As soon as she finished speaking, the officials who were sitting at the door suddenly stood up with a "bang", listening to something with bated breath.
Jiang Xixi stood straight, her back was tense, her ears were slightly erected, and finally, she clearly caught the intermittent cry for help: help, help, there are monsters.
"Leave three people here, and the others will come with me."
She waved her hand behind her, and rushed out of the narrow alley with a few servants, running in the direction from which the cries for help came.
Qiao Fengyi looked at Shen Qing a little nervously, "Did he show up?"
” Shen Qing just wanted to comfort her a few words, but at this moment, the sky slowly began to change: a gray spot the size of a finger appeared in the corner of the moon, the gray spot gradually turned black, bigger and bigger, the light of the moon continued to converge, and it didn't take long for the entire moon to shrink to only half, like a golden orange hanging in the air.
The night grew thicker, and with only half a pillar of incense, the whole moon was shrouded in a cloud of ethereal shadows, which approached step by step, and at last only a glimmer of light remained in the silver disc.
It was terriblely dark, and the wind, which should not have been in early summer, howled and swirled in the air, bringing up clouds of dust and stirring up the dark night.
Looking at the last glimmer of light from the top of the moon, Qiao Fengyi was suddenly a little scared, she leaned towards Shen Qing's side, wanting to use the temperature on his body to warm herself, Shen Qing grabbed her hand, and the two looked up at the ink-stained sky together, and now, the moon has all turned black, as if it has been swallowed into a huge bottomless pit, and the original bright starlight has also been swallowed up by this endless night, sliding towards the black abyss, and there is silence all around.
Several of the Jiao family's children were infected by this empty and desperate atmosphere, several of them stared at the boundless darkness above their heads, and the youngest one covered his mouth and let out sobs of fear.
Jiao Yi flicked on the top of his head, "Don't cry, the time has come, let's all go into the house and stay, don't disturb your sister's soul."
After speaking, he took a few children and walked towards the house, Shen Qing and Qiao Fengyi followed behind them, and also walked in the direction of the house.
When passing by the coffin placed in the center of the courtyard, Shen Qing took a deep look at it, the body of the eldest sister was carried in with his help, because it had been dead for a few days, coupled with the high temperature, her body had faintly emitted a stench, and the two wounds cut out by the axe had also turned purple and black, and the skin and flesh turned out in several layers.
She was completely different from the smart and playful girl before her death, Shen Qing felt that she didn't know her, and even the moment he put her in the coffin, his hand touched her cold skin, which made him unconsciously feel a chill in his heart.
He walked over to it, the coffin was painted shiny, it seemed to have become one with the darkness, no, or rather, it was the source of all darkness.
Shen Qing was startled by his grotesque thoughts, his body shook violently, and he was keenly aware of it by Qiao Fengyi next to him.
"What's wrong with you?"
She couldn't see his expression clearly, but Shen Qing's pale face was already reflected in her mind.
"It's fine."
He wanted to smile and deal with it, but at that moment, there was a slight shock at his feet.
Shen Qing's expression froze, and he turned his head along the source of the shock, and at his feet, there was nothing but the huge coffin.
Don't He froze, staring at the coffin beside him without blinking, and sure enough, it didn't take long for it to move again, this time the movement was much bigger than the first time, and the coffin board was shaken "creak", which alarmed the Jiao family who were walking in front, and of course Qiao Fengyi beside Shen Qing.
"Was the coffin moving?"
Qiao Fengyi's voice was very low, as if she was afraid of attracting someone's attention.
Shen Qing turned his head abruptly and shouted at the door, "A few big brothers, come and take a look, something is wrong here." ” The people outside the courtyard heard Shen Qing's shout, and hurriedly grabbed their swords and walked inside, but as soon as they crossed the threshold, there was a sound of footsteps behind them, the sound was very soft, and when they heard it, it was the movement of the child, and the shoes were stepping on the ashes of the grass and trees at the door, and the movement was a little smaller, if it weren't for this moment of silence, it might not be heard at all.
A few big Hans with tigers on their backs didn't dare to move, and the combination of the first seven, children, and grass and wood ashes made it impossible not to think about it.
Sweating out their palms, they looked at each other and turned their heads at the same time.
When they saw the figure standing in front of the door, their hearts relaxed slightly: fortunately, it was not the soul of Sister Jiao, there was a little boy of five or six years old, because there was no light in the sky, they couldn't see his appearance clearly, but from the figure, he was chubby from head to toe, with two round buns on his head.
A little boy of five or six years old?
The heart seemed to be stabbed hard, and the hearts of several people were mentioned at the same time, isn't he just the little separation that the brothers have been looking for for a few days?
How could he be alone and arrogant and throw himself into the net, and where is his accomplice, the old beggar named Sun Huaijin?
The questions in his heart were piling up higher and higher, but before a few of them could sort them out one by one, Xiao Li walked up the stairs step by step and came to the outside of the threshold.
His face slowly peeked out of the darkness, staring at the servants from the bottom up.
The night was so dark, black like a puddle of ink, so it made this face without half a point of blood extra white.
It was pale, the color of a dead man.
Suddenly, the child smiled, revealing a few short jagged teeth in his mouth, which was strangely chilling.
At the same time, there was a "bang" in the courtyard, and after a violent shaking, the coffin finally shook the board nailed to it into the air, and the force was so great that the board was broken into two in mid-air.
The people in the courtyard were in a mess, holding their heads and running around, Shen Qing took Qiao Fengyi's hand and wanted to rush out of the door, but found that the way was also blocked, so he had to return to the courtyard.
When passing by the coffin without a lid, Qiao Fengyi suddenly raised her throat and let out a scream, and her hand pointed straight at the coffin.
"Big sister, big sister is out."
Shen Qing turned her head in horror, but she was facing a gray face, it was the eldest sister of the Jiao family, she was still the same as when she carried her into the coffin, her eyes were slightly open, revealing half of the whites of her eyes, and the corners of her mouth were pursed down into a strange arc.
"Big sister, have you really come back to your soul?"
The paper money above his head was blown by the wind, and Shen Qing felt that his voice was drowned out by this sound and turned into a few bits of nothingness.
It wasn't until Qiao Fengyi rushed over to grab him and desperately dragged him to the other side that Shen Qing finally saw the situation in front of him clearly: Jiao Damei's body was lifted by an arm, an arm that had been hidden in the coffin for a long time.