Twilight Boundary

Chapter 87 Talking Human Skin

 “You are so smooth-talking, are you going to take the postgraduate entrance examination?”

Hearing what Erguotou said, Hu Ma secretly complained in her heart and hurriedly asked what happened.

“This is a nursery rhyme from Mingzhou Prefecture. It talks about the three evils that have occurred in Mingzhou Prefecture over the past few decades.”

Seeing that these were mentioned, Erguotou sighed lowly and said to Hu Ma in detail: "This Tan'er Cult refers to the people you just mentioned. They made a big fuss before and were bad guys from all over the country." All became their apprentices.”

"They didn't teach serious skills, they all learned various evil methods, especially the altar aunt, who specially selected innocent girls, swallowed needles and skinned them, performed five punishments and three techniques, and was full of resentment and torture, and kept them in the altar. Then you can use your resentment to hurt others, making it impossible to prevent them."

“The Chong’er sect is also a group of evil sects. They are good at using insect poison to harm people. It can be said that it is impossible to prevent them.”

"And the flower boy who came to the door said that there was a blind beggar at that time. He was very evil. He fell in love with someone, so he went over and asked for delicious food and drinks. He even wanted a big girl. Naturally, the host couldn't agree to it. , I will definitely beat him out."

“But he knew how to call souls and sang a lotus-falling song in front of the gate. This family either lost money or died. It really made the villagers scared.”

"During the most ferocious period, the people in the city spontaneously came out and killed many beggars. They were all buried outside the city."

　　　…”

 “The evil spirit in the demon...”

Hu Ma followed his description, thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but said, "What about these three evils now?"

"Gone."

Erguotou said: "When we, the Red Lantern Club, come together, all the three evils will disappear, leaving only our Red Lantern Lady."

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Hu Ma was startled, thinking that this description was a bit strange.

As he said that, Erguotou said, "But from what I heard, brother, the weird one is here too."

"The Tan'er Cult is powerful, and there are no simple ones who study this sinister and evil method every day. However, two years ago, their momentum was defeated. Some people say that they have dispersed and fled to various places."

"But something happened to your Zhuangzi earlier, and shopkeeper Wu said that it was someone from the Tan'er Sect who was responsible. We went over to check, but we couldn't tell whether it was true or not. After all, your Zhuangzi is too close to Laoyin Mountain. "

"No matter what kind of evil spirit or evildoer commits a crime, if he burrows into Laoyin Mountain eight hundred miles away, where can he find it?"

　　　…”

 “What happened to our old Yinshan?”

Hearing this, Hu Ma also had a headache. Now that he has been here for a long time, he now thinks that Laoyinshan is his hometown.

I don’t want these bad people to go.

 “Anyway, whether it’s true or false, you should keep an eye on it first.”

Erguotou didn’t say much. They exchanged information and said, “Shopkeeper Wu has never mentioned the return of Tan’er Church to his superiors. It’s so abrupt that it makes people a little confused...”

“If it’s really the remnants of the Tan’er Cult who are causing trouble, I’m afraid it won’t be easy to deal with you, as you have just started.”

　　　…”

Hu Ma agreed, saying that he would not take risks rashly.

But after he left the Benming Temple, he was silently thinking about the reason why the altar teacher came back again and again, and the shopkeeper never mentioned it to his superiors.

 As a result, the pressure suddenly came on me.

 In fact, I could have opened my mouth just now and asked Erguotou for help directly, but I couldn't say it. If there was really any benefit, then calling Erguotou over, or even calling a few more, would be okay.

But if it is just a personal grudge against Shopkeeper Wu, then I owe Shopkeeper Wu a favor and cannot hide it.

I called Erguotou to intervene, but it was a bit embarrassing...

It’s not that I’m reluctant to owe Erguotou a favor for Shopkeeper Wu and Sister Wu He.

 Mainly because it was a matter of separation, even if Erguotou agreed, he would probably feel uncomfortable.

  It is better to take one step at a time and see one step at a time.

Now I have stepped up my efforts to figure out the ability of this year-watching man, but the person from Taner Cult has never really appeared.

Now he not only asks his guys to patrol at night, but also during the day. They also go to various villages around the town from time to time. Once they encounter suspicious people, they will report them in time.

It is now approaching the depths of winter, and there are fewer traders. However, these guys have been here for a long time, and they are all familiar with the folks in the village. If any new faces come in, they will be easily spotted.

 But unfortunately, more than a month passed, and indeed nothing was found.

But just when Hu Madu began to wonder if the old shopkeeper was suspicious and had a false alarm, Zhou Datong came back from outside that day and found him mysteriously. He said excitedly: "Yes, Brother Mazi, I found out." There is a very strange family..."

 “When did you change to calling me Brother Mazi?”

Hu Ma was startled for a moment, but she didn’t have time to ask more questions and hurriedly said: “Where?”

 “Shiyazi Village…”

 Zhou Datong lowered his voice and said: "The widow of the Zhao family who sells tofu..."

 “Why are you a widow again?”

Huma sounded weird. He knew that Datong liked the widow, but now it was business...

 “I’m serious…”

Zhou Datong said mysteriously: "You said you asked us to pay attention to faces, and you really didn't look at them. But the night before yesterday, at the house of the tofu seller, Widow Zhao, there was an invisible man who climbed over the wall and got in... This happened Can it be normal?"

"Is this normal?" Hu Ma looked at Zhou Datong with strange eyes: "You have no use for it, why don't you let others use it?"

"no…"

Zhou Datong said hurriedly: "The key is to go in and not come out this night..."

“And Widow Zhao didn’t open the door the next day. She just said she was sick. That person is probably still hiding in her house!”

　　　…”

"Um?"

Having said that, it is indeed strange. He entered the widow's house and didn't come out until dawn. This is so unprofessional and does not resemble the behavior of people in the village.

Furthermore, there are many disputes at the widow's door, and it is not something to talk about casually. A woman living alone is easily targeted by evil spirits.

Thinking quickly in his mind, he suddenly reacted and asked Zhou Dadao: "How do you know so carefully?"

 “The old lady at the village head told me...”

Zhou Datong said: "I chat with them every day. What don't I know about the villages in the ten miles and eight villages?"

 “…amazing!”

Hu Ma didn't know what to say to him for a moment. This week Datong was not an honest person and had done some unexpected and tricky things. However, this skill was indeed quite useful.

 Enter the inner courtyard and talked to the old shopkeeper. He who was so lazy became serious, put on his clothes and went out with Hu Ma.

The shopkeeper was anxious and wanted to take the horse and ride on it, but Hu Ma thought that after such a grand event, the other party might have been wary and realized something was wrong, so he ran away and burrowed into Laoyin Mountain. Then no one would No move.

So they asked the waiter to pull into a large cart, put a few bags of grain and two pieces of cloth on the cart, and hid sticks and Zhao Zhu's dung fork in the cart, under the pretext of going to Shiya Village to exchange for some sheep. No., rushed over.

In their village, food was delivered every once in a while, along with some blood food as their support.

 But other things are mostly bought from surrounding villages, which is quite common.

Because Hu Ma was "lame", he sat in the car, with Zhou Datong pulling him, Zhou Liang and Zhao Zhu pushing him, and the old shopkeeper walking beside him.

 The treatment is pretty good.

Shen Shi went out and walked for about half an hour. When it was almost dark, he arrived at Shiya Village. Hu Ma first asked Zhou Datong about the location, and then asked him to bring food and go to the village to exchange sheep. However, he followed The old shopkeeper disappeared into the shadows.

Not long after, they arrived in front of a tile-roofed house at the end of the village, one after another.

It's just dark now, and many families in the village have lit oil lamps and are doing winter needlework. However, the Zhao family, who makes tofu, is quiet. They stand outside the yard and look inside. The lights are dark and there is no light. Lit no.

Glancing at the shopkeeper, I saw him lowering his head and pondering, then waving his sleeves to make Hu Ma retreat.

He himself went straight forward, knocked on the door a few times, and said, "Is anyone at home? A passerby begging for a bowl of water."

Hu Ma was speechless.

In the coldest month of winter, there are a few people who go out. Besides, if you come here to ask for water at this late night, normal people wouldn’t dare to open the door, right?

 But after the old shopkeeper called the door, he stood at the door with his hands folded, waiting silently.

After a while, a weak female voice suddenly sounded in the yard: "There is no man in my family, and I am sick, so it is not convenient to open the door."

 “The guest should go to another place to ask for it!”

　　　…”

Hu Ma had been to Shiya Village earlier and had seen the woman from the Zhao family selling tofu, and her voice seemed to be hers.

 But after hearing this, the old shopkeeper suddenly sneered and said, "Sick?"

“Well, I’ll see the doctor and go in to see you!”

　　　…”

In the yard, no one answered for a long time. Hu Ma realized something was wrong, leaned on a cane, and prepared to kick in the door.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to take off, the door suddenly opened.

In the dark courtyard, a woman who seemed a little weak stood in the door, holding a bowl of water in her hand. When she saw two men standing at the door, she seemed a little scared, and slowly put the water in her hand. The door is about to be closed again:

“It is inconvenient to invite people into the house at night. Guests, please drink water and then leave..."

　　　…”

This time, Hu Ma was surprised.

Unexpectedly, when Widow Zhao was about to close the door, the shopkeeper suddenly stretched out his hand to support the door panel and looked at the widow intently.

The widow was startled, staggered back a few steps, and said in panic: "You...how did you..."

Hu Ma was having doubts in her heart, thinking that if the widow screamed and the villagers came, it would probably not look good.

Breaking into a widow’s door at night is taboo in the village, and serious people would climb over the wall...

But the shopkeeper blocked the door and said nothing at all. He suddenly blew forward with a breath.

What is even more unimaginable is that the widow of the Zhao family who was four or five steps away, a living person, was directly blown up by this breath, swaying as if she had no weight, and floated out two feet. After a distance of three feet, it landed gently on the ground.

 The next moment, the old shopkeeper strode into the yard and headed straight for the main room.

Hu Ma followed closely behind and entered the yard. When he looked in front of the widow, he saw that there was no living person there. It was a thin human skin supported by bamboo poles and rattan inside.

　　I couldn't help but feel horrified when I thought about talking to her just now.

 (End of this chapter)