Chapter 2: A Lonely Soul in the Moonlight
I also came out of the cave and came down from the mountain to ask the heavens.
It's the first time I've been down in a while. I had been staying in the mountains before, and the food was brought to me by Xiang Tianwen.
Who knew that Xiang Tianwen was holding a broom in his hand, standing on the steps majestically, glaring and saying, "What are you still doing here?" It's telling you to get out of here! Lao Tzu didn't cook your meal today! ”
This guy really doesn't have any human touch at all, and he wants to drive me away so quickly. It's getting dark now, and it looks like we're going to be walking at night today.
I said angrily: "Lao Tzu came to get my things, who wants to eat those dog foods of yours?!" ”
Xiang Tianwen turned around and shouted into the house: "Guo Hongjin, bring that guy's mobile phone to him!" ”
A voice inside answered, and a moment later, a young man slightly older than me came out of the room and handed me my phone. This mobile phone is still Guo Tingting's, this time it came out in a hurry, and I forgot to return it to her.
I took my phone, looked at Xiang Tian and asked, "There are also lighters and smoke." ”
Xiang Tianwen rolled his eyes and said, "The lighter is lost, and the cigarette is finished!" ”
"Your sister!" I jumped up all of a sudden, "I haven't smoked any of the five cigarettes that Lao Tzu brought, so you're going to finish smoking them for me?" ”
"What if you smoke it? Lao Tzu taught you for a month, and you don't have to charge a little tuition? Fuck off! Guo Hongjin, you send it to the town. After speaking, Xiang Tianwen turned around and walked into the house, and slammed the door shut.
Damn, this old man is really ...... I can't even say anything. People say that one day is a teacher, and a lifetime is a father, anyway, I studied with this guy for a month, and I don't know how well I learned, anyway, I didn't have a relationship with him at all. Not to mention any like reluctance.
I turned around and walked away.
Guo Hongjin hurriedly ran a few steps and walked in front of me to lead the way.
"Your name is Guo Hongjin, right? What is your relationship with that old man? That guy has such a weird temper, how do you get along with him? I asked, following Guo Hongjin.
Guo Hongjin didn't answer me, as if he hadn't heard me.
"Now that a lot of young people have gone out to work to earn money, why haven't you gone out? I see that your living conditions here are also quite difficult. I said again.
Guo Hongjin still didn't say a word, like a dumb person. But I'm sure he's not dumb, and I've heard him answer to Xiang Tian's question.
"Are you dumb and can't speak?" I said angrily, why are the people in this Yuanbao Village so weird.
"I told you that we are not allowed to talk to you." Guo Hongjin finally spoke.
"Why is there such a rule?" I asked strangely.
Guo Hongjin has become mute again.
Damn, if you don't say it, you won't say it, do you need to beg you?
I felt like I was in a belly full of anger, and I just wanted to get out of this hellish place and get back to my own world. At this time, I already miss my car, my villa, Guo Tingting, Lin Miaoyin and even the philistine villain Ye Shunchang.
The thought of returning home soon, to my own world, suddenly understood the feelings of those demons who had escaped from hell, and I felt as if I were about to fly.
It took more than three hours to walk here from the town with Xiang Tianwen before. But this time, it was almost there in a little more than an hour. It's like eating a lid in the cover, the waist is not sore, the legs are not painful, and the uphill is strong, hehe.
Tonight, the moon and stars are scarce, and the breeze is refreshing.
After passing through a bamboo forest, it looks like you are about to enter the town. I remember the last time I left here to go to Yuanbao Village, the two trips were really like a world away!
The wind blew, and the bamboo forest shook and made a "rustling" sound.
I always felt that there were many hidden eyes watching me in the swaying bamboo shadows in the moonlight.
In the distance, there was a pleasant laughter, and as far as I went, I saw five or six children running and playing in a meadow.
"Look at it, the moon is so big and round!" A little boy pointed to the moon and marveled.
Another girl, a little older, pulled his hand down: "Don't point to the moon, or the moon will come and cut your ears at night." Let's play with the lost handkerchief. ”
I couldn't help but smile, and my heart was instantly filled with a warm feeling.
I've heard this legend too, and that was a long, long time ago. I think at the beginning, we also had such a group of children, so free and happy in the moonlight, and heard all kinds of legends, such as not being able to finger the moon, not stepping on other people's shadows under the moon, not allowing others to step on their own shadows, and not being able to compare the size and length of the snake with their hands.
However, in the blink of an eye, my warm heart suddenly became cold.
Because I suddenly saw that not far from the group of children, just ten meters away, there was a black figure standing quietly, wearing a wide robe with big sleeves and a towering hat, just like the image of the Grim Reaper that I had seen on TV before.
"Look at that man, how can this be?" I pointed to the "Grim Reaper" and asked Guo Hongjin beside me.
"Who are you talking about? Isn't it just a few children, what's so strange? Guo Hongjin looked left and right for a long time and said.
In fact, by now, I can basically distinguish whether I see a person or a ghost. But how to distinguish it, I can't say, I should say that if it's a ghost, it gives people a cold and ethereal feeling. But I'm still not sure, so I asked this Guohong to come in and confirm. He has followed the Tianqing for so many years, I don't know what kind of ability he has, but as people in the yang world, they shouldn't be able to see ghosts.
Now it has been determined that the guy who dressed himself as the "Grim Reaper" is indeed a ghost. In fact, if you are a human being, it is impossible to play with children in this dress at night, so if you don't scare them to death, I'm afraid you will be stupid.
"Follow me." I whispered.
Guo Hongjin didn't know why, but after thinking about it, he still followed me and approached the group of children as if nothing happened.
The "Grim Reaper" looked back at us, ignored us, and continued to watch the children play.
"You let these little ones go back first." I stood between the "Grim Reaper" and the child, and whispered to Guo Hongjin.
Guo Hongjin didn't know what I was going to do, but he nodded anyway.
"You guys still play? If you don't go back, when the moon rises overhead, hehehehe......" Guo Hongjin raised his claws to the children, bared his teeth and grinned grimly.
The children screamed and scattered.
"What's wrong? Stopped playing? The "Grim Reaper" watched the children leave, and said word by word, blankly, "Then it is time for me to go home." ”
As he spoke, the "Grim Reaper" really turned around and walked slowly.
This guy seems to be a little demented, just like people say he lost his soul, if you want to say that he is lost by a ghost, he is a ghost himself.
I felt strange and couldn't help but shout, "Wait a minute. ”
The "Grim Reaper" turned around: "You called me? ”
"yes," I took two steps, "you're going home so early?" Let's just talk. ”
The "Grim Reaper" looked blank and dazed: "How can you see me?" I wanted to play with them, but they couldn't seem to see me or hear me. ”
"Why is this happening?" I say
"Why is this happening? I don't know, they ignore me, I play peek-a-boo with them, they don't look for me. The "Grim Reaper" said blankly.
Damn, it seems that this is not only a fool, but also an idiot, he doesn't seem to realize that he is dead, and he has a different path with other people's families, and he still wants to play peek-a-boo with others.
But it's not right, how did it become a lonely ghost wandering around? How is it that black and white impermanence has not been dealt with? It seems that they are guilty of dereliction of duty, and that is what I am responsible for.
Well, I'll have to take him back, check it out, and then settle accounts with the person in charge.
"You want to play peek-a-boo? I'll take you to a place where there are a lot of people to play with you. "I felt like I was coaxing a child, but it looked like this guy was clearly not a child anymore.
"Really? Actually, I don't really want to play peek-a-boo. The "Grim Reaper" didn't look jubilant at all.
"And what do you want to play?" I asked kindly.
"I don't know." The "Grim Reaper" said.
"Whatever you play, everyone will play with you, okay?" I haven't coaxed a child, let alone such a big "child", so I can only say with a smile on my face.
"Why can't they see me or hear me? Why? The "Grim Reaper" muttered, looking distressed, "It wasn't like that before. ”
"Since when has this been?" I say.
"Just a while ago. I saw a big truck coming up and knocking a woman away, a lot of people were watching there, I was there watching, I was standing closer, the woman vomited a lot of blood, and her face was deformed......"
My heart moved, he said as if it was the scene of a car accident?
"And then?" I asked again.
The "Grim Reaper" tilted his head and said as he recalled: "Later? Later, two people came up with iron chains, put them around my neck without saying anything, and pulled them away. Then a few more men came with a woman in chains, and we went together. The woman, I saw her hit by the car so badly, she wasn't even dead, and I don't know why they wanted to arrest her. I don't know why they arrested me, and I didn't break the law, so why did they arrest me? ”
The guy was incoherent, and I thought back to what he said, and I guessed and guessed before I could roughly understand what he meant.
I suddenly remembered a long time ago that I had heard an old man say that it was at the scene of an accident and that it was best not to be on the sidelines. Even if you really want to see the excitement, you can't get too close. Otherwise, those bull-headed horses who come to detain souls are likely to catch the wrong person. I've always been skeptical of this story, could this kind of thing actually happen to this unlucky ghost?
If so, then black and white impermanence is not a matter of dereliction of duty.
Dereliction of duty is nothing more than not doing what should have been done.
And this time, they did, but did it wrong, and badly wrong!
They wrongly detained a living soul, harmed a life, affected a family, and abandoned this living soul, making him a lonely ghost - I don't know how a mistake of this nature will be judged, in short, it must be punished severely, those two black and white impermanence, I am here to mourn for you first!
It's no wonder that this "Grim Reaper" has become demented and confused like this.
"What's your name?" I asked.
"My name is Chen Xiaoqiang." The "Grim Reaper" said.
"Then why are you here alone now? You ran out on your own? I asked again.
"No, those people dragged us and walked and walked into the bamboo forest over there......" Chen Xiaoqiang pointed in the direction we came, "and then I saw a white light, like lightning, piercing my eyes and couldn't open them, and I accidentally rolled to the bottom of the hill and fainted." Then I woke up and found myself in the grass, and when I got up again, they were all gone. Then I went home and went to sleep, and then I realized that it seemed as if everyone couldn't see me. ”
So there is such a thing? I looked at Chen Xiaoqiang suspiciously, I don't know if he is stupid or crazy, this kind of thing really happened?
"I don't know why this is happening, so I just walked around here and there, trying to find the reason, but I couldn't find anything." Chen Xiaoqiang continued to say as if talking to himself.
I suddenly experienced his loneliness and confusion.
"What did you see and hear that time besides a white light?" I say
Chen Xiaoqiang looked at the sky at a forty-five degree angle: "The sky has a face, so big, so big, so big, like a black cloud, it looks so scary!" He also said...... He also said......"
Chen Xiaoqiang suddenly squatted down, hugging his body and trembling.
"What else is he saying?" I asked eagerly.
"He also said, 'Malian Sbrakuri!' Chen Xiaoqiang shouted, holding his head with both hands, and moaned loudly.
"Mahari-ansburakuri?" I repeated it, almost biting my tongue, but Chen Xiaoqiang actually remembered it. Presumably, during this time, he often remembered that these words had been deeply imprinted in his mind, "What does that mean?" ”
"I don't know, I don't know !!" Chen Xiaoqiang shouted, got up and ran, but unexpectedly after running a few steps, he actually tripped his right foot with his left foot and tripped himself!