"Is it the red coffin in that deserted grave?" Zhang Qiang couldn't help but ask in surprise.

Old Man Lin nodded, and then continued: "That's right, I was also surprised at the time, when did that red coffin appear in the courtyard of my house? I didn't know anything, I bit my finger hard to make sure it wasn't a dream, and gently stroked the coffin.

Several offspring nails on the coffin had already fallen off, I gently pushed open a corner of the coffin, and suddenly a black gas rose out of it, I had been prepared, so I avoided it. After the black gas dissipated, I pushed the lid open with a little more force.

Underneath the coffin was a cushion made of yellow satin, on top of which lay a swaddling cloth, and nothing else. I was a little surprised to pick up the swaddling one, it felt very good. I put the swaddling clothes in the coffin and carefully closed the lid again.

When she came back, Xiulan no longer talked in her sleep, but lay down calmly and peacefully, and I helped her wipe the sweat from her forehead. Leaning against the wall by myself, thinking about what had happened recently.

The next day I hid the red coffin in the barn, and in the afternoon Xiulan suddenly cried out loudly, and I rushed into the room only to see her face blue, her hands on her stomach, curled up on the bed, and a lot of blood was already flowing from her lower body.

I hurriedly asked her what was wrong? Probably because of the pain, Xiulan's lips had been bitten by her, I poured her a glass of brown sugar water and poured it down, and after a while it eased a little, after she fell asleep, I went over the mountain to the town, ready to find a doctor to treat her.

When I walked to the town, it was getting late, and I went to several clinics in a row, but as long as the doctor heard that I was going to Caoyang Village so late, he sternly refused. It was already past nine o'clock at night when I left the town, and the countrymen usually went to bed early, and there were few resources at that time, and even kerosene was pitiful, so it was already dark.

I didn't take a few steps, I felt that someone seemed to be following me all the time, and I didn't dare to look back, because I heard the old man say that there are two lights on the shoulders of people, and if there is something dirty with you, once you turn back, you will extinguish one, and if you turn back twice, the first two lights are extinguished.

Although I have never believed in evil, I have experienced so many strange things, and my heart is still a little hairy. So I slowed down, and I could feel the people behind me slowing down as well.

A short distance out of the town, I felt more and more clearly that there was indeed something behind me, and I suddenly shouted: 'Make up your mind, not be afraid of sacrifice, overcome all difficulties, and strive for victory.' I was visibly stunned by the voice. At this time, he suddenly accelerated his speed into the valley and plunged into the grass, holding his breath and watching what happened.

After a while, I heard a slight sound of footsteps, and then a dark shadow appeared in front of Zhang Qiang, who seemed to be constantly looking for my whereabouts. Although it was night, I could only see a rough idea, but I could still tell that this person was not a ghost, but a person.

But why did he follow me?

At this moment, I suddenly felt something squirming under my body, and a sense of foreboding suddenly hit me, and I immediately jumped up from the ground, followed by a black thing, more than a man tall.

I was shocked, my leg cramped, and I fell to the ground, and the thing fell in front of me.

But I said that the one who landed in front of me was actually a creeper, and that thing was ready to attack me at this time. At this moment, suddenly I heard a rooster crow, and then the pheasant flew over, pecking both of them blind the crawling eyes.

Then, a hand was placed on my shoulder, and I jumped up from the ground in shock, and saw an old man of my age, who had a kind face, and laughed when he saw me.

Later, I learned that the old man was a feng shui gentleman, and I had just heard at the door of the clinic that I lived in Caoyang Village, and my daughter had a strange disease, so I wanted to find out so I followed.

I invited this person home as if I had met a savior, and the feng shui gentleman looked at his daughter, then looked at me with a solemn face and said, "You and I came out and said." ”

After that, the feng shui gentleman pulled me into the hall and said softly, "Your daughter is pregnant, but this child seems to be a little strange, you must tell me what happened to your family recently?" ”

So I told Mr. Feng Shui about those things as they were, and then Mr. Feng Shui said with a solemn face: "You lived in Cao Yu Village before? ”

I nodded hurriedly, and then said, "My family has lived in Caoyu Village for generations, and I only moved here when I was young. ”

Mr. Feng Shui's face became more solemn, he was silent for a long time, and then gave me a piece of paper, on which was a recipe, before leaving, he told me that I could only see if this recipe worked, and then left the pheasant to me, and he told me that this thing can deal with those creepers, and if the child is born, catch some creeping poison sacs for the child to eat, maybe it will be effective.

Then he left. One night a few months later, the daughter suddenly struggled painfully in her sleep, and the amniotic fluid flowed out of her lower body, and after about a night of struggle, Niu Niu was finally born, but the daughter also died. ”

After speaking, Old Man Lin sighed, looked at Zhang Qiang and said, "It's not too late, I'll heat up the meal, eat early and rest, look at the sky, the heavy rain may stop tomorrow!" ”

After dinner, Zhang Qiang and Old Man Lin lay in the house thinking about the story told by Old Man Lin, and they were a little timid. Zhang Qiang touched his bag with his hand, the letter is still there, maybe Zhang Qiang will go to that Cao Yu Village tomorrow.

The night was very calm, and as soon as Zhang Qiang opened his eyes, he found that Niu Niu was staring at Zhang Qiang with a pair of gray eyes, and Zhang Qiang sat up in shock.

"Is the boy awake?" Old man Lin said and brought the food up, and then said: "Let Niu Niu take you to Cao Yu Village in a while, in fact, I really don't know what kind of letter you want to send, that place ......"

Old man Lin stopped talking, and then poured a glass of wine for Zhang Qiang, although Zhang Qiang felt strange in his heart, but after all, the clouds opened and the fog cleared today, the sun rose again, and his heart was somewhat relaxed.

After breakfast, Niu Niu took Zhang Qiang over the mountain and continued to walk to the depths of the canyon, Niu Niu has been holding the pheasant in his arms, silent, every time Zhang Qiang talks to him, he always Zhang Qiang with an innocent smile, but maybe because of that story, Zhang Qiang has always felt that Niu Niu's smile is a little weird.

When they walked through the barren grassland, Niu Niu grabbed Zhang Qiang and walked to the edge, walked through the barren grassland and walked forward for about five miles, and finally saw the legendary Cao Yu Village.

Mother. In order to find this ghost place, Zhang Qiang almost gave away his life, but it was finally his fate, and when he met a nobleman, Zhang Qiang couldn't help muttering in his heart at the time.

At this time, Cao Yucun was in front of him, but Niu Niu suddenly stopped.

Zhang Qiang looked at him suspiciously, although he was puzzled, he still strode forward, and then Niu Niu suddenly grabbed Zhang Qiang violently.

Although Niu Niu doesn't look very old, the strength in his hand is really not small, like a pair of vices clamping Zhang Qiang, and there is a burst of numbness in his fingers in an instant.

"Hey, you kid let it go!" The tingling sensation made Zhang Qiang's chest immediately full of anger.

Niu Niu heard Zhang Qiang's shouting, the strength in his hand was a little smaller, but he never let go, his eyes looked at Zhang Qiang, and at this time Zhang Qiang found that all the goosebumps on his body came out, and he looked a little cautious.

Zhang Qiang bowed down, looked at Niu Niu and said, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Niu Niu's body began to tremble, it seemed that the epilepsy had flare up again, but this time it was a little different, although the body trembled, but Niu Niu's eyes were crystal clear.

It took a while for Niu Niu to return to normal, and then the corners of his mouth hung on his trademark smile again, "Brother Qiang, let's not enter the village!" ”

His words made Zhang Qiang more and more curious, after all, the end of Zhang Qiang's trip was Cao Yu Village, and Cao Yu Village was already close at hand at this time, and it was impossible to say anything about turning back.

"Why?" Zhang Qiang asked with some displeasure.

Niu Niu's mouth moved twice, as if he had something to say but didn't know how to say it, after a long time, Zhang Qiang finally became a little impatient and said: "Niu Niu, you let me go and wait here, I will send the letter and come back immediately." ”

Saying that, Zhang Qiang broke free of Niuniu's hand vigorously, but Niuniu kept stubborn in place, not letting go, Zhang Qiang was really angry, so he said sharply: "Hurry up and let go, I'll be back soon!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Qiang used his strength and threw Niu Niu to the ground. Niu Niu looked at Zhang Qiang with an innocent face, Zhang Qiang also felt a little guilty in his heart, who knew that he suddenly stood up, grabbed Zhang Qiang's arm and said: "Brother, go back with me, you can't enter the village today!" ”

To this day, Zhang Qiang can't help but feel a lot of emotion when he talks about this, always thinking that if Zhang Qiang listened to Niu Niu at that time, maybe the things that happened after that would not have happened at all, maybe he was still the postman today.

But in fact, Zhang Qiang threw him to the ground again, and walked forward without looking back.

Cao Yu Village is at the end of this valley, the surrounding mountains are very high, and there are countless tombstones scattered densely on the mountainside, this village is many times larger than Cao Yang Village, and the white stone at the entrance of the village is engraved with big red characters "Cao Yu Village"

Zhang Qiang stood on the stone and let out a sigh of relief, finally arrived. Zhang Qiang took out the red envelope from his bag, and the envelope read: Cao Yucun, Group 6, Li Sen received.

Now it's Cao Yu Village, but who is the sixth group and that Li Sen? Be sure to ask someone. Thinking of this, Zhang Qiang continued to walk towards the village.

Exactly like the architecture of Caoyang Village, the walls here are particularly high, all made of green bricks, which makes people feel a sense of desolation, compared to the eaves of the houses are much shorter, just past the wall.

As for the stranger ones, the gates are carved with gossip patterns.

After a while, no one responded, so Zhang Qiang stepped up his efforts and knocked on the door, and at this time, there was a rush of footsteps in Zhang Qiang's ears, and the footsteps came from behind Zhang Qiang, Zhang Qiang hurriedly turned his head and looked in that direction.

From a distance, I saw Niu Niu running in the direction of Zhang Qiang with the colorful pheasant in his arms, and beckoned to Zhang Qiang while running.

At this moment, Zhang Qiang suddenly heard a 'click' slipper hitting the ground from the door, the sound was very slow, each time it was very long, getting closer and closer, and it didn't stop until the door.

Niu Niu ran to Zhang Qiang was already out of breath, he put down the pheasant in his arms, hunched over and gasped, before Niu Niu could speak, the door had been slowly pushed open in a 'rumbling' sound.

The old lady opened the door with a withered face, although she looked very old but looked very kind and kind, the old lady looked Zhang Qiang up and down, then Niu Niu, and finally turned her head to look at Zhang Qiang, and asked with a frown: "Young man, do you have anything to do?" ”

"Oh, the eldest lady Zhang Qiang wants to ask where the Li Sen family in the sixth group of Cao Yu Village lives?" Zhang Qiang said and took out the red envelope.

As soon as Zhang Qiang's words came out, she noticed that the old lady's face changed greatly, she snatched the letter from Zhang Qiang's hand, cloudy tears swirled in her eyes, and she gently stroked the envelope with a pair of calloused hands.

Zhang Qiang and Niu Niu looked at each other for a moment, and then glanced at the old lady again.

"You...... Who are you from Leesen? ”

The old lady seemed to suddenly realize her gaffe, and quickly wiped her tears with her cuffs, and then her throat shook lightly twice, and said, "I am Li Sen's mother." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Qiang's heart finally relaxed a lot, after all, Zhang Qiang completed the task. The old lady said, "Come in and have a glass of water." ”

Zhang Qiang was indeed a little thirsty when it came to water, so he was about to step into the yard, but Niu Niu grabbed Zhang Qiang again, Zhang Qiang glanced at him, and stepped into the threshold. Niu Niu was obviously a little angry and walked in as well.

The courtyard is not large, a path leads to the inner house, there is a millstone on the left side of the path, and two peach trees are planted on the right, and the peach trees have dried up at this time.

The old lady took them into the inner room, the house was very low, and the layout of the house was the same as that of Old Man Lin's house, the old lady took them into the room on the left, this room was not big, it was very clean, after they sat down, the old lady poured them two cups of hot water diligently.

The conditions here seem to be much better than in Caoyang Village, at least there are televisions and electric lights. Zhang Qiang looked around the room while drinking water.

At this moment, a girl's voice came from the next room: "Mom, is my brother back?" ”

"No, don't be cranky, how can they come back? The man entered the village...... "The old lady seemed to suddenly realize their existence and swallowed the following words.

But Zhang Qiang's heart suddenly hung up, what will happen to a man when he enters this village? R1058