Chapter 535 Gap
Chapter 535 Gap
This time, there was no need for the old village chief to speak, Tian Lin had already said to him:
"It's getting late now, why don't we talk about it tomorrow?"
The old villager nodded quickly, not caring that Tian Lin and his companions had not left yet, and waved to the other evil villagers, saying, "Go back to your homes, close the doors and windows, and worship the God of Land."
While they were talking, Tian Lin had already brought Mei Xiangu to the old night watchman's courtyard.
But when he entered the courtyard, Tian Lin glanced at the place where the old night watchman lived.
Although Mei Xiangu was a step slower than Tian Lin, her eyes were also attracted by the 'bang bang' sound of the door opening and closing over there.
I saw that the bolt of the old night watchman's residence seemed to have been broken from the inside.
The old night watchman couldn't close the door, so he kept trying to lock it from the inside.
Seeing this, Mei Xiangu could not help but wonder, "Although this idiot's door bolt is broken, doesn't he know how to find another piece of wood or iron to use as a door bolt?"
Tian Lin did not comment on Mei Xiangu's statement. He was more curious about who broke the door bolt.
At this time, a strong wind blew outside. Tian Lin turned his head and saw a soldier wearing a black iron helmet appear in the cold wind.
"Let's go back to the house first!"
After Tian Lin finished speaking, he immediately slammed into the door panel where the guest room was.
The door was closed from the inside, and the voice of the Jurchen disciples could be heard faintly in the room: "This door cannot be opened. If it is opened, what if the soldiers outside are invited in?"
Then came Wang Yanyu's voice: "This door must be opened. If Mei Xiangu and Tian Lin have problems, who will go to see the old village chief next time?"
The Jurchen disciple said, "Without Zhang the butcher, can we still eat hairy pigs? Anyone can go to see the old village chief, but who will bear the risk of opening the door?"
"Are you afraid of evil spirits? You are afraid of death and won't open the door. I will break the bolt right now and no one will survive."
"you dare!"
The door opened while he was talking, and it was Agnes Chow who opened it.
Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu didn't say anything, and they hurriedly went into the house. After Yin Feng and Tian Lin entered the house, Zhou Ting slammed the door shut and locked it.
No one in the room spoke a word, all of them filled with the lingering fear of death and rebirth.
Outside the house, the wind whistled, followed by the sound of a soldier knocking on the door: "Open the door, open the door quickly, why don't you let me and others in?"
In addition to the sound of knocking on the door, there was also the sound of whistling wind.
The strong wind made the door bang loudly, and it seemed that it would break in at any moment.
At this moment, Mei Xiangu took the lead and pointed at the Jurchen disciple and said, "How dare you harm me?"
As Mei Xiangu spoke, she was about to take action, but was stopped by Tian Lin.
Similarly, Zhou Ting also stood in front of the Jurchen disciples and said to Mei Xiangu: "Junior Sister Mei, why are you angry? Didn't I open this door for you in the end?"
Mei Xiangu was not someone who could be easily fooled. She looked at Zhou Ting with murderous intent and said, "You asked me and Tian Lin to go see the old village chief. Did you intend to kill us?"
Zhou Ting looked innocent and said, "If I really had this intention, I wouldn't have opened the door for you."
Mei Xiangu sneered, "You are just afraid that Sister Wang will die with you, so you have no choice but to open the door."
The Jurchen disciple behind Zhou Ting called out:
"It was me who prevented the door from opening. Don't wrongly accuse a good person. Besides, I did this for everyone's safety, not out of selfish motives."
She still dared to quibble, Mei Xiangu's Goddess Tree had already been thrown away.
But Zhou Ting, the two male disciples, and Du Qiping attacked together to block the attack of the Goddess Tree. The true energy rushed around in the hut, and the already dilapidated wooden house was really shaky at this time.
Tian Lin's face changed slightly, and he raised his hand to absorb the impact of the true qi. However, the violent true qi collided in his body, and if he was not strong, he would have been seriously injured.
Even so, a mouthful of blood flowed out of Tian Lin's throat, and then he swallowed it back forcefully.
"Senior Sister Mei, forget it!"
Tian Lin held Mei Xiangu back. Mei Xiangu didn't want to fight to the death, but if the matter was left alone, she was afraid that others would think they were easy to talk to and might even trip them up a second time.
"This matter is not so good, there must be an explanation."
Zhou Ting was also afraid that Mei Xiangu would go crazy, so he couldn't help but say, "Even if Junior Sister Yu was wrong in this matter, we are facing a powerful enemy now. If we continue to fight, it will only benefit the evil spirits outside."
In fact, he didn't need to say much, because at this moment, the bolt of the door squeaked, and Wang Yanyu said, "Oh no, the bolt is cracked!"
Zhou Ting's face changed, and he said to Mei Xiangu: "After this is over, we will definitely give you an explanation. The most urgent task right now is to save the door bolt first!"
"it is good!"
Fairy Mei didn't waste any words. She took a step forward and held the door with one hand.
At the same time, Tian Lin stepped forward and began to cast a spell on the door bolt using the dead tree revival technique.
But to his surprise, when his technique of reviving dead wood was used on the door bolt, it was like mud thrown into the sea without causing any ripples at all.
"This door bolt is very strange. It seems that it has become an evil object after being haunted for a long time."
Zhou Ting on the other side did not answer Tian Lin's words, but took several door bolts and hung them firmly on the door.
Tian Lin raised his eyebrows when he saw this. He was sure that all the door bolts Zhou Ting took were from Taiping Village.
Considering that the old night watchman's door bolts were damaged, it is not difficult to imagine that Zhou Ting stole these door bolts from other homes.
A disciple of the Daoist sect, after learning all these skills, actually used them for stealing. If this matter were to be spread out, it would probably make people laugh.
However, no one would laugh at Zhou Ting at this time. Instead, they would praise him for his courage.
"Our original theory was that we would let the evil spirits outside with maces deal with the evil spirits in the villagers. But now it is confirmed that there are evil spirits causing trouble at night, and the evil spirits in the army are in opposition to the villagers.
In this case, why not just use the soldiers at night to deal with these villagers?"
Tian Lin praised: "Brother Zhou is indeed smart, resourceful and courageous."
Zhou Ting said: "This method was not actually thought of by me, but by Senior Brother Zuo. However, Senior Brother Zuo did not have time to use it, so this method was passed on to me by Junior Sister Wang."
The "Junior Sister Wang" he was referring to was naturally Wang Yuanji. At this moment, as the door was bolted, the banging sound finally stopped.
But the strong wind outside the house still continued. Everyone looked through the cracks in the window lattice and saw five armored men blowing continuously at the door of the old night watchman's room. The strong wind was the cold wind blowing out of their mouths.
"The old man's house clearly opens when touched, but these guys are just standing outside blowing air. Why is that?"
The Jurchen disciple frowned in doubt. Fairy Mei beside her looked at her with disgust, snorted coldly and turned away.
However, Tian Lin seemed to have no grudge against this Jurchen disciple and continued to answer her question:
"Because the door gods hung in each house have the function of resisting evil spirits. These soldiers didn't dare to approach, probably because they were afraid of angering the door gods."
Wang Yanyu nodded and praised: "Brother Tian is right. I also noticed that every household in the village has a door god. But these door gods are also strange. Not only have their portraits disappeared, but their clothing seems to be different from the door gods we often see."
(End of this chapter)