My dad came back and sat on the threshold and smoked a cigarette I bought for him, enjoying it.

After smoking two cigarettes in a row, my father's eyes became a little blurry, and he kept watching the fish belly white on the horizon being swallowed up by the darkness little by little, so he covered the cigarette case and carefully put it away, cherishing it very much.

I don't know why, when I saw my father like this, the corners of my eyes moistened.

Ten minutes later, it was completely dark, my father lit a fire in the yard, sat in the yard and waited for a few minutes, Zhang Si and Chen Shuqing came, and the other two young people did not follow, and the two carried some incense candles and papyrus.

After coming in, I was a little nervous, and when I sat down to drink water, I kept asking my dad if he would be fine after dealing with it.

My dad's attitude was a little different last night, like he was thinking about something. After nodding for a while, Zhang Si and Chen Shuqing were busy preparing offerings.

My father, who is usually not a big smoker, has been smoking tonight, like he has something on his mind.

It wasn't until the offerings were taken out that he stood up, went to the door and took three hoes, and took Zhang Si and Chen Shuqing to the backyard.

The bodies of Grandpa, Chen Blind, and Zhang Guifang are still buried in the backyard, and the second uncle said that their business is not over, and when Xie Guangcai wanted to steal the corpse, the second uncle calculated it in advance, and it was not stolen later, and the corpse was buried again.

Now are they trying to take the grimace inside?

But the heavenly coffin has been sent into the Yin River by Qi Lao Dao, and even if he has a grimace, he can't enter the Yin Village. As for what will happen in four years, only Qi Laodao and his daughter-in-law know.

Zhang Si and Chen Shuqing lit the incense and candles they brought, burned paper money and placed offerings in accordance with rural customs, and said a few words, probably because they were offended, don't be surprised, and then began to dig the soil.

The body was not buried deeply, and the soil in the backyard was relatively soft, and the body was dug up after a while. A year later, the body is still lifelike, with no signs of decay.

Uncle Li said that the corpse is the seven spirits of a human being and it is sealed inside, I don't know what it feels like, but grandpa They must be uncomfortable and not at ease.

As for why they knelt down and worshiped the heavenly coffin, I am afraid that the reason will not be known until four years later when they enter the Yin Village.

Zhang Si and Chen Shuqing were a little scared after digging up the corpses, my father stared at the three corpses, his hand was in the center of their eyebrows, and as they retreated, the three corpses stood up straight, and at the same time opened their mouths and made a snoring, similar to a broken bellows-like sound.

My father let out a shout when he saw this, and the three corpses quickly closed their mouths as if they were frightened. Then he shouted, "Come out!" ”

Li Lin and I were both startled, thinking that he had found us and let us out. The two of them shuddered. But then, a grimace appeared on the faces of the three corpses at the same time.

As soon as I saw the grimace appear, I subconsciously touched the jade lamp hanging on my waist. When my dad saw the grimace, he only took a half step back slightly, staring at the three black mist with a grim face.

Zhang Si and Chen Shuqing didn't dare to come out, and shrank aside in a disciplined manner.

The grimace seemed to be very afraid of my father, and he didn't make a mess, but after it was solidified, it floated out, fell to the ground and quickly elongated, like a black pillar with facial features, floating left and right.

My father took out three pieces of red cloth from his bosom, shook them off, and faced the three black mist clouds, motioning for them to enter.

The three grimaces were a little reluctant, but my dad snorted coldly again, and the grimaces swished into the red cloth. My dad quickly folded up and hit three red cloth balls.

My father gave Chen Shuqing the grimace on Zhang Tiande's corpse, and my grandfather's one to Zhang Si, and then said: "My father's corpse and yin-faced soul were taken back and thrown into the yin well, and Zhang Tiande's was taken back and buried under the old banyan tree behind Chenjia Village, which can buy you two years." Also, after I go back, tell the people in the village that from today onwards, our Ding family will not be guarding the yin! ”

Zhang Si and Chen Shuqing were still smiling a second ago, and when they heard that the Ding family was not guarding the yin, their faces changed, and Zhang Si asked: "Old Ding, your Ding family is not guarding the yin, what about the corpses in the future?" You can't just leave it alone, can you? This is the duty of your Ding family! ”

Speaking of the last few sentences, Zhang Si still looked a little unhappy and blamed.

My father accepted the red cloth ball wrapped in Chen Guifang's corpse and yin soul, took out a cigarette and lit one and said, "Duty? What duties? Every time the Ding family guards the yin and extinguishes the yin soul, my son will have to live one day less, whose child is not a treasure? ”

Chen Shuqing said: "Lao Ding, you can't say that. The duty of your Ding family is to protect the people of the three villages, this is also your father's decision back then, as the descendant of the Ding family, you have to fulfill it! You shouldn't be saying such things now. ”

I heard the cold sweat on my palms upstairs, and I didn't think that if I kept yin once, I would have to live one day less. If it weren't for the fat man, I'm afraid I would still be exchanging my life for money, and I would be stupid enough to think that I had earned it.

Li Lin whispered: "Brother Ding Ning, Uncle Ding looks amazing!" Even my father was not afraid of that grimace just now, Uncle Ding just snorted, and they obediently obeyed. ”

In Zhao Guogang's winery, the fat man's hand was burned by the soul extinguishing lamp, and I guessed that my father was a masked man, and I don't think it's strange now.

I didn't answer Li Lin, but stared at my father, not knowing how he would answer Chen Shuqing's words.

After Chen Shuqing finished speaking, Zhang Si wanted to add a few words, but my father snorted, pointed to his grandfather's corpse and said, "Ding Yuanshan is here, he wants to protect you, you can take him back." What I said just now, I'm saying it again, the next three villages will kill people, and you will deal with it yourself! ”

When Zhang Si and Chen Shuqing heard that my father was very decisive, they sneered at the same time: "We can't do anything about this matter, and we have to let three villages and more than 2,000 people decide." ”

The meaning is clear, as long as my father refuses to guard the yin, they will entangle the villagers to make trouble.

Based on my perception of my father, he will definitely make compromises, but after listening to Zhang Si and Chen Shuqing's words, my father threw the cigarette butt in his mouth and sneered: "If you can't be the master, then I won't be the master, let Ding Ning's second uncle be the master when the time comes!" ”

Zhang Si and Chen Shuqing's faces turned white at once, and Zhang Si even raised his voice a little, and accused loudly: "Ding Shihu, what do you mean, do you want to kill everyone?" ”

My father ignored it, smoked another cigarette and came out, and deliberately looked at the cigarette case, lit it and said, "Shilong is right." From today on, the people of the immortal Ding family will do, go back! ”

Chen Shuqing and Zhang Si's faces were ugly, they picked up their baskets, and threatened before leaving: "You don't count what you said about this!" ”

My dad didn't say anything, just watched them leave.

Li Lin scolded in a low voice: "These two old things are really shameless, as long as they are afraid of death, we are not afraid of death!" ”

I clenched my fists, and I was also resentful, my father's attitude now is a 180-degree change, but Zhang Si and Chen Shuqing are afraid that they are going to call someone to come to the door to find trouble.

I don't know what my dad will do when he gets there.

After Zhang Si and Chen Shuqing left, my father still buried my grandfather's body in it. I don't know what my father was going to do with the corpse and grimace of the blind man, but I didn't dare to go down and ask now.

Until my father buried the body, we had been lying on our stomachs for two hours, and even though there was grain grass under us, our whole body was still sore. We took advantage of the time when he was back to the house, climbed over the fence and ran out, found a bicycle in the grass on the side of the road, and rode home.

When I got home, Ermao, who had disappeared for a day and a half, also came back and squatted at the gate.

When I entered the door, my mother chattered: "They are all married daughters-in-law, and they are crazy everywhere!" "Seeing that there was straw on my daughter-in-law's skirt, my mother hurriedly came over to clean it up for her.

After teaching me a lesson, my mother said: "The village is now putting rat poison everywhere, and several dogs have been killed by the medicine. ”

I frowned slightly, in the countryside, medicine rats are common, dogs are fine, cats are basically not raised for a year.

After thinking about it, my mother now goes to the market every week, and every time she buys a lot of big roosters, and there are about 30 chickens in the chicken pen at home, all of which are roosters.

The daughter-in-law eats two almost every day, and this chicken is greasy after eating for a long time, so you can cook one and serve it with rice for Ermao.

My mother was reluctant to hear it, but she was also afraid that Ermao would be drugged to death, so she complained a few words about Ermao's expensive gold or something, so she had to agree.

The next day, my father came over early in the morning and gave me Chen Guifang's corpse and yin soul, which is what we have been talking about, and sent it to Teacher Chen Xue when we went out.

I've been watching last night's incident, and I don't dare to ask more now, for fear that he will be suspicious, as for Chen Xue's identity, Li Lin and I have basically determined.

Now my father has asked me to give her Blind Chen's things, and I am sure that she is the descendant of Blind Chen.

The next day, Li Lin and I didn't go crazy, Li Lin began to tinker with Qi refining, I took out the two books that my second uncle gave me, flipped through the dictionary and looked up the words and phrases on it and remarked them.

Zhang Si and Chen Shuqing didn't immediately come to the door to look for trouble, and it is estimated that they will not come to the door until someone dies.

By the third day, I had already memorized the two books and was about to read them together, when two men in suits came to my house and probed their brains in the yard.

My mother came out of the kitchen and asked who she was looking for, and they said they were looking for me and Li Lin.

I closed the book and came out to see that the two of them were somewhat familiar, but I couldn't remember where they had met for a while. The two of them were very welcoming, and the man in the brown suit took my hand as if he had seen an old friend.

He introduced himself, and I was surprised. No wonder the face is familiar, it turned out that I saw it at the funeral of Sun Youcai's daughter, but it was the first time we made money, and we were very nervous, and the relatives around us couldn't remember the face, just a little impression.

After the introduction, I learned that he was Sun Youcai's brother-in-law, Zhao Guogang's real estate has now started, but within a few days of construction, something happened on the construction site.

I asked, and Liang Jianfeng sat down and talked to me specifically.

The construction site is on the edge of the county seat, which turned out to be a mass grave. It has been a few years since Zhao Guogang took the land, and almost all the owner's graves have been subsidized, and they have moved almost the same, and the rest is the ownerless tomb, which is naturally bulldozed with a shovel, and the bones inside are buried together as loess.

Originally, there was nothing wrong, but the day before yesterday, two bulldozer masters who worked at night died, and the forensic doctor said that they were scared to death.

And where they dug up, they dug out a black puddle full of what looked like hair.

Sun Youcai didn't believe in evil and let people keep digging, but the more he dug that thing, the more he dug it, the more he couldn't finish it. Last night, another excavator master had an accident, this time he didn't die, but he was scared crazy.

I thought it was something dug up by geography, after all, it was a mass grave in a wasteland, and no one knew what was buried underneath.

But after listening to his introduction, I felt a little weak. This thing sounds weird, the fat man is not here, relying on me and Li Lin, I'm afraid I can't handle it.

I didn't say anything about refusal, Liang Guofeng put on the idea that if he couldn't invite us, he would have to stay at my house, helplessly, I could only promise them to go and see first, as for whether it could be handled, I would say it at that time.