I walked up behind them and looked out the window. There were no streetlights in the countryside, and the streets were so dark that nothing could be seen. Puzzled, I asked, "What are you all looking at?"
Mr. Zhao shivered as if he had been bitten by a scorpion, and jumped up from the ground. Xia Xin, who was at the side, also patted her chest and said, "You scared me to death."
I said depressingly, "You should have scared me to death. What is going on?"
Mr. Zhao wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead, pointed outside the window and said: "Look."
Puzzled, I asked, "What do you want me to see? The street is so dark, I'm not night vision. "
Mr. Zhao said, "I didn't let you look at the main street, I let you look at the windows."
I put my eyes to the glass, and soon I saw a few ice flowers on it. This sort of thing was very common in the north. When one woke up in the morning, they would often find ice flowers. This wasn't anything surprising; who wouldn't see it when they were young?
Mr. Zhao said, "Take a careful look and see if there's anything wrong with this ice flower."
I said, "Is there anything wrong with that? Isn't it just an ice flower? " I reached out to touch it, then froze. The glass was bare and empty. Was the ice flower formed on the outside?
According to common sense, when the people in the room breathed out hot air, they would come in contact with ice-cold glass, condensing into ice and turning into ice flowers. That was why ice flowers should be in the room, but why was there something strange with the ice flowers today?
I looked at it with an inquiring gaze. Mr. Zhao said in a low voice, "These ice flowers are not ordinary. Xia Xin and I studied them just now and found that they contained grievances."
I wrapped myself in clothes.
The Mr. Zhao replied, "There are ghosts nearby. Not only that, they are a ghost that isn't to be trifled with. Eldest Nephew, do you dare to follow me out to take a look? "
I replied, "I'll head out to take a look. Of course I dare." The point is, why are you so enthusiastic today? Wasn't it said that it had nothing to do with you in the past? "
Mr. Zhao said, "I also want to hang up, but I can't. On top of this ice flower, I can feel the aura of a alisma fructus. "
When I heard about alisma fructus, I immediately thought of guide child. Could that Lei Fa still not have killed him? That's bad. We need to find him quickly and take advantage of his injuries to finish him off.
As the three of us hurried out of the hotel, I smelled something wet and cold. I turned on my phone and took a picture. Snow was falling from the sky.
I said to the Mr. Zhao, "It's snowing."
The Mr. Zhao replied, "The snow is filled with the scent of alisma fructus. Just how much resentment does this person have? Why is he hiding in the snow? "
Xia Xin was silent for a moment before she faintly said, "I have a different view."
Mr. Zhao asked: "What do you think?"
Xia Xin said, "Placing the corpse under a flower will produce a alisma fructus. The alisma fructus could be used to revive corpses if it was planted on living people. Do you guys think that these snowflakes and ice flowers can be considered flowers? "
Mr. Zhao was stunned for a moment, but suddenly his expression changed. "Oh no, if he really succeeded, then the number of people who had their alisma fructus planted would be too many."
Xia Xin replied, "This person is very smart. He used the snow alisma fructus s we planted tonight. The speed at which he collects souls is too fast. I think within a few days, his corpse will be revived."
The three of us walked forward worriedly, braving the wind and snow. Mr. Zhao said that he could smell the alisma fructus's scent, so he walked at the front. We're going to the place with the densest smell of alisma fructus. Find it, find the man who did it.
We walked for a long time in the dark. Suddenly, someone patted my shoulder. I shivered and broke out in a cold sweat because I was at the back and there was no one behind me.
I spun around and saw a stooped figure behind me. In a hoarse voice she said, "Help my son, good man."
I quickly recognized the voice. It was Zhai Mai.
I took out my cell phone and looked at her face. I saw that her hair had turned half white, and a few deep lines had appeared on her face, as if she had aged twenty years in one day.
Zhai Mai didn't recognize me at all as she repeated herself, "You kind person, save my son."
I couldn't bear it anymore so I asked, "How do I save him?"
As if he had met his savior, Zhai Mai grabbed my arm and said, "We just need to help him light a lamp and pray for his blessings."
I then noticed that Zhai Mai was holding a lantern in her hand, it was just that the lantern was extinguished.
I scratched my head, dug around, and pulled out a box of matches. I swayed a little, there was still some content within, so I went over to help the Zhai Mai light the lamp.
Who knew that Zhai Mai would dodge it? She shook her head and said faintly: "It can't be that little."
Puzzled, I asked, "How should I order them?"
The Zhai Mai moved closer and said mysteriously: "Use your blood droplets to drip onto the lantern, the lamp will be lit."
When I heard this, I immediately became flustered. How could a human's blood simply drip down? I don't know what kind of trap this lantern has, but I better not drop it.
I put my hands in my sleeves and said to Zhai Mai: "I still have some matters to attend to, I will be leaving first."
Then I turned and strode forward. Zhai Mai, who was behind me, mournfully shouted, "It's snowing so heavily tonight, I can't find anyone else. Young man, are you not willing to save someone's life?"
I heard her crying so miserably that it almost sounded like the wailing of ghosts and the howling of wolves. Thus, I walked even faster.
Who knew that Zhai Mai would actually chase after them with lanterns in her hands. She was just a woman, and she had just experienced the pain of losing her son.
She begged, "Young man, please help me. Please help me."
A little frightened, I ran faster. As I ran, I shouted, "Mr. Zhao, wait for me!"
Mr. Zhao and Xia Xin are rushing ahead, I can only see their backs. The evil thing is, no matter how fast I run, they're always ahead of me. I've been running for so long, but the distance between us doesn't seem to close.
I ran more and more anxiously until I finally fell to the ground with a thump. I'm covered in snow. I felt unlucky and slapped it hard.
It's fine if other people don't know what this snow is, but I do know. There are alisma fructus in this snow, what if I get planted with one? When others revive, I would have to help them block the thunder, that would be too much of an injustice.
I struggled to get up from the ground, only to find that Zhai Mai was standing in front of me with a lantern in hand. She said in a tearful voice, "You really don't want to help me?"
I didn't reply. I took out my phone to call the Mr. Zhao and ask him to come back quickly. In the end, I was too nervous and accidentally pressed against the flashlight's barrel, causing the surroundings to light up.
I closed the tube casually, but at the moment I closed it, I suddenly saw an unbelievable scene.
Thus, I opened the flashlight barrel.
When the light from the flashlight tube shined on Zhai Mai's feet, I saw that her shoes were clean without even a single snowflake on them. I looked at my shoes, there were white snowflakes and also black mud.
I held up my cell phone and looked into the distance. All I saw was a row of footprints, stretching all the way from the distance.
Zhai Mai muttered: "Young man, can you help my son?"
I said in a daze, "No wonder you ran so fast." You... Dead? There are no footprints here. "
The Zhai Mai was silent. I thought she would run away in shame after I exposed her. Who knew that she would slowly raise her head and laugh. "You could tell?"
When the flashlight's light shone on her face, it made her expression very unsettled.
Zhai Mai said faintly: "I helped my son light the lamp. My son is about to live, so it doesn't matter even if I die. "
I felt a twinge of fear when I heard that I would die after lighting the lamp.
Zhai Mai took out a fruit knife from her body. It was bright, and very scary. She held the blade against her chest and said with a smile, "Young man, I only need a few drops of blood from you, are you not willing to help me with such a small favor? Are you afraid of the pain? You can't do it. "Don't worry, I'll help you."
Seeing that she was eager to cut my finger, how could I give her that chance? I turned around and fled to the distance.
Who knew that Zhai Mai would not conserve her speed this time. She pushed off the ground with her feet and quickly floated two to three zhang away. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't shake her off.
Besides, if I run too fast, I will fall. So when Zhai Mai was by my side, there were a few times where she almost cut my body. Fortunately, my dagger was still sharp enough, and as I ran, I waved it about randomly. With just this alone, the Zhai Mai was somewhat fearful of me.
However, good luck always comes to an end. A rock suddenly appeared in front of me. I accidentally stepped on it, and with a plop, I fell to the ground.
This fall made my eyes sparkle, it hurt so much. If it wasn't for Zhai Mai glaring at me like a tiger, I really wouldn't want to stand up.
I grit my teeth and get up, but it's too late. Zhai Mai grabbed my wrist and slashed at it with the fruit knife. My blood flowed out uncontrollably.
My heart went cold. "Crap."
The Zhai Mai thanked him profusely: "Thank you, thank you. You are such a kind person."
Then she came to collect my blood with the lantern. I came to a sudden realization and used my other hand to grab her lantern before I quickly escaped.
Zhai Mai did not expect this move from me. She stood on the ground in a daze for a while and then started to curse loudly.
I didn't reply, but kept running forward. Zhai Mai scolded me for a while before she remembered to chase after me. And I've put some distance between her and me.
I was going to run into the alley, climb over some more walls, turn a few more corners to get rid of her. But by this time, they had already escaped outside the town. Where was the alley?
I turned my head to look, the Zhai Mai was getting closer and closer to me.