Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 97 The son will die and the mother will live.
A violent and ferocious voice sounded, and Little Mianhua froze in place instantly, not daring to move.

A talking ghost...

She started to get nervous.

Ran Qingze paused, then slowly turned around.

In the gloomy fog, a burly butcher with a crooked mouth and squinting eyes was holding a bloody pig-killing knife and staring at him fiercely.

The bloody red blood kept dripping onto the butcher's apron, and a faint smell of blood rushed towards him.

The ghosts around them dispersed instantly, and the area around Ran Qing and Xiaomianhua was suddenly empty.

Seeing this ferocious butcher, Little Mianhua was a little nervous.

"...What should we do, Ran Qing?" Xiaomianhua asked in a low voice.

This butcher is not very scary, even she can deal with him.

But if a fight breaks out at the market...

Ran Qing's eyes turned cold and the bell in his hand shook slightly.

In an instant, the four paper figures standing beside him suddenly screamed sharply.

The four paper figures, who were originally being dragged by invisible threads and moving stiffly, suddenly jumped up and pounced on the butcher violently with agile movements.

In the cold mist, the butcher who was thrown to the ground struggled frantically and roared angrily.

But the four paper figures kicked away its butcher knife and held it down tightly.

Immediately afterwards, four mad paper figures laughed strangely, pounced on the butcher and bit him madly.

From the fog came shrill screams and creepy chewing sounds.

Little Mianhua's eyes widened in fear, and she quickly shrank to Ran Qing's feet, not daring to look at the bloody scene...

Three minutes later, Ran Qing and Xiaomianhua left the intersection and came to a wide but empty main road.

The loess road here is much wider and is the main road in the market. However, the doors and windows of the streets on both sides are closed, and only a few confused and dazed souls wander here unconsciously.

The lanterns hanging on both sides of the road also turned into pale and dull white lanterns.

The hustle and bustle of the ghost market seems far away from here.

Little Mianhua looked behind him curiously. The four paper figures became bloody and their bodies were covered with blood, but the eyebrows, eyes and facial features outlined by ink seemed to become more vivid.

Little Cotton murmured, "Is this paper man so powerful..."

She had never seen her aunt use paper figures before.

Ran Qing glanced at her and said, "If I had Aunt Six's ability, I wouldn't have to carry these four wild ghosts around."

His footsteps were a little heavy.

It looks like he is dragging four paper figures, but actually he is carrying four ghosts.

The cold and chilly feeling on my back makes me uncomfortable.

Looking at the empty and dark street in front of him, Ran Qing slowly stopped.

"...Be careful, we should be there soon."

The scene around here is somewhat similar to that in a nightmare.

The well should be nearby.

But Ran Qing couldn't find the direction, so he could only follow Xiao Mianhua and let Xiao Mianhua lead the way.

The little cotton ball lay on the ground and sniffed, then quickly chose a direction.

"This way..."

She led Ran Qing towards the darker and more deserted streets ahead, and the chill in the air gradually grew stronger.

Ran Qing looked at the pale lantern in front of him and recalled the story that Lao Yangpi told him.

The water ghost in this well was originally a weak new bride. Because she had a lame leg, her mother-in-law was very dissatisfied with her after she married into her husband's family.

But she was very filial and obedient, and never dared to argue with her mother-in-law. No matter whether her mother-in-law took her out on her or scolded her unreasonably, she just accepted it.

Sometimes even the neighbors nearby couldn't stand it anymore and would come to persuade her, but her mother-in-law would only scold her even more fiercely.

"Are you having an affair with this little bitch? My family's affairs are none of your business!"

Gradually, the neighbors on both sides were scolded and didn't want to care anymore. The daughter-in-law's constant weakness and concessions did not satisfy her mother-in-law, but made her dislike the lame man even more.

Fortunately, the husband treats his wife pretty well. The couple is in a free love relationship and is quite loving on a daily basis.

My husband works at the Yuezhao Steel Plant, not far from the dam. Although he is just an ordinary worker, with the changing times, workers today are no longer as popular as they used to be.

But the mother-in-law was still full of pride in her son and became increasingly dissatisfied with him marrying such a lame man.

She was trying to get her son and daughter-in-law to divorce so that her son could find a beautiful and healthy new wife. They had been arguing about this for two years and were threatening to die at every turn.

Until New Year's Eve two years ago, when every family was having reunion dinner, this family started quarreling again.

The old man, who was taking advantage of his seniority, scolded his daughter-in-law and his son. After the quarrel, the son was full of anger and went out to drink with his friends.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who stayed at home soon started arguing again...or rather, the old woman sat at the door and cursed her daughter-in-law unilaterally.

Finally, the daughter-in-law couldn't stand the scolding anymore and ran out of the house alone in the middle of the night and disappeared.

A few days later, the daughter-in-law's body was salvaged from a river two kilometers away from the dam. It was said that she had fallen into the river accidentally.

The husband buried his wife in a daze and fell silent from then on.

The mother-in-law was very excited and asked matchmakers everywhere to propose marriage. Not long after her daughter-in-law died, she invited matchmakers and friends to her home to discuss the matter.

But the daughter-in-law who died tragically turned into a water ghost.

At night, it swam along the river to the well at the doorstep, climbed out of the well, and killed the mother-in-law, her friend, her husband, the matchmaker... a total of six people.

When people found the dead bodies in the house the next day, they were all swollen, as if they had been soaked in water for three days and three nights.

The well, which was originally several hundred meters away, was inexplicably moved into the family's yard.

The rumor that water ghosts harm people spread like wildfire...

Recalling the story told by Old Sheepskin, Ran Qing looked at the houses along the way, trying to find an abandoned yard with a well.

But at this moment, an old woman with disheveled hair and a terrified face suddenly jumped out from the shadows in the alley.

She grabbed Ran Qing and pleaded in fear: "Save me! Please save me! My daughter-in-law is trying to harm me!"

"I didn't kill her! She was crazy! She was crazy!"

The terrified old woman suddenly jumped out from the darkness, and Ran Qingzou's senses were completely unnoticed.

His heart skipped a beat and he stepped back subconsciously.

But he found that the old woman was stuck to his wrist like sticky candy.

Ran Qing's backward movement actually dragged the old woman forward two steps.

Their eyes met, and the old woman's eyes were filled with fear and despair.

"Take me out of here!"

"I don't want to go back! I don't want to go back!"

The old woman pleaded with Ran Qing in fear, but Ran Qing had no time to respond.

A gust of cold wind suddenly blew from the shadow behind the old woman, and a pale and honest face emerged from the darkness.

The man looked at the old woman and Ran Qing who was held tightly by the old woman.

He stepped forward, supported the old woman, and whispered, "Mom, don't be afraid. Chunlan won't hurt you."

While speaking, the pale man actually grabbed Ran Qing's arm.

The man stared at Ran Qing with his cold eyes: "Chunlan will not harm anyone... Let's go back to see her together, she will forgive us."

Ran Qing, who was caught by the man, felt a cold chill.

The pale lanterns on the roadside trembled gently in the cold wind.

Little Mianhua standing by was so frightened that his fur stood on end, and he looked at the weird mother and son in horror.

There was a hint of shock in Ran Qing's eyes.

This old woman... is actually alive!

Are there any living people in the ghost market where evil spirits are lurking?

(End of this chapter)