Chapter 96 Brother
I leaned tightly against the big tree, ignoring the beautiful snake above my head. Fortunately, the tree trunk was too thick. While it completely blocked me, it also left me with a range to move freely, as if I was leaning against a wall.
I slightly turned aside and looked cautiously in the direction of the door, and saw a man walking out of the darkness. He was holding a strange-looking flute in his hand. He did not immediately walk towards the tree, but stood at the door and glanced around the yard. Then, he suddenly shouted, "I see you, no need to hide, come out!"
I cursed in my heart, saying that you kid are trying to trick me. I am hiding here well, and unless you have X-ray vision, you can't see me.
But I was thinking this and hadn't moved yet. Ding Ding and the hanged ghost, who had been hiding well, suddenly walked out. I wanted to hold the hanged ghost back, just like the little ghost wanted to hold Ding Ding back, but it was too late.
I was wondering what they were going to do, but the next second Ding Ding's words made me want to fly over and kick him. He asked the Yin Fan named Xia Ruxuan, "I was hiding well, how did you see me?"
The hanged man stood next to him and nodded in agreement with him, looking puzzled.
I saw the little ghost hiding behind the statue of Nuwa, with an expression as if he wanted to die on the spot. God knows I felt the same way as he did.
Xia Ruxuan looked at Ding Ding and the hanged ghost and said, "Huh?" and asked, "Why are you two here? Why did you get here?"
Ding Ding made a bitter face and said, "It's none of your business. Anyway, I know now that you are the one who caused all the trouble here."
As he said this, he pointed at the corpse on the ground and said, "That's my uncle. What do you want to do with him?"
Xia Ruxuan took a look at the corpse and said, "Oh," and said, "I know you are from the village. Although your face is not very similar to those people in the village, I guessed it when I was on the train. I am not surprised."
As he spoke, he raised the flute in his hand and patted it lightly in the palm of his other hand, saying, "How about this, if you want this body, just take it back, I won't stop you. This is to thank you for saving my life on the train. You also know that I'm a ghost, and I don't have the ability to deal with so many ghosts."
Tintin snorted disdainfully and said, "What do I need this corpse for? I am a genuine exorcist, not a heretic. How can I use a dead person to practice magic?"
Listening to the conversation between the two, I felt like I had fallen into a strange world, just like in a novel. The more these two talked, the stronger the smell of gangsterism became. The literary young man and the stupid young man communicated with each other, and the bystanders couldn't stand it.
I leaned against a tree and rolled my eyes, hoping that Ding Ding would get to the point sooner and ask what Xia Ruxuan's purpose was and whether he really had anything to do with me.
Xia Ruxuan laughed and said, "That's strange. If you don't want the corpse, why are you coming here?"
He raised his flute and pointed at the tree, and continued, "If I heard correctly just now, they call you Tan Xi, right? If your last name is Tan, then I can somewhat guess the purpose of your coming."
Ding Ding spitted and said, "My surname is Ding." But he thought about it and felt that it was not right, so he quickly changed his words and said, "My surname is Ding Ding, I don't have a surname."
After saying that, he suddenly shouted towards me and said, "Tan Xi, everyone saw us just now, why are you hiding here?"
I suddenly felt depressed, and I let out a long breath to avoid being mad at myself. Then I walked out from behind the tree and looked at Xia Ruxuan. I saw that he was also a little surprised. He obviously didn't expect that there was another person hiding here. I felt that I was a bit wronged to be dragged into this, so I hurriedly imitated Ding Ding and shouted to the little ghost behind the Nuwa statue .
When the little ghost came out, he had a stern face and slapped Ding Ding and me on the head in fear, saying, "Damn, are there any people as deceiving as you!"
Xia Ruxuan was really shocked. Even if he had seen Ding Ding and me on the train, he certainly didn't know that we had Xiao Gui as a backup. Now with three people and one ghost, we could knock him down even with fists, provided that those beautiful snakes above our heads didn't come out to cause trouble.
I saw him calm down, and suddenly he looked at me, looked me up and down for a while, and said that they had a quick contact on the train, but he didn't expect you to be Tan Xi.
I scratched my head and said, "Don't act like you are very familiar with me. Although you are a Yin Fan, your methods are so powerful. You can control beautiful snakes. Why did you pretend to be helpless on the train? Are you kidding me?"
He smiled apologetically and said, "You should understand my difficulties. As a Yin Banner, it is inevitable to encounter ghosts. If I really encounter one by accident, I can only run for my life. I don't have any ability to control the beauty snake. I just rely on this thing."
He raised the flute in his hand in front of us, and then I could see the shape of the flute clearly. It was different from ordinary flutes. It was all white, with some signs of breakage on the ends, and I couldn't tell what material it was made of.
I didn't understand what was so special about this thing, so I could only lean over to the little ghost's ear and ask him what was so special about it.
The little ghost clasped his hands, grinned wickedly and said that it was a bone flute made from the spine of a dead person. No wonder even the beautiful snake followed him when she heard the sound of the flute.
I couldn't help feeling a little disgusted at the thought. No matter how beautifully these things taken from a dead person were made, I felt nauseous just thinking about putting them in my mouth.
I looked at Xia Ruxuan and saw a faint smile on his face. Although he was young and looked well-behaved, I could not accept the things he did. I asked him, "You are a Yin Fan, and you want corpses and other things that are of no benefit to you, so why do you get them?"
He suddenly stepped forward and said, "You know that they are useless to me, but I can't do without them. If I want to live here and avoid the harassment of ghosts, I can only rely on these corpses to be sent in continuously. Only if the evil spirit is heavy enough can I be immune to all ghosts."
I thought what he meant was probably similar to what Lu Yao's father said about Feng Shui layout, which is a method of fighting poison with poison. The purpose should be to create an environment that would scare ghosts so that they dare not approach casually. Only then can Xia Ruxuan stay here and live peacefully.
But this method is a bit vicious. He relies on this to collect corpses. The beautiful snakes are not good people either. I don’t know how many people in this village have died at their hands. Therefore, in my eyes, Xia Ruxuan’s approach is the same as Lu Yao’s father’s, which I find difficult to agree with.
But I was so focused on the village that I overlooked a reason that could overturn his statement. The little ghost was quick to react. After thinking for two seconds, he asked him, "According to what we heard, the bodies in this village have been taken away for at least several decades, if not hundreds of years. If you tell me that everyone living here is a Yin Banner, I really don't believe it. Don't forget that the existence of a Yin Banner is unique, and only a few can live to your age."
I looked at Xia Ruxuan, eager to know how he would answer, but I didn't expect that he looked at the little ghost, suddenly smiled, pointed at me and said, "You are trying to trick me. But compared to your question, I am more interested in, you followed Tan Xilai, but in the end you didn't know anything?"
We little kids were all stunned for a moment. Ding Ding and the other one couldn't help but look at me with slightly frowned brows, as if they thought I was hiding something from them.
I was annoyed by the way they were looking at me, so I cursed quickly and then said to Xia Ruxuan, what do you mean by that? If I had known you were up to so many tricks, I would not have helped you on the train!
But when Xia Ruxuan looked at me, he was stunned for a moment just like the little ghosts, and then he smiled again. But this smile was completely different from before, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
He walked a few steps closer to me and stood in front of me, only a foot away from me. He was slightly shorter than me, but his eyes looked at me impartially and said, "It seems that you know nothing like them. I did all this, in addition to my relationship with Yin Fan, to a large extent because of you! Brother Tan Xi!"
My body trembled slightly, as if I didn't hear it clearly, and subconsciously asked him, "What... did you call me just now?"
Before Xia Ruxuan could speak, Ding Ding excitedly said, "Tan Xi, he calls you brother! See, I guessed right!"
I glanced at Tintin suddenly and saw that he had a smug look on his face. The hanged ghost next to him gave him a thumbs up. Tintin looked embarrassed and scratched his head with a chuckle.
I actually have a younger brother, and Ding Ding’s bad luck was right again!
I stared at him, as if thinking about what to say, and after a long while I angrily asked, "Whose son are you?"
Xia Ruxuan tilted his head slightly, looked at me for a few seconds, and said, My father's name is Xia Li!
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I repeated the name slowly, and for a moment it felt a little unfamiliar, but then I thought about it and suddenly understood.
The person in front of me, this Yin Fan named Xia Ruxuan, is actually my uncle’s son!
I always thought my uncle was a lonely man. Thinking of him, although he didn't live a happy and free life, he was also a man without any ties. But I didn't expect that he actually had a son, not only a Yin Banner, but also he had grown up so much, hiding in this mountain and doing shameful things.
Before I could react to this surprising news, I heard Xia Ruxuan say, Brother Tan Xi, you have to know that it was your job to control the beautiful snakes and collect corpses. I was just taking your place!
