There is a big temperature difference between day and night in the desert.
So at night, no one can be seen in the desert, and it sinks into a dead silence. Only desert scorpions and desert poisonous snakes that like to hide in the dark will come out to hunt at night.
Since nightfall, the streets of Yueqiang City have been deserted. People would rather stay at home than go out for a walk, not only because of the cold night but also because of the strong wind and sand at night. They don’t want to eat a mouthful of sand or have their hair covered with sand when they get home.
Try to travel as little as possible at night.
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In the quiet Yueqiang City, the crisp sound of whetstones sharpening knives could be heard constantly.
The street was deserted, except for a young Taoist priest with a stern face sitting in front of an inn, wielding a golden sword, with a bench under his body and a whetstone placed on the bench.
He was holding a straight long knife and was constantly sharpening the blade. The blade was red and shone coldly under the silver-white moonlight.
The young Taoist priest had a cold look on his face.
Keep sharpening the knife without saying a word.
Then from time to time he raised the blade and rubbed it with his fingertips. The cold light of the blade shone, reflecting half of his cold face, or the dark and quiet inn behind him, as if the gate to hell had been opened.
The inn was very quiet tonight. Someone had just died during the day. The guests were so scared that they checked out. Only three caravans were still staying in the inn.
Even the boss seemed to realize that something was wrong with today's atmosphere. As soon as it got dark, he took the waiter and the wife to hide somewhere else, planning to come back after dawn.
The young Taoist priest sitting at the door of the inn, after looking at the blade, poured some water from the water bag and continued to sharpen the long knife in his hand.
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In the earthen house, ten of them, Maisutu, were wrapped in quilts and huddled on the big bunk to keep each other warm. However, their bodies huddled in the quilts kept shivering, and they didn’t know whether it was from cold or fear. From time to time, they could hear people hiding under the quilts.
There were sobbing sounds in the quilt, and soft words from the mouth saying that he didn't want to die.
There was depression and soft crying in the house, but no one spoke freely. They all remembered Jin An's words and pretended to lie down and sleep without making any noise. No matter who knocked on the door tonight, they did not open the door and stayed up until dawn.
Open the door again.
But the sound of sharpening knives outside all night was too frightening, making the ten people who were already frightened even more frightened and unable to sleep.
fine.
A yellow talisman made of cinnabar and yellow paper is pasted on the back of the door.
Let them find a ray of warmth in their uneasiness.
According to Taoist Master Jin'an, this yellow talisman is called the Liuding Liujia talisman, which can keep them safe.
Only a lamp of lamp oil was on, which barely illuminated the ten-person house on the Datong bunk. There was a rustling sound of the quilt being pulled. It was not known who was tossing and turning, unable to sleep, and was carefully turning over and changing to a position that was not numb.
Maisutu is one of the people who has followed Kremu for the longest time. He has been running in the desert for seven or eight years. He has experienced sandstorms, quicksand fields, quicksand wells, and sand thieves. Every time the caravan passes through the desert, there will be always...
Several people died, but he was very lucky. Every time he went on a long trip, he would pray devoutly to the desert gods at home, and he would come home safely every time. Therefore, his many life and death experiences also gave him a strong heart and abilities far beyond those of ordinary people.
He was very calm, and he was one of the few people in Datongpu who did not cover his head and pretended to be sleeping.
Although he was very scared in his heart, and when he closed his eyes, he only saw the scene of Kama hanging miserably in front of him when he woke up in the morning, but he couldn't help but be curious, what does the devil in the desert look like?
How on earth was Kama killed?
Before this matter, he didn't dare to have the idea of ​​meeting the devil. He thought it was seeking death, but the devil today didn't seem as scary as before... When he thought about it carefully, the reason was still
Because Taoist Priest Jin'an was keeping vigil for them outside.
Taoist priest Jin'an has extraordinary knowledge. He was calm and collected when he faced the dead several times, especially when he rescued all of them from the hands of the devil the night before. That was the first time he knew that people can also kill devils, and even devils.
There were also times when I was scared, but I was scared away by just one word from Taoist Priest Jin An.
After just a few experiences, he discovered a very unique temperament in Taoist Jin An. As long as Taoist Jin An is around, he feels particularly safe. Although he wants to break his brain, he can't figure out why Taoist Jin An wants to be here.
Sharpening knives and keeping vigil in the middle of the night?
With his mind wandering, Maisutu quietly turned his neck to see if the people sleeping on his left and right were asleep. He turned to look at the person on his left. The person on his left was covered in quilts and shivering in fear. He turned around again.
He turned his head to look at the person on the right. The other person was also covered in quilts and shivering in fear. Although Maisutu was also a little scared in his heart, he still cursed a coward with some pride in his heart.
Just after subconsciously taking a look at Kama's empty bed, the little pride in Maisutu's heart quickly disappeared and was shrouded in a layer of haze. He didn't want to die, let alone die as miserably as Kama.
The sound of sharpening knives outside was still rhythmic, which more or less made him feel at ease, although it always felt weird that someone was sharpening knives at night...
The more people think wildly, the clearer their brains become. Maisutu felt a little uncomfortable after lying down for a long time. He was just about to turn over secretly, but there was a fart sound, and he didn't know which bastard was holding him and secretly let him go.
What a boring fart.
The key point is that the muffled fart is quite loud.
He can understand that people feel the need to urinate when they are extremely scared and nervous, but what does it mean when you fart when you are nervous?
"Maisutu, did you have a bad stomach after eating at night? This fart smells so bad!"
"It turns out it was Maisutu who released it! Maisutu, you are so unkind. How long have you released poison gas?"
In the quiet house, more and more people began to complain.
"Not me!"
Maisutu was so angry that his face turned red. He felt so aggrieved in his heart. The first voice that spat blood just now sounded like it was Doliku's. It must have been that guy from Doliku who yelled "catch the thief" and beat him up. Maisutu was so angry that his nose was filled with anger.
It's all crooked.
"If that fart just now was really caused by me, Maisutu, let me, Maisutu, die tonight!"
As soon as Maisutu opened his mouth, he was immediately besieged by a group of people. Everyone said that you, Maisutu, can't hope for anything good. You will die a good death tonight, so how can we live well?
The originally depressing and dull house began to become noisy.
But they didn't notice that the wind started to blow up in the desert at night, and the howling ghosts and wolves howled as the wind rolled up the yellow sand and crackled against the tightly sealed wooden windows.
The movement was very light at first, but it got stronger in the second half of the night, crackling, and the wind and sand kept beating on the sealed wooden windows. Listening to the strong wind and sand outside, Mesutu and the others were filled with wild thoughts about whether it was the wind and sand that was beating on the windows.
Or when someone is patting the window, bang bang bang!
The sudden knock on the door startled all the ten elders in the house.
Bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
The banging on the door continued and became louder and louder. Eventually, it was no longer slapping the door with your palms but hitting the door with your arms.
But no matter how scared they were, no one answered the door, and no one went down to open the door. They still remembered Jin An's reminder before dark. If they wanted to survive, they should pretend to be sleeping and not make a sound no matter what noise they heard at night.
As if no one had opened the door, footsteps began to be heard outside the door, getting farther and farther away.
Just when the people in the room were about to relax their tension, bang bang bang, this time it was not the sound of banging on the door, but the sound of banging on the wooden window. The wooden window was right next to the bed, and the sound of banging on the window was very close to my head.
Come on, bang bang bang, the sound is getting more and more violent, as if it is venting the resentment in the heart with endless resentment.
This is a very torturous experience. The doors and windows are being banged outside, and you can't see what is going on outside. The unknown is often the most frightening thing.
At this moment, Mesutu and the others couldn't help but think of Kama's horror and miserable death. Did Kama last night experience the same thing as them, so that's why he died so miserably?
Did Kama ask them for help and try to wake them up when he was in extreme fear and helplessness? But they were so asleep that no one woke up to help him until the devil came into the house and hanged him
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The more fearful a person is, the more his body can't help but shiver, and his mind is thinking about all kinds of terrible scenes. This is people's instinctive fear when facing death. Even the most daring Maisutu turned pale with fear.
I no longer have the heart to laugh at others for being cowardly.
"I don't want to die, I don't want to die, Apa Ata, please help me, I'm scared! Apa Ata, I'm so scared!" Someone covered himself in the quilt and cried out in fear, and urine began to float in the house.
Odor, someone was so frightened that he peed, but at this time, everyone was unable to protect themselves, their faces were pale and bloodless, and no one laughed at the frightened person.
Perhaps because no one woke up and opened the door or windows, the movement outside the house suddenly stopped, and the night suddenly became too quiet, making people unable to react.
Time passed very long at this time, and I don’t know how long it had passed, but there was the sound of rapid footsteps outside.
Bang bang, there was a knock on the door outside, and the caravan owner Kremu hurriedly shouted: "Come out quickly, everyone, come out quickly, it's on fire, it's on fire, I don't know which bastard set fire to the inn!"
"The inn is burning down!"
"Everyone, come out quickly!"
"The fire has reached this side!"
To be continued...