There are many mysterious buildings on the land of China, such as old buildings where you can hear crying at night, and temples that bleed......

They are either in the middle of the city or away from the crowds.

In the same way, as if they could spread the plague, no one dared to approach them.

There is one such building in Meijia Village.

It was a thirteen-story, ten-zhang hexagonal ancient pagoda.

It is built with a special type of black wood.

Although it has been blown away by wind and rain for hundreds of years, there is no trace left.

It is surrounded by a circle of cyan brick walls more than one zhang high, and at the gate grows a poplar tree four or five zhang high with lush branches.

There are two yellow talismans more than a foot long on the gate.

It's in the yard behind Mei Lin's house.

Mei Lin has been curious since she was a child, wondering what exactly is in the wooden tower.

Why did Grandpa guard it like a flood beast?

Once, he crept up to the fence and looked out into the courtyard.

I vaguely saw a woman dressed in white, squatting at the door of the wooden tower.

She turned her back to him, unable to see clearly.

She has a very slim figure and long jet-black hair hanging down from behind.

I don't know why, but when I saw her, Merlin wasn't scared at all.

He was going to jump down and see what was going on.

As a result, he was pulled down from the wall by his grandfather and beaten severely.

Grandpa told him that the wooden tower can't be approached casually, otherwise not only you, but even our Mei family will have to be unlucky!

The Mei family has been carpenters for generations and is very famous in the nearby villages.

In addition, Mei Lin's grandfather Mei Yuan also has a unique skill, and he can use herbs to cure many incurable diseases.

Like carpenter's work, this is also passed down from ancestors.

Umehara is very low-key and treats people, only for a symbolic fee.

Those who have received his favor treat him as if he were a god.

In Mei Lin's memory, no one had ever been to the wooden tower.

But when he was eighteen years old, his grandfather Umehara entered the wooden tower for the first time.

That summer, the weather was very hot, and the first thing my grandfather did when he got up, as usual, was to walk around the fence outside the wooden tower.

But when he walked under the big tree, he couldn't help but stop.

Three corpses hung waddly from the branches of poplar trees.

Although Umehara was well-informed, he was still taken aback.

After looking at it for a while, he recognized that it was the corpse of Liu Erwei's family at the head of the village hanging on the tree.

Mr. and Mrs. Liu Erwei were on it along with his son.

Liu Er's face was blurred with blood, a piece of skin was peeled off alive, and a pair of blood-red eyes bulged out.

What surprised Mei Yuan even more was that the clothes on the upper bodies of Liu Er's son and daughter-in-law were torn.

The left side of his son's body, along with the skin on his arm, was stripped off.

The right side of his daughter-in-law's body, along with the skin on her arm, was also peeled off.

The ground was stained red with blood.

Umehara didn't know what was going on, so he hurried back to the village to find someone to help.

The people who came with him were scared half to death, they had never seen such a horrible death.

Everyone emboldened each other and lowered the body from the tree, and Liu Er's relatives helped take care of the aftermath.

But they searched all around the tree, and they couldn't find the skin that had been peeled off.

Liu Er is idle and has offended many people.

Everyone thought that his enemy had come to take revenge, and they all gradually dispersed.

It's just that Umehara's face is ugly.

He carefully looked at the yellow talisman on the gate, and went home with a blushing face.

The next morning, he got up early and asked Mei Lin to go out with him.

The two of them walked straight to the wooden tower.

Far away from the courtyard, Mei Lin saw two figures swaying above the poplar trees.

He whispered, "Grandpa, there's someone in the tree."

Mei Yuan had already seen this scene, and the green tendons on his head jumped up.

But he calmly walked up to the poplar tree.

This time, there were two corpses hanging on the tree, which were Liu Quan's father and son next door to Liu Er's house.

Unlike Liu Erwei's family, their heads and upper bodies are intact.

It's just that the skin on both legs is stripped off.

Mei Lin was frightened enough, because the skin of the five people who had been stripped off was just enough to piece together a complete body.

Umehara sighed and said, "What I've been worrying about has happened!"

Lin'er, you go find someone to dispose of the body. ”

Mei Lin didn't understand the meaning of his grandfather's words, so he ran back to the village to find someone.

When he led the villagers back, he saw Mei Yuan squatting under the big tree and smoking, and his face turned a little gray.

gives Mei Lin the feeling that grandpa always looks like he is not surprised.

I don't know what touched him so much.

The villagers were seen carrying the bodies away, and some people covered the blood stains under the big trees with dirt.

Mei Yuancai threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and said to Mei Lin, Lin'er, you go home with me, I have something to explain to you.

Hearing her grandfather's words, Mei Lin felt a little uneasy.

He had never seen his grandfather so serious.

Back at home, Umehara gathered all the family over.

Mei Lin's father, Mei Shaohua, has a cowardly personality.

Umehara said that he was not suitable to be a carpenter, so he did not pass on the carpenter's craft to him at all.

Instead, it was passed directly to Mei Lin, including the method of making herbs.

Umehara said to his family, "The enemy has come to the door, and if this kind of thing doesn't happen again, I'll go to the wooden tower."

You are all waiting for me at home, and no one is allowed to go out. ”

For the Mei family, Mei Yuan's words were orders, and no one dared to go against his will.

Mei Lin was even more curious, curious to know what was in the wooden tower.

He wanted to go to see what was going on with his grandfather, but when he saw his grandfather's serious appearance, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

Umehara left the house alone and entered the courtyard where the wooden pagoda was located.

He came back in the afternoon, and he seemed very tired.

He asked Mei Lin to help, and the two of them worked together to make a coffin.

When it was almost dark, the coffin was finally ready, and there was no time to even paint.

They moved the coffin under the big poplar tree.

It was nearly twice as large as a normal coffin, and it took a lot of effort for the two of them to carry it over.

Grandpa, dressed in brand new clothes, stepped on Mei Lin's shoulders and climbed onto the coffin.

He instructed Mei Lin, "When I go in, close the lid of the coffin."

Don't go out at night, no matter what happens, and come back tomorrow morning. ”

Listening to his grandfather's tone, as if he was explaining what was going on, Mei Lin's tears couldn't help but flow out.

Mei Yuan touched his hair and said, "Child, you have to be ready, it will be your turn soon!"

After saying that, he collapsed in the coffin.

Mei Lin had to close the lid of the coffin and turn around to go home.

This night, the Mei family didn't close their eyes, and thinking of Mei Yuan's orders, none of them went out.

When the day finally dawned, the family arrived near the poplar tree with trepidation.

At a distance, you can see streaks of blood on the ground.

The blood stained all the way to the coffin.

The white stubble coffin was covered with blood, and it was shocking to look at.

Mei Lin's father cowered and hid to the side, not daring to step forward.

Mei Lin had the courage to go to the coffin.

The lid of the coffin is pushed open halfway, and the inside is not visible.

He took a few steps towards the coffin, then gently pushed the lid open completely.

His eyes looked into the coffin.

Before he could see what was going on, a hand suddenly reached out from inside and grabbed his arm tightly.

Mei Lin was startled and almost screamed.

When he saw the person in the coffin clearly, his heart fell into his stomach.

It was Umehara who grabbed his hand.

Mei Yuan's clothes were torn into strips, and his face was covered with blood, and if he didn't look closely, he wouldn't be able to recognize it at all.

Umehara also had blood on his hands, and he was holding a thin object in his other hand.

He said in a weak voice, Lin'er, help me out.

Mei Lin bowed down and carried him out of the coffin.

Only then did I see clearly that there was a wound more than a foot long on his chest.

The wound extends from the collarbone to the lower abdomen, as if it had been scratched by sharp claws.

If it goes deeper, it is estimated that Umehara's internal organs will be exposed.

Umehara's injuries were severe, and he was dying.

Mei Lin asked Mei Shaohua to help, and the two of them carried Mei Yuan to the residence.

In addition to worrying about his grandfather, Mei Lin wanted to know what happened last night.

Mei Lin put his grandfather on the bed and helped him bandage his wounds.

Umehara stopped him and told him, "No, I'm running out of time."

You have to remember my words and do what I say.

Although the opponent was chased away by me, he will be back soon.

I'm afraid that when the time comes, all of us in the village will die at his hands.

Your father is too weak, so this matter can only be left to you. ”

Mei Lin's tears flowed out and asked, Grandpa, who hurt you? I'll go find him for revenge!

Mei Yuan shook his head with a wry smile and said, there is no need for revenge, as long as you can live well, I will be satisfied.

He slowly let go of his other hand, and the thin object fell out of his hand.

Mei Lin picked it up, and then he saw clearly that it was a blood-stained face.

He recognized it at a glance, it was Liu Er's crooked!

Liu Er's crooked face was torn off, and I don't know how it ended up in the hands of my grandfather.

Mei Lin knew that it must have something to do with something that hit his grandfather hard.

He carefully folded his face and tucked it into his pocket.

Grandpa stretched out his trembling hand, grabbed Mei Lin's hand, and said, "Haven't you always wanted to know what's in the wooden tower?"

Go to the wooden tower in the middle of the night and worship what is there.

She'll help you defeat your opponents. ”

As soon as he heard the word Muta, Mei Lin was stunned.

He vaguely felt that this matter must have something to do with the things in the wooden tower.

Could it be that it hurt Grandpa like this?

But why did grandpa let himself worship her as a teacher?

He thought about it again, and felt that something was unlikely.

Grandpa is in a very bad state, I'm afraid time is running out, he doesn't have time to ask.

Mei Yuan pointed to the fist-sized porcelain bottle placed on the wooden cabinet and told Mei Lin, "I have prepared the pills for Xiaohan." The Zhao family has helped us a lot, and we can't be ungrateful.

You have to treat her well. ”

Mei Lin nodded vigorously.

More than ten years ago, when Mei Yuan went to the Zhao family in the provincial capital to work as a carpenter, he talked very well with the old man of the Zhao family, and gave Mei Lin a baby kiss. At that time, Zhao Yuhan had a strange disease, and only Mei Yuan could cure her.

This is also the reason why the old man of the Zhao family insisted on marrying the Mei family regardless of the difference in family background.

At this time, Mei Lin could only agree to his grandfather's orders.

Umehara breathed a sigh of relief, and then told him how to apprentice.

It seems that the lives of hundreds of people in the entire village are in her own hands, and Mei Lin is also very nervous.

Umehara finally said, | When I die, don't be silent.

Just bury me in that coffin. ”

After saying this, his hand hung down and slowly closed his eyes.

According to Mei Yuan's instructions, Mei's family quietly buried him without even notifying the villagers.

In the middle of the night, Mei Shaohua looked at Mei Lin with some unease.

asked, "Lin'er, do you really want to go to the wooden tower?"

Our Mei family has lived here for several generations, and no one has ever entered it except your grandfather.

Something happened when he came out, and I'm afraid you will have an accident too, so what should we do? ”

Mei Lin's mother took his hand and cried profusely.

Mei Lin gritted his teeth and said, no matter what, I have to go in!

Mei Shaohua and his wife knew that they couldn't stop him, so they had to let him go.

Mei Lin came out of the house with a flashlight and walked to the backyard.

In the moonlight, the high walls look very eerie.

Half of the wooden tower was exposed from the inside, because the grandfather had entered, and the yellow talisman on the gate had been torn open.

He gently pushed the iron door open, and a creaking sound followed.