Seventy-two Changes of the Evil Spirits - Chapter 73

Jiangnan is the season of Huangmei again.

The clouds in the sky quickly pressed down to the treetops, and the four fields were dull and gloomy.

“Msang-gong, this Shihuzuo is not a mere official, why bother to rush for this?”

On the bank of the river, a beautiful young woman rubbed her feet, complaining.

“I’ve heard that there are ten rooms and nine empty spaces in this Dantu City, and you have gone, there is no room for you to use it.”

“It is rumored that there are demons around here that are looting women. You are eagerly copying the trails, and you are not afraid of your concubine being caught by the demons?”

“It’s good to catch it!”

Hu Yanyi sneered to himself, and didn’t talk to him. He took out the water bag and just went to the river to fetch water.

A woman’s opinion!

Hu Yanyi was quite annoyed.

Doesn’t he know what the situation is in Dantu City now? Doesn’t he know what will happen after the army breaks through the city?

It is true that Sihu is just a small official, but where is the high-rise building not on the ground?

It is true that it will be difficult to be an official in this new place, but if not, how can he show his ability?

I have been studying hard for decades, isn’t it just for today?

At this moment, he couldn’t wait to have his wings on his back, flew into the Dantu to take the post, just stop and go, he was already impatient.

“I came here alone if I knew it a long time ago, so I don’t have to make noise in my ears.”

He muttered, and lifted the full water bag to take a sip.

“Mr. Lang, it’s better not to drink the river water.”

At this moment, an old voice was suddenly inserted next to him.

The husband and wife were both shocked, and quickly turned their heads to look around, but they didn’t know when there was an old man standing by the side of the road with a bamboo fight.

The old man was dressed in silk and satin, and he seemed to be a rich family, with a smile on his face that seemed quite kind.

It’s just that there is no shop in front of the village, so how can an old man pop up?

Hu Yanyi’s wife whispered in her heart, full of strange talk in her mind, and even ignoring the sore ankle, she hurriedly returned to her husband.

Hu Yanyi didn’t think much, just curiously said:

“What does Lao Zhang mean? Is this river water not drunk?”

The old man smiled and pointed at the river somewhere with a bamboo stick.

“Langjun look.”

Hu Yanyi took a look.

A group of huge objects emerged from the turbid torrent in the heart of the river, and the couple stepped on their feet and looked at them, and their tails trembled.

It turned out to be a dead man!

The corpse had been swollen with water, almost indistinguishable from the hands and feet, and looked like a giant. (I won’t describe it in detail here. If you are interested, please use Baidu.)

“Crack.”

A crow flew from the other side and landed on the corpse with a sharp beak on the bulging belly. It seemed to have punctured the urine spores, and only heard a “bang”, the yellow thick water and rotten internal organs were exploded together, and the river surface was spilled.

The crow that was bombed, with its bowels hung on his body, fluttered for a few times, and finally sank into the river.

The stench spread to the shore.

Hu Yanyi was agitated, and the water sac in his hand looked like a red soldering iron, which he threw into the water. After that, he quickly pulled his pale-faced wife away from the river bank.

The old man followed up with a smile, and said, “This river is the flow of Surabaya, and the upper reaches is connected to the moat of Dantu.”

“Although General Luo has broken Liu Heizi a lot, he has also killed and wounded too much. It was not the fortune of Lang Jun to come here yesterday. At that time, the river was full of floating corpses, smelling thousands of miles away, and flies and insects roared like black clouds…”

“Hi.” Lao Zhang shook his head, “It’s a pity that the people all over the city are fattening fish and shrimp.”

After avoiding a hundred steps all the way, the stench in front of his nose eased slightly, and Hu Yanyi bowed to thank him.

“Thank you Lao Zhang for reminding me.”

“I can’t, it’s just a sentence.”

After speaking, the old man took a few glances at the couple with a smile, and suddenly said:

“The old house is just around the corner. How might Lang Jun go to rest and quench his thirst with a bowl of wine?”

……………………

The two followed the old man, left the road, plunged into the forest, and went to the house in the old man’s mouth.

Along the way, the taller the tree, the denser the forest, the darker the light, and the deeper the cold.

Looking around, there are lonely pines and cypresses.

The wife’s heart palpitations became more and more, and she quietly pulled her husband’s sleeves, and whispered: “Miangong.”

But Hu Yanyi impatiently returned: “You are thinking about it, but aren’t you going to rest?”

I want to rest, but not at this time, let alone here!

The wife was full of grievances and was about to argue.

The old man suddenly turned around.

“It’s okay, this old mansion is a little more remote… just right, the front is here.”

With that, he led the two of them forward more than ten steps.

I saw a large house with high walls and cornices in the lush cypress forest. In the front, a vermilion-lacquered gate looked quite old, and the two stone beasts beside the gate were also hidden in the thatch.

“Lang Jun and the lady laughed.” The old man still had that kind smiling face, “I just bought this house not long ago, and it hasn’t been cleaned up yet, so I am really ashamed.”

As he said, he pushed the door and entered. Hu Yanyi also followed in without thinking, leaving only his wife to hesitate in front of the door.

At that time, the wind was moving in the woods, and the forest was crying like ghosts, and the cold was coming from all around. She shivered, clinging to the skirt of her clothes, and hurriedly caught up with her husband’s footsteps.

After that, the sound of the wind grew louder, pressing down on the thatch in front of the door, revealing a hideous face with double horns on its head and four eyes on its face.

……………………

Hu Yanyi thought that the old man was living alone here, but he didn’t realize that there were still a few dull-looking servants in the house.

After arranging for his wife to go to another hospital for recuperation, he was taken by the old man to a banquet.

He didn’t intend to stay here for a long time. He just decided to refuse, but the old man said nothing. He poured a glass of wine and put it in front of Hu Yanyi.

The rich aroma of wine came out, and Hu Yanyi was stunned that he didn’t say anything about his refusal.

He is not a drinker, but the old man’s wine seems to be different and mellow.

Hu Yanyi couldn’t stand a drink, and then it came to fruition.

“…This woman really doesn’t know anything!”

I don’t know whether the wine is too mellow, or the old man persuaded him to be so diligent that the Hu Yanyi cup was full of wine and there were too many words.

He not only shook himself upright, but also poured out all the depression in his heart.

The old man smiled and comforted:

“Women only care about their children’s love, how can they take care of her husband’s ambitions?”

After speaking, he changed his voice.

“But, Madam Ling is also fragile and frail, where can she withstand such asceticism, so how about…”

The old man poured another cup for Hu Yanyi and said with a smile:

“It’s better to leave it here for the time being. After Lang Jun takes office, he will send chariots and horses to welcome him, how about?”

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The wife never expected that her husband would abandon her at this stranger’s house.

It’s a pity that the teardrops on his face can’t save the beloved’s eager heart to take office.

Tired of crying, I had to obey the old man’s arrangement to live in a small courtyard. Under fatigue and fear, he fell asleep.

When she woke up, it was night.

The room was silent, and an oil lamp stood in the middle of the house like a bean.

The light was so dim that it didn’t even illuminate the walls, leaving darkness on all sides.

For a while, the woman did not dare to leave the bed.

I just listened to the sound of my heart beating more and more rapidly, and my breathing became longer and longer.

finally.

She tremblingly asked:

“anyone there?”

No one answered.

After a long time, she mustered up the courage, tiptoed off the bed, picked up the oil lamp, and gritted her teeth and pushed open the door.

There was no sound in the yard, and there were no stars or moons on top of his head.

She put one hand on her chest, and raised the oil lamp with a trembling hand. However, the heavy darkness is like a copper wall and an iron wall, pressing the light back heavily.

She shivered again, not knowing whether she should step out of the room.

Suddenly.

“Boom boom boom.”

Deep in the darkness, there was a knock on the door.