Chapter 6: The Corpse Chaser
Lin Shanye was so frightened that he was almost burned by the fire, he took a step back and took a deep breath, at this moment, he saw that a strange spell appeared on the shoulder where the paper figure was about to burn.
The strokes were as graceful as a dance, with a Sanskrit feel, not like ordinary spells, and although he couldn't understand the meaning of the words, he had seen them before with his vivid memory.
In the summer vacation when he was sixteen years old, he went with Yin Mingchen to a place called Cuihuan Town to collect specimens. I heard that there is a pristine forest in this town, which is evergreen all year round, and there are many naturally grown plants in it.
The two teenagers with backpacks like to see nature and all kinds of plants, which is why they meet every summer.
The town was older than they had imagined, with blue brick and black tiled houses and faded door frames full of traces of time. Rows of shops stand on deserted side streets, with uniform pennant signs, some of which have closed their doors due to the lack of business.
Most of the people here were middle-aged and elderly, and there were no young people in sight for the time being, and when the two teenagers appeared, they all looked at them with a strange look.
There was a sound of rattling bells, and suddenly these open shops closed one after another, and the two teenagers looked at each other, wondering what was going on?
As the bell got closer and closer, they saw a middle-aged Taoist wearing a red robe, shaking a red rope copper bell in his left hand, waving a triangular apricot yellow flag in his right hand, and constantly chanting in his mouth: In the corpse, don't approach the living!
Behind him appeared three male corpses in shrouds, with their arms stretched forward like zombies, bouncing forward rhythmically under the sound control of rattles, and under the brim of their hats were a unified charm, most of the charms were similar in strokes, but this charm was different in that it was somewhat Sanskrit.
Unexpectedly, in this ancient town, I actually met a corpse chaser? These three bodies must have died in a foreign land, and they need to be brought to their hometown to be buried in peace.
Seeing this zombie scene, Yin Mingchen's expression became nervous, and he moved closer to Lin Shanye, prompting him to leave here quickly.
Lin Shanye's eyes were full of curiosity, he was thinking, what would happen if the corpse was disturbed?
The copper bell in the hands of the corpse chaser, the zombie that kept beating forward, kept shaking in Yin Mingchen's eyes, as illusory as a wide screen.
I don't know if it was nervousness, or forgetting time and space, the kettle rolled down from his hand, and after a few rolls, it rolled onto a corpse in front of him.
The disturbed zombies fell to the ground like a mud tire, and the two zombies behind them also fell to the ground in a series due to the impact of the first one.
The corpse chaser hurriedly turned around, waved the brass bell in his hand violently, and his mouth quickly chanted an incantation that he did not understand, no matter how hard he tried, the corpse on the ground was indifferent and could no longer stand up.
"Who disturbed these three bodies?"
Enraged, the corpse chaser turned pale, like a hellish ghost, and approached the two teenagers step by step, his brass bell held aloft seemed to make them corpses together.
Frightened, the two teenagers retreated again and again, and Yin Mingchen's face turned white in an instant, as desperate as seeing his own death.
"Shan Ye, I'm in trouble, will this corpse chaser make me into a corpse? I don't want to die here. ”
"Don't be afraid of Mingchen, I won't let you get hurt with me."
Behind is a wall, the two teenagers have no way to retreat, and the angry eyes of the corpse chaser are like a searchlight, so frightened that Yin Mingchen closes his eyes.
"I'm going to get justice for these three bodies, tell me who did it?"
"It's me."
Lin Shanye raised his head bravely, he didn't know how much debt he owed Yin Mingchen in his previous life, he had to repay it in this life, from the age of twelve, he would carry all Yin Mingchen's mistakes for him.
"Originally, these three corpses were going back to their hometown for burial, but you let them go away halfway, and they will never return to their hometown, you know?"
"I'm sorry uncle...... I don't know about these things, I didn't mean to. ”
"Is it all about saying sorry? Their evil spirits will not spare you, and you will be punished. ”
Yin Mingchen, who was in the corner of the wall, seemed to remember something, hurriedly took off his backpack and took out a gold card from it.
"Uncle, this card was given to me by my father, there is a lot of money in it, it is more than enough for you to bury these three corpses, as long as you let my friend go.
His innocent eyes were full of different lights, and the shadow of a corpse chaser was reflected in his pupils.
Two pairs of silent eyes stared at each other in the tense air, and an invisible electric current appeared in the corner of the two pairs of eyes, and after the meeting was completed, the expression of the corpse chaser became softened, there is money to make the ghost grind, but he left a shuddering word.
"Even if I let you go, those three zombies may not be able to give you peace, so you can do it yourself."
What can a dead man do? It's better not to believe in these evil things, Lin Shanye believes that this matter is over, and the two teenagers adjust their heartbeats and walk towards the primeval forest.
Yin Mingchen's eyes were not only grateful, but also puzzled, he cleared his throat and asked, "Shanye, you have done a lot of things for me in the past few years, why are you so good to me?" ”
This question made Lin Shanye's eyes, which were originally studying trees, stunned, but he quickly replied with a chuckle: "Because you are my best brother, I want to treat you with all my heart." ”
"But you weren't like that before you were twelve, I remember you used to steal basketball with me and compete with me."
"I used to be too competitive and aggressive, but then I ......"
"What happened next?"
"Later...... Auntie died, your stepmother Aunt Ling came in the door, I know your life must be very unhappy, as a friend I want to help you a little more, do more for you. Moreover, my mother is gone, so we can be considered to be sympathetic. ”
"Hey, why does fate have to arrange it this way? Shortly after my mom was in a car accident, your mom had an accident too? Is this what is known as a causal cycle? ”
This look seems to have a power to see the bone marrow, as if to say: Don't think I don't know, your kindness to me is atoning for my sins, I already know the truth of the matter.
"Cause and effect cycle? What is the causal cycle? Mingchen, what are you talking about? ”
"I mean, we are good brothers and have a good relationship, even tragedy makes us a circular chain, my mother died, and your mother was also arranged by God to have a tragic ending."
Lin Shanye's expression was shocked, his trembling arm tilted, his palm was scratched by a sharp branch, and red blood droplets immediately flowed out.
"So carelessly, you hurt yourself?"
Yin Mingchen hurriedly rummaged through his backpack and looked for a band-aid to bandage him.
Seeing his nervous expression, Lin Shanye knew that he was thinking too much, behind the secret in the depths of this time, he was the only one who knew, how could there be a second person who knew?