I widened my eyes and was about to raise my hand to stop his attack when my body was suddenly rammed into. Gu Yuan had possessed me.
Under Gu Yuan's control, my body immediately became several times more agile. Before Wang Bao could rush up, I had already darted behind him. I grabbed the collar of his shirt forcefully and thrust my knee hard into his back.
He was completely immobilized.
Then Gu Yuan called out Bai Qi. At the order, Bai Qi took out a yellow talisman, turned it into water and splashed it directly on Wang Bao's face.
As the talisman - water trickled onto the ground, a little yellow - talisman figure rushed out and lay in the talisman - water, even trying to stand up.
But Bai Qi stomped on it with one foot.
"Puppet art. It seems this man has quite some skills," Bai Qi said.
"Should we go and check now? I don't believe my sister is really dead," my mother said anxiously.
I asked my mother to watch over Wang Bao well and told Bai Qi to stay at home to protect my parents. Gu Yuan and I would go there. With him around, nothing should go wrong.
When Gu Yuan and I arrived at my aunt's house and just stepped into the door, a strong smell of blood assailed my nostrils. The scene before my eyes was even more spine - chilling.
The bedroom in my aunt's house was covered in bloodstains. It was as if someone had splashed water on the walls, and the blood traces meandered down the wall. The bed was crawling with bloody handprints, and the quilt and sheets were dripping scarlet blood. It was just like a slaughterhouse.
However, the room was empty. My aunt and uncle were nowhere to be seen. It was already midnight, and most of the villagers had turned off the lights and gone to sleep early.
Such a big thing had happened, yet the bodies were taken away without alerting the neighbors. The only person I could think of was that corpse - driver.
"Don't go near the window," Gu Yuan suddenly said.
I suddenly looked up, and my eyes met the window. This sudden look made me almost lose my soul.
I saw my aunt and uncle covered in blood all over their bodies and faces. They were staring at me through the glass window with blood - red eyes. I didn't know how long they had been staring at me. Just thinking about it sent a shiver down my spine.
I couldn't help but let out a scream.
"Ah..."
I covered my face and didn't dare to look at them.
Actually, I had seen scarier scenes than this, but when it happened to my own relatives, I was caught off - guard and couldn't accept such a blow at all.
My aunt was bad, but she didn't deserve to die.
Just as I let out a scream, Gu Yuan blocked in front of the window, pulled me into his arms, gently patted my back, and said softly, "Don't be afraid. I'm here. It'll be okay."
Sure enough, his comfort worked. I buried my head in his solid chest, and soon calmed down.
"Lan Lan, I'll send you home. I'll handle this alone."
Although I didn't leave his chest, I pushed my body back a bit.
"Do you still remember what you once said to me?"
"You said: To be my disciple who acts on my behalf, one must first be brave and meticulous. There will be scarier scenes than this when setting up a shrine in the future. If I can't do it, my life will be in danger. So I'd better go. After all, I haven't lived enough."
"Besides, this matter is also related to my family. I must take responsibility for it."
I took a deep breath and pushed away from his chest.
Hearing what I said, Gu Yuan didn't give me any response. His always cold eyes became even more indifferent.
I forced myself to be calm, turned my head and looked out of the window again. My aunt and uncle were no longer outside the window. Instead, they were hopping towards the village entrance.
"Gu Yuan, where are they going?" I asked anxiously.
"This is all karma, the consequence of their own misdeeds. They should be going to the Corpse - Driving Inn now."
"Corpse - Driving Inn? Where is it? Why have I never heard of such a place in our village?"
"You didn't even know that your cousin is not your aunt's real child. How could you know such a secret thing?"
It seemed that Gu Yuan was annoyed by my question again.
I swallowed hard and dared to ask another question, "Are we just going to let him control the zombies to do evil?"
"Are you determined to get involved?" Gu Yuan glanced at me sideways.
"Too many people have died. That person has already set his sights on my parents. I must resolve this feud."
"Okay, then I'll accompany you to the end." After saying that, he directly pulled me into his arms. With a turn of his figure, we were already in a strange place.
There was a drafty wooden house here. I had never seen it before, but looking back, the big pear tree beside the wooden house was a place I often played at when I was a child.
I didn't know when this wooden house had been added.
Generally speaking, no one would live in a wooden house in Northeast China, let alone open an inn. Because it couldn't keep out the cold or the wind. If someone spent the night there in the cold winter months, they would surely freeze into an ice - block the next day.
However, it was already November, and it had snowed several times in our village. There was not a single bit of snow on this wooden house, and there was light shining out from inside, which meant there was someone in it.
On a dark and windy night, two white lanterns outside the inn respectively had eight black characters written on them: "Corpse - Driving Inn, Strangers Keep Out".
Just then, four people hopped over like sparrows in the darkness. Just as Wang Bao had said, all four of them had turned into zombies.
Seeing them getting closer, Gu Yuan waved his hand gently in front of me, hiding my figure so that they couldn't see me at all.
"Later, when the door opens, we'll follow them in," Gu Yuan's voice lingered in my ear. He had possessed me again.
The four people walked to the inn door. Before they could knock on the door or do anything, the rickety wooden door creaked open.
A gust of cold, yin wind rushed out from the crack of the door. It was bone - chillingly cold. Even though my soul was pushed to one side, I could still feel this cold and gloomy wind. It was as cold as the Road to the Underworld.
After Zhao Youcai was the last one to enter, Gu Yuan slipped in beside him and entered the inn.
The inn was filled with red lights, adding a layer of horror to the already strange inn.
The wooden house had no decoration and was extremely shabby. The zombies with yellow talismans on them were standing against the wall, separated by wooden boards one by one. They looked like upright coffins.
My aunt and the others consciously found their positions and stood there obediently. The room was deathly silent, and the surrounding environment was really scary.
In the empty wooden house, apart from dozens of zombies, there was no sign of the corpse - driver.
Gu Yuan calmly walked around the inn. His steps were neither too fast nor too slow, as if he were just strolling around.
I was extremely nervous now. My heart was racing at over 120 beats per minute. It was as if I were playing the scariest escape - room game. But the ghosts in the escape - room were fake, while the zombies in this room were all real. Just thinking about the scene of a zombie's talisman on its forehead falling off, opening its eyes and showing its four blood - sucking fangs was enough to make me pee my pants.
Suddenly, a gust of yin wind swept through the rickety wooden door. The yellow talismans on the heads of dozens of zombies in the room were fluttering in the wind. It was too late for me to stop it. All the yellow talismans on the zombies' heads were blown off.
"Er..." The zombies let out a creepy sigh, and all their gazes fell on me.
I took a deep breath. Even my breathing seemed to be trembling. My legs suddenly trembled like noodles.
"Gu Yuan, are you still there?"