I thought that after returning from Hunan, I would be emboldened enough to sleep all night in an empty house without fear. But I was wrong again.

I stared at the half-cut candle on the table, and I couldn't sleep. That's when I understood. The water village and the empty house are terrifying. I came all the way back, just in a horrible way.

I lay on the bed for a long time with my eyes slightly closed, and I don't know why, but I always felt that someone was talking nearby. I got up again and again, lay down again, and found nothing.

I had no choice but to hold the big knife in my arms and mutter, "Auditory hallucinations, just auditory hallucinations." ”

I hypnotized myself like this for several hours, and finally fell asleep in a daze.

I don't know how long I slept, but in the haze, I felt a few people coming in and out of the house.

I opened my eyes, and there was an instant silence around me, and I got up and saw that the broken table was full of food.

I was amazed: "What's going on?" Haunted? Or did Mr. Lu not want to go and sent it to me overnight? ”

I sat up slowly, my broadsword warily.

Suddenly, I felt very hungry. It's like smelling ambergia in the water village, the kind of heart-scratching craving, wanting to eat something.

I was a little anxious and knew that something was wrong with these meals. But as I thought so, my mind began to get foggy a little bit. A voice of great longing whispered in my head, "If it's okay to take a bite, just take a bite." ”

I slowly leaned over and was about to pick up my chopsticks. Suddenly, I saw a man sitting across the broken table.

He was wearing a wide robe, and the skin on his face was dark and tight, clinging to his skull. Isn't it Master Zu? He sat across from me, looking at me expectantly.

I shuddered and threw my chopsticks. I pointed a big knife at him and said sharply, "Aren't you dead?" Do you believe that I slashed you with a knife? ”

This is a contradiction, but at that time, I was in a hurry, and I couldn't care about it so much.

After I said this, Master Zu did not move, still looking at me with expectant eyes. I was horrified, let out a low cry, turned around and ran outside.

I ran two steps, and suddenly I heard someone behind me calling me, it was Mr. Lu's voice: "Zhao Mang, where are you going?" Didn't you say that it was good to drink? ”

I was confused: "Drinking? ”

I looked back and saw that Mr. Lu was sitting at the table with a few side dishes and two wine glasses on it.

I was a little confused, walked back slowly, and said, "Mr. Lu, do Taoist priests also drink?" ”

Mr. Lu smiled and said, "We are not monks?" Here, raise a glass. ”

I sat down slowly and raised my glass. When I was about to put it to my lips, I suddenly found that the candlelight was flickering, and the person sitting in front of me was not Mr. Lu at all, but a ten-year-old girl.

She was looking at me with a smile. But I always felt a hint of hatred in her eyes.

I shuddered and spilled a glass of wine on my sleeve.

The girl stood up, smiled and said, "Don't you like to drink with me the most?" Why don't you drink it now? ”

I immediately had a glimmer of clarity in my mind: "Something is wrong, it's weird tonight." "I slammed the hilt of my knife on my stomach while I was still sane.

I groaned in pain and sat up from the bed. The wine and food in the house, the girls, all disappeared. The pit has every garbage.

And the candle on the table has long been extinguished.

I looked at the half-open door, and it was already cold. The smell of rice wafted in from the breakfast stall outside, and I was really hungry.

I tapped my head and thought to myself, "If I live in this room for a few years, even if I survive, I'm afraid I'm going to have problems mentally." ”

In the next few days, Mr. Lu would come to my empty house from time to time. But he resolutely refused to stay overnight. His excuse was that the injuries on his body had not healed yet, and he would not be in contact with the gods and ghosts for the time being.

What's even more sad is that after Aunt Xue came back, Xue Qian didn't spend the night in the health care store. I was left alone, guarding a dilapidated room.

I barely slept with a big knife in my arms every day, and although I never encountered anything, I had all kinds of nightmares every night. Eventually, I couldn't tell the difference between reality and dreams. Every time I wake up, I have to be confused for a few minutes to figure out where this is.

That night, Aunt Xue invited me to dinner.

I asked Mr. Lu, "Have you healed your injuries well?" When to live in an empty house? I'm scared to death. ”

Xue Qian's chopsticks flew like flying, and her eyebrows danced when she ate. In between chewing, he said, "Lao Zhao, don't wait for him." This kid didn't dare go. ”

I looked at Mr. Lu in surprise and said with a smile, "What? I went to the Ten Thousand Ghost Cave and was scared? Want to wash your hands in a golden basin? ”

Mr. Lu kept his old face and didn't speak, and he ate with a stuffy head.

Xue Qian said with a smile: "This kid is reluctant to wash his hands in a golden basin." He's working on that kind of baby. ”

I was stunned for a moment, and then I thought, "The bead I brought back from the Ten Thousand Ghost Caves?" ”

Xue Qian nodded: "Yes." Didn't Master Zu say that if you understand the things inside, it is possible for the Dao technique to be successful? Lu Laodao was in a hurry. Do you think, Master Zu is so capable, he still makes people harm. How dare he go out with this bit of Taoism? So I plan to practice the peerless magic skills and then go out of the mountain. ”

Xue Qian even said that he was robbing white, and Mr. Lu's old face was flushed, but he was really calm, and he only ate and didn't speak.

I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Lu, this is yours." Where are you not enlightened? Wouldn't it be a double win to go to my empty house and practice your Taoism while being my companion? ”

Xue Qian smiled: "He didn't dare." You think, it was the people in the empty house who killed the ancestor in the first place. All these years have passed, but the empty house may still be looking for this bead. If Lu Laodao lives in with beads, won't he fall into the net? ”

It dawned on me: "I see." Mr. Lu, you are very scheming. ”

Mr. Lu smiled wryly, and he looked at me and Xue Qian: "Don't you two rob me of nothing?" How nice it is to have a good meal. ”

A few of us talked and laughed and ate until midnight.

Finally, I let out a long sigh and said, "There is no feast in the world." It's time for me to go back to that haunted house. ”

Xue Qian looked at me sympathetically: "Lao Zhao, don't be discouraged, when I get better, I will go over to accompany you for two days." ”

I looked at him and thought, "Do you all use an excuse?" ”

I touched my bulging belly and walked out of Xue Qian's house. Xue Qian walked beside me, insisting on giving me a ride. He did this, and it gave me the illusion that I was going to die.

The two of us walked in silence for a while, and Xue Qian suddenly said: "Lao Zhao, there is a joke that is quite popular recently." ”

I was a little speechless and gave a perfunctory hum.

Xue Qian actually talked about it to herself:

It is said that there was a man who saw a girl waiting for the bus under the bus stop sign at night, so he leaned over and asked: How old are you?

The maiden replied, "Thirty-eight."

The man was flamboyant and said with a smile: I see that you are very young, not like thirty-eight, like eighteen.

Guess what the girl said? The maiden said, "I died eighteen years old."

When Xue Qian said this, she laughed and said, "That man was so scared that he didn't have the heart to play hooligan anymore." This trick has been rumored to be a wolf-proof magic technique. ”

I said helplessly, "I've heard this joke a long time ago. ”

Xue Qian scratched her head in embarrassment: "Really?" I don't know why it suddenly became popular. Recently, the neighborhood has been spreading this joke. Even my mom knows. ”

The two of us talked for a while without saying a word. I see that I have walked out of the community. I said to Xue Qian: "Okay, you can go back." If you send me for a while, I will definitely be reluctant to leave. ”

Xue Qian smiled, turned around and returned to the community.

I walked back with a lot of emotion. At this time, the road was quiet, I took out my phone and looked at it, it was almost eleven o'clock. But there were still buses whizzing past me.

As I passed a stop sign, I saw a man and a woman chatting. The lights were dim, and I didn't pay attention to their appearances, only to hear their conversations.

The man asked flamboyantly, "Beauty, waiting for the car?" How old are you? ”

The woman said, "Thirty-eight." ”

The man smiled: "I've heard about this joke too, what should I say next?" Haha, you're so young, I think you look like you're eighteen. ”

The woman smiled and said, "I died at the age of eighteen." ”

The man obviously thought about the next sentence, and said proudly: "I was twenty-two when I died, and the two of us were exactly a couple." ”