Chapter 3: Mirrors
"An introduction to 'that world'...... That one...... World ......"
Thinking of the big characters on the cover, Shi Yuan's face became more and more solemn, and he couldn't help but recall what Shen Han said to him on the first night of the summer vacation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
That day, Shi Yuan took a car for nearly ten hours to arrive at Dark Crow Ridge Village, and he felt very tired from the day's travel, so he went to bed early.
When the lights were turned off, the bedroom was pitch black, silent, and unusually quiet.
Shi Yuan was originally tired, and thought that he would fall asleep immediately when he lay down on the bed, but it backfired, his mind had been very restless, and the scene he saw on the road when he came dangled in front of his eyes, fluttering and dancing in his boundless black mind like a photo that had been magnified countless times, making him feel extremely uneasy.
"Brother," Shen Han suddenly spoke, his voice sounding very low, "Do you believe in the existence of 'that world'?" ”
Shi Yuan, who was thinking wildly, was taken aback by Shen Han's words. The shock came not only from the question itself, but also from his deep, emotionless-sounding voice.
After a long time, Shi Yuan said, "What's wrong with you today?" Why do you suddenly ask such a strange question? ”
"Answer me."
"What kind of world is 'that world'? Shen Han, don't be foolish. ”
"'That world' is the world after death. Do you believe in its existence? ”
"Shen ...... Shen Han, big night, don't say such things......"
"If," Shen Han interrupted Shi Yuan, "if I told you that I wasn't your cousin, would you believe it?" ”
Shi Yuan suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
Would I believe it? If that weird thing hadn't happened today, I'd have thought this kid was joking with me. Can ...... now
However, despite this, Shi Yuan still said: "Okay, Shen Han, don't talk about this, I'm sleepy, go to sleep." ”
Shen Han didn't speak again. I don't know how long it took, Shi Yuan fell asleep in a daze.
It was precisely because of this incident that Shi Yuan would be so sure when he saw the cover at the bottom of the cardboard box, that was what he was looking for.
But now, all he had in his hand was that piece of paper, but Shi Yuan was convinced that the blood-red words on the back of the cover could help him find the remaining pages of the book.
"Nirvana should refer to a person who has the word 'phoenix' or 'phoenix' in his name, and eternal life should refer to a person who is very old. Wait, age? Age? ”
Shi Yuan suddenly thought of someone.
Shen Han's grandmother, Zhu Fengling.
"Feng, Ling...... The red word, Zhu, means red, which is exactly the same! ”
Shi Yuan's nerves instantly seemed to be ignited, and he couldn't wait to rush to Zhu Fengling's house immediately to uncover the mystery, but it was already very late, and he could only wait.
Early the next morning, Shi Yuan came to the low old house in the west of the village. He raised his hand and knocked on the door, feeling nervous inside.
"Who?"
Zhu Fengling's old voice came from the door.
"Grandma, I'm Shiyuan!"
"Shi Yuan? It's Su Ping's nephew, right? With that, Zhu Fengling opened the door, "Why do you have time to come and see my bad old lady today?" Shouldn't a boy as big as you run out with Shen Han and go crazy? ”
The Su Ping mentioned in the old man's mouth is the name of Shi Yuan's third aunt.
"Grandma, I'm here today because I have something on my mind...... I want to ask. ”
"Come in and sit."
Zhu Fengling sat on the chair again, and Shi Yuan moved a bench by himself and sat in front of Zhu Fengling.
"Grandma, I want to ask, do you have a mirror in your house?"
"Mirrors?" Zhu Fengling's right hand slapped the arm of the chair a few times, and the index finger of his left hand stretched out and pointed to his face, "Look here, do you see the eyeballs?" ”
Shi Yuan was speechless for a moment. The old man had long been blind, and he knew about it, but now he came to her and asked her if there were any mirrors in the house, which was ridiculous.
"You came to my house to look for a mirror, something must be wrong."
"Yes...... Yes. ”
"You don't have to be nervous, and I'm not going to ask you what's going on. It's rare for you to come once, so I'll tell you a story. ”
Shi Yuan was so anxious, how could he be in the mood to listen to the story now? If Zhu Fengling didn't have a mirror at home, it could only mean that his judgment was wrong from beginning to end, and he had to quickly adopt other strategies. After all, he had only one thought now: to leave the village of Dark Raven Ridge.
Zhu Fengling didn't care about Shi Yuan's anxiety, and told the story by himself.
"When I was younger, I was looking at cemeteries. To say that this work, it has always been a matter of the old man, first, the man is yang, can suppress the ghosts and gods, the second comes, the man is also bold, and the third come, it is not a serious thing for a woman not to go home at night. Of course, this was always the case in our village, until one day, something happened......"
Shi Yuan didn't pay much attention to Zhu Fengling's story at first, he just wanted to find the rest of the pages, uncover the mystery, and finally leave here. He only has a cover in his hand now, how can he not be in a hurry?
But listening to it, Shi Yuan was completely attracted to it, and he even felt that that story had a certain connection with the strange phenomenon in Dark Crow Ridge Village today.
The story was very long, and Zhu Fengling told it for a long time before finishing it. He knew that Shi Yuan had been listening carefully.
"Okay, the story is over, and now, I can tell you that there really is a mirror in my home."
"Where?"
Shi Yuan immediately came to the spirit. Doesn't the fact that a blind man has a mirror at home just because the mirror is special? Moreover, it further confirmed that his judgment was correct.
"You kid, you don't seem to have good eyes. How old is my house, such an obvious mirror, you don't actually see it? ”
Zhu Fengling said this about him, but he couldn't get angry at all. He looked up again, but still didn't see any mirrors.
"The mirrors of my house are not used to reflect people, but to reflect ghosts. If you look at it now, you won't see it. You go out through the door first, and then look. ”
Shi Yuan was full of doubts, but he still did it. He walked out the door and turned to look again.
He finally saw a rectangular bronze mirror, hanging in the center above the gate. And at this time, he reacted to what Zhu Fengling had just said.
"The mirror in my house is for ghosts."
If it had been placed in the past, Shi Yuan would definitely have thought that this was the superstitious thinking of the old man. But now, after he experienced those things firsthand, he didn't think like that at all. What's more, the story that Zhu Fengling just told him is still echoing in his ears, word by word.
All this has long exceeded his original understanding.
Looking at the bronze mirror, Shi Yuan muttered, "Next, what should I do?" ”
At the same time, in a house very close to Shen Han's house, two girls with identical appearances were sitting opposite each other, and their four white palms were joined in pairs.
"Sister, we must always be together."
"yes, definitely."