Chapter 1: Six Fingers
We hadn't seen the water yet, so I was surprised if we said it was white.
I whispered to him, what's in the water? Bai Kai glanced left and right, and continued to follow the leader as if nothing had happened. It is inconvenient to say.
When they reached the side of the boat, the man who led the way went back.
I didn't rush to get on the boat, I squatted down and looked carefully at the water. Sure enough, there was something. I saw a lot of paper boats floating around the cruise ship.
The paper boat is bigger than anything we usually see, about a meter long.
It should be made of special paper, and it looks very sturdy, and it is very uncomfortable to glance at a piece of white flowers.
I was surprised, what does this mean? Is this for the little ghost to sit on? Or is it for the boys and girls who accompany the burial?
Bai Kai squinted his eyes and said, just like Lao Tzu thought, sure enough, there is something greasy here. Don't you want to see the ferry? I guess this is it, and I'll go in and take a good look at it.
Bai Kai took the lead and got on the boat first, and I began to feel a little uneasy in my heart at this time. Is this cruise ship a ferry? I rely on that, we won't go up and never return, right?
On deck, there was another man to receive them.
The dress is the same as the previous one, and he doesn't speak, but only gestures with his hands. I looked around, and the ship wasn't very new. This old man may not be as rich as I thought.
However, the ship is a little more spacious than it looks from the outside, and it must have removed some unnecessary decorations on its own.
Skirting the deck, I followed a door into the cabin.
There was no light in the cabin at this time, only a lantern-like thing fluttering.
Once inside, I couldn't see what was inside.
The cabin must have been remodeled as well. As far as the eye can see, there is an emptiness.
There are some things piled up on the inner side, and I can't see clearly, but if I guessed correctly, it should be the old man's coffin and the old man's body.
The thought of a dead man in this room made me not afraid, but I was still very uncomfortable. I took out a cigarette from my pocket, but was stopped by Bai Kai, and told me that it's better not to see the light now, there is no light here, there must be some mystery.
I couldn't smoke, so I had to stand at the door, there was some moonlight outside, and people were at least more stable. We stayed inside for seven or eight minutes, and no one came.
I was a little anxious, and I was invited to this funeral. Damn, this old man wants to die and show me alone, what's wrong?
Just as he was thinking, suddenly some people squeezed in from outside the cabin. These people were silent and walked quietly. When he passed by me, he didn't even tilt his head.
I counted, about seven or eight people. It's too dark here, and I didn't find Qin Yiheng. Bai Kai was also looking for it, but he didn't find it either.
The men all stood on the other side of the cabin in tacit understanding, and no one moved after that. Bai Kai came to my side and said, Xiao Que, you stood up for a while, and I still expect you to find out the mystery. Don't drop the chain for Lao Tzu.
He didn't know what he was saying, so I wanted him to be clear. As soon as I opened my mouth, Bai Kai stretched out his hand and stuffed something into my mouth, and whispered, I took it in my mouth, and I had a chance to stuff it into the old man's mouth in a while.
I knew in an instant what was in my mouth. Damn, it's a living thing!
It's a white grasshopper! The leg of the gnats instinctively kicked in my mouth, and the barbs on the leg pierced my tongue.
I said to myself, damn it, what should I do if it bites for a while? And it doesn't taste good, I'm not a chicken!
Bai Kai pinched my arm fiercely, and told me to rest assured that it wouldn't eat you. The man slipped out of the cabin.
It's hard for me to describe how I feel, my saliva can't stop flowing, and I can't spit it out. Well, the gnats tossed for a while and then didn't move. I had to keep distracting myself and lied to myself that I had a lighter in my mouth.
After staying up like this for four or five minutes, the lights in the cabin suddenly turned on. I didn't care about what was in my mouth at all, and immediately looked for Qin Yiheng in the crowd.
Unfortunately, none of these people are him.
These people were expressionless one by one, really like they were mourning the old man. However, I don't know if it's my delusion, I always feel that these people have ghosts in their hearts.
When the lights are turned on, the scene in the cabin is also unobstructed.
Sure enough, as I expected, there was a coffin at the end of the cabin.
The lid of the coffin was open at this time, and I could not see the old man's body. After thinking about it for a while, it's a difficult job to stuff the gnats. Behind the coffin is a very simple mourning hall, with no wreaths, no fruits, pears and peaches to worship, only a very small square table, which is higher than the coffin. Behind the table was a black cloth that covered the entire wall, and there was nothing hanging on the cloth, which looked like a curtain. This configuration is far worse than that of an ordinary flat-headed person.
At the top of the table, there were two candles, unlit.
Between the two candles stands a posthumous image. The photo should have been taken when the old man was young, and he was quite energetic at first glance. However, when I looked closely, I suddenly felt a basin of cold water pour over my head.
Because I know the person on this portrait, damn this person is Yuan Zhen!! It's the Yuan Array who has been working with me before!! It's the intermediary who is young but has a wide range of connections - Yuan Zhen!
This old man is Yuan Zhen???? Or is the body in this coffin Yuan Zhen!? Didn't Yuan Zhen's mother die in the ancestral hall a long time ago?
I and Qin Yiheng have both seen the corpse with our own eyes!?
I couldn't contain my emotions at all, and instinctively rushed to the coffin, I wanted to see who the person here was!
When I looked closely, it was indeed the old man lying in the coffin. Still wearing that hat, except that the eyes are closed, it is still like a living person. I stepped back, feeling like my legs were all weak.
Could it be that this old man is really Yuan Zhen? Who died in that ancestral hall?
Even if we were really wrong at the time, then Yuan Zhen shouldn't be like this? This is almost the same grandfather of Yuan Zhen, right?
How can people age like this all of a sudden?
It was only then that I realized my gaffe, but the people standing behind me didn't react in any way. I glanced at them quietly, and they were still lifeless.
I swallowed hard, I was so excited just now, I didn't know if I would be accidentally killed. At this moment, I felt that the boat suddenly moved, as if it was about to leave the dock.
I secretly screamed that it was not good, damn Bai Kai went out and I don't know if Lu Dao got off the boat, if the old man wants to be buried at sea today, drive to the deep sea and chisel the boat, damn me will be completely buried with me!
I was sweating on my forehead, I could swim, but I didn't feel confident swimming back to shore from the depths. I thought, I don't see any lifeboats on this boat. Damn, I didn't even have a life jacket in sight. Suddenly, a voice came from the cabin door: "You've been waiting for a long time.
When I looked back, the man turned out to be six fingers. I couldn't believe my eyes, and I confirmed it again and again. This man is the six fingers.
The six fingers that introduced me and Qin Yiheng to the house of the real dragon in Jiuzi Town, and then the six fingers that disappeared completely.
I finally started to get nervous, and the gnatfish in my mouth hung out and didn't spit out. I don't know what his purpose is, but one thing is clear to me, if I want to return to the shore safe and sound from here, I'm afraid it's impossible.
As if he didn't know me, Sixfinger swept his eyes over the people in the boat. He walked behind the coffin.
I've been keeping an eye on him, afraid he's going to do something.
I saw that Six Fingers raised his hand and pulled the black cloth off the back of the table. I realized that the cabin was larger than what I had seen, and the black cloth was just a curtain, and there was quite a lot of space behind it. There are a lot of large cardboard boxes that are one and a half people high.
I was suffocating with nervousness as Six Fingers opened the cardboard boxes with a knife in turn. What caught my eye all too well was the weird wardrobes.
I counted, and there were four wardrobes, each of which was pretty much the same as I had seen before.
Six Fingers smiled weirdly, walked back to the coffin, and I didn't introduce myself, believing that everyone here was not interested in who I was.
I really want to shout at this time, damn my son is very interested in you! Hurry up and sign Lao Tzu! Helplessly, he couldn't open his mouth at all.
I can only listen to the six fingers and continue, believing that today we will be able to uncover this secret. I'm as excited as you are. As he spoke, Six Fingers lit the two candles on the table. The lights in the cabin went dark, and the light of the candles flickered to everyone.