"Twenty years dead?" Hearing what the third uncle said, my heart instantly became cold. It's another weird thing, and it's not the first time I've encountered it. I am very sure that the old man in the photo is the same old man I saw that day, and he is the same person who carried a red lantern and led me out of this house.

However, the third uncle told me that this man had been dead for twenty years. I don't know if it was deliberately arranged by someone or by chance, but this is the third time I've encountered this. The first time was to see Xiao Jiang, who had grown exactly like Jiang Ying, who had died, and at that time, almost everyone thought that Jiang Ying had really come back from the dead.

The second time was in the village of Kuta in the border province. We saw one after another villagers who had died returning to the village on the first seven nights, and the villagers said that it was the return of the unjust souls. Strictly speaking, in terms of time, the time I saw the old man with the red lantern was the second time, but the mystery about the old man with the red lantern has not yet been solved.

The first time was because Xiao Jiang and Jiang Yingcheng were twin brothers, and the second time was because Doha, who had superb makeup skills, was a hindrance, so this time, what was the reason. What I saw this time was strikingly similar to the previous two amazing situations, but I couldn't explain it.

Will they be twin brothers again? I quickly denied my first speculation. Twins who look the same, after all, are very rare, I have already met once, and according to probability, it is difficult for me to see a second time. Moreover, although twin brothers look alike, they generally resemble each other when they are young. People will change due to external factors, and the younger they are, the less they will be affected by external factors, and the more they can maintain their true self. But the older a person gets, the more wind and rain he is subjected to, the more he looks, and the similarities between twin brothers will also be consumed. But the old man I saw looked exactly the same as the person in the photo, almost no difference at all.

Could it be someone who uses a disguise technique to cover the eyes? I deny my second hypothesis. Although the disguise technique is not as magical as the folk rumors, people with superb makeup skills, with the help of environmental and visual deviations, still have a way to achieve a camouflage that is difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake. But mastering this technique requires talent, and it is not something that can be learned by casual hard practice. Therefore, people like Doha are definitely a minority, and I still lack a high probability that I will meet a second time. Moreover, Doha used the disguise technique to accomplish his own goals, killing people, creating fog, and covering up the facts of the crime.

At that time, the old man with the lantern was just taking me out of the old mansion, and there seemed to be no other obvious purpose, I don't believe that a person who is proficient in disguise will be bored enough to use disguise to amuse everyone.

The main reason why I ruled out these two possibilities was because of the strange situation at the time. At that time, we met about a dozen people on the road, but no one could see me as if they couldn't see this person. Whether it's twin brothers or disguise surgery, teasing can't achieve this effect.

In other words, the old man with the lantern colluded with those people. However, this speculation is very comical. An old man, if he has the ability to collude with those people, has the ability to rescue me directly. He just let those people go away, he didn't pretend to be dead at all, and there was no need to act in such a play.

In a few seconds, all sorts of possibilities came to mind, but they were all immediately denied by me. The third uncle picked up the photo frame and blew it gently, but in fact, on this rainy day, the photo frame will not be stained with dust at all. The third uncle cares a lot about this photo frame, to be precise, he cares a lot about the photos on the frame.

His own back was knocked out of shape, but he still cared about the picture frame for the first time. The third uncle replied to me with a smile: "You have only joined the Youth Federation for a short time, and I don't know that he is normal. Even those of us don't know what his name is, and the number of times we have seen him is very small. ”

Hearing what the third uncle said, I have already guessed who this old man is. He is the owner of this old mansion, the man who has been dead for more than twenty years. As early as the day I saw the old man carrying the red lantern, the two members of the Youth Federation who drove me back to the city told me that in the whole old house, only the owner of the house had the habit of carrying red lanterns and walking around before his death.

I frowned, and my face became more and more ugly. I thought about it and asked the third uncle: "Third uncle, the owner of this house, is he really dead?" "I didn't deliberately pretend to be stupid, even if the third uncle thought that we were just members, then it was not surprising that we had heard about the owner of the house.

The third uncle nodded: "I've been dead a long time ago, I can't remember how long it has been, I think maybe it's just twenty years." This person is only close to the first and second children, I still remember, I said hello to him, but he ignored me. The third uncle smiled, picked up the black cloth on the ground, and put it on top of the photo frame.

A moment before the photo was covered, I took one last look at the man in the photo. The photo is black and white, and it is also a little worn. It stands to reason that even if I did see the same person in the photo and in real life, I wouldn't have been able to recognize them at a glance, and I'm so sure they're the same person.

After all, there will be more or less differences between photos and people, and this photo is also quite damaged. However, the fact is that the old man with the lantern in my impression is the same as in the photo, and even the fine lines on his face are clearly remembered. I don't know why I feel this way.

The third uncle handed me the picture frame again, and he rubbed his injured back while walking slowly and leisurely. Speaking of the owner of the old mansion, the third uncle's conversation box was opened again. He said that on the day the owner of this house died, the first uncle and Uncle Man cried bitterly, except for that time, the third uncle never saw the first uncle and Uncle Man crying again.

The funeral was held in this huge mansion, a very huge funeral, but it only meant that the number of people attending was large, not that the funeral was very lively. During the whole funeral, no one spoke, and there was no noisy mourning. Uncle Yi asked everyone to bow to the owner of the old mansion, but asked everyone not to speak.

The reason is that the owner of the old house likes to be quiet. Even, there was no couplet and tablet of the owner of the old mansion at the funeral, so the people who attended the funeral still did not know what the owner of the old mansion was called. The third uncle still remembers that on the day of the funeral, several people from outside the Youth Federation entered the house to attend the funeral.

After the funeral, they left in a hurry.

"The owner of this old mansion was only fifty years old when he died, but I don't know why, he looks so old." The third uncle's words surprised me again. This photo was taken more than 20 years ago, if at that time, the night is to say, at that time, the owner of the old mansion was in his early fifties, but judging from the photo, he looks more like a seventy-year-old man.

The second child once mentioned it when he was emotional. He said that the years are not urging people, and the reality is forcing people to grow old. The owner of the old mansion was not so old before, but in those years, I don't know what happened. The third uncle said.

Since ancient times, there have been rumors of young people with white heads, and white heads overnight. The reality is not so exaggerated, but if a person is in a state of extreme sadness for a year or two in a row, he will indeed grow old faster, especially if he is already old. Along the way, the third uncle was sighing.

Finally, we slowly turned back to where we were. The seventh uncle was waiting there, looking at his appearance, obviously a little anxious, he was pacing back and forth. That's 40 minutes. Seeing us from afar, in order not to show his feet, Uncle Seven put away his anxious appearance and pretended to be calm.

"Old Seven, are you still waiting here?" The third uncle was a little surprised when he saw the seventh uncle. It is not reasonable for an elder to wait for two subordinates here.

But Uncle Seven is not stupid, he has already thought of his words: "I have done a good job, and I just happened to pass by here again, thinking that the time is almost up, so I will wait and take them away together." These two people don't enter the house very often, and I'm afraid they will make mistakes. ”

The third uncle laughed twice: "It's so late, do you still want to go back to your house?" ”