It was another cold winter, and just after the festival, I took the train from my hometown back to the city. When I entered the rented house, because there was no fire for many days, the house looked cold. Wang Chen led his girlfriend Ding Ling back to his hometown, this is the first time that the young couple have collectively appeared in front of their parents, and they should not be far from talking about marriage. I had very few things, and within an hour I was neatly organized, bored, and mopped the floor again.

Pull out a cigarette, sit in front of the computer, boredly flip through the online videos, looking for a micro-movie or something. After looking at it for a while, the sky gradually darkened, and the eyelids became heavier and heavier. I found a pillow and tucked it behind me, leaned against the head of the bed, looked at the computer screen without a pair, yawned long, and fell asleep in a daze.

I was sleeping incense, and suddenly the phone rang, and I rubbed my eyes and answered: "Who?" ”

"Lao Liu, are you back? Still at home for the New Year? "The call came from Li Yang.

This kid didn't find me a good thing, I hesitated, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Don't talk so much nonsense, haven't you come back?" He continued.

"Do you want me to come back, or don't you want me to come back......"

"Damn, what are you doing now, mother-in-law, I have something good to look for you. If you come back and have dinner together in the evening, I'll treat you to a big meal. Li Yang said.

I smiled: "You said it earlier, report an address and I'll go to the appointment, let's have a drink." Li Yang immediately said the location, it was actually his house, and it turned out to be a family banquet.

I haven't seen Li Yang for half a year. It's not that he deliberately avoided him, it's true that everyone is busy, and they haven't gotten together several times. Okay, it's the New Year, look at the old guys.

It was really cold to go out at night, so I took a taxi to Li Yang's residence. When I entered the community, I found that I was empty-handed, and it was really unreasonable to visit other people's homes for the New Year without buying anything. But during the Chinese New Year, most of the shops are closed. I managed to buy a bag of fruit and a bottle of red wine in a small supermarket.

Li Yang is a rich second generation, and the house he lives in now was bought by his family, with a small area, a single apartment of about 50 square meters, and it is quite comfortable to live by himself, which is very envious of me, a migrant worker from other places. Li Yang fried and fried at home, made five or six hard dishes, beef and pork knuckle stewed shrimp, and set up a full table.

I poured the red wine I bought into a glass and helped him set the table and chairs.

Li Yang walked out of the kitchen with an apron: "Try my craft today, we won't get drunk tonight." ”

I picked up a prawn and tasted it, it tasted really good. I laughed: "Why are you so happy today?" ”

Li Yang and I sat down separately, he seemed to have something to say, and flashed his words, and laughed: "Eat, eat." I'll talk about it when I'm full. ”

Eating and drinking, the two of us talked about the parents of the New Year, talked about the grievances and grievances of the rivers and lakes, political history, commented on the past and the present, and ate a table full of dishes after the most reluctance. I stroked my stomach and sighed for a long time: "Li Yang, your skills are really good." Where did you learn it? Chinese Culinary School? ”

Li Yang took out a cigarette and threw it to me, he lit it by himself leisurely, and said while smoking: "I'll introduce you to a business, do you do it?" ”

I said, "What's the business?" ”

Li Yang didn't speak, took out a red envelope from the table and threw it over: "Take it." ”

I took the red envelope and looked inside, a wad of red bills. Swallowed his saliva and looked at it visually, at least a thousand yuan.

"What kind of business, isn't it dangerous? Brother, I've been sealing knives for years. I said.

Li Yang smiled: "Of course it's not dangerous, it's just a little scary." But for you, it's all drizzle. We, Brother Liu, haven't seen anything. ”

I sat up straight: "Don't, if you have something to say, just say it." I'll hear what's going on first. ”

Li Yang knocked on the ashes and said, "This is my grandmother's business." My grandmother is seventy-nine this year and has followed my uncle's family. It was the old lady's birthday, and at the family banquet held at home, the seven aunts and eight aunts came, and everyone was talking and laughing, eating and drinking, when the old lady suddenly said, 'Ah Sheng, you are back.' ’”

"Who is Ah Sheng?" I asked.

Li Yang said: "Ah Sheng is my deceased grandfather. ”

That dinner, the dinner was held in the living room of Li Yang's uncle's house, a large folding table was released, and more than a dozen people in the family sat around the table, eating and drinking, laughing and talking, very lively. The old lady wore a birthday hat and a small red cotton jacket, and sat alone on the chairman's seat, looking at a large family of children and relatives.

Actually, to tell the truth, everyone at such a family banquet is not completely for the old lady, but they use her as a reason for everyone to gather together. The old lady is almost eighty years old, dazzled behind her ears, often talking nonsense, full of nonsense, talking about the old past in the elderly, the younger generation and her can't communicate at all, the generation gap is too big.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the time is not early, and everyone is leaving one after another. A few ladies stayed behind to help the host clean up the tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks, and at this time, the old lady suddenly said to the gate: "Ah Sheng, you are back." ”

Everyone didn't take it seriously at first, but the old lady stood up, bent her waist with a crutch, and moved to the door step by step to open the door. The old uncle came over to support her, very impatient: "Mom, what's wrong with you?" ”

The old lady raised her crutch and beat him: "I beat you unfilial son, your father came back, and he didn't open the door." ”

The uncle was stunned when he heard this, and there was a cool breeze on the back of his neck: "Mom, my father has been dead for more than ten years." Let's go, I'll help you into the house to rest. ”

The old lady quit, jumped to scold, and drenched the dog scolded by the old uncle. At this time, his wife came over and said angrily, "Why did you make my mother unhappy again?" The old lady will get out of the way, and you will open it. Just make the old lady happy. ”

Relatives who had not left gathered around, and someone went over to open the gate. The old man pointed to the black hole outside the door and said, "Where is anyone?" Where's my dad? ”

Before the words fell, everyone suddenly felt as if a gust of wind was blowing into the house, and the temperature dropped sharply. Their living room is dedicated to the Bodhisattva, burning the everlasting lamp, this gust of wind blows, the two lamps immediately extinguish one of the two, I don't know if it is a psychological effect, the room suddenly became gloomy.

Everyone looked at each other, no one dared to speak, this meeting was really a bit evil.

Li Yang was at the scene at the time, and he was sitting on the sofa playing with his mobile phone. After a lifetime of changes, he immediately sensed that something was wrong. After all, he had had many experiences dealing with femininities, and he felt a little bit of it, and immediately stood up.

The old lady took his aunt's hand and began to sob: "Your father misses me, this is to ask me to go with him." This old thing, with a little ghost, came to get me. ”

"Take, where are you going?" My aunt's teeth were ringing.

The old lady slapped her: "This child, where else do you say you can go?" Of course, I went to the underworld to report. Immediately, she said into the air, "You old thing, you are still so greedy." Then he turned to his son and said, "Find out the offerings, your father is hungry and wants to eat." ”

The old uncle was stupid on the spot, Li Yang came over and whispered, "The old lady can do whatever she wants." ”

The efficiency of the more people is higher, and it does not take long, so I make an offering of seven plates and eight bowls, and take it to her room according to the old lady's instructions.

The old lady was born in a scholarly family, the room was decorated in an antique style, and on the whole wall, there was a huge picture of the Qingming River. In the painting, the market houses are lined up one after another, and pedestrians are constantly flowing. The whole picture has an old yellowish brown color.

I've seen the painting many times, but tonight it looks like something is wrong.

Although the lights are on, the tone of the painting is extremely dark, like dark clouds, and the whole picture is full of shadows, and the people on it seem to be ghosts.

In front of the Qingming Shanghe map, there is a table. There is a family photo taken by the old man before his death. Li Yang told me that the atmosphere was very strange at that time, and the old man in the photo seemed to be really alive, with a kind of vitality that jumped on paper.

As the old lady instructed, the crowd placed the offerings in front of the photograph. The old lady asked her children to kowtow three times to the photo, and everyone felt ghostly, and they were scared to death, so they could do whatever they wanted, and they all kowtowed three times in a proper manner.

When everyone stood up, it was the uncle who was the first to notice that something was wrong. He looked at the photo and suddenly let out a scream, almost scaring the out of everyone.

The old man in the photo actually shed tears. It was obvious that two water stains were flowing out of the corners of the old man's eyes. The old man in the photo is looking at his children and grandchildren outside with a gloomy face.

The old lady "clicked" on the cane and said to the photo: "You old thing, if you want to take me away, you can take it, what are you doing to scare the child?!" You old thing......"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly straightened up and lay back. Someone grabbed her quickly, put his hand under his nose, and found that he was not breathing.

Everyone is in such a mess, there are people who call ambulances, there are people who gossip about relatives and friends, there are people who take photos and post them on Weibo, and some are even more absolute.

The old lady was sent to the hospital and rescued until the second half of the night, and then turned around. She opened her eyes, looked at the crowd gathered in front of the hospital bed, and said a word tremblingly.

There seems to be a definite number in the dark, and just because of her words, she actually pulled me, an outsider who can't be beaten with a rod, into an invisible abyss whirlpool for no reason. I started my Liu Yang's sadistic and terrifying journey again.

The old lady's words were: "I can't do it anymore, and in the next few days, a little ghost will come out of the underworld and take me away." But I still have one thing on my mind, and I can't die now. Find someone to keep vigil for me at night, and don't let the little ghost come in and collect my soul......"

This is not a job that ordinary people can take. This was done by Wei Chi Jingde and Qin Shubao back then. Later, the relatives asked the master who had a good way. The master said that such a person is not easy to find, and it is necessary for yin and evil things not to invade the body, I am afraid that the eight characters are extremely hard, and only pure and masculine can do it......

Where can you find such a person? Just when everyone was in chaos, Li Yang remembered someone. This person has experienced many unimaginable horrors, and his soul has gone out of his body many times, and even went to the underworld to help ghosts become immortals...... If he goes out, he can't be wrong.

That's right, this person is me, Liu Yang.