The reason why it is described as peculiar is because the old man's forehead is too open and protruding, his eyes are big and thick eyebrows, and his temples are gray.

However, there is always a gloomy expression on this peculiar face, as if someone owes him a lot of money and does not pay it back, thinking of this, I am suddenly a little embarrassed, just now the old man paid the bill for us, didn't we owe the old man the money that was not repaid?

Lao Tu looked to be in his sixties, and his hair was almost gray, but his eyes were very sharp and energetic, and he didn't look at all like the dull twilight of a man in his sixties, and when he looked at me, I even had the illusion that the old man was a young man in his twenties, and I was an old man in his seventies and dying.

The sharp gaze made me feel very uncomfortable, and I hurriedly lowered my head and didn't dare to look at him, and the old man suddenly sneered and snorted: "A bunch of things that don't know whether to live or die, the old man doesn't care where you come from, in short, if you don't think your life is long, you can continue to stay here, okay, don't follow me anymore!" "Talking about fun, the old man flicked his sleeves, turned his head and left.

The old man's awesome appearance made me feel quite unhappy, and I said in my heart, don't I just owe you three bowls of noodles? Do you need to be so domineering? So he didn't listen to him at all, and continued to follow him in anger.

"What are you doing?" After following this for a while, the old man suddenly stopped, raised his eyebrows, and stared at us with unkind eyes. I am such a good person to scare, looking at the old man is not angry, and said with a smile: "The old man paid the bill for us, but Wansheng is not a person who likes to be in debt, and besides, no one else in the town talks to us, Wansheng wants to ask you about the situation in the town, and please do me a favor." ”

The old man's brow furrowed, but he did not speak, turned around and continued to walk on. The three of us looked at each other, nodded, and continued to follow the old man. This time the old man didn't pay attention to us, so he let us follow, and after a long time, we followed him into a very remote alley, and finally stopped at the door of a shroud shop deep in the alley.

Watching the old man take out the key to open the store, we were all taken aback, we didn't expect this old man to be a coffin seller, damn it, this is really a bit unlucky!

The old man opened the door of the shop, looked back at us, and said expressionlessly: "If you don't feel unlucky, you can come in, and after speaking, regardless of our reaction, you can walk in directly." ”

"What should I do, this old man is a little weird, and this place is too remote, just go in like this, if something happens, we can't do anything at all, to enter or not to enter?" I looked at the doctor with some concern and asked, and my heart began to retreat.

The doctor stared at the coffin shop, pondered for a while, and said in a slightly solemn tone: "I don't know if you have noticed, the old man appeared to relieve us from the siege, and then scolded us later, it seems that he is driving us away, not to ask us to stay away from him, but to ask us to leave the ancient town." ”

The doctor is known for his delicate mind, perhaps because of his personality, the doctor's perspective on the problem is beyond my comprehension, but this way of thinking from the smallest details to analyze the root cause of the whole problem is very effective, so many times I encounter difficult problems I will ask him for help, which is why I hope he will help me analyze these things that have happened recently.

Just now I was also confused by the old man's sour tone, and I was angry, but I didn't expect it, but now after being reminded by the doctor, I immediately found out that this was really the case. It stands to reason that since you can pay money to help others, you must not want to see people in trouble, and you have the heart to help.

Also, the old man scolded us for the first time, and what he really meant in his words was actually to let us go quickly. At the time, I didn't understand what he meant, thinking that he was telling us to leave the stall quickly, but now that I think about it, he had already paid the bill for us at that time, and the problem was solved, so why did he let us leave quickly?

Secondly, when I explained my origin, the old man once again responded with mean words, but the real meaning of the words was probably a warning. When I heard this, my first thought was that the old man was sarcastically mocking us, meaning that we didn't even have any money, and if we wanted to eat and drink here for nothing, we would definitely be beaten, and if the townspeople were more extreme, they might even do something out of the ordinary and hurt our lives. But now that I think about it, it was clearly a warning that our lives would be in danger if we stayed here.

But what are the dangers of staying in a small town? I suddenly thought of the corpse I witnessed last night, and I chuckled in my heart, and suddenly a bad feeling arose, this old man must have something to say!

The doctor glanced at me and said that maybe he was thinking too much, but it always hurts to go in and ask about the situation, and a person who can pay for someone to get out of the siege should not be a bad person.

I nodded, and the three of them walked into the coffin shop without hesitation.

The old man opened the corner door, but the door of the shop did not open, so the light dimmed after entering the door, and after waiting for a few seconds, his eyes gradually adapted to the environment inside, and gradually saw the situation in the shop.

The coffin shop is not as scary as we imagined, after entering the door is the lobby, we did not see half a coffin, I want to come to the lobby to talk about business, the coffin should be placed in the back hall. So he also breathed a sigh of relief and looked around.

The lobby is small in size, with a few bamboo chairs, and there is a counter against the wall on the left side of the shop, which is somewhat similar to the counter of the inn where we stayed. I wondered in my heart, how can a coffin shop still have a counter, isn't it redundant?

Just as I was thinking about it, a figure suddenly stood up behind the counter, which startled me, but when I looked closely, I realized that the figure standing up was an old man. I breathed a sigh of relief, and said to myself that this old man was sick, how much work he had to do, how could he run to the counter and hide.

The old man looked at the three of us, and suddenly laughed, his voice was very strange, and very ugly, when he laughed, it was like a broken bellows fan, and such laughter sounded in the current dimly lit environment, which could not help but make the atmosphere seem very strange.

The old man smiled for a minute, then leaned back on the bamboo chair, closed his eyes and didn't look at us, and asked lightly: "Ask if there is anything, the old man has limited time." ”

As soon as he said this, we all breathed a sigh of relief, the old man had a strange temper, and I was afraid that he would change his mind later, so I hurriedly asked, "Uncle, can you tell me about the situation in the town?" The tour guide who brought us here didn't tell us anything, causing us to pay the bill with outside coins and almost getting into trouble. ”

The old man still closed his eyes, leaning on the bamboo chair as if he was asleep, I waited for more than a minute, he still did not speak, I cursed in my heart, my heart said that this old guy will not really fall asleep, right? Just as I was about to call him, he suddenly spoke: "You are asking too big a question to explain, but I can give you a few pieces of advice." ”

I was overjoyed in my heart and hurriedly said, "Uncle, please speak!" ”

The old man's voice paused again, and this time we waited more than three minutes before his voice rang out. It's like a tortoise and a hare race, where the rabbit doesn't sleep, but runs to the finish line as fast as he can, looking at the trophies that are close at hand, only to be told that he can't award the prize until the tortoise reaches the finish line......

This kind of dialogue, which is fast and slow, and is surprisingly slow, can simply make people hold back internal injuries! But I only thought the old man was contemplating, so I didn't doubt it. He snorted and said slowly: "Well, this is the first, the old man advises you to leave here immediately, but it is estimated that it is useless, if you can't go, remember that you must not make any movement after the time, let alone leave the room." "After knowing the old man's way of speaking, even if I have ten thousand questions in my heart this time, I don't dare to interrupt him again, who knows how long he will have to wait for the next time he speaks.

I didn't interject, and the old man continued: "Second, don't eat indiscriminately, for alas, you have already eaten...... The third piece of advice, and the most important, is not to try to talk to the townspeople, and remember, never. ”

After the old man had finished saying three pieces of advice, he was silent, thinking that he was finished, and just when I couldn't help but want to ask him why, he suddenly added in a loud voice: "Don't ask why, there is no why, just remember what I said." ”

When I first reached my throat, I was stuck, and I almost vomited blood!

The doctor patted me and shook his head, meaning to tell me not to ask this again. I smiled bitterly, thought about it, and suddenly thought about it, and asked, "Uncle, I have one more question, the town ...... Is there someone driving the corpse at night? ”

As soon as I finished speaking, the old man's eyes opened and stared at me, his voice suddenly became cold, and he asked, "Have you seen it?" ”

I didn't expect the old man to have such a big reaction, and I said that this old guy is really not simple, and it seems that he knows a lot of things! Thinking of this, I couldn't let go of this opportunity, nodded hurriedly, and told him that I did see it last night, and that a corpse had attacked me.

Luo Yi didn't know these things, so when I said it, the little girl opened her mouth wide and looked at me incredulously. I thought that by telling the old man this, I could get some news from his mouth about the corpse, but what I didn't expect was that the old man stood up after I finished speaking, his face was gloomy, and he scolded like a plague god, and even picked up a broom, and drove us all out.

The door of the coffin shop slammed shut, leaving the three of us confused in the alley......