Hundred Ghosts

Chapter 13

After tasting and tasting, Xiaocai still doesn't quite understand why this overly sweet glutinous rice cake is worth 50 taels of silver.

"It's fine if you can't eat it. When you and I return to the capital, I'll treat you to the authentic one."

"But it's worth 50 taels!"

Lin Zi laughed slyly, "Do you think that if you ask me for 50 taels, I'll give it to you?"

The following days were peacefully boring, until the cold wind suddenly picked up, and heavy snow shrouded the sky and the earth like a curtain.

Apart from teaching young talents, Lin Zi seemed to have nothing else to do, such as roasting charcoal fire, or watching the snow fall.

"It's good that you two are here this year. In previous years, I sat alone in the main tent and didn't talk for several days, but it suffocated me to death." He Huai said boredly.

"It's a pity that we can't stay with the general for long. I have taken in my apprentice, and I want to take him back to show to Master, Master and Uncle before the Chinese New Year."

"Okay, we just happen to be together, just the two of us, let the lieutenant guard them by themselves!"

"The general is going back too?" Lin Zi was taken aback for a moment, then murmured, "Yes, the general might as well go back and pay his respects."

He Huai thought gloomily that this might not be good, since only their He family had always worshiped him, so it was his turn to do so.

"Then what about me?" Xiaocai was very anxious, "What will I do if you run away?"

"Of course I will take you with me as a teacher."

Two days later, the weather was rare and clear, but the melting snow was a bit cold. He Huai told his subordinates that he wanted to go back to the capital. Surprisingly, no one stopped him. They all said that it was time for the general to leave the capital for many years Go back and have a look.

For a moment, He Huai was a little skeptical about life. When did they guys become so caring?

He rejected the lieutenant general's proposal to send elite soldiers to each other, he didn't even want to ride a horse, so he took Lin Zi to buy a carriage in the border town, and dragged them along the main road.

After walking the main road, Lin Zi realized how much he had been wronged by the master's trembling lines when he came here.

The good weather for several days finally came to an end, and it snowed heavily again. He Huai suggested going to the city to rest for two days, and then set off after the snow had lightened. The horses on the road hadn’t eaten anything in the past few days, and they needed to replenish food and grass.

Lin Zi agreed, and stayed with him in a restaurant in the afternoon, they left early, and there were two upper rooms, Lin Zi and Xiaocai lived in one, and He Huai lived in one, which was just right.

At night, the cold wind was howling, and they were eating under the restaurant, when they heard a "dong dong" sound at the door, Xiao Er hurried to open the door, but it turned out to be an old beggar.It was too cold at night, and he couldn't stand the cold, so he had to beg them to let him go in to get warm. Xiao Er felt sorry for him, but there were several people who lived in tonight, looking at their clothes, it was not easy to prepare for it. Xi's old beggars come in and they probably won't be happy.

Xiao Er looked over in embarrassment, Lin Zi said in a deep voice, "Let the old man in, it's so cold, he will freeze to death."

Xiaocai jumped off the chair and ran to help the old beggar in, but he was not happy with a strong man at the table, "I'm eating, look how dirty he looks, how can I eat?"

"You can go back to your room to eat." A young man who was carrying Lin Zi retorted, "You can also recite it without reading it."

"Say it again! Be careful that I will kill you!"

"Try it!" The little boy's voice was louder than his.

The rest did not speak,

"This..." Xiao Er was in a dilemma.

"We have two upper rooms, one of which is for this old man, and now he is your guest, why don't you let him in?" He Huai looked at Lin Zi, "Shall we squeeze together tonight?"

Lin Zi curled his mouth and smiled, "Sleeping warm."

Xiaocai helped the old beggar to their table, and pushed his porridge and food to him.

The old beggar wiped away his tears, and wolfed down the food.

After going upstairs, the old beggar said uncomfortably to He Huai, "The old man just wanted to come in to escape the wind and snow, and never wanted to occupy the son's room... The old man squats in front of the door of the room and sleeps for a night, and the son can go in and sleep."

"No need." He Huai waved his hand, "I'll go and warm my child's bed, you can always go and have a rest, if you want to wash your clothes or get hungry in the middle of the night, just call Xiao Er to come over."

In the evening, the wind and snow became more intense, and the sound of snow particles knocking on the window was "thunderbolt", which was really disturbing.

But He Huai's body was as warm as a stove, half asleep and half awake, Lin Zi couldn't help but move towards him again.

He Huai, who didn't need to sleep, secretly laughed, turned over and hugged him in his arms. He couldn't move, and Lin Zi woke up directly.

Xiaocai, whose quilt was half swept away, rolled around and leaned against Lin Zi's back, spreading his legs on his stomach,

Lin Zi moved his feet away in disgust, and began to doubt himself why he slept in the middle.

Thinking about it, he suddenly heard rustling footsteps, getting closer, and then stopped at the door of his room,

Lin Zi opened his eyes wide and covered his mouth, not even daring to breathe.

A gloomy voice suddenly said, "Wait a minute, there is a person in this room who is blessed, someone who is possessed by a degenerate spirit, and someone who doesn't know and can't smell it."

"Oh."

"it is good."

"alright."

"Let's go!"

The rustling footsteps continued on.

Lin Zi frowned, listening to the voice, there were at least five people at the door just now, were they other guests?What inexplicable things do you say in front of someone's door without sleeping at night?

The warm wind blew by his ears, Lin Zi raised his head slightly, He Huai was looking at him with his eyes open, his eyes glanced outside the door, he must have heard something, Lin Zi mouthed: Go out and have a look?

Carefully getting out of the bed, and tucking the quilt up for the sleeping Xiao Cai, Lin Zi put an invisibility talisman on the bedside, so that strangers can't see him, and ghosts can't smell his breath.

He Huai climbed up the wall to listen to the voices beside him.

"Don't even hear about this. This person has been lonely all his life and is extremely pitiful. Let's go to the next family."

Then he responded with four "OK."

The footsteps sounded further away.

The two of them peeked through the crack of the door, seeing the five black shadows, one could tell they were not strangers.

The sound transmission in the empty corridor was particularly good. Lin Zi clearly heard the voice and said, "This person is blessed, and he is destined to be rich and powerful. Let's go to the next room."

Four "yes" here.

"This man is a wicked man. He has his life in his hands. Hurry up and go to his next home."

Four neat "yes".

When we got to the next house, things finally changed, and the voice said happily, "This guy is neither good nor good, neither blessed nor rewarded, we can have a good meal!"

The room was opened, and after a while, five black figures came out. Lin Zi, who had very good eyesight, could see that they seemed to be quite bloated.

"You're full, let's go."

Lin Zi hurriedly closed the door. His action was too hasty, and the sound of the door closing "squeaked" was very loud in the corridor.

The five ghosts all looked over.

He Huai yelled inwardly, threw Lin Zi into his arms and fell to the ground, the sound of footsteps hurriedly stopped at the door of his room,

Lin Zi's heart skipped a beat, He Huai squeezed the back of his neck comfortingly, and pressed his foot firmly against the door.

"We won't be discovered, will we?"

"No, there is no popularity here."

"Won't it be the wind?"

"It's possible, let's go then."

"Okay, we should go."

"..."

The chattering discussion ended, and the sound of footsteps gradually faded away. Lin Zi breathed a sigh of relief, and only realized how cold the floor was for a moment, and couldn't help shivering. He Huai hurriedly pulled him up, and touched him with warm hands Touching his face, he whispered, "They've already left, go back to the bed to warm yourself...you'll get frostbitten if you climb on the floor like this."

Back under the quilt, He Huai hugged him tightly, leaning against him, Lin Zi's body became warm again for a while.

He asked He Huai, "What was that just now?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be 'Mr. Ichimokugo'."

"Mr. Wu Qi?" Lin Zi suddenly realized, "It's the Wu Qi ghost, right?"

Wuqi Ghost, also known as "Mr. One Eye and Five", is composed of five ghosts, only one of the five ghosts has one eye, and the other four ghosts have no eyes.The other four ghosts all rely on this eye to see things.

Because there is only one eye, the five ghosts are always inseparable, and the four ghosts without eyes must obey the orders of the ghost with eyes.

The five strange ghosts only hurt people who are asleep. They come back to the place where people sleep and smell people with their noses, one by one in order.In this way, the person who is smelled will get sick.As the second and third ghosts smell it, the person's condition will become more and more serious. After the fifth ghost smells it, the person will die.While the man's breath was getting weaker, the stomachs of the five ghosts were all swollen.

What's interesting is that the five strange ghosts don't harm good people or evil people, but only harm people who are neither good nor evil, and have no blessings and five blessings.

Looking at their bloated appearance, the guest in that room must have been killed, and they really won't be able to leave tomorrow.

On the second day, when Xiaoer went upstairs to call the guests to get up and eat, he found that the guest in that room was dead, so he rushed to report to the government. Not long after, the government sent people to surround the restaurant.

When someone died, everyone was very frightened, and everyone was terrified to accept the government's inquiry.

The young policeman drew out his knife aggressively and pointed at the people present, "My lord thinks the murderer is among you, come out quickly! Otherwise, if I am caught by my lord, hehe, I'll see you!"

The coroner who finished the autopsy came out and slapped him in the face, "There was no external injury or poisoning. It was a sudden death. Go and report to the adults so that they can be let go."

The young policeman was still not convinced, and pointed the tip of his knife at the old beggar who was out of tune with everyone present, "Why did you appear here, you old beggar? Did you do it?"

The old beggar knelt down and complained that he was wronged, saying that he only had a rest for one night because of He Huai's favor, and he never had such a vicious heart.

The catcher looked at Lin Zi and He Huai again, and aimed his knife at He Huai again, "My lord heard that you Taoist priests can tie up villains and use witchcraft, which can kill people thousands of miles away, and said, Did you do it?"

Lin Zi: "..."

The villain is asking the gods, if he can ask the gods, he wouldn't be a teacher now...

The author has something to say: I suddenly felt that the five strange ghosts are so cute...