Chapter 34: Paper Man
This scared me a lot, you must know that I had seen it inside, it was pitch black, and there would be any candle flames. But right now, I don't know when a candle was lit above the main hall, which is too fucking weird!
"Is there someone in there?" Yang Quan asked me in a panic.
I didn't answer him, to be honest, it came so suddenly, and now even I don't know if it's a human or a ghost. And we've been standing at the door of the ancestral hall, and we've been going anywhere, so if there were anyone, we should have found out.
Even though I thought like this, I still raised my throat and shouted into the ghost shrine: "Who is pretending to be a ghost, why don't you dare to come out and see it?" ”
The sound of shouting fell, and there was still a dead silence around, at this time, even the insects and birds that had been calling for a while didn't know when they disappeared, and there was only the sound of the two of us breathing in the whole night.
This feeling is very uncomfortable, and it always makes people feel that in this dark night, or in this strange ancestral hall in front of them, there are a pair of eyes staring at us in the dark.
In front of me is a fierce ghost shrine, and behind him is a large piece of open-air coffins scattered in the wasteland, to be honest, if it weren't for saving Yang Qing, if I usually broke into such a place, I would definitely evacuate in a hurry without saying a word, because this place really makes people feel very evil, and they can't stay for a long time.
At this time, Yang Quan said, "Why don't we go inside and have a look?" ”
Although he asked, it was also obvious that he was very scared.
I shook my head and said, "Don't go in easily, this is a ghost shrine!" ”
I had already told him about the shrine, so when he saw me say this, he immediately shut up. But at this time, suddenly a cold night wind blew inexplicably, and suddenly blew up the worn silk hanging on the wooden beams in the main hall of the ancestral hall, and then I saw two people behind the silk, staring at us with a sneer......
This frightened me and I was so frightened that I lifted it up and exclaimed, "There's someone inside!" ”
"Ahh Where, where? Yang Quan hurriedly asked me.
But the night wind came and went quickly, but in the blink of an eye the wind stopped, and the worn-out silk hanging on the wooden beams was restored to its original state, blocking the two people before.
"It's just that there are two people behind that shabby piece of silk!" I pointed to the piece of silk cloth in the ancestral hall and told Yang Quan, and then I didn't have time to say it to Yang Quan, so I shouted directly at the ghost ancestral hall: "It's a person or a ghost, come out quickly, stop pretending to be a ghost, I have already seen you!" ”
However, my shouting still did not have any effect, the wind stopped, the sound of insects stopped, and there was still a dead silence in the ancestral hall, as if there was no life in this place at all. However, on the table above the main hall where the tablet is offered, the oil candle that is still burning tells us that there must be something wrong here.
Thinking of this, I feel very upset, it's been a long time since I've been here, but the person who asked us to come hasn't shown up for a long time, has he been secretly watching us?
At this time, I couldn't keep calm anymore, so I gave Yang Quan a look to enter, and then rushed into the ancestral hall in front of me first!
Since I was going to break into the ghost shrine, I didn't take my time lightly, but rushed forward like an arrow, and the target was naturally the place where there were people hiding behind the silk.
I was very fast, and in a few steps I rushed to the front of the silk cloth hanging above the main hall, and behind the shabby silk cloth there were two people in front of me.
I took a deep breath, grabbed the silk cloth and pulled it open, and the two flashlights shone directly behind the silk cloth, and then we gasped in fright, because the flashlights of Yang Quan and I happened to shine on the white faces of the two people, and the two faces were only half a foot away from us.
Can you imagine what it would be like to have a flashlight on such a face in such a dark environment, and he was only half a foot away in front of your eyes? Anyway, we were scared, Rao was prepared early in the morning, knowing that there were people behind the silk, but we didn't expect those two people to stand so close to us, not to mention that they looked so terrifying!
Yes, at first glance it looks scary. Because those two faces were as white as paper, but they had two pieces of red makeup on them, and their little lips were also painted bright red, and they looked like cherries, grinning and smiling.
At that time, when I saw such a scene at first glance, I was really scared and my heart jumped, my scalp was numb for a while, and then I kicked out at the person in front of me! However, instead of being kicked out by me, my foot kicked the entire opponent's body, and then my foot was stuck in his body!
It stands to reason that the sudden occurrence of such a situation should be even more frightening. But when I kicked it through with my foot, I was less scared, because it wasn't a human, not a ghost, but a paper man!
Yes, it is a paper figure, which is dedicated to the white joy in front of the mourning hall or for burning sacrifices. When I understood, I shouted to Yang Quan, who had withdrawn a few steps away, don't be afraid, it's just a paper man!
When Yang Quan heard this, his jaw almost dropped, and his face was full of surprise. Then we looked at these two paper figures with a flashlight, don't you say, these two paper figures are really vivid, not only look like people, but even the expressions that people should have are vivid, you can imagine how high the skills of the people who pierce these paper figures.
However, what makes me curious is that there are no people living in this village for a long time, why are these two paper figures still in this ancestral hall? And these two paper figures obviously looked freshly pierced, and I could see that the bamboo pieces exposed inside the paper figure that I kicked were all new. In other words, these two paper figures have just been moved to this ghost shrine, not old things.
Thinking of this, my nerves, which had just been relaxed, suddenly tensed again, and I began to look around, vigilantly listening for any movement in my ears. Yes, I've always had the feeling that there are eyes hiding in the dark and staring at us.
At this time, there is just moonlight in, only to see that the main hall is composed of a plurality of winter melon beams, each roof beam is equipped with an elliptical beam bracket at both ends, the beam bracket is carved with colorful clouds, streamers, and the middle of the building is a dragon, a phoenix, a lion, a tiger. Layers of clouds are hung between the beams, and the wedges are inlaid with pieces of flower carvings, and even the beam hooks (for hanging lamps) are lined with hooks engraved with the images of animals and plants such as crickets, peacocks, daffodils, and evergreens. The two sides of the main hall are the floor-to-ceiling windows and doors that are as high as the zhang yu, and each window is cut with a hollow lattice, and the lower section is a flat flower carving. At the top of the main hall is an offering table lit with oil candles, and above the offering table are layers of spiritual tablets.
The plaques were covered in dust, and they had obviously been here for an unknown number of years, but the burning oil candle and the freshly tied paper figures reminded us that someone must have been here.
Seeing that no one was found in the ancestral hall, I immediately turned my head to Yang Quan and said, "Let's go, hurry up and get out of here!" ”
Yes, the reason why the ghost shrine is a ghost shrine is because it is locked with a ghost and can't get out, and it has become a house for the ghost, so it is called a ghost shrine. At that time, the reason why I broke in was because I was deceived by the two paper figures behind the silk cloth, thinking that they were two people, so I rushed in. But now that there is no one in the hall, naturally he can't stay for a long time, and if he provokes the ghost, it won't be fun.
However, just as we were about to turn around and withdraw from the ancestral hall, there was a piercing "squeak" sound behind us, which sounded very abruptly and clearly in this dead ancestral hall.
It sounds familiar, isn't it the sound of a door closing or opening?
The sudden "squeak" sound made us immediately turn around and look, and then we saw that the door of the ancestral hall in front of us was slowly closing by itself......
This scared us aback, and we wondered how could this door close on its own?
But we can't afford to think about it at this time, because once the door is closed, a bad one has to lock us here, and that's a big game. So I yelled "run", and then rushed towards the gate of the ancestral hall!
However, we were still a step slower, and when we rushed to the front of the gate, the thick door that had not been closed for I don't know how many years "bang" suddenly shook down a large cloud of dust, and locked the two of us in the ancestral hall to death!