The Ascension of Ghosts

Lu Sheng lives in the main house of the owner of the Sanhe Village, which is located at the back of the center of the village. When you leave the courtyard gate, there is a straight road for two carriages leading to the Zhuangkou.

The night was covered and the fields were open, and the scream became more and more eerie and invisible. The villagers were frightened, and they turned on the lights one after another, making rustling noises, and covered up the scream without any trace.Fortunately, Lu Sheng's hearing ability is outstanding, and he can distinguish the location by listening to the sound, and at that moment, he judged the location of the incident with certainty.It happened that Zhuangtou opened the door from the house next to him. He came in a hurry, only wearing a coat, and asked in panic: "General, general, what happened..."

At this time, a team of guards under General Lu hurried over, and Lu Sheng ordered: "Commander Zhao, you cooperate with Liu Zhuangtou to gather the people in the ancestral hall of the village owner and take strict precautions. Commander Bai, follow me to check. "

Zhao and Bai responded swiftly and followed orders.

Lu Sheng led the rest of the ten or so guards to the place where the screams started. It was the pomegranate grove at the end of the village in the north. The houses here were sparse and dark, and they were only illuminated by the torches in the guards' hands.There was a trace of blood in the cold wind, and Lu Sheng was about to sound a warning, when the sharp chirping of some wild bird suddenly sounded in the midair, and seven or eight black shadows rushed towards him, which turned out to be some huge crows.Lu Sheng hung the pot horizontally and stabbed one of the crows head-on. The crow couldn't dodge and was easily pierced.

All the guards drew their swords to meet each other, but the crows were rarely stabbed, and each flew into the air.Only two guards had a bad luck, and they were brutally attacked. A piece of flesh was grabbed from the left cheek and the left forearm of one.

Fortunately, these Habayashi men are well-trained, and they don't panic when they lose suddenly. They immediately prepare their troops, surround Lu Sheng in the middle, or rescue them, or take bows and arrows to defend them, and they are orderly in the hectic.Commander Bai was also holding a sharp sword, waiting in front of Lu Sheng, and said in a low voice, "General Lu, I'm afraid there is still an ambush, why not retreat first, wait until dawn..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard another scream from the courtyard next to the woods, and then the door was knocked open, and a figure staggered out, but only escaped two steps, a group of crows flew out of the room, The man was surrounded, the bird's beak and claws came down, tearing the flesh of the man alive.

Lu Sheng said, "Go and save people."

He moved first, and everyone naturally followed, but if it was an ordinary crow, it would disperse naturally after being chased away by the torch, but these crows were all fierce, with red eyes, they were particularly evil.Not only is it not afraid of the fire, but when it sees someone approaching, it even separates out a line to grab the human flesh.

These nearly twenty well-trained Habayashi guards, backed by bows and arrows, and hanging pots in front to open the way, unexpectedly spent a lot of energy, and four or five people were injured one after another, before beheading half of this weird crow group, and the remaining crows Just now he was unwilling to leave.

But it was still a step too late, the one who escaped from the house was a woman, curled up and prostrate on the ground at this time, the bloodshot ribs were already exposed on the back, the bones of both arms were also thick, the flesh and blood had been pecked clean, As for the swaddling baby in her embrace, it was already soaked in blood, and there was no sound at all.

When the guard turned the woman over, Lu Sheng finally couldn't bear to look any further and turned his head away.

Commander Bai sent someone to check the house, only to see a man's skeleton blocked by the door of the bedroom, most of the flesh and blood were torn and bitten, the bones were exposed, and the shape was terrifying.Presumably the husband and wife were attacked in the middle of the night, and the husband sacrificed his life to save his wife and children from the house—unfortunately, it still fell short.

After listening to the report, Lu Sheng frowned and said, "These flat-haired beasts are forced to retreat. They will come back sooner or later to attack, and they must stay on the spot. Don't be careless. Don't act alone to avoid being ambushed. All three of this family were burned."

Commander Bai hesitated a little, but still responded: "Obey."

He ordered to go down, and everyone rested in place, and took the firewood from the family nearby, lit a fire in the courtyard, and bandaged the wounded.

In addition, a group of four people was arranged to collect bird carcasses in turn, gather in one place, pile up straw and dry firewood, and light a fire to burn all the carcasses.

There was a younger Habayashirou who saw that the bodies of the three members of the family were also burned, he couldn't help but couldn't bear it, and muttered a few words in private, saying that it would be safe for people to die and bury them on the spot. Secretly buried, the right to do a good day that day.

The older companion heard this, and sighed: "What do you know, this bird is so weird, I'm afraid it's caused by evil spirits. These bones have been bitten all over the body, and there is not much flesh left, and the evil spirit has already entered the body. If it is buried in the ground and absorbs the essence of heaven and earth to transform into a dead body, it would be self-inflicted disaster. Fortunately, General Lu is a sensible person, otherwise I would risk my life to give a few words of advice."

The younger one was terrified when he heard this, and hurriedly added two handfuls of firewood to the fire.

Seeing that everyone was doing their own thing in an orderly manner, Lu Sheng walked outside the courtyard and said in a deep voice, "Fei Yu, come out."

After a while, I saw a young man dressed in the same dark and black pleats as Yubayashi reluctantly walked out of the bamboo forest, approached Lu Sheng and clasped his fists: "I have seen General Lu..."

Of course it was the mallard duck.

Seeing his reluctance, Lu Sheng couldn't help but smiled, and said in a low voice, "Follow the matter urgently, you stay by my side for now, if you have anything to discuss, you have to discuss it."

Linghu Feiyu lowered his eyelids and thought for a moment, then nodded slowly, pointed to the western sky, and asked: "The general wants to ask about the origin of those birds?"

Lu Sheng followed where he was pointing, and saw that the scarlet stars in the sky were covered by dark clouds. The dark clouds were moving very fast, approaching the village.He immediately shouted: "Everyone enter the house to guard!"

The guards were still ignorant, and only after receiving the reminder did they realize that there was something unusual in the sky. The group of crows were only a few dozen and they were already fierce and difficult to deal with. Now there are tens of thousands of them in this formation, how can twenty Habayashirou be an opponent?Everyone was ordered to rush to the courtyard house immediately.

Lu Sheng said again: "Commander Bai, send two fast-moving people to the ancestral hall and the camp to inform them. Don't confront the enemy head-on. Fight in groups and guard the doors and windows!"

Commander Bai understood, and sent people to the two places.

The crowd rushed again, demolished the doors and windows in the courtyard, brought wooden stakes and bamboo poles, and blocked the doors and windows of the central hall tightly.

Lu Sheng took the opportunity to introduce Linghu Feiyu to Commander Bai and several of his subordinates. He only said that this person was a subordinate of his Qingming Department.

Linghu Feiyu said: "The monster looks like a crow, but it's actually some shapeless ghost cars."

Hearing that the word "ghost car" seemed familiar to Lu Sheng, he couldn't help muttering to himself, "What the hell is a ghost car?"

Commander Bai said: "General Lu, I've heard a little bit from my humble position. The ghost car is covered with feathers as a bird, and the hair is removed as a woman. It often pretends to be a human being, and kidnaps the children of the world for food. It's just a strange force, and the gentleman is silent. Unexpected... Is there really such a thing?"

Commander Bai's tone was naturally dubious, but Lu Sheng suddenly recalled the past - when Xie Rong fell asleep, he was by his side, and when he woke up, he saw the young Xie Rong, who was harassed by ghost cars when he was young .Then in the battle at the Songzi Niangniang Temple, he killed an unknown number of ghost cars, and now it can be regarded as a narrow encounter.

Based on this, it can be deduced that the instigator of these unformed ghost cars should be one of the Dharma protectors of the Jingye School, named Hori Dimu, who is actually the mother god of ghosts and children-the evil ghost.

Lu Sheng let out a long breath, and finally cleared his mind. When the truth came to light, he began to worry about it.

Commander Bai saw his calm expression, his heart moved, and he asked, "General, do you have a countermeasure?"

Lu Sheng said, "There is no good solution yet."

Commander Bai was extremely disappointed, but he heard Lu Sheng pointing to the west-facing window and saying, "Open it."

Although the guards were puzzled, they still followed their words and removed the protection from the windows.This family can be regarded as a wealthy family in the village. The main house is built of bricks and stones, which is wide and strong. It is used for defense, which is naturally better than the straw and plaster walls of ordinary farmers' homes.

However, the windows on the wall are as narrow as ever, and now they are half open, only about a foot wide. With the size of those crows, at most three crows can get in at a time.

Lu Sheng said: "Although the monster is bloodthirsty and brutal, it is still small in size and wins only by numbers. Now that a window is opened to allow those monsters to enter, as many as they come in, they will be slaughtered."

Commander Bai said happily: "The general has a great plan!"

So people were arranged to guard the window, and before they could be divided into shifts and groups, the sound of flapping wings suddenly came close like a burst of crackling rain. This farmer's house is surrounded.In an instant, the neighing was deafening, and the house was shaken faintly, as if there was nothing else in the world except this.

The corpses that were lit and burned in the open space outside were also dragged out of the fire. Dozens of crows picked and picked among the charred flesh and scrambled to devour the remaining raw meat. With the breath of flesh and blood, he attacked the brick house together with countless companions.

Soon some crows found the only entrance, and immediately the crows scrambled to get in.

Commander Bai said solemnly: "Here we come!"

The guards guarding the entrance of the cave each held bamboo baskets and wooden barrels, and the intruding red-eyed blackbird was caught right after it appeared, and then the companions raised their knives and cut the flat-haired monsters in half.

In this way, two people catch birds, two kill birds, and another two make up for the leaks. If they are tired, they will take turns in another shift. The kills are so smooth that the bird corpses in the house are piled up into hills.

Seeing that everyone was safe and sound for the time being, Lu Sheng did not dare to relax, and continued to ask: "Fei Yu, what can you do?"

Linghu Feiyu said: "Catch the thieves and capture the king, otherwise they will be killed endlessly."

Lu Sheng said: "Of course I can save it... It's just that the leader of the ghost car is not here, so I have to wait until dawn before looking for the leader's trace. I killed the leader once, so naturally I can kill her a second time, but I have to find a way first." solve the current crisis."

Linghu Feiyu crossed his arms and said with a smile: "General, this strategy is effective, not to mention that we have a large number of people, guarding at the window, taking turns to kill, and it will not be a problem until dawn. Just dig a hole and burn it."

Lu Sheng frowned and said, "There are two thousand Yulin troops and the people of Sanhezhuang Quanzhuang outside, how can I hide forever? Is there any way to drive away the ghost car in one fell swoop?"

Linghu Feiyu choked, and looked Lu Sheng up and down in astonishment.

In the minds of all the monsters in Dawangzhuang, Lu Sheng had already been stamped "Mrs. Xie". Mr. Xie's sake.

Even though Linghu Feiyu had been cut off by Lu Sheng, what he was afraid of was "the hanging pot sword that Mr. Xie gave to his wife, and Mrs. Xie used it to hack me indiscriminately, what should I do?" Afraid of Lu Sheng himself.

Lu Sheng is just a shadow attached to Mr. Xie. No matter what his temperament and aspirations are, the monsters in the king's village have never paid much attention to him.

Linghu Feiyu saw how he lost his soul after leaving Xie Rong, as if he had lost his backbone, so he naturally became more and more convinced that "Mrs.

Now this "Mrs. Xie", who has a vague face and a thin sense of existence, suddenly wants to step forward and turn the tide. A sense of reality such as shouldering a heavy responsibility and not to be underestimated".

Seeing him in a daze, Lu Sheng urged, "Fei Yu?"

Only then did Linghu Feiyu come back to his senses, and said embarrassingly, "I... this subordinate is ashamed, ignorant and incapable of thinking of a good way to retreat from the enemy. If, if Mr. Xie is here..."

Lu Sheng's face darkened, and he finally held back his anger, and said coldly: "Without Mr. Xie, Dajin is still the Dajin of the people in the world."

How is the Great Jin Dynasty, how are the people in the world, has Mr. Xie ever cared about it?So without Mr. Xie, the common people will be fine, but how will Mrs. Xie treat her?Linghu Feiyu thought so in his heart, so he naturally didn't dare to refute, so he clenched his fists and said: "Let me, my subordinate, think about it..."

Lu Sheng paced anxiously in the room, while Commander Bai racked his brains and muttered, "Since the corpse can be burned, why not attack with fire?"

Linghu Feiyu shook his head: "After death, the demon power disintegrates, and it will naturally be burned. The ghost car is an evil monster with condensed resentment, and it is not afraid of ordinary flames, unless you find something of the highest yang, such as lightning strike wood, samadhi real fire, etc. Only then can we restrain ourselves... but where do we find it now?"

When the situation was at a standstill, the noise of birds chirping outside the window suddenly disappeared, and even the crows rushing into the window disappeared. Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.A guard put his ear on the door and listened carefully. He was shocked and said, "No, those monsters have gone to the village!"