With the old woman's permission, Diao Deyang once again pulled Li Jun and fled out of the house.
The dog walked carelessly behind.
It has turned completely dark.
The moonlight is faint.
Barely able to see the surrounding objects through the moonlight, the two of them ran all the way to the eaves, and Diao Deyang was panting from exhaustion.
"Brother Li Jun, it's a good thing you didn't eat that pot of mutton. There's something wrong with the mutton. It tastes like wood residue and doesn't look like food for living people."
"oh!"
Li Jun nodded lightly.
Diao Deyang was angry when he saw Li Jun's expression. He felt that this Li Jun was either stupid or stupid. How could any living person not be afraid when encountering such a thing?
"Brother Li Jun, will a living person die if he eats that kind of mutton? I have a hunch that I can't leave this village." Diao Deyang's eyes showed deep sadness.
"Actually, I'm not afraid of death."
"I just regret that I shouldn't have left the village. I wanted to raise a son, but my mother didn't wait for him. I wanted to return home to support my parents, but now my mother is no longer here."
"That's just a ghost that turned into my mother. I regret it, I hate it!"
Diao Deyang cried with blood. He felt as if a thousand sharp knives were cutting out his heart, but his heart was empty.
Want to cry but no tears.
No more tears could be shed.
Li Jun looked at him quietly and said nothing.
Diao Deyang howled for a long time, then he suddenly raised his head and said resolutely: "No, I can't collapse. I have other relatives. I want to tell them to run away!"
After Diao Deyang finished speaking, he looked at Li Jun eagerly: "Brother Li Jun, come and help me. Put your hand into my throat, squeeze hard, and let me spit out the mutton."
Li Jun shook his head.
Diao Deyang's eyes darkened.
"fine."
Li Jun pointed to the animal bones under the eaves and said: "What you just ate was not mutton, but mountain animal meat. The taste must be different from mutton."
Mountain animal meat?
Diao Deyang looked over hastily and vaguely saw an animal skeleton lying quietly under the eaves. The flesh had not been completely removed and the blood was soaked into the soil.
Although I can't tell what kind of mountain beast it is.
but.
As long as it's not mutton.
"Hey, it turns out it's not mutton. No wonder it smells like that. It's a false alarm. Brother, let's go back first. My mother must be waiting impatiently, eh?... Brother, why are you looking at me like that?"
"Although that beast is not a sheep, it is covered in sheepskin." Li Jun finished quietly.
"ah!!!"
Diao Deyang hurriedly opened his eyes and leaned forward, trying to see more clearly.
Sure enough, I saw that the mountain beast still had half of its skin peeled off. The white skin was stained with blood, and its fur was slightly curled. It was sheepskin.
Is this horrific method of skinning and removing flesh something that normal humans can do?
Diao Deyang was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, trembling and crying.
"Brother Li Jun, please don't say half and half when you speak, my heart can't bear it."
"It's too scary here. Brother, help me up quickly. Let's escape outside first and discuss it later," Diao Deyang said.
Li Jun shook his head and sighed softly.
"We won't be able to get out of here until we finish things here. You see, we ran away for a while, but we are actually still under the eaves of your house."
Diao Deyang was stunned.
If he hadn't traveled all over the country for so many years, if an ordinary person had experienced these things all at once, he would have collapsed.
"What else have you not finished saying?" Diao Deyang finally calmed down. Looking at Li Jun's expression, he knew that Li Jun still had something to say.
silence.
"Just touch your heart with your hand and you'll know." Li Jun finally said.
After Diao Deyang hesitated for a moment, he raised his hands and slowly pressed them on his heart for a long time...
His face showed pain, struggle, confusion, and disbelief.
"Actually, you are already dead."
"Have you ever felt hungry along the way? Except when you first saw me, are you still able to shed tears now?"
"There has been no heartbeat in your chest for a long time. You are just a walking corpse now. For some irresistible reason, the soul is stuck in the body and you are dragging your broken body home."
"Did I turn out to be dead?"
Diao Deyang finally cried. What he shed was not tears, but a smelly juice.
Memories came flooding back. He was indeed dead. He remembered that a pair of terrifying hands stretched out from the ground, pulled him, and dragged him into the dark underground.
suffocation, death.
"It turns out I'm already dead!"
Diao Deyang suddenly smiled, his body began to stiffen, corpse spots slowly appeared, his pupils were dilated, the whites of his eyes appeared, and his nails were black and blue.
"No, Yoko."
"Don't listen to his nonsense, you're not dead yet, you're still alive!" came a rapid voice.
then.
Li Jun saw the old woman rushing over with a roar, hugging the body of Diao Deyang who was slowly falling, crying hoarsely.
"Yangzi, don't believe his words. You have a longevity lock around your neck. The longevity lock can protect you from all evil, but you are still alive."
Diao Deyang murmured to himself, opened his eyes, and looked quietly into the void. When a person dies, his life's memories will emerge, like a revolving lantern.
Li Jun didn't know what Diao Deyang saw, but his expression was indifferent and calm, and he felt like he was finally relieved.
"I'm dead, I'm dead!"
"Brother Li Jun, thank you for telling me the truth, but this truth is too cruel. My life full of lies and pain is finally over."
"Brother Li Jun, take care of it!"
Ho ho ho~
The old woman's face was twisted in pain, she shook her head crazily, her silver hairpin fell to the ground, and a large piece of her hair fell down.
"My son Deyang!" the old woman roared.
"Why did you tell him the truth so cruelly? I just want to keep him. I hate you, I hate you!" The old woman was shaking in pain.
She touched the silver hairpin tremblingly and stared at Li Jun sadly. She pointed the silver hairpin at Li Jun and hit him hard.
Chi~
The sound of a sharp weapon being inserted into the body.
The old woman swayed and almost fell to the ground. She looked at her chest in disbelief as the silver hairpin pierced through her.
"Li Jun, you are very hard-hearted. If it were an ordinary person seeing such a pitiful old woman, eh~ even though she is not a living person." Gou Da spoke.
Gouda continued.
"However, most people will definitely sympathize and feel guilty, and then just stand still and let the old woman poke her with the silver hairpin."
"It's just a small silver hairpin anyway, and it's not sharp. If you give it a swipe, it will make you feel guilty. Why not?"
Li Jun was speechless.
Looking at the old woman again, the silver hairpin pierced her chest directly. The head of the hairpin was still black, and white smoke was rising from the old woman's chest.