MTL - Twilight Boundary

Chapter 46 Cutting the Crooked Tree with a Knife

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 While dreaming about her mother-in-law, Hu Ma felt a sudden coolness in her chest and woke up suddenly.

He saw himself lying stretched out in the hall, without lighting a lamp, and the surroundings were dark. He thought that Xiao Hongtang had dragged him into the hall.

He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to touch his chest, and felt that the coolness came from the purse where Tang Hui was placed. This coolness was different from evil spirits, and it actually stirred up his sleepy and hot head. Very sober.

“Did my mother-in-law come to my dream to save me?”

 He thought of the dream that seemed to be true and false, and tried his best to stand up.

He lit the oil lamp and used the weak light to find the hatchet used to chop firewood by the wall. Then he took a deep breath and walked out of the house holding the hatchet. Xiao Hongtang followed curiously. She walked behind him and said, "Brother Huma, what are you going to do?"

 “To cure a disease.”

Hu Ma gritted her teeth and dragged herself along.

He is still very weak now. Every step he takes seems to be shaking, and his brain is about to be shaken.

His body is very heavy, as if something is wrapped around him. There is something hidden in the black shadows all around, as if it comes and pulls his arms and legs from time to time.

But he gritted his teeth and forced out the fire in the furnace in his body. He walked over step by step, dragging his heavy body.

From a distance, he saw the crooked-necked tree, with its body crooked and only its branches left.

But as he approached, the tree seemed to come alive, its branches swayed, and it let out a weird and terrifying laugh.

Huma's body became heavier, as if he was about to be overwhelmed by the heavy darkness around him.

But at the same time, the furnace in Hu Ma's body also started to burn. This furnace could not dispel his feeling of being suppressed by the invisible force, but it could allow him to stay in front of this twisted strange tree without being overwhelmed, step by step. , came to the tree.

You can vaguely see traces of burned paper beside the tree, and the soil is fresh, as if something was buried.

 But Hu Ma, who was so groggy at this time, couldn't think about this.

Just remembering my mother-in-law's words, I tightened my grip on the hatchet in my hand, raised it with all my strength, and chopped down **** the tree.

 “Tsk!”

 A large piece of tree bark was opened, and there was a dark hole, as if blood was flowing out.

At the same time, Hu Ma felt a shrill and pitiful cry ringing in her ears, and her dizzy head suddenly became clear.

 It was only at this moment that Hu Ma's thoughts began to move rapidly, and Hu Ma understood instantly.

 “Is someone harming me?”

“What trick did they use to make me fall into the trap without even realizing it? I almost died.”

“Do you just want me to die and steal my place in the Red Light Club?”

　　　…”

 Cui Xie'er's appearance could not help but appear in his mind, and for a moment, cold anger shot straight to the top of his head.

　　He raised the hatchet fiercely towards the bleeding old tree with a crooked neck.

 “Hey…”

In today's Cui family, the Cui family's grandmother, who has made great achievements, has asked her daughter-in-law to stew an old hen that lays eggs for herself, and enjoys her filial piety with a small wine cup in her hands.

He snorted coldly: "My children and grandchildren are still useless, they only know how to fight with others. There are many ways in this world that make people dare not mess with us. I don't even think about it. Before the Hu family came to the village, how many people in the village would dare to fight with us?" The Cui family stares with their noses crossed?"

"Oh, the old lady from the Hu family came to me at that time and said that I was not good at academics, was too sinister, and would suffer backlash if I did too many things. I couldn't fight her, so I had to stop."

“But now, why do we see that it is her Hu family who has suffered backlash and exterminated her descendants?”

　　　…”

Under the dim oil lamp, Grandma Cui’s white hair was messy and she looked proud.

 “I know, mother…”

The second daughter-in-law of the Cui family served her carefully: "I will honor you well in the future..."

 “Ahhh…”

But just as he was holding the freshly heated wine flask and was about to fill it up for Grandma Cui, she suddenly saw Grandma Cui's face change drastically, her hair suddenly fell down, and the chicken bones she was holding in her hands were thrown away. He reached the side, covering his throat, and his body twitched violently.

 “Oops, it’s not good, my mother got stuck in the chicken bones...”

The second daughter-in-law of the Cui family was shocked and shouted loudly in a hurry.

The eldest and third sons of the Cui family outside also heard it and ran in in a hurry, feeling at a loss what to do.

"no no…"

Grandma Cui's family covered her neck, her eyes were bulging and bloodshot, and she screamed with difficulty: "It's not bones..."

She seemed to be in a hurry to say something, and asked the second and third sons to stop her quickly, but before she could say the words, Hu Ma's eyes were cold and full of anger in front of the crooked neck tree, and she had already raised the hatchet fiercely. , and struck the crooked neck tree hard with another knife.

 The old tree trembled, and its branches trembled.

Grandma Cui’s family took a deep breath of cold air and shouted loudly: "My mother is here..."

　　This one screamed out, and she fell down from the bed. Even the small table and the large bowl of old hen's chicken were knocked over, and the soup spilled all over the floor. At the same time, Hu Ma had already made a third severe blow.

Grandma Cui's body stiffened suddenly, she turned over and vomited out a large mouthful of blood. Her expression was horrified and she had run out of breath.

 “What’s going on?”

The Cui family has never seen anything like this before, and they are so frightened that they don't know what to do.

But now, the more Hu Ma thought about it, the more he understood what was going on. As the three cuts were made, the old tree trembled and blood flowed, and he seemed to vaguely understand something from the flowing blood.

It was a strange feeling. He smelled the smell of blood flowing from the crooked neck tree, and the sinister and twisted face of the old lady of the Cui family seemed to flash before his eyes when she came up with the idea. He also saw several people from the Cui family, discussing what to do. The image of harming oneself so that Cui Xie'er can rise to power.

This made him feel angry even though he had been stabbed three times. Instead, he became murderous.

 Clenched his teeth and chopped with the knife again.

"oops…"

At this time, the Cui family’s boss noticed something was wrong and wanted to rush to get the purse filled with Tang Hui.

But suddenly his body straightened up and he fell down. The Cui family hurriedly turned him over, only to find that one of his eyes was looking up and the other was looking down. He seemed to have lost control, and the corners of his mouth were twisted to one side. Just drooling.

The third son of the Cui family was so frightened that he shouted: "Go to the patriarch quickly..."

But at this moment, Hu Ma had a cold face and had already slashed hard for the fifth time.

Just as the third son of the Cui family was about to cross the threshold, he suddenly tripped and hit his head on the stone steps, and blood flowed out.

By the crooked neck tree, the sixth knife has been cut.

Behind the village, they were drinking and playing cards with others, and took the opportunity to cause trouble. The fourth son of the Cui family, who was making trouble, suddenly twitched his body, and a sickle cut into his neck during the push.

With another stab, the second daughter-in-law of the Cui family suddenly trembled all over, ran out of the house with disheveled hair, and shouted in a hoarse voice:

“Don’t look for me, don’t look for me, it’s my mother-in-law’s idea, it’s not me who is harming anyone...”

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In front of the crooked neck tree, flax was slashed one after another.

The Cui family members have also fallen one after another. Now in the old patriarch's house, the second oldest son of the Cui family is chatting with the patriarch's son, Zhou Datong's father. He looks at his son from a distance and listens attentively, feeling very sad. comfort.

But suddenly, I heard a woman's shrill cry in the distance in the night, which seemed vaguely like my mother-in-law's voice. I stood up hurriedly.

 But as soon as he stood up, his eyesight turned black, and he vaguely seemed to see a monster with disheveled hair.

 He grabbed it with two skinny hands and cried loudly: "It's all your Cui family who have harmed others, and I have been hurt too..."

Just as the second son of the Cui family was about to say something, he became dizzy, fell to the ground, and huddled up.

In the main room, Cui Xie'er was listening to the second master's instructions, but the second master glanced at Cui Xie'er a few times and became a little uneasy. He couldn't continue talking and suddenly said: "I'm always a little worried. I have to go to Hu Ma's to have a look." , let’s see if he’s feeling better now…”

Cui Xie'er was a little embarrassed for a moment. Just when he was about to speak, he heard a thump outside.

He hurriedly ran out and saw that his father had shrunk into a ball and was out of breath.

He was shocked and turned pale, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him, but the second master had quick eyesight and quick hands, and grabbed him. He stared at the second son of the Cui family who was huddled on the ground for a few times, while the dark wind rolled around him.

The second master seemed to have thought of something similar, and his voice suddenly changed. He grabbed Cui Xie'er violently and shook him hard: "Tell me the truth...don't cry. Tell the truth. Did the Cui family do this?" What happened?"

 “Cui family members, go quickly, go quickly.”

 But before Cui Xie'er could say anything, a group of people suddenly rushed in from outside the door, their faces full of fear:

"Your mother is crazy. She took off her clothes and cried outside..."

"your home…"

 “Something happened at your home too…”

　　　…”

 The second master, the clan leader and his party all looked at each other in shock, and suddenly ran away and rushed out of the yard.

　　咚! Boom! Boom!

The strange sound of chopping trees gradually became clearer, with a cold and life-threatening aura, and some strange power surging in the Dayang Village shrouded in the night. Every time the knife fell, a member of the Cui family fell inexplicably, as if Invisible evil spirits quietly took hold of their souls.

 And the old fire pond, which Dayangzhai relied on for survival, was obscured by the curling black smoke and failed to react.

 “Wow…”

The old tree with a crooked neck finally couldn't hold on anymore, slowly split from the middle, and fell down.

That night, Hu Ma slashed thirteen times in a row, cutting off the old tree with a crooked neck.

Five people in the Cui family died in a row, and three went crazy.

From then on, there were four big families in the village with the surnames Zhou, Cui, Zhao and Li. The Cui family had lowered their eyebrows and asked for attention, and they no longer had the prestige they had before.

 (End of this chapter)