Chapter 21: The Four Return to the West
It turned out that when the last round was played, the big bell in the chess and card room suddenly struck twelve times, and the four girls all looked at each other with strange faces, but they still quickly divided the cards in their hands. Their enthusiasm for playing cards did not stop because of the sudden ringing of the bell, when the boss of the dealer skillfully played the first card, a blood-red "West" appeared on the chess table.
Then, the second girl, the third girl, and the fourth girl, each of them unconsciously played a blood-red "West" card, that is, four blood-red "West" cards appeared on the table at the same time. Seeing this scene, the four girls looked at each other and shuddered, how could the four "Wests" appear at the same time so coincidentally? As card players, they are not alert at all.
Anyone who has played mahjong knows that there are many taboos when playing mahjong. For example, you can't pat someone on the shoulder, wash your hands when you're winning, turn off the mahjong lamp, sit on the top of the beam or in front of the toilet, etc. And now the evil card that appears in front of the four girls is the taboo "four people return to the west", which is a very unlucky card, and it is said that four people will die together when they play such cards.
The big bell in the chess and card room rang strangely again, no more, no less exactly twelve times, as if to remind everyone of the arrival of Halloween, and as if to predict their imminent death. The four girls were frightened by the blood-red "West" plaque and the bell, and as the bell rang, they let out an oozing scream. Immediately afterwards, all four of them jumped up from their chairs in a panic and retreated as if they had encountered a poisonous snake, all of them trying their best to avoid the four evil mahjong tiles.
There was a loud bang, and the mahjong table with mahjong fell to the ground, and the mahjong tiles printed with blood-red patterns were scattered all over the ground. The things that everyone knocked over in a hurry were far more than what was in front of them, they smashed the mahjong lamp hanging above their heads that could not be extinguished, and a black Buddhist shrine standing side by side with the big bell behind them.
The Buddha statue in the shrine was torn apart, and the black and broken body of the Buddha statue, the shattered light bulb, and the mahjong tiles printed with blood-red patterns were mixed together on the coffee-colored wooden floor, which looked like a murder scene, which made people feel extremely frightened. Hearing the sound, the owner of the chess and card room who rushed out of the back room suddenly burst out with a scream, he stomped his feet anxiously and angrily, and shouted in his mouth: Sin, sin, you really made a big mistake, and you will be punished for smashing the Buddha statue!
The girls trembled even more when they heard this, and finally the boss mustered up the courage and stammered the whole story. When the owner of the chess and card room knew that they had played the evil card of "Four People Return to the West", and the big bell in his house rang strangely twelve times, his body trembled involuntarily, and he was trembling and unable to speak.
"You guys, do you know why when people play mahjong, there must be a mahjong lamp around? You have destroyed the lamp and the Buddha statue! The owner of the chess and card room asked tremblingly, and the four girls shook their heads in confusion, although they love to play mahjong and know the taboo of playing mahjong, but after all, they are still young and do not know the reason behind the taboo.
"Girls, there are all things to pay attention to, you see playing cards in a brightly lit home or restaurant, there must be a bright mahjong lamp around, because mahjong can't be played in a dark environment! Legend has it that this mahjong tile was originally a game to play with the help of yin spirits, and in order to win in the game, players will unconsciously add their souls to the card in the process of playing cards. The lit mahjong lamp is like a demon subduing demon "Haotian Mirror", which can illuminate the evil spirits around the mahjong tiles, so that they can not come out to do evil, and prevent the players from having accidents when playing cards, so as not to happen too terrifying. I offer this Buddha in the chess and card room, and it is the same reason, but now, now, you are the cards of the four people returning to the West! ”
The girls were even more panicked when they heard the boss tell them what the mahjong lamp was really for, so they explained that when they played the "Four People Return to the West" card, the lamp had not been broken, and the Buddha statue behind them was still in the shrine. So they don't understand why the big bell chimes and why there is such a strange coincidence in mahjong tiles.
"Are you four girls sure that the light is really not extinguished? While you're playing cards? The owner of the chess and card room asked anxiously, the four girls looked at each other, and they all shook their heads one after another, and no one dared to say that the light was on when they played cards, because they didn't pay attention to the light at all, but subconsciously felt that it should be on.
"Alas, you are just young and ignorant, do you know what the ghost moon means? That is, on the first day of the seventh lunar month every year, the underworld will open the ghost door and release a large number of ghosts, and the ghost door will not be closed until July 30. Those who die normally can be reincarnated and then return to the world. However, those who are guilty of great sins and die unexpectedly are lonely souls and wild ghosts who are not accepted by the big temple and left by the small temple, and these ownerless lonely souls will wander the world, harass the living in the world, and when the ghost door is opened on Halloween, they will go around looking for a substitute to let people die. Therefore, the yin energy is at its peak during this time of year, and people should avoid going out at night to avoid being attacked by the yin energy. ”
The owner of the chess and card room pointed to the tables, chairs and Buddha statues that fell to the ground, and continued to the four girls: "Girls, I opened a chess and card room to do a side business, people are old and superstitious, and I believe that the Buddhist scriptures say that if someone destroys the Buddha statues, demolishes the temple and beats the monks, it is a very serious crime of five rebellions and ten evils, and after death, I will definitely fall into the infernal hell, and I will not be able to return to the world for thousands of eons. Today, you will pay you back the activity fee, although I love money, I also know that some money cannot be taken! ”
The owner of the chess and card room insisted on returning the money paid by the four girls, and he was a person who offended the gods on Halloween, he would definitely suffer retribution, and advised those girls not to think he was superstitious, and it was best not to go out in the recent period, and try to hide in the dormitory to avoid trouble, after saying that, he blasted the four girls out of the chess and card room and closed the door heavily.
In the middle of the night, the four girls who had caused a big accident and encountered something were trembling nervously, they had no idea at all, so they had to listen to the words of the owner of the chess and card room, and returned to school together with trepidation, hiding in the dormitory in fear. In the next period of time, the four girls lived very carefully, usually when there was no class, they would not even go out of the dormitory door, and even the eldest who often did not live in the dormitory returned to the dormitory.