I asked my boss if there was any taboo in this. The boss said that of course there are taboos, but I can't sue you today. Hurry back and rest, don't you come out if you don't see anyone else. Once again, I warn you, no one is allowed to go out tonight, and if you do, you will not stay here any longer. Young people don't understand anything, and I'm doing this for your good.

With that, the boss locked the door. I glanced at the empty courtyard and saw that no one was out and about.

I knew there was something wrong with it, so I urged them to hurry upstairs. Jing Jing and Tang Yiyi were dissatisfied, but they had no choice but to follow me back to the room.

At night, I leaned on the window and watched the lion dance performance in the alley, and I thought it was really a pill.

The next morning, I got up early and went out early to see if I could meet the landlord and ask what had happened last night.

But when I walked out, I found that the whole alley was burned for the dead, and the cleaners cursed that the damn Hunan family would die sooner or later.

The cleaner must know something, so I immediately handed over a cigarette and asked with a smile, "Uncle, how do you know that this is paper money scattered by Hunan people?" ”

The cleaner lit a cigarette, panted and sat on the tricycle looking at me and said: "This Hunan family has to celebrate the moon and a half every year, invite the lion team to dance the dragon and lion, and also sacrifice ghosts, do you say this is disgusting?" ”

"Half a month?" It dawned on me that there are still seven days left to be the half-moon festival, which is commonly known as the Ghost Festival.

In the vicinity of Enshi, Hunan, there is a custom of inviting a son-in-law for a month and a half. But I haven't heard of the custom of dragon and lion dances in the middle of the moon, and isn't there still seven days before the moon and half of the festival? I couldn't help but feel quite puzzled, so I asked the uncle.

Uncle said that his family is different from other people's homes. Every year, his family celebrates the moon and a half festival a week in advance, and there is also a dragon and lion dance, which is said to be a sacrifice to ghosts. That's a mystery when you say it.

As soon as the uncle started talking, he couldn't stop talking to me and started talking to me.

"Hunan people celebrate the moon and half festival in advance, that is all particular, unless someone dies in the family this year, it will be a week in advance of the moon and half festival. Because the newly dead ghost will go home a week early. ”

"You know what's even more sinister? Every year, his family celebrates the half-moon festival a week early, even if there are no dead people before the half-moon festival, it must be celebrated. I don't know which ghost they are invited, but people in the neighborhood are rumored to be saying that all the people in his family are dead, so they have to celebrate the moon and half a day in advance, and basically no neighbors are willing to associate with his family. ”

"Really?" This thing is a bit mysterious: "His family is dead, who spends the moon and a half festival?" Could it be a ghost? ”

"It's a zombie." The uncle said: "His family has turned into zombies. ”

As he spoke, the door of the Hunan family was opened, and a young man in a suit came out of the house, stretched out on the street, and left.

I said that guy is a zombie too?

Uncle said it's normal for you not to look at him, but who knows if he's dead? And you know what his family does, don't you? He who makes money from the dead. Okay, without further ado, I still have to work. By the way, don't say that I sued you, otherwise the family will definitely not be finished with me.

After finishing speaking, the uncle was busy. And I smiled bitterly, thinking with my toes that the uncle was talking nonsense, and he must have a grudge against that Hunan family, so he would say bad things about that family.

But to say that people are zombies is a bit lacking in morality. I didn't pay any attention to it, and was about to go back and wake up the deserter, so we hurried around the neighborhood and saw if we could find any useful clues.

I went to the room and shouted to desert and Tang Yiyi to be quiet, and when I came out, I happened to meet a person with a strong Hunan accent, talking to the landlord.

I suspected that this Hunan man was the one who lived next door, so I listened carefully.

"Lao Li, I'll invite a ghost in a while, go over and help."

The landlord hurriedly and politely said to you, I'll go over later.

After the Hunan people left, I went up and talked to the landlord: "Boss, this is the Hunan man who lives next door." ”

The landlord said yes.

I said, what did he just say about inviting ghosts?

The landlord looked around, and after confirming that there was no one, he whispered, "I told you, don't tell anyone." Every year on the half-day of the month, his house will welcome a ghost. This year is no exception. He asked us to help kill chickens and sheep and entertain ghosts. ”

"Isn't this old feudal?" I smiled and said, "Where in the world are there ghosts, and you still entertain ghosts, isn't it over with two sticks of incense?" ”

"You're too young to see the world." The boss said: "There are really ghosts living in his house, and the wine poured for the ghosts will spoil after a while± and the dishes on the will float in the same direction. His ghost sits on the main seat, and the delicious food and drink are placed near the main seat, and the guests can only eat a few dishes that the ghost does not touch. ”

The desert immediately asked, "Is there really a ghost in his house?" Has anyone seen it? ”

"Yes." The boss said, "Do you know why I didn't let you stay outside last night?" It was because someone once saw a figure that floated into the Hunan family, and as a result, the unlucky guy lay in bed for more than a month, and almost didn't die of a high fever. I was yesterday for your own good. Alright, without further ado, I'll have to hurry over and help, lest the ghost blame me. ”

With that, the landlord left.

Tang Yiyi cut a sentence disdainfully: "Just kidding, where is this, there are ghosts...... There's a fart. ”

Deserted and said, "Do you want me, a professional god, to investigate?" Maybe the clue we're looking for is in this family. ”

I said that there is a possibility, but it shouldn't be such a coincidence, let's live in a casual family, and we just happened to run into a clue?

After discussing and discussing, we finally decided to go around, but we couldn't find any clues, so we came to this family's house to look for it.

Now we have no clue, and the only clue is to look in the nearby streets to see if we can find any traces of the Yingzhan pattern, or any trace of the treasure of Panmen.

However, with such a wide range of Hutongs, and many of them have been replaced by modern architecture, how easy is it to find a symbol? We looked for two laps and finally had to give up.

When we came back, it was almost noon, but we found that there were two police cars in front of the Hunan people's house, and a cordon was set up at the door, and many onlookers were about to block the alley.

What's going on? Something happened to that family? We hurried up to take a look, and when we inquired, we found out that the head of the family, the middle-aged man I had seen this morning, had died.

But in the morning, he was so good, why did he suddenly die? We asked the neighbors, and they all said that they didn't know anything, after all, there had just been an accident, and everyone, including the helpers and relatives, was questioned by the police at that house.

I went back to look at the landlord's room and found that the landlord's room was empty, and it seemed that the landlord hadn't come back yet.

We weren't in the mood to see the excitement, so we waited in the courtyard. Many of the backpackers who lived in "" also stood on the roof of the courtyard and looked next door, so a few of us climbed up as well.

In the small courtyard, the police and the surrounding neighbors were already full, and the family was crying and grabbing the ground, so not sad. A policeman was questioning one by one, and after a brief question, he let the neighbors leave.

I saw that the landlord was back, so I went up and asked the landlord what was wrong? The landlord seemed to be in a bad mood, and casually said perfunctorily, young man, don't be so curious, be careful that curiosity kills the cat.

After that, close the door and never come out again.

I said I'd go out and inquire.

Desertion is definitely an expert in "inquiry", and he came back not long after, and said to me excitedly: "It's really haunted." ”

Tang Yiyi said that you speak human language, I don't understand.

Desert patiently told us again, and after listening to Desert, I also fell into a long contemplation. Could it be that his family's "inviting ghosts" is not the old yellow calendar, but really inviting ghosts?

According to the desertion, his two sons-in-law and daughter came early in the morning, and after a simple homework, it was time to "invite the ghost", and set a table of dishes, and the main seat was empty, because it was the ghost's seat.