The old man said: "Since you were targeted by the three-person coffin, and the three-person coffin killed the tiger, as long as you go to the funeral of the tiger tonight, they will definitely come, and as long as the three-person coffin comes out and nets it to destroy him, the matter will be solved." ”

"Tonight?"

"That's right, it's tonight, if you can't solve it tonight, you won't survive tomorrow."

"But my eyebrows are painted..."

The old man looked up at me: "You touch it yourself." ”

I didn't understand what the old man meant, so I reached out and touched it, but I didn't touch anything, I walked to the mirror and took a look, only to see that my eyebrows were very clean, and the mixture of black dog blood and cinnabar was long gone, but I could still see a little dark red mark.

The old man put down the net and said to me, "See, I thought this method would make you survive tonight, but now it seems that it will not work, and you can only get rid of that evil obstacle tonight." ”

"That's... Wouldn't it be nice to apply some more? I couldn't help but ask.

"If you think it's useful, apply it." After saying that, the old man threw me the small porcelain vase containing cinnabar, and I took the knife that the old man had brought with me from the stool, and walked to the little black dog who was sleeping.

I took a few drops of blood from the little black dog and mixed it with cinnabar and applied it to the center of my eyebrows, and although I didn't think it was useful, it would make me more courageous.

The old man got up, clapped his hands and said, "Baby, come with me!" ”

"Why are you going?"

The old man took a sip of water, and then said, "It's not enough to have a fishing net that can catch the coffin, but a few more, and a few more people." ”

"Oh." I nodded and followed the old man out.

In our village, every family used to make a living by fishing, although they didn't dare to fish in the river after the big water, but there were still fishing nets, and the old man casually went to three families and borrowed three fishing nets, and the old man was afraid that it was not enough and borrowed four more, and planned to get a two-layer fishing net.

When the villagers asked the old man why he had borrowed so many fishing nets, the old man just prevaricated and reminded them that it was best not to go out tonight, and it didn't matter if they believed the old man or not.

Then the old man took me to the house of Uncle Ge San in the west of the village, Uncle Ge San is a stonemason in the village, making coffins and stone tablets for the dead people in the village for a living.

Uncle Ge is over fifty years old, but he is still very strong and brave, if he fights three or five strong guys, he also has three sons, all of whom look like calves.

"Third Uncle Ge!" Before he could enter the door, the old man shouted outside.

"Uncle Wang, what wind blew you over?" The man who opened the door was a man of about thirty years old, wearing only a white vest and shorts, and the muscles on his body were almost bursting.

"Da Ming, is your father here?" The old man asked.

"Da Ming, don't hurry up and let your Uncle Wang come in and sit down." A neutral voice came from inside the room.

I followed the old man into Uncle Ge's coffin shop, in addition to Uncle Ge and Da Ming, Er Ming and Sanmao were also in the coffin shop, the two brothers knocked on the side of a coffin, and they all waved hello when they saw the old man coming.

"Brother, long time no see!" Third Uncle Ge personally came out of the house to greet the old man.

As soon as the two of them met, they became acquainted with each other, and Uncle Ge took the old man into the house, and I followed in.

"Brother, I'm afraid there's something wrong with me this time." Third Uncle Ge was old and good, and he could see at a glance that the old man had something in his heart.

The old man lit a dry cigarette, took a deep breath, and said, "Brother, do you remember the great flood a few years ago? ”

Hearing this, Uncle Ge's face changed, and he didn't say anything for a long time, and after a while, he said: "How can I forget, the child and his mother died in that flood, and the river has not been peaceful since then, and all the fish and shrimp have died, and many people in the village have frozen to death because they have no money to buy cotton clothes that winter." ”

"Tonight, I'm going to destroy what is causing trouble in the river!"

"What? You—" Third Uncle Ge pointed at the old man and was speechless in shock.

The old man's eagle-like eyes stared at Uncle Ge San, "I can't let you take things anymore, that flood is a lesson, if you let him go, the people of these two rivers will never live in peace, brother, I need your help." ”

"Brother, we have been friends for so many years, if there is anything, you can just say it, brother, I don't have any other strength." Third Uncle Ge patted his chest and said.

The old man thought for a while and said: "Okay, tonight when Huzi comes out of the funeral, I need you to take Daming and them to hide aside, I expect that the coffin of the three people will definitely appear, and then you and Daming and they will hug up and pull the coffin ashore, and I will deal with the rest." ”

"That's okay, do you want me to buy some charms or something to suppress evil spirits?" Third Uncle Ge nodded.

The old man waved his hand and said: "That's not necessary, as long as the coffin is opened, there should be a way to suppress them, by the way, entangle the fishing nets I brought, four fishing nets into one big one, two large fishing nets stacked on top of each other, make a double layer, otherwise you really can't trap that thing." ”

"This is simple, Da Ming will be able to last night in a while, but is it enough for the four of us? That's a monster, do you want me to call some more people? Third Uncle Ge said worriedly.

"That's it, find four more, eight people, I don't believe I can't pull a coffin." The old man put down the dry tobacco pouch and cleaned the tobacco at the front.

Uncle Ge asked Daming to weave the net, Erming went to call people, Sanmao continued to knock on the coffin, the old man left me here while he went out for a walk, and when he came back, he brought a bag.

Under my curious eyes, the old man opened the bag, and I was immediately interested, the old man actually bought a bag of brown sugar!

"What are you doing here, old man?" I asked, and for some reason I had a bad feeling that the old man never bought such things.

The old man laughed twice, and the voice made my scalp hairy: "Little baby, you haven't been able to eat well after staying with me for so long, and grandpa will make it up for you today." ”

"Come less." I straightened my face and said, "If there is any purpose, just say it." ”

"Hehe, grandpa just feels sorry for you, how can there be any purpose?" The old man said flatteringly, but he tore open the bag in his hand and rushed the brown sugar water, and the old man handed the cup to me, "Baby, taste it, it's very sweet." ”

I glanced at the brown sugar water, it was as red as blood, and I immediately shook my head and said, "If you don't drink it, you won't have an appetite when you look at it." ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, "Baby, this brown sugar water can relieve the evil, if you can't solve it tonight, it will let you live a little longer." ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true." The old man swore an oath.

Seeing the old man's attitude, I no longer doubt that I picked up the cup and drank it in one sip, and then before the old man opened his mouth, he made a cup, and it didn't take long for a large bag of brown sugar to be drunk by me, but I occasionally glanced at the old man, and the old face was as happy as a chrysanthemum blooming, which made me wonder why.

At this time, the door of the coffin shop was kicked open, and a short little fat man walked in slowly and leisurely with figure-eight steps, who could it be if it wasn't Li Guangtian?

Li Guangtian strode in, followed by more than 20 strong young men, all of whom were men in their twenties and thirties, and they usually had a good relationship with Li Guangtian.

"Turtle, dare to kick Lao Tzu's door and don't want to live?" Seeing Li Guangtian walk in, Third Uncle Ge spat and strode up, pointing at Li Guangtian's nose and scolding.

Pointed at by Uncle Ge, Li Guangtian's previous awesome momentum suddenly dissipated, but in front of his younger brothers, he still retorted: "Lao Tzu is here to break feudal superstitions today, you old thing is going to stay." ”

Bang! With a loud bang, I saw Sanmao, who had been knocking on the coffin, threw the hammer to the ground, walked towards Li Guangtian with fierce eyes, picked up the shovel on the ground and pointed at Li Guangtian and scolded: "The surname is Li, there is a kind of you who will say it again just now." ”

Not only Sanmao Daming, but also Daming, who walked to the door like a rock, Li Guangtian's small body bones are like a little chicken compared to him, and Daming can pick him up with one hand.

Don't look at Uncle Ge as a kind person, but he is really ruthless, no one in the whole village is not afraid, and the same is true for his three sons, although the three brothers don't talk much, but they have fought a lot before, and they have a bad reputation.

Being threatened by the two brothers like this, Li Guangtian suddenly sent it away, and moved his gaze to the old man, "Wang Xiguang, you have recently given me some peace, you have been engaged in feudal superstition, Lao Tzu can remember it, you old thing for me to remember." ”

Hearing this, the old man was also very angry, he hung his head on the waistband of his trousers to remove the demon, this grandson actually came to make trouble, the old man couldn't help it, pointed at Li Guangtian and scolded: "Li Guangtian, you little rabbit cub is still capable, your father didn't dare to talk to me like this when he came over." ”

"My dad is my dad, I'm me, I'm the captain of the village, you are not allowed to do those feudal superstitions in the future, otherwise don't blame me for smashing your house."

"You dare!" The old man said angrily: "Lao Tzu dug your ancestral grave and ruined your family's luck." ”