Chapter 3: What Lies Underneath the Pit
When I heard the blind old man say that the water ghost under the water in the Nanguan Pit thought the ruffian Wei San was me, I was very puzzled by this, so to speak, the water ghost was looking for me, but what was the water ghost looking for me?
"You don't have to be surprised, after telling you this, I'm afraid I won't be able to save my rotten leg, and I'm afraid I only have three years left to live." The blind old man ignored my incomprehension, and after saying this softly, he just turned his head to look at me.
I was stunned, I didn't understand what he meant by this unexplained sentence, and my stomach was full of questions.
Seeing that I was stunned, the blind old man did not make a solution, but waved his hand to signal me to go over, and then pointed to the pen and paper on the table and said, "You can write a word." ”
I saw that the pen and paper on the table were a little suspicious, and when I thought to myself that the blind old man would not let me do such a thing for no reason, I walked to the table nervously, picked up the pen, and after thinking about it, I wrote the word 'ghost' on the paper.
When I had finished writing, the blind old man picked up the piece of paper, and after staring at the words on the paper with one eye with some solemnity for a long time, he let out a long breath and said with relief: "Is it really necessary?" ”
"Living Immortals, what's wrong?" I still couldn't figure out what he was saying, so I couldn't help but ask.
"Don't ask more questions now, if you want that ruffian who has become a powerful ghost not to harm your family, then you should go to Nanguan Pit first, it's still too late, and I'll tell you everything when I come back from Nanguankeng." As he spoke, the blind old man began to walk outside the house.
I was shocked, didn't I just say that there are water ghosts under the water in the South Irrigation Pit? And it seems that he is waiting for me on purpose, when I get out of the water like this, I must not be dragged to the bottom of the water by the water ghost, and now there is a great ghost like the ruffian Wei San, I can still live when I get out of the water! This old man isn't trying to hurt me, is he?
Seeing that I didn't move, the blind old man seemed to see what I was thinking, knocked the ground with a crutch and said: "Don't worry, that water ghost won't harm you, if you don't go to Nanguan Pit, then you will really be harmed by the ghost, and your relatives and friends can't run away, and even the people in our town can't live." ”
Hearing the blind old man say this, if I don't go to the Nanguan pit, it will cause such serious consequences, and I think that this pit really has to go, if I don't go, I will be harmed by that Wei San, that guy is not a good bird when he is a man, and he has become a powerful ghost, and he may not be bad.
"No, even if I am drowned, I can't be harmed by that Wei San!" Thinking of this, I decided to listen to the blind old man's words and go to Nanguankeng, besides, the blind old man is called a living immortal, he will not let me die in vain, he will definitely protect me.
I didn't hesitate any longer, and followed the blind old man outside.
Outside the house, it was the South Irrigation Pit, and the sun had risen high by this time, and the air had become very hot, making people sweat in a short time.
"Living immortals, do ghosts only come out at night? I don't think I'll run into them in broad daylight. ”
When the blind old man and I came to the side of the Nanguan pit, I remembered another thing, that is, I had heard a lot of ghost stories before, and the ghosts mentioned in the stories were all haunted at night, and I had never heard of encountering ghosts in broad daylight.
"Hehe, what you said is not bad, ordinary ghosts really can't appear in the daytime, in fact, ghosts are not afraid of the daytime, they are afraid of too much yang, so during the day they will lurk, hide in places where the sun can't shine, and wait until the sun sets and they come out." The blind old man smiled at me and explained, seeing that I didn't seem to be so frightened anymore and looking very calm.
"According to you, if it's a rainy day without the sun, they can appear even during the day." I could hear the meaning of the blind old man's words, the main reason why ghosts do not appear in the daytime is that they are afraid of the sun.
The blind old man nodded: "You remember, ghosts don't look at the time, they see the weather environment, as long as it's not a place with heavy yang energy, they can come out." ”
I just understood a little, but I remembered one more thing, since ghosts are afraid of yang, but why are there still some ghosts that specialize in absorbing people's yang energy and harming people, such as some legendary female ghosts, which are specialized in absorbing men's yang energy, so I told this doubt to the blind old man.
The blind old man was slightly stunned when he heard my question, a fine light appeared in his eyes, and he said slowly: "Sure enough, you will be interested in ghosts, and you have thought of many key things so quickly, but it is a bit complicated to explain this problem, and I will tell you slowly when you come back from the water." ”
Seeing that the blind old man no longer explained to me at this time, I had to nod, and then I turned my eyes to the Nanguan pit in front of me, the water in the pit was very calm, and many fish could be seen swimming around in the clear water, but under its calm water, there were terrifying water ghosts.
The thought of the water ghost under the pit made me nervous again, and I wondered if I really wanted to go into the water.
Thump!
Just as I was standing and hesitating, I suddenly felt something poke my butt hard, and then I was pushed into the water all at once.
"It's a blind old man!"
The blow on my ass was definitely poked by a blind old man with his crutch, and I was shocked, isn't this old man a good thing? Otherwise, how could he be in such a hurry to let me into the water.
Finished! This old thing must be trying to hurt me, I just got pushed into the water, and I found that my feet couldn't reach the underwater ground, this place into the water must be a deep water area, and this place was brought by the blind old man!
Luckily, I knew a little about water, so I hurriedly began to tread water, put my head out of the water to breathe, and cursed the damn blind old man in my heart.
As soon as I came out of the water, I took a sharp breath, and then I saw the blind old man still standing on the edge of the pit, and he was looking at me and laughing, and that ugly smile made me feel a little hideous.
"No, I have to swim back and get out of here! Then I went to the police station and told the police that the blind old man was trying to kill me. Once I had made up my mind, I swam desperately to the other water's edge.
Suddenly, I felt something grab at my ankle!
Suddenly, there was a great pull from under my feet, which dragged me underwater, and quickly dragged me deep underwater.
"Ahh
I was so shocked that I subconsciously struggled and screamed.
"Boom!" I opened my mouth to shout, but a large mouthful of water poured into my mouth, and I couldn't make a sound.
"I'm being dragged underwater!"
Realizing where I was going, I was terrified, and I struggled hard, but I couldn't get rid of what was clutching my ankle.
The water was getting colder and colder, it was pitch black in front of me, I couldn't do anything but struggle, a heavy feeling of suffocation, I felt very uncomfortable, but I couldn't scream, because with one mouth, a lot of water poured in.
After a while, I lost my strength and my consciousness was very blurry, and I could only feel my stomach being strained, which was the reason why I tried to breathe but could only drink water.
Suffering! Extremely painful! The feeling of suffocation is really unbearable! Even though my consciousness is blurry, I can still feel the pain.
Suddenly, I felt like I was a different person, I had a long black beard, I was dressed like an official uniform, and I had a crown on my head.
"Huh! I seem to be able to breathe again? ”
Just as my consciousness was about to dissipate, I noticed that suddenly I could breathe again, and the water around me seemed to have turned into air.
When I opened my eyes, I almost fainted.
I'm underwater! Just floating in the air!
Am I dead? I became a water ghost, otherwise how could I see things under the water, and breathe in the water, and I am not a fish!
"Shhh It hurts! ”
I tried pinching my thigh and found that I could still feel the pain, and then I was a little confused: what was going on?
I tried to look around and saw that there were many aquatic plants growing at the bottom of the water, and there were many big fish swimming among the aquatic plants, and then I saw a well in the aquatic weeds, a very large well!
By the well, there was a man kneeling, who should be considered a man from the outside, but his hair was too long, and after completely covering his face, his hair still hung down to the ground, and the man knelt there with his head bowed and kept trembling, as if he had encountered something terrible.
Kelpie!
Seeing the appearance of that figure, I suddenly remembered that this was completely in line with the image of the water ghost described by the old man in the town.
It is said that the hair of water spirits will grow like aquatic plants, so their hair will grow very long and frighteningly long.
Because a drowned person cannot be reborn, his soul will stay in the place where he drowned forever and cannot come out, so if he wants to be reincarnated, he must pull a substitute ghost.
I don't know why, but I suddenly felt a little less scared, and I tried to walk over to see the specific face of the water ghost.
And when the water ghost saw me slowly approaching him, he trembled even more, and his head on his knees in the water was buried even lower.
"Squeak!"
Suddenly, the water ghost made a sound like a rat's cry, and then pointed to the well next to him.
I guess he meant to let me go to the well.
I was reminded by the water ghost that I turned my attention to the well again, and vaguely, I could still feel an attraction coming from the well, as if something was calling me.
I involuntarily walked over to the well to see what was inside.
When I walked to the well, I looked inside and found a brush and a strange book in the well!
Then, the pen and the book slowly floated up again, directly into my hand, and I felt that these two things were just like my own, and there was a sense of intimacy.