Chapter 312 Poison Sacrifice: The Living Dead, Just Because of Obsession
Suddenly, a strange sound came. Li Yuan pulled Li Qingjun's sleeve. Li Qingjun noticed it, but after thinking about it, he still didn't pull his hand back. He only looked after the sound and found that there was a man in front of the loquat tree.
Fertilize and take care of it. You are extremely careful in your actions, and it is obvious to the naked eye that you cherish this loquat tree very much.
No wonder it was born unusually tall, presumably because of the careful care of its owner.
The man quickly noticed the stares. He put down the tools in his hands and raised his head and asked, "Hey, are you... from other villages? Are you going to the Miao border or the Central Plains?"
This zombie village is located at the junction. After passing the village and walking on a deserted road, you can reach the border of the Central Plains.
Lu Zhanfeng replied through the door fence: "We are going to the Central Plains. Does this elder brother know how far there is?"
The man stood up and wiped his hands on the corners of his clothes twice: "It's going to be a long walk, so why not come in and have a rest? I just have to go cook."
There are many hospitable people everywhere, but now like a man appearing in a strange zombie village, his words will only make people suspicious.
Lu Zhanfeng went to look for Tang Yejue's eyes, and happened to look into each other's. The latter nodded and understood tacitly, so the four of them pushed open the gate and walked in.
The leaves of the loquat tree were stained with rainwater and exuded a refreshing smell. Tang Yejue and the three of them quickly took off their scarves and took the opportunity to breathe. But for some reason, they could still tell that there were corpses mixed in with them.
The smell of rot.
Just then, the man came out with tea and placed it on the wooden table set up under the loquat tree.
But when he arrived, the smell of corpses became even stronger.
"Seeing that you are so busy, I think you have traveled a long way here. Let's drink some tea and eat some snacks to cushion your stomach." After saying that, the man continued to go back to the kitchen to work.
Lu Zhanfeng lowered his head and was shocked to find that the skin and flesh of the man's ankles had been torn open, and there were white bones among the rotten flesh. He gave the others a look until the man walked into the small kitchen. Li Qingjun said in disbelief: "Don't this man know?
Are you already dead?"
How much obsession does it take to live like a normal person after death? But what is the obsession that keeps him in this world?
Tang Yejue looked around and caught a glimpse of a light yellow loquat flower pinned to the window. The loquat flower was still in bloom, which was incompatible with this turbid place, but it made people unable to look away from it and forgot about it for the time being.
On the way here, there were broken bodies all over the ground.
It’s not that men can’t like flowers, but maybe this flower is also liked by women?
So when Tang Yejue came closer, he found that the window was opened inward, and there was a bed under the window. There was a woman lying on the bed, looking at the loquat flowers.
Tang Yejue seemed to suddenly understand something.
The rain continued, and it was getting heavier now. The woman also saw Tang Yejue, and a slight smile appeared on her lifeless face: "Are you a guest?"
Tang Yejue was startled: "Well, hello."
"Come in." The woman waved gently.
After hesitating for a moment, Tang Yejue stepped into the house. He said apologetically: "I was fascinated by the flowers, so I didn't scare you."
The man's wife struggled to force a smile and spoke weakly and intermittently: "It doesn't bother me, it doesn't scare me. I got sick two years ago and couldn't walk, so he would come from outside the village every once in a while to get my favorite flowers."
On the window. However, today is my favorite loquat flower. I think the loquat tree in the yard is in bloom."
While he was talking, it started to rain outside. The man was still holding a spatula in his hand and led the group of people into the house. He was afraid that they would get caught in the rain. He also saw Tang Yejue standing at the door of the room talking to the people inside, so he kindly said to them.
Everyone introduced: "This is my wife. I have been taking care of her since she became ill."
As he spoke, thinking of the fire on the stove, he immediately turned around and stepped out of the door: "You can go to the front hall to rest, the meal will be ready soon."
The four of them looked at each other, each with mixed feelings in their hearts.
Seeing this, I didn't know what to say at this moment, so I followed my instructions and went to the front hall to repair for a while.
Tang Yejue sat down for a while and lowered his voice: "I think the eldest brother may not have known that he was dead, but when he found out that he could still take care of his wife as usual, he started to lie to himself."
Li Yuan nodded in agreement: "I also think that maybe I just don't want to leave my wife and want to continue to take care of her."
Then he pretended as if nothing had happened and continued to accompany his wife.
One month, two months passed, and as time passed, he truly believed that he was still alive.
Lu Zhanfeng was about to say something more when his wife's voice suddenly came from inside the house. Even though it was faint, a martial artist with a good ear could hear it immediately.
"What's wrong?" Tang Yejue thought that the man's wife was in trouble, so he turned to Li Yuan who finally stepped through the door: "Li Yuan, go and call the eldest brother."
The wife quickly shook her head: "No, I'm looking for you."
Carp Kite dangled one foot outside the door, and finally retracted it.
Everyone was confused. Tang Yejue knelt on one knee beside the bed and asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything we can do for you?"
The wife looked at Tang Yejue, then looked up at Lu Zhanfeng and others behind her, and finally said slowly: "You are martial arts heroes, right... I can see it, so... I think you can see it too,
My husband...he has died a long time ago."
"But because of his obsession, he unexpectedly became neither human nor ghost. Even the rate of body decay is much slower than that of ordinary corpses."
Lu Zhanfeng's mind changed and he understood: "Is this village like this because of your husband?"
The wife's eyes became moist, and she looked at them with tears streaming down her face: "I don't know who you are or where you are going, but since you are here, can you help me..."
Tang Yejue said: "But it doesn't matter."
Li Yuan took out a silk handkerchief and wiped away his wife's tears. After his wife thanked him, he slowly told the truth about the zombie village.
It turns out that Yunqi Village was not a zombie village a year ago, and the couple grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and survived the turbulent wars in the early years by supporting each other, so they have more of a life-and-death bond than an ordinary couple.
Inside, my wife had been sick since her mother was born and was unable to have children. Later, she suffered from serious illness and was paralyzed in bed for the past two years. Now she has lost all feeling in her lower body.
Unforeseen circumstances occurred. Once, when my husband was out shopping for medicine, the road was slippery on a rainy day and he accidentally fell off a cliff. He suffered intracranial hemorrhage and lay there all night and day before he woke up.
When the wife recalled the past, tears welled up even more fiercely: "At that time, I thought he couldn't bear it anymore and left me. I never thought that one day later, he would be standing at the door of the house with medicine in his hands, smiling stupidly, saying that the landslide blocked it.
On the way out, ask me if I'm hungry."
"I was moved in my heart, but the strange things in the village also started after that day."