Chapter 16: I'll Tell You a Ghost Story
As soon as Bu'an's ghost story was finished, Zhu Xiuqi came over and called them over for dinner. He saw that Fang Fei'er, Song Qing, and Su Su's faces were all a little ugly, just as they were hungry.
The banquet was still a table of eight immortals, placed on the street along the river, and the two lanterns hanging under the eaves barely illuminated the wine and food that had not been touched on the table and Lou Xinyue's shy and slightly red face.
Bu An muttered words of congratulations while pouring wine for everyone.
Zhu Xiuqi raised his glass and said: "It is said that one day is a teacher and a father for life, and the five of us in the same family should also be like brothers and sisters......" When he said this, he was suddenly kicked lightly by Lou Xinyue beside him, and quickly changed his words with a smile: "No, no, it should be like a family!"
Zhu Xiuqi saw that Fang Fei'er and Song Qing were still frowning, and paused before saying: "Wuwei is on the wrong path, the children are stained with a towel, I will come back after five years on the border, don't be sad, besides, no matter where I am, I will miss you." ”
Bu An'an thought, not only are you leaving, but I am not going to go back this time. But he also had a good impression of these nominal colleagues, so he said: "That's it! There is a confidant in the sea, and the end of the world is next to each other!" and went up to clink glasses with Zhu Xiuqi, took a sip of still a little warm rice wine, picked up the chopsticks and signaled: "Come on, come on, eat quickly, the dishes are cold." ”
Fang Fei'er and Song Qing also raised their glasses, but they didn't take the chopsticks, they just watched Bu'an eat.
Lou Xinyue said apologetically in a low voice: "Senior Sister Fang, Senior Brother Song, as soon as Senior Brother Xiuqi leaves, the four of us must work together, Senior Sister I have a slow temperament, and there is nothing serious, if there is anything wrong, don't take it to heart......
Fang Fei'er exclaimed, "Senior sister, what did you say?"
Lou Xinyue looked at Zhu Xiuqi, then at Fang Fei'er and Song Qing, and sighed lightly: "Today's banquet in this house was supposed to welcome Senior Brother Bu, and by the way, I bid farewell to Senior Brother Xiuqi in advance, but I only thought about myself......"
"Hey!" Song Qing stood up suddenly, and said aggrievedly: "No, no, no! It has nothing to do with you, senior sister! It's Bu'an, Bu'an, he'......"
Zhu Xiuqi was puzzled and said, "What's wrong with Senior Brother Bu?"
Bu An shrugged his shoulders, and while putting the vegetables in his mouth, he said vaguely: "It's okay, it's okay, it'll be fine in a while, let's eat first." Su Su silently moved her chopsticks when she heard this.
Lou Xinyue looked at Fang Fei'er and said, "Senior sister, what's wrong?"
Fang Fei'er was a little embarrassed by her question, waved her hand and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, eat quickly, the ghost will come out in a while......" said with a trembling body, and the chopsticks in her hand wandered, but she didn't pick up any dishes.
Song Qing couldn't help but say until this time: "Bu'an...... Bu'an told a ghost story!"
Zhu Xiuqi smiled and said, "It turned out that I was scared by the ghost story, I thought it was ...... I thought ......" He looked at Lou Xinyue with a smile, Lou Xinyue also covered her mouth and chuckled, the apology on her face just now had disappeared.
Fang Fei'er was a little ashamed and a little angry, and bowed her head and said, "If you listen to his story, you won't be able to eat it." ”
Zhu Xiuqi said suspiciously: "What story did Senior Brother Bu tell, and tell us about it." As he spoke, he and Lou Xinyue looked towards Bu'an together.
"It's nothing, it's because they're too timid. Bu An chewed on the bad chicken nuggets in his mouth, and there was a pinch of drunken shrimp on his chopsticks, and muttered, "I just mean, there used to be a town that was very similar to this place...... There are also a group of villagers who are very similar to this place......"
Zhu Xiuqi and Lou Xinyue both nodded lightly, waiting for him to continue.
"They came across a group of Confucian passers-by...... Well, just like we ......"
"Invite these people to hunt ghosts too...... There was also a table of wine and food on the shore......"
Zhu Xiuqi shook his head and smiled: "How can there be such a coincidence?" Lou Xinyue nodded slightly: "Senior Brother Bu is talking about us." ”
Bu An swallowed the chewed chicken, cleared his teeth with his tongue, and said with a relaxed face: "And ah...... They didn't see a ghost all night, and when they left the town the next day, they happened to see a stone tablet at the entrance of the town, which said that this town had been plagued many years ago, and that all the people in the town had long since died!"
Zhu Xiuqi and Lou Xinyue were stunned and motionless, Fang Fei'er and Song Qing listened to it for the second time, although the story lacked a lot of details this time, they still felt creepy.
On the entire table, only Bu An was still drinking and eating slowly and methodically, and occasionally gave Su Su a chopstick.
Lou Xinyue frowned slightly, swallowed her saliva, and asked: "In this story, the town is full of ghosts, why do those ghosts want to find people to catch ghosts?
Bu An shrugged, took a sip of wine and said, "Because in the eyes of ghosts, big living people are ghosts......"
Lou Xinyue struck a fierce spirit, and finally understood why Fang Fei'er and Song Qing were so frightened that they didn't dare to eat. Instead, Zhu Xiuqi smiled and said, "The story of Senior Brother Bu can't be justified. If the town is full of ghosts, why are the ghosts in the town treated as human beings when the few Confucian scholars passing by are obviously living people?"
Bu An put down his chopsticks with a smile and rubbed his hands, Fang Fei'er and Song Qing closed their eyes when they saw this, but Zhu Xiuqi and Lou Xinyue were defenseless at all.
Bu An leaned his face forward, and his handsome facial features were reflected a little gloomy by the reflection of the greasy desktop: "I wish Senior Brother a good question, those Confucian scholars don't know that they are dead......"
Zhu Xiuqi and Lou Xinyue came into contact with the core of this ghost story, and they only felt cold all over their bodies.
Bu An'an thought, the ancients were too simple, take a "Far Cry" and change it casually, so they were scared like this, smiled and waved his hand and said: "It's just a story, come on, come on, everyone, you're welcome, eat vegetables." ”
Zhu Xiuqi and Lou Xinyue looked at each other, and it took a while to recover from their stiff state, and beckoned Fang Fei'er and Song Qing to eat and drink together.
Song Qing was still not at ease, and cried and said, "Senior Brother Xiuqi, what do you say...... This story told by Bu'an can't be true, right?"
Zhu Xiuqi smiled a little embarrassedly: "Senior Brother Song is confused, how can we not even figure out whether we are dead or alive?"
At this time, Bu An suddenly said to Song Qing Zhengse: "Look behind you." ”
Song Qing was so frightened that he bounced up, almost knocking over a table of wine and food, but he turned around in a panic but didn't see anything unusual, and said angrily: "Bu'an, you came to scare me again." ”
Bu An'an thought, you planted me in front, I scared you to get justice, and said with a smile: "Where did I scare you, I asked you to look back, you have a shadow, not a ghost." ”
Song Qing hurriedly turned around, glanced at his shadow cast by the lantern light on the stone street, and grinned: "Yes, there is a shadow, it's not a ghost!" Then he sat down happily, patted his chest, picked up his chopsticks and said, "It's really a false alarm, eat vegetables and eat vegetables." ”
At this point, this night banquet can be regarded as returning to normal, but while everyone is eating and drinking, they still can't help but sneak a glance at Bu'an, probably thinking, how can this beginner have such a strange story in his stomach.
Fang Fei'er suddenly remembered something, and said curiously: "Susu, why did you listen to that story but not be afraid?"
Su Su stuffed a mouthful of food and replied vaguely: "It's just a story." ”
Others are still puzzled, only Bu An can see that she is too simple and lacks imagination, and she will not be like Song Qing The more she thinks about it, the more afraid she becomes, and she scares herself.