The Twelfth Story: The Thousand Eyes of Bodhi (2)
After this "thrilling" affair, Zhao Jiuzheng no longer had the heart to stay in any "city of encounters", and he decided to take the earliest flight home. But people are not as good as the sky, because of the weather, all flights to the north have been temporarily canceled! There will be no flight back until three days at the earliest, which makes him extremely depressed.
With this lesson, he didn't dare to go out again at night, so he had to stay in Yun Niang's inn honestly, but he still couldn't help but want to go out during the day.
Yun Niang saw that he wanted to go out, but he didn't dare to go out, and his appearance was ridiculous. He said to him, "There are many temples in Dali, so it is better for you to go and worship during the day." How about asking me to keep you safe? ”
When Zhao Jiuzheng heard Yun Niang say this, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, Sister Yun Niang, you are too talented!" I don't believe that the evil still dares to approach the temple? Just go bye-bye! ”
After making up his mind, Zhao Jiuzheng asked Yun Niang to help him sign up for a 'two-day tour of Dali Temple'. With a heart of 'worshipping Buddha, there is a Buddha to protect it'. He and a group of grandparents-level tourists visited all the large and small temples in Dali. I saw all the monks I could see in this generation, and I also asked for N many talismans that I didn't know if they were useful or not.
After two days, he really felt that he was not so scared anymore! The last stop was back to the Three Pagoda Temple opposite Erhai Lake. Because before he met An Hong, he had been to the Three Pagoda Temple. And he met a ghost that night, so he firmly believed that the Buddha of the Three Pagoda Temple did not bless him, and said that he would not go in again. Anyway, it was the last stop, and his residence was nearby, so the tour guide didn't force him.
Zhao Jiuzheng came to the shore of Erhai Lake alone, looking at the picturesque scenery in front of him, and his heart was full of emotion...... The only regret is that the sky has been gloomy, and I don't know when it will be clear. His hand unconsciously stretched out to the thousand-eyed Bodhi in his jacket pocket, maybe it was his illusion, how did he feel that it was a little hot?
Suddenly, a white shadow burst into his field of vision. What kind of woman is that, and the scenery in front of her is so beautiful. Between the green mountains and green waters, dressed in white, she stood quietly by the Erhai Lake, looking at the rippling Erhai Lake with a somewhat ethereal gaze. It seems to be a fairy in a painting, landing in the mortal world......
This made Zhao Jiuzheng's world sunny in an instant! He was curious, what was such a beautiful woman thinking about standing alone on the shore of Erhai Lake? It's so focused. He slowly approached the woman, but he was afraid that the beautiful woman in white would be frightened, but he would ruin such a beautiful picture.
Closer, closer. At this point, he no longer dared to move forward, because if he went any further, even the most insensitive person could feel a stranger approaching.
Standing in this position, Zhao Jiuzheng could already see the woman's face, and it was indeed a beauty, which made his already stable heart begin to throb again. He took out his phone and couldn't help but take a picture of the beauty. Perhaps it was the sound of the phone taking pictures that alarmed the pensive fairy.
She looked at Zhao Jiuzheng slightly, and when she saw the woman in white looking at her, he hurriedly pretended to be taking pictures of the scenery of Erhai Lake. And also glanced at the woman calmly and nodded with a smile. The woman politely nodded at him and turned away from him.
Seeing that the beauty was a little cold, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed. But Zhao Jiuzheng understands that what it means to be quick is not enough. He didn't step forward to continue the conversation, but walked slowly past her, and then circled back when she wasn't looking. Zhao Jiuzheng has been hiding in the dark, observing the woman in white, hoping to meet her again unexpectedly......
But things often backfired, and a group of tourists, under the leadership of the tour guide, passed in front of Zhao Jiuzheng. After the brigade passed, the beauty in white had long disappeared without a trace.
This made him really depressed, but he didn't have it, he wasn't a Sherlock Holmes, and in this crowded scenic spot, he definitely couldn't find a beautiful woman in white.
A little frustrated, he went to a nearby teahouse and ordered a pot of Yunnan's famous Pu'er tea. Drinking hot tea, his mind returned to the scene on the shore of Erhai Lake just now......
"What a coincidence, you're also here for tea?" A tender voice sounded in Zhao Jiuzheng's ears, and when he looked up, he was stunned. The woman in front of her was none other than the white-clothed beauty that Zhao Jiuzheng had in mind.
After he was stunned for a moment, he said with some embarrassment: "Yes, yes, what a coincidence." Are you alone for tea? ”
The woman smiled and said, "I work here, what about you?" Are you a tourist from out of town? ”
"Yes, I came to Dali to play alone, and I was going to leave yesterday, but you see this day, the plane doesn't dare to fly, and I have to stay for two more days." Zhao Jiuzheng answered truthfully. Then he said: "My name is Zhao Jiuzheng, what about you?" What's the name? ”
The woman blushed a little and said, "Me? My name is Bai Keqing, and it's a pleasure to meet you. After speaking, she smiled and helped Zhao Jiuzheng fill the tea cup with tea.
"Do you have time after work? I would like to ask you to be my local guide. Zhao Jiuzheng came up with a clumsy excuse.
Bai Keqing thought for a while and said, "I'm actually not very familiar with other places except near Erhai Lake. ”
Who knew that Zhao Jiuzheng slapped his thigh excitedly and said, "That's great!" I just want to have fun near Erhai Lake. I'm going to fly away tomorrow and I don't want to go too far to play, and the hotel I'm staying in is nearby. ”
Bai Keqing hesitated a little, but finally agreed to him. She asked Zhao Jiuzheng to wait for her outside first, and she could get off work after explaining to the manager.
Zhao Jiuzheng didn't expect that he would make an appointment with this beautiful woman so easily, and he couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart. In the next time, Bai Keqing took Zhao Jiuzheng to walk again, the attractions he had been to before, but this time his mood was very different.
He looked at Bai Keqing in front of him who was so beautiful, she had a face as holy as jade and a voice as gentle as water. This can make any man can't help but fall in love with her...... Of course, it also includes him Zhao Jiuzheng. Although she didn't talk much, she was even more noble in his eyes at this time.
But happy time always passes quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it will be dark. Zhao Jiuzheng proposed to invite Bai Keqing to dinner, but Bai Keqing refused, she said: "I never eat dinner outside." Be sure to get home by 9 p.m. every night. ”
Zhao Jiuzheng was a little strange, there were still such traditional girls in the current society, but he was not easy to force, so he said to Bai Keqing: "It's dark, I'll send you home." ”
Bai Keqing nodded slightly and said, "Okay, my family lives at No. 48 Xuezi Road." ”
The two were speechless all the way. The address Bai Keqing said was not far from Erhai Lake, and they walked all the way back. After passing through a group of houses, a small single-family building appeared in front of me.
She turned to Zhao Jiuzheng and said, "I'm home, thank you for sending me back." ”
"You're welcome, meeting is fate." Zhao Jiuzheng was polite and thought about how he could stay......
"Keqing, can I borrow your bathroom?" Another is a clumsy excuse, Zhao Jiuzheng himself wants to pump himself! Why can't you think of a good reason when you're in a hurry?
Bai Keqing smiled, raised his hand and pointed to the other side and said, "There is a public restroom there." ”
Zhao Jiuzheng looked back with a disappointed face, and sure enough, a somewhat dilapidated public toilet was opposite. He was still a little unwilling, and turned around and wanted to say to her, "Can you go upstairs and drink saliva?" ”
Who knew that when he turned around again, Bai Keqing had already disappeared! "It's going too fast, isn't it?" Zhao Jiuzheng thought with some resentment.
He stood in front of the small building stupidly, looking up unwillingly, hoping that Bai Keqing could lean out of one of the windows, and then invite him to sit downstairs.
But after waiting for a while, I didn't see any movement in the building. Not even a single light ever lit! Isn't that right? Zhao Jiuzheng was puzzled, now that it was getting late, the first thing a normal person would do when he got home was to turn on the lights first. But now the small building is surprisingly quiet, and it doesn't even look like someone has lived in it......
Only then did he notice that the building looked a little desolate. The exterior walls of the entire building are covered with ivy, and some of the windows are even hidden. Under the dim street lamps, I could vaguely see that the glass of several windows was broken!
Zhao Jiuzheng thought secretly: "Bai Keqing actually lives in such a building, it's really a little worthless for her." With her appearance, she should be able to live a better life. ”
Suddenly, Zhao Jiuzheng remembered that he hadn't asked her for a mobile phone number yet! This excuse was so perfect that it couldn't help but make him a little proud. So he went to the gate, and just as he was about to knock, he saw a big rusty lock hanging on the door!
Seeing that the lock and door nose are rusted together, it should have been locked for some years, and it can't be that it was just locked. And there are still two seals on the door, although they have long been dilapidated, but it can still be vaguely seen that the time when they were pasted was December 1985
Zhao Jiuzheng felt a little chill in his heart, he wouldn't have encountered something unclean again, right? He looked around, and there was no one on this road, only the public toilet on the opposite side was still lit.
He strode over and patted the glass on the window with a "pop ....... An old voice came from inside: "5 Mao! ”
"Uncle, I don't go to the toilet, can I ask you about something?" Zhao Jiuzheng said politely.
The glass window opened with a bang, and a dark and old face peeked out from inside: "Young man, what do you want to ask?" ”
Zhao Jiuzheng hurriedly said, "Uncle, I want to ask what's going on in the building opposite?" ”
When the old man heard that Zhao Jiuzheng wanted to ask about the opposite building, he was stunned for a moment, and then changed color and said, "Okay, you have nothing to ask what the ghost building is doing?" ”
Zhao Jiuzheng was shocked: "Ghost building? What a ghost building? ”
"Isn't that the building across the street haunted?" The old man replied angrily.
"No way, I just sent my friend in, how can it be haunted inside?" Zhao Jiuzheng asked in disbelief.
"What? If you have friends living in it, it's a ghost! Young man, I have been looking at public toilets here for more than 30 years, and I know a little about the things in the building opposite. I'm not scaring you, there was a family surnamed Bai living in this building a few years ago, and then I don't know why, his eldest daughter committed suicide by jumping into Erhai Lake. Maybe they didn't want to think about it anymore, and the whole family moved away. But not long after leaving, the new occupants died inside. There are even people who can often hear women crying inside. I haven't heard it, but others hear it often. Because it is always said that it is haunted, no one dares to live in this building, and finally it has developed to the point that the neighborhood has become more and more desolate. The old man sighed and continued: "Old man, I can't do anything, I have some disabilities in my legs when I was young, and I can't do other jobs, so I can only watch the toilet or something." Otherwise, I would have left early. ”
When Zhao Jiuzheng heard this, his heart was completely cold. He didn't ask anything more, and hurriedly took a taxi back to the inn. As soon as he entered the inn, he saw Yun Niang cleaning up the table, and he hurriedly grabbed Yun Niang and said, "Sister Yun Niang, do you know No. 48 Xuezi Road?" ”
Yun Niang looked stunned: "What are you doing there?" ”
"It's nothing, it's just a ghost story, so I'm a little curious." Zhao Jiuzheng said with a weak heart.
Yun Niang put down the work in her hand, got herself and Zhao Jiuzheng a cup of tea, then sat down and said to him: "There are few locals in that place who don't know. It was 30 years ago, when there was a professor surnamed Bai living in that building. He has a flower-like daughter named Bai Keqing. There are a lot of young guys around here, all of whom have sharpened their heads and want to pursue her! But she didn't like anyone, but she liked it, a student of his father, whose name was Du Wenyu. Du Wenyu was also a well-known talent at that time, and this beautiful woman should have achieved a good story. But he didn't think that in order to be transferred to Beijing to work, Du Wenyu abandoned Bai Keqing and married the daughter of a leader. This hit Bai Keqing deeply, and he couldn't think about it for a while, so he jumped into Erhai Lake. Professor Bai and his wife moved away because they couldn't bear the 'pain of losing their daughter'. The matter should have come to an end here, but what I never expected was that Du Wenyu was not transferred to Beijing to work, but took over Professor Bai's work. The unit reassigned the small building where Professor Bai lived to Du Wenyu and his wife, the daughter of the leader. Something terrible happened the night after they moved in...... Du Wenyu didn't go to work in the unit for a few days, and his colleagues from the unit went to his house to look for him, but no one answered the door no matter how he knocked on the door. Eventually, his colleague sensed the seriousness of the matter and called the police. When the police came, they smashed the window open and jumped in. As a result, a foul smell hit your face...... Du Wenyu hanged himself on the handrail of the stairs on the second floor, while his wife was strangled to death by him in the bathroom. Since then, no one has dared to live in this building, and even sometimes passing by at night, a woman can be heard crying in a low voice. ”
After listening to Yun Niang tell this story, Zhao Jiuzheng was in a cold sweat. It won't be so unlucky, there's another female ghost! What peach blossom luck, it's all peach blossom robbery! He took out the thousand-eyed Bodhi from his body and threw it into the trash.
But it doesn't matter, Zhao Jiuzheng thought: Anyway, I'm going to take a plane tomorrow. What An Hong, what Bai Keqing, all of them are for me to get out!
He hastily ate a mouthful of food, and hurried back to his room to rest, and when he woke up, it was dawn, and he just wanted to turn over and get up, and he felt a pain in his waist. Something scorned him...... He touched it with his hand and was stunned! Isn't this my wife's thousand-eyed Bodhi? But you threw it away last night?
To be continued
By the way, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!