When I first saw him, the Taoist priest was dressed in a black robe, clean to the spotless, with a bun on top of his head, and a green hosta running through, with a very special temperament.

When he saw me, the Taoist priest was a little surprised at first, and then he brought a faint smile.

"May I ask Mr. Lin, can you be there?"

He opened his mouth to ask first, and I was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied, "No!" My grandfather went out on errands and was not at home for the last few days. "My grandfather has never gone out, and some people in the village have asked suspiciously, and some have asked my grandfather to help solve the matter of my cousin-in-law. But I talked to Niu Da Huang in the same tone, and they both said that grandpa went out to run errands for a big man and couldn't come back for a while, so I said the same thing with this Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest smiled indifferently and said, "You can fool them, but you can't fool me." Mr. Lin, he has been in the house all the time and has not gone out. ”

The words of the Taoist priest surprised me.

He stared at me, as if he had seen my whole person through, but this was a matter of my grandfather's life and death, and I couldn't admit it even if I died, so I continued to talk hard to the Taoist.

However, there was a thud in the room, as if something had fallen to the ground. I was stunned for a moment, and asked the Taoist priest to wait outside, and I went to the house to take a look, and found that the ring ruler on my grandfather's bedside table had fallen to the ground.

I went over and tried to pick up the ruler.

But suddenly I heard my grandfather's voice.

"Lin Yi, let him in, I have something to tell him."

I didn't hear my grandfather's voice for a few days, and I was worried about dying, but when I heard my grandfather's voice, it came suddenly, and it scared me, of course, more excitement.

I picked up the ruler and looked back to see that my grandfather had opened his eyes, but he had not eaten for several days, and he seemed to be emaciated several times, and he looked haggard and his eyes were blank.

"Grandpa, you ......"

Before I could speak, my grandfather waved his hand and said, "Lin Yi, don't say much, let him come in, you go out!" ”

I didn't understand, but I nodded. When I arrived at the courtyard, the Taoist priest was still smiling. I passed, and before I could speak, he walked into the house.

When he got to the house, the Taoist priest bolted the door.

I sat alone in the courtyard, looking at my grandfather's house, a little worried, and a little strange in my heart, and I didn't know what the Taoist priest was talking to my grandfather.

The two of them talked for more than two hours. The villagers in the village who invited Taoist priests to come to my house were in a hurry and came to my house to find someone, and I had already tied the gate from the inside, and when they knocked on the door, I didn't respond to them. When they were almost banging on the door, the priest came out of the house and opened the door. The Taoist priest looked at the villagers, smiled slightly, and said, "Okay, Lin Yi has explained the ins and outs of the matter to me clearly, the matter is not difficult to solve, let's go to the cemetery to have a look!" ”

"Graveyard?" Some people wondered.

"yes, aren't you trying to solve the problem? I'll take care of it for you! After speaking, the Taoist priest took the villagers away. As he left, he turned around and smiled at me, as if he meant something.

After the Taoist priest left, I immediately bolted the door and went back to the house to see my grandfather.

Grandpa finally woke up, and I don't know how it is now, and I have a lot to ask him.

But.

As soon as I returned to the house, I found that my grandfather had once again recovered from his previous condition, and no matter how much I shouted, he would not wake up, which made me feel depressed and worried.

In the afternoon, I heard from Er Pang that the Taoist priest took the villagers to dig a new grave near the broken temple, poured gasoline on the red coffin inside, and burned it.

After burning the coffin, the Taoist priest told the villagers that the matter had been resolved, stayed in the guest room of the village brigade courtyard for one night, and left Laojieling Village.

Come to think of it, my grandfather may have told the Taoist priest about the grave of his cousin-in-law, and the Taoist priest burned the coffin and burned it with fire, which was equivalent to extinguishing the joy of the cousin-in-law. I really can't understand why my grandfather let the Taoist priest into the house, and told the Taoist sister-in-law where the grave is, and the injustice of the cousin's death, I feel from the bottom of my heart that she shouldn't have been the result. Of course, there must be something hidden in the discussion between the Taoist priest and my grandfather for so long, but I don't know.

I can't figure it out, and no one can ask clearly, this feeling is really aggrieved.

However, the Taoist priest's actions seem to have completely eliminated the joy of the cousin-in-law. In the next few days, the villagers were safe, everything in the village seemed to be calm, except for my aunt and Chen Ada, who lost their lives before, no one related to the accident happened.

I also guessed that this Taoist priest who came to the village would be the Taoist priest who saved me back then?

There are too many mysteries in my heart that I want to answer, but my grandfather just can't wake up. He was in a coma all the time, and his body became thinner and thinner, so I became more and more worried, and asked Niu Rhubarb, but he couldn't explain anything, so he could only feed my grandfather a black pill in his mouth every two days.

I asked what the pill could do, and he said that he could only hang on for his life.

In addition, there is a strange thing, I heard that Uncle Lao Gen went to the mountains to chop wood, actually picked up a lot of dead yellow skins, dried more than 30 skins, on the way to the county town met a merchant Dan'er, his skins were all collected, the price is not low, Uncle Lao Gen is considered to have made a fortune, and people are happy to talk about it.

After hearing this, Niu Da Huang made another trip to my house, and emphasized that sentence to me, saying that strangers must not be allowed to meet my grandfather, especially after the sun sets.

To be on the safe side, I went straight to my grandfather's house.

This evening.

The afterglow has just dissipated, there are signs of changing the sky, and the courtyard is a little stuffy.

I was sitting alone at the stone table eating, the door was not closed, it was cold, and suddenly there was a rattle outside.

Knock knock knock...... Knock knock knock......

At first, I didn't pay much attention to it, thinking it was a neighbor's kid playing a rattle.

However, it was not long before the rattle beat closer and closer. I looked up and saw a man suddenly appear at the gate. This man carried the pick, and the contents of the basket on both sides were covered with black cloth, and they were heavy, and he did not know what was inside. Look closely, his jet-black clothes, some like the shroud worn by the old man in the village, wearing a hat on his head, only half of his face is exposed, I don't know if it's because it's dark, I just feel that this face is pale.

When I saw this, I was startled, and I didn't realize that a cold cold air was surging up from the soles of my feet.

He didn't speak, he put down his pick, came in directly, and asked me for water.

For some reason, I didn't care about my head for a while, and I was about to hold the water and pick up the bowl before I reacted. Thinking of Niu Da Huang's words, I dropped the bowl and said, "There is no water at home, you can go!" ”

The man froze for a moment, and then said, "Really? I see your water tank is very full, don't you want to lend me water? ”

"No water is no water, you get out!" I got up and prepared to chase him away.

"Don't worry, young man, I have a limerick here, I don't know if you've heard it?"

"What bullshit, you get out!" I said, he spoke strangely, and he must have bad intentions.

The man smiled coldly and muttered.

"If there is a tree, it is a tree, and someone can't be the master!"

"The king should be an assassin, and the linen must be a monster. Young man, let me ask you, if you clothe your grandfather in linen, will he be a man or a monster? ”

This man didn't leave, but actually talked about this limerick poem.

I don't have any impression of this man, after all, more than ten years have passed, and he was still young. However, I remember this limerick poem very clearly, he must be the merchant who borrowed water to drink back then!

When I looked up, the more I looked at it, the more it looked.

"What, remember me?" The man asked.

I ignored him.

There is a wood it is a tree, it is the locust tree of the locust tree, some people can't be the master, it is the puppet of the puppet, the king should be an assassin, the ancient rose was called an assassin, it refers to the rose of the rose, the hemp must be a monster, what is said is the devil's magic word. Huai, puppet, rose, demon, remove those added radicals, all point to one word.

Ghost.

Therefore, the merchant back then left that note, saying that there was a ghost in my house.

Now he came back and pointed the finger directly at my grandfather, and his meaning was obvious, he said that my grandfather was a ghost. This is pure nonsense, for so many years, I have depended on my grandfather, can I not know if my grandfather is a human or a ghost? The merchant is not good, I can't let him hurt my grandfather. Therefore, when the merchant asked, I replied stiffly: "Wearing linen, my grandfather is not a monster." You don't have a shadow, I have to ask, what are you that dare to enter my house? There is a door god on the door, a town house god in the courtyard, and a bone mirror on the ridge, if you know each other, hurry up! ”

The bone mirror is a gossip mirror, which Niu Da Huang asked me to put on.

I also looked under the merchant's feet, and there was indeed no shadow. At the same time, he also wore a pair of jute soles, white paper shoes, the kind worn by dead people.

With his feet on the ground and two inches above the ground, he is definitely not alive.

What I said just now, the scolding merchant was stunned, this is all I learned from my grandfather, and I saw that my grandfather used to treat that kind of troublemaker, all of them are this way, I just paint the scoop according to the gourd.

However, the man smiled contemptuously and stared straight at my grandfather's house.

My words don't seem to frighten him at all.

"Young man, you live with a dead man all the year round, and it will do you more harm than good. I advise you not to meddle in your grandfather's affairs, otherwise, I'll take you with you later!" The corner of the merchant's mouth twitched, and his speech became colder and colder.

After he finished speaking, he walked straight to my grandfather's house.

A yin wind struck, and the whole courtyard immediately became a little colder.

Seeing this situation, my heart was broken, and I don't know where I got the courage to face such a strange merchant, strode over, and blocked in front of him.

The stranger Niu Rhubarb refers to is not the Taoist priest, but this merchant!

At this time, there was only a distance of less than half a meter between me and this merchant, and the night was settled, and I could see his face clearly at this distance.

At this glance, I was so frightened that my legs went limp.

The merchant's eyes were sunken, his lips were frighteningly black, his face was bruised, and there was rotten skin and flesh hanging on it.

"People are humane, ghosts have ghost paths, young man, you can't stop me!" After the merchant finished speaking, he walked towards me.