Chapter 52: Encounter
Suddenly, Long Yang, who was lying on the straw mat, felt that someone was approaching him, and years of training had made him feel very sensitive, and he immediately bounced up from the ground and quickly prepared to deal with it.
Looking around, there was no one to see. Could it be that my perception is wrong, impossible, Long Yang immediately denied his suspicions, there must be someone. Since he didn't dare to come out to see me, then I'll wait for the rabbit. Long Yang pretended to be nervous, shook his head and continued to lie down, but his nerves were tense, and the corner of his eye closely watched the situation around him.
After a while, a figure appeared on Long Yang's right side again, slowly approaching Long Yang. The figure seemed to hesitate, taking a few steps forward and a few steps back.
Long Yang steadied his breath and never moved, he had to wait for the figure to get closer and see who it was before deciding on his next move. Long Yang could feel that the figure in the distance had been watching him. As ordinary people say, the sixth sense, which is people's advance perception of the unknown, is a person's natural ability. And this special ability of Long Yang, which can only be possessed after long-term training, is even more powerful than the sixth sense.
The figure in the distance finally made up his mind and began to move towards Long Yang, and when it was three meters away from Long Yang, Long Yang immediately jumped up and pounced on the figure.
The figure was frightened by Long Yang's sudden movements, and immediately flew into the distance.
It's flying, it's flying.
"Dog! Dog baby! Long Yang shouted loudly.
When Long Yang approached the figure, Long Yang saw the face clearly, it was the pale face of the dog baby.
When the figure heard Long Yang's shout, he immediately stopped, turned to look at Long Yang, and trembled.
"You, can you see me?"
"Dog, I'm Longyang, I can see you."
"Longyang! Whining! ”
Yes, that figure is the ghost of the dog baby, and the dog baby still maintains its original age, and the body shape has not changed from the time of death. Hearing Long Yang's voice, he couldn't control his crying.
Two good friends and good brothers when they were young, and finally met again a few years later, but they were separated by yin and yang.
"Long Yang, why did you see me?"
"It's a long story, but I was able to see ghosts when I was a kid. Let's not talk about this, how can you still exist in this world after several years? ”
The dog baby died when she was eight years old, and now seven years have passed, so it stands to reason that there is no point in existing. Although Long Yang didn't know where the ghost would end up, there was no need for the dog baby to continue to stay in the yang world.
"I can't leave yet, I haven't found my mom yet, I have to find her."
The dog's mother has been out looking for Jin Hai, but there has been no news, and now she doesn't know where she has wandered and whether she has come to her senses.
The two brothers asked each other about each other's situation, and first Long Yang briefly told the dog baby about his situation. Then it was the turn of the dog.
At that time, the ghost of the dog baby followed them to Pingxian, and later learned that his father killed him. In the face of such a fact, the dog baby is helpless, neither resentment nor revenge. It wasn't until after Jin Hai died that he followed Jin Hai's ashes back to the mountain village.
During the day, he can only live in an urn under the grave, and wander helplessly in the cemetery at night. He couldn't find where his mother went, but he had to wait for her to come back and see that she was safe before he could return with peace of mind, and that would be six or seven years.
Long Yang sighed at the obsession of the dog baby, and he didn't know how to comfort the deceased, the existing soul.
"I'm used to this kind of life now, I didn't expect you to see me and talk to me, I'm too late to be happy!" It was the dog baby who took the lead in breaking the sad atmosphere and said with a smile.
"Haha, yes, so am I!"
The two laughed together, and the laughter broke through the shroud of the night and echoed in the empty cemetery.
"You've grown so big over the years, and I'm still so young, you can't bully me." The dog baby said jokingly.
"How can I be, besides, I can't kick your ass if I want to, and when I am seen, I think I have a nervous attack." Long Yang replied with a smile.
The years of separation did not cause them a trace of estrangement, but became more intimate.
"By the way, dog baby, do you know when there is a landslide in the mountain village?"
"Of course I do. I was in a hurry to die, and I dreamed of it to my uncle Jin He, but he didn't believe it. ”
"Then have you noticed anything abnormal, such as the phenomenon of our mountain losing its vitality?"
Long Yang remembered that the dog baby had been staying here, since humans couldn't find more clues, could the ghost find more abnormalities. So Long Yang asked questions about this, hoping to know more about the situation.
"You can feel the passage of life too?"
"Yes."
"Long Yang, you are amazing. I'm a ghost, and my physical body is alive and dead, so I'm very sensitive to the passage of life. I have always felt that the vitality of the mountains is decreasing, especially at night, and the speed of disappearing increases. ”
"Great, dog. Do you know where the mountain is going? Long Yang asked anxiously.
"I was also very curious about this, so I went to the mountains at night to feel it, and after a month of careful experience, I was sure that the life of the mountain peaks around the mountain village was stolen." The dog baby said with certainty.
"What was stolen by someone?"
Long Yang looked even more anxious, after all, he was getting closer and closer to the truth of the facts. Seeing Long Yang's anxious appearance, the dog baby hurriedly said.
"It's as if there is a vein underneath that connects the five peaks and finally merges into one main vein. All the vitality flowed along this vein in the southeast direction, and I followed this vein to find it, but after reaching a mountain peak, I couldn't sense it. ”
"Can't sense it?"
Hearing the dog baby's story, Long Yang's heart also rose. It seems that the landslide was manipulated by someone, who actually has such great ability, as if there are such characters in mythological stories.
"Dog, which peak did you go to and lose your senses?" Long Yang came to his senses and continued to ask the dog.
"It's the one to the southeast. Oh, by the way, it's the one where Mr. Zhou died! ”
"The one where Teacher Zhou died?"
"Yes, that's it!"
Another shocking news, things that seemed unconnected before are now all involved. It's just that I don't know the reason for it yet, and I can't figure out what happened.
To the southeast, yes, the mountain peak is further southeast to the village of Li. Long Yang remembered the situation when he went to Li Village with Jin Shan, there was no one in the village, and the old locust tree was full of red cloth. Also, Teacher Zhou's death was discovered by Li Orion in Li Village, is there a connection here?
Countless questions kept rising in Long Yang's mind, seemingly interrelated and unrelated.
I originally thought that there would be no big harvest when I returned to Jin Village this time, but who knew that when I met the ghost of the dog baby, things would take a turn for the better. The matter of the cemetery has some eyebrows, and the matter of the collapse of the mountain and the cause of Zhou Lan's death also seem to have some clues.
Now, the mountains have collapsed, and the village has been covered, leaving no trace. The only place to check is Li Village, and in any case, you have to go to Li Village again after dawn.
Long Yang, who had made up his mind, no longer thought about these issues, and continued to talk with the dog baby about other things and the dog baby's future plans.
"I've decided that I'm not going to die here anymore, I'm going to go out and find my mother." Dog baby said.
"Yes, you shouldn't wait here, go out and look for it, I'll look for it with you, how about it?"
"Great, with you with me, I'm not alone and looking for my mom, hey! It's better to be a brother. The dog baby excitedly patted Long Yang's shoulder with her hand and patted it empty.
"The only thing that's not good, watching you eat, watching you drink, but I can't help it." After the dog baby finished speaking, he laughed.
"I also imagine that you don't have to eat and drink like this, like a fairy." Long Yang also replied jokingly.
The two of you have a word, and I have a word, and they will talk until dawn.
"Are you going back tonight?" Seeing that the hour had come, the dog baby was ready to leave.
"I was going to go back, but when I met you, I won't go back tonight. I'm going to find a way to get out of here with you. ”
"Okay, I'll look for you in the evening." After the dog baby finished speaking, he disappeared in a blink of an eye.
"Brother, I'll wait for you at night."
Long Yang simply ate some dry food and hurried to Li Village.
When he arrived at Li Village, Long Yang was dumbfounded. There is still no one in the whole village of Li Village, not only is there no one, but there is no one living in it for a long time. The houses in the village are dilapidated, the tables and chairs are covered with dust, and no one has lived here for at least several years. Long Yang inspected every house, every corner, and all the phenomena showed that they were uninhabited. Could it be that all the people in Li Village have also moved out of the village, or have they encountered some sudden changes?
The depressed Long Yang sat by the stone wall in the middle of the village, and there were more and more things that he couldn't figure out. Things have just come to an end, and once again they have lost the direction of their search.
Long Yang remembered the old locust tree and couldn't help but look in the direction of the locust tree. Suddenly, Long Yang stood up and ran quickly in the direction where the locust tree was before. The old locust tree is no longer in its original place, leaving only a deep pit there. When the people of Li Village left here, they also moved the old locust tree away?
There was no longer any value to be searched here, Long Yang left Li Village, passed by the place where Zhou Lan died, and paid a respect. The mountain peak is still the same peak, taller than before, the trees are thick and lush, and it is a picture of life.
Thinking of his mountain village, Long Yang had no intention of lingering on the scenery here, and returned to the cemetery of Jin Village again.
Throughout the afternoon, Long Yang no longer thought about all the things in the mountain village, but made a game and made a fire to roast it. Touching his waist, the flask he brought with him was still there, so he would take a good sip tonight. Hey, gluttonous dog.
"Oops, good food!" When it got dark, the dog came as promised.
"Here's it!" Long Yang raised the wine jug in his hand at the dog baby.
"Come on, come on." The dog baby took the wine jug in Long Yang's hand and took a deep sip at the spout.
"Stop pretending, give it to me." Long Yang snatched the flask and poured it into his mouth.
"Huh? How did wine become less alcoholic? Long Yang looked at the dog baby in a daze, as if he understood something.
"Can you really drink it?"
"That's right!" The dog baby said with a smug smile.
"You stinky boy, you can't waste the whole pot of wine!"
"Didn't I leave you some!"
The two of them were giggling and laughing, eating and drinking, lying side by side on the lawn of the cemetery, looking at the sky and counting the stars in the sky.