During the day, Chen Tao arranged the dead bodies in the yard, and the old water ghost went out with the big black dog, not saying where to go, just saying that the two of us would wait with peace of mind, and he would be able to rush back before dark.

I found that when Chen Tao was arranging the dead body, his face, which had always been expressionless, showed a rare unspeakable emotion when moving a male corpse.

I didn't pay much attention to the man's corpse.

Although the body was swollen in the water, the face was not damaged, and it could be seen that he was in his fifties, wearing an old black tunic on his body, and the leather shoes under his feet were still there, but the clothes on the other corpses were not so intact, it could be seen that this was the old water ghost, or Chen Tao did it on purpose.

Could it be that this person has anything to do with Chen Tao?

After looking at it for a while, Chen Tao arranged the corpse in a way that seemed to be disorganized, but actually took care of all the corners of the yard, either horizontally or lying, before it got dark.

"Are these all given to you by the old water ghosts?" Tong Xiaomeng stood aside and asked.

Chen Tao nodded and did not speak.

"Why did you want to learn this in the first place? Is it to earn money for your mother's medical bills? Tong Xiaomeng continued to ask.

Chen Tao glanced up at her, turned around and walked out the door.

"How did he ......?"

I shook my head and interrupted Tong Xiaomeng.

When it was dark, the old water ghost came back with Chen Tao, with a long black whip in his hand, which was not ordinary at first glance, although the sun was close to Luoshan, he could still see the whip glowing with green light, and with a fishy smell of the river, it penetrated into the nostrils.

The big black dog behind him stopped after reaching the door, and stood majestically outside the door, like a door god guard, which made people feel a lot more at ease.

After the old water ghost entered the door, he first checked the position of the corpses one by one around the courtyard, and with each step, the whip in his hand would be thrown into an arc in the air, exploding with a crisp sound, and then slamming into the ground.

The long whip smashed to the ground, dusty and crisp.

Listening to it in my ears, it was like an empowerment, and the dull mood suddenly disappeared after a few whips, and Tong Xiaomeng and I glanced at each other, and we both saw incredible looks in each other's eyes.

"Go inside and sit down."

After the old water ghost finished his work, he walked into the door with a whip in his back hand, and Tong Xiaomeng and I followed, but when he saw Chen Tao standing at the door, he asked, "What about him?" ”

The old water ghost didn't reply and said, "He also has his own sins to atone for tonight, and like you, he is going to cross the catastrophe." ”

Tribulation?

Tong Xiaomeng and I looked at each other, and after walking into the house, the old water ghost made a big bowl of tea, poured a cup for each of the three of them, and said, "It may be a little cold tonight, so drink tea first to warm up." ”

The large bowl of tea that was freshly brewed by hot water does not have the sweetness of tea, but it has a strong momentum, and people who drink a bowl and sleep lightly basically don't have to sleep at night.

After a night of tea, the sky was already completely dark, the old water ghost lit the river lamp, put it on the table, the shadowy light and shadow, reflected on the faces of the three people, made people a little trance for a while, and couldn't tell whether the current moment was a dream or reality.

"The Yellow River Niangniang has been a resident of both sides of the Yellow River since ancient times, in order to keep the feng shui peaceful and put into the river, sacrifice to the Yellow River King of the woman, although it is a tragic death in the river, but after all, it also represents peace and tranquility, in the minds of the people, she has always been a symbol and hope of good weather, if it is not for the irreversibility of yin and yang, in fact, even if you marry her, there is not much harm."

Listening to the old water ghost suddenly talk about this, I had an inexplicable foreboding in my heart.

The old water ghost didn't look at me, and said to himself: "But if the Yellow River Niangniang goes ashore, as far as this matter itself is concerned, it has already violated the Yin and Yang Avenue of Heaven and Earth, the river is rising, and the flood is bound to swallow the lives of many innocent people, so I have to fulfill the promise I once promised to the people of Baobao, guard the peace of the riverbank in this area, and no longer allow accidents in the river." ”

"But things have come to this point, what are we going to do tonight?" Tong Xiaomeng couldn't help but ask.

The old water ghost took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Bow first and then soldier, if you can't salute again!" ”

I was stunned, what kind of fucking logic is this, it means to talk about the conditions first, and if you can't get along, you will fight, and then talk if you can't fight, but after defeating, talk to someone, then it's not called talking, but agreeing to the unequal treaty proposed by the other party.

But at this point, there was no other better way, so he asked, "What conditions do you want to make with her?" ”

The old water ghost shook his head: "What we can get in our hands, the Yellow River Niangniang naturally can't look down on it, so we can only put forward our requirements to her first, and then see what conditions she proposes." ”

"But ......"

Tong Xiaomeng had just spoken, when she suddenly heard a strong wind blowing outside the door.

Woowoo......

It was like a ghost crying wolf, one after another, desperately slamming the door panel, as if there was a ghost calling the door outside, which made me think of the night when Niu Er Pao died.

"So fast?"

I saw that Tong Xiaomeng's face was pale, and I hurriedly asked the old water ghost.

But he shook his head indifferently: "It has nothing to do with you now, it's Chen Tao's baby, and I'm going to live my own calamity." ”

"His robbery? What calamity did he have? ”

After asking, I thought of the male corpse, so I asked in a low voice, "Could it be that the male corpse in the courtyard is Chen Tao's ......?"

The old water ghost nodded: "Well, it's Chen Tao's biological father." ”

Really......

I took a deep breath, no wonder at first glance the two faces were somewhat similar, and Chen Tao, a person who had no feelings for the living, how could he be inexplicably moved by an irrelevant dead body.

"Chen Tao is a hard-working man...... the old water ghost sighed, "First my father drowned in the Yellow River, and then my mother became seriously ill, so I had to join the water ghost sect, but who wants to do this business?" ”

"It turned out to be a real father."

And at this moment, there was a whistling outside, and then I heard a long cry, the cry was painful, and it was blown into the crack of the door along the wind, which moved the listener, and listening to the voice, it should be Chen Tao.

I remembered that the corpses in the yard, it seems that only Chen Tao's father's body was placed at the gate, and Chen Tao's so-called catastrophe tonight would never want his father to block this catastrophe for us first.

Thinking of this, I immediately didn't calm down, and hurriedly asked the old water ghost for a clear answer, but fortunately, the old water ghost said that Chen Tao's matter had nothing to do with me, Chen Tao's father met the corpse hugging boat when crossing the river, and was grabbed and dragged into the river by the dead.

I was shocked when I heard this, I didn't expect that many accidents would be pressed on such a boy who had just graduated from high school, and at the same time, the fear in Tong Xiaomeng's eyes turned into pity, so I asked, "Then what are you doing tonight?" ”

The old water ghost said: "Chen Tao wants to get rid of yin qi with human nature, let all the grievances on his father's corpse vent on his body, extinguish his grievances with filial piety, and let his father completely transcend!" ”

While speaking, the wind outside was even better, because the music was mixed with the roar and curse of a strange man, as if all the unfair things in the world happened to him, that kind of resentment and anger directly affected the minds of the three people in the room, but what was even more moving was Chen Tao's cry.

That's heartbreaking.

In the crying, the trauma and grievances in his heart are far better than the physical pain, he is crying, he is shouting, as if to vent all the grievances and unwillingness that have been suppressed in his heart over the years, the two voices are mixed together, and the wind and clouds change color, and the world is moved.

"He, can he really hold on?"

Tong Xiaomeng trembled and said the question in my heart, but the old water ghost shook his head and said: "All heaven and earth have their own fixed number, Chen Tao has practiced water ghosts for so many years, in order to atone for his father today, if he can move the world with filial piety, he will inevitably break through today's limitations, and the future achievements are limitless, but if he fails, I am afraid that everyone in the house tonight will be difficult to see tomorrow's sun." ”

As soon as the old water ghost's words fell, there was a sudden silence in the house, and I was stunned for a long time before I reacted, and the wind outside stopped.