Twilight Boundary

"Don't blame me."

"It's not that I don't want to save people, it's just beyond my capabilities."

Hu Ma sat silently in the main room in the inner courtyard, lowering his eyes and looking a little gloomy. Xiao Hongtang sat on the threshold, looking outside from time to time, and then at Hu Ma in the main room.

Zhou Datong and others, as Hu Ma said, had closed the door of the outer courtyard tightly, and they hid in the side rooms on both sides of the inner courtyard, leaving only the lantern of the Red Lantern Queen in the outer courtyard.

Logically speaking, the Red Lantern Lady's lantern is the most important, and it must be brought inside for protection first.

But now, as she was being blown by the cold wind and drizzle, no one could care about it. After all, the Red Lantern Lady herself couldn't care about Zhuangzi.

Also because they all entered the inner courtyard and were far away from the gate, they were also far away from the people outside the gate asking for help.

The people in the surrounding villages are now familiar with the people in Zhuangzi.

Usually when I meet someone outside, they are either the master in charge, or they call me "little brother" politely. When I need to buy something from them in the village, I always buy the best stuff from my own house. Bring it to Zhuangzi to choose.

Those who sell tofu leave the first piece to Zhuangzi.

Even now, in the surrounding villages and towns, anyone who has a wedding or wedding is proud to have the little steward from the village.

But now, they are the ones asking for help outside the gate.

They didn't dare to bang the door hard, but kowtowed outside. Occasionally, a cry penetrated the two courtyards and touched people's hearts.

The guys in the village know that they are all worried about their families now, and they also know that the Gangzizhuang has become more and more dangerous. Evil spirits have started to make trouble, and they want to harm many people, but they have no choice but to huddle in the inner courtyard. Some have already He covered his ears in pain.

What can be done?

To be able to make the Red Lantern Queen take one look and then run away, Hu Ma can be 100% sure that this matter is the layout of the big shot.

It may not be him who contributed, but there must be his shadow behind it.

The layout of the big shot is unimaginably dangerous.

So he knew it was right to hide, but he felt very unhappy.

"Xiao Hongtang, do you think it's not good to hide?"

He had been sitting in the main room without covering his ears, because he knew it would be useless if he did.

But the crying outside Zhuangzi kept coming, and he felt more and more oppressive in this spacious hall. He always wanted to find something to say, so he looked at the little Hongtang on the threshold.

Xiao Hongtang feels so strange now. In the past, when she encountered such dangerous things, she would have run away long ago.

In other words, I sensed something lively outside, so I went there early and sat on the wall to take a look.

But this time she was different. She kept riding on the threshold, looking as if she was scared, not daring to go out, but unwilling to come in, hiding with herself.

So Huma was curious about what she was thinking.

"have no idea."

Xiao Hongtang shook her head and said, "It's never happened before."

Her words are always crisp and simple.

Yes, my mother-in-law would definitely not do this.

Just like in Dayangzhai, not everyone is so simple and kind, but if someone needs help, the mother-in-law will not look at whose family it is or whether they can afford the money. The mother-in-law will just do it naturally. Went over to help.

Hu Ma didn't know, would her mother-in-law be disappointed in herself if she found out that I was hiding in the village at this time?

He couldn't tell the answer, and he didn't want to think about it. He could only feel that as time passed, there seemed to be more and more calls for help around him.

He hid in the village and shut out the trouble.

But the misfortunes could be shut out, but the crying could not. It still got into the yard and got into the ears.

This cry makes people feel confused, but what can I do?

Looking for seniors from Laoyinshan?

The senior's attitude has been very clear. He will naturally take care of his own affairs, but now it is not his own business...

So, just hide yourself like this?

Hu Ma looked outside, looking across the inner courtyard, as if looking directly at the closed door, like a prison, locking herself inside.

A key point came to mind: Why did you find me?

Theoretically, if this was the action of that big shot, he could only target those who were suspected. But on the surface, he was just an ordinary shopkeeper. Even Datong and the others were not very suspicious. Why was this disaster still happening? coming?

Master Zheng Xiang?

The cold and silent face of Zheng Xiangzhu flashed in his mind...

...Only he would drag himself into this disaster even though the old tree stump had already covered him up.

But……

Thinking of Zheng Xiangzhu, a strong hatred arose in her heart, but the moment she thought of him, Hu Ma was suddenly startled and realized a problem.

Since Master Zheng Xiang was causing trouble, how could he allow him to hide away?

Now I am hiding to avoid disaster, but I can hide when evil spirits cause trouble, but how can I hide when villains cause trouble?

The more I thought about it, the more horrified I felt. My mind couldn't help but start to work quickly. I tried desperately to take advantage of the information explosion era to step into the perspective of the superior Meng family and the perspective of Master Zheng Xiang, and guess what they wanted to do... …

If those people want to get rid of Zhuangzi themselves, they can just do it directly. Why do they have to use their strength in the surrounding villages?

"Force me or the descendants of the Hu family to take action?"

This answer flashed through Hu Ma's mind, and her pupils shrank slightly.

The New Year’s book!

In addition to the power of shelter, one of the biggest characteristics of the descendants of the Hu family is the New Year's Book.

Perhaps, compared to the power of shelter, the method in this book is what the Meng family really wants to find.

So, if his ultimate goal was to force people to use the Zhensui Shu, then he must have tried his best to attack several other places in Mingzhou City that made him suspicious.

Zhuangzi himself is probably not the most important. It may even be incidental, added by the person surnamed Zheng.

This disaster was originally directed at me, but the people in the village were implicated by me...

The cries outside Zhuangzi kept coming, and there was deep despair inside.

The evil spirits in the village will become more and more serious, and the people will become more and more afraid. If a person's courage is strong, he can suppress the evil spirits. If his courage is weak, the evil spirits will become more powerful and fierce.

Sooner or later, the time will come when I can’t hold on even if I hide in the village...

What should I do?

Take Datong and the others to escape into Laoyin Mountain?

You must escape, but you must also consider the possibility that you may not be able to escape. Since the man named Zheng is targeting you, how can you show mercy?

And now...

Hu Ma stood up suddenly and looked at the sky outside the yard.

The weather was gloomy, and it was difficult to tell the difference between day and night. The dark clouds in the sky looked vaguely like evil ghosts, staring at Zhuangzi.

The crying outside Zhuangzi, the cold weather, and the heavy dark clouds seemed to form boundless pressure. The fear and crying of the people outside Zhuangzi helped increase the evil spirit. The evil spirit became more powerful than before, but at this moment, Hu Ma In my heart, it became brighter.

"This damn thing is boiling oil..."

"Someone is turning this place into a frying pan!"

"I'm hiding here, just like a toad in the pan. Not only can't I hide, but I'm almost fried to death..."

"If I continue like this, I don't know whether I will have a chance to escape. I'm afraid Xiao Hongtang and the guys in Zhuangzi will look down on me. So now..."

As he pondered, he could only think quickly, so he couldn't keep watching them burn the pot of oil. Even if it turned out to be bad in the end, if he wanted to hide in Laoyin Mountain, he would have to get out first, and then he would have to go out again. Only when you are close to Laoyin Mountain can you have the opportunity to escape at a critical moment.

"call……"

After thinking about this, he let out a long breath of depression and said with a cold expression: "If you can't hide, then you won't hide, and you have to do it more beautifully!"

After analyzing countless reasons in my mind, I already have my own understanding of the entire situation and what is the safest way to do it.

Of course, there may be a little bit of it just because I don’t want to hide.

There are so many ridiculous and tragic things in this world. If they don't happen in front of you, you just pretend you don't see them.

But it’s hard to pretend not to see it when it’s happening before your eyes.

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At the same time, Xiao Hongtang on the threshold and the waiters hiding in the side rooms on both sides of the inner courtyard were all looking at Hu Ma furtively.

Hu Ma had been sitting in the main room with the door open. They stretched their heads and could vaguely see him.

Nowadays, the people outside Zhuangzi are crying for help, which makes them feel scratched in their hearts. However, they dare not make a decision and can only look at Hu Ma. In their eyes, Hu Ma seems to be suffering from inner suffering and has been thinking. ,thinking.

Until, Hu Ma suddenly slapped the table and stood up, walking to the door.

"Come out, Brother Mazi is out..."

Zhou Datong suddenly shouted with joy, took pictures of the other guys, and walked out of the rooms on both sides.

They were all poor young men born in the village. They would be afraid when encountering evil spirits, so they always counted on Hu Ma in the main room to be their backbone.

But they are also young people of seventeen or eighteen years old, with pent-up anger that cannot be vented, and they have their own sense of righteousness.

So when I saw Hu Ma getting up, I couldn't help but feel my heart tremble. The innocent faces showed smiles that I couldn't explain the meaning of.

"Brother Huma..."

Even Xiao Hongtang, when she saw Hu Ma finally getting up, her eyes lit up, her smile turned into a crescent moon, and she shouted happily.

Hu Ma nodded to Xiao Hongtang, then took out his mahogany sword and serrated knife from the table, and said to Zhou Datong who stretched out his head: "Datong, are all your guys still there?"

Zhou Datong and others were stunned, and suddenly nodded vigorously.

Hu Ma smiled and said, "Then take it with you and let's go out and get rid of evil spirits for the villagers!"