Chapter Twenty-Eight: Returning the Sun
I led Ah Fei out step by step. Xue Qian leaned over and pulled the boat up.
After leaving the courtyard, there was no light, and the dark porch was particularly scary to walk on. We walked for a long time, but we never reached the exit.
Xue Qian's voice trembled: "Lao Zhao, did we meet a ghost hitting the wall?" Why have you been walking for so long and haven't come out yet? ”
I coughed softly, as if to comfort him, and as if to comfort myself: "Probably not, that ghost has already let us go, there is no need to trap us here anymore." ”
Xue Qian snorted, and then said, "I'll put my hand on your shoulder, and a few of us won't get separated." Don't be afraid. ”
Then, in the darkness I felt a hand literally on my shoulder. My hands shook so hard that my body began to shake violently.
I heard Xue Qian behind me whisper: "Lao Zhao, are you okay?" ”
I hummed and said, "It's okay." "My throat is a little dry, and even my voice is a little distorted.
Xue Qian said, "Are you really okay?" Why is your body shaking so much? ”
When I heard this, I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and it took a few seconds to react. It turned out that it wasn't just Xue Qian's hands shaking. My body was shaking, too. Perhaps, I trembled more than he did.
Although Xue Qian stated in advance that this was his hand. But in the dark, I couldn't see, and countless horrible thoughts still flashed through my mind. On my shoulder was a claw, or a dead man's stump.
I shook my head and struggled to banish the thoughts. I muttered silently in my heart, hoping to get out of here quickly.
After we walked a dozen steps, we gradually felt very depressed. The sound of our breathing, our footsteps, began to echo. It's like we've come to a sealed space.
Xiao Zhou, who had been silent, suddenly said in horror: "Master Zhao, what kind of place is this?" ”
I shook my head: "I don't know. It should still be in that little temple. ”
Xiaozhou said in a panic: "It's so dark, like in the mother's womb." ”
Xue Qian was so scared, but when she heard Xiaozhou's words, she actually grabbed a sentence: "Listen to what you mean, what have you seen the mother's womb look like?" ”
I heard the two of them whispering, and suddenly my heart moved. Then a cold sweat came down: "Old Xue, we may be in trouble." ”
Xue Qian's palms trembled violently in fright by my words, and then grabbed my clothes: "What's wrong?" ”
I said, "The sword left by your ancestors." The corpse teeth left behind by Mr. Lui. Suddenly it failed at the same time, have you ever wondered why? ”
Xue Qian whispered, "Why? Isn't it because the ghost lord's mana is strong? ”
I took a deep breath, and a circle of echoes appeared around me: "Originally, I thought so, too. But now, I'm guessing that's not the case. Do you feel like we're reincarnated right now? This place is dark, and when the fetus is not born, does it feel like the same world? ”
Xue Qian shuddered: "Don't scare me." How did we get reincarnated? I'm not dead yet, am I? ”
I stopped and slowly groped around. Judging by the sound, the space we were in should be small, but I couldn't touch the edge.
As I walked tentatively to the side, I said, "At the temple gate when I confess." I turned my head three times, what about you? ”
Xue Qian said tremblingly: "I seem to be too." I always felt like someone was calling me. Does this mean anything? ”
I hummed: "Every time we turn around, one of the three natal lamps on our bodies will go out." At the end of the three turns, the demon has blown out our lamp of life. At that time, my whole body was out of strength, and suddenly I had strength again. I thought the imps had let us go. Now that I think about it, it's possible that we were dead by then. ”
Xue Qian's voice was extremely flustered: "You mean to say that it is actually our souls who really come to this small temple?" ”
I mumbled, "I guess so." ”
Xue Qian was silent. After a while, his voice was weak and desperate: "What should we do now?" ”
I was about to speak, when suddenly a rooster crowed in the distance. The voice was far away, faint. But I heard it clearly.
After the rooster crowed, I felt that the space around me became smaller. I reached out and still didn't touch anything. But I could feel that something was pressing on me.
I felt like I was entangled in a python. With each exhale, the snake's body is tightened for a minute. Gradually, my lungs completely deflated. Then there is the broken rib. The ribcage is compressed.
My mouth opened wide in pain, but I couldn't scream. Then, the last breath in the body was squeezed out......
Just as I was about to be completely cut off, suddenly another clear rooster crow sounded in my ears. Woke me up.
I looked up, sweating profusely. I was found kneeling at the door of the small temple. And it was still dark.
I turned my head to the side. Ah Fei stood on the ground with a blank expression. Xiaozhou and Xue Qian knelt side by side with me.
Xue Qian looked at me cautiously and said, "Old Zhao, what's the matter?" ”
I shook my head and slowly stood up. When I stood up straight and looked back, I saw another me, kneeling on the ground, motionless and lifeless.
My heart was pounding. I suddenly wanted to cry: "Am I just dead?" ”
I was at a loss when suddenly my corpse opened its eyes and he looked at me.
I was terrified, but I couldn't take my eyes off it. It was as if I had been accused of it, and I could only stare at my dilated pupils. The black eyeballs were like black holes. My soul spun involuntarily. And then was sucked in.
I screamed, whirled, dizzy.
I shuddered. The head was still dizzy in circles. I opened my eyes and wanted to see where I was.
Then I found that I was on my knees. There was still a small temple in front of me, only a tall tomb. And the incense burner, the lantern, the futon, have all disappeared.
I touched my body, and the corpse's teeth were extremely hard, and the sword was very sharp. I seem to be yang.
I stood up and saw Xue Qian and Xiaozhou also standing up with a blank face.
Xue Qian asked me, "Let's live again?" ”
I nodded: "Lived, lived." ”
Xiao Zhou looked around and asked a little nervously, "What about Ah Fei?" Why is he gone? The old lady is still waiting for me down there. ”
I see that the east has turned white. In broad daylight, ghosts do not appear lightly. I waved my hand: "Let's go down first, and then come back in the evening." ”
The three of us had palpitations and limped down the rockery to find our way.
When we reached the bottom of the mountain, we saw that the pile of paper money was still not burned. It's just that Chen Xiaomei and Ah Fei are gone.
Xue Qian stretched her neck and raised her head to the sky and let out a long roar. Seems to be in good spirits. I heard him say to himself, "This trip really scared me to death." Hey, but I can't help it. ”
I asked curiously, "What's not to help?" ”
Xue Qian shook his head, although he could see that he was also terribly afraid, but he seemed to be in much better spirits than before he came, and that feeling was like a patient who had taken some tonic medicine. He muttered to himself, "I don't know how my mom is doing now." ”
As I walked back slowly, I casually asked, "What's so special about your mother's physique?" Mr. Lu wants to ask her for help? ”
Xue Qian shook her head: "How do I know? Then he looked back at the mass grave and asked me, "Guess what is the origin of this ghost?" ”
I smiled wryly: "How could I have guessed? But listen to the tone of his words. He seems to be locked up here. He wanted thirty treasury of silver and gold to redeem himself. ”
Xue Qian nodded. Then he patted me on the shoulder with sympathy: "Lao Zhao, I'm afraid your empty house is not simple." In your life, tsk, eighty percent of you are going to be extraordinary. ”
I waved my hand distraughtly: "Fuck off, how can I say that I also graduated from college, how can I do this for the rest of my life?" ”
As we spoke, we had already reached the empty house. Xue Qian was hesitant at the door of the house, hesitating whether to go in.
I made a gesture of please: "What?" Afraid of daylight? ”
Xue Qian scratched her head and had no choice but to walk in. As soon as we entered the house, we heard a deep male voice: "You're finally back." ”
I was startled, only to realize that there was a man sitting in the room. It was Ah Fei.