"I'll never forget that day."

"The day your lady committed suicide?"

"Nope! It was the day my father and mother were killed. He lowered his head and hid his whole body in the shadow of the candle flame. I don't know how that person broke into my house, but I only knew that when I pushed open the door of my father's bedroom, I smelled the bloody smell of my nose. When I looked up, I saw that my father and mother were still sitting on both sides of the square table as before, and they were still in the same posture as usual, but instead of refreshments, their heads were placed on the table.

The blood, not yet fully coagulated, dripped drop by drop from their skull, from the square table. I was stupid, and I just stood stunned, without any movement or sound.

And then I saw the man, the murderer. His face was covered in blood and he was carrying a blood-stained knife in his hand. I subconsciously tried to escape, but found myself slumped on the ground. Desperate, deeply hopeless. The chill, the chill to the bone, enveloped me in that instant. I sat in the bloody shadows, waiting for my fate. ”

"But you're still alive."

"Yes, I'm alive." He touched his face: "If I had known that I would be alive like this, I would have begged him to kill me at that time." No, he won't kill me, because he knows it's better to keep me alive than to let me die. ”

"He ......"

"He didn't kill me, but he went straight to the official with the blood-stained knife. Murder pays for his life, and he will not come out of the prison of the government alive. I couldn't get out of the moment he held the knife. He hugged his head: "When I close my eyes, I see either her lying in a pool of blood, or my father and mother who have lost their heads sitting on either side of the square table." What's even more terrifying is that they're still smiling at me. I couldn't live in that yard anymore, so I found someone and wanted to sell it. ”

"Does anyone buy it?"

"Someone buys it, it's just that they keep the price very low."

"It's really not easy to make a move."

"Murderous house." He closed his eyes and showed a wry smile: "That's my home, not a murderous house." ”

"It's a home that you don't even dare to live in."

"You're right, it's a home that even I don't dare to live in. The murderous house, it is indeed the murderous house. ”

"And then?"

"And then?" He was stunned for a moment, then said, "Then I came out of the house with the money, and stood in the street like a fool, and when I came back to my senses, my money was gone. ”

"Stolen by a thief?"

"Maybe." He hung his head, looking more and more depressed: "When I came out with the silver, I didn't have any luggage. I was going to use the money to buy new clothes, but before it was warm, it was gone. In desperation, I had to take the only belongings I had, and with the money I had exchanged, I hired a carriage and left. ”

"You hired a carriage with the only money you have?" Xing Ruyi shook his head: "You are really a talent." ”

"Madame thinks I'm ridiculous, don't I? Looking back on it now, I think I'm pretty funny. I thought it was so simple that I thought that if I hired a carriage, the coachman would drop me off at my aunt's house.

My aunt is my only relative, and the only relative I can turn to. But what I never expected was that as soon as I walked into the field, the coachman viciously forced me to get out of the car, and then raised his whip and left. ”

"You're really unlucky."

"It's because I look like a bully, otherwise, how would I be where I am today." He looked at his hands, as if to find the answer in them. It's a pity that the hand, can not tell him anything.

"What did you do after that?"

"I ...... What else can be done? Home, gone. The silver is gone. The hired wagon also ran away. I could only walk in the direction of my aunt's house step by step. I remember that when I was a child, my parents took me there a few times, and each time I went back and forth for about a day. I figured that even if my feet were not as sharp as the horseshoe, I would be able to walk in three or five days. ”

Xing Ruyi snapped his fingers and shook his head.

"On the first day, I walked well, but at night, I started to feel sleepy. I was lucky enough to meet an elderly couple. Not only did I fill my stomach, but I also got some dry food along the way. Although the dry food doesn't taste good, it's better than going hungry.

The next day, I had eaten all the dry food, but I still felt hungry. When I'm hungry, I don't have the strength, and it's extremely difficult for me to take an extra step. Fortunately, there is a bamboo forest not far away, so you can let yourself rest in the bamboo forest. ”

"It's a good idea."

"That's what Madame thinks too, doesn't she? I went into the woods, found a flat place, and lay down with my clothes together. On the ground, it was uncomfortable, and even a little damp. But I can't care about it anymore. I was so tired that I closed my eyes and fell asleep quickly.

The first dream was a very good dream. In my dreams, I felt like I was back when I was a child. I'm standing under the apricot tree, endorsing my dad. The breeze blew, falling the petals of the apricot blossoms, and then my mother came over with a plate of snacks. I heard her say to my father: Don't be so your children, there are still long days ahead. Well, the children are hungry for reading.

My father snorted disdainfully, grabbed my ear with his hand, and said: He deserves to starve to death, he can't carry such a simple thing.

Even though it was in a dream, I could still clearly feel my ears being pulled by my father.

As soon as I struggled, my father's head fell off. Look at my mother, she is still standing in front of me and my father, holding an empty tray in her hand, and her head on the plate.

Her mouth opened and closed, and her two bloodshot eyes looked at me without blinking. She said: "You can eat a snack, it is your favorite apricot blossom cake when you were a child."

I woke up with a fright. When I woke up, it was already half dark, and the wind in the bamboo forest was blowing. I looked around and felt like there was something hidden out of my sight. So, I stood up and walked through the bamboo forest with the fastest steps.

Ghosts hit the wall, I must have met a ghost hitting the wall at that time, otherwise I couldn't go out of such a small bamboo forest. ”

"You said you had a ghost hitting the wall?"

"I don't know. The story about ghosts hitting the wall was told to me by my mother when I was a child. After many years, I only remember the general outline of that story, but I can't remember the details clearly. I can't remember, so naturally I won't say anything to my neighbors, but at that time, the state of not being able to get out of the way was really like a ghost hitting the wall in the story. ”

"And how did you get out?" Xing Ruyi asked, but found that the other party's ears were red.

"How did you get out?" He lowered his head embarrassedly: "I used a method that the old people taught me to use in the early years, and it is said that by doing so, I can open the eyes of the ghosts and find the real way out. I did what the old people told me to do, and I really walked out of the woods. ”

"Now that you're out, why are you so embarrassed like you are now?"

"That's because people go out, but their souls are trapped." He subconsciously avoided something, "After walking out of the bamboo forest, I saw the fields one by one. Some of the fields are empty, while others have been planted with new crops. If there are fields and crops, there will naturally be villages. Just as I was wondering if I could find someone to come and ask, I heard the singing, the voice of a childish little girl. ”

"You saw a little girl?"

"Not to see, but to see." He corrected: "When I walked out of the bamboo forest, I heard a childlike voice, and then I saw a shadow of apricot yellow. ”

"What did you do?"

"I ...... I walked over and saw a girl with pigtails squatting in the field. I asked her if she had anything to eat. ”

"Does the little girl have it?"

"Yes! She dug around for a long time, and finally pulled out a bulging paper bag. When I opened it, there were two particularly ugly pieces of apricot blossom cake inside. ”