Old man Zheng poked his head with his finger, revealing an expression of hatred for iron and steel: "If you hadn't been greedy at the beginning, there wouldn't have been so many things in the village." ”

The other party seemed to be very afraid of Old Man Zheng, and Old Man Zheng poked out all the marks on his forehead, but he didn't say a word, just lowered his head sullenly, and his eyes kept falling on the ground.

I asked Old Man Zheng, "What did he do?" ”

Old man Zheng sighed loudly: "Alas, isn't it for fortune that you raised a little ghost in the treasury?" But what kind of ghost is that, it's clearly a terrible ghost, in the end, he made some money, but our village can suffer! ”

I vaguely felt that there was a story in Old Man Zheng's words, and I might not be able to finish one sentence or two, so I interrupted him in advance: "This person is in the shoe business, right?" ”

Old man Zheng smiled coldly: "He is not just in the shoe business!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the owner of the shoe store slowly raised his head and shouted at Old Man Zheng: "Shibo! ”

Seeing his embarrassed look, it seemed that he didn't want Old Man Zheng to continue.

Old man Zheng said sullenly: "Don't call me Shibo, I don't have a nephew like you!" After saying that, he let out another long sigh, and then he fell silent.

Seeing that the owner of the shoe store and the old man Zheng were all sullen, my heart suddenly became a little bottomless.

Just now, I thought that Old Man Zheng might have just finished the lame foot that appeared outside the courtyard gate, but now that I saw the owner of the shoe store, I realized that the person last night should be him.

But last night, the people in the village were obviously all gone, why did Old Man Zheng seem to have nothing to do at all. Also, why did he appear here, how did he meet the shoe shop owner here, how did he know that Mrs. Wang would be a corpse, and where did he learn that there were ghosts hidden in the warehouse.

What exactly did the shoe shop owner do, why did he show up here last night, and what exactly was his intention?

A long list of question marks kept flashing in my head, making my head swell.

After a long period of silence, Old Man Zheng suddenly pointed to the courtyard gate of Mrs. Wang's house, and said fiercely to the owner of the shoe store: "Go, remove the door of my house, install it for Mrs. Wang's house, and move the bed in the north bedroom by the way, and then put the sheet over." ”

The owner of the shoe store looked at Old Man Zheng in a daze, and did not respond for a long time.

Old man Zheng was anxious when he saw his dizzy appearance: "Hurry up, when everyone in the village gets up, things will not be easy!" ”

The owner of the shoe shop said "eh", took the crutches from Old Man Zheng's hand, and turned around and walked towards the east of the village.

I can't trust Old Man Zheng and the shoe shop boss from the bottom of my heart, I'm afraid that as soon as the shoe shop boss leaves like this, we won't be able to find him again.

After standing there and pondering for a while, I taught Li Huaishan the hammer and said to Li Huaishan, "I'll go over to help, and you are waiting for me here." ”

After speaking, I glanced at Old Man Zheng again, and Old Man Zheng waved his hand at me: "Okay, you go, my old arms and legs won't make trouble for you." ”

I didn't talk nonsense to him, turned around and chased after the shoe shop owner who was about to walk to the intersection.

To be honest, I really don't feel at ease to let Li Huaishan and Old Man Zheng be alone, after all, no one knows whether this Old Man Zheng is good or bad, and what ability he has.

So I handed over the hammer to Li Huaishan before leaving, and if he encountered any danger, the cat might not be able to protect him, but at least it could play a role.

The owner of the shoe shop, though lame, walked not at all slow with a cane, and I followed him all the way, through seven or eight intersections in a row, and finally came to a small hill at the east end of the village.

On the left side of the mountain bag is a river with little water, on the right side of the road, there are no other buildings on either side, and the brick houses on the mountain bag are so lonely under the early morning sky, showing a quiet temperament isolated from the world.

I can roughly see that the trees that focus on the soil bag seem to be arranged by us in some special pattern, and it is precisely because of the existence of these trees that the feng shui trend around the soil bag has been changed.

I've only read some Feng Shui classics, but I'm not very proficient in Feng Shui, so I can't see what the specific Feng Shui here is, but I just feel that in addition to the normal Yin and Yang Da Qi, it seems that it is difficult for other Qi fields in the outside world to rush down the hillside to the brick house, and when I step on the hillside, I even feel that there is some kind of power repelling the evil qi on my body, as well as the yin qi entrained on the Netherworld Treasure.

It's just that this force is so weak that it's negligible.

Along the way, the owner of the shoe store didn't talk to me, and it wasn't until I was about to reach the top of the mountain that I asked him, "Does Uncle Zheng usually live here?" ”

He nodded, and gave a muffled "um", even in response to me.

He had the key to Old Man Zheng's house with him, and as soon as he entered the courtyard door, he quickly rushed into the kitchen, took out the tools used to dismantle the door from the kitchen cupboard, and briefly told me that there were two beds in the north bedroom, one white and one black, and asked me to move the white one out.

Seeing that the owner of the shoe store looked familiar with the road, he was obviously very familiar with Old Man Zheng's house.

At present, time was relatively tight, and I had a lot of questions in my mind, but I did not have time to ask, so I immediately rushed into the north bedroom, and saw two beds standing near the east wall, one painted with black paint the color of coal, and the other painted white.

The black one was placed directly opposite the window, and the white bed was placed in the darkest corner of the room.

These two beds, from the color to the furnishings, must be exquisite, but I can't see what is exquisite, I can only move the white bed according to the intention of the shoe store owner, before going out, I also rummaged through the cabinet in the north bedroom, and picked up a white sheet from it.

When I returned to the yard, the owner of the shoe store had already removed the courtyard door, but he was too weak to seem to be able to hold the heavy door panel, I stood at the door, he struggled to hold the door panel with two hands, while turning his head and frowning at me, as if considering whether to let me help lift the door panel.

I walked up to him, stared at the courtyard door with my feet, and gave him the white sheet, and finally grabbed the latch, lifted the door panel, and walked down the hill.

The shoe shop owner sighed behind me, also carrying the toolbox, limping after him.

Seeing that it was almost half past five, the shoe shop owner and I finally returned to Mrs. Wang's house, and while there were still no pedestrians on the village road, the shoe shop boss hurriedly took out the tools and planned to install the courtyard gate.

When I kicked the door last night, the shaft came off the wall and cracked in the battlement, and if I hit the nail on it now, the wall would probably collapse.

Originally, I wanted to remind the owner of the shoe store that it was best not to rush the hammer, but before I could speak, Old Man Zheng waved his hand at me and said, "You don't have to worry about him, he used to do this." ”

He probably saw me take two steps towards the shoe store owner and thought I was going to come up and help, so he said such things to stop me.

Although Old Man Zheng and Li Huaishan have been safe and sound during the time I left, I still can't trust him, and I don't want to have too much trouble with him, so I nodded and quickly pulled Li Huaishan into the mourning hall.

After entering the house, I handed over the arrangement of the spiritual bed to Li Huaishan, walked to the Xuanfang alone, and dialed the phone number of Gaidong.

To be honest, I didn't want to contact him, but the appearance of Old Man Zheng and the owner of the shoe store completely disrupted my position, and I felt that there was something that I still needed to check with Gai Dong.

Gai Dong probably hasn't gotten up yet, and the beep on the phone has been turned into a busy tone and has not been connected.

I hesitated, but finally decided to call again, and this time I waited not long before the call was connected.

There was a noisy wind on the mobile phone first, and after a short while, I heard Gai Dong speak: "Why are you calling so early, it should be only five o'clock in China." ”

I reflexively asked him, "Are you going abroad?" ”

Gai Dong: "I'm at sea, tell me something, I'll have no signal in a while." ”

I said, "Do you know what happened in this village where Lao Hu lives?" ”

Gai Dong was silent on the other end of the phone for a while, and then he asked me, "Did you just get there?" ”

"It's been two days."

"You've been there for two days and you still haven't figured out what's going on? Have you seen Lao Zheng? ”

I felt that my thinking and Gai Dong's thinking might not match, and it would only delay time if I continued to talk like this, so I asked Gai Dong how long the signal on his side could last.

Gai Dong said that optimistic estimates should be possible to support for nearly an hour.

I felt that I had enough time, so I briefly sorted out my thoughts and talked about what had happened in the last two days in general, along with my suspicions about Old Man Zheng and the owner of the shoe store.

After listening to my words, Gai Dong asked me in a very shocked tone, "You really have no experience at all?" ”

I felt a hint of ridicule in his tone, and I couldn't help frowning: "What do you mean, where do you see that I'm inexperienced?" ”

Gai Dong coughed twice on the other side of the phone, and only said after a short while: "Dude, I didn't say you, I really didn't do anything like you." You don't know what's in the storeroom, so you stick your head out and dig into it, what if you can't handle it? ”

I pursed my lips and didn't speak.

Gai Dong continued: "When you enter the village, you have to inquire first, understand the situation in general, and then think about what to do next." Unless you ask around, no one knows what's going on in the storeroom, or no one really wants to tell you that you take another risk and go to the storeroom to see what's going on. ”

I immediately replied: "I inquired, just the fat man who went to Lao Hu's house to ask for debts, he told me everything." ”

Gai Dong sighed and said, "You also inquired?" Nonsense, isn't it! Okay, we're the same generation, and I don't want to condemn you, it's weird and unsightly. You should also find out now, walking outside, no experience is not good, take advantage of this year to travel outside, you can save well. ”

(End of chapter)