The story takes place in an ancient town in northwest Hunan. It was still November. This classical town was hit by the cold northwest wind. The weather was unusually cold. A gust of cold wind whizzed by and the pedestrians on the street tensed up.
While wearing clothes, I cursed this damn winter. The northwest wind was blowing loudly. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was shrouded by layers of black clouds. The cold wind roared and the black clouds covered the sky. The cold air was filled with oppressive heaviness.
Feeling that Deng Long was leaning against the door, he touched his nose out of habit, cursed God, tightened his clothes, rubbed his hands, and looked outside the door. There was no one on the street anymore, "
No one should come to buy medicine!" Deng Long said mockingly, with a helpless smile on his face.
After closing the shop door tightly, Deng Long walked to the stove, picked up the warm wine and took a sip. A warm feeling spread throughout his body, making Deng Long feel very uncomfortable and his depressed mood got better. It took him three whole days.
I just sold two packs of tonics. If this continues, I will starve to death.
Deng Long is twenty-two years old this year. He has handsome features, a slender body, and especially a pair of dexterous hands. He took out the evil-avoiding sword that Uncle Qing gave him before his death. Deng Long started playing with it quickly. The one-foot-long knife was in Deng Long's hand.
His hands danced rapidly, shining with a dazzling cold light. Deng Long smiled with satisfaction. It seemed that his skills had not been lost.
In the early years of the Republic of China, warlords were fighting. Deng Long's parents were celebrities in the late Qing Dynasty and had a rich family. Unfortunately, they were killed by a local warlord leader. Deng Long was still in his infancy. Those fierce soldiers rushed into the Deng family, burned, killed and looted.
, Deng Long’s parents and servants were also brutally massacred. Deng Long was hidden in a huge vase at home. Those fierce soldiers left after plundering the Deng family’s gold and silver.
Deng Long's life should not have been cut off. The soldiers were not interested in the big vase at all, so little Deng Long was able to escape. It happened that an old thief sneaked into the Deng family and wanted to make some money, but the valuables of the Deng family had been stolen.
After looting everything, the thief had no choice but to take the big vase home. When he found little Deng Long in the vase, the thief immediately beamed with joy.
It turned out that this thief was the commander of the guards of Prince Qing's palace in the late Qing Dynasty. He lost his source of livelihood after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, so he could only rely on his own skills to steal for the rest of his life. When he found little Deng Long, the old commander thought it was God.
The treasure given to him, he took little Denglong around, until he arrived in this ancient city in western Hunan, the old commander decided to teach his skills to little Denglong, so that his skills would not be lost.
Deng Long began to learn martial arts from the old commander when he was five years old. In the blink of an eye, Deng Long reached the age of 21 and learned all the martial arts from the old commander to a high level. The old commander was old and could no longer steal. Deng Long
He began to inherit the old commander's "glorious career" and specialized in robbing the wealthy people in the surrounding counties who were doing evil. Except for his own daily needs, he gave everything else to the poor people in the surrounding areas. Because Deng Long always wore black tights when committing crimes,
His face is covered with black veil, and people are accustomed to calling him "The Masked Man". Deng Long is cautious and has never made a mistake in more than a year.
Until Deng Long was twenty-two years old, the old commander was critically ill. After passing the evil-proof sword to Deng Long, the old commander told Deng Long to wash his hands in the golden basin as soon as possible to avoid being captured. Deng Long buried the old commander with tears and started.
He bought this "Wanhe" drugstore and started to make some money by selling tonics. Unfortunately, the business was bleak, and Deng Long had plans to return to his old business.
Recalling all this, Deng Long took a sip of wine. Nowadays, warlords are fighting everywhere and bandits are everywhere. The government of the Republic of China does not care about the life and death of the people at all. Those old squires have turned into revolutionaries and are still riding on the heads of the people.
The government of the Republic of China did not care about the people at all, and it was even too busy for itself. Today Marshal Zhang beat Marshal Li, and tomorrow Marshal Cao will beat him somewhere. The whole society is just "making trouble". What a fucking trouble.
Just when Deng Long was complaining about this damn "underworld" of the Republic of China, a strong knock on the door came. Deng Long replied angrily to the door: "Come on, come on, why are you knocking in such a hurry?
Ah", I have never seen anyone so anxious to buy a supplement.
As soon as the door opened, the north wind howled with snowflakes and blew into the store. A thin man in black, wearing a long black gown, stumbled in in a panic, holding his big left arm tightly with his right hand.
The left sleeve of the man in black seemed to be torn to pieces by something, and he said eagerly: "Seller, give me two kilograms of good-quality glutinous rice, and you'd better sell me two more black donkey hooves."
"Glutinous rice, black donkey's hooves? Brother, are you mistaken? I sell tonics. The things you want to buy are in the shop opposite." Deng Long pointed to the shop opposite and said to the man.
In the dim light, Deng Long found that this man's face was full of blackness, and the wound on his left hand was a piece of rotten flesh, exuding a foul smell.
The man said sorry and ran quickly to the grocery store opposite, "Glutinous rice, black donkey hooves? Aren't these things used to ward off evil spirits?" Deng Long thought to himself, is there something unclean?
After a while, the man quickly bought something from the shop and disappeared in the darkness in a panic. Deng Long took the evil sword and followed him quickly into the darkness. He hadn't found anything new for a long time. What happened to Deng Long?
Can you let go of such an opportunity?
The sky was already dark. With the light of snow, Deng Long quickly caught up with the figure of the man in black. Deng Long followed closely behind the man in black.
The man in black walked to a yard, stopped, looked around cautiously, and knocked lightly on the gate of the yard three times. With a creak, the door opened from the inside, and the man in black
After entering, the door was quickly closed
Deng Long walked to the door of the courtyard. Since it was already very dark, Deng Long could only light the fire clip. When he looked up, he saw "Taiping Store" written on the front door of the shop, and a white couplet "Idle Man" was posted on the left side of the door.
Don't come in', the right couplet says 'keep strangers away'
Deng Long put away the fire clip and thought about it carefully. It turned out that this was a "dead corpse inn" specially reserved for exorcists. A cold air emanated from the door of the store, and Deng Long couldn't help but shudder.
This kind of mysterious "dead corpse inn" only houses dead corpses and carpenters. Most people don't live there. According to the business rules, its door should be open all year round. I don't know why it was closed this time. Is it possible that it's inside?
Something happened, or something terrible happened...
Deng Long is a very curious person. The more mysterious things he encounters, the more interested he becomes. Thinking of his own abilities, he can escape from any strange things. Thinking of this, Deng Long gently
He touched the backyard of this small shop and put his ear against the wall. After making sure that no one was making any noise, Deng Long lightly jumped up the tall wall and jumped into the yard that exuded a strange atmosphere.
The whole courtyard was very huge and silent.
Generally speaking, it is very common to chase corpses in western Hunan, but Deng Long has never seen it with his own eyes, so he is full of curiosity about the mysterious corpse chasers and zombies. The backyard is very spacious, and there is a small black house.
The door was ajar. Deng Long gently opened the door. There were no lights or candles in the room. It was pitch dark and he couldn't see his fingers. Deng Long polished the fire clamp. Under the dim yellow light of the fire clamp, Deng Long
Long found that the room was divided into two rooms. There was only an ordinary wooden bed in the outer room. There were also some ordinary clothes and some cinnabar paper charms thrown on the wooden bed. It seemed that this should be the place where the corpse exorcists rested.
There was a faint fragrance in the room. Deng Long sniffed it hard. As a seller of medicinal materials, he quickly smelled the fragrance of Dishuang. Dishuang is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, also known as 'Beidi Xuanzhu'.
, its nature: 'punciant, bitter, warm, non-toxic' is used to restrain the erosion of corpse qi and keep a clear mind.
The door leading to the inner room was closed tightly. Deng Long pushed hard and the door opened. As soon as he walked into the door, there was a strong fishy smell and a chill came through. Deng Long opened the door unconsciously.
I shuddered, and the light from the fire clamp seemed to flicker. The room was very spacious, but there was a huge black cloth covering something against the wall.
The chill radiating from the whole room made Deng Long feel a little numb. Deng Long slowly walked to the wall, holding the fire clip in his left hand, and gently opened the big black cloth with his right hand. The scene in front of him almost made Deng Long startled.
He screamed, and saw corpses wrapped in black robes neatly strung together by a red rope, one at a distance of seven or eight feet. The corpse had a tall blanket cap on its head, and a few weights on its forehead.
A piece of yellow paper with a talisman written on it hangs down on the face
The corpse's face was pale and blue, and its eye sockets were faintly purple. Under the yellow light of the fire clip, it seemed that it would pounce on Deng Long at any time. It was terrifying. What surprised Deng Long the most was that the red rope at the end fell away.
There was still a circle on the ground. Deng Long felt a chill in his heart. Could it be that there was a zombie walking away? Deng Long thought of the injured man and already guessed that it might be like this.
Deng Long knew that these zombies could not be touched at will, so he quickly covered them with the black cloth. Just as Deng Long was covering the corpses with the cloth and preparing to exit, he stumbled and seemed to trip over something. He saw rows of zombies.
He suddenly fell over to himself. No matter how good his skills were, Deng Long was so frightened by this terrifying scene that he stood on his head. Deng Long jumped back and quickly got out of the way, and the dead body fell neatly to the ground.
Before Deng Long had time to help up the dead body, a bell rang urgently. It must have triggered the alarm bell set by the corpse exorcist. Deng Long did not dare to stay for a long time and quickly retreated to the corner.
A burst of heavy and powerful footsteps came, and a middle-aged man covered with a black veil quickly ran towards the house, and then another person entered the house with a lantern, thinking that Deng Long had a 'masked man'
', the experienced Deng Chinchilla meowed like the old cat in the corner
After a while, the man in black came out of the house, and the man holding the lantern said from behind: "It must be the old cat who has triggered the alarm, and the Taoist priest is worrying too much."
The man in black snorted coldly: "It's a troubled time right now, we need to be more careful." After saying that, his eyes were like lightning, like Deng Long glanced at him in the darkness. Deng Long seemed to feel that the man in black had seen through his body.
Shape, quickly hold your breath and concentrate
The man in black and the man holding the lantern gradually moved away. Deng Long stood up and took a few deep breaths of the biting air. The more mysterious the man in black became, the more Deng Long felt the urge to explore to the end. Deng Long calmed down his breathing.