When we climbed to the top of the rockery, there were unexpected lights on it. Xue Qian looked panicked and told me: There may be someone living there.

I grabbed him and asked solemnly: Let's not joke, isn't it a mass grave on it?

Xue Qian was also confused, and said with a little hesitation: It stands to reason that it is true that there is a mass grave above, but

I waved my hand: Alright. I'll find out what the hell is going on.

Then I slowly looked upwards and finally saw where the light was coming from.

Xue Qian guessed correctly, the rockery was just a disguise, and behind it was a large raised mound of earth, on which there were I don't know how many graves.

But in the middle of this tomb, there was a small temple, and two red lanterns were lit on the temple door. Other than that, there is no life in the mass graves.

I slowly retracted my head. Xue Qian asked me: How is it? See?

I nodded: I saw two lanterns. That's what you said about someone living up there?

Xue Qian said solemnly: When I looked at it just now, only one light was on. One mistake was done, and the second light was lit up. It was clear that someone was lighting the lamp.

Xiaozhou said with a crying voice behind me: What kind of person is lighting the lamp, it is obvious that there is a ghost lighting the lamp.

Xue Qian easily found someone who was less courageous than him, and immediately grabbed Bai Dao: You don't care if people light the lamp or a ghost light the lamp. I'm coming for you anyway. Hurry up and get ready.

Xiaozhou agreed with a sad face.

I asked Xiaozhou: You go up and have a look. When you dug the grave, was it the small temple?

Xiaozhou agreed and slowly climbed up. He looked at it for a long time, so long that I thought he had been snatched away by a ghost.

After more than ten minutes, Xiaozhou finally slowly retracted his neck. Then he shuddered and said: After so many years, I can't remember it clearly. But depending on the location, it should be there.

I nodded: when you get there, you can politely admit your mistake and return the snuffbox.

Xiaozhou was very depressed now, and he asked me tremblingly: Is it still useful to admit mistakes now?

Me: If you don't think it's useful, you can leave.

Xiaozhou immediately didn't dare to speak. He was silent for a while, and then said, "Now it seems that there is an extra incense burner."

I was stunned: incense burner?

I poked my head out and looked, and it was quiet, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But I saw a few small red dots underneath the lantern. These red dots should be lit incense.

I waved my hand and said, "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided." Let's go.

Xue Qian and Xiaozhou sighed, and the two of them followed me with the same tone and expression.

The three of us climbed to the top of the rockery, and this is the real step into the boundary of the mass grave.

By this time, I had figured out the pattern of mass graves. When Wangzhuang was not demolished, the mass grave was a large mound high above the ground. After the park was completed, a rockery was built around the mound. I don't know if it is to cover up the mass grave, or if it is planned to rely on the rockery to trap the mass grave.

I once followed Mr. Lu to the cemetery once, and that time I met the lantern ghost who circled around the grave, and I also met Xue Qian's ancestor. The graveyard gives me the feeling of being ghostly. No matter what direction you go, a shadow may suddenly appear.

However, this mass grave is different. It was quiet, it was desolate, and I didn't feel any signs of life here. Of course, the ghost did not see it, not even grass or trees. It felt like someone had sucked all the life out of this place.

Only the lantern at the entrance of the temple, and the incense burner. It's still burning quietly.

The three of us went straight to the little temple. When I got closer, I saw a signboard hanging on the temple gate that read: Repentance Temple.

I looked at the sign and couldn't help but say, "That's an interesting name."

Xue Qian poked Xiaozhou: Did you see it? Makes you think about it.

Xiaozhou nodded apprehensively. Then he pointed to the three futons in front of the incense burner: If you want to think about it, do we have to kowtow?

Xue Qian said: Kowtow is also your kowtow, it's our business?

Xiaozhou really knelt down in panic.

Xue Qian and I stood on both sides, and after waiting for a few seconds, Xiaozhou remained on the ground, and he didn't get up.

I'm a little impatient: Dude, this place is not very peaceful, can we be quick with our hands and feet, and go home after finishing our errands? What about snuff bottles? Hurry up and put someone back.

The boat remained on its knees, motionless.

Xue Qian couldn't help but kick him lightly: What's the matter with you?

Xiaozhou was kicked by Xue Qian like this, as if he had touched some kind of mechanism. He jerked his head up and glared back at the two of us.

The lantern above his head reflected his face red, but the light was so dim that we couldn't see his expression clearly.

After a while, Xiaozhou said: No one is perfect, everyone has a time when they do something wrong, there is no harm in kneeling down and repenting for a while. His voice became sharp, very different from his usual voice.

As soon as I heard this, I chuckled in my heart: I'm afraid that the boat has hit an evil spirit.

I pulled Xue Qian and motioned for him to follow me out of here quickly. Although I have the name of a master, I know best in my heart that I have no material at all.

Xue Qian shook her head and whispered beside me: I can't go.

I looked back, and it was dark behind us, and I couldn't see the way out.

I immediately realized that there were ghosts making trouble around us, and the ghosts were covering our eyes and covering our way.

If this is on flat ground, I can walk out with my eyes closed. But not now, I know that dozens of steps away is the edge of the rockery, and if you are not careful, you will fall down.

Xiaozhou didn't make any other moves. He kept kneeling there, then twisted his head in an awkward position and looked at the two of us.

If this kind of action is maintained for more than ten seconds, the neck will be sore, but Xiaozhou has been stalemate for a few minutes, and there is still nothing unusual.

I pointed to the remaining two futons and said to Xue Qian: There is no other way now. There are two of us, one for each person. Get down on your knees and repent honestly.

Xue Qian looked reluctant and said: Are we just at the mercy of others?

I waved my hand: since I can't beat others, let's be honest. Follow other people's rules, otherwise, isn't that looking for sin?

Xue Qian nodded: That's what you said.

Then, the two of us got to our knees.

The moment I knelt on the futon, I suddenly realized that I seemed to be really good at dealing with ghosts. Before I lived in the empty house, I was like everyone else, scared of ghosts to death. And now, although I am not much bolder, I at least know when to resist, when to give in, when to negotiate. In other words, I know a little bit about the way ghosts think.

I shook my head and drove out this terrible thought: I am a dignified university graduate, I can't really follow Mr. Lu to become a Taoist priest, right?

I was kneeling on the futon, thinking nonsense, and suddenly, a voice came from behind me: Zhao Mang, why don't you call me to report safety? Do you know how worried your dad and I are about you?

It was my mother's voice, and I was startled. I hurriedly looked back, but there was nothing behind me.

I looked back and felt a little uncomfortable. I really haven't called them in a long time. Can't find a job, don't have a face to contact them. They probably didn't want to irritate me, for fear that I would hurt my self-esteem, so they endured it and let me mess around here without interference.

I knelt on the futon and worshiped the small temple in front of me over and over again, just like I worshipped my parents.

I was worshipping energetically, and suddenly I heard someone shouting behind me: Zhao Mang, can you bear to watch my Dao technique disappear like this? I was seriously injured and saved your life, are you so indifferent? This time it was Mr. Lui's voice.

I was startled, but there was no sign of him behind me.

I thought to myself, Lao Tzu has nothing to repent of to Mr. Lu. This kid has yin me countless times, even if he confesses, he should confess to me. It seems that this temple of repentance is a bit unworthy of its name.