Chapter 28: Dolls
The old man looked at least eighty or ninety, and his spirit seemed to be a little problematic, so Shen Yaozhi and I glanced at each other and didn't take her words to heart.
At this time, there was no one on the street, the old man was holding a hand behind his back, staggering forward, and Shen Yao stepped forward and asked, "Mother-in-law, do you know where Tang Yuqin's house is?" β
The old man kept at his feet, stretched out his hand and pointed forward, "From here to the end, the one with the white lantern is the one." β
White lanterns?
Could it be that someone in the victim's family died?
Shen Yaozhi and I walked forward until we reached the end of the village, and a family appeared, with two papier-mΓ’chΓ© white lanterns hanging in front of the door.
I went up and knocked on the door, but there was no answer, and through the crack in the door, it was pitch black, and there was not half a figure, but there was a clanging sound from inside.
"It doesn't seem like there's anyone!"
I looked at Shen Yaozhi, Shen Yao stepped forward, and with a slight push, the door opened. A cold wind blew in his face, and the leaves in the yard also blew up.
There are a few willow trees planted on the left side of the courtyard, and the trees are full of bells with white cloth strips, and the bells jingle in the wind, and under the trees stand two graves, one large and one small, and the tombstones are erected with wooden signs in front, and the tombstones are still new, and it seems that they have not been long.
"How can anyone put a grave in their house?" As I stood at the entrance of the door, I felt goosebumps all over my body, and I couldn't help but rub my arms.
Shen Yaozhi stepped forward and illuminated the tombstone, learning that Tang Yuqin's husband and children were buried inside. Shen Yaozhi looked at the name on it, and only felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.
At this time, a bell fell and landed at Shen Yaozhi's feet, and Shen Yaozhi picked him up.
"It's ...... Soul Bell. Looking at the bell in his hand, I said with some uncertainty.
"Soul Bell?" Shen Yaozhi looked at me.
I explained: "When I was a child, I heard my grandmother say that the soul-attracting bell was specially used to guide the way of the deceased, and some people were afraid that the deceased would not find their way home on the night of the first seven rounds, so they would plant a small white flag on the road or ask the goddess to use the soul-attracting bell to guide the way for the deceased. β
After hearing this, Shen Yaozhi's face sank, and he put the bell on the grave.
When I entered the house, the doors and windows were closed, and there was a strong smell everywhere.
Shen Yaozhi turned on the light, the light was very dim, flashing and flashing, and there was some sizzling sound. There was a family photo posted on the wall next to him, Shen Yaozhi looked at the woman above and said in surprise: "It's her!" β
"You know her?" I asked.
Shen Yaozhi didn't speak, but his face sank.
One night not long ago, in the midst of heavy rain, a woman suddenly rushed into the police station, saying that there were ghosts in the village, and that her husband and children had been captured by female ghosts.
At that time, a police officer recognized her and said that she was a well-known goddess in Changling Village, who was always chattering, and no one would believe her words, so they only registered the names of the woman's husband and children, and sent her away.
Unexpectedly, she was Tang Yuqin.
"Who?"
Just when Shen Yaozhi was distracted, the window suddenly moved, and I shouted, and then, a white figure jumped in from the windowsill and quickly entered the back room.
Shen Yaozhi and I chased in, but the white cat disappeared.
There is a statue of a god in front of the door, and a few incense sticks in the incense burner are still very long, and eighty percent of them have just been inserted. There are five dolls in front of them, and there is a needle inserted in the center of the eyebrows, I picked one up, and my hand was sticky, and when I turned it over, I saw a person's name written in blood on the back of the puppet - Tang Xiu'e!