Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Food Hunting Village
1. Skeleton Lake
The sunset is drunk, the sky is thick blue, the rocks are like forests, and the flowers are like beautiful women.Chrysanthemum Mountain is hundreds of feet high, and there is snow on the top of the mountain in winter, but it is early summer at this time. I went to the store and said the name, and nine out of ten places I have never heard of. Although there are beautiful scenery, no one appreciates them.
Lu Jianchi, in green shirt and sword, is walking on Chrysanthemum Mountain. He is the second disciple of Baimu Taoist in Wudang. He has just come down the mountain after more than ten years of painstaking practice. Now he has only been walking in the rivers and lakes for a few months. Because of his master's reputation, he is already well-known in the rivers and lakes.
Tomorrow, he will have an appointment with Jin Youdao, the Qiankun Ruyi hand of the Kunlun School, to fight against the Bahuang Hunyuan Lake. With his footsteps, he has seen the beautiful scenery slowly. It should not be a problem to arrive at the Bahuang Hunyuan Lake at noon tomorrow, so Lu Jianchi walked very casually , walking briskly.
The vegetation is verdant, and there is a clear and pure lake on the top of Chrysanthemum Mountain. The lake is close to the cliff. If it is not blocked by a few big rocks, the lake may have already become a waterfall. Refreshing, he stretched out his hand into the water, the coolness of the lake was far beyond his expectations, he couldn't help but pick it up, wanting to drink.
There was a slight cluck, and a stone rolled past him. Lu Jianchi was slightly startled, and suddenly turned around, only to see someone poking his head out from among the rocks behind him. Seeing his sharp eyes, he seemed a little afraid, and shrank back in again. Shrink: that hero
Lu Jianchi saw the man in gray robe and cloth shoes, with an elegant appearance, vaguely a poor and poor scholar, his heart eased: In Xia Lu Jianchi, who do you dare to ask?But is it also a predestined person who views this landscape?
The man shook his head, and nodded again and again in a hurry: "It's exactly, it's the predestined person who also watches the mountains and rivers, this hero, it's best not to drink that water."
Lu Jianchi was stunned, and couldn't help but look at the lake water again, the lake water was really cool and moving: What's the matter?Is there in this water?
The man stood up from among the chaotic rocks, but Lu Jianchi saw that his clothes were torn and mended, and his gray robe was old but not dirty. Although the clothes were not neat, he was also a gentleman. He only heard that there were many skeletons in that water
skeleton?Lu Jianchi was surprised, there was no one inhabited here, where did the skeleton come from?He concentrated on looking into the water, only to see a piece of pebbles under the clear waves, where did the skeleton come from?
Seeing his doubts, the man pointed to the water: many dead people, hundreds of thousands of dead people
Lu Jianchi was even more surprised. He approached the lake and tried his best to look at the bottom of the lake, but he saw that the water was clear and there were no fish, and indeed there were no skeletons. He suddenly remembered that he didn't mean the bottom of the lake
He glanced at the surface of the lake, and was immediately taken aback. He saw countless skull heads reflected on a small piece of lake, and hundreds of pairs of black skull eyes floating on the water surface, shining with strange brilliance along with the waves. It's as if they are constantly opening their mouths and shouting.
Where does this reflection come from?
Lu Jianchi looked up and saw that there were many uneven patterns on the boulders standing by the lake, and many large and small holes all over the stones. It was these shadows and holes reflected in the water that produced thousands of skulls. The spectacle of reflection.
It turns out that this kind of natural wonder is really shocking.He immediately felt relieved, what is the name of this brother?These reflections are just illusions of the shadows on the stone walls, not real, don't be afraid, they are natural wonders, rare in the world.
The gray-robed man let out a long breath, and he didn't know whether he was relieved or more nervous: My surname is Li.
Lu Jianchi said happily: "It turned out to be Li Nage, Brother Li. It's a pleasure to meet you."
The man in gray choked and coughed a few times: It's easy to say, then he paused, and suddenly thought of something, and abruptly changed the sentence that came to his mouth to, the sun is about to set
Lu Jianchi smiled and said: Yes, it's getting late, brother Li doesn't seem to be from the martial arts world?The twilight is already thick, why stop here?
Li Nage, the man in gray, was still looking at the mountain wall and the lake, and said shamelessly: I wanted to pull some weeds to make noodles, but I accidentally lost my way
Lu Jianchi said: It's okay, I'll take you down the mountain.
Li Nage readily agreed, and the two went down the mountain before it was completely dark. Li Nage said that he had just moved here, and his house was in a village not far from the foot of the mountain. Lu Jianchi was also looking for a place to settle down, so Go to that village together.
There are only a few dozen households in the village at the foot of Chrysanthemum Mountain. The slopes of the valley are gentle and dense with grass. Even at night, you can see wild chrysanthemums. There are a few houses built under a few vigorous trees. There is no field outside the village. Located in the depths of the mountains, the soil is not suitable for farming, so the village and the village are full of natural scenes, which is very pleasant.
Lu Jianchi and Li Nage walked into the village. The village fell asleep at sunset, and few people moved around. Only two dark-skinned urchins squatted at the door of the house and played with mud in the dark. After looking at them in surprise, they hid back home.
Beside the houses built with mud walls, a two-story wooden building stands impressively. Lu Jianchi stared at it, and saw that the building was engraved with lotus patterns all over the body, in the shape of swaying in the wind. His heart trembled, this building
Brother Li saw him staring at his house, and hurriedly said: This house is not mine.
Lu Jianchi walked to the door and caressed the pattern on the wooden building: This building is so famous, the lotus building with auspicious patterns, the residence of Li Lianhua, the number one genius doctor in martial arts, Brother Li, you have the same surname as that doctor Li, could it be you?
Li Nage shook his head again and again: I don't know anything about medicine. I'm definitely not a genius doctor, and this house doesn't belong to me either. A rare and rare medicine, which is being refined. You also know that Dr. Li's medical skills are famous all over the world. I heard that he is a human being during the day and a ghost at night, and sometimes he will communicate with some snake demons, female ghosts, and wood and stone spirits.
Lu Jianchi smiled freely: "The rumors are exaggerated. It turns out that Dr. Li is making alchemy in the mountains. Now you are temporarily staying in this house. This is a strange building that everyone in the world only looks forward to seeing. Are you and Li Lianhua old acquaintances?"
Li Nage still shook his head again and again: I don't know Dr. Li very well and just live here.He pointed to the wooden building, do you want to go in and sit down?
Lu Jianchi smiled and said: "The master is not here, so it's okay, where can I get a tip here?"
Li Nage looked around: I have only moved here for a few days, and I always cook in the building. There seems to be an inn in the east of the village, but people in this village never go to the inn to eat, and few people come here in the mountains.
Lu Jianchi said: "It's okay, if Brother Li doesn't dislike it, how about going with me?"
Li Nage readily agreed.
2. No Corpse Inn
To the east of the small village is a pond. There is a black hut by the pool. It is different from ordinary mud walls. It is made of black bricks, green glazed tiger head tiles, and a mahogany gate. It was dark, but in Lu Jianchi's eyes, the several inches of dust deposited on the door was already clearly visible.
Looks like it's been closed for a long time.Lu Jianchi said, but this inn is strange.
Although he has not been around for a long time, he has never seen an inn with gossip carved on the door. Besides, judging by its black brick walls and green glazed tiger head tiles, this inn is built solidly and luxuriously, why is it closed to thank guests?If it is because there are too few guests, this place is extremely remote and sparsely populated, who would invest a lot of money here to build such a sturdy and luxurious inn?
Li Nage reached out to knock on the door, only to hear two beeps, the door shook slightly, but it was unlocked: it seems that no one has lived here for a long time.
There was movement at the door.Lu Jianchi stretched out his hand and pushed gently, the door slowly opened, under the moonlight, we could see squeaky rats scurrying around inside the door, and in the darkness, wooden tables and chairs were still placed in the hall, and the shadows of the tables and chairs cast On the ground, one can vaguely imagine the lively scene back then.At this time, there were a few crisp knocking sounds of bamboo boards. When Lu Jianchi looked up, he saw a dozen or so three-inch-long bamboo boards hanging on the top of the inn. They were being blown by the breeze when the door opened. The same character with different strokes is a ghost character.
The night wind was cool, the door of the inn was opened, the wind blew into the door, the dust accumulated on the tables and chairs of the inn drifted away, and a cloud of dust was blown up. Li Nage and Lu Jianchi looked at each other, and there was inevitably a chill in their hearts. In the silence, The dilapidated door curtain of the inn fluttered slightly, and the marks on the wall behind the door could be vaguely seen.
Could it be that the black spots are dried blood?Holding the sword in his hand, Lu Jianchi submerged his true strength and slowly took a step in. Li Nage said shyly from behind him: Why doesn't Hero Lu come back in the daytime?
Lu Jianchi hissed softly, and listened intently. There has been movement in the huge inn, but he couldn't tell if it was a person. It seemed that something heavy was moving somewhere inside. The sound was very soft, and it might be a wardrobe. , The bed rattles because of the age.
Holding the sword in his hand, he walked briskly across the hall like a cat, and gently opened the door curtain fluttering in the wind with the hilt of the sword. Li Nage didn't want to enter the door at all. Seeing him like this, he hesitated for a while, Sighing, he followed in.
The two of them stared, and saw dozens of dark spots splashed on the wall of the corridor leading to the backyard of the inn, which looked like blood, as if something bloody had waved against the wall.
Lu Jianchi is a great expert in swords and swords, he thought in his heart: This mark is short and messy, it is not left by a sword, but it is splashed very fast, if it is really blood, the injured person may not be able to survive.What bizarre story happened in this strange inn?
Brother Li leaned forward and looked at the wall, and said, "What is this?"
Lu Jianchi heard the sound and took a closer look: This is a small piece of hard brown object sticking to the spots on the wall. Lu Jianchi looked at it for a long time, and for some reason, Li Nage murmured: "It seems to be a piece of debris."
Lu Jianchi nodded: But I don't know what it is?
Li Nage glanced at him, seemed to think that he was very strange, hesitated to speak, and sighed again: No matter what kind of spot it is, in short, there is nothing in the corridor.
Indeed, the corridor was empty, with nothing but dozens of spots on the wall.
Lu Jianchi walked first, and after passing the corridor, there was a very large courtyard. The shadows came towards him, but it was two very large dead trees in the courtyard. A few faint rays of light came through the branches of the trees, reflecting on people like a A huge spider web.
There is a well next to the dead tree. The buckets on the well are intact. There are eight gates in the courtyard and four gates upstairs. There are twelve rooms in total. The fourth door upstairs is half open, as if it has been opened for a long time.
It's strange that this place is sparsely populated, why there is such an inn, twelve rooms, and gardens with green bricks and green tiles, it's not by accident.Lu Jianchi was puzzled, Li Nage said casually: Maybe there were many people living here a few years ago, and it was ten times more lively than it is now.
Lu Jianchi shook his head: If that's the case, where did all these people go?And since it is an inn, there must be many people coming and going. This is deep in the mountains, how can there be so many pedestrians?
Li Nage said: Maybe there were many pedestrians here many years ago.
Lu Jianchi shook his head again, still feeling weird everywhere in this inn: I'll have to ask some villagers tomorrow.He walked around the courtyard for a while, and saw nothing unusual. He walked slowly to the first door. With a push of the sword hilt, the door opened slowly, and a strong musty smell came over his face. The floor was covered with tables, chairs and benches, all covered with thick dust.
Li Nage looked into the room, and was stunned for a moment, Lu Jianchi strode into the room, looking at the strange scene in the room, even though he was full of martial arts, his hairs stood on end.
In the room, there was a bench upside down in front of the bed, and a strip of gray cloth was hanging from the roof beam, with a knot tied in it, and it remained motionless.Lu Jianchi stretched out his hand to pull the cloth strip, even after many years, the cloth strip is still very strong, Li Nage followed behind him, looking up at the roof beam, Lu Jianchi went up, lightly touched the cloth strip, and saw the A mark, this piece of gray cloth has hung a heavy object, could it be that in this room, one person was actually hanged to death?
He jumped down, dazed in a daze, with thousands of doubts in his mind, and he didn't know how to answer them.
Li Nage stared at the gray cloth strip. Although the cloth strip was full of dust, it was not infested with insects. The original color seemed to be white, it was a white silk, but looking at the scissor marks on the edge, it seemed to be from the woman's skirt. Cut it out, if there was indeed a person hanged in this room, where is the body?
If someone collected the corpse, why didn't he clean up the white silk and the bench on the ground?Looking around, there was still a piece of shredded paper on the paperweight on the table, Lu Jianchi took out the fire folder and shook it, only to see a few words on the paper: Night ghost came out of the fourth room, peeping at the concubine's window, horror, only hope for you
It appears to be a suicide note, or a one-page note.Lu Jianchi frowned deeply. The situation in the inn was beyond his expectation. It seemed that the person who was hanged was a woman, and her husband did not come back.
Li Nage nodded: It seems that something terrible happened in this inn, forcing her to hang herself.Lu Jianchi murmured: She mentioned ghosts, and there are many bamboo signs with ghost characters hanging in the lobby outside. I don't know what ghosts are mentioned in this inn?
Li Nage stared and said: A ghost is a ghost, what other things can it turn into?
Lu Jianchi paused: Although this is the case, it is always unbelievable
Li Nage sighed: Maybe after seeing the twelve rooms, you will know what they are.
Lu Jianchi nodded, and walked to the second room,
The second room is empty. Compared with the first room, there is a big bed missing. There are traces of the bed on the ground, but the bed has disappeared. It is placed under the bronze dressing mirror by the door, and there is a copper washbasin. The things in the room are simple and tidy, although there is dust but not messy, there is only a circle of black impurities deposited in the copper basin.
Li Nage glanced at it, and murmured: Is this blood again?
Lu Jianchi shook his head: It's been a long time and I can't recognize it.
There was nothing else in the room. The two left the second room and entered the third room. The walls of the third room were plain, so it could be seen that no one lived there. There was a hole in the paper window. The paper was turned out, and the wind blew in through the gaps in the heights. This room was more dusty than the other rooms, and it was also more desolate.
The fourth room is located in the middle of the courtyard, the door is half open and half closed, before the two of them reached the door, they saw spots on the door, and the black stain that looked like blood, Lu Jianchi couldn't help it even though he was brave A little creepy, after pushing the door open, Li Nage yelled out, shrank his head and hid behind him: What is that?
Lu Jianchi was stunned for a while, only to feel that his palms were sweating profusely, and he could hardly hold the sword handle firmly. After a while, he reluctantly said: "That's a figure
Brother Li still hid behind him: How could the figure be white?
Lu Jianchi said: He was leaning against the wall, a black stain was splashed on the wall, after this person left, a figure was left on the wall.
It turned out that the fourth room was in a mess with overturned tables and chairs, as if it had been in a great war. On the wall opposite the door, a white figure sitting leaning against the wall stood out, surrounded by a cloud of black stains splashed up, completely covering the room. Most of the wall.
Lu Jianchi stepped into the room, the ground was covered with splintered sawdust, entangled on top of two black cloaks, like two monsters crawling on the ground, one of them was very long, with many torn holes on it.
His heart moved, to make the wood into such a shape, it really needs quite a lot of force, if it wasn't for the owner of this room with good fists and kicks, or the person who broke in was amazing, who is the owner of this room?Looking around, Li Nage bent down and picked up something from the ground. Lu Jianchi lit a fire pocket, and the two of them looked carefully under the firelight. It was an incense burner with a deep mark on the burner, and the dent was straight. And narrow, not cracks.
Is this a knife mark, or a sword mark?Brother Lina asked.
Lu Jianchi pondered for a while: This should be a sword mark. The person who can cut this sword on the copper furnace is not weak in martial arts. If even this person dies here, the secrets hidden in this inn may be very shocking.
Li Nage smiled slightly: If Daxia Lu made the move, what kind of sword could he slash on the furnace?Lu Jianchi laughed, concentrated his breath, and the long sword came out of its sheath with a swish sound, and his eyes flickered and fell straight to the copper stove in Li Nage's hand. Speeding up, he slashed on the copper furnace with a ding, and then raised his sleeve robe, before the copper furnace fell to the ground, he copied it back faster than lightning.
I saw another sword mark on the copper furnace, parallel to the original sword mark, slightly deeper than the original one, and two inches longer.
It seems that this person's martial arts is almost the same as mine.Lu Jianchi sighed softly, he felt that he had done his best, the copper furnace on the sword was extremely tough, if it was a stone furnace, his sword had split it in two.
Li Nage shook his head: His sword marks are shorter than yours, which means that the angle of the sword is smaller than yours. When he swung his sword to slash, the copper furnace was probably not in mid-air, so there was some leverage. Completely different, the result is naturally different.
Lu Jianchi nodded his head, and his heart trembled. This Li Nage talked about sword theory in a natural way. He is not an ordinary scholar wandering in the rivers and lakes. Could it be that Li Lianhua's relative is another hidden knight?
When Li Nage turned his head, he saw Lu Jianchi staring at him with piercing eyes. He looked around him, and looked back at Lu Jianchi blankly: What are you looking at?
Lu Jianchi turned away the brilliance in his eyes, and smiled slightly: It's nothing.
After looking away from Li Nage's face, he suddenly noticed a white shadow flashing outside the window, and he suddenly shouted: Who is outside?
Li Nage hastily probed his head, only to see a white shadow outside the window, and a voice said sharply:
Lu Jianchi's sword light erupted, like a lotus flower in full bloom, the blue sky lifted up to the sky, and broke through the window, covering the white shadow outside the window transparently.
Li Nage rushed to the window to have a look, only to see a white shadow suddenly attacked in the courtyard outside the door, wailed, and waved a white shadow to parry, only heard the sound of a sword hitting a jade stone, the white shadow was huge Roar: Li Xiao
Before the strange cry was finished, Lu Jianchi's sword force came again, Bai Ying was restrained, and the voice stopped abruptly. Lu Jianchi's sword made a sword flower, and there were still a dozen or so moves in it, but there was a crisp sound of jingling, That Bai Ying was able to match up to ten back moves with him, dismantling them one by one, not inferior.
Lu Jianchi wondered, what this white-clothed monster did was not black magic, could it be that ghosts also know martial arts?But seeing the weapon in his hand, it was clearly a jade flute.
Just as he was hesitating, the white-clothed monster had already heaved a sigh of relief and cursed: Damn Li Xiaohua!Crazy Li!Lee monster
Lu Jianchi was amazed, he retracted his sword suddenly, and asked, what are you doing?
I saw the white-clothed monster outside the door, thin and thin like a skeleton, dressed in a jade belt, holding a jade flute in his hand, pointing at Li Nage who was standing at the window with a black face, and yelling: "I've been called to come to such a ghost place from thousands of miles away. But I arranged for Wudang masters to kill me!Are you murdering for money?
Li Nage at the window apologized: I thought that was a hanged ghost in white clothes.
The monster in white was furious: Who the hell is the hanged ghost?This son is handsome and elegant, and he ranks among the top ten most beautiful men in the world. You actually say that I am a hanged ghost in white clothes?You are the fucking bastard!
Speaking of this, Lu Jianchi suddenly realized: So you are the young master of the Fang family, and the worrying son Fang is sick!No wonder the next sentence stopped in time, he thought to himself: No wonder he is so strangely thin, that's why I really regarded him as a monster just now.
Seeing Fang Duoxing angrily glaring at Li Nage: What the hell are you doing hiding in such a ghostly place?Who is this man?your new recruit
Li Nage hurriedly said: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, this is a master of the Wudang sect. We met on the road, we are like-minded, and we hit it off right away, so we are here together. We are definitely not killers."
Fang Duobing was taken aback when he heard the words, and glanced at Lu Jianchi: Are you
Lu Jianchi clasped his fists and said: In Xialu Jianchi, Wudang Baimu Daoist Priest is Xia Shizun.
Fang Duobiao nodded: Are you Bai Mu's apprentice?Wudang disciples really deserved their reputation.
After Lu Jianchi knew that he was from a famous family, he spoke politely: Young Master Fang is also a good friend of Brother Li?
Fang Duo said sickly: Brother Li?Li Ah is exactly right, Li Lianhua went somewhere, I was going to look for Li Lianhua, the genius doctor of that generation, but Lianhua couldn't be found, only his one in the building?
He glared at Li Nage, and Li Nage said: Li Lianhua's neighbor in the same village as the cousin.
Fang Duoxing nodded again and again: Exactly, I don't know Brother Li very well either.
Li Nage nodded again and again: Exactly, exactly.
Lu Jianchi said: I don't know how Fang Shao found this place?
Fang Duo said in a cool and cool manner: There are only about 20 families who come and go in this dilapidated village, and they have searched for each one. After midnight, they naturally found here.He glared at Li Nage, you two, are you looking for a female ghost here in the middle of the night?
We were supposed to come for dinner.Li Nage said, the inn was closed, and there were many strange traces in the room, as if there were ghosts.
Fang Duobing said: There are no ghosts here, but with you, a big-headed ghost, there will naturally be ghosts. My son came all the way in and saw nothing.
Li Nage said seriously: "Ghosts are naturally not something that ordinary people can see casually."
Fang Duoxi let out a sigh: Could it be that you saw it?
Li Nage said: Of course not.
Lu Jianchi said: "Young Master Fang may not have looked at it carefully when he came in. There are many strange traces left in this inn, as if a tragedy happened once."
Fang Duo sickly looked around: What tragedy?
Lu Jianchi held up the copper stove in his hand: There was a fight here, and everyone in every room seemed to disappear suddenly.
Fang Duo said: No matter whether you win or lose in a fight, you will naturally leave after the fight. Do you stay for dinner after the fight?Not Li Lianhua
Li Nage said: But this is an inn, if not all the people in the inn suddenly moved away, how could there be traces left behind?Otherwise, on a certain day of a certain year, all the people in the inn, no matter men, women, young or old, martial arts masters or ordinary people, all died suddenly.
Fang Duobing opened his mouth wide: Who can kill so many people in a short period of time, where are the corpses?You said that the person is dead, but what about the body?
There is no body.Li Nage said.
Lu Jianchi nodded: Maybe after we look at all the rooms, we will know what happened.
Fang Duo said sickly: Uh, you must watch it?
Li Nage glanced at him, and asked cautiously: Are you also afraid of ghosts?
Fang Duobing choked: Cough cough, Lu Jianchi, open the way ahead, we will search the room right away.
Lu Jianchi smiled slightly, and walked ahead with his sword hilt in his hand. Although this place was eerie and unspeakably weird, he was a dignified Wudang disciple, influenced by Taoism since he was a child, with a pure heart and no fear.
Fang Duobing and Li Nage walked behind him, and when Lu Jianchi took three or five steps, Fang Duobing quietly bumped into Li Nage, and said in a low voice: "Dead Lianhua, if you don't want to be the number one genius doctor in the world, why are you pretending to be Li Na?" elder brother?
Li Lianhua coughed lowly: Before I finished my name, Daxia Lu regarded me as Brother Li, and there was nothing I could do about it. Besides, I am not very familiar with the genius doctor Li he imagined.
Fang Duobing glared at him: So you are afraid that he will find out that you are a fake genius doctor with no medical skills.
Li Lianhua sighed, looked around herself, and suddenly whispered: Do you believe that there are evil spirits in this world?
Fang sickly shook his head: I don't believe it.
Li Lianhua murmured: I don't believe it at all, but seeing how weird this inn is, all the corpses should have been left in the place, maybe the corpses are all gone.
Fang was so sick that he trembled, and the hairs all over his body stood on end: You said there should have been a corpse here?
My intuition is this way.Li Lianhua shook her head, there was a deadly smell here.
Fang Duobing was stunned for a while. He and Li Lianhua had known each other for so long, and this person had never said such nonsense: the smell of someone who died?
Li Lianhua's eyes couldn't help looking around: um, the smell of many people who died and his footsteps stopped slightly, and he glanced out of the gap in the east corridor, be careful, there seems to be something in this inn follow us.
Fang Duoxing's face suddenly changed: What's there?
Li Lianhua still shook her head: I don't know, a light-footed but not small thing, I don't know if it is tall or floating in the air, in short, it is two heads taller than us.
Fang Duoxing gave a dry laugh, and a chill came out of his heart: Could it be a human?The more you say it, the more you look like a ghost.How do you know?
Li Lianhua sighed, and murmured: You and that hero Lu are so courageous, focused, and unprepared, so naturally you can't notice other movements outside the room. Did you hear the wind in the trees outside?
Fang sickly nodded: Naturally.
Li Lianhua stared at him: "Now we are on the opposite side of the tree, there is such a loud wind, the tree does not grow leaves, and there is no gap between them, why is there no wind blowing into the corridor?"
Fang Duoxing was tongue-tied: this
Li Lianhua said: "What this and that?"
Fang Sickly smiled bitterly: Then there must be something blocking the wind.
Li Lianhua sighed again: That's right, from the leafless tree outside to here, the tree, the corner, the gap in the corridor, the window, in short, there must be something blocking the wind in this straight line, I don't know That is something, but it must not be a good thing.
While the two were talking quietly, Lu Jianchi in front of him had already reached the door of the first room on the second floor. There was a big lock hanging on the door. There was a loud noise, and the rotten lock cylinder broke. He stretched out his hand to push it, but he still couldn't push it open, feeling strange in his heart.
Fang Duobing slipped to the window, stretched out his jade flute and smashed a window with a bang, and looked inside: there was a bed inside to block the door, come here and have a look.
Lu Jianchi hit the hilt of his sword and knocked on the window next to the door, and the three of them looked into the room together.
The first room on the second floor was filled with broken and broken charms, the bed was pushed to the door, and it was against the door, all the windows were nailed to death with wooden boards, and seven or eight gossips hung from the beams of the house. There are two Buddhist niches, and many Buddha statues are enshrined on the Buddhist niches, some of which have never been seen by the three of them.
Even though the room is blessed by so many gods and Buddhas and is so tightly sealed, there is still no one in the room. I don't know how the original owner got out of this room, leaving a room full of unexplainable secrets.
The three came through the window, Lu Jianchi said: "The owner of the house seems to be guarding against something coming in."
Li Lianhua picked up a broken talisman from the ground: There are also many ghost characters here.
Fang Duobiao lit up the book and looked at it. There were more than a dozen ghost characters in large and small letters on the half of the talisman.
Lu Jianchi walked around the room, stomped his feet lightly, only to hear the empty sound of the floor under his feet: there may be a secret passage below.
Li Lianhua and Fang Duobing swept away the talisman on the ground, revealing a four-square hidden compartment on the ground, just enough for one person to enter and exit. The two men lifted the wooden board on the hidden compartment together. When the wooden board was lifted, the ground was dark. Fang Duobing threw the fire fold down , suddenly there was a roar, and the flames ignited ragingly, and the three of them ahed at the same time, and retreated three steps in a row.
Three, ghostly shadows
The hidden underground compartment was still covered with spells, and it caught fire immediately after the torch was thrown. However, what was frightening was not the spell that started the fire, but that the hidden underground compartment was not a secret passage as everyone imagined, but just a place that could only accommodate In a narrow secret room with only one person inside, a mummy sits on its back, its arms and toes are dry and attached to the bones, but they are not decomposed, and the mummy has no head. The infinite thing yanked his head off.
Fang Duoxing opened his mouth wide: he he
Lu Jianchi was also taken aback: How could this be?
Li Lianhua coughed lightly: Someone pulled his head off, you followed those tear marks with great strength.
Fang Duoxing's teeth chatter: Who has such strength?Who can pull his head off through a plank?
Lu Jianchi stared at the headless mummy: This corpse seems a bit strange.
The mummy's clothes were neat, although it was covered with dust, but there was not much blood, and the shape of the severed head was clearly torn, Lu Jianchi mused, "It seems to be decapitated after death."
Li Lianhua said: "Oh, how come the chest is so piece by piece like torn paper?"
Lu Jianchi was reminded by his words, and suddenly realized: By the way, he didn't beheaded after death, he was turned into a mummy after death, and then his head was dragged off, so the fracture was like shredded paper.But who hid a headless mummy here?Who is he?
Li Lianhua said: "Maybe he, like the woman downstairs, couldn't bear the evil spirits here, so he hid here and committed suicide, and the climate on the mountain is dry, if he committed suicide by taking poison, and the poison he took could make the corpse not rot, Turning into a mummy is also a matter of course and a matter of course.
Fang Duoxing shook his head and said: Nonsense, nonsense!How do you know he committed suicide by taking poison?There are tens of thousands of ways to commit suicide. Could it be that he can't hang himself, jump into a river, cut his neck with a knife, starve to death on a hunger strike, or swallow rats to death?
Li Lianhua gave a dry laugh: This
Lu Jianchi touched the mummy, and said in a deep voice: There is no injury on the body. It seems that even if a person has become a mummy, it takes considerable wrist strength to pull his head off his body. Who pulled his head off, why did he do it? Leave the body in the chamber?How did he get in and get out?
Is it really a ghost?Fang Duobing murmured, let's go, it's windy here, huh?In the middle of speaking, Fang Duoshang suddenly turned around and looked at the window beside him that he broke just now.
Lu Jianchi followed and looked, it was pitch black outside the window, the moonlight had already faded, under the shadow of withered trees, the light was even darker, there was nothing outside.
Fang Duobing vaguely felt that something flickered in the corner of his eye just now, but he couldn't tell what it was.
Li Lianhua walked to the window, her eyes stopped on the ground, she thought that there should be only three people's footprints on the ground, but the corridor was dusty, but the footprints left were scattered, old and new, as if there were people walking in the corridor every night. Running around, I couldn't tell whether someone passed by just now.
Hurry up, hurry up, it's too unlucky here.Fang Duoxing urged, hurry up and read the room, so that he can go back to sleep early.
The three of them turned out from the window of the room. In the next room, the tables and chairs were overturned. The walls and the floor were covered with black stains. If there were blood stains, it must have been a tragic massacre, but there was no corpse left. .
Several people went downstairs and went around to the four rooms on the left of the basement. The first and second rooms were empty, the first room was full of empty wine jars, and there were traces of beds, tables and chairs on the floor of the first room, but no beds, tables and chairs. , there was a large pile of cloth and curtains left on the ground, like the original bedding and bed curtains.
The night is black and the stars are dim, and the light that seems to be absent shines on every closed door. The originally peaceful wooden door seems to be twisting silently under the light, and the shadows of the people on the wall are more beautiful. In the past, it added seven points of weirdness, the sound of landing became softer and fainter, and sometimes they even wondered who was the ghost in this inn, and they walked at night like them, what did they have to do with ghosts the difference?
In this strange silence, Lu Jianchi pushed open the door of the third room, and with a bang, something fell from the door and almost landed on Lu Jianchi's shoes.
The three of them jumped in their hearts, and Fang Duoxi yelled: "Hand, broken hand!"
The thing that fell on the ground was a torn severed hand. Unlike the black stains and dry corpses before, this severed hand had not yet decayed, and the wound was bloody and bloody. It was really torn off alive.
Lu Jianchi felt a chill in his heart, and suddenly looked up, only to see blood stains on the door frame, this hand firmly dug out four holes in the door frame, if it wasn't for his push, the severed hand would still be on the door.
Li Lianhua stepped into the door, only to see the blood stains inside the door, the ground was scratched by something into thick blood scratches, plus some messy blood spots, pieces of torn cloth, it was a horrifying scene .
Fang Duobing stepped on the door with one foot, and the other foot hadn't made up his mind whether to step in. Seeing the scene in the room, his face changed in shock. This time, he really changed his face, and it was not a fake: this is
Li Lianhua squatted down, pressed his hand on the ground, and slowly turned it over. There was no blood on the hand. Although the severed hand had not rotted, the blood on the ground had dried up. Fang Duobing breathed a sigh of relief and lost his voice: It is similar to when my father took me hunting when I was a child and saw the traces of the beast eating people, the wild leopard
He stopped suddenly and didn't continue, Lu Jianchi couldn't help asking: How about the wild leopard?
Fang Duobing was stunned for a while: the wild leopard took a five or six-year-old child and ate it under the tree. There were bloodstains rubbed around under the big tree. I remember all the foxes and wolves were there. Wandering around a place, many crows landed nearby, the scene is really real
Maybe the ghost in this inn is a man-eating beast.Li Lianhua stared at the bloodstains on the ground for a long time, then turned to look at the few things left in the room. There were only two parcels and a few pieces of clothes. After a while, she said slowly, this is definitely not a game. Four finger prints were picked out on the door frame, they were obviously from the martial arts world, and their finger skills were not weak, even this kind of people couldn't dodge, Yun Jin's palm was actually torn off, showing the danger of that thing.
Hearing what he said, Lu Jianchi couldn't bear it any longer: Brother Li has extraordinary knowledge, and Li Lianhua's friend is indeed an extraordinary person.
Li Lianhua listened to his sincere compliment, took it easy, and said casually: I think the death process of the people in the inn may take a long time, not all at the same time.
Lu Jianchi said: That's right, the mummy in that room just now must have been dead for a long time, and this severed hand probably took no more than four or five days.
李蓮花道：這隻斷手說明那個鬼還在殺人，而你我進入客棧已有一段時間，只怕他嘆了口氣，已是落入鬼眼許久了，如果它一直都在殺人，你我自然也不能倖免。
方多病毛骨悚然：它好像可以穿牆殺人，而以無聲無息，就算力大無窮武功蓋世也奈何不了它，我們該怎麼辦？
逃之夭夭，明天再來。李蓮花道，我怕鬼，我還怕死。
平時他這句話說出來，方多病必定嗤之以鼻，此時卻是深得他心，欣然贊成，陸劍池也是同意，當下三人自房間裡退出，原路返回往客棧大門而去。
你們有沒有聽過一個故事？李蓮花忽道，一個男人和另一個男人半夜去了一家店喝酒，喝了半天，店掌櫃說起唐太宗前些日子賜死楊玉環，那兩個男人笑話他，說那已經是幾百年前的事了，喝完酒後，到了第二天，那個男人發現根本沒有那家店，昨天他們去喝酒的地方是一片廢墟。
方多病呸了一聲：陳腔濫調，那又如何？不過半夜見鬼而已。
李蓮花道：然後那個男人非常害怕，急忙去找另一個男人，結果去到他家，到處找不到他，他只得回頭往昨天來的路上找，找啊找，突然看見一群人圍在昨夜他們走過的那條偏僻小徑，他探頭去看，地上躺著一個腦袋被打穿一個洞的死人，正是昨天和他喝酒的朋友，旁邊的人說這人是昨天黃昏時被強盜殺死的。
陸劍池微微一哂，不以為意，方多病問道：後來呢？
李蓮花道：然後那路人又說，前面還有一人死得更加淒慘，頭還被強盜用刀給砍了。那男人趕到前面去看，只見那斷頭的死人，正是他自己。
方多病哎呀一聲，怒目瞪著李蓮花，還沒有從鬼屋出來，這人就故意說鬼故事嚇人：你想說我們三個都是鬼嗎？
No no.李蓮花忙道，我只是突然想到，隨便說說。
陸劍池並不在意，仍舊持劍走在最前面，一步踏入通往大堂的那條走廊，走廊中一片漆黑，黑暗之中有一雙眼睛突然睜開，眼瞳小而詭異，精光閃爍，陸劍池渾身寒毛豎起，大喝一聲一劍劈了出去，竟未劈中任何事物，同一時間，一隻手自頭頂伸下，摸到了他頸項！
啪的一聲巨響，那隻手驀地收了回去，陸劍池死裡逃生，冷汗淋淋，一顆心幾乎要從口中跳了出來，背後之人將他扶住，一連後退七、八步，方多病叫道：那是什麼？
陸劍池一連換了好幾口氣，心神未定，聽到方多病一叫，在自己身後的人自是李那哥，他顫聲道：你你竟和它對了一掌
扶住他的李蓮花微微一笑，在如此情狀下，陸劍池竟覺得這呆頭呆腦滿臉茫然的讀書人給了他一種安全感，彷彿縱然見了千萬隻鬼，也並不怎麼可怕，只聽李蓮花道：啊我只看到了一隻手，那是什麼玩意兒？他看著陸劍池，你看到了它的臉，是嗎？
Face?陸劍池搖了搖頭，我只看到一雙眼睛，沒有臉，走廊是空的，什麼什麼也沒有。
李蓮花眼望那漆黑的走廊，略一沉吟：眼睛？空的難道這東西是倒掛在我們頭頂，攀援在上面？
陸劍池本來心神大亂，只覺方才之事完全無法理解，聽到這句倒掛，便恍然大悟，剛剛他看見的是倒掛的一雙眼睛，那東西本來攀在頭頂，他揮劍往前砍去，自然什麼也砍不到，而那隻手自然是從頭頂下來的。方多病摸了摸臉：前面烏漆抹黑，本公子什麼也沒看見，只看見你們兩個晃了幾晃，突然間就退回來了。
走廊裡有東西。李蓮花道，誰身上還有火摺子？
陸劍池取出火摺一晃，李蓮花自懷裡摸出塊汗巾，引燃了火，往走廊中擲了過去。三人只見黑暗的走廊之中空空如也，竟是什麼都沒有。陸劍池與李蓮花面面相覷，兩人目光一起看向走廊上頭，走廊上頭留有透光通風的小窗，那窗戶不大不小，足可供人出入。
它要是從窗口進出，向外可以爬樹爬牆，往裡可以鑽進客房，總而言之，無處追查。李蓮花嘆了口氣，要是它伏在屋頂上，等我們通過時突然續出，那也是麻煩，怎麼辦？
陸劍池握劍在手，本想躍上房去，但想及方才那隻冰冷柔軟的手掌，背脊一片發寒，手心皆是冷汗。他一身武藝，從小循規蹈矩，從未想過世上還有如此離奇詭異的東西，不知是人是鬼是獸？
方多病乾笑一聲：難道你我三個大活人要在這裡等到天亮？
李蓮花瞪眼道：那自然是武藝高強的人先上去看看，你去。
方多病連連搖頭：我小時候練功偷懶，武藝差得很，這麼高的屋樑我一看就頭暈，哎呀，好暈啊好暈啊。
李蓮花嘆氣道：我雖然看著不暈，但是
他話還未說完，陸劍池啊的一聲驚呼，兩人一起閉嘴，往走廊看去，只見大堂之中亮起一團火光，漸漸靠近，三人面面相覷，不知這回出現的又是什麼妖怪？但聽腳步聲沉重，來人都不會武功，未過多時，一位老人持杖高舉火把走近，沙啞地道：你們是誰？在這鬼屋做什麼？
那個李蓮花道，我們本是想來吃飯，誰知道這裡頭一片漆黑，遍地老鼠，早已關門多時。
那老人深深嘆了口氣：這裡是本村誰也不想踏入的鬼屋，裡頭無端死了不少人，你們還是快點出來，遠來是客，幾位如果肚子餓，請到我家用些食水。
李蓮花欣然同意，三人跟在老人身後，穿過走廊，那大堂之中尚有兩名年輕人手持火把，看三人出來，目光不住往三人身上打量。
this way please.那老人前頭領路，方多病留意到那老人右手缺了兩截手指，又對那兩個年輕人掃了兩眼，只覺這兩人身體瘦小，皮膚黝黑，看面貌年紀已在二十三、四之間，身材卻有如十四歲的小童，發育不良，心裡暗暗稱奇。
陸劍池走在老人身後，仍在暗中留意那屋頂怪物的動靜，卻是無聲無息，宛若方才他看到的那雙眼睛全是幻影，思及那雙眼睛，忍不住看了李那哥一眼，卻見他茫然看著地上亂竄的老鼠，不知在想些什麼，方才真是他接了那怪物一掌？那怪物力大無窮，他真的接了它一掌卻若無其事？Who is he?
三人跟著那老人離開客棧，進入村東一家較為高大的蓬屋，屋裡家徒四壁，沒有幾樣傢具，不過幾張椅子卻是上好的杉木所製，雕著幾個方利的圖形。
老人請三人坐下，閒談了幾句，三人才知這老者是這村子的村長，祖輩都在這石壽村居住，今晚聽到那客棧中有動靜，特地前去查看。
方多病忍不住問：石老，既然石壽村幾百年來都是這副模樣，怎會開著偌大一家客棧？會有人住嗎？怪不得早早關門大吉。
石老嘆了一聲，一捋白鬚：多年以前，石壽村人口雖少，在後面山頭卻出產一種冷泉，那泉水既涼且冷，味道甘甜，是製酒的上好材料。不知你等可有聽說過柔腸玉酺？
方多病點頭，李蓮花搖頭，陸劍池道：柔腸玉釀是千金難買的好酒，盛名遠揚，居然是出於此地？
石老頷首：正是、正是，十年前數不盡的外地人到我們村裡釀酒，砍伐我們的樹林改種其他穀物、水果，我們這裡又是高山，穀物、水果大都活不了，白白毀了我們許多山林。
李蓮花道：那個外面漫山遍野的菊花
石老臉現怒色：我們山上本來不生那種黃色菊花，都是外地人從中原帶來，結果樹木被伐，那些菊花到處瘋長，從此以後山上再也長不出樹木來，樹木消失，野獸也不見了，石壽村向來以打獵為生，十年前卻餓死兩人，統統都是外地人的錯。
李蓮花和方多病面面相覷，方多病輕咳一聲：這個也下也是抱歉了，雖非我等之過，卻也甚感慚愧，當年來自中原的人那等野蠻行徑，給村裡帶來如此大的災禍，真是不該。
石老搖了搖頭：幸好那些人種植果樹穀物不成，大都離開了，有些人從泉眼裡帶水下山，誰也不知他們運到哪裡去，漸漸地，不知道為什麼，也沒有人來泉眼運水了。我祖祖輩輩住在山中，從不出去，外面發生了些什麼事，我們也不知道。
陸劍池欣然道：想必是柔腸玉釀的秘方失傳，故而誰也不知如何製作此酒了，幸虧如此，才保得石壽村平靜至今。
方多病連連點頭，李蓮花也欣然道：原來如此。
此時有人端上幾碗熱騰騰的飯菜，有肉有菜，竟是極為豐寫，只是肉是紅燒肉，菜卻不知是什麼菜，形狀捲曲，十分青翠。
方多病走遍大江南北，吃過多少酒樓，卻也沒見過這種古怪青菜：這是什麼菜？生得如此稀奇。
石老持筷吃了一口：這是高山常見的野菜，中原也許難得一見，不過滋味卻很鮮美。
方多病跟著吃了一口，的確口味獨特，爽脆可口，尤其本來就餓了，更是胃口大開。陸劍池跟著吃了一口，亦覺不錯。
李蓮花持筷在幾盤菜之間猶豫，不知該先吃哪盤，石老指著那紅燒肉：這是高山野驢的肉，幾位嘗嘗，在本山也是難得一見。
李蓮花啊了一聲，持筷去夾，突又收回：嗯想那高山野驢難得一見，本在千里之外，迷路誤入此地，何等可憐，我又怎忍心吃牠的肉？還是不吃為妙阿彌佛陀他嘴裡念念有詞，我近來信佛，接連去了幾間寺廟念經的，
方多病咳咳幾聲，嗆了一口氣，死蓮花簡直是胡說八道妄言胡扯，最近他們確實是去了間寺廟沒錯，不過卻是偷了人家寺廟裡養的兔子來下酒，他什麼時候拜過佛念過經了？
陸劍池本要吃肉，忽聽李那哥不吃，猶豫片刻，還是改吃青菜，既然他人心存仁厚，他若吃肉，豈非顯得殘忍？
方多病一心想嘗那高山野驢的肉，但一則李蓮花不吃，二則陸劍池也不吃，他一個人大快朵頤不免顯得有些那個只得悻悻停筷。
石老嘆了口氣，自己夾肉慢慢地吃，有人送上主食和酒，只是些粗糙的麵條，此地果然遠離塵世，連白米也沒有一粒；酒卻是好酒，敢情這裡泉水特異，不管釀成何種酒水，都是滋味絕美。
方多病大吃大讚，山裡人頗為熱情好客，石老不住勸酒，不久他便已有些醺醺然，未過多時三人已經吃飽，石老安排三人到不遠處客房暫住，明日命人帶他們出山。
四、驚魂
夜色已深，月已西垂，漸漸看不到光芒，三人在石老奉承下都喝了許多酒，躺在客房中均有睡意。
方多病過不多時便已睡去，陸劍池雖然困倦，卻是無論如何也睡不著，方才那客棧中無頭的乾屍、走廊裡的眼睛、從頭頂伸下的手歷歷在目，方才若是李那哥慢了一步，那隻手是不是就會將自己的頭一把撕下，就如同它將乾屍頭顱撕裂一般？
石壽村的村民難道不知那客棧裡有異物？躺了一會，實在睡不著，睜開眼睛，他只見李那哥躺在床上，睡得酣然入夢，半點沒有擔憂驚詫的表情，長長吐出一口氣，陸劍池又復閉上眼睛，難道心中種種怪異的感覺、這種強烈的不安都是因為自己江湖經驗不足所致？但要他像李那哥方多病那般安然睡去，實是萬萬做不到。
光線越來越暗，彷彿房外起了一陣濃霧，濃霧越盛，外面草木所聚的露水越重，重到最後，嗒的一聲落了下來。
陸劍池默默聽著門外一切響動，遠處有蟲鳴鼠竄之聲，更遠之處，似乎有人走動，不知是早起的獵戶，還是其他的什麼東西。
正在他神智越來越清楚，超然物外，一切注意力均在屋外之時，突覺一隻手掌自床沿伸了出來，輕輕按到了他的胸膛之上。
剎那間陸劍池真是駭得魂飛魄散，驀然睜開眼睛，心跳得幾乎要從口中衝出來，眼前所見讓他瞬間停住呼吸，張大嘴巴，一時呆若木雞，半點聲音也發不出來。
眼前什麼也沒有，只有一隻手自床底伸了出來，按在他胸口，但但正常人的手臂豈有這麼長？也絕不可能彎曲成這樣的形狀。陸劍池向來自認膽氣豪邁，不過此時的驚恐之心，和那碌碌市井小民也沒有什麼區別，一時之間驚駭欲死。
正在此時，一物自他床底翻出，陸劍池大叫一聲，竟是昏了過去。
方多病驀地坐起，他已經睡著，被陸劍池一聲大叫驚醒，睜眼依稀看到一個五花斑爛，似人非人的東西伏在陸劍池床上，見他坐起，倏地向他撲去，行動之快，快逾閃電，竟是渾然無聲。
方多病一時只覺自己在做夢，大叫一聲，揮笛招架，只聽啪的一聲悶響，一股巨力當胸而來，剎那間頭昏眼花，幾乎就要窒息死去，正當他自覺快要死了的時候，眼角餘光中似乎瞥到一陣白影飄蕩，心中還罵了一句：他媽的，要死的時候還看到白衣劍客的幻覺緊接著天昏地暗，他便結結實實地昏了過去。
淒涼黑暗的客房之中，一人揭去一層外袍，露出袍下白衣如雪，靜靜看著那撲在方多病身上的東西。
那東西手長腳長，在雪白皮膚上生滿一塊一塊血肉模糊的斑點，若非渾身都是龜裂開的血斑，其實和一個身材高瘦的赤裸男人也沒什麼分別，只是頭顱甚大。那東西見白衣人靜立一旁，便也回過頭來。
只見它除了眼睛略小，嘴巴寬大，尚稱五官端正，突地低低嚎叫，驀地往白衣人身上撲來。
白衣人身形略閃，避開一撲，那東西行動奇快，轉折自如，竟如蜘蛛行網一般靈活詭變，一折之後，手掌往白衣人頭上抓來。
白衣人足下輕點，頎長的身影輕快敏捷，超然從那東西腋下掠過，反掌輕輕在它背後一拍，往外直掠而去。那東西怪叫一聲，追向他身後，虧得這東西行動如電，卻是追之不及，一前一後，兩人一同奔入了石老房中。
黑夜漸去，晨曦初起，只聽石老那蓬屋中一聲驚天動地的轟然震響，枯枝石屑橫飛，劍氣破空而出，蓬屋傾頹崩塌，煙塵瀰漫，隨後一片寂寥，彷彿一切詭異莫測、奇幻妖邪的怪物都在那倏然的安靜中，突然失去了行蹤。
過了不知多久，方多病緩緩睜開眼睛，只覺胸口氣滯，頭痛欲裂，渾身上下說不出的難受，好不容易坐起身來，見陸劍池臉色憔悴，坐在身邊，神情恍惚，他咳嗽了幾聲，瘖啞地道：發生了什麼事？李蓮花呢？
陸劍池悚然一驚，呆呆地看著方多病：李蓮花？
方多病嗓子極乾，再無心情陪李蓮花做戲，不耐地怒道：自然是李蓮花，住在吉祥紋蓮花樓中的人不是李蓮花難道是鬼？What about others?
陸劍池茫然轉頭往一邊看去，只見李那哥灰袍布衣，仍昏在一旁，一動不動：他就是李蓮花？
方多病鬆了口氣，看來死蓮花還沒被那怪物掐死：他當然是李蓮花，你真的信他是李蓮花同村的表房的鄰居？同村的表房的鄰居怎麼可能是親戚？世上也只有你這種呆頭，才會相信他的鬼話！方多病瞪眼罵道，姓李的滿口胡說八道，你要是信了他半句，一定會倒楣十年！
陸劍池呆在一旁，自從見那妖怪之後，這又是一件令他頗受打擊之事，住在吉祥紋蓮花樓中之人自然是李蓮花，為何自己會相信這種根本不合道理的胡言亂語？難道自己真的如此差勁，不但怕死怕鬼，甚至連高人在旁都辨認不出？
再看昏死一旁的李蓮花，可是這人如此唯唯諾諾，如此膽小怕死，又有哪裡像那前輩高人了？頓時心中一片混亂，這江湖武林，與他在武當山上所想竟是全然不同。
Dead lotus!方多病自床上跳下，到李蓮花床邊踢了他一腳，你要裝到什麼時候？Still not up?
李蓮花仍自躺在床上一動不動，聞言突然睜開眼睛，歉然道：那妖怪還沒走
方多病罵道：他媽的青天白日，太陽都照到屁股，妖怪早就跑了，哪裡還有什麼妖怪？昨夜那妖怪突然鑽出來的時候，你在哪裡？怎不見你衝出來救我？
李蓮花正色道：昨夜你昏去之後，正是我大仁大勇，仗義相救，施展出一記驚天地泣鬼神的絕世劍招，於五丈之外將那妖怪的頭顱斬於劍下，救了你們兩條小命。
方多病嗤之以鼻：是是是，您老武功蓋世，那本公子就是天下第一，我要是信你，我就是一頭白癡的死瘟豬！
李蓮花慢吞吞地道：既然是死瘟豬，哪裡還會白癡不是早就死了嗎方多病大怒：李蓮花！
李蓮花道：什麼事？隨即對陸劍池微笑，昨夜那妖怪真是恐怖至極，我被嚇昏了，什麼也不知道，不知它後來是如何走的？
陸劍池頓時滿臉尷尬：我他昨夜真是被嚇昏過去，至今心神未定，幸好方多病插嘴道：昨夜它打昏了陸大俠後，就向我撲過來，我被它一掌拍昏之後也什麼都不知道了，不過好像看到一些白色衣裳的影子。他冷冷地補了一句：說不定真有什麼白衣大俠突然之間冒出來救命，你可有看見什麼白衣劍客的影子？
李蓮花連連搖頭：我看到一隻手從陸大俠床鋪底下伸出來的時候就昏倒了，什麼也不知道。
此時房門一開，石老帶著那兩位年輕人端著清水走了進來，三人臉色都很蒼白，似也經過了一場極大的驚嚇：三位好些了嗎？
方多病奇道：是你救了我們？
石老沙啞地道：昨天晚上真是嚇得快去了半條命，昨天晚上突然有一頭怪物衝進我的屋子，然後一個穿著白衣，臉上戴著面紗的年輕人追了進來，我只聽見轟隆一聲，整間屋子就垮了，也不知道到底是怎麼回事。今天早晨到你們房裡一看，你們三個都昏死在床上，窗戶破了一個大洞，那怪物和白衣人可能也來過你們這裡。
他咳嗽了幾聲：我們石壽村一直有長臂怪人的傳說，據說附近山林之中，生有一種行動奇快，力大無窮的怪物，它的巢穴本在深山，也許是最近沒有野獸可吃，所以經常到我們村裡活動。
你是說我們運氣太差，撞上了這種妖怪？方多病呸了一聲，老頭，既然有這種古怪故事，昨晚吃飯你卻不說？而且我十分懷疑，你是石壽村村長，村裡那稀奇古怪陰森恐怖的客棧裡死了多少人，你怎能不知道？老實說，是不是你知道那怪物在村裡橫行，也知道它在客棧殺人，卻故意不告訴我們對嗎？
石老老淚縱橫：村裡有這種怪物，竹在是本村的醜事，這都是因為村裡供奉神明不力，蒼天降罪，怎麼可以對外人提起
方多病本待再罵，但看如此一把年紀的老頭哭成這般模樣，有些於心不忍，哼了一聲作罷。
陸劍池關心的卻是他提到的那白衣劍客，失聲問道：昨夜真有白衣劍客出手相救？他人在何處？
那年輕人和那頭怪物在屋子崩塌以後便往樹林裡去了。石老嘆了口氣，真是天降奇人，不知是哪裡來的仙人，竟然能和怪物動手，那怪物全身長甲，刀槍不入，動作快若閃電，能和它動手，真非尋常人也。
方多病胸口仍然疼痛，嘆了口氣，以那怪物的力道，若非內功超凡絕世的高手，絕對難以抗衡其力，心中不免有些氣餒，暗想：他媽的，