Paper horse incense shop

Chapter 34 Reporting to the Official
  I tried to break down the truth and tried to comfort the middle-aged woman with miserable features in front of me.

Her complexion was sallow, as if caused by long-term malnutrition, and her hair had even turned as yellow as weeds.

Aunt Xiaohong must have suffered a lot in this village at the hands of her husband who was like a pig and a dog.

I felt indignant in my heart. After a long time, I looked at the other party and nodded solemnly:
  "it is good!"

I felt relieved and immediately said:
  "Then you wait for me here, I'll go to town right now."

Aunt Xiaohong nodded first, then shook her head:

"How about I go with you? In that case, we can still have someone to take care of you."

I didn't doubt that he was there, so I quickly put on my shoes and socks and started rummaging around on the ground.

The blood stains I vomited have been cleaned up on the floor of the main room, but the piece of paper I wrote on before I passed out is missing.

Maybe I was too confused just now, it was just an illusion, maybe it was being cleaned up.

But fortunately, I still remember Luna’s information clearly in my mind. After struggling for a while and not finding it, I didn’t care and planned to go directly to the town to call the police.

Just as I was about to go out, I glanced at something and felt a little doubt:
  "Aunt Xiaohong, did you just offer incense to this lotus porcelain altar?"

The lotus porcelain altar in the hall is an altar that warms and nourishes the little ghost babies of the Zhu family.

In the past few days, I have put it on the table in the main room. I have three sticks of incense every morning, noon and evening. I also took some melon fruits that the children like and put them in front of the porcelain altar.

Today I was in a coma and definitely didn’t burn any incense.

But now, there were three incense sticks inserted in the stove, two short and one long, but they were all extinguished.

Moreover, the melons and fruits in front of the porcelain altar looked as if they had been waxed, gray and withered.

If I hadn't been familiar with the environment in the incense shop, I probably wouldn't have noticed this.

I was frowning and thinking, when Aunt Xiaohong gave me a weak hand and led me out of the door:

"Yes, when I first came here, I saw your house was in a mess. I just helped you clean it up."

"Let's go, it's getting dark, otherwise we won't be able to reach the town at night, and then we won't be able to save Luna."

As soon as I said these words, I didn't dare to delay. I quickly walked a few steps out of the courtyard. When I locked the courtyard door, I glanced away and seemed to feel something on the table in the main room. Move?
  I felt some uneasiness in my heart. For some reason, after I used the paper man to possess my soul, my whole head became groggy and I no longer had the clarity I had before.

There are many things that seem to be difficult to react to.

But the longer I delayed, the less troublesome it was, so I locked up and walked to town with Aunt Xiaohong.

The two of us walked in silence for a while, and the sky became increasingly gloomy.

I walked this road countless times when I was in school, and my steps were very fast, but Aunt Xiaohong's steps were much slower, perhaps because she was a little older. After walking for a while, she accidentally sprained her foot and let out a scream. Fell down on the mountain road:

"It's no longer possible. Auntie can't walk anymore. Why don't you take a rest first?"

It’s really raining all night when the house leaks!

Seeing that the sky is getting darker and the rain is coming, I feel a little worried:

"Let's do this, Aunt Xiaohong. I'll take you back to my house first. I'm fast on my feet and it won't take much trouble to get out again."

Aunt Xiaohong, who was rubbing her ankle and screaming in pain, had a bitter look on her face:
  "This place is a bit far from your home. I don't know if my feet can handle it."

"You little girl, can you still carry me back?"

I thought that this was also the case. I was distressed when I heard Aunt Xiaohong change the subject:
  "How about this? How about this place is close to Shibi Village, half a hill away from my home. Why don't you put me there first, and then you go to the town to find someone to come back to pick me up and Luna?"

There is no reason to push someone into a pit of fire again!
  Without thinking, I shook my head and refused, then heard Aunt Xiaohong say:
  "Silly girl, no one else knows that we are going to call the police now!"    "I haven't been home for a long time. If they know that I ran away, wouldn't it be enough to alert the enemy?"

"You accompany me back first, and just say that I got a sprained foot on the road. They will definitely believe us. Then I will stabilize them and you go to the police. Isn't this just right?"

I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't explain it. For the time being, I could only help Aunt Xiaohong to go to the village.

The darker the sky, the darker the mountain road becomes, and in the end it is almost impossible to walk in the dark.

Almost half of Aunt Xiaohong's body was pressed against mine. In the cold and bleak autumn night, I was so tired that I was sweating profusely and panting like an ox.

But fortunately, I was only two steps away from Shibi Village. I even saw a few guiding lights lit at the intersection, and I was about to be relieved!

Before I had time to be happy, I saw the guiding lights swaying, and within a few seconds, three or four lights went out.

My heart skipped a beat and I immediately realized that it was not a guiding light. It was someone holding a lantern waiting at the intersection. When I saw someone coming, I immediately turned off the light.

but--

why?
  If you are walking on a mountain road at night and there are people on the other side, there is no reason to turn off the lights! ?

What are they doing?
  What are they waiting for here?
  I didn't have time to think too much. I stopped and immediately retreated.

But Aunt Xiaohong beside her didn't seem to have this idea at all.

She was half-pressing my shoulders, holding my back with one hand, and leaning her weight on mine.

At this moment, I didn't know where the strength came from. His hands were like iron pliers, and they directly grabbed my neck, trying to knock me down and drag me forward.

I was almost knocked down by her movements, and my neck was tightly clasped, giving me a feeling of suffocation.

I was so horrified that I had no time to react, so I used my head as a hammer and knocked forward hard!
  In just a moment, an unknown liquid splashed onto my face.

Aunt Xiaohong was in pain, but she still didn't let go of my hand. She just screamed and let the sound echo through the mountain road:
  "You bastard! You actually dare to hit me!"

"Where's the person? Catch her!"

This time, no matter how confused my mind was, I still woke up!

This Aunt Xiaohong has never given up on the idea of ​​tricking me back! ! !

I was so angry at her duplicitous approach, but I didn't have time to think too much, as the chaotic footsteps on the mountain road gradually approached.

I was worried and used my head as a hammer again. I used all my strength to give Aunt Xiaohong, who was clinging to me, several headbutts.

bang! bang! bang!

I don't even remember how many times I hit the headbutt until the force holding my neck weakened and my head became extremely painful.

But I immediately realized that things were far from relaxed————

Because Zhou Wen’s face is already right in front of you!

Several double images flashed in front of me, and the dizziness caused by the headbutt had not disappeared. I could only hear several voices shouting:
  "Catch her!"

"You red-toothed fellows, why did you turn off the lights! Scared her away!"

"Little cousin! Just be obedient and become husband and wife with me!"

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  　　I have been sick several times this month, and I still insist on double-checking. You can believe that I am really not a person who will stop or fail to finish. With your support, I will work harder in the future! ! !

　　
  　
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