I just want to practice horizontally - Chapter 84

[Chapter 84: Two fingers wide]

Anyang Region, south, five hundred miles east of Black Tiger City, Laoqiao Town.

evening.

Dusk is approaching and the sky is getting dark.

The midsummer wind howls from time to time, blowing the continuous old tunnel forest outside the town like rolling waves, and the town is also filled with yellow and gray billows, and the dust is blinding.

“Old Qiao, it’s getting dark now. The mountain road is difficult to walk, and the world is not good. You’d better go back tomorrow.” “It’s okay. Do

n’t you know the strength of my legs? It’s about thirty miles, I guess. I’ll be home before it gets dark.”

Zhenkou.

The tall and powerful carpenter with a beard declined his employer’s offer to stay, turned around and strode into the twilight wind and sand with a long knife for self-defense.

His wife died of a serious illness a few years ago, and he had no intention of continuing. He relied on his ancestral carpentry skills to pick up jobs and shoulder the burden of the family. He was neither rich nor hungry, so he could barely get by.

This time I went to work in the town for a few days, leaving only my old mother, who was always in poor health, and a young son who didn’t know much at home.

Even though I had carefully explained all the domestic and foreign matters before leaving, I still had something in my heart that I couldn’t let go of.

I miss my family so much, my eyelids keep twitching again today, my heart feels inexplicably heavy, I always feel like something is going to happen.

Naturally, his heart had already flown home, and he didn’t want to delay any longer.

He also knew what his boss meant when he said “the world is not good”. He even witnessed the horror of those things when he was a child.

It’s just that it’s not dark yet, and those things are not available everywhere. You can encounter them when you go out after dark.

Another thing is that he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and now he is at a mature age. Although he has not embarked on the path of the extreme, his physique is still far better than ordinary people.

For him, the thirty-mile mountain road from Laoqiao Town to the village was just a meal and he could reach it before dark.

Huhu~

A few miles outside the town, the population gradually became sparse, the mountain wind howled, the grass and trees swayed, and there were more and more black clouds in the sky, making people unable to breathe.

Carpenter Qiao watched as the old woods on both sides of the dirt road became deeper and deeper. The sky also changed suddenly and darkly. It was probably going to rain, but it wasn’t going to stop.

Although the skilled man was bold, he was still a little frightened and couldn’t help but quicken his pace.

Two miles ahead is Hejia Village, where my younger sister is getting married. If it rains and I can’t leave, I can stay overnight so that I won’t be worried about being in this deep mountain wilderness.

Rumble, crackle

, crackle~

I just ran about a mile away, and I was about to rush out of the dense forest.

Thunder was rolling in the sky that day, and big raindrops fell at random. The vision quickly dimmed, and the wind and rain were so strong that it was difficult to see clearly from seven or eight meters away.

more importantly.

I don’t know if it’s the heavy rain, the strong wind, the noisy sounds in the mountains, or the psychological implications.

Carpenter Qiao always felt that there was more than one person stepping on the puddles in the dark rain behind him, chasing him.

“Who’s going to die?!”

And when he gritted his teeth and turned around to yell angrily, he couldn’t see anything except the vast rain curtain and the ancient trees in the old forest.

At this moment, he felt a little anxious, and all kinds of weird legends couldn’t stop appearing in his mind, which made his hair stand on end.

“Bah! I’m not someone to be trifled with. I advise you to get out of here!”

After wiping the rain off his face, Carpenter Qiao cursed at the old man behind him again, ignoring the sound of footsteps that seemed real and fake. Holding the long knife tightly in his hand, knowing the road, he started running with his head down, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Good thing.

After that, the journey was uneventful, and it was considered a near miss.

Without encountering those messy things, he walked through the deep forest and saw the looming outline of Hejiacun in the distant mountains covered in black drizzle.

Only then did he let out a long sigh of relief. His beating heart in his chest had mostly stabilized, but his feet kept moving, ready to rush into the village at one go.

“Woooooo~”

Unexpectedly, I just came down the mountain and was about to turn a mountain bend.

Suddenly, Carpenter Qiao heard bursts of sad crying in the rain, which was also mixed with the sound of suona. There were quite a few people listening to the sound.

If you listen carefully, it seems to be right ahead.

Someone died in Hejiacun?

It was a dark and rainy day…

Although he was confused, Carpenter Qiao didn’t think about anything else. Funerals in the village were just like this. On the day of the funeral, there were big and small things. Sometimes it was normal to be busy until dark.

Another one, right at the entrance of this village, it is so popular, what could happen?

Thinking this, he couldn’t help but speed up his pace and quickly crossed the mountain bend.

As soon as I passed the bend, my sight became wider, and I saw a new tomb standing quietly on the dirt road not far ahead, a few hundred meters away from the village entrance. In the blurry night, there were various kinds of things like paper cows, horses, and paper figures beside the tomb

. After the rain, the paper shell fell off and drooped, and the “skeleton” inside was clearly visible.

On the dirt road in front of the tomb, you can still see eight people wearing linen clothes and pointed white mourning hats, holding mourning sticks, crying and walking towards the village.

Oops, this move is from He Laosi’s family, right?

His father or his mother?

Carpenter Qiao took a look at the well-built new wall outside the tomb, as well as various well-made supplies for the dead in front of the tomb.

It was obviously not something that ordinary people could afford to build. I knew it in my mind and quickly chased after it.

The closer you get, the more obvious the crying is. It has reached the point of heartbreaking. It can even be said that it is sad to hear it, and the listener sheds tears.

Carpenter Qiao also felt inexplicably uncomfortable. After all, although He Laosi’s family was a big family, they were not unkind because of their wealth, and they also helped his sister’s family.

He caught up with the last woman who was slightly petite, her clothes were soaked, and her voice was familiar.

Carpenter Qiao gently reached out and patted her shoulder, thinking of saying a few words of comfort.

Unexpectedly, his gentle pat did not make the woman turn her head, and the sound did not attract the attention of the people in front of her.

He still lowered his head, crying when he needed to, and didn’t stop playing the suona when he needed to.

“Hey, is it the fourth wife!?”

Thinking that it should be a funeral, the host was too sad and had not recovered yet. Carpenter Qiao didn’t take it to heart and slapped him harder, his voice also rising a lot.

At this moment, it finally attracted attention.

The sound of the suona stopped and the crying disappeared, as if the pause button was suddenly pressed, leaving only the sound of pattering rain in the black night.

“Kekeke~ It’s me~”

The pointed white hat also slowly turned around at this time, smiling strangely at Carpenter Qiao.

I saw the woman in the filial hat, with long wet hair wrapped in a face as pale as paper and only two fingers wide!

Moreover, not only her, but also the faces under the filial hat looked the same when everyone else turned their heads!

“It’s weird!!”

The moment Carpenter Qiao saw the weird faces under the white pointed hat, his heart felt as if someone had grabbed him hard. He was so frightened that he peed his pants and ran towards the village with the knife. I don’t dare to pick it up if I drop it.

“It’s me! What are you running for? Cluck! It’s us! Don’t you recognize us?”

Carpenter Qiao ran in front, and a group of two-finger-width-width men chased after him. They just hung there and kept chasing as if they were playing. Entered the village.

“Xiaotian, help me! Something is wrong!”

Carpenter Qiao stumbled on the muddy dirt road in the village, shouting as he ran.

He clearly remembered that there was a Canglong Guard named He Xiaotian who went out of Hejia Village a few days ago. He was on a mission nearby and came back to visit relatives. If nothing else, he should still be in the village at this moment.

Unexpectedly, no matter how much he screamed at the top of his lungs, the dark village was completely silent except for the sound of falling rain, and there was no response.

boom!

In a panic, he didn’t know who opened the door, closed the door forcefully, and rushed to the closed door of the house in one breath to beat it wildly.

“Ahem…who is it?”

An old and feeble coughing voice came from the room.

The door opened, and a rickety old lady whose face could not be seen clearly stood in the dark room.

Carpenter Qiao, who was about to lose his courage, had no time to explain. Hearing the terrifying laughter outside the courtyard, he entered the house in one stride.

boom!

The door is closed and the laughter disappears.

Whoosh whoosh…

Carpenter Qiao sat down on the ground, his face pale, breathing heavily, and drips of wet raindrops fell to the ground all over his body.

Um?

Why is there no sound?

After barely breathing, Carpenter Qiao realized something was wrong again. From the moment he entered the room, there was no sound except for him in the dark room.

But, there was an old lady who opened the door just now?

Boom—Crack!

At this moment, the thunder was deafening, and a bolt of lightning struck across the sky.

With the flash of dazzling lightning, Carpenter Qiao finally saw clearly what was going on inside the house.

The property was ruined and decayed, with spider webs in swarms, and each piece of furniture was covered with thick dust, obviously abandoned for a long time.

And on the beam above the head…

there was dangling the corpse of an old lady wearing bright red clothes and a grooved face, staring at him with eyes like a dead fish!

“Oh my god!!”

As soon as his crotch got wet, Carpenter Qiao, who was completely frightened, stood up, broke down the door, and rushed out of the old house crazily, regardless of what was outside.

Bang!

As soon as he rushed out of the old house, Carpenter Qiao bumped into a solid body. With his physical strength, he took several steps back and sat down on the ground.

“Xiaotian?”

With the lightning flashing in the sky from time to time, Carpenter Qiao could roughly see the clothes of the person blocking the road, although he could not see his face clearly. They were the standard clothes of the Canglong Guard.

Moreover, there were a lot of people standing vaguely around him. It didn’t take much thinking that they must have been villagers who came over after hearing his cry for help.

He was overjoyed and quickly stood up and pointed at the old house and said anxiously: “Xiaotian, there is something strange in the house. Hurry up… eh?”

Halfway through his words, he could no longer continue.

Click!

Another bolt of lightning struck, illuminating Hejia Village as bright as day.

A pair of hands as black and thin as chicken feet penetrated Carpenter Qiao’s chest, and hot blood spurted out.

He turned his head with difficulty and saw a strange face with a pointed white hat and two fingers wide, giggling weirdly on his shoulder.

“It’s me~ It’s us~ Don’t you recognize us?”

Surrounded by pale faces that may be familiar or unfamiliar.

What remains unchanged is the eye-catching shrouds they wear!

Plop!

Vomited a large amount of blood.

The God of Death did not give Carpenter Qiao a chance to recall the course of his life. He took away all consciousness and fell face down into a puddle.

Hua La La~

The rain is getting heavier.

In the dazzling lightning flashes from time to time. The figure wearing the Canglong Guard uniform dragged Carpenter Qiao’s bloody body towards the dark depths of the village.

Surrounded by strange creatures two fingers wide and wearing shrouds, they jumped and floated, scattering into every house.

(End of chapter)