Chapter 112: The Cave of Sorrow (21) Catching Ghosts
Creak. Creak. Creak. The sound of the old wooden floor being stepped on. A dark shadow gradually approached Gao Mengtang.
"whee."
“Hehehe.”
Gao Mengtang was sleeping soundly and heard nothing. When the warm breath sprayed on his cheek, he just trembled his eyelashes.
With a bang, flames ignited, and two thin, short shadows held a torch together. The flames approached the bed, and the air around it was distorted by the heat.
“Chuckle, chuckle.”
The town was as quiet as an empty city at night, and it seemed that all the sounds were only heard in this small room. The sound of wooden floors being stepped on, the crackling of flames, malicious laughter, and nursery rhymes sounded again.
"The cabin under the banyan tree is your home."
“Without doors or windows, the wind and sand cannot be blown away.”
The two shadows held a torch together, and in their other hands, they each held an oil barrel.
The smell was pungent, and Gao Mengtang frowned. He felt a little warm, and kicked the quilt restlessly.
In his dream, he was in the stilt house of Ghost Bamboo, and was holding a bonfire party with Wei Wei and other members of Moon Banner. It was very hot, and Gao Mengtang asked incoherently: "Wei Wei, did you make a fire?"
He thought he was speaking very loudly, but in fact, he was just humming twice without being noticeable.
With two splashes, the gasoline poured all over Gao Mengtang, and the quilt was immediately wet.
The "ghost child" laughed and continued to sing: "Where is Daddy? Where is Mommy? You are going to get married."
What a terrible smell. Gao Mengtang frowned even more. He dreamed that Wei Wei thought the fire was not big enough and wanted to pour gasoline on it. The blazing flames blew out gusts of foul-smelling air that made people cover their noses.
"No need to lift or send, all will be burned into sand!"
The torches in their hands fell down little by little, hanging above Gao Mengtang's head...
"Wei Wei..." Gao Mengtang's voice suddenly became louder, because he was about to be awakened by the smell of gasoline, "Come back soon." Don't pour gasoline, the smell is too bad.
He suddenly stretched out a hand from under the quilt and held one of the shadows.
The ignition action stopped for a moment, and the two ghost shadows looked at each other quickly. The person caught by Gao Mengtang was stunned for a few seconds, twisted his arms, but failed to break free.
It was so cold. The hand he held felt as if it had been soaked in cold water for two hours. Gao Mengtang murmured, "Wei Wei, don't catch a cold."
After saying that, he took that hand, put it into the quilt, and warmed it with his body temperature.
The ghost seemed not to have expected such a development. He forgot to light the fire and also forgot to giggle. He just stood there in shock.
"Wei Wei, lie down with me. It's warm here." Gao Mengtang lifted his quilt.
The raised torch was still burning, and the two ghost figures looked at each other, with their profile shadows cast on Gao Mengtang's quilt.
wrong.
Gao Mengtang's sleepiness was largely reduced.
This hand is a little bigger than Freesia's, but a little smaller than Wei Wei's. Whose hand is this?
Suddenly waking up from his sleep, Gao Mengtang realized that the smell of gasoline and the burning flames were not dreams. He really heard the crackling sound of the burning flames.
“Kuai Wei, Kuai Wei, Kuai Wei!” Gao Mengtang shouted through the mental link, “Freesia Freesia Freesia!! Come here quickly, I have something here!”
On the other side, Gao Mengtang remained calm, pretending to be still asleep, and continued to pull the arm into the quilt: "You must be cold, come and warm me up."
The captured person suddenly came to his senses, and whispered hotly into Gao Mengtang's ear, "He married the Ghost Doctor Fairy and he's not coming back."
"No," Gao Mengtang's brain raced, trying to delay time, "Wei Wei is mine, she can't marry the Ghost Doctor. The Ghost Doctor is... is..."
Hearing this, the two ghosts looked at each other again, as if they were worried. Another person also leaned over to Gao Mengtang's ear and asked, "What is the Ghost Doctor Immortal?"
Gao Mengtang: "It's a disaster."
With a loud bang, the wall was shattered. Wei Wei rushed in and saw two shadows standing beside Gao Mengtang's bed. He immediately launched an attack, pressing towards them with dark green tentacles.
The two shadows were startled and turned around quickly, their faces illuminated by the light from Wei Wei's bedroom.
The tentacles were suspended in the air, and the murderous intent on Wei Wei's face disappeared instantly. He stared at the two in disbelief: "Why are you here?"
The two "ghost children" standing beside Gao Mengtang's bed were clearly Xing Zhe and Miss Xiuhong!
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"So, it's you who have been pretending to be ghosts to scare us?" Gao Mengtang concluded.
They returned to room 203. He Luo was working hard to build the wall. The table was neatly laid out with refreshments and treats, but Xing Zhe and Xiuhong could not eat because Wei Wei had used a spell scroll to immobilize them.
Xing Zhe's face was filled with anger: "It's me!"
Gao Mengtang: "Why do you want to do this?"
Xing Zhe: "Don't you know what you did? And you're still asking!"
Gao Mengtang innocent face: "What did I do?"
"You conscienceless thing, I'm too lazy to talk to you!" Xiuhong yelled, unable to move her body, and she forced her eyes to glance to the other side.
One cursed him for a miserable death, the other cursed him for being conscienceless. Gao Mengtang had no idea why he was accused of such a crime.
People will smile when they are speechless. Gao Mengtang held his forehead and sighed, "You really hate me so much. I'm so sad. Explain why you hate me first, then it's not too late to scold me. Anyway, you can't leave, so just chat slowly."
Xiao Canglan bared her teeth at them, revealing her dense shark teeth. Xing Zhe and Xiuhong still had to consider their children's transition from primary school to junior high school, and after being intimidated by her, tears suddenly welled up in their eyes and their momentum weakened a bit.
"You, you betrayed your friend!" Xing Zhe said, "Awei was so good to you, but you wanted to sell him to the Ghost Doctor to make money!"
Gao Mengtang: "When did I think so?"
Xiuhong: "You said that at Wu Xiang's house this afternoon! You don't even admit what you said."
Gao Mengtang thought about it and realized that he had indeed made a joke, saying something like "Don't you want to marry the Ghost Doctor?" He just liked to talk nonsense, but the two children took it seriously and took it to heart.
After he made the joke, Xiuhong slammed the teacup. It turned out that she was angry at that time.
Recalling carefully, every time Gao Mengtang heard the unusual noise, it was after he had joked with Wei Wei.
The day before yesterday, he called Wei Wei "the bride" and the door was immediately kicked. When he went out, he met Xing Zhe, who started cursing Gao Mengtang, wishing him a miserable death.
"Were you eavesdropping outside the door? And did you kick the door?" Gao Mengtang asked.
Xing Zhe: “Yes!”
"It was you who wanted to chop me down last time, right?" Gao Mengtang asked.
Xing Zhe and Xiuhong stiffened their necks: "It's me, so what?"
"The first time you came to Wu Xiang's old house, I hid in the lake!" Xing Zhe said, "I put a red veil with the word 'Dian' written on it, and scared you. So what?"
Gao Mengtang: ...Actually, I wasn’t scared.
He quickly thought of another question: "I attacked the lake and screams came from the lake. Was it you?"
Xing Zhe's arrogance immediately died down, and he closed his mouth stubbornly, refusing to speak. Xiao Canglan simply ripped open her trouser legs.
"Blood!" Freesia shouted.
Xing Zhe's left thigh was wrapped in a bandage, and bright red blood was spreading little by little.
That day, they saw Xing Zhe sitting under the eaves, with his legs stretched out. His shoes and trouser legs were soaked by the rain, but he did not pull them back. It turned out that his legs were injured and could not bend.
"Why bother?" Gao Mengtang was worried about her wound and asked her teammates to treat her.
Xing Zhe was soft-hearted and did not take hardship. Seeing Gao Mengtang helping him heal his wounds, he was like a cat with its fur stroked, no longer showing its teeth and claws. "I just wanted to observe what you strangers were up to that day. I put a red veil with the word 'die' written on it to tell you that marrying the Ghost Doctor is not a good thing."
Gao Mengtang: "The white-dressed fairy the villagers are talking about is you, right? You are helping Xing'er and the others to take revenge."
After a long time, Xing Zhe snorted through his nose, which was considered as his agreement.
Anthrax, drugs, organ digging... It was hard to believe that such cruel things were done by a half-grown child. For a moment, Gao Mengtang didn't know whether to sigh or feel distressed.
He sighed again: "The second to last question, are you sisters?"
The room fell silent again, and after a long time, the two nodded.
"Confess everything. Let's break the spell that has immobilized them," said Gao Mengtang.
Wei Wei waved his hand, and the spell of immobilization was lifted. Xing Zhe and Xiu Hong immediately changed from sitting upright to hugging each other tightly, staring at the three of them fiercely.
"One last question," Gao Mengtang leaned his arms on his knees, approached them, and smiled his signature smile, "Tell me, why do you do this?"
The two little girls had no intention of speaking, and Gao Mengtang didn't expect them to tell him everything after a few words. He smiled even more: "You see, we are very powerful."
"I also hold grudges, but this is the first time that two kids have pointed their fingers at me and scolded me. I have been depressed for a long time." Gao Mengtang raised his eyebrows slightly, looking innocent and harmless. "If you don't give me a reason that can make me feel relieved, I will retaliate."
"You!" Xing Zhe pounced over to grab her, but at this moment, Canglan rushed over, with blue blood vessels bursting out from under her skin, her eyes bloodshot, staring at her fiercely.
How can a fake ghost compare to a real monster? Xing Zhe took several steps back in fear, tears welling up in his eyes.
"But I'm trustworthy," Gao Mengtang said, "Tell me the whole story, and I'll pretend that nothing unpleasant ever happened, okay?"
Xing Zhe and Xiu Hong had no way to escape, and wiped their tears aggrievedly: "Then, then let's make a pinky promise."
"good."
The little fingers were hung together, and the two hands were shaking. Xing Zhe swore a poisonous oath: "Let's make a promise and never change it for a hundred years. If you change it, you will not die well. No, life is worse than death."
Gao Mengtang still smiled: "Tell me."
Xiuhong spoke first: "My original name is Xing Xiu. I am the older sister and she is the younger sister. When I was 10 years old, I was abducted and sold..."
Their beloved daughter went missing, and Xing Xiu's parents, Dr. Xing and his lover, searched like crazy for her. Her parents were both doctors in a private hospital, and they were devastated by the incident. An operation went wrong, which led to a medical dispute.
Xing Xiu's mother was hacked to death during that medical dispute.
A year later, Dr. Xing was fired, but he was determined to find his eldest daughter even if he spent all his money.
Fortunately, a year later, he found Xing Xiu in a remote village in Nanzhou.
Unfortunately, his family was broke and the surgery went wrong so badly that no hospital dared to admit him. He could only return to his wife's hometown, which is this town.
The hospital in the town didn't dare to admit them, so Dr. Xing could only wash dishes.
Xing Xiu's parents were both gifted children, attending the best universities and working in the highest-paying private hospitals, with a bright future ahead of them.
Overnight, he returned from his hometown in Zhongzhou to a rural town on the 18th line in Nanzhou. His wife had passed away, his family was broken up, and his job had no future.
Dr. Xing's psychology gradually became distorted.
He is a surgeon, he should be standing next to the operating table.
If you can't save people, then kill them.
He should have blood on his hands, not grease from the dishes.
So, Dr. Xing reached a cooperation with Wu Xiang of Changming Village and arranged for his daughter to be with Wu Xiang and become the right protector to help him remove organs... human trafficking.
It turns out that people with strong abilities can also be excellent at committing crimes. He went from being a pitiful victim to a terrible perpetrator.
"Xing'er is dead, and I don't want others to be as miserable as her," Xing Zhe sniffed, "My sister and I started to avenge them. We also want the villagers to know that there is no such thing as the Ghost Doctor."
Gao Mengtang frowned disapprovingly: "Little kid, you can just say it directly, why kill people?"
"Do you think I haven't told you?" Xiuhong said, "I told the villagers that there is no such thing as a ghost doctor, but they didn't believe it!"
Xing Zhe: "Good morning, if I had known that you would listen to reason, I wouldn't have scared you."
It is understandable that if you tell a Christian who has read the Bible since childhood that God does not exist and that praying is worse than browsing the phone, they will sneer.
"What's the origin of that black jade pendant?" Wei Wei asked.
Xiuhong shook her head: "Old man Zhang... Wu Xiang's last name is Zhang. He didn't tell me some things, and I didn't know what the black jade pendant was. I stole it because it looked valuable and gave it to my sister."
After a pause, Xiuhong remembered something: "I have seen black and white fish pendants in a few paintings. They are in pairs."
"What painting? Can you show us?" Wei Wei asked.
"The paintings are signed by Xu Le," Xiuhong said, "Xu Le was the first girl to 'marry' the Ghost Doctor Immortal."
Xule, Limo. Gao Mengtang pondered these two names, and felt vaguely strange and vaguely familiar.
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