Chapter 977: Knocking on the Door (11)
In the eyes of the people in the surrounding area, Wang Huan's house is a rare and magnificent courtyard, but such a house is just a courtyard with one entrance, and it can't be compared with the three-entry courtyards and quadrangle courtyards where the rich and powerful people in the city usually live.
The Li Xiongbiao brothers climbed over the wall and landed in the alley between the main hall and the wall.
The two of them leaned against the wall and looked out.
In this courtyard with one entrance, there are two east and west wing rooms, a main hall, and a back house.
At this time, candles were still burning in the window of the back house opposite to the main door, and the lights in the other two wing rooms were all off.
In front of the back house, there was a wooden shed half a person's height. A yellow dog was hiding in the shed and had fallen asleep. He had not yet noticed the Li Xiongbiao brothers who suddenly came to the yard.
Li Xiongbiao hid in the dark and carefully observed the big yellow dog in the shed.
He took out a small piece of black steamed bread from the small pocket behind him, took some medicine powder and sprinkled it on the black steamed bread, then used a thread to wrap the steamed bread sprinkled with bait and threw it in the middle of the yard.
The steamed bread fell to the ground with a slight sound, and the big yellow dog sleeping in the wooden shed jumped up, crawled out of the wooden shed, and raised his two cat ears to observe the movement in the yard. Li Xiongbiao gently pulled the thin line connected to the bait in the dark, and the yellow dog was sharp-eyed and immediately discovered the existence of the bait.
It whimpered softly, sniffed lightly, and approached the bait cautiously.
The medicine powder sprinkled on the steamed bread exuded a coveted aroma for the yellow dog. Every time it took a step forward, the bait retreated a little, until it was lured to the corner of the wall. Li Xiongbiao held the dog's mouth with one hand, and knocked the dog's neck with the other hand, knocking the yellow dog unconscious!
He bent over and tiptoed to the back room with candles burning, pushed the window open a little, squinted to see what was going on inside, then looked at what was going on in the other rooms, and then went back to the alley and said to Li Xiongbiao: "The back room is where the servants live, and it's also his family's firewood room.
Wang Huan and his second wife live in the east wing.
His father and mother live in the west wing, and no one lives in the main room."
"Go in later, and smother Wang Huan's second wife, and I'll tie her up." Li Xiongbiao took out a folded square towel and handed it to Li Xiongbiao.
The latter nodded.
The two crouched and walked to the door of the east wing.
Li Xiongbiao stood in front and gently pushed the door - there was no bolt behind the door, and he pushed it open a crack. Li Xiongbiao was a little surprised and turned his head to look at Li Xiongbiao behind him.
At this moment, the candlelight in the back room suddenly went out.
In the heavy darkness, Li Xiongbiao couldn't even hear the breathing of Wang Huan and his wife in the room.
The night was very quiet.
Li Xiongbiao had some inexplicable feelings in his heart. He didn't pay attention to the "feeling" that suddenly emerged in his heart, and slowly opened the door.
The cold moonlight poured into the east wing from the crack of the door, and the shadows of Li Xiongbiao and his brother flashed in the pale moonlight on the ground. The moonlight spread forward-illuminating Wang Huan, who was bending over in front of the wooden bed, holding a rope to tie up the person on the bed.
Wang Huan was only wearing his underwear and slippers. He grabbed his wife's feet on the bed with one hand and held the rope with the other hand, tying the rope around his wife's ankles.
His wife's hands had been tied tightly by him, and at this time she had her eyes closed, as if she was sleeping soundly.
The two brothers Li Xiongbiao, who hid in the main room, looked at Wang Huan's actions in shock, not understanding why he got up from the bed in the middle of the night and tied up his wife's hands and feet while she was asleep?
Wang Huan's forehead was sweating, and he was busy with the matter at hand.
He did not notice that someone pushed the door and walked into the room - but he glanced at the corner of his eye and saw the moonlight spread out as a strip of light under his feet. Looking at the moonlight pouring in from the crack of the door, Wang Huan's expression froze, and more cold sweat appeared on his forehead. He stopped his hand movements and froze in place, not daring to move!
The two brothers Li Xiongbiao reacted at this time!
The two rushed together and pressed Wang Huan to the ground!
Xiongbi spread out the square towel in his hand and covered Wang Huan's mouth and nose with it.
Wang Huan was pressed to the ground, and then he suddenly reacted, shouting twice: "Thieves! Aren't you afraid of death?!
The ghost is coming, the ghost is knocking on the door!
Let me go, umm--"
The handkerchief soaked in unknown liquid covered Wang Huan's mouth and nose for a while, and Wang Huan's struggle became weaker and weaker, and he fainted completely in a short while.
Wang Huan, who was tied up on the bed, still had his eyes closed, and was not awakened by the movement just now.
Li Xiongpi, who had knocked Wang Huan unconscious, raised his head and looked at Li Xiongbiao next to him, frowning and said: "He just said that the ghost is knocking on the door, what does that mean?"
"Maybe he thinks that the two of us are the knocking ghosts!"
"What should we do now? This is a bit wrong..."
"Take Wang Huan away first, and quickly evacuate from this place!"
The two had a brief conversation and tied Wang Huan tightly.
Li Xiongbiao lifted Wang Huan up and walked out the door first. Li Xiongpi followed behind him and turned his head to look at Wang Huan, the second wife, who was fast asleep on the bed with her hands and feet tied.
She was wearing a moon-white lingerie. The moonlight from outside the door shone on her face, making her foxy face look even whiter.
Looking at that lifeless face, for some reason, Li Xiongzhen felt a sudden shock in his heart. He hurriedly turned back and followed his brother Li Xiongbiao out of the door. Before he walked out, there was a knock on the door from the main courtyard door. It rang——
Tuk-tuk-tuk!
Benedict! Benedict! Benedict!
The thicker moonlight tore through the dark clouds, illuminating the ground of the courtyard in white.
The windows of the reverse room and the west wing were illuminated by the snow-white moonlight, reflecting several figures inside!
——The people in the two rooms that Li Xiongzhu inspected before were not sleeping and resting at all. They were standing in front of the window, eavesdropping on the movement outside the door through the window!
Outside the door - what's going on in the yard? Why do they want to hide in the house and eavesdrop, not daring to go out? !
The figure in the window tiptoed and lowered his body, leaving only the silhouette of half his head attached to the window edge. He was still eavesdropping on the noise outside the door. At this moment, the knocking on the door suddenly stopped!
Li Xiongbiao and Li Xiongzhu looked at each other!
The look in their eyes clearly said: "The situation outside the yard is not right, we need to find a place to take shelter first!"
The two brothers have been hunting together in the mountains for many years, and they have a tacit understanding of each other's cooperation. When their eyes moved, they knew what they were thinking. Li Xiongzhen immediately wanted to retreat into the room behind him - only then did he take a step back, and something suddenly came to his mind. The paper-white face flashed across his face, his scalp numbed, and he turned around to look——
In the east wing, which was illuminated dimly by the moonlight.
Wang Huan's second wife was sitting upright on the wooden bed. The light yellow curtains hung from above, making her figure hazy behind the curtains, making her look even more graceful.
Her feet without shoes and stockings were exposed under the curtain - but they were purple-red and exuded a strong smell of corpse!
The moment he saw those feet, Li Xiongzhen's hair stood up in fear!
He hurriedly pushed Li Xiongbiao and pushed his brother, who was retreating into the house, out of the threshold. The moment he was about to follow him away, it was like a pair of cold hands put on his shoulders, and his body was covered by the cold. Li Xiongzhen, who was stiff with the cold, pulled him through the door.
The door slammed shut!
Li Xiongbiao was carrying Wang Huan on his shoulders, and the moment he steadied his body, he turned around and saw the door slamming shut. His expression changed a few times, and he realized that his brother was probably hit by something evil. At this moment, he heard a voice coming from the courtyard door. There is a short sound——
Bang!
He turned to look at the courtyard door.
In the dark doorway connected to the courtyard door, there was a sound like wooden blocks falling to the ground, and the two courtyard doors slowly opened.
The door shaft rotated, making a continuous sound that made Li Xiongbiao feel nervous.
squeak--
The pale moonlight shone into the doorway from outside the courtyard door, allowing Li Xiongbiao to see clearly. There was a doorbolt lying on the ground in the doorway - the thing that made a noise when it fell to the ground just now was the doorbolt!
The bolt that was clearly inserted into the door and bolted it tightly fell off the door!
Both doors were opened as far as they would go.
The bright moonlight illuminated the ground in the doorway white.
In the white moonlight, a 'person' walked into the doorway with stiff steps. This 'person' has no shadow - it is not a person.
It was wearing a big felt hat, and a hood was covered under the felt hat.
The mouth and nose of this hood were replaced by a huge bird's beak.
A terrifying crow-like figure with a huge beak and wearing black robes stood quietly in the doorway. Occasionally, a very thin rat tail protruded from the hem of the leather robe!
Li Xiongbiao had never seen such attire in the local area. The moment he saw the terrifying black crow-like figure, those foreign Taoist priests from Da Qin who also wore black robes and swaggered everywhere suddenly appeared in his mind!
Except for the beak mask on the head of this 'black crow' and the tall felt hat on its head, it is not much different from the attire of those foreign Taoist priests!
The two huge, black tumor-like eye holes of the 'Black Crow' suddenly opened, and one eye 'squeezed' out of the eye hole. Those 'eyes' were obviously not grown on the same person, and they all stared at it. Li Xiongbiao - it raised its rotten arm, covered with black spots and pus and blood, and struck a few times in the void.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Li Xiongbiao heard his heartbeat beating with the 'black crow' gesture.
His whole body was hot and his face was pale, but he felt extremely cold at this moment!
Dark spots sprouted from his skin.
His mind quickly became confused, and pain burst out from his internal organs!
"Foreign ghost -" Li Xiongbiao shouted, leaving Wang Huan, who also woke up from a coma and was covered in black spots, and ran away to the diagonal main room!
The black spots on Wang Huan's body spread rapidly, forming tumors that oozed blood and pus.
He looked at the 'crow' walking by him, his mouth wide open, speechless!
Let me take a break and move the chapter after 12 o'clock to daytime.
A bit stuck.
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