Chapter 26: The Vigil

The teapot was placed squarely in the middle of an old table of eight immortals against the wall.

Seeing this tea jar with porcelain dropping, I was inexplicably happy, yes, this must be the home of the old man who was the janitor of Boss Wu's brick kiln factory. I walked over, picked up the tea jar, and couldn't help but 'snap' and kiss it.

"Dude, let's meet again!"

Morningstar frowned and nudged me, and I smiled wickedly and winked at her.

At this time, the man who brought us came out of a side room next door, and said, "It's weird, no one." ”

"No one?" I put away my smile and frowned.

"Ahh ”

My heart was cold, and I said, could it be that this old man was harmed? …

The tea jar was heavy, and I lifted the lid to see half a jar of tea inside. The weather was so cold, but the tea did not freeze. That's when I felt the warmth in the room. There was a stove in the corner, and a few briquettes were piled up next to it. I walked over and looked, and saw that although the door was sealed, the stove was not extinguished.

The next room is the bedroom, on the fire, the quilt is rolled into a ball, opened and shaken, there is a rancid smell, and there is nothing in it. Anyway, I checked all the corners of the house, and nothing unusual happened. So they waved their hands, and the three of them went outside, and walked around the yard, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Suddenly, the gate was pushed open, and a villager in an old cotton jacket with his hands in his sleeve walked in, looking nervously at me and Morningstar, until the man next to me called out to him, and he came back to his senses.

"Where did this old man Xue'an go?"

"Huh? Gone out? The villager said.

"Out of the house?"

"Hmm." The villager looked at me, "Early this morning, I got up to clear the snow on the house, and when I saw him going north, I greeted him." ”

"Do you know where he went?"

"He didn't say..."

A stone hanging in my heart finally fell to the ground, and my heart said, as long as this old man is alive and nothing has happened, then it will be fine. I deduced that we came from the city, and there was something to do with this old man Sun Xue'an, and since he was not at home, then we would wait for him here. We gave each of the men and the villagers a cigarette, and they went out.

Looking at the time, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. I let Morning Star snuggle up in my arms to keep warm, and waited in the yard until five o'clock, and the old man had not yet returned. Seeing that it was going to be dark in a short time, the wind began to get stronger, blowing and shaking the trees in the courtyard, and the snow on the trees was falling down.

"Ah Leng, should we go back first, and come back early tomorrow morning?" Morningstar asked.

I thought about it, bit my lip and said, "Wait, let's go, let's go inside." ”

I took the morning star into the house, opened the door of the furnace, and pulled out the cinder underneath, and in a few moments the fire was blazing, and the morning star was flushed. Outside, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and it was 'hula la'. After a while, it was finally dark, and the old man had not returned.

"Are you hungry?" I asked Morningstar.

Morningstar smiled at me and shook his head.

"It's strange if you're not hungry."

"What if you're hungry?" Morningstar pouted at me, "There's nothing to eat here." ”

"I have a way to get food." I smiled, "Let's go, follow me..."

Walking on the village road, I saw that the village was filled with smoke.

"Ah Leng, there are no restaurants or grocery stores here, where can I get food?" Morning Star looked left and right, asking suspiciously.

I smiled mysteriously at her, lowered my voice and said, "Stealing chickens and dogs." ”

"Stealβ€”" Morningstar frowned and nudged me, "You guy..."

I 'haha' a pleasure, "Teasing you, in short, I won't let my star beauty go hungry..."

So saying, I took Morning Star to the house of the man who had shown us the way, and in a few words, I bought from him a chicken, a cabbage from the cellar, and a pound of loose wine. The man also gave us some dried chili peppers and vermicelli. In addition, he also helped us kill the chickens.

"Yours is yours." Coming out of this man's house, Morning Star said with a smile.

"Piece of cake..."

When I returned to Sun Xue'an's house, I saw that the old man still hadn't come back. The old man didn't even have an electric light at home, so he lit the kerosene lamp on the table, and I raised the chicken in my hand at the morning star, "Come, let's make something to eat." ”

"Isn't it okay to use someone else's stove and cook here without asking?" Morningstar frowned.

"It's fine." I smiled, "You can't go hungry, and if the old man comes back, let him eat with us." ”

"You guy..."

There is a water tank in the house, there is half a tank of water in it, scoop the water to wash the pots and bowls, and we stew the chicken, vermicelli, and cabbage together. One of them moved a small stool and sat by the stove, and after a while the pot 'gurged'.

In the steaming room, with oil lamps, eating hot food, drinking soju, and listening to the sound of the window frames being blown by the wind, I felt a sense of being far away from the world and living in seclusion with the morning star. I vaguely felt in my heart that it would be better if this old man didn't come back, and he really didn't want anyone to disturb this comfortable atmosphere.

"Ah Leng."

"Huh?"

"You say, why does this uncle go out and don't even lock the door?"

I shrugged my shoulders and smiled, "What do you think is worth stealing?" ”

"It's the same," Morningstar nodded, "Ah Leng..."

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

"One thing occurred to me." Morningstar said.

"What's the matter?"

Chenxing gently bit the tip of the chopsticks with the corner of his mouth, staring at the vegetable meat tumbling in the pot in a daze, "This Uncle Sun Xue'an's house is so far away from Boss Wu's brick kiln factory, could it be that he really ran home to live that night?" ”

Hearing Morning Star say this, I couldn't help but be stunned and stopped my chopsticks.

"Or else? What do you think? I asked.

Morningstar looked at me, "I think... This uncle didn't come back to stay that night, maybe..."

"Perhaps, he was first taken away by Accountant Wang, and then ran back to the brick kiln factory at night?"

Chenxing let go of his chopsticks, pursed his lips and thought for a while, and said, "Ah Leng, if you were the accountant of Na Wang, and you took refuge in the brick kiln factory at night and 'took refuge' in the brick kiln factory, would you open the door of the brick kiln factory?" ”

"Of course not." I thought for a moment and said, "Since it's 'evacuation', the more 'shelter' the better, and I'll lock the door tightly, oh... I see..."

I raised my eyes and met the blazing gaze of the morning star.

Morning Star said slowly, "After Accounting Wang died, the person who instructed him to 'take refuge' in the brick kiln factory did not go, and if he did, he would definitely dig up the urn buried under the chimney." As for the one who scared the king to death, the evil you spoke of, since it is a natural thing, it does not need to enter and exit through the door like human beings. Moreover, Accountant Wang died in the factory yard, and the dead would not open the door. However, the reason why the drunken Boss Huang went to the brick kiln factory to sprinkle... Peeing because the door is open, so, who opened the door? ”

"Who drove it?" I muttered.

"Except for Boss Wu, only those who live in the brick kiln factory will have the key to the gate, that is, Accountant Wang and the old man who guards the door. There is no doubt that the door was opened by Sun Xue'an, the gatekeeper. "So I think Uncle Sun didn't come home that night, but he didn't know where he went, and for some reason, he went back to the brick kiln factory that night... Perhaps, he witnessed the death of Accountant Wang, and perhaps, when he went back, Accountant Wang was already dead. Both of these possibilities, either way, would have scared him so much that he didn't even lock the door, and ran away in a hurry..."

"That's right, that's right." I nodded again and again, looking at Morning Star in surprise, "The analysis is not leaky, why are you so smart?" ”

Morning Star smiled at me, bit down on my chopsticks, and was about to pick up the food when I leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.

"Oops, you guy." Morningstar nudged me.

"If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?" I shook my head, then glanced at the door, and said, "When the time comes, when this old man comes back and asks him, I will know, and I will lay out the facts, so that he will not admit it..."

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the snow reflected on the windows, and from the outside, it was white. The old man Sun Xue'an hasn't come back yet, and I can't help but feel worried. And he said, Where can this old man go? I haven't come back yet, will there be any accidents? …

Although the degree of this loose wine is not high, the stamina is quite large, a pound of belly, I didn't feel anything at first, I was full of food and drink enough to remove the pots and bowls, boiled a pot of hot water, and after drinking hot water for a while, the wine surged up, and my head was dizzy.

"A-Leng, where are you going?" Seeing me staggering to my feet, Morningstar asked.

My heart moved, and I said, "I'm going to sprinkle... Pee. ”

"You bad guy, learn from me." Morningstar snorted.

"Hey, hey..."

The house was ventilated on all sides, and when I came outside, I closed the door, and the cold wind blew it, and the wine rushed up, and I almost vomited what I had just eaten. I held it back strongly, chewed it and didn't know what it was in my mouth, and swallowed it. When I looked around, I saw that the snow reflected the empty place in the middle of the courtyard in bright white, but the secluded part of the wall was dark.

This old man Sun Xue'an didn't even have a toilet at home, and he looked left and right, and I came to the root of the wall like a thief, and opened my pants to pee. The hot urine was emitting white smoke, drenched in the snow and making a 'shhh

Hey? What star is that? Why is it so bright? … The thought only flashed through my mind, and when I looked at it, the stars were gone. I couldn't help but 'chuckle' in my heart, and I woke up more than half of the wine.

As a sorcerer, I have a sixth sense that is a hundred times stronger than ordinary people, and when danger is approaching, driven by my sixth sense, I will either show signs of impending disaster from ordinary things in nature, or I will have auditory hallucinations, or visual hallucinations... The 'star' that appeared just now made me know that something extraordinary was about to be born. But what does 'star' mean? Could it be...

My heart suddenly cooled, because I thought, could it be the morning star? … I hurriedly looked into the room, and at this moment, the light I saw through the window was actually green, as if there was a ghost fire burning in the house... Suffered...

I didn't even have time to lift my pants, yelled 'Morning Star be careful' and threw myself into the house...

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