Chapter 14: Attacking the Bat Spirit
Thanked Liu Bin's family's retention, I, Chen Jin, Guo, Chang Yunliang four people from Liu Bin's family shuffled their feet out.
We can't have no eyes in the middle, people say some polite words to stay for lunch, is it really in their home to eat? The home is messed up into that way, cooking utensils are not complete, how to cook for us? They have a family of four who have to make do with cooking and eating.
The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night.
The sky has been completely overcast, and from time to time there are bursts of muffled thunder in the distance, like whoever is beating a huge drum in the distance, rumbling, rumbling ……
The cool breeze, in this hot summer, really makes people feel comfortable and refreshed all over.
Guo said with some depression: "This time, it is the old women's family with us, look at that look, are letting the bat essence to confuse, instigated, things have made such a big mess, back to the child, the other villagers if they are again compelled …… that have to make a mess into what kind of ah? "
"Yes, Hu Laoshi said to let us endure, endure, if the afternoon, or tomorrow, the village people want to make trouble again, what should we do?" Chang Yunliang said with some indignation and concern.
I looked at not far away from the river embankment downhill exposed small temple roof, that is the new river god temple, heart thought, that old bastard spirit should be in it, right? Shouldn't I discuss with it and hurry to kill that bat spirit? Then I shook my head with a bitter smile, nonsense, how can I join forces with evil things to deal with evil things? It won't work.
Chen Jin said, ''Didn't they want to tear down the River God Temple at some point? Today it seems that no one demolition, they do not demolition, we demolition, demolition of the river temple, the old bastard spirit has no place to live, will go to find another place, the village has no other place, there is only Guandi Temple, bat spirit is not there? The two of them will fight, we are also considered to help, let them hurry to fight ah ……."
"No way." I shook my head and said, "Didn't Hu Lao Si say, let's not act rashly, besides, Bat Spirit can't wait for us to demolish the River God Temple, since it also thinks so, it must be favorable to it."
"Then let's go tear down the Guandi Temple and burn that bat spirit to death, damn it, if we don't burn it to death, waiting for the old bastard spirit to fight with it, our village may still be in a lot of trouble." Chen Jin gritted his teeth and said.
"Right, burn down the Guandi Temple and kill that bat spirit." Chang Yunliang immediately nodded his head.
Guo also said, "That's good, even if we can't burn it down, we have to make sure it doesn't have the time or mood to bewitch people."
I frowned and thought about it, fuck, go out of the way, listen to Hu Laoshi's words alone absolutely not, this old boy's plan is too perfect, simply did not consider whether the middle of the accident, once the accident, the entire plan will have to fizzle …… So, still have to rely on our own, the previous to deal with so much evil, are not all this way! I think of this, I nodded my head and said. Thinking of this, I nodded and said: "Look at this weather a moment will rain, we eat lunch, to Chen Jin's home collection, bring some kerosene, by the way with weapons, fire burning Guandi Temple, can get killed that bat spirit, better."
"Good!" The three of them immediately nodded their heads and agreed.
The four of them walked towards home.
I was walking towards home, my heart was thinking, since the bat spirit dares to instigate the villagers to mess with our brothers and sisters, it is its dog days don't know the little master's power, motherfucker, today I have to mess with your mother's endless …… And, this is a rare opportunity, the old ladies' families experienced this morning's matter, temporary The old women's families, after this morning's incident, are temporarily clear-headed and won't make trouble with us. And the remaining Copper Lock Niang and the other two old ladies are not enough to stop our gang.
The village people, not to mention, as long as that bat spirit hasn't had the time to compel them, they definitely won't make an enemy of us, this morning's matter, should soon spread in the village, who doesn't want to be killed?
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I thought that after returning home today, I would at least let Pops scold me. However, the old man did not scold me, he went out to do business today quite smooth, earned three dollars more, good mood, and most importantly, he thinks we did the right thing, should be done, those old ladies and their families, really do not know what is good and bad, do not distinguish between the importance of the matter, unreasonable, how can you not move to copy other people's homes it?
Do you still think that you are the Red Guards who broke the Four Olds and organized the Black Five?
However, my father still reprimanded me a few sentences, said in the future do not move with a knife to fight with people, once a person's life, that can be bad, killed a person, after all, to pay for life.
Eating a meal talking about today's events, I learned from my father's words, that was Xue Zhigang stabbed Zhang Qiang, people are fine, a knife down to the stomach, but did not injure the vital organs, directly in the town of the pier surgery to rescue. At that time, my father happened to ride a bicycle to change grain back, passing by the hospital in the town of the dock, see our village a few people there panicked look, my father hurriedly got off the car to look at what happened, which learned that today the village out of such a big thing.
But then the doctor pushed Zhang Qiang to the operating room rescue, not a moment later came out a doctor, comforted the family said nothing, just need to do a small operation, it does not matter.
Everyone put their hearts down, and I also put my heart down after hearing this news – this means that Xue Zhigang is fine.
The state law, the village has village rules, in our rural areas have an unwritten tradition, the general situation between the villagers in a fight and a conflict, as long as not dead, no serious injuries, most will not alarm the public security department, but privately, someone from the mediator, both sides of the argument, see the compensation, pay out some money, even if.
Grandpa also very unusual did not say too many words, just said he knows everything, Hu Laoshi has told him all the things. Grandpa said let us listen to Hu Laoshi, do not cause trouble, try to hide in the house these days, do not go out to fool around, try not to conflict with the villagers, according to Hu Laoshi's meaning, endure, wait.
My mouth promised, but in my heart, I think endure ah wait ah, to when? We do not have the patience and not so good temper, waiting for the village people first with us difficult, and then burst fierce conflict, the final state of affairs and unmanageable …… first in addition to the bat spirit say, catch the thief first catch the king well, the least, but also have to GuanDi Temple to it burned down, let it go to the copper locks mother's home to live in it, stay it, back to mess with us, the copper locks mother's home also have to give us, the copper locks mother's home. If we get angry, we'll have to burn down the copper lock's mother's house, so it won't have a place to stay.
Didn't Old Hu say he wanted Old Bastard to go after the Bat Spirit? We'll force the Bat Spirit to fight with Old Bastard for the River God's temple.
Damn it!
After the meal, endured a long time of light rain, finally pattered down, the world a hazy. I draped a fertilizer bag out of the house, to Chen Jin's home.
After arriving at Chen Jin's home, Guo, Chang Yunliang, Chang Hanqiang, Yao Kyoto waiting for me there, a moment Chen Jin also came from the hall, followed by him, surprisingly, is Xue Zhigang. It turned out that the boy wanted to run away in the morning, first returned home, picked up a few pieces of clothing to run out of the time, ran into the often Yunliang his father Chang Zhong, often books look at Xue Zhigang look know that the boy to run away, often books with a cold face to Xue Zhigang to reprimand a meal, then told him not to run, Zhang Qiang is a brigade of tractors sent to the dock in town, the tractor has returned, Zhang Qiang hospitalized, but the injuries are not serious. The injury is not serious, much less lose his life. You Xue Zhigang, no need to run, just prepare the money.
So Xue Zhigang farted back, the family heard that people Zhang Qiang life saved, immediately happy, and forgot to reprimand Xue Zhigang trouble, as long as the child is not to run away, not to the end of the world, than what is better than anything else, is not to pay for people to see a doctor? We have money in our family.
A few other buddies back home in a different situation, Chang Yunliang was his father severely beaten, Guo was also beaten, while Chang Hanqiang and Yao Jing, but not beaten, because the family can not wait for his son to ruthlessly out of this evil, and then heard that the family will be compensated for the gang, and then also relieved.
About this plunge compensation compensation problem, by my grandfather to do the Lord, Chang Zhishu from which is responsible for mediation, Calculation …… these things, it is not our young people to manage.
Liu Bin to come, we a few words to go out to burn Guan Di Temple and bat Jing it, who did not expect Liu Bin will come, because their family and a few of us are different, the conditions are the worst, and since the knowledge of the home is the scourge of the black cat, Liu Bin and for this reason desperately ahead of time to drive away the black cat, so in the family, Liu Bin now than his parents speak in the tone of voice of the top of the matter is the absolute head of the family.
Home today was smashed into that pattern, why he did not stay at home?
When we asked him, Liu Bin said calmly: "Anyway, it has been smashed, waiting for a new one, no glass on the windows, I have put a plastic sheet, no problem to block the wind and rain. I thought you have to do something, so I came here."
This kid said these words, no expression on the face, eyes empty let a person feel weird, I really think Liu Bin change is too big, a little neurotic like. Later heard my second uncle said: at that time, Liu Bin, is the most terrible person, because but where the eyes are empty expressionless, so that people can not see the joy and sadness of the people, but the mind is not affected in the slightest, but especially over the calm, this kind of people ruthless, out of the way, will take a person's life.
But at that time, although we feel strange, but not how to take it seriously, all think this kid is still angry, after all, no matter who's home to the people to copy, the mood will not be good to where, not to mention, Liu Bin family just out of the dilemma, is about to live a happy life it, such a blow, surely let Liu Bin more angry.
Eight of us came together, as usual, eight people will always be in a piece, together with the trouble together with the playful with the suffering and enjoying the blessings.
This makes my heart, for this time to do is the thing, even more full of confidence, even trance think, this time we will surely kill the bat spirit, if so, is not it better?
Yes, at that time I forgot, if killed the bat spirit, the old bastard spirit how to do? After all, Hu Laoshi's plan was to let the old Wang Bajie get rid of the Bat Spirit, and at that time, the old Wang Bajie must have been injured, and then we would go out to get rid of the old Wang Bajie, as easy as a slap in the face.
Rain is not big, still pattering, but it still makes the village streets and alleys into a muddy. Just after lunch time, and catch a light rain, the village people are shrinking in the home lunch break, rare in the summer there is such cool weather, sleep, is not a very comfortable thing?
So in addition to the pattering rain filling the empty streets and alleys, no one, no chickens, ducks and dogs running in the street.
A few of us are draped in a plastic bag of fertilizer, either in the waist don't have a sharp knife, or in the hand carrying a brazier, Chen Jin and Chang Yunliang each hand carrying a canister bottle, filled with kerosene, tasted the sweetness of the fire attack, we are too lazy to demolish the temple and smash the temple, a fire counts the ball, and again, in accordance with our understanding of the filth, including the evil things and ghosts, should be the most afraid of the fire.
The light rain drenched our heads, dripping down our heads, which had condensed into wisps; slippers stepped on the water on the muddy street, making a snapping sound.
None of us said a word; we walked step by step in the direction of the Guandi Temple with a solemn expression, and not at a fast pace. We are not in a hurry, although there is fire in our hearts ……
Guan Di Temple in the rain curtain appeared vaguely in the front, the distance is still more than three hundred meters, through the rain curtain, looks a little hazy.
The already dilapidated tile roof and brick walls, in the rain curtain through the black and blue color, gloomy. Above the tiled roof directly facing the temple door, perhaps two red flags had just been inserted this morning, when they were cleaned up by the Copper Lock Lady? Being wet with rainwater, the flags drooped listlessly, curled around the bamboo pole, as if asleep, motionless.
When we were almost at the temple entrance, I whispered, "Stop first."
The brothers all stopped and turned their heads to look at me.
"Jinzi and I carry kerosene to go over first, if that bat spirit is inside, there are too many people and the noise will scare it away, you guys are here to watch, as long as Jinzi and I see the bat spirit inside, we will immediately light up the kerosene bottle and throw it in, just as a signal, as long as we throw the kerosene bottle, you guys will rush over and surround the Guandi Temple, we can't let it run away. "
"But what if the bat spirit is not there?" Guo asked.
"It won't be, since the god's seat was moved here, it will definitely be inside the temple." I said with certainty.
Chen Jin sneered and said, "Even if it isn't there, the temple will still burn down."
"The problem is …… that we can t see it, and if it wants to run, we don t know where to block it." Yao Jing frowned and said.
I was stunned, yes, only Chen Jin and I can see it, this is a little difficult. Chen Jin said indifferently: "It's okay, run on the run, besides, it is not necessarily in time to run, the fire burns, the door I and Yinle two people guarded, it can run? Burn it to death."
"Yes, that night we did not see it? It was when the old master's temple was demolished ……," said Xue Zhigang.
Then the brothers all remembered, that night when demolishing off the old master temple, we did see a black shadow flying into the night sky, at that time we also suspected that it was a bat.
Could it really be this bat spirit? But how did the other brothers and sisters see it that night?
I waved my hand and said, "Cut the bullshit, hurry up and do it, damn it!"
After saying that, I took the canned bottle in Chang Yunliang's hand, and Chen Jin and the two of us took a step towards the Guandi Temple. Other buddies also according to the plan, in place to stand still, only waiting for me and Chen Jin's side of the action, they will immediately run forward to support us.
The distance from the Guandi Temple is getting closer and closer, Chen Jin and I both slowed down our footsteps, gently raised, slowly lowered, so there is no longer slippers shuffling into the water when the sound of snapping and snapping. In fact, in hindsight, we simply do not need to be so careful, in broad daylight, the bat spirit can not imagine that someone will come here is specifically trying to pick up its ah. Also, it will never think that Chen Jin and I can see it.
Slowly, the two of us walked to the door of the Guan Di Temple.
Wooden temple door half-covered, above the paint mottled off, the door on both sides of the small windows, is the kind of seven seven forty-nine grid of the old-fashioned house windows, above the original paste with a layer of thick paper, but because of the years and days, very few people to take care of, so that those thick paper are broken not like the appearance of the window, the window cornice child is very narrow, and therefore can not block the pattering of the drizzle of the rain occasional breeze blowing, will fall into the window inside.
Through the window to look inside, the temple has been cleaned up, looks cleaner than usual, two bowls of meat on the offering table, incense burner is still burning a handful of incense, just about to burn out, so that the temple inside the smoke, very a little bit of ethereal feeling. Two just placed on both sides of the table on the candlestick, also lit two thick candles, still, about to burn out.
Chen Jin and I did not push open the door of the temple, since the thick paper on the window are basically fall out, then through the window can see the situation inside, and why push open the door first – to scare snakes?
Chen Jin took two steps to the right and stood under another window, and we both looked up, our eyes searching inside the temple. Now we could be sure that the bat spirit, was definitely inside the temple, because of the sinister evil aura that filled the temple, mixed with the lingering smoke, it was very bizarre.
Soon, I saw the bat spirit, yes, it landed on the shoulder of the tall Guan Di statue Guan Ershi, two wings wrapped tightly around the body, claws tightly clasped Guan Ershi's hat, the body just hanging upside down, due to the two wings did not unfold, it looks like the sea bowl so big person. It seemed to be sleeping, motionless, and didn't seem to realize that danger had come.
I twisted my head to look at Chen Jin, who also happened to twist his head to look at me, and the two of us nodded, both of us understanding that we were ready to act.
The two of us at the same time gently step to the door of the face, put down the canned bottle with kerosene in his hand, unscrewed the opening, the bottle are stuffed with a large ball of cotton, so that the kerosene are saturated, so that if the point is ignited, flammable.
I glanced down at the temple door with my eyes, signaling Chen Jin to kick the door open immediately after I lit it in a moment, Chen Jin nodded.
I took out a match and rubbed it gently, with a poof sound, the match caught, I used the hand holding the matchbox to half-open it above the fire to prevent it from being doused by the rain. With my right hand, I squeezed the matchstick and lit it in a bottle, and the fire jumped up with a whoosh. I immediately threw the matchstick into another bottle, and the other bottle caught fire.
When it was too late, I threw away the matchbook and stood up with a canned bottle in one hand. Chen Jin also stood up quickly, and violently kicked out his leg, kicking the broken temple door open, only to hear bam, the broken temple door could not withstand Chen Jin's vigorous kick, and collapsed into the temple with a bang.
I couldn't care about this, my right hand vigorously smashed the burning can bottle in my hand at the bat spirit that had just heard the sound and opened its small eyes, and then my left hand also threw the can bottle onto the god's platform, under the feet of Guan Ershi.
Only after hearing two popping and clattering sounds, the can bottle shattered, kerosene was scattered everywhere, and the fire whistled and burned.
That bat spirit opened its wings and whooshed to the beams, Chen Jin pulled the sharp knife from his waist and rushed into the temple, took an arrow step across the offering table, raised the sharp knife and stabbed at that bat spirit.
And at this time I also quickly drew my belt out and rushed into the temple.
The bat spirit's figure flickered, dodging Chen Jin's sharp knife, I was quick, my belt swung up with a swish, and drew it straight at the bat spirit.
With a crunching sound, the bat spirit was accurately jerked by me, and was instantly knocked into the corner of the temple.
Chen Jin and I didn't expect to knock the bat spirit to the ground so easily, Chen Jin jumped down from the offering table, carrying a sharp knife and killed the bat spirit, I also didn't hesitate to follow Chen Jin, clutching my belt ready to whip the bat spirit.
At this moment, a few other brothers also killed over, each eye staring like a bell, rushed into the temple with great vigor, shouting: "Where is it where is it? Where is it?"
Chen Jin had already rushed to the corner of the wall, his sharp knife stabbing down hard, at the same time I took a step forward, the belt in my hand also swung down, wanting to whip that bat spirit.
Suddenly, the bat spirit that had been beaten as if it had fainted and curled up in the corner suddenly opened its wings, and before Chen Jin's sharp knife stabbed it, its wings whistled a little, and a strong wind rushed towards us. Yes, you can't even imagine that kind of wind, it was strong, but the area wasn't very large, and it seemed to be aimed only at the two of us, Chen Jin and me. The two of us, it was as if we were crowded in a mountain crevice that was only half a meter or so wide, and the gust of wind poured through the crevice, as if all the force was poured into this one point. Steeply, a strong attack, the two of us simply can not block the powerful wind, exclaimed, the body involuntarily lie backward on their backs.
Behind us, a few buddies rushed to help us both, but the strong wind did not weaken at all, blowing head-on, a few people staggered and all fell down.
"Fuck, you're crushing me ……"
"I can't stand up ……"
"Where's Batman?"
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Brothers panicked into a mess, I despite lying down on the body of the brothers, my eyes were always on the bat spirit, the bat spirit after whirring its wings twice, whooshed and flew up, and when it was about to fly to the beam, swiftly swooped over to us.
I could see the ferocious and murderous light in its bright little eyes, and its little mouth opened, revealing two rows of tiny sharp white teeth, its scarlet tongue gulping out, just like a demon that had just escaped from hell into the human world.
There was no time to think, I waved my hand and swung my belt to meet the bat spirit, the bat spirit came swiftly, when the belt cut through the air, it even made a cracking sound, and sparks flashed. Bat essence in mid-air with so fast degree of attack, at the moment of seeing that belt, but steeply stop the body, swiftly to the side of the fly, almost ninety degrees angle in mid-air turned a corner, whoosh sound scurried to the beams of the room.
At this time, the Guan Di statue on the stage and the Zhou Cang statue behind him, as well as the old, worn-out thick cloth on the stage, the red silk just hung on the beams of the room, have all burned up.
Bat spirit seems to be very afraid of flames, just hanging upside down with the beams, will flap his wings will come over the fire fan back, but the fire does not care about the bat spirit how fierce how powerful, in a strong wind to scrape back, in a few moments will be more violent fire counterattack over.
The bat spirit once again waved its wings, causing a strong wind to force the fire back, it felt that this place is not suitable to stay, or 36 plans to go for the best, so it lifted its wings and flew up, wanting to seize the door and escape.
Want to run? No way! I had already stood up and swung my belt at the bat spirit.
The bat spirit stopped in mid-air, and his wings flapped twice at me, so the wind rose up, once again knocking me and a few of my buddies, who had just gotten up behind me, to the ground.
"Fuck! Bad food!" I cursed, it's over, the fucking bat spirit is getting away.
Damn bat spirit, although it is afraid of the flames, understand that staying here is not good for you, you must leave immediately, but it does not seem to be willing to run away like this, but in mid-air, showing its teeth at us, as if making fun of us and as if provoking, before lifting its wings and flying towards the door.
I hurriedly climbed up before I could stand still and swung my belt, wanting to hit it, but ultimately the degree is not as good as the bat spirit, it was very agile around the past, followed by a white light swiftly shot towards the bat spirit, it turned out to be Chen Jin threw out the knife in his hand, but unfortunately, it was half a beat slower, the bat spirit has already reached the doorway, and the sharp knife thumped in the doorframe… …
Just as several of us watched with disappointment as the bat spirit flew to the doorway and was about to rush into the rain, the bat spirit's body, which was flying swiftly, stopped abruptly in mid-air, as if it had suddenly hit a wall, with a thud, and then the bat spirit's body slid downward and straight in mid-air. Almost sliding down to the muddy ground, bat essence suddenly double wings open whirring flapped twice, outside the wind steeply, will pattering rain are scraped to the south of the street wall to fly, strong wind makes those rain hit the wall, out of the snap snap snap crisp sound.
The bat spirit once again took to the air, seemingly wanting to fly straight upwards into the sky and into the overcast clouds.
However, it was as if it was covered by a big invisible net, suddenly it declined from mid-air again, the degree was extremely fast, even faster than the degree of its flight, when it was still more than a meter away from the ground, the Bat Spirit struggled to wave its two wings, finally escaping the danger of falling in the mud, then it seemed to receive some kind of huge striking force, its body flew uncontrollably into the Guan Di Temple in mid-air.
With a muffled bang, the bat spirit crashed into the burning statue of Guan Di and fell onto the stage with a snap. At this time, the thick layer of rags on the stage was already ablaze. The bat spirit seemed to have been burned, its body shook, and its wings whirred and flew up.
At this time, the belt in my hand swung out again. I don't care why it came back, since it came in again, we can't let it off lightly. You ran away also ran away, dare to come back, then I dare to play with you, even dare to take your life!