Chapter 20: Strange Old Man

The night was dark and the wind was high, and suddenly such a group of paper people and paper horses appeared out of thin air, and they also dug up the madman's grave, such a scene made Li Ergou almost unstable on his feet.

"Fatty, why are they digging the grave of the madman?" Li Ergou asked at the fat man.

He found that since the appearance of those paper men and paper horses, the expression on the fat man's face had become more dignified than ever.

"Brother Ergou, something is not quite right, I'm afraid Wolong Village is going to be in big trouble."

The fat man was also sweating profusely at this time, and even when facing the ghost-faced man, he didn't act so embarrassed.

"Oh, what do you say?" Li Ergou was puzzled.

Those paper people are digging the graves of madmen, what is the matter with Wolong Village?

Li Ergou felt that the eight achievements of the paper man and paper horse were made by the ghost-faced man, and what he couldn't understand was why those Yin soldiers came out of the pond?

What's the use of them asking for the corpses of madmen?

Twenty years ago, the madman was scared stupid when he was keeping vigil on the construction site of the Fengyuan Building.

At the funeral this afternoon, in the coffin of the madman, there was even a female ghost in ancient costume, and now it's okay, even the body was taken away by the paper man.

These things should not be accidental, there must be some kind of connection.

Li Ergou doesn't have the ability of the third uncle, so it's normal not to see it, but the fat man is different.

The fat man is the descendant of the Heavenly Master's Dao, and if he can't even answer this kind of thing, it will be too embarrassing for his master.

"Yin soldiers dig up the corpse, either this person knows some ulterior secret, or he has offended the local city god and has been retaliated." The fat man explained.

"And then?" Li Ergou nodded and asked.

He didn't know if the madman offended Chenghuang, but Li Ergou was sure that the madman must have bumped into something when he was keeping vigil at the construction site.

Otherwise, he would not have been crazy for twenty years, and even after death, he would not have been at peace.

"Either way, the madman is from Wolong Village, and his tomb was chosen with the help of your third uncle, do you think those Yin soldiers will give up?" The fat man asked rhetorically.

Hearing the fat man say this, Li Ergou thought of a lot of things in hindsight.

Immediately after that, an even bigger question lay in front of him.

Could it be that the third uncle rushed back from Yangcheng overnight and helped the madman find the tomb, the real purpose was to fight against those Yin soldiers?

In this case, the third uncle should have known what the madman had experienced back then.

But why didn't he say it?

Li Ergou felt that the key to the matter was still with the third uncle.

"Brother Ergou, you know now, why do I have to let you go back to Wolong Village, right? Twenty years ago, it was too complicated! ”

The fat man sighed and said as if he had seen what Li Ergou was thinking.

"Let's go, fat man, let's go home and ask the third uncle for an understanding." Li Ergou nodded and said.

Regardless of whether the fat man really helped him or not, Li Ergou wanted to completely understand the madman's affairs.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

The fat man was silent for a moment and said, "You can also ask your third uncle by the way, about the sky lantern on your right shoulder being extinguished, I think your third uncle must know." ”

After being reminded by the fat man, Li Ergou suddenly realized that he suddenly thought of a possibility, and then involuntarily broke out in a cold sweat.

Li Ergou's mother once told him that before the madman died, he would say that there would be two people in the village, one living and one dead.

Now it seems that the dead man is probably referring to him.

When the sky lantern is extinguished, ordinary people can't see anything, but in the eyes of those who are about to die, they are actually no different from the dead.

The madman's graveyard was eerie and terrifying, Li Ergou and the fat man did not delay, took a flashlight, and walked to the village.

When they were about to reach the entrance of the village, they encountered strange things again.

Li Ergou first heard a strange bell sound, and then saw an old man on the road in the distance, driving a carriage and slowly driving towards the village.

"Who could it be at such a late hour?" Li Ergou wondered.

Suddenly seeing such a strange old man, Li Ergou and the fat man both stopped, ready to wait for the carriage to come over, and then take a closer look.

But the moment the carriage passed by, they all couldn't help but gasp.

The horse, except for the hair, was all transparent, and the muscles, blood vessels and other tissues of the whole body were all clearly visible.

The old man in the carriage was also very strange, the left half of his body was full of blood, like a young man in his twenties, but the right half of his body was extremely withered, and only skin and bones remained.

Li Ergou was directly stunned, and even forgot to give way to the carriage.

"Brother Ergou, get out of the way!"

Seeing this, the fat man hurriedly pulled Li Ergou by the hand, and then avoided the carriage dangerously.

And the old man, as if he hadn't seen Li Ergou and them, drove the carriage straight into the village.

Li Ergou came back to his senses, and suddenly felt a strong coldness, and his body shivered involuntarily.

He glanced at the carriage with trepidation, and then realized that a large box had been pulled on the carriage, and the box was covered with a red cloth.

Although I don't know what is in the box, it always gives people an extremely cold feeling.

Li Ergou stared at the strange old man driving the carriage with the fat man until his figure completely disappeared from sight.

"Brother Ergou, do you know him?" The fat man asked Li Ergou.

Li Ergou nodded first, then shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, it looks a bit like the second grandfather of our village." ”

The second grandfather's full name is "Liu Zhongyi", because he ranks second in the family, so Li Ergou has called him the second grandfather since he was a child.

Speaking of the second grandfather, his popularity in the village is not very good.

The reason is that he has a withdrawn personality and likes to be alone, and gradually, he is marginalized.

It's just that the situation just now was special, and the strange old man was not a human or a ghost, and Li Ergou was not sure that the person driving the carriage must be the second grandfather.

"Fat man, do you know what is in that box on the carriage?" Li Ergou said curiously.

The fat man shook his head and said, "I don't know, it's not a good thing anyway, when the carriage passed by, I only felt a chill in my heart." ”

Even the fat man feels cold, so I'm afraid it's not that simple.

After returning home, Zhou Yun had already slept, and Li Ergou did not find the third uncle.

In the whole yard, only Li Ergou's grandfather was left sitting there, smoking a dry cigarette alone, and after seeing Li Ergou and them come back, he also got up and went back to the house.

"Fat man, you should rest early, if there is anything, we will talk about it tomorrow."

After Li Ergou said hello to the fat man, he returned to his room.

He lay in bed, but he couldn't sleep.

Li Ergou never understood why paper people and paper horses could have so much ability? There is also the horse with a transparent body, and the appearance of a strange old man who is neither human nor ghost.

Is that strange old man the second grandfather?

Why is the right half of his body withered, but the left half so young?

The more Li Ergou thought about it, the more headache he felt, so he simply ignored it and slept with his head covered.

Early the next morning, Li Ergou was still sleeping when he was woken up by a rapid knock on the door.

Li Ergou got up and opened the door to take a look, and found the village chief Liu Hui standing at the door with an anxious face.

Seeing that it was Li Ergou who opened the door, he hurriedly asked, "Ergou, is your grandfather here?" ”

"Yes, Uncle Hui, is something wrong?" Li Ergou asked.

"Alas, something strange has happened in the village, tell your grandfather to get up and go with me to see." The village chief said with a sigh.

Li Ergou began to be curious, what is the strange thing that can make the usually steady village chief anxious like this?