Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Killing Sons and Suppressing Demons

"Xiaozhou, you..." Qu Siqi couldn't believe it, Bai Xiaozhou said anxiously: "Quickly pick up the key, leave it to me here!" The masked monster has no body, and the poison in her hand can't deal with it. She looked around, as if she remembered something, grabbed the black cloth, cast a mask on the shadow, then grabbed something and threw it at him, but it was like It was thrown on the cotton ball. "Just because you humans want to resist me?" Heibu flew over, wrapped around Bai Xiaozhou's neck, and lifted her off the ground.His throat seemed to be blocked by lead, he couldn't inhale, he couldn't exhale, he opened his mouth, but he couldn't even scream.

Qu Siqi grabbed the fork stick next to the closet, passed through the mask monster's body, and nailed it to the wall. Bai Xiaozhou felt his neck loosen, and coughed continuously while covering his neck. "Xiao Zhou, go and pick it up, I can't get in because my arms are too thick!" Qu Siqi yelled back, clutching the fork stick tightly.Bai Xiaozhou put his hand under the cabinet, but he was still a short distance away. Several times his fingertips were close to touching the key, but he missed it. The masked monster got rid of the black cloth and surrounded Qu Siqi like a black mist. Qu Siqi was shrouded in the black shadow, as if he had fallen into the abyss.

At this moment, a thick yellow smoke came in from the window lattice, and the masked monster started to cough violently, and spit out Qu Siqi. It's brimstone! "I got it!" Bai Xiaozhou shouted happily while holding the key.Qu Siqi rushed over and hurriedly opened the big lock on the box.As soon as the box was opened, a ball of red flames flew out and fell on the black shadow. The black shadow actually burned, as if it had been doused with gasoline, and turned into a fireball in the blink of an eye. "Let's go." Qu Siqi helped her up, pushed open the window, outside was filled with yellow smoke, and I couldn't see anything, as if I was in a cloud, "Jump!"

"What? This is the second floor." "Jump!" Qu Siqi didn't have time to explain, and dragged her into the yellow mist. Bai Xiaozhou only felt the wind whistling in his ears, and then fell heavily on the ground. The cold concrete floor made her whole body feel like it was falling apart. "Xiao Zhou, are you alright?" "I almost fell to my death, what do you think is okay!" "Don't worry, I won't kill you." With a familiar voice, Bai Xiaozhou raised his head, saw Long Chuxia's smiling face, then looked around frantically, and found that he had returned to Qu Zihao's bedroom. It was already dark, and the fluorescent lamp above his head was on. It's a little dazzling.

"Qu Siqi." Long Chuxia smiled like a scimitar, "You are getting better and better." The boy's eyes flickered, and he smiled all over his face: "Mr. Long, this is my family's business, of course I have to solve it myself." "You still have the nerve to say it?" Long Chuxia shouted angrily, "Since you can solve it yourself, what key do you send Xiaozhou?" "I……" "Did you foresee the future?" Long Chuxia hit the nail on the head, "You foresaw that Xiao Zhou would come to rescue you, so you sent her the key?"

"You can't hide anything from the teacher." Qu Siqi flattered quickly, "Just in case, I sent the important key to Xiaozhou. Sure enough, the old woman knocked me out and searched everything on me, including cinnabar and talismans. Paper." Xiao Zhou was confused when he heard it: "What's going on?" "The old woman used a forbidden technique to make a contract with the monster more than 40 years ago in order to give birth to a son. After more than 40 years, the monster will come to take back her son's life. She is reluctant to part with her son and wants to use me as an exchange. .That's why they gave me that ring and pretended to be ill to trick me back. Fortunately, I was smart enough to start a bet with those two monsters and won a big game."

"You can foresee the future, and it's easy to win. But monsters have no moral bottom line, and they may not abide by the agreement." "I made all the preparations." Qu Siqi said proudly, "Fortunately, the old woman gave me the ring. She is just an ordinary person. How could she know that the ring is a divine tool passed down from ancient times, which can subdue demons. But it's not easy. To use it, it must be locked in a rosewood box for a period of time to work. I spent a lot of money to buy this antique box. After I was stunned, the box was taken away by the old woman, but she did not I can't open the key. I made a bet with two monsters, and the first bet was this box, and I tricked them into stealing the box. How would they know that this box is their death talisman."

Long Chuxia interrupted Qu Siqi, and said, "You're a little clever, aren't you? Do you know that you're betting your own life? You're not afraid of losing the bet because your supernatural ability can work for a while? Yes, you almost killed Xiaozhou, do you know that?" "She'll be fine, I've 'seen' it." Qu Siqi was hit hard on the head again, this time very hard, Long Chuxia said angrily: "The past cannot be changed, but the future may change, maybe it will become better, maybe it will become worse. Oops. You were lucky this time, what about next time?"

Qu Siqi's face was a little pale, and he said to Xiao Zhou pitifully, "Xiao Zhou, I... I'm sorry." Bai Xiaozhou didn't even have the strength to get angry. The ancients said that one should be cautious when making friends, sincerity should not be deceived. "What to do with these two snakes?" She pointed to the bed, and the two green snakes raised their heads sickly, with a yellow talisman on each forehead. "They are the ones making waves, kill them." Qu Siqi angrily said, "eliminate harm for the people." The green snake stared at Bai Xiaozhou, trembling slightly, as if begging: "At any rate, we have also protected the Qu family from being prosperous and undefeated for so many years, no credit but hard work, right?"

"If they hadn't colluded with those two monsters back then, and made some kind of contract with the dead old woman, how could I..." He paused, his eyes were a little red, "Teacher, I can't leave these two disasters behind." Long Chuxia squatted down and groped on the green snake, and finally stopped at a place seven inches away. There was a brand mark there. Although it was very old, if you looked carefully, you could still see the character "Qu". She seemed to be relieved, smiled and tore off the talisman paper, pressed the character lightly with her hand, and muttered something, when her hand moved away, the character "Qu" disappeared without a trace.Two green snakes meandered out of the door, the younger one turned around and gave her a grateful glance, and disappeared as soon as it entered the courtyard.

"Teacher." Qu Siqi was a little angry, "Why did you let them go? If they hurt people again..." "Silly boy, what happened 40 years ago has nothing to do with them. They were imprisoned by your Qu family's spells and have been the patron saints of this house for hundreds of years. It's time to regain their freedom." Qu Siqi didn't believe it. Chu Xia smiled and said, "Why don't you ask the old lady to tell us a story." "This story has been passed down in the family for many years, but it has always been a taboo of the Qu family, and it should not be told to outsiders." The old lady sat under the portrait in the main hall, holding the string of Buddhist beads in her hand, as if holding the last A life-saving straw. I don’t know if it’s because of being frightened, and the spirit is getting more and more depressed. “When the Qu family first moved into Yi’s house, they were very afraid of the legend of this house. There was a young man in the Qu family who was a heir of a concubine and was not favored, so he was arranged to live in the house of Yi Qinglian and his wife. Soon after, rumors began to spread in the Qu family, saying that someone heard the laughter of women in the young master's house. The young master's homework also plummeted, and it was rumored that he was bewitched by the snake demon transformed by the green snake. Master Qu was furious, and invited Taoist priests from the capital to collect the demon. Unexpectedly, the young master and the green snake even gave birth to offspring Yes. The Taoist didn’t know why, but he taught Mr. Qu a way to harm Yin and virtue. He said that if the green snakes were imprisoned in the house, they would become house gods and protect the family from generation to generation. But spells alone are not enough Yes, you also need the bone marrow of someone who has the blood of the Qu family." Bai Xiaozhou's chest was cold, and she could already guess the development of the story. "Master Qu was so obsessed that he actually used the bone marrow of the young master—his young son to complete the spell." She raised her head to look at the painting hanging on the wall, "and enshrined the snake mother." A tiger does not eat its children, what kind of father would do such a thing? "After that, our family's business became more and more smooth, and it soon prospered. But Master Qu became seriously ill and passed away not long after." She looked sadly outside the house, the courtyard was deserted and lonely, "Now the snake is gone, the Qu family The good times are coming to an end." Qu Siqi sneered: "It is foolish to pray to gods and Buddhas to pray to gods and worship Buddha. Let alone your family's ruin, you may even lose your life. Haven't you learned your lesson yet?" Mrs. Qu didn't dare to look at him, she bowed her head and counted the beads: "Siqi, I hope you can understand my painstaking efforts, I just..." "You just don't want to lose my father. You already said that when you poured medicine into my tea." Qu Siqi got up and walked out, "I'm tired of hearing it." "Siqi." Mrs. Qu stopped him, "Are you really unwilling to forgive me?" Qu Siqi turned his face sideways, and said coldly, "I'd better tell my deceased mother." Mrs. Qu's face was pale and she remained silent. Long Chuxia winked at Xiaozhou and Zhu Yikai, and got up to leave.Bai Xiaozhou secretly asked: "What happened back then?" "Si Qi doesn't want others to know, so let's not ask." This is a family matter of the Qu family, outsiders really shouldn't ask more questions, Bai Xiaozhou shut up obediently, and got into Zhu Yikai's car.Qu Siqi sat in the passenger seat and was very quiet all the way. He was always noisy. This was the first time Bai Xiaozhou saw him so quiet, and he was not used to it. When the car drove out of Fengling Town, Bai Xiaozhou saw a white-haired young man sitting under the archway basking in the sun, with a Chuandong hound lying beside him. Isn't that a librarian? "Stop, stop!" "What's wrong? Forgot something?" Bai Xiaozhou opened the door and went down, but the white-haired young man was gone, only an Eastern Sichuan Hound that was too old to open his eyes. "Strange, where did it go?" She said to herself, and Zhu Yikai came over: "Did you see the dirty things again?" Who is he?Why do you want to help me?Bai Xiaozhou took out the library card with a strange smell from his bag. This was the only thing he gave her. Isn't this a library card, but a passport to another world? "Xiao Zhou, there are many things in this world that cannot be studied deeply." Zhu Yikai looked into the depths of the courtyard, as if he saw something and seemed to realize something, "Let's go, everyone is waiting for you." The car started, and Bai Xiaozhou looked at Fengling Town, which was getting farther and farther away. The green mountains and green waters, the white walls and black tiles, and the white clouds in the sky rolled and stretched themselves. It was a peaceful and peaceful peach blossom garden.Perhaps, the peaceful coexistence of humans and non-humans is the most primitive and beautiful scenery in this world. She clenched her library card tightly, knowing that one day, she and the white-haired young man would meet again. Back at the research institute, it was still the same as usual, Qin Zheming went fooling around somewhere, only Ye Buer was cleaning the house.He was very happy to see Qu Siqi, but he was naturally clumsy and shy, and couldn't speak beautiful words, so he quickly made a big pot of coffee to calm him down.Qu Siqi crossed his legs and sipped the coffee, expressing that he enjoyed it very much. "No two, did anything happen while we were away?" Long Chuxia asked. "Someone sent this box for Xiao Zhou." Ye Buer brought over the small wooden box placed in the corner. Although it was ordinary in shape, it was made very tightly and had a big lock on it. "There is no key." "This is a heart lock, no key is needed." Long Chuxia picked up the lock and looked carefully, "Xiaozhou, come and try." "How to try?" Bai Xiaozhou heard of the "heart lock" for the first time, and felt it was new. As soon as her hand touched the keyhole, it opened with a "snap", which startled her.Long Chuxia smiled and said: "The heart lock is a lock locked with a spell, and only certain people can open it." Who gave her such a box?Could it be dad?Bai Xiaozhou couldn't wait to open the lid, his expression changed after only one glance, and he slammed the lid shut, his face ashen. "What? Could it be a prank?" Qu Siqi said with a smile. Bai Xiaozhou glanced at him tremblingly: "Have you ever seen someone cut off his hand to play a prank?" Long Chuxia quickly opened the lid of the box, and inside was a hand, cut off at the wrist and sealed with a plastic bag, which looked like a fake prop used in TV.She touched it, frowned and said, "It's true." "Xiaozhou, do you have any enemies?" Zhu Yikai asked coldly, "Where are your parents?" Bai Xiaozhou couldn't answer, since she never left home since she was a child, school and home are two points of one line, so there are no enemies.And her parents... If someone asked her the same question before, she would have answered no, but now, she dare not make a judgment. "Wait." Long Chuxia took out a talisman from the box. It was full of dragons and phoenixes, and I don't know what was written on it.She immediately felt relieved: "This is the word 'puppet'." "The Sun family?" Zhu Yikai said. "Sun Sixun once promised us that he would thoroughly investigate the murder of the puppet and give us an explanation. It seems that this is the explanation he gave us." Zhu Yikai sneered: "How do we know whose hand this is?" "Sun Sixun is upright and aboveboard. He has always acted fairly and justly. He will never shield his family." She closed the lid, "Huo Xiaomei can finally rest in peace." After drinking the coffee, Qu Siqi burped: "Those homeless people can also feel at ease." Long Chuxia said excitedly: "As a celebration, how about going to a food stall to drink? Just use this hand to make appetizers." Everyone was disgusted. The classroom was empty, and the silence was eerily eerie. Ninghua Academy has always been lively, even in the middle of the night, bright lights and moving heads can be seen in the all-night classroom. But today, the whole campus is very quiet, so quiet that the sound of firecrackers from far away can be clearly heard. Today is New Year's Eve. Everyone went home for the New Year, but Bai Xiaozhou didn't know where to go. There were no relatives in that apartment, and it was colder than this classroom. There is still no news of her parents. Qin Zheming asked a friend from the FBI, who said that her father's backpack is still in the unnatural incident investigation team, and it is said that it involves a secret. Bai Xiaozhou began to recall the little things from childhood to adulthood. In her memory, her father was rarely at home, but every birthday she would receive gifts from him. Every year during the Spring Festival, he would try his best to come back to accompany her, but his father I rarely speak to my mother.Now that I think about it carefully, my father is even avoiding his mother, not daring to look at her face, not daring to look at her, the two of them are as polite as strangers.But my mother never complained about herself, as if everything was taken for granted. When she was a child, she always felt that the relationship between her parents was a bit weird, but she never thought about it, because they loved her very much, and her mother devoted all her love to her. However, overnight, they all disappeared. Sometimes she wondered if the previous ten years were just a dream. It was getting late at night, she was sitting in the middle of the classroom, as quiet as a corpse.She sat here for a whole day without even moving her position, maybe she might be treated as a dead body. There was a burst of firecrackers outside the window, which startled her. How could someone set off firecrackers in the teaching building in the middle of the night?She pushed open the window, and there was nothing outside, but the sound of firecrackers kept coming and going, as if coming from all directions. After experiencing so many unnatural events, if Bai Xiaozhou still deceives herself with hallucinations, a lie that she doesn't even believe, she can go back to kindergarten again.She hastily closed the window, knelt down, and wondered if the ghosts and ghosts entrenched in the school would also celebrate the New Year. Are these firecrackers ghost firecrackers? so fresh. This boring New Year's Eve finally had something fun happen.She raised her body and leaned over the window to peek. The sound of firecrackers went off for about ten minutes, and finally fell silent. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, as if the firecrackers had actually been set off. Outside the window is a spacious long corridor, only the emergency lights are on, and the end is hidden in a deep darkness.The moonlight was dim, the sky was full of stars, the trees outside were rustling, Bai Xiaozhou stared at the darkness, full of expectation. Two red lights lit up in the darkness, and then more and more red lights, like many fireflies gathered.Those lights were getting closer and closer, and they turned out to be countless red lanterns, and there was nothing behind the lanterns. Ghost Lantern!Bai Xiaozhou remembers seeing it in the mountains when he was a child. It was also the night of the New Year's Eve. In the distant mountains, a string of red light spots lit up, winding towards the depths of the forest. Grandpa said that it was a ghost lantern, and it was the non-people in the forest celebrating the New Year's Eve.