[Comprehensive] Tang Ji

At this time, the whole village is filled with the smell of rotting meat.

An indescribable nausea surged out of Sizi's stomach in an instant.

She covered her nose and mouth, and squatted on the ground with an ugly face, looking exhausted.

The beads on the wrist are slightly warm.But at the moment, she didn't have the leisure to pay attention to it.

"What the hell are these...?"

yes, stuff.

Sizi can't call these things "birds".

Birds should be cute and small.

They will stand on the fingers of the newly sprouted green shoots, instead of appearing like "breaking out of the ground" from the human body at this moment.

Those things standing on the roof, staring straight at her and the drug seller with those strange bright green eyes, can't be called birds at all!

"I don't know, but the villagers seem to have gotten used to it..."

This is already the most appropriate statement.

It is not strange to say that it is not surprising, it is better to say that there is no ability to solve it at all.

I'm used to it.

How much time will it take to get used to such a terrible and disgusting phenomenon?

"Are they monsters?"

"Hard to say."

The pharmacist replied.Sizi was a little dumb, she crossed her arms and said, "An ambiguous answer is not an answer."

"This village is probably cursed."

The drug seller frowned. He looked around, resting his chin in thought.

"...These birds are probably the punishment of the curse."

Si trembled, she was cautiously watching out for those "birds", always feeling that if she wasn't paying attention, they would fly over and stand on top of her head.

"What did you think of?"

Sizi looked at the drug seller, but saw that he showed a look of enlightenment, so he couldn't help asking curiously.

"Well, I thought of a person, no, a ghost. Such a wicked method is very his style."

"Bad taste? Is this level just bad taste?"

Si Zi said in surprise.

She didn't understand the drug seller's understanding of bad taste.

The drug seller explained: "Although it is so cruel and terrifying, in fact, these villagers did not die. And if it is the influence of monsters, these monsters are also under the orders of that person."

"who's that person?"

"Ghost Lamp. Assistant Officer of Hell, Ghost Lamp."

The drug seller had a slight smile on his face.He didn't say who the ghost lamp was, and ended the topic, pointing to a low house ahead and saying:

"Go there, the old man doesn't seem to be affected by these things."

——This is the old man who entertained them before.

He tilted up the window slightly, only showing a pair of eyes watching.Although it was far away, Sizi felt inexplicably that he had already gotten used to it to the point of being scary.

Sizi just wanted to nod and was about to stand up, but when he saw the darkness around him, he squatted down again and buried his face between his knees.Muffled:

"I don't want to go."

The drug seller was puzzled: "Why?"

Sizi hesitated for a moment, only raised one hand, and pointed at the surroundings indiscriminately, "It's all those things, as long as you get close to them, you will feel trembling all over..."

"Is it the same with Buddha beads?"

"It has nothing to do with the prayer beads. Even though I know I won't be harmed by it, I just don't want to pass it psychologically. When I think of them coming out of..."

I really can't go on.

This lump of red in the snow is so motionless, very conspicuous.

The drug seller couldn't help laughing, "Sir, I'm afraid of these things. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, how about I lead you away?"

After hearing this, Sizi felt that there was some humor in the medicine seller's tone.

Slightly dissatisfied, she raised her head with a puffy face, and saw that the drug seller had already extended his hand towards her.

She looked at the hand and hesitated in her heart.He glanced worriedly at the dark things.

At this time, the drug seller deliberately jokingly said:

"Is it possible that Princess Jinyang is so timid?"

"The aggressive method doesn't suit me."

"Then how do you want to go?"

"..."

No matter what the medicine seller said, Sizi just didn't want to leave.

Although you are empathetic, but in the face of this situation, can you throw away empathy?

The drug seller seemed helpless, and he didn't expect Sizi to be so stubborn.This seemed to be quite different from the Princess Jinyang he had heard about.

Suddenly smiled again, as I heard, there is always something wrong.

Looking around, his eyes suddenly stopped at one point, and when he looked intently, the corners of his lips curled up.

——This is really strange!

The drug seller thought that he was still discussing whether he would run out again.

"Si, look over there."

The drug seller pointed out.

Sizi followed his pointing suspiciously. Among the black "birds", it was miraculous that she found the black crow hidden in it at a glance—Little Karasuma.

"Little Karasuma?!"

Sizi's tone was clearly unbelievable.

"He ran out again?"

Although it looks surprised, it's actually not that surprising.Just surprised he's here.

"track?"

In her guess, she completely forgot about the "bird" she was struggling with.

The medicine seller stands here and raises his hand to signal to the other side.

Little Karasuma seemed to have received an order, and flew over in front of Sizi and transformed into a crow boy.

He looks so pretty when he smiles, if it wasn't for these weird birds in the background.

Thinking about this, Sizi swallowed the words "Why are you here", and asked instead, "How long have you been with us?"

This sentence is much more indifferent than the previous sentence.

"In the beginning."

Karasuma said.

He pressed the Taidao hanging on his waist, and asked: "Sir, do you think we should destroy them?"

Threatening eyes looked at those "birds".

The "birds" swept by this line of sight opened their wings and screamed.The scene was chaotic.

Sizi actually wants to see them wiped out.

But she hesitated.

"Before you don't know why this village is cursed, let's wait and see what happens."

At this time, the drug seller said: "I might know something about the reason."

After receiving the curious gazes of Dao Sizi and Xiao Karasuma, the drug seller said, "Let's go there first, Sizi doesn't want to listen to the story here, does he?"

Sizi nodded quickly.

The medicine seller smiled lightly, and led the two of them to the low house.

……

I didn't know it at first, or I didn't think about it.

When the drug seller was traveling in the Tang Dynasty, he met an envoy from the hell of Dongying Kingdom who came to learn the trial system.

——That person is the ghost lamp.

Although the personalities of the two are not quite the same, they get along well.

The drug seller knew a little about Ghost Lantern's life.

——Because he was an orphan and a foreigner, being sacrificed by ignorant villagers to pray for rain, and thus being possessed by will-o'-the-wisps, was enough to make Ghost Lantern hate these villagers.

"Actually, it's nothing more than using power for personal gain."

The drug seller said without any concealment.

"Does Lord Yan not care?"

Sizi felt his brows twitch several times.

"But this 'selfishness' is indeed deserved, isn't it? Besides, in the current situation, they have not died."

It makes sense.

The firewood crackling in the stove thought.

Ananda sat opposite in silence, with a complicated expression on his face.

"Because I'm a foreigner... so I'm not affected..."

"Maybe so."

After the drug seller finished speaking, he took a sip of hot water.

The room was warm, Sizi opened the window slightly, and the air-conditioning came in. She looked outside and found that those "birds" were no longer there.This reminded her of whether they got into the stomachs of the villagers.

——This is too disgusting!

"Then what do we do now?"

"What should I do? Naturally, leave."

The medicine seller took it for granted.

"But……"

Always felt so miserable.

Sizi's sympathy broke out.

She had never seen a ghost lamp being sacrificed by villagers, so she couldn't empathize with it.

"Why should Mr. Xi worry about them?" Little Karasuma said with a faint smile: "It's nothing more than repaying grievances with grievances. In the final analysis, isn't it right?"

It seems to be the case.

Although Sizi is more than 300 years old, in fact, apart from experiencing life and death, he has never experienced other life conditions. It is really difficult to evaluate such a situation.

What if she was sacrificed by the villagers?

Anyway, I won't say the words of forgiveness.

Just as Sizi was thinking, the door of the low house was pushed open.

The cold wind blows in.

Ananda trembled, exclaimed "Ghost!" and hid under the quilt.

ghost?

Sizi looked over, and there was a young man standing at the door.

He seemed to be carrying something in his hands—like a mace.

For some reason, Sizi set his sights on the drug seller.

The drug seller lowered his eyes and smiled slightly, and said, "Long time no see. Ghost lamp."

"I don't know who it is. So it's you. Jiu Shu greets you, I didn't expect to see you here."

Unexpectedly, the voice was unexpectedly mellow.

Sounds like a decent guy at least.

Wait, did the drug seller say it was a ghost lamp?That ghost lamp who used power for personal gain?

Xu Shizi's scrutinizing gaze was too obvious, and Ghost Lamp's gaze shifted to her.

——It has a strong momentum!

——You can’t lose, oh son!

The footsteps approached, and after approaching the house, Sizi finally saw the face of this "ghost lamp".

At first glance, he seems to be a very cold person.

Fair complexion, but also very delicate.It's just that the expression is a little too serious.It looks a little honest.

But Sizi is not disgusted.Relatively speaking, she still appreciates honest people.

"It turned out to be Princess Jinyang."

Ghost Lantern narrowed his eyes to examine Sizi's appearance, and then said the title calmly.

Sizi looked bewildered.

Ghost Lantern explained: "I used to go to Datang to study the trial system. The adult who taught me was Cui Jue reminded me. Master reminded me often."

If one ignores his "using power for personal gain", Sizi thinks that Gui Deng is really an upright and polite person!After thinking about it deeply, I feel that this "use of power for personal gain" is not a big problem.

……

"Cui Jue? Ah, I'm urging you! I remember, now he is in the underworld?"

Hearing Cui Jue's name from Ghost Lamp's mouth, Sizi was very surprised and had a strong sense of familiarity.It felt like something hot was pouring out of my chest.

In fact, I have only heard of Cui Jue, but I don't know when I saw it.

His case of breaking the tiger was a little story that the prince's elder brother often told her.

"Yes."

As if nothing had happened, the ghost lamp leaned the mace against the corner with a "bang", and the corner was suspiciously cracked with several cracks at this central point.

Ananda hid under the quilt and shook again.

"My lord reminded me to draw a portrait of you. When I was studying, I often looked at this painting."

——Although it is very touching, why does it sound so strange...

Sizi didn't know how to answer.

"Speaking of which, why are the three here?"

"I originally wanted to ask for a bowl of water, but I didn't want to happen to come to the village where you were alive..."

Sizi said in a low voice, after all, it was a village that did not leave him with good memories.

"Well, that's how it is. It's really a coincidence."

Ghost Lantern folded his arms and nodded.There was no trace of resentment on his face.

For a moment, Sizi didn't know whether Ghost Lantern was resenting these villagers.

"Please don't worry."

Seeming to see Sizi's concerns, Ghost Lamp's tone was very calm.

"After all, in that era, only such a method could stabilize people's hearts. I won't hold any grudges."

Sizi relaxed inexplicably, and for a short while, the image of the ghost lamp seemed to rise several levels.

The medicine seller curled up his lips, as if he was laughing at something.

"When I was sacrificed at the beginning, I was thinking, if there is such a thing as Huangquan, I must let the people in the village taste the taste of being punished by me after they die!" (Note)

——Give me back my emotion!

Although I can understand this feeling.But can you stop changing the subject suddenly?

"Please don't mind, falling to hell is what they are most proud of." (Note)

Sizi: "..."