Ma Tao's home is located on the outskirts of the entire village, on a slightly raised hillside. The whole house, made of earthen structure, is crumbling, and it seems that it may collapse at any time.

Knowing that there was no one in Ma Tao's house, Xing Ruyi was relieved to pinch a ghost fire and come out. Dark blue beams of light, swaying gently in the night breeze. With the firelight, she could see the scene in front of her clearly, but to Xingru's surprise, she actually saw a person.

A woman dressed in black and with a disheveled head. Because she was dressed in black, she seemed to be blended into the whole night, and if it weren't for the ghost fire, it would be hard to notice. Because of the woman's loose hair, Xing Ruyi couldn't see her face clearly, and only felt that she was a little angry standing at the door.

"Who are you?"

As soon as Xing Ruyi took a step closer, the woman stretched out two bony arms, and pulled one of her arms with two pairs of hands with one-inch-long nails, desperately pulling her into the room. The punishment was unclear, but he could also feel that the woman in black had no malicious intent.

The room was darker, exuding an old fishy smell, mixed with the fishy smell of animals and the ** smell accumulated by blood all year round. As soon as the woman in black entered the room, she let go of her hand and looked down for something in a corner. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the woman to hold an object, handed it to Xing Ruyi with both hands, and then looked out of the window with a wary look.

The wind blows up without a reason, and it is still at an end without a reason. Xing Ruyi obviously felt that a ghost came softly and left gently. The woman in black didn't seem to be able to speak, she opened her mouth, babbling, and gesturing her fingers in the air.

"You're letting me see this?" Xing Ruyi asked, and the result was something in the woman's hand.

An old blue cloth print wrap with a brand new pomegranate red dress inside.

In the Tang Dynasty, the pomegranate skirt was a clothing style that was extremely favored by young women. The color of this dress is like the red of a pomegranate, and it is not dyed in other colors, which tends to make the woman who wears it pretty. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a poem "The eyebrows snatch the daylily color, and the red skirt is jealous of the pomegranate flower" describes this pomegranate red dress.

The woman in black saw that Xing Ruyi had been staring at the skirt, so she cautiously pointed to the outside. Almost instantly, a strange red crossed Xing Ruyi's mind, she looked at the eyes of the woman in black and asked, "Hui Niang?" ”

The woman in black nodded silently.

"Who are you?"

This is the second time Xing Ruyi has asked these three words, and the woman in black looked at her, pointed at herself, and then opened her mouth.

The woman's tongue was cut off alive.

"It's Ma Tao!" Not a question, but an affirmation. Although I don't know what kind of relationship this woman in black has with Ma Tao, it must be unusual for her to be able to find this package in Ma Tao's house with great skill.

The woman nodded, a touch of fear appeared in her eyes, and held Xing Ruyi with a hand as thin as dry wood.

The fox is coming!

Li Siniang and Xiao Shengzi dragged the half-unconscious Ma Tao to come!

Even Chang Tai and the villagers of Yujuan Village, who were originally trapped in the woods, came!

The small courtyard, which was originally pitch black, was instantly illuminated by torches. Xing Ruyi led the woman in black with one hand and the blue cloth printed package with the other, and walked to the courtyard and into the firelight.

With just one glance, Wang Peng shouted: "Isn't this the lost Cui'er in the next village?" How did she become like this! ”

"Her name is Trill?"

"The big name Ma Cuicui is the little daughter of the old Ma family in the next village, and her nickname is Cui'er. I lost it two years ago, and it is said that I went out to buy medicine for her mother, but I never returned. Wang Peng stepped forward and carefully identified: "That's right, it's her!" Lao Ma worked as a carpenter, and I asked him to come to my house to help make a cabinet at that time. ”

"Yes, I can testify! When Wang Peng's family was working on the cabinet, Cui'er also came to help her father. The people are long and smart, and many young men in the village who have not yet married are vying to come and see, and some of them are bold, so they immediately kissed the old horse. Later, Cui'er was lost, Cui'er and her mother couldn't withstand the blow, and the people also went. Lao Ma first lost his daughter, and then his mother-in-law died, and the spiritual head of the people was gone. A few days ago, I went to the next village to inquire about the evil spirit, and I met him once, and the old ones were like my grandfather. ”

When Cui'er heard these words, the hand that was originally holding Xing Ruyi became tighter and tighter. The dry eyes were also filled with water, and the whole body trembled slightly. The mouth grew slightly, but it could only make a hoarse ah-ah sound.

"Cui'er, what's wrong? How did a good person become dumb? Wang Peng swept around Ma Tao's yard, and suddenly slapped his thigh hard: "I understand, it's Ma Tao, the bastard boy, who abducted Cui'er and made him like this!" ”

As soon as Wang Peng's words came out, the villagers of Yujuan Village became indignant.

"I know that Ma Tao is not a good thing, he is in the dark all day long, the evil ** in this village, which one has nothing to do with him? Let's just talk about the evil things in this village, is it because of Ma Tao? And Hui Niang, Hui Niang's thing"

This man was talking about it, but the person next to him suddenly pulled him hard. The air, as the sound stopped, became strange. The wind rose again for no reason, and a coolness slowly penetrated into everyone's hearts. The villagers, who were still indignant because of Cui'er's matter, involuntarily moved closer together at this time. Cui'er clearly sensed something, and she looked up and pointed behind the villager who had just spoken.

Xing Ruyi saw Hui Niang, a female ghost with a beautiful appearance, but obviously a little mentally abnormal. She stood motionless behind the man in a shabby garnet red dress and a dirty pillow in her hand.

"Hui Niang!" Xing Ruyi opened his mouth softly, but the villagers were shocked. I wanted to escape, but my legs and feet were weak, and I wanted to close my eyes, but my eyelids were so stiff that I couldn't fall down.

At this time, Li Siniang's words broke the suffocating air in front of her: "Huiniang, what's wrong?" ”

Li Siniang didn't ask Xing Ruyi, but the villager who had just spoken. It was this one who turned around, and Siniang's gaze met the crazy Hui Niang. It's just that Hui Niang can see Si Niang, but Si Niang can't see Hui Niang. Hui Niang first looked at Li Siniang, then tilted her head and took a step forward. The faces of a person and a ghost looked at each other like that.

Li Siniang obviously felt the coolness, she rubbed her arms, but her eyes were still locked on the villager who had just spoken: "Tell me quickly, what's wrong with Huiniang?" Is it related to her death? Hui Niang, could she have been killed by this Ma Tao! ”

"Pretty much!" The villager trembled and opened his mouth.

"He's his old Uncle Wang, don't talk nonsense!" Some villagers followed along, and their voices were shaky.

"What nonsense! It's just a little thing, and I hold it in my heart all day long, so that we are all going crazy. It was Wang Peng who spoke up, and he swept his eyes over the villagers in front of him one by one: "Although we can't see it, the big guys all know that Huiniang died unjustly, and she has stayed in the village all these years." The big guy felt guilty, so he took the initiative to help her repair the house. But people are dead, what's the use of repairing, it's better to apologize to Huiniang in a dignified manner, admit your mistake, and when you go down to see people in a hundred years, you can kowtow again. Our concubine village, for generations, has done such an unsettling thing. Hui Niang, she is kind, she won't care about us! ”

After Wang Peng finished speaking, he looked at Li Siniang and said: "We know that Siniang, you have a good relationship with Hui Niang, I, Wang Peng, will tell you the truth, Hui Niang was indeed burned to death, but it was an accident, it was really just an accident." We were also deceived by Ma Tao, a bastard. ”

"Tell me, how did Hui Niang die?" Li Siniang was lightly wrapped all over, and her hands were also clenched.

"Hey!" Wang Peng sighed: "Since Hui Niang's child died, people have gone crazy. But she went crazy, unlike others, she always caught children in the village, and the people who made trouble with these children were panicked. Gradually, there were rumors in the village that Hui Niang often went to steal children, and when she stole the children, she cooked them herself. We don't believe it, because the children in our village are all fine, although sometimes they scare Huiniang, but no one has lost it. But if you don't believe it anymore, there is still some reluctance in your heart. On that day, the youngest son of the Wang Er family disappeared, and we searched everywhere, but we didn't find it. Just when people were in a hurry, Ma Tao came, his body was dirty, and there were a lot of blood marks from being caught. When he learned that we were looking for the child, he said that he saw it, and said that the child was taken away by Hui Niang, and he was injured because he wanted to save the child. ”

"You believe it?" Xing Ruyi asked, and his eyes began to become thin and cold.

At that time, because of looking for children, people were a little anxious, and they didn't think deeply about Ma Tao's words. I don't know who proposed it first, so everyone went to Hui Niang's house. But Huiniang was not at home and did not find anyone. Wang Er couldn't stand the stimulation, so he lit a fire in Huiniang's yard. Maybe on weekdays, everyone has some scruples about the crazy Huiniang, and when they saw Wang Er lighting the fire, no one stepped forward to stop it. But at this time, Hui Niang came back, as usual, crazy and dirty. Wang Peng thought for a moment and added: "I remember taking a look at Hui Niang at that time, Hui Niang also had wounds on her body, and her clothes seemed to be much tattered than usual. We originally wanted to stop her and ask about the child, but when she saw the fire, she rushed in like crazy. Several of our big men were stunned and didn't catch her, so they could only watch her rush into the fire. At that time, we also wanted to extinguish the fire, but the fire was too big, and the little water in the yard was not enough. Later, the fire became too big, and the big guy gave up the idea of fighting the fire. Actually, I don't need to say it, everyone must have thought the same at that time, a madman like Hui Niang, it's better to die. But through the window that was burned by the fire, we saw Hui Niang holding her pillow, babbling and singing, and only then did we understand that Hui Niang rushed in like crazy to save her child! To be honest, at that time, I already regretted it in my heart. ”

"What about the lost child, was it taken away by Hui Niang?" Li Siniang asked, there were already tears in her eyes.

"It's not! When the fire was about to finish burning, the boy returned. said that she went to play in the woods, but accidentally stepped on the trap of catching live creatures, it was Hui Niang who saved her, and said that when Hui Niang saved him, Ma Tao was also there, but Ma Tao didn't care about him. Oh, and the kid said that Ma Tao seemed to be holding a red thing in his hand at that time, but he was scared at the time and didn't see it clearly. It is estimated that it is also a trap for living creatures. ”

When Wang Peng said this, Cui'er, who was originally silent, became excited. She babbled for a while and pointed to the pomegranate red dress in Xing Ruyi's hand, and then pointed at Hui Niang, and finally fell on Ma Tao, who was still in a semi-coma.

(Education 123 Literature Network)