Yin Yang Lantern Man

Chapter 286: Li, Ting, Township, County, State.

Tu Ming drew the lantern talisman, which meant that the safety of the hill was guaranteed again.

Everyone was smiling and surrounded the new Fu Zheng.

Only the old Fu Zheng huddled in a corner, muttering:

"It's too late, it's over, it's too late, it's over..."

"I'm going to tell Mom!" After sending everyone away, Tu Ming ran home. He didn't notice that the moonlight today was exceptionally bright, and shining on him, there were two shadows.

"Mom! I drew the lantern symbol!"

Tu Ming went home joyfully and shared the story with his mother.

This was the only person he could share this with. His father was injured by an evil spirit during a patrol a few years ago and died shortly after returning.

This dealt a heavy blow to their family, and Tu Ming's mother cried all day long.

Today's news is like adding a heavy touch of color to the gray world of mother and son.

It's like a lantern, illuminating their lives.

"real!"

Tu's mother asked in disbelief: "Did my Ming'er really draw the lantern talisman?"

"Of course, mother, if you don't believe me, go and ask. My master is crazy, and I drew it in front of them!"

Tu Ming did not say anything about the strange sound he heard, but just patted his chest and smiled: "Mom doesn't have to be so tired in the future. Ming'er is Fu Zheng, so he won't have to worry about food and drink."

"Really?"

Tu's mother didn't believe it, so she ran out to ask, but happened to meet a neighbor who came to give her a gift.

"Tu Ming is really amazing, he has already become a talisman. So, we came here to give him some gifts."

The usually fierce man in the neighbor's house now had a smile on his face, all because Tu Ming drew the lantern talisman.

“Oh my god, this is real!”

Happiness came too suddenly. Tu's mother covered her face and suddenly burst into tears.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Tu Ming squatted down to ask, and Tu's mother shook her head: "Mom is happy, Ming'er has finally made it, your father's spirit in heaven should be happy too."

This was truly a great event. That night, the Tu family received so many guests that the thatched hut seemed small.

"Daughter-in-law of the Tu family, it's time for you to move to a new house. I think you should move to Fu Zheng's yard as soon as possible."

Everyone was joking, and Tu Mu was also smiling. She said, "Let's go."

Tu Ming frowned slightly. Isn't this just to squeeze out his master? Where would he live?

"Why, do you think it's inappropriate?"

Suddenly, another voice came from his heart. Tu Ming was startled and immediately looked around.

"Who! Who is talking!"

"What's wrong?" Everyone asked Tu Ming: "Is there anything wrong?"

"nothing."

Tu Ming shook his head and kept it secret.

This voice was exactly the same as the voice that taught him to draw talismans, but where was the person?

After the guests finally left, no one dared to disturb his rest. Tu Ming tossed and turned in bed. He raised his head and looked outside the house in the moonlight.

There is a torch moving around the hill. Those are the people on patrol tonight. Seeing them will give people peace of mind and everyone can sleep well.

"Can't sleep?"

That voice appeared again!
Tu Ming felt a lot more panicked. He seemed to understand why his master went crazy.

"who are you?"

His voice echoed in the moonlight as he heard his mother snoring in her sleep from next door.

"I am your benefactor."

The voice suddenly sounded in the moonlight. Tu Ming stood up to look and saw a shadow with its back to him under the moonlight.

"What are you, a demon?"

Tu Ming was alert and his back was covered with cold sweat without him noticing.

"maybe."

The man didn't turn around: "I'd like to know what kind of world you live in here. Can you tell me about it?"

The figure turned to him and said, "The sky is about to get light, so you should go first."

"Dawn? I haven't slept yet. It's still early. Why don't I just..."

Before Tu Ming could finish his words, he felt dizzy. He opened his eyes and the dazzling light shone through the window onto his face.

"Why, when did I fall asleep?"

Tu Ming was unbelievable, he was sleeping soundly in bed.

"Come and eat tomorrow."

Grandma called him, and the fragrant smell of meat wafted from the house. It was the gift someone sent last night.

Their family hadn't eaten meat for a long time since the man died. Tu Ming didn't care about that and chewed with big mouthfuls, his mouth full of oil.

"It smells so good, mom, eat it quickly!"

"Mom is not hungry, you eat first." There were tears in Tu's mother's eyes, she wiped them gently.

Ming'er has suffered a lot in the past few years. The child is at the stage of growing up, and now is the last time he can eat real meat.

"Mom, it tastes better than grasshoppers. You can eat it too. Tomorrow it will be Fu Zheng, and we will never lack meat in the future!"

He put the meat into his mother's mouth and was delighted.

After breakfast, he went to Fu Zheng's house. Today he had to draw another lantern talisman to be used for night patrols.

"Hey, where's the master?"

He did not see any trace of his master in Fu Zheng's house.

At this time, hundreds of miles away from the hill, Lao Fu was crawling and rolling without rest all night.

He had a talisman stuck on his body to increase his speed, and he kept looking behind him.

"The big evil spirit is coming! The human drum was immediately suppressed. What a ferocious evil spirit!"

He murmured, "I have to report this to the county and ask an expert to destroy it. I can't die!"

How could he still look crazy? He was just pretending yesterday just to deceive that thing.

After finally finding a stream, Lao Fu sat down on a rock and suddenly burst into tears.

"What a pity for my good disciple~ Ming'er, Master is sorry for you!"

He pounded his chest in regret, and after a short rest, he immediately set off and ran towards the county.

A piece of paper fell from the sky.

Nothing happened today, the village head was relieved. It seemed that what happened yesterday was just an evil spirit passing by.

"Fu Zheng must have run into that evil spirit, alas..."

He sighed. Fortunately, Tu Ming was a hard-working child and had learned real skills and was able to draw lantern talismans.

The hill is still peaceful.

However, at this time, Tu Ming's process of drawing the talisman was not going smoothly.

"Failed, failed again."

There was a lot of waste paper in the room. The boy's face was red and big drops of sweat were dripping from his forehead.

"I can't fail. I want my mother to live a good life. I even drew the lantern symbol yesterday."

"Why... today it's not working?"

“Draw it quickly!”

He slammed the pen on the table, tears already streaming down his face.

He is no longer confident.

"Peace of mind."

Suddenly, the voice appeared again, with only these two words.

Tu Ming quickly picked up the pen: "Quick, teach me how to draw!"

But the sound was gone.

"Keep your mind calm, yes, keep your mind calm! Master Fu Zheng also said so."

Tu Ming forced himself to calm down and began to sketch.

"The third point of the symbol head is half a millimeter downward, and the tail of the symbol is one millimeter to the left."

The voice appeared again, and this time it was successful. Tu Ming felt that some of the blood and energy in his body was drained away again.

He collapsed weakly, his stomach growling, success!
"It's done! It's done!"

He cheered and tried to get up, but he couldn't.

If he looked in the mirror at this moment, he would definitely find that his face was pale.

"Oh..." He let out a faint sigh and rested for a long time before getting up. He then handed the lantern talisman to the village head.

"Thanks to you!"

The village chief praised him generously: "From now on, I will call you Tu Fu Zheng."

"Grandpa Lizheng is joking. I am everyone's little Tu, Tu Ming."

Tu Ming was low-key and humble, and then he took away the food that everyone had presented to him today.

There were millet, wheat, and dried meat. Fu Zheng's meals had always been provided by everyone.

No one dared to offend. If Fu Zheng stopped drawing talismans, they would probably all die at night.

“I must hold on to Fu Zheng’s position!”

Feeling exhausted, Tu Ming still forced himself to stay awake after returning home. He ate two large bowls of millet and went to bed early.

Tu Mu called out a few times and found that he was sleeping very soundly. Afraid of disturbing him, she quietly blew out the light and went back to sleep in the moonlight.

"Come on, tell me, what is this place?"

The moonlight was shining again, especially bright, and Tu Ming felt that he was not sleepy at all.

He hurriedly said to the figure: "Who are you? Are you teaching me how to draw talismans?"

"You don't have enough time." The figure sighed, "I won't teach you tomorrow. I hope you can answer what I want to know tomorrow night."

Tu Ming suddenly woke up with a start. He quickly got up, but felt dizzy.

"Oh no, my blood is a little low. I need to eat more meat."

Tu Ming couldn't quite remember what happened last night. He went to Fu Zheng's house today to draw a talisman, but from morning till night, he simply couldn't draw it.

The room was filled with painted talismans.

"Xiao Tu, have you finished drawing today's lantern talisman?"

When it was time for patrol, the patrol captain came over to ask, but he saw Tu Ming with tears on her face in the house.

"Uncle Yu, I didn't draw it."

Tu Ming burst into tears, and Yu's face turned dark.

"You didn't draw it?"

Tu Ming nodded, his face full of self-blame and fear.

What he feared even more was that he would never be able to paint again, and without Fu Zheng's identity, his mother would starve.

He didn't want to eat wild vegetables and tree roots anymore, he wanted to eat meat.

The meat smells so good.

But there is no meat today, and because there are no lanterns and talismans, the patrol is impossible. All the people in the hill sleep around the human drum, praying that no evil spirits will approach tonight.

However...the more you fear something, the more likely it is to come.

When it was darkest, a scream was heard and someone pointed towards the village.

At this time, a thick fog was spreading not far from the village, and there seemed to be something in the white fog.

Moreover, it is getting closer to them!

"Everyone, be careful!"

The village chief yelled, "Don't touch the fog!"

He recognized it: "This is a black-level evil spirit!"

Evil spirits are divided into white, gray, black, blue and blood!

It is almost the same as the color seen by the Qigong.

This is the dark evil, in fact, even a human skin drum cannot stop it!
It seems that I can only pay with my life tonight. If I had known this, I would not have been so cheap and let Tu Ming draw the talisman.

But he was still too slow to shout. With the sound of "boom!" from human drums, the white mist faded away, but a corpse was left in its place.

The corpse's neck was bitten open, and its body seemed to be torn apart by something. It was vomiting blood from its mouth and twitching like an animal.

It was obvious that he was going to die.

"Power Egg!"

There were women weeping and children crying.

"Where's Tu Ming? Why isn't he drawing the talisman?"

Someone turned around to look at Tu Ming and found that the boy was already fast asleep.

It’s still the window with the bright moon shining through, and it’s still the same back figure.

But the back figure seemed to be drinking something with his head down, and a dark shadow could be vaguely seen in front of him.

"I remember now. I said, we are in a small mountain area. There is a pavilion every three miles, which is called Wangfeng Pavilion. There is a township called Guishan Township after every ten pavilions. There is a county above the township, called Gushan County!"

Tu Ming said hurriedly: "What else do you want to know? I don't know about places larger than this. No one has told me. I will go ask the head of the village tomorrow!"

"Gudong."

A strange sound came from the figure in front of him, and he waved his hand: "Okay, think about what you want to tell me tomorrow."

Tu Ming suddenly opened his eyes.

He found himself sleeping on the floor, covered with the quilt his mother had brought him.

The quilt was very torn, with traces of patching everywhere, and some places were filled with hay.

He must draw the talisman carefully and change to a good quilt.

"Xiao Tu."

The head of the village came over with a dark face and whispered, "Lidan died yesterday."

"what!"

Tu Ming was shocked, "How could this happen?"

"It's just one night, just one night!"

He covered his face and cried, grieving for the dead.

That man died because of him.

The head of the village touched his head and said, "Son, tell me if you can still draw the lantern symbol? If not, I will find someone to go to Gushan County right now."

"Yes! I'm sure I can!"

Tu Ming was panicked, as he couldn't perform the ritual, so he hurried to the headman's house, not caring whether there might be any evil spirits in the hills.

He took out a pen and paper, took a deep breath and began to sketch.

"From left to right, all in one go."

It was still the same voice, and Tu Ming actually felt at ease.

He drew it.

The price he paid was that his energy and blood were drained away again. His eyes turned black and he fainted without a sound.

An hour later, he tiredly found the village head and said, "Look, Grandpa Village Head, I have drawn it. It was an accident yesterday."

"Just draw it, go get your food for today."

I didn’t draw the talisman yesterday, so I had nothing to eat.

If it were old Fu Zheng, naturally no one would dare to do this, but Tu Ming is still a child, and they have some small thoughts.

"Are you OK?"

The village head saw that Tu Ming's steps were unsteady, as if he was stepping on cotton.

"It's okay. I just twisted my ankle accidentally. It will be fine in two days."

"Grandpa Lizheng, what is outside our Gushan County? Is it also a county?"

He inquired, remembering last night's promise.

But I can't remember anything else.

Tu Ming forced himself to go home, but his mother screamed.

"Ming'er, you...what's wrong with you?"

Tu Ming was emaciated, his face was pale, and his lips were completely bloodless.

The dark circles under his eyes looked like they were smeared with soot, and his body was frighteningly cold.

"I'm a little hungry, mom, I want to eat something."

Tu Ming just said this, he really didn't have the energy to think about anything else.

He only ate a few bites of the meal and said he was tired and wanted to go back and rest.

It’s still that window, shining with the bright moon, so exceptionally bright.

He felt that all the discomfort and fatigue in his body disappeared, and he felt as if he was floating in the air, in an exceptionally good state.

Tu Ming immediately said, "Outside Gushan County is a county, called Heideng County, and above the county is a state. The village head grandfather said that we are actually Bianmu State."

"Ah."

The figure nodded: "Tomorrow, tell me about Fu Zheng."

(End of this chapter)