Chapter Seventy-Four: The Lamp Awakens from a Dream
Upon entering the wooden house, the light inside was completely illuminated by the moonlight shining through the cracks in the wooden planks, and it was not as dark as it looked from the outside of the door, and it was barely possible to see the structure of the house.
A straw mat covered half of the floor of the wooden house, and on it sat an old man, that is, Ji Maniac, who held a cigarette gun in his hand, leaned against the innermost wallboard, and kept puffing smoke in his mouth, so that he could enjoy it, and squinted his small eyes in the direction of the door.
Ai Qing stood at the door, not that he didn't dare to go inside, but that this room was so big, there was no place to stay, as long as he took one more step, he would step on the "grass bed" where Ji Maniac slept.
"Don't be inhibited, just come in and sit casually. The madman snuffed out the cigarette gun in his hand.
This madman has a cloak of hair, covering half of his face, his eyes seem to be unable to open, his face is full of folds, and there is a lot of sludge mixed in it, and his black teeth in his mouth are twisted and crooked, which is caused by perennial smoking, and his scorched hands have no nails, constantly grinding the sludge on his face.
The cloth on his body was torn into a fishing net, there was not even a patch on it, his skinny body, his chest was about to stick to his back, the two rows of ribs were clearly visible, curled up on the straw couch like a pile of dry wood, the small eyes in the two sunken eye sockets were bright, his chapped lips moved slightly, and he let out a weak moan of "uh-huh".
Ai Qing stepped on the straw mat and walked to a distance of one meter away from the madman Ji, sat down cross-legged, and put the long sword in his hand flat behind his back in case there was an accident.
"Hime-senpai ......"
"Huh, the person who came doesn't seem to be right, let me see. ”
Ji Maniac put down the cigarette gun in his hand, looked a little surprised, grabbed Ai Qing's hand, kneaded his thumb and middle finger together, pressed on Ai Qing's pulse, and whispered something like a spell in his mouth, Ai Qing couldn't understand a word, but it looked very professional, and he didn't dare to disturb.
"Guy,, you're dead! quack quack~"
Ji Maniac said in a weird way, followed by a series of strange laughs, and his fingers gently rubbed on the back of Ai Qing's hand.
"No wonder you're late, it's because someone doesn't want you to see me, it's a pity, it's a pity!" he sat there and muttered to himself, his expression sometimes frowning, sometimes smiling, and very strange.
"I'm dead, someone doesn't want me to see you?"
The evening breeze that blew into the house through the wooden planks seemed to be a few degrees Celsius lower than outside, and turned into a yin wind, blowing on Ai Qing's body, cold and biting, his heart trembled, I don't know if this crazy Ji is talking nonsense or really knows something, otherwise why would he say that he is dead?
"Why did the seniors say this?" Ai Qing asked in a deep voice to hide the uneasiness in her heart.
"This is an endless reincarnation, you can't get out, every time you find me here, why don't you stay here with the old man to ask for food?hahaha~"
Every time the madman laughed, Ai Qing felt her heart shake with his laughter, which seemed to be not in the world.
"Who is the senior, and what do you know?"
"You came to me, and you didn't know who I was?"
"The juniors really don't know, they just came to ask about something. ”
After laughing wildly, the madman Ji took a puff of his cigarette gun and said: "My surname is Ji, what is my name, I have forgotten it myself, I like to tell people fortunes and cheat to eat." ”
Ai Qing's eyelids kept beating, thinking that he was really a madman, no wonder Master Hu was so disgusted with him, if he didn't still want to know the news about Hui Ripan, he would definitely hurry up and flee here now.
The cold wind blew wave after wave, the wooden house was as cold as an ice cave, Ai Qing's coat was pierced by the wind, and he saw half a white candle hanging on the wall, and wanted to use the light to dispel the gloomy atmosphere.
"Senior Ji, the room is so dark and cold, why don't you light candles?"
Ai Qing calmed down, got up and took off the candle, and asked about the attitude of the madman out of politeness.
"Light the lamp, the lamp brightens the dream, you light the candle, and we can get eternal life together?"
Ji Maniac supported the ground with both hands, moved to Ai Qing's side, took the candle in Ai Qing's hand with his withered right hand, and said mysteriously: "You should have died three years ago, but you don't know, hehehe, it's really terrifying!"
Ai Qing decided that this Ji madman was crazy, he did die once, and that was also this year, what does it have to do with three years ago, and what is immortality, it is strange and scary, so he plans to avoid these useless topics, and took out his mobile phone and held it up in front of Ji Maniac.
"Senior, do you recognize what's in this picture?"
"I'm old, I can't see anything, you get closer to me. ”
Ai Qing moved a few steps forward and squatted in front of the madman Ji, the picture on the screen of the mobile phone was also doubled by Ai Qing, the bright light of the screen hit the face of the madman Ji, and the hideous face was bloodless, so frightened that Ai Qing almost sat on the ground.
Ji Maniac grabbed Ai Qing's arm, dragged him hard in front of him, touched his face with the other hand, and reached his chest along his neck, his fingertips pierced Ai Qing's stomach, spinning left and right, staring at Ai Qing's face through the gap in his hair.
"Some things are here because of you, so what's the use of asking me, it's better to find them yourself. ”
Ai Qing was in pain and wanted to retreat back, but found that her arm held by Ji Maniac couldn't move a bit, as if she was being grabbed by an iron tong.
"Please also ask the seniors to make it clear. ”
"Hehe, destiny is hard to violate, creation makes people, you have finally come to this point, don't try to go against the sky, I am the best example, quack quack~"
The madman let go of Ai Qing, shook his body and sat back on the wall again, took out a box of matches, and with a flash of fire, he lit his cigarette gun, and the state that Ai Qing saw when he first entered the door, was covered with mist.
"Go back, there are things you can't say to the dead. ”
"But ......"
"If you really want to know anything, come back to me this time tomorrow. ”
After speaking, the madman Ji sat there motionless as if he was petrified, if it weren't for the smoke in the smoking gun, Ai Qing even suspected that the whole world was still.
Next, no matter how curious Ai Qing was, no matter what she asked, the madman Ji no longer answered, and treated Ai Qing as air.
Ai Qing had no choice, the news about Hui Ri Pan did not come out at all, but he was scared enough, since the madman Ji finally said that he would come back tomorrow, he had to stop today, picked up the long sword on the ground, walked out of the wooden house, and immediately felt a lot warmer.
"Haha, quack~" There was a strange and piercing laugh from the wooden house, and Ai Qing, who had just felt the warmth, was beaten into the ice valley again in an instant, her hair stood up, and she was covered in cold sweat, and she mechanically twisted her body behind her back, but found that the door of the wooden house had been closed for some time.
"What a madman!"
Ai Qing has never seen any demons and monsters? But this frightening madman, this is the first time he has encountered it, and he can't do anything with him, it is simply a double torture of mental and physical.
He didn't dare to stop any longer, the pace under his feet became much faster, and for some reason he kept replaying the nonsense that the madman had just said in his mind, and the sweat in his right hand holding the sword wet the hilt of the sword.
"Tomorrow, I must let Hou Yan feel this fear. ”
Ai Qing felt scared when he thought of coming here tomorrow, but after thinking about it carefully, the person who would come tomorrow was not him, but Hou Yan, thinking of this, he still had some small expectations in his heart, although he couldn't see Hou Yan's appearance at that time, but it was still conceivable that with the terrifying degree of Ji Maniac, and with Hou Yan's guts, it was very possible to be scared to pee.
The tension was relieved, and the white-faced man who had followed him never reappeared.
When Ai Qing returned to the guest house, the village was already silent, and the people in the village were not like city people, all of them stayed up late, because they had to work the next day, so they generally slept early, and the guards at the door of the guest house were all lights out.
There are only four rooms in the hallway that are still lit, namely the Dragon Maiden, the Lone Dragon, the Ghost, and one is his own room.
Ai Qing clearly remembered that when he left, the light in the room must have been turned off, because it was not too dark at that time, so he never turned on the light at all, which was slightly terrifying.
Because he has just experienced the torture of Ji Maniac, and now his mind is not completely stable, and he is currently very sensitive to this abnormal thing, what he is most afraid of is that as soon as the door opens, Ji Maniac will stand in the door, but this is obviously his own scare, that is, a madman, not a ghost, and he will not go faster than himself.
The key was inserted into the door lock, the doorknob rotated gently, Ai Qing slowly pushed the door open from the outside, fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, she held her breath, her eyes stared at the crack of the door that was opened, and she didn't dare to blink.
As soon as the door was halfway opened, a pale face suddenly flashed out, just in front of Ai Qing who leaned out, looking at each other, time paused, Ai Qing's pupils constricted, and he lost his breath in his nostrils, he was so frightened that he was almost suffocated, and he couldn't shout.
Three seconds later, the door to the room was opened from the inside, revealing a whole person in front of Ai Qing, instead of the only face Ai Qing had thought.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time, and you still came. The white-faced man said in a deep voice.
After knowing that there was a real person in front of him, Ai Qing's frightened soul floated back, and the person hiding in his room was the white-faced man who had just followed him, a pure white mask was fastened on his face, leaving only two eyes exposed.
"You, wait for me?"
"yes, you shouldn't have gone into that room. ”
"Why?"
"Because it's the last starting point, it's too late to say anything, I'm just here to give you a heads-up. ”
Seeing that the white-faced man was leaving, Ai Qing blocked the door with one hand, stared at him with a frown, and held her belt with the other.
"Who the hell are you?"
"I know who you are, but you can't know who I am, or it's going to be a game-breaker. The white-faced man said playfully.
The white-faced man slammed his body into Ai Qing's arm and walked towards the door of the guest house, leaving Ai Qing standing in the room with a confused face.
"You told me not to go into that room, so why didn't you stop me?"
"Because, as I just found out, you have to go into that room. ”
After leaving a sentence, the white-faced man walked towards the outside of the guest house instead of returning to his room.
Ai Qing leaned out and looked at the familiar back, and had a strange feeling in her heart, but this feeling was only fleeting.