The poet asked me, "Why are you shaking?" ”

Yes, yes?

Hehe, I'm fine, I'm shaking, haha.

I tried to squeeze out a smile and then retort to his words, and the result of the long day was that I bit my lower lip and controlled myself not to cry.

"Dead man, I, I just seemed to have dreamed of something very bad."

I cautiously reached out and touched the back of his hand, then grabbed it tightly, as if grasping driftwood in the sea: "I, I'm a little ...... now." It's not very comfortable. "It's scared, scared.

He looked at me for a moment, and instead of showing disgust, he crouched down, pressed my head against him, and hugged me.

I couldn't hold it back any longer, buried my head in his arms, and wept and sobbed quietly, even if there were no tears.

When I woke up in the makeshift interrogation room, I guessed that everything that was happening in the field might just be a vision, maybe it was just a dream I had after I passed out at some point, and it was all fake.

But I was still afraid, too real, as if it had really happened, and I could still vividly recall the pain of the rice leaves cutting on my face, the tightness of the belt around my wrists, the terrible laughter, and the heaviness and despair of others pressing on me.

I didn't dare to show it in front of my grandmother, in front of Xiaobao, I had to be a strong mother, but only I knew how afraid I was that the men in the three fields would suddenly appear from behind and throw me down.

No one around me will be gone, no one will hear my cry for help, no one will be able to save me!

"You said it was a dream, don't be afraid." Qiu Shishi's slightly clumsy comfort, "I'm here, don't be afraid." ”

The last sentence exposes his proud nature.

I took a deep breath of the light sandalwood on his body, making me almost forget the smell of my face stuck in the dirt, and the fear in his strong and broad bosom faded little by little.

After coming back to reason, I felt a little embarrassed, I only felt happy when I howled and cried at him last time, not like now, a little embarrassed, pushed him away, I changed the topic and asked: "You suddenly ran into the field tonight, did you find something?" ”

"There is a little discovery, but," he said, sitting on the armrest, glancing at me lightly, "I noticed that there was something wrong with you, so I had to rush back." ”

I touched the back of my neck weakly, how did it sound like my fault?

"Then this thing ......"

"Your grandmother just told you to leave this alone, and you still ask?"

"Then didn't you ask me to give you a job, I don't understand what I want, how do I do things? You have to learn. I retorted unwillingly.

He sneered: "I'm glad you have this idea, but our department doesn't care about any homicide." ”

I also wanted to say that he took the first step to lift me up from the chair and half-dragged me to the bathroom door: "The most important thing for you now is to wash up quickly, and then get a good night's sleep, and wait for tomorrow, and then think about it." ”

Then, he pushed me into the bathroom.

When the water from the shower washed my body, I relaxed and felt more helpless.

After having that dream that happened in the field, I had a hunch that I couldn't stay out of it, whether I wanted to or not, and what I had encountered before.

……

I stood in the field again, looking at Uncle Damatsu who suddenly came out of the ears of rice, I turned around and ran, but I was pressed by him, struggling to escape, and was caught by the other two.

They covered my mouth and nose, and some of them took off my clothes and pulled my pants......

I struggled, struggled...... It's so uncomfortable, I can't breathe, I can't ......

"Banlan!"

"Banlan!!"

The sound in my ears was not the laughter of the three of them, and I woke up suddenly, and in the darkness, I saw a man sitting next to the bed, and I was so frightened that I wanted to turn over and run away, and the man turned on the light plugged in the head of the bed.

Although the light was dim, it was enough for me to see the appearance of the poet Qiu.

I gasped heavily, as if I was about to catch up from my dreams.

"Why are you here?"

"I heard you calling, so I'll come and have a look." His face was gloomy, "Dreaming? ”

I whispered "um", and it was half a loud sound, before I hesitated to tell him the scenes and things in the dream aggrievedly, how could I have such a dream for no reason.

After listening to this, he muttered slightly: "Perhaps, this incident really happened." ”

As soon as I heard this, he grabbed his pajamas in fear, and he patted me on the head angrily: "I mean someone else!" ”

I clutched my head: "It's like no one is going to take a fancy to me." "I'm used to retorting him, but if that happens, I'd rather no one look down on me.

"What the hell was going on at night, I mean, I went into that makeshift interrogation room."

"Do you remember what happened in there?"

“…… There was a play waiting with me, and when I was bored, she showed me a face, and suddenly the lights went out, and I saw a grimace, and then I somehow went to the field. ”

"She may just want to control you, and then through you, let me sense that you are in danger and come back quickly, who knows that you have shared memories again, in the yin and yang feng shui world, this situation is often called empathy."

You can perceive the other person's deepest memories and feel everything he or she had at that time, touch, hearing, smell, sight, taste, and emotion, as long as he (she) had it at that time, it would be truly presented.

So the drama I saw, she was actually ...... "ghost?"

"Let's sleep again." He didn't answer my question directly, and took out the jade bottle for me to take a sip.

I didn't refuse, and after drinking it, my cool body felt a little warmer: "What the hell is this?" ”

"No matter what you do, it won't hurt you."

He told me to lie down, then turned off the lights and prepared to leave.

My brain twitched and grabbed the hem of his clothes to prevent him from leaving.

He turned around and asked me what was wrong, I pursed my lips and didn't speak, I didn't let go of my hand, and after a stalemate, he spoke: "You, go to sleep." ”

I got up, flipped to the other side of Xiaobao, and watched him lie down in the position I had just now, and after making sure that he would sleep here tonight and would not leave, I closed my eyes without his urging.

When I reached out to hug Xiaobao, I touched his hand, relieved and tired, so I didn't want to move, so I was on Xiaobao, hand to hand with him, smelling the sandalwood, and falling asleep peacefully.

……

Since when I woke up in the morning, my parents were sleeping next to me, Qiu Xiaobao was very excited in the morning, so I made breakfast and helped my grandmother out to eat.

Wrap Xiaobao around the bib, hold him and sit on a chair so that he can eat well, and I will go to the courtyard to call Qiu Shishi and Hei Dan for breakfast.

He has a habit of morning exercises, and he gets up early, and when I wake up in a daze, he has already come back from a run around the compound.

In the yard, a man and a cat are facing each other.

"I didn't want to keep you for nothing." The poet of Qiu was coldly facing the black egg squatting in front of him, and when he heard this, he bared his teeth, as if to protest that it was forced to stay.

"I thought you were smart, but you were stupid." Qiu Shishi sneered, lowered his head slightly, squinted, and his gaze was fierce, "Do you think that if you are useless, I will still let you stay here alive?" ”

The hair on the black egg's back exploded, and he retreated while baring his teeth, obviously understanding the meaning of Qiu Shishi's words.

"Life or death, do you need me to help you choose?"

The black egg struggled to maintain its demonic momentum, but it lasted less than five seconds before it compromised and hung its head.

Qiu Shiren was slightly satisfied with this, and then said with forgiveness: "One year, I only need you a year." ”

Hearing this, the black egg raised his head.

"As long as you are dedicated, I will set you free in a year, and I will give you what you want, you go out of the mountain this time, and you will not hesitate to enter the world, don't you want that kind of thing."

Beat a stick and give a sweet date.

The black egg's eyes lit up.

Qiu Shishi half-crouched in front of it coolly: "How, this deal?" ”

The black egg said "haha" twice, I couldn't understand it, but Qiu Shishi nodded: "What I said is naturally true." ”

The black egg hesitated for a moment, then raised his left front paw, and the Qiu poet sneered, and also raised his hand and slapped his hands with it, even if it was a contract.

This is too humane, and I was seen to be able to get it, so I hurriedly shouted: "Hey, you two, are you still eating breakfast?" ”

……

All day today, the atmosphere in the village was not very good.

The police transferred from the city came several times to investigate and covertly visit, and I heard that the entire troupe was also ordered not to leave here for the time being.

I couldn't go anywhere all day, so I watched TV at home, whether it was my grandmother or the poet, no one mentioned it, as if they said that they didn't care, they really didn't care.

My cousin called me back and asked, and my grandmother sent him away with a sentence of "nothing to do with you", and he later called my mobile phone and asked me a few words, making sure that it was not "too big", and said that he would have to come back in two days and let me take care of my grandmother.

In the evening, my aunt next door brought some vegetables and fruits, and when I sent her out, I looked at the sunset that was about to go down and sighed that the day was going to pass again, and it was so calm.

Wind and rain, want to come?

Just at dinner, a guest came to the door, a village head, a village cadre, a very powerful official in the county, I met once a few years ago, and vaguely remembered that it was also when he invited the troupe during the festival in the village, he came to the scene, what is Gu Youcheng.

The last one turned out to be the boss of the troupe, who, as the old saying goes, is the class owner.

The first three came to the door, there may be something going on, and in the end, the class leader came with the three, how strange it looked.

Grandma was touching Xiaobao's head and kindly talking to Xiaobao about loving conversations, but as soon as the four of them entered the door, her face immediately pulled down.

"What are you doing here, I'm a peasant in the countryside, how dare I bother a few people to come to the door in person."

My grandmother's unwelcoming attitude made it difficult for me to entertain them, so after inviting them to sit down in the living room, I went back to the dining room connected to the living room and sat down next to my grandmother.

"Alas, sister-in-law Chen, look at what you said, you are still my elder according to your seniority, let's see what's wrong with you." The village chief played as far as he could, followed me to the restaurant, first showed my grandmother to let me and Qiu Shishi leave, and after my grandmother was unmoved, he could only resign himself to his fate to his grandmother's side, and discussed in a whisper.

"Sister-in-law, I can't help it, the official is crushing people to death, he wants to see you, I can't refuse, just take a look."

Grandma snorted coldly, put down her chopsticks, picked up the crutches that were placed aside, and was very angry: "I told you a long time ago, you can't take care of this matter, if you don't listen to it, it's your own business, don't bother me with this matter again, get out." ”

"But ......"

Gu Youcheng outside couldn't wait for the village chief to persuade him slowly, so he walked into the restaurant quickly, pointed to my grandmother and said, "As long as you have the ability to help me survive this catastrophe, I can give you whatever you want." ”

As he spoke, he looked at me: "This is your granddaughter, I know people in the city, as long as you help me, I can give your granddaughter a good future!" ”

Me: "......"

I don't know if I would be moved by this if I were someone else, but if I really want a good future, I just need to rely on my father!

However, my grandmother is a very low-key person, and the people in the village only know that my mother married into the magic capital, and they don't know who she married, and when my father and my mother came back, they were also very humble.

My grandmother snorted coldly: "Don't say that my granddaughter doesn't need it, even if she needs it, what she gets in this way is not a blessing, but a curse!" ”

She slammed her cane the ground.

"And what do you want?" Gu Youcheng was anxious, and said straightly, "What do you want to say directly, I'll get it for you, I just want you to save my life, aren't you fasting and chanting Buddha, isn't it also what you often say to save people's lives and build a seventh-level floating slaughter, now that people's lives are at stake, this is?" ”

"Yes, yes," the troupe owner who followed Gu Youcheng also said, he looked more panicked than Gu Youcheng, "This is a life-saving thing, you can't help but ......"

Grandma hummed and interrupted the master's words: "You have to pay for the sins you have created, and I will tell you honestly, I don't have that much ability, I can manage this matter, you should be smart." ”

The village chief asked in a deep voice: "Are you serious?" ”

Grandma folded her hands on the handles of her crutches and pursed her lips and said "um" uncomfortably.

"Okay, good," Gu Youcheng was so angry that he pointed to his grandmother's hands trembling, "Wait for me, I don't want to die, maybe you will die next, wait, old immortal." ”

When the four of them were leaving, the grandmother still kindly shouted to the village chief: "You have to insist on getting involved in this matter, there is a case, don't let your mother-in-law cry here with me!" ”

The village chief paused, but still invited Gu Youcheng out of my house.

I looked at my grandmother, who was still very angry, and then at Qiu Shishi, who was enjoying the soup all the time, completely undisturbed by the visitors, so I had to touch the curious Xiaobao's head: "Cough, I'm full, then I'll clean it up." ”

Qiu Shiren drank all the soup without wasting it, and then handed me the bowl, and my grandmother, who was still angry, finally smiled after "listening" to his actions, and patted Qiu Shishi's hand: "You are a good boy." ”

Hearing this, I rolled my eyes, but who knows, my grandmother actually slapped the table on me: "Girls, how can you do such an indecent action, it's not like words." ”

Me: "......"

My grandmother, who feels more and more blind, can see me?

……

When it was time to go to bed, Qiu Shiren went back to his room to sleep, and now I am back to my senses, and I don't need him to accompany me in the room...... So, it seems a bit scum?

Lost after use?

Coaxed Xiaobao to sleep, and then glanced at the black eggs curled up at the end of the bed, I turned off the light and lay down.

However, after tossing and turning several times, I couldn't sleep, and I felt uncomfortable with something pressing on my heart.

Gently getting up, he walked out of the room to go to the bathroom, but heard a small noise from the first floor.

It can't be a thief, right?

Quickly hid by the stairs, quietly looked down, there was a small light in the downstairs living room, who was hungry at night downstairs to find food, the light was not bright, but enough for me to see that the one who was holding a cane and slowly walked to the door was my grandmother.

I was almost stunned to see her expertly unlock the door and carefully close it when she went out.

It's so late, where is Grandma going?

Worried about my grandmother, I couldn't care so much, "pedaling" downstairs, opened the door and went out, trotted for a while and saw my grandmother's figure, and wanted to call her, but someone covered her mouth from behind.

The elbow hit back, and was easily stopped by the other party, and a familiar voice with familiar sandalwood came from behind him: "It's me!" ”

"Woo" twice, he let go of me, and I scolded him in a low voice: "What are you doing to scare me?" ”

He motioned ahead, and when I saw that my grandmother was about to walk out of my sight, I quickly followed, and then asked him in a low voice, "Why don't you let me call her?" ”

"Your grandmother chose to come out at this time, making it clear that she didn't want you to know about something, and if you want to know what she does, you can only come secretly."

Think about it too.

But: "What about you, why are you here?" ”

"My goal is probably the same as your grandmother."

My eyes lit up: "That's ......"

"Can't tell you."

I huffed and snorted, and then chirped: "Anyway, I'm following you, if you don't say it, I can know." ”

He curled the corners of his mouth: "Then you try." ”

followed my grandmother, and finally came to the cement field in front of the ancient house, in front of the stage.

Originally, I made an appointment to sing for three nights, but I only sang for one night and there was a murder, and now this place is blocked, what is my grandmother doing here?

Seeing my grandmother slowly walking up the stage from the simple wooden ladder, I cautiously approached and found that the police officers guarding there were leaning on the side and "sleeping", but the sound of my grandmother's crutches did not wake them up, and I suspected that they were actually unconscious.

The red curtain on the stage hung down, covering the inside of the stage tightly, at least standing in front of it, and my grandmother walked behind the curtain.

I was anxious when I couldn't see my grandmother, so I stopped hiding, and ran directly towards the stage, and when I was about to approach the stage, the top of the stage, and the first few lights suddenly turned on.

I was stabbed and closed my eyes, and when I opened them again, there stood a beautiful actor in front of the curtain, dressed in a beautiful costume, wearing a beautiful headdress, and wearing thick and colorful makeup.

It's the actor who served as Hua Dan last night.

She gently flicked up her long sleeves and hooked them on the crook of her other arm, striking a coquettish pose, like a painting.

The gongs and drums sounded, and the suona accompanied, and she began to dance.

Obviously there is only a small venue in front of the curtain, but she seems to be standing in the center of a big stage, she sang after a small dance, singing a part of the play she starred in last night, and she sang better than anyone who played last night.

The song is tactful, desolate and helpless.

However, she was the only one on the bright stage, and I was the only one under the dark stage.

She flicked her long sleeves, looked back, and looked at me fixedly, as if she had nowhere to complain about grievances and sorrows.

I walked uncontrollably towards her, and soon came to the edge of the stage, she threw her long sleeves down, and after I grabbed her, she pulled it, and I jumped on the stage with my strength.

Then, she took me and jumped up the section just now, my crotch swung with her, the orchid finger naturally compared, and followed her in a half circle coquettishly, she acted as a small student, wanting to make a false gesture from behind me.

When she was about to hug me, my eyes returned to clarity and I turned sideways and pushed her away hard!

Our chorus burst and stopped, and the music that kept filling my ears came to an abrupt end, and her expression changed slightly, and she wanted to pull me to continue dancing, but it was too late, just this small flaw was enough for the poet to break her illusion!

A wooden sword suddenly plunged in from the void, and only the blade was visible, but the hilt and the person holding the knife were gone.

The blade turned, and with a stroke, in front of me was a huge piece of drawing paper, which had been torn in the middle, torn again, and restored to its original appearance that had been blocked by the drawing paper.

The lights went out, or never turned on, and all the music stopped, and suddenly it became silent from the bustle to the daz.

Qiu Shishi appeared in front of me with a wooden sword in his hand, and at our feet was a torn piece of painting paper scattered on the ground, and I could barely make out that what was painted on it was the scene from the curtain of the stage to the part of the stage below.

As I watched, the broken paper spontaneously combusted and burned out in an instant.

There was a sound of breaking the air in my ears, and Qiu Shishi grabbed me by the collar and pulled me behind him, and the wooden sword slashed down simply and rudely without any fancy movements.

I only heard a scream, when I turned around, I saw that Hua Dan covered her hands and retreated, she looked at us anxiously, and then looked at the curtain behind her, I don't know what she felt, there was a trace of sadness in her expression, and then she waved her long sleeves and fled.

Qiu Shiren did not chase, but walked to the curtain with a heavy face, he had a lot of strength, and with a strong pull, he tore off the curtain that was several pounds thick.

A man hanging behind the curtain is completely exposed.

Even if he was hanging, he was tied into a kneeling position, and he still had no clothes on his body, and the man's two taels of flesh were also worn off, and the wounds were pasted.

There are also the same seven iron nails, and the thread that binds him is wrapped around the iron nails, which means that as the rope shakes, the iron nails grind in his flesh, and the pain can be imagined.

How much did the people who killed him hate him?

Drop by drop, the blood was dripping down like rain, and soon a puddle of blood formed on the ground.

His eyes were wide open, and the pain of dying had made his eyes bulge, and he was looking in my direction.

Perhaps, he had just heard movement outside the curtain, and he prayed that someone would come to his rescue, even if it would be good to help him get rid of him, but he was suffering from severe pain in his body little by little, and died of excessive blood loss.

Just, less than a minute ago!

I know this man, and I just met him at dinner.

Gu Youcheng, who held an official position in that county!

I covered my mouth, I couldn't believe that this person was really dead, and I was in a trance for a while, and I remembered that my grandmother had also walked behind this curtain before, so what about her?

I didn't care about being afraid of a dead person, so I walked around the entire stage, except for a few large boxes and props temporarily placed here, a few bamboo poles to support the ceiling, and a few decorative cloths and background cloths, there was no one on this stage except me and Qiu Shishi.

What about my grandmother, did she get off the stage from somewhere else?

"Who's up there?"

Just as I looked around the outside of the stage, including the field, I took a serious look, there was no grandmother, I was going to open a few large boxes to see, suddenly a flashlight light came up, and a strong male voice scolded.

I looked in the direction where the flashlight was coming from, and on the side of the stage, in the small open space near the old house, stood a man, slender, trained to stand, and a little handsome.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?"

He asked sharply, and approached the stage, and the light of the flashlight was also shining everywhere, as if to check what we were doing, and then, that light, found the hideous Gu Youcheng!

"Boom!"

The flashlight fell to the ground.

……

The peaceful village was in a commotion again, and many village cadres and elders hurried over overnight with their coats on, their faces even more solemn than last night.

After all, died a person with status.

The two police officers who had passed out also woke up, and in the chaos, Qiu Shishi and I were taken into custody as suspects.

I don't care about any of this, I just want to know where my grandmother went, I specially called the neighbor's aunt and asked her to go to my grandmother's house to have a look, but my aunt only brought me Xiaobao and Black Egg who woke up, and my grandmother didn't go back.

On the big night, where did she go, or did she say...... She's also in danger?

"You say, you came out tonight for the same purpose as my grandmother? What exactly do you want to do? I asked in an eager tone.

"Just trying to confirm one thing."

"Is that confirmed?"

He looked at me and didn't answer.

But I realized that he had been with me until now, and it was me who was haunted by that drama ghost, and he had no time to confirm anything in order to save me.

If I hadn't delayed him, maybe he would have been able to stay with my grandmother, and my grandmother would have been fine with him.

In the final analysis, it was I who delayed him and affected my grandmother!

Why should I chase it out, knowing that I am easy to attract ghosts, wouldn't it be fine if I didn't follow my grandmother?

"If it's me," Qiu Shishi said, "I will follow, after all, it's my grandmother, it's my own relatives, and I can't be indifferent." ”

He glanced at it: "This is human nature, and it doesn't mean that if you don't follow her tonight, nothing will happen, and your self-blame is meaningless." ”

I glared at him sadly, can't I say something nice to comfort people?

When the police questioned me, I followed Qiu Shishi's instructions, except for the part about the drama and ghosts, and told the truth, including that Gu Youcheng came to my grandmother in the evening, saying that his life might be in danger.

Although my words made my grandmother the biggest suspect, they were able to concentrate their police forces on my grandmother, however, I waited until dawn and did not hear anything from my grandmother.

Qiu Shishi and I were released on bail, but as suspects, we couldn't leave Lichun County for the time being.

When I returned to my grandmother's house, I squatted on the ground weakly at the thought that there was no grandmother inside.

"Your grandmother is fine." Qiu Shishi said, "If nothing else, I can tell you for sure that she is alive now." ”

I looked up and looked at him aggrievedly.

He glared at me helplessly, then bent down and pressed my arms on both sides, lifted them up like a doll, and then put them on the sofa, Xiao Bao ran to pour me a glass of water, and personally held it in front of me, and the black egg jumped next to me and lay down cross-legged, and the long tail swept on the crook of my arm, and the single sofa was half squeezed by it.

It remembered who had given it food for the past two days.

I held the water and looked at the poet with a blank eye: "Now that I'm at home, can you tell me what do you know?" My grandmother, what the hell was she going to do last night? Didn't she say that she didn't care about it, how could she still ...... appear at the scene of the murder.

"Your grandmother is here to save people."

"Save whom?" It can't be Gu Youcheng, right?

"Murderer!"

I was stunned, I didn't expect to hear such an answer: "She, why did she ......"

Thinking about it again, I stood up with a "swoop" and flipped the black egg next to me over: "In other words, the murderer probably knows where my grandmother is?" Who exactly is the murderer? ”

"How do I know that?" Qiu Shiren sat down on the chair next to him, "I should have been able to see it last night, but I didn't see it?" ”

I felt weak again, and I stiffened my neck and said, "Then you must have some clues, right?" ”

"Instead of asking me for clues, why don't you think for yourself." He nodded his temple, "Use your brain, don't let it rust." ”

"But I ......"

"Ban Lan," a smile hung on the corner of his mouth, but it made people feel very serious, "If you want to save your grandmother this time, you have to rely on yourself, I won't help you unless I have to." ”

"You ......"

"It's time for you to learn to grow," he sat in a lazy position, his eyes sharp and I couldn't stop it, "I've thought about letting you avoid trouble, but it seems that you can't avoid your relatives, so why don't you face trouble?" This is a great opportunity, I can watch you right by your side, and everyone in the special department can be in charge on their own. “

"I haven't even agreed to go to the special department." I murmured, under his gaze, defeated.

I had to force myself to calm down, calm down, and think back to all the things that had happened in the past two days.

First of all, when everyone was watching the play, Da Song didn't know when he got under the stage and was killed by cruel means, and then at dinner the next day, Gu Youcheng and the boss of the troupe found his grandmother and asked his grandmother to save her life, but her grandmother didn't help, and said those confusing words.

There must be something to do with this, but the troupe owner said that it was the first time for him to perform here?

He's lying?