Hundred Ghosts

The young general was sent to carry the firecrackers, the town was too far away this time, even riding a horse, it would take a whole day to wait for the firecrackers to come back, Lin Zi said that the disease came on quickly, and he was still worried, so he hurried over while there was no one around.

Lin Zi's talisman water is quite useful, and there are a lot of medicinal materials in the army. As long as the malaria ghost is driven away, it will be fine. The problem now is that it takes time, until the firecrackers come...

Now I'm just glad I didn't bring Xiaocai who was pestering me to come here this morning.

Afraid that other people would come over, Lin Zi set up a formation outside the tent, people inside could not get out, and people outside could not come in, he made this clear, fortunately no one objected, after the After a stick of incense/kung fu, Lin Zi suddenly felt chest tightness, and coughed lightly, but his throat was as red as swallowing a razor blade, and red dots began to appear on his arms, and it became more and more itchy.

It seems that he is infected.

After a while, there were coughing sounds one after another. Someone noticed this and cried out "Woooooooo", Lin Zi couldn't help but smiled wryly, and only hoped that He Huai's movements could be faster, faster...

The next second, He Huai rushed into the tent, "Lin Zi! What's wrong with you?"

Lin Zi felt a tightness in his chest.

"General, where are the firecrackers?"

"Oh, they bought it!"

Lin Zi's eyes darkened.

"General, you..." Everyone in the room was infected, and once he came, he couldn't get out.

He Huai patted his chest, "Don't worry, I have sent people to isolate this place!"

Before he had time to think about how he broke in, Lin Zi was so angry that he lost his temper, "General, why did you come here?"

"Of course I'm worried about you." He Huai walked over and held his hand, "Are you okay? Why do you look so ugly?"

"This is an epidemic! General! I wrote it very clearly, it is an epidemic!"

"I know."

"You will be infected!"

The disease has nothing to do with him. Except for bugs, fire and saws, he is not afraid of anything. "Of course I know, but I just can't worry about you."

He said "you", but his eyes were only fixed on Lin Zi.

The whole room was full of indifference.

"It's really all right. Isn't it a malaria ghost? It's easy to deal with. Let's set off firecrackers to scare it away. You can drink some medicine and it will be cured."

"But we can't hold on until then." Lin Zi showed him the red dots that had been scratched off his hands, and said desperately, "When the scars are formed, I will be like those lying on the bed. I am not in good health. You Look, I'm the one who reacts the fastest, I'm afraid I'll be out of breath when it gets dark."

"Don't talk nonsense." He Huai scratched his head and had to admit that what he said was true.

Suddenly there was an idea, and there was.

"It's too late, 'shrink the ground into an inch', you know, one step is a thousand miles away!"

Of course this Lin Zi knew, but it's a pity he didn't know, otherwise he could just run here from the Taoist temple, so there's no need to walk step by step.

He Huai was full of confidence, "I will."

Lin Zi slightly widened his eyes.

"Shrinking the ground into an inch" is a Taoist exclusive spell. It is highly practiced. The master knows a little bit and can shrink ten miles away. He has also learned it before. If you shrink, it is only a dozen meters away. If you have that skill, you can walk directly there. .

But how did He Huai, a general, do it?

In fact, He Huai himself doesn't know how to do it himself. It's amazing that he is an old monster who knows Taoism, but as long as there is a locust tree there, he can replace himself.

He Huai boasted to the sky, "That's right, I'm amazing, it's nothing to shrink the ground to an inch, I'll bring the firecrackers back later!"

After saying that, he ran outside, Lin Zi didn't have time to stop him, he might be infected with the disease, what if it spread to other people?

This place is a border town, and the climate is dry. There are not many trees like pagoda trees that love humidity. It took He Huai a long time to find one—a small pagoda sapling that was placed in a ceramic flower pot as an ornamental.

When he replaced it, the owner of the locust tree, the richest man in the border town, was watering the saplings with a big belly.

"It's said that shady trees prosper, little locust saplings, you should grow them well and bring me more money, you know?"

He Huai, who had just possessed him, instinctively responded, "Got it."

Watching his slender locust sapling turn into a strong man, the rich businessman was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, He Huai didn't have time to talk to him, so he touched his pockets, it was over, the money was all for Lin Zi, so he stretched out his hand , pulled the purse from the wealthy businessman's waist, "I borrowed it first."

"Okay, okay!" The rich businessman stared at He Huai and couldn't move his eyes. Naturally, he agreed to everything he said.

He Huai took the purse and left. He suddenly realized that he got up and followed behind him, "Oh, wait for me... By the way, little locust tree, little locust tree, if you are a little beauty with a slender waist and long legs... Hurrah……"

When he chased out the door, there was no one left.

What kind of world is this?The locust tree that I worked so hard to raise suddenly turned into a person and ran away after stealing my money?

What about a good repayment?

After a while, He Huai rushed back carrying the firecrackers, and the wealthy businessman chattered happily behind him, "Oh, you heartless little fairy still knows how to come back, do you want to drink water or fertilize...Huh?"

In the blink of an eye, his little fairy turned back into a locust sapling placed on a ceramic flowerpot.

"Why did it change back again? Huh?"

He Huai rushed to the tent with the firecrackers in his arms, asked them about the approximate location where they encountered the plague ghost, and lit the firecrackers there.

The smell of sulfur remaining after the gunpowder burnt out covered up the faint stench of corpses.

He ran back to get some firecrackers, spread them all the way to the tent where Lin Zi was staying, when the crackling sound of firecrackers sounded, everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief, and Lin Zi felt that his chest didn't hurt so much anymore.

He Huai got some mugwort leaves from the medicine store brought by the military doctor, and asked someone to boil water for them to take a bath to wash away their bad luck.

Strange to say, the red dots on Lin Zi's body disappeared after taking a bath. He Huaishou took the opportunity to touch a few by his side. This kid's skin is good, smooth and soft. More comfortable……

The military doctor mixed some ointment for the soldiers guarding the grave, and when Lin Zi saw them again two days later, the scabs on their faces were almost falling off.

They also mentioned malaria ghosts. Those ghosts are not afraid, but if they are afraid, they will attract plague ghosts.

Like malaria ghosts, plague ghosts can also cause people to suffer from infectious diseases, but plague ghosts are more terrifying than malaria ghosts that are only prevalent in a small area. If it is serious, a village or a city may be wiped out.

They encountered a malaria ghost yesterday because they were guarding the grave. There must be a reason for the malaria ghost to appear. If they don't deal with it quickly, it may cause a catastrophe.

In the middle of the night, He Huai brought Lin Zi to the burial site.

In fact, He Huai planned to come alone, and he could deal with any messy ghosts he encountered, but Lin Zi had to follow whatever he said. My heart is fluttering, what else can I do, take him with me.

From far away, Lin Zi smelled a rancid smell.

He squinted his eyes and looked forward. Sure enough, there were several plague ghosts running around the grave. The plague ghosts looked very strange, with pale faces, like paper dolls. There were men and women, and they all held red lanterns in their hands. .

Looking at it this way, it's quite scary.

Lin Zi bit the tip of his tongue and prepared to draw amulets to drive them away. Today he brought all the equipment, so it is still possible to get these guys away.

The blood on the tip of the tongue was left along the corner of the mouth, the old monster with night vision could see it clearly, his heart trembled, thinking that it was just a group of plague ghosts, if this child was afraid to go straight away, he insisted on doing something with them.

She pinched the back of his neck with one hand, and pinched his cheek with the other to force him to open his mouth, "Hiss, does it hurt such a big hole?"

Lin Zi blinked, feeling that this posture was a bit wrong, and it might alarm the plague ghosts.

The alarmed plague ghost glanced at the two of them, and then walked away one by one in a row.

Lin Zi pushed his hands away, still a little confused, "How did they get away?"

The old monster who secretly forced them back spread his hands to express his ignorance.

Unable to control so much, Lin Zi walked to the grave on his own, and the smell of the corpse became clearer.

Lin Zi covered his nose and directed He Huai to come over, "Can you dig up this grave?"

"It doesn't seem very good to dig someone's grave, right?" He Huai said, digging viciously with a shovel.

Unexpectedly, a severed hand was dug out with a shovel.

He Huai hurriedly filled back the soil from the shovel.

Those guys are buried too shallow, right?

There is no coffin here, the corpse is wrapped in a mat and buried in the soil, the soil is still damp, the temperature is not low during the day, the burial is still so shallow, it is no wonder that it does not rot!

Fortunately, there is no fraudulent corpse.

It is not surprising that a dozen of these rotting corpses have attracted malaria ghosts or even plague ghosts.

"What should we do now?" He Huai turned his head to look at him.

"What else can I do, quickly set it on fire."

"Dug out the dead bodies one by one from the soil?"

"What else?" Even though it's immoral, there's nothing you can do about it. There's still a handful of dirt on the corpse. If you don't dig it out, no matter how powerful the fire is, it won't burn. It may be fragrant and smelly when it burns...

"Then you go back first, leave this kind of thing to me." He Huai scratched his head and said.

Lin Zi refused of course, "That's not acceptable, what if you are in danger?"

"Can't you go back?"

"No return."

"That's all right..." He Huai walked up to him, and suddenly he was knocked unconscious with a knife in his hand.

"You said your child is really worrying." He Huai muttered, catching the fallen body, and hugged him tightly in his arms.

The thin clouds were as light as clear smoke, and the moonlight was as calm as water. Under the clear light, a huge pagoda tree took root and grew in the cemetery. The long roots pierced through the soil, turning over the corpses buried here.

Planting locust trees in front of the grave is considered revenge for the dead... because the roots of the locust tree can easily penetrate the coffin and mess up the bones, just like this.

He Huai touched his nose guiltily.

It's not his fault, nor Lin Zi's fault, but their group of unreliable comrades-in-arms.

After turning all the corpses out, the locust tree fell to the ground with a bang, and faint blue flames spontaneously ignited on the corpses and the tree.

By tomorrow, there will not even be ashes left.