Duguyong and his son were caught by the sinister wind. They stumbled forward, almost stumbled on the threshold with their shoulders together, and then half-stumbled and half-rolled into the courtyard together.
Before they could recover, the door behind them closed with a bang.
But thankfully, after the two fell down, their minds suddenly woke up. The previous feeling of being dizzy and sleepwalking by the music suddenly disappeared, and the sound of the piano in their ears suddenly disappeared. It also came to an abrupt end.
"Dad, are you okay?" Duguyong was young after all, and he got up faster.
"It doesn't matter." Dugu Sheng did not hesitate to give in. When he stood up, he was already kneeling on one knee in a warning posture.
"The courtyard wall is not high, let's just jump out." The next second, Dugu Yong came up with a very constructive idea.
Although in most horror games or movies with haunted house themes, a few locked doors and windows, or a height difference of two or three floors, are enough to prevent the protagonists from escaping.
But the two people in our story are both martial arts masters. When they use Qinggong, the two or three-meter-high courtyard wall will look fake.
"Yes, yes..." Dugu Sheng thought for a while and replied, "But if we go out, we are fascinated by the music like before and are pushed in again..."
"Then let's try it first and then talk about it." Dugu Yong said, "What if the act just now can only be done once?"
"Well...that makes sense." Dugu Sheng pondered. With a cry, he said, "Let's go!"
After saying this, the father and son immediately raised their heads and looked to the heights in perfect agreement.
Then the two of them just briefly estimated the distance and height, then stepped on each other and jumped onto the wall one after another.
But when they finally went up, they found that the outside of the wall had turned into a pitch-black abyss, with no place to stay.
The father and son looked at each other, knowing that they could not leave, so they could only turn around and jump back into the courtyard together.
"Son...Have nephew Huang Shi ever taught you what ordinary people should do when encountering this kind of situation?" Dugu Sheng and his son didn't hesitate, and opened their mouths to ask after landing.
"Children's urine...seems to be of some use." Dugu Yong never beat around the bush with his father, he was the one who dared to ask and the other dared to answer.
Of course, what he said is indeed true. Ordinary people who have never studied Taoism have something with them that is really effective, and this is just soaking in urine.
"Then you are still a boy?" Dugu Sheng also seized the opportunity. Before today, he was really not sure whether his son had broken the virginity in the many years he had been walking in the world. Now, at this juncture, he was not sure. Asking by the way.
"Yes." Dugu Yong had nothing to lie about, "And I have to pee now."
"Then you can control it again, uh... maybe later It will be useful to my son." Dugu Sheng felt a little bit pained after saying these words. After all, he told his son last time, "Don't control me anymore."The word "control" must have been used thirty years ago.
And just as they were communicating, they heard a "squeak" sound, and the door of the main room across the yard opened.
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A man walked out of the room immediately.
He was a young man, about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a handsome appearance and a thin body.
The young man is wearing a plain cloth suit and soap-colored coarse cloth shoes. At first glance, he looks like a quite gentle and simple child, but he has a large red silk belt around his waist, which is particularly eye-catching. , which seems incompatible with his overall appearance.
"Two heroes, I am a little abrupt. I apologize for any offence." "The young man walked out of the house. Without saying a word, he bowed deeply and apologized to Dugu and his son. Listening to his voice, it seemed that he was still in the stage of voice change, and his voice was a bit immature.
"Who are you? "Dugu Sheng also asked straightforwardly at this moment, "Is it a human or a ghost? "
"Xiaosheng Peng Ying, whose courtesy name is Yuhua. "The young man hesitated for a moment before saying, "Oh... to be honest, Xiaosheng is no longer alive, so I have no choice but to bother you two today. He paused, "But I don't know if the two warriors are willing to go to the house to talk, and wait for Xiaosheng to explain the matter slowly." "
Hearing this, Dugu and his son immediately exchanged glances again, and instantly read the same opinion in each other's eyes - they haven't finished turning us into this house, and they still want us to go there. The main room? There are no doors!
In those days, there were more legends about monsters and monsters than there are today about celebrities. The father and son were both dozens of years old, and they had heard about eight times this kind of story. 10. They know all the tricks.
Not to mention whether the young man in front of him who claims to be a ghost is pretending to be polite or telling the truth... Even if the other person is telling the truth, it is not ruled out. After entering the house, the other party turned against him because his demands were not met, right?
Furthermore, if there is a story like this about the ghost and fox fairy inviting people into the house to "entertain", nine times out of ten, there will be food and drinks. links, and eight of the nine ended with "The delicacies originally served to the guests were all grass, rocks and soil conjured up by goblins using blind tricks"...Dugu and his son had not been hungry for several days. What's there to try?
However, since the other party's words were quite polite and his attitude was quite sincere, it would not be convenient to fall out on the spot.
"Enter the house... ...That’s not necessary. The tone of Dugu Sheng's second sentence also softened a bit, "Both of us, father and son, are people who travel around the world. We can go in wind and rain. It will be fine if we stand in this courtyard for a while. Young Master, I have something to say." Might as well talk about it here. "
"This..." Peng Ying looked a little embarrassed, but after thinking about it, he agreed. Then he sighed again, "Oh...Okay. "After that, he turned around and raised his voice slightly, "Father, sister, come out. The two strong men want to talk in the courtyard. ”
When he heard that there was not one opponent, but three, Dugu’s fatherZi felt a little fainter.
"Son...are you...enough?" Dugu Sheng quietly confirmed with his son before the other two showed up.
"Let's see..." Dugu Yong didn't know how to answer.
He is really not worried about whether it is enough now, but he is worried about whether something will happen later that will scare him so much that he will leak.
On the other side, within a moment, another shadow appeared behind Peng Ying.
Someone may want to ask, isn’t it a “father” or a “sister”? There should be two of them, why is there just one shadow?
It's actually very simple - Peng Ying's sister was carried out by her father.
"Two heroes, these are my father and my sister." Peng Ying introduced.
"Old Peng Lu, I have met two heroes." Peng Lu is actually not as old as Dugu Sheng, only in his early fifties, but his energy and spirit do look much older than that of Dugu Sheng. , and this age could indeed be called decrepit back then.
"Little girl Peng, I have seen two strong men." Peng, who was lying on her father's back, also said.
At this time, the Dugu father and son looked closely and saw that the two newcomers were also dressed simply, and their demeanor and temperament showed that they were honest people. From the appearance of these three people, it could indeed be seen that they were A family, indicating that Peng Ying at least did not lie about this matter.
As a result, Dugu and his son lowered their guard a little bit.
Then they began to listen to the "things" these three ghosts had to say.
As for the matter, we have to start with Cangzhou...
Peng Lu was originally an ordinary craftsman in Cangzhou City, making a living by making and selling lanterns, because he His craftsmanship is good, he also pays attention to his conscience when doing business, and his life is getting better and better. He has achieved his life goal of "having a wife and children on the hot bed" before he was thirty.
But not long after, Peng Lu’s first child died early; and his second child, Peng Shi, also suffered from a serious illness when he was a child. According to current words, it was polio. Inflammation caused some deformities in her legs. When she grew up, she could only walk with crutches.
As for Peng Ying, Peng Lu's third child, he didn't have any serious problems, he was just a little thin. However, within a few years after he was born, Peng Lu's wife died of illness.
After that, Peng Lu raised his two children alone.
In the early years, matchmakers also came to propose marriage to Peng, but in Peng’s case, the people introduced by the matchmaker were not good people, so Peng Lu refused.
Later, when Peng Lu got older, he simply taught his skills to Mrs. Peng, thinking that he could take care of his daughter day by day. What if he was gone one day? There is also a craft that can make a living.
The child Peng Ying is also very impressive. Although he was born in a poor family and had to do a lot of work for the family, he was admitted as a child student at the age of thirteen, and he is extremely talented in music. , got a local diploma at a young ageThe appreciation of young scholars and refined scholars.
The Peng family siblings are not only very sensible, but also have a good relationship with each other. They lost their mother when they were young, and their health is not very good, so they have always taken care of each other so that their father can bear less of a burden; In that year, Mrs. Peng also used her savings saved over the years to buy a piece of good material and knit a plain silk silk belt for her younger brother. Peng Ying was reluctant to wear it during the New Year and holidays.
They are such a kind and harmonious family. Although their lives are not always smooth sailing, their days are still promising.
However, two years ago, an accident happened... that broke everything.
The beginning of the incident came from a "door-to-door rent collection".
Let’s talk about the Peng family’s residence, which is located on a street in the southwest of Cangzhou City. It has a front shop in the front and several bungalows with courtyards in the back. Naturally, they rent a house like this. , you have to pay rent to the landlord every month.
And who is their landlord? Everyone should be familiar with it, but it is a very powerful sect in Cangzhou - Xingyi Sect.
Although the leader Shao Dejin is a narrow-minded person, Xingyimen is still ranked among the four sects and three gangs, so their industrial operations are relatively standardized and the rent is fair.
The Peng Lu family has been renting there for many years, and they all live in peace.
Speaking of which, when Lin Yuancheng was still in Xingyimen, he also did the job of collecting rent from door to door. He also dealt with this family, and everyone was polite.
However, in the summer two years ago, because Shao Dejin took a large number of disciples to Dengzhou to participate in the "Seven Heroes Meeting", Xingyimen was really short of manpower during that period and the management was relatively chaotic.
As a result, Shao Dejin’s son Shao Shanhu took on part of the task of “door-to-door rent collection”.
This Shao Shanhu is similar to his father... he is narrow-minded and has poor qualifications. He obviously has no talent, but he thinks very highly of himself and he likes to show off everywhere.
What’s even more outrageous is that Shao Dejin only has this kind of virtue in martial arts, while Shao Shanhu feels that he is both civil and military, and the same in culture.
On weekdays, when Shao Dejin is around, Shao Shanhu is not allowed to do anything practical. After all, no one knows more about his son than his father. He also understands that his son cannot do anything. As long as he does not cause big trouble, then Just let him eat, drink and be merry.
But this time, Shao Dejin was not here, and most of the men in the sect were gone. Seeing that the day of rent collection was coming, he had to go... Therefore, Shao Shanhu took over "reluctantly" The right to direct the collection of rent.
In less than half a day, he first divided all the rents from those that were difficult to collect, those with long distances, and those that were prone to arrears. As for himself, he selected a few houses that paid the rent the best on weekdays. The person who is on time and the nicest to talk to collects it, and he has done his best to say it.
In the afternoon of this day, Shao Shanhu had a full meal and took a walk to Peng Lu's house.
He felt that there were too many people in the Qianmen shop, and people with his status did not want toI wanted to squeeze in, so I went straight to the back door, which was the door on the side of the Peng family's house.
Bang bang bang——
Shao Shanhu smashed the door panel several times before a young man hurried over and answered the door.
During the day, Peng was busy working in the shop, and Peng's legs and feet were inconvenient, so naturally Peng Ying, who was studying in the study, opened the door.
"Tsk, why does it take you so long to open the door? Make me wait for a long time?" Shao Shanhu was not polite at all when he saw Peng Ying. He curled his mouth and spoke like a dad. Wei, in fact, he was only eighteen or nineteen, a few years older than Peng Ying.
Of course, he is a second-generation martial artist after all. In terms of physique alone, compared with Peng Ying, the gap between Shao Shanhu and Peng Ying is indeed that of a strong adult and a stunted teenager.
"Oh, it's Young Master Shao. I rarely visit him, but I don't know..." Peng Ying once went with her father to Xingyi Gate to pay homage to Shao Dejin on his birthday. She had met Shao Shanhu a few times and knew that he was Mr. Shao. The landlord's son did not dare to offend, and he spoke very politely.
"Stop being so nagging, this month's rent is due. Bring it and I'll leave." Up to this point, Shao Shanhu didn't actually have any evil intentions. He didn't even bother to step in. The other side's door.
However...
"What's going on?" At this moment, Mrs. Peng opened the door because she heard that the person talking to her brother had a particularly loud voice and a bad tone. I asked from the window of my room.
Shao Shanhu looked over Peng Ying's shoulder across the yard and happened to see Peng's head sticking out of the window. At that time, he said to himself: "Hey! This Peng family can do it. A phoenix has emerged from the pheasant nest?"
This Shao Shanhu has always been arrogant. The Peng family is just one of their many tenants in Xingyi Gate. Naturally, he does not know what the other party has in his house. The specific situation, so looking at it from a distance now, he couldn't tell that Peng's legs and feet were inconvenient. He only thought that this little lady had a pretty face, and her skin was so white that it looked like she hadn't seen the sun all year round... At a glance Na.
"Haha... It's kind of interesting." Two seconds later, Shao Shanhu smiled and pushed Peng Ying away, took a step and broke into the other party's courtyard, and then walked straight into the other party's courtyard. Goudi looked at Mr. Peng and asked without looking back, "Who is this?"
With this attitude, it was as if this was his own house and Peng Ying was his servant. .
As for Peng Ying, although he was staggered by the opponent and was a little stunned, as soon as he recovered, he immediately realized the meaning of Shao Shanhu's words and deeds, so he immediately went around to Shao Shanhu. Shan Hu stood in front and said, "Mr. Shao, my sister is ill and has been bedridden all year round. It is inconvenient to see guests. I am not polite enough. I hope you can forgive her."
Despite Peng Ying's young age, Although his body is weak, he is not cowardly. Even when facing someone like Shao Shanhu who is much stronger than him, he still has to stop him when he should.
"Young master, since you are here to collect rent, please come and sit in the hall. I will go and get some silver." Peng Ying said, pointing to another room.House, signaling Shao Shanhu to go there.
When her brother said these words, Mrs. Peng had already closed the window.
"Ah...oh, okay, okay..." But Shao Shanhu's eyes still stayed on the window, looking around while moving.
Of course, no matter how you say he is a well-known and upright young sect leader, he will not say that at this time, he knocked down Peng Ying with one punch and then went into the house to pick flowers... In broad daylight, Ximen Senior Official No one can do this.
But in Shao Shanhu’s heart, he has been thinking about Mr. Peng since then.
After collecting the rent that day, he went back and asked people, what was going on with the girl from the Peng family?
Then this is not a secret. Soon he found out, oh... I got sick when I was a child and my legs and feet were not good, so I never got married.
But knowing this did not dispel his thoughts about Peng.
People are like this, and the first impression has a great influence on us: If Shao Shanhu saw Peng for the first time, he would appear on crutches and dragging two slightly deformed legs. He probably didn't have much idea; but at the first glance, he only saw the other person's face exposed on the window edge, and he fell in love immediately. Later he found out that there was something wrong with the other person's leg, and there was a process of acceptance. ...
But you said, let him come to propose marriage, let the matchmaker marry him, that is impossible, because he is not willing to marry a lame man.
Shao Shanhu just thought that it would be best to get along with the other person without having to marry him. If one day he no longer wanted to be with the other person, he could just walk away and stop contacting her.
And the more he thought about it, the more he thought it was feasible... because he felt that even able-bodied girls like him, who were both civil and military talents, would have to compete for him, let alone a disabled one." What about "old girl"? I'm good with her, but she won't suffer.
Besides, this Peng family has never left the door and has been locked up in the house for about twenty years. How come I saw it by such a coincidence? Maybe she was hoping that I would be nice to him, so she opened the window specifically for me to see, right?
Anyway, this kind of thinking makes you want to slap them both in the mouth, but Shao Shanhu takes it seriously.
Then this kid ran to other people's homes every now and then. Peng Ying couldn't stop him even if she wanted to; she couldn't stop him either. The landlord's son came to talk to you, why don't you drive him away?
But Shao Shanhu said he was chatting with Peng Ying, but in fact he was always looking for opportunities to get in touch with Peng.
Peng Ying is not stupid. He has been doing this three or two times, so why can’t he tell? So he told his sister and father what had happened.
But after all the family members put it together, there was really nothing they could do. After all, Shao Shanhu had not done anything substantial so far, not to mention that he was the landlord’s young master and could not afford to offend him. We can only endure it. As long as we act upright and deal with it carefully, maybe after a while he will feel that there is no chance to take advantage of him and stop coming.
Unfortunately, that’s what they think, Shao Shanhu thought: They didn’t complain about me walking around like this, maybe they wanted to welcome me, right?
So he kept pushing further and came more frequently.
And every time Shao Shanhu, an uninvited guest, came back, Peng Ying had to stay with him, stare at him, and be on guard... He couldn't even read the book properly.
Finally one time, Shao Shanhu took advantage of Peng Ying to walk away for a while to pour tea, and ran directly to Peng's room. When Peng Ying saw him entering, she sternly asked him to go out. Shao Shanhu, on the other hand, had a playful smile on his face, making teasing remarks and getting closer step by step.
Peng yelled in desperation, and Shao Shanhu panicked and ran out of the house, just in time to bump into Peng Ying again.
Peng Ying thought her sister was being bullied, and wanted to argue with Shao Shanhu. Shao Shanhu had a guilty conscience, and in a hurry, he raised his palm and knocked Peng Ying to the ground, and ran away in a hurry.
Shao Shanhu was a martial arts practitioner. He was in a panic and his attacks were not serious. Peng Ying was already thin. After being beaten like this, she vomited blood on the spot and later lay half on the bed. The moon cannot reach the ground.
The rumors about Shao Shanhu also spread among the people, saying that he hurt people and escaped after failing to tease him.
Can he bear it?
Shao Shanhu still feels that he has been cheated. With his talents, the bitch of the Peng family does not know how to show appreciation. He is pretending to be a chaste and loyal woman, and his younger brother is like a piece of tofu. , fell down immediately after being photographed, and even gossiped about me everywhere, maybe you were trying to blackmail me, right?
No, we have to take revenge. This old Peng family is so shameless, we have to teach them a lesson!
Thinking of this, the dissatisfied Shao Shanhu began to go to Peng's lantern shop every three days to find trouble.
Originally, Peng Lu was unable to take care of his business because his daughter and son now needed to be taken care of and he had to hire a doctor. If Shao Shanhu continued to make such a fuss, he would be completely out of business.
And there is nothing the Peng family can do about it. They will definitely not be able to defeat Shao Shanhu. Even if they sue the officials, the officials will most likely side with the rich and powerful Xingyimen. side.
Taking a step back, what if the prosecution actually wins? This matter is nothing more than compensating some medical expenses, but what happens after the compensation is paid? It will be too easy for Shao Shanhu to retaliate against you in the future; if nothing else, just find a random reason and say that the house is no longer available for rent. What will you do? Do other landlords in the city still dare to rent to you? Will you offend Xingyimen for your family?
The three members of the Peng family thought about it again and again, and finally thought...forget it, let's go on our own. Anyway, we have skills and can live the same life in another place.
Half a month later, Peng Lu went to Xingyimen and said that the house was no longer available for rent and he wanted the deposit back. His family was leaving Cangzhou and going to the south to join relatives.
Shao Shanhu took a look and said, "That's great. Once you three get out, the neighbors will stop gossiping for a few days," so he refunded their money.
Peng Lu got back the deposit, bought a car and horses, took his family and luggage, and headed south.
One day, OKOn the way, the weather suddenly changed, and the three of them accidentally entered Zhimaling. They couldn't get out even when the sky darkened.
As a result, that night, they encountered a pack of wolves. The horses pulling the cart were frightened and ran away on their own, leaving a family of three... Peng's legs and feet were inconvenient, and Peng Ying's injuries were not healed either. It is even more impossible for Peng Lu to leave his children and escape alone.
Therefore, Peng Lu had no choice but to pick up torches and sticks and fight the wolves to the death. Peng and Peng Ying also tried their best to help, but although they succeeded in killing several wolves, they were all exhausted in the end. The remaining wolves killed Peng Ying's father and sister in front of him and dragged him away.
Peng Ying cried all night, and the next day she hanged herself with the blood-stained belt around her waist made by her sister.
In this way, a family that was originally living a happy life perished in this barren mountain and turned into a lonely ghost with a lot of resentment.
Tonight they came to Dugu and his son for no other reason than to ask these two heroes to help them find Shao Shanhu...to avenge their injustice!
Of course, don’t get me wrong. These three ghosts of the Peng family don’t want Dugu and his son to kill Shao Shanhu directly, but they want Dugu and his son to “lead” the three of them. "Go back to Cangzhou" and let them go to settle the accounts with Shao Shanhu themselves.
Dugu Yong hated evil, and after listening to Peng Ying’s and the others’ narration, a burst of anger rushed to his head.
He said it right on the spot, saying that this man named Shao was bullying people too much, forcing his whole family into desperation and dying in the forest. Can I not care about this? I will take care of the three of you. If you fail to claim your life, I can do it for you.
But Dugu Sheng was calmer. After thinking about it, he asked his son not to talk too much. After all, Xingyi Sect is not a small sect. Besides, Shao Shanhu did not directly kill anyone in this matter. You Now I am going to be the judge of yin and yang without any evidence. How will I explain it later in the world?
However, Dugu Sheng didn’t say he didn’t care. He just said that he should take the three Peng family members to Cangzhou City first and then make further calculations.
Seeing that Dugu and his son agreed, the three Peng family members burst into tears of gratitude. Suddenly, Dugu Yong and Dugu Sheng woke up from the place where they had slept.
Everything just now seemed like a dream.
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