A group of us was nervous about who the eighth person was. Chen Xiaomei's stupid son suddenly walked in with paper money, and his mouth was still chattering: Mom, you are back. Mom, where have you been for so long?

We were all terrified as we watched him walk out into the courtyard and circle around the bed.

The bald man shook violently twice, and then shouted boldly: Fool, what are you making trouble? Flash aside.

The surrounding villagers also began to echo and told the fool to hurry away.

I whispered baldness: What? Is his name a fool?

Bald shook his head: Originally, he had a name, but when he was a teenager, he didn't know why, and suddenly he was stupid. Then everyone called him stupid and stupid, and even forgot his original name.

We were standing on the sidelines talking. The fool suddenly exclaimed, "Mom, where are you going?" Why are you gone again?

Then he hurried out while scattering paper money, dancing with his hands, as if he was arguing with someone.

I took two quick steps, caught up and said, "Hey, brother, what's the matter with you?" How do you have to throw paper money while walking?

The fool said vaguely: Otherwise, they will stop my mother and won't let me go.

I asked, confused, "Who?"

The fool began to point fingers: this old man, that old woman, and the group of children in the back. Always bullied my mother as a newcomer, and I won't let my mother go if I don't give money.

After saying this, the fool hurried forward again. As he walked, he scattered paper money, and muttered: Mom, where are you going, you can tell me a word.

A large group of us were following him, and some of us couldn't make up our minds.

Bald said: That, Master Zhao, we are guarding the spirit, are we still guarding it?

I thought about it for a moment and said, "You come with me, and the other four will continue to keep the vigil." Then I said to Xue Qian: Let's go.

The four villagers walked back slowly, while the three of us quietly followed the fool.

The night was quiet, and thanks to the rumors that Chen Xiaomei was haunted, the surrounding villagers went to bed early. The path in the village was dark, and there was no one left.

All we heard was the muttering of fools, and the scattered paper money, many of which fell on us, and made the three of us feel strange, as if we were dead.

Xue Qian asked me quietly: Lao Zhao, why do we follow this kid?

I said: I always feel that he can see Chen Xiaomei.

Xue Qian shuddered: Yin and yang eyes?

I hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm not sure." He's a fool, unlike us normal. Perhaps, the world I see is different.

We followed the fool for a while, and he came to a house. Then he began to lie on the iron door and cry: Mom, why did you get in? Why don't you wait for me?

I asked the bald: whose house is this?

Bald scratched his head, thought for a long time, and finally said: Hey, isn't this Xiaozhou's family? But he didn't come back for a few years.

The fool threw himself on the iron door and cried and made a fuss, smashing the iron door with a clang. Then I saw the lights come on in the house.

The bald man snorted: Xiaozhou is back? Why is there someone in the house?

Then I heard a man's voice in the yard, and he shouted, "Who is it?" The voice seemed to be a little flustered, as if it was doing something bad.

Bald shouted outside the door: It's me.

After a few seconds, the iron door made a rustling sound, and then opened.

The street was so dark that we couldn't see who this man was.

Xiaozhou asked Bald: Isn't this the second uncle? It's so late, is there something wrong? Who are these people?

Bald said: Go in first, what's the matter with standing at the door and talking.

Xiaozhou nodded and let us in.

Once inside, Bald suddenly screamed, and then took a step back. Looking at the way he looked, he was about to run away.

I looked back at him, and saw that his legs were shaking, and beads of sweat were rolling down his forehead.

I whispered, "What's wrong?"

Bald pointed to the boat with a stunned face: It's him, it's him. The eighth man.

Xiao Zhou's face changed greatly, and he even stammered when he spoke: What, the eighth?

I turned back warily and looked at the boat. His appearance is indeed somewhat familiar, and eighty percent of them were seen during the wake just now.

I looked to the ground, and under the electric light, the shadow of the boat was very real, and it looked like it should be a living person. So I turned around and patted my bald shoulder: Dude, don't be afraid, he's human. No problem.

Then I paced on the ground with my head down, thinking to myself: During the wake, there must have been a ghost coming in. This ghost is most likely Chen Xiaomei, but why did she let us see Xiaozhou? Is there any grudge against him?

I'm thinking about it. Baldness has told Chen Xiaomei's family what happened to Xiaozhou. Xiaozhou seemed to be very timid, and the more he listened, the paler his face became.

When I was thinking about what to do next, Xue Qian whispered behind me and said: Look at that fool.

I was stunned: Fool?

I haven't noticed any fools since I was in the hospital. At this time, as soon as Xue Qian reminded me, I discovered his eccentricity.

The fool hid behind the boat, tilted his head, and his mouth was babbling, as if he was talking to someone.

Xue Qian and I looked at Xiaozhou with good eyes, and Xiaozhou quickly felt it. He looked back at the fool and asked nervously, "What are you going to do?"

The fool ignored the boat and was still muttering in a low voice.

I walked over and dragged the fool and asked, "What's the matter?" Who are you talking to?

The fool said: I'm talking to my mother. She said that these days, she has been playing with Xiaozhou.

When Xiao Zhou heard this, his face turned pale with fright, and his hands and feet began to tremble.

He took two steps back, pointed at the fool and said, "Don't talk nonsense, in the middle of the night, are you sick?"

The fool looked aggrieved: But my mother is really next to you. I'm talking to her

I said to Xiaozhou: Brother, the villagers around me all know that Chen Xiaomei died by mistake. She may have some unfulfilled wishes, and she has made a lot of trouble these days. Did you offend her by something? If there is, sue me, and we will discuss it together, and it will be best to solve this matter.

A glimmer of hope flashed in Xiao Zhou's eyes: Sue you? What do you do?

Before I could speak, Xue Qian was blowing beside me: What does he do? He is the owner of the Empty House. Specializes in catching ghosts and demons.

Xiaozhou looked at me a little strangely, and then his throat moved, as if he had something to say. I waited quietly.

Suddenly, his face changed, as if he had changed his mind. He became furious in an instant, blushed, and shouted at us: "Get out, you all get out of here." A prank in the middle of the night, a group of psychos.

The bald man shouted with some dissatisfaction: Xiaozhou, I am your second uncle, how can you speak? Before he could finish speaking, he was pushed by Xiaozhou.

A few of us were pushed out by the boat, and then the gate slammed shut.

The fool wept bitterly in front of the door, refused to leave, and kept shouting for his mother.

After this tossing, until the poorer village in the distance, there was a rooster crow.

The fool suddenly fell to the door of the boat, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

I said to the bald man: Dude, why don't you take this kid back?

Bald nodded and asked me: That, what about Chen Xiaomei's corpse?

I said, "Don't move yet." I'll keep coming in the evening. If Secretary Wang comes to me, you don't have to worry about him, I will take the time to see him.

The bald man agreed, and helped the fool away.

Xue Qian asked me: Lao Zhao, where are we going now?

I smiled and said, "Go home and sleep."

Xue Qian immediately asked with a bitter face: Go to that grocery store?

I nodded.

Xue Qian sighed: Brother, it's not that I don't pay attention to righteousness, we have said before, it's okay for me to accompany you, but you can't provoke gods and ghosts anymore. I can't afford to toss around. But now

I was a little disappointed and said, "Are you leaving?"

Xue Qian was also a little embarrassed and said: There is no way, I have to go. I'm the only one left in our old Xue family. But if you have anything to do, you can call me again.

I had no choice but to say yes and parted ways with him.

Lying in the grocery store in the middle of the day, I didn't feel that it was terrifying, and the fear I felt when I first came here was slowly fading. I slept soundly this night.

In a daze, I kept thinking that maybe in three years, my fear of this house would disappear completely, and at that time, I would learn Mr. Lu's skills again, and I would become a real Taoist priest.

When I thought of this, I hurriedly interrupted this dangerous thought: Lao Tzu graduated from university and had a bright future, how could he be entangled with feudal superstition. But is this a superstition?

I slept until it was almost dark. I was lying on the bed and stretching, and was about to go out when I suddenly noticed a person standing next to the bed.

I was so shocked that I was about to call someone. The man pleaded in a low voice: Master Zhao, you save me.

The sound was small like a mosquito humming, but the voice was full of pleading. I sat up from the bed and found that the man was Xiaozhou.

I looked at him a little strangely: What's wrong?

The boat plopped and knelt down. Said: Save me, I believe you.

I already had three points in my heart and asked: Is it because of Chen Xiaomei?

As soon as Xiaozhou heard this, he immediately grabbed my hand: That's right, it's because of her. You were right last night, her soul really haunted me.