The dwarf said, "So what are you going to do now?" The old ghost said: "The old man just wants to enjoy his old age quietly, if not, he will resign himself to fate." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

The dwarf nodded slightly, without any questioning on his face. It is not difficult to guess that he still has a lot of respect for the old man in front of him, who is almost sixty years old, and he didn't even ask where he went before. Then he quickly turned back and looked behind him, his gaze sweeping from left to right, holding his breath to sweep all the corners of the dock.

Seeing that he was absent-minded, the old ghost stepped forward and asked blankly, "Is something wrong?" ”

The dwarf lowered his head and observed some traces in his eyes, then took another step, his eyes intently looking down at the rows of red footprints that remained on the loess. The sigil is very narrow and leads directly to the pier on the opposite shore, forming a series of humanoid "tracks". Only then did he point to the uneven footprints on the ground and replied in a flustered whisper, "Old fox...... Look at the footprints of the old witch. ”

The old ghost immediately merged his gaze with the dwarf, and at the same time lowered his head and bent down to stare at the footprint that was thrown vertically on the loess surface. However, the old ghost didn't react much after seeing it for the first time, and just said casually: "Judging from the depth of the footprints, it must be a woman, and she has been dead for a long time." ”

The dwarf then said, "It is indeed a woman, about seventy or eighty, with a wrinkled face and white hair of vicissitudes. But whether she is a living person or a dead person, this despicable position is not clear. ”

After hearing this, the old ghost pinched his beard and raised his eyebrows and laughed: "Cough! Let the old man tell you. This is the remnant of a thousand-year-old corpse. As the saying goes, people have three points for stepping on footprints, and seven points for ghosts stepping on yellow mud. Regardless of people, gods, ghosts, immortals, and the underworld, there is life and death. the living; Eyes see six ways, ears listen to all directions. Decedent; Listening to the sound is psychic, and everything is clear. But there is a common feature between the two, that is, the place where they pass will inevitably leave an indelible footprint. ”

After listening to the detailed explanation, the dwarf suddenly realized that it was like a blow to the head. It turned out that the man and woman I saw before were not mortal bodies in another world, but blood and recklessness that I had never seen before. When he looked at the loess again, the remaining footprints quickly disappeared, and then he exclaimed: "Old fox, look, the blood is gone." ”

The old ghost said with a smile: "The two legs of the ghost are invisible, and the footprints you step on are naturally invisible. If you can see it with your own eyes, you must have too much resentment in your heart, and when the resentment in your heart dissipates, the illusory shadow in front of you will also disappear. The old man has read demon books since he was a child, and he is not only familiar with the side door, but also familiar with the five elements of yin and yang. ”

The dwarf touched the back of his head and asked in surprise, "Dare to ask what is a demon book?" ”

The old ghost replied, "There are countless books everywhere between heaven and earth, even in magnificent mansions and dilapidated tiled houses. But these are just ordinary books, and there are only three rare ones. The first is the Book of Heaven, which has only one book hidden in the Heavenly Realm, and even if it is found, it cannot be seen by the naked eye. This second book is the Book of Darkness, which is plentiful but rare, and can only be seen by the dead. This third book is the demon book, this book is only available to the old man, and no one else has it, because this book is a book created by the old man himself, which took eight years of painstaking work to complete, and there are countless sweat and hard work in it. ”

The dwarf immediately couldn't help but cry and laugh, and whispered back with a forced smile: "It turns out that you wrote it yourself, it's really amazing." ”

The old ghost said: "Don't make fun of it, everything has a master, even books." No matter what kind of book it is, it can't come out of nowhere. It is necessary to take an ink dyeing pen and write it word by word on parchment paper. ”

The dwarf hesitated for a moment, nodded slightly, and then immediately changed the subject, and said, "Do you know a man named Erwolf, is this a ghost?" ”

The old ghost said, "What? Two wolves? How do you know about him? The dwarf said, "I don't know him, but I heard his call in the dark, and he told me clearly that his name is Erwolf." ”

The old ghost sighed: "He has been dead for a long time, if the old man is not mistaken, today should be his death day, his body is buried near here, but he can't find where." ”

The dwarf: "How did he die?" ”

The old ghost almost turned around and pointed to the tall plane tree in front of him, looked up at the yellow leaves and the dark vines on it, and said: "He died on this tree, but it has been a long time, and when someone came before, he found his body and buried his body near this tree, but when we came again, we couldn't find his tombstone, and we didn't even see the grave grass, which is incredible." ”

The dwarf said: "I see, I think this is a demon tree, it is better for us to cut it down, so as not to cause trouble again." ”

The old ghost immediately shook his head and said, "No, never, if you can cut it, you will be cut it a long time ago." It hasn't been cut down until now, so it proves that it is beyond human power, as long as this big tree is sealed, we will not be threatened. ”

As soon as the old ghost finished speaking, he took a step forward. But at this moment, his feet seemed to have stepped on something, and it felt a little soft. He immediately looked down at his body, was startled, and said, "Who?" Who is it? ”

The man lying on the ground suddenly cried out loudly, as if he had been stimulant, kicked his legs to the ground, and hurriedly jumped up from among the grass.

A figure suddenly flashed on the gray flat ground, tall and thin, holding his hips with his hands and jumping up, "Ouch, ouch." The ground kept screaming, and his throat was about to burst.

The old ghost immediately shrank his legs, stared ahead, his hands and feet were at a loss, and he said in a panic: "Arrest!" Who are you? ”

"Oh, it's me, it's me, I'm my husband, you can walk without opening your eyes, you can step on it here."

At this moment, the dwarf immediately stepped forward to take a closer look, only to find that it was indeed the old man with thin skin and tender flesh in front of him, so he asked, "Old man, why are you here?" ”

In the next second, the old ghost also immediately said: "Yes, where are you not good, you have to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, isn't this sick?" ”

The old man stood in place and jumped for a long time, and then turned back and complained with a painful face: "Ouch, you can't see when you walk by yourself, if our family hadn't pretended to be dead, we would have been divided by those two psychopaths." ”

The old ghost smiled and said, "I can't see it, you still have this ability, I didn't hurt you." ”

My husband said fairly: "What do you say? It's not hurt, my leg is about to be trampled on by you. ”

"What are you doing when you say you're lying on the grass and pretending to be dead, isn't this idle, you have to pretend to be a little bit like that, just like you like a corpse, whoever sees you knows that you are pretending to be dead."

The old man stopped talking at this time, so he kept silent and silent.

The dwarf smiled and said, "Alright, alright, since everyone is all right, let's go back quickly." ”

My husband asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"Of course I'm going back to town, otherwise why stay here, anyway, it's nothing to do now." Dwarfs are humane.

My husband said fairly: "This can't be done, we still have someone who hasn't been rescued, why don't you call some people?" ”

The old ghost on the side said: "No, whether it's life or death, let him resign himself to his fate, now we can't still draw people, everyone is almost gone, and the rest are basically mixed food, even if they are called, they will be sent to death." ”

My husband said fairly: "This is not good, we can't do this, at least it's a life, isn't it." ”

The dwarf also said, "Yes, yes, it's still a child, or let's go back." ”

The old ghost said, "No! We can't take this risk, if we go back at this time, then we basically can't come back, we must not go back, we have to go to the two of you, anyway, the old man will not go back. ”

The old man looked very reluctant, and he had to go back to the cave to save the child, as if he couldn't bear it. And although the dwarf also supported this approach, he did not show that his husband was exaggerated.

At this moment, there was no one else under the big tree except the three of them. But another voice came again, and all three of them heard it, and it was clear from which tree it had come from.

"Come on, you guys, come under the tree, there are a lot of steamed buns here, do you all need them?"

The three of them turned their heads and looked back carefully, and they all showed surprised eyes, but none of them dared to speak.

The old man was very frightened, so he turned his head and asked, "Who is this voice?" ”

The old ghost closed his eyes and sighed: "It's the second wolf, he really came, but it was already expected by the old man." But you don't have to worry, these two wolves are still very kind-hearted, as long as we don't provoke him, there will be no danger to his life, you all have to take it easy. ”

The old man exclaimed: "Provoke him? What does it mean to provoke him? ”

The old ghost said: "Don't talk nonsense, don't move your body, try to breathe quietly, and try to control your voice when you walk." In this way, the second wolf will not get angry. ”

The old man felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and said: "In this way, it seems that this kid is still easily provoked, so let's withdraw first." ”

The old ghost said: "We can't go now, today is the death day of the second wolf, if you leave now, there will definitely be something unfortunate after you go back, so in my opinion, it's better not to go." ”

The dwarf said, "Is it that serious?" Let's go, this place is eerie, I don't think I can stay any longer. ”

The old ghost said: "If you want to go, you can go, don't let me go, I must not go, if I go, the two wolves will never let me go, I know his character best." ”

My husband said fairly: "If you don't leave, then we won't leave either, and we'll die in this place with you." Anyway, it's just three lives, and it's a death to go back, so it's better to die here. ”

The old ghost said, "What can't die?" In the future, the word 'death' will be mentioned, the old man does not want to hear this word, now we must act according to his orders, whatever he says, we will just do it, there will be no problems, if we disobey, we will really die. ”

My husband is fair: "Okay, good! You have the final say, our family won't say anything now, whatever you say is what, it's okay now, you're satisfied, you can wake up with a smile when you dream. ”

The dwarf interjected, "So what are we going to do now?" ”

The old ghost said: "Don't do anything, wait, just wait, wait, wait until the second wolf speaks again." ”

My husband said fairly: "Then what if he doesn't speak all the time?" Are we going to wait for it in this hellish place for a night. ”

The old ghost immediately said angrily: "Have you finished playing?" Now the old man wants to save your life, it's okay if you don't appreciate it, and you're still talking nonsense, so that we are as scared as you, right? ”

The old man stopped talking for a while, pulled a face, cocked a mouth, twisted his head to the side, and moved delicately, like a little doll.

Seeing that the situation was a little embarrassing, the dwarf took the initiative to break the deadlock and said: "Okay, okay, what a big deal, is it necessary to quarrel so much that you don't have to play, let's just wait here, I don't think we need to wait all night, even if we really wait for a night, it's better than death." ”

The old man suddenly said again: "Huh? Tell me, aren't we ghosts in the first place, and where will we go if the ghosts die? ”

The old ghost said slowly: "The old man doesn't know, it's better to go anywhere than here, people die and become ghosts, and ghosts die and become people, maybe that's the case." ”

The old man smiled and said: "We don't have a bridge in the underworld, let alone Meng Po soup, what the people of the world said before his death are all lies, it's really a lie." ”

The dwarf also followed and coaxed: "Yes, yes, I also thought that the underworld could be reincarnated when I was alive, but after I didn't expect it, I found that it was more terrible than the yang world, and this death sometimes became a stagnant water, which was really terrible." ”

The old ghost said: "Hey, let's resign ourselves to fate, no matter where we go when we die, we have to accept our fate, in short, it is much stronger than in this ghost place." ”

At this moment, a strange voice came from the tree, "Ten steps forward, ten steps forward!" ”

The old man was suddenly startled and said, "What? What did he say? ”

"I heard, I heard, and he told us to go ten steps, ten steps." ”

The old ghost immediately stopped: "No! Don't go any further, wait for his next command. ”

At this time, the two of them immediately stopped. Unexpectedly, only a few seconds later, the big tree made another sound, "Ten steps back, ten steps back." ”

At this time, the old ghost said again: "You all heard it, the two commands before and after are added together, which means that you haven't taken a single step, so if you really take ten steps forward just now, it will only be in vain." ”

The old man nodded and said, "Oh, it turns out to be like this, if it's like this, I really want to know what the third order is." ”

The old ghost said: "No matter what order, it needs to be added to the next order to count, just listen to one order, that is considered a violation, and we will not have good fruit to eat at that time." ”

My husband said fairly: "Okay, since that's the case, then I'll listen to you, what you let us do, we'll do it, now you're satisfied." ”

The dwarf also said, "Good! Then we'll all listen to you, and that's it. ”

The old ghost nodded and said: "Well, you just need to listen to the old man, you are better to listen to the old man than to listen to your own, so from now on, what I say is the order given by the second wolf." ”

As soon as the old ghost's words fell, the voice of the second wolf came from the tree again, "Come on, take ten steps forward, take ten steps forward." ”

This time, the old man seemed to understand something in his heart, and hurriedly turned around and said, "Let's still stand still now?" Don't take a step? ”

The old ghost said, "No! This time he really had to take ten steps, because he wouldn't be giving the fourth order. ”

My husband said fairly: "How do you know? ”

The old ghost said, "Why are you asking so much?" Let you do it, you just do it, why bother asking, are you annoyed as a person, how can you be verbose, if you are talking, the old man will not care about you, let you fend for yourself. ”

The old man's face turned red now, and he stood in place embarrassed and dared not speak out, simply pinning all the hopes of his life on the old ghost. The same goes for the dwarf, who never said a word from beginning to end.

However, at this time, the old ghost really took ten steps forward, step by step, until he came to the bottom of the big tree.

At this time, the old man also followed, followed closely behind, and walked with the dwarf, and soon all three of them came to the big tree.

When all of them came to the bottom of the tree, the two wolves were silent. At this moment, white steamed buns suddenly fell from the big tree, just like rain, pouring down, and the grass was full of steamed buns. The top of their heads was also smashed to the point of dizziness.

The old man looked up at the tree above and suddenly exclaimed, "Oops! Look, this tree is making steamed buns again, how can this be? ”

The old ghost said: "Don't be afraid, these steamed buns were given to us by the second wolf, he knew that we were suffering in this place, and specially gave us all the steamed buns, but after he gave us the steamed buns, he needed us to help him complete a thing, otherwise we would still have disasters." ”

My husband said fairly: "What's the matter?" How can there still be an order? You old man, how can you say things like water flowing out? ”

The old ghost said: "Are you still finished, why do you talk so much, old man, I will tell you the truth, even if you don't want to do this today, you have to do it, if you don't do it, leave now, and you won't have a chance to ask when you die." ”

The old man hurriedly patted the dwarf on the shoulder in surprise and asked, "Why are you saying something, why have you been standing there stupidly?" ”

Only then did the dwarf reply: "Let's be honest, let me tell you the truth, in fact, the old fox not only knows fortune telling, but also knows how to exorcise demons, as long as we follow his orders, it is guaranteed that there will be no problem at all." ”

The old man had no choice but to say: "Okay, since you have said so, then what else do we have to say?" As long as you can save a life, it is stronger than anything else, but these steamed buns look fresh, no matter how you look at them, they look like they have just been baked, and they smell very fragrant. ”

The dwarf said, "Of course, and you can eat it, but are you willing to eat it?" This steamed bun is worth a lot of money, and if you go anywhere, you have to change a carriage to come back. ”

The old man smiled and said: "Hey, what is there to be reluctant to eat, I think when I was under the hands of the Hades, I ate white flour steamed buns every day, and I was tired of eating them." It's not like you're holding a steamed bun and picking up a treasure. ”

The old ghost said at this time: "This is originally a treasure, I don't know about you, but in our town, steamed bread is very, very valuable, can be exchanged for all kinds of rare treasures, even gold is not as valuable as steamed bread." ”

My husband said fairly: "Okay, seeing that you are dressed rusticly, it should be the same." ”

At this moment, countless steamed buns fell from the tree on the ground, and a fragrant smell of white noodles came to the nose in an instant. The old man took a deep breath and said, "It's so fragrant, tell me, how can this demon tree produce so many steamed buns, can't there be someone hiding on it." ”

The old ghost said, "No! The steamed buns are definitely genuine, even better than making them yourself. This demon tree is more than a thousand years old, I think it must have been an ordinary plane tree before, maybe one day, a corpse was suddenly buried under this big tree, this corpse just absorbed all the essence of the big tree, so it became what it is now. ”

The old man picked up a steamed bun from the ground, held it in his hand, gently took a small bite with his two tiny front teeth, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it. Immediately felt that the taste was quite good, and immediately said: "Oh, the taste of real steamed buns is really good." ”

When the dwarf saw this, he immediately snatched the steamed bun and scolded: "This steamed bun can't be eaten directly like this, what a waste, we should save it and keep it for use slowly in the future." It's been a lifetime of poverty, and you still want to eat them all in one go. ”

My husband said fairly: "Ouch, isn't our family just taking a small bite, do you say that you are the one, this bite is less than half a tael of white noodles, as for being so excited, it's a big deal that when our family returns to the Hades, send someone to send you a cart of steamed buns." ”

The dwarf said: "I know your kindness, and I understand it, but I still need to tell you one thing, we are poor, not like you, we live a good life every day, and of course we treat steamed buns as treasures." ”

(To be continued)