dragon hunter

Chapter 40
"Grandpa, I don't want you to die." A little girl ran out from the room, her little face was covered with tears.

"Be good, baby, go back and play with Xiao Hei, grandpa is fine." The ghost's eyes showed kindness, and his voice was trembling and reluctant.

The little girl was a little shy, she glanced at us timidly, and walked into the room step by step.

"What a sensible little girl." Li Xiaolei seemed to think of something, with pity in her eyes.

"Second Uncle, can you think of a way to help this old man." I couldn't bear to think of the tragic fate of the other family.

"The horizontal stripes are killing my life, and the corpse is invading my body, and I can't save it." The second uncle shook his head, a little bit embarrassed.

"It's okay, I just can't let go of my daughter." Guishou Zhang smiled helplessly, "You said that Yin Changsheng buried himself alive in the dragon's veins?"

"That's right, although he's gone out of his wits, the remaining resentment is still at work." The second uncle gritted his teeth.

Ghost Zhang walked to the side table, took a pen and wrote on a piece of paper, then walked into the room, took out a small bottle, and handed it to the second uncle together with the paper, "It records the location of the dragon's veins, and the jade tablet is engraved with There is a path to the cave, and the vial contains corpse spirit, after I die, I hope you can take my daughter and Xiao Hei away."

The second uncle took it over with a solemn expression, and looked at the other party with emotion, "Don't worry, I won't let the little girl go hungry."

"This old bone of mine can live for a few more days. Come and find me after you finish your work." Zhang Zhang stroked the black coffin with reluctance in his eyes.

The goal has been achieved, so we naturally don't want to bother each other anymore, and we can understand the pain of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person.

When they went back, the group felt heavy, and the atmosphere in the car was a bit dull.

"That grandson named Yin Changsheng is really not a thing." Fatty Wang held back for a while, and cursed angrily.

The tragic experience of the Zhang family made me feel a lot of emotions in my heart. At the same time, I also felt chills for Yin Changsheng's viciousness and scheming. Fortunately, the other party has lost his soul.

"Second Uncle Zhang, that little girl, I'll take it with me in the future, she has the shadow of my childhood." Li Xiaolei held the steering wheel with her hands, memories flashed in her eyes, and her face became a little more dignified.

"I also like children very much. Fatty is born with a strong affinity, and he is the best at playing with children." Fatty Wang smiled and leaned over to Li Xiaolei's side to please him.

"Really? The little girl's living expenses are all covered by the fat brother." Li Xiaolei's voice was charming, and a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes.

"No problem at all!" Fatty Wang patted his chest, as if he was not short of money.

I mourn in my heart for Fatty, he was betrayed by Li Xiaolei's cunning woman with his stupid appearance, and he still has to help count the money.

There are many mountains around the small county town, and the dragon vein is hidden in the mountains. Nature's creations are uncanny, and there are often steep mountains and cliffs around this kind of heaven and earth.

I carried a shoulder bag with food and water in it, and after a long trek, we finally found the location of the landscape painting.

"It's finally here, it's really bright, this place is too secret." The second uncle looked at the surrounding terrain with emotion.

"Fatty is almost exhausted." Fatty Wang's forehead was dripping with sweat, and he bent over and panted heavily.

Suddenly my eyes narrowed, and I pointed forward, "There are a few broken stone statues over there."

"Behind those stone statues, there is a cave." Li Xiaolei covered the sun with her hands, squinting her eyes.

According to the record in the ghost hand note, we need to go through a cave to reach the location of the dragon vein.

"Go through that cave and we'll be there." My throat was a little dry and I took a sip of water.

In front of the cave, there are several stone statues with strange shapes. For some unknown reason, those stone statues have no heads, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

"The shapes of those stone statues look familiar. I seem to have seen them somewhere." The second uncle's eyes showed thought.

We walked over and looked at the broken stone statue in front of the cave. Some residual colors could be seen on it, but it was a pity that it was left outside in the wind and rain. After a long time, the previous paint faded.

The heads of stone statues were scattered on the ground, and at my feet was a mouse's head with a hat on it, which looked very weird.

"Ah, this is the Five Immortals enshrined in our Five Immortals Temple." Li Xiaolei circled around the stone statue and said in amazement.

Hearing the word "Five Immortals", I subconsciously looked at Li Xiaolei, this bitch is worshiping Liuxian.

I took a closer look and saw that the heads of several stone carvings on the ground were of different shapes, and they were really five kinds of animals, yellow, white, willow and gray.

"There is no one living here, why are there stone carvings and their heads were smashed?" Fatty Wang wondered.

"I do recall a rumor from a long time ago." The second uncle's tone was a little hesitant.

"What rumor?" I asked curiously.

"Remember, I told you before, how did your grandma die?" The second uncle looked a little surprised.

I shuddered. Before I was born, my great-grandmother died of illness, and what was more, she had a very terrible disease. In that year, the color of talking about it changed.

Leprosy!A disease that was nearly terminally ill decades ago has been prevalent in coastal areas.

In our small county town in the 40s, there was a disaster. A shopkeeper went to the coast to buy goods, but accidentally contracted leprosy.

There is an incubation period for this disease. When the shopkeeper first came back, it was normal for him to be able to eat and sleep. After more than a month, he developed the disease.

The shopkeeper's family didn't pay attention at first, but later discovered in horror that it turned out to be highly contagious leprosy.

By the time the shopkeeper was quarantined, it was already too late, and everyone in the family was infected with leprosy, and it was also transmitted to the neighbors.

People in the small county were belatedly aware of it, and when the disease spread, they were horrified to find that the leprosy disease, which had become so popular in coastal areas, had appeared around them.

This terrible disease has killed almost one-third of the population of the small county, and my great-grandmother was not spared either.

"What do these stone statues of the Five Immortals have to do with leprosy?" I asked anxiously.

"At that time, contracting leprosy was tantamount to a death sentence." The second uncle said in a low tone, "Many leprosy patients who could not get treatment went to the doctor in a hurry, and they all began to worship the Five Immortals, and witches and gods became popular all of a sudden."

"These stone carvings look old, don't they..." I felt a chill rise from my back.

"At that time, everyone rejected leprosy patients, and when they found them, they burned them to death immediately, and some leper patients fled into the mountains." The second uncle kicked the stone sculptures, "These stone sculptures may have been left by the lepers who worshiped the Five Immortals at that time. .”

I thought of the horrible appearance of leprosy patients in the TV series, and my heart shivered.

"Oh my god, there is such a terrible thing, but I haven't heard Granny Ma mention it." Li Xiaolei's eyes showed fear.

The cave was pitch-black, and I couldn't see clearly what was going on inside. Thinking that there used to be a group of lepers living in it, I wished I could turn around and leave.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but I seem to hear the sound of blowing and blowing in the dark cave, "Second Uncle, did you hear any sound?"

The second uncle looked serious, listened for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "It's a bit weird, don't act rashly."

The sound of blowing and blowing was getting closer and closer, moving towards the entrance of the cave.

The song sounds a bit festive, but there is no one here, no matter how festive the song is, it will only make people feel creepy.

The second uncle held a mahogany sword in his hand, with a vigilant expression on his face. The mahogany sword in his hand was passed down from my great-grandfather's generation, and it is the nemesis of evil spirits.

The group of Chuichuidada creatures in the cave finally showed up. The one who appeared first, with small eyes like beans and slightly upturned beards, turned out to be a fat mouse walking upright.

The mouse was dressed in red and was fat, about the size of a domestic cat. It was shaking its head and playing the suona.

Behind them was a long line of fat rats, some playing gongs and some playing drums, standing upright and wearing festive red clothes.

In the middle of the team, there was actually a sedan chair, and four fat big mice were carrying the sedan chair, with their beards constantly twitching, with a triumphant look on their faces.

The fat mouse in the lead was obviously stunned when it saw a few people standing outside the cave, then jumped up with a "squeak", dropped the suona in its hand, and scurried into the depths of the cave.

A long line of mice lined up behind them panicked, squealing and huddling together.

"Where did the rat demon come from, get away from Fatty!" Fatty Wang bullied the weak and feared the hard, took a step forward and shouted loudly.

The group of rats who were proud before were frightened and ran around, hating their parents for losing two legs, they scrambled into the depths of the cave.

"How about it, isn't Fatty great?" Fatty Wang was triumphant.

"That sedan chair is left behind, I don't know what's inside." I pointed to the entrance of the cave, ignoring the fat man.

And the red sedan chair was left in place, standing there quietly.

The second uncle walked over, stretched out the mahogany sword in his hand, and raised the curtain of the sedan chair.

An ugly and worn-out rag doll, sitting in a sedan chair, with an exaggeratedly big mouth and bloodstains on its body, looks very weird.

"What... what's going on here?" Fatty Wang stammered, his face swept away with pride.

It's weird enough for a mouse to get married, and there is a doll sitting in the sedan chair, which makes people feel panicked.

"Dolls are often possessed by little ghosts, could it be..." Li Xiaolei said in a guessing tone after having raised little ghosts.

"The mouse in the cave has been worshiped for a long time, absorbed the incense, and has become a spirit." The second uncle was still calm, but frowned at the doll.

The carved stone head at my feet suddenly moved, which startled me, and subconsciously hid to the side.

"Second Uncle, the stone carving's head moved." I greeted nervously.

As soon as the words fell, the stone sculpture moved again, and then Gulugulu rolled aside, revealing a hole below.

A fluffy head sticks out, with small eyes that are extremely cunning, it is an old yellow man with faded fur.

The old Huang Pizi moved nimbly, "whoosh" came out, ran to the side of the sedan chair, picked up the doll in the sedan chair, and flashed into the depths of the cave.

"That doll is a little tricky. After a while, you have to follow me closely." The second uncle confessed solemnly.

I feel a bit bitter in my mouth. If I had a choice, I would not go into the cave at all. It is too evil inside.

The second uncle took out a flashlight and walked into the cave first. The tense back showed that his heart was not calm.

I hesitated for a moment, gritted my teeth, greeted Fatty Wang and Li Xiaolei, and followed inside.

The second uncle didn't say a word, and strode ahead, so that I, who followed behind, had to trot to catch up.

"Second Uncle, slow down, this cave is very strange." I reminded from behind.

The second uncle didn't reply, he just kept his head on his way, the flashlight flickered, making it impossible for me to see the situation ahead.

After walking for a while, I felt something was wrong, the second uncle's behavior was too abnormal.

(End of this chapter)