Nanlin Bamboo Demon

Chapter 56

After Wei Fu left from the old man who sold candied haws, at a place some distance away from the pawn shop, with the breeze coming in at night, he smelled a very familiar smell—the smell of herbs.

It should be the smell wafting from the nearby pharmacy... Wei Fu closed his eyes and wanted to feel the inexplicable sense of peace that this smell brought him...

"It's closed! It's closed! No night game today! No night game!" A casino not far away was chasing customers out, "I'm going home early today! Lie on the bed and sleep with a quilt on! Don't pay attention to anyone who calls you, lest you get your soul sucked away!"

Suck away the soul?Wei Fu was startled, was this a temporary joke or was it true?

Before the gamblers finished chasing people and closed the door, Wei Fu quickly stepped forward and grabbed the one who had just shouted, "Brother, excuse me." Wei Fu said with a smile.

The boy from the gambling shop looked Wei Fu up and down, seeing that he looked like a man who could afford money, and closed his appraising eyes, "We don't have a night show today, come back tomorrow!" The rest of them hurried out.

Wei Fu conveniently stuffed a bag of silver into his waving hand, and the gambler slightly weighed the weight inside, and immediately greeted him with a smile, "Master, you don't look like a gambler, either. Is there anything else you need help with?"

Looking at the secular villain with a flattering smirk in front of him, Wei Fu felt goosebumps arose, but the purpose of coming here is important, Wei Fu made a long story short, "I heard you just said, don't talk to anyone? If you talk to me, you will be sucked away Soul?"

Hearing this, the little brother in the gambling shop suddenly lost his smile, and he sent out the last customer, gently supporting Weifu's arm, "Come on, come in, come in and say." The little brother slapped the door twice with swift hands and feet He put a spell on it, lest it might fall, then closed the door firmly, and put three more bolts on it, reaching the two benches.

Wei Fu smiled heartily, that ghost is not a real entity, do you have to open the door if you want to come in?tsk tsk...

After the little brother from the gambling shop finished tossing around, he pulled Weifu to sit at the table, "I'll tell you quickly, you should leave now, it's getting dark! We can't act blatantly! We will be targeted!"

"What the hell is going to happen?"

"The young master is not a local, is he?"

"Well, I'm new here, and I'm not familiar with the place, but I'm very interested in anecdotes."

The gambling shop brother seemed to be a little chilly, and his voice couldn't help but lowered, as if he was whispering, "My lord, you know, what day is today?"

"July [-]th is Zhongyuan."

"That's right, every time of Zhongyuan, the gates of hell will open, and all the ghosts and ghosts from the underground will come out, they will sneak into every house, they will call your name, they will touch you, they will... Make any movement just for you to watch it!"

"Can ghosts touch you?"

"can!"

"Have you seen it with your own eyes?"

The brother from the gambling shop felt that Wei Fu was a little ignorant and fearless, "Everyone here knows it! How can you see it with your own eyes! Many years ago, on the night of July [-]th, many people died inexplicably!" Said his face was getting worse.

"How did you die?"

"I don't know! I don't know! It's just that I can't see how he died, which is terrible! In the end, the government can only make it an unsolved case, and no one can solve the case now!"

"How can you tell that it wasn't done by a human?"

"Then how can a human being do it! There is no wound on the whole body, no signs of being poisoned to death, and no signs of suffocation. Just died like this? Just disappeared for no reason! There was panic everywhere during that time, in broad daylight Few people dared to go out. In the end, a Taoist priest came from nowhere and said that these people were sucked out of their souls by ghosts!"

"Taoist priest?"

"Correct!"

"Then what you said earlier that the ghost called your name and touched you was for you to watch it so that it could suck your soul later?"

"Don't use me as an example! It's creepy..." The boy from the gambling shop looked behind him and heaved a sigh of relief after finding nothing strange.

"Isn't that Taoist responsible for catching ghosts?"

"What the hell! That Taoist priest was found dead in an alley the next day. He died in exactly the same way as those people! Everyone was frightened crazy! Who would dare to investigate this matter!"

"The Taoist is dead too?"

"died!"

"But the day a Taoist priest died was not a day when ghosts could come out? Can you still say it was done by ghosts?"

"Who cares about that! Let me tell you this, no matter whether it was done by a ghost or not, everyone will default to a ghost. Think about it, if this kind of thing is really done by a human, then it's okay? Kill it quietly Hey!" The boy from the gambler glanced around to make sure that there was no one else, and leaned closer to Weifu, and said in a lower voice, "To tell you the truth, the imperial court sent an adult named Wang Shifeng down to investigate, and that adult I don't believe that ghosts can kill people, so I insisted on catching the real murderer, and said that the murderer might have colluded with powerful people, and ransacked the houses of powerful people, which caused a lot of people... As a result, those people jointly signed a lawsuit, Demoted that adult..."

"Demoted?"

"Yes, I heard that he was relegated to a small southern town to become the mayor..."

Um?A small southern town?Santo?It can't be such a coincidence...

"That small southern town, isn't it called 'Stubborn City'..."

"It seems to be! I heard that the former city lord disappeared for no reason. I don't know what happened. I don't know whether he is dead or alive. There is also news that the former city lord is not a person!" The gambling shop boy said the next three When using a word, you can emphasize the tone and create a more weird atmosphere.

Wei Fu felt that he needed to cooperate with the brother's extremely emotional narration, "Wow! It's not human? It's scary!"

"However, it seems that you have heard a lot, young master, and you know about stubborn cities!"

"Hearsay, hearsay."

"Oh yes, there is another way of saying it!"

"Ok?"

"In order to bring down Mr. Wang Shifeng, someone specially recommended it to the emperor to investigate this case."

"Oh..." Although Wei Fu didn't say it out, he was slightly apprehensive in his heart, the official/field was really like a battlefield, and he would be killed if he didn't pay attention.

"So so many lives, just let it go?"

"Otherwise, what should we do? It's not that the Taoist priest who did it didn't invite him anymore, no one dared to come! Moreover, after the Taoist priest died, the same thing never happened again. Although it never happened again, we were still afraid, so On the Lantern Festival, there will be ghost-repelling charms posted on the door. Just like this, many people said that they were scared to death when they saw ghosts entering the house."

Weifu probably understood what happened here, and it is estimated that the guy who sucked away human souls here many years ago may have something to do with the ghost car.

Before he left, he gave another ingot of silver to the gambling shop brother to let him rest earlier, and then he went out to go back to Sanyun Tower to find Gu Nianran.

As soon as he walked out the door, the familiar herbal smell wafted over again, stronger than before.

"Brother, is there a pharmacy near here?"

The little brother who had already bolted the door again said in the door, "Come along this road for two more streets, turn right, go two more streets, turn right again, go to the end, and you will see 'Tang Ji' Medicine shop. At that time, the largest medicine shop in our city was bigger than a shop! Their family has been in the medicinal material business for generations, and even the medicinal materials in the palace are bought from them."

Wei Fu said "thank you" and started walking along the road that the little brother said.

"Tang Kee Pharmacy? Tang...Tang...Tang..." This surname...he seems to know a person named Tang, a long time ago... ...I know who it is...Who is it... Wei Fu said the surname in his mouth, kicked the stone on the side of the road, and walked towards the medicine shop.

At this time the underworld.

"My lord, the enchantment of ghosts is about to open. Except for those who cannot be reincarnated in the Infernal Hell, the rest are waiting at the bridge of Naihe." Yan Bingtong, who has been with Emperor Yan all year round, reported.

"Understood, are Yan Bing in all places ready?"

"Yes, ready to take them back."

"Okay, hard work."

Yan Bing stood upright, holding a black spear, and after saluting respectfully, he turned around and went out to hold his ground.

"Jingsheng, are you still not going back this year?" Shen Yuan, who was standing beside Emperor Yan, asked.

"I have no home to go back to..."

Shen Yuan held his hand, "With me to accompany you, at least, go back to the place where you used to live, okay?"

Emperor Yan didn't speak, Shen Yuan helped Emperor Yan's shoulders, "Just take it as a companion to me and look at your past, okay?"

Emperor Yan looked at Shen Yuan helplessly, "Aren't you also not going back to the palace every year? It's a trick to persuade me."

Shen Yuan frowned, "It's rotten there, there's nothing worth going back to." She paused, "Only you...in my heart, only you are worthwhile."

Yan Di's tall figure slowly lowered, and hugged Shen Yuan, "You..."

Shen Yuan smiled lightly and patted Emperor Yan on the back, "Let's go, it's rare that we can go out together."

"it is good."

The enchantment of ghosts is opened, the gate of hell is opened, and all ghosts come out together.

Suddenly, the world was filled with a cloudy air, and Wei Fu, who kicked the pebbles, couldn't help but feel a chill down his back, this familiar chill.

"I'm going to die, the gate of ghosts is opening?" Weifu couldn't help speeding up his pace, thinking to see the medicine shop slipping away, Weifu who is afraid of nothing but ghosts, he recognized it tactfully.

Wei Fu felt the ghosts around him who kept passing by and going home, wandering around.Wei Fu lowered his head and didn't dare to look at them, not because he believed the rumors, but because he was afraid of seeing their faces, and the horrifying memories of crossing the ghost barrier came to mind.Although he controlled his eyes and didn't look, he couldn't control his brain to think.

He really couldn't stand his body being pierced by those things, he felt that he was going to die, but it took a long way to walk back to Sanyun Tower from there, Wei Fu hit his head in despair, Isn't it stupid!Isn't it stupid!Obviously afraid of ghosts!You have to hang out by yourself!What should we do now!What else can I do!Bite the bullet!

Suddenly he heard footsteps behind him, step by step, a little anxious, getting closer.

Wei Fu felt that his hands and feet were cold, his whole body was cold, and he had no strength.

He yelled in his heart, "No way! No way! You didn't come to find me! You can't memorize like this!" Wei Fu said silently, "Don't come here, don't come here".The footsteps finally stopped behind him, and Wei Fu felt that the person was very close to him!

Don't care, don't care, if you die, you will die, if you die, you will die, anyway, you are not a living person, just grit your teeth and pass through!

Wei Fu closed his eyes, turned around, and pushed hard on the top of his head, but he didn't feel like he was going through the air, but was pressed against the top of his head by something.

"Is this a new trick for you?"

Um?this voice?

Putting the hand on his head back, Wei Fu half-closed his eyes and raised his head to look at the person, but was knocked on the head with a fan by the visitor, "You are so timid, why do you want to mess around by yourself at a time like this?"

Wei Fu rubbed his head, saw who was coming, and heaved a sigh of relief, "It's you...it scared me to death...I thought... "

"Why do you think so?"

"I heard footsteps approaching me and thought..."

"Which ghost do you hear has footsteps..." Gu Ran was helpless.

At this time, a ghost with no eyes and only two big blood holes suddenly appeared behind Gu Ran, passing through Gu Ran's body and walking towards Wei Fu.Wei Fu wanted to turn around, but found that he couldn't move, the ghost was getting closer and closer to him, Wei Fu felt that he was doomed!

Suddenly, his body was forcibly broken by a force, and then his eyes were covered by something warm, and there was a burst of warmth behind him.

"you......"

Gu Ran pressed against Wei Fu's back tightly, and lightly covered Wei Fu's eyes with one hand, "If you are afraid, don't watch."

Wait, wait, Wei Fu felt his heart beating so fast for no reason!etc!etc!There seems to be something wrong with this expansion!

The author has something to say:

Wang Shifeng is the new stubborn city lord, mentioned in Chapter 36 of Guiding the Road.

Shen Yuan is the daughter of the former emperor and the princess whose Jingsheng was framed and defiled at that time. Guidance Chapter 14.