Chapter 7: The Corpse

Georgie frowned and said, "I'll take you somewhere," Zaba looked at Georgie strangely, but Georgie had no expression on his face. Until now, I can only take one step at a time, but I just glanced at Zaba with great meaning. Zaba looked at me with a wry smile, but said nothing.

We followed Georgie to the back room, where we had stayed last night, but to our surprise Georgie did not stop and continued to walk inside. I was startled, but honestly followed, and when we came to the back room, we saw a wall, which looked very old, and no one had touched it for a long time. It was covered with spider silk, and the black walls gave me the illusion that the wall might be able to disappear like dust with just a finger, because it was so old.

Georgie came to the wall, but he didn't speak, just stared fixedly, motionless. After a long time, I got impatient, and was about to urge, when Zaba gave me a look. Seeing this, I couldn't help it, but then Georgie suddenly shook his body, as if he had woken up, looked at us, and said, "I'm sorry, I was a little distracted just now, come on, I'll show you something"

Zaba and I nodded, and Georgie gently pushed the door open, and the door creaked and slowly opened. As that door opened, a lot of dust fell and fell to the ground. It looks like no one has been here for a long time.

We followed Georgie to the door, only to find that it was a lobby with many rooms, and it seemed that the place was bigger than the outside. It's just that there are no windows here, it's dark all around, and when I look closely, I find that there are windows here, but they are nailed by wooden planks.

Georgie said to us lightly: 'Just take a look'

I looked around, and soon noticed that something was unusual, the first feeling was that it was very cold here, you know, it was summer outside, the weather was very hot, we were already sweating profusely when we were in the outhouse, but when we arrived here, I couldn't help but shiver, this is not an ordinary cold air, it is clearly a naturally formed cold air. At that time, I had already experienced some things and knew that there would be this kind of naturally formed cold air in some old houses, but I never thought that this cold air would be so strong, and I didn't pay much attention to it at the time.

It's just that at this time I looked at Zaba, but found that his face was solemn, his whole body collapsed, and he looked around with a wary face, I knew Zaba, he was not the kind of person who was a soldier, but now that he actually put on such a pose, I realized that there was something strange in it.

Thinking of this, I was about to open my mouth and ask Zaba softly, but Zaba looked at me, shook his head, and signaled no.

Georgie slowly lit the lamp in the back room, slowly, lightly, and cautiously, as if he was afraid of breaking something. It wasn't until all three lights in the back room were lit up that I felt a little better, so I looked around, and I couldn't help but be terrified."

Huang Juan said: "What do you see? What else could make you so weird? ”

Shu Yao said: "I saw a photo hanging in the main hall of the back room, this photo has been gray, it looks like it has been some years, and then this is not the main thing, the most important thing is that I see the person in the photo."

"The person in the picture?"

"Yes, it's the person in the photo, because I found out that I actually know the person in the photo," Shu Yao said with a pale face. Huang Juan glanced at Shu Yao strangely, and became more and more curious about this photo, you know, after such a long time, Shu Yao would still have such a big reaction, which shows how terrible the situation was at that time.

"What the hell is on the picture?" Huang Juan couldn't help but ask.

"Although the photo is a little white, but most of it can still be seen clearly, the photo shows a woman and a man, wearing a new wedding dress, well, that kind of clothes is the style that rich families often wear when they get married before liberation, big red happy characters, the woman wears a phoenix crown, wearing a xia match, at a glance, you know that it is the daughter of a rich family, next to it is a delicate man, who looks like he is about twenty years old, and it seems to be very reluctant to see between his eyebrows. When I saw this, I recognized that the newlyweds in this photo were the same two portraits I saw on both sides of the lantern. ”

Huang Juan said: "Even if this is the case, you don't have to be afraid."

Shu Yao said: "It's not that I'm afraid of this photo, it's just that you also know that when I entered the courtyard and chatted with the old man, I just glanced at the portrait on the lantern casually, and didn't pay much attention to it, but now when I look at this portrait with all my attention, I am more and more frightened, and the more I look at it, the more I have problems."

"What's wrong? Miss Shu, can you hurry up? Everyone is in a hurry to die," Huang Juan jumped up.

Shu Yao smiled: "Don't be anxious. Well, I say. The first thing I noticed at that time was the man, the man looked very young, and it gave me a very familiar feeling, I don't know why, I always felt that I should know him. He stood up straight, dressed in the groom's clothes, but the expression on his face was strange, as if he was desperate, well, seemed to be scared"

"Scared? But how could he be afraid? Huang Juan asked strangely.

Shu Yao shook his head, "I can't figure out this question, the reason why I noticed that man at the time was just that I really felt that this face was too familiar, and his expression was so shocking, if I hadn't seen this photo, I would never have thought that someone would put on such an expression when they were newly married, that feeling was like being sacrificed to the devil, that kind of desolation and despair, that kind of horrified expression like seeing the devil, I can't forget it until now."

"To be sacrificed to the devil? How could such a metaphor come to be conceived? Huang Juan said.

Shu Yao said: "At that time, the man gave me the feeling that this was the case, at this time, I slowly turned the corner of my eyes to the other side and looked at the woman who was the groom next to me, this look surprised me even more."

"What's wrong with this woman?"

Shu Yao said: "This woman is not a problem, but a big problem." First of all, her posture, which I felt familiar, yes, was the same as the old man I had seen outside the courtyard, and although they were not the same person, they were really similar. Also, her face, although it looks like she is wearing a lot of makeup, is white and white, and this kind of whiteness should definitely not be what a living person should have. Her eyes were closed, and she didn't show any expression. But when you look closely, you faintly feel that she is laughing, laughing very strangely, I was more and more engrossed, and slowly I was attracted by the strange smile on her face, and became in a trance, and at this moment, Zaba slapped me hard, and I came to my senses."

"Could it be that this picture is so evil?" Huang Juan Road.

Shu Yao said: "Don't worry, listen to me, after I came to my senses, Zaba looked at me and said; 'Shu Yao, are you alright? ’

Huang Jun didn't know what he had discovered at the time, and said; 'It's okay, what can I do?' Why do you ask? ’

Zaba gave me a strange look and said; 'Why did you keep smiling when you looked at this picture?' And, that kind of laugh like, well, can't tell'

I was taken aback, knowing that this photo was a bit odd, and forced a smile; 'I'm fine'

Zaba didn't ask any more questions, just said; "Shu Yao, be careful, this room is a bit evil."

I nodded, and then looked back at the photo, only to find that the woman in the photo was back to normal, still with that expressionless appearance, but I just thought the corners of her mouth were smiling? Is it my delusion? I knew I couldn't think about it anymore, but now I couldn't help myself from wanting to.

As I withdrew my gaze from the woman's face, a sentence suddenly came to mind. ”

"In a word? What a word? ”

"I remembered when Georgie was talking about this woman, she used a metaphor, she said, well, it was like a corpse hanging on a wooden frame, when he said this, I didn't think about it, but now when I see this picture, I finally know the meaning of this sentence, oh my God, this metaphor is so apt, and now I finally understand why I have always felt that the old man, including this woman, has a strange posture, as if their bodies are hanging on a wooden frame, in my opinion, It's just that this wooden frame seems to be behind them, covered, but their limbs are weak, their feet are dangling in the air, and there are floating around, and a person actually poses like this, which is simply too weird."

The more Huang Juan listened, the more fascinated she became, and now Shu Yao has completely entered the role, I don't know why, when Shu Yao talked about this, she felt that Shu Yao's tone became so strange, and when she heard this, she said with interest: "It's hard for you, in such a short period of time, you can think of so many things."

Shu Yao sighed: "What's the use of thinking so much? It's just that what happened next gave me more headaches. I remember when I looked at the photo, I turned around and realized that Georgie had been staring at me, smiling, not knowing what to do."

"Who the hell is this Georgie? According to you, I always think this man is a bit mysterious."

"To be honest, I still can't see through this man. At that time, I turned my head and said, 'What, look at this picture, what do you think?' ’

I don't know what he wants to do, just the Tao; 'I don't have any ideas, just look at it, what do you want me to think?' ’

Georgie suddenly sneered; Do you think, well, I mean, the man in the picture is familiar? Especially you, I think since you've seen the portrait on the lantern outside, you should know a lot about this picture, right? ’

I didn't expect that Georgie seemed to have figured out all my thoughts, to be honest, I didn't really like the feeling of being in the hands of someone else, but at the time it was still indifferent; It's a little familiar, but I don't know why it feels that way. ’

Georgie seemed very surprised to hear me say this, 'Oh, it seems that you really don't know?' ’

I was stunned and said, 'What do you want me to know?' ’

Georgie smiled, "It seems that I was wrong, I thought you could see it, but since you are here, I will not hide it from you, don't you think that the man in the photo looks like me?" ’

When Georgie said that sentence, my whole body was excited, as if I understood everything, I understood why Georgie depicted the lantern pattern so clearly at the beginning, I understood why there was always a familiar feeling when I saw that photo, and I also understood all the strange behaviors and behaviors of Georgie before, but I couldn't have imagined that the man was actually Georgie, at this time, I couldn't help but turn around and look at Georgie again, and then look at the man in the photo, yes, It's Georgie. The desperate and frightened man is none other than Georgie, but the look of Georgie in the photo is so terrifying that I can't connect the man in front of me with the man in the painting who seems to be lying on the devil's altar and hovering on the top of fear and desolation, but the truth is strange, these two people are obviously one person."