Chapter 60: A Bag of Dirt
Lao Gui's voice trembled, his face was distorted, Xiu Ling was too, we were all very strange, and the Taoist priest asked Lao Gui: "I said, isn't it just a Yaksha ghost, as for scaring you like this?" By the way, what do you mean when you say it's time? ”
We all looked at Lao Gui and waited for him to respond, but before Lao Gui could speak, his daughter Xiuling spoke first.
"I, I've seen that thing......"
Her words were trembling, her eyes were frightened, and her whole body trembled as if she had thought of something particularly terrible. Lin Qiao'er hurriedly changed positions with the Taoist priest, hugged the trembling little girl, and the doctor was also comforting her, after a long time, her mood was better, and she was no longer trembling, but the fear in her eyes was still there.
The doctor and I looked at each other, both were a little embarrassed, looking at Xiuling's current state, if I asked her at this time, maybe it would make her fall into the state just now, but if I didn't ask, we were in a panic again, thinking about it, I decided to wait until the little girl was emotionally stable.
Unexpectedly, just when I decided to give up the idea of asking immediately, Xiu Ling gritted her teeth and said the same thing as just now: "I've seen that thing, I've seen the thing you said." ”
Looking at her serious expression, I hesitated for a moment and then asked tentatively, "You... Ever seen? In what place? ”
"Water gourd, just near the pontoon!"
Xiu Ling's answer was very affirmative, without the slightest hesitation, my heart jumped, didn't the Yaksha ghost I met with the doctor also be by the pontoon? Could it be that the Yaksha ghosts we met before were not accidental, and this thing is very common in toast?
Suppressing the shock in my heart, I then asked, "Do you remember when you saw it?" ”
The little girl hesitated a little about this question, but still replied: "It's the first time I met Aunt Su Jin, under the water." ”
Xiu Ling's answer surprised us all, and the Taoist priest couldn't help but ask: "Immeasurable Tianzun, could it be that there is something wrong with the water gourd, and those things live in the water?" As long as you fall into it, you will bump into it? ”
"No, it's not like that!" It was Lao Gui who spoke, he kept shaking his head and said to us: "The water gourd is not big, during this time of year, the village will organize a net, if that thing grows in the water, it is impossible to not get the net once for so many years, I have lived for so many years, and I have never heard the old man talk about it." ”
"Also, there are a lot of drowning people in the village every year, and even people have died, but I haven't heard anyone say that they have seen water ghosts, so at that time, Xiu'er said that she saw water ghosts in the water, and I didn't take it seriously, but I didn't expect you to meet them again now."
After listening to Lao Gui's words, I became more and more puzzled, so I looked at Xiuling and asked her if she could tell me what happened at that time?
Although five years have passed, Xiu Ling still seems to have lingering feelings about the experience at that time, and with the encouragement of Lin Qiaoer and the doctor, she told what happened at that time.
The antecedents of the incident have been said before, so I won't go into too much detail here, Xiu Ling directly started with her diving suicide.
After avoiding Lao Gui and sneaking to the pontoon bridge on the water bottle, Xiu Ling looked at the water surface that was blown by the breeze and the sparkling waves, looking at the darkness and depth under the water surface, she unconsciously rose a chill, she was not afraid of death, she was a little afraid of the underwater darkness at that moment.
Xiu Ling struggled on the pontoon bridge for a long time, and finally retreated, driven by fear.
Anyway, why not choose a satisfactory place to die? This was the excuse that Xiu Ling gave herself not to dive at that time, so she had actually given up committing suicide at that time, but just when she was about to go back, a series of blisters suddenly rolled on the water surface of a thin mist that had already floated up, attracting her attention, making her stop when she was about to turn away.
Xiu Ling thought that there was a fish spitting bubbles under the water, but the tumbling blisters continued, which made her dispel this idea, as if there was a big guy below who was about to rush out of the water.
The strong curiosity made the little girl stare intently at the tumbling place, and after a while, the blisters stopped, but there was still nothing on the water. Xiu Ling felt very disappointed, turned around and left, but after only a few steps, a particularly strange sound suddenly came from behind him.
Attracted by the voice, Xiu Ling subconsciously turned around, and immediately saw an incredible picture. I saw that on the water surface that was filled with a thin layer of light mist and slightly mysterious, just where the blisters were tumbling just now, a woman who was indescribably beautiful was standing on the surface of the water, and her shoulder-high place was exposed to the water, and her delicate face like an angel was dotted with a little crystal water droplets, and under the fog like a white veil around her, she looked extremely holy and dignified.
Even though Xiuling was only fourteen years old at the time, she was still completely impressed by the woman's appearance and temperament.
The woman's eyes looked at Xiu Ling gently, and her watery eyes seemed to have some kind of magic, which made Xiu Ling completely forget her sadness, her troubles, and even more self. At that time, Xiu Ling's entire mind was occupied by that woman, which made her subconsciously regard that woman as a ...... Mom.
It was like a dream, and when Xiuling woke up, he found that he had fallen into the water. Since she was a child, she was naturally a swimmer, but when she struggled to swim to the pontoon, her feet were entangled by something, until she was pulled underwater, she witnessed the hideous and fierce appearance of the Yaksha ghost, and almost fainted with fright, and that scene, from that time on, became the most terrifying encounter in her memory.
After that, Lao Gui had already mentioned some things just now, and the scene of Xiu Ling diving was just seen by Su Jin and others who rushed to Toast Tai at that time, and when Xiu Ling was about to be drowned, Su Jin arrived and saved Xiu Ling.
Hearing this, all of us felt incredible, most of Xiuling's experiences were similar to ours, they all fell into the water inexplicably, they were entangled in underwater things, and they were all rescued by unexpected people, but the only difference was that Xiuling saw a woman who could be called a fairy on the water, while the doctor and I didn't see anything.
Thinking of this, I looked at the Taoist priest and asked, "Hey, I said, when you rescued us that night, did you see a beautiful woman bathing nearby?" ”
", it's still a beautiful woman out of the bath, Dao Ye didn't even see a beautiful woman's hair, but he has a bunch of disgusting minced meat." The Taoist priest rolled his eyes and scolded angrily.
The doctor kept frowning, as if he was thinking about something, so I asked him what he was thinking. The doctor didn't answer me, but looked at Lao Gui and asked, "Uncle Gui, what did you mean when you said that the time was up?" ”
My eyes lit up, this is the crux of the matter, I have been listening to the story just now, and the Taoist priest is interrupting on the side, if it weren't for the doctor's carefulness, I would have almost forgotten.
Seeing that we were all staring at him, Lao Gui smiled bitterly, suddenly stood up, and walked into the house.
It was a lump of yellow cloth, to be exact, it should be a yellow cloth bag wrapped in something, only the size of a fist, and I don't know what was wrapped in it, but judging from Lao Gui's solemn expression and cautious movements, the things inside were definitely not simple.
Lao Gui held the cloth bag in both hands and placed it on the table as if it were a sacred object, and we immediately gathered around, all curious about what was breaded here?
"Uncle Gui, what is this?" Lin Qiao'er asked curiously.
Lao Gui looked serious, stared at the yellow cloth bag on the table with complicated eyes, and sighed after a long time: "This is left by Xiuling and her aunt, the answer you want to know is here." ”
The Taoist priest is an anxious person, although he usually likes to sell Guanzi, but he also hates others selling Guanzi the most, at this time, listening to the old Guiyun Mountain fog cover refused to say, he suddenly became angry, and scolded: "You birdman, what is it to say it quickly, damn it, you don't say it, Dao Ye see it himself!" ”
As he spoke, the Taoist priest didn't care what Lao Gui's reaction was, turned his hand and tore open the knot on the cloth bag, and opened it with a quick movement. However, to everyone's expectations, there was a layer of waterproof kraft paper in the cloth bag, the Taoist priest was a little unhappy, and continued to dismantle, when he opened the kraft paper, an indescribable smell suddenly dispersed, and instantly filled the entire hall.
The moment I smelled this smell, the faces of the three people, including Lin Qiaoer, and I suddenly changed greatly, and even the old turtle, who had been lying lazily on the top of the Taoist priest's head and poked his mobile phone, and didn't care about our conversation at all, also stared at the mung bean at the moment when the smell came out, and his neck was stretched even longer, and he didn't even grasp the mobile phone in his paws and fell on the table.
But even so, the old turtle's eyes were still staring at the kraft paper bag that emitted a strange smell, and he didn't pay attention to the mobile phone left behind.
At this moment, everyone in the room, except for the Taoist priest and Lao Gui's father and daughter, the rest of the people were all staring at the paper bag in disbelief.
The Taoist priest didn't react much to the strange smell emitted, and after sniffing, he wondered, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, what kind of smell is this?" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, it happened that the old turtle's mobile phone smashed down, which scared him enough, and the hand that was pulling the kraft paper bag trembled, and the paper bag fell off, and suddenly a handful of white dirt in the ash was sprinkled from the torn hole, and the rich special smell in the lobby came from the soil.
When I saw the dirt, the shock in my heart was so strong that I couldn't get it into words, and my brain exploded with thunder.
I can't help but be shocked, half a month ago, I received an express mail sent by Zhang Lingjin, in this express mail, there is a letter, there is a strange picture in it, and there is a strange box, the box is also filled with soil, and the box of soil is exactly the same as the gray-white dirt in front of us at this moment.
Whether it's the shape or the special smell it emits, it's exactly the same.
Oh my god, what the hell is going on? What the is this? Why did Zhang Lingjin send me a box, and now another one has appeared in Toast?
After seeing the spilled soil, the obscene turtle's face showed unprecedented solemnity, and he climbed down from the top of the Taoist priest's head for the first time, fell on the table, and came to the front of the sprinkled dust, pulled it a few times with his paws, sniffed it again, and then shouted at the Taoist priest with a solemn expression: "Seal it quickly!" ”
The Taoist priest suddenly shuddered, everyone here he can not be a bird, but only this turtle, the Taoist priest can be said to be like a god, almost the old turtle as an ancestor to offer, at this moment the old turtle spoke, he did not dare to delay at all, swept the scattered soil back into the bag, tied the pocket, and wrapped it in a yellow cloth, then asked strangely: "Turtle master, what is that, can make your old man care so much?" ”
The old turtle ignored the Taoist priest, took a deep breath, his eyes still stayed on the yellow cloth bag, and after being silent for a long time, he looked at Lao Gui and said: "This thing can't be left in your hands, how much does it cost, the uncle bought it." ”
Lao Gui already felt that this turtle that could only speak was very strange, and when the old turtle talked to him, he felt extremely unreal, and he was a little confused for a while, but he didn't answer.
I couldn't help but interject and asked, "Uncle Gui, you said that this thing was left by Su Jin?" ”
Lao Gui had also come back to his senses at this time, nodded, and said: "Yes, this is what Xiuling's aunt left, but this thing can't be sold, her aunt said, this bag of things can only be handed over to a person with a thorn mark on his right hand." ”
I was shocked, and the old turtle on the other side scolded: "Silly bird, you stupid bird, this guy is a person with a mark, stupid, stupid." ”
Lao Gui looked at me who was being pointed at by the old turtle in surprise, and asked, "You are the person her aunt said?" ”
I smiled bitterly, rolled up the sleeve of my right hand, and said, "Although I really want to be that person, but listening to your description, it seems that Su Jin said that it is really me." ”
As I spoke, the curse of Doom in my right hand was fully revealed, and the black threads like thorns were entangled, extending to the elbow, which was hideous and abnormal.
Lao Gui was stunned for a moment, then approached and looked at it carefully for a long time, and suddenly grabbed my hand excitedly, and said incoherently: "That's right, that's right, it's you, the person her aunt is waiting for is you, the time is up, the time is really up, and you are finally here, great, great." ”
Lao Gui's reaction is a little strange, I don't know why, looking at his reaction at this time, I always feel very awkward in my heart, it seems that everything he shows at the moment is like a play, and he is not a good actor, so it makes people feel so awkward.
"This is what her aunt gave you, and I have fulfilled her request." Lao Gui carefully handed the cloth bag on the table to me, and his face showed a sense of relief imperceptibly.
I caught this strange thing, and my heart was even more strange, but then the doctor gave me several glances from the side, and I understood what he meant, so I pretended not to see it, and did not ask any further.
At this time, the Taoist priest was a little confused, when I received the soil, he was enjoying torture in Luogang Village, so he didn't know about the box of soil, and asked Lao Gui at this time What does the time have to do with this soil?
However, Lao Gui's answer was a little ambiguous, he told us, what does the specific time mean, he doesn't know, Su Jin said at that time, she and the people who are waiting, as long as they see the things in the cloth bag, they can know the meaning of this sentence.
This is obviously a fool's words, Lao Gui was not like this when the time came at the beginning, but he didn't want to say it, and it was inconvenient for us as guests to continue to ask, and the main thing is that I always felt that Lao Gui was a little different from before.