Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 203 School
The young corpse carried the paper man and led the three people on the way.

Ran Qing held the paper figure in one hand and a gloomy little wooden sign in the other.

With the Lord's card pointing out the direction, he actually doesn't need to lead the way.

But out of fear of the strange situation of people and corpses living together on Longchang Street, he acquiesced to the young corpse leading the way.

Having a corpse leading the way is much better than the three of them walking alone.

Especially since the body was a local.

The residents in the towns all know each other, so even on market days, the crowds are mixed.

But now the market has ended, and Ran Qing and three other unfamiliar faces are still walking around the streets, which will attract a lot of caution and vigilance.

Whether being regarded as a thief or a human trafficker, it will bring unnecessary trouble.

Having a familiar local face leading the way can save you a lot of trouble.

Seeing that Ran Qing and the other two had little interest in talking, the young corpse was not discouraged.

It said to Ran Qing cheerfully, "My grandma told me that when she was young, she saw ghost catchers controlling paper figures and using them to exorcise ghosts."

"I originally thought you were sending this paper figurine to my house, but now it seems... Are you using it to catch ghosts?"

The young corpse was very thick-skinned and had an extroverted and lively personality.

Even though Ran Qing and the other two didn't really want to pay attention to it, it still kept talking to Ran Qing.

It was obvious that he saw that among the three, Ran Qing was the backbone who made the final decision.

Ran Qing glanced at it and did not answer the question about the paper man, but asked about the haunted school.

"You told your grandma that the school well was haunted...is that true or false?"

The deaths on Longchang Street are all very strange.

They all think they are still alive, and other living and dead people who see them will not think they are dead.

Death is confused here, and the dead are not distinguished from the living.

But in this strange street where the dead and the living are indistinguishable, there is a haunted ghost story...

The young corpse said, "Of course it's true. My friends saw it."

"Two of my friends saw a girl in Miao clothing walking around the well behind the school."

"Li Ermao was very brave. When he saw the female ghost, he didn't run away. Instead, he walked closer to see if it was a human or a ghost."

"And then the female ghost actually called out his name!"

"Li Ermao said that when he heard the ghost calling him, his whole body went cold and his hands and feet turned cold. He was so scared that he ran home and hid on the spot."

"Li Ermao is still lying at home resting. He's frightened to death. Let me tell you."

The young corpse described the horror of the female ghost in vivid and exaggerated terms.

After saying that, it looked at Ran Qing and the other two curiously and asked, "How did you know there was a ghost here?"

"This female ghost only appeared a few days ago. Only a few of us young people know about it. Even most people on Longchang Street don't know about it. How did you three from outside know about it?"

Xiao Sanyong was very curious.

This young corpse, dressed as a gangster, was obviously very interested in such strange and mysterious things.

Although it is a ghost, it has no awareness of it.

Ran Qing listened to Xiao Sanyong's story and glanced at both sides of the street.

A blood-red door appeared in a cement bungalow on the side of the road, emitting an unsettling, eerie aura of death.

There is indeed more than one red door on Longchang Street.

Faced with the curiosity of the young corpse, Ran Qing casually replied: "We just happened to pass by, so we came to see... how far is the school?" It is summer vacation now, and except for the hard-working high school students, all junior high schools and elementary schools are on vacation.

Even the hard-working high school students are on the verge of vacation.

Shadows gradually enveloped the earth as Ran Qing and the other two walked along the dark Longchang Street. From time to time, villagers on both sides of the road would greet the young corpse.

"Xiao Sanyong is going out?"

"Xiao Sanyong, are you going to play mahjong tonight?"

"Xiao Sanyong, when you see my little one, please call him back..."

The villagers were all familiar with each other. The young corpse was dealing with the villagers while questioning Ran Qing and the other two.

At this moment, Long Zongshu suddenly pulled the corner of Ran Qing's clothes from behind.

Ran Qing calmly slowed down his pace, and Long Zongshu's voice, lowered in a low voice, immediately rang quietly in his ears.

"...That mandrill is following us."

Long Zongshu's reminder startled Ran Qing.

He didn't look back, but he trusted Long Zongshu's judgment.

Long Zongshu and his clan are experts in dealing with these evil monsters in the mountains.

Ran Qing felt a little tricky and murmured softly, "Can we get rid of this mandrill first?"

Monsters like mandrills are somewhat similar to shapeshifters, both of which wear human skin to pretend to be human.

However, the Bian Po's disguise is even more flawless, almost perfectly mimicking the deceased's words and actions. Even experienced practitioners of the left-handed and mysterious ways would find it difficult to recognize a Bian Po if they encountered one.

But the disguise of a monster like the mandrill is much simpler and cruder. It kills people, peels off the bloody human skin and wears it on its body, relying on simple sleight of hand to deceive people.

Even the words and sounds he spoke were strange, so he could only fool ordinary people. If it weren't for the unique environment of Longchang Street, Long Zongshu and Mo Li would have seen through this mandrill the moment he encountered Ran Qing and the others.

But the mandrill's camouflage is simple and crude, but its strength is extremely strong and its vitality is equally tenacious.

A mature mandrill can easily tear three armed adults apart with its bare hands.

This sturdy and ferocious monster can still drag its headless body and move for a few minutes even if its head is blown off.

"Witchcraft and Demonic Arts" records that there are three hearts in the body of a mandrill. A mad mandrill has a strange strength that is unbearable for living people, and can flatten a person's chest with one claw.

This evil creature with extremely strange power is an extremely ferocious and powerful dirty thing in the Qiangke Mountains.

Even if it doesn't have any strange abilities, its extraordinary strength and ferocious hunting instincts are enough to make people tremble.

When Ran Qing heard the mandrill following him, he immediately felt the pressure.

This monster targeted them for some unknown reason.

Logically speaking, this monster should stay away from the paper man.

Now Ran Qing can only ask the expert Long Zongshu for his opinion to see if he can get rid of the mandrill first and then catch the ghost.

Otherwise, if you see a female ghost and the mandrill appears again, you will be attacked from both sides.

In the dark night, three people carried paper figures and walked on the deserted street.

Long Zongshu looked around anxiously, muttering, "Not now. If we disturb those dead bodies on the street, it will be very troublesome."

"We went to the school first. There's a lot of space inside and no one is there yet."

"After we go in, you guys go ahead and I'll find a place to hide."

"Wait until the mandrill follows in, then I'll block it from behind!"

(End of this chapter)