Chapter 220 He Chunhua's Methods
The smoke was not disturbed by the wind, and it seemed that something was about to take shape inside.
If the He brothers were here, they would probably be shocked. They didn't expect their father to play such tricks.
But at this moment, the candlelight burst with a sound of hissing, and a lamp flower exploded.
The housekeeper Lao Mo immediately felt that the atmosphere was different. He watched the green smoke slowly dissipate from here and return to nothing, no matter how He Chunhua repeated it.
Obviously, this time the spell was hindered and could not proceed smoothly.
Lao Mo looked at it eagerly and couldn't help asking: "What happened?"
He Chunhua wiped the sweat from his forehead: "It refused to respond to the call, saying that there is a more powerful existence nearby."
Lao Mo was surprised: "More powerful existence?" This is just a small county town, what kind of extraordinary existence can there be? "What is the master going to do?"
"Before the midnight, let's find another place, preferably to the east."
Lao Mo put away his things, He Chunhua put on his cloak, and hurried out.
However, they had only walked down two steps when Madam Ying woke up. She came out with sleepy eyes and asked, "Ah, where are you going so late?"
"I'm going out to do something and will be back soon." He Chunhua said in a deep voice, "You go to sleep, don't worry."
When he spoke in a low tone, it meant that he would not allow any objection. Madam Ying was very familiar with her husband's style, and she didn't think much about it. She said "You should be careful" and went back to her room.
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He Lingchuan, who was sleeping soundly, turned over.
He knew that he was dreaming again, but this time he didn't go straight into Panlong City, but returned to the scene of falling into the well in the ruins a few months ago.
At that time, in the Panlong ruins, the father and son of the He family and Sun Fuping led the Black Water City Army to catch prey from the sea of sand and drain their blood into the pool.
After the heroic spirit of the Dafeng Army appeared, He Lingchuan accidentally fell into the pool, and there was water everywhere.
Dark red blood.
This is not a well, but a deep and unfathomable pool.
He Lingchuan was suspended in the water, looking confused. A green light seemed to flash above him, and he was about to dive into the water.
At least He Lingchuan felt that the top layer of the pool water seemed to have turned light green.
This light green quickly spread downwards.
But at this moment, He Lingchuan found that the pool water under his feet began to surge.
He looked down and saw a huge red figure swaying in the depths of the pool.
Every time it moved, a huge whirlpool appeared in the pool water.
The calm deep pool suddenly had countless rapids and undercurrents, interacting with each other.
The green light on the upper layer was shattered and disappeared.
He Lingchuan swam downstream, wanting to take the time to see the true face of the red figure. After a few months of separation, he almost forgot that there was such a huge monster in the outermost layer of his dream.
What on earth was it doing here?
The closer he swam, the more he felt its size.
But the light became dimmer and dimmer, and soon he could not see anything.
When he opened his eyes again, he was standing in the bustling streets of Panlong City. A peddler carrying a load of goods and selling jewelry smiled at him stutteringly: "Guest, guest, this little brother, would you like to buy a pearl flower to give to someone?"
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There is no curfew in this small place of Ru County. It is late at night. The night watchman has just left. There is not even a stray dog on the road.
It is the first month of the year, and the snow is piled up on the ground.
It snowed again tonight, and no one will get up to sweep the streets until tomorrow morning. The snow on the ground reflects the light, so it is not pitch black around. He Chunhua and Lao Mo walked east on the snow, and the soles of their boots creaked.
They did not bring any servants.
The further east they went, the sparser the houses were.
Later, Lao Mo pointed to a dilapidated house and said, "This is the house with the thickest snow at the door I have seen. There should be no one there."
The snow was almost piled up to the door latch. Obviously, this door had not been opened for at least half a month.
"It is more than a hundred feet away from the post station. Let's try." He Chunhua nodded and climbed over the wall with Lao Mo.
The yard was also full of snow. The trees and crops had long since withered and died. The door of the house was half open, and there was no sign of life.
The current situation was bad, and there were a hundred reasons for a house to be idle.
The two walked into the hut and closed the doors and windows.
The window gap was large, and the cold wind could still pour in, bringing out a low humming sound, like the howling of a rock wolf, which required Lao Mo to take straw to block it. The wooden door was a little deformed, and the two worked together to close it and propped it up with a millstone.
It took a lot of effort. He Chunhua rubbed his hands and said, "Hurry up, the time is almost over." If the time is missed, they will have to wait one more day. They don't have extra time to waste in Ru County.
He Chunhua straightened the overturned table, relit the green candle, and began to recite the formula.
Lao Mo also took out the Shoushan stone paperweight and held it tightly in his hand.
This time the green smoke was formed very smoothly, and finally a vague pattern was condensed. I don't know if it is a ghost face or a dog face, anyway, it has a nose and a mouth.
The temperature in the room suddenly dropped again, and frost flowers condensed on the table.
Although there were only two empty eye holes on this face, the two could sense that it was observing them, with ill intentions.
Sure enough, the next second, this face pounced on them without warning.
Lao Mo had been told by He Chunhua in advance not to move.
Just as Qingyan was about to cross the table, He Chunhua shook his left hand and showed the Sheji Order on his palm.
The luck of the country can suppress evil spirits!
Qingyan was startled and quickly retreated, at least four feet away from him.
Since this person could not be touched, it turned around and went to find Lao Mo.
Lao Mo was a loyal servant of the He family, not an official appointed by the royal court, so naturally he would not have vitality to protect his body. But the paperweight in his hand suddenly emitted a green light, and the carved kite head also turned around, with a pair of red eyes facing Qingyan.
Being watched by it, Qingyan suddenly stopped in mid-air and almost collapsed.
After a while, the smoke gathered again, and the grimace became clearer. He stared straight at He Chunhua, tilting his head as if asking, but his expression was no longer scornful. He Chunhua said seriously: "I will give you a delicious treat, but he is protected by amulets and formations, so you may not be able to find him."
He raised the note with Li Zhao's birthday written on it, put it on the candle and lit it:
"This is his birth date."
The note caught fire and quickly burned to ashes. The green smoke rolled on the table, absorbing all the ashes without leaving a single one.
The fire was trembling, and it was obvious that it was interested.
He Chunhua asked: "Can you find him?"
Qingyan didn't respond.
Sure enough, just his birth date was not enough. Li Zhao was under the protection of magic, preventing evil spirits from tracking him.
Only then did He Chunhua take out the finger-belly porcelain vase.
The bottle stopper was so tight that even He Chunhua took some effort to remove it. This also showed the deep disgust of the person who took the specimen at that time.
Manager Qian was right. After two or three days of brewing, the liquid poured out of the bottle was foul, smelly and yellow.
He Chunhua pinched his nose and dropped two drops onto the wick of the candle, fearing to extinguish the flame.
But to be honest, the smell is far from as good as the "fragrant dumplings" made by the bandits on Hongya Road. That thing is the real biological weapon.
With a "chi" sound, the candle flames flickered up and turned into dark green, making the faces of the two people at the table look miserable and green, which was really scary.
The green smoke became more solid, and the eyeballs also grew out - there were three firm pupils in each eye socket, and there seemed to be light wandering inside, so you couldn't look closely.
Being able to see something visually means that it has a goal and direction.
"He has done bad things before and after others, and he should be your favorite prey." He Chunhua reminded it, "When he was young, he encountered a flood and abandoned his close brother, causing him to drown. This may be because Heart knot, you might as well start from here.”
The three vertical pupils of this grimace suddenly merged into one, and the face became very clear. He slowly opened his mouth to form a smiling face.
But the mouth was opened too wide, at 140 to 50 degrees. The cheeks, eyes and even the forehead were stretched out, and the muscles were twisted and wrinkled, making it look like a wax statue before it was about to melt.
What was more terrifying than meeting a ghost face was the ghost face laughing silently at him.
Housekeeper Lao Mo's back felt cold and goosebumps appeared.
He Chunhua's expression remained unchanged: "Found it? Go ahead, while it's still dark."
Ghostface glanced at the two of them again, then suddenly turned his head and drifted away, his figure becoming lighter and lighter.
Before reaching the door, it disappeared.
The candles were also extinguished.
The housekeeper Lao Mo blinked and woke up as if from a dream. Looking at the interior again, it seems to be different from before, but I can't tell.
Well, it seems that the weird atmosphere is gone.
He Chunhua turned to him and said, "You just fell asleep."
sleep? How can it be? He had just been protecting the Lord, and he had been paying full attention.
Seeing that he didn't believe it, He Chunhua pointed at the corner of his mouth.
Lao Mo stretched out his hand and touched it. It was wet.
He was drooling and hung up for a long time, but he didn't even notice.
In other words, he was indeed confused just now.
"My lord, have you seen the green smoke too?"
"Of course, we are in the same dream." He Chunhua pointed to the kite-shaped paperweight in his hand, "Without the protection of this precious thing, you would not be able to wake up."
Lao Mo shuddered: "It's so powerful, I don't know when I got hit."
If he was deliberately on guard, what about Li Zhao who was dozens of miles away?
"Li Zhao has a magic weapon to protect him, and ordinary evil spirits cannot get close to him. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to spend so much effort." When the green candle was only half burned, He Chunhua put it away, "This thing is its ration, otherwise How can it respond to my call? It’s a pity that the candle is not easy to use again.”
Lao Mo asked him: "Sir, why do you only talk about one of Li Zhao's knots?"
"He won't take the matter of one corpse and two lives seriously." He Chunhua waved his hand, "A concubine is dead when she dies. Do you think he is in need of women or children?"
At this point, he remembered something and frowned: "But, what's going on at the inn? Is there anything nearby that can suppress my actions?"
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Mrs. Li dreamed about that unforgettable summer again.
He hadn't had this dream for a long time. His brother was even nicer to him than usual and gave him a particularly beautiful belt. The children took off their shirts on the stone beach and jumped into the river to play in the water. The cool water could beat the scorching heat away.
Everyone was having a good time, and the sound of people came from far away.
Li Zhao looked up and saw a girl carrying a medicine basket. She was standing on the hillside and waving wildly at the place while calling.
She was too far away and the sound of the water was so loud that no one could hear what she said.