Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 288
An eight-legged human-faced spider, a human-faced snake without arms and legs, a human-faced fish with arms and legs...

This night, the eyes of all the guests in the room were opened.

When the sky was about to dawn, Shensuan Zhai left the venue. The staff counted the tickets and rewards, and shouted at the old man: "Father, I made more than [-] yuan tonight. The business in this capital is really good."

"What are you talking about, haven't you seen money?" The old man snorted coldly, brought a dog food bowl, poured some slop, mixed some mixed noodles, and sent it to the "black dog".

"Dog" lay on the ground, wolfing down the slop in the food bowl.

The old man scooped up several more bowls of swill and fed them to the "spider", "snake" and "fish". The horse with the human head refused to eat and was crying all the time.

"What's the use of raising you trash?" The old man pulled and kicked the girl's hair, took out a knife, and said to the girl, "Do you want to eat it? If you don't eat it, I'll cut your nose off!"

The girl ate the slop with tears in her eyes, and the old man walked to the vase with the slop bucket.

"Blessed are you, mother, and I have to serve you!"

The man in the vase had no hands or feet, so he could only stay in the vase. The old man fed him a few bites, left the slop bucket aside, made a bed on the floor, and slept with a few fellows.

After sleeping until noon, the old man got up and ate some mutton, drank a pot of wine, and told the guy: "Take care of your belongings and be smart. If you see officers and soldiers coming, hurry up!"

The clerk repeatedly agreed, and the old man left Washi and the city through the north gate. After walking for more than ten miles, he squatted on the side of the road waiting for someone.

After waiting for half an hour, two carriages stopped in front of them.

An old woman got out of the car, followed by a couple who got out of the car with six children, big and small.

The old man gave the fare for the car, and led the people for a few miles to a village.

This village is called Banpo Village. The north of the city is poor, and the villages outside the city are also poor. Banpo Village is in disarray, with few families.

The old man urged everyone to leave quickly. There was a little girl in her early ten years old who was a little lame and walked slowly. The old man frowned and said, "What's wrong with this girl's feet?"

The old woman whispered: "This lowly hoof is dishonest and always wants to run away. I put a stick on her and broke her left foot."

The old man frowned and said: "This girl is so handsome, it's a pity to lose one foot."

The old woman spat and said, "What's the matter? Are you distressed? I cut off her nose tonight. I think she's still pretty!"

The old man glared at him and said, "Hush your voice, when you meet someone, shut your mouth tightly!"

The old man led the crowd into a yard. There were two bungalows in the yard. There was a layer of dust in the house, and no one lived in it for a long time.

He settled everyone down first, then went to the west end of the village alone, and came to the door of a house.

He is here to rent a house.

Even though the old house just now was unoccupied, it was not without an owner. The old man stepped on the plate beforehand and knew that the owner of this house lived at the entrance of the village.

After knocking on the door a few times, a sturdy figure walked out of the room, with a length of eight feet and three inches, broad shoulders and narrow waist, imposing and tall, striding like meteors, and came to the front.

"Which one are you looking for?"

The old man shivered in fright, but upon closer inspection, it was a girl.

That's right, it's a girl, Senior Sister Xu Zhiqiong, Yu Chilan.

How did Yu Chilan get to Banpo Village?
She is visiting relatives.

As the New Year approached, Yu Chilan followed her father to Banpo Village to visit her uncle while she was resting. The owner of that yard was her second uncle.

The old man smiled and said, "Girl, I'm here to rent a house, and I'll only rent it for two or three days. I came here yesterday to make an agreement with the host."

In the countryside, renting a house for two or three days is the same as staying in a hotel. It is nothing new. Yu Chilan turned around and shouted: "Second Uncle, someone is here to rent a house."

The second uncle was preparing dinner, wiped his hands and came out, saw the old man at the door saying: "It was agreed yesterday, you will pay the rent, Da Lan, go and see if they have settled down and what is missing. "

Yu Chilan agreed, and took the old man into the courtyard, looking at the big family, Yu Chilan frowned: "This is all from your family?"

The old man smiled and said, "There are so many people in the family, I'm sorry to bother you! But don't worry, we have brought dry food, so you don't need to eat it."

Staying overnight in the country, it stands to reason that the host's family should take care of the meals, Yu Chilan laughed and said: "It's not scary if there are too many people, just eat at home at night."

"How can it be done, poor people, there is no more or less, don't dislike this little rent."

The old man took out fifty Wen and handed it over to Yu Chilan to stay in the countryside for three days and two nights, which is not too little.

Yu Chilan took the money and was about to leave when she suddenly saw a little girl limping into the yard with a bucket in her hand.

The snow in the yard was quite deep, the little girl slipped and fell to the ground, the couple next to her didn't pay attention, the old woman glared at her and said, "What are you doing lying there, why don't you get up!"

The little girl couldn't get up, Yu Chilan stepped forward to help her up, seeing the girl's thin skin and tender flesh, she didn't look like a child from a poor family, so she asked: "Little sister, what's wrong with your feet?"

The girl lowered her head, not daring to speak.

The young woman stepped forward and said: "This is my daughter, she is usually very spoiled, she has not traveled a long distance, and she has a few blisters on the soles of her feet, it doesn't matter."

This doesn't look like blisters, Yu Chilan saw that the girl couldn't move her legs, so she must have hurt her bones.

"Can I let my sister see it?"

The girl didn't make a sound, but the woman said: "It's unbelievable, our girl's feet have just been bound."

Daxuan also has the custom of foot binding, but it is not considered popular. Yu Chilan has never bound her feet, but she knows the pain of foot binding, and also knows the rules here. The bound feet of the girl's house must not be seen by outsiders.

The old woman shouted: "Forget it, she doesn't need to fetch water, go back quickly!"

The young woman urged the little girl to go into the house, but the girl did not let go of Yu Chilan's hand. Yu Chilan felt that she had something to say, and just wanted to ask a question, but the woman pulled the girl away.

"Damn hoof, you have no rules, I think you are a bunt!" The woman took the girl away, and another young man came over: "Our doll doesn't know the rules, you are laughing at me."

The old man stepped forward and said, "Girl, we don't need anything here, please come back!"

Yu Chilan always felt that something was wrong, and suddenly saw a boy who had just learned to walk, wandering into the yard, pointing at the roof, babbling non-stop.

"Da da! Da da! Da da!".

Yu Chi Lan asked in surprise: "What is this child talking about?"

The old woman hurriedly blocked the child behind her, and said with a smile: "What can he say, the teeth are not fully grown yet! Girl, it's getting late, and we don't have anything to entertain you. Come back quickly!"

After seeing off Yu Chilan, the old man closed the door and took out all kinds of guys.

A saw, an axe, a knife, pliers, two bags of powder, and a black dog's skin.

There was a pot of water on the stove, and the young woman kept adding firewood to the stove. After a while, the water boiled to a boil.

The young man said: "Father, I don't think that woman just now is kind, why don't you do anything tonight."

The old man said: "If you don't do anything tonight, when will you wait? Delay for a few more days, and wait for them to report to the official?"

The second son said, "I'm afraid that something will happen to that woman."

The old man sneered and said, "Having a good figure scares you? It would be great if she doesn't come to cause trouble. If she dares to come, I will let her family die here tonight."

The old woman said hello, and a group of dolls stood in a row. The old man pointed to a girl and said, "This doll is born clumsy. If it is sold, it will become a servant. Its hands and feet will be cut off and it will be kept in a bottle."

He pointed to another girl and said, "This doll is beautiful, don't hurt her, just sell it at a price."

He pointed to the crippled girl again and said, "This baby is not bad at birth, but she has too many thoughts. Cut off her tongue. It doesn't matter if you sell it for less. Don't let her run away."

The young woman said: "Father, this foot is useless, and if you cut off the tongue, can you still sell it for a higher price?"

The old man smiled and said: "Selling it in the deep mountains, you can't talk and you will be quiet in the future. We don't need to worry about these things. The buyer has his own discretion."

The woman turned around to sharpen the knife, the girl was so frightened that she cried, the old lady said viciously: "If you dare to make a noise again, I will goug out your eyes first, and then cut off your nose!"

The old man pointed at the two boys again and said: "These two dolls are too stupid, they have lost their hands and feet, and they are like snake people."

The eldest son also went to sharpen the knife when he heard the words, and there was a boy who was just able to walk in front of him.

The young woman said: "This little doll doesn't remember anything, so let's just sell it at a price."

The old man thought for a while: "It's hard to say that he doesn't remember things, this doll is too smart, he might just be a dog man."

The young man said: "As a dog man, nine out of ten will fail. Dad, if it doesn't work out, this business will be a pity."

The old man said: "You go to burn the soldering iron, I will go to sacrifice to the god first, with the blessing of the true god, I will definitely succeed tonight!"

The old man took out a statue of a god from his rucksack, put incense candles on it, and simply arranged an altar.

Yu Chilan lay quietly outside the window, looking at the appearance of the god through the torn window paper.

What kind of god is this?

No limbs, just a vague torso.

There are dozens of incomplete arms growing on the torso.

There is no nose on the face, two eyes grow on the left cheek, and one eye grows on the right cheek.

There is a mouth on the forehead, and a mouth on the chin. Both mouths have tongues, and there are dense eyes on the tongues.

The old man knelt on the ground and kowtowed nine times to the statue.

The knife was sharpened and the soldering iron was red hot. A group of children cried and shouted.

They're going to spoil these kids.

Yu Chilan was furious, and was about to rush into the house, but a hand covered her mouth and nose, and quietly dragged her away from the window.

The old woman held down a boy and shouted at her son, "Chop off his hands and feet first!"

Just as the son was about to make a move, the old man said: "It's not too busy, let's be a dog man first!

The toddler was very clever. Seeing the old man walking over with a soldering iron, he staggered towards the door.

Seeing this, the young man caught up with him in two steps and grabbed the doll.

"Da da! Da da!" Doll screamed, and the old man walked over with a red-hot soldering iron.

To be a dog-man is to burn the skin and flesh of a person, and then put on a dog's skin.

When the skin and flesh healed, the human and dog skins grew together and became a monster that was neither human nor dog.

"Blessed by the true God, this disciple has presented you with a gift!" The old man grabbed the child and raised the soldering iron.

Young man covers the child's mouth.

snort!
White smoke rose.

Howl!
The young man broke his throat.

Xu Zhiqiong broke the old man's wrist and poked the soldering iron on his son's face.

The old man exclaimed, "Who are you?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "Good man, good man who only kills you bastards!"

A red light stood in front of him, illuminating the old dog so hard that he couldn't open his eyes!

(End of this chapter)