking, a figure appeared from the darkness. Hu Yue immediately pushed Wang Er who was standing in front of him, and felt a flash of white light. Wound.

Chu Jue quickly grabbed the child's arm, only to feel that the child's other arm was being pulled.The two fought hard, but Chu Jue was still at a disadvantage. Seeing this, Wang Er yelled and helped hold the child.

Seeing this, Hu Yue shouted: "Be careful!"

Suddenly, another knife pierced through the wind, and Chu Jue only had the weird jade ruler in his hand. He used it without hesitation to block it, but the jade ruler did not break, but the weird knife was blown away.

Hu Yue rushed up and grabbed the man hiding in the darkness.Everyone found a woman with disheveled hair hiding in the darkness.

Under the moonlight, this not-so-young woman gasped heavily, staring at the three of them like a ghost.The three of them were also stunned. The unexpected power in front of them actually came from this woman who looked so thin.

At this time, Wang Er couldn't even finish his sentence. This person was none other than Ai'er's mother, Lin Er's sister-in-law.

The second sister-in-law Lin still wanted to use more force, yelling like crazy, Hu Yue was injured, and she couldn't use much strength at all, under her impact, the wound opened, and he gritted his teeth pull the woman.Seeing that Lin's second sister-in-law was about to break free, a large number of government servants rushed over.

Ersao Lin saw that both ends of the bridge had been sealed. At this time, several strong government servants rushed up to replace the injured Hu Yue and restrained Ersao Lin, and directly pushed her to the ground. Ersao Lin lay on the ground and could only stop shouted, while Ai'er looked at her mother struggling desperately like a dementia.

Lin Ersao struggled and shouted: "Let go of Ai'er! Let go of my Ai'er!"

Hu Yue looked at Lin Ersao, who was being suppressed like a tigress, and continued to speak: "The ghosts can't kill people, but they will treat those children who have sucked their blood as puppets, just like Ai'er..."

Wang Er opened his eyes wide and looked at Mrs. Lin Er, he said, "Then...then she..."

Chu Jue walked up to Hu Yue, he supported Hu Yue and asked with concern: "How is the injury?"

Hu Yue smiled at him, although it was a bit difficult, she still patted Chu Jue's hand to reassure him, and continued to say to Wang Er: "It was not Ai'er who killed the child, but Er Sister Lin. We heard that weird gnawing last night The sound is actually the ghost sucking the child's blood. But we didn't hear the child's scream until after the strange sound disappeared, indicating that the child was killed after the monster left."

Hu Yue added: "That's why the fatal wound appeared on the corpse. It was Lin Ersao who followed Ai'er, and after Ai'er finished drinking the blood, she killed the children who had been sucked blood. And Xiuzhu is most likely I saw Ersao Lin or Ai'er, so I wandered around Jinshui Bridge at night hoping to be sure, but I didn't expect to be arrested."

Wang Er's brain was in a mess, and he asked the question that the government also wanted to know: "Why? Why did you kill people?"

Everyone watched Second Aunt Lin struggling like a female animal, and finally fell to the ground exhausted. She started laughing, like a low growl, and then started crying. She watched Ai'er stretch out her hand towards him, but Immediately suppressed by the government.

She raised her head and looked around the crowd, as if she wanted to curse everyone present with her eyes.

Her voice became very hoarse because of the roar, and she whispered: "Of course I will kill... If I don't kill Ai'er, I will die! I took Ai'er to my hometown, but there was a drought on the way, and the local people said that there was a drought. , asked me to be especially careful about boys, but I didn’t expect that Ai’er was still sucked by that monster. After the monster got on Ai’er’s body, the original body was abandoned by the monster. I saw with my own eyes that the child was half It will rot and turn into bones within hours, although Ai'er can't be considered alive now...but at least she is still in front of me, if that monster abandons Ai'er's body, then Ai'er will die too!"

Wang Er opened his eyes and said, "Then you can stop Ai'er from sucking the blood of other children!"

She looked up at Wang Er, laughed loudly and said, "Of course it's because Ai'er is hungry...he will starve to death without blood...I can't let my child starve, can I?"

Everyone present looked at this woman, and then at the child who was like a puppet.On the dim bridge, there was only the painful roar of the woman, and it was difficult for everyone to breathe.

Hu Yue said indifferently: "Is this why you killed someone? For a child who has become a puppet?"

She shouted like crazy: "Ai'er is not dead! How can I not think about him if he is not dead! Killing! What is murder? What is it? I do all this for my child! I have no second choice! "

There was another look in Hu Yue's plain eyes, but soon the look turned into dead ashes indifference. He raised his hand and pinched Ersao Lin's chin, forcing her eyes to look at him. Hu Yue remained expressionless. I have to say: "Originally there is a second choice. If you take other methods, your son can wake up without drinking human blood, but as long as he sucks blood, your son is already dead. Understand What? He was killed by you."

Sentences were spoken very plainly, as if they were stating the facts, but they stabbed Ersao Lin like an arrow, and Ersao Lin's eyes became dull. She moved her lips, but couldn't say a word. She lay trembling on the ground, and Hu Yue let go. She stood up and looked at the child.

He walked up to the child, stretched out his hand, and just as he was about to touch the child's forehead, Chu Jue stretched out his hand to hold him, and said, "That's fine, all we can do is this."

Hu Yue still didn't show any expression at all, neither anger nor sadness could be seen.He nodded flatly, and walked back after speaking.Chu Jue looked at the immobilized monster, who was still holding a Buddha statue like a carving knife in his hand, and there were tears in his eyes.

Chu Jue opened his mouth and said to Mrs. Lin, "Does Ai'er like the Buddha statues carved by his father very much?"

The woman lost her mind, she raised her head numbly, and mechanically replied: "Yes... Ai'er said that if she grows up, she will be the best carpenter and won't make mother suffer..."

The woman's tears fell down like a bank, but she couldn't cry anymore.Can only cry silently.

Hu Yue kept walking, he didn't look back, Chu Jue followed quickly and said, "You also found out?"

After walking for a long time, Hu Yue only replied: "But it's too late..."

At the same time, on this moonless night, the women who endured the pain of bereavement sat beside the coffin and burned paper money, but their hearts were also burned like yellow paper and turned into ashes.

The woman sobbed from time to time, but she could no longer cry like she did at the beginning. Crying was already too tiring and difficult for her.She just looked at the clothes and toys of the child when he was alive.She kept muttering something in her mouth, but she didn't even know the specific content.

Just when the last piece of yellow paper was burned, a gust of wind suddenly poured into the house, and the originally closed door was pushed open.The candles on the altar seemed to sense something, and kept twisting.

The woman wanted to get up to protect the incense candle, but at this moment a girl's voice came from behind, "Do you want to revive your son?"

The woman turned her head suddenly, and there were two girls in white clothes standing in front of her. The girls were not very old.But his eyes are very old, as if he has seen through everything.

One of the girls said, "We can help your son get back the sex... I just want you to promise something."