"Feng Yuan, you must remember that your surname is Ma, and your name is Ma Xiaoyuan."

Looking at the old moss-covered walls of the house, my ears rang again with what my grandmother had told me. Over the years, I have forgotten a lot of things from my childhood, but I have never forgotten what my grandmother told me. Not only did she tell me that, but she also told me not to easily show that I knew metaphysics, yin and yang, feng shui, and other things, and understood the messy charms she taught me.

As soon as I reached the door, I heard a terrible cry coming from my grandmother's room.

"Mom-"

"Heelian—"

I heard screams, and my salute fell to the ground with a pop, and my feet crackled and I walked into the room. When I entered the door, I found my grandmother lying motionless, her face withered on the bed, her eyes motionless at the door.

I know my grandmother is gone. She must have been looking forward to my return, or she would have been looking at the door as she lay dying. It's just that her unfilial grandson just doesn't know how to go faster, as long as she walks faster, her grandmother will be able to see the grandson she has been thinking about for a long time.

I cried, and I cried, and I cried and cried, and I cried so much that I was unconscious.

When I woke up, I was lying in a side room on the left side of the hall, no one was around me, and the room was empty. I could hear a lot of movement in the hall, and I slowly rolled over and got out of bed, and slowly walked out of the room. I saw that my grandmother had been buried, and her kind portrait was hung in the center of the mourning hall, and the incense burner and offerings were placed on the table of the Eight Immortals in the center directly above.

The custom of Xiwang Village is that after the death of a person, a piece of feng shui treasure land will be arranged by the earth immortals, and the auspicious day for burial will be adjusted, and then the Taoist priest will be asked to recite the scriptures and recite the text to bury the deceased. My uncle told me that my grandmother would be buried in two days, in Shuilong Canal. Shuilong Canal I know, it is a feng shui treasure shared by Xiwang Village and Dongwang Village, and the deceased people of Dongwang Village and Xiwang Village over the years are buried here.

I walked to the mourning hall, put a stick of incense on my grandmother, and looked at my grandmother's portrait, and the memories of my childhood once again floated in front of my eyes.

Why did the villagers insist that Grandma was a ghost at that time? Why is the death of my parents the most taboo thing for the villagers of Xiwang Village? And if it is a ghost, how can a grandmother who knows metaphysical feng shui be haunted by a ghost?

Grandma, why are you in such a hurry? You've been looking at the door when you're dying, you must have something to say to me, right? What exactly are you going to say? Grandma, please forgive your grandson for being unfilial, your grandson can't see you for the last time, your grandson is sorry for you, grandma.

"Go and rest in the side room on the right, your relatives are there, and they want to see you." My uncle told me.

As I approached the side room on the right, I found that the relatives I knew and I didn't know were there, and when they saw me come in, they looked at me strangely and kindly. I walked over to my grandfather and sat down, his face haggard and older than I had imagined. When he saw me, he beckoned me over, and his two dry hands held my right hand tightly, and he wept silently.

"Grandpa, I'm sorry." It took me a long time to spit out five words.

Grandpa said: "Good boy, it's good to come back, it's good to come back." "In my grandfather's heart, as long as I come back, he will be very satisfied. Although I didn't see my grandmother for the last time, he didn't blame me either. My grandfather, like my grandmother, loved me very much.

I sat down next to my grandfather, and my grandfather said, "Xiaoyuan, you haven't come back for so many years, do you remember them?"

To be honest, among the people in the room, I only remember my grandfather, and no one else remembers. My grandfather introduced me to the relatives in the room one by one, and all of them came to greet me, and I was a little overwhelmed.

A short time later, a young man in his twenties with a beard on his face walked in the door and shouted my name when he saw me. I looked at him in disbelief. He came over and patted me on the shoulder and kept asking me if I recognized him, and I couldn't figure it out for a long time. I still asked my grandfather for help, and my grandfather told me that he was Chen Mo, my childhood best playmate Chen Mo.

I had just recognized Chen Mo, and the two were about to chat for a while, when a handsome, well-dressed man with black-framed glasses suddenly came in at the door.

Chen Mo shouted at him, "Lin Hai, Feng Yuan is back, here." "I just learned that he was Lin Hai, and he was also my best friend when I was a child.

I said hello to Lin Hai, and in the course of chatting afterwards, I learned that Chen Mo was now doing a livestock wholesale business at home, while Lin Hai was working as a surgeon at the county people's hospital. We chatted for a while, and Chen Mo called me and Lin Hai to their house and continued to chat and play cards.

I met Chen Lin again, but Chen Lin seemed very shy and chatted with us very unnaturally. I found that not only Chen Lin, but also Lin Hai around me was like a different person, which was very unnatural. And Chen Mo didn't notice it at all, and said a lot of things.

We were chatting while drinking, and when we were chatting happily, Chen Mo's expression suddenly changed, and he said, "Xiaoyuan, why haven't you come back once in all these years?"

I replied, "My aunt and uncle won't let me come back." ”

Chen Mo said: "If they don't let you come back, you won't come back?" The legs are on your body, you are so big, you come back secretly, and they don't know it!"

I admit that Chen Mo is quite right. Saying that my uncle and aunt would not allow me to go back to Xiwang Village was actually an excuse for me. I was so fascinated by the outside world that I almost completely forgot that there was such a small village in my heart. And in this village, there are my grandparents who love me the most and are waiting for me to come back.

Chen Mo glanced at Chen Lin and motioned for Chen Lin to close the door, and after Chen Lin closed the door, Chen Mo, Chen Lin, and Lin Hai glanced at each other and nodded, as if they were making up their minds. When I was about to ask, Chen Mo said: "Xiaoyuan, I don't know if there is something to say, don't worry after I say it!"

I nodded, motioning to Chen Mo but saying it was okay.

Chen Mo said: "Don't you think it's a bit strange that your grandmother died?"

Died a strange death? These four words were instantly deeply imprinted in my mind, and I did not speak, but chose to listen to Chen Mo's words quietly.

Chen Mo continued: "Three days ago, Lin Hai and I also saw your grandmother, she was very healthy, she didn't look like she was sick at all. But early the next day, the news came that your grandmother was seriously ill. You also know that now Uncle Chen and Lin Hai are doctors in Dongwang Village and Xiwang Village. They are a Chinese medicine practitioner and a Western doctor, and because Uncle Chen's reputation in the village is too high, Uncle Chen is the first choice. ”

"Lin Hai and I arrived later. When we arrived, your grandmother was already lying in bed in a state of anger. A tattered bloodstained garment was also thrown on the floor. Although your grandfather and Uncle Chen tried their best to cover up for your grandmother, I still found that she had a deep wound on her neck, and the bloody clothes on the ground also fully indicated that your grandmother was seriously injured, not seriously ill. ”

When I heard this, I exclaimed, and I was very shocked.

Chen Mo glanced at Lin Hai and said, "Lin Hai, you were also at the scene at the time, did you say this is the case?"

Lin Hai nodded, proving the authenticity of Chen Mo's words.

Chen Mo said: "Xiao Yuan, I know that you may not be able to accept this matter when you just come back, but if you don't say it, I feel that I don't want to go in conscience, your grandmother was very good to us during her lifetime, especially saved my life." You can't just let your grandmother die like this?"

I said to myself, "How so? Didn't my uncle ask?"

Chen Mo said: "Your uncle must know something, but not completely. In recent years, the people in the village have become more and more strange, and the younger adults have gone out to work. Those who remained were some old and weak women and children. Not angry at all. Moreover, in recent years, many of the livestock raised in the village have died inexplicably, which is too weird, really weird. ”

I already had a small guess in my mind, but I didn't dare to say it explicitly, and asked, "Why is this happening in the village?" Don't the old people in the village give an explanation?"

Chen Mo sighed and said, "Now there are not many old people left in the village, and it is estimated that those who know a little truth will die, and they will be crazy." ”

I tried hard to recall the scene back then, and the names of Chen Tianding and Meng Po flashed in my mind, and asked, "Grandpa Chen Tianding from our village and Meng Po from Dongwang Village, how are the two of them now?" They should know something, right?"

Chen Mo replied: "Chen Tianding died three years ago, and his death was also very bizarre, although his son has always covered up the cause of Chen Tianding's death, saying that he died of a violent illness. However, everyone in the village knows that Chen Tianding fell to his death in the thatched pit when he got up in the middle of the night to go to the thatched house. It is said that the person carrying the coffin at that time could clearly smell the smell of feces in the pit. ”

Chen Mo's words made my heart even heavier, and my eyes were firmly fixed on Chen Mo.

"What about Meng Po?"

"Meng Po?" Chen Mo stopped talking, and said to Lin Hai, "Lin Hai, you are from Dongwang Village, you know better than me what happened to Meng Po now, you can tell me." ”

Lin Hai paused before saying, "Meng Po, she is not dead, but she is already crazy." I can be sure that she is really crazy, I have tried Meng Po countless times, she is not pretending to be crazy, she is really crazy. ”

"And where is she now?"

"She has been living in the water dragon canal in the back mountain now," Lin Hai said, sighing, "The water dragon canal is full of graves, Meng Po seems to like to be with those graves very much, and she also built a thatched house next to her and lived in it." ”

I know that although Meng Po is the god of Dongwang Village, she has always loved and cared for Lin Hai very much. Now that Meng Po has fallen to such a miserable state, Lin Hai's heart is indeed sad.