Chapter 44: Burning (1)

I have been waiting downstairs in Building No. 6 of the Sixth Village of Workers and Peasants, and in about a blink of an eye, the thin man and Ma Yibing arrived. I looked at the time, and it had been an hour since the skinny man called me, not in a blink of an eye as I felt. The hand holding the lighter was numb from maintaining a position for a long time, but the lighter in my hand still had the same cold touch as it had at the beginning, and it was not heated by my body temperature at all. I don't know if it's a lighter problem, or if I'm blowing cold air downstairs and my body can't get hot in the first place.

The thin man was holding a transparent plastic bag, and by the light of the street lamp, he could clearly see the dark cloth inside. Ma Yibing was carrying an iron bucket and a bottle of cooking oil, a few steps behind the thin man, his eyes staring at the plastic bag in the thin man's hand, and he was on guard.

"Let's go." I moved my fingers and felt a soreness.

The thin man's face was sweaty, as if he was facing a great enemy, and he turned his head and beckoned Ma Yibing to hurry up.

Ma Yibing probably didn't know why we came here to burn the kimono, and he didn't bother to think about it, and the kimono that appeared after burning it alone took all his attention.

When the thin man went upstairs, he told me how they found the kimono.

In fact, it cannot be said that it is "found".

When they arrived at the drama academy and entered the club office of the drama club, they saw the kimono in the room where the props and costumes were stored. The kimono hangs on the shelf, side by side with the other clothes of "Big Family", as if no one has touched it.

The thin man had the courage to carefully inspect it, and there were no burn marks on the kimono, which was intact, and as Chen Xiaoqiu once said, the materials were exquisite, the craftsmanship was exquisite, and it was very well preserved. The kimono looks like a work of art stored in a glass case, rather than a costume hanging in a student club.

The thin man asked Ma Yibing to find a plastic bag and clothes to put up. When he started it, he was afraid that the kimono would react, who knew that the kimono was just like ordinary clothes, he pinched his hands, and all the way over, nothing unusual happened.

"By the way, I asked. Starting from that Fan Wen, the drama "Big Family" has been performed by the drama club four times. ”

I paused, "Four times? ”

"Well, that means ......" the thin man bared his teeth.

In other words, there may have been four people who died before, and if Zheng Xiaorui is counted, it is five, which is exactly the same as the number of people I saw under the cherry blossom trees.

But it doesn't seem to be that way.

I shook my head.

The three went up to the sixth floor.

Ma Yibing shuddered, and finally remembered to ask a question: "Where are we going?" ”

The thin man and I didn't answer, and went straight on.

The lights in the corridor here are not on, I don't know if it's broken or ghostly. We all thought it was broken and pretended to be calm and turned on the phone lighting.

The light flickered, and Ma Yibing saw Aoba's sign, and asked cautiously, "There are masters here?" ”

The thin man and I still wouldn't answer him.

The thin man waited for me to open the door.

I stopped before the key was inserted into the lock, and hesitated to knock on the door twice.

The thin man was startled, and Ma Yibing was also stunned.

"What are you knocking on?"

"You drove it here?"

The two asked very different questions, and in very different tones.

The thin man was frightened, and Ma Yibing was surprised.

I waited for a while, but no one answered the door, and naturally no one came to open the door for us, so I opened the lock and said, "That...... I came in. ”

The thin man was even more scared, he was not afraid of the kimono, he hugged the kimono in front of his chest, and shrunk his body like a little girl, "Hey, hey, Brother Qi, what are you doing!" ”

Squeak –

The door opened, and the noise was slightly louder, probably because the surroundings were too quiet.

Both of them were striking.

"Come in." I took a deep breath and took the lead in the office.

The office was quieter than outside, and there was no sound at all. I glanced around, but I didn't see anyone, and I didn't know whether I was disappointed or happy.

Ma Yibing came in directly, and the thin man was furious by my actions, and he seemed more timid than Ma Yibing at this time.

"Hurry up! Don't delay! I whispered to the thin man.

With a generous and righteous expression on his face, the thin man took a big step into the office.

"The door is closed." I said again.

"Why don't you leave it on?" The thin man consulted with me and pushed the door wider so that he could escape.

"Don't talk nonsense!" I scolded again.

The thin man looked at me suspiciously, and after looking at me for a long time, he didn't see any results.

I walked over and closed the door.

The thin man was startled and dodged me two steps.

"Bring the bucket and clothes." I reached out to the two of them.

Ma Yibing wanted to end this matter quickly, but he was very cooperative with me.

The thin man gave me the kimono.

I poured oil on my kimono and threw it into an iron bucket. That lighter has been pinched by my palm, I don't know what kind of ghost thing it is, I can only pray that it will come in handy, burn the kimono clean, and stop being a demon. After praying, I recited Amitabha Buddha in my heart, talking to myself and talking to the kimono, and exhorting it to ascend to bliss as soon as possible and not to cause harm to the world.

As I spoke, I turned on the sterling silver lighter, and the flames jumped out, and the warm light added a little warmth to the cold and dark space.

When the kimono touched the flames, it burst into flames and turned into a ball of fire, which burned very quickly.

"Is that all right?" Ma Yibing laughed dryly and asked the two of us.

The thin man grimaced, "How did that Lan Lan burn it?" ”

Ma Yibing's smile froze on his face, "Yes...... I heard that it was a match...... Just burn ......"

"Just burned, with no ashes left?" The thin man asked again.

Ma Yibing panicked.

It's okay not to want this kind of thing, and when you think about it, you feel that something is wrong.

The kimono is not paper, but even the paper has ashes, so how can it burn so easily?

"Maybe it's a special material...... Ma Yibing thought about it for a long time, and then came up with such a reason.

The thin man probably wanted to say something like "ghost material", and as soon as he opened his mouth to reveal a mouth, the fire in the iron bucket had already burned out.

There are several layers inside and outside the kimono, and it is a big one, even if the oil is poured, it doesn't burn so quickly.

Ma Yibing himself didn't believe the nonsense he said about "special materials", but he didn't believe in other "truths" either, and said eagerly: "When it's burned, let's go!" ”

The thin man glared at Ma Yibing, "At least wait, it will come back again......"

Before I could finish speaking, I felt a yin wind blowing past me. I raised my hand abruptly, and my arm went straight in a circle, grabbing it behind me.

Both the thin man and the horse soldier were frightened by my actions, and the thin man took three steps back directly, far away from me.

I was carried sideways by that arm, looking in the direction of my own arm. My hands were in a fist position, which I should have exerted strength, but I didn't feel it at all.

Just as the thin man and Ma Yibing were about to ask, something appeared in my clenched fist.

It was a black piece of cloth, and the cloth expanded and grew in my hands, turning into the shape of clothes, and the cherry blossom trees gradually appeared from the crown to the roots.

The thin man and the horse soldier gasped frequently.

I couldn't make a sound at all, because I could see that the kimono that I had pinched by the collar was not hanging down like normal clothes, but standing upright in the air, as if inside the clothes......