The blood is fertile and the grass is fertile, and the canal is full of fishy waves.
At that time, in Yongfang, the small people living here and there were still whispering among the squares, speculating and talking about the tragic disaster that happened at the Tongyuan Canal that afternoon.
Although soldiers from the Luocheng camp arrived in time to block the news, the loud shouts of killing and the thick smell of blood that floated from afar made people shudder.
Although the common people are stupid, they are not without brains. They have heard and smelled the clues a long time ago, and coupled with the heavy blockade and actions of the recruiters to cover up the truth, all the truth, or the inside story close to the truth, has naturally spread among the people.
When the Yongfang section of the Tongyuan Canal was dredged, the progress was actually over half, but unexpectedly, such a tragic disaster happened that could not be covered up. Not only were the soldiers worried, but the public servants were also worried, and even many young people who could not read a few big characters happened.
The people began to speak categorically, saying that so many dead souls would inevitably turn the entire Shiyongfang into a murderous place. Some wealthy households with a well-off family hurriedly brought their children and moved to the village before dark.
Went to a house in Fangfang City elsewhere.
There is also a fortune-teller who speaks boldly, with a flat gold banner in his left hand and a mahogany sword in his right hand. He wants to brave the dangerous place, do justice for heaven, and kill evil spirits. The natural outcome is that he is beaten out by the soldiers who were ordered to stay behind, wielding the scabbard.
People in the square were panicked for a while, and the common people began to rush to the Shengzhen Temple in Lixing Square to the north, offering incense and kowtowing, praying for blessings and warding off disasters, and asking the Taoist priests for cinnabar yellow paper house amulets, which they affixed to their aconite heads.
On the lintel, I just gave up.
At dusk, the lush elm trees on the bank of the canal gradually blurred and turned into tall black shadows. The night wind blew through, the branches and leaves rustled, and the clouds on the dome were heavy, unable to reveal any moonlight or starlight. The canal was as if
The water ripples of ink occasionally make slight sounds, adding indescribable content to the tranquility of the night.
Fang Qidou led a group of more than fifty soldiers and set up camp on the bank of the canal. After half an afternoon of busy work, he only had time to send the survivors to the hospital for treatment. More of them were the bodies of the dead.
Crows were lined up on the bank of the canal, covered with reed mats. At a glance, there were nearly two hundred of them!
The duty of the remaining soldiers was to take care of the nearly two hundred corpses to prevent them from being eaten by wild dogs, crows and other animals.
The sky was so dark that one could not see clearly with one's hand, so the recruits gathered in small groups around the body, tied their horses to trees, and lit bonfires to provide light and ward off the cold. All the recruits had been camping like this.
We are accustomed to it. Even though the corpse in front of us has begun to emit a faint corpse smell, it is not unbearable. The long night is boring, and only nonsense can relieve the fatigue.
Halfway through the hour, a wet wind blew from the canal, giving it a slight chill. Fang Qidou threw a dead branch into the bonfire, stood up and said loudly: "Brothers! Although these people in front of me were heroes in the past, they are just heroes now.
The upright flesh and skin will never get up and run away on their own. If any of you are sleepy, you can take turns to rest. However, it is wet and cold at night by the canal, so you need to get a saddle bag and wrap it with leather shackles to avoid catching the wind and cold."
"Here!" After Fang Qidou said this, all the soldiers responded in unison, and immediately started chatting and laughing around the campfire. Some soldiers yawned, took off their saddlebags from their horses, wrapped them in their leather harness, and lay down on the ground.
Go to sleep.
After a long time, the laughter among the soldiers became sparse, and most of them should have fallen asleep. Only a small half of the soldiers on duty were still alert. Fang Qi did not feel sleepy after the fight, except for missing his youngest son Fang Zijian, and everything was in his mind.
These are the people and things I experienced on the bank of the canal in the afternoon:
Shortly after he sent someone to send Junior Brother Yang back to the Fang family's residence, the first wave of people who came over were Gongsun Guanzhu from Shangqing Guan, Zhuo Songtao, Huang Shuo, and dozens of Kun Dao from Linji Guan.
They all came to rescue Junior Brother Yang. None of the recruits had ever seen so many beautiful Kun Dao people at once, so they all dropped their work and gathered around to watch the fun.
Master Gongsun Guanzhu and Taoist Priest Yuan Yizi of Linji Guan were seniors in the Taoist sect. They wanted to ask him a few more questions, but seeing that the soldiers were so rude and the Kun Taoists were extremely uncomfortable, they had no choice but to give up in embarrassment and quickly left with their disciples.
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Not long after the Taoist disciples left, Henan Shaoyin Chen Wanglu, leading Wuhou Zhang Songyue, Dong Zhongting, and dozens of bad guards, were ordered to come to the canal to verify the number of casualties. Chen Wanglu was a very serious person.
I found a stack of "registers of civilians" from somewhere, and worked with the bad guards to identify the bodies on the spot. After struggling for more than an hour, I finally left.
If not for this, so much time would not have been wasted, so that the body on the scene did not have time to be transported out of the city, causing him and the soldiers to stay here to guard the body overnight...
I don’t know how long it took to think about it like this. The piles of bonfires on the bank of the canal gradually dimmed. Occasionally, one or two night owls flew out of the canopy. The subtle noise made everyone on duty break out in a cold sweat.
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Fang Qidou was already leaning on a big rock and was drowsy. He was suddenly awakened by the movement from the tree crown, and he was no longer sleepy. He grabbed some dead branches and stuffed them into the bonfire, which made the bonfire more powerful.
It has grown a lot.
However, a deep chill that penetrated the skin gradually rose up from in front of me and hit my face. It seemed that something unclean was beginning to move, trying to break away from these already cold bodies. Such as Fang Qidou.
On the battlefield, even a brave general who shows no signs of timidity will inevitably feel frightened.
Fang Qidou felt something in his heart and hurriedly bit his middle finger. When he felt the blood coming out, he flicked it several times into the dark void in front of him. He didn't stop until the wound on his fingertip congealed on its own and no more blood came out.
.The cold feeling just now miraculously alleviated a lot.
Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, strange things happened one after another!
Fang Qidou used the corner of his eye to quickly glance left and right, and saw several soldiers closing their eyes and looking dull, surrounding him. He understood instantly: this was possessed by a resentful spirit!
Many of the rangers and Tiger Guards who died suddenly during the day were mostly extremely vicious people who had done a lot of killing. Today, they suddenly died suddenly, and the resentment and anger in their hearts did not dissipate. Coupled with the obsession with survival, the resentful souls actually emerged from the corpses one after another.
It breaks away and attaches itself to the sleeping soldier. If it is possessed for a long time, the Yang Qi in the soldier's body will weaken, which may cause him to fall ill or die in severe cases. At that time, the resentful soul can use his body to resurrect his soul and escape from ghosts.
of arrest.
Fang Qidou has been practicing Taoism since he was a child. Although he has not carefully practiced the techniques of exorcising evil spirits and catching ghosts, he is still familiar with some superficial techniques. When he saw that many of his soldiers were haunted by resentful spirits and turned into walking corpses, he was heartbroken.
, he bit the tip of his tongue, mixed it with saliva and sprayed it towards the surrounding soldiers!
"Puff puff puff..." As expected, the soldiers who had blood sprayed on their faces fell down one after another. Fang Qidou didn't have time to think too much, and he took out a burning stick from the bonfire and used it as a torch to fire at the other soldiers.
Five groups of soldiers ran towards each other. As they got closer, they saw another soldier on night duty. He was knocked down by several soldiers possessed by resentful spirits. His neck was stuck to the ground, and his hands and feet were still struggling in vain.
With.
Fang Qidou jumped up and kicked the attacking soldier away, then turned around and spat out a few mouthfuls of blood from the tip of his tongue, subduing the other soldiers. Then he pulled up the soldier who was coughing violently and said, "Bite the tip of his tongue and use the blood with it."
Spray them and you can save people! Hurry!"
After saying that, he threw down the soldiers he had just rescued and ran to the next pile of soldiers... When Fang Qidou rescued five or six soldiers who were attacked one after another, and taught him a simple method to exorcise evil spirits, the situation on the bank of the river was revealed.
Slightly improved. Through the piles of weak bonfires, some soldiers could be vaguely seen spitting out blood, and one black shadow after another lay straight down. The soldiers also spontaneously gathered together and slowly leaned towards Fang Qidou.
come over.
After ten breaths, there were about a dozen soldiers gathered near Fang Qidou. Under the bonfire, as far as the eye could see, there were all soldiers scattered in various directions. I don’t know what the current situation was. Fortunately, there was no stiffness around.
The sound of heavy footsteps came. This sudden small accident should have been passed safely.
Fang Qidou waved the torch and wanted to say a few words of comfort to the soldiers, but suddenly his eyes went straight and stared in one direction.
Other recruits also noticed something strange, and looked in the direction Fang Qidou was staring at, only to see that the soldiers who had just fallen down slowly got up again, their limbs stiff, their steps dragging, and they slowly approached here.
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The blood on the tip of the tongue is not inexhaustible. At this moment, except for the pain in the tongue, several people can no longer spit out a drop of blood... And these soldiers who are possessed by the resentful soul are no longer afraid of the blood on the tip of the tongue.
Power! What to do, what to do...
Fang Qidou was anxious. He wanted to chop down one or two with his sword to see if it would work, but faced with his brothers who lived together through life and death, he couldn't do it anyway. Looking at the dozen or so soldiers around him, he
Just like him, he pressed the handle of the sword with his hand, but was reluctant to draw the sword towards him.
"Yes! There's this one! It might be an emergency..." Fang Qidou suddenly got his wits about him and actually pulled a sachet from his belt.
This sachet is actually the "peace talisman" that my wife Tang Juan prayed for when she returned to Linji Temple. It contains not only talisman paper and ancient coins, but also a lot of cinnabar. Cinnabar is the most yang thing, and the most important thing is that it contains cinnabar.
Being able to restrain evil spirits and suddenly discovering it at this time is like finding a treasure!
Fang Qidou couldn't help but say something, and pointed his finger like a sword, opening his mouth and salivating. Immediately, the sword finger was inserted into the sachet, and it came out as soon as it was dipped. The fingertips were covered with garnet cinnabar. At this moment, a man was possessed by a resentful spirit.
The soldiers have already stepped on him and want to knock him down.
Fang Qidou's sword finger was like lightning, and he hit the soldier's forehead with one blow. The soldier's originally dull expression suddenly became ferocious and terrifying! His eyes also opened suddenly, shooting out thick malice. However, the soldier's forehead
The cinnabar on his forehead nailed him to the spot, unable to move forward. In just one breath, the cinnabar on his forehead turned into a puff of light smoke and dissipated. Bing Fei rolled his eyes and fell straight down again...
One blow worked! Fang Qidou followed suit and soon killed seven or eight more people. However, the cinnabar in the sachet was limited. After all the cinnabar was used up, there were still more than twenty soldiers still approaching them like zombies.
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Fang Qidou couldn't help crying in his heart: My life is over! Do I have to give up here today? If I had been willing to learn more Taoism, how could I have been in such a desperate situation today? Jian'er, Juanmei, father and mother, I
Fang Qidou regretted it so much...
The dozen or so soldiers surrounding Fang Qidou were all trembling at this moment. The unwillingness and regret in their hearts were probably only a lot more than those of Fang Qidou. And the twenty or so soldiers with dull faces
, but they had already swarmed up and strangled their necks...
"Hahaha! The ghost spirit here is so high, it's a good time to eat!" Just when everyone was in despair, a sudden voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears. The voice was far and near, half empty and half real.
But I don’t know where it is sacred.
And everyone felt that the huge force stuck in their necks suddenly relaxed, and the pain in their chests and lungs was relieved by the smooth breathing.
The soldiers who were possessed by the resentful spirits stiffened and rolled to the ground as if they were falling asleep.