There was a knock on the door, and Mrs. Du walked in with a plate of fruit.

At this moment, I stroked my chest, stood up, and wiped the tears from my face.

"Xiaomei, go and get the key to the black wooden box!"

The old woman's face changed, and she asked in a low voice, "What do you want to ......?"

"Just go get it!" The old lady suddenly snapped.

The old woman nodded, glanced at me before entering the house, and after a while she came out with two long ancient locks.

The old lady took the key and stood up tremblingly: "Xiaochen, let's go, go to the small storeroom!" Sister of the Lin family, you are also a piece! ”

"Oh!" I nodded like garlic, looked at the bell in my hand before going out, and threw it on the coffee table next to me.

Xue Chen helped the old lady out of the house and walked towards the outermost room on the left, and I followed behind me resignedly, feeling uneasy.

The small storeroom was very dimly lit, and there were a lot of miscellaneous items piled up in it, but there was a small single room separated by two wooden planks in the middle of the room. A fish-shaped copper lock hangs on the door of the small room, and the part that locks the fisheye is covered with a little dark red paint.

"Click" - the lock opened, and the door made a dull "creaking" sound.

The old lady walked in alone, and I poked my head behind Xue Chen to look in—there wasn't much space inside, with three rows of wooden shelves nailed to the walls, and several sealed clay jars on them. The patterns depicted on each clay pot are similar, like words but not words, which reminds me of "ghost painting symbols".

The most eye-catching thing in the single room is the gray stone offering table, which is usually made of wood, and it is usually placed with statues or tablets of gods, but there is a black wooden box on it.

"Old man, long time no see......" The old lady was touched, bowed down to the black box, and said calmly: "Sister of the Lin family, you come in!" ”

I looked at Xue Chen, he was also looking at me, I thought to myself, I couldn't help myself, I took a deep breath, and walked in.

I walked over to the old lady and stood still, confused. There is a three-legged stove in front of the black wooden box, judging from the ashes of the residual incense inside, there should be people often offering incense, and the desktop is also spotless, but the wooden box itself has fallen a thick layer of dust, which looks like it has not been cleaned for some years.

The old lady lit three sticks of incense and handed them to me, and I quickly took them, and bowed to the black wooden box. I inserted the incense in my hand into the stove and secretly glanced at the old lady, she was looking ahead with a calm face, I couldn't help but think of the image of the ghost woman in the Hong Kong film, and I felt shuddering.

The old lady hesitated, her hand holding the key trembling slightly, and reached for the golden lock, which was also covered with dust. There was no ornamentation on the golden lock, and it glowed with a dark light, and I thought that the box contained a treasure that might be related to the exorcism, and my heart suddenly rose to my throat.

When the black wooden box finally opened, I was disappointed to see sticks with strange patterns, broken coins, and some yellow paper with no graffiti.

The old lady did not stop the movement of her hand, and her withered hands fumbled to press the protrusions on both sides of the wooden box, and then she peeled off the upper layer, and said, "Come here, choose one!" ”

I took two steps forward, and when I looked inside, the black wooden box was no more than thirty centimeters high, and there was a dark compartment more than three inches high hidden underneath. However, it contained some rouge paper, blush powder, a hand-held mirror, a wooden comb, and a scraped hand and a rectangular carved box with black charms pasted on it!

When my eyes fell on the carved box, I suddenly had the illusion that everything was being swallowed by it, and the inexplicable panic came to my mind, and I couldn't help but take a step back.

When I saw the old lady looking at me, I thought that since she asked me to choose, I must have something else, so I pointed to a small mirror and said, "So be it!" ”

The old lady actually took out the mirror with both hands, and said: "This is a soul-locking mirror, the mirror is embedded with a rune array, and you can fix it in a short time with a general soul, if you encounter a ghost, drop blood into the handle, and lock it into the mirror!" ”

"You're saying I'm going to meet again...... That thing? "I hesitated to take it.

The old lady continued: "Although the bronze bell is ominous, it is also a rare thing with spiritual power, and everything is pros and cons. ”

Right and wrong? What is "right and wrong"? I seemed to see hordes of ghosts approaching me, and as soon as my feet softened, Xue Chen took a step forward in time to hold me up.

I still don't give up, and I plead, "I can't destroy it, or ...... Or you can ...... for me."

"The bell is still tied to the bell!" The old lady interrupted me and shook her head helplessly, "The origin of this copper bell is still unknown, and I can't suppress it at my age...... I can only respond to you, and I will do my best to help you through this catastrophe in my lifetime! ”

Lifetime? When a centenarian said something like this, it really made me cry and laugh.

I took the mirror in trepidation, and the old lady reverently closed the black wooden box again. At this moment, in the dimly lit private room, the air seemed to freeze, and I was so depressed that I couldn't breathe. I knew that it would be futile for me to say anything, and I couldn't imagine what would happen in the future, so I walked out in a daze.

"Old lady......" Xue Chen's words came to his lips, and he didn't know what to say.

"The world thinks that the theory of ghosts and gods is nonsense, but 'the cycle of cause and effect, retribution is unpleasant' has existed since ancient times." The old lady showed a look of regret, carefully relocked the black wooden box, and muttered, "Old man, I still opened this box...... Some things are not up to people! ”

Xue Chen couldn't help but feel guilty when he heard this--in his childhood memory, the old lady ordered his family to lock the private room before he died, and he said that he didn't want the old lady to continue to deal with ghosts and gods, and was worried that she would make another mistake. As for what was wrong, Xue Chen didn't know, but vaguely felt that it was related to his deceased biological mother.

I stood in the courtyard basking in the sun, and Mrs. Du came over and stroked my back. I wanted to cry, I wanted to scream, I wanted to vent, but I was just stunned.

After a while, Xue Chen also walked out with the old lady in his arms. I looked up and met her and saw that she was much more emaciated than when I first arrived.

The old lady came up and patted me on the arm, with love in her eyes, and I couldn't help but think of my grandmother in the country.

"People don't hurt ghosts, ghosts don't hurt people's hearts!" The old lady left such a sentence, brushed away Xue Chen's support, and walked back to the middle room by herself.

I saw the old lady close the door, and apparently she didn't want to be disturbed now, so I had to hang my head and say, "I'll go back first!" ”

"It's sunny now, stay and have lunch!" Old Madam Du's tone was full of worry.

"No!" I turned and walked towards the gate.

Xue Chen came over and said, "I'll send you!" ”

I refused, saying, "I want to be alone!" ”

Xue Chen didn't make a sound, opened the door for me, and watched me go away.