Chapter Twenty-Three: The Black Seal Talisman
These words scared me, but if you think about it carefully, I heard Brother Neku say before, this is a ghost land that echoes the eyes of the array, and it is a place to raise ghosts, and there must be no living people in that village for a long time.
But what about the human footprints?
I leaned down and looked closely, the set of footprints was very fresh, it looked like it had just been stepped on, judging from the size, it should be the footprints left by a man, the pattern of the sole was very ordinary, but I found a small triangular notch on the outer edge of the heel.
"Don't worry about it so much yet, let's go in and talk about it!"
An Ran looked a little nervous, and then we walked towards the village.
The village should have some history, the streets are paved with green bricks, and the houses on both sides are old in style, and they are still the kind of big tiled houses made of wood.
The whole street was empty, and it seemed very silent, and the sound of me and An Ran stepping on the green bricks was particularly clear in this environment.
The doors of the houses on both sides were closed, and the windows of the black holes seemed to be a pair of eyes staring at us in the night, and I always felt that there was something hidden behind the windows of those black holes, and I didn't know if it was a hallucination, and when I passed by a few windows, I even saw that something seemed to be shaking in those windows.
At this time, a gust of wind suddenly blew, and the temperature here was already very cold, coupled with this gust of wind, my whole person couldn't help but shiver.
Suddenly, I felt a piece of paper floating on my face, and I quickly took it off to take a look, and I was immediately frightened, it turned out to be half a piece of paper money burned for the dead!
An Ran also saw the thing in my hand, frowned and muttered, "Strange, how can there be paper money here?" ”
I said that since this is a place to raise dirty things, could someone burn the leftover paper money for them?
An Ran just shook her head thoughtfully, but didn't explain much to me, just asked me to follow her.
I don't know where the life-sustaining point is, so I had to follow Enron, this village is not big, it is not small, it is not small, and it soon came to the gate of a compound.
The courtyard, which can be seen from the outside, is definitely one of the largest families in the village, with two red-painted doors closed and black paint painted with a jumble of patterns.
After An Ran looked at the two wooden doors for a while, his eyes suddenly stopped on the door beam, as if he saw something, and the two willow eyebrows suddenly wrinkled.
I followed her line of sight and saw a piece of black paper more than two inches wide taped to the doorbeam, and some messy patterns were drawn on the black paper with blood-red lines.
I looked at the thing a little familiar, thought about it carefully, and suddenly blurted out, "Black Seal Talisman!" ”
I suddenly remembered that there was an old man in that bungalow, and he used this kind of thing to seal the door.
"You know this thing?"
An Ran turned his head sharply, looking very surprised.
I nodded, and then told An Ran about the black seal talisman that I had encountered.
In fact, I have already told Brother Neku about the things I have experienced, and I have briefly mentioned them to An Ran on the phone, but I have not been exhaustive, and some details are inevitably ignored, such as this black seal talisman.
"I didn't expect them to meddle in this matter too!"
After listening to me, Enron's face became very bad, and his eyes were full of surprise and anger.
From her expression, I could tell that she must know something, but I didn't ask, I tried not to disturb her at this juncture, and if I had any questions, I would have to wait until I got back.
"What did that guy do to you at the time?" An Ran looked at me very seriously and asked.
I thought about it, and then I told the old man that I had asked me to swallow a green pill and that I had told him to report his birthday.
After An Ran listened, his face was slightly relieved, "Fortunately, you found out early, if you let him know your birthday, the consequences will be ......."
Halfway through her words, she didn't continue, but waved her hand and said, "Forget it, I'll talk about these things later." ”
After finishing speaking, he glanced around the courtyard again, and said that I would go in with her to find something, and after I got that thing, I could go to the life extension point to help me make up for my longevity.
Just as I was about to push the door open, I didn't expect the door to creak and open automatically, but it didn't open completely, and the two doors only opened one.
Suddenly, an indescribable yin aura came to my face, freezing me to shiver, and I could faintly ask a very strong fishy smell inside, and a pale blue smoke wafted out from it.
Before I could react, I heard An Ran exclaim from the side, "Oops, run!" ”
Then we turned around and ran, and as we ran, we heard a lot of messy footsteps behind us and chased after us.
"Don't look back, keep going!"
An Ran shouted, it was obvious that she had heard the footsteps too, and she didn't know how long she had been running, until she couldn't hear the footsteps at all, and then we were leaning against a wall and gasping for air.
I asked Enron what had happened, and Enron looked nervous, and spit out several mouthfuls of climate in a row before calming down a little, "We met the empty house." ”
"Empty house?" I was stunned, it was a new thing that I had never heard of.
An Ran explained: "Similar to a haunted murderous house, but the nature is different, the empty house is a gathering place for dirty things, the door is half open, half closed, once the living person enters, they will be trapped inside, become the gatekeeper of the empty house, even if there is a next living person to take over, the soul will stay in it forever, and never be reborn." ”
The last few words increased the volume safely, and I heard a chill in my heart, if I accidentally went in just now, to guard the door of those things for a lifetime, it would be better to die.
Then I remembered that An Ran had just said that in order to make up for my yang life, I had to go to that yard and find something, so I asked her what to do next.
"That room must not be entered, once the empty house is opened, even the most advanced people will be trapped when they enter, it seems that we can only find another way."
Hearing this, my heart also hung in the air, knowing that this matter was troublesome, but remembering another thing, I asked, "Before you came, you didn't expect this place to become an empty house?" ”
An Ran shook his head and frowned, "The empty house is a thing that must meet many harsh conditions at the same time to be formed, I feel that this matter is not so simple, there must be human factors in it." ”
As she spoke, she shook her head fiercely, and she could see that she was also messy at this time, "Forget it, let's not talk about this for now, it seems that we have to gamble!" ”
Take aim at!
As soon as he finished saying this, a cat suddenly came from the side, and when he turned his head, he found a huge wild cat, squatting on the wall for some time, staring at us with its green eyes.
I was just about to speak, when An Ran suddenly reached out and gagged me, signaling me to keep quiet.
She herself looked nervous, looking up and staring straight at the wild cat on the wall.
After a few minutes, the wild cat suddenly snapped a glance, scurried up to the roof of the house next to it, and then raised its head and barked in the direction of the moon. He stood up straight like a human, his front paws folded together and waved up and down, as if he were waving at the moon in the sky.
And a strange scene also happened, with the cat's action, the pale yellow moon in the sky slowly began to turn red!
I could feel Enron next to me tremble visibly, and although I didn't know what was going on, I felt a creep.
Then An Ran didn't say anything, turned around and walked along a path to the east, looking very nervous, and I heard her muttering to herself, "Don't, don't ......"
I don't know what she's worried about, but judging by the way she looks, it must be a big deal.
Then we came to a small dirt slope next to the village, which was only five or six meters high, and was overgrown with weeds, which looked like a relatively large tomb.
At this time, the bright moon in the sky had completely turned blood-red, and the entire village was shrouded in a layer of blood-red light, and the big cat's cry became more and more intense, which was particularly terrifying in this situation.
An Ran kept silent, his eyes staring at the small hillside, and a fine bead of sweat oozed from his forehead, as if he was worried about something.
After about two minutes, I suddenly felt a little itchy in my trouser legs, as if something was rubbing on them, and when I looked down, I was shocked!
It turned out to be a mouse bigger than the average cat!
Immediately after, the weeds around suddenly wriggled, and there was not a hint of wind, as if something was scurrying in the grass.
In a few moments, a large mass of huge rats sprang out of it, gathered at the bottom of the dirt slope, and made a squeaking sound, the number of which was incalculable, and there were at least a thousand of them.
This scene made me feel creepy, and the next scene almost made me almost pop out both of my eyes.
I saw that after the group of rats squirmed for a while, they actually formed a neat queue, and then stood up straight like humans, raised their two front paws high, and then fell down to the ground in unison, the action was like kowtowing.
I was stunned by this scene, and after reacting, I was about to say something to An Ran, but when I turned my head, I saw An Ran's whole face as white as paper, and his shoulders trembled like chaff.
I quickly grabbed one of her arms nervously and asked her what was wrong.
An Ran didn't speak, but she looked frightened, and it wasn't until the group of mice dispersed that she trembled and said, "The tanuki worships the moon, and the gray squirrel burns incense, all of them are together!" ”
I couldn't understand what she meant, but I could guess that it was not a good thing, and before I could speak, I suddenly heard a terrible wail from the whole village, as if there were countless people being tortured in the village.
Then there was a sound of thick footsteps coming this way, as if someone was rushing towards us from all directions.
"The tanuki worships the moon, the gray squirrel burns incense, and the hundred ghosts walk at night!"
When An Ran said this, his whole voice trembled.