Chapter 24 Past Memories

Through her perspective, Lu Yingjiu also saw the details of those masks.

Every inch of texture is extremely delicate, very like real skin, and the luster is revealed from it, with a bit of red and warm orange. If you look more closely, you can see the capillaries of the skin and the tiny hairs on the cheeks.

It is impossible for masks made of animal skins to have this texture!

For a while, Chen Yanyan was horrified and said, "These masks are made of real human skin!"

"Ah?!" Ke Yu shook his hand again, looking around carefully, every mask seemed to be smiling!

The two were frightened and ran forward again. The light of the flashlight swayed in the corridor, and masks came on.

Lu Yingjiu's face was solemn.

——As early as when he saw the faces of the anchors being taken away, he guessed that the sheep ghost might have something to do with the Chen family's mask.

But Lu Yingjiu really didn't expect that the Chen family would dare to continue doing this kind of thing.

Chen Ke and the two were still escaping desperately.

Fortunately, this time, the ghost hit the wall seems to have disappeared. After a certain moment, the mask disappeared, and the corridor became a normal corridor.

They ran out of breath and saw the entrance to a room far ahead.

The house number reads [Slaughter Workshop]

There are no windows, and the door is left open.

They absolutely dare not go back to the mask, there is no other choice but this room.

Chen Yanyan and Ke Yu stopped, gasping for breath, and looked at each other.

Ke Yu flashed the light of the flashlight and summoned the courage to open the door.

"Squeak-"

The light shone, and there were a few sheep hanging on the meat hooks, which had been drained and were cut open in the middle. Their flesh was bright red, fresh, and seemed to be steaming hot.

But this slaughterhouse has been abandoned for so long, how can there still be sheep that have just been slaughtered?

Chen Yanyan grabbed Ke Yu's hand and squinted to take a closer look.

The skin on their bodies also looks like human skin. The skin wriggled slightly, as if... it was slowly drawing blood.

On the other side, Lu Yingjiu suddenly realized: "I know how those goat ghosts got here!"

"What?" Jing Xian looked at him.

"After sticking the talisman paper, if the human skin is not processed further, it will quickly rot. If you temporarily stick them on the flesh and blood, this process can be eased." Lu Yingjiu said, "They should be to preserve the human skin. , stick them on the sheep. Over time, the yin accumulates, and we see the sheep ghost."

Jingxian said: "That is to say, this slaughterhouse is just a cover for the Chen family, and they continue to produce human skin masks."

However, Lu Yingjiu shook his head lightly: "I can't make this conclusion now. I have contacted many people in the Chen family, and most of them are very bottom line. It cannot be ruled out that some people in the Chen family are doing this kind of thing in private. ."

Jing Xian responded, but didn't believe much. He said in his heart that those so-called ghost exorcism families were really sanctimonious, and they were no different from that blue lantern festival.

To be precise, his overall impression of the ghost exorcist was not very good.

... Of course, Lu Yingjiu is obviously an exception.

How to see how perfect!

His wife is awesome! Playful and smart!

Lu Yingjiu was thinking seriously, but when he turned around, he saw Jing Xian staring at him again, as if a large canine had found his long-lost cat, full of joy and appreciation.

Lu Yingjiu: ?

He subconsciously took a small step back.

"Bah!"

In my memory, the sheep fell directly from the meat hook and hit the ground.

Then they stood up slowly.

The open chest seemed to be pulled together by invisible hands, and then stitched together with fine needles and threads, and the flesh was connected, and it became intact. Their faces are covered with a human-skin mask. The human face, combined with the beast's body, produced something similar to the uncanny valley effect, which was enough to scare anyone away.

In Chen Yanyan's scream, the sheep's body was raised and gradually turned into a sheep ghost standing on two feet.

The sheep ghost moves quickly. Chen Yanyan only felt a chill on his forehead, and his blood-stained hoof stepped down with the strong wind!

However, the amulet hanging on Chen Yanyan's chest flickered.

The amulet used by the Chen family was very powerful, and it shocked the goat ghosts several steps back.

Taking this opportunity, Ke Yu pulled Chen Yanyan around and ran wildly.

In the desperate situation, they burst out with incredible power, and they were really rushed out: the exit is just ahead!

Ke Yu slammed the door open, and sunlight poured in!

The sight was so white that Lu Yingjiu couldn't see anything clearly.

This white light lasted for a long time.

After a few seconds, he felt warmth in his hands.

It was Jingxian who grabbed his hand with a little force, probably meaning: I'm still by your side.

Lu Yingjiu actually knew this, but he let Jing Xian pull himself until his vision returned to normal.

The two of them went back down the corridor and stood in front of the mirror.

Only different from before, the walls of this corridor are also densely covered with human skin masks.

It must be the same corridor as Chen and Ke.

Lu Yingjiu simply wrapped the talisman paper around his hand, and gently took off a mask from the wall.

"His-"

When the mask was peeled off, there was a small sound, and then it swayed lightly in his hands.

Thin as a cicada's wings, very realistic.

It's impossibly thin, folds and damage don't detract from its delicacy, and from the rough outline it can be seen that it's a girl's face.

Lu Yingjiu's complexion slightly condensed.

This thing is genuinely made of human skin.

He raised the mask a little, facing the firelight, the human skin was warm and translucent, as if fresh blood was still flowing in it.

It has to be said that the finished product made of human skin is completely different. The tactility and realism, compared with other masks, are very obvious. No wonder a human skin mask has no market price.

Jingxian looked at the end of the deep corridor and asked, "Go forward?"

"Well. Wait for me." Lu Yingjiu quickly took off five or six masks.

These are all powerful evidences, and if they are brought out, it will surely cause an uproar.

Whoever participated in the making of the mask will definitely be held accountable.

After Lu Yingjiu carefully wrapped the mask with talisman paper, they walked down the corridor one after the other.

The surroundings were dead silent except for the sound of footsteps.

Lu Yingjiu gave Little Li and Chen Yanyan an amulet, and now the amulet has no reaction at all, proving that the two are very safe, don't worry for the time being, just meet as soon as possible.

As he walked, Lu Yingjiu's hair swayed slightly.

It was a breeze.

There is moving air, which may mean that they are coming to an end.

However, in the next second, a change happened!

All the masks on the wall trembled in the wind, and a few cockroaches climbed over the wall and fled in a hurry.

"His-"

"His-"

"His-"

The human skin masks peeled off the wall and flew out of thin air!

The facial features of the human face were distorted, and they were all laughing strangely. They were neatly arranged in the air, flying and circling around the two of them, like a group of frantic butterflies. Lu Yingjiu raised his hand, and the fire exploded, roasting the human skin to a sizzling sound, and the pungent smell of charring immediately filled the air.

After the masks were loosened a little, they saw a sheep standing at the end of the corridor.

A white goat, about half the height of a man, stared at them with sideways pupils.

Two metal meat hooks ran through its spine, and blood gurgled.

"What—" it called.

Then it cracked through the middle.

It was as if the body was slashed by some sharp blade, and then its body was not bright red flesh and blood, but countless human skin masks gushing out!

Just like before, the mask danced in the air like a frenzy. This time, they are stacked on top of each other, one by one upward, and in a blink of an eye, they return to the appearance of goats.

It's just that this goat is covered in faces, and every one of them is smiling.

The Yin Qi surged like a tsunami and landslide, the temperature dropped below 0 degrees, and the strong wind lifted their clothes. Judging from this intensity, it must be a vicious ghost!

That is, it has always been attached to Chen Yanyan! The ghost has been haunted for many years!

Lu Yingjiu exhaled white air, a talisman in one hand and a short knife in one hand, and the little black beast was standing round at his feet, showing his fangs.

Then

The clear knife light cuts through the darkness!

The knife light spanned the air, like a fluttering swallow cutting through the rain curtain, almost unbelievably fast.

The knife fell, and with the sound of leather cutting, a large scar appeared on the belly of the masked goat. Hei Mao Tuan rushed up and bit his left leg fiercely!

The hairball was small, but his strength was frightening, and he pulled the whole leg of lamb down.

The mask on the wall peeled off and flew to the broken leg, forming a new leg.

But at this time, Lu Yingjiu had stabbed a short knife into its eyes.

The short knife lit up slightly, the invisible shock wave oscillated, and rippled lines appeared on the mask on the sheep's body, swinging away in circles, almost making it fall apart. However, a big mouthful of blood appeared on top of Lu Yingjiu's head!

The mask had a ferocious and terrifying expression, its mouth cracked 180 degrees, and it was biting straight at Lu Yingjiu's head.

Lu Yingjiu didn't even lift his head, the black hairball jumped high, about to tear up the mask——

A gust of wind.

All the masks were blown away, and the masked goat was directly blown into a cloud of blood in front of Lu Yingjiu and scattered with the wind.

The whole hallway is clean.

What kind of ghosts, what masks, all disappeared in the destructive wind.

At this moment, Lu Yingjiu thought of the rumors he had heard.

It is rumored that in the ghost world, there is a terrifying abyss that no ghost dares to step on. The wind blowing there is called Gangfeng, and when it blows gently, no matter what kind of ghosts and ghosts he is, it will all turn into fly ash.

Right now, this gust of wind has the same effect.

Jing Xian didn't know when to get close to him, and there was a subtle disgust in his tone: "That mask, I almost drooled on you just now." He also patted Lu Yingjiu's clothes.

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

He looked at Jingxian and asked bluntly, "Are you really human?"

Jingxian looked sincere: "Why not? My hands are hot and my heart is beating. If you don't believe me, you can hold my hand or listen to my heartbeat..." After speaking, she wanted to go to Lu Yingjiu. hand.

Lu Yingjiu interrupted with black lines all over his head: "Thank you, no need."

Although he didn't want to admit it, he did experience all of this.

"What?" Jingxian said, "What are you still doubting about me?"

"You have doubts all over your body, and you are about to become a sieve." Lu Yingjiu said, "I see 'suspicious' written on your face."

Jingxian laughed: "Isn't it allowed that I am talented? Actually, I had a high fever not long ago. When I woke up, I felt refreshed and suddenly learned a lot of novel moves."

"Okay, okay, why don't you say that you suddenly got through the second line of Rendu, and you will fly to the immortal world after a thunderstorm."

This time, Jing Xian hesitated.

He doubted and said, "Ah, is it really possible...?"

He only knows the ghost world, is there a way to go up in this world?

Seeing his expression, Lu Yingjiu suddenly smiled: "I'm bullshitting, it's in Xiuxian's novel. Why do you really believe it, haven't you read the novel?"

Seeing him laugh, Jing Xian couldn't help laughing: "I've seen some. I like vampire novels very much, and zombies are also very good."

"Why?" Lu Yingjiu Xin said that he didn't see Jingxianhao's style.

Jingxian said, "It's full of imported ghosts. I've never seen it before, so I think it's new."

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

He was shocked by this "imported ghost" for a moment, but Naihe's talent point is not high, and he really doesn't know where to start.

After the goat ghost died, in front of them, a black gate appeared.

In the place where the goat ghost died, a human skin mask was left.

This is its obsession.

Lu Yingjiu wrapped the mask in the talisman paper and pushed the door out. It was the normal corridor of the slaughterhouse, dimly lit and full of dust.

When the door closes, it disappears behind them.

The obsessional thing in hand, the ghost possessing Chen Yanyan, can be said to be solved.

It's a pity that Lu Yingjiu still didn't know why he was considered a suspect.

Jingxian seemed to sense his anxiety, and said slowly beside him, "Let's go out first."

"Yeah." Lu Yingjiu responded.

Lu Yingjiu followed the wave of the amulet, and soon found Little Li and Chen Yanyan on the other side of the building.

The two of them were walking cautiously against the wall in the dark, but when they saw Lu Yingjiu and Jingxian, they were relieved.

Little Li hurriedly said, "Brother Lu! We were taken to a corridor just now, and the corridor was full of human skin masks! And then, for some reason, we came back."

"I know." Lu Yingjiu nodded and said, showing them the mask on his hand, "The ghost has been dealt with, and I got its obsession."

Chen Yanyan's eyes suddenly lit up: "Is it okay to destroy it?"

"Yes. Then you're safe."

"Can it be destroyed now?"

"It's better to go out and talk."

"Then let's go out quickly." Chen Yanyan said quickly, wanting to go to the exit.

But Lu Yingjiu didn't keep up with her.

Chen Yanyan took a few steps, turned around and asked, "Aren't you coming with me?"

Lu Yingjiu held the mask and smiled: "Don't rush it for a while."

"...What do you mean?" Chen Yanyan's face changed slightly and he smiled.

"I want to know before going out, what are you hiding in your boots?" Lu Yingjiu asked.

Chen Yanyan froze immediately.

She left Little Li and went to the women's locker room by herself, just to get this thing.When Lu Yingjiu came to find her, she quietly hid things in her little booties.

Lu Yingjiu didn't say anything, she naturally thought he didn't see it.

Could it be that Lu Yingjiu noticed it from the beginning? !

Chen Yanyan took a half step back, his heart was beating fast, and he still kept a smile on his face.

She has a beautiful face, and her smile looks weak, which can easily arouse the desire to protect others.

She said, "I don't know what you're talking about. Let's, let's go out and talk." She bit her lip, "It's too dark here, and there are ghosts. I'm scared for a second..."

She could only hope that Lu Yingjiu would be embarrassed to do something to her and take off her boots.

Chen Yanyan turned around and walked out as if nothing had happened.

Just after walking a few steps, she suddenly said "Ouch!".

The weight on her right foot caused her to stumble a bit and almost fell, but fortunately she supported the wall with her hand. Just a loose foot, the boots have been pulled off!

Chen Yanyan was horrified, and when he looked down, he saw the black hairball biting his boots tightly, grinning at her, and wagging his tail, he ran to Lu Yingjiu's side.

"Wait!" Chen Yanyan shouted.

But it was too late, hair balls shook their boots, and a few folded pieces of...paper fell out of them?

When the piece of paper was floating in the air, it stretched out naturally and landed on the ground, as thin as a cicada's wings.

It was clearly a few human skin masks.

The atmosphere froze for a while.

Chen Yanyan's teeth were almost chattering, his mind was blank for a few seconds, and he said in a trembling voice: "I, I don't know what those are, I felt something was wrong, so I hid them!"

"Oh, really?" Lu Yingjiu half-smiled, "Then I have one more question for you."

He said, "Why did you stay with Little Li when the ghost separated us just now? According to your description, the ghost wants to restore the scene, and the one with Little Li should be 'Fan Xin'. AndI was 'accidentally' thought of as Chen Yanyan."

"This may be a trivial detail for you. But in my opinion, this is not 'accidental' at all, plus the human skin mask you hid in private..."

"Ms. Chen Yanyan, can you explain it to us?"

...

at the same time.

500 kilometers away, Jiangxiang City.

The smell of disinfectant spread in the air, the water in the infusion bottle fell little by little, and on the hospital bed, the young boy's left foot was in a plaster cast and was hung up.

He sent a circle of friends: [Too unlucky, you can be hit by motorcycles on the sidewalk if you walk well]

There are a bunch of messages at the bottom [have a good rest]

He pouted and threw his phone aside. Just as he was about to go to sleep, there was a knock on the door of the ward.

A middle-aged man came in and said, "Hello, it's Mr. Lu Fanghong, right?"

"Yes, are you...?"

The man smiled: "Yes." He came in with his briefcase and sat beside Lu Fanghong's hospital bed, "How are you feeling now?"

"Much better." Lu Fanghong replied.

The man nodded: "That's good. When I came this time, I still wanted to talk to you about the past. Say, what did you think of, right?"

He is a ghost exorcist, and he has come here several times, all of which are talking about the slaughterhouse and the extermination case with this Lu Fanghong, Fan Xin's ex-boyfriend.

This time, Lu Fanghong did not answer him immediately.

The drops fell slowly, and the silence lasted for a long time.

It was not long before he exhaled heavily and said, "Actually, there is something about Chen Yanyan and Fan Xin that I haven't told you."

The exorcist listened silently.

Lu Fanghong continued: "Fan Xin and I have known each other since we were in junior high school. She is a

orphan

, the family is almost too poor to open the pot, but she works very hard, and every exam is the first few in the class. "

"Later, with our excellent grades, we went to a key high school and met Chen Yanyan there."

He hesitated for a few more seconds: "Chen Yanyan's grades are actually not good. She paid to enter the school. Even as an art student, she is on the verge of failing the class. After going back and forth, she felt that it was not good, so she found excellent grades. , Fan Xin from a poor family."

He became silent again, as if torn between whether to speak or not.

The exorcist said, "It's okay, don't worry, do you need me to fill you a glass of water?"

Lu Fanghong nodded lightly. The exorcist got up and filled him with a cup of warm water.

Lu Fanghong took the water, took a sip, and finally said again: "After one day, I felt that Fan Xin was sometimes weird. Her personality, tone, and attitude have changed slightly. To be honest, I I have liked Fan Xin for many years, and I know everything about her, even if it is a little different, I can't hide it from me."

"But whenever I felt something was wrong, she quickly became normal again, making me think it was an illusion."

"After half a year, suddenly one day Fan Xin told me that she wanted to tell me something."

He closed his eyes: "That was the first time I heard the word 'human skin mask'."

The exorcist's expression changed slightly: "What do you mean?"

Lu Fanghong said: "Fan Xin and Chen Yanyan have been exchanging identities."