Urban Night Returner

For a moment, Luo Jing felt that he could not breathe—the brazier had long been extinguished, and there was a stuffy and cold atmosphere in the room. Shen Mobai sat cross-legged, with his heart turned to the sky, and his treasure was solemn. However, his black hair was only six days old. Already as bright as snow.The light shone into the dark room, but he didn't react at all, his eyes were still closed, and there was a dry blood under his eyes.The next moment, Luo Jing crazily stripped away all the wooden boards on the window, and jumped in through the window.Such a big movement finally alarmed Shen Mobai, he tilted his head slightly: "General Luo?"

Luo Jing didn't care to think about the changes between "General Luo" and "General", he rushed to the bed in one step, but froze when he stretched out his hand.The golden sun at dusk shone on Shen Mobai's body, and his snow-white long hair reflected a circle of light, like the halo above the head of a Buddha statue in a temple.His face was so white that it was almost transparent, but his lips were strangely red, like a glass vessel filled with rouge, making him look both solemn and bewitching.The only ugly thing was the blood under the eyes, which had clotted into a thick black, piercing Luo Jing's eyes like needles.

"You, your eyes, your hair..."

Shen Mobai raised a hand to touch his hair: "How is your hair?"

Luo Jing grabbed a lock of long hair with trembling hands: "It's all white."

Shen Mobai was startled for a moment, then relieved: "Form is emptiness, this skin is about to be taken off, no matter what kind of changes, it doesn't matter."

Luo Jing almost shouted: "What about your eyes!"

Shen Mobai didn't answer, but pointed to the window with one hand.Luo Jing looked back, only to find that there was a puppet hanging on the window where he jumped in just now, it was still in blue cloth and white cloth face, the eyebrows and eyes were still vivid, but the drawing was a little crooked, which made the Ding Hui's face a little weird and distorted.He took another look, and suddenly realized that the black was not ink, but dried blood, exactly the same as the coagulated blood on Shen Mobai's face.The puppet's abdomen was painted with strange symbols in the same color, like some words, and some twisted worms, and it looked like an unformed fetus.The wind blew in through the open window, the puppet swayed, and the eyebrows and eyes moved, as if making a strange grimace.Luo Jing only felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up quietly: "What is that?"

"Returning Soul Curse." Shen Mobai seemed to want to explain, but after a moment of deliberation, he still couldn't find the right words, and in the end he simply said, "I promised to give you back a child, and the Returning Soul Curse can recall the soul of the underworld and attach it to the fetus , it’s like reincarnation, the child is no different from a stranger after falling to the ground. I’m sorry, it may not be the original soul, but the blood depends on the physical body, it’s still your flesh and blood.”

Luo Jing felt fear for the first time in his life: "Your eyes are for—"

Shen Mobai smiled, clasped his palms together: "Take the blood from my eyes, and give you back your heart and soul. If you insist on a hundred thoughts, you will pay for yourself. General Luo, you are born with no signs of offspring, and now I will give you back a son." Neither owes anything."

Luo Jing grabbed his shoulder suddenly: "But Ding Hui, she is not pregnant at all! It's my fault, I mistrusted her, but that, that in her womb——why did the baby move in only six days..." He was incoherent and didn't know what to say.

Shen Mobai's face was calm: "Isn't Mrs. Madam already pregnant?"

"No." Luo Jing grabbed him tremblingly, "She pretended to be pregnant in order to frame you. But why is her belly? Why did the doctor say that she has a six-month-pregnant pulse?"

Shen Mobai lowered his head slightly, and then smiled: "If the soul recalled by the soul-returning curse has a fetus to attach to, it will be like reincarnation, conceived in October, and will give birth in one day. If there is no attachment, it will only be a ghost fetus. One day in the world, one day in the underworld Months, ten days later, the devil will come out of his stomach. I never thought that the last time I used a spell in this life, it would still be nothing more than sin."

Luo Jing looked at him with the last bit of hope: "Is there any way to remedy it?"

Shen Mobai shook his head slowly: "The devil has conceived and it is irreversible. Don't disturb, and you can last for ten days, otherwise the devil will appear in this world early. Maybe there is still a way to disperse the soul in this world, but I am running out of time. That's too late."

Before Luo Jing had time to be sad, he was so startled by his words that he almost jumped up: "What do you mean time is running out? What's wrong with you?"

Shen Mobai folded his palms together again: "I entered the world against my master's legacy and made a big mistake. Fortunately, my lifespan has come, and I finally don't have to add more bad karma. My life is over thirty, and now I gouged out my eyes and summoned my soul. I hurt myself for five years. Impermanence It has arrived, and will eventually return to hell. The Red Lotus Hell is being set up for my generation, and I am afraid that this body full of sins can only be washed away in the [-]th floor of hell." At this point, a trace of loneliness finally appeared on his face. , "The Dharma is vast and the compassion is boundless, why can't you save me..."

Luo Jing only heard the sentence that impermanence has arrived, and his heart tightened suddenly: "No! You can't die!"

Shen Mobai smiled wearily: "General Luo, even if I don't die, I won't be able to take back the ghost again."

Luo Jing firmly grasped his hand: "No! I don't care what kind of ghost, you can't die! I, it's my fault, I shouldn't, I shouldn't believe you!" The tears that he never shed when he was fighting the enemy, finally flowed down at this moment, slid across his cheeks, and dripped on the back of Shen Mobai's hands.

Shen Mobai used his fingers to grope for the drop of water on the back of his hand. After a long time, he sighed softly: "General, why bother..."

Luo Jing didn't know that tears were streaming down his face. He held Shen Mobai's hand tightly, and suddenly remembered the phrase "Buddhism is boundless" he said, and his heart suddenly lit up: "Bodhi Pearl! Where is your Bodhi Pearl? You are not that thing that can protect you--"

Shen Mobai smiled slightly: "The Bodhi Pearl was used to treat the general's epidemic when he was in Wucheng, and it has been integrated with the general, so it can no longer be used by me."

Luo Jing was stunned as if struck by lightning, and stretched out his hand in front of his chest involuntarily: "Here, this red mole—" He had already discovered that he had a red mole on his body, but it was neither painful nor itchy, so he never I didn't care, never would have guessed that this was Shen Mobai's Bodhi Pearl.In an instant, all kinds of past events flashed before his eyes: Shen Mobai's embarrassed expression, after borrowing the spirit, he was lying coldly in the paper flag formation, and he said softly that the lost Bodhi Pearl looked like it was in front of him.Luo Jing slowly slid to sit on the ground: "Bodhi Pearl—"

Shen Mobai finally stretched out his hand slowly, and gently touched his shoulder: "The Bodhi Pearl is Yang and Zhongzheng Qi, which can harmonize with your life and change its ominous omen. From then on, you should do your own thing, refrain from anger and killing, and when Can cultivate blessings in the afterlife."

Luo Jing suddenly grabbed his hand with his backhand: "I don't want any blessings in the afterlife! After you die, I will definitely reincarnate with you, and I will guard you forever!"

Shen Mobai laughed in a low voice: "Reincarnation... I have committed so many sins in life that I can't even sit down, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to enter reincarnation after death. If I enter reincarnation, I would like to live only thirty in my normal life. Life is boring, so what's the point of living a long life?" ? As for the general, it’s better not to see each other than to see each other.”

Luo Jing said word by word: "I will follow you!"

Shen Mobai smiled softly, as if pampering a child: "I have reached my time limit, and I have no chance to enter the house. It is not good to see anyone, so the general should withdraw."

Luo Jing was quick-witted and turned to look at the door.It was already dark, and he couldn't see anything clearly, but he seemed to really hear the sound of chains dragging the floor. After a while, there was another sound, and he was already a few steps closer. When the third sound sounded, he had already arrived at Luo In front of Jing, the door was clearly closed, but in the darkness, Luo Jing really felt that someone had passed by him, but in a hurry, he snatched it back, but he didn't meet anything.But when the fourth sound came to the bed, Shen Mobai sat down with lowered eyebrows, with a relieved smile on his face, and softly recited in his mouth: "Sorrow arises from love, fear arises from love, if you are separated from love Those who have no worries and no fears."

A sudden gust of wind blew across the window, and the room lost any light.But Luo Jing felt that he saw a shadowy human figure instead, raising his hands, and put something in his hands on Shen Mobai's neck.With a sudden cleverness, he pulled out the dagger in his boot with one hand, tore off the clothes on his chest with the other, and gouged out the red mole on his chest with one knife.The knife pierced his chest, and a stream of blood spurted out. Luo Jing seemed to hear a soft pop in the severe pain, and the faint figure suddenly disappeared, while Shen Mobai's body slowly tilted, and finally fell down on the bed.Luo Jing stumbled and rushed over, but couldn't see anything.He was fumbling around for a candle, when the window was suddenly pushed open, and Biquan stood at the window holding the lamp: "Master!"

Luo Jing seemed to have never heard of it.He looked at Shen Mobai by the light.His blood was splashed on Shen Mobai's body, and a drop was splashed at the corner of his eye, like a red mole, or a drop of blood and tears.His expression was calm, his skin was still warm, but his breathing had stopped.Luo Jing knelt down in front of the bed, with the dagger still stuck in his chest, he didn't seem to feel the pain, he just stretched out his arms, slowly embraced Shen Mobai in his arms, hugged him tightly, and lowered his head to his ear He whispered: "I will return the Bodhi Pearl to you. If you take it, you will not go to any hell. The Buddha Dharma is boundless and will bless you." The mole was gouged out with the whole piece of flesh, and carefully placed on Shen Mobai's chest.Blood gushed out like a fountain, and immediately dyed the clothes of the two people red, but he didn't seem to feel it.

Biquan came in from the window, the light illuminated the bloody bed, his face turned pale with horror, he rushed to wrap Luo Jing's wound, but Luo Jing threw him out with his backhand.He only looked at Shen Mobai, and said in a low voice: "You bribed Doctor Zhang?"

Biquan shivered, but then raised his head: "Yes."

Luo Jing turned to look at him, then turned back to look at Shen Mobai: "Why?"

Biquan looked at his side sadly: "Yan'er has served you all these years, is she not as good as Shen Mobai? She lost the fetus in her womb, and she is also crazy, but the Lord - unexpectedly left Shen Mobai at home... ..."

Luo Jing didn't speak.Suddenly there was a shrill scream outside the window, Biquan was startled, and jumped up: "I want to beat or kill, Biquan has no other words. But Madam, she, she is going to give birth!"

Luo Jing still looked at Shen Mobai, and slowly wiped away the dried blood clots on his face. He never had the courage to touch those eyes: "She is not pregnant at all, what is she going to give birth to?"

A look of fear appeared on Biquan's face: "No, I don't know. But Madam's stomach is making a fuss, as if something is about to come out..." He said at the end, his voice trembling.

After a long while, Luo Jing said softly: "She gave birth to a startled baby after taking the abortion pill, and the devil is going to be born early." He spoke calmly, as calmly as if he was explaining that he would eat porridge tomorrow morning.Gently laying Shen Mobai's body flat, he pulled out the sword at his waist and stood up: "Let's go, go and have a look."

Ding Hui was rolling on the bed, Fangyun and Fangyu couldn't hold her down.Her stomach was throbbing, as if something was scrambling to find its way out.Wu Langzhong was scared away a long time ago, the room was filled with Ding Hui's heart-piercing screams, which made people's backs go numb.She saw Luo Jing from the tears in her eyes, and she struggled to reach out her hand: "Master, help me! Help me!" Her voice was hoarse beyond recognition.

Luo Jing felt a little dizzy due to massive blood loss.He stood on the ground with his sword, and then walked slowly to the bed.Ding Hui wanted to get up, but he could only roll to the edge of the bed, firmly grasping the hem of his clothes: "Master, save me—"

Luo Jing shook his head slowly: "Shen Mobai is dead, no one can save you anymore."

Ding Hui looked at him with wide eyes, and whispered in despair: "Shen Mobai! Shen Mobai! Even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go!"

Luo Jing recited softly: "If you stick to a hundred thoughts, you will do it yourself. You and I will do it yourself. You can't blame others."

Ding Hui wanted to speak, but a new sharp pain in her stomach made her roll over again.Everyone in the room looked at her helplessly, watching her gradually lose her strength, and watching her collapse on the bed like a dead person, only her abdomen was moving strangely, every time she moved, squeezed from her throat Let out a hoarse low horn...

Luo Jing gritted his teeth tightly, and slowly raised the sword in his hand. Fang Yun looked at it in horror, wanted to scream, but swallowed it back——Ding Hui was suffering in such pain, life would be worse than death.Ding Hui rolled his eyes slowly, trying to raise a hand: "Master——"

Luo Jing's hand stopped in the air.He was almost sweating from the hilt of the sword, but this sword couldn't fall no matter what.

Ding Hui suddenly let out a scream, sat up with his whole body, and then fell heavily onto the bed.A piece of clothes on her abdomen suddenly bulged, and was quickly stained red with blood.Everyone exclaimed almost at the same time—a tear was torn from the clothes, and a small hand stretched out with blood.

Fang Yu rolled her eyes and passed out.The size of the hand is no different from that of an ordinary baby, but the color is pale with bruises. What is even more weird is that there are pointed nails on the fingers, which look like bird claws at first glance, and there are a few traces of flesh on the fingertips.This hand stretched out from the clothes, stopped in mid-air, and then Ding Hui's abdomen moved again, and the other hand also stretched out.

The room was as silent as death, only Ding Hui's rapid exhalation was heard, there was no coming in or out.Her eyes had been turned up, and the pupils could hardly be seen. Everyone knew that she was about to die.

Outside the door, there was a faint sound of blowing and beating coming from nowhere. The sound was long and mournful, like the sound of a funeral. It was even more creepy when it was introduced into this silent room.The two little hands moved outside the clothes, as if feeling that the broken road was too narrow, they shrank back again.The thin layer of middle clothes has been soaked in blood, and it is clinging to Ding Hui's belly, revealing the bleeding wound, and you can see the every move of the pair of small hands - the small fingers grab the sides of the wound The flesh, tear it hard...

Luo Jing roared like a wounded beast, and suddenly raised the sword in his hand and stabbed down.The Chunjun sword pierced through Ding Hui's belly, nailing her to the bed with the newly emerged head.Ding Hui uttered the last shrill cry, his stomach churning violently.Luo Jing pressed the hilt of the sword with both hands, and pressed his whole body onto it—the strength of the ghost's struggle was so great that he couldn't control it.The wound on his chest burst open due to his force, and the blood gushed out and flowed into Ding Hui's abdomen along the blade, making a sizzling sound, and the ghost fetus struggled with greater strength as if scalded by boiling water. But Luo Jing pressed the sword tightly, the blood gradually drowned the ghost fetus, the two hands slowly stopped struggling, and became thin and shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye...

Luo Jing slowly let go of his hand, staggered and took a step back.Biquan moved, as if he wanted to come up to help, but he looked back coldly.Luo Jing looked around the room, finally picked up a candle from the table, and walked out slowly.Biquan followed hesitantly, but Luo Jing never looked back.He walked out of the west courtyard, entered the east courtyard again, and then locked the only small door on the wall with his backhand.

Biquan lingered outside the door.He didn't dare to follow, Luo Jing like this scared him.He didn't expect that Shen Mobai would die without warning like this, let alone that Luo's family would be ruined like this.He hesitated, not knowing whether to go in immediately to bind Luo Jing's wound, or wait for him to come out by himself.He hesitated like this until there was a crackling sound from within the high wall, and the red light of the flame was reflected from the top of the wall.

Biquan used all his strength to hit the door, but the door was extremely strong.When I isolated Shen Mobai at the beginning, I was afraid that the wall would not be high and the door would not be strong, but now it has become the biggest obstacle.When he went to the firewood room and took an ax to open the door, Shen Mobai's room nailed into wooden boxes was already burning red.The boards were dry, and the wind in mid-winter fueled the fire, which burned the house in a blink of an eye.Biquan rushed over, the door was still nailed tightly, and the window was also plugged in from the inside.The window paper was burnt away, exposing several holes that spewed out tongues of flame.Through the firelight, Biquan saw Luo Jing sitting on the bedside, holding Shen Mobai tightly in his arms, the tongue of fire had already licked the curtain, burning his hair and the hem of his clothes.Even though Biquan shouted hoarsely outside, he just looked at Shen Mobai's face, as if he hadn't heard it.

With a bang, the beams of the house collapsed, and the flames lit up half of the sky.Moments later, screams of pain erupted in the east courtyard.As if in response to him, a soft singing voice wafted from the dead and silent west courtyard: "Little baby, sleep in the cradle, wear new clothes, wear a flower hat..."

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