The Exorcist Chapter 34: White hands and painted faces
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"What are you going to do?" Xiaoxia asked.
"I will first go to the nearby village to inquire about the bride who drowned herself in the river, and then I will inquire whether there have been any major events or strange people here before."
"You have to come back soon." Xiaoxia urged.
She knew that if she and Wan Li were sick or injured, it would be fine if they couldn't help Ruan Zhan, and she could never add to his burden. But even though he thought so, he still flinched when he thought that Ruan Zhan was so far away.
Ruan Zhan understands Xiaoxia's mood.
Even a brave woman would be scared to be left alone in the mountains with an unconscious man, let alone Xiaoxia, who is so timid? But the situation was like this every time, forcing him to leave her behind.
"As long as you miss me hard when you are in danger, I will come back immediately." He promised her, "You said that you are not a burden to us, but our partner, so I believe you will protect Wanli. And I - will protect you both."
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Xiaoxia spent the whole day having trouble sleeping and eating.
In the past two days, she first experienced the attack on the wild store, and then encountered a frightening moment at dawn this morning. This made her extremely tired, but the current situation made it impossible for her to sleep peacefully.
Even if I fall asleep in a daze, I will be woken up again soon. Sometimes it was the casual sound of the wind, sometimes the chirping of birds in the mountains, sometimes Wanli's slightly heavier breathing, or even the squeaking sound of the bamboo bed when she turned over, which would wake her up suddenly. The last time was simply the strange scene in the Octagon Building. Unusually quiet.
While sleeping, I suddenly felt that something was wrong, as if I was in a vacuum environment. When you come out of sleep like that, you will often feel unusually awake and a little frightened.
Looking at Wan Li beside him, he was still unconscious, but his brows were furrowed, as if he was in great pain. This made Xiaoxia couldn't help but wipe his face again, but the black air still couldn't be wiped away. It was like a heavy dark cloud floating on his face, and at the same time, it was pressing on Xiaoxia's heart.
Outside the window, it was completely dark, and Ruan Zhan actually left for a whole day without coming back.
He has not slept for two days and one night, and has not eaten much. Unlike her, he has made some supplements at least. If he continues like this, Wanli will not be able to save him, and he himself will be dragged down.
Xiaoxia thought worriedly, but she also understood that the matter they wanted to investigate was too long ago, and it might have been traced back to before liberation, and they only relied on inferences and a few clues, that is, there were no clues and no historical data. Their true purpose cannot be discovered by outsiders. In this case, it is difficult to find out the truth of the matter.
But they have to find out the truth, because it is related to Wanli's life!
Don’t say that everything is just speculation. Even if the person who caused the poison is really Huang Boheng, even if they have conclusive evidence, and even if the police from all over the country come to help arrest him, if he hides in the deep mountains and old forests and doesn’t come out, it’s not the case. , can be caught in two days. And Wan Li's time is running out. After midnight today, he only has twenty-four hours, and he doesn't have time to wait!
Therefore, the mystery must be solved at the place closest to the truth, so that the person behind the scenes will jump to the front in order to prevent the secret from being exposed. Only then will they have the opportunity to compete head-on with their opponent and eliminate him.
Because the poisoner is poisoned by a death poison. Unless he dies, Wanli will not be able to live! This is the rule he set. This rule blocks all ways of survival, both for himself and Wan Li. In the end, only one person can survive!
Xiaoxia thought worriedly for a few seconds, and suddenly felt a little scared in the dark, so she slowly sat upright with the squeaking sound of the bamboo bed.
Grab Wan Li's hand and look at his watch. The fluorescent hand was already pointing to half past nine. According to the daily routine in the mountains, people are already asleep at this time, but why hasn’t Ruan Zhan come back yet? Did he encounter danger or did he run into the jungle again to search for that strange woman? Do you want to spend this night alone in this lonely building with the unconscious Wan Li?
Thinking of this, the fear in Xiaoxia's heart deepened, and she actually felt a little hairy, and her palms became sweaty.
"Don't scare yourself! I, Yue Xiaoxia, have already gone through so many things with these two men, so what else is there to be afraid of!" She cursed herself secretly, but thought about it and decided to get out of bed. Go light a candle.
She was half lying on the outside of the bed, with Wan Li unconscious on the inside. Although she sat up at this moment, she was still on the bamboo bed, so the slightest movement made the old bed make a strange groan, which was particularly harsh in the dark bamboo building. And as soon as her feet touched the ground, she immediately felt a sharp pain, reminding her that her right foot was injured. Fortunately, the moonlight was very bright, allowing her to see clearly the scenery in the room, and limped to the table to find some lighting.
This octagonal building has three floors, and each floor is a large room without partitions. The first floor seems to be a living area, with many old daily necessities neatly placed on a few pieces of furniture, with tables, chairs, benches and the like in the middle; the second floor looks like a simple altar, with one side already The empty shrine and many empty jars on the other side reminded Xiaoxia of the day Wanli was poisoned by the poison. The third floor, which is the top floor, is the bedroom where Xiaoxia and Wanli were.
This room feels relatively empty because there is very little furniture. There is only a large bamboo bed, a few bamboo chairs, a wardrobe, a basin stand and a dressing table with a large bronze mirror on the table. and a few toiletries, it can be seen that a woman lived here before.
Xiao Xia walked to the dressing table with difficulty, took out a lighter and lit the candle Ruan Zhan found from the village, and immediately a warm fire flashed in front of her eyes. Although the room was large and the fire was small, the light could not reach the corners, but it calmed her down a little.
But as soon as she turned around, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew from the window, and the candle flickered and went out.
Xiao Xia's heart skipped a beat and she froze in the darkness, not daring to move.
When I didn't light the candle just now, I could roughly see the outline of the objects in the room with the moonlight. Now it turned from light to dark, and my eyes were pitch black for a while. It took a while to get used to it.
There is nothing missing in the room, and fortunately there is nothing too much!
It must be the mountain breeze! she said to herself.
This octagonal building has a beautiful shape, and except for the door side, there are windows on the other three sides. It is said to be a window, but in fact it is just a few thick bamboos standing vertically in the window frame, like iron railings. It's like spring here all year round, and the roof has wide eaves, so it shouldn't be cold, and it won't get rain when it rains, but it won't have any blocking effect on the mountain wind.
Xiao Xia stood there stupidly for a while, and when she saw that there was no movement around her, she lit the candle again.
She protected the fire with her hands, held her breath, and moved very lightly and slowly, fearing that the weak flame would be extinguished by the wind brought by walking. Finally, she finally made her way back to the bed little by little. But I found that I didn’t bring the candle holder!
She had no choice but to rub back again, enduring the pain in her ankles, walking extremely cautiously, not daring to move even when hot candle tears fell on her hands.
The candlestick was next to the dressing box. As soon as Xiaoxia put the candle in, she saw a strange figure in the bronze mirror!
She was startled and almost threw the candlestick away. When she took a closer look, she realized that the person in the mirror was herself!
But at this moment, she looked frightened and uneasy, with a striking red mark across her face. Her hair was scattered on her forehead, covering her eyebrows and half of her eyes, making her face heavily shadowed. She even felt horrified when she saw it, and she didn't want to see it again. Second glance.
So, she wanted to put the bronze mirror on the table, but the bronze mirror actually had some weight. She couldn't move it, and with a little force, the bronze mirror fell over on its own with a 'pop'.
At the same time, the candle goes out again!
The sudden darkness struck again, leaving Xiaoxia at a loss.
What happened this time? Is it still the mountain breeze? But when the candle went out for the first time, she didn't feel the wind blowing. Could it be the wind brought by the bronze mirror when it fell?
Although she felt that this explanation was too far-fetched, Xiaoxia still chose to believe it, tried her best to restrain her trembling hands, and lit the candle for the third time.
By candlelight, she looked around and found nothing, which made her sigh in relief. I thought that maybe I was scaring myself and caused this strange phenomenon. As long as I didn't think about it, nothing would happen. Once she heard Wan Li say that from a so-called scientific point of view, the soul is a kind of energy, and of course human brain waves are the same. If you think too much about ghosts, especially at night, you are using your brain waves to summon spirits, and there may be something unclean coming.
So - don't think about it, don't think about it, don't think about it!
She thought to herself, reluctantly walked back to the bed quickly, then shrank into the bed, and closed the gauze curtain like a mosquito net again. Fortunately, the candle was not extinguished and Wan Li was still lying quietly. She felt much safer.
Although Wan Li was in a coma and could not help her, if he was by her side, Xiaoxia still felt that she was not alone facing this unknown night, and this gauze could not block the wind, but it also provided psychological shelter. What's more, the Blood Wood Sword was lying quietly under the pillow, as if Ruan Zhan was there too.
To do it - be selfless in your heart and the world will be broad! Also, if you don’t do anything wrong in your life, you won’t be surprised if you knock on the door in the middle of the night!
Xiaoxia was chanting in her mind, constantly doing various mental constructions for herself. However, before she finished reciting, she heard the door of the bamboo house ding, as if someone was knocking on the door.
This time, Xiaoxia was so shocked that she almost fell off the bed, and at the same time she felt that the gauze tent suddenly became brighter. When I turned around and looked, I saw that the candle's flame had doubled in size and was burning straight without even a slight sway!
Creak-the door on the first floor opened.
She could feel that this was not Ruan Zhan, because he never walked like that. Each step is slow, tentative, hesitant, and pressing, just like a foot stepping on a person's heart.
He went up to the second floor - and then the third floor - and was silent for a while - then he was suddenly pushed away with a loud 'pop'!
No one could be seen, but Xiaoxia felt something coming into the room. She was so nervous that she didn't dare to breathe. She saw the candlelight suddenly dimmed again, and gradually turned into a green bean, exuding a faint faint scent. Light.
The gauze curtain in front of her moved, and then began to float inward. Xiaoxia only felt a blast of cold air, which made all the hairs on her body stand up. The candle was completely extinguished, and the surrounding area immediately fell into darkness.
Xiao Xia couldn't see anything clearly. The moon seemed to be covered by dark clouds. In the extreme darkness, only a pair of dazzling white hands were moving!
The hands were gesturing in the air, not knowing what they were going to do, and then they slowly stretched out towards the gauze tent.
Xiaoxia shrank to the corner of the bed, and in the silence she heard her heartbeat beating like thunder, and the slight 'hissing' sound of her nails scraping against the gauze curtain.
"Bride! Bride!" a hoarse voice said quietly.
Xiaoxia gritted her teeth and remained silent, her white hands seemed to feel that there was a gauze curtain blocking her, so she changed the movement of pushing it away, and then stretched out to Xiaoxia without any obstruction!
"Bride! Bride!" he murmured in a creepy tone.
Xiaoxia didn't know what he meant, but when the pair of white hands were about to reach her face, she suddenly put the talisman she had held in her hands onto the hand.
A high-pitched scream that did not belong to the human world rang out. Xiaoxia covered her ears in discomfort and bent over Wanli's chest. I saw the white hands trembling in fear as they clung to the bed frame, causing the bamboo bed to shake violently and make a squeaking sound like it was about to fall apart.
However, the suction force from the door was too strong. Even though the white hand struggled desperately, it finally melted like a lit candle, and then turned into a white stain that was sucked into the closet that was opened at an unknown time.
In the closet, a small metal flag shining with reddish light trembled for a moment, and then returned to calm.
That was Ruan Zhan's broken flag. He hid it in the closet by the door. He knew Xiaoxia couldn't drive it, so he gave her a charm and said that as long as she calmed down, she could put the charm on the evil object or throw it over. It can cause the Broken Flag to automatically generate a response and **** the soul in!
He said that he would not throw the lamb at the door of the wolf's den without any protection!
"Amazing!" A voice came from an unknown window, causing Xiaoxia's heart to almost stop beating in shock. I quickly glanced at a few windows, but didn't see much.
She broke out in a cold sweat. You must know that this is the third floor and no one can talk outside the window.
"Who are you?" she asked tentatively, while staring at the windows, "Why do you want to harm Wan Li?"
"Anyone who wants to get you must die!"
Xiaoxia quickly followed the sound, and this time the person who spoke did not hide, allowing Xiaoxia to see clearly.
The reason why it is called a thing is because what floats outside the window is actually a flower. This flower is very big, but Xiao Xia always doesn't distinguish between grains, and it's under the moonlight, so you can't tell what kind of flower it is. All the petals of the flower are unfolded outward, revealing the heart of the flower that is the size of a human face. It also has facial features just like a human face.
The facial features are painted, but they move when speaking. At first glance, it looks like a human head peering out of the window.
Xiaoxia should have been scared, but the attitude of the colorful face vowing to risk Wanli's death angered her. So her anger once again defeated her fear, she opened the pillow violently, took out the blood wood sword, jumped out of bed, endured the severe pain from her ankle, and stabbed at the window!
Her heart was so sad and angry that she actually exerted part of the power of the Blood Wood Sword. Before the sword arrived, the red light sliced the painted face vertically, and the painted face immediately split in half from the middle, but it laughed quickly come down.
"I won't let him die!" she shouted at the dense forest downstairs!
"I'll help you!" The voice sounded from another window again, and Xiaoxia struck at it again without thinking.
But before the flower fell to the ground, the last voice came from the last window, the window next to the bed, "Look at the basin, I will tell you how to save his life!" ”
The painted face disappeared, but the water in the basin on the basin began to turbulence for no reason!