The three of them left Lao Tian's house and went straight to the small temple along the asphalt road.

After walking not far out of the village, he vaguely saw the outline of the small temple on the side of the road in front of him, and at this moment, Qiang Shun suddenly whispered, "There are two red lanterns hanging at the entrance of the small temple." ”

I turned my head at the same time as Second Brother Yang, and glanced at him suspiciously, the small temple was dark at this time, how could there be any red lanterns at the door, but at this time, Qiangshun's yin and yang eyes were open, he said yes, there must be, but I don't understand what it means to hang two red lanterns at the door.

I hurriedly asked, "Is there anything else at the door besides the lantern?" ”

Qiang Shun shook his head, "It's too far away, the lantern is not lit, what else...... It doesn't seem to be a grin. ”

I nodded, and the three of us continued towards the small temple, but the next step was cautious, because the lantern at the door meant that the inside of the small temple was not empty.

When he was approaching the small temple, Qiang Shun suddenly stopped, stared at the door of the small temple, and whispered to us: "There is an old woman kneeling at the door, a ghost. ”

I was stunned for a moment, the ghost of the old woman? Still kneeling? What does this mean? I looked at the door, of course I couldn't see anything, the door of the small temple was still dark, but the door seemed to be open, I was a little envious of Qiangshun's yin and yang eyes at this time, and asked, "Is there anything in the door?" ”

Qiang Shun shook his head again, "If you can't see it, you can see that there is light inside." ”

The three of them cautiously approached the small temple a little closer, came to the left side of the small temple, forcibly raised their hands and took the arms of the two of us, and came to the back of a big willow tree on the side of the road. In fact, it's the same whether we hide it or not, for ghosts, it's not you who look at it, but the yang energy on your body, especially me, they don't need to look, they can be noticed from afar, at this time hiding is the same as covering your ears and stealing the bell, but Qiang Shun wants to hide it with him, even if he wants to give him a peace of mind.

At this time, Qiang Shun held the tree with both hands, poked half of his head and looked at the small temple, and after a while, he whispered: "The old woman got a lantern down at the door." ”

"What is she doing with lanterns?" I'm a little confused, this old woman is a ghost, take off a lantern at the entrance of the small temple, what does this mean? Don't say that she is a ghost, even if she is a living person, it will be blasphemous to pick up the things in the temple casually.

I whispered to Qiang Shun, "What did she want to do with the lantern?" ”

Qiang Shun looked at Xiaomiao and replied: "She blew out the lantern, and reached into the lantern to dig out something...... Take it out! Qiang Shun said, glanced back at me, looked horrified, and said: "She took out one of the two paper figures you sealed the ghosts of Lao Tian's father and daughter from the lantern." ”

Hearing Qiang Shun say this, I was stunned for a moment, this is fresh, the paper man who sealed the ghost was in the lantern, who stuffed it in?

I pointed to the door of the small temple and said to Qiang Shun: "Don't look at me yet, look there." ”

Qiang Shun twisted his head back, and after glancing at the small temple, his head turned back again, and asked me in shock, "Where did Xiao Tian come from?" ”

Where do I know where to go? I watched Qiang Shun lick his lips, Qiang Shun twisted his head back, looked at the door of the small temple and continued: "Xiao Tian knelt down and kowtowed to the old woman. Saying that, Qiang Shun seemed to be looking back at me again, I hurriedly stretched out my hands and pressed his face from behind, "You wait until you're done and then look back, just now because you turned around, Xiao Tian didn't know where it came from, and you will look back after you've finished reading!" ”

After a while, Qiang Shun said again: "The old woman pulled Xiao Tian up from the ground, and the two of them kowtowed to the temple again......

Then he said, "After knocking, the old woman hung the lantern at the door again...... The old woman took Xiao Tian and walked east. ”

At this time, I asked, "Is the lantern still lit when I hang it back?" ”

Qiang Shun shook his head, "No." ”

I immediately understood, at this time, who stuffed Xiao Tian's soul into the lantern to make a wick, no need to ask, in the other lantern, it must be Lao Tian, but, at this time, the paper man with their father and daughter is no longer an object in the yang world, otherwise I won't be invisible after the old woman took the paper man out of the lantern, it is estimated that this is all done by the fairy family in the small temple, the old woman kowtowed just now may be begging the fairy family in the temple, and the fairy family can't stand the old woman kowtowing, so he promised to release Xiao Tian's ghost from the lantern.

I patted Qiang Shun and Second Brother Yang on the shoulder, and whispered: "Let's go, let's go to the temple and have a look with the immortal family theory inside." ”

Second Brother Yang, who hadn't spoken for a long time, said at this time: "Brother He, is this appropriate?" ”

I said: "What's suitable or inappropriate, the two paper figures sealed with Lao Tian's father and daughter were originally mine, and they were stolen by the immortals in this temple, and it was not appropriate for me to find him if I stole my things." ”

There is a way, one side of the water and soil to raise one person, one side of the gods also manage one side of the people, after all, Brother Yang is a local, more afraid of the local immortals, I am not the same as Qiang Shun, outsiders, barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes, besides, the fairy family in this temple did take away my things without greeting, it is it the first.

The three of them turned out of the willow tree and came to the gate of the temple, and the temple door was indeed open, and it was still wide open, as if they knew that we were coming, and deliberately opened the gate to wait for us.

Standing under the eaves, I looked at the two eaves of the door, and under the eaves near the doorway, there were two old iron hooks on one side of the rafters, and two old iron hooks could be faintly seen on the two rafters, one on each side, as if it was used to hang lanterns, but I could not see the lanterns on them.

Qiang Shun was looking at the rafters on our left at this time, and I asked him, "Is the lantern hanging on these two iron hooks?" ”

Qiang Shun nodded, "The lantern on the left is still on, and the inside is ...... The shiny stuff inside looks like a paper figure. ”

I nodded and asked, "Can you take this lantern off?" ”

Qiang Shun glanced at me and said, "Huanghe, why are you stupid, we can't touch the things in the underworld." ”

I smiled and said, "The paper figure lit up inside should be Lao Tian's ghost, and now it has become the wick of the lantern. ”

Qiang Shun asked, "Then who do you say the old woman will be?" ”

I shook my head, "Don't talk about that yet, go into the temple and have a look." ”

At this time, the temple was dark at least, and the three of us took out our own lighters and played them, and by the light to see, the temple was no different from when we came during the day, but on the offering table in front of the dilapidated mud statue, there were actually two more wax tables, which were not available during the day, and there was a red wax inserted on each wax table, and I walked over and lit two candles.

The two candles are much brighter than the lighter in the hands of the three of us, I found at this time, under the two wax tables, there is also a note pressed, the two notes are picked up and looked, it is two sentences, very much like a couplet, these two sentences I still remember vividly, the first sentence is: "Heaven is difficult to tolerate evildoers", the second sentence is: "The underworld does not accept dead ghosts", very much like a couplet, that is, there is no horizontal criticism, if you add a horizontal criticism, I think it should be "Heaven and earth have a lesson".

The meaning of this couplet will be clear to anyone who reads it, but until now, I haven't figured out what this couplet meant when it appeared in the temple, was it for me? Tell me that God can't tolerate an evil doer like me? But have I ever done evil? Is it for the world to see? But this kind of small temple that has lost its incense, who will come, and besides, the note has been given to me again, can the world still see it? To say that this couplet is a metaphor for the affairs of Lao Tian's family, this rhetoric is also a little too angry, and there is no need for such atmospheric words for this little bit of things in Lao Tian's family.

I rolled the two slips of paper into my trouser pocket, looked up at the worn-out clay statue in front of me, and said to it, "You stole our paper figures and returned our notes, what do you mean by you?" ”

The mud fetus stood there with his hands on his chest and looked up at the sky, ignoring me.

By the light of the candle, I looked around the small temple again, and finally looked at Qiang Shun, who immediately shook his head at me, but there was still nothing in the temple.

The three of them went out of the small temple again, and as they walked past the eaves, I glanced at the iron hook on which the lantern hung on the left side of the door, and suddenly I had an idea, stopped, and stirred my tongue lightly in my mouth, stirring a mouthful of spit. Living people can't touch the objects of the underworld, but it's not really impossible to touch, it depends on whether you know how to touch it, although I can't see the lantern on this iron hook, but I spray it with this mouthful, and the lantern must fall from the iron hook.

Immediately, I put a lot of effort into my mouth, and I was just about to spray the spit on the iron hook, when suddenly, there was a string of "giggles" sneering, as if it came from above the small temple, empty and terrifying, I was suddenly startled, and sprayed the saliva on the ground.

Qiang Shun and Second Brother Yang were so frightened that their faces turned pale at this time, they moved a few steps to the side, and stood beside me, I pulled them out of the eaves of the small temple quickly, and turned around to look at the roof of the small temple.

There was nothing, and I looked at the sky around our heads, it was pitch black, and there was still nothing, and the weather was not very good that day, there were not even a single star in the sky, and the whole black cloth felt gloomy all around.

Qiang Shun asked me in a trembling voice: "Huang He, did you both hear that laughter just now?" ”

I nodded with a serious face, and Second Brother Yang trembled and said, "I'm scared to death, Brother He, let's go back." ”

I glanced at Second Brother Yang and said, "Second Brother, don't be afraid, I'm here." ”

Second Brother Yang asked, "Brother He, what did you say was laughing at just now?" ”

I shook my head, "I didn't hear it, it's not human anyway." ”

Second Brother Yang's face changed again.

I looked back at the hook on the lantern on the left side of the temple gate, and said to myself, "Is there something that doesn't want me to move this hook?"

Loosen up Qiang Shun and Brother Yang, I walked back to the eaves of the small temple, and stirred a mouthful of saliva with my tongue, making a gesture to spray, but my ears were straight and straight, if I really didn't want to move this hook, laughter might still come, this time I want to listen, where did this sound come from!

However, after a long time, the laughter did not sound again, and I turned my heart sideways, I told you not to laugh, and sprayed my spit on the iron hook with a "poof".

Qiang Shun asked me at this time: "Huanghe, what are you doing?" ”

I didn't answer, but turned around and asked him, "Do you see if the lantern has fallen off the hook?" ”

Qiang Shun looked at the hook, and then at me, with a blank expression, "The lantern is long gone." ”

I hurriedly asked, "When did you not see you?" ”

Qiang Shun said: "When you walked over, you didn't see you, neither of you saw you." ”

I immediately gritted my teeth, turned the tiger away from the mountain, laughed and deceived us, and took the opportunity to get the lantern away, my spit was in vain, I originally wanted to get the lantern down, and then put away the ghost of Lao Tian.

After thinking about it, I asked Qiang Shun again, "Just now you said where did the old woman take Xiao Tian to?" ”

Qiang Shun replied: "I went east." ”

I said, "I shouldn't have gone far yet, catch up and have a look!" ”

After speaking, I came out of the eaves and turned around and walked east, but after walking two steps, Second Brother Yang caught up and grabbed me, "Brother He, I'll forget it, let's go back." ”

I glanced at Second Brother Yang and said, "Second Brother, if you don't figure things out today, if you don't figure it out today, you will die in the future, Qiang Shun and I plan to leave our factory in the past two days to find work elsewhere, if we leave, what will they do if they go to the factory again?" ”

Second Brother Yang suddenly smashed his mouth.

The three of them chased eastward, and they had not walked a few steps, when suddenly, from behind us there was a string of laughter, which made us all have goosebumps, and before we could turn back, there was a loud flutter, and something seemed to fall behind us......

(Thanks to the 100 yuan red envelope for "dry chewing pickles".) ）