Chapter 114: Evil spirits kill people! White ape with golden eyes! Gaoliu City, southwest area of the outer city, Hanmenfang. It was night time and the wind was cold. Because evil spirits have been rampant recently, every household has hung willow branch night lights in front of their doors. But there were still twenty or thirty households that did not hang up lanterns. "Dad, people say there's an evil spirit in the city, so we need to hang up willow branches as night lights." The young man wiped the sweat off his forehead, sat on a chair, and drank water in big gulps. "Where can we get the money to buy lamp oil?" The old man brought out the porridge, pointed at the few grains of porridge floating on top, and sighed, "We have been lighting the lamp for so many days, and there is not enough rice at home, and there is not enough food to eat." "It's okay. We still have a few sweet potatoes at home and we'll have food to eat tomorrow." The woman came out with a few pickled cabbage leaves on the plate. "The government transported a lot of food today, and the wages were quite high." The young man took out dozens of copper coins from his pocket and handed them over quickly: "Mother, take this and buy rice tomorrow." "That's good, that's good." The woman was immediately delighted. She wiped her hands on her clothes, then handed over the copper coin with both hands as if she had found a treasure. "I always feel uneasy if we don't light the willow branches to illuminate the night." The young man looked at the door again and frowned, "We can't afford the oil for the temple lamps. How about we replace the candles at home first?"
"We only have a few candles at home. If you switch to lanterns, what will happen to our family?" The old man shook his head helplessly, "We're going to have to eat with our hands tomorrow night?" "Actually, I think it's okay." The woman said, "Look outside, there are several neighbors who don't have their lights on..." “Even those who lit the lamps rarely used the oil from the temple. They replaced it with ordinary oil.” The old man shook his head and said, "More than ten years ago, I went to the inner city temple with others to worship Liu Zun. I heard a nobleman say that ordinary lamp oil is actually useless..." The boy finally sighed, picked up a piece of pickled vegetable leaf, and swallowed the porridge in the bowl in one gulp. "I'm going to sleep. Tomorrow morning, the salt farm will be looking for help with the porters. If you have a good rest, you will have more energy tomorrow and can move more, earn more money, and buy more lamp oil." "Child, don't work too hard." The woman said, "After all, we live in the city, not in exile in the Pure Land. The city is safe after all. Even if there is no lamp oil, it doesn't matter." "Yes, there are night watchmen outside, as well as the flag of the Hanmen Division. The city has Liu Zun's protection, so nothing will happen." The old man put down his chopsticks and said, "Take care of yourself. Dad has made a lot of fishing cages recently. In a few days, a few men will go fishing outside the city with Dad. When the time comes, we will keep one fish for ourselves to eat, and we will not sell the rest in the market, but find someone to sell them to the inner city." "The inner city is good." The woman sighed, "People in the inner city rarely eat wild fish from outside the city. The price is several times higher than in Hanmenfang. Who knows, if they are happy, they will reward us with a silver ingot." "The inner city is too far, Dad, don't go there." The young man frowned and said, "I remember last year, Brother Zhen from Sanjie Alley caught a few wild birds and went to the inner city to sell them as game, but people didn't want to pay him and later beat his legs to pieces." "He just has bad luck. Father won't be like him." The old man knocked on the table, making a dong dong sound, and said dissatisfiedly. He immediately stood up and went back to the house. But I heard the knocking sound, and it didn't stop. The old man was startled and realized that the knocking sound came from the door. "It's so late, who is it?"
The boy stood up and was about to open the door. The old man quickly pulled him back and shook his head, saying, "It's late at night. I heard there have been a lot of people causing trouble recently. Be careful of thieves and robbers." "Brother Yan, I came from Gu Yingfang, the butcher. You saw me during the day." A young voice came from outside the door, saying, "It's too late now, the gate is closed, I can't go back to Gu Ying Fang, I want to find a place to stay for a while." “There’s nowhere to live.” The old man shouted loudly. "I'll just stay in the hospital. It's not for free. I'll sell half a piece of meat here and use it as money for overnight stay." With two clicks, a palm-sized piece of pork belly was thrown in from outside the door and fell to the ground. The father and son looked at each other, then looked at the extremely clean pots and pans illuminated by the candlelight. "Father, I saw him this afternoon. The inspector of the government office bought some meat from him." "I heard that his uncle joined the slaughterhouse of Gu Yingfang half a month ago, so he has some connections and often gets half a pig's leg for him to sell on the streets with a cart. It's two or three copper coins cheaper than the regular price." The young man whispered, "Zhu Rourong, he is quite famous recently, many people know him." "It's good that he's not a bad guy." The old man looked at the piece of meat, swallowed, and nodded. The boy hurried forward, picked up the meat and opened the door. There was a young man standing outside the door, pushing a small cart with a simple smile on his face. "Come in. There's a small utility room next to it. I'll lay out some hay for you to sleep on for the night." "to make!" The young man pushed a cart in, didn't say much, sat on the side with a smile on his face. The woman was overjoyed to get half a piece of meat. She quickly cut it into minced meat and fried it with two pieces of pickled cabbage leaves. "It's delicious." The young man came closer and said, "People say that the meat at Zhu Rou Rong is not as good as the meat at the butcher shop, so it's sold cheaply. I see that this is even better than what we buy during the holidays." "Of course." Zhu Rourong smiled and said, "I carefully selected this piece of meat. If it's not good meat, I won't give it to you. After all, I don't have much fat in my body." "..." The family of three seemed a little confused and had no idea what this meant. Turning around, I saw Zhu Rourong slowly lifting up his clothes, revealing a belly with a big hole in it. He pointed at the big hole in his stomach, shook his head and said, "Look, from the whole body, only this piece of meat on the side of the waist is good with a little oil on it. It smells good and tastes better."
There was a snap. The meat that the boy had just picked up fell to the ground, his eyes full of fear. "Eat?" Zhu Rourong said angrily: "Why don't you eat it? You don't eat it, but you throw my meat away. What a waste!" He rushed over and said angrily: "I want your hearts! Your hearts are so merciless, aren't they black?" "Run! There's an evil spirit!" The old man picked up a stool, pushed the boy and the woman away, and stood in front of them. Zhu Rourong rushed over, reached out his hand into his chest and broke through his back. A bloody hand reached out from the back, grabbing a throbbing heart. "too old." Zhu Rourong shook his head, withdrew his hand, grabbed the heart, pierced it through the old man's chest, and bit it hard. His face was ferocious and blood kept dripping. His eyes were full of disdain, and he said, "Although it is fresh, it is not tender enough. I wonder if your hearts are tender or not?" "I'll fight you!" The boy's eyes turned bloodshot, he picked up a kitchen knife and shouted, "Mother! Let's go!" But Zhu Rourong did not dodge or evade, and the knife hit his head. Then he slowly reached out, pushed the boy down, touched the knife above his head, grabbed the handle, and pulled it out. Blood continued to fall, staining the entire face red. He walked forward, grabbed the woman, pressed her down on the table, put the kitchen knife against her neck, and cut slowly. "Open your eyes and take a closer look. The blood is very bright." Zhu Rourong shook his head, almost shaking out the blood from his wound, and sighed, "Are you all so stupid? There's meat everywhere, but you're so poor that you don't have any meat to eat?" He licked the knife, smacked his lips, and said disappointedly, "It's still too old. We need to find tender ingredients." He looked at the boy rolling on the ground and said with a grin, "Scared? Terrified? Angry? It doesn't look very good... It won't taste very good." He threw away the kitchen knife in his hand and pushed the woman's body away. In his eyes, the old man and the woman were just side dishes. But the young soul, once filled with fear, is the most delicious. This is a delicacy that He would never be able to taste if He wandered outside the city. - After a while. The young man changed into clean clothes and looked at the old man, the woman, and Zhu Rourong's body in the yard.
He smiled slightly, walked out of the house, turned around, slowly closed the door, and said, "Remember to close the door when you go out." He came to another house, looked up, and narrowed his eyes slightly. The house had a willow-branch night light hanging in it, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable. But the lamp oil was not the oil for the temple lamps. Although it was uncomfortable, it didn't scare him away. So he went forward, knocked on the door, and shouted, "Uncle Gao, my father's fishing cage is ready. Let's go out of town early tomorrow to go fishing... I brought the fishing cage with me, come and see how it's done." "Brother Yan, my father has fallen asleep. Please put the fishing cage in the yard first." A girl's voice was heard from inside, followed by the sound of the bolt being pulled out, and then the door was opened. "It's okay, I'll put it aside. Xiaohong, go get me a glass of water. I'm so thirsty." The young man smiled a gentle smile and walked into the yard. - Gu Yingfang. This family died in a very tragic way, with their eyes wide open and filled with fear. The flag bearer of Guyingfang, several small flags, and the night watchman could not help but vomit. Gaoliu City is protected by Liu Zun, and such "ferocious" evil spirits rarely appear. Occasionally, a wandering ghost would break in and most of the time it would bump into someone, causing the victim to become seriously ill and lose consciousness at the very least, or die on the spot at the worst, but there would usually be no external scars. But even if it is a roving evil spirit, it is rare for it to break into the city, not to mention that this is not the outermost block in the southwest area of the outer city, but the second block. Such a disgusting scene is rare. "Not at Guyingfang anymore." Wu Chang, the chief flag bearer from Wainansi, frowned and said, "He was born with spirituality and wisdom. He knows how to move around and will not stay in one place." "If this trend continues, He will devour more souls and possess more complex wisdom." "He must be found as soon as possible!" Then Lin Yan walked out of the yard. However, the flag bearer, several small flag bearers, and the night watchmen did not catch up. "It's good that he's not in Gu Ying Fang. If he goes somewhere else, it's none of our business." The flag bearer breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "Such a vicious evil spirit, even if I were to encounter it, I'd die." "Let the general flag bearer go find it?" the leader of the night patrol said in a low voice. "It's none of our business anyway," said the flag bearer. "..."
Lin Yan turned and walked into the courtyard, grabbing the flag bearer by the collar. The rest of the small flags drew their swords and faced each other. However, when Lin Yan glanced at them, everyone retreated. "You are quite courageous to draw your sword against the general flag bearer." Lin Yan retracted his gaze, and immediately looked at the flag bearer in front of him, and said: "If the evil spirit is not in Gu Yingfang, I can understand that you cherish your lives! If the evil spirit is in Gu Yingfang, you are not brave enough to do your duty, I will chop off the things that make you white-collar workers!" He casually threw the flag bearer to the ground and said, "Light the beacon immediately, report to the Outer Southwest Division, notify the Sky Viewing Tower, and locate his position along the four front and back blocks! If you dare to hesitate, I will chop off your head!" "Go quickly!" The flag bearer shouted loudly towards the small flag beside him. His face was extremely ugly, and he thought to himself: "Why are you showing off in front of me? Didn't you just get promoted from the position of flag bearer? You were on the same level as me just two days ago!" "..." Lin Yan ignored him, walked out of the yard and looked around. This evil spirit has now developed some spirituality, which is quite extraordinary. If it grows to an extremely high level and reaches the "ferocious" level, it will attract Liu Zun's attention. But at this moment, an evil spirit is not enough to attract Liu Zun's attention, but it is a huge disaster for the common people. If the beacon was lit at this moment and the Outer Southwest Division received the news and immediately reported it to the Guantian Tower, then Lin Yan would be able to obtain the exact location of the evil spirit half an hour later. But for an evil spirit, this half hour is enough to devour the souls of many people. More importantly, Lin Yan felt that Zhou Kui would not care about the lives of ordinary people. The most important idea in Zhou Kui's mind was to humiliate him, the new chief commander, and thus humiliate Han Zheng, the chief commander. If this fellow deliberately delays, a lot of bloodshed will occur tonight, and he will also attack the Wai Nan Division tomorrow and accuse the new commander-in-chief of incompetence! "Let me try?" At this moment, the little white ape in his arms poked his head out and said, "My father's bloodline ability is very powerful. Let me out so I can see where the evil spirit is..." "Oh?" Upon hearing this, Lin Yan immediately took out the little white ape and placed it on his shoulder. The little white ape flapped its wings, golden light flashed in its eyes, and then it looked in all directions. After a moment, he pointed to a location: "Over there! Two, three, four, five... It's about the distance you have walked five thousand steps." "Hanmenfang?" Lin Yan couldn't help but think of the "Poor Family Flag" that appeared near Liuzhuang. He no longer hesitated, immediately jumped on the horse and galloped away. When the flag bearer of Guyingfang came out, he found that the chief flag bearer Wuchang had already left.
"He just left? Did he find an evil spirit?" "No..." The leader of the night watchmen couldn't help but exclaimed, "He didn't bring a willow branch night lamp, and it seems he didn't have any incense ash. What if he ran into that evil spirit?" "Then it's none of our business." The flag bearer of Gu Ying Fang said, "He was incompetent and self-righteous. He was eaten by an evil spirit. What does it have to do with us?" “I’ve heard about the birth of spiritual evil spirits. Even a big shot in the realm of refining essence may not be able to withstand it if he doesn’t have the things in the temple!” The leader of the night patrols had a look of horror on his face. "If so, General Zhou will probably give me a lot of rewards." The flag bearer of Gu Yingfang thought so in his heart. "..." The night watch leader's expression kept changing. After a while, he left the yard and said, "He is a general flag bearer after all. He is so young and capable. Don't let anything really happen to him! Send a firework and a carrier pigeon. Ask the night watchman of Hanmenfang to bring incense ash and candles to meet the general flag bearer..." A night watchman couldn't help but ask: "Why did Master Hu help him?" Another night watchman knocked him and whispered, "You are so stupid. He is the general flag bearer, has a promising future, and is so young. If Master Hu can get to know him, he will be of great use in the future." "We can't afford to make friends with such a big shot, so don't think too much." The leader exhaled and said, "It's just that Zhaozhou, the commander-in-chief of Nancheng, saved my life more than ten years ago." "When General Zhaozhou saved my life on the city wall, he was clawed on the back. He always said that young people have a bright future and it would be a pity to die." "I heard that this Chief Envoy was originally the Chief Envoy of Linjiang Division and had guarded the body of General Zhao." The Night Watch leader laughed at himself and said, "It's mainly to help out, and I don't have to get scratched." (End of this chapter)