Chapter 313: Red Star Eruption
Master Wu is a peer, there is no need to know anything inside, seeing an old man who is dressed and looks very ordinary, that is, looks very good in spirit, appeared at the sacrificial ceremony, and pressed the brightly dressed heads in the county to one head, he knew that this old man was not simple, and after learning that it was actually my master, he didn't even think about it, he expected that under the calm on the surface, there must be an inside story, so he ran this trip, not only to meet me by the way, but also to inquire about the inside story.
I didn't want to say this, after all, this kind of thing, the fewer people who know, the better, and if it spreads more, it will inevitably affect the holding of the General's Day, and it is easy to cause panic, but since it has been seen by this smart person, there is no need to hide it anymore.
So after welcoming Master Wu and Boss Feng into the house and sitting down, he told him about last night's situation.
Knowing that the general in the general's grave actually let the makeshift stage sink into the river today, as he did when the bridge was repaired more than ten years ago, in order to punish the organizers for his incursion, the two looked shocked for a while, and some of them did not speak for a long time with white faces.
It is not surprising that with the reputation and status of the two of them in the county, when they watch the performance, they must be fully qualified, and they are quite far from the front, very close to the stage, unlike the common people, who can only surround the back road, on the bridge, and on the surrounding mountains to watch, and even they may have been on the stage themselves, which will know that there is such a huge risk hidden, and it is normal to feel palpitations.
After all, that place is the place where the rivers converge, although on the surface it seems to be calm, but the bottom is actually an undercurrent surging, when the stage is built, it is through strict design and construction to ensure feasibility, there are strict requirements for load-bearing, in case it really suddenly collapses, even if the water is good, the possibility of being able to go ashore alive is not high.
"I heard a few days ago that the construction of that place was quite evil, and many workers came to work for a day and a half, so they said that they would not go again, and they all said that it was scary to stay in that place, but I didn't expect it to be true." After a long while, the faces of the two of them returned to normal, and then Master Wu looked at me with a smile with a slight bitterness.
After thinking about it, he asked, "Where is that place...... It's not really going to collapse, is it? ”
"Probably not. Since everything has been safe until now, the possibility of another accident is very low, and my old man is there, saying that he will not let this kind of tragedy happen. I shook my head.
What worries me most is not the collapse of the stage, the river devouring people's lives, unless it happens before the old man goes to the place. In comparison, how the old man calmed the scene and made the general's soul dare not come wantonly is the focus that needs to be paid more attention to.
"So, the main reason for the gods in the general's tomb to be so angry is that they made up the story of the general's gods?" Boss Feng asked with a slight frown.
I nodded and said, "As far as I heard from the general's soul, this is true, but whether he is telling the truth or whether there are other reasons hidden is unknown, and he is reluctant to say more." ”
"If that's the case, then it should be fine, because the merit monument standing next to the general's grave is gone, and when we came here in the morning, there was a broken pedestal still there. Judging from what you said, little brother, I think it should be that after your master went there, he let people smash the merit monument and throw it into the river, calming the anger of the general's gods, so that nothing happened. Boss Feng nodded lightly and said while thinking.
I couldn't help but be stunned.
Speaking of this, Boss Feng raised his head and smiled a little bitterly: "I know who did this, if this is the case, I'm afraid Old Man Fang should be a little sad in his heart, I'll call and ask first, if he doesn't know, let him have a bottom in his heart first." ”
It turned out that the old man Fang that Boss Feng said was an old scholar who retired from the Provincial Normal College, and after returning to his hometown, he was invited by the Cultural Bureau, the Party School and many other places to take up a temporary post. Now that the result he made has been overturned, and the merit monument has just been erected, it has been smashed and thrown into the river, although it may not have much direct impact on him, but if such a thing happens, if it spreads, his reputation will inevitably be damaged.
Boss Feng and Old Man Fang are old acquaintances, and when they have nothing to do, they often drink tea and play chess together, and when they do this, they have also mentioned a few mouths to him, since they are out of the basket now, it is necessary to greet them.
Sure enough, although the old man surnamed Fang didn't come to the general's grave today, he already knew about it, and when Boss Feng called, his reaction was quite flat, so that Boss Feng didn't have to worry about him, it was no big deal. As for why there is such a big problem, it is that the time is too rushed, the difficulty of research is too great, and the direction is wrong, but it is still conscious, and it is unknown to make up a story that is seriously inconsistent with the history of the general's soul, even if the relationship is close, it is impossible for Boss Feng to ask this kind of question directly.
But this is not a big deal, after all, it was a thousand years ago, how can it be so easy to confirm, mistakes are commonplace, and the old man is also a retired person, and he is just suspended in the county, even if he really wants to be held accountable afterwards, it will not cause him any losses, as long as there is no such thing as this mistake, it is not a big problem.
At this moment, my mother also came back, it is said that her luck is quite good today, and she has been winning money, and she heard that there are guests at home, so she came back from the table early.
It will be twelve o'clock, Master Wu Boss Feng came to the general's grave early in the morning, and has not eaten anything until now, I originally wanted to let my mother not care, I want to play mahjong will continue to go back to play mahjong, I made my own food to entertain guests, but she was worried that I would not be able to make it delicious, so that the guests could not eat enough at home, so she insisted on frying two dishes, a plate of peanuts, and a pig's foot hot pot, and then went to my sister-in-law's house again, leaving the house for us to speak.
Master Wu and Boss Feng are smart people, at least I am far from comparable, as long as I know a little about many things, I can guess a rough idea, although I didn't ask too much, but just from the old man and grandfather they all went to the general's grave, and I slept at home, and some conversations with me during my mother's return, it was analyzed that I can't be disturbed too much at present, so when I took out the liquor, I took the initiative to let me take it back, and I refused to drink it, only symbolically everyone drank a bottle of beer.
I learned that the old man and I had moved to the place where Liao Yuting was originally buried, and only came back last night, sat down for a while after eating, and agreed to wait for my time to be convenient, and after getting together again when I went to the county seat, the two said goodbye and left.
At about 4:30 p.m., Grandpa and Dad returned to the house, and brought back the news that the old man would not come back, and that I would go back to the mountain by myself tonight.
Although I had thought that the old man was afraid that he would have some communication with the general's soul tonight and would not come back before dark, he didn't expect that he would not come back directly, so he asked his father some information and made sure that someone would take care of the old man, and no one would take care of him, so it had to be like this.
After my mother came back and helped her make dinner, I took advantage of the fact that it was still dark and took the little yellow dog back to the mountain.
This will be the first time I have spent the night alone in this place, don't look at the fact that I have been exposed to many bizarre things, I will not be like ordinary people, I naturally have a sense of fear of gods and ghosts, but if I really want to spend the night alone in such a place, my heart is still a little weird. It's not that I'm scared and hairy, but it's a kind of resistance instinct of people to ominous things, just like no matter how bold a person is, when there is no need and no profit driven, he is usually not willing to go to the morgue, mass grave and other places to spend the night, not to mention that it is still like this, almost taking my life, and it is still a place of great evil.
In the past, there was an old man together, and there was a pillar that could definitely be relied on psychologically, but with the old man not here tonight, this feeling suddenly came out.
Luckily, there was a little yellow dog who was more than willing to accompany me, otherwise it would have been even weirder.
Anyway, in such a state, it is impossible to sleep, and I have been lying down enough during the day, which will be more uncomfortable to lie down again, so I entered the grass house, put down the curtain, put down the three incense sticks to the bronze statue of the ancestor master, deliberately increased the volume, and the little yellow dog Huanhuan said a conversation, and after dispelling the faint strange feeling, he simply turned off the mobile phone, turned off the battery emergency light that was not bright or dim, sat on the straw mat, put himself completely in the dark, and looked at the three dark red sparks in front of him, Let your thoughts drift away, and it doesn't matter where you go.
After a week of "concentrating" mixed up, there was no other gain, but in the point of "emptying the mind", I had some experience.
In fact, I can't talk about the so-called experience, but I am used to spending time in this state, and I often feel as if it is just a trance, and a day has passed.
Of course, to say that I am not in a hurry at all, it is false, but in the face of such mysterious things, it is useless to be anxious, and I can only be forced to accept such a fact. I believe the old man is more anxious than I am, though he says nothing and does not give me any useful advice in this regard.
He can only wait for me to have a "breakthrough", and I can only wait.
It's just that...... When is the head?
Maybe only God knows.
In the seemingly completely buried darkness and boundless divergence of thoughts, time seems to be slow, but in fact it is not slow at all, and the night breeze sometimes softly, sometimes intensifies the snapping sound on the grass house, and gradually weakens until it disappears.
In the whole world, there are only three Mars that flicker and flicker. When it is brighter, it is a layer of burned-out incense ash on the surface, and when it reaches a certain level, it automatically slides down, as if it has broken free from the mottled shell and obtained some kind of new life, although it looks a little clear and transparent, like magma in the center of the earth, and like a meteor flashing, usually only for a short moment, but after seeing too much, it is strange to show a bit of thrilling feeling.
More often than not, they all show a slightly oppressive dark red, some like the red giants photographed by astronomical telescopes, full of silence and dead silence, and lifeless. Although in reality, red giants are extremely bright and restless, and only because they are so far away that they are finally photographed and synthesized that they take on this color.
Time continues to pass at a seemingly slow, but not slow pace, and the distance between me and the three "red giants" in this world seems to be narrowing.
Gradually, the three "red giants", which seemed to be silent but were actually very active, no longer had a difference between dim and bright in my eyes, and were very bright at all times, but sometimes they were more dazzling.
I saw the dense black spots on the surface of the red giant, which were the ashes of the burned matter, little by little, like thousands of black holes that were extremely deep and stark in contrast to the brightness around them, and I also saw the black smoke rising around them as they burned, like the Grim Reaper dancing around them.
Gradually, I saw their tails growing longer and longer, like the flames left behind as they sped across the cold void.
The distance between me and them continues to close.
As I got closer, I gradually realized that there was not nothing around them, but there were actually a lot of things hidden around them, but I couldn't see them for the time being.
So I started trying to close the distance and get as much insight as possible around them.
After all my efforts, I finally got close enough to them, and they became more and more dazzling, even dazzling, and I could already clearly feel the heat of their intense burning, extremely hot, as if it were about to ignite the void around them.
With their dazzling light, I could see clearly what was hidden in the void around me, and it became clearer and clearer, and the range of vision became wider and wider.
I saw the incense burner at the end of their tail flame and fixed them in the "void", the small table where the incense burner was placed, the wall covered with tarpaulin behind the table, the bronze statue of the ancestor in the shrine that seemed to be glowing, the old man's neatly folded bed, the little yellow dog Huanhuan sitting on the side, tilting his head and two eyes without blinking, and I also saw myself.
I didn't enter the void, I wasn't swallowed up in darkness, I was still in the bright hut.
With everything around me visible, the three "red giant stars" that had lit up the world around me began to stop being so dazzling and returned to dimness, replaced by a bronze statue of the ancestor who glowed in the shrine.
However, just as I concentrated my attention and stared intently at the glittering bronze statue of the Patriarch, three red giants that began to recede from my eyes suddenly erupted, and the flames in the sky swept towards me with blazing heat.