Twilight Boundary

Chapter 75 The strange shadow in the night

　　No, you were so busy that you went to the old shopkeeper and asked us Babas to come over for a visit...

 Is it because someone stole the pig food?

Hu Ma felt irritated and ridiculous thinking about this.

 “Yes, it’s scary.”

But the elder in the village had a nervous look on his face. He pulled Hu Ma aside and said mysteriously: "The Dong family is the best at raising pigs. They have raised several pigs in the past. Others are not as fat as his family." , but now they have all been sold, and only this breeding one remains.”

“The reason is that at night, someone comes over to steal some food. Doesn’t that scare the Dong family to death?”

"this…"

After listening carefully, Hu Ma understood what was going on.

This family's surname is Dong, and they are also a good family in the village. They can sell several big fat pigs to the city every year.

The owner of this family is named Dong. Because of his upright character, he is called the Dong family's stick.

The cause of the incident must have been about ten days ago. It is said that during the Dong family's Bangchui period, he saw that the pigs were not growing meat. Seeing that it was the end of the year, he was also anxious, so after feeding at night, he came back to take a look.

Unexpectedly, when he looked over, he saw a dark old lady standing next to the trough and fighting for food with the pigs. At this glance, he was frightened and fell ill. He called the people in the village the next day. When I came over to see it, I was frightened all of a sudden.

I really had no choice, so I went to the red light cabinet and asked the old shopkeeper to come and take a look.

 “This sounds a bit evil...”

Hu Ma pondered and said, "Have you seen clearly what it looks like?"

 “Don’t be a wild dog that comes in from outside the village to fight for food.”

　　　…”

“It’s absolutely true, she’s just an old lady!”

The elder said seriously, and several young and strong laborers nearby nodded: "It's dark at night, and although I can't see it clearly, I'm sure it's an old lady crawling in the pen to fight for food with the pigs. She can crawl very fast, four or five No pig can rob her..."

Someone also whispered: "Looking at me, she looks a bit like Mrs. Li in the front room?"

　　“Fuck you, you mother-in-law is fighting with pigs for food…”

 But this sentence angered another man, and they started fighting.

The people next to him hurriedly stepped forward to start a fight, but Hu Ma was too lazy to take care of it. He asked the old man next to him who was leaning on a cane and eager to step forward to take action. What was going on with Aunt Li? Only then did she understand:

That Aunt Li is the old lady from Li Youyin's house in the front room. She has been dead for several months and is buried outside the village. You are such a big talker and said that her mother got out of the grave and ran back to the village to fight for food with the pigs. Can you not get beaten?

 …Besides, I’ve gone to see it and the tomb circle is very good.

Hu Ma figured it out and looked around, but couldn't find anything.

Glancing towards the wall, Xiao Hongtang stared at the circle with her round eyes, looking equally confused.

 “Then we can only stay and watch.”

I think this happened at night, so I can only watch it at night, which will only delay my efforts.

Just as he was talking, he saw a pale man in the Dong family's house. He walked out of the house, took a plate of dry tobacco, and invited Hu Ma and other workers, as well as the elders in the village, to go in and have a rest. The host, who was frightened and sick, stood up to entertain the guests.

Hu Ma was arranged by the elder in the village. After drinking Huizi tea, he asked for more details.

When they arrived at Panghei, the elder asked the Dong family to prepare some side dishes, and also brought a pot of wine to entertain Hu Ma and others to eat and drink.

 This is the rule in the village. When you invite someone to remove things, you must serve them well.

After dinner, Hu Ma asked the elderly to kick out all the people who didn't care to come over to watch the fun.

The purpose of his trip was to see what was going on and to get rid of someone who was really causing trouble. With so many people crowded in this hut, they would not dare to come if there was something really coming. And if he stayed all night in vain, he would be in vain. Come on, I have to wait here for one more day.

As the night grew darker, only a large oil lamp was lit in the room.

The light was dim and could not shine out of the house. Everyone sat in silence in the house, and no one dared to speak.

There was a dead silence in the courtyard, as quiet as if time had frozen.

 “Is it time to feed?”

I don’t know how long I waited, but there was no movement. Hu Ma suddenly said: "There is no food in this trough. You can’t grab it even if you want to?"

"Yes Yes…"

The voice of Mrs. Dong's wife Qiqi Ai rang out: "I have to feed you at night, but I don't dare..."

Hu Ma was very angry and funny.

The Dong family raises pigs well, even if they are willing to eat, they still need a meal at night. However, since that thing happened, the Dong family Bangchui became sick from fright, and the Dong family's wife was also scared and did not dare to feed those pigs anymore. I was also worried about losing the meat, so I sold it quickly.

After looking at each other for a few times, Zhou Datong volunteered: "I'll go!"

Hu Ma warned him not to do any meritorious deeds or to stay too long when he came to the pigsty, and then he was allowed to go.

Zhou Datong agreed wholeheartedly, but when he got under the stove, he started to scold him.

Pour all the bran, corn and rice grits into the bucket, cut some dried vegetables into it, and sprinkle a few grains of coarse salt on it.

Just listening to this, Mrs. Dong's wife felt a little distressed: "It's too much..."

 But I didn’t dare to go out and stop him.

Just watching Zhou Datong pour a bucket full of pig food into the trough, and then scurry back with a whoosh. Everyone continued to wait in the house, and only heard the sound of the boar eating contentedly.

Just when I didn't know when to wait, or when the trip probably wouldn't come, I suddenly heard the sound of a boar grunting outside the yard.

Everyone held their breath for a moment, only to feel a gust of cold wind blowing in the yard. The oil lamp in the main room was getting smaller and smaller, and could hardly be extinguished. The crows on the old tree outside began to flutter. , wandering around as if frightened.

"coming!"

Hu Ma's heart trembled slightly, and she whispered, reaching out to hold down Zhou Datong who was about to run out, and explained a few words in detail.

 After saying this, he picked up the lantern prepared by the Dong family next to him and walked out slowly.

The red lantern queen often brings up red lanterns when meeting people on the counter. But this time she came here, not expecting to stay until night. In addition, the shopkeeper's main purpose is to let Hu Ma do more things, so she didn't recommend that he bring up red lanterns. He bought a red lantern to deal with evil spirits.

 The yellow paper lantern's light does not reach very far and only illuminates a small area around the feet.

Everyone followed Hu Ma out of the house, and when they approached quietly, they saw a dark shadow in the pigsty.

It was lying down next to the trough, devouring its food. The boar, on the other hand, was pushed aside and couldn't eat, so it grunted anxiously.

 “Creak, creak, creak…”

You can hear the sound of the thing tearing at the roots of wild vegetables, which makes people feel chilly.

It was so focused on eating that even when Hu Ma and others came to the yard, they didn't even hear anything.

Hu Ma turned around to look and saw that everyone was already in place. Then he suddenly shouted with spring thunder in his tongue, "Where did the evil spirit come from? Just this little success?"

　　　…”

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The old lady in the pigsty was suddenly frightened when she heard this, and ran toward the door with a whoosh.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the gate, a torch hit his face, and Zhou Datong's round face with a sinister smile was revealed.

He swung his sword left and right, imitating the voice in the opera and shouted: "Where to escape?"

The old lady was startled, and turned around very quickly with a swish, and climbed to the west wall again. Before she could climb over, Zhou Liang also showed his face and spit out a True Yang Arrow.

This thing was in mid-air, and then somersaulted back. He was about to climb over to the east wall and into the neighbor's house, but Zhao Zhu had already taken the manure fork and pointed it at her face from a distance, as if to fight.

The thing that looked like an old lady was impatient and swished around in the yard.

A gust of dark wind blew through, and looking at the movement, it was definitely not human.

 But it seemed to be extremely panicked. Seeing that it was blocked on both sides, it rushed towards Hu Ma in a hurry.

 Originally, flax came from the main room. The main room is the residence of the owner and the most popular. These evil spirits will subconsciously avoid the direction of the main room.

 But now that there were people standing on all sides, they had no choice but to rush toward Hu Ma.

 After all, Zhou Datong and the others had turned up the fire, but Hu Ma did not expect that in Xie Sui's eyes, Hu Ma now seemed to be the weakest in anger.

 “Ah yes…”

By the light of the yellow paper lantern in Hu Ma's hand, the elders and the Dong family behind him saw a yellowish and blue face, with pig food residue still on the mouth. He didn't look very old, and his eyes rolled. , suddenly rushed to him.

　　I was so frightened that I screamed and was about to fall down.

But Hu Ma faced the opponent directly, but stood steadily. The lantern in his hand did not even sway, and he suddenly raised his hand to push it out.

He used his left hand, which was still wrapped with a bandage, and pressed it against the forehead of the thing that rushed up.

Suddenly, a stream of Yin Qi surged into his left hand, and it seemed that it was going to flow down his left hand and straight into his body.

Yin evil spirit cannot be touched, and the Yin energy in one's body can eat away at people's vitality.

But Hu Ma also wanted to try out his newly learned skills. He withdrew the vitality of his left hand. Suddenly, he felt the Yin energy pouring into his left hand, and immediately stopped, not taking this opportunity to pass it into his body.

The next moment, the fire in Hu Ma's belly stirred slightly, and a stream of fire energy was transferred to his left hand through external power. The monster was immediately knocked away from the distance and somersaulted.

“Ah, Brother Huma is so capable now?”

 In the distance, Zhou Datong rushed out from the gate, and Zhou Liang and Zhao Zhu jumped down from the walls on both sides. They were also startled.

He didn't see Hu Ma wielding a sword or a wooden sword, so he raised his hand and knocked Xie Sui over.

 What is this ability?

But while thinking anxiously in his heart, he has already rushed forward in a panic, compressing the space for the evil spirits to escape.

At the same time, there were neighbors who had been doing something good for a long time. They had been waiting all night. When the movement appeared, they had already lit up torches and came to the house noisily. People came from all directions, and the evil spirit seemed to be frightened. Broken, huddled up.

Before the entire courtyard was completely illuminated by torches, a hoarse and short strange cry suddenly came out:

 “Oh my God…”

“The pigs have food to eat at night, but I have nothing to eat...”

　　　…”

This shout made everyone feel cold in their hearts, but after the thing had shouted, it huddled on the ground and became motionless.

Some people shuddered after hearing this and were stunned for a long time before suddenly calling out to the Li family: "Big head Li, that..."

"That's not your mother, but that's your wife..."

 (End of this chapter)