Chapter Twenty-Three: The Phantom
The yellow numbers displayed on the door frames on both sides were very similar to those of the hotel, which made He Wei feel very troubled, because all the numbers in front of the door were completely connected along the way, but when he walked to his room, he could not find the same house number on the note. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
He Wei subconsciously walked a few steps forward and came to the next door. But he was surprised to find that on the door frame next to room 445, there was an identical number, and the two doors were close together, and a total of two room 445 appeared in front of him.
When he saw this scene, he seemed to have some thoughts in his heart, he thought that the house number had been accidentally pasted by the decorator, and if this was the case, then one of the two rooms was room 444.
He Wei chose an adjacent house number, took out the key in his hand, and tried both door frames, as long as one of them was opened, then this room was the bedroom he was looking for.
When he inserted the key into one of the locks, he just twisted it slightly, and the door was suddenly opened, and at the same time there was a series of "squeak" sounds from the crack in the door, and when the door was fully opened, it was pitch black inside, and nothing could be seen.
He Wei's first reaction was to reach out and touch the switch on the wall, and felt a button the size of a pinhole, and pressed it lightly, and the light inside turned on, but the strange thing was that there was nothing in it, it was empty, not even a simple wooden bed.
He Wei was blindfolded at that time, a bedroom, how could there be no simple daily necessities, just like a newly renovated room, in addition to the smooth floor is a white stucco wall.
He also thought that he had entered the wrong bedroom, so he immediately ran out, walked to bedroom number 445 on the other side and took out the key and inserted it into the door lock, but at this moment, an unexpected scene happened to him, the door frame was the same as before, as long as the key was gently twisted, the door opened.
Although the key only had a house number written on it, it opened two doors at the same time, making him feel like the two bedrooms were the same room.
He Wei tried to turn on the light inside again, although the light was on, but everything presented in the bedroom completely made He Wei who was standing at the door dumbfounded, the inside was exactly the same as the previous bedroom, it was still empty, and a gentle roar could make a piece of echo.
At this time, a little girl's voice came from the room, laughing all the time, laughing indifferently. But I couldn't see which corner the little girl was hiding, I could only hear that she had been counting the numbers, and she kept reading from the beginning, and the sound was continuous, and the whole space was echoing with the girl's echo.
Until I heard her count until she counted to four hundred and forty-three, the sound stopped at once, and before she continued to count, the bedroom suddenly became quiet, He Wei seemed to be confused by that sound, and his whole body stood at the door stupidly, not moving.
He Wei suddenly had a strange smile on his face, and the whole person followed the devil, his stiff body walked towards the bedroom step by step, the more he walked in, the more dim the light became, until he couldn't see his figure at all, the door was blown by a gust of wind, "bang", the door frame smashed into the gap, and the whole bedroom was black and pressed, almost unable to see his fingers.
Suddenly a string of red sparks flashed from the electric light line hanging from the ceiling, and the wick flickered in the darkness as if it had gone mad. In this flickering light, a little girl with a bleeding head faintly appeared somewhere in the corner of the wall.
She was dressed in a blue dress, with two small ponytail whips tied around her head, a trace of bright red blood slowly flowing down her long black hair to the ground, and her chin was covered with countless tiny, disgusting bugs, and her face could not be seen clearly.
The little girl stretched out her stiff neck, her head swayed stiffly from side to side, and the sound of her bone joints could be heard in the whole space, and her face seemed to be smiling at He Wei, but there was a bit of bitterness in the smile, and such a stiff expression made people feel frightened.
At this time, He Wei's eyes were already red, as if he was haunted by evil ghosts, and with a smile on his face, he raised his legs towards the room in the corner of the wall, and kept muttering strange words in his mouth: "I'm here...... I'm coming...... Don't be afraid of my sister. ”
He Wei's voice was low, as if only he could hear the sound coming from his mouth. At the same time, the girl kept waving at him, and the bitter smile on her face did not change from beginning to end.
Just when He Wei was less than three feet away from the girl's figure, the gate was suddenly slammed open by a violent force, and a man in a yellow robe appeared outside the door, holding a peachwood sword in his hand, and the blade was stained with a piece of fiery red chicken blood.
The yellow-robed man stepped forward, with the help of the resistance of the ground, his legs glared, and his whole body flew into the air, his torso was like an arrow that had just been shot, quickly shuttling through the air, and rushed straight into the corner of the bedroom, and the head of the sword just stabbed the girl standing in the corner.
After the girl was hit by the sword, she immediately screamed, and then changed into a blue light and disappeared into space.
"Humph! Still want to run? and not to see who I am. The yellow-robed man bit his fingers, smeared the blood on the peachwood sword, and his whole body jumped into the air, shouting: "Taishang Laojun is as anxious as the law, edict!" ”
As soon as the voice fell, the peachwood sword flew straight into the air, emitting a golden light that illuminated the four corners of the bedroom, and the girl's screams were heard all the time.
The yellow-robed man took out a treasure gourd from his waist, held his hands high above his head, and read aloud: "Collect!" ”
At this time, in addition to the screams, he also saw a black smoke being sucked into the gourd, and the yellow-robed man immediately covered the gourd, pasted a yellow spell on it, and wrapped countless tiny red lines around the gourd.
At this moment, He Wei finally woke up from that nightmare, and his eyes, which were full of anger, were extinguished in an instant. After relieving himself, He Wei immediately looked left and right, and said in his mouth, "Where am I?" What the hell just happened? ”
"You have been bewitched by the female ghost, young man, you have to be careful, it is good that you met the deity today, otherwise you will become a good meal for the female ghost." After the yellow-robed man put away the gourd in his hand, he immediately walked to He Wei's side and observed his whole body with a meaningful expression.
He Wei turned his head to look at the yellow-robed man in front of him, and was instantly stunned, and exclaimed, "You are Chen Yu?" How could it be you. ”
"This brother? How do you know my name? The yellow-robed man looked at him with a puzzled gaze, and suddenly replied with a smile: "Oh! It seems that I am a fellow practitioner, my name is like thunder, it seems that Brother Tai has heard of my name for a long time, in this case, you and I don't have to say those polite words. ”
He Wei glanced at Chen Yu carefully, and found that he was wearing a Taoist robe, which was very different from his previous outfit, and looked at him and said, "What, you don't know me anymore?" I've fought against necromancy together, but you really don't know me anymore? ”
"Where have we met? Brother Tai, please don't be surprised, I really can't remember it in the next place, and I hope that Brother Tai will remind me a lot. ”
"We've seen it, we've known each other for a long time, we once went up to the Sword Mountain, went down to the sea of fire, life and death depend on each other, love and righteousness are thick, don't you really remember?"
The yellow-robed man saw that He Wei had a blank piece of paper on his face, and he couldn't see his face at all, so he hesitated for a while, and then said, "Can Brother Lao take off the white paper on his face, otherwise I really won't recognize who you are." ”
He Wei immediately refused: "No, no, my appearance is ugly, I'm afraid of scaring you." ”
"Hahaha! I, Chen Yu, have been through turmoil, what big scene have I not seen with my own eyes? How can a mere face scare me? Brother, don't be afraid, just take off the blank paper, I really want to see your true face. ”
After repeated persuasion, He Weicai took off the white paper on his face in front of him, and in an instant, a pitch-black toad face appeared in front of Chen Yu's eyes, Chen Yu was startled on the spot when he saw such a look, but he did not exaggerate it, but pretended to be calm and said: "Brother Tai is unrecognizable, I really can't tell the difference, and I also ask Brother Tai's honorable name?" Maybe I can remember. ”
"My surname is He, my name is Ziwei, you can just call me He Wei, so do you remember who I am now?"
When Chen Yu heard this, he frowned, thought about it carefully, and said: "Brother Tai is really sorry, I really can't remember it, but since we have a fate now, it is the fate destined by God, and it is not too late to make friends now." ”
He Wei didn't speak, lowered his head and carefully looked at his whole body, and after a while, he spoke: "By the way, Brother Chen Yu, what are you doing here, are you also working in that mysterious company?" ”
"Mystery company? What do you mean by that? ”
"Oh, this is the nickname I gave it, that company is mysterious, it is said that it specializes in recruiting Taoist priests to catch ghosts, the salary is extremely rich, and even the remuneration for passing the interview is very considerable, I have passed the interview, the old man arranged for me to live in the dormitory, but I can't find where my room is."
When Chen Yu heard this, he immediately reacted, and hurriedly replied: "Oh, so that's the case, so let's say that we are colleagues now?" We're going to have to spend more time together in the future. ”
"Did you pass the interview too?" He Wei asked.
"Hey, what are you talking about, I'm already an old employee here, I've been here for five years, but I have to remind you, hurry up and resign, this errand is not easy to do, I deal with ghosts and gods every day, and those who can stay are either stupid or crazy."
When He Wei heard it, he didn't think so, smiled, and said, "It's okay, I'm not afraid of death, as long as I have money to make, I still have to pay off my family's debts." ”
Chen Yu glanced at him and asked again, "You said before that you want to find your bedroom, right?" I'll tell you the truth, the old man lied to you, in fact, he is still testing you, to see if you are suitable for this business, there is no bedroom for you here, he asked you to come here to exorcism, if you are played to death by ghosts, you will never be able to get out. ”
"Wouldn't it? The old man also told me before, he said that he had passed the interview, and he gave me the money, is this also fooling me? He Wei had a surprised expression on his face, and seemed to be a little distrustful of what Chen Yu said.
"Haha, that's the final payment he gave you, you think the money is really so easy to make, he bought your life for 10,000 yuan, I advise you to escape quickly, you can't even get a little ghost, you can't survive in this company at all."
"No, I won't leave even if I die, I finally found this satisfactory job, die and die, don't persuade Brother Chen Yu, I've been here tonight, and I'll report to the company tomorrow." He Wei's will was even stronger, at this time he was already very interested in this job, let him give up, even if the sky fell, I am afraid it would be impossible.
Chen Yu saw that he was a little excited, so he didn't continue to persuade, but turned around and walked towards the door, and before leaving, he specially instructed him: "If you are obsessed, then stay here, if you meet a ghost coming to you, I will not come to save you again." ”
After Chen Yu finished speaking, he walked towards the door, he also deliberately glanced back at He Wei before leaving, sighed with his back to him, and made a special move before leaving, he took out a yellow charm from his pocket and pasted it on the door frame, as if he was worried about something, but he didn't say anything, turned around and left after pasting the charm.
He Wei saw that Chen Yu was gone, so he immediately ran to the corner, sat on the ground, and continued to take out the 10,000 yuan cash that the old man had given him before from his pocket, holding it in his hand and counting it repeatedly, his eyes kept looking at the brand-new banknote on the paper.
He knew that this money seemed to come easily, but he also knew in his heart that he was going to face a great challenge, so he spent his life like a salted fish, he preferred to give it a go, and if he died, he would be freed, and if he didn't die, his future life would not be as painful as before.
But He Wei looked back and wondered why the cockroaches he spit out of his mouth could pounce on them like jackals in the face of normal humans, but in the face of evil ghosts, these little cockroaches lost their combat effectiveness in an instant, and when he thought of this, he didn't sleep that night, and he sat in the corner and thought hard all night.
In the early hours of the morning, He Wei felt a little sleepy, leaning against the hard wall, but he couldn't sleep, he was cold and hungry, his eyes were foggy, and he almost couldn't open them.
But as soon as he thought of going to the company to report, he immediately cheered up, walked to the door, and opened the door, but the scene in front of him made him immediately frightened, only to see bright red blood everywhere outside the door, and decomposing corpses everywhere on the ground, and every face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and it was impossible to see their faces clearly.
There were no rooms in the hallway, there were tombstones everywhere, countless pairs of bloody hands sticking out into the cracks on the stone walls on both sides, and the sound of flames burning could be heard all around.
But He Wei had already been mentally prepared this time, he was not afraid of everything in front of him at all, he knew that he was not without strengths, but he just didn't play it, and immediately walked to the center of the passage, spread his hands, spit out half of his tongue, and called out a dense cockroach from his body.
But as soon as these cockroaches crawled out of their mouths, they immediately curled up into a ball, rolling around on the ground, struggling constantly, and after a while they could not see the movement of these cockroaches.
But He Wei did not give up, and continued to vomit black and disgusting cockroaches from his mouth, but the situation was still the same as before, these cockroaches completely lost their combat effectiveness, and in the face of the entanglement of evil ghosts, they immediately became timid as mice.
Soon after, He Wei spit out fewer and fewer cockroaches from his mouth, at first they still came out of his tongue in groups, but only three or five cockroaches slowly came out of his throat in the back, and the crawling speed was much slower than before.
At this time, He Wei realized that there were no cockroaches in his stomach, and if he continued to vomit, he was afraid that he would vomit out his intestines.
As soon as he thought of this, He Wei immediately retracted his tongue into his mouth, panting and lying on the ground, sweat flowing down his forehead, his whole body was trembling, and he was almost unconscious.
Just when he was about to despair, a scene flashed in He Wei's mind, which was a picture of him once eating stinky tofu in an Internet café, which kept echoing in his mind. He immediately thought of it, but he didn't carry anything smelly in his pocket.
He Wei looked down at the pair of stinky socks he was wearing under his feet, although he didn't know if he could achieve that perfect effect like stinky tofu, but he still took off the socks on his feet and stuffed them into his mouth to try it.
When the socks entered his mouth, he obviously felt a little uncomfortable, his mind was a little confused, the whole person began to sway, and he was almost unstable on his feet, such a strong smell was something he had never smelled in his life.
When the smell pierced his nose, He Wei suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach, which seemed to be stuffed with cotton, making him unable to utter a word.
At this time, a large group of dense cockroaches swarmed out of his throat, the cockroaches lined up in a long line, crawled to the ground, and formed a circle, before He Wei could see clearly, there was a bright flame on the ground, but the flame did not burn for a long time, just a short moment, and then a huge cockroach appeared in front of him, his eyes were green, and his body was covered with a cloud of disgusting yellow liquid.
The cockroach stood straight in place like a giant, and with every step it took, the entire passage could be visibly vibrate.
At the same time, the countless hands that came out of the cracks in the stone wall immediately retracted, and the corpses on the ground disappeared one after another, and the whole picture was like a mirage in the sky, which dissipated without a trace in the blink of an eye.
The entire passage immediately turned into a corridor, covered with red blankets, just like the scene encountered last night, and the stele gradually disappeared from view, turning into red gates with house numbers displayed on them.
The cockroach walked up to He Wei, opened its terrible lips, howled, and then turned into a blue light, which burned into a flame, and the flame scurried around the ground, and after a few seconds, it was extinguished, turning into an old book.
He Wei reached out and picked up the book on the ground and took a closer look, and found that the handwriting on the cover had changed, and it read: "Devouring Dafa, the third paragraph." ”
He Wei opened the book, turned the first page and looked at the contents carefully, and found that there was no handwriting written in the book at all, nor any portraits, just blank sheets of paper, on which nothing was written.
At this moment, a bell rang at the staircase in front of him, and the sound sounded as if it was far away, He Wei took the book in his pocket and walked towards the gate of the castle step by step.
When He Wei walked out of the gate, he looked back at the castle carefully, and found that it was not different from what he saw last night, and there was a very conspicuous clock hanging in the center, and the hands on it had pointed to the direction of seven o'clock.
Seeing that he was about to be late, He Wei hurriedly ran to the side of the road, intercepted a taxi, and galloped towards the previous company.
He Wei sat in the car, and his whole body involuntarily leaned to the side of the bed, looking at the beautiful scenery outside the window, but at this moment, the driver in front suddenly said: "Young man, do you remember me?" ”
After hearing such a familiar voice, He Wei immediately turned to look at the driver's seat in front of him, and exclaimed: "Oh, old uncle, how can there be such a coincidental thing in this world, it is too coincidental, I suddenly feel that this world is really too small." ”
"Yes, this world is very small, it's just that you didn't look closely." After the white-haired old man breathed a sigh of relief, he continued: "Young man, you still owe me a taxi fee last time, do you remember? ”
"Remember, remember, of course remember, how can you forget, I just got my first salary yesterday, and I'll pay you."
He Wei said, took out a hundred-yuan bill from his pocket, stuffed it into the old man, and said: "This money is all for you, I am still relatively wealthy, it can be regarded as a small return." ”
After the white-haired old man took the money with one hand, he immediately found some change and gave it to him, and said with a smile: "Young man, you must learn to cherish everything in front of you, and when you lose it, you will feel how important it is." ”
But He Wei didn't take the change, insisted on giving the money to the white-haired old man, and replied: "Oh, old uncle, you just accept it, it's not easy for everyone, there's no need to push around for this little thing, I couldn't stand you last time." ”
(To be continued)