Chapter 237 The Temple Hall at Midnight
The onlookers saw this scene. It was deeply engraved in their memories and became the biggest nightmare in their lives. When the old military doctor slowly pushed aside the hair on the back of Er Meng's head, they were extremely shocked to find that... There is actually a face on the back of Ermengzi's head.
This face is two-thirds smaller than the normal face. But on this small face, the facial features are complete. Just because the face is small, the facial features are tightly squeezed together. The distorted and deformed facial features look extremely... Horrible and disgusting. And there are a lot of hairs sprouting out of this deformed face, which is even more shocking.
What's even more frightening is that after Ermengzi died, this face was still 'alive', and his expression still looked very painful and sad. A moaning sound came out of his mouth, which was only the size of his thumb. .Like weeping.
Among the onlookers, two people immediately screamed and fainted on the ground. The other people all looked pale and stood there in shock. They were at a loss. The room suddenly became silent and they didn't know. Who was it? It seemed that he had woken up from the excessive fright. He shouted "Oh my God" and ran out of the room screaming. The other onlookers, as if they had just woken up from a dream, also ran out screaming. .It seemed like everyone saw a ghost.
In the end, the only ones left in the room were the master, the military doctor, and two brave generals. Although the four of them were horrified when they saw this strange scene, their courage and courage were, after all, better than those of ordinary people. Much stronger.
The four of them stood nearby and quietly observed the deformed face. The expression on the small face was very painful, which made the already distorted facial features even more terrifying. At the same time, they also made a slight moan. It took half an hour for the expression on that little face to gradually solidify. The moans became weaker and weaker until they disappeared. Both the master and the military doctor suspected that the deformed face was slowly dying. .
This incident spread wildly in the army. Everyone knew from then on that the Er Mengzi turned out to be a 'monster'... He had two faces. But later, the old military doctor told the master that in fact, the Er Mengzi was born. At that time, he was probably a 'freak' with another face parasitized on the back of his head, and this face grew up with Ermengzi.
This incident can be regarded as the most bizarre thing that Master has ever seen in his life.
Later, the Qing Dynasty fell and the Republic of China entered the era. Because of the warlords' melee, the master was disheartened. Suddenly he felt that his past life of licking blood from the edge of a knife and going through life and death was so meaningless and meaningless. So he escaped into Buddhism. .
The master of the master happened to be a master of the Pure Land Sect. He had extremely high cultivation. He was a very famous eminent monk at that time. He was not only proficient in Buddhism, but also highly skilled in calligraphy, poetry, music, and even medicine. The master has benefited a lot from following this eminent monk for decades. His attainments and cultivation in all aspects have made rapid progress. He is completely different from the previous one.
The master once asked this monk specifically for advice about the strange thing about Er Mengzi. He wanted to find out what it was all about.
The eminent monk told the master that this situation is actually just like what the military doctor said. It is just caused by developmental abnormalities during the fetal period. It is just a kind of freak. However, most of these freaks cannot They develop normally into adults and die soon after birth. If such monsters can survive, some of them will become very scary. Some of them will even become extremely cruel. They like to eat people. corpses, even rotting corpses. They are often extremely brave and their physical strength is not comparable to that of ordinary people.
The eminent monk also told the master that during the Warring States Period, there was a warlock in Chu State who was good at alchemy. He could make women give birth to such monsters, and he could also ensure that most of the monsters survived.
This alchemy warlock often spent a lot of money to buy many women and had sex with these women. After these women became pregnant, he forced the women to eat an elixir he had made. After eating this elixir, the women became very angry. Some people will give birth to monsters.
So, within a few decades, this warlock trained dozens of such freaks. He used these freaks to carry out assassinations in various countries, causing dozens of nobles and nobles to die unexpectedly. For a time, it made people panic.
The scary thing is that not only are these freaks extremely brave, one of them can be as powerful as hundreds of warriors. They are also extremely cruel. They often dismember the corpses of assassination targets. I don’t know why. These freaks also like to eat people. The internal organs of people who were assassinated by them often had their stomachs cut open and their internal organs removed and eaten cleanly.
The master suddenly realized what he said after hearing what the eminent monk said, because he suddenly thought that in the past, after a battle, corpses with their internal organs completely removed would often appear on the battlefield. At that time, he always thought that they were just eaten by wild animals. So I didn’t pay much attention to it. But after listening to the eminent monk’s words, I now think about it. It was probably done by Er Mengzi who was beside me. When I thought of this, the master was even a little scared. But he was afraid of returning. After all, it was He had personally come into contact with such monsters. Therefore, the master was very curious about such monsters. He asked the eminent monk how to deal with such terrible monsters if he encountered them. Because if he fought hard with physical strength, he would definitely not be able to defeat them. them.
At that time, the eminent monk took out a big wooden fish and told the master that in order to deal with this kind of freak, it was enough to hold such a wooden fish in his hand because the knocking sound made by the wooden fish was very special and could make people's stomach ache. Resonance occurs. If the percussion skill is deep, the sound of the wooden fish percussion alone can make the stomach meridian unobstructed.
Not only that, tapping wooden fish can also be used to diagnose and treat diseases. If a person's stomach meridian is stagnant, if you have enough experience, you can judge it from the sound of the wooden fish, because the tapping sound made by the wooden fish will in turn be diagnosed. The stomach meridian is affected. If you have experience, you can directly judge the stomach meridian of people nearby through the sound of the wooden fish. It is like diagnosing the pulse.
Similarly, by the tapping sound of wooden fish, you can also judge whether there are such freaks around. Because freaks have a very strange characteristic. That is, their stomach meridian beats are very special, which is completely different from that of ordinary people. From the reflected wooden fish You can tell immediately from the sound whether there is such a freak nearby.
However, to deal with that kind of monster, a special big wooden fish is needed, because only the sound produced by this kind of big wooden fish can directly vibrate the monster's stomach meridian. And the most deadly place for the monster is his stomach meridian. After this place is shaken, their bones and muscles will become sore and their attack power will be completely lost. Moreover, the sound made by this big wooden fish will make them extremely uncomfortable.
After the eminent monk said this, the master was very interested and began to practice this skill of using wooden fish sounds to diagnose and treat diseases.
After listening to Master's explanation, I immediately understood why Master could tell that a 'monster' was coming when he closed his eyes and knocked on the wooden fish in the main hall, and also knew that it was a man-eater. The 'monster'. It turns out that the masters were all identified by the knocking sound of the wooden fish. And the weird-looking man who came in last was actually a freak. He was the same 'monster' as Er Mengzi.
It suddenly occurred to me that the recent incidents of missing pilgrims and even the cannibalization of corpses might be related to this freak. But because pilgrims no longer rush home overnight recently, this kind of cannibal freak. There is no one to eat. And tonight, this weirdo couldn't bear it any longer, so he sneaked into the temple and took the initiative to find these pilgrims to eat. When I thought of this, I couldn't help but feel horrified. I looked outside. It was already... The night was getting darker. I hurriedly asked Master what to do. The man-eating freak was in the main hall. If he attacked the pilgrims while they were sleeping, it would be bad.
The master was very calm. He said that the monster's action time would definitely be after midnight. The pilgrims would be fine for a while.
I know. Master and I have no other choice. Tonight, we will have a life-and-death showdown with that extremely dangerous freak. I originally wanted to observe secretly outside the hall and wait until I find that the freak shows signs of action. He rushed into the house, but the master did not agree to do so, because he felt that the hall was very big. When looking in from the outside window, he could not see clearly at all. And if the freak was fast, we would not be able to see clearly outside. It cannot be stopped in time.
Master said, there is only one way, that is, we both go to sleep in the main hall.
Because it is summer, the main hall is a relatively cool place. Therefore, monks usually go to sleep in the main hall. By the time Master and I went there, most of the pilgrims had already fallen asleep. Only a few pilgrims were still chatting quietly. When Tian saw the two of us passing by, he just nodded and said hello, and didn't feel particularly surprised. We both took a sneak peek at the monster. He was still squatting in the dark corner, with his head lowered and saying nothing.
The night gradually deepened. Only the rosin torches on the walls on both sides of the hall could be heard from time to time. There was a slight, crackling sound of burning. Master and I lay close together on our respective mats. Amidst the sound of snoring, we The two of them also pretended to be asleep. However, they were actually squinting and carefully observing the freak's every move by the flickering, dim torch light.
There was the sound of more drums outside. It was past midnight. The hall seemed quieter amid the snoring one after another. But I was getting more and more nervous. I had a vague premonition that the freak would soon start to act.
Sure enough, I saw the motionless freak suddenly raised his head slowly and looked around. The ugly and twisted face was even more terrifying in the dim light. I saw that he had removed the hair that covered half of his face. I lifted it up. The moment I lifted it up, I almost screamed out in shock... because there was another face on the half of the face covered by the hair. But this deformed face seemed to have only one face. The eyes, a mouth, and the nose are also very scary. They are just two black holes. It is simply too scary. Even the legendary ghosts are not so scary.
Chapter completed!