hell in disguise

Although Tan Yangzi had already turned around, as if he didn't intend to continue talking, what he said echoed in Yan Fei's mind over and over again.

"The last time was because you lied to me, and I never thought of you in that direction before that..."

I didn't think about it before, that is to say... did I think about it later?

This explosive cognition blew away the self-loathing that had troubled Yan Fei. He wanted to ask more, but suddenly found that Tan Yangzi was looking at the place where the corpse was lying, motionless.He took a closer look and couldn't help being stunned.

The body was gone.

Probably at the moment when Tan Yangzi was trying to comfort Yan Fei, the huge corpse disappeared just like that.They didn't even hear him move.

Tan Yangzi noticed that the worm on the ground that he nailed to death, some kind of dark yellow acid blood that flowed out corroded the magic sealing circle on the ground, so those worms were able to drive Bai Pingxuan's body to escape.Tan Yangzi scolded himself for being too careless. He had put all his attention on Yan Fei just now, and made such a big mistake.He quickly rushed towards the trapdoor with his sword in hand, only to find that even the spell on the trapdoor had been destroyed.

Yan Fei followed, "Could it be looking for those three people?"

"It's hard to say." Tan Yangzi pushed open the trap door and rushed up, straight into the warehouse.However, the three bunks inside were all empty and there was no one there.

Exactly the same situation as in Jiang Yu's memory, Yan Fei turned his head to look at the sky, it was pitch black, with no stars or clouds, as if it was an endless void.And the sea that carried them was as thick as ink, undulating monotonously.

"There are only a dozen bugs left, and they are no longer in the body, but they can still affect us?" Yan Fei looked around in confusion.

"Maybe there is something wrong with the smell they emit. The smell of corpses is too strong, covering up their own smell, making it difficult for you and me to detect." Tan Yangzi had a look of chagrin on his face for a moment, probably blaming himself He failed to protect the three humans.

"It can affect our emotions and even perception. These bugs are quite powerful." Yan Fei sighed, but couldn't help thinking in his heart.For many things that are difficult for Hongwuchang, they can do it easily.If it can be used, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort?

"Those three people should still be on the boat now, but we can't see them. Maybe they can see us, but they don't necessarily look like us. The bug wants us to kill each other." Tan Yangzi's eyes flicked around, Looking for any possible clues, "Be careful, we can't accidentally hurt humans."

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a strange long howl, and then a foul-smelling thing rushed towards Yan Fei from the cockpit.Tan Yangzi yelled to be careful, hugged Yan Fei and turned around in a circle, and at the same time kicked the thing flying, hitting the cabin hard.Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Bai Pingxuan's corpse, pieces of rotten flesh fell off his body, his twisted mouths opened wide at impossible angles, and he let out a terrifying roar.

Yan Fei was hugged by Tan Yangzi, and a snicker could not help but appear on his face.I could obviously avoid it, but the master was obviously used to protecting him like this, so he hugged him in reflex.It's a pity that the time was too short, Tan Yangzi immediately let go of him, and at the moment when the corpse rushed up again, he brushed aside the attack with a few quick strokes, and instead pressed the corpse to the ground, throwing the original He twisted his trembling hand back.

The corpse kept hissing and struggling, but couldn't break free.While suppressing it, Tan Yangzi said to Yan Fei, "I'm afraid this is one of the three of them, go get a rope."

Yan Fei hurriedly found a fishing net from the cabin, and the two teamed up to wrap the "corpse" into the fishing net so that it could not move.The other two didn't know where they were hiding. Yan Fei looked at the "corpse" on the ground and suddenly had an idea.

"Master, if this is one of those three people, wouldn't I be able to use the dream trick on him? In this case, maybe we can see why Bai Pingxuan wanted them to die."

Tan Yangzi thought for a moment, nodded and said, "You can give it a try."

So Tan Yangzi was in charge of releasing the wind, while Yan Fei sacrificed the soul-inducing bell to the struggling "corpse".Amidst the ringing of the bell, the corpse's struggle became weaker and weaker until it stopped completely, and a trace of red flashed in Yan Fei's eyes, indicating that he had already entered.

Through the shallow mist, Yan Fei saw Liu Xi sitting alone in a place roughly like a fish cabin scraping fish scales. Through the small window above his head, he could see the distant blue sky, and several Circling seagulls.The sound of the waves hitting the sand can be heard far away, and everything is quiet and peaceful.

This fish cabin is not far from the Dragon King Temple.Liu Xi heard someone talking, so he stood up and looked out the window.Walking from the direction of the Dragon King Temple were the village head, Jiang Chang and several elders whom Liu Xi was very familiar with.These people used to be first-class fishing experts in the village, and now they are also highly respected and have the right to speak.

Liu Xi saw those people standing in the shade of the fish cabin, just about to say hello, but saw that the expressions of his father and everyone were not quite right.Uncle Jiang was chewing the tea leaves, and suddenly said harshly, "Bah, if he dares not borrow the boat, I will kill him!"

When Liu Xi heard it, he didn't dare to say anything, so he continued to listen under the window.

He heard his father, Village Chief Liu, say, "Who among you would like to talk to Bai Pingxuan and ask him to contribute the boat. Anyway, he rarely goes to sea, so it's better to transfer it to the imperial court for requisition."

Liu Xi understood now.A few days ago, officers and soldiers came to recruit ships, saying that the village must donate three ships.Presumably they wanted Bai Pingxuan to occupy a spot, so that the village would not be short of boats to go to sea.

An elder said, "But the boat was bought by his dead daughter-in-law with the dowry. He is very precious. I'm afraid he won't agree to it?"

"He dares! If it wasn't for him, my brother wouldn't even be able to find a dead body!"

"And my son! Damn, just think about it and get angry!"

"If he dares not agree, we will quietly tow his boat away while he is asleep. What else can he do?"

Liu Xi's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.He knew that because of the shipwreck the year before last, many people in the village hated Uncle Bai.Uncle Bai also seemed to blame himself very much. This year, his illness became more and more serious, and he didn't even leave the house.But he didn't expect that his father would miss his boat.

He felt uncomfortable, but he didn't know what to do, so he had to sneak away.He thought for a day whether he should tell Uncle Bai, but he thought that if Uncle Bai's boat was not handed over, then it might be his family's boat that was taken away.Now that the tax is heavy, and it is difficult for one's own family to make ends meet, how can one care about other people's families?

Unexpectedly, a few days later, he heard the news that Uncle Bai died of illness.

Liu Xi rushed to Uncle Bai's house, but found that there was no one in the house.When I asked my father, the village head only said that several people had already buried him in partnership.

Why was it buried so quickly?Where was he buried again?Generally speaking, the graves of the villagers who died on land are in the cemetery at the back of the mountain, but Liu Xi visited there several times, but did not find Uncle Bai's tomb.

He couldn't sleep well for several days and nights, and he always felt that Uncle Bai's death had something to do with what he heard a few days ago.

Shouldn't it be...

no...impossible...

No matter how much my father hated Uncle Bai, he wouldn't be so cruel, right?

Uncle Bai is dead, and he has no other relatives.It didn't take long for the things in his house to be basically emptied by other villagers.His boat was also towed away by the government.Liu Xi's conscience was disturbed, and he always felt that Uncle Bai died because he did not report the letter in time.One night, he quietly went to see Uncle Bai's room, and it was empty, not even an empty bowl was left.He turned around, but found an old sachet under a straw mat.It must have been many years, the fragrance has long since disappeared, and the word "Qing" is faintly embroidered on the purple cloth, and if you look closely, there seems to be a little blood stain.

Liu Xi knew this sachet.In the past, he occasionally went to sea with Uncle Bai, and he never left him.Uncle Bai said that it was given to him when Aunt Bai and him just got married, and now that Aunt Bai is gone, this is all he has left.

He understood, it must be father and Uncle Jiang who couldn't negotiate with Uncle Bai.Uncle Bai was unwilling to give up his boat, and a dispute arose, so Uncle Bai was beaten to death by his father and the others.In order to destroy the evidence, Father and Second Uncle Jiang probably threw Uncle Bai's body into the sea, so they couldn't find Uncle Bai's tomb...

With tears streaming down his face, Liu Xi silently put the sachet into his inner pocket.He thought that if he found out where Uncle Bai was one day, he would return the sachet to him.

Then the surrounding scenery changed, and they arrived at this boat.Liu Xi huddled in the corner of the cabin in horror, watching Uncle Bai's swollen and twisted body, walking towards him precariously with a posture that was about to fall apart at any moment.He put his head in his hands, wet his pants with fear.He kept shouting, "Uncle Bai! I was wrong! I was wrong! Please forgive me!"

However, Bai Pingxuan stretched out his rotten and wet hand to him, with only half of his tongue left and his mouth filled with sand, he mumbled, "Sachet...sachet...my...Ah Qing... "

Liu Xi frantically searched in his clothes, but couldn't find them, and he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.Uncle Bai got closer and closer, and a naked loach crawled out from his hollow eye socket.He kept screaming, but couldn't wake up from the nightmare.

Yan Fei's eyes blinked suddenly, and he withdrew from Liu Xi's consciousness.But at some point, Tan Yangzi had already grabbed another "corpse", and was strenuously suppressing the other party while putting the fishing net on the other party's body.

"Master! I probably know what Bai Pingxuan wants!" Yan Fei rushed to the "corpse" that was probably Liu Xi, tore off the tattered clothes, and rummaged in his inner pocket for a long time, finally found a Just dark stuff.If you look carefully, you can see that it seems to be in the shape of a sachet.

As soon as he took out the sachet, the atmosphere surrounding the entire ship suddenly changed.All of a sudden, everything seemed to be trembling, and the sea that seemed to be still was suddenly churned, and flashes of light appeared in the sky, but there was no thunder.

A miasma rises from the sea, and gradually, the "corpse" in front of Tan Yangzi and Yan Fei reveals its true colors.Sure enough, it was Liu Xi who was caught by Yan Fei, and it was Xu Quanshan who Tan Yangzi helped just now.Suddenly hearing a mournful cry from the bow of the ship, Tan Yangzi immediately grabbed the sachet in Yan Fei's hand and rushed towards the direction of the sound.

I saw the corpse lying on the bow of the boat, twisted and trembling all over, and the water flowed all over the boat.Black sand flowed out of his empty eye sockets, as if he was weeping.Tan Yangzi stuffed the sachet into the corpse's mutilated palm, and then stuck an exorcism spell on the corpse's forehead again.The corpse let out a terrifying wail, writhing on the ground like a dehydrated fish.But its hand was still holding on to the sachet tightly.

"Bai Pingxuan! If Ah Qing was here, she wouldn't want to see you like this!" Yan Fei who rushed over said while shaking the soul bell, "It's time, let go!"

In the sound of his bell, Bai Pingxuan's struggle really weakened a lot, and finally stopped completely.A misty mist rose from the corpse, and was blown by the sudden wind from the sea, and it dissipated.

"His soul has left the body." Tan Yangzi immediately spit out the soul-absorbing pearl, rolled it with the tongue in the palm of his hand, and stuffed it into the mouth of the corpse.Those insects that had no time to escape finally let out squeaky and weird calls, and were sucked into the beads.

For a moment, the whole ship fell silent.

Tan Yangzi let out a long breath, and took back the soul-absorbing pearl.At this time, the bead was filled with a faint layer of gray light, reflected in Tan Yangzi's deep eyes, looking a little bleak.

When Yan Fei turned his head, he saw Liu Xi and Xu Quanshan seemed to have just woken up, looking around blankly.Seeing the corpses in front of Tan Yangzi and Yan Fei, they both screamed suddenly, turned around and rushed to the cabin.

Yan Fei shouted, "Don't be afraid, it's all right!"

But obviously they didn't really believe Yan Fei's words.Not long after, Liu Xiaosi rushed out of the rudder tower and got into the cabin.

In any case, the three humans were fine...although a little frightened.

Tan Yangzi looked down at Bai Pingxuan's body, with a look of pity on his face, "In that case, let's take him back for burial, let's go."

Yan Fei also felt uncomfortable, and nodded silently.

It turned out that among the strings of resentment that I saw him at the beginning, the only hidden string that was everywhere was this longing for his dead wife.Even if the seven souls are gone, ignorant, life soul is broken and incomplete, trapped in a rotten and swollen corpse and almost wiped out, he still remembers the sachet that his wife gave him when they got married.

Such an infatuated and kind person was killed by his own kindness in the end.I'm afraid Bai Pingxuan never imagined that he was obviously trying to save people, but in the end he died because of it, and even turned into a deadly ghost.

If it is said that good is rewarded with good and evil is rewarded with evil, then what is this?

But even though Uncle Bai had done so many good deeds, his final hatred still drove him to kill so many people.Where will his next life be?

I'm afraid it's still hell...

Yan Fei didn't like the ways of heaven and cause and effect he saw.

He felt that something was not right, something went wrong.