Chapter 2: Immortality (2)
Yan Wuming said, "Go and light the candles." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 "I don't want to listen to the sound of clicking all night, just eat quickly, just put out the candle when you're done." ”
Gu Changsheng obediently picked up the fire fold and went to light the candle, which was only as long as her index finger. The father-in-law is not in good health now, so he is afraid that if he is uncomfortable at night, he will ask Lang Zhong to come and see, and he will need this candle for emergency when the time comes, so he has to save a little.
The candle wick burst into flames, and the faint light could actually illuminate a limited place, and the standing Hades statue had a hideous face, and the leopard's eyes were round because he wanted to suppress the evil ghosts in all directions, and it was naturally terrible when it was made.
The idol stared at her condescendingly, she looked at Lord Yama for so many years, and in the words of her father-in-law, there was no ghost in her heart.
Suddenly, a gust of wind rushed in, blew out the candles, and the temple leaked regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and it was no wonder. Gu Changsheng was about to order again, when a call came from his ear, "Changsheng-"
She subconsciously turned around, of course, the temple was too dark, and she still couldn't see anything clearly.
Yan Wuming asked, "Why don't you light candles yet?" ”
"I seem to hear Tian Bao's voice." She wondered if she had heard it wrong, or if she hadn't eaten flesh for too long, her body was weak and hallucinating, a little ethereal, as if it had been blown from a long distance.
"If Tian Bao comes, he will definitely come in to find you. Do you hear footsteps? ”
Gu Changsheng listened intently for a while, "No." ”
"That's a mistake, didn't you say that you roasted a few sweet potatoes, what about sweet potatoes?"
She suddenly remembered and put the sweet potato on the kitchen stove, "I'll go get it." ”
"Light the candle and go, or your frizzy temperament will be ......" Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud crackling sound, and the person had tripped over the threshold and fell into a.
Gu Changsheng and Yan Wuming lived in two empty rooms in the back hall of the Hades Temple, and outside her window was a peach tree that had bloomed for several years. She had checked that there were no signs of insect damage, thinking that the nutrients were not enough, and she had asked the villagers for some fertile loose soil for irrigation.
Thinking that if this tree can blossom and bear fruit, she may be able to change it by picking peaches and selling them, but unfortunately she has worked hard for two years, and she has no harvest if she only pays, so she is too lazy to take care of this peach tree.
Sleeping until the middle of the night, she suddenly felt anxious, she sat up in a daze, and the moonlight outside the window was a pale pink like an ocean of waves rolling in the wind, falling colorful.
She rubbed her eyes in a daze, and ran out without her shoes on.
Yan Wuming stood under the tree, the peach tree with no flowers and leaves was still without flowers and leaves, only the bare branches stretched out in strange shapes.
Yan Wuming heard her footsteps, "Why don't you sleep yet?" ”
"Isn't my father-in-law asleep yet?" She was a little disappointed, and thought she had a peach to eat this year.
Yan Wuming stroked the trunk of the peach tree, "Do you know, the peach tree is also called the dragon tree, which has the effect of warding off evil spirits and driving away ghosts." ”
Gu Changsheng yawned, "This is the Hades Temple, there is the Hades Lord in front of the town, even if there is no peach tree, and no ghosts dare to come in." ”
Yan Wuming said, "It's true that you can't get in, but it's hard to say outside your debut." He snapped a branch from the shorter trunk, "Do you remember the story I told you before?" ”
Her father-in-law told her all kinds of stories, all kinds of demons and monsters, "Which one?" ”
Yan Wuming sighed and knocked her on the head with the branch, "How can you get it if you don't have a long memory like this." "Once upon a time there was a woman who was washing clothes by the river, and she met an old woman sitting on a stone on the bank of the river crying, and she kindly asked the woman what was the cause of her sadness. The old woman pointed to the river and told her that her shoes had fallen into the river, and when the woman saw that the river was shallow, she kindly went down to the river to pick up her ......"
Speaking of this, she was impressed, and continued, "As a result, the old woman was a water ghost, and she dragged the woman into the river as a substitute for the dead." Right? ”
Yan Wuming nodded with a faint smile, "It's good if you remember, many people talk nonsense and nonsense, you have to remember that you can't believe the words of ghosts." ”
She wondered in her heart, the woman didn't know that the old woman was a water ghost, if she knew that it was too late to run, how could she pick up shoes for her.
This Hades temple is not big, someone came to knock on the door, and the slap was so hard and fast that it was easy to hear the sound. The villagers of the small village have to get up early in the morning to work, and they all go to bed early and get up early. She wondered who it was, and when she opened the door in front, she saw Tian Xiang holding a torch, and asked anxiously, "Changsheng, have you seen Bao'er?" ”
Gu Changsheng shook his head, "No, what's wrong with Tian Bao?" ”
"She said she was looking for you, but she hasn't seen anyone yet."
Gu Changsheng was stunned, although Tian Bao was bold, she was not so reckless, she should know in her heart that if she went back late, her father and mother would definitely be worried. "Have you asked Zhang Quan?"
As soon as Tian Xiang heard that Tian Bao hadn't come, he said angrily, "She said that it was just a lie to come to you, and she dared to sneak around with the Zhang family's kid again, and see if I find her and don't break her legs." ”
Gu Changsheng was uneasy, and grabbed Tian Xiang, who was going to Zhang's house, and was afraid in his heart, afraid that if he arrived at Zhang's house, Tian Bao would not be there...... "Uncle Xiang, Tian Bao told me this morning that she was going to go into the forest with Zhang Quan." ”
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Tian Bao was found drowned in the lake in the woods, the morning sun shone on the calm and bright lake, confirming that she died suddenly in the mood for love at sixteen, her body was swollen and soaked in the water, and her eyes were open and her mouth was open when she picked it up, as if she was frightened.
Last night, Tian Xiang rushed to Zhang's house and found that Zhang Quan had not returned for a long time, so he planned to go into the forest to look for it, but Tian Xiang's old mother dragged him alive and died and dragged him until dawn before letting him go.
Tian Xiang decided that Zhang Quan had killed and abandoned the body, so he went to the county government to file a complaint. Tian Bao's body was taken back to her home and placed in her room. The Tian family did not have the money to invite someone to do the funeral, and according to the practice of funerals in the township, a white cloth was hung outside the door to summon spirits.
Tian Bao's mother asked people to carve the spiritual seat, put a cheap coffin, and planned to bury it after the county government came to see it.
On that day, after Gu Changsheng decocted Yan Wuming's medicine, he went to Tian's house to help, and only went back when it was time. It was already completely dark, and the village fell into fear because of Tian Bao's death. The villagers all said that there were monsters that haunted them, and they ran out to eat people when it was dark, and they didn't dare to stay outside.
Gu Changsheng has always regretted that he didn't stop Tian Bao in the first place, if she had resolutely told her that Lin Zi couldn't go that day, or told Tian Xiang about it, even if it was to break off the relationship. It's better than Tian Bao's living person just gone.
She couldn't hold back her tears any longer.
“…… Phoenix. ”
Changsheng turned back suddenly, the road was too dark, and Tian Bao's mother specially gave her a torch to illuminate it. Tian Bao was wearing the floral dress she wore on the day of the accident, and stood in front of her wet. The dress was cut from the satin that her mother bought for her on her birthday. made her, an orphan, very envious, so she remembered it very clearly,
"Tian Bao?"
When she helped Tian Bao's mother sort out Tian Bao's remains, she touched her body, it was cold and there was no breath, and she was sure that Tian Bao was dead.
And the person in front of her......
Tian Bao said the truth very hard, "Don't be afraid, I know I'm dead, but I won't harm you." I just don't want to come back and see my mom and dad again. ”
This is the first time Changsheng has seen a ghost since she was a child, but she has no fear in her heart at all, she is opposite to the statue of Hades day and night, and even the hideous statue of Hades is respectful but not afraid, not to mention that Tian Bao's appearance is no different from before she died. "Your father is already suing the official, and the yamen has posted a notice that Zhang Quan is wanted."
Tian Bao said, "There's no need to be wanted, he's also dead." ”
Gu Changsheng was surprised, Zhang Quan's body was not found in the forest, "What happened that day?" ”
Tian Bao wept and said, "That night I said to look for you, and after leaving home, I went into the forest with Zhang Quan, and we ...... by the lake" After all, she was a girl who had not left the cabinet, and she was embarrassed to say it halfway, so she skipped this paragraph, "I felt that something dragged me by the foot and pulled me into the lake and drowned." When I was dying, I saw a monster covered in fire and ate Zhang Quan into his stomach. ”
Gu Changsheng imagined pulling Tian Bao's hand as before, but it was cold, and the chill was like a wandering snake swimming around her in an instant, so cold that Changsheng had to let go. "How so?"
Tian Bao said, "You and I are different paths, and soon a ghost will come up and pull me down to the underworld to report." I really can't see you again. ”
Gu Changsheng remembered that Yan Wuming said that after death, people will go down to the underworld to reincarnate as a human being, "Which family will you be reborn into?" I can go to see you, or I can tell Uncle Xiang about them, so they won't be so sad. ”
Tian Bao said sadly, "A ghost like me who is too resentful is impossible to enter reincarnation immediately. You will be trapped in the underworld until your resentment is gone, and you will not be reincarnated. ”
Gu Changsheng asked, "Grievances?" Did you just say that your wish was unfulfilled? ”
Tian Bao nodded, "My father has always said that Zhang Quan is not reliable, I quarreled with him three times and twice for this, but I didn't see Zhang Quan's personality until I died." That day, I was pulled into the lake, and Zhang Quan was so frightened that he ran to death and could not save him. My father is right, it's really not worth it for me to die because of such a man, I just want to say sorry to my father and mother now, their daughter is not filial, go first. ”
If this is her wish, it is not difficult. "I'll go back to Tian's house with you now."
Tian Bao said regretfully, "It's useless to go back, my father and mother can't see me, not only my father and mother, I should say that no one in the whole village can see me except you." ”
Gu Changsheng was anxious for her, she said that the ghost was going to come to escort her to the underworld, if she went to the underworld and didn't go to the underworld year after year, it wasn't that she couldn't be a human being in the world. "What then?"
Tian Bao lowered his eyes and said pitifully, "I have a way, but I don't know if you are willing to help me." ”
They have been friends for many years, when she was a child, once she wanted to eat eggs, Tian Bao found out and climbed the tree to dig out the eggs for her, but she fell from the tree and dislocated her left hand. At that time, she thought that the friendship between the two would never change, and Gu Changsheng was obliged to ask, "You say, what way?" ”
"Ghosts can be attached to people's bodies, as long as you are willing to let me go up and let me say a few words to my father and mother in person, I will have no regrets." Is the ghost on the body, Gu Changsheng thought, and heard Tian Baodao, "If you don't want to, it doesn't matter." ”
"No, I promise you."
Tian Bao smiled, thanked her, and slowly floated towards her, and suddenly the story that his father-in-law said echoed in his ears, ghost talk and ghost story, you have to remember that the ghost can't believe it......
But she felt that there were always exceptions to everything, and Tian Bao was her friend, the only friend who lived to sixteen years......