Xue Qian and I walked on the road for a while, and the sky became dark. I looked west, and the sun had set. Huaicheng changed from light to dark, from dark to black. Fortunately, the street lights came on in time. So that the night is not too scary.

I asked Xue Qian, "How do you know the woman who picked up the dead?" It stands to reason that at your age, you shouldn't have anything to do with her. ”

Xue Qian smiled. said: "I grew up in Huaicheng. I'm naturally familiar with the story here. ”

After a while, he added, "I saw her once when I was a child. It was my mom who took me there. At that time, Mr. Lu was injured and had difficulty moving, so in order to deal with the Yin Ghost Woman, my mother began to look for talented people everywhere. In this way, I searched and searched, and I found the woman who picked up the dead. Although she may not really be able to control life and death, it is better to go and see if a dead horse is a live horse doctor. ”

I asked curiously, "And then, did she help you?" ”

Xue Qian smiled bitterly and shook her head: "The dead woman said that if the child is not born yet, I can save him." Now that he's been born, there's nothing I can do about it. ”

Xue Qian scratched her head, and the look on her face was not very good-looking. It seems that the visit that year did not leave a good impression on him.

Sure enough, he said: "When I met the dead woman, I felt that this person was very evil. To be honest, it's even more terrifying than the Yin Ghost Woman. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have remembered her for so long. When I was a kid, I always walked around that street and never dared to approach her home. ”

I suddenly remembered something and asked, "She was working as a midwife when you were young, how old was she at the time?" Almost twenty years later, is she still alive? ”

Xue Qian shook her head: "I was still young at that time, and I couldn't recognize how old she was, but she was already very old at that time." ”

Xue Qian took out the address and looked at it twice. said: "Since Wang Fatzi asked us to come to her, it is estimated that she is still alive." Then he pointed to a door in front of him. said, "Here we are." ”

I saw that the gate of this house was very high, and there were several bricks carved into them. It seems that it was a prestigious family a few decades ago. It's just that now the door is very dilapidated, and weeds have even grown on the courtyard wall. It gives people a feeling of being in the middle of the road.

Xue Qianna stepped forward and reached out to knock on the door, but he hesitated for a moment and retracted his hand again. Then he said to me with a smile: "Lao Zhao, you should knock on this door." ”

I was stunned for a moment: "Why did I knock?" ”

Xue Qian said: "Hey, the shadow left on me by that trip when I was a child was too deep. My heart pounded as soon as my hand touched her door. ”

I said, "That's weird, you have a shadow of the dead woman, why do you want to come with me?" ”

Xue Qianbei laughed: "Didn't I want to see the excitement?" ”

I smiled and said, "Fortunately, Huaicheng didn't have such a profession as being lively, otherwise, someone as dedicated as you would have been promoted a long time ago." ”

I walked to the door where I was picking up the dead woman, breathed a long sigh of relief, and settled down. In fact, the door to the dead mother-in-law's house is not too shabby, I have seen many more broken doorways than this one, but the information that Xue Qian instilled in me along the way was too terrifying, which made me unconsciously afraid.

Bang, bang, bang. The sound of the wooden door was dull. I felt like I wasn't knocking on the door, I was knocking on a dried corpse.

The thought of this makes my hairs stand on end. I shook my head and wiped the horrible thought out of my mind.

After I knocked on the door, there was no movement inside, I looked back at Xue Qian, and said, "Pick up the dead woman or not, right?" ”

Xue Qian actually said with a smile on her face: "Pick up the dead mother, take the dead mother." In this life, who will take the dead mother-in-law in the next life? ”

I looked at him dumbfounded: "What are you going to do?" ”

Xue Qian said: "Lao Zhao, can you come out of the next couplet?" ”

I waved my hand impatiently: "Get out, the fire is burning your eyebrows, who is in the mood to couplet with you." ”

I turned around, tapped the wooden door twice, and shouted, "Anyone?" Is the dead woman there? ”

Xue Qian hurriedly reminded behind me, "Don't call her that." She didn't like the name very much. ”

I quickly changed my tune and shouted, "Is the midwife there?" ”

After a few seconds, I heard a rustle coming from the yard, like someone walking.

I took a step back and let the door out. Taiwan history is a common garbage.

After a while, the wooden door creaked and was opened. Then, an old woman's voice said, "Come in." ”

After the door opened, Xue Qian became very honest and didn't dare to say a word. I glanced at him, then laughed dryly and said, "We asked you to come and deliver the baby, so we won't go in." Let's go, 100,000 urgent. ”

The voice inside the gate still said unhurriedly: "No hurry, no hurry." There's always time. You don't want to come in, just wait outside. ”

Then, there was another rustling sound in the courtyard, and the dead woman seemed to have entered the house again.

I looked at Xue Qian and asked, "Can we go in?" ”

Xue Qian's eyes dodged: "You have the final say." ”

I gritted my teeth, "Let's go in and have a look." ”

Then, I walked inside the gate with my leg raised.

The door hole was dark, and I could only see the front and back doors, and I didn't know what was inside the doorway. In just a few steps, my mind felt like a movie. I always felt like there were dead people standing on the walls on either side.

I quickened my pace and ran out into the yard. I looked back, Xue Qian's face was pale under the moonlight, and it seemed that he couldn't stand much better than me.

My feet rustled in the yard, and I looked down and saw that it was like leaves.

Xue Qian said behind me: "I heard that every evening, the dead woman would pick a basket of leaves, spread them in the yard, and sweep them back in the morning. ”

I wondered, "Why is that?" For exercise? ”

Xue Qian whispered: "Some people say that the dead woman always sees the dead, and when she gets old, she is worried that the soul seducer will seduce her soul." So spread these leaves. She had cast a spell on it. When the imp comes, it will fall on the leaves and get stuck as if it had walked into glue. If you want to walk from the gate to the bedroom, you have to walk for ten or eight years. ”

I said, "That's an exaggeration. ”

Xue Qian said: "Don't care about exaggeration or not, as long as the people who listen to the story are willing to listen, if you have the heart, go and inquire about the age." The story of the dead woman could not be told for three days and three nights. Of course, most of them are fake. ”

The two of us muttered quietly as we walked into the main room.

As soon as I entered the room, I was stunned. Because the living room is furnished like a temple.

Directly facing the doorway was an offering table with an idol on the table. The incense was flickering, and the two candles were burning vigorously. And the woman who picked up the dead knelt on the futon in front of the offering table, and a paper figure was tied in her hand.

I thought to myself, "It's really evil. Other people's pregnant women are waiting to give birth, but this old woman is a leisurely paper tie person. ”

There were only candles lit in the house where the dead woman was picked up, and no lights were turned on. I looked up and saw that she didn't have an electric light.

I looked at the idol on the offering table, and it was very ugly and hideous. I can't think of any immortal who looks like this.

I couldn't help but ask the lady who picked up the dead, "Which immortal are you worshipping?" You are a midwife, is this one the king of sending children? However, it seems that the king of sending children does not look like this, and ...... He didn't hold the child in his hands. ”

The dead woman said lightly: "Young man, don't you even know Lord Yama?" ”

I was startled when I heard this, and I couldn't help but take a step back, point to the idol and ask, "What is this......?" Is this Lord Yama? ”

The lady nodded and said, "Yes." It's Lord Yama. Young man, don't point your finger at him, be careful that he is upset, and catch you in advance. ”

I hurriedly put my hand down, thinking, "Is this old woman sick?" What kind of gods are not good to worship, but they are dedicated to Lord Yama? I really haven't heard of someone putting Lord Yama at home to make offerings. ”

I was silent for a while, but I couldn't help it, and asked, "Old lady, let me ask more." Why are you offering to Lord Yama at home? ”

The woman raised her head and asked with a smile, "What?" Young people want to have one, too? ”