Chapter 11 Conversation
The fat man was injured and did not follow, so I went up the hill alone, and walked along the bushes at the west entrance for about ten minutes, and I saw a wooden building about four or five rooms large.
The first feeling that the wooden building gave me was weird, the kind of weirdness that I can't say, and I don't know if it's a psychological factor or the decoration style of the wooden building itself, I always have a gloomy feeling.
I walked to the door of the wooden building and stepped on the weeds that were scattered all over the ground. It looks like no one has repaired it, it's like a haunted house where no one lives, it's a mess.
I walked to the door and tried to knock, but it didn't close at all, and as soon as my hand touched it, it opened with a babbling sound.
The dust kicked out and I couldn't help but cough a few times. The light inside was dim, but I could barely make out the outline of what was inside.
The first thing that caught my eye was a black and white photo on the wall of the hall, which seemed to be a long time ago, but what surprised me was that there were five people in the photo, and the heads of four people had been cut off, but only one person was left intact, and when I saw it, it was the father of the Huo family.
Cursed Games? Thinking of this, my pores enlarged, and this man's life story seemed to me to be an unattainable mystery.
Walking down the corridor, I saw a shrine with a statue of a bodhisattva on it, and a pile of tributes in front of it. The smoke of burning incense lingered in my vision.
"You're here."
At this moment, I suddenly remembered a hollow sound in the room, which startled me. It was the man's voice!
"Don't be nervous, don't you want to know about your grandfather? Just ask whatever you want. The voice continued.
"Before I don't know where you came from, I won't easily believe what you say, don't pretend to be a ghost, come out for me!" I looked around warily.
The voice sighed, and then, a wooden door in front of me suddenly opened, and a person walked out of it, it was the father of the Huo family.
His old face was facing me, and he looked at me with incomprehensible eyes, and sat down at a wooden table not far away with a pot of tea in his hand.
"Sit down."
I hesitated for a moment, then sat down.
The father of the Huo family poured two cups of tea, one in front of me, and made a gesture.
I glanced at him, didn't touch him, just asked, "Who the hell are you?" ”
He: "I'm not saying it, I'm a grave keeper, and our Huo family has been doing this for generations." ”
"Then why are you the only one left in your Huo family? What about your children? ”
When he heard this, he suddenly smiled, at first it was a dry laugh, then it became a big laugh, and then it became a wild laugh, very mad.
"Children? I'm a bad old man, where do I have any heirs, and I will always be a lonely person until I get old. ”
I looked at him calmly, my face calm: "You're lying." ”
"Oh?" The Huo family's father's laughter stopped, "How do you know that what I'm saying is a lie?" ”
"Photos. The photos on the wall, although the heads of the remaining four people have been cut out, but in terms of height, they are much younger than you, about seven or eight years old, and no one will hang photos that are irrelevant to themselves in the most conspicuous place, that can only be your children. ”
The Huo family's father's expression was obviously sluggish for a moment, and then he laughed again, which was a wry smile: "That's right." You're right. I do have four sons. ”
"Then why did you cut out their profile picture?"
"That's because...... I don't want to reminisce. The Huo family's father's eyes suddenly stopped being so deep, and were replaced by a kind of sadness and melancholy, "My four sons died twenty years ago. ”
I looked at him and listened to him continue: "Twenty years ago, there was a very severe cold disease in the village, and my four eight-year-old sons were unfortunately infected with this disease, and the communication in the village was very backward, and there was no health station. I, I could only watch the four of them die one after another. If they're still alive, they'll be bigger than you. ”
Me: "Then why don't you go to the city and find a place to settle down?" Why bother here to reminisce about old wounds? ”
The Huo family's father sighed: "Have you heard of the ghost door being opened?" ”
I was stunned and shook my head.
"You have also heard of Xiaowu Mountain, it is a mountain in the underworld, and the mausoleum of General Huo Buxi is buried there, and the tomb has a seal, which is sealed with countless Yin soldiers. On the eve of Halloween, the ghost gate of the underworld will be opened, the seal will be loosened, and the yin soldiers inside will come out, come to the yang world, and attach themselves to the body. The possessed man is just like the one you saw last night, the corpse is transformed, and the face is born with a bronze mask. ”
"Is there no way to save these people?"
"Yes." The father of the Huo family looked at me and wiped his neck, "Kill him, he will be freed." ”
He paused and continued, "Every time Halloween is celebrated, I will enter Xiaowu Mountain and redraw the seal to ensure that the Yin soldiers are sealed. ”
I seemed to have guessed something, and said to him, "Has my grandfather also entered the little black mountain?" ”
The father of the Huo family nodded: "Your grandfather Wang Changsheng is my friend, he begged me to take him into the mountain, I agreed, but then we lost contact in the mountain, I have been looking for him all these years, but he has not heard from him after all." But before he went in, he commanded me that if his sons came here, they must not be allowed to enter the mountain. ”
"Why?"
"That's your grandfather's will, maybe he doesn't want you to know what's hidden inside."
"I'm going in! Excuse me, you must take me in. I pleaded with him.
He still shook his head and sighed: "If you have any strengths and weaknesses, your father will be very sad." You don't know that pain. ”
Let's talk about it. So he got up and went into the house, and closed the door bare.
I looked at the door, not sure what to do next.