Maoshan Taoist priest

Chapter 40 Banquet (16)
But when the fire was used to nod the wine in the plate, something was wrong.Because the wine on the plate couldn't be lighted no matter how he ordered it, Chen Shaoxian stared at Howard carefully, but Howard kept his head down.Chen Shaoxian had no choice but to turn his head to the side, and suddenly found a large striped scar on Howard's neck, and smelled the smell from Howard's body.

Chen Shaoxian cursed in his heart: "Grass, this is a fucking corpse."

At this time, Howard suddenly raised his head, without the sissy look just now, he smiled wryly and said, "You still found out." Then he pushed Chen Shaoxian violently, turned around and ran into the dark door.

Everyone else was stunned by the sudden incident. Chen Shaoxian did not chase after him, but quickly turned around and walked in front of Thomas and Alina who were already stunned. First, he lifted Thomas's clothes and did not see the corpse. Then he put his hand on the artery in Thomas's neck, felt it throbbing violently, and felt relieved.

Elena reflected, quickly covered her clothes, looked at Chen Shaoxian in front of her and shouted sharply: "What are you doing?"

Chen Shaoxian saw that Elena was a bit reluctant to do anything, so he could only say: "As long as I can prove that you are still alive, I will not do anything."

Elena was asked by Chen Shaoxian, she didn't know how to answer, she stuttered and asked: "You, what are you talking about?" Then looking at Chen Shaoxian's stern eyes, she hurriedly rolled up her sleeves and stretched her arms in front of Chen Shaoxian.

Chen Shaoxian held Elena's arm and found that there was body temperature and no corpse spots on it. Then he got close to Elena and smelled it on the side of her neck. Except for some sweat, there was no other smell.

Elena blushed, stared at Chen Shaoxian, gritted her teeth and said, "Did you find out, what?"

"It's great that you're still alive." Chen Shaoxian only said six words and turned to leave.

Originally, Elena wanted to slap Chen Shaoxian after she finished her answer, but when she heard Chen Shaoxian's answer, she anxiously shouted: "What do you mean by that?"

Chen Shaoxian ignored him, walked straight to Xiaozhuang and said, "Check all the rescued people."

Xiao Zhuang didn't ask anything, and after giving the order with a solemn face, he asked, "Shaoxian, what's the matter?"

Chen Shaoxian lit a cigarette and said, "Howard has become a walking corpse." Knowing that Xiao Zhuang didn't understand, he took a puff of cigarette and said, "The nature of walking corpses is the same as that of earthbound spirits, but they have their own consciousness and thoughts, but The difference is that the walking corpse will rot slowly." Speaking of this, Chen Shaoxian sighed and said nothing.Just smoking a cigarette.

Elena heard Chen Shaoxian's words from the side, ran over and cried and asked, "You mean, Howard is dead?"

Chen Shaoxian didn't speak, just nodded.

Elena's current physical condition was already very fragile. After receiving the exact news, her body couldn't bear such a big stimulus, and she fainted directly.

Thomas, who was making the cross on his chest, saw Elena fainted, and ran to her side in a panic, muttering incessantly: "God bless." He began to cry bitterly as he spoke.

Chen Shaoxian took out a small green bottle, opened the cap and smoked it under Elena's nose a few times, then turned around and asked Xiao Zhuang: "How about the others?"

"No problem." Xiao Zhuang replied simply.

Chen Shaoxian nodded, feeling a little more at ease, looked at the people who were ready to go, and said only two words: "Let's go." After speaking, he walked into the door with big strides.

What happened just now made the atmosphere a bit depressing.No one was in the mood to talk, and followed Chen Shaoxian into the stone gate one after another.

After Chen Shaoxian walked in, he saw that there were no stone steps under his feet but a road paved with gravel. The road surface was very flat and there were no potholes, which made everyone's speed much faster.

The sides are getting wider and wider, and the beam of light from the flashlight can no longer reach the cave walls on both sides.Chen Shaoxian suddenly felt that his feet were soft. He looked down and saw that the gravel road under his feet had turned into somewhat moist soil. A footprint could be formed when he stepped on it, and there were many densely packed footprints on the wet soil. After a long time, it becomes much shallower, and only a shallow outline can be seen.

Chen Shaoxian asked everyone to stop and carefully observe the footprints on the ground. These footprints were in the same direction as his own people, and then everyone waited in place. Chen Shaoxian used a flashlight to illuminate the path under his feet, and walked for a while, only to find that there was no one. The footprints are going backwards.

Go back to where everyone is, and tell Xiaozhuang what you see, but Xiaozhuang hasn't spoken yet.Thomas interrupted suddenly: "Then, didn't that one find any new footprints?"

Everyone knew what Thomas was referring to, Chen Shaoxian shook his head and said, "Maybe we are not going on the same side."

After hearing this, Thomas shook his head in disappointment, glanced at Elena who was still in a coma, sighed and said nothing.

After a brief discussion with Xiao Zhuang, Xiao Zhuang asked everyone to change their formation, put Thomas and Song Yumu who was carrying Elena in the middle, and the rest of them formed a circle in groups of two and moved forward. In this way, no matter where there is an accident, instant rescue can be achieved, and the loss will be much smaller.

In order to avoid having too many nights and dreams, Chen Shaoxian and the others quickly pushed in, but just after they walked not far away, a group of people stopped at the same time.

Ten meters away from the crowd, several thatched buildings appeared.Chen Shaoxian scanned with a flashlight, and saw that there were grass buildings every short distance, and these grass buildings were not only in a row, but extended to places where the flashlight could not reach.

Looking at the thatched building in front of him, Chen Shaoxian scratched his head and felt that it was a bit big. Who knew what was hidden in the thatched building, but he couldn't help but go in.

"Chen, these are girls' rooms." Thomas said in a low voice from behind, probably feeling a little palpitating seeing so many straw buildings in front of him.

Chen Shaoxian didn't look back and asked directly: "What is a girl's room?"

But the answer to Chen Shaoxian was not Thomas but Xiaozhuang: "Any girl of the Yi nationality who has reached the age of 16 will have a small thatched house built for her at home, and young men who have reached the age of 20 can climb up to the thatched house of the girl they love at night. Say love."

Chen Shaoxian glanced at Xiaozhuang next to him in surprise, and Xiaozhuang continued, "I am from the Yi nationality."

Chen Shaoxian sighed: "Welfare is really good. By the way, brother Xiaozhuang, you have climbed a few thatched buildings."

Xiao Zhuang blushed when asked: "Just one."

Chen Shaoxian nodded and said: "It's okay, there are so many in front of me." Then he turned his head and looked at the people behind him and said, "There are so many girls' rooms in front of us, brothers, let's climb together in a while, and we will bring back the ones we like. Matchmaking for you."

Song Yumu interrupted and said, "Brother, I'll forget it, I can't stand your sister-in-law alone." The soldiers behind laughed when they heard this, and the haze in their hearts lightened a lot.

Chen Shaoxian pulled out the saber from his back and held it tightly in his hand, holding the gun in one hand and the knife in the other, and strode forward.The others followed closely behind Chen Shaoxian.

Walking closer, Chen Shaoxian saw that these thatched buildings were covered with thick moss, and there were some messy footprints in front of almost every thatched building, but these footprints were characterized by entering but not exiting.

Chen Shaoxian asked everyone to get closer, and a group of people almost pushed in close to each other.

After passing through two rows of thatched buildings, nothing happened, but Chen Shaoxian felt very uneasy in his heart, always feeling that there were countless eyes staring at people like himself in these thatched buildings.

Suddenly, the wooden door of a thatched building behind slowly opened, and the creaking sound spread far away, like a signal, all the wooden doors creaked, followed by a lot of laughter.

Normally, this laughter must be pleasant, but now, everyone who laughs feels dizzy.

Chen Shaoxian yelled: "Run." Then he led a group of people to run through rows of thatched buildings. There were an unknown number of these thatched buildings. After running for a long time, the thatched buildings in front of him were still next to each other. one.

At this time, all the doors of the thatched cottages were opened, Chen Shaoxian stopped in his tracks and said, "Something is wrong, we seem to be drawing circles in place."

Zhang Zeshan, who was carrying Elena on his back, suddenly said, "Thomas is gone."

Chen Shaoxian looked at the team, and Thomas was indeed gone, so he hurriedly asked, "When did you find it?"

"It was still there when I first came here." Yang Xiaoang replied.

"Brother Zhuang, take someone here and wait here, don't move." Chen Shaoxian said as he walked back.

Chen Shaoxian called Thomas' name as he walked, and suddenly saw a figure, Howard, out of the corner of his eyes.He quickly turned his head and took a look.

Howard seemed to be waiting for Chen Shaoxian. Seeing Chen Shaoxian staring at him, he beckoned and ran forward, while Chen Shaoxian followed closely behind.

Howard ran to a thatched building and stopped, then pointed, then turned around and disappeared into the darkness as if frightened.

Chen Shaoxian quickly ran to the thatched building where Howard stopped, and looked at the thatched building.The door of the thatched building was wide open, and it was dark inside, and at the same time there was a humming sound from inside.

When Chen Shaoxian heard that the voice should belong to Thomas, he rushed into the thatched building without thinking.

After rushing into the thatched building, Chen Shaoxian took a photo with a flashlight, and after seeing the situation in front of him clearly, the pores on his body instantly exploded.

The thatched building is very simple. There is only one straw mat. There are four people sitting on the straw mat. Three of them seem to be Japanese soldiers from World War II, and the other is Thomas. Four people are sitting around a big pot. It seems to be millet.

What made Chen Shaoxian's scalp explode was that the three Japanese soldiers kept spitting yellow millet into the pot with their mouths open. Chen Shaoxian found that the three Japanese soldiers had big stomachs. How many goods are there.

Thomas seemed to be imprisoned there, controlled by something. Thomas held a handful of grains in his hand, trying to stuff them into his mouth, but Thomas' mouth was tightly closed, and at the same time, he shook his hair and made a whining sound.

Seeing Chen Shaoxian coming in, Thomas shed tears, but suddenly stared at Chen Shaoxian's back in horror, and the pitch of the whining sound changed.

When Chen Shaoxian turned around, he saw a woman in white clothes sliding down from the wall. This woman's skin was as pale as her clothes, and her two empty eyes kept staring at Chen Shaoxian. laughing.

At the same time as the woman slid down, the door of the thatched building was slowly closing.Knowing that time was running out, Chen Shaoxian ignored the woman who was sliding down, but ran to Thomas first.

It wasn't until Thomas got close that he realized why the old man couldn't move. Many thin branches protruded from the gaps in the straw mat, and these branches wrapped around Thomas' body, controlling Thomas's movements.

Knowing the reason, Chen Shaoxian used the evil knife to cut off the branches on Thomas' body. These thin branches seemed to be afraid of the evil knife, and they all backed away before they were cut.

At the same time, the three Japanese soldiers who were still spitting out millet all turned their heads to look at the two of them, and then stood up staggeringly.

Chen Shaoxian pulled Thomas up, then quickly turned sideways, and kicked fiercely on the stomachs of the corpses of the Japanese soldiers closest to the two of them. Chen Shaoxian felt as if he was kicking on cotton, and his feet actually sank into the stomachs of the corpses.

The corpse was kicked by Chen Shaoxian in this way, a lot of yellow grains gushed out from the mouth, and then flew out and hit the other two corpses. It was not knocked down by such a great force, and it shook a few times towards Chen Shaoxian. People rushed.

The woman who slid down blocked the way of the two of them, and there was only a gap left in the door of the thatched building.

Chen Shaoxian felt bad, so he hastily handed the Shadao to Thomas. Thomas took the knife, summoned up his courage and yelled, and slashed at the corpses of three Japanese soldiers. Time did not dare to come.

Taking advantage of this skill, Chen Shaoxian took off the shotgun and blasted at the woman blocking the door.

The bullet hit the woman's body, passed straight through, and hit the door behind her directly. The huge force punched many small holes in the wooden door panel.

When the woman was pierced by the bullet, a lot of white dust flew up from her body, and many insects that looked like white moths fell off.

Chen Shaoxian quickly held his breath, then told Thomas not to breathe, and then quickly pulled the trigger on the woman. After a few hits, the gun clicked and the bullet ran out.

At the same time, those branches that receded just now drilled out of the gaps in the ground, tightly strangled the two's feet, and then wound upwards.

Chen Shaoxian couldn't care about these anymore, he threw the gun away, quickly took out the bottle of wine from his bag, took a bite in his mouth, took out the lighter, lit it, and sprayed it on the woman in front of him.

The woman was picked up by the flames, and sparks burst out quickly, and many white moths with sparks flew out of her body.As soon as these white moths were separated, the woman screamed, and a relatively thick branch stretched out from the roof, wrapped around the woman's head, and pulled the woman into the black wash on the roof.

Chen Shaoxian looked up with a flashlight, and the roof was densely covered with white moths. As soon as the woman was pulled in, she was wrapped in these densely packed white moths.

Seeing Chen Shaoxian felt sick, he quickly lowered his head, poured the wine in the bottle under his feet, lit it with a lighter, and the branches were thrown twice by the fire, and retracted into the cracks in the ground.

The woman's scream came from the roof again, and then the whole room buzzed instantly, a lot of white powder fell from the roof, and the yellow millet in the pot made crackling noises and flew up .

The corpses of the three Japanese soldiers fell to the ground and thrashed for a while, with countless ladybug-like bugs crawling from their bodies.

When Thomas saw it, his face turned pale.

Chen Shaoxian shouted anxiously: "Slam the door quickly. This is Feigu Cup."

Looking at the densely packed Feigu cups in front of him, Chen Shaoxian's scalp exploded, and he hurriedly called Thomas to hit the door.

Fortunately, the door panel had been robbed and turned into a sieve. The two joined forces and rolled directly outside the house, and then ran desperately to where the others were.

At the same time, there was loud humming from behind, and a cloud of yellow mist rushed out of the hut and went straight to the two of them.

Fortunately, Xiao Zhuang and the others were not far from the two of them. Chen Shaoxian shouted at the crowd while running: "Flame thrower."

Hearing the gunshot just now, Xiaozhuang and the others were already in full battle.

Xiao Zhuang looked at the direction Chen Shaoxian was going, and waited anxiously.Suddenly heard Chen Shaoxian's voice, and then saw Chen Shaoxian and Thomas running over desperately. After hearing what Chen Shaoxian shouted, he quickly asked Yang Xiaoang to set up the flamethrower.

The cloud of yellow mist was about to catch up with the two of them, and Chen Shaoxian could feel the vibration in the air when the Feigu Cup was flying, so he quickly reached out his hand to grab Thomas who was already running out of breath, and then swung it vigorously, throwing the Thomas threw it several meters, regardless of whether it could break Thomas, and then rolled on the ground, while yelling: "Fire."

The moment Chen Shaoxian fell to the ground, he felt a scorching flame brush past him, and his roasted skin was a little painful.

Then there was a scorching smell, and the Feigu cup was instantly burned to ashes.

Chen Shaoxian was not idle lying on the ground, he picked up a few pieces of moist soil and pasted it on his face to cool himself down. The cold soil made Chen Shaoxian much more comfortable.

As the body temperature dropped, Chen Shaoxian didn't care whether he was burned by the flames just now, so he stood up quickly and walked to Thomas' side.

Thomas was lying flat on the ground, half of his body had sunk into the wet soil, his eyes were rolling on the ground, and his chest was puffing and puffing, as if he had thrown the air out of his lungs.

Chen Shaoxian quickly helped Thomas up, and patted him hard on the back a few times.

Thomas was slapped like this, and there was a long sound from his body, and then he coughed violently, and then took a few breaths, looked at Chen Shaoxian and nodded.

Chen Shaoxian helped Thomas up and walked back to his team.

Xiao Zhuang handed over the water bottle, and asked with concern: "Shaoxian, are you hurt?"

Chen Shaoxian took the kettle, took a few sips and said, "It's okay, let's go quickly."

Before the words fell, everyone heard a scream, and the whole cave remembered the sound of crackling and cracking.

Thomas shuddered when he heard the sound, and looked around in horror.

Although the others didn't know what was wrong, they knew from Thomas' appearance that the sound was definitely not a good thing.

"Order a house." Chen Shaoxian said decisively.

Yang Xiaoang received the order and started spraying flames on the huts on both sides.

Although the grass and trees that made up the house were very wet, they were attached to them by the hydrocarbons carried by the flames, and soon smoked and lit up in an instant.

After the house caught fire, screams came from inside, and then a woman in white clothes crawled out from the roof, and a large number of white moths flew out with the woman, and when the flying white moths saw the flames, they rushed into the flames , followed by a crackling sound.At the same time, a large number of white moths flew out of the woman, and they jumped into the flames together with the white moths in front.

Many white moths flew away, and the woman who crawled out was a skeleton except for the head, and many thin branches were wrapped around the skeleton. The branches were like small snakes, wriggling on the skeleton.

The flames became more and more fierce, the burning branches broke, and the skeletons and heads were scattered into the fire. After a while, they burned.
Chen Shaoxian didn't expect the effect to be so good, so he turned around and told Yang Xiaoang to set the houses on both sides on fire.

A group of people set fires as they walked. Seeing the flames soaring into the sky, Chen Shaoxian and the others simply turned off the flashlights and looked for a way out by the light of the flames.

Xiao Zhuang took advantage of this time to ask: "Shaoxian, who was that woman just now?"

"That thing is a grass ghost woman. According to legend, grass ghosts can only board on young girls." Chen Shaoxian replied, after thinking for a while, he continued: "Maybe Thomas is right, there really was a period of great national integration." Speaking of this, Chen Shaoxian asked Thomas: "Why did you run into the thatched building just now?"

Thomas blushed: "When I was walking just now, I felt someone tap my shoulder, I thought it was my own, and then I looked back, only to see a woman in that thatched building waving to me.

"At that time, I was very scared and wanted to call out to you, but I couldn't open my mouth. Then I saw many branches sticking out from the thatched building and wrapped around my body, and then I was dragged in by these branches."

(End of this chapter)