Old Liu Tou is a strange person in the village. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

He was born and raised in the village, he was a little silly when he was a child, and he rarely communicated with the people in the village when he grew up, and in the end, the village chief at that time kindly helped him marry a daughter-in-law, so that he could live a good life. But he has a hobby, he always likes to run to the ancestral hall, or he likes to visit Yu Dong, who lives in the ancestral hall, every day of the year, and he doesn't listen to what his family says, but he is very strong in this matter. Including later Yu Dong became an "old immortal", the ancestral hall became a holy place in the hearts of the villagers, and he is still like this, and Yu Dong seems to be very special to him, others can't say a few words, but he and Lao Liu Tou seem to have endless words.

In the year of Yu Dong's death, Lao Liu Tou built a hut in front of the village cemetery and insisted on moving in despite the opposition of his children. The people in the village think that he is an old stubborn, and when he is old, he wants to die, and he lives so far away by himself, and there is no one around him to take care of him, and it is estimated that he will not live long. But this old man is almost 90 years old in a blink of an eye, and he has become a living fossil in the village. Some people in the village even joked that Lao Liu Tou must be because he lived close to the old gods and had the gas of longevity, so it was no problem to live for more than 100 years.

When Lu Ming and the others came to the hut where the old Liu Tou lived, the old man was carving a stone plaque in the house, the stone plaque is a local feature, and the selection is some characteristic stones with bright colors and flat shapes, and their names and some patterns and words are carved on them, which have the meaning of blessing, blessing and warding off evil spirits, the styles are varied, small and exquisite, and even Liang Hansheng's lover Zhu Wenli can't help but buy some in the village.

However, the stone plaque carved in Lao Liu's hand is obviously different from what they saw in the village, first of all, the color is dark as a whole, and most of them look gray. Secondly, there are also differences in graphics and words, most of the villages are engraved with words such as "peace", "auspicious" and "ruyi", and the patterns are also selected some auspicious beasts such as dragons, phoenixes, and turtles. And Lao Liu's head is carved very simply, the middle is carved like a person's name, and there are only a few embellishments around, which looks much more ordinary.

Zhu Wenli couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, why is your carving different from the one in the village?" ”

The old man seemed to notice that someone had come in, and slowly raised his head to look at Zhu Wenli, and everyone also saw Lao Liu's appearance clearly through the only light in the room.

What kind of face is this?! There seemed to be no trace of moisture on his whole face, and the only layer of skin was tightly attached to the cheekbones, if he couldn't speak and gasp, it is estimated that others would almost treat him as a dry corpse. God knows how he lived for so long, obviously feeling that this old man seemed to be going west in the next second, but he stood here in a good manner, Zhu Wenli was a little hairy by him, and hurriedly hid behind her husband, revealing half of her head.

"Old man, we are here to travel, I want to ask you about something, I don't know if it is convenient for you?" Seeing this, Lu Ming hurriedly spoke.

"It's inconvenient."

Lu Ming "....."

This old man doesn't play cards according to the routine, Lu Ming thought to himself. At this time, it was still Liang Hansheng's wit, he saw that the old man reacted to his daughter-in-law's words just now, so he hurriedly asked: "Uncle, how is your carved stone plaque different from others, can you tell us about it, I think it's weird and good-looking, I want to buy some and take it back." ”

"Hmph" Lao Liu sneered, "Of course I'm different, I'm carving these carvings for the dead, who are you bringing back for?" ”

Liang Hansheng suddenly scolded his mother in his heart, this old man is too damaged.

"Uncle Liu, let's tell you straight, we want to ask you if there is a person named Lao Ghost in the village, this is very important to us, to be honest, this person can kill us. We've been in the village for almost two days, and we still haven't heard anything, so we can only find you. Please also ask for your help. Lu Ming saw that the old man's temper was more strange, so he simply didn't say anything false, but directly explained the intention, Liang Hansheng and his wife also looked at Lao Liu Tou with expectant eyes at this time, they also understood that the other two groups had no news, and the old ghost group couldn't be contacted this morning, so this old man may be their last hope.

Maybe it's because they told the truth, maybe it's because the three of them are showing their true feelings. Old Liu Tou was surprisingly silent, and did not say anything more to squeeze everyone, but took out a crumpled cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth, Lu Ming hurriedly handed over the fire when he saw this.

Lao Liu took a deep breath of cigarette and pondered for a long time before he slowly spoke: "There is indeed no old ghost in the village, although I am old, my brain is not confused." ”

When Lu Ming and the three of them heard this, they felt a darkness in their hearts, is it destined to return in vain today, now there are less than 6 hours left before the mission time, and they have been looking for almost two days, and they don't even have the slightest clue about the old ghost, and everyone can't help but feel a little lost. Fortunately, Lao Liutou's next sentence gave them hope again.

"However, I want to give you a story, a story that has been buried in my heart for decades, and maybe this story will help you. Hehe, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, the people in the village thought I was talking crazy, but I didn't expect that today's story can only be told to you outsiders. Well, or better, I don't have to bring these to the coffin. The old man seemed to become very melancholy for a while, and he couldn't help but talk more.

The story told by Lao Liu Tou starts when he was still a sheep herder. Old Liu Tou has been relatively wooden since he was a child, and people are not very good at talking, and the people in the village always think that he is a little stupid, and children of the same age as him are not willing to play with him, as if this stupidity is contagious. But there is one person who is an exception, this person is a middle-aged man from another village, who only entered the village in his thirties, and he is also a stuffy gourd on weekdays, and he doesn't like to communicate with people. But perhaps it is because of their common personality that the two people who are nearly 30 years apart in age have become year-old friends, and every time Lao Liu Tou herds sheep, he will follow behind the middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man will also tell some strange stories to Lao Liutou. In addition, the middle-aged man also has a pair of particularly dexterous hands, and the stone tablets he makes are definitely the best in the village, but no one has ever known, except for Lao Liu, who inherited his craft.

Originally, the days were very peaceful and leisurely, until Yu Dong disappeared, and the middle-aged man was Yu Dong, and he was also the old fairy that the people in the village talked about in the future, and the old Liu Tou was the sheep herding baby back then, and the subsequent story was roughly the same as what Hao Jian told Lu Ming and them, but Lu Ming found a few strange places from the story.

The first point, Lao Liu Tou's story has been emphasizing that Yu Dong did disappear in front of his eyes at that time, and it was not something that fell into the pit, no matter how stupid a child is, whether there is a pit in front of him, and whether there is someone in the pit can always be distinguished. Moreover, Lao Liu Tou shouted around for a long time and didn't see Yu Dong's echo, so he was so frightened that he went back to the village to shout. But the people in the village usually thought he was stupid, and no one cared at first, thinking that the child was talking nonsense, and even Yu Dong's daughter-in-law scolded him for not cursing his man. In the end, because it was almost night, and it was found that Yu Dong had not come back, the village organized people to look for it, and it was already more than half a day since Yu Dong disappeared, and no one knew where Yu Dong had gone or what he was doing!

The second point is that Lao Liu Tou feels that Yu Dong seems to have changed as a different person since he came back, and he has become less talkative, and he is bored at home all day long and doesn't even go out, especially when facing Lao Liu Tou, Yu Dong's eyes seem to reveal a sense of fear. Yes, Old Man Liu felt as if Yu Dong was afraid of him and deliberately avoided him, and his mouth was always chattering: "It's a different ...... after all" "Sure enough, it still doesn't work... This made Old Man Liu very puzzled, and he could only think that Yu Dong was frightened and his temperament changed. But when he saw Yu Dong frantically biting his brother-in-law for divorce, Old Man Liu really felt that this Yu Dong in front of him was very unfamiliar.

For more than a month, Lao Liu Tou didn't dare to go to Yu Dong again. Until one day, Yu Dong took the initiative to find him and wanted to go with him to herd sheep. This made Old Man Liu completely confused, but as the two of them walked and chatted all the way, Old Man Liu felt as if the previous Yu Dong was coming back, and then the two of them walked to the place where Yu Dong disappeared again, this time Yu Dong stood there for a long time, and then said to Old Liu Tou: "If I die in the future, bury me here." Since then, Yu Dong has been living in the ancestral hall and never coming out, and Lao Liu Tou only goes to see him every day and talk to him, but he always feels as if there is an invisible barrier between him and Yu Dong.

The last point, and the strangest point. Lao Liu Tou told them that Yu Dong was in good health the year he died, he could eat two bowls of rice at a time, and he usually didn't breathe when he fetched water to clean up the ancestral hall, which made people can't imagine that he is an old man in his 100s, but like a middle-aged man in his 40s. Lao Liu Tou also tried to ask Yu Dong the reason, but that time Yu Dong didn't speak for a long time, but repeated again and again, "It's a different ...... after all", and then he didn't say anything again.

After patiently listening to Lao Liu Tou's story, in addition to being very curious about Yu Dong's identity and experience, Lu Ming and the others still couldn't grasp any clues, so they asked: "Old man, we have also heard the people in the village tell this story, but does this have anything to do with the old ghost we are looking for?" ”

Lao Liu Tou didn't speak this time, but took a few puffs of cigarette and waved his hand to Lu Ming and the others, obviously sending off the guests. After leaving the house, it was already completely dark, and several people had no choice but to find a place nearby to sit down and discuss again.

"This old man is really the same as what the village said, he likes to talk nonsense, we want to find an old ghost, he just told us a story, and buried it in his heart for decades, don't the people in the village know about it, there is an old fairy in their village, it is suspenseful, more than 100 years old can still be like 4, 50, this is still a person, I think it is old and immortal, isn't this a waste of time." Seeing that there were less than 4 hours left, Liang Hansheng, who had always been calm and gentle-tempered, couldn't help but scold.

But after hearing his words, Lu Ming's eyes suddenly lit up and shouted, "Yes! He's an old ghost! ”