Chapter 16: The Goddess
As I hurried away from the roadside bar, I glanced back at the flashing name on the sign: Sad Bar. I can't help but think, are the people who like to go in and out of this bar sad people?
When I got home, I cleaned the wound on the back of my hand and put it on with a band-aid so that I had time to look at my bag.
On the broken screen of the mobile phone, there are still bright red blood stains, it seems that I just moved too fast, and the back of my hand is scratched on the broken screen to cut, but why did Guo Lin flee in a panic?
Lying in bed, I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, there were so many things happening tonight, my heart was full of doubts, but I didn't know who to ask for answers, it was really uncomfortable.
Moreover, what happened tonight completely subverted what I had always thought of as an atheistic world, if there really are gods and ghosts in this world, will people really go to the path of yin and yang after death, that is, the legendary reincarnation of the netherworld?
I don't know the answer, I just think it's ridiculous, but I can't believe it, otherwise how can I explain Guo Lin's "resurrection from the dead"? How to explain her use of those boys and girls as her puppets for her own drive and for food?
That night, I was destined to be sleepless all night, and after dawn, I immediately called Shen Yi's phone, although she was not a normal woman, but the person I could confide in was maybe only her.
At ten o'clock in the morning, she came to my house slowly and logically with breakfast, but I didn't care about eating, pulled her to sit on the sofa, and first handed her the news of "Guo Lin's death" on her mobile phone. ”
I gave her a roll of the eyes, snatched back the phone by the way, and told her what happened last night with a solemn look, but unexpectedly, Shen Yi blinked a pair of big eyes and just stared at me, and didn't interrupt my words at all, I thought she was rare to listen to my words seriously, and I felt very comforted in my heart.
But when I finished speaking, she reached out to cover my forehead and asked suspiciously, "No fever?" Why do you talk nonsense early in the morning? ”
I looked at her in a frustrated state and just wanted to kick her out the door.
Suddenly, I regretted telling her these things, how could her kind of "two" personality help me answer my questions, or give me advice?
Seeing me slumped on the back of the sofa with a loveless appearance, Shen Yi rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "If you are really afraid, I can take you to a place, I heard that the ancestors of that family are all goddesses and are very famous." ”
"Goddess?" I was stunned for a moment, but I thought that today is a rare weekend, what must I do, in case Guo Lin suddenly appears again is not good for me, what should I do? You can't sit still.
So, Shen Yi and I drove to the place she said, which was the old town north of Nancheng, the houses were relatively old, and the early planning was not good, the roads were narrow, and it was extremely difficult to walk.
Shen Yi and I had to pull over her car on the side of the road and walk down the winding alleys of varying shades.
Along the way, I was anxious, but Shen Yi only complained that the road was difficult to walk, there were too many pedestrians on bicycles and skateboards, and she almost bumped into her several times, so angry that her face turned blue, and she didn't talk to me for a long time.
I finally found the place she said, this is a bungalow hidden in the woods, I stepped on the cement brick pavement and walked in, and saw a big blue tripod in the courtyard surrounded by red bricks, and there were a lot of incense inserted in the ding, some had just been lit, and some had already burned out or half left, and the green smoke curled up, and a strong sandalwood fragrance wafted out from the hall opposite, but there was also a bit of Xuanmen smell.
There were three futons in front of the Qingding, although they were dirty and couldn't see what color they were for a long time, but at this moment there were three women kneeling on them, clasping their hands together in front of the Qingding, their eyebrows were closed, and they bowed down devoutly.
I couldn't help but walk around the Qingding courtroom, after stepping over the high wooden threshold, as soon as I entered the room, I was shocked by the various Guanyin statues on the opposite case, they all had small incense burners in front of them, and there were incense worshippers in the furnaces. I looked at the walls on both sides, and the filthy walls were covered with all kinds of yellow runes that made vows to the gods, densely packed, and when a gust of wind blew, all of them whirring, and it was also magnificent.
Seeing that I was only staring at the environment when I entered the room, a big boy sitting at the square wooden table was folding ingots with gold and paper and took the initiative to ask me, "Hey, what are you going to do?" ”
I was drawn back by him, and I turned my head to see a blind old woman sitting across from him, with black hair fixed backwards with a black comb, a red face with only a few wrinkles, wearing a black retro-style suit, looking a little mysterious. The hands she put on the table in the shape of withered hands to fold ingots are very quick, and I can't help but have a little understanding of the profession of "goddess".
With a smile on my face, I walked over and asked, "May I ask if this is Granny Xue's home?" ”
On the way over, Shen Yi told me about the situation of this family, the current goddess is surnamed Xue, so the neighbors call her Granny Xue, it seems that the goddess is blind nine times out of ten, otherwise he can't do the difficult profession of blind fortune-telling and touching bones.
And the reason why Shen Yi knew about this family was also because one of her fox friends lost a lot of money last year and thought that he was haunted by the god of decay, so after asking someone to inquire about this family, he ran over and spent a thousand yuan to do a magic deed to drive away the god of decay, and please go back to a god of wealth. Since then, he has won every gamble and got all the money he lost, but he also listened to the god's advice to stop gambling, and everyone was happy.
Although I don't believe all of this kind of false rumors, but now that I see Granny Xue's appearance, I believe it a little.
Hearing my question, the blind woman stopped folding her hand and looked up in my direction.
Even though her eyes were closed, I had the illusion that someone was looking directly into my body, and I couldn't help but be surprised.
"Girl, you have been covered by dark clouds recently, and you must have been haunted by evil things." The next second, the blind mother-in-law's hoarse voice came into my eardrums, startling me.
I looked at her, as if to tell if she was really blind, why did I have the illusion of being stared at?
Seeing that I was silent, the boy who asked me was not very polite and asked again, "Hey, what are you here for?" Go out instead of asking God to worship the Buddha, don't waste time here. ”
"Dust, don't be rude." The blind mother-in-law scolded and stood up from her seat.
When I saw her walking towards me, I had to say, "I'm here to ask for peace, and it doesn't seem to be going well lately." ”
Behind him, Shen Yi's voice came, "Yun Ya, I didn't bring you to the wrong place, they all said that Granny Xue is very effective." ”
I glared back at her, Shen Yi stuck out his tongue, ran to me with small steps, and looked curiously at the blind mother-in-law opposite, looking at the appearance of watching rare animals, so angry that the boy next to him rolled his eyes, as if he wanted to sweep us away.
The blind mother-in-law ignored Shen Yi, and just said to me, "Girl, you provoked something that shouldn't be provoked." ”
"What's that?" I asked curiously.
"That thing is very powerful, and I can't know where it came from, but a blessing is not a curse, it is a disaster that cannot be avoided. It's just that fortunately, the girl came to me today, otherwise there would have been a bloody disaster in the near future. ”