Nightmare Apostle

I think this is what men call cleaning. The door god can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty. It is one of the "door sacrificial rituals". Its meanings include exorcising evil spirits and avoiding ghosts, keeping the home safe, helping utilitarianism and bringing good luck, etc.

In response to tonight's ceremony, the role of this door god is to ward off evil spirits and avoid ghosts. But staring at the two door gods on the left and one on the right, Yang Xiao couldn't help but frown. The two door gods attached to them looked very old and wrinkled. , the color on it has fallen off a lot, showing an almost pale texture.

The door gods stick to the new ones rather than the old ones, and the color is mainly red. They are either happy and festive, or mighty and domineering, but the two door gods in front of them have made a big mistake.

The door gods are divided into civil and military. The representative of the Wu door god is Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong. He wears armor and holds a sword. He is powerful and domineering.

Literary door gods, such as Wei Zheng and Bao Gong, are regarded as door gods because of their uprightness. They are usually depicted wearing court clothes and holding a board or a golden basin. What they want is happiness and peace.

But the two door gods on the door are neither fish nor fowl. They are wearing clothes that look like court clothes. However, the door god on the left is holding a heavy axe, and the door god on the right is holding a tiger-head knife. The scene is indescribably weird.

Yang Xiao's eyes couldn't help but be attracted by the clothes that looked like court clothes on the left door god. The patterns on them were complicated and complicated. After looking at them for a long time, it was dazzling. Yang Xiao suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart, as if...,

It was as if he had seen something like this somewhere before.

This weird pattern was like a whirlpool, trying to pull Yang Xiao into it. Yang Xiao immediately closed his eyes when he realized something was wrong. After the chaos in his mind gradually subsided, he took a deep breath and opened his eyes little by little.

"Baifu Gate God, I didn't expect there to be such a treasure in this Earl's Mansion." Xiang Fengchen saw the clues and was shocked at the same time.

"What did you say? This is the white door god?" Yang Xiao, the white door god, knew that he was referring to Qin Shubao. Because of his majestic appearance, he was painted with a white face, so he was called the black and white door god together with the black-faced Yuchi Jingde.

However, according to the rules, Yuchi Jingde should be on the left and Qin Shubao on the right, but now the person on the left also has a pale face, with an expression that seems to be smiling but not smiling.

"It's not the White Door God, it's the Baifu Door God." Xiang Fengchen corrected, lowering his voice at the same time, as if he was worried about disturbing the pair of door gods. "This is the human skin door god. It is painted on the human body first and then peeled off."

"This person can't be just anyone. He must have the Tao in his body. He must be a monk, a Taoist priest, a sorcerer, or one of the leaders in the Yin Eight Sects. We met him not long ago. Unfortunately, he was alive." There is something in Xiang Fengchen's words.

This sentence instantly awakened Yang Xiao. The pattern on the door god looked familiar to him before, but now he remembered that Jiang Qingluan also had similar painted patterns on his back, but the color did not peel off as badly.

During the self-introduction session, Jiang Qingwan once said that his profession was a body painter.

"It's Jiang Qingluan!" Yang Xiao suddenly felt a chill in his face, "She...who is she? Why is there such a thing on her back?"

"This girl has an unusual background. She must be a young priest of the Yi religion. Only they can tattoo this kind of thing on her back." For Yang Xiao, Xiang Fengchen maintained a very high level of patience and tolerance, almost Tell everything you know.

Seeing the clueless look on Yang Xiao's face, Xiang Fengchen couldn't help but sigh, "Fundamentally speaking, the Yi religion comes from the same lineage as the Japanese ghost religion. The two are also mortal enemies. There is a saying in "Netherworld Record" that when people die, they become ghosts, and when ghosts die, Wei, death is hope, hope death is Yi, Yi is the end of human ghosts, the reason why it is named Yijiao also has the meaning of ending the Japanese ghost religion. "

Xiang Fengchen changed the subject, "The fight with the Yi religion is not enough to watch, but when it comes to the skill of skinning people to make the Baifu Gate God, the Yi religion is better. It is said that the high priest of the Yi religion can skin the enemy without them noticing." Remove the opponent's skin and make it into a human skin kite. The skin will fly in the sky while people on the ground are watching."

"The Yi religion, does it sound like a cult?" This method of skinning people alive to make kites doesn't sound like a decent thing to do.

Unexpectedly, Xiang Fengchen shook his head when he heard this, "What a cult, they are just saints. In my eyes, there is only one cult, Black Buddha Mother."

"So...the problem lies with this door god. As long as Jiang Qingluan comes, there will be a way to break this level.

"Yang Xiao felt confident.

"Wrong, she will die worse than us." Xiang Fengchen shook his head.

"Why?"

Xiang Fengchen pulled Yang Xiao, opened the door with him, and strode in. "The problems here are very complicated, and I can't explain them to you even for a while."

The two of them broke into the courtyard. It was quiet and empty.

"How dare you come in even if you don't understand the problem?" If it weren't for the turtle shell in his hand, Yang Xiao would even suspect that the Xiang Fengchen in front of him was fake.

Turning around, Xiang Fengchen looked at him, "I'm saving you, the door god changed his face just now, didn't you notice?

Seeing Yang Xiao's expression change, Xiang Fengchen patted his shoulder and looked at him with deep meaning, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."

Yang Xiao pushed his hand away and gave a warning look in return, "We are in a cooperative relationship, and I am the captain under Director Nalan. In terms of positions, you and I are incompatible."

"What's the future of following Nalan Shuo? Yang Xiao, I'm very optimistic about you. You can follow me after I leave this time."

I guarantee that you will enjoy the spicy food. If you care about Jiang Qingluan so much, you must like her. When I get out, I will capture her and send her to you. A young priest can still handle it as a teacher. Xiang Fengchen stared at him and asked eagerly: "How is it?" "

"It's not good. I have to go back and inform Director Nalan about the situation here." Yang Xiao felt that Xiang Fengchen was not normal and staying with him was very dangerous.

"I advise you not to. If you go out now, you will die immediately." Xiang Fengchen persuaded Yang Xiao with one sentence, "I suggest you check the door god first."

Because both doors were pushed open, from the angle where Yang Xiao was standing, he could just see the door god on one side. Against the background of the miserable green light, he saw that the door god's face changed, from a smile to a sinister and indifferent expression. At the same time, in his hand The knife he was holding was opened at some point, and the rusty black blade made everyone feel cold all over.

Of course, the most terrifying thing was the door god's eyes, which were unbiased and looked in the direction of Yang Xiao.

In an instant, a picture flashed through Yang Xiao's mind. When he walked out of the threshold, he would be cut into two pieces by the knife.

"You have disturbed the resentful soul on the door. Now this door has almost become a ghost door. You can only enter but not exit." Xiang Fengchen sighed.

There might be a ghost hiding in the courtyard. Now for Yang Xiao, the only way left is to cooperate with Xiang Fengchen.

The two avoided the well in the corner and began to check the yard. They found that there were door gods posted on both sides of the doors of the three rooms they lived in. From right to left, they looked at each one. There was nothing wrong with Zhang Songde's room and Jiang Qingluan's room. It was no longer a human skin door god, but a very ordinary sticker door god. The style of the door god was also very reasonable, until the two stopped in front of their room on the far left. .

It was also a door god with stickers, and there was no big problem with the style, but the strange thing was that it gave people a different feeling. After staring at the door god for a long time, he felt that his whole body was eerie, and Yang Xiao couldn't help but shudder.

There is something wrong with this door god, Yang Xiao can be sure, but for now he can't confirm where the problem lies. He doesn't dare to get too close, so he can only squint and take a closer look.

An arm stretched out from his side, pointing to the door god's boots on the left. The next second, Yang Xiao followed the direction of Xiang Fengchen's finger and finally saw that between the door god's boots and the trousers, a small section of leg was exposed, and through the darkness Under the light, you can see that the exposed legs are covered with blue scales. This is either some Wumen God who wards off evil spirits, or a ghost!

A ghost disguised as Wu Men Shen!

The corresponding door god on the right is the same, but this time the flaw is on the back of the hand. There is an eye secretly embedded in the back of the hand of the Wu door god when he lifts the weapon.

"These are not door gods, they are ghosts in human skin, also called ghost door demons. Tonight they will guide the ghosts to our room." Xiang Fengchen whispered, "Whether we open the door or not, the ghosts can come in."

"Why is this thing posted here?" Yang Xiao's back was cold for a while, "I mean...why are the people in the Earl's Mansion targeting us?"

"I don't know." Xiang Fengchen told the truth, "Maybe people in the other two rooms have died, or they think Nalan Shuo and I are too difficult to deal with. Get rid of us first, and the remaining people won't be able to do anything. Waste."

"Is there anything you can do?" Yang Xiao was breathing rapidly. He didn't want to touch this evil thing that was visible to the naked eye. "Why don't we go to the other two rooms to deal with it tonight and let the ghost escape?"

"That's not right." Xiang Fengchen stretched out his hand and pointed at the well, "Don't forget, there's something wrong with that well. Room allocation is also a set rule. If you break the rules, the thing in the well will probably come to your door. "

"I have two ways. The first, and the safest, is to invite these two ghost door gods away and go outside the doors of the other two rooms. We invite their door gods back. We can change the two sides and let them give in. We ward off disaster.”

"What about the second one?" Yang Xiao asked.

"I will try my best to move these two ghosts. I can't guarantee how far I can move them, and I can't guarantee whether there will be any accidents during the process." Suddenly, Xiang Fengchen looked at Yang Xiao and said seriously: "When I say unexpected, I mean to you."

"Choose the second option. The current situation is unclear and a large number of personnel reduction is tantamount to suicide." Yang Xiao gave his own opinion.

Looking at Yang Xiao's calm face, Xiang Fengchen nodded slowly and couldn't help but praise: "Yes, you are courageous and decisive enough. Then I'll follow you, my good disciple. You can hide behind me and I'll let you see." Look at what you can do as a teacher!”

After saying that, Xiang Fengchen took out a small cloth bag from his arms. After opening it, there were several short incense sticks inside. He lit it with a fire stick and sandwiched it between the middle finger and ring finger of his left hand. He took a breath and stretched his hand to the left side. In front of the ghost gate god.

The next second, the aroma that was originally floating upward turned around and drifted towards the ghost door god's face on the left, as if it was disturbed by some force.

The flame at the head of the incense suddenly lit up, and the entire incense burned down at a speed visible to the naked eye. It took about half a minute.

Even shorter, Yang Xiao saw the ghost door god's red eyes closing little by little until they were completely closed, as if they were asleep.

It was also at this moment that the ghost gate god finally revealed his true appearance. What the general swallowed and wrapped was actually a green-faced evil ghost with ape teeth. The evil ghost closed its eyes and slept soundly.

While the evil ghost was sleeping, Xiang Fengchen moved. He pressed the corner of the door god with his right hand, held his breath, and kept sending incense with his left hand, moving the ghost door god to the left little by little. This scene was simply unbelievable to Yang Xiao behind him. Because the door god paper was stuck on after all, but at this moment, it seemed to be floating on the water.

The moving process was visibly difficult to the naked eye. Although Xiang Fengchen had a loud tone, he did have real skills.

I saw him stepping on the Tiangang Steps, moving the Ghost Gate God horizontally for more than 3 meters, nearly 4 meters away, and stuck it against the wall.

A second before the incense in his hand was about to go out, he also let go of his hand. As the entire incense burned out, the ghost door god suddenly woke up and returned to his appearance as a door god again.

Immediately afterwards, Xiang Fengchen repeated his old trick and moved the ghost door god on the right side to the side of the ghost door god on the left. The distance between the two ghost door gods remained the same as before when they were attached to the door.

After doing all this, Xiang Fengchen breathed out softly and turned around. Before he could show off to Yang Xiao, he was shocked by the scene in front of him. He saw Yang Xiao holding a stick of incense in his mouth, as if he was smoking. The fragrant mist floats slowly upward.

"Good boy, be on guard against me." Xiang Fengchen smiled instead of getting angry, and his evaluation of Yang Xiao got even better.

This kid is a very thief. To prevent him from having an accident, he first took measures to protect himself.

Sealing one's mouth with incense will kill the person's popularity and make the ghost confused about his location in a short period of time, creating an opportunity for him to escape.

"Hand over all the incense on your body, I know you are prepared." Xiang Fengchen reached out to Yang Xiao and asked for it.

After getting the seven incense sticks, Xiang Fengchen did a simple calculation and found that it was almost enough. Then he took action and saw that he grabbed the incense sticks together. In Yang Xiaoyi's eyes, they actually found them on the part of the wall where the two ghost door gods were. A door was drawn with incense.

Of course, it's just the shape of a door, as crude as a child's sketch. You can't tell it at all unless you look carefully.

"You want to use this thing to deceive ghosts?" Yang Xiao felt that Xiang Fengchen might be crazy. In his eyes, the feasibility of this plan was basically zero.

"This is also a hopeless solution. Whether it can work or not depends on the fate of you and my master and disciple." With a sigh, Xiang Fengchen threw away the incense in his hand and crushed it with his feet.

After doing all this, the two of them went to the corner of the courtyard wall and hid there. There were several trees blocking the way. They each found one and hid it behind it.

"Who do you think will come next?" Yang Xiao asked in a low voice.

"I think it's Gong Banlan. It's not for nothing that Director Nalan has been able to survive today. He must know that Gong Banlan has something to tell me when he comes to me for treatment. Since he refuses to say it in public, the most likely way is to identify someone. There’s a problem, it’s a ghost.”

"And I took you away together, which means that there is no problem between you and me. The one Gong Banlan identified was not us, so among the remaining people, there is the ghost identified by Gong Banlan."

"But he understands a truth. People who identify others are often the ones with evil intentions. So without knowing the person Gong Banlan identified, the biggest suspect he can suspect is Gong Banlan. If I were him, I would be the first to suspect him. One gets her out."

"Oops..." The next second, Yang Xiao seemed to suddenly think of something, and his face turned pale.

"What's wrong?" Xiang Fengchen frowned.

"I suddenly remembered something. The man told us that we can come alone or in two, right?"

"Yes, at that time we said this rule was quite strange." Xiang Fengchen recalled.

"Look at Gong Banlan's injuries. Can she still walk alone?" Yang Xiao suddenly asked.

Xiang Fengchen was stunned for a moment when he heard this. Suddenly, his face looked as ugly as if he had eaten a fly. "This rule seems to be tailor-made for her. She needs someone to support her!"

"She is a ghost! No matter whether she can open the door or not, the person who helped her up will be killed by her!" Yang Xiao spoke urgently.

This is just a guess, but Yang Xiao feels that the possibility is very high, but it is too late to say anything now. After all, Nalan Shuo and the others do not know the situation here. Yang Xiao guesses that the person supporting Gong Banlan is probably Jiang Qingluan or Chang Chuchu. She We are people in the same room, living in the middle one, and in front of the door, "Gong Banlan" will be blocked by the real door god. When the time comes, the person who comes with her will definitely notice something abnormal, but...:. If you want to run away, I'm afraid you won't have a chance.

Before Yang Xiao could stop thinking about it, there was a choking sound outside the courtyard door, as if someone with bad legs was walking along the ground without leaving his feet.

Yang Xiaoxiang Fengchen couldn't help but hold his breath and looked through the gap towards the courtyard door. Not long after, a walking figure walked in, holding the door with one hand.

Against the background of the green lantern in front of the door, the two of them saw clearly that the person coming was Gong Banlan, but she was the only one.

He also used a piece of wood as a crutch.

Yang Xiao finally let go of what Yang Xiao mentioned and praised her director crazily in her heart. It seems that Nalan Shuo was also worried that something might happen if someone sent someone to go with Gong Banlan, so he gave her a temporary wooden crutch and let her go by herself. Move step by step.

The green light reflected on Gong Banlan's face. I don't know if it was a psychological effect. Yang Xiao was frightened by this scene.

But to be fair, they didn't find anything suspicious about Gong Banlan. They only saw Gong Banlan looking around, and finally stepped into the yard. The distance was closer. They also saw Gong Banlan's face clearly. She was biting her lips, her face filled with emotion. With a panic that could not be concealed, she was looking for someone and her eagerness to join her teammates was very real.

But just as she moved forward step by step, approaching the three rooms, she suddenly stopped, turned around after a moment, and walked towards the room where Yang Xiao and Xiang Fengchen lived. The next second, in Yang Xiao's frightened eyes , Gong Banlan walked further and further, bypassing the door of the nearby room, and went straight to the "door" that Xiang Fengchen had drawn on the wall with incense. He stood between the two ghost door gods, raised his hand, and Beat down.

"Mr. Xiang, it's me. I have something very important to tell you." Gong Banlan's voice sounded erratic, but very real. "Zhang Songde is a ghost. Mr. Nalan has been killed by him!"