Chapter 33 Climb over the wall and enter the courtyard
On the way, I also bought a sledgehammer at the hardware store in case I needed it.
The highway has nine twists and eighteen bends to reach the destination.
After getting off the bus, the monk had to take a stroll around the villa area, saying that he would see what the rich people's houses looked like. There was no way, so we let the old monk Jinghai "lead the way" and walk blindly in the villa area.
It's okay not to go, but the more we go, the more panicked we become. I don't know if this villa area is just rich people come to live occasionally, we walked through a lot of people's doors, except for the street lights, none of the house lights are on. Moreover, the road is so long, except for a few cars parked on the side of the road that have fallen into dust, there is not even a ghost shadow to be seen. Where have the people gone?
When we came to the door of Villa No. 5 again, not only Chen Qianning and me, but even the old monk Jinghai swallowed uncomfortably, the huge stone door made us feel very depressed, and the stone carving on the door seemed to be alive, and the fierce eyes made us straight, and the iron fence or iron gate of other houses was not the same style at all.
In fact, I agreed with the old monk Jinghai and Chen Qianning to come over, but it was just to give me courage, and if I wanted to go in, I would go in by myself. I'm afraid that I won't be able to stabilize Chen Qianning by myself, so I want Jinghai to watch Chen Qianning at the door.
I explained to the old monk Jinghai and asked him and Chen Qianning to guard in front of the door, but don't stay in front of the main gate, so as not to open the door by itself like last night and charm him and Chen Qianning.
I first climbed over the wall to see the situation, and if I didn't come out in an hour, I asked the old monk Jinghai to use a hammer to crush the stone carvings on the door, and then call the police. I don't know where I got my stupidity, I'm so arrogant to be a thief myself. If I want to smash people's doors again, am I crazy?
I don't know if Chen Qianning was scared last night, or if she just wanted to be with me, she didn't want to stay at the door with the old monk Jinghai, so she had to go in with me to see what was going on. The old monk Jinghai and I had no choice but to take this little girl, so we had to let her.
Then, I briefly explained to the two of us what we were doing here, the purpose was to pull an old man in his 200s out of the house.
This reason for me was confusing to both of them, this old man in his 200s was enough to surprise them, and there was another problem, that is, I came all the way here to break into a private house, and I had to do such a boring thing, which is really nonsensical.
I said, who let the two of you come with you, if you don't want to do it, get out, Lao Tzu still thinks you two are in the way. It's good if you stay, and I'll explain it to you both later. Moreover, now I don't dare to tell them that Bai Wuchang should be waiting by our side, I guess if I did, the old monk Jinghai should go back to the house and not talk to me about this calf.
If you want to go, Chen Qianning is dead or alive, I wonder why she is so stubborn to me. But seeing that Chen Qianning didn't leave, the old monk Jinghai was unwilling to fold his "tall image" in Chen Qianning's heart, so he was willing to accompany me to play this boring game.
I don't know if it's nervous, or if this place is already gloomy, we all feel so cold, and even shiver a little, and it's been so long that we haven't even seen a ghost, which really makes people feel hairy. But it's all here, and I can only bite the bullet. I don't know if Bai Wuchang is by our side now, I hope he is more reliable this time.
After explaining that the old monk Jinghai was directly opposite the gate, I asked Chen Qianning to step on my shoulders and go up to the wall, and then I retreated and ran and also went up the wall, and then the two of them climbed directly into the wall. These few moments show that Chen Qianning is usually a girl who loves sports, and her movements are not inferior to me at all, and I don't know how to maintain her body balance when her bust is so big.
Jumping into the wall, I cursed in my heart, the sun, I didn't expect this modern wall to be wrapped in a courtyard of classical Chinese architecture, as if the purpose of the outside wall is to hide this courtyard, we turned in is equivalent to turning in vain.
The classical courtyard wall inside is in stark contrast to the modern courtyard wall outside, and the outer wall looks very modern and solid, and it looks like a rich family's big mansion. But the inner wall looks like an old thing in disrepair, and the white ash on the wall has peeled off, giving people the feeling that the outer wall is shaming the inner wall.
This reminds me of how often we can build long, long retaining walls along the road when passing through poor rural areas, in order to block the view of pedestrians and not show passers-by the dilapidated scene of the countryside. What I've always wondered about is that if these retaining bricks used to cover shame are distributed to the people, I see that the house can be almost repaired, and I really don't know what those leaders think.
Looking at the outline of the inner wall of the house, it makes me feel even more strange. Because most of the courtyards of ancient Chinese houses were boxy, even if there were man-made natural landscapes inside, at least the walls should be square. The walls of this house are curved from the outside, and they don't look particularly round, and some parts of the walls have porches stretching out, and finally end with a small house on the top of a hill, which is a bit like a small Roman Acropolis, which is very different from the traditional Chinese houses in my impression, and the shape makes people feel very uncomfortable.
Because Chen Qianning and I suffered losses at the main gate, I didn't dare to go inside the main gate of this arc-shaped courtyard, and the main gate was also connected to the gate by a porch. So we took a detour to the place where the curved wall was, and the old routine went back in. When we jumped in, we were dumbfounded again. The owner of this yard is so fucking bored, there's a fucking fence in this oval wall, it's not over, isn't it?
But this time the wall is square. However, the door of this house is open in the middle of the square wall, which may seem to be a very powerful official-style building, because the main entrance of ordinary people's houses is open in the southeast corner of the courtyard, but this family is open in the middle of the courtyard.
When I entered this courtyard, I realized that the curved wall we had just climbed in should be an oval, and by the light of the moon, as far as I could see, I could see that there were two holes in the wall, which were very far away. The doorway may be connected to the porch that sticks out of the wall, and finally to the house that rests on the top of the hill.
In this empty courtyard, the miserable moonlight accompanied by the cold air, I didn't think that Chen Qianning came up again and grabbed my hand, and said tremblingly: "Little dream, how does this place feel so scary, otherwise, let's go."
I said, "No, I promised my eldest brother that he would get that old thing out of the door, and it would be too unrighteous to just come in and leave."
"Why do you have to get that old man out of the gate, you have to tell me the reason", Chen Qianning said hurriedly.
"Oh, don't ask, I'll tell you when I get back. By the way, that old guy is said to be in his 200s, and I don't know what he will look like, so don't scare you out of nowhere," I prompted.
After listening to my words, it made Chen Qianning scared, I guess she has now sketched in her head the image of an old goblin with deep eye sockets, a wrinkled face, dry hands and feet, and a cloak of hair. But I can't do it if I don't warn her, and if she faints in a moment, I won't be able to do it.
Thinking of this, I don't feel that I am scolding in my heart again, why did I just listen to Chen Qianning and let her follow me in, what should I do if I faint in fright.
In order to appease Chen Qianning, this time I took the initiative to take her in my arms, stroked her head, and then held her face with both hands and said, "Don't be afraid, you are behind me in this haunted house, and I will stand in front of you if anything happens." Let's go to the door and see what's inside, so that we don't have to go wrong when we run for a while."
After speaking, I took Chen Qianning's hand and walked like a door hole in the wall.