Chapter 23 Chapter 22 Beasts

The looming will-o'-the-wisp flutters around the demon house. This phenomenon is very common in the countryside, but it is unusual to appear in the demon house.The will-o'-the-wisps in the forest are formed because many dead people were buried in Manlong Village. The demon house is lingering in the blue will-o'-the-wisp like tulle. Isn't it obvious that the house also buried dead people?The ghost house itself is very gloomy, and it is even more frightening when the will-o’-the-wisp floats out. We, who were originally majestic, couldn’t help but hesitate to move forward. In order to strengthen his courage, Liao Lao Er took out a brown gourd from his body, and then drank a few mouthfuls of white wine from the gourd.I snatched the gourd without saying a word, and poured some white wine into my stomach, and my guts suddenly turned into bear bile.Zhao Shuai couldn't put it down even more, he drank all the wine in the gourd before I returned it to Liao Er Er.We complained that the second brother Liao didn't take out the wine earlier, but who knew that the second brother Liao actually said that the baijiu in the gourd was stolen from Lao Wang's house.

Lao Wang gave us room and board for free, and I felt guilty for not doing Lao Wang any favors, but Liao's second child took advantage of it.But this baijiu is not bad, and it can strengthen your courage now, so I don't bother to say anything about Liao's second son.After drinking, we were no longer timid, and the three elders walked straight towards the demon house.At that time, all the flashlights we brought used AA batteries. There was not even a grocery store in Manlongzhai, so we were reluctant to use flashlights.Tonight, we turned on our lights and groped our way to the demon house, praying in our hearts that we would not encounter ghosts, but it was a pity not to see these dirty things.

When we arrived at the Yaozhai, we saw bloodstains on the plants through the dim light of the will-o'-the-wisps.At first, I suspected it wasn't blood but paint.However, now there are flies and mosquitoes on the leaves. From this, it can be seen that those must be blood, and it is the smell of blood that attracts mosquitoes and flies.With so much blood, if it belonged to a person, that person would have died long ago.Maybe a day later, the smell of blood intensified, and we pinched our noses as soon as we arrived at the demon house. "Fuck me, what's so stinky?" Zhao Shuai scolded.

"Did you fart?" I waved my hands, trying to blow away the smell. "What's wrong with the farts? I just let out a few times, and you didn't say it stinks, but why did you say it stinks this time?" Zhao Shuai said without changing his face. I almost lost my temper, and was about to say something back, but Liao's second son interrupted us: "Hey my two little ancestors, stop making trouble, this smell is not fart, it may be the smell of corpses!" After hearing this, I didn't feel like bickering any more, so I hurriedly asked Liao's second son, "Are you sure, it's not because you're drunk and smell something wrong, right?"

Zhao Shuai defended himself drunkenly: "Look, I said that the smell has nothing to do with me, old man Liao, I will pay you this year-old friend today!" Although Liao Laoer is not a master of tea, he has been immersed in tea for many years, has a keen sense of smell and taste, and is somewhat skilled in identifying flavors.I have never smelled a dead body, and all my knowledge of the smell came from Hong Kong ghost movies. I didn't expect that it smelled a bit like rotten pork.But I felt something was wrong. The will-o’-the-wisp in the demon house should come from the corpses that had rotted into mud. Since they were all mud, there must be no smell.Besides, we didn't smell anything when we came during the day, at least the smell of corpses wasn't so strong.

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt a chill. Could it be that there is an uncorrupted dead person in the demon house.In order to find the pumpkin human head tribute tea as soon as possible, we borrowed the shovel, hoe, and plane from Lao Wang's house, and planned to dig three feet tonight.Now thinking that Yao Zhai may have buried a dead person, and the one who died not long ago, my palms are sweating.But it’s all here, and it’s boring to go back to the house again. Could it be that if you retreat in spite of the difficulties, the dead will disappear by themselves. There is only Manlong Village in a radius of tens of miles, and everyone in the village is safe and sound except Mother Li and old man Hu Jie.The three young men who went to the county seat were all clever and good hunters, not to mention tough men, even tigers couldn't do anything to them.Therefore, it is unlikely that something happened to the three young people. If all goes well, they will return to Manlongzhai with the police tomorrow.The police may not all be elites, but at least they know how to solve crimes better than us, and the murderer will naturally be caught without a fight.But, if it wasn't someone from the village, then who died in the demon house, could it be the missing old man Li?

Liao Lao Er put the flashlight aside, walked on the ruins for a while, and then chose a place to dig.Although the ruins are not big, it may not be enough to dig three feet in every place for a month.Therefore, this kind of thing still has to be lucky. If we are destined to find Pumpkin Head Tea, we can dig it anywhere.Zhao Shuai and I picked up the shovel and dug in two places respectively. The insects and birds outside the house were startled by the commotion, and the forest became lively again at night. I had only dug a few shovels when Zhao Shuai suddenly yelled that he had dug something.I threw down the shovel excitedly, picked up the flashlight and ran towards him, almost flying.Second Liao put down the shovel in doubt, as if he thought that there should be nothing in the place Zhao Shuai dug, so he looked very surprised.We went to Zhao Shuai, held up the flashlight and saw that there were several bones in the yellow soil, and the most disgusting thing was that the bones were still connected with red flesh.

A stench came out of the soil one after another, and I felt like throwing up the white wine I drank just now. It turned out that dead people were really buried in the demon house.Zhao Shuai thought he had dug a treasure, but when he saw something in the soil, he immediately threw the shovel aside in disappointment.Liao Lao Er sighed. He said that we really made such a fuss. We dug halfway through, so why should we bury it back?So, Liao Er Er grabbed Zhao Shuai's shovel, spit out and continued to dig down.When the shovel was dug down, a large amount of blood was splashed, densely packed maggots crawled out from the blood-oozing soil, and there was actually tofu-like brains in the soil.

Liao Laoer endured his nausea and dug to the bottom. To my surprise, what was buried in the soil was not a dead person, but a dead pig.The dead pig must have been dead for many days. Its carcass was full of worms, and there were at least a few hundred maggots in the soil.Liao Er was a little disappointed. He couldn't dig down anything else, so he stopped the shovel in his hand.After the dead pig was turned out, the flies and mosquitoes that had fallen asleep were attracted out, and all rushed towards the dead pig's carcass. "Bury this pig quickly, it's fucking disgusting, who is so wicked to bury a dead pig here!" Zhao Shuai yelled, covering his mouth.

I kicked the shovel on the ground and said to Zhao Shuai, "Go and bury it! I thought you had dug up a treasure, it's a waste of effort." Second Liao pondered for a moment, then said softly: "You can't blame Xiao Zhao, the smell of the demon house must come from this pig, maybe there is not only this dead pig in the demon house, there may be others. " When I heard what Liao Laoer said, I felt guilty in my heart. I didn't dig up the baby, but I dug up the dead body.It turned out that the will-o'-the-wisps in the ghost house did not come from human corpses, but animal corpses. No wonder the will-o'-the-wisps in the ghost house are different from those in the forest.We excavated in several places in the demon house, and sure enough, as Liao Laoer said, we dug up several corpses. These corpses were nothing more than chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, cats, dogs and other animals.

However, the carcasses of the beasts have different degrees of decay, some are not yet decayed, and some are already highly decayed.For example, the dead chicken I dug up has no smell yet, and it probably only died for a day or two.The blood on the plant is more likely chicken blood than human blood.According to the analysis of various signs, this person must have been doing this for a long time, because the phosphorus in the corpse is burned by the will-o'-the-wisp, and the premise of the will-o'-the-wisp burning is that the corpse has been decomposed for a long time, it may be several years, or it may be dozens year.But, why would someone bury the corpses of animals in the demon house? Could this person be from Manlong Village? When we dug until the moon was empty, we were about to give up and plan to dig again the next day.Zhao Shuai was unwilling. He said that the pumpkin head tea might not be in the gold box, let alone be buried in the soil.If the pumpkin head tea is really buried in the soil, then the quality of this tea will be greatly reduced, so let's not waste our efforts in vain.Liao Er didn't think so, he said that there are various ways to preserve tea leaves, as long as the method is proper, it doesn't matter if they are buried in the soil.Throughout the ages, there have been teas found in tombs, and a few teas have not only not deteriorated, but are of better quality. "Just blow it, and bury it with the dead. I won't drink even the best tea." I hummed. Unexpectedly, Zhao Shuai was in favor of it: "You don't care about burying it with dead people and pigs. As long as we really find it and bury that tea with someone else, it will be fine if the buyer doesn't know." "You are really born businessmen!" I paused for a while, and my attitude turned 180 degrees, "That's fine, as long as we find it, we will say it was stolen from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences." Liao Er Er ignored us, he was still wiping his sweat just now, but now he suddenly grabbed the flashlight and shook it outside the demon house.I asked Liao what's the matter, don't scare people suspiciously, there should be no outsiders in this kind of ghost place.Lao Er Liao shook his head. He said that he felt someone staring outside the demon house, which made his back feel cold.After hearing this, Zhao Shuai also pointed his flashlight at the outside of the demon house, but there was nothing but trees of different heights. "Don't fucking scare people, okay? If you want to scare people, change the place, don't look at the ground we are standing on now." I breathed a long sigh of relief. "I really feel that someone... or something is peeping..." Liao Laoer was still worried, and he was still shaking the flashlight. Some birds flew away when they were stimulated. "Let's go back to bed first. Digging all night made my back sore." Zhao Shuai said, rubbing his shoulders. "No way!" I held the shovel in my hand again, "I dug up so many animal carcasses and buried them again. How can I not deal with the aftermath?" Zhao Shuai muttered a few words, and buried the animal's carcass while cursing.Liao Er didn't know whether he wanted to be lazy or he really found someone in the dark. When burying the corpse, he would always pick up the flashlight and shine it into the depths of the forest nervously.I didn't concentrate on burying the carcasses of the animals. I just dug and wondered whether these animals were raised in Mancage Village, because only Mancage Village is inhabited nearby.These animals must be extremely precious to Mancage Village. Li Xiuzhu once said that a cow in her family is the labor force of the whole family.Since animals are so precious, even more important than human life, why kill them and bury them in this ghostly place. I was so engrossed that I forgot what was going on around me. I didn't wake up from my contemplation until Lao Er Liao yelled out who was hiding there.This time, there really was a person dodging in the woods. The three of us shone our flashlights and finally found that person was Xiao Hei.Before we could ask Xiao Hei why he came here, Xiao Hei ran over in a panic and said, "Lu...Brother Lu, something serious happened in our village!"