Picking up a greedy snake [Liao Zhai]

Erqing ate the spar and narrowed his eyes comfortably.It turned over and lay on its back, revealing its yellow-green belly, lazily spitting out the red letter.

At this time, a white light flashed, pierced Erqing's skin, merged into a dot on his green epidermis, and turned into a glistening scale.

Erqing turned his body upright, another dazzling green light flashed, and the green snake lying on the ground slowly disappeared, turning into a handsome man.

The man was wearing a gold sleeveless brocade robe embroidered with dragon, phoenix and tiger patterns on a light green background, and the cuffs at the wrists were tightly tied up, trimmed with bamboo green dragon patterns.Wearing a dark green satin dough flower cloak, and wearing a pair of suede suede moire boots.

The jet-black hair is bundled in a white jade crown inlaid with precious stones, and two pea-green silk hairbands protrude from it.The apricot-like pupils are black and bright, with a layer of emerald green faintly smudged at the end of the eyes, drawing a proud arc.

He stared at the direction Gu Huai was leaving, slightly parted his plump lips, and said two words in a deep and mellow voice: "Idiot."

He glanced at Fu An who was foaming at the mouth, ignored him, turned around and turned into a green light, and left lightly.

Gu Huai ran towards the direction where the children were drifting away, and stopped in front of a room in the backyard.Through the paper window, he could see a bright yellow light in the house.

He hesitated for a moment, raised his hand and gently knocked on the door.

The lights in the room flickered, and the woman's cautious voice came: "Who is it?"

Gu Huai replied in a gentle voice: "It's me, staying here today. I want to ask if you have seen a few child-like ghosts drifting past here?"

There was a faint exclamation in the house, and after a long time, there was the sound of heavy footsteps, and then, the door was pulled open from the inside.

The tall and burly shopkeeper appeared in front of Gu Huai. He was wearing a blue-gray jacket and a pair of straw sandals on his feet. He looked Gu Huai up and down, and said, "Master, you are confused. How did you come from this peaceful world?" ghost?"

The tearing pain in his back rushed to Gu Huai, he clenched his silver teeth, staggered and leaned against the door frame, and said anxiously: "This is absolutely true, I was just attacked by that female ghost , Later, I saw a few child-like ghosts floating towards you, worried that you would be in danger, so I rushed over."

The shopkeeper noticed Gu Huai's abnormally pale face, and said, "Are you injured?"

After speaking, he reached out to help him.Gu Huai waved his hand to block the shopkeeper's hand, and said nonchalantly, "It's okay, I was caught by that female ghost, a little injury."

The shopkeeper withdrew his hand resentfully, opened the half-closed door completely, and made a way for Gu Huai, and said, "Master, come in and sit down first."

The middle-aged woman obediently followed behind the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper gave her a wink, she nodded, and went back to the room with her back bent.

Gu Huai stopped being polite to him and walked in.As soon as he entered the door, a sense of warmth rushed over his face, and his hands and feet, which had been frozen to the point of stiffness outside, gradually regained consciousness.

He sat down at a small round table, and there was a painful coughing sound from inside.

The shopkeeper sat down opposite him and asked, "What's the matter with that ghost, sir, can you explain it in detail?"

Gu Huai nodded, and then vividly recounted the thrilling scene just now.The shopkeeper stroked the weed-like beard on his chin, and a pair of small mouse-like eyes rolled cunningly.

At this time, the little woman opened the curtain of the inner room and came out with a bowl of hot soup.Gu Huai looked back subconsciously, the moment the door curtain was lifted, he saw a pale and thin face with a pair of slender Danfeng eyes showing a little sadness.

It must be the daughter of the shopkeeper and his wife, Gu Huai thought in his heart.

The woman put the hot soup on the table in front of Gu Huai, lowered her head and said, "Young master was frightened just now, and then he was cold, drink a bowl of ginger soup to warm up."

Gu Huai smiled at the woman and said, "Please, sister-in-law."

But the woman hurriedly turned her head away as if she was afraid of meeting his eyes.Seeing the woman's abnormal expression, Gu Huai felt suspicious in his heart, lowered his head and looked at himself, doubts were written all over his face.

The shopkeeper's expression froze for a moment, then he put on a smiling face and said: "My old lady is timid, and what the young master said just now really scared her a lot. If there is any impoliteness, please don't blame it."

"How dare I be rude."

Gu Huai picked up the bowl of ginger soup as he spoke.The ginger soup was clear brown-red, with a piece of golden ginger on the bottom of the bowl, a few red wolfberries floating on it, and a thin layer of oily flowers floating on it.

He took a sip, and the pungent taste of ginger spread slowly on the tip of his tongue. The hot soup moistened his throat and lungs, and his whole body became warm.

He chatted with the shopkeeper in a daze, and couldn't remember what he did here for a while.

The bowl of ginger soup soon ran out, leaving a piece of ginger alone at the bottom of the white porcelain bowl.Gu Huai stared at the piece of ginger, with double images in front of his eyes.

The girl inside coughed heart-piercingly again, awakening his mind.

Gu Huai stood up with his hands on the table, and said goodbye to the shopkeeper, "It's getting late, so I can't bother you anymore."

After saying that, he took a step forward, but found that his legs were so weak that he couldn't even stand up.He staggered and supported the table again.

The shopkeeper stood up with a smile, supported his elbow, and said, "Master must be exhausted, why don't you take a rest in my room first."

As he said that, he took him inside.

Gu Huai faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't use any strength in his body, and his whole body became limp and let others manipulate him.

"What medicine did you give me?" He clenched his teeth, raised his head with difficulty, and said bitterly, at the same time, resisted with his remaining, weak strength.

The man snorted coldly, tore off the polite and flattering skin, and suddenly lifted Gu Huai onto his shoulder.

Gu Huai suddenly felt dizzy, his stomach was pressed against the man's stiff shoulders, and his internal organs ached like they were dislocated.

The light and shadow in front of me changed and spun, flashing past the red silk embroidered shoes with soft soles of the two women, lotus root pink pleated skirts, and yellow-brown trouser legs.

There was another burst of dizziness, and his body hit the hard ground, causing his eyes to turn black from the pain.

After finally regaining his strength, he took a closer look, and seeing the scene in front of him, his hair stood on end.

A pile of butcher's knives of different sizes and shapes were scattered all over the ground, and some of the blades were still stained with blood.

The most shocking thing is that the walls are covered with all kinds of human skins!Among those human skins, Gu Huai saw skins that looked similar to that female ghost and those children.

He understood everything in an instant. It turned out that the female ghost and those children entered this black shop, were murdered by the shop owner, skinned, and heart cut open. Then they turned into ghosts and came to him Ask for your heart.

I'm afraid that in a few more hours, I will be skinned and cut up like that woman and child, and made into specimens and hung on the wall.

A complex emotion of fear, annoyance and anger welled up in my heart. Fortunately, I was afraid that this family would be in danger, so I came all the way to save them, but in the end, they wanted their own lives.He knew that the human heart was sinister, but he had never seen such a cruel and vicious person.

He braced himself up with his arms to prop up his upper body, and his clear and clear voice became hoarse as if mixed with sand: "I have no grievances or enmities with you, why do you want to hurt me like this?"

The tall and strong man sneered, and suddenly stepped on Gu Huai's bloody back, pushing him back to the ground.

The wound was squeezed and rubbed again, Gu Huai let out a muffled groan in pain, and his temples twitched accordingly.

"You can't blame us," the man stepped on Gu Huai, squatted down, picked up a long and thin knife, rubbing the surface of the knife with his fat fingers, "We are also desperate, we have no choice."

Gu Huai struggled desperately for a few times, but his whole body was weak and weak, and the man's feet were pressing on his body like a jack.

At this time, a lotus root pink figure opened the curtain and walked in.It was a girl as thin as a wicker.Violet blood vessels leaked from under the translucent white skin, which was a bit shocking to look at.

The man let go of Gu Huai, walked to the girl's side, touched her face, and said softly, "Ninny, are you still feeling bad?"

The girl smiled weakly and shook her head, but suddenly coughed. She quickly covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and the white handkerchief was instantly stained with blood.

The thin middle-aged woman rushed forward to support the girl, patted her on the back in distress, her withered face wrinkled into a ball, as if she was about to whimper and cry in the next second.

The man's thick fingers trembled, he retracted his hand stiffly, and turned to walk towards Gu Huai.

"Ninny, bear with me a little longer, Daddy will make medicine for you, and after taking this medicine, you will be cured."

The girl raised her head and stared at Gu Huai who was lying on the ground not far away.She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but swallowed the words back into her stomach.

The middle-aged woman held the young girl's arm and whispered in her ear, "Daughter, let's go in. Your father is making medicine for you. We won't watch it."

After finishing speaking, he helped the girl to lift the curtain and go back to the inner room.

The man set up a whetstone, picked up a long knife, and sharpened it with a "squeak".

Gu Huai collapsed on the ground, listening to the sound of sharpening the knife, felt chills in his heart.He straightened his mind and said to the man, "Your daughter must have tuberculosis."

The sound of sharpening the knife stopped abruptly, the man stood still like a stone statue, and the whole room fell into a suffocating silence.

After a long time, the sound of sharpening the knife sounded again.

"Nothing to do with you."

"It's so pitiful," Gu Huai let out a contemptuous and cruel voice from his thin lips, "It can't be cured."

The sound of sharpening the knife stopped again.The man threw the knife in his hand with a "bang", strode towards Gu Huai, grabbed his front and pushed him against the wall.

"One more fucking word, I'll cut your heart open and chop it into pieces to feed the dogs!"

The wound on his back was squeezed again, and the pain made him dizzy again. He forced one corner of his mouth to curl up, showing a disdainful smile, and said, "Let me guess, the medicine you mentioned is not Human heart?"

"Hmph." The man threw him back to the ground.

"Stop dreaming, no matter how many hearts you dig out, it is impossible to cure your daughter's illness!"

"It can be cured, it will definitely be cured... Daoist Jin said, as long as I eat a hundred hearts, my daughter's illness will be cured," the man suddenly looked at Gu Huai with a strange and excited look. , just like a wild wolf that has been hungry for a long time saw its prey, "And you are the hundredth..."

"Don't be stupid..." Before he finished speaking, the man grabbed Gu Huai's hair and slammed it hard on the ground.Gu Huai only felt a sharp pain in his head, and then his whole body fell into endless darkness.

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