Yin Changsheng

Chapter 61 The Ghost in Red

He has never seen what kind of abilities Jiang Li has, but being able to say this also means that there are many dangers ahead, at least it proves that he has some understanding of what lies ahead.

Jiang Li stopped and did not go immediately, and asked Wang Duangong, "What's wrong in front?"

Wang Duangong hesitated for a while, and then said: "I also heard from my ancestors about this. They said that this river leads to the underworld. The older generation made a rule that this river can only run sideways, not Go along, if you go along the river, you will go directly to the underworld, and it will be difficult to come back when the time comes, so you must not go along this river."

Both Jiang Li and I have seen the river in the underworld. I fell into the Santu River in the underworld before, but was rescued by Jiang Li.

In addition, even if this river really leads to the underworld, there is nothing to be afraid of. We have been to the underworld several times, and it will not be difficult to come back when the time comes.

I interjected and said, "We've been to the underworld, and it's good to come back. Besides, how could the river in the underworld lead to the underworld."

However, Wang Duangong put on a hard face: "I'm not bragging. Every time there is a flood, the water in this river is six or seven meters deep. It is reasonable to say that the river should be muddy when there is a flood, but we are standing From the heights in the town, even if there is a flood, the river water is extremely clear, and many people have seen it, and every time there is a flood, there are terrible things at the bottom of the river."

"What is it?" Jiang Li asked.

Wang Duangong said: "Dead people, every time there is a flood, you can see rows of dead people walking downstream along the bottom of the river. After the flood passes, there are still their footprints on the bottom of the river. Let's find I passed those dead people, but as soon as the water passed, those people disappeared. I reckon that those dead people went to the underworld along this river, so you must not go there."

Jiang Li smiled and said it was all right.

Wang Duangong sighed: "But don't try to be brave, it will be serious if something happens."

Wang Duangong's worry is actually not unreasonable. He has limited understanding of Jiang Li, and he doesn't know what Jiang Li has, so it's out of good intentions to prevent us from going.

But he also knew that his stop was useless, so he stopped telling us not to let us go.

He didn't dare to go with us, so Jiang Li and I went.

This river is located between several mountains, so the wind can easily pour in. Besides, it is night and the temperature is already a little low. When I followed Jiang Li forward, I shivered from time to time. Said: "If you are afraid, you can go to Lin Yongye's house with Wang Duangong and wait for me first, and I will go alone."

How can I leave alone at this time and say: "I will go with you."

Jiang Li smiled and said no more.

Going down this river, the river bed became narrower and narrower, from 30 meters at first to about ten meters, but I never saw the direction where the burden was going, until the river bed narrowed to about five meters wide , Jiang Li stopped, turned his head to look at a dense weed cage beside the river bank.

I also looked there, and didn't feel anything wrong, so I asked, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Li pointed to it: "This place is often flooded, so it is impossible for weeds to grow normally. Besides, the grass is full of shade and bloody. It is obvious that there is a corpse hole there. My baggage and Your magic sword should be in there."

In my opinion, there is just a cage of weeds, there is no yin or blood, let alone any corpse hole there.

Jiang Li knew that I didn't understand, so he explained to me: "The phenomenon of walking corpses on the bottom of the river that Wang Duangong mentioned just now can only happen in big rivers like the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. The Yellow River and the Yangtze River have a long history, and the things deposited on the bottom of the river Many have spanned thousands of years, including corpses. If people fall into the river but fail to die normally, they will become wandering corpses. Ancient Taoist books refer to such wandering corpses as Yellow River wandering corpses. Walking corpses usually swim at the bottom of the Yellow River and Yangtze River. Let's go, look up at the sky all day long, as long as there is an object to attack, we will attack without any scruples, and many shipwrecks are caused by these wandering corpses."

"Could it be that there are wandering corpses in this river?"

Jiang Li'en said: "In 1954, the Yangtze River stopped flowing once, and those wandering corpses were exposed before they could leave, but the matter was finally suppressed by the higher authorities, and it didn't spread. Walking corpses rarely gather Come together, unless...the Walking Corpse King appears!"

"What is the Walking Corpse King?" I asked hurriedly.

Jiang Li said: "Whether it's a walking corpse or a wandering corpse, they are divided into six levels, and when they reach the fifth level, they are called the corpse king. But at the bottom of the river, only when the corpse king appears and there will be a big move, the wandering corpse will appear." According to Wang Duangong's words, every time there is a flood, there will be wandering corpses walking on the bottom of the river, which means that there must be wandering corpses in this place, and they are plotting something. In addition, the water in this river is intermittent, and they In order not to expose themselves, they dug out corpse holes, and when the river dried up, they hid in the corpse holes, and when the river water came, they came out to walk again."

Jiang Li said that he had already walked towards the weeds, and after passing by, he stretched out his hands and pulled out the weeds.

Sure enough, behind the weeds, a hole about half a meter in length was exposed, leading to the ground.

This hole is not like the U-shaped tunnel that Grandpa and the others dug. It must be filled with water, and it is difficult for a living person to enter.

Besides, we don't know anything about the situation in the cave, and we don't know how many wandering corpses there are below. Going down rashly is full of dangers.

Jiang Li stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at it for a while, then said to me: "You go to the Lin's house and wait for me, I'll go down and have a look."

I looked at the corpse cave, then at Jiang Li, and said, "There are all wandering corpses below, and the water must be very deep. Master, if you go down and get caught by them, you will drown alive."

After Jiang Li heard my words, his face was full of displeasure, and he glared at me: "Can you say something better? Master, why have you never been to a dragon's pond or a tiger's lair? This small corpse cave won't bother me. Why don't you just come with me?" Jump in, or go back to Lin's house and wait for me."

He gave these two choices, and I will definitely choose to go back to the Lin family.

When I made a choice, Jiang Li took off his coat and put it beside him, then he got into the corpse hole, and then there was the sound of water inside.

I waited outside for about 2 minutes. Standing outside alone was a little scared, so I ran back to Lin's house like flying.

It's not very late now, but when I returned to the town from the river ditch, almost every house in the town had closed the doors and windows, and even the lights were turned off.

Another very important phenomenon is that every family hangs a red dress in front of the door or window.

I didn't understand what this meant, but I just thought it was very strange that there was no human voice in this town, so I quickened my pace.

Outside the door of Lin's house, the people of Lin's family had already closed the doors and windows, hung a red dress on the door, there was no sound in the room, and was about to knock on the door, when a shout came from behind me: "Which family's doll? You're still wandering outside at this late hour, so hurry back to the house."

I looked back and saw an old man with a flashlight. He was about 80 or [-] years old. His waist was bent and he looked like dry wood.

Then turn around and knock on the door.

After knocking for a full minute, someone in the room came to open the door. The person who came to the door was Wang Duangong. After seeing me, he pulled me in and made a silent gesture to me.

I asked, "What's wrong? Why is there a red dress hanging in every household?"

Wang Duangong didn't dare to speak at the moment, so he dragged me upstairs, entered Lin Yongye's room and sat down, then whispered to me: "There are some bad things underground in Zhuyi Town. They will come out on the third day of the lunar month. They all wear red clothes. If anyone’s house does not hang red clothes, they will enter the house designated by them. You must not wander outside at this time, otherwise this town will not be called Zhuyi Town. .”

After hearing what he said, I stared at him with a bad expression: "Why didn't you tell us before? My master is still outside!"

After saying this, I stood up and walked towards the window, but when I got up, I saw two familiar things on Lin Yongye's bed.

My dharma sword and dharma seal.

"Why are my magic sword and magic seal here?" I asked immediately.

After asking, I thought of something.

Wang Duangong asked me to put down the seal and sword, but now it appeared in the house.

It was he who took us to the ditch, but he didn't tell us that there would be such a big commotion tonight. If Jiang Li hadn't pushed me back, I would still be guarding outside the corpse cave.

What I guessed was that Wang Duangong did it on purpose, he wanted to kill us.

When I found the dharma sword, Wang Duangong's face turned abruptly. Before the matter could be investigated, there was a sudden noise in the town, and I looked out through the window.

From this place, you can see the other side of the river, the corpse cave that Jiang Li entered just now, now one after another black shadows come out of it, walking towards the town.

And in the alleyways of this town, men in red appeared one after another, wandering around.

At this time, Jiang Li also rushed out from the corpse hole, grabbed the clothes next to him and came to the town, I quickly shouted: "Master, don't come here, there are many red-clothed ghosts in the town."

Wang Duangong heard me yelling, and quickly reprimanded him: "You son of a bitch, who made you so loud?"

He also ran to the window to have a look. The red-clothed ghosts in the alley heard my voice, they all turned around and came towards this house.

It's not far from the river ditch here, Jiang Li heard my voice and probably saw the commotion in the town, so he quickened his pace and rushed towards us.

Jiang Li was afraid that these ghosts in red would break into the house and endanger us.

And I was worried that when he came over, he would be surrounded by these red-clothed ghosts.

Those ghosts in red quickly gathered under the house. Wang Duangong looked down and scolded me angrily: "You just wait for your master to be torn apart by them."

(End of this chapter)