Volume 2 Tuoshi Ridge_Chapter 1 Funeral
This funeral procession was strange enough, but after encountering us, the funeral procession suddenly stopped, and the three of us all muttered a little, and immediately secretly raised our vigilance.
As soon as the funeral procession stopped, a man hurried towards us, apparently coming for us.
We didn't dodge or retreat, as if we had ulterior motives, and just stood there and waited for the man to approach. When he got closer, we saw that the person who came was about forty years old, of medium height, honest and honest, and did not look like a bad person.
This man walked to a short distance in front of us and stopped, looked us up and down, and deliberately looked at the slip in my arms, and his voice was very low, "Three little brothers, are you from a foreign country?" ”
We glanced at each other, and I was just about to speak, when the trendy man had already held me down, and said to the man in a serious manner: "We are from the town, come here to visit relatives, what is the matter with you?" ”
I instantly understood what the trendy man meant, if we are pure foreigners, then we will only be bullied here, if it is a town, it will be different, even if they want to treat us, we have to pay attention. What's more, we still have "relatives" in the village, and they have to be more careful if they want to do it.
The man didn't seem to care where we were, but only said in a low and sincere voice, "Three little brothers, logically speaking, you can't touch outsiders when you send God, and since you do, you can only go with us." This is the rule, I can't break it, it's really sorry to trouble the three little brothers. ”
This man was so angry when he spoke, his whole body was full of honesty, and he didn't do anything to us because he was from Tuoshiling, we were a little surprised, and I didn't understand what he said about sending gods, why we had to follow when we met, so we were a little hesitant.
The cold man nodded and agreed, "Since it's a custom, then we have to follow the customs, let's go!" ”
He's going to follow!
I was taken aback by the trendy man, and just as I wanted to stop him, the cold man had already followed the man towards the funeral procession.
The trendy man and I were not at ease, so we caught up and asked the man in a low voice, "Who is in this coffin?" ”
The man looked at the funeral procession and tried his best to keep his voice low, "It's my father." ”
I was taken aback with the trendy man, he just said that it was a send-off, I thought we had misunderstood just now, thinking that this was a funeral procession but in fact it was not, but I didn't expect this man to say that it was his father in the coffin, that is, this is still a funeral!
Later, I thought about it, three miles are not customary, a place has a local saying and customs, this place may call the funeral to send the gods, in order to sound better.
Seeing that he was about to walk to the funeral procession, the man immediately shut up and stopped talking, and we couldn't ask any more, so we could only stand at the back of the line according to his request, this man was a filial son, of course, he had to follow directly behind the coffin, so he whispered to us as he walked forward:
First, don't ask any questions about what you hear in the coffin.
Second, when going to the graveyard, you must not make any sound.
Third, on the way back from delivering the coffin, no matter what you hear, you can't look back!
This man said something solemn, although we thought it was strange, but we could nod and agree. After waiting for us to agree, he immediately strode towards the back of the coffin, and the three of us glanced at each other, and we both saw the solemnity in each other's eyes.
The funeral itself is in the evening, the funeral procession is dressed in black is strange enough, we just met, this man not only invited us to the funeral together, but also stipulated so many rules, which made us feel even more strange, not to mention that the coffin had been clanging just now!
When the funeral procession walked forward again, the cold man said in a low voice, "Let's go and see what's going on." ”
We know his intentions, and the strange reaction to Tuoshiling when he heard about others before he came has already shown that there is something wrong with Tuoshiling, and now this man just invited us to the funeral, which is exactly what we want, just to find out.
Before we came, we only knew about the existence of this crazy Taoist from the mouth of the national character, and the cold man knew about the same as what he said, but we didn't know where this crazy Taoist was, so we could only start from other places to investigate. Besides, there is a good chance that there is a big living person in this coffin, and we can't sit idly by!
When the man returned to his original position, the funeral procession began to move forward again, but it was still the same as when we met, silently, in a hurry, as if the coffin was about to be carried to the graveyard and buried!
It's just that the coffin was quiet again, and there was no more sound of knocking.
There was no movement in the coffin, and we felt a little more at ease, and followed the funeral procession towards the cemetery.
At first, the path to the cemetery was relatively smooth, and I did not have so much difficulty walking, but after walking some distance, the funeral procession suddenly turned into a path, and looked along the path, which led clearly to the mountains!
After turning onto this path, I had some difficulty walking, first, the sky was getting darker, and I was not familiar with the mountain road itself; The second is that I am still holding Yoyo in my arms, this little guy doesn't know why she has been writhing in my arms, and she has been uneasy, and I have a little difficulty walking with her.
But I always kept in mind the man's words, and I just hugged them tightly, and did not dare to speak easily, but I was bitter in my heart: the funeral procession walked fast on the flat ground, and when they reached the mountain path, they actually walked like flying, and it did not look like they were walking with a coffin at all!
Turning his head to look at the cold man and the trendy man, the two of them looked relaxed, and they didn't look hard because it was a mountain road, which should be inseparable from their skills, but it made me suffer, so I could only grit my teeth and walk.
We walked about three or four miles, and went deeper and deeper into the belly of the mountain, and the vegetation around us became more and more luxuriant, and the mountain was dark everywhere, and the silence around us was terrible, as if there were no living creatures except for our large group of living people!
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of "dong dong dong" in the coffin, as if someone was desperately knocking on the coffin with his hands inside!
I suddenly stopped, and looked into the coffin in horror.
When the cold man and the trendy man heard the knocking sound, they immediately paused, obviously taken aback. The thump sounded when we touched the coffin, but it never rang again, and we were all relieved, but now it suddenly sounded, and our spirits immediately tensed up again.
We looked at each other, and we could still feel each other's horror despite the darkness around us.
Could it be that there is really a big living person in this coffin?
What is even more strange is that the people who carried the coffin did not pay attention to the sound in the coffin at all, and even accelerated their speed, as if they were being pushed forward by something.
The three of us glanced at each other, and immediately quickened our pace to catch up, following closely behind the coffin delivery procession.
The sound in the coffin continued, thumping and thumping, as if the people in the coffin couldn't wait to come out!
There was still darkness and dead silence all around, and the sound from the coffin was like a talisman, which made my heart tremble, and my whole body was tense, like a string that could break at any time!
Yoyo still writhed in my arms, and finally simply bit my finger, and couldn't wait to suck it, I suddenly realized that she was hungry just now, and after enduring it for a long time, she was still hungry and couldn't stand it, and finally began to suck my blood!
I was defenseless, Yoyo bit my finger coldly, a sharp pain came, I trembled, almost exhaled, but soon thought of the man's advice, and closed my mouth and endured - Yoyo is still a little doll after all, it is rare to be able to endure it for so long, if I don't let her suck blood again, she will definitely be hungry and can't stand it!
So we went all the way to the cemetery, the man did not let us into the cemetery, and motioned for us to stand at the mouth of the cemetery and wait, and they hurriedly carried the coffin into the ground, and then put the coffin into the grave as fast as they could, and then filled the grave with soil for a while, and then hurriedly turned back and returned.
The whole burial process seemed to be in an unusually hurry, as if it was rushed by something.
We were secretly amazed, but we didn't dare to say anything, and when they turned back to catch up, the three of us followed the group as usual, and walked back with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Going back to the ground, in the mountains that had been dead and silent, there was a sudden movement similar to the sound of the wind, and it sounded not far behind the three of us!
After hearing this voice, our footsteps paused again, and we subconsciously wanted to turn our heads to look, but when we turned our heads, we thought of the man's advice, and we paused again, and felt that this wind seemed a little strange.
But what's the strange?
I muttered in my heart, and inadvertently looked at the weeds next to me, and suddenly felt the blood rush up my head, and my whole body suddenly froze - the weeds next to me were quiet and didn't move.
If the wind is behind you, why don't there be any movement in the trees and grass?