Chengcheng Funeral Home is one of the only two funeral parlors in City A, located on Xingzhao Road, covering a large area, has been far away from the city, and there are no other buildings around, not far from here is the famous cemetery in City A.

It was noon when Bai Tang arrived at the funeral home, and the front of the funeral home was very deserted, and there was no one, although both the main building of the funeral home and the reception hall were repaired according to the modern architectural design, but the cold feeling still made Bai Tang standing in the bright sun feel cold.

The doorman had obviously received the notice, and after simply verifying Bai Tang's identity, he asked him to wait first, and I don't know who to call, and after a while, a man in an old gray suit walked out.

The man was thin, looked to be in his 50s, his face was yellow, and he was visibly bloodshot, and he looked old and tired. His right foot was a little lame, he didn't walk fast, and finally came to Bai Tang little by little.

His eyes didn't seem to be good, and the whole person came to Bai Tang, squinted at him for a while, and then said as if confirmed: "Mr. Bai, I'm Lao He, come with me." ”

The smile that Bai Tang had already had on his face somehow fell, and he walked up to keep up with Lao He.

Lao He took Bai Tang around the main hall facing the door, and turned to the rear from the side path.

It was a blue-grey path paved with goose warm stones, less than a meter wide, and on either side were planted with taba, which used to be a large dark yellow lawn.

Lao He was very silent, even though the sun was shining, Bai Tang still felt inexplicably depressed, and couldn't help but say to Lao He: "Uncle He, have you been here for a long time?" ”

Lao He said: "Thirty years." ”

"It's been so long, that's amazing! By the way, I see that you don't have a good complexion, you should wake up at night and dream, right? This is a calming charm, put under the pillow at night, and you can sleep peacefully until dawn. Bai Tang walked a few steps quickly, parallel to that old He, and handed over the yellow talisman in his hand with a smile.

Lao He didn't answer, nor did he look at him, and said coldly: "I don't believe this." ”

Bai Tang showed a well-behaved and pleasing face, and pushed the talisman forward with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you believe it or not, this doesn't hurt, it's free anyway!" ”

Lao He couldn't refuse, so he took the talisman, stuffed it into his pocket casually, and continued to lead him forward slowly.

The atmosphere was strangely silent, at this time it had been nearly ten minutes of walking, and it had turned several times, the tabers on both sides were thicker than those in front, the air was getting cooler and cooler, and Bai Tang was also a little embarrassed, and did not speak again.

Lao He suddenly said: "It's here!" ”

Bai Tang fixed his eyes and saw an old-fashioned small building from the nineties standing quietly in front of him, which was a rather old building, sitting east and facing west, with a layout of seven rooms and three floors. The door is gray-brown with a bronze buckle on it, and the words "Settlement Hall" are engraved on the top of the door.

From the outside, you can see the fence on the second and third floors, the red lacquered fence is covered with green vines, I don't know what species, it is still lush in winter, and many branches and leaves are slightly hanging down, like snakes hanging in the air.

Even in the white sunlight, the house looked gloomy, with a heavy smell of old age.

Bai Tang secretly took a deep breath, suppressed the inexplicable irritability in his heart, glanced up and down the building again, and saw a faint figure flickering on the second floor, so he was surprised: "Is there anyone working here?" ”

Lao He looked in the direction he was looking at, squinted for a while, and then said, "There is no one to work, it should be Ayan, he is here to help." ”

Bai Tang nodded, didn't say much, and followed Lao He into the placement hall.

The interior of the settlement hall is very dark, several large glass freezers are piled on both sides of the hall, each freezer contains a corpse, lying on its back, and there are several rows of wooden shelves scattered between the freezers, and there are black-brown wooden boxes on the shelves, which should be the ashes of the deceased who have been cremated. The wooden staircase was also flanked by freezers, but fortunately, there was not a small gap.

A smell of rotting and moldy came to his nose, Bai Tang looked around, and the faint sunlight shone on the freezer through the cracks in the window lattice, and he could clearly see the floating particles floating and sinking on the light. Those freezers are all numbered, sporadically arranged, and the faces of the people inside are clearly visible, which makes people feel creepy when they look at it.

Lao He was familiar with avoiding those freezers, but because of his lameness, he would hold on to the shelves along the way from time to time, making a grinding sound.

When passing by the freezer group, Lao He specially advised, "Be careful, don't be next to that shelf, it's dirty." ”

Bai Tang answered lightly, followed closely behind him, and walked carefully with bated breath, for fear of touching those shelves that looked very old.

The mahogany staircase is also very old, and it will make a creaking sound when you step on it, and Bai Tang is very trembling when he steps on it, for fear that the wood will be broken and he will fall down.

Finally went upstairs, Bai Tang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that normal people in this place would not want to come a second time, and I don't know what the curator thought, the exterior decoration is bright and modern, but there are sediments of such an era left inside, and it is still a dangerous building! It's strange to think about it, so I asked it casually.

Lao He was silent for a moment before he replied: "Where will someone renovate the place of lonely souls and wild ghosts?" ”

Lonely ghosts? What do you mean?

Before he could figure out the taste, his body spontaneously followed Lao He into the second room on the south side of the second floor, where an open freezer was parked in the middle of the room. There are a few pieces of white paper scattered around the perimeter, with faint black marks on the paper, and a pair of easels next to it, and all kinds of low-quality paints are neatly placed on the windowsill.

Seeing Bai Tang's gaze stop on the easel, Lao He explained: "This is Ayan's ......"

"Ayan?"

Bai Tang raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in his heart that there are still weirdos who like to paint here, but now is not the time to care about this, first go and see Huang Zhicheng in the freezer.