Chapter 1: The Seal of the Wicked
"The seal of the wicked, the seal of the good.
The rules of the underworld are chaotic.
It is better to do evil than good.
Yin and Yang reincarnation cause and effect ring. ”
A man in black stood under the street lamp, his clothes were black, his hair was black, the sunglasses he was wearing were black, even the pupils under his sunglasses were pure black, he stood there quietly, as if the light was swallowed by him, and the darkness merged with him.
He seemed to be waiting for someone, but he was not in a hurry at all, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, as if something happy was coming.
Finally, a person walked in front of him, and this person walked in a tiger's step, and his face was not angry and arrogant, which made people dare not look directly.
The man in black finally straightened up slightly, peeking half of his shoulders out of the darkness. The man in black chuckled, "Zhang Qiling? ”
The man paused, his eyes shrunk, and he wondered, "Who are you?" He smelled danger from the man in black.
The man in black didn't answer, just smiled: "I'm looking for Zhang Qiling, the current patriarch of the Zhang family." ”
The man known as Zhang Qiling nodded, his eyes narrowed: "I don't seem to know you." As he spoke, his nose moved, and he said, "You smell of death...... Could it be that you are the one who has been in the tragedies these days? Zhang Qiling's body arched, as if he was about to jump up and break the neck of the man in black in the next moment.
The man in black still smiled: "You also have a dead smell on your body, you smell it." ”
Saying that, the man in black rushed forward in vain, and Zhang Qiling greeted him with a low shout when he saw this.
After a moment, the man in black looked at the corpse on the ground and couldn't hide the smile on his face. He twisted his broken neck back and lifted Zhang Qiling's body and carried it on his shoulder. muttered softly: "Fingers, eyes, nose, tongue, ears...... The fingers are there, the nose is there. It is better to do evil than good...... Interesting, interesting...... Ha ha. He chuckled and walked into the darkness, disappearing in a moment.
Thousands of miles away.
I finally finished my part-time job at the restaurant, took the two crumpled bills handed by the boss, and went to sleep in my rental house humming a little song.
My name is Lu An, a junior in school. is also a hard worker. The school arranges dormitories, but I can't afford the school's accommodation fees, so I have no choice but to find a rental house next to the school to live temporarily.
The rental house is in a complex alley with simple street lights. I've been on this path for three years, but today feels a little unusual.
The stall selling chaos at the intersection didn't come out today, and the boss patted his chest and said to himself, uh-huh, my stall, but rain or shine.
But the stall was empty, only the shadowy trees on the side of the street remained, it was more than eight o'clock, but the alley intersection was very quiet, there was a white light bulb on the telephone pole at the intersection, the roadside shops were all closed, and the glowing sign of a shop flashed and flashed, saying "Open 24 hours." But the door of the shop was closed, and the flickering red light made my heart choke.
Man is a social animal, and when you walk alone on an uninhabited street, you will always feel like someone behind you is secretly watching you.
Some people say that it is the same lonely ghost who takes advantage of the lack of popularity to follow you, and some people say that it is just a psychological effect of people.
I don't dare to think about it, because I don't have much guts.
But the more you go, the more wrong it becomes.
There wasn't a single person in the entire alley.
The old men and old ladies who stood in front of the alley chatting, and the students who came out to open their houses with their arms around each other...... One by one, they were gone.
I was alone, walking quietly in the alley, there were street lights, the alley was not dark, but there was an inexplicable sense of fear. I inadvertently looked up and looked at the thing hanging from the third streetlight.
It's a handmade rag doll, clumsy, with ugly eyes and a mouth full of needles. This thing has been there since before I moved into the alley, and I have wondered countless times about its origins. Every time I go back to the rental house, I will subconsciously glance at it. But looking at it now, there is a creepy feeling.
It seemed to be smiling at me, yes, and it occurred to me that no matter which way I went, its face was always on me. It had been tied to it alone for so long, how could anyone pull its head and turn it back and forth? I've never cared about this before, but my damn brain will think of it here!
"Ding." There was a crunch.
I hurriedly looked at the sound, and by the dim light I saw that it was a needle, a needle on a doll.
"Ding, ding, ding." These needles, which have endured an unknown amount of wind and rain, actually fell like pouring beans at this moment.
I took a cigarette a little stiffly, put it in my mouth and quickened the pace to the rental house, hurriedly ran under the street lamp, ran a few steps and did not forget to turn back, it was really a hit, the doll face was still facing me!
How to describe fear?
It's like a drop of ink onto a blank piece of paper, expanding and spreading out over time. I didn't want to go down any more ink, so I spread my legs and ran towards my cabin.
For the first time, I felt that this alley was so long, and looking at the far street, I had a feeling that I couldn't finish walking.
As soon as he took two steps, a person suddenly flashed out of the alley on the side. I was startled, and immediately saw that it was a middle-aged woman pushing a small stroller, wearing pink pajamas and slippers, walking forward nonchalantly.
I'm happy, it's a bit popular. Turning his head to look at the doll again, it was still tied to the street lamp, and it was too far away to see its eyebrows. After comforting himself, he hurried after the woman.
The woman walked slowly, perhaps for fear of startling the child in the car, so she did not make a sound, but just quietly dragged her steps. I didn't dare to surpass others, so I just walked slowly behind them.
"Thorn, sting." The sound of slippers mopping the floor. I followed behind her, and I couldn't help but feel stunned, this black light was blinding, this woman didn't say a word, and she didn't even look back when she heard her footsteps. It's kind of weird.
Thinking of this, I paused suddenly, and before I could think of it, the woman paused abruptly.
There was silence for a moment, and then the woman suddenly turned around.
The woman's neck slowly twisted over, and my heart also hung up, and the people who usually act weirdly in ghost movies turn around with super scary faces.
Unexpectedly, the woman's face was ordinary, only a little indifferent. After one look at me, he turned around and picked up the child in the car.
"Ah, ah, don't cry...... Ah, ah, fall asleep......" The woman's voice was soft, soft.
But I don't sound right. The kid didn't say anything all the way, I thought he was asleep, what was this woman coaxing.
The confusion was so great that I could not take a few steps forward, and my eyes were fixed on the woman's bosom.
What she was holding in her arms was a doll! And when I saw the child's face clearly, the woman also raised her head, and the corners of her mouth raised a strange arc, and said, "My child, is it beautiful?" ”
it! I thought to myself, "Crazy." I cursed and ran forward, looking behind me as I ran, but the woman still stood there.
Crazy, crazy, this is a ghost, it's not a ghost, it's also a psychopath. Well, I stopped, and I suddenly realized that I had run to the door of my rental house. The rental house is a typical southern tube building, boxy, up and down three floors, although the place is huge, but the light inside is very poor, it is a special rental house.
Quickly push open the door and get inside. I saw a bloated, terrifying, wrinkled old face.
Yes!! I screamed in fright and sat down on the ground, gasping for air.
The old face laughed, "Little bud, what's the matter?" ”
I stroked my chest and gasped for a long time before I recovered. "Uncle Wine...... Oops...... Scared the hell out of me. ”
This old man is the owner of the rental house, and his son works outside, leaving him alone to live in the rental house, and he usually likes to drink a few sips of old wine, and I always laugh at him as Uncle Wine. Xu is the cause of the disease, his face is much more bloated than the average old man, as if his face has been injected with water.
Uncle Wine helped me up and said, "Little Bud is panicking, what are you doing?" "When I was helping me, I smelled a great smell of wine on him, and I knew that the old man had drunk a lot of wine.
I got up, quickly closed the door, and stammered, "Great, uncle." Haunted, haunted......" said, I will tell how I met the woman pushing the doll, how weird it was in the alley.
"Ahahahaha." The wine uncle staggered, smiled from ear to ear, and squeezed his originally bloated face together. The wine master laughed, took out a crumpled box of cigarettes from his pocket, handed me one, and lit one himself. Said slowly: "That's the daughter-in-law of the Zhang Lao Wu family, since the child was abducted by someone, her mind is not normal. You're at ease. ”
I opened my mouth, and that's what feelings are all about. I still reluctantly said: "What about the old and young masters in the alley?" Why are there so few people today? ”
The wine uncle blinked his cloudy eyes and said, "There is a dead person at the mouth of the alley, today is the first seven, of course no one goes out at night...... Don't go out, go to bed early, save unclean things. ”
"Oh......" I nodded with apprehension, looked at the second floor sharply, and said, "Uncle, where is this person?" What about the upstairs residents? ”
Uncle Wine shook his head, "I moved out this morning, maybe I think the old man is not clean." As he spoke, he took a puff of his cigarette and said, "You should go to bed early." So saying, he went back to the house and went to sleep.
I looked at the swarthy second floor and swallowed, yes, I'm alone now. Touching the amulet around his neck, he bravely returned to the room on the second floor.
As soon as I returned to the house, I immediately felt relieved. This small house of less than ten square meters is my long-term home, or I think too much. I took off my clothes a few times and got under the covers.
I didn't dare to turn off the lights, so I fell asleep in a daze.
Falling asleep, I suddenly felt someone pulling my neck.
It doesn't hurt, but it's itchy, itchy.
I opened my eyes in a daze, and I saw that it was pitch black, and to my horror, there was a man lying on his stomach in front of me, who was facing my face, and I could even feel the sound of his breathing, and the smell of alcohol.
I tensed up and held my breath. But my mind kept thinking about what to do.
The lights were turned on, but they were turned off, but this guy sneaked into my bed and lay on top of me. Plus this wine......
I was shocked, didn't I forget to lock the door and let the drunkard outside get in by mistake, and he wanted to insult me when he saw my beautiful eyebrows and wanted to insult me......?
Groove ...... Thinking in my heart, I was a little bolder, I slammed my force, trying to throw the person on my body down, but under this movement, I was pressed to death, and I didn't move at all.
I was pumping my hands and feet, but the man was like crazy and held me down.
My heart was half cold, looking at this posture, I must have thought of me as a little lady and wanted to force me, and the thought of being kissed by a mouth full of alcohol stench, I pumped my hand even more violently.
With great force, he finally pulled out a hand, took out the mobile phone under the pillow, and shook it.
In this moment, I almost fainted.
In front of me, it was clearly a bloated and old face, this man stared at me with wide, bloodshot eyes. At the same time, my mouth opened, and I didn't know what dirt had fallen on my face.
I was stunned and suddenly shouted, "Uncle Wine, Uncle Wine, are you crazy?" ”
Unbeknownst to me, Uncle Jiu's face became even more hideous and terrifying when I shouted, and he stretched out his swollen fat hand to choke my neck, and his yellow teeth were clenched. Infinite strength suddenly poured out of my hands, and I almost lost my breath when I pinched it.
Feelings: This old man wants to kill me! I just said, how could the people on this floor move out for no reason, I'm afraid they were all poisoned by this old man, I thought as I clawed my hands wildly, but no matter how I struggled, it didn't have the slightest effect. Who knows where this old man who is nearly eighty years old will have such a strong effort.
Just when I thought I was going to die, the wine master's pinching of me suddenly lightened, and I saw his mouth open and muttered, "Give me back my things." ”
I'm stunned, something? What is it?
Uncle Wine pinched me again and shouted, "Give me back my things!" At this sound, I immediately realized that something was wrong. This is not the voice of the wine uncle, this is clearly the voice of a middle-aged man.
Uncle Wine was relieved again, and said with a hideous face: "Give me back the things, return me!! ”
I couldn't help coughing violently and said hoarsely, "What is it?" ”
The wine master muttered: "What's it, yes, yes, wicked, wicked......"
The Wicked Seal? I was suddenly startled, and when I looked at the wine master again, my eyes became frightened. "You ......"
Seeing that my expression had changed, Uncle Wine immediately laughed hideously, grabbed my neck, and said, "Wicked seal, where, where!" Kindness? "He suddenly touched the amulet around my neck, it was a black square seal.
"Here!" The wine master screamed, revealing his old yellow teeth. "Ahh......h......h
At this time, I was already confused, but the strong sense of survival still made me wave my hands wildly. Suddenly, I touched something, the amulet around my neck.
"Dead ghosts, go die!" I grabbed the amulet and threw it at the drunkard's face.
"Ah!!h The wine uncle screamed, and his whole body gradually dissipated like a black mist, and when I saw the wine master disperse, I only felt a pain in my head, and I fainted.
When I woke up again, I was at the hospital, and the doctor said that I had passed out at the corner of the alley, and that it was a kind person who took me to the hospital.
And when I returned to the alley rental house tremblingly, I found that there were many people outside the rental house, and white silk was also hung on the upper floor.
Uncle Liquor died, the night I passed out at the mouth of the alley. It is said that he drank too much alcohol, had a heart attack, and died quietly at home, or the tenant found out.
His son indifferently disposed of the body of the wine master, evicted all the tenants, and sold the house at a low price.
And I, on the day of Uncle Wine's funeral, gave him all my savings, because I knew that Uncle Wine died because of me, to put it bluntly, because of something around my neck.
There were cameras in the alley, and it took me a lot of effort to retrieve the surveillance footage.
Last night I was returning home from work as usual, passing by the Chaos Stall, and the Chaos Stall's owner greeted me happily, and I walked in front of him as if I were not looking.
Cut to the scene of the alley, I walked into the alley, there were uncles and aunts sitting on small benches in the alley, chattering about their daily routines, and I was shrinking my head like a thief, looking around and walking quickly, I could see that I was nervous, and the people around me didn't seem to notice my abnormality.
I walked under the third lamp and stared blankly at the doll above.
Then I started running like crazy, but at that moment, something strange happened, and I was running in the same place! I could see that I was struggling to run, but it was as if something was pulling me from behind, and I didn't notice it. Then I fell to the ground and started choking my own neck. The people in the alley finally noticed me and shouted to come around.
But I pinched myself with a pained expression, my eyes rolled out, and my arms were bruised. Then I suddenly grabbed the jade on my chest and threw it into the air, and the doll on the telephone pole actually fell. And I finally calmed down, and an uncle picked me up and ran out.
The doll went missing in the chaos and I couldn't find any clues.
I believe that it was not my mental problem, and that the person who pinched me at that time was not myself. I still remember what the wine master would say when he pinched me.
It dawned on me that it was the source of everything, my talisman, the Seal of the Wicked.