Chapter 16: Entering the Ancestral Hall
A cold wind blew in the ancestral hall, mixed with dust, which blinded my eyes, and my eyes fell into a blur, and I reached out to block my eyes, rubbing my eyes with one hand.
When the wind stopped, his eyes had already been rubbed red, and he vaguely saw a huge statue of the god facing the gate, and an offering platform was placed in front of it, on which rich tributes were enshrined, and the whole ancestral hall was filled with the smell of incense.
A high altar was erected in the open space in the center, I followed the altar and looked up, a thin figure was tied to the altar, the heavy iron chain was firmly wrapped around him, he struggled desperately, looked at me, and anxiously shouted: "Enron, save me!" ”
I stared at him in a daze, my eyes were so uncomfortable that I couldn't see clearly no matter how I rubbed them, my feet were as heavy as lead, and his cries for help lingered in my ears, falling on my heart like pins and needles, and it hurt very much.
At this time, there was a sound of messy footsteps outside the ancestral hall, and I looked behind me and saw from a distance that the villagers were rushing towards this side with torches, covered in black robes, with fierce faces on their faces, and under the background of the night, they lived like a group of evil ghosts crawling up from hell.
"Enron, save me!"
I lifted my foot and walked in his direction, but I couldn't go fast.
The villagers poured into the ancestral hall one after another, bypassing my body and filling the entire ancestral hall, shouting angrily, "Burn him, burn him......"
"No, you can't!" I shouted anxiously, the voice was drowned in the crowd, my body was knocked to the ground, one hand pulled me up, tightly protected in my arms, grandma covered my eyes, distressed and said: "Enron, don't look at ......"
Through his fingers, countless torches were thrown over, and the fire spread uncontrollably, like a burning beast, devouring his emaciated body.
My whole body was shaking, I couldn't break free, and I was about to suffocate.
My eyes became more and more blurry, the sound in my ears became farther and farther away, the restraints on my waist disappeared, and I squatted down unsupportably and slowly closed my eyes.
When I opened it again, there was silence all around, the smell of dust everywhere, the statue of the god had long since collapsed, the ancestral hall that was lively in the past had long been covered with a layer of dust, and everywhere I saw was covered with weeds, and the position of the altar left only a scorched trace.
I stood where I was, no longer having the courage to take a step forward, and slowly retreated.
There was no one on the street, dark clouds blocking the moonlight, and darkness enveloped the village.
When I got home, my grandmother was sitting at the counter, taking a nap with one hand, I called my grandmother softly, helped my grandmother back to her room to sleep, and then closed the door and took my pajamas to take a shower.
The hot water washed down, I closed my eyes comfortably, my tense nerves finally relaxed, and I wiped my body with a towel, and after a while, there seemed to be a knock on the door outside.
I turned off the faucet and listened carefully, but the knock on the door was gone, and I thought that I had misheard, and continued to take a shower, however, soon, the sound of knock knock rang out again.
This time, I heard it clearly, quickly turned off the faucet, hurriedly got dressed and came out of the bathroom, the knocking continued, and I approached the door softly, and couldn't help but hold my breath.
I'd like to see who knocks on the door at night.
I slammed the door open, and there was a white cat in the yard, and it turned back to me with a pair of green eyes.
It turned out to be it!
It's coming to me again!