We waited on the bridge for a short time before we heard the sound of gongs and drums and the sound of celebratory music flying in unison. Although this music sounds very lively, it crackles and is very noisy. But I always felt a chill that spread through my ears to every corner of my body and flowed through my body.

Soon, in the distance, I saw a woman dressed in a bright red dress walking slowly from a distance. When she walked in, I saw that she was still wearing a red phoenix crown on her head, standing expressionlessly opposite the man in black just now.

"Xiao Ranzi, what is a substitute marriage? Tell me about it. ”

"Well, it's a living person who marries instead of a dead person."

I felt nervous and scared for a moment.

"This ...... And what about them? ”

"This woman is a living person, and she is going to marry that man, and that man is also a living person, and together they are going to die in place of the dead, and those who are already dead can be raised in their place."

I looked at Xiao Ranzi in surprise, why is there such an operation? What age is this, how can there be such a vexatious thing?

"Xiao Ranzi, I'm going to persuade them, why do you still believe in this thing?"

"It's useless, they signed a contract of life and death, and no one can change it."

"No, I'm going to try, whether it's true or not, anyway, I don't sound reliable, I'm going to persuade that woman." I broke free of Xiao Ranzi's hand and ran towards the woman not far away.

Looking closely, this woman's appearance is very standard. With a fair face, big eyes, a tall nose, a small mouth, and willow eyebrows, she is simply a big beauty. On the other hand, the man opposite her has good facial features.

"This sister, what are you doing? You can't go to any substitutionary marriage, it's all a lie. I said to the beautiful woman in front of me, but she didn't pay attention to me, and strangely, the music that had been lively just now suddenly stopped. Beside this great beauty, there was no one.

It's still dark, but I can clearly see every building and every person here. It's like an invisible spotlight, chasing all this. And beyond the spotlight, there is the abyss.

"Sister, you can't go."

This big beauty, standing beside me, and the man in black opposite have been looking at each other like that. It seems that time has stopped, condensing them in this moment.

I was a little anxious, and I wanted to say something, but I was pulled by Xiao Ranzi, who came over at some point: "Xiaoxiao, don't bother, it's useless." ”

He pulled me back, and I and the big beauty in red were about ten meters away.

"Xiaoxiao, you can't stop anything, we can only watch like this. I haven't seen it either, so I'm here to see it. ”

"Xiao Ranzi, what kind of place is this, and why did I meet you?" I looked at the little Ranzi in front of me, and I didn't know where it seemed to be a little different from before, but I couldn't tell what was different.

He looked at me and smiled, but didn't answer my question. The two of us, just like that, looked at each other. I suddenly noticed that Xiao Ranzi's eyes had become very dark and her pupils were large. The outer ring of the yellow pupil has also turned black.

"Xiaoxiao, look, it's on!" He looked at me with those black eyes, but his finger was pointing over there.

I turned around and saw the big beauty in red, slowly walking towards the man in black. They bowed to each other and bowed to each other. I don't know when, there was an extra glass of wine in my hand, and the two of them drank a glass of wine. I didn't see where the cup went, and the two men, with very slow steps, walked towards the bridge where I had just stood.

I was in a hurry, walking so slowly, step by step, to the bridge fifty meters away, didn't it take a long time?

"They have to wait for the hour, that's why they're so slow, and when they get there, they need just the right time."

Well? How could Xiao Ranzi know what was in my heart? I looked up at him, and he was still smiling.

I watched the conspicuous person dressed in bright red and black, walking strangely on the empty road, such a scene may only be seen in dreams.

I simply tried to wake myself up: Long Xiaoxiao, it's time to wake up, you can't indulge in this strange world anymore, you're about to wake up.

"Xiaoxiao, it's useless, their ritual is not over, you won't wake up."

I was shocked, and sure enough, Xiao Ranzi knew my thoughts. This......

"Xiaoxiao, don't be afraid, this is normal. You can rest assured, when the ceremony is over, you can go back. ”

"But, Xiao Ranzi, why did I come here, I don't know what rituals are here?"

"Xiaoxiao, you wanted to come by yourself, did you forget? When you slept, you told me that you wanted to see me, and the only chance I could have to meet you was here. Soon, I will leave completely, and this will be the last time we will see each other. ”

"Little Ranzi ......"

"Okay, don't be sad, look, they're going to cross the bridge."

Xiao Ranzi pulled me, his hands colder than ever. We followed behind the two people in front of us, walking slowly, slowly.

It seemed like a long time before we finally crossed the bridge with them. After crossing the bridge, I saw a patch of houses. All are grey-black and each house has a simple appearance. A door, a window, it seems that the space inside those houses is not very large. I passed by one of the rooms and looked through a window closer to me, and it was pitch black and I couldn't see anything. Suddenly, an exaggerated face appeared in front of the window, and I quickly retreated in fright.

"Xiaoxiao, don't look around, otherwise you'll be scared later." Xiao Ranzi looked at me very seriously and spoke, he rarely was so stern, it seemed that I had really made a mistake.

I let out a sigh and said to him, "I'm sorry, I'm just curious. ”

Xiao Ranzi regained his smile again, "It's okay, I know, but they don't know." Just follow me. ”

The gray-black room around me slipped past the corner of my eye one by one, and I didn't look at it anymore.

I know very well in my heart that this is definitely not a place where I can be willful.

The red-clothed beauty and her new husband walked together to a place that looked a bit like a ruined temple. Two people, walking in, Xiao Ranzi pulled me, stood a little away from the door, and looked inside.

Two candles, flickering with a faint light, in that ruined temple, the existence of a mystery.

These two people, in the midst of such candle shadows, worshiped heaven and earth.

I don't know when, in the small ruined temple, there is a very old small wooden table. The beautiful woman in red and her husband sat at the small table, picked up chopsticks, and ate a few plates of things on the table that I don't know what they were, looking very affectionate.

At this moment, the candle suddenly went out, and the ruined temple was pitch black, and nothing could be seen. Even the newlyweds didn't know where to go, and all I saw in my eyes was darkness.

"Little Ranzi? What's going on? ”

"Hmm...... It should be the end of the program. It's time for them to leave the world. ”

"Huh?" I was opening my mouth in surprise, when I saw the beautiful woman in red, and the husband in black, walking together from the road we had just walked, walking this way again......