Xiangxi Shadow Chapter 9 The Shadow of the Deserted Village
I had a mouthful of wild boar in my mouth, and I didn't dare to chew it, not even to take a mouthful of it, and I was afraid to make any noise that would cause things outside to think that there was someone in the room.
I glanced at Qiu Yan and Erwa, they also maintained their previous posture, listening to the movement outside with their ears pricked up, at this moment, the three of us were like wooden people, not daring to move.
After the knock on the door for a while, there was no more sound, I hope that the sound was my own illusion, but on the faces of Qiu Yan and Erwa, it was deeply reflected that the sound had really appeared.
I swallowed the wild boar meat in my mouth, which I hadn't chewed much, and then I got up and walked to the door, I didn't know what I expected to stand outside, was it? Or a ghost? Or what kind of youkai?
Whatever it is, it seems to me that the one who knocks on this door in this village that has been abandoned for many years is not a good kind!
My heart was beating so wildly that my hands were a little trembling, and I removed the wood that had blocked the door before, and suddenly I heard Qiu Yan behind me shouting softly:
"What are you doing?" Qiu Yan's voice was slurred, and it seemed that she hadn't swallowed the meat in her mouth.
"Open the door and see!" I thought to myself, isn't it obvious, that there is a knock at the door, and I have no choice but to see who it is. Otherwise, what else can you do!
"Don't, don't," Qiu Yan shouted silently while shaking her arms violently, "What if, what if~~"
Qiu Yan held back for a long time and couldn't say what it was, so I ignored her anymore, turned around and gently opened the wooden door.
I tried my best to make my movements soft and slow, not wanting to make any sound, but the wooden door obviously didn't think so, a long "squeak" sound was simply better than anything terrifying, I held my breath and glanced behind me, only to see Qiu Yan and Erwa grinning.
I had expected to open the door and see something terrible, so I was prepared, but when I opened it, there was nothing at the door, and there was silence outside the room, except for the occasional passing of the wind.
Qiu Yan got up at this time, poked her head out and looked, and said:
"Maybe it's some kind of critter!"
I pointed to the three hounds, who were napping at this moment, when they were full of food and drink, and said:
"It's an animal, they don't know?"
Qiu Yan glanced back at the three dogs, nodded and said:
"Again, what else can it be if it's not an animal? It can't really be a ghost, right? ”
I didn't want to continue the discussion on this topic, which would only scare myself, so I closed the door with my backhand and smiled:
"Do you still believe in ghosts? It's not that you haven't seen it in Dongergou, there are no ghosts and gods in this world, I guess it may be that the wind blew something down, let's go, rest early after eating, we have to climb the mountain tomorrow! ”
Actually, we all know that it's not about the wind, and that things that blow in the wind don't produce such a clear and rhythmic sound, and I just say this to appease ourselves.
But who knew that Erwa spoke at this time, and he said:
"I wonder it's a ghost! I've seen ghosts, just in that river bay in Baojing County, and the ghost is like a fog, and it won't be seen when it hits the mountain. ”
I glared at Erwa and motioned him not to say any further, but Erwa didn't understand what I meant, and continued:
"This village is so big, there must have been a dead man, they used to have many people and they refused to come out, but now there are no people, so they go back to their own houses to live, I don't know, it is the ghost in this house who saw us occupying his house, so they came to take a look!"
Although Erwa said it well, I found that he was not afraid at all, and I don't know if he was commonplace, or if he was just talking to scare us.
I looked at the three hounds, and thought to myself, cats and dogs can see unclean things, and I'll have to count on you tonight.
After sitting down, Qiu Yan and I were not as relaxed as before, and even the fragrant wild boar in front of me, I lost my appetite.
The second baby was different, eating with relish one by one, and I was unbalanced, so I asked him what was going on when he saw the hell in Hewan Bay.
Erwa said that when he was six or seven years old, he and he took the dog to Baojing to find a buyer, but after going, the buyer couldn't look down on Old Man Peng's dog, so the two had to return the same way.
Old man Peng was used to playing in the mountains and rivers, and he was not in a hurry when the dog was not sold for money, so he decided to go up the mountain to drive wild boars on a whim.
The two went all the way up the Youshui River, but were cut off by a tributary, and Old Man Peng gritted his teeth and simply decided to follow the tributary.
Erwa said that after walking for most of the day, they saw a canyon full of stones, and the mountains on both sides were very steep and overgrown with weeds.
Since it was almost dark at that time, Old Man Peng planned to put a few clips and spend the night in the canyon.
It was this night that Erwa was woken up by a stone at night, and when she opened her eyes, she saw several misty white figures carrying something to the mountain next to her, and Erwa said that those figures disappeared when they hit the hillside, as if they had gotten in.
Erwa was young at the time, and he didn't know much about being afraid, after he saw the figure disappear, he woke up Old Man Peng, but at this time the figure had disappeared, and Old Man Peng didn't see anything, so he comforted Erwa and said that Erwa was dazzled, and what he saw was just the mist in the mountain, and the mist didn't disappear as soon as he touched the mountain!
After listening to the story of the second baby, I can't help but imagine the scene in my mind, according to what the second baby said, I agree with the old man Peng's opinion, after all, it is in the deep mountains, sometimes some water mist is not a strange thing, plus the second baby is young and imaginative, I think that it is most likely that the second baby made up the water mist brain that he saw.
After the story was finished, the atmosphere in the room was also a lot more relaxed, Qiu Yan took out a pack of wet wipes from her bag and gave it to us, saying that she would rest after wiping her face.
But at this moment, there was the same knock at the door as before, this time I did not hesitate, immediately got up and opened the wooden door, who knew that when I opened the door, I saw a white shadow disappearing from the door.
I hurried out, but the shadow was so fast that I could only see its back disappear into the corner of the house, and by the time I reached the corner, I could see nothing.
Some people say that fear comes from the unknown, and this is true, and before I know where the knock is coming from, I will imagine all kinds of horrible images in my head, so I am frightened by my own imagination before I see the other person.
But this time I saw the shadow, and I was not afraid: it doesn't matter if you are a human or a ghost, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth.
After the shadow disappeared, I cursed to the night sky and returned to the house, and when I returned to the house, I saw Qiu Yan and Erwa holding a dagger and a stick, waiting in a tight formation.
I waved at them and said:
"It's okay, I ran away early, I guess it's a useless one who hid in the mountains, and we'll just come over to take a look when we see us at this time."
"Do you see who it is?" Qiu Yan withdrew her dagger and asked nervously.
"See, it's a man, not tall." I made up a lie to comfort Qiu Yan, but I didn't see it at all.
I moved the wood back to the door, added a few more stones to the door, and decided that I wouldn't care if anyone knocked on the door next time.
Qiu Yan and I laid out the moisture-proof mat, gave my sleeping bag to the second baby, and then lay down on the second baby's leather mattress.
I looked at the three hounds lying next to the fire, and I always felt a little strange in my heart, these hounds have a keen sense of hearing, and their sense of smell is dozens of times higher than that of humans, but from the first knock on the door until now, these three dogs have not reacted at all.
I couldn't see the shadow, but I was sure it was something corporeal, not a ghost, so why didn't the dogs find it?
I thought about the shadow again, the height of the shadow is in line with the height of a human being, that is, it is a little shorter, but I seem to see that the head of this shadow is also white, could it be that this person is wearing white clothes and white pants, and a white hat? Who would dress like that?
Just when I was about to fall asleep in a daze, there was another knock at the door, and Qiu Yan next to me immediately sat up.
"Which one doesn't have long eyes, is it interesting for people to squeak and dodge?" I yelled, but no one answered me.
The knock on the door was gone shortly after, and I glanced back at the three dogs, only to see them raise their heads slightly and lie down again.
I gently moved to the door and looked through the crack in the door, but there was still no one outside.
I comforted Qiu Yan to fall back asleep, and then moved the mattress to the door, I decided not to sleep tonight, I wanted to see who Fang Sheng was so tirelessly teasing us.
After this knock, no one knocked on the door for a long time, and before I knew it, my drowsiness also attacked, during which I fell asleep, and suddenly my body fell crooked, and I woke up, and I looked out of the crack in the door in a daze, who knew that as soon as I put my eyes to the crack in the door, I saw that there was an eye looking at me through the door panel.
My back was cold, and I screamed "Ahhh
Qiu Yan and Erwa were awakened by my scream, and immediately ran over, Qiu Yan was not ambiguous, and opened the wooden door with a "bang", but there was still nothing outside.
Qiu Yan turned her head and asked me what was wrong, I told me about my eyes, and after saying it, I was still in a cold sweat.
"Are you sure it's human eyes?" Qiu Yan asked.
I nodded, shook my head again, and replied:
"It's hard to say, it's like human eyes anyway."
Qiu Yan turned her head and looked outside again, and said to herself:
"Primates have similar eyes, maybe monkeys? If it was a monkey, what happened tonight would be easy to explain. ”
I disagreed with Qiu Yan's opinion, got up and said:
"What monkey can grow a man tall? Besides, if it's a monkey, why didn't they find out about it? ”
Qiu Yan shook her head and said:
"According to you, if it's a human tiger, they can find it! So what do you say is not a monkey? You said it yourself, there are no ghosts and gods in the world, what? Have you come to believe in ghosts and gods? ”