Xie Lian said, "It's possible.
It might have been eaten. "
That rich merchant trembled. "Eaten, eaten?!"
Xie Lian nodded. That rich merchant said, "Then, Daozhang,
What should we do now? I still have Madam Ru who is pregnant. What if that monster comes again?! "
This person actually had a pregnant woman in his family!
Xie Lian raised his hand and said, "Don't be impatient. I'll ask again. Does your wife remember where she met this child in her dream?"
That rich merchant said, "She said she vaguely remembered it was a large room.
She definitely doesn't remember more. It was just a dream.
Who would remember it so clearly? "He then gnashed his teeth.
"I … … I've been hoping for a son for over forty years. I'm so bitter! Daozhang,
Can you catch and kill this monster? I can't let it harm the people in my family again! "
Xie Lian said, "Don't panic.
Don't panic. I'll do my best. "
That rich merchant was overjoyed. Rubbing his hands, he said, "Good, good, good.
What does Daozhang need? Payment isn't a problem! "
Xie Lian said, "No need for payment.
I just want you to help me with a few things. First, please find me a set of unused women's clothing.
It must be loose enough for a man to wear.
Also, I'm afraid I'll need a strand of your Madam Ru's hair.
It can be used in a ritual. "
That rich merchant ordered his servant, "Write it down, write it down!"
Xie Lian continued, "Second,
Please tell your pregnant Madam Ru that it's best if she changes rooms to sleep in.
No matter where she is, if you hear a strange child's voice calling her 'mother', don't agree. Don't ever agree. It's best if you don't even open your mouth. Although people often don't know they're dreaming when they're dreaming and lose their minds, if you repeatedly tell her to remember this matter deeply in her mind, it might be effective. "
That rich merchant also agreed. Xie Lian said, "Third, I brought two children out. I'll have to trouble you to help me take care of them and arrange a good meal."
That rich merchant said, "For this kind of small matter, let alone two, even if it's a hundred, I can still do it for you!"
Finally, it was time for the most important last item. Xie Lian said, "Fourth."
He took out an amulet consecrated by Pu Qi Monastery from his sleeve and handed it over with both hands. He said solemnly, "Please look at this amulet and say 'Your Highness, please protect me!' loudly. This way, this matter can be recorded under the name of my monastery."
"…"
That night, Xie Lian once again changed into women's clothes.
Although he was already very familiar with wearing women's clothing, it was still his first time dressing up as a pregnant woman. In front of the mirror, he didn't even spend half the time it takes to burn a stick of incense. In the end, he stuffed a pillow into his stomach and hid a strand of hair he took from the pregnant woman inside the pillow. Afterwards, he lay down on the bed. He calmed himself down and slowed down his breathing. After a while, he fell into a deep sleep.
After an unknown period of time, Xie Lian slowly opened his eyes. What came into view was no longer the room of the rich merchant's concubine, but a magnificent pavilion.
Xie Lian's first reaction was to feel if his heart was by his side. Only after he felt it, did he feel at ease. After all, a maiden's heart was a treasured sword, tightly bound to him. Afterwards, he slowly sat up. Suddenly, he felt something sticky on the bottom of his hand. He raised it up to take a look. He was lying on a bed, and the bed was covered with a large patch of extremely frightening bloodstains that had yet to dry. Half of his body was also dyed bright red. It was a ghastly sight.
Xie Lian was not surprised. He got off the bed and walked two steps. Suddenly, he felt something drop from his body. He looked down and saw that it was actually that pillow. He quickly picked it up and stuffed it back in. After another two steps, his stomach dropped again. Xie Lian could only carry it with both hands and observe his surroundings.
Growing up in the palace, he was imperceptibly influenced by what he saw and heard. Xie Lian had his own set of views on beauty and unbeauty. This small building, in his view, although it was magnificent, it was full of the smell of cosmetics. If he were to guess, he would think that it was a restaurant or a place to seek pleasure. Moreover, compared to the prevailing style of architecture today, this style was really a bit old. It was more like a house from hundreds of years ago. He didn't know what kind of place it was.
Therefore, it was unlikely that it was the spirit of the aborted daughter of the rich merchant that was causing mischief. This was because the illusion created by the evil spirits was based on their own knowledge. Obviously, this kind of ancient house from hundreds of years ago would only exist in the knowledge of the evil spirits that were hundreds of years old. After walking around, there was no one in sight. Xie Lian returned to the room that he first laid in.
This was a woman's bedroom. There was a dressing table and a cabinet that could be opened. Inside, there were some children's clothes, as well as dolls, rattles and other toys. Xie Lian examined them one by one and found that they were all brand new. It could be seen that the mistress of this room cherished these items. In other words, this woman was full of love and tenderness towards the "child".
After looking through it again, Xie Lian was suddenly shocked. In the child's clothes, there was a protective talisman. And this protective talisman was actually his protective talisman!
Extremely surprised, Xie Lian had to confirm it again and again. That's right, this was indeed his protective talisman. Moreover, it wasn't the kind of simple protective talisman that he picked himself, weaved himself, drew his own talisman, and bought his own red thread to tie it together. Instead, it was the kind of protective talisman that was circulated in the whole country eight hundred years ago, when the Xian Le Crown Prince was at his peak. The material used and the pattern were extremely exquisite. It was clear where it came from and whether it had been blessed or not.
Could it be that the mistress of this house was once his believer?
At this time, in the dead silence, Xie Lian suddenly heard a series of giggles.
It was the laughter of a child. It was very abrupt and spread in all directions. He didn't know where it came from. Xie Lian remained calm and collected, but in his heart, he was pondering: This voice is somewhat familiar, as if I've heard it somewhere before. Just where is it?
Suddenly, a childish voice rang out in his mind, "New bride. New bride, new bride on the red sedan chair.
"Tearful eyes, crossing the hill, don't smile under the veil …"
Mount Yu Jun, on the sedan chair, he heard the voice of the child!
When Xie Lian suddenly woke up from his stupor, the child spirit's laughter also stopped. He suddenly turned around, disappearing without a trace.
After the matter on Mount Yu Jun, he had also asked this child in the spirit communication array, but at that time, the others all told him that they hadn't found any child on the mountain. He was the only one who had heard this child's voice. But now, this child had already appeared in front of him for the second time. Was it a coincidence, or was it intentional?
The child stopped laughing and said, "Mother."
This "Mother" was very close, but he didn't know where it came from. Xie Lian didn't say a word. He held his breath and listened carefully.
After a long period of silence, the child's voice said again, "Mother. Hug me. "
This time, Xie Lian finally discovered — that the voice was coming from his stomach!
Xie Lian's hands had been holding the fake stomach all along. Only now did he realize with a start that the pillow in his hands had unexpectedly become heavy. He slapped down with his palm, and with a bang, something rolled out from his clothes. He could vaguely see that it seemed to be a deathly pale child. It spat out several things from its mouth, rolled into the darkness, and disappeared in a flash. Xie Lian rushed over to take a look. The things it spat out were several balls of cotton wool and a strand of black hair. Thinking about it, it seemed that his camouflage had taken effect. This little demon originally wanted to eat Xie Lian's "child" like how it ate the pregnant woman's child, but it ate the cotton substitute that Xie Lian had placed in front of his stomach. Immediately after, Xie Lian heard that thing cry out mournfully, "Mother!"
No matter how it opened its mouth, no matter how mournfully it cried out, Xie Lian remained calm and didn't even open his mouth. He concluded that this child was a fetus spirit, and this room was where it or its mother had once lived. Because it didn't have a definite form, if it died at what age, it would appear in the form of that age when it caused mischief. But most of the time, it was a ball of black smoke, or a blurry white shadow, indicating that it itself wasn't sure what it should look like. Moreover, the clothes in the cupboard obviously hadn't been worn by anyone, and there was a large amount of frightening blood stains on the bed. Xie Lian deduced that the mistress of this room should have had a miscarriage, and her unborn child had already taken shape, and had a bit of its own consciousness. After turning into a fetus spirit, it wanted to return to its mother's stomach, so it found the rich merchant's wife.
It opened its mouth to call out "mother" in the woman's dream, and the naughty woman was to open her mouth and agree. It should be noted that the bond between a "mother" and a "child" was not ordinary. Once she agreed, it was a "permission" to take whatever it wanted. When she opened her mouth again, it just happened to give the evil creature an opportunity to enter. The little demon crawled into her mouth, slipped into her stomach, and ate the fetus that was originally in her stomach, taking over a magpie's nest with poison. Although Xie Lian was a man, he wasn't sure if this child would also take the opportunity to crawl into his stomach if he opened his mouth. But just in case, it was better to keep his mouth shut.
Thus, while keeping his mouth shut, he held the Fragrant Heart Sword and searched everywhere for traces of the child. Xie Lian's intuition towards danger had always been very strong. This was tempered by countless battles. He didn't need to look carefully at the place he suspected it was, and he would stab it with his sword. Nine times out of ten, he would stab it correctly. Although in the illusion set up by the child spirit, Xie Lian's damage to it would be reduced by several times, but it had been stabbed by Xie Lian a few times, and it was probably not enough. After a while, Xie Lian suddenly felt a sharp pain under his feet. He had actually stepped on something extremely sharp, and he paused slightly.
Seeing that he was hit, the child spirit seemed to let out a short evil laugh. Although this voice was young, it was not something that a child would make. Instead, it sounded like a malicious adult. The contrast was so great that it made one's hair stand on end. Who knew that Xie Lian's expression didn't change. He didn't stop and stabbed out with his sword again. Stabbed again!
The child spirit cried out, and suffered a great deal, and dodged far away. Only then did Xie Lian lower his head to look at the soles of his boots. It turned out he had stepped on a small needle that was erected upside down. It must have been deliberately placed there by the child spirit. It seemed that it really did hope for Xie Lian to cry out in pain. However, it miscalculated. Xie Lian was extremely capable of enduring pain. Let alone stepping on a needle, even if his leg was caught in a beast trap a few feet long, if necessary, he would still be able to endure it without making a sound.
That needle was very small, but it was pierced extremely deep. Xie Lian originally wanted to pick it out first, but after the child spirit suffered a setback and jumped out, Xie Lian was afraid that it would take the opportunity to escape and harm others. Thus, he stepped on that needle and chased it out of the house. After a while, he no longer felt any pain, and his steps were as swift as if he was flying. After looking around the small building, he still couldn't find the child spirit. In his heart, Xie Lian was puzzled. "Could it be that I scared it?" Right at this moment, a window not too far away opened on its own.
Xie Lian immediately rushed over. When he stepped forward to take a look, he was stunned. Outside the window, there were no streets, no mountain scenery, and no pedestrians. There was only a bottomless pool.
On the opposite side of this pool, there was a house. Inside the house sat two children. They were Lang Ying and Gu Zi, and they were currently sitting around a table eating rice. However, what they were completely unaware of was that above them, there was a thick black fog circling around. It was currently giggling and giggling as it shouted in a crisp voice, "Mother! Mother! "
Xie Lian's heart suddenly jumped. Placing both of his hands on the window frame, he subconsciously wanted to give a warning. However, he remembered that he couldn't open his mouth, so he forced himself to keep his voice down.
Although this was only the child spirit's illusion, he didn't know if Lang Ying and Gu Zi had also been pulled in. If that was the case, then the injuries they suffered here would be added to their bodies in reality. He wanted to look around for a vase to throw over as a warning, but he couldn't find anything to throw. He couldn't throw tables or chairs, and there was a large lake between the two houses. Did he have to swim over?
At this time, Gu Zi listlessly yawned. That black fog suddenly gathered, as if it was about to slip into his mouth.
That layer of defense on a child's body was very weak. Even without permission, this thing might be able to invade. There was no time for Xie Lian to slowly think and slowly swim. Making a prompt decision, Xie Lian shouted, "Shut up! Run! "
As soon as the words left his mouth, Lang Ying and Gu Zi woke up. They were so scared that they shut their mouths and jumped up. That child spirit suddenly disappeared, and in the next moment, a cloud of black fog exploded in front of Xie Lian!
Although Xie Lian stopped after drinking, he could already feel a gust of cold air pouring into his mouth. The black fog entered his abdomen, and his internal organs felt like they were about to be frozen in an instant. He clenched his teeth and quickly tore apart a few protective talismans. He took out the herbs and talisman paper inside, chewed them, and swallowed them. After a while, his throat felt itchy, and this cloud of black fog was suddenly spat out by him!
Xie Lian covered his mouth with his sleeve and coughed incessantly. He choked until tears came out, and he quickly thought of a way to deal with it. After he spat out that cloud of black fog, it still enveloped his upper body and entangled endlessly. Thus, Xie Lian pressed his hand on the window lattice and jumped into the lake outside the window.
With a 'dong' sound, Xie Lian plunged deep into the lake. He held his breath, crossed his legs, and crossed his arms. He entered a meditative posture, allowing his body to slowly sink into the ice-cold lake water. After his heartbeat calmed down, he raised his head and looked up. He could faintly see that black fog hovering above him, locking down the entire surface of the water. As long as he came out of the water, he would definitely take a deep breath. And as long as he took a deep breath, he would definitely suck that child spirit into his stomach. If a man were to suddenly have a big belly, it wouldn't look good at all.
However, jumping into the water was only to find some free time to think. After a while, Xie Lian thought of a way to deal with it. He thought to himself, "So what if I swallow it? I'll just have to swallow her heart too." When he was a street performer, he had also learned the art of swallowing swords. Although swallowing it would probably harm his body, it didn't matter. In any case, it was enough as long as he could capture this child spirit.
After making up his mind, he let go of his hand and swam to the side. However, he heard the dull sound of water from above. Suddenly, his eyes were occupied by a large expanse of blazing and dazzling red.
Jet-black strands of hair filled his entire line of sight. The water splashes and bubbles became denser, and he couldn't see anything clearly. Xie Lian blinked his eyes, and with all his might, he pushed aside the countless strands of hair and the crystal-like bubbles. Then, he felt a pair of strong hands. One hand wrapped around his waist, and the other hand pinched his lower jaw.