Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Mansion of the Ghost (I)
A stream of yin wind blowing on the body, it was originally a quiet late night, at this moment, there were a lot of noisy sounds, there were sadness, crying, sighing, frightened, frightened and many other noises, all of a sudden filled my ears, mind, in the state of soul travel, everything I saw at this moment, the general outline is no different from the usual Shangshikeng Village, but the scene seems to be something more, but the specific place is different, I can't make a fuss for a while.
After a short hesitation, I walked quickly to the ancient well, and unexpectedly, when I looked at the inside of the ancient well, it was not the black image I had seen before, but there was a gray and misty atmosphere, swirling in it. There seems to be a hole in this! I stared at the bottom of the well in amazement, but I couldn't see anything but the gray mist.
After a moment's hesitation, I slowly raised my foot and stepped on the edge of the ancient well, and then the other foot ...... It stands to reason that I am now a soul body, and even if I jump, I will not fall to my death. Well, thinking of this, I gritted my teeth and jumped down to the bottom of the well, and with the sharp speed of the fall, I seemed to be in an abyss, and I don't know how long later, a gray mist flew in front of me, and then I fell to the ground.
"Oops......"
The pain in my ass told me that this place hurts when I fall, and it's very real, but it shouldn't hurt! I struggled to get up, stretched out my hand and rubbed my buttocks, it stands to reason that I shouldn't feel anything when I wrestle in the real world, but why did I fall so badly here? Don't...... Isn't this the real world anymore? I hurriedly raised my head and looked around, only to see that in the hazy place of smoke was a large field village.
It turns out that he has come to the ghost mansion of the Yin House, no wonder. My heart trembled, this underground is obviously the bottom of a narrow well, but I saw such a scene here, it can be seen that the fog here should be the gas of the leylines, well, it must be so!
But since I'm here, the fire ghost must be among them...... Thinking of this, I clenched my sword tightly and cautiously scanned the surroundings, only to see that on the field in front of me, except for the hazy gray mist, there was not even a single figure in sight. Just behind the fields, there is a small village. The village is ...... I subconsciously walked forward, out of the field, and not far in front of me was the intersection of the village.
It's just that this village is empty, by the way, I almost forgot that there is a fire ghost living down here, so these illusory scenes, are they the obsession of the fire ghost? In other words, I'm in the territory of the fire ghost now? My heart was pounding, and I walked into the entrance of the village step by step, and the houses here were all empty, and it seemed that everything here should have been realized by the fire ghost according to the memory in his mind.
Everything here is most likely the place where the fire ghost lived before his death, and now he has passed away, and his obsession has not been extinguished, so in this leyline, he has transformed into a living place. It's a pity that everything here is illusory, and if you let it live in it all the time, it will only make him more and more obsessed!
After wandering around the village for a long time, I remembered that I had come to deal with the fire ghost, but where was the fire ghost? I didn't show up at all, I seem to be wandering around now, and if I delay like this, the time for a stick of incense will soon pass. I took a hard breath, well, the smell of incense is still very thick now, it seems that the time is still early, thinking of this, I quickly swept through a house, and finally, in front of a house, I stopped.
Not for anything else, just because the courtyard door of this family is completely different from other people's houses, and on the left side of the threshold of the courtyard gate, there is a string of bright red peppers. On the ground to the right of the door frame is a pair of black cloth shoes. The toe of the shoe is facing inward, which means that it means looking forward to returning.
In ancient times, when the common people went to war, in order to look forward to the early return of their relatives, the family would hang on the door the things that the relatives liked, as well as a pair of shoes worn by the relatives, with the toe of the shoes facing inward, with the wish of returning and wishing to return. I didn't expect this ancient custom to continue to the present, just when I was thinking about it at the door, I suddenly saw the courtyard door being opened, and I was greeted by a young woman in her thirties, who looked beautiful like a flower, but her clothes were plain and slightly shabby, and the whole was clean and neat, and she was a very neat woman.
The woman looked at me in astonishment, and when I was also stunned, the woman suddenly smiled and asked, "Little brother, are you from afar?" Hungry or thirsty? Why don't you go into the house, drink a bowl of water, eat a bowl of rice, and then leave? ”
Could this woman be the fire ghost I'm looking for? Is she the true face of the fire ghost? But the first impression of this woman to me is that she is a kind and simple mountain village woman, not like a fire ghost full of ferocity! After hesitating for a moment, I hurriedly smiled and nodded: "Thank you, sister-in-law, my name is Li Ergou, I came from afar, I was tired of walking, and I saw that there was no one around, only you lived here, so I took the liberty of coming to ask for a meal." ”
"It's not in the way, it's not in the way." The woman smiled and invited me into the yard, and said casually: "My husband's surname is Zhou, and my man goes out to do business, and he only returns home once a year, so the house seems deserted." Brother Ergou, please sit in the house, and I'll pour water for you. ”
I nodded again and again, and said politely, "Sister-in-law Zhou, have all the people in your village moved away?" Why is you the only one left? ”
Before entering the hall door, I turned my head to look at the Zhuangzi outside, then turned around and went to the hall and found a place to sit. This is a simple three-room small tile house, the house is very clean, a cursory glance, and finally I found that Zhou's sister-in-law is gone, dare to love my question just now, she didn't hear it? Sister-in-law Zhou soon came to the house with a thermos, and said with a smile: "Those villagers are all famine and left, but I, a woman, am in a family, and the man is in the field, so I can't leave if I want to, so I can only wait at home for the man to come back." Brother Ergou, please drink water. ”
At the moment when Sister-in-law Zhou poured boiling water, my heart suffocated suddenly, because I didn't even see the boiling water poured out of the thermos, and the thermos was completely empty. But this week, my sister-in-law was still stunned by me, poured a glass of water, and then asked with a smile: "Brother Ergou, what's wrong with you?" Isn't the water too hot? Why don't I add some cold water to you and make it hard. ”
At the moment when Sister-in-law Zhou turned around, I hurriedly picked up the empty cup and looked at it, this, there is nothing in it, how did she say that she poured me water? Could it be that this sister-in-law Zhou is a madman? No, no, she, she's definitely the fire ghost I'm looking for!
Because the fire ghost doesn't see water, she is short of water, how can she realize water, even if it is an illusion, she doesn't have water, because she is a fire ghost! Thinking of this, I hurriedly wanted to draw my sword and rush out, but at this moment, I saw Sister-in-law Zhou coming with a water scoop, and this time I was even more surprised to find that there was not a drop of water in the water scoop, but it was an empty scoop. Immediately afterwards, Sister-in-law Zhou poured me a little cold water, and said with a smile: "Brother Ergou, the water in our mountains can be drunk with confidence, it is all mountain spring water, it is clean, don't be afraid of this cold water and boiling water, in fact, there is nothing to do with drinking it to the stomach, and it will definitely not have diarrhea, hehe!" ”
Hearing Sister-in-law Zhou's hearty laughter and her simple words, my heart really had a touch of trance and doubt. How could such a kind mountain village woman become a fire ghost? It's too much for me to understand. Perhaps seeing that I was hesitating again, Sister-in-law Zhou hurriedly asked, "Brother Ergou, aren't you thirsty?" Drink it, this water is lukewarm now, just drink it. ”
I was stubborn for a while, so I had to pick up the empty water glass, and then barely squeezed out a smile: "Sister-in-law Zhou, thank you." He picked up the empty cup, poured it into his stomach, then put it on the table, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law Zhou, the water in your mountains is really delicious." "Actually, I haven't even seen a drop, let alone tasted it.
In fact, I don't know why I cooperated with this sister-in-law Zhou, who looks like a madman, to act in such a play. In such a scene, I seem to be imprisoned by the pity in my heart, and I don't want to break Sister-in-law Zhou's illusion and let her return to the fierce fire ghost that rises to the sky, I don't want to see her like that again, I don't want to ......
Sister-in-law Zhou saw me put down the cup, and immediately laughed innocently: "Brother Ergou, are you hungry?" I'm alone in my family all year round, and I can't finish the grain pile, you sit down for a while, and my sister-in-law will make you a bowl of authentic white noodles to eat. With that, Sister-in-law Zhou walked to the stove house with a happy face, but I was restless in this room.
What can I do? How do I break this illusion? How to break the good memories of Sister-in-law Zhou? Such a kind and simple mountain village woman, no matter what becomes after her death, I can't bear to break the beautiful memories that only exist in her heart. But Master sent me to deal with this fire ghost, and I couldn't bear to open the skylight and say something, what if the hour came and my mission was not completed?
After thinking about it, I wanted to pull out my long sword and rush out several times, but I suddenly saw Sister-in-law Zhou coming out of the stove house with a bowl, and the murderous aura in my heart was suddenly shattered. However, at this moment, I seemed to have another task in mind, and it happened that in this scenario, I might know something I wanted to know from Sister-in-law Zhou.