Chapter 11: Life and Death (1)
That night, I returned home in a daze, hurriedly replied to Wang Modao with two text messages, took a shower, covered my head and fell asleep. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info The next afternoon, I looked at Wang Modao and didn't reply to the text message, maybe there was something else delayed, after hesitating, I decided to go to the classmates in the crematorium and pick up some inside information.
When I came to the crematorium, I looked around, and the environment here was quiet and ethereal, and I wondered why the places chosen for the crematorium looked so special, like the atmosphere of the mountains and rivers described in some novels. While I was thinking wildly, someone behind me tapped me on the shoulder, almost scaring me to the ground, and when I looked back, it was my classmate Atai. "Damn, people are scary and scared to death, can you walk a little loudly." I complained.
Atai laughed and took me to his office, made a pot of tea for me, a strong tea fragrance permeated, I couldn't help but take a deep breath, Atai quietly waited for me to take a sip of tea before slowly said: "I know that you will definitely come and continue to ask me questions, I have been very strange since I was a child, you are so afraid of reptiles such as centipedes, but you are extremely keen on watching ghost movies and listening to ghost stories, and you are also surprisingly keen on horror and supernatural rumors, I really don't know whether to say that you are bold or timid." After speaking, he took out a heavy file bag from a folder behind him and said, "Just look here, this is the matter of the girl we recorded back then, and the internal information cannot be circulated." ”
I took the file bag, changed to a comfortable posture and slowly opened it to see: the so-called girl whose parents reported her missing is called Zhang Ziya, it is said that the girl is not particularly beautiful, but suddenly one day she and Xue Guizhong, the four talents on campus at that time, went in and out of the classroom together, of course, people later learned that it was actually Xue Guizhong who could get close to her in order to pursue her best friend, Lin Yin, one of the school flowers, of course, there is also a rumor that Lin Yin let his best friend in order to get close to Xue Guizhong, and Zhang Ziya, who has a good academic performance, went to contact him, In short, there is a very delicate relationship between the three people. Later, someone broke the news that Zhang Ziya had an affair with Jia Tianyi, an assistant teacher stationed at the school outside.
Then the turmoil escalated again, Zhang Ziya's stomach was inexplicably swollen, and at the same time, Xue Guizhong also took a long vacation, and rumors began to spread all over the world, and finally Zhang Ziya couldn't bear to commit suicide on an old locust tree on the school's boulevard. After that, the police intervened, and the case was not closed after a while, saying that the evidence was insufficient and it was treated as an unsolved case. On the day of Zhang Ziya's cremation, her so-called parents did not participate, but two old people over 100 years old watched from afar.
On the day of cremation, there was an inexplicable fog, and the hearse arrived at the crematorium half an hour later than scheduled, and then simply walked a process and sent it to the crematorium, which burned for less than five minutes, and suddenly there was a sound of beating and shouting, and people quickly closed the crematorium, and as a result, there was only a burned vague lump of flesh inside, the whole body was abnormally twisted, and only a skull was left with the head held high, and later the results of forensic identification were that this was a male corpse.
"By the way, I remembered." Saying that, Atai rummaged through it, and then pulled out a slightly yellowed piece of paper in a dusty folder, on which an address could be vaguely recognized, and then he said: "You go and inquire about this address, this is the address of the worker's house who was responsible for cremating the corpse back then."
I looked through the files in the file bag again and returned them to Atai, and then I took the note back home, and then I searched the Internet, this is a relatively remote old place name, I finally found that place before dinner, but the family written on the address, it is an old mansion with a very vintage atmosphere, the shape of a typical Jiangnan old house with pink walls and tiles, the two painted doors are closed, and the bronze knocker is covered with a thick layer of dust, obviously this has been uninhabited for a long time.
I asked the neighbors, most of them didn't know where the family went, just when I was about to be disappointed, a gray-haired old man told me that he had heard his grandfather mention it, so I didn't care about the five visceral temples that were grunting and protesting, and quickly called to the community that the old man told me, and then I was confused, I only knew that their family moved here, how to find it next, is it possible to knock on the door?
It's better to find a professional, so I called Wang Modao, but I made more than a dozen calls, he didn't answer any of them, and it was not early to see that it was not early, so I looked back and then took the car home. After eating, I called Wang Modao a few more times but no one answered, so I had to send a message to ask him to call back as soon as he was free.
It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that Wang Modao finally called, and the voice on the other end seemed a little weak: "What's the matter, what trouble are you getting into again?" I pursed my lips and responded: "What do you mean, what did you do yesterday, I didn't answer your phone call, I got a clue from my classmates the day before yesterday, and I have time to make an appointment for a detailed discussion." ”
Then he told me that he was too tired and agreed to rest and meet at my door at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. In the blink of an eye, the night passed, and before ten o'clock, I saw him walking slowly, so I also went downstairs, and after meeting him, I told him about the information I got yesterday, and then told him about the community that he finally found, he thought about it and took me to the gate of the community by car, found a corner where no one paid attention, took out a paper man-shaped yellow rune paper from the small bag in his arms, closed his eyes and muttered a few words, the paper man slowly disappeared, and then he said to me to go.
Soon we came to a building, Wang Modao stood there and looked up, and then led me to the fifth floor and knocked on a door. The one who opened the door was a young man in his twenties, and he asked us suspiciously through the security door what we were doing, Wang Modao smiled: "Hehe, is your family not very peaceful at night recently?" The young man's mouth widened in surprise, and then he looked around vigilantly and said, "Who are you and how do you know?" ”
"It found you anyway!" Wang Modao said something strangely, and just when the young man and I were both wondering, a very old voice came from inside: "Let them in." Then we entered the house, and an old man who looked like a withered tree sat in a wheelchair, glanced at me with a blank look and said, "I thought this secret was going to be brought into the coffin board, I know what you want to ask, and you all know the rest, here is an amulet given to our family by a master man, and he said that if anyone can find our person with the ghost that haunts us, he will give this talisman to that person." ”
Wang Modao took the spirit talisman, and then made a deep salute to the old man, only to see the old man exhale deeply, and then his body slowly stiffened, the young man didn't say anything when he saw this, just picked up the old man gently with tears, as if he was just picking up a kitten and slowly walked to the bedroom, it didn't take much effort for him to withdraw from the coffin, and then he sighed: "We have finally waited, I hope you can solve the mystery, and live up to our family's efforts over the years." ”
I walked out silently with Wang Modao, and it was a long time before I spoke: "What happened just now?" "It seems that things are really not as simple as we imagined, what you saw just now is called 'Ease of Life Talisman', from the moment he wears the talisman, he must find a Extreme Yin woman born on the lunar year and the moon as his wife, and the wife will die three years after he has a boy left, and then the boy will meet the reincarnated Extreme Yin Woman when he grows to twenty, and then repeat this process until someone finds him with the Qi Seeking Technique, he can give the talisman to that person, and then he will die quickly, and the future generations of descendants will have bad luck in order to alleviate the life borrowed for so many years!"
I listened in a daze, Wang Modao picked up the Taiji Yin Yang fish-shaped jade talisman, sighed faintly and said: "Hey, it is said that there is righteousness in heaven and earth, and evil is invincible, but unfortunately sometimes it is those evil spells that can save more living beings, in fact, there is no right or wrong in the spell itself, only the caster is the key to judging right and wrong." As if thinking of something, I asked, "Is that a reprieve a magic spell?" ”
"The so-called evil arts,It refers to all the spells that need to seize the life of the living soul and the soul power and other forces to consolidate and perfect themselves.,The life talisman needs to seize the life of the extreme yin woman born in the lunar year, the moon, and the yin day to forcibly continue her life.,And let it continue to reincarnate and change its life and be absorbed repeatedly.,I can find the formal spirit formed by resentment because of this forcible absorption! Although the resentful spirit will know all the causes and effects at the moment when the talisman is removed, it is difficult to eliminate the resentment quickly, so even if the purpose is good, it will be retributed. Wang Modao said, slowly crushing the spirit rune.
Suddenly, a miserable white light shot out rapidly, and Wang Modao grabbed me and chased me down with the same speed. The wind was howling in my ears, so I simply closed my eyes and waited quietly, and I didn't open my eyes until there was no wind around. In front of me a piece of green, unknown flowers of all colors bloomed quietly, from time to time to see half-human tall colorful butterflies flying and quickly crossing, I took a deep breath, and suddenly an indescribable sense of comfort made my pores wide open, there is an illusion of floating like a fairy.
"It's finally time to wait for the master." A voice sounded in my ears, I looked up and looked around, Wang Modao beside me just slowed down and continued to walk forward, I had to follow him to continue walking. After walking for about half an hour, a meandering river suddenly appeared in front of me, but the river water was so clear that it was breathtaking, there were a few lotus leaves floating on the river, and a man in a Taoist robe was sitting with his back to us, Wang Modao did not speak, and walked step by step to the lotus leaf beside the man, like walking on an invisible staircase on the calm water.
The man waited for Wang Modao to also sit down cross-legged and turned around, it was a face that kept switching, one moment it was a handsome and dashing young man, and the other time it was a wrinkled old man, but there was an aura of evil in his upright facial features, he looked at Wang Modao, and then frowned and looked at me and asked, "What do you two call them?" The two of us reported our names one after another, and he then asked, "Well, I don't know how the Daoist Wang is now, have you ever been to see that boulevard?" Do you see anything? ”
Wang Modao nodded, and then pointed at me and responded: "He is my partner, and he looks like a mortal, but he has some chances and swallowed a thousand-year-old demon pill." The man glanced at me quickly in some surprise, and then listened to Wang Modao continue: "On the surface, the boulevard is a pile of dead trees soaked in thick blood, but in fact, I saw that it was a jungle arranged according to the Bagua Array, but the positions of the Gate of Life and the Gate of Death were reversed, so it could only gather evil qi, death qi, resentment, and so on. Also, Zhang Ziya's spirit is hidden by you, because she is also an extremely yin woman, and she is also your daughter, right? ”
The man sighed, groped behind him for a while, and handed Wang Modao a cloth bag with a blood-colored seal and some strange patterns on it, and then he looked at us and said: "I have thought about this picture countless times, I thought that I was strong enough to paralyze myself, but I was still so reluctant to face it, Ziya will be handed over to you in the future, I only hope you can help her get rid of it as soon as possible." Saying that, he suddenly got up and knelt in front of Wang Modao: "I know that the Taoist is strong and strong, and he is a rare master, but after so many years of investigation, there is a black hand behind the whole thing that makes me extremely fearful, and the person behind the scenes is not only strong, but also seems to have been acquired a little long ago and knows a lot of secret techniques, so you must be careful!" ”
When Wang Modao wanted to help him up, he found that he had slowly dissipated into the air, leaving only an arc of light, and before he was about to disappear completely, he roared angrily: "Although I have long been hit by your Broken Soul Crossing, my obsession for so many years is enough to show people the way!" With that, the arc began to crash around. Only then did I notice that with the collision of the lone light, the surrounding air formed an invisible cover within a certain range.
Wang Modao seemed to have known for a long time, his eyes followed the lonely light closely, and he didn't know how long it was, he showed a happy look, and then there was a soft pop, and a small hole appeared above us inexplicably, and then, a trace of fishy smell accompanied by a breeze forced into the hole, and the small hole that was originally the size of a grain of rice spread at a very fast speed, and soon the scene of green surrounding, clear river flowing through us was also disillusioned into a bubble that quickly dissipated into the air.
I looked around, it was a withering wood, the dead leaves swirling above our heads, and the ground was already covered; A thick layer, a slightly blackened blood with a strong smell of blood slowly flowed in the distance, followed by a slightly staggering footsteps, and from a distance, three swaying figures were unswervingly approaching.
Wang Modao didn't seem to feel this change at all, still chasing something in the air, I wanted to push and remind him, but before my hand touched him, he was pushed back by a strong force, I was a little surprised and tried a few times, the force of the reverse thrust changed with my thrust, at this time the figures had come to a distance of less than ten meters from us, I gritted my teeth and looked back.
The clothes on the three of them were full of traces of time, it seemed to be the kind of last century, the one in the middle of the three was slightly thin, looking a little like a woman, and the two men on the left and right, they stopped only one step away from me, and then they stretched out their left hands at the same time, pointing straight at the position of my toes, and a drop of muddy blood also got rid of the traction of centrifugal force and shot into the slightly strange dirt on my toes, after half a cigarette, A crystal clear jade hand abruptly broke through the dirt and continued to grow upward.
I suddenly had a spirit, where are there three black shadows in front of me, a jade hand, only the turbid air with gray confetti, I don't know what it was just now to tell Wang Modao next to me about the strange experience before, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then took out two shovels like a trick, digging, he just simply said no, and then dug up on my toes, I looked at it twice in confusion, and also dug up.
After ten minutes of digging, my shovel seemed to touch something hard, and there was a faint buzzing sound, so we quickly quickened our movements, and soon a sarcophagus that was completely sealed and tightly sealed appeared in front of me. I knocked hard, and then looked for a place where the coffin could be opened, "No need to look for it, this is the Zhenling coffin, and it needs to be opened by a special method." After Wang Modao finished speaking, he took out a small porcelain bottle from his waist, pulled out the wooden cork, and suddenly a blood-red liquid gushed out.
"This is, blood, where did you get so much blood, and this bottle of yours can't be the mythical and legendary Sky Swallowing Bottle." I thought it was the discovery of the new continent and began to chatter and ask, Wang Modao did not respond, but walked along the sarcophagus silently with a serious expression, the blood bubbling in the tilted bottle seemed to be flowing endlessly, and the strange thing was that no matter how it flowed, the blood disappeared abruptly after staying in a third of the place.
When he finished walking a circle, the sarcophagus suddenly shook a little, he put the bottle on the cork and put it back on his waist, "Okay, the first pass is only for deterrence, not too difficult, now let's see what we are facing next." He suddenly took a deep breath and looked unusually serious.
"You're saying we're breaking through now?" I was a little puzzled and asked, "This is not a horror game, what else is it to break through." Wang Modao didn't say much, just shook his head slowly: "It's okay if it's just a game, I'm a master no matter how I say it, and the game can also access the file, and you can start all over again, this time we are in reality, if we fail, I'm afraid it will become the same as the three people you saw before!" ”
I suddenly realized that the three people I saw before were not only walking slowly, but also slightly stiff, and they were like puppets being manipulated, so I was a little surprised and epiphany and said, "You mean that the three people I saw before were puppets that were manipulated." Wang Modao didn't answer, just arched up slightly, and then quickly yelled at me: "Watch your feet, they are coming." ”