Chapter 1: The Old Beggar
Am I going to die?
Lying in a sealed coffin, the air was getting thinner and thinner, and breathing became a little difficult.
I am afraid of death, but what I can't accept even more is that it was my own grandfather who sealed me in this coffin!
Why?
This matter has to start from a few days ago......
My name is Zhou Yan, I was born in Yashui Village, and I have been living with my grandfather since I was a child.
Grandpa is the village's Mr. Yin and Yang, and he is very famous in the nearby Shili Eight Villages.
No matter what others think, anyway, in my eyes, grandpa is a big fool!
At the end of July, the weather is at its hottest.
Grandpa took a job, saying that there was an old friend in Lijia Village next door who asked him to help me clean up the guy who was eating.
After putting the compass, incense candles, paper money and other things into my backpack, I followed my grandfather out with my backpack!
After arriving in Lijia Village, my grandfather took me to a relatively remote courtyard in the southeast of Lijia Village and knocked on the door.
No one responded.
Grandpa frowned, scolding things like 'dead old woman'.
I am also quite familiar with this side of Lijia Village, I have been here with my grandfather before, and I know that there is a goddess living here, although my grandfather knows her, but he rarely has contact.
After grandpa scolded a few words, he was suddenly stunned for a moment, sniffed his nose, seemed to smell something, and his face suddenly changed.
Immediately after, Grandpa kicked his big foot on the gate of the courtyard.
Grandpa's foot sank vigorously, and the wooden wedge inserted behind the courtyard gate broke directly, and the courtyard door was open.
After seeing the scene in the courtyard, I was also stunned!
A large black dog lay in a pool of blood, its head twisted and its long tongue dangling to the side. The big roosters raised in the chicken pen, like the black dog, had their necks broken, and there was blood everywhere in the yard, the blood stains had dried up, and the bloody smell was relatively strong.
Is the goddess crazy?
How did you kill all these domestic animals and use such cruel methods?
When I was stunned, my grandfather strode towards the hall with a calm face, and I hurriedly followed.
When I entered the hall, the smell of blood was even stronger, and when I saw the scene inside the hall, I screamed in fright, staggered backwards, and almost tripped over the threshold.
In the hall, the goddess knelt on the ground, holding her head in her hands and leaning up.
A sharp wooden stick the thickness of a child's arm was inserted into her mouth, pierced through her abdomen, and nailed her to the ground alive. On top of the sharp stick, there was a cyan candle flickering with a faint green candle flame.
The goddess's face was hideous, and her eyes were cracked, as if she had been tortured to death in a state of extreme fear.
Under her, there was a black and red blood, which attracted a lot of flies, and it was extremely disgusting.
Such a scene, coupled with the thick smell of blood, made my stomach churn and almost vomit.
Grandpa's face was extremely ugly, staring at the wall behind the goddess, and on that wall, the bloody line of words was extremely conspicuous, giving people a cold feeling.
Lingnan ancient tombs, the earth is surging, the village is extinct, and there are 187 lives, remember?
When I saw this line of blood, I noticed that my grandfather's hand trembled, and his face seemed to be a little pale.
Without waiting for me to ask, my grandfather dragged me out of the goddess's house quickly, as if he was afraid that something would chase after me.
Just as we were about to walk out of Lijia Village, an old beggar appeared out of nowhere, dirty, carrying a broken bowl, and stopped our grandfather.
The old beggar smiled and begged for two meals.
I was frightened by the scene in the goddess's house, where would I give the old beggar a good look at this time, and directly scolded him to get out.
At this time, the grandfather took out a hundred-yuan bill from his pocket and threw it directly into the old beggar's broken bowl, and looked at the old beggar with some solemnity, but did not say anything.
The old beggar happily got out of the way, and when we passed him, the old beggar sang a strange ballad in his voice like a broken gong.
"The sky is vast and the earth is vast, the world is hot and cold, and it is not argued, and it will harm others and end up harming yourself......"
My temper is very bad, and the mess that the old beggar sang made me feel even more uncomfortable, glared at him, and was about to open my mouth to scold again, but was dragged away by my grandfather.
Along the way, my grandfather kept a calm face and didn't say anything, and I didn't dare to ask anything.
When he got home, his grandfather locked himself in his room and didn't know what he was doing. I was in my room, thinking about the things in Lijia Village, and I felt a strong sense of uneasiness in my heart.
The strange death of the goddess, as well as the line of blood on the wall, seem to be aimed at Grandpa.
What the hell is going on?
I guessed wildly, I have followed my grandfather since I was a child, my grandfather has a good temper, and he has never blushed with anyone, how could he get into such a thing?
That night, Grandpa walked out of his room, changed his clothes, carried a cloth bag, and said he was going to go out.
My grandfather told me to stay at home and not go anywhere, and he would be back in two days at most.
Without waiting for me to ask, Grandpa left the house in a hurry.
That night, I slept very poorly, and I always felt like something was going to happen. Tossing and turning in bed, his mind was very messy, and he didn't fall asleep until the second half of the night.
Early in the morning, I was woken up by the noise of outside and the knocking on the door, and I got up sleepily, walked out of the room and opened the courtyard door.
There were many people from the village standing outside the courtyard gate, talking nonsense, and when they saw me, they all showed a strange look.
The one who knocked on the door was my neighbor Zhou Dabao, this kid and I have been playing since childhood, and our relationship has always been very strong.
Seeing that I looked dazed, Zhou Dabao hurriedly pointed to the top of my house, looking very anxious.
I looked in the direction of his finger, and my eyes widened and I didn't feel sleepy.
The top of my house was full of black crows, estimated to be more than 100 of them, and they did not call quietly, as if they were asleep.
It's no wonder that such a vision has attracted the attention of the villagers.
Crows are a sign of foreboding in many places.
It was the first time that so many crows appeared at the same time, and many villagers thought that something had happened to our grandfather.
I was already frightened yesterday, and when I saw so many black crows landing on top of my house, I was even more terrified. Hurriedly beckoned Dabao and asked him to help me drive away those black crows with bamboo poles.
However, I don't know what's going on, no matter how we drive them away, those black crows just won't leave. Those black crows fluttered, as if they recognized my home, and they didn't call, which was very weird.
As a result, the villagers looked at me more strangely, and they all stayed away from the gate of my house, and even Dabao was taken away by his parents.
This is not the end of the matter, as time passes, more and more black crows land on my side, and these flat-haired beasts seem to want to build a nest in my house.
When night fell, I ignored the crows, stayed in my room, watched TV, forced myself to distract myself from the black crows.
Tonight, it was unusually quiet.
On weekdays, the sound of chickens and dogs barking is endless, but tonight there was a dead silence outside, and even my lively earth dog got into the den early.
It wasn't until about eleven o'clock in the evening that sleepiness swept over me, and I went to bed and got ready for bed.
At this moment, a rapid and piercing sound came from outside.
"Quack ......"
The black crows, who had been quiet, suddenly called at this time.
I was irritated, cursed, and walked to the window to see what those damn flat-haired brutes were up to!
Just as I walked to the window, a miserable white face suddenly appeared outside the window, staring at me with green eyes and a strange grin.
This sudden fright made me almost sit on the ground.
Is that...... Zhou Dabao?!
When I was in shock, Dabao directly raised his fist and slammed it on the window.
The glass was shattered directly, and Zhou Dabao's hand was also injured, blood flowed, and there were some glass slags stuck in his hand, but he seemed to feel no pain, and with a weird smile on his face, he was about to climb in from the window towards my room.
I shouted a few times in horror, but Zhou Dabao did not respond, the weird smile on his face became even stronger, and half of his body had already leaned into my room.
At this time, I also knew that Zhou Dabao in front of me was no longer the iron buddy I knew, so I hurriedly picked up the wooden stool in the room and prepared to smash it at Zhou Dabao.
And at this moment, from outside the courtyard gate of my house, came the characteristic gong-like voice of the old beggar.
"The big ghost avoids, the little ghost hides, who can see the king of Yama......"