Chapter 33: The Awakening
Lin Yingxue's words were amazing, Officer Yang and I were both blinded on the spot, and the village chief nodded vigorously: "It's still the reason what this policewoman said, there are some things here, I'd rather believe it or not, I think I'll go find a yin and yang to come over and do a ritual when I have time, and go to our village's bad luck." ”
"Nonsense, where are the ghosts in this world? Okay, it's almost time today, we've all been on the road for a day, let's talk about it tomorrow. Officer Yang impatiently interrupted the village chief's words and asked the village chief to arrange for us to rest first, how dare the village chief disobey Officer Yang, so he had to stop talking, sighed, and took us out of Zhao Tiezhu's house and walked towards the village chief's house.
On the way, I was really curious, so I quietly walked up to Lin Yingxue and asked, "Hey, why did you say that just now?" The last time you saw me, you said it was supernatural, do you really believe that? ”
Lin Yingxue's face was expressionless, her eyes looked straight ahead, and she said as she walked: "You don't understand, this is my principle of doing things, my teacher once told me that if you want to crack the sin, you must approach it or even become it!" Since that poor man likes to play tricks so much, then I will simply cooperate with him, so that I can know his motives and what his next move is. ”
Looking at the serious Lin Yingxue, I suddenly found that this girl was not as stupid as I imagined, this does sound quite reasonable, and it seems that I will also try this method to solve the case in the future, maybe it will have a miraculous effect.
Soon, a few of us came to the village chief's house, and the village chief's wife had already cleaned up the room, a total of two rooms, one for Lin Yingxue and one for me, and one for Officer Yang and me.
After a long day's journey, and having just eaten a full meal, I was indeed very sleepy and was about to go into the house to rest, but I was embarrassed to find that there was only a single bed in the room left by the village chief for me and Officer Yang.
Looking at the single bed, I looked at Officer Yang, who looked at me with the same gaze, and no one entered the house.
You know, I hate sleeping with a man the most in my life, not to mention whether the other party picks up soap or not, just thinking of a man sleeping next to me makes me feel uncomfortable.
Officer Yang may have the same principle, coughed awkwardly, and then said, "Why don't you sleep here today, I'll go and discuss with the village chief to see if there is anything else." ”
"No need, Officer Yang, stay here, I think this room is very good, I'll go to the village chief, you've worked hard after a tired day today, rest early, I'm young, and my body can bear it." I said with some embarrassment.
Officer Yang scolded me with a smile: "What, you think I'm old?" I'm only forty years old, and I'm only a dozen years old from you, so since you insist, then you can go to the village chief, and come to the village chief's house at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and then we will systematically discuss our respective views. ”
I nodded, turned and walked out of the room, towards the village chief's room, who was obviously not asleep yet, I knocked lightly on the door, and soon the village chief opened the door.
"What's wrong, young man?"
I was a little embarrassed and said, "Village Chief, can you arrange another room for me?" I slept in a single bed with two big men, Officer Yang, and I always felt a little awkward. ”
The village chief looked at me puzzled for a long time, probably not understanding why I felt awkward, but he didn't refuse, thought about it carefully, and said: "There are empty houses in the village now, probably only Zhao Tiezhu's family, his father just died, the room is empty, I'll take you over." ”
As soon as I heard that I was going to live in the dead man's room, I was not willing to be killed, and immediately asked the village chief if there was any other choice, but the village chief could not think of where I could still live.
I had already faintly heard the snoring coming from Officer Yang's side, and I had already spoken, and besides, I was sleepy now, so I had to grit my teeth and agree, and followed the village chief towards Zhao Tiezhu's house again.
Along the way, I greeted Lin Yingxue's whole family, if she didn't want to come, two rooms would be enough, and I wouldn't have to live in a dead room. I don't believe in ghosts at all, but anyone who lives in a room where someone has just died will be a little resistant.
Soon, we came to Zhao Tiezhu's house again, and at this time, the group of people in his family had already returned to their respective homes, and only a few people remained here to clean up the tables and chopsticks, including Zhao Tiezhu himself.
After the village chief explained his intentions, Zhao Tiezhu happily agreed, and after cleaning up his father's room before his death, he asked me to go in and rest.
Walking into that room, I took a general look, this room is very simple, only a table and a rocking chair, the bed is a rural characteristic earthen kang, the quilt and sheets have been replaced by Zhao Tiezhu, there is a light at the door that controls the switch with a rope, and other than that, there is nothing else.
Such a simple room made my previous fears disappear, and at this time I was also sleepy, so I didn't think about whether this room had ever died, handed Zhao Tiezhu a cigarette, and planned to talk to him and rest early.
"I've heard that someone needs to keep a vigil when the spirit is stopped, is it the same today?"
Zhao Tiezhu nodded and said: "That's right, I've been keeping a vigil for a few days, today my friend kept a night for me, and I also had a good rest, tomorrow is the fourth day, that is, the day my father enters the ground, I have to raise my spirit, will you go with us tomorrow?" ”
I hurriedly waved my hand and said, "Forget it, what do I look like as an outsider, I'm tired today, and I'm going to sleep lazy tomorrow." ”
Zhao Tiezhu just smiled slightly, and said, "Okay, then you can rest early, it may be a little noisy tomorrow morning, I hope you don't care." ”
With that, Zhao Tiezhu walked to the door, turned off the light in the room, and then went out to leave.
After the light dimmed, my sleepiness became more and more intense, and after stepping on the cigarette butt in my hand, I went to the kang to rest, and as soon as my eyes were closed, I went straight to sleep.
I don't know how long I slept, but suddenly I heard a scream from outside the yard, which woke me up from my sleep, and then there were several voices of people talking and laughing outside, and I wondered in my heart, just as I remembered to pee, so I got up and walked out of the door.
When I went out, I found that the courtyard outside was completely in darkness except for the lights of the tent that had been suspended, and when I looked up, there were three young people on the other side of the tent, two of whom were pointing at another young man and laughing.
"What's going on?" Zhao Tiezhu also heard the shout just now, and walked out of the room and asked.
"It's okay, San'er said that he seemed to see your father move just now, this coward is talking nonsense, Tiezhu, you should hurry up and rest, you will be busy tomorrow."
The light was dim and I don't know who answered Zhao Tiezhu, Zhao Tiezhu went back to continue sleeping, and I also had a false alarm, went to the toilet, and returned to the room to rest.
I don't know if it's because I was woken up from my sleep, or because I heard Zhao Tiezhu's conversation just now, I couldn't sleep after returning to the room, I was in a dark environment, and someone had just died here, I always felt as if someone was staring at me, which made me uncomfortable, and my mind began to think involuntarily, the scenes in the horror movies I had seen before kept flashing in front of my eyes, and after ten minutes, I was already sweating profusely.
"Damn, I'm afraid of hair, there are so many people outside, am I just going to be like this?"
I cursed myself in my heart, trying not to think about the horrible images, and I don't know how long it took me to finally fall asleep.
When I woke up again, I was woken up by the sound of suona and shouts from outside, and I tried to open my eyes, and found that it was already dawn, and the courtyard outside the door was now full of people again, as if preparing to carry the coffin to be buried.
Under these sounds, I was able to fall asleep before I got out of the ghost, took out my phone to check the time, it was only seven o'clock in the morning, in desperation, I had to get up and get dressed, push open the door and walk out.
Zhao Tiezhu had already gotten up, and was kneeling in front of the mourning hall at this time, holding something similar to an altar in both hands, I didn't know what he was going to do, anyway, everyone seemed to be busy now, so I didn't say hello to Zhao Tiezhu, and walked directly towards the village chief's house.
When I came to the village chief's house, the village chief had already woken up, and Officer Yang and Lin Yingxue were still resting.
"Young man, are you up so early?" The village chief saw me from a distance and said to me with a smile.
I smiled helplessly and said, "Zhao Tiezhu's family can't wait to lift the roof now, how can I sleep?" Village Chief, do you have anything to eat? ”
The village chief immediately called his wife to come over and help make breakfast, I was bored and took out my mobile phone to read a novel, and after the village chief made breakfast, Officer Yang and Lin Yingxue also woke up one after another.
After breakfast, I, Officer Yang and Lin Yingxue sat together and began to discuss whether there was any need to continue to investigate this matter, after all, judging from everything so far, except for the reappearance of the empty bag, and it was sent by Qi Qi himself, there was no abnormality, although Zhao Tiezhu and his father died of a heart attack the day after the empty bag appeared, but after the forensic examination, it was also said that it was a normal death, without any human factors.
Officer Yang meant that we would go back on the spot, and since there was nothing to do, we shouldn't have anything to do. But Lin Yingxue and I disagreed, after all, I believe that Qiqi will never do meaningless things, since this empty package has been sent here, it means that something will happen here.
Just as we were arguing, a loud thunderbolt suddenly sounded in the sky, so frightened that I almost fell off the stool, and we immediately went out of the house to look, only to find that the morning was not bad, but at this time it was already dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and it seemed that it was about to rain heavily.
If this rain comes, I guess it will be difficult for us to go back now, because the mountain roads are so difficult to walk that no one will want to leave this village until the ground is waterlogged.
I turned my head and prepared for Officer Yang to prepare for the rain, but at this moment, I suddenly heard an exclamation from the village chief in another room!
"Oops!"